Faculty kudos

 

College of Education

Jane Neapolitan, Instructional Leadership and Professional Development, is conducting a cross-analysis of institutional reports from 77accredited teacher education programs in the United States.The purpose of the study is to develop profiles of the characteristics of school-university partnerships according to Carnegie institutional classifications, which should shed light on the relationship between institutional mission, vision, and resources and the nature of collaborative efforts with schools. The study is conducted with permission granted by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

College of Liberal Arts

Lena Ampadu, English, was one of several contributors to Mourning Katrina: A Poetic Response to Tragedy invited to participate in a poetry reading at Busboys and Poets Restaurant, Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20. She read her poem, “New Orleans Street Memories,” published in the 2009 anthology by the Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Alan Marcus, Geography and Environmental Planning, published an article, "Brazilian Immigration to the United States and the Geographical Imagination," in the October edition of Geographical Review, a peer-reviewed journal.

Steve Phillips, History, presented a paper, "Still Mothers of the Revolution? The Nationalists and Huaqiao Mobilization during the Early War of Resistance,” at the Fourth International Joint Conference on the Sino-Japanese War held in Chongqing in September. This conference, which took place in China's wartime capital, included scholars from China, Japan, the United States and Europe. The Chongqing conference is part of a Harvard-organized series of events related to the war and post-war reconciliation. Steve Phillips also manages a Web site related to this project: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~asiactr/sino-japanese/

Fisher College of Science and Mathematics

Richard Seigel, Biological Sciences, and S. J. Mullin co-authored “Snake conservation, present and future.” In S. J. Mullin and R. A. Seigel (eds.), Snakes: Ecology and Conservation, Comstock Publishing, Ithaca.

Robert Hammell, Computer and  Information Sciences, and doctoral student Anthony Barnes had their paper, “Development of a Decision System to Aid Project Managers in Determining Information Technology Project Status,” accepted for publication and presentation as part of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, to be held Oct. 11-14 in San Antonio.