October - December 2006
- John Buschman, professor-librarian at Rider University and department chair at Rider University Libraries, had his paper, "The Integrity and Obstinacy of Intellectual Creations: Jürgen Habermas and Librarianship's Theoretical Literature" published in "The Library Quarterly,” Volume 76, Number 3 in July.
- Dr. Carol Jean Nicholson, professor of philosophy, presented her paper, "A Philosophical View of the Clash of Civilizations," at an international conference on philosophy sponsored by the Athens Institute for Education and Research on June 3. She will give a paper on "New Directions in Political Philosophy: Global Justice Beyond Rawls" at a conference on New Directions in the Humanities in Paris in July 2007.
- Dr. Pearlie Mae Peters, professor of English, has had an article, “Frederick Douglass: The Nantucket Connection,” published in Robert Johnson’s 2006 anthology, “Nantucket’s People of Color: Essays on History, Politics and Community.” The anthology is the culmination of more than 10 years of scholarly research on the culture and history of the African population on Nantucket Island. In 1999, Peters conducted her research on Douglass on Nantucket Island under the auspices of the James Bradford Ames Fellowship Program established by the Africana Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Another version of Peters’ Douglass article appeared in the literary journal, “Zora Neale Hurston Forum” in 2003.
- Dr. Maury R. Randall, department chair and professor of finance, presented a paper, "Population Trends: The Disparate Impact of the Growth of the World’s Largest Economies," at the Association of Global Business Conference in Newport Beach, CA, November 17. Dr. David Y. Suk, associate professor of finance, is co-author of the paper.
- Dr. Reed A. Schwimmer, assistant professor of geological, environmental and marine sciences, presented a paper, "Concept Maps Illustrate the Integrated Nature of Earth System Science," at the annual Geological Society of America meeting in Philadelphia on October 25. This presentation was in part a product of his individual project for BRIDGE, in which he participated last year. He also participated in a field trip through southern New Jersey that examined the landforms and shoreline features that developed over the past 200,000 years.
- Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster Choir College, was an invited panelist to discuss “K-12 Music Education and Technology: The Road Ahead" at the National Symposium on Music Instruction Technology, held recently in Bismarck, ND. He made two other presentations: "GarageBand Goes to the Movies,” which demonstrated new audio/video synchronization techniques and podcasting, and "Can I Get a Little Help?," a paper on designing graduate-level music technology courses for K-12 teachers.
- Yu Jane Jiang, adjunct instructor of Chinese, published her book entitled “A Reflection Moment” (New York: Cozy House) in July 2006. This book is an award-winning collection of 40 articles published originally in major Chinese newspapers and magazines that captures Jiang’s first 10 years in the United States and traces her life stages. Critics have called it a "true inner reflection and footprint of many immigrants' whispers and unceasing hopes, which enlightens the unconditional endurance in all of us."
- Dr. Dorothy A. McMullen, associate professor of accounting, and Dr. William J. Amadio, associate professor of computer information systems, joined partners from The Mercadien Group and the New York City Police Department to present a seminar entitled “Financial Statements in Electronic Crime Investigation” at the FBI's Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory in Hamilton. The event was sponsored by the New Jersey Attorney General's Advocacy Institute. The audience consisted of attorneys and investigators from many government agencies including Criminal Justice, Labor and Taxation. McMullen discussed how to detect fraud involving shell companies, billing schemes, expense reimbursement schemes and check tampering. Amadio discussed the many forms of digital evidence, including processing files such as logs and caches that computers create but do not display to the user.
- Dr. Richard Butsch, professor of sociology, completed the manuscript for his edited book, “Media and Public Spheres” to be published by Palgrave-Macmillan in January 2007. “Media and Public Spheres” explores whether movies, radio, television and the Internet constitute public spheres, and how audiences respond to these as public spheres. It presents empirical studies that address major theoretical issues which have been debated for a decade. These include cases of media developments, present and past, in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
- Maria Cristina Campos Fuentes, adjunct faculty in Spanish, had her paper, “En el país de la parodia: el criollismo en Adán Buenosayres de Marechal,” accepted for publication. It will be published in the May 2007 issue of the journal “Chasqui,” Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 2007. "Chasqui" is a peer reviewed journal, specializing in Latin American literature.
- Soprano Margaret Cusack, associate professor of voice, and pianist Dr. J.J. Penna, associate professor of piano at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, performed a song recital at California State University at Northridge on September 23. They performed La Canzone dei Ricordi of Giovanni Martucci, the Hugo Wolf "Mignon Lieder," and songs of Hermann Reutter and Ottorino Respighi. Cusack also gave a Master Class to students from the University while in California.
- Candace Goetz, adjunct associate professor of voice, was the guest speaker at The Julliard School's Complete Chorale Musician 2006, directed by Judith Clurman. The topic presented was how to prepare a choir and/or individual choral conductor for rehearsals or performances with regard to vocal health and voice building. In addition, she was invited as faculty at The New School in New York in their summer music theater intensive "SWEAT".
- Marvin Keenze, professor of voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, taught this past summer Master Classes for The European Voice Teachers Association in Vienna, Austria; Master Classes for the Slovenian Association of Teachers of Singing Ljubljana Academy of Music in Ljubljana; Master Classes for the Association of Teachers of Singing (U.K.) national conference in Bath and classes for the New York Singing Teachers Association’s Pedagogy Weekend at Columbia University.
- Dr. Linda Materna, chairperson and professor of Spanish in the department of foreign languages and literatures, recently published her article "El poder y la libertad del artista en 'Cartas de amor a Stalin' de Juan Mayorga" in El próximo acto: teatro español en el siglo XXI (Delaware, OH: Estreno, 2006).
- Dr. Jonathan Mendilow, professor of political science, has his article entitled " Jewish Toryism: the social and political theories of Benjamin D'israeli" accepted for publication. It will be published in P. Gymant’s, “Jewish Thought in the 19th century,” Cambridge University Press, London, in the coming year. Also forthcoming will be his paper entitled "The Internet and Europe : A Tocquevillian Approach", to be published in Michael Shafir (ed), “The Frontiers of Europe ,” Cambridge University Press, and the chapter on Kadima in the “Global Encyclopedia.” He is also working on “Party Strategy in the 2006 Campaign,” to be published in Michal Shamir’s “The Elections in Israel 2006,” SUNY Press. (Mendilow gave a keynote speech on “Jewish Toryism :the political thought of Benjamin D'israeli” at Babi University in Cluj on October 17.)
- Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance, has an article titled: "Dividend Tax Cut and Security Prices: The Case of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003” accepted for publication in “Financial Management.” “Financial Management” is a publication of the Financial Management Association and is one of the top journals in the finance field. The article is co-authored with professors C. Gadarowski, G. Meric, and C. Welsh from Rowan University.
- Bass Julian Rodescu, adjunct assistant professor of voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, spent September rehearsing and performing at Milan's legendary Teatro all Scala. In his fourth visit to that august theater, Mr. Rodescu performed the role of the Commendatore in Azio Corghi's "Il Dissoluto Assolto" with a libretto by Nobel prize winner Jose Saramago. The opening performance was broadcast live throughout Italy. Rodescu took part in the World Premiere of this opera in Lisbon, Portugal in March 2006.
- Alan Sumutka, associate professor of accounting, has co-authored an article entitled "Tax Planning for the 2008-2010 0% Adjusted Net Capital Gain Rate" that was accepted for publication in “The CPA Journal,” a refereed accounting journal. The co-authors are Dr. Andrew M. Sumutka, assistant professor, York College, York, PA, and Gina Margarido, 2006 Rider grad (BS in Accounting and MAcc), who is now employed with Ernst and Young, Metro Park, NJ office.
- Alan Sumutka, associate professor of accounting, had his article, "The Expanded 'Kiddie Tax' and the Financial Aid Trap," accepted for publication in “Tax Adviser,” the refereed tax journal of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
- Dr. James Dickinson, professor of sociology, has had two essays on post-Katrina New Orleans published in “Designer/Builder: A Journal of the Human Environment.” “Still Swept Away: New Orleans Four Months After Katrina,” appeared in the March/April 2006 issue and “Gulf Coast Blues: FEMA’s Botched Plans For Emergency Housing After Katrina,” appeared in the September/October issue. In addition, Dr. Dickinson gave a talk on post-Katrina New Orleans at the “Current Issues in Urban Affairs” colloquium of the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware on September 21.
- Dr. Paul Jivoff, assistant professor of biology, presented a paper, “Habitat Quality, Species Diversity and Secondary Production at Artificial Versus Natural Shorelines in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey,” at the 7th Coastal and Estuarian Shallow Water and Management Conference in Atlantic City, September 25-27. Coauthors of the paper are May 2006 marine science graduates, Harmony K. Liff and Melissa D. Tresselt.
- Dr. Robin A. Leaver, professor of sacred music at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, gave a paper on C.P.E. Bach’s portrait collection at the conference of the American Bach Society meeting in the Bach-Archiv, Leipzig, Germany on May 13, and on May 15, he gave a public lecture on the Biblical theology of music at Trinity College, Oxford, England. On June 13-14, he was an advisor for a doctoral dissertation proposal on J.S. Bach’s Lute suites at the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music, Ireland, and attended the primary committee meeting at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, planning a major international symposium on Bach’s B minor Mass to take place in November 2007. On June 27, he was one of the keynote speakers at the Regional Conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, NC. On July 27, he gave a paper on the Lutheran concepts of church music at the Biennial Baroque Music Conference, Warsaw University, Poland. On August 23, he gave a paper on Luther’s liturgies at a conference in Riga, sponsored by the Latvian Lutheran Church. During the same period he published the following articles and chapters: "The Prayer Book ‘Noted,’ in “The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer," "Motive and Motif in the Church Music of Johann Sebastian Bach," in "Theology Today", the journal of Princeton Theological Seminary; "Luther on Music," in "Lutheran Quarterly," and "Music and the Reformation” in "European Music, 1520-1640” ed. James Haar, published by the Boydell Press.
- Dr. Feng-Ying Liu, professor of finance, had her article, “Earnings Management and Stock Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts,” published in the June 2006 issue of “Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis,” Vol. 41, No. 2, p. 407-438, coauthored with De-Wai Chou at Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan, and Michael Gombola at Drexel University. She presented a paper, “Long term stock and operating performance following private placements of equity: The role of growth opportunities,” coauthored with De-Wai Chou at Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan, and Michael Gombola at Drexel University, at the 2006 Eastern Finance Association annual meeting in Philadelphia.
- Dr. Ilhan Meric, professor of finance; Dr. Herbert E. Gishlick, professor of economics; and Dr. Leonore S. Taga, associate professor of economics, have a paper accepted for publication in the Summer/Fall 2007 issue of the “Southwest Business and and Economics Journal” titled "The Effects of Economic Integration on the Financial Characteristics of EU Manufacturing Firms: 1990-2004." The journal is published by Cameron University in Oklahoma. Dr. Gulser Meric of Rowan University is a co-author of the paper.
- Dr. Betsy Haywood-Sullivan, assistant professor of accounting; Dr. Don Wygal, associate professor of accounting; and Dr. Marge O’Reilly-Allen, chairperson of the accounting department; presented their project, “Leveraging Stakeholder Sources to Promote Skills Development,” at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association in Washington, D.C. on August 9.
- Dr. Ronald A. Hemmel, associate professor of music theory and composition and artistic director of the Music Computing Center at Westminster, has received an ASCAPlus award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ASCAPlus awards are determined annually by a panel of distinguished music experts who are neither members nor employees of ASCAP, and are completely independent in their Award adjudication.
