College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Jack Fruchtman, Political Science, was a panelist on the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA-FM on March 13.
Professor Andrew Reiner, English lecturer, was quoted in The Chicago Tribune‘s article, “Is your smartphone hurting your GPA?”
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Dr. Richard Vatz, COMM/MCOM, published a lead article in The Baltimore Sun, “Liberal Media Bias is Beyond doubt,” on March 18.
Dr. Richard Vatz, COMM/MCOM, was a guest on WBAL’s C-4 show to discuss media bias on March 19.
Dr. Richard Vatz, COMM/MCOM, was a guest on WMAR’s Square Off to discuss John Leopold’s sentencing , the new Pope, North Korea and the Ravens on March 17.
Dr. Richard Vatz, COMM/MCOM, was a guest on WEAA’s Marc Steiner Show on March 19 to discuss the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq with Dr. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park; Dr. Adil Shamoo, Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and Senior Analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus; and Dr. Thabit Abdullah, associate professor in the Department of History at York University in Toronto.
Fisher College of Science and Mathematics
Chuck Dierbach, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, had his new textbook, Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus, published by John Wiley and Sons.
Cook Library
Sarah Gilchrist, Research and Instruction Librarian, co-authored an article titled “Online access to higher education on YouTubeEDU” in the journal New Library World. This article examines the usage and production of educational videos on YouTubeEDU, an open video-sharing, educational area of YouTube established in 2009 and used primarily by institutions of higher education.
College of Education’s Department of Educational Technology and Literacy (EDTL)
Barbara Laster recently had three scholarly works published:
Laster, B. P., Robnolt, V. J., Jones, J., Ankrum, J. W., Marinak, B. (in press). RTI in a time of diminished resources & Common Core State Standards: A how-to guide. Principal. Alexandria, VA: NAESP.
Laster, B. (2013). A historical view of student learning and teacher development in reading clinics. In E. Ortlieb and E. Cheeks (Eds.) Literacy, research, practice, & evaluation: From clinic to classroom. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group.
Tysseling, L. & Laster, B. (2013). Taking technology from clinic to classroom in E.Ortlieb and E. Cheeks (Eds.) From Clinic to Classroom. In E. Ortlieb & E. Cheek (Eds.) Literacy, Research, Practice, & Evaluation: From Clinic to Classroom. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group.
