January - March 2005
- Dr. Gary Barricklow, associate professor of English, and Dr. John Hulsman, professor of English, gave a presentation and ran a workshop for EOF Program Directors at the 35th Annual New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Conference at the Meadowlands Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center on March 7. The Conference theme was "Forging the Path to Excellence." Their presentation was entitled "Building an EOP Program for the Long Term."
- Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, adjunct assistant professor of political science and global and multinational studies, and Dr. Frank Rusciano, professor of political science and global and multinational studies, both presented papers at the International Studies Association’s 46th Annual Convention, March 3 and 5, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Fiske-Rusciano’s paper was entitled: “Through the Looking Glass: Refugee Women and the Negotiation of Identity.” Dr. Frank Rusciano’s paper was entitled: “Simulation and Seduction: Political Persuasion and the Strategic Defense Initiative.”
- Dr. Ronald Hemmel, A.A.G.O, associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the music computing center attended the premier performance of his newly-commissioned work, "The Echoing Green" in February. In the same concert, the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale also performed Dr. Hemmel's "The Little Vagabond" and "The Piping Song." All three works are based on poems of William Blake.
- Mary Morse, assistant professor of English, presented a paper, "Grant Writing as a Foundation Course in Teaching Professional Writing," at the Modern Language Association annual meeting in Philadelphia in December. Her paper was one of six in "The Power of Praxis" sessions sponsored by the Association of Business Communicators.
- Dr. Elizabeth Scheiber, assistant professor of French and Italian, has attended numerous conventions and presently has an article in press. At the Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI), in association with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), she presented her paper, "Vanadio" and the Failure of Memory to Explain the Holocaust in Primo Levi's II sistema periodico." The paper analyzed an imperfect analogy in a short story by Primo Levi. At the 8th Biannual Lessons and Legacies Conference on the Holocaust at Brown University, she presented a study on the use of symbol in the works of Holocaust writer Jorge Semprùn entitled, "Christ Says Kaddish: The Role of Jews in the Holocaust Fiction of Jorge Semprùn."
- Patrick Schmidt, assistant professor of music education, presented the paper, "Sharing Perspective on Music in Urban Schools," for the MENC Easter Division at the Music Educators National Conference in Baltimore, MD, on March 4.
- Dr. Michele Wilson Kamens, associate professor of teacher education, was the keynote speaker for the New Jersey Department of Education New Teacher Institute, held on the Rider Lawrenceville campus in January. The topic of her speech was, "Inclusion and You - or, Why is that Other Person in My Classroom?" Participants were New Jersey K-12 teachers with fewer than four years' experience in the field.
- Dr. Stephen A. Allen, assistant professor of fine arts, presented the paper, "Benjamin Britten and Religious Tension", at the Benjamin Britten Festival at SUNY, Fredonia on February 24. Also, Dr. Allen joined Professor Mervyn Cooke from the University of Nottingham, England on February 23 for a roundtable discussion at the festival.
- Dr. John Baer, professor of teacher education, recently published the book Creativity across Domains: Faces of the Muse (published by Erlbaum and co-edited with James Kaufman) and is finishing work on Reason and Creativity in Development (which will be published by Cambridge University Press). His article “Considering the DMGT: Something Old, Something New” appears in the current issue of the journal High Ability Studies. He also made presentations at two recent conferences: Varieties of Hybrid Courses at the Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning and Gender Identity Differences in the Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on Creativity at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation.
- Dr. Peter Hester, assistant professor of teacher education, presented the paper, “From Physical Proximity To Online Community” at the IADIS International Web Based Communities conference in Carvoeiro, Portugal on February 23. The following week, Dr. Hester presented the paper, “From Paper to Blackboard to the Web: Student-constructed WeblioBiblios Come of Age in Rider University's Virtual Learning Community” at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education’s 2005 annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ.
- Dr. Hongbing Sun, associate professor of geological/marine sciences, had his paper, “Estimating The Fate of Precipitation From Stream Discharge: A Case Study in New Jersey,” published by the New Jersey Academy of Science, pages 9-15, this past December.
- Diana Crane, associate professor of German and fine arts, adapted and read a story by O'Henry at both the Readings and Carols concerts at Princeton University in December 2004. As a professional dialect coach, she worked with Rider University's cast of The Homecoming by Harold Pinter directed by Brian Cichocki during the months of December through February. She will be the narrator with the Williamson Singers in the premier performance of In Memoriam:Warsaw 1943 at The Philadelphia Cathedral on April 23 under the direction of Dr. James Jordan, associate professor of organ and sacred music.
- Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, recently published the chapter, "Creativity in teaching: Essential knowledge, skills, and dispositions" in the book, Creativity Across Domains: Faces of the Muse. This book was co-edited by Dr. John Baer, professor of teacher education. Ambrose also published the book review "Civil societies: Large-scale contexts shaping giftedness and talent," a review of Chambers, S. & Kymlicka, W. (2002). Alternative conceptions of civil society. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press in the Gifted Child Quarterly. This is the latest in an ongoing series of interdisciplinary, modified book reviews that he initiated with the journal several years ago.
- Dr. Stephen Arthur Allen, assistant professor of fine arts, presented the paper, “Salvation at Sea’: Billy Budd and the Catastrophe of Doubt”, at the Forum on Christianity and Musical Scholarship (FCMS) at Princeton University on February 18. Allen’s composition, Gaudy Flourishes for trumpet, cornet, flugel horn and side drum, was performed on the radio (WPRB 103.3) on February 5. Allen also appeared as a special guest lecturer at SUNY Fredonia with Professor Mervyn Cooke (University of Nottingham, UK) as part of their Benjamin Britten Festival February 22-25.
- Dr. Rebecca Basham, assistant professor of English, had her latest play, which was supported by a Rider Summer Fellowship in 2003, celebrate its world premiere at Diversionary Theater in San Diego on January 16 and it ran until February 19. The title is Wrinkles and it was also read at the Philadelphia Theater Workshop on February 13. She has also finished a screenplay, The Sons of Italy, on spec for Sunstar Productions, a new production company in Lawrenceville, that will be shot in Naples and Capri, Italy in June of this year. Her paper, "Western Classics Meet Eastern Theatrical Conventions: The Cyclical Nature of Women's Oppression" was accepted by the Women's World Congress for presentation in Seoul, Korea in June.
- Patrick Schmidt, assistant professor of music education, presented the paper, “Transforming Music Education Through Critical Pedagogy,” as guest lecturer on February 4 at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
- Robert J. Lackie, associate professor-librarian, and Michele D'Angelo-Long, adjunct instructor of English, gave a presentation on "What to do and Where to go: Strategies & Resources for Combating Plagiarism," at the 2005 New Jersey Virtual Academic Library Environment Users' Conference on January 6. Their presentation, based on their recently published chapters in the book The Plagiarism Plague: A Resource Guide and CD-ROM Tutorial for Educators, reviewed issues surrounding cheating/plagiarism and six factors all educators work against when teaching about plagiarism. They also discussed strategies and offered suggestions to better combat plagiarism, emphasizing student and teacher/librarian resources for citing/documenting, researching, and writing.
- Dr. Sylvia Bulgar, associate professor of teacher education, attended The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) ninth annual conference held in Dallas, TX, where she presented her work entitled, "Supported Video Exemplars for Professional Development in Mathematics Education." It describes the software she created with Dr. Marc Boots-Ebenfeld as part of The Rider University SELECT Virtual Learning Community (VLC). In additon, Dr. Bulgar presented a poster mini-session with Dr. Roberta Schorr of Rutgers University, entitled, "Changing the Affect: Empowering Urban Students."
- Dr. Robin Leaver, professor, sacred music, recently published the following: substantial entries on Carol, Hymn and Psalmody in Key Words in Church Music: Definition Essays on Concepts, Practices and Movements of Thought in Church Music, ed. Carl Schalk. (Concordia, 2004); "Genevan Psalm Tunes in the Lutheran Chorale Tradition," in Der Genfer Psalter und seine Rezeption in Deutschland, der Schweiz und den Niederlanden 16 - 18 Jahrhundert, ed. Eckhard Grunewald, Henning P. Jürgens and Jan R. Luth (Niemeyer, 2004); and "Hymnody in English and Dutch Exile Congregations ca. 1552 - 1561," in Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie (2005). Dr Leaver, with Dr. Andrew Megill, assistant professor, conducting - with violinist Nancy Wilson - led their third workshop on Bach's cantatas at the Dublin Institute of Technology College of Music, Ireland, which culminated at the end of the week in the performance of Cantatas 1 and 6 of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, conducted by Dr. Megill, in Trinity College Chapel, Dublin. Dr. Leaver was also advisor for two successfully defended doctoral dissertations at Drew University: Jan Graham, But for Henry, A Lutheran England? Thomas Cranmer and the Supreme Royal 1529-1540 (D. Litt., 2004); Kimberly Bracken Long, Ravished with the Love of Christ: the Eucharistic Theology of the American Holy Fairs (PhD., 2005).
- Dr. Ron Cook, professor of management and human resources, and Paul Belliveau, principal of Paul Belliveau Associates and an adjunct professor of small business at Rider, published their article, “The influence of human capital attributes in microenterprise training,” in the Journal of Small Business Development, Vol. 11, No. 4, 2004, pp. 467-473.
- Dr. Ron Cook, Paul Belliveau, and Dr. Mark Sandberg, dean emeritus and associate professor of management and human resources, have published their article, "Training and learning as drivers of U.S. microenterprise business plan quality," in the Journal of Education and Training, Vol. 46, 8/9, pp. 398-405.
- Dr. Hope Corman, professor of economics, Dr. Kelly Noonan, assistant professor of economics, and Dr. Nancy E. Reichman of Robert Wood Johnson UMDNJ, presented a paper, “Effects of Child Health on Sources of Public Support,” at the American Economics Association meeting in Philadelphia on January 8.
- Gerard K. Green, director of the Fitness Center and a strength and condition coach, has co-authored the book, Winning Weight Training for Girls, now in its second printing in hard cover. It was first published by Facts on File in November 2003. Winning Weight Training for Girls is a comprehensive guide for girls to use the weight room safely to keep fit and prepare for athletic competition. The book describes the benefits of weight training, the muscles of the body and how they interact, biomechanics, anaerobic versus aerobic exercises, proper use of equipment, circuit programs for different levels of ability, training for performance or injury recovery, and controlling weight. It received good reviews from the School Library Journal.
- Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance, has an article published in the Fall 2004 issue of Global Business and Finance Review titled "The Diminishing Benefit of Global Portfolio Diversification." Dr. Meric's article in the Spring-2003 issue of the same journal titled "Financial Leverage, Dividend Policy, and Managerial Ownership in Japanese corporations," received the "Honorable Mention Award" in the 2004-volume of The Publications of New Jersey's Business Faculty. The volume is published and the award is given by The New Jersey Policy Research Organization Foundation and The Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University. Dr. G. Meric of Rowan University is a co-author of both articles. Drs. L. Kyj and C. Lacke of Rowan University are also co-authors of the second article.
- Dr. Nancy Westburg, professor of counseling services in the Graduate School of Education, published the article, "Hope, attitudes, emotions, and expectations in healthcare providers of services to patients infected with HIV" in AIDS and Behavior, 8, 1-8 (2004) with Dr. M.H. Guindon of Johns Hopkins University. In October 2004, she presented the paper, "Bullying Prevention," to the New Jersey Department of Education New Teacher Institute at Rider University with Dr. Jesse DeEsch and Dr. James Murphy, associate professors of graduate education, and the paper, "Traumatized/Abused Children: Facts and Hope" at the 2004 New Jersey Counseling Association Annual Conference in Eatontown, with Dr. James Murphy and Dr. Stefan Dombrowski, assistant professors of graduate education (Counseling Services and School Psychology ). She was also interviewed on PBS radio about her hope and humor research in November, 2004.
