• Dr. Don Ambrose, professor of graduate education, recently published the article "Large-Scale Contextual Influences on Creativity: Evolving Academic Disciplines and Global Value Systems" in the “Creativity Research Journal (2006, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 75-85).” He also published the paper, "Far-Reaching Interdisciplinary Explorations for Expansion of Conceptual Foundations" in “Conceptual Foundations,” the newsletter of the Conceptual Foundations Division of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC, Spring 2006, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 6-9).
• Dr. Mary Morse, associate professor of English, was nominated by The Huntington for a Huntington/British Academy Fellowship. Her nomination for manuscript research on birthgirdles and other devotional texts related to childbirth, especially legends and prayers associated with the saints Quiricus and Julitta, has been accepted by the British Academy. She will be conducting the majority of her research in manuscript libraries in London (British Library), Oxford (Bodleian), and Trinity and St. John's Colleges in Cambridge for four weeks during her sabbatical leave next fall.
• Dr. Roberta Fiske-Rusciano, adjunct assistant professor of political science and Global and Multinational Studies, was a discussant on March 24 for the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Harriman Institute at Columbia University. The panel was entitled: "Governance in Ethnically Mixed Cities: Managing Ethnic Conflict in a Microcosm".
• Dr. Frank Rusciano, professor of political science, published a new book titled, “Global Rage after the Cold War” (Palgrave) The book focuses on issues from the headlines ranging from the Iraq war to Abu Ghraib to 9/11 and the problem of terrorism.
• Dr. Fiske-Rusciano, Dr. Rusciano, and Dr. Ibrahim Saleh, assistant professor of communications at American University at Cairo, published an article entitled "Behind the Percentages: Insights into American and Middle-Eastern Students' Views on Terrorism" in the April 2006 volume of the journal Public Opinion Pros. This article was based upon research gathered from The Student Global Village videoconferences between Rider University and American University in Cairo students. The Student Global Village, sponsored by the Global and Multinational Studies major, has had a particularly busy spring with student-led videoconferencing: They have had 10 videoconferences with Cairo, Egypt this semester; one with E. Timor, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Thailand (hosted also by Americans for Informed Democracy--"The Future of U.S./Asian Relations", March 23); one with Palestine (April 5); one with Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon (April 11); and one with Paraguay, Dominican Republic, and Ecuador (hosted also by Americans for Informed Democracy--"Secure in the Future: Global Warming, Energy, and the Role of Local Communities", (April 18).