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Brooks Aylor
Communication

Professional Offices/Related Community Activities:

  • Manuscript Reviewer, 2007 National Communication Association, Great Ideas For Teaching Speech Division
  • Manuscript Reviewer, 2007 National Communication Association, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered Division

John Beatty
DArt Program

Lectures/Presentations:

  • Moderator, organizer and presenter, "Digital Journalism/What's it doing? Where's it going" and "Crossing a Virtual Boundary: Print Journalism on the Web" at the 2007 International Digital Media and Arts Association conference: Philadelphia: November 9, 2007.
  • (with McManus, M. & McCoey, M.) "IT Strategic Planning: Enhancing Teaching and Learning with New Technologies" at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference. Baltimore, MD: January 2008.

Recent Publications:

  • Reviewed David Copeland's The Idea of a Free Press. The Enlightenment and Its Unruly Legacy in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 84 (4): 855–857.

Kathleen A. Bogle
Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice

Recent Publications:

  • Hooking Up: Sex, Dating and Relationships on Campus. New York: New York University Press, 2008.
  • “The shift from dating to hooking up in college: What scholars have missed.” Sociology Compass 1 (2): 775-788.
  • “Hooking Up: What Educators Need to Know” Editorial in the Chronicle of Higher Education, March 21, 2008.

Lectures/Presentations:

  • “The Connection Between Hooking Up and Alcohol Use: What Student Affairs Professionals Should Know,” at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Conference, Boston, MA, March 2008.
  • “The Connection Between Hooking Up and Alcohol Use: What Student Affairs Professionals Should Know,” at the Delaware Valley Student Affairs Conference, Lafayette Hill, PA, February 2008.
  • “Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus,” at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, March 2008

News/Media/Publicity: Quotes appeared in:

  • Wall Street Journal (January 31, 2008) / Sue Shellenbarger (Work & Family Columnist)
  • The Gazette (Ontario, Candada / February 13, 2008)
  • Philadelphia Weekly (February 20, 2008)
  • Newsweek (February 25, 2008)
  • The Daily News/Philadelphia (March 12, 2008)
  • Men’s Health Magazine (April 2008)

Q&A:

  • "Inside Higher Education" (January 29, 2008)

Reviews of Hooking Up appeared in:

  • Publisher's Weekly (December 2007)
  • Main Line Today Magazine (February 2008)
  • Library Journal (February 15, 2008)
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 2, 2008)

Radio Interviews:

  • WHYY-FM, Philadelphia NPR “Radio Times,” Tuesday, February 5, 2008 / Marty Moss-Coane
  • WNYC-FM, New York, “The Brian Lehrer Show,” Friday, February 22, 2008
  • KYW News Radio, Sunday, March 2, 2008

Television Interviews:

  • Fox News, America’s Newsroom, Friday, February 8, 2008
  • CBS, 6:00pm local news, Friday, February 8, 2008
  • Fox 25, Boston, Morning News, Monday, March 10, 2008

My Students:

  • Ellen Gehris (a junior Criminal Justice major) will be working with Dr. Bogle this summer on a special research project regarding sexual assault. Ellen was particularly well-suited for this project due to her interest in attending law school after La Salle.

Lynn H. Collins
Psychology

Lectures/Presentations:

  • "Ethical internet use in clinical psychology: Professional listservs and online therapy," a workshop conducted at the 33rd annual conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, San Diego, CA, March 2008.
  • "Doing the legwork: Questions to ask your future country, a paper about preparing to practice as a psychologist in other countries" as part of her chaired symposium, "Preparing for clinical practice in a global environment" at the August 2008 annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Boston, MA.
  • She also chaired two other symposia which included speakers from across the globe:"Girls, Women, Human Trafficking, and its Aftermath" and "Feminist Practice in the New Global Context."

Recent Publications:

  • "Practicing safer listserv use: Ethical use of an invaluable resource." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 38(6): 690-698, December 2007.
  • "Online therapy poses great risks." National Psychologist 16(5), September/October 2007.

Published book reviews:

  • "A comprehensive update on etiology and prevention of a selection of major psychiatric disorders." [Review of Recognition and prevention of major mental and substance use disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing] PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, January 30, 2008.
  • "Practicing what you teach: Applying the principles of social justice in the classroom," a review of Teaching and Social Justice. Integrating Multicultural and Feminist Theories in the Classroom. (Washington, DC, American Psychological Association) in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research 58 (1-2).

Professional Offices:

  • President-elect, International Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA), Division 52
  • Elected Member, APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology

Katie Neary Dunleavy
Communication

Recent Publications:

  • "Student nagging behavior in the college classroom." Communication Education.

David George
Economics

Recent Publications:

  • "Market Overreach: The Student as Customer," Eastern Economic Journal 36 (6): 965-977.
  • "Freedom from Choice: Reconsidering Sen's Case for Expanding Choices," in Economics and the Mind (ed. M.White and B. Montero) Routledge: 127-142.
  • Review of Thomas C. Schelling's Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays, Eastern Economic Journal 34: 133-135.

Kelly McClure
Psychology

News/Media/Publicity:

  • On December 23, 2007 she appeared on CW 57's "Speak Up Philadelphia," discussing how to manage holiday stress and keep your New Year's resolutions

Diana Montague
Psychology

Grants/Scholarships:

  • was awarded (with Margaret McManus, Diana Montague, Stefan Samulewicz, Jane Turk, and Patricia Wilson) an NSF-Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibility (SENCER) Post-Institute Implementation Grant: Fall 2006.

Lectures/Presentations:

  • "Cognitive development in action: Understanding the mind of the preschooler," an invited talk at The Gregorian Learning & Development Center, Hamilton, NJ: 2007.

Richard Mshomba
Economics

News/Media/Publicity:

  • Guest analyst on Voice of America (radio broadcast) on the HIV prevalence in Africa and President Bush’s State of the Union Address. The eight-minute analyses, in Swahili, was broadcast in East and Central Africa on January 24, 2007.

Francis Tri Nguyen, FSC
Sociology Social Work and Criminal Justice

Recent Publications:

  • "Lasallian University Identities in the 21st Century: an Analytical Research Paper," being published in English, French, and Spanish by the Lasallian Mission Office in Rome: April 2007.

Lectures/Presentations:

  • Power Point presentation on Lasallian Universities Identities in the 21st Century at the Institut Polytechnique La Salle Beauvais, France.

Kristine Parkes
Communication

Professional Offices:

  • Elected to the executive committee of the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Independent Practitioners Alliance (IPA) for the 2007 calendar year

Judith Stull
Sociology Social Work and Criminal Justice

Recent Publications:

  • (With Miller, K. and Miller, S.) "Predictors of Counselor Educators' Cultural Discriminatory behaviors." Journal of Counseling and Development 85: 325-36: (Summer 2007).
  • (With Leeds, M. and Miller, C.) "Interscholastic Athletics and Investment in Human Capital." Social Science Quarterly 88 (3): 729-44; (Summer 2007).

Grants/Scholarships:Grants:

  • "Nanotechnology and Bioengineering in Philadelphia Public Schools (2008 – 2010)"; National Science Foundation; $1,200,000; External Evaluator (LaSalle is a subcontract) University of Pennsylvania is the awardee.

Lectures/Presentations:

  • (with J. DuCette, S. Varnum, and J. Shiller) "Formative Assessment as Pedagogy" at the General Chemistry American Chemical Society national meeting, Boston, August 2007.
  • (with J. DuCette, S. Varnum, and J. Schiller) "The Many Faces of Formative Assessment in University Science Classes" at the American Chemical Society national meeting, Boston, August 2007.
  • (with A. Smythe, D. Ketlehut, and S. Varnum) "Differences in Students’ Attitudes Toward Learning Science in School and Attitudes Toward Science as a Career" at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meetings New York, Feburary 2008.
  • (With Varnum, Susan; Schiller, John; and Ducette, Joseph) "Teaching math and statistics: Where do students go wrong?" at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meetings New York, Feburary 2008.
  • (with J. Libonate, D. Ketlehut, and S. Varnum) "Effective Teaching Practices and Achievement: Where Teachers and Students Agree" at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meetings New York, Feburary 2008.
  • (with D. Ketelhut, J. DiPaolo, and S. Varnum) "A Scientific Inquiry-Based Urban Ecology After-School Program for Inner-City Students" at the National Science Teachers Association annual meeting, New York, March 2008.
  • Been asked to be on an expert panel at Harvard University to discuss how to model and measure mathematics and science achievement. (February 2008)

News/Media/Publicity:

  • Interviewed by N. Cohen for a broadcast on NPR. The topic is a multi-year NSF grant designed to improve mathematics and science achievement of economically disadvantaged urban girls. She evaluated the program as to its effectiveness. (January 2008)

James E. Ulinski
Sociology

Lectures/Presentations:

  • Aging/MR County Team Event for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Office of Developmental Programs on Harrisburg, PA: September 24, 2007.
  • Presented "The Aging Experience" at the Building Bridges, Aging/Mental Retardation Conference, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Office of Developmental Programs on Harrisburg, PA: September 25, 2007.

Celeste Walker
Communication

Lectures/Presentations:

  • Conducted a workshop: "COURTROOM DRAMA: Acting Techniques for Attorneys," an interactive workshop to improve performance in the courtroom, at The Wilma Theater on Friday Jan. 11,., 2008. Attorneys in attendance earned 6 continuing legal education credits. I developed the workshop in 2003 and have been conducting several workshop sessions a year in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education association and The Wilma Theater.
  • Developed a workshop for graduating law students at Drexel University. One-day workshops center around improving interview skills through acting and public speaking techniques.

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