May 2013

Dr. Deborah Hunt, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing gave a presentation at the White Plains Research Symposium on May 3, 2013. Her presentation, "Value Congruence of Leadership Support and Patient Outcomes and the Effect on Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave" was based on the research study she conducted for her doctoral dissertation.

Dr. Ruth Zealand, Associate Professor of Education in the School of Arts & Sciences, was a presenter on a panel on "Inclusion of Adolescents with ASD an ID: Challenges in Friendships and Peer Relationships at the conference, Opportunities and Outcomes for People with Disabiltiies 2013: Bridges to Empowerment on May 3, 2013 Teachers College, Columbia University.

April 2013

Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History and Honors Program Director in the School of Arts & Sciences, has published “We Believe:  The Anatomy of Red Sox Nation”  in Daniel Nathan’s Rooting for the Home Team:  Sport, Identity and Community, University of Illinois Press.  The essay focuses on ideas of belonging and New England identity, a timely topic in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.  Dr. Bass also has been named again to the advisory board of the Lift Ev’ry Voice Festival, which celebrates African American Culture and Heritage and kicks off in Great Barrington, MA, in June.

Ana E. Fontoura, Dean, Gill Library, and Christopher DiBiase, Writing Center Director, presented on April 13, 2013, at the Northeast Writing Centers Association (NEWCA) Annual Conference at the University of New Hampshire, Durham.  Their presentation entitled “Designing for Diversity: Writing across the campus(es) as a framework for meeting students’ needs through institutional alliances” focused on the current collaboration on a redesign of CNR’s Writing Center and the Library Learning Commons.  NEWCA is a regional affiliate of the International Writing Centers Association.

Kathleen Mannino, Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian in the Gill Library, discussed the history of interlibrary loan and the research and survey findings from their article “A Case for Integration of Interlibrary Loan and Reference” published in the December 2012 issue of Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, at the 44th Annual Colorado ILL Conference in Colorado Springs on April 18, 2013.

Dr. William Maxwell, Professor of Art in the School of Arts & Sciences, is featured in the exhibit "I, YOU, WE" at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan from April 25-September 1, 2013. From the Whitney: "I, YOU, WE is the fifth in a two-year series of exhibitions which reassess the Whitney’s collection in anticipation of the Museum’s move downtown. Unfolding chronologically, these exhibitions explore overlooked developments in American art and reconsider iconic figures and works within new contexts."

Catherine Pearlman, Assistant Professor of Social Work in the School of Arts & Sciences, published a paper in the Journal of Teaching in Social Work entitled "Adjuncts in social work programs: Good Practice or Unethical?"

Dr. Nick Smart, Professor of English in the School of Arts & Sciences, is a co-author of "Butter Side Up!" a three-part series for Minyanville.com.  The articles analyze recent American financial, political, and social crises for signs of lessons learned and value gained.  The first two installments appeared on March 7 and March 27, 2013 and the final segment will post in mid-May.  

Diane Spizzirro, Director of Career Development,  facilitated two programs at the New York Mental Health Counseling Association, Counselor Educators Conference in Albany on April 5, 2013: Preparing Mental Health Graduates for Licensure and Preparing Students for Internship and Employment in Mental Health.

Dr. Lee Warren, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences, recently served as a judge at the 13th Annual Southern Connecticut Invitational Science & Engineering Fair (SCISEF) held on April 27, 2013 at Amity Regional High School in Woodbridge, CT where over 250 high school students from across southern Connecticut presented individual research projects and proposals in the behavioral, health, environmental, and physical sciences and engineering.

March 2013

Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History and Honors Program Director in the School of Arts & Sciences, was featured on the blog Teaching United States History on the subjects of Teaching with Sports and Teaching W.E.B. DuBois.

Dr. André Beauzethier, Associate Professor of Languages in the School of Arts & Sciences, was a presenter at The Institute for IMAGINATION, INQUIRY AND INNOVATION  held at CNR on March 2, 2013.  He presented on how one can incorporate Harold Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences into the teaching of literature. While improving their language skills and getting acquainted with various genres in literature, students also learn how to deal with, trust, and evaluate others. They realize that they cannot fully understand others. They become more aware of their feelings and start learning how to deal with them while developing a sense of interdependence committed to the group goal. They learn to know that their work will make a contribution to others.

Keith Borge, Vice President for Financial Affairs, will be serving on a Middle States team in March at Inter American University in Puerto Rico.  His areas of responsibility are financial resources and allocation as well as planning.

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology in the Graduate School, published his 31st  book Improving Care for Veterans Facing Illness and Death.  Edited with Amy Tucci, this edited volume addresses the unique issues that veterans might experience at life's end.  US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel wrote the Foreword.

Dr. Anne Frost, Professor in the School of Nursing, received a $90,000 grant for Project CHILDD, a community-based outreach program that meets once a month.  Project CHILDD is a 30 year old program developed by Dr. Frost for the Nurses Network of America. Children with developmental disabilities receive professional art instruction to support therapeutic expression and build self-esteem. They also develop special friendships with a dedicated group of teen mentors. Families of the children receive “gifts of time.”   Currently there are three sites, with another one in development.

Dr. Deborah Hunt, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, gave two presentations at the ADVANCE Job Fair on March 14, 2013, on Women and Cardiovascular Disease and Thriving in One's Career.

Dr. Rebecca Lafleur, Associate Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences, presented a paper entitled "Fat Talk and Feminism" at the Association for Women in Psychology's 38th Annual Feminist Psychology Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dr. Kathryn LaFontana, Associate Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, and Dr. Lee Warren, Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the School of Arts & Sciences, attended the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Network for Academic Renewal conference on "General Education and Assessment: A Sea Change in Student Learning," held February 28 through March 2, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Stacey Lamar, Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, was elected secretary for the New York State Association of Licensed Midwives political action committee (NYSALM-PAC).

Dr. Amy Meyers, Assistant Professor of Social Work in the School of Arts & Sciences, in collaboration with Dr. Ruth Zealand, provided a 4-part series on bullying at the New York Public Library.

February 2013

Dr. Barbara Cutney, Associate Professor Emerita of Philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, is exhibiting her recent sculptures in the Bloomingdale Library in Manhattan from February 1-28, 2013.

Robert Wolf, Professor of Art Therapy in the Graduate School, presented a keynote address on the Importance of Being An Artist and Embracing Your Creativity, as An Art Therapist, for the annual membership meeting of the New York Art Therapy Association on February 2, 2013, at C. W. Post University. He demonstrated, to the audience of professional art therapists and students, how this unique focus is central to the philosophy of the graduate art therapy training program at CNR. Professor Wolf has also posted photographs and a brief description of his recent trip throughout Peru, on his blog.

January 2013

Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History and Honors Program Director in the School of Arts & Sciences, has accepted an invitation to serve again on the Advisory Board of the bi-annual Lift Ev’ry Voice: Celebrating African American Culture and Heritage. Lift Ev'ry Voice 2013 will kick off on Juneteenth with the Dance Theatre of Harlem at Jacob’s Pillow, and will include events at the Mount, Barrington Stage Company, and other distinguished Berkshire cultural organizations and educational institutions.

Dr. Dorothy Larkin, Associate Professor of Nursing, was featured in the Research in Holistic Nursing January 2013 eNewsletter. To read the profile, click here. 

Dr. B. Nelson Ong, Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, was  re-elected as the National Secretary and member of the steering committee of the National Association of Scholars. He also contributed an article, "One Hundred Great Ideas for Higher Education," published in the Winter 2012 issue of the journal Academic Questions.

Dr. Jennifer Scuro, Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, gave a paper presentation titled, Receptive Affections: Toward an Eco/Alter Ethic discussing the ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, critical temporality and phenomenology for a collaborative multi-disciplinary workshop, Power, Time and Agency: Exploring the role of critical temporalities, January 17-18 at The University of Manchester, U.K.  The workshop was organized by Temporal Belongings, an academic organization researching time and community, sponsored by The Arts & Humanities Research Council.

December 2012

Sr. Martha Counihan, Associate Professor and Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, and Lauren Ziarko, Archivist of Manhattanville College, have received a grant from METRO to do a collaborative digitization of selected papers from the two colleges’ collection of documents and photographs of the National Federation of Catholic College Students (NFCCS), a student organization active in the post World War II years through the mid 1960’s. NFCCS was a popular campus organization that advocated social action, political, and religious activities among Catholic colleges nation-wide. Both colleges continue to endorse student service activities.

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology in the Graduate School, published his 30th book Journeys with Grief: A Collection of Articles about Love, Life, and Loss.  This book is his first designed solely for the general public rather than a professional or trade audience.  This edited volume of brief pieces includes short articles by professionals and bereaved individuals to assist others coping with a current loss.

Kathleen Mannino, Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian in the Gill Library, co-wrote an article entitled “A Case for Integration of Interlibrary Loan and Reference” in the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, which will be published online in mid-December, and will be published in print on December 27, 2012.

Dr. B. Nelson Ong, Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts & Sciences, attended the national meeting of the National Association of Scholars on December 15, 2012.  He serves on the NAS executive committee, board of directors, and as their national secretary.

Dr. Jennifer Scuro, Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, and Dr. Kathryn LaFontana, Associate Dean in the School of Arts & Sciences, served as judges for the 2012 Northeast Regional Ethics Bowl (NREB) organized by The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics held at Sacred Heart University on December 1, 2012.  Fourteen teams competed from the region and the finalists from Colgate University are going to the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in 2013.  Drs. LaFontana and Scuro are looking foward to organizing a team of CNR students to participate in the next regional ethics bowl.

November 2012

Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History and Honors Program Director in the School of Arts & Sciences, participated in a  roundtable entitled “Examining the Dimensions of Sport within the Empire of American Studies”  at the American Studies Association’s annual meeting, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in November.  The roundtable was one of the inaugural sessions of the Sports Studies Caucus.  On a lighter note, Dr. Bass has been featured in the new book Christmas Cookie Contest in a Box, edited by Gina Hyams.  The project is connected to the new Honors seminar she launched this past semester, “December in America,” which explores numerous themes, such as immigration, race, and consumerism, via the window of holiday ritual.  Bass’s contribution to the book has since been featured in several publications, including Berkshire Living magazine.

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology in the Graduate School, published "A Call to the Field: Complicated Grief in the DSM-5" in Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying, 65(4).  Coauthors of the piece were an international group of scholars that consisted of Drs. There A. Rando (USA), Stephen Fleming (Canada), Maria Helena Franco (Brazil), Elizabeth Lobb (Australia), Colin Murray Parkes (UK), and Rose Steele (Canada).

Dr. Barbara F. McManus, Faculty Emeriti of Classics in the School of Arts & Sciences, co-presented a panel at the meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Midwest and South on Using Inscriptions to Learn and Teach about Roman Life, Especially the Lives of Women; her paper was entitled "The Word as Material Reality: The Power of Inscriptions for Learning and Teaching."

Lilleth Newby Beckford, Assistant Professor of the Library, co-facilitated a breakout session on Expanding Our Embrace: Enhancing Information Literacy and Composition Skills for Adult Learners at the New York University Faculty Resource Network Conference on New Faces, New Expectations on November 17, 2012 at Dillard University, New Orleans.

Ann R. Raia, Faculty Emeriti of Classics in the School of Arts & Sciences, coordinated a panel on Using Inscriptions to Learn and Teach about Roman Life, Especially the Lives of Women, in which she gave a presentation Sacerdotes extra Romam: A Case Study in Using Inscriptional Evidence at the meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle, West, and South – Southern Section in Tallahassee in November, 2012.

Robert Wolf, Professor of Art Therapy in the Graduate School, conducted workshops entitled Monitoring Progress in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy through Art and An Introduction to Photo Therapy at the Expressive Therapy Summit in New York City in November.

October 2012

Dr. Susan A. Conte, Associate Professor of Guidance and Counseling and Mental Health Counseling in the Graduate School, presented:  My Body, My Biography: The Use of Narratives of Self-Injury as a Path to Healing at the Guidance Expo in White Plains, NY.

Cristina de Gennaro, Professor of Art in the School of Arts & Sciences, participated in a group exhibition at Miranda Arts Project Space in Portchester, NY in October 2012. 

Dr. Melanie Harasym, Associate Professor of Biology in the School of Arts & Sciences, attended the 26th Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, October 11-13, 2012. She was second author on a poster entitled, "Longitudinal Microbial Ecology in Cystic Fibrosis". She began this ongoing project on her sabbatical in the spring of 2010, working in the laboratory of Dr. Paul Planet, M.D., Ph.D. at Columbia University Medical Center.

Dr. Deborah Hunt, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, published an article entitled “QSEN Competencies: A Bridge to Practice” published in the refereed journal which appeared in Nursing Made Incredibly Easy in October 2012.

Violet Malinski, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, earned a Martha E. Rogers Scholars Fund Lectureship and gave a lecture entitled Riding the Wave with Martha: On the Evolving Edges of Science, Innovation, and Transformation at the Annual Conference of the Society of Rogerian Scholars, on October 5 – 7, 2012, in Charlotte, NC.

Dr. Amy Meyers, Assistant Professor of Social Work in the School of Arts & Sciences, was featured on the blog National Association of Social Workers on the subject of sibling abuse. She also presented an in-service training, A Clinician's Guide to Sibling Abuse Assessment, to practitioners at Steinway Family & Children's Services.

Lilleth Newby Beckford, Assistant Professor of the Library, Librarian & Writing Faculty Collaborate to Enhance Information Literacy Skills among Non-traditional Students at the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO) Reference and Information Literacy Committee Fall meeting on October 5, 2012.

September 2012

Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History and Honors Program Director in the School of Arts & Sciences, published “‘Slave Genes’ Myth Must Die” in Salon, one of the most respected progressive online magazines in America, in July.  The piece focused on the controversial comments made by Olympic champion Michael Johnson to the BBC regarding the so-called genetic advantage that black athletes have in the Olympic Games.  Bass’ argument against Johnson’s comments caused quite a stir in the various elements of social media, particularly on Twitter;  notable blogs including Slaw, 3 Quarks Daily, and Silobreaker republished it; DagBlog and others based discussion forums on it, and Macleans used it to refute statements made by Sir Roger Bannister regarding race and running.

Dr. Susan A. Conte, Associate Professor of Guidance and Counseling and Mental Health Counseling in the Graduate School, presented an in-service workshop, Those Who Can, Teach!  Professional Ethics for Teachers, for faculty, administration, and staff of All Hallows High School, Bronx, N.Y.

Dr. Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology in the Graduate School, keynoted a series of conferences in September in Missouri, Ohio, and Texas. He spoke on disenfranchised grief, gender differences in grief, and changes in our understanding of grief. 

Dr. Judy Gordon, Chair of the Social Work Department in the School of Arts & Sciences, was selected to participate in a three-day seminar on The Academy and the Community sponsored by NYU’s Faculty Resource Network.  The seminar, held in June 2012, took place at the Center for Puerto Rico, a new entity established by the former governor of Puerto Rico, Sila Maria Calderon. Dr. Gordon’s seminar group, which focused on the theme of Empowering Women, included visits to community programs and guest speakers from the University of Puerto Rico.  Dr. Gordon hopes to use resources from her trip to enrich the Bridging Cultures Puerto Rico course, offered by the Education, Spanish, and Social Work Departments of SAS.

Dr. Deborah Hunt, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, was recently invited by Councilman James Vacca of District 13 in the Bronx to be a member of the Aging Improvement District Advisory Board. The purpose of this Advisory Board is to identify the top priority senior issues and determine ways to promote solutions. 

Violet Malinski, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, published “Meditations on the Unitary Rhythm of Dying-Grieving” for Nursing Science Quarterly.

Kathleen S. Mannino, Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian in the Gill Library, presented Technology Tools and Universal Design: A Librarian’s Quest for Access for All at the Westchester Library Association Annual Conference held on May 11, 2012, on techniques which she has used successfully to assist patrons with physical disabilities. 

Dr. Amy Meyers, Assistant Professor of Social Work in the School of Arts & Sciences, presented 6-part workshop training on Sibling Abuse Assessment and Intervention to child welfare staff at Nassau County Department of Social Services.

Dr. Debra Miller-Saultz, Assistant Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing, co-authored "Interventional pain management for patients with advanced cancer pain" in the International Journal of Nursing 18 (9).

Dr. Roblyn Rawlins, Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, published a chapter entitled “‘The First Rule Is That a Mother Should Govern Her Own Feelings: Modern Child-Rearing Advice and the Discipline of Maternal Emotions” in Moms Gone Mad: Motherhood and Madness, Oppression and Resistance, edited by Dr. Gina Wong and published by Demeter Press, Toronto, Ontario in September 2012.  Dr. Rawlins teaches the Division of Social Sciences Reading Seminar on Motherhood.

Dr. Connie Vance, Professor in the School of Nursing, and Dr. Deborah Hunt, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing, received a Faculty Fund award for their research project, Exploring the ‘Lived Experience’ of the Novice Nurse in the First Career Stage of the Profession.