Dr. Bobbie Berry and Dr. Mary Ann O’Neil, both of the Department of Elementary Education, 2008 National Conference. Presentation published on NCEI Web site “Teacher Preparation – Beyond the Textbook.”  

Dr. Gary Cordner, Department of Criminal Justice, co-authored the book, “Police & Society,” 4th edition (Oxford University Press), and was published in July 2008. 

Dr. Gary Cordner, Department of Criminal Justice, had an article published: “Targeting the Fear of Crime,” Community Policing Dispatch 1, 12 (December 2008), on-line at http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/December_2008/crime_fear.htm (Newsletter of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice). 

David Cullen, Department of Music, released his 10th CD on Solid Air Records entitled “Guitar Travels.” 

Dr. Charles Cullum, Department of English, “The Blue Stone, Heidegger, and ‘I’: The Issue of Identity in Paul Auster’s ‘The Book of Illusions,’” in the Nov. 1, 2008, issue of EAPSU ONLINE, a peer-reviewed electronic journal.  

Dr. Charles Cullum, Department of English, written essay, "Rebels, Conspirators, and Parrots, Oh My!: Lacanian  Paranoia and Obsession in Three Postmodern Novels" has been accepted for publication by the journal Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction.  

Dr. Mary Ann Dailey, chair, Department of Nursing, had the following articles published in the October issue of Pennsylvania Nurse, the official publication of the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association:. “Mastering the Art of Politics,” Pennsylvania Nurse, 63(3), pp.4-7; “Those Who Served: Nurse members in the PA House of Representatives,” Pennsylvania Nurse, 63(3), pp. 9-11. 

Lisa Frye, Department of Computer Science, co-authored a book chapter, “Topology Management for Wireless Sensor Network,” in “Handbook of Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks,” with L. Cheng, Springer (London). Edited by Sudip Misra, Isaac Woungang, and Subhas C. Misra. end of 2008. 

Dr. Amir H. Jafri, Department of Speech Communication & Theatre, published “Honour Killing: Dilemma, Ritual, Understanding,” in November 2008. Publisher is Oxford University Press. 

Dr. Robert N. Martin, Department of Geography, had his review of “Globalized Freight Transport:  Intermodality, E-Commerce, Logistics and Sustainability,” Thomas Leinbach and Cristina Capineri, eds., was published in The Professional Geographer, Vol. 60, No. 4, November 2008. 

Kevin McCloskey, Department of Communication Design, wrote about Berks County tomato farmer, Tim Stark, for the online magazine, Commonsense2, September 2008, issue. His essay, “Riding Shotgun with Tim Stark,” was an account of a journey by truck with Mr. Stark from his farm near Kutztown to produce markets in the Bronx, N.Y. 

Kevin McCloskey, Department of Communication Design, Sept.1, 2008. Interviewed Berks County farmer, Tim Stark, author of the new book, “Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer.” The interview illustrated with photos by McCloskey appears in the monthly online journal, Commonsense2, September issue. 

Kevin McCloskey, Department of Communication Design, wrote an essay entitled, "Hasta Cosas Cambian/Until Things Change" about the UCLA Mexican print exhibition for the online magazine, Commonsense2.com. 

Dr. Marilyn Meder, Department of Nursing, is co-editor for Lilies of the Valley, the regional newsletter for parish nurses in the greater Allentown area. In this capacity Meder is a regular contributor of articles related to the Holistic Health and Spirituality. 

Dr. Mary Ogletree, Department of Music, on Sept. 13, 2008, served in the orchestra for the recording of a new opera by Paul Salerni and Dana Gioaia, titled “The Final Broadcast of Tony Caruso.” The CD will be released by Albany in spring 2009. 

Dr. Varsha Pandya, ACSW, Department of Social Work, June 19, 2008, wrote a paper titled "Changing Narratives: Effects of Group Intervention on Domestically Violent Men,” that was published in the Document CD prepared by the European Groupwork Chapter titled "Mensch.” 

Dr. Lyn Phy, Department of Mathematics, published “Using Technology to Promote Mathematical Discourse Concerning Women in Mathematics,” Mathematics Teacher, Volume 101, Number 8, p. 582-585, April 2008.

William Prystauk, Department of English, script, "Red Agenda" was announced as the First Place Winner at the International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival in Arizona (it was also a Top-Five Finalist at Screamfest in Los Angeles). October 2008. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Things decision-makers aught to know, but don’t,” published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Dec. 8, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 49, Page 31. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Be flexible in planning the working, working the plan,” published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Dec. 1, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 48, Page 23. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Beware of snowplows when storms shut the road,” published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Nov. 24, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 47, Page 31. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “The Big Project Part II:  What Makes a Great Project Manager,” published in SAPtips Journal on Dec. 8, 2008. Volume 6, Issue Number 6, Pages 62-65. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “IT Spending in an Uncertain Economy,” published in MC Press Online on Nov. 10, 2008.   

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, edited a book authored by Robert Everett titled Entrepreneur’s Guide to Marketing. Praeger Publishing, Westport, Conn. Publication date, Dec. 1, 2008.  

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, edited a book authored by Don Martin and Dan Goldberg, Department of Managment, titled Entrepreneur’s Guide to Successful Leadership. Praeger Publishing, Westport, Conn. Publication date, Nov. 1, 2008.

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Respond with enthusiasm to the financial situation” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Nov. 17, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 46, Page 19. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Enthusiasm can help people get through hard times.” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Nov. 10, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 45, Page 31. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Planning, flexibility key in surviving hard times” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Nov. 3, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 44, Page 31. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Focus on the Future” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Oct. 27, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 43, Page 31. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Watch out, folks! Here comes the ‘Stress Monster’” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Oct. 20, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 42, Page 39. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Operational approach can torpedo strategic thinking” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Oct. 13, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 41, Page 23. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “U.S. fiscal crisis becomes leadership crisis” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Oct. 6, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 40, Page 31. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “Surfing for data might have been a wild goose chase” that was published in Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal on Sept. 29, 2008. Volume 19, Issue Number 39, Page 23. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “The Big Project – Part III:  Communication, Communication, Communication” that was published in JDEtips Journal on Nov. 17, 2008. Volume 9, Issue Number 6, Pages 76-79. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored an article titled “The Big Project:  Questions to Ask Before You Plan” that was published in SAPtips Journal on Oct. 15, 2008. Volume 6, Issue Number 5, Pages 73-77. 

Dr. Christine J. Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, on Sept. 15, 2008 published the article “What level of leadership has your company attained?” in the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal. Volume 19, Issue Number 37. 

Dr. Christine J. Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, on Sept. 8, 2008 published the article “Expand Your Business, But Do So the Smarter Way” in the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal. Volume 19, Issue Number 36, page 31. 

Dr. Christine J. Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, on Sept. 15, 2008 published the article “The Big Project:  What Makes a Great Project Manager” in the JDEtips Journal. Volume 9, Issue Number 5, pages 83-87. 

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, authored the following book: “Introductory Guide to IT Concepts,” (supplemental textbook for class) by Pearson Education/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J. Copyright 2008. Published date was Aug. 1, 2008.

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, published the following articles in the JDEtips Journal: “Application Lifecycle Management: Does It Make Sense?” June 4, 2008 and “The Big Project: Questions to Ask Before You Plan,” July 4, 2008.      

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, published the following articles in the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal: “Writer Reveals the Surprising Secret of Her Success,” Aug. 4, 2008; “Beneficial Intentions Line the High Road to Success,” Aug. 11, 2008; “Motivate Yourself by Learning to Focus, Focus, Focus,” Aug. 18, 2008; and “Why Is It So Darned Difficult to Teach Leadership?” Aug. 25, 2008.       

Dr. CJ Rhoads, Department of Accounting and Finance, published the following article in SAPtips Journal: “SOA: Valuable Revolution or Meaningless Hype?” Aug. 15, 2008. 

Dr. Pietro Toggia, Department of  Criminal Justice, published an article: “History Writing as a State Ideological Project in Ethiopia” in African Identities, Volume 6, Number 4: 319-343 (November 2008). 

Dr. Yong-Sang Shim, Department of Comupter Science,  co-authored “Constructing Cost-effective Anomaly Detection Systems for User Identification,” accepted for the proceedings of WCECS International Conference on Computer Science and Applications (ICCSA'08), San Francisco, Calif. October 2008. 

Dr. Kim Shively, Department of Anthropology/Sociology, Summer 2008, published:  “Taming Islam: Studying Religion in Secular Turkey” in Anthropological Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 3. 

Dr. Dawn Slack, Department of Modern Language Studies, May 2008. “An Exploration of Uncanny Connections through Pat Mora’s ‘The House of Houses.’” Hispanic Journal.  Vol. 28, No. 2 (2007): 133-144.   

Dr. Dawn Slack, Department of Modern Language Studies, May 2008. “Marta Traba,” Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Eds. Dr. Eva Bueno and Dr. María Claudia André. New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2007.   

Dr. Dawn Slack, Department of Modern Language Studies, May 2008. “Cristina Pacheco,” Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia. Eds. Dr. Eva Bueno and Dr. María Claudia André. New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2007.   

Dr. Daniel Spiegel, Lisa Frye and Linda Day, all of the Department of Computer Science,  published the article, “Issues in the Instantiation Of Template Classes,” Inroads (the SIGCSE Bulletin), Volume 40, No. 2, June 2008. 

Dr. Daniel Spiegel, Department of Computer Science, and William J. Jefferson, coordinator of the Learning Technology Center, published the article, “Implementation of a University Standard for Personal Response Systems,” in the AACE Journal, accepted for publication, January 2008. 

Dr. Marilyn Stewart, Department of Art Education and Crafts, had her article, “Craft in America: Focus on Craft Artists and Daily Life” in the August 2008 issue of School Arts.  

Dr. Joo Tan, Department of Computer Science, published in the May 2008 publication “A Case Study of Classroom Experiences with Client-Based Team Projects,” Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 2008, 23 [5]. 

Dr. Pietro Toggia, Department of Criminal Justice,  book review:  “An Introduction to the Legal History of Ethiopia 1434 – 1974,” by Aberra Jembere, Hamburg, Germany, Lit Verlag Műnster, 2000, 315 pp. in African Identities, Volume 6, Number 4: 529-532 (November 2008). 

Dr. Pietro Toggia, Department of Criminal Justice, published an article entitled: "The State of Emergency: Police and Carceral Regimes in Modern Ethiopia" in Journal of Developing Societies. Volume 24, No. 2 (April-June 2008 issue) published by Sage. 

Dr. William F. Towne, Department of Biology, had an article, “Honey bees can learn the relationship between the solar ephemeris and a newly-experienced landscape” accepted for publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology, in press, 2008.  

Dr. William F. Towne, Department of Biology, and Heather Moscrip (KU ’08), had an article, “The connection between landscapes and the solar ephemeris in honey bees” accepted for publication in the Journal of Experimental Biology, in press, 2008.

Dr. Todd J. Underwood, Department of Biology, with S. G. Sealy, published the article “UV reflectance of eggs of brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and accepter and rejecter hosts” in the Journal of Ornithology, 149:313-321, 2008. 

Dr. Francis Vasko, Department of Mathematics, and Ken Stott, retired Bethlehem Steel research manager, had their paper entitled "STRATEGIC PLANNING: OR TO THE RESCUE" published in OR Insight, Vol. 21, Issue 3 (fall issue), pp. 26-32. This paper describes an actual use of mathematical programming that had a significant impact on senior management decision making. This was Vasko's 50th professional publication.

Dr. John Walker, Department of Accounting and Finance, co-authored an article titled “Does Year-end Portfolio Restructuring by Community Banks Boost Shareholder Returns?” that was accepted for publication by The Journal of the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology.