College of Liberal Arts Nicole Fabricant (Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice) and a colleague from UCSD received a grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation in Anthropological Research to help support an international conference entitled “Politics in the Time of ‘Post Politics’: Rethinking Anthropology’s Conception of the Political for the 21st Century.” This conference will bring scholars […]
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Faculty Kudos
Greg Primrose (Student Affairs) presented a poster titled “Video streaming on a budget” at 21st Annual Campus Technology Conference in Boston, Mass on July 30th. Abdul Ali (English) won the 2014 New Issues Poetry Prize of $2,000 for his collection, “Trouble Sleeping.” Tara Bynum (English) was in a group of five CLA faculty who won […]
Faculty Kudos
Library Shana Gass (Research & Instruction) participated in a marketing research panel at the Maryland State Library Resource Center’s Small Business and Nonprofit Conference in Baltimore on May 21. To submit an item for Faculty/Staff Kudos, follow the directions here.
Faculty Kudos
College of Education Richard E. Vatz (Department of Instructional Leadership and Professional Development) spoke on his book, The Only Authentic Book of Persuasion, April 4 at the Vice Presidential Panel at the Southern States Communication Convention. On April 24, Dr. Vatz was one of 9 members to participate in the plenary session to address the state […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Liberal Arts Andrew Diemer (History) is the author of “The Quaker and the Colonist: Moses Sheppard, Samuel Ford McGill, and Transatlantic Slavery across the Color Line,” in Quakers & Abolition, edited by Brycchan Carey and Geoffrey Plank and published by the University of Illinois Press. Benjamin Fisher (History) gave a Starr Seminar presentation […]
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College of Business & Economics Daniel Singer, Finance, and Doug Ross and Doug Sanford, Management, received Best Paper Award in the Innovative Education Track from the 2014 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) Conference in Philadelphia this March for their paper titled “Does Course Convenience Equal Learning? That’s What Our Students Think.” College of Fine […]
Faculty & Staff Kudos
Faculty Kudos Honors College Andrew Reiner (English) was a featured contributor to the cultural arts radio show “The Signal” on Baltimore’s NPR affiliate WYPR-FM. Reiner read aloud an essay that explores the costs of social perfection on college students who use Facebook. Listen to the piece at http://wypr.org/post/signal-11714. Andrew Reiner (English) had an essay titled “Love, […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Business and Economics Michaël Dewally, Yingying Shao, finance, along with Tim Yeager of the University of Arkansas have had a paper titled “Liquidity crisis, relationship lending and corporate finance” accepted for publication in the Journal of Banking and Finance. A paper titled “Executive Compensation, Organizational Culture and the Glass Ceiling” by finance professors […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Liberal Arts Jennifer Ballengee presented a paper, “A View from Here,” at ACL(x) / E(x)amine, a Conference of the American Comparative Literature Association on September 27 at the Pennsylvania State University. Barbara Bass arranged a workshop, “Enhancing Online Engagement through Technology,” at the Writing Center on September 25. Geoff Becker was featured in […]
Faculty Kudos
Dr. Bill Sadera, College of Education, and Dr. Kathy Gould, College of Health Professions, authored a chapter on pedagogy in online learning as part of the recently released text, Developing Online Learning Environments in Nursing Education (3rd ed.). This is the third edition of the best-selling nurse educator’s handbook on using online teaching tools and […]
Faculty Kudos
Richard E. Vatz, ILPD, was a guest on Marc Steiner’s WEAA talk show on September 18 to discuss the Navy Yard shootings and whether there are strategies for prevention. He also discussed that issue in a segment on WBFF television on September 17 and was interviewed on September 10 on the use of public opinion by […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Business and Economics Yingying Shao, Michaël DeWally and Babu Baradwaj, Finance, had an article, “Does securitization support entrepreneurial activity?” accepted for publication by the Journal of Financial Services Research. http://link.springer.com/journal/10693/onlineFirst/page/1 Susan Flaherty, Yingying Shao and Babu Baradwaj, Finance, had a paper “The Impact of Lending Growth on the Riskiness of Chinese Banks” accepted […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Liberal Arts – English Department Katherine Attié had two articles published last year: “Passion Turned to Prettiness: Rhyme or Reason in Hamlet” in Shakespeare Quarterly 63 (2012) and “Selling Science: Bacon, Harvey, and the Commodification of Knowledge” in Modern Philology 110 (2013). David Belz read his “Gift of the Cicadas” on WYPR-88’s “The Signal” on […]
Faculty Kudos
Cook Library Joyce Garczynski, Communications & Development Librarian, authored the feature article in Programming Librarian, an online magazine for librarians who organize library events. The article is titled “Adventures in Program Assessment at Towson University.” College of Education Richard E. Vatz, ILPD, was the only guest on WBAL’s Jimmy Mathis Show on August 10. The […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Education Richard E. Vatz, Instructional Leadership and Professional Development Department, published an article in USA Today Magazine’s July, 2013 issue with Professor Jeffrey Schaler of American University titled “Therapeutic Theory: Psychiatry’s Irresponsible Deception,” an expanded piece on the new DSM-5. On July 22, Dr. Vatz also commented on Fox regional television on President […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Education Richard Vatz, Instructional Leadership and Professional Development Dept., appeared on WBFF-TV (July 3) to comment on the political significance of the delayed implementation of the Affordable Care Act; appeared on WJZ-TV’s “Square Off” (June 30) to discuss the spike in violence in Baltimore and the Supreme Court’s ruling on DOMA; was a […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Fine arts and Communication Peter Lev, Electronic Media and Film, has signed a contract to write an online bibliography entitled “Hollywood Studios” for Oxford University Press.
Faculty Kudos
College of Education Richard E. Vatz of the Instructional Leadership and Professional Development Department gave a paper, “Covert Threats to Faculty Classroom Autonomy and Freedom of Speech,” at the AAUP national Conference on the State of Higher Education, held on June 14. The paper argued that faculty academic freedom is being attenuated by administrative appeals to accreditation and […]
Faculty Kudos
College of Fine Arts and Communication Dr. Richard Vatz had an article published in the June 3, 2013 issue of The Washington Times, entitled “A Rorschach Test of Modern Mental Health Care,” which critically evaluates the new diagnostic manual of The American Psychiatric Association.
Faculty Kudos
College of Education Sharon Pitcher, Educational Technology & Literacy Department, has recently published a second edition of her book, Collaborating for Real Literacy: Librarian, Teacher, Literacy Coach and Principal. With co-author Bonnie Mackey (University of Houston at Clearlake), Dr. Pitcher updated the book to include many ways faculty from kindergarten through twelfth grade can collaborate […]
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