• 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.

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