College of Fine Arts and Communication
Richard E. Vatz, Mass Communication and Communication Studies Department, had a lengthy essay printed January 15 in The Baltimore Sun, titled “Who Will Be Our Next Profiles in Courage,” that was reprinted in several newspapers subsequently. It explores John F. Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning analysis of the role of courage in American politics.
Phil Davis, Electronic Media & Film, received an Osgood Award for the Best Music Video for “The Living Things” at the 2012 Bradford Animation Festival in Bradford, U.K. The jury for the award wrote: “We chose this film for its perfect synchronization, the unpredictable nature of its appealing characters and its simple but effective production values.”
Terry Ewell, Music, completed his 100th video in the Bassoon Digital Professor series on Dec. 31, 2012. This series of videos, the culmination of more than six years of work, are posted on YouTube, Tudou (the Chinese equivalent of YouTube), and 2reed.net. The videos, comprising more than 12 hours of content, have been accessed over 700,000 times on YouTube. Ewell has received messages of thanks from around the world, including bassoonists in Brazil, Poland and Iran. Work has begun to translate some of the videos into Chinese and Korean.
Terry Ewell and Luis Engelke, Music, published “Four Scenarios: Legal and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Use of Beta Blockers” in The Double Reed 35/4 (2012): 130-134.
College of Health Professions
Joanna Basuray, Nursing, announces the publication of her first textbook, Culture and Health: Concept and Practice (Linus Publications, 2013).
College of Liberal Arts
Brian J. Gorman, Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice, published a paper in Security Journal entitled, “Gender-based perceptions of the 2001 anthrax attacks: Implications for outreach and preparedness,” with Christopher Salvatore of Montclair State University.
Benjamin Zajicek, History, presented a paper, “Defining Insanity in Stalin’s Soviet Union: Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Authority, 1928-1938,” at the annual Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, held in New Orleans in November. The panel was titled “Professional Authority and the Science of Human Nature in the Soviet Union.”
College of Education
Katherine Holman, Special Education, presented, “Promoting Acceptance and Building Peer Relationships for Children with Autism” at the annual TASH conference, Long Beach, Calif., on Nov. 30.
Katherine Holman and Elizabeth Neville, Special Education, were invited to present at the annual OCALICON conference during the University Autism Summit in Columbus, Ohio. Holman and Neville presented on the development of the new Teacher as Leader in Autism Spectrum Disorder M.Ed. program
Qing Li, Educational Technology and Literacy, has published a chapter, “Cyberbullying behaviors,” in the Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior. The Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior has been nominated for the Outstanding Reference Sources Award by the American Library Association. The book also recently received a favorable review from Choice Magazine, a publication of the Association for College & Research Libraries.
Qing Li, Department of Educational Technology and Literacy, has received the “Top Cited Article” award for the period 2007-2011 from the Computers in Human Behavior journal. The article is : Li, Q. (2007). “New bottle but old wine: A research of cyberbullying in schools”, Computers in Human Behavior, 23(4), 1777-1791.
Kathleen Reilly, Assistant Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Instructional Leadership and Professional Development, presented Artist or Author? Constructing Meaning through Images and Verbal Texts in Secondary English Language Arts at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The paper presentation, based on Dr. Reilly’s dissertation study, discussed the integration of verbal and nonverbal texts in a 10th grade English Language Arts class to facilitate students’ meaning-making with literary texts.
Cook Library
Melissa D’Agostino, Evening Research & Instruction Librarian, published the article “Wall of fun facts: Comaraderie, conversation, and teachable moments” in the January issue of College & Research Libraries News.
