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09 Mar 2004 by St. Thomas Newsroom / No Comments
Bruce Benidt, Journalism and Mass Communication Department, is the author of "Reporting With Attitude," an article in the winter/spring issue of Newsworthy: The Magazine of the Minnesota News Council. Dr. Michael Hennessey, Programs in Engineering and Technology Management, was invited to give a talk to 3M’s Technical Forum, Abrasives Chapter, on March 5. The technical [...]
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Professional notes Dr. Elise Amel, Dr. Jean Giebenhain, Dr. Lauren Braswell and Dr. John Tauer, Psychology Department, recently presented at the winter conference of Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning. The title of the conference was "Teaching for Wisdom: Achieving Higher Order Thinking in Our Graduates," and the title of their talk was [...]
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Dr. Bernard Armada, Communication Studies Department, presented a paper, "Space, Architecture and Resistance at the National Civil Rights Museum’s Expansion Project," at the Western Speech Communication Association conference in Albuquerque, N.M. Dr. Camille George, Programs in Engineering and Technology Management, spent two weeks during January Term at the University of Washington, Seattle, as a National [...]
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Dr. Wendy Barger, Journalism and Mass Communication Department, is the author of an article, "Voice for America? A Feminist Analysis of Thomas Friedman’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Commentary," in the International Journal of Applied Philosophy, Vol. 16, No. 1, pages 47-58. Dr. Joe Fitzharris, History Department, is the author of an article, "Field Officer Courts and U.S. [...]
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Katherine Faricy, Music Department, is the author of a new book, Artistic Pedal Technique – Lessons for Intermediate and Advanced Pianists, recently published by Frederick Harris Music Co. The book is a teaching manual with exercises to deep control of the damper pedal at various depths, lessons in playing with techniques such as syncopated pedal, [...]
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Dr. Janice Andrews-Schenk, School of Social Work, recently presented three papers: "Historical Connection Between Social Group Work and Social Justice," presented at a September meeting of the Minnesota chapter of the International Association for the Advancement of Social Work With Groups; "Preserving Social Group Work’s Past: Oral History Training," presented at a workshop during the [...]
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Dr. Marsha Blumenthal, Economics Department, was a presenter at the annual meetings of the National Tax Association Nov. 13 in Chicago and the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Nov. 20 in Denver. Her paper, jointly written with Laura Kalambokidis, University of Minnesota, was titled “The Compliance Costs of Nonprofit Organizations.” Dr. [...]
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Dr. Shahid Alvi, Sociology Department, is co-author of a paper, "Martial Status Variations in Canadian Public Housing Woman Abuse," with Walter DeKeseredy and Martin Schwartz. The paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in Denver. At the same meetings, Alvi was elected to the executive board of the Division [...]
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Katherine Faricy, Music Department, recently was a guest clinician for the Northeast Wisconsin Teachers Forum in Green Bay. She gave a lecture demonstration, "Topics and Styles in Classical Music," and a master class. She also was a featured presenter at the June convention of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association; she gave a presentation, "The Pedagogy [...]
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Dr. Sarah Armstrong, Dr. Colette Kuhn, Dr. Steve Maurer and Dr. Jeri Rockett, Personal Counseling, were invited to give a presentation at the Minnesota College Personnel Association conference recently at Macalester College. They originally presented the program, “Keep the Faith: Counseling and Spirituality,” at the American College Personnel Association conference last April in Minneapolis. Dr. [...]
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Dr. Bernard Brady, Theology Department, and Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology Department, have published “Rome, Italy: Society at the Crossroads” (a syllabus) in Teaching the Sociology of Peace, War and Social Conflict: A Curriculum Guide, third edition, Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 2004). Dr. John Holst, Curriculum and Instruction Department, presented a paper, “Globalization and [...]
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Dr. Shahid Alvi, Sociology Department, is co-author with Walter DeKeseredy and M.D. Schwartz of "Curbing Women Abuse and Poverty: Is Marriage the Cure?" to be presented at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology Nov. 18-22 in Denver. Dr. Winston Chrislock, History Department, is the author of a chapter, "Cleveland Czechs" (pages 77-134) [...]
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Dr. Jean Birbilis, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, chaired a symposium, “Building an Independent Practice,” and presented a paper, “Creating an Independent Practice From the Group Up,” at the 2003 annual convention of the American Psychological Association recently in Toronto. A summary of the symposium and of her paper is presented in an article, “Building [...]
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Professional Notes Phil Baumer, a senior at St. Thomas, ran in the Twin Cities marathon and qualified for the Boston marathon with a time of 2:58:30. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education, recently published “Racializing Criticality in Adult Education,” in Adult Education Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 3 (2003). Dr. Tom Fish and Dr. Sarah Noonan, School [...]
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Dr. William Banfield, Music Department, announces that the Mobile (Ala.) Symphony will premiere his “Structures: Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello and Flute” on Saturday, Oct. 11. The work is the culmination of a three-year commission celebrating the recent opening of the Mobile Museum of Art and the city’s 300th anniversary. Later in the week, Banfield [...]
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Dr. Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale, Finance Department, presented a paper, “Derivative Contracts: Lessons From Long-Term Capital Management,” at the Emerging Financial Services in Asia-Pacific Conference, last May in Sydney, Australia. The paper was published in the conference proceedings. A second paper, “Enron: A Pedagogical Model of Creative Financial Management,” was presented at the symposium, Catholic Social Thought [...]
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Dr. Stephen Brookfield, School of Education, is the author of a chapter, “Adult Learning,” in Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia, edited by J.J.F. Forest and K.E. Kinser (ABC-CLIO Press, 2002). Dr. Sharon Gibson, Management Department, is co-author with Dr. Lisa Hanes of a refereed article, “The Contribution of Phenomenology to Human Resource [...]
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Dr. Shahid Alvi, Sociology Department, is co-author with Walter DeKeseredy, Martin Schwartz and E. Andreas Tomaszewski of a recently published book, Under Siege: Poverty and Crime in a Public Housing Community (Lexington Books, 2003). Dr. Douglas Bass, Graduate Programs in Software, is co-author with I. Hal Sudborough of a paper, “Pancake Problems With Restricted Prefix [...]
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Dr. Phil Anderson, Management Department, presented a paper co-authored with Dr. Leigh Lawton, Marketing Department, at the Western Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting April 18 in Lihue, Hawaii. The paper was titled "Using a Simulation Exercise as a ‘Problem’ in Problem-Based Learning." Dr. Sarah Armstrong, Personal Counseling and Testing, hosted a poster session for the [...]
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Christopher Baxter, Facilities Scheduling, received the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors-International at its annual conference April 14-16 in Orlando, Fla. Baxter was honored for his work on the Hospitality Committee for the 2002 ACCED-I annual meeting, volunteering his time to coordinate the official Web site of the [...]
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Dina Bergren, a student in UST’s M.A. in Human Resource Development program, has won the 2003 Sunny Hansen Graduate Student Award of the Minnesota Career Development Association. This is the second consecutive year in which a St. Thomas student has won the award. Bergren is an advisee of Dr. Nick Nissley. Dr. Bernard Brady, Theology [...]