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Faculty
Faculty Accomplishments Archive
- Wendell Chu, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Secondary Education, was one of four recipients of the "2004 Teachers of the Year" award by the national system of public television stations, Thirteen/WNET-New York along with Friends of Thirteen.
- Frank DiMartino, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Human Development and Learning, recently was appointed as the new Curriculum Associate for Science and Technology in the Jericho School District.
- Members of La Familia recently presented Salvatore Dionisio, Adjunct Professor of Spanish, with a plaque honoring him for 14 years of service as the club's advisor. He is credited with growing membership in the club and expanding the scope of the groups' events.
- Moon Over Dowling: October's lunar eclipse was captured over Fortunoff Hall in a time-lapse photo through a telescope by Philip Harrington, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Earth and Marine Sciences. Harrington was among those gathered at a viewing on the Great Lawn sponsored by Dowling's Science Exploration Club. The photo appeared the next day on the home page of Astronomy.com, the website of Astronomy magazine. Harrington is a frequently quoted expert on photographing eclipses and is the author of "Eclipse! The What, Where, When, Why, and How Guide to Watching Solar & Lunar Eclipses".
- Joseph Kasten, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, will present a paper entitled "Ancient Greek Philosophy as a Framework for Knowledge Strategy" at the Southeast Decision Sciences Conference in Raleigh, NC from February 23-25.
- Dr. Stephen Lamia, Associate Professor of Visual Arts, presented a special lecture at the Nassau County Museum of Art exploring the theme of witchcraft in the artwork of the Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
- Dr. John R. Martin, Jr., Associate Professor in Political Science, spoke on September 29 regarding the nationwide issues concerning the 2004 elections. His commentary on the Presidential debates was featured in Newsday the following day.
- Last summer, Peter Otto, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, completed a consulting project for Organon, a Swedish pharmaceutical company, which is part of Azko Nobel. The objective of this project was to develop a market diffusion model to measure how a new pharmaceutical innovation will penetrate the market.
Otto's paper, discussing the effects of symmetric and asymmetric conditions in strategic alliances between organizations, was published in the proceedings of the 21st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. A paper that he co-authored with Jeroen Struben from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was accepted for publication in the System Dynamics Review, a leading Journal in Management Science. The paper discusses a group modeling intervention for the Gloucester Fishery to support decision-making in a complex dynamic environment.
Currently, Otto consults for AIG (American International Group, Inc.) to evaluate how improvements in their management information system would lead to more opportunities for improving efficiency and customer service in private banking. Otto is also working on a project with Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management, where he has a visiting fellowship to provide support in applying system dynamics as a group modeling intervention tool. The current research project is aimed to provide the New York State Department for Environmental Conservation with a group decision support tool to measure effects of different management policies.
- An article by Dr. Nathalia Rogers entitled, "Political Participation in the Period of Post-Communist Transition: The Case of Russian Capital Owners", was published as the lead article of the Fall 2004 issue of the journal International Sociology. In June 2004, Dr. Rogers also organized and chaired a session at the Colloquium on Communities in Transition in Rome, Italy. In July 2004, Dr. Rogers presented a paper on Community Responses to Smart Growth Initiatives on Long Island at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The forthcoming issue of the American Journal of Sociology will contain her latest review of the book by Chris Pickvance "Local Environmental Regulation in Post-Socialism: a Hungarian Case Study".
- Dr. Elio Zappulla, Professor of English and Humanities, presented "Blithe Spirit - A Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelly" as part of the Bethpage Library's PORTRAITS biographical series in October.
- Elizabeth Sherman, Adjunct Lecturer of Drama, received positive reviews for her performance in the Newsday Oppenheimer Award-winning play, “Flu Season”. The New York City production was produced at Rude Mechanicals Theatre, co-founded by former Dowling adjunct Dennis Trainor, Jr.
- Dr. Susanne Bleiberg-Seperson participated at the dedication of the memorial at the Belzec concentration camp in Poland in June. She was an invited guest to a ceremonial presentation of an award to Miles Lerman, Chairman of the Belzec Memorial Project at the American Jewish Committee, at The Palace of the President and a reception hosted by the Prime Minister of Poland, Marek Belka, in Warsaw.
- Dr. Francis A. Samuel’s article, “John Dewey Revisited: Integrating Individual and Social Dimensions of Education,” was published by Eastern Education Journal, Eastern Illinois University, in Spring 2004.
- In May, Susan L. Rosenstreich, Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, presented a paper entitled “We of Castiglione: A Linguistic Sign of Reconfigured Local Identity” and chaired the bilingual session on “Cultures and Identity” at the Annual Conference of the Mediterranean Studies Association in Barcelona, Spain. In June, she chaired the session entitled “Communities in Transition: Challenges and Solutions” at the Colloquium on Communities in Transition held in Rome, Italy. Rosenstreich’s article “Reappearing Objects in “La Chanso de Roland” has been accepted for publication in The French Review.
- Dr. Elsa-Sofia Morote, Associate Professor, Ed. Adm. Leadership and Tech., has been nominated for the “Technology Cite Journal Award for Exemplary Use of Technology to Teach Content in an Introductory Technology Course.” This nomination stemmed from her, “Computer Awareness for Teachers,” an introductory course for teachers and future teachers.
- Dr. Nicholas J. Mauro, Professor of Management and Quality, worked on several projects during his Spring 2004 sabbatical. In early May, he had a second meeting with Nobel Laureate, Dr. Milton Friedman, at the famed economist’s home. In late May, he attended the FLAIR’s Conference in Florida on Artificial Intelligence. The following month Dr. Mauro delivered a presentation on business ethics at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Nevada. From December 2003 to September 2004, he worked with Professor Joyce Mauro to complete a book entitled, “Inside a Quality Economy.”
- Dr. Marilyn Mather, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Physical Education, presented, “Title IX: Political Challenges, Grassroots Response” at the 2004 Pre-Olympic Congress in Thessaloniki, Greece in August. She toured ancient athlete training areas and stadia at two sites of the ancient Pan- Hellenic games, Olympia and Delphi, before taking in several Olympic events.
- Dr. Maureen Mackenzie, Assistant Professor of Management, presented a paper titled, “Management Education: Identifying the Skill Set that Employers Require” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management (AoM) Conference. The conference was held in New Orleans August 6–11, 2004. The Academy of Management is the oldest and largest scholarly association for those dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations.
- Dr. Dale Johnson and Dr. Bonnie Johnson, professors in the School of Education, presented “Public Education in America” at the University of Tampere Research and Development Centre’s Summer Conference in Hameenlinna, Finland in August.
- Dr. William Indick, Assistant Professor of Psychology, has recently published two books: “Movies and the Mind: Theories of the Great Psychoanalysts Applied to Film”, McFarland Publishers, Inc; and “Psychology for Screenwriters: Building Conflict in Your Script”, Michael Weise Publishers, Inc.
- Dr. Linda Fernsten and Dr. Francis A. Samuel conducted a workshop entitled, “Workshop on Reflective Practices for Secondary Teacher Candidates.” at the Institute Of Reflective Practice’s 3 Carfax International Conference on Reflective Practice this Summer in Gloucester, U.K. Using a variety of reflective techniques from across the curriculum, they showed participants how educators could become innovators for positive change in the educational realm through reflective practice.
- Betty Ann Derbentli, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, presented “The Art of Plunder: Egypt, Art Deco and Totalitarianism” in August as part of the “Art in the Afternoon” Lecture Series at the Bethpage Library.
- From Naturalistic, Classroom-Based Reading Assessment To Informed, Balanced Instruction, a book authored by Dr. George Cavuto, Professor of Literacy Education and Dr. Kathleen Schlichting, Associate Professor of Literacy and Human Development & Learning, was recently published.
- Dr. Nicholas J. Mauro, a Professor of Dowling College’s School of Business recently documented his meeting with Nobel Laureate and renowned economist, Dr. Milton Friedman.
Read it here: http://www.dowling.edu/faculty/Mauro/milton.html
- Dr. Suzanne Johnson interviewed by CNN
- Book On Easter Island By Dowling Professor Dr. John Tanacredi Published
- Promoted Faculty Honored At Reception
- Music Students and Professors Visit Nursing Home
- Professor Julie Sheehan, who also writes for The Southampton Independent, headed west for a series of poetry readings from her new book, Thaw. These readings were supported in part with funds from the Special Opportunity Stipend program through the New York Foundation for the Arts.
- Donald L. Beahm was the discussant on a panel titled "Rereading J.S. Mill" at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in Chicago on Saturday, April 5, 2003.
- James Eder, Adjunct Lecturer of Philosophy, was interviewed for a feature article on his book, Going Through Hell without Help From Above in Long Islander.
- Margaret De Lima was one of eight featured artists at the collaborative show between the Barbara Levy Gallery and BAFFA at the Gillette House this summer.
- Betty Ann Derbentli made a presentation at the Bethpage Library on August 19 for the Art in the Afternoon Program. The title of her talk was "Antagonism of Gauguin and Van Gogh and the Influence of Non-Western Art". It was part of a series she has given on Post Impressionist artists.
- Susan Garrison-Terry, Assistant Professor/Reference Librarian, spoke at The Adult Forum at the Garden City Community Church in December on "A Season For All Women," a reflection on the three women of the Biblical Advent/Christmas story: Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna.
- Joshua Gidding, Associate Professor of English, served on the panel for a "Writers Talk" series at Southampton College. The discussion topic was the ins and outs of surviving in society while writing a book.
- Dr. Peter Otto's paper, published with Salvatore Belardo (University Albany), entitled, "The Hard and Soft Approach to Crisis Management: A Dynamic Decision Quality Theory," won the best Academic Reader's Article Award (awarded by the University Tuebingen Germany, the Joint Committee on Management Education, Springer-Verlag, and the GSBA Zurich).
- Dr. Andrew Karp performed in a series of one-act plays entitled "Death Defying Acts" by the Hampton Theatre Company at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. Andrew played Howard in Woody Allen's "Central Park West" and Dr. Russell in Elaine May's "Hot Line." He appeared in this fall's Loft Theatre production of "The Misenthope" and will be part of the cast of the Loft's upcoming staging of "True West".
- Kathy Levine - featured artist at The Icehouse Gallery in Greenport with "Nature Reconstructed"
- Dr. Maureen Mackenzie served as the conference organizer and chair for the Connections 2003 Conference: Quest for Knowledge. The Connections conference is an annual event that provides a research venue for doctoral students interested in information science. The conference was held at the C.W. Post campus during the weekend of June 6-8. A total of 31 research papers were presented throughout the weekend. Also, a total of 12 colleges and universities were represented from Europe, Canada and the U.S. Keynote speeches included presentations on Knowledge Management and Research
methodology.
- Dr. Sandra Monteferrante was elected to serve as Vice-Chair for Four-Year Colleges for the Metro NY section of the Mathematical Association of America for the term May 2003-2005.
- Christian Perring was quoted in a recent New York Times article entitled, "If Sanity Is Forced on a Defendant, Who Is on Trial?" by Daphne Eviatar.
- Fred Rispoli will be presenting a paper called "Optimal Trees for the Parametric Fixed Charge Problem" at the Computers and Their Applications Conference in March. The conference is sponsored by the International Society for Computers and Their Applications. The paper will be published in the conference proceedings.
- Laura Pope Robbins presented a paper on "Potentials of Dynamic Database-Driven Web Sites" at the ACRL 11th National Conference. As Chair of the LILRC Interlibrary Loan Committee, she also organized a workshop on "Free ILL Software" and presented "DocMorph" as part of a workshop.
- Dr. Susanne Bleiberg-Seperson presented a paper, "Identity Politics and the Holocaust: Retrospective Views of Three Polish Experiences" at the Legacy of the Holocaust: National Perspectives Conference at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
- Dr. Bill Thierfelder continues to present on many subjects at area libraries.
He invites everyone to visit www.wordtreasures.com, a monthly poetry page by T. Richard Williams (Thierfelder's pen name), which features writings about life, love, politics, religion and many other issues important to the gay and lesbian community.
- Kendell Thornton's research on embarrassment was published in the December 2003 issue of Individual Differences Research. The title is "When the sourse of embarrassment is a close other." This research examines the embarrassment one feels when the person causing the embarrassment is a close other. Results indicated that, generally, females were more embarrassed than males by their partner's behavior. The study also examined the influence of individual and contextual factors on embarrassment, and the theoretical importance of these results was discussed.
- Dr. Robert Youth (Psychology), Dr. Mitchell Laube (Psychology), and Dr. Joseph Behar (Sociology) all served as judges at this year's Shipley Invitational Science Fair in Baldwin, an event in which some of Long Island's best high school science students present their work and awards are bestowed for work excellence. Dr. Youth gave a talk at the 43rd Annual New England Psychological Association meeting in Salem, Massachusetts. The presentation was entitled "Undergraduate achievements that open doors to graduate study in psychology." A weightedrating system of student work/activities was discussed. In addition, Dr. Youth was the coordinator for the entire Psi Chi Program that was held at Salem State College.
Youth also was the recent recipient of a $1,000 grant from Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, to support the development of a Long Island Psychology Conference at Dowling College on Sunday, May 2, 2004. The project will be a cooperative venture between Dowling College, Hofstra University, LIU - C.W. Post College, St. Joseph's College, and SUNY - Stony Brook. Companies such as Allyn and Bacon, McGraw-Hill, Kaplan Tests, and Life Science Associates have already agreed to participate. Any alumni members who are interested in registering for this event should contact Dr. Youth.
- Dr. Lori Zaikowski made four recent presentations at national meetings:
"Keys to Building a Successful High School Research Program with Practical Chemical Applications," American Chemical Society 226th National Meeting, NY, NY. (Sept. 7 at the Division of Chemical Education and Sept. 8, 2003 at the invited Sci-Mix session.) Featured in Chemical and Engineering News (September 22, 2003) pp. 34-35. "Chemistry in Action: Connecting Chemistry with Societal Concerns," American Chemical Society 226th National Meeting, NY. (September 7, 2003.). "A Three-Tiered Approach to Enhancing Bioethics Education," American Institute of Biological Sciences 54th Annual National Meeting, VA. (March 21, 2003.).
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