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Professional
Activities in the Humanities
Barbara
Allen
History
Recent
Publications:
- "Early Dissent within the Party: Alexander Shliapnikov and the Letter of the Twenty-Two," The NEP Era: Soviet Russia 1921-1928 1: 21-54; 2007.
- “Friendship in Times of Factionalism and Terror: Aleksandr Shliapnikov and Sergei Medvedev” in Revolutionary Russia.
- “Revolution and Civil War in Russia, 1917-1921”. in Events That Changed Russia since 1855 (Ed. Frank W. Thackeray) Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2007.
Lectures/Presentations:
- “Alexander Shliapnikov's Purge from the Party, 1932-1933.” at the 39th national convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), New Orleans, LA, November 15-18, 2007.
News/Media/Publicity:
- Book review of Diane Koenker's Republic of Labor: Russian Printers and Soviet Socialism, 1918-1930 (Cornell Univ. Press, 2005) in Canadian-American Slavic Studies.
Professional Offices/Related Community Activities:
- Member, Executive Board of Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference.
Honors
Bestowed:
- Named
to Editorial Board of the journal The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928.
Vivienne
Sm. Angeles
Religion
Lectures/Presentations:
- "The Ties that Bind: Philippine Catholicism and Migration,” in the panel “Religion and Migration: Pathways to Integration,” at the 12th International Metropolis Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, October 9, 2007
- “From Catholic to Muslim: Changing Perceptions of Gender Roles in the Balik-Islam Movement in the Philippines,” at the European Southeast Asian Studies Conference (EUROSEAS), L’Orientale, University of Naples, Italy, September 12, 2007
- “Women’s Conversion and Gender Roles” at the International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 5, 2007
- "Religion Race and American Muslims,” at the Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, November 9, 2007
- “Gender and Civilization: Labor Migration and Women’s Roles in a Muslim Community in the Philippines,” at the Center for Civilizational Dialogue, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, October 5, 2007
- “Building Bridges between Muslims and the West: What have we done?” at the International Islamic University, Kuala Lumpur, September 9, 2007.
- “Studying Identity Construction: Visual Expressions of Islam in Malaysia,” at the Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, August 29, 2007
- Panel Moderator, The Intercultural Conference on Peace and Unity, at the Universiti Malaya. July 17-18, 2007
- Organizer and Presider, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Conference on the theme "Islam in the 21st Century," at the Metropolitan State College of Denver, April 20-21, 2007
Grants/Scholarships:
- Fulbright Research and Lecture Grant, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Research on Visual Expression of Islam in Malaysia; traveled to various places in Malaysia to study and document mosque architecture and clothing as expressions of community and individual identity; lectured on various topics; was affiliated with the Center for Civilizational Dialogue at the Universiti Malaya; traveled to the Philippines as part of the research on visual expression)
Professional Offices/Related Community Activities:
- Member, Editorial Board, Comparative Islamic Studies
- President, American Countil for the Study of Islamic Societies, 2006-2008
Bernhardt
Blumenthal
Foreign Languages & Literatures
Recent
Publications:
- “Schwere Seelen ,” Trans-Lit2, Society for Contemporary American Literature in German 13 (1): 69; Spring 2007.
Honors
Bestowed:
- Continues
to serve on the Academic Board of the American College Program
at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Siobhan Conaty
Art History
Lectures/Presentations:
- Dr. Conaty will be presenting "Benedetta Cappa Marinetti: Gender and the Aesthetic of War in Italian Futurism" at the United States Naval Academy's conference "The Experience of War in the Space Between 1914-1945." Annapolis, MD: June 8-9, 2007
Marco Cerocchi
Foreign Languages & Literatures
Recent Publications:
- “Salvezza o dannazione eterna? Dante Alighieri e il ruolo della musica nella Divina Commedia.” Northeast Modern Language Association (N.E.M.L.A) - Journal of Italian Studies 30 (December 2007).
Professional Offices:
- Adviser of the Italian Club at La Salle University
Charles
Desnoyers
History
Lectures/Presentations:
- "Ethnicity,
Identity, and Identification: The (Further) Case of Yung
Wing."at Annual meeting of American Historical Association,
Atlanta, GA: Jan 5, 2007.
- "Contested
Identities and Cultural Imperialisms: The Pacific Rim."
Organized and chaired panel at AHA Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
GA: Jan 5, 2007.
Kevin
Harty
English
Was
recently selected by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council to
be part of the "Commonwealth Spearkers" program
for 2006-07.
Geffrey
B. Kelly
Religion
Recent
Publications:
- “Kierkegaard
as ‘Antidote’: The Impact of Søren Kierkegaard
on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theology of Christian Discipleship,”
in Theologians and Philosophers in the Thought of Dietrich
Bonhoeffer. (Peter Frick, ed.) Tübingen: Mohr
Siebeck Verlag: March 2007.
News/Media/Publicity:
- Televised
interview discussing the recently published work, Is There
a God in Health Care?: Toward a New Spirituality of Medicine
on The Catholic Corner," on CN-8: January 14, 2007.
Dolores
Lehr
University Communications
Lectures/Presentations:
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"Technical and Professional Writing: Changing Technology,
Changing Trends," at the Pennsylvania College English
Association Conference, West Chester, PA, April 13, 2007
Stuart Leibiger
History
Lectures/Presentations:
- "Washington and Lafayette: Father and Son of the Revolution," at Conference Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Lafayette's Birth, Masonic Library and Museum, Philadelphia, October 20, 2007.
News/Media/Publicity:
- Scholar-in-Residence at "Shaping the Constitution: A View From Mount Vernon," a National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher Workshop held at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Virginia, 2007.
Ling
Liang
Education
Recent Publications:
- (With Richardson, R. G.) "The use of inquiry in the development of preservice teachers’ self-efficacy in mathematics and science learning." Journal of Elementary Science Education.
- (With Liang, L. L., & Yuan, H.) "Examining the Alignment of Chinese National Physics Curriculum Guidelines and 12th-Grade Exit Examinations: A Case Study." International Journal of Science Education: 2007 [See http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content ~content=a785920068~db=all~jumptype=rss]
- (With Chen, X. & Liang, H.) "An analysis of laboratory activities in selected American high school physics curriculum programs: Features and trends." Curriculum, Teaching Material and Method, 27 (4), 92-96, 2007.
Grants/Scholarships:
- Principal Investigator, “Investigating the Effects of Reformed Science Programs,” supported by the Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (MSPGP), a NSF funded program. (2006 - present)
Lectures/Presentations:
- "Physics for All: A Chinese Model" at the American Association of Physics Teachers National Conference, Baltimore, MD: January 2008
- (With Yuan, H. Q.) "Alignment between Science Curriculum and Assessment: A Comparison between US and Select Asian Countries (China section)" at an international symposium at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL: April 2007.
- (With Richardson, R. G.) "Engaging Prospective Elementary Teachers in Authentic Scientific Inquiry: Investigation into a Science Course" at the Annual Conference of the Association for the Science Teacher Education, Clearwater Beach, FL: January 2007.
Susan
McDonald
Fine Arts
Lectures/Presentations:
- "Cactus, an electro-acoustic composition" in March 2007 at the SEAMUS (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music) National Conference and at SUNY Stony Brook's annual Earfest concert.
My Students:
- Music and DArt student Brian McDermott is currently researching new recording and mixing techniques as well as new genres, such as visual music. He plans to compose music that reflects his research interests and present it at La Salle during the spring of 2008.
Marc Moreau
Philosophy
Grants/Scholarships:
- $3,500.00 grant from the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium to co-sponsor (with colleague Robert Dobie) a conference, "Cosmopolitanism and the Place of Place," December 1, 2007, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Skyline Room, Free Library of Philadelphia. Lead speakers: Kwame Anthony Appiah (Princeton University) & David Kolb (Bates College); main commentators: Hans Oberdiek (Swarthmore College) & Richard Schuldenfrei (Swarthmore College).
Lectures/Presentations:
- "Aristotle and the Problem of Formless Eide," presented to the Philadelphia Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, October 24, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Barbelin Hall 116, St. Joseph's University.
Professional Offices:
- Treasurer, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium.
John
P. Rossi
History
Book
Reviews:
- Mark Steyn's America Alone. Philadelphia Inquirer,
January 7, 2007.
Francis
Ryan
American Studies
Lectures/Presentations:
- Session chair and discussant, "Roundtable in American Studies Undergraduate Research," at the Middle Atlantic American Studies Association Conference, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: March 2007.
Professional
Offices/Related Community Activities:
- Recipient of an award, given by the Executive Board, Middle Atlantic American Studies Association, for mentoring undergraduate research in American Studies. at the annual MAASA conference, University of Maryland, Baltimore County: March 2007.
- Is
currently Vice-President, Middle Atlantic American Studies
Association
John Sweeder
Education
Recent Publications:
- "Differentiating instruction through digital storytelling" in McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008, (pp. 967-974). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Lectures/Presentations:
- “Differentiating Instruction through Digital Storytelling,” at the 19th Annual International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV: March 2008.
Corneliia
Tsakiridou
Philosophy
She
presented "Not All Christian Art is Christian: In Search
of Christ's Icon" at the Classical Philosophy Lecture
Series: Loras College, Dubuque, IA: April 26, 2007.
Carmen
Vendelin
Art Museum
Lectures/Presentations:
Grants/Scholarships:
- Received a grant of $2000 from the International Fine Print Dealers Association to support an exhibition that she is curating, "The Buffoonish Bourgeois: Caricatures and Satire of the Upper Middle-Class Businessman in 19th-century France." (The exhibition will be on view March 5-May 30, 2008. The grant helped to fund the production of a catalogue for the exhibition and to off-set other exhibition-related expenses.)
Deborah
S. Yost
Education
Recent
Publications:
- (with Soslau, E.) "Urban Service Learning: An authentic teaching strategy to deliver a standards-driven curriculum." Journal of Experiential Learning 30(1) 36-53, 2007.
Lectures/Presentations:
- (with Vogel, R.) "Constructing and Evaluating a Teacher Leader Model of Professional Development that Leads to Student Achievement," at the American Educational Research Association (AERA): April 2007.
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