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• 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.
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