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Mohammad Ahsanullah, Professor of Management Sciences has the following publications in 2007-2008

Refereed Articles - Journal of Statistical Studies,vol. 26, 2007 with Dr. C.P.Tsokos, Pakistan Journal of Statistics vol.23, 2007 with A. Mbah, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, vol. 6, 2007, with G.G. Hamedani,. Statistical Methodology,5, 2008,with Dr. M.I.Beg, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications. Vol 7, 2008, Statistical Methodology, 5, 2008, with Dr. M.I. Beg, Metrika, 68, 2008, G.P.Yanev and M.I. Beg, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications. Vol.7, 2008,with A. Mbah, Journal of Statistical Research of Iran, 2008,with M. Habibullah

Edited Books - Recent Developments in Ordered Random Variables. 2007, New Developments in Applied Statistical Research. 2008, Trends in Applied Statistical Research, 2008. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New
York, NY, 2008.
Bill Amadio, associate professor of computer information systems, wrote a paper entitled Influence of Prescription Benefits on Reported Pain in Cancer Patients, which was accepted for publication in the journal Pain Medicine. He worked with University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Dr. Robert Wieder and his staff, as well as with Ann Marie Hill, executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research. The paper presents early results on the human and economic costs of uninsured cancer patients' lack of access to the most effective pain medications. Based on these results, the team has undertaken a more comprehensive study of these issues.
Dr. Lauren Eder, chair of computer information systems and director of the Center for International Business in the College of Business Administration, presented a paper entitled The Value of Partnership with a Private University in China at the recent Association for Global Business Conference in Washington, D.C. The paper was co-authored with Dr. Cynthia Newman, associate professor of marketing, and Pauline Zhong, director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, Sanda University, Shanghai, China. The paper describes Rider’s international partnership with Sanda, as well as a proposed model for similar kinds of partnerships.
Dr. Lisa Marie Angello, assistant professor of graduate education, is collaborating with a team of Temple University researchers to comprehensively evaluate effective early intervention programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), which include Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Pervasive Development Disorders. Their project is one of several supported by a Pennsylvania Department of Health Tobacco Formula Funding Grant and a grant from the Organization for Autism Research. A Temple University alumna, Dr. Angello is a clinical researcher on the team.
Dr. Linda Materna, chair of the department of foreign languages and literature, recently accompanied the Spanish poet and scholar Dr. Julia Barella to LeMoyne College in Syracuse as her English translator. They were invited to do a bilingual reading of Dr. Barella’s poetry. Dr. Barella is a professor at the University of Alcala de Henares in Madrid.
Dr. Sylvia Bulgar, associate professor of mathematics education and director of the Honors Program in the School Education, wrote the featured article, “Using Supported Video Exemplars for the Professional Development of Preservice Elementary School Teachers,” in the Fall 2007 issue of Connections, the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators’ newsletter. The article describes the impact of the software she created as part of the Virtual Learning Community, a project housed in Rider’s SELECT (Science Education and Literacy Center).
Dr. Carol Nicholson, professor of philosophy, presented a paper, “Collingwood and Rorty on the Role of Philosophy,” at a conference on “Collingwood and Twentieth-Century Philosophy” at the Université de Quebec à Montréal on October 19. Her article, “New Directions in Political Philosophy: Global Justice after Rawls,” was recently published in The International Journal of the Humanities (Vol. 5).
Dr. Reed Schwimmer, associate professor of geological, environmental, and marine sciences (GEMS), participated in the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Denver, CO, October 27-31. He also co-authored two abstracts: “Relationships among grain size, infiltration rate, and foreshore slope on New Jersey beaches” with former students Ken Kacperowski ’06; Tim Swaveley ’07; and Heather Warren ’07 and “Want Coherency in Your Professional Development and Classrooms? Consider the CONNECT-ED Model: Focusing K-12 Teachers on Big Ideas in Science and Mathematics” with Laurel Goodell and Danielle Schmitt of Princeton University, and Dr. Kathleen Browne, assistant provost and academic director of Rider’s Teaching and Learning Center, and director of Rider Science and Education Literacy Center (SELECT). The paper focuses on Rider’s CONNECT-ED (Consortium for the New Explorations in Coherent Teacher Education program), which teams up with local school districts to provide a sustained program of professional development built around the Big Ideas, or key concepts, in science and math for K-12 teachers.
Alan R. Sumutka, associate professor of accounting, and Brian Sootkoos, a graduate student in the Master of Accountancy program, co-authored an article entitled “Personal Business Retirement Plans” which was accepted for publication in The CPA Journal.
Dr. Richard Butsch's book, The Making of American Audiences: From Stage to Television, 1750-1990, which was initially published by Cambridge University Press in 2000, has now been translated into Chinese and published by Hua Xia Publishing of China. Butsch is professor of sociology.
Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance, has written the following three papers with his College of Business Administration colleagues for forthcoming publications: “Co-Movements of U.S. and E.U. Equity Markets: Portfolio Diversification Implications,” co-authored with Dr. Larry M. Prober, associate professor of accounting, and Dr. Edward H. Bonfield, professor of marketing, accepted for publication in the Global Journal of Finance and Economics; “The Financial Characteristics of U.S. and E.U. Electronic and Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Firms and the Determinants of Asset and Equity Returns,” co-authored with Dr. Benjamin H. Eichhorn, associate professor of management sciences, and Dr. Charles W. McCall, associate professor of economics, accepted for publication in the International Research Journal of Finance and Economics; and “Co-Movements of NAFTA Stock Markets,” coauthored with Dr. Ilene V. Goldberg, associate professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, and Dr. Kathleen Dunne, associate professor of accounting, accepted for publication in the Troy State University Business and Economic Review. Dr. Gulser Meric, professor of finance at Rowan University, is a co-author of all three papers.
Dr. Seiwoong Oh, professor and chair of the Department of English, published the Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature (New York: Facts on File, 2007). The edited volume includes more than 300 articles about Asian American authors and their major literary works.
Dr. Stefan Dombrowski, professor and coordinator of the school psychology program in the Department of Graduate Education, recently published three articles in a special journal issue on the topic of prenatal exposures in relation to later psychological and behavioral disabilities. The special issue appeared in the journal, School Psychology Quarterly, the premier journal in school psychology published by the American Psychological Association. The articles were: “Pre and perinatal exposures in later psychological, behavioral, and cognitive disability,” in the 2007 issue of School Psychology Quarterly, 22(1), 1-7., coauthored by Roy P. Martin of the University of Georgia; “Birth weight and Cognitive Outcomes: Evidence for a Gradient Relationship,” in the 2007 issue of School Psychology Quarterly, 22(1), 26-43, coauthored by Martin and Dr. Kelly Noonan, associate professor of economics at Rider; and “Season of Birth of Students Receiving Special Education Services Under a Diagnosis of Emotional and Behavioral Disorder,” in the 2007 issue of School Psychology Quarterly, 22(1), 44-57, coauthored by Martin and Dr. Nicholas Polizzi of the University of Georgia.
Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, wrote an invited chapter, “Academic and Global Contexts for Creativity: Interdisciplinary Perspectives,” in Creativity: A Handbook for Teachers, which was published in September. The book was edited by Ai Girl Tan and published by Singapore: World Scientific.
Rebecca Basham, assistant professor of English, published two monologues from her play, “Lot’s Daughters” in One on One: The Best Women’s Monologues for the 21st Century, published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, September 2007.
Dr. Christian Carey, assistant professor of composition and music theory, and his Woodwind Quintet debuted at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J., on September 9. His song, Otherwise, premiered at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, N.Y., on September 27.
Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, adjunct assistant professor of political science and global and multinational studies, presented a paper at the London School of Economics in June, entitled “Peace is too Important to Leave up to the Government: The Student Global Village® as a Global Memory Place.” She presented her paper at a two-day interdisciplinary workshop hosted by the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics. The workshop brought together, 17 invited researchers from all over the world involved in studying collective memory and collective knowledge in a “global age.”
Paul Zikmund, C.F.E., and adjunct professor of accounting, and Dr. Marge O'Reilly-Allen, chairperson of the Department of Accounting, published their article, "I'm An Auditor, Darn It, Not An Investigator...Right?" in the Fall 2007 edition of Pennsylvania CPA Journal. The article was selected to be presented as the feature article and as a podcast presentation on AccountingWeb.com. on September 24.
Dr. Linda Materna, professor of Spanish, has published “Mujeres académicas: la representación femenina en la Real Academica Española” in Homenaje a la Real Academia Española y a la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española . She was an invited plenary lecturer for this session in homage to the academies at the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Conference in Salamanca, Spain, in July. In August, Materna delivered a paper titled “El otro desestabilizador: representaciones del inmigrante africano en el cine español contemporáneo” at the 29th International Symposium of Literature of the Instituto Literario y Cultural in Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance; Dr. Mitchell Ratner, associate professor of finance; and Dr. Lan Ma Nygren, assistant professor of management science, have a paper accepted for publication in the Latin American Business Review. Meric and Ratner have a second paper published in the June issue of Middle Eastern Economics and Finance; a third paper in the July issue of the Journal of Financial Planning; and a fourth article in the Fall issue of the International Review of Financial Analysis. Dr. Gulser Meric, a professor of finance at Rowan University, is a co-author of all four papers.
Dr. Carol Nicholson, professor of philosophy, published an article entitled "A Philosophical View of the Clash of Civilizations" in An Anthology of Philosophical Studies (ATINER, 2006). She presented a paper, Global Justice After Rawls: Kantian and Hegelian Strategies, at the Second International Philosophy Conference of the Athens Institute for Education and Research in June 2007 in Athens, Greece.
Dr. Michele Wilson Kamens, professor of teacher education, gave a presentation as part of the New Jersey team at the Invitational Forum of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in Arlington, Va. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the forum was held by the Center for Teacher Quality, an initiative developed to work with states to improve the preparation, licensing and professional development of both general and special education teachers of students with disabilities. The state team is organized to provide leadership for reform in the state. The team, which consists of various members of the New Jersey Department of Education from both general and special education, has been participating in the CCSSO initiative for three years. Dr. Kamens is the representative from higher education.
Lan Ma Nygren, assistant professor of management sciences, gave a presentation entitled "Approximately Optimal Continuous Stopping Boundaries in a One-sided Sequential Test," in the First International Workshop of Sequential Methodologies. Benjamin Eichhorn, associate professor of management sciences is a co-author of this work. This project is sponsored by a Davis Fellowship.
Dr. Sylvia Bulgar, associate professor of teacher education, has published the article, “Using supported video exemplars for the professional development of pre-service elementary school teachers” in “Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education” (CITE). The article describes a software support that she created, called MathStore, to illuminate the understanding of videotaped classrooms for pre-service and in-service teachers. Data were collected and examined regarding the effectiveness of the tool. This project was designed as part of the state-supported Virtual Learning Community (VLC) grant that is part of SELECT.
Elem Eley, professor of voice/piano at Westminster Choir College, performed as a soloist in the recital, “Songs of 21st Century Americans,” accompanied by J.J. Penna, pianist, associate professor of piano at Westminster, on July 26 at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, published the article “Capitalizing on Cognitive Diversity along Interdisciplinary Desire Lines” in the “Conceptual Foundations” newsletter of the National Association for Gifted Children. He presented a keynote paper “Aspirations and Cognitively Diverse Critical Communities in a Context of Dynamic Globalization" on April 13 for the Global Learning in Gifted Education Symposium in Wichita, KS. He also published the winter and spring issues as editor of the national refereed journal, "Roeper Review," which addresses giftedness, talent development, and other aspects of high ability.
Elem Eley, professor of voice/piano at Westminster Choir College, performed as a soloist in “Die erste Walpurgisnacht” by Mendelssohn and “Carmina Burana” by Orff with the St. Cecelia Chorus and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City on May 4. He also performed as a soloist in “Te Deum” by Bruckner with the New Jersey Youth Symphony at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on June 3, and sang the role of James Joyce in “The Antient Concert,” by Daron Hagen and Paul Muldoon in the chamber opera’s June 16 world premiere at Symphony Space in New York City.
Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, F.A.G.O., associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, attended the premier performance of his composition, Var.Zip,” on May 31. The piece was commissioned and performed by the Montgomery High School Concert Band, conducted by Kawilka Kahalahoe. It uses zip codes in several variations (hence, the title) to create melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements.
Dr. Marvin Keenze, professor of voice/piano at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, visited Croatia and Ukraine May 18 through 30, where he gave master classes and lectures at the Academy of Music in Zagreb and Lviv. He also presented a class for the Voice Foundation Symposium on the Professional Voice in Philadelphia. This month, he will coordinate the New York Singing Teachers Association’s comparative pedagogy course. In August, he will teach at the British Voice Teachers Association’s Teachers Training program near Birmingham.
Dr. Elizabeth Scheiber, assistant professor of French and Italian, has published an article and presented papers at two international conferences this spring. Her article on Primo Levi entitled “Demeter at Auschwitz: Use of Mythology in ‘Il sistema periodico’” will be appearing in the next issue of “Forum Italicum,” a major peer-reviewed journal of Italian culture and literature. On March 30, she spoke on the poetry of Senegalese author Leopold Sedar Senghor at the conference “Literature and the Arts in Senegal” at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. On April 26, she presented a paper on Primo Levi’s short stories at the conference “Answering Auschwitz: Primo Levi’s Science and Humanism After the Fall” at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.
Charlotte Surkin, adjunct assistant professor in voice at Westminster Choir College, sang a demo recording of a world premiere Broadway work, “Here on this Hill,” by Marshall Coid on June 18. Recently, she along with Dr. Robert Sataloff, chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and associate dean at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and chair of the Philadelphia Voice Center; and Dr. Anthony Jahn, director of otolaryngology at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York and adjunct professor of voice pedagogy at Westminster, were interviewed in the May issue of ENToday, an otolaryngologist’s magazine, in an article titled, “Well Tuned: Maintenance of the Professional Voice.”
Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, recently published the following articles in refereed journals: "Dogmatic insularity in learning disabilities classification and the critical need for a philosophical analysis" in the “International Journal of Special Education” (co-authored with Stefan Dombrowski of Rider's Graduate Education Department and Amanda Clinton of California State University, Sacramento); and "Streamlined reflective action research for creative instructional improvement" in the British journal, “Educational Action Research” (co-authored with Kathy Lang and Marta Grothman, two graduates of Rider's graduate program in Curriculum and Instruction).
Dr. James Dickinson, professor of sociology, presented a paper, "A Thousand Points of Blight: Fixing-Up Worn Out Cities," to the Association of American Geographers annual meeting in San Francisco on April 20.
Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, adjunct assistant professor of political science and global and multinational studies, presented a paper entitled "The Student Global Village: 'Peace is Too Important to Leave Up to Governments,'" at the International Studies Association Annual Convention in Chicago, IL, on March 2.
Dr. Jacqueline Simon, director of the Education Enhancement Program, chaired a panel discussion entitled, “Diplomatic Alliances and Internal Collaboration” at the 2007 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association (MAWCA) 18th Annual Conference on March 31 in St. Davids, PA, at Eastern University. Dianna Altmiller, ESL Specialist; Sharon Burns, professional tutor; and Jordana Tusman, student writing associate, also participated. Tusman was awarded a scholarship to attend by MAWACA. The presentation reviewed the collaborative nature of the Rider Learning Center staff and outreach to faculty and other programs, as well as its ability to assist students in becoming independent, competent, and successful writers.
Kendall Andersen Friedman, director, Student Success Center and Barbara Ricci, director, Math Skills Lab, presented a workshop entitled "Involve Me and I Understand: Interactive Approaches to Tutor Training" at the National Tutoring Associations' annual conference in Denver, Colorado on April 16th.
Dr. Katherine Maynard, professor of English, has had three of her articles selected for publication: “The Geography of Disaster: Scientific and Fictional Narratives of Collapse,” in the “Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability,” 2007; “No Safe Haven: American Housing and Its Pathologies in John Cheever’s Fictions,” published in conference proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 2007; and “A Review of Moises Kaufman’s ‘Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde’” in “OScholars,” 2007.
Dr. Lan Ma Nygren, assistant professor of management sciences, published an article entitled “Bright Lights, Big Dreams – A Case Study of Factors Relating to the Success of Broadway Shows,” in the inaugural issue of the peer-reviewed journal “Case Studies in Business, Industry, and Government Statistics” in April 2007. Jeffrey Simonoff, professor of statistics at New York University, is a co-author of the article.
Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance, and Dr. Christine Lentz, associate professor of management and organizational behavior, and Dr. Gulser Meric, a professor of finance at Rowan University, have written a paper entitled “A Comparison of the Financial Characteristics of EU Electronics Firms,” which was accepted for publication in the "European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences.” Meric and Meric have co-authored a second paper with Dr. Herbert E. Gishlick, professor of economics, and Leonore S. Taga, associate professor of economics, entitled “Time-Series MANOVA Tests of EU Economic and Financial Integration" that was accepted for publication in the “Global Economy and Finance Journal.” Dr. Gulser Meric, professor of finance at Rowan University, is a co-author of both papers.
Dr. Pearlie Peters, professor of English, presented a respondent’s paper at a colloquium entitled, “Roots and Route: Reflections on the Life of Olaudah Equiano/Gustavus Vassa.” Held at Towson University in Towson, MD, the colloquium celebrated the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade in Great Britain and brought together several recognized academic scholars to discuss Professor Vincent Carretta’s new research theories that challenge the authenticity of the life and autobiography of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, one of the wealthiest black men in 18th-century England.
John Buschman, department chair and collection development librarian, had two articles published in the University of Chicago Press journal, “Library Quarterly:” “‘The Integrity and Obstinacy of Intellectual Creations:’ Jürgen Habermas and Librarianship's Theoretical Literature,” Volume 76, July 2006, Number 3; and “Transgression or Stasis? Challenging Foucault in LIS Theory,” Volume 77, January 2007, Number 1.
Ira Mayo, associate dean of student affairs, presented a workshop entitled “The Family Listserve: Putting Parents in the Pipeline” at the National Academic Advising Association Region 2 meeting in Tysons Corner, VA on March 30.
Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance, Dr. Benjamin H. Eichhorn, associate professor of decision sciences, and Dr. Lan Ma Nygren, assistant professor of decision sciences, had a paper accepted for publication in the “Journal of Management Science” titled “Co-Movements of U.S., Japanese, and European Equity Markets Before and After September 11, 2001: Global Portfolio Diversification Implications.” Dr. Gulser Meric, a professor of finance at Rowan University, is a co-author of the paper.
Dr. Mary Morse, associate professor of English, delivered a paper, “Building Community: Teaching Grant Writing to Undergraduates,” on March 23 at the 2007 Conference on College Composition and Communication in New York City. Morse’s paper outlined her pedagogy for teaching grant writing in the English Workplace Writing concentration. Her paper was one of three in a panel devoted to professional communication problems and solutions.
Father Bruno Ugliano, Rider Catholic Chaplain, was honored at the second annual Mill Hill Foundation annual dinner dance March 17. He was recognized for the energy and concern he has shown over the past 11 years to the Trenton-based foundation and its staff.
Dr. Zaher Zantout, associate professor of finance, had two articles accepted for publication. The first, “Under Reaction to Dividend Reductions and Omissions?” was accepted for publication in “The Journal of Finance,” a leading finance publication, with co-authors Yi Liu, assistant professor of finance at Capital University, Columbus, OH, and Samuel Szewczyk, associate professor of finance at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. The second, “Long-term Stock Performance Following Extraordinary and Special Cash Dividends,” was accepted for publication in “The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finances” with co-authors De-Wai Chou, assistant professor of finance at Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, R.O.C., and Liu.
Dr. Mitchell Ratner, associate professor of finance, and Dr. Steven Klein, associate professor of management sciences, presented a paper entitled “The Portfolio Implications of Gold Investment” on March 16 at the 2007 Southwestern Finance Association meeting in San Diego.
Dr. Cengiz Haksever, chairperson of the management sciences department, and Dr. John Moussourakis, professor of management sciences, authored two articles expected to be published this year ? “Determining Order Quantities in Multi-Product Inventory Systems Subject to Multiple Constraints and Incremental Discounts” in the “European Journal of Operational Research,” and “Models for Accurate Computation of Earliest and Latest Start Times and Optimal Crashing in Project Networks” in the “Journal of Construction Engineering and Management.”
Dr. Daria Cohen, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures (Spanish), delivered the paper, “Journeys to Self in Patagonia: Carlos Sorin’s Historias Mínimas” at the Northeast Modern Language Association’s (NEMLA) Convention in Baltimore on March 2. The paper was part of a panel on Latin American/Latino Cinema. Dr. Cohen also chaired a NEMLA panel titled “Transatlantic Women’s Voices in Modern and Contemporary Hispanic Theater.”
Dr. Ava Baron, professor of sociology, co-authored an article with Dr. Eileen Boris, Hull Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, entitled, “The Body as a Useful Category for Working-Class History,” to be published as the lead article in a special forthcoming issue of Labor: Studies in Working-Class Histories of the Americas. The issue will also include comments on their article by renowned scholars, and an additional response article by Baron and Boris, “Dichotomous Thinking and the Objects of History, or Why Bodies Matter, Again.” Dr. Baron presented a paper, “Women Workers and the Corporeal State,” at the Organization of American Historians, in Minneapolis, MN on March 31.
John Buschman, department chair and collection development librarian, and Dorothy Warner, library instruction and government documents librarian, co-wrote, along with Steve LaBash at the University of Baltimore Library, a three-part series of articles in the online newsletter, “Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today’s Leaders.” The series was entitled: “Ignored Too Long: The Benefits of Managing a Library with a Union.” “Part I – Unions and Good Management Practices: Or, Why I, As a Manager, Can’t Be Arbitrary and Capricious” appeared in Vol. 3, No. 12, December 2006. “Part II – Rights and Responsibilities of Librarians Who Are University Faculty,” appeared in Vol. 4, No. 1, January 2007, and “Part III – Nightmare Scenario or Fairness in Action? A Dismissal,” appeared in Vol. 4, No. 2, February 2007. The series did not explicitly speak for the authors’ employers, employees or coworkers.
Dr. Linda Materna, professor of Spanish and chair of the department of foreign languages and literatures, delivered a paper on the movie “Poniente,” which deals with illegal immigration and racism by acclaimed Spanish director Chus Guitierrez. She presented her paper, “Espacios inhospitos: exilio y diaspora en 'Poniente' de Chus Gutierrez,” on March 3 at the Northeast Modern Language Association Convention in Baltimore, MD.
Dr. Tamar Jacobson, assistant professor of teacher education and coordinator of the early childhood education program, will be convocation keynote speaker at the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia Award Recipients Convocation on April 19. Jacobson will speak on the ways that society can meet the challenge of and responsibility to today’s young children for their positive and productive future. She is the author of “Confronting Our Discomfort: Clearing the Way for Anti-Bias in Early Childhood,” published by Heinemann. Her recent research addresses teachers and anger.
Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, F.A.G.O., associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster, attended the premier performance of his composition, “For Love,” in February. The piece was commissioned and performed by the Westminster Chapel Choir and the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale in their first joint concert. Dr. Frank Abrahams, professor and chair of the department of music education, conducted. The text for the work was drawn from “The Way,” by Josemaria Escriva, the Spanish priest who founded Opus Dei. “For Love” was commissioned to correspond to the major work of the program, Stravinsky’s “Symphony of Psalms,” so the new piece uses the same octatonic pitch collection as the first movement of the Stravinsky.
Dr. Jay Kawarsky, professor of music theory and composition, had his works performed in three locations across the country last month. “Fastidious Notes” for alto saxophone and orchestral winds was performed at the University of Florida on February 21st and at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO, on February 28th. On March 2nd, Dr. Kawarsky’s work “Prayers for Bobby” for narrrator, soloists, choir and orchestra, was performed in celebration of World Day of Prayer by the Rincon Congregational United Church of Christ, Tucson, AZ, conducted by the church’s minister of music and Rider alumnus Justin Raffa.
Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance; Dr. Joe H. Kim, associate professor of marketing; and Dr. Lewis W. Coopersmith, associate professor of management sciences, wrote an article titled “Co-movements of Pacific-Basin Stock Markets: Portfolio Diversification Implications,” that was accepted for publication in the Fall 2007 issue of the “Journal of International Business and Economy.” Dr. Gulser Meric, a professor of accounting and finance at Rowan University, is a co-author of the paper.
Dr. Pearlie Peters, professor of English, has written a contributing literary essay on writer, journalist and editor, Dorothy West, of Martha’s Vineyard, MA, published in Volume 2 of a recent two-volume book, entitled “Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers,” edited by Yolanda Williams Page and published by Greenwood Press, Westport, CT in February, 2007.
Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, adjunct assistant professor of political science, and Dr. Frank Rusciano, professor of political science, presented a paper in July 2006 entitled “The Student Global Village: Videoconferencing Towards Deliberative International Discussion,” which was published in the proceedings of the 25th International Conference and General Assembly of the International Association for Media and Communication Research in Cairo, Egypt, pages 374-376. They collaborated with Dr. Ibrahim Saleh, assistant professor of communications at The American University in Cairo.
Drs. Fiske-Rusciano and Rusciano also participated in a conference at Yale University for the recipients of the Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues grant. They presented the results of the Student Global Village, their ongoing project involving Rider students and students at the American University in Cairo in deliberative discussions through videoconferencing.
John Bushman, professor-librarian at Rider University and department chair at Rider University Libraries, has published the book, “The Library as Place: History, Community and Culture,” with Dr. Gloria J. Leckie, an associate professor and associate dean in the department of information and media studies at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. The book examines the library as a physical, social and intellectual place within the psyche of its clientele and the public at large. It was published by Libraries Unlimited in December 2006. Buschman is co-editor of the journal, “Progressive Librarian,” and serves on the editorial board of Library Philosophy and Practice.
Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, led the presentation of a collaborative paper titled “Unified-Insular-Firmly Policed or Fractured-Contested-Porous Gifted Education?” at the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) annual conference in Charlotte, NC, on November 3. This presentation by four prominent gatekeepers of the scholarship in gifted education and related fields analyzed the structure and dynamics of the field using an interpretive framework borrowed from the social sciences and humanities. Also at NAGC, he served on a panel of journal editors who provided publication guidance to scholars in the field, and served on the founding board of advisors for the “Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent.” On November 28th, he provided an invited presentation of his scholarship to faculty and researchers at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and selected Rutgers University faculty. In addition, he completed invited chapters for the “Handbook on Giftedness” (Springer Science) and “Creativity: A Handbook for Teachers” (World Scientific).
Dr. Diane Casale-Giannola, assistant professor of teacher education, and Dr. Michele Wilson Kamens, professor of teacher education, had their article, “Inclusion at a University: Experiences of Young Women with Down Syndrome,” published in the journal, “Mental Retardation,” in October 2006.
Dr. Michele Kamens attended the Center for Teacher Quality Annual Forum in Albuquerque, NM, in November and facilitated a session related to “Co-teaching as a Service Delivery Model.” The theme of the forum was “Building Partnerships: Collaborating Across General and Special Education.” The Forum is an initiative developed by the Center for Teacher Quality to work with states to improve the preparation, licensing and professional development of both general and special education teachers of students with disabilities. The New Jersey team is organized to serve “as the leadership for reform in the state.” The team consists of four members of the New Jersey Department of Education from both general and special education. Dr. Kamens is the representative from higher education.
Dr. Jean Darian, department chair and professor of marketing; Dr. Zhihong Gao, assistant professor of marketing; and Dr. Joe Kim, associate professor of marketing, presented their paper, “Sustainable Water Consumption: A Comparison of Consumers in China and the United States and Implications for Marketing Strategies” at the Third International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability at the University of Madras in Chennai, India, January 4-7.
Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster Choir College, chaired a session on film and presented his paper, “See Lola Run: The Compositional Devices of Film Director Tom Tykwer,” at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities on January 13. The paper presented an analysis of Tykwer's subtle uses of tempo, timbre, modulation, density, variation and lyrics in the context of the action seen on screen.
Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance, Dr. Benjamin H. Eichhorn, associate professor of management sciences, and Dr. Ira B. Sprotzer, associate professor and chair of the department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, presented a paper dealing with the MERCOSUR common market in South America at the Global Trends Conference of the Academy of Business Administration in December 2006. Dr. Meric and Dr. Charles W. McCall, associate professor of economics, also presented a paper comparing U.S. and Japanese electronics industries at the same conference. Dr. Gulser Meric from Rowan University is a co-author of both papers. The papers will be included in the proceedings of the conference, which will be published as a readings book in June.
Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen, assistant professor of fine arts (music), was invited as a visiting faculty member at Princeton University during fall 2006. He taught a course on the History of Pop and Rock Music (1970s through to the present) and secured a guest visit from the legendary producer and engineer, Eddie Kramer (The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, etc.), whom he hopes to also bring to Rider in the near future.
Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, completed his first year and fourth issue as editor of the national refereed journal, “Roeper Review,” which addresses giftedness, talent development, and other aspects of high ability. In October, he ran editorial advisory board meetings in Detroit for the journal.
Dr. Maury Randall, department chair and professor of finance, and Dr. David Suk, associate professor of finance, received a "Best Paper Award Certificate" for the paper they presented at the Association for Global Business Conference held at Newport Beach, CA, in November 2006. The paper is titled "Population Trends: The Disparate Impact on the Growth of the World's Largest Economies," and it has been published in the fall 2006 edition of “The Journal of Current Research in Global Business.”
Dr. Ciprian Borcea, professor of mathematics, received the Grigore Moisil Award from the Romanian Academy on December 19 for his paper, “The Number of Embeddings of Minimally Rigid Graphs,” co-written by Dr. Ileana Streinu, professor of computer science at Smith College, and published in the journal, “Discrete and Computational Geometry,” Vol. 31, No. 2, pg. 287-303, (February 2004). The Annual Moisil Award is the Academy’s highest honor for theoretical computer science research. The award is named after an important Romanian mathematician and has been presented every year since 2000. The Romanian Academy is a cultural forum, founded in Romania in 1866, that advances scientific research, as well as Romanian language, literature and history. The award was presented at a ceremony recognizing the academy’s 140th anniversary.
Dr. Robin A. Leaver, professor of sacred music at Westminster Choir College, recently published the following chapters and articles: "Music and the Reformation," in "European Music, 1520-1640," ed. James Haar (Boydell Press); "Background of the Christmas Oratorio: Liturgy, Theology and Unity" (in Dutch) in "Johann Sebastian Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248,” edited by Frans Brouwer (Challenge, Hilversum); "Preface" to "Bach Perspectives 6: J. S. Bach’s Concerted Ensemble Music, The Ouverture,” ed. Gregory G. Butler (University of Illinois Press); "John Wilson: ‘Our Generation’s Most Devoted Encourager of Fine Hymnody’” and various book reviews in "The Hymn" and “Journal of the American Academy of Religion.” The first title of a new series of monographs Dr. Leaver is editing, "Contextual Bach Studies," was also published in the fall in "The Crucifixion in Music: An Analytical Study of the Crucifixus between 1680 and 1800," by Jasmin Melissa Cameron (Scarecrow).