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Dr. Susanne Bleiberg Seperson
Professor of Sociology
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Papers Presented

"Robert Moses and Long Island Revisited: Success, Failure, and Social Policy", New York State Sociological Association, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 2007

"A Global Perspective: Study Abroad and Urban Sociology - Using Journals and Visuals", New York State Sociological Association, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 2007

"A Woman's Work Before, During, and After the Holocaust: A Case Study", The Legacy of the Holocaust: The World Before, The World After, University of Northern Iowa and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, May 2007.

"From Sweatshops to Unions: The Impact of Jews, Gender, and Class", Defining Culture Through Dress: Individual and Collective Identities, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, April 2007.

"Migration and Foreign Remittances: A Comparative Study of Tonga and Guatemala", co-authored with Dr. L. Rivera, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 2007.

"Robert Moses: The Master Builder's Impact on Long Island", Annual Theme Presentation, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, Mar. 2007.

"Term Papers: Timing, Topic, Tone" - panel on "The Undergraduate Student Class Project: Learning Through Doing." Co-sponsored by ESS Undergraduate Education Committee, Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 2007.

Panel, "Institutional Best Practices: The Administrative Role and Responsibility in Higher Education", Manhattanville Faculty Alliance, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, Mar. 2007.

"College Logistics of Service Learning: Linking Three Generations", College Faculty Training, Foundation for Long Term Care, Albany, NY, Oct. 2006.

"Institutionalization of Memory: From Belzec to A Paradigm", American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada, August, 2006.

"Lessons for Living Learned from A Holocaust Survivor's Life", JASA/Suffolk Y's Senior Center in Commack, NY, April 2006.

Presider, "How Race and Ethnicity is Constructed", Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, Feb. 2006

"American Jewish Labor Leaders: Men and Women in the Garment Industry", Annual Theme Presentation, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, Feb. 2006.

"The Creation of Memory: A Mother and Daughter Remember Belzec", The Legacy of the Holocaust: Women and the Holocaust Conference, University of Northern Iowa and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, May 2005.

"Moral Compass: Lessons Learned from A Holocaust Survivor's Life", Temple Beth El, Patchogue, NY, May 2005

"Teaching Workshop: Qualitative and Quantitative Term Projects Compared - An Interdisciplinary Senior Seminar on Aging and Sociological Research", Eastern Sociological Society, Washington, DC, Mar. 2005.

"Meet the Editors" panel, 2004 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, March 2004.

"Creating a Lively Class: Increasing Class Participation Through Group Work", Eastern Sociological Society, New York, NY, Feb. 2004.

"Broken Glass/Shattered Lives: Polish Identity and the Holocaust", keynote speaker in memory of Kristallnacht, St. Josephs College, Patchogue, NY, Nov. 2003

"Using Computer Programs in College Classes", Northeast Business & Economic Association, Parsippany, NJ, Oct. 2003

"The Construction of National Identity: Polish Identity and the Holocaust", New York State Sociological Association, Siena College, Loudonville, NY, Oct. 2003

"Identity Politics and the Holocaust: Retrospective Views of Three Polish Experiences," The Legacy of the Holocaust: National Perspectives Conference, University of Northern Iowa and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, May 2003

"The Value of Utilizing Computer Programs in Students' Sociology Projects", Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 2003.

"Could There Have Been Jewish Feminists in Turkey in the 1500s? The Cases of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi and Esther Kiera", New York State Sociological Association, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, Oct. 2002.

"Student Attitudes Towards Technology in the Classroom", Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2002.

"Technology in the Classroom", panel with L. Rivera and R. Seperson, Northeast Business and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Windsor Locks, CT, Sept. 2001.

"Martyrs, Marranos, and Ministers-Responses to the Spanish Inquisition", Mediterranean XXIII Conference, University of Tunisia and Dowling College, Tunis, Tunisia, June, 2001.

"Comments on Women's Issues", Mediterranean XXIII Conference, University of Tunisia and Dowling College, Tunis, Tunisia, June, 2001.

"Through the Eyes of a Holocaust Survivor and Second Generation Member: Lessons for Living" with A. Bleiberg, Legacy of the Holocaust: Children and the Holocaust Conference, University of Northern Iowa and Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, May 2001.

Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Symposium - Not for Gerontologists Only: Positive Impacts of Diverse Academic Disciplines on Service Learning in Elder Care Programs, "Sociology, Social Work, and Elder Care Programs", Gerontological Society of America, Washington, DC, November, 2000.

"Biography and Society: Two Historical Faces of Turkish-Jewish Feminists", Mediterranean XXII Millennium Conference, University of Istanbul and Dowling College, Istanbul, Turkey, July, 2000

Committee on Undergraduate Education: "What Can You Do With a Sociology Major?" - panel member, Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD, March 2000.

"Learning Business via Distance Learning: Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Study", co-authored with R. Seperson, Fifth International Conference on Social Values, Oxford University and Dowling College, Oxford, England, July 1999.

"Workshop: 3 Generations Look Back At A Holocaust Survivor's Life - A Multimedia Presentation", (CD-ROM), The Legacy of the Holocaust: Teaching the Holocaust, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, April 1999.

"Reconstructing Annie: Documenting a Holocaust Survivor's Life via Fieldwork", Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, March 1999.

"Lessons for Living from Holocaust Survivors' Lives", Glen Cove Holocaust Museum, Glen Cove, NY, March 1999.

"Service Learning and Elder Care: The Classroom Experience", New York State Sociological Association, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, Oct. 1998.

"Service Learning In Aging in Your College and Your Community" co-authored with C. R. Hegeman, Foundation for Long Term Care, Albany, NY, Dr. D. Shrader, SUNY Oneonta, and D. Lenzo, Geneva Nursing Home, Geneva, NY, State Society On Aging, Albany, NY, Oct. 1997.

"Multi-disciplinary and Multi-college Service-Learning in Elder Care" co-authored with Dr. J. Curran and Dr. M. Nouri, SUNY Oneonta, Northwest Regional Service-Learning Institute, Seattle, WA, Sept. 1997.

"Incorporating Multi-media/Powerpoint as a Learning Tool in the Classroom" co-authored with Dr. A. O'Leary and Dr. D. Fischer, Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 1997.

"Using Powerpoint in the Classroom", co-authored with Dr. A. O'Leary and Dr. D. Fischer, Sixth Annual Conference of the Institute for the Study of Postsecondary Pedagogy, SUNY New Paltz, Mohonk House, New Paltz, NY, Nov. 1996.

"Incorporating Multimedia Presentations in the Classroom", co-authored with Dr. A. O'Leary and Dr. D. Fischer, New York State Sociological Association, SUNY Potsdam, Oct. 1996.

"Incorporating Multimedia Presentations into the Classroom", co-authored with Dr. D. Fischer and Dr. A. O'Leary, Northeast Business and Economic Association, Dowling College, Islandia, NY, Sept. 1996

"A Holocaust Survivor's Story - A Multi-media Presentation", Dowling College Colloquium, Oakdale, NY, April 1996.

"What's Right About Sociology?--Beyond Teaching and Research and the Expanding Role of the Sociologist on Campus: The Sociology Professor and Diverse Administrative Roles", Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, Mar. 1996.

"What's Right About Sociology?" New York State Sociological Association, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, Oct. 1995.

"The State of the Profession: Its Public Image", Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 1994.

Movie Review: Schindler's List, Presidential Scholars Group, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, Mar. 1994.

"The Underassessed/Overassessed Life Is Not Worth Living: One Institution's Story", panel with J.E. Caraway, M. Baker and D. Fischer, 8th Annual Assessment Conference and 1st Continuous Quality Improvement Conference, American Association of Higher Education, Chicago, IL, June 1993.

"Sexual Harassment: Male and Female Definitions of the Situation" (revised), co-authored with M. Barba, Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, Mar. 1993.

"The Impact of Different Methods on the Evaluation of Teaching: The Meaning of No Difference", Dowling College Faculty Colloquium, Oakdale, NY, Feb. 1993.

Book Review: "Debra, Golda and Me: Being Jewish and Female in America" by Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Women's League for Israel Metropolitan Chapter, New York, NY, Jan. 1993.

"Sexual Harassment: Male and Female Definitions of the Situation", co-authored with M. Barba, New York Sociological Association, Syracuse, University Syracuse, NY, Oct. 1992.

"Family and Religious Traditions: A Comparative Study of An Episcopalian and a Reform Jewish Congregation", co-authored with Dr. J. Vargas, 1992 World Congress on the Family, Institute for Family Policy and Study, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 1992.

"Classroom Assessment Strategies", session on "Nontraditional Approaches to Assessing Communication Skill in the Humanities and Social Sciences", 7th American Association of Higher Education Conference on Assessment in Higher Education, Miami Beach, FL, June 1992.

"The Impact of Different Methods on the Evaluation of Teaching", New York State Sociological Association, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, Oct. 1991.

Discussant, "Gender Issues", New York State Sociological Association, Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, Oct. 1991.

Discussant, "Politics of Housing", Eastern Sociological Society, Providence, RI, Apr. 1991.

Discussant, "Family and Disability", New York State Sociological Association, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, NY, Oct. 1990.

"Reform Jews and Episcopalians: A Comparison of Beliefs and Actions", American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, Aug. 1990.

"Attitudes and Behavior in Jewish and Episcopalian Congregations", Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, Mar. 1990.

"Quantitative Reasoning in Sociology", Dowling College Faculty Workshop on Quantitative Reasoning, Oakdale, NY, Mar. 1990.

"Biography and Society,: A Narrative Approach to Teaching Sociology", Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD., Mar. 1989.

Discussant, "Family and Socialization", New York State Sociological Association, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, Oct. 1988.

Discussant, "The Pedagogue and Pupil: Some Dimension of Socialization and Adjustment in the Schools", Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY, Aug. 1986.

"The Marybeth Whitehead Case: Examining Surrogate Motherhood." North Country Reform Temple, Glen Cove, NY, May 1986.

"Sociological Implications of the Bernhard Goetz Case", North Country Reform Temple, Glen Cove, NY, Mar. 1985.

Discussant, "Family, Marriage and Sex Roles", New York State Sociological Association, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, Oct. 1985.

"Using Two Independent Entry Courses in Teaching Introduction to Sociology", session on "Innovation in Teaching Introduction to Sociology Courses", ESS Committee on Undergraduate Education, Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 1985.

"Confrontation in Psychotherapy: A Conversational Analysis", 7th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Free University, Brussels, Belgium, Aug. 1984.

"ABD Blues and Dissertation Anxiety", Graduate Education Roundtable, Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, MD, Mar. 1983.

"Negotiating Disagreement in Psychotherapy: Category Formation and Negative Re-interpretation", 10th World Congress of Sociology, International Sociology Association, Mexico City, Mexico, August 1982.

"Applied Sociology at Dowling College", Workshop on Directions in Applied Sociology, American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, Dec. 1981.

"New Directions for Sociology in the '80s", New York State Sociological Association, SUNY Oswego, NY, Oct. 1981.

"The Scientific Method as One Conceptual Model in Social Science Research", Conference on Modeling and Simulation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Apr. 1981.

"A Conversational Analysis of Threat, Authority and Control in a Therapeutic Setting", Phenomenology and Understanding Human Destiny Conference, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Apr. 1981.

"Learning the Limits: A Pedagogy for Sociological Ethics", co-authored with Dr. P. Leonhard-Spark, Eastern Sociological Society, New York, NY, Mar. 1981.

"Ethics in the Research Course", New York State Sociological Association, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Oct. 1980.

"Other Topics in Sociolinguistics", organizer and chair of numerous roundtables, Ninth World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Uppsala, Sweden, Aug. 1978.

"Opening Doors to Helping Professions:, Dowling College Committee for Women, Oakdale, NY, Nov. 1976.

"Careers in Sociology", Siena College, Loudenville, NY, Feb. 1976.

Language and Psychiatry: Notes for How Reality-Confrontation Gets Done", 1975 Ethnomethodology Conference, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, Aug. 1975.

"Notes on Confrontation in Psychotherapy", co-authored with Dr. L. Churchill, International Congress of Social Psychiatry, Athens, Greece, Sept. 1974.

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