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Professional Notes
14 Feb 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Jean Birbilis, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, has been invited to be a member of the American Psychological Association’s Division 29 Education and Training Committee. The committee’s upcoming tasks include reviewing competencies and minimum criteria for psychotherapy training. Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster, College of Business, gave the keynote address to the annual meeting [...]
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07 Feb 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Thomas Fisch, School of Divinity, attended two professional meetings Jan. 5-8: the Catholic Academy of Liturgy and the North American Academy of Liturgy. In the latter, he participated in the Early History of the Liturgy Seminar. Maggie Kendall, a St. Thomas senior geology major, has won the Brunton Award of the Association [...]
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31 Jan 2006 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Michael Andregg, Justice and Peace Studies Department, received a Golden Candle Award at the 2006 IOP conference Jan. 16-19 in Tyson’s Corner, Va. IOP is an acronym for "information operations, open source intelligence and peacekeeping intelligence." The conference was sponsored by Open Source Solutions Inc., a network of intelligence professionals based in [...]
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13 Dec 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Phil Anderson, Management Department, College of Business, and co-authors Dr. Tim Scott and Dr. John Kaliske, Minnesota State University-Mankato, recently signed a contract with Houghton Mifflin for the Web-based management simulation "Micromatic: A Strategic Management Simulation," which models the managing of an international business. Class testing at four U.S. universities was recently [...]
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06 Dec 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education, is the author of a chapter, "Myths and Realities in Adult Education," published in Insights From Research and Practice: A Handbook for Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Practitioners (Leicester, England: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2005). Father James Burns, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, recently presented [...]
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29 Nov 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Angeline Barretta-Herman’s research article, "A Reanalysis of the IASSW World Census 2000," was published in the November issue of International Social Work. The descriptive study compares administrative structure and staffing, international activities and curriculum in 392 social work programs from 35 countries. The study was sponsored by the International Association of Schools [...]
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22 Nov 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education, is the author of a chapter, "Overcoming Impostorship, Cultural Suicide and Lost Innocence: Implications for Teaching Critical Thinking in a Community College," in Critical Thinking: Unfinished Business (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005), edited by C. McMahon. Dr. Mel Gray, Economics Department, recently attended the annual meeting of the [...]
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15 Nov 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes College of Business faculty members Dr. Phil Anderson, Management Department, Dr. Leigh Lawton, Decision Sciences Department, and Dr. Rich Rexeisen, Marketing Department, and Ann Hubbard, International Education Center, had their article, "Short-Term Study Abroad and Intercultural Sensitivity: A Pilot Study," accepted for publication in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations. Dr. Stephen Brookfield, [...]
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08 Nov 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Check out recent activities of the UST faculty beyond the classroom.
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01 Nov 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Four members of the Legal Studies in Business Department faculty participated in the annual conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business in August: Dawn Swink’s paper, "The Perfect Storm of Constitutional Law: A Legal and business Analysis of Same-Sex Marriage," presented by co-author Jordan Halgas, was selected for publication in the [...]
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25 Oct 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Kudos to these faculty and a student.
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18 Oct 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Elise Amel, Dr. Jean Giebenhain, Dr. John Tauer and Dr. Lauren Braswell, Psychology Department, presented a symposium, “Service-Learning in Undergraduate Psychology: Theory, Application, Flops and Finds,” at the 113th annual convention of the American Psychological Association in August in Washington, D.C. Dr. Sarah Armstrong, Personal Counseling and Testing, attended the annual conference [...]
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11 Oct 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Jean Birbilis, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, is the author of a chapter, "Maintaining and Sustaining Independent Practice: Midcareer Strategies for Psychologists," in Handbook for Success in Independent Practice (2005), edited by J.E. Barnett and M. Gallardo. The chapter results from work during Birbilis’ spring sabbatical. Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster, Koch Endowed Chair [...]
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04 Oct 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education, is co-author with Stephen Preskill of the second edition of a book, Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Clasrooms (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2005). Preskill is a former St. Thomas faculty member. The book’s first edition was published in 1999; the new edition [...]
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27 Sep 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
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20 Sep 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Faculty and students alike are busy writing, publishing and presenting.
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13 Sep 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Mark Neuzil, Journalism and Mass Communication Department, is the author of “The Great Moon Hoax of 1835” in the October issue of The History Channel Magazine. The article details the New York Sun’s stories on men (and women) on the moon, along with bipedal beavers, a blue unicorn and dwarf bison – [...]
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06 Sep 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Here’s a weekly column in which faculty and staff share news of professional activities.
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17 May 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
This is the last “notes” column for the semester. The column will resume in the fall.
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10 May 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
This is the next-to-last “notes” column; the final column of the semester will be published next Tuesday, May 17 (deadline for submissions is 10 a.m. Friday, May 13).
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03 May 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Mel Gray, Economics Department, was featured speaker at a town-gown panel presentation hosted by Indiana University-East in Richmond, Ind. Gray spoke on "Economics of the Nonprofit Arts: An Overview and Local Applications." Respondents on the panel included the mayor, a county council member, the director of economic development and the director of [...]
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26 Apr 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Father Jan Michael Joncas, Theology and Catholic Studies departments, is the author of a chapter, "An Anniversary song: Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Chirograph for the Centenary of Tra le sollecitudini," in Music in Christian Worship: At the Service of the Liturgy edited by Charlotte Kroeker (Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical [...]
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15 Mar 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Jane Canney, Student Affairs, was elected to the Hmong American Partnership board of trustees. The board is composed of Hmong and non-Hmong members with a balanced representation of men and women with a Hmong majority. The group’s purpose is to create a partnership of resourceful Hmong and committed Americans to educate, give support [...]
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08 Mar 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Foreign Affairs Club members Peter Billerbeck, Jeffery Brubaker, Rachel Hoffman, Haley Waller, Danielle Lecorps, Rani Thao, Jacob Anderson and Dolkar Tenzin participated in the Midwest Model United Nations conference Feb. 23-27 in St. Louis. The students represented the delegation of Canada, receiving two honorable mention awards for their work in the General Assembly [...]
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01 Mar 2005 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Professional notes Dr. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education, is the author of an article, "Racializing and Concretizing Gramsci in Adult Education Practice," published in the journal Interchange, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2004). Dr. Joseph Fitzharris, History Department, received the 2005 Moncado Prize from the Society for Military History on Feb. 26. The prize is presented [...]