October - December 2004
- Dr. Stefan Dombrowski, assistant professor of graduate education (school psychology). His paper, “Gestational Fever and Psychological/Behavioral Outcomes,” was referred to in the December issue of Prevention magazine. The paper focused on the possible mechanisms by which gestational fever might disrupt the neurological development of the fetus during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, leading to later learning problems, behavioral difficulties, and other psychological conditions.
- Dr. Yun Xia, assistant professor of communication, presented three papers and participated in one panel discussion at the 90th Convention of the National Communication Association in November of 2004 in Chicago. The three papers are: “Digitization in Language and the Alternative Writing System in the Communication on the Internet,” “The Analog and Digital Communication in the Creation and Development of Chinese Pictographs,” and “Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and its Impact on Students’ Learning Process and Learning Effectiveness: A Factor Analysis of Students’ Narratives about their Online Learning Experience.” The panel is “Perceptions and Perspectives on Instructional Technology: Moving Our Understanding Forward.” The papers and the panel explore the social, cultural, educational, and linguistic impact of the digital communication technologies.
- Dr. Carol Watson, professor of management and human resources in the College of Business Administration and director of the University’s Center for the Development of Leadership Skills, and Dr. L. Richard Hoffman, professor emeritus at Rutgers University Graduate School of Management, coauthored the article, "The role of task-related behavior in the emergence of leaders: The dilemma of the informed woman" in Group and Organization Management, 29(6), 659-685.
- Dr. Michael G. Curran, Jr., associate professor of teacher education, and Dr. Fred G. Aiken from Burlington County Institute of Technology, delivered a workshop titled, “Education for a Different Tomorrow: Apprenticeships in Office Technology” at the annual convention of the New Jersey Business Technology Education Association held in concert with the 150th annual convention of the New Jersey Education Association in Atlantic City on November 4.
- Dr. Diane Giannola, assistant professor of teacher education, and Dr. Michele Kamens, associate professor of teacher education, were part of a roundtable presentation at the 2004 Annual Conference of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children in Albuquerque, NM November 10-13. The presentation was entitled, "Creativity, Innovations, and Collaborations for Confirming Diversity in Personnel Preparation Programs". Dr. Giannola's presentation was a discussion of placements and supervision of student teachers related to diverse populations and inclusive settings. Dr. Kamens facilitated a discussion related to issues related to preparing preservice teachers for inclusive practice.
- Dr. Elizabeth Haywood-Sullivan, assistant professor of accounting, and Dr. Donald Wygal, chairperson of the accounting department, published their work, "Corporate Greed vs. IMA's Ethics Code" in the November 2004 issue of Strategic Finance, the premier journal of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). The article examines recent corporate financial scandals, including Enron,WorldCom, Adelphia and others, using the framework of the IMA "Standards of Ethical Conduct for Practitioners of Management Accounting and Financial Management". Their work examines the ethical dimensions of abusive past practices and identifies ways for industry professionals to employ the power of the IMA Ethical Standards to restore public trust and guard against such behavior in the future."
- Dr. Kamens had her article, "Learning to Write IEPs: A Personalized, Reflective Approach for Preservice Teachers," published in the November 2004 volume of the special education journal, Intervention in School and Clinic.
- Dr. Mary Poteau-Tralie, associate professor of French, gave a presentation, titled, "Web Treasure Hunt" at the Bucks County Schools Common Inservice Day, Foreign Language Workshop on November 2. Her presentation covered many helpful resources available for foreign language learners on the Internet.
- Dr. Margaret Schleissner, professor of German and chairperson of the department of foreign languages and literatures, presented a paper, "Lost and Found in Translation: Doris Doerrie's Enlightenment Guaranteed" in a session on humor in German film at the ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) conference in Chicago, IL, on November 21.
- Dr. John Sheats, professor of chemistry, co-authored a paper, “Trapping an Elusive Intermediate in Manganese-Oxo Cubane Chemistry" published in Inorganic Chemistry in September.
- Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, A.A.G.O., associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster, had a double-header on the West Coast in November. His "Prelude, Fugue and Variation on 'Vineyard Haven'" for organ was the concert opener for the College Music Society's international conference in San Francisco. He also presented a session, "Starting Your Own Garage Band," at the annual meeting of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, held concurrently with CMS. Also in November, the University of Evansville Trumpet Ensemble gave the premier performance of Dr. Hemmel's "Out to Sea" for solo trumpet and trumpet ensemble.
- Dr. Steve Allen, assistant professor of fine arts, presented his paper, “The Beatles and The Blues,” on October 11, and Dr. Barry Seldes, professor of political science, and Dr. Lindsey Christiansen, professor of piano and voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, presented “Brahms: His Music and His World” on October 21. All three events were part of Rider’s Baccalaureate Honors Program (BHP) Happenings.
- Dr. Keith Dewey, director of corporate and foundation relations, had his article, “Tips for Identifying Corporate Decision Makers,” published in the November 2004, Vol. XII, No. 11 issue of Successful Fund Raising, a monthly report of successful fundraising ideas, strategies, and management issues.
- Robert J. Lackie, associate professor-librarian, and Robert J. Congleton, assistant professor-librarian, are co-authors of the feature article, "Free and Fee-Based Online Science Resources for the K-12 Community," that appeared in the November/December 2004 issue of MultiMedia & Internet@Schools (MMIS). MMIS is a source of practical information for school library media and technology specialists on today's and tomorrow's education technology products, tools, and resources and how they can be used to further teaching and learning.
- Dr. Reed Schwimmer, assistant professor of geological and marine sciences, co-authored a paper that was presented at the 2004 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Denver, CO, on November 8. The paper was titled, "Sequence of Introductory Physical Geology Topics: When Should Plate Tectonics be Taught? This paper is a continuation of his endeavor to revamp the way Earth sciences are taught at the college level.
- Dr. John Sheats, professor of chemistry, presented his paper, "Science Education and the Little Red Hen: Sowing SEED to Produce Future Scientists” at a seminar sponsored by the chemistry department at Rowan University on November 2. He has also co-authored the paper, “Trapping an Elusive Intermediate in Manganese-Oxo Cubane Chemistry, published in Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 43, issue 19, September 2004.
- Dr. Minmin Wang, professor of communication, presented her paper, “An Ethnographic Study of Perceptions and Practices of Friendship in China Today” at the annual National Communication Association convention in Chicago, on November 11-14. This paper was based on detailed interviews with more than 50 graduate students in Xian during her sabbatical leave earlier this year.
- Dr. John Baer, professor of teacher education, co-authored two journal articles published this summer - "Sure, I'm Creative - But Not in Math!: Self-reported Creativity in Diverse Domains" in Empirical Studies of the Arts and "The Amusement Park Theoretical (APT) Model of Creativity" in The Korean Journal of Thinking & Problem Solving. He also co-authored two papers presented at this summer's American Psychological Association meeting in Honolulu. His book, Creativity across Domains: Faces of the Muse (co-edited with James Kaufman) will be published this fall by Erlbaum.
- Dr. Sylvia Bulgar, associate professor of teacher education, presented two papers at the 26th Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PMENA: Building Connections Between Communities) in October. She presented the paper entitled, "Extending and refining models for thinking about division of fractions" on October 22 and "Comparing solutions across the divide" on October 24. In addition, Dr. Bulgar was asked to co-chair a subgroup on Teacher Education of the working group, Models and Modeling.
- Dr. Jim Castagnera, associate provost, and Dr. Steven J. Lorenzet, assistant professor of management and human resources, delivered a workshop session titled, "Global; Outsourcing: A two-edged Sword," at the 13th Annual Garden State Council Society for Human Resource Management Conference and Expo, November 8 at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village in Princeton. This year's conference theme was "Driving The Business: People, Performance and Profits."
- Robert J. Lackie, associate professor-librarian, participated in the Phi Delta Kappa International 2004 Conference in Las Vegas, October 21-24. His presentation, based on his published College & Undergraduate Libraries journal article, was entitled: "The Evolving 'Invisible Web': Tried-and-True Methods and New Developments for Locating the Web's Hidden Content." Robert also published one chapter, "Where to Go for What They Need to Know: Style Sheets, Writing Guides, and Other Resources," and co-published another chapter with Michele D'Angelo-Long, adjunct instructor of English, entitled, "It's a Small World?: Cross-Cultural Perspectives and ESL Considerations," in The Plagiarism Plague: A Resource Guide and CD-ROM Tutorial for Educators. Ed. Vibiana Bowman. New York: Neal-Schumann, 2004. Michele also published within this book another chapter entitled: "Teach Your Children Well: The High School Research Experience."
- Dr. Pearlie Peters, professor of English, presented a paper titled, "Court Can't Make Races Mix: Zora Neale Hurston's Rejection of the Brown vs. Board of Education Decision," at the 89th annual conference of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History on September 30 in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Dr. Frank Rusciano, chairperson of the political science department, served as a panelist during a roundtable discussion at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. on October 7. "Public Thinking About Americans' Role in the World," was the topic of discussion.
- Dr. Minmin Wang, professor of communication, presented a paper, entitled, "Communication and Civilization: The Impact of Modernization on Chinese Traditional Values," at the tenth Annual International Conference of the Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States (ACPSS). The conference was held at Towson University in Baltimore, MD, October 29-31. The paper analyzes the impact of modernization on Chinese traditional values regarding interpersonal relationships and communication.
- Dr. Stefan Dombrowski, assistant professor of graduate education (school psychology), presented a paper on "Gestational Fever and Psychological/Behavioral Outcomes," on May 27 at the National Childhood Longitudinal Study Workshop on Infections and Inflammatory Processes in Baltimore. The paper focused on the possible mechanisms by which gestational fever might disrupt the neurological development of the fetus during the second and third trimester of pregnancy, leading to later learning problems, behavioral difficulties, and other psychological conditions.
- Dr. Betsy Haywood-Sullivan, assistant professor of accounting; Dr. Dorothy McMullen, associate professor of accounting; and Dr. Donald Wygal, chairperson of accounting, published their article "Using Games to Enhance Student Understanding of Professional and Ethical Responsibilities" in a special 2004 edition of Issues in Accounting Education. This journal is the major education research outlet of the American Accounting Association. The special edition was devoted solely to research on ethical and professional perspectives in accounting education. Of over 60 submissions, only eight were selected for publication.
- Dr. Judith Johnston, professor of English, presented the paper, "Street Music, Barrel Organs, and Swarthy Italians: Virginia Woolf's Defense of Expressive Art," at Back to Bloomsbury, the 14th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, in London, on June 25 and "Righteous Bombers? Drama by Ed Bullins and Albert Camus," at the Ninth Nordic Conference for English Studies, in Aarhus, Denmark, on May 28. This summer, Dr. Johnston spent six weeks as a visiting professor at Karlstad University, Sweden, where she gave lectures and conducted research on Nobel-prize winning novelist, Selma Lagerlöf. Just published is her article, "Eyes Lifted to the Hills: Historical Debate in Alice Dunbar Nelson's World War I Play," in CLA Journal 47.4 (2004): 454-72.
- Dr. Charmen Loh, associate professor of finance; and R.S. Rathinasamy from Ball State University published their article, "A Study of the Impact of the IPO Class Action Lawsuits Filing on Stockholder Wealth" in the Journal of Business and Economics Research. Vol 2, number 7, July 2004, pp 69-77.
- Dr. Cynthia Lucia, assistant professor of English, presented her paper, "Women, Law and the Perverse: Female Perversions and a Question of Silence," at a conference on screen media and sexual politics at Plymouth University in Plymouth, NH, Oct. 9.
- Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, adjunct professor of political science, is editor of the recently published book, Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Fourth Edition, McGraw Hill. The first three editions were edited by the late Dr. Virginia Cyrus, professor emerita of English. Dr. Fiske-Rusciano created her own particular blend of literature, social science articles and news items, including two articles by Rider students Derek Schork, a marketing major, and Clarethia Ellerbe, a liberal studies major. The Fourth Edition includes two new updated parts: "Race, Class, and Gender After 9/11," and "Sexuality."
- John Buschman, professor-librarian and department chair and collection librarian, has garnered much attention for his work. The topic of his book, Dismantling the Public Sphere: Situating and Sustaining Librarianship in the Age of the New Public Philosophy, was the featured cover article in the August 2004 issue of American Libraries, one of the widest read magazines in the field. The article was "Staying Public: The Real Crisis in Librarianship," and he also participated in a round table discussion held to inform the Washington, D.C. City Council on Reinventing the D.C. Public Library System on September 22.
- Dr. Stefan Dombrowski, assistant professor of graduate education, presented on August 26 a proposal to the staffs of various members of Congress who are working on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization. He proposed a diagnostic approach that would rectify the above problems by incorporating an LD diagnostic algorithm that is objective, standardized, and allows for uniformity and accountability of diagnosis. This proposal was based on an article that Dr. Dombrowski and colleagues from Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia published in an American Psychological Association journal.
- Kendall Andersen Friedman, director of the Rider Learning Center and Tutoring Services, presented "Navigating a Successful Supplemental Instruction Program: Who is at the Helm?" at the annual conference of the National College Learning Center Association, held in Towson, MD from September 30 - October 1.
- Dr. Robin Leaver, professor of sacred music at Westminster Choir College, chaired the biennial meeting of the American Bach Society at Rutgers University, New Brunswick this past April. This meeting marked the end of his tenure as president of the society. In early July, he led the 7th annual Bach Festival at Westminster (with Andrew Megill and Nancy Wilson), and a few weeks later gave one of the opening addresses and chaired three sessions of the 11th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music held in Manchester, England. While in England he was interviewed by RTE (the Irish Radio Telefis Eireann) for a series of radio programs on Bach cantatas. Also in July, he was one of the keynote speakers at the regional conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians held in Frankenmuth, MI.
- Dr. Carol Nicholson, professor of philosophy, had her article, "Elegance and Grass Roots: The Neglected Philosophy of Frederick Law Olmsted," published in Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy (Spring, 2004, Vol. XL, No. 2).
- Dr. Maury Randall, chairperson of the finance department, and Dr. David Suk, associate professor of finance, presented their paper titled, "Demographic Divergence: An Economic and Financial Comparison of the n meetings in New York City on September 26. U. S. and Japan." at the Northeast Business and Economic Association.
