FACULTY AWARDS 2008-09
SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
Sandra Dimeo, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Professor Dimeo will be completing her manuscript “A Practical Approach to Becoming a Healthcare Professional”.
FACULTY LEADERSHIP FUNDS
Annette Becker, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Professor Becker presented at the International Conference of Nursing Ethics at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut.
Hossein Behforooz, Professor of Mathematics
Professor Behforooz presented at the Mathematical Association of America Meeting in Madison Wisconsin.
Michelle Boucher, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Professor Boucher presented at the North East Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Burlington, Vermont. She also presented at the 2008 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in Bloomington, Indiana.
Catherine Brownell, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Professor Brownell presented at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.
Bryant Buchanan, Associate Professor of Biology
Professor Buchanan Presented at the Meeting of American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Herpetologists League in Quebec, Montreal.
Thomas Crist, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Professor Crist presented at the 42nd Meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Toronto, Ontario.
Jason Denman, Associate Professor of English
Professor Denman presented at the Group for Early Modern Studies Conference from Philadelphia, PA.
Thomas Diana, Assistant Professor of Education
Professor Diana presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education International in Hartford, Connecticut.
Ashraf Elazzazi, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy
Professor Elazzazi presented at the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Patrice Hallock, Assistant Professor of Education
Professor Hallock presented at the Council for Exceptional Children in Dallas, Texas.
Nancy Hollins, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Professor Hollins presented at the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Zhodan Huang, Assistant Professor of Finance
Professor Huang presented at the Financial Management Association 2008 Annual Meeting in Dallas Texas.
Jung Kim, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Professor Kim presented at the 2008 Convergence Technology and Information Convergence (CTIC) International Conference in Jeju, South Korea.
Kim Landon, Associate Professor of Public Relations/Journalism
Professor Landon served as coordinator, moderator and panelist at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Gary Leising, Assistant Professor of English
Professor Leising chaired the Pedagogy Forum Steering Committee at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Marijean Levering, Associate Professor of Theatre
Professor Levering participated I a roundtable presentation at the Association of Theatre in Higher Education Conference in Denver, Colorado.
Kunpeng Li, Assistant Professor of Management
Professor Li presented at the Annual Conference of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences in Washington, DC.
Amy Lindsey, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Professor Lindsey presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Qingkai Ma, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Studies
Professor Ma presented at the International Workshop on Knowledge of Data Engineering Conference in Dallas, Texas.
Paul MacArthur, Assistant Professor of Public Relations
Professor MacArthur presented at the Broadcast Education Association Convention in Las Vegas, NV.
Shauna Malta, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Professor Malta presented at the American Physical Therapy Association Educational Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Thomas McCarthy, Associate Professor of Biology
Professor McCarthy presented at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology in Ithaca, New York.
Julie McLear, Assistant Professor of Biology
Professor McLear presented at the 50th Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Chicago, IL.
Jeffrey Miller, Associate Professor of Communication
Professor Miller attended the 13th Annual International Comic Arts Forum as Association Officer in Chicago, Illinois.
Lisa Orr, Associate Professor of English
Professor Orr presented at the Modern Language Association National Conference in San Francisco, California.
Adam Pack, Associate Professor of Biology
Professor Pack presented at the Neuroscience 2008 in Washington, D.C.
Peter Pawson, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Professor Pawson presented at the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC.
Curtis Pulliam, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Professor Pulliam presented at the 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education in Bloomington, Indiana.
Herbert Rau, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Professor Rau presented at the 8th Global Conference on Business and Economics in Florence, Italy.
Thomas Rossi, Associate Professor of Management
Professor Rossi attended the SHRM 2008 Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois as student chapter advisor (chaperone) for student attendees.
James Scannell, Associate Professor of English
Professor Scannell presented at the College English Association Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
Adam Schoonmaker, Assistant Professor of Geophysics
Professor Schoonmaker presented at the Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section Annual Meeting in Portland, ME.
Divya Sharma, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Professor Sharma presented at the American Society of Criminology in St. Louis, Missouri
Polly Smith, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Professor Smith presented and participated as a committee member at the Eastern Sociological Society’s Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD.
R. Scott Smith, Associate Professor of Psychology
Professor Smith presented at the 8th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations in Montreal, Canada.
Steven Specht, Professor of Psychology
Professor Specht presented at the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics in Chicago, Illinois.
Colleen Sunderlin, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Professor Sunderlin presented at the National Rehabilitation Educators Conference in San Antonio, TX.
Patricia Swann, Associate Professor of Public Relations and Journalism
Professor Swann presented and attended as an officer at the National Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication Chicago, Illinois.
John Swanson, Associate Professor of History
Professor Swanson was a panel participant and moderator at the German Studies Association Annual Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Jennifer Trost, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Professor Trost attended the Social Science History association Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida as panel chair and office.
Sharon Wise, Associate Professor of Biology
Professor Wise attended the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists as Associate Editor and member of the Board of Governors and also presented at the meeting in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
David Wittner, Associate Professor of History
Professor Wittner presented and was session co-organizer at the International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia in Baltimore, Maryland.
Barbara Witucki, Assistant Professor of English
Professor Witucki presented at the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies in Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Yanowitz, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Professor Yanowitz presented at the Association for Psychological Science in San Francisco, CA.
CRISAFULLI FUNDS
Patricia Swann, Associate Professor of Public Relations
Professor Swann received funding through the Crisafulli Fund to attend the Public Relations Student Society of America with Utica College students as Faculty Advisor.
SMALL GRANTS
Michelle Boucher, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Professor Boucher received a small grant to defray expenses of supplies for her project on modifying natural sheet silicates.
Mary Jean Gelsomino, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
Professor Gelsomino received a small grant to defray expenses of supplies for her research on The Problem of Childhood Obesity.
Nancy Hollins, Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
Professor Hollins received a small grant to defray the expenses of producing a poster for presentation at the American Society of Allied Health Programs.
Marie Noélle Little, Professor of French
Professor Little received a small grant to defray expenses of production costs for photographs for her book on Ezra Pound and Dag Hammarskjold.
Thomas McCarthy, Associate Professor of Biology
Professor McCarthy received a small grant to purchase platforms, lids, hose, carboy, bleach to run experiments for a summer research project examining the role of chemical cues in the behavioral interactions of crayfish and snails.
