Following is a list of presentations, awards, honors and other achievements by or to Shippensburg University faculty and other members of the campus community. If you need further information, please call 477-1202.

• Dr. JAN ARMINIO, professor and chair of counseling and college student personnel, gave a keynote address Sept. 24 at the 15th Annual Ohio CASA Celebrate Kids Conference in Columbus on intercultural maturity.
• Dr. WENDY S. BECKER, associate professor of management and marketing, presented the peer-reviewed research paper “Leadership Development: Empowering Employees to Action” Sept. 16 at the 37th Annual American Academy of Crime Lab Directors Symposium in Anaheim, Calif.
• BARBARA BENTON, English instructor, has completed a collaboration on “So Sweet a Place,” a short documentary commissioned by the American University in Rome about the Acattolico cemetary where John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Gregory Corso are buried. She also was elected to the position of grants officer on the board of Project Gettysburg–Leon, a community-based philanthropy supporting small-scale development projects in Nicaragua.
• Dr. MIKE BIBBY, professor of English, visited Dr. Rich Zumkhawala-Cook’s cultural studies class on popular music and globalization to discuss and answer questions about his book Goth: Undead Subculture.
• Drs. DOUG BIRSCH, professor of philosophy; CYNTHIA BOTTERON, associate professor of political science; KIM LONG, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; ALLISON PREDECKI; associate professor of chemistry; and JOSE RICARDO-OSORIO, assistant professor of modern languages; had an article published in the AGLS News (Association for General and Liberal Studies) regarding the ongoing assessment efforts of the GECC.  
• Dr. PHILIP BROYLES, associate professor of sociology & anthropology,recently published “The gender pay gap of STEM profession in the United States” in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. He also has a forthcoming publication in The Social Science Journal titled, “Consumer discrimination in the NBA: An examination of the effect of race on the value of basketball trading cards.” This article is coauthored with Shippensburg alumnus Bradley Keen.
• Dr. LAURIE CELLA, assistant professor of English, recently led a writing-intensive first-year seminar workshop for the English department faculty. She also has had two articles accepted for publication. Her co-authored article “Re-assessing Stability: Leveraging Marginal Power for Service-Learning Programs” is forthcoming in Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy.  Her article “Demeter on Strike: Fierce Motherhood on the Picket Line and the Playground” is forthcoming in Being and Thinking as an Academic Mother: Theory and Practice.
• Dr. DOUG COOK, professor, Lehman Library, co-edited the book The Library Instruction Cookbook that features ideas for presenting library skills to college students. AARON DOBBS, assistant professor, Lehman Library, wrote the entry, “I Just Need One More Piece of Business Information!” Cook wrote the entry “Can I do the ‘Ghosts of Gettysburg’ for my Paper?” based on a WIFYS assignment by Dr. CATHY DIBELLO, professor of English.
• Dr. THOMAS C. CROCHUNIS, assistant professor of English, has published “Reworking Conferencing for More Effective Writing Feedback” in Classroom Notes Plus: A Quarterly of Teaching Ideas. He also published “Captain Barclay’s Performance: Decoding Pedestrianism in Early-Nineteenth Century Britain” in Spheres of Action: Language, Performance, and Ethics in Romantic Culture. He also presented “What are Teachers’ Roles and Responsibilities in Assuring That Our Students are Prepared?” at the Pennsylvania School Board Association’s “Symposium on Education Issues for School Board Members” in Gettysburg. This past summer he participated in the Digital Humanities 2009 International Conference in College Park, Md., as well as the Institute on General Education at the University of Minnesota. He has also taught an AP-English Class on modern Shakespeare adaptations at Shippensburg Area Senior High School, was guest judge for student video trailers for Jane Eyre at Greencastle-Antrim High School, and was a judge for the Apollo Awards in the Regional High School Theatre Competition at the Hershey Theater.
• Dr. CYNTHIA DRENOVSKY, professor of sociology & anthropology, recently published “It’s all about the norm of reciprocity” in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
• Dr. PETER M. GIGLIOTTI, executive director for university communications and marketing, was a co-presenter at the Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration 2009 conference in Harrisburg Oct. 12. The topic was developing a school’s brand.
• Dr. NICOLE GREWLING, assistant professor of German, presented the paper “Wo die Schoschonen schön wohnen — German-Indian Cultural Heritage in ‘Der Schuh des Manitu’” at the Annual Conference of the German Studies Association in Washington, D.C., Oct. 9. She also published her article “German Heroes of Civilization – Colonial Fantasies in Friedrich Pajeken’s Literature for Young Readers” in the journal Colloquia Germanica.
• Drs. SARA GROVE and TRACY SCHOOLCRAFT were invited to share their successful experience of being self-study steering committee co-chairs at the Middle States Commission of Higher Education’s Self-study Institute this November. They will  co-lead discussions and interactive exercises to help prepare other master’s comprehensive public universities for their self-study. This invitation is another validation of the campus’ excellent teamwork in preparing for the April self-study visit.
• Dr. WILLIAM HARRIS, chair and associate professor of English, had his book Queer Externalities: Hazardous Encounters in American Culture published by SUNY Press as part of its Queer Politics and Cultures Series. He will do a national book tour including readings in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Austin, New York, and San Francisco and will give a reading Nov. 17 of his book on campus. Harris and Dr. DAWN VERNOOY-EPP, associate professor of English, delivered their paper “Pussies of Mass Destruction: The Queering of Violence in Richard Marsh’s London” at the University of London-Queen Mary’s Literary London conference in July.
• Dr. SHARON HARROW, associate professor, will participate this month in the East-Central American Society for 18th-Century Studies at Lehigh University.
• Dr. SHIRLEY HESS, associate professor of counseling and college student personnel, had her co-authored article “Clients’ experiences giving gifts to therapists” published in the most recent issue of Psychotherapy Theory, Research, Practice, Training. She and graduate student Amanda Aghamalian co-presented “Bereaved Children: How Schools Can Help” for the faculty of the ShalomChristian Academy in Chambersburg.
• Dr. RAYMOND E. JANIFER SR., professor of English and ethnic studies, was a speaker at the Shippensburg University criminal justice department’s “Symposium VI” in Old Main Chapel Sept. 17.
• Dr. CLAIRE A. JANTZ, assistant professor of geography-earth science, recently completed the study Estimating Impacts of Population Growth on Ecosystem Services for the Community of Albemarle County and Charlottesville, VA. The final report was co-authored by her and her graduate student James Manuel. The project was funded by the non-profit organization Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population, a group interested in sustainable land use planning. On Sept. 21 and 22, she presented the final results of this work to the Charlottesville City Council, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, the Albemarle Planning Commission, and the League of Women Voters. The report is available on-line at http://www.asapnow.org/OSPSFinalReport_Aug05.pdf  and a podcast of her presentation is available at http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/09/asap-study-report.html .
• Dr. EVELINE LANG, associate professor of human communication studies, and Lisa Zook, a human communication studies major, presented “Service Learning Beyond Class Room Projects: Students as Community Activists” Oct. 3 at the Cumberland Valley Women’s Conference at Wilson College.
• Dr. IAN M. LANGELLA, associate professor of supply chain management, recently presented his co-authored paper “Eco-efficiency in Logistics: A Case Study on Distribution Network Design” at the Ninth Annual International Closed Loop Supply Chain Workshop in Braunschweig, Germany. The workshop was sponsored by Volkswagen and focused on sustainability in the automotive industry. More than 70 experts participated from companies and universities in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
• Drs. JOHN LEMMON and TOM AUSTIN, professors of criminal justice, will have their essay “An Examination of Direct and Indirect Effects of Maltreatment Dimensions and Other Ecological Risks on Persistent Youth Offending” published in the winter 2010 issue of Criminal Justice Review.
• Dr. DEBORAH MONTUORI, associate professor of English, has published a review of The Shakespeare Theatre’s “Roman Plays”—Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra—in Shakespeare Bulletin.
• Dr. ANA MORAÑA, associate professor of Spanish, published her article “La propaganda, la moda y el consumo en la revista Caras y caretas (Argentina en 1910)” is Revista Estudios. Revista de Investigaciones Literarias y Culturales. On Oct. 1 to 3 she presented the paper “Perturbaciones en la aldea global. Crónicas (de Sebastián Cordero, 2004)” (Disturbances in the Global Village. The Movie Chronicles (Sebastián Cordero, 2004)) at the 19th Conference of the International Association of Hispanic Women’s Literature and Culture (AILCFH) & FLACSO in Quito, Ecuador.
• Dr. LAUREEN NELSON, assistant professor, and Dr. EUCABETH ODHIAMBO, associate professor, both in teacher education, presented the workshop “Differentiating Instruction in Social Studies for Young Diverse Learners” at the recent Pennsylvania Higher Education Institute conference.
• Dr. AGNÈS RAGONE, professor of Spanish and French, and Dr. ÀNGELA BAGUÉS, associate professor of Spanish, presented their paper “Benjamin and the Marquis: Retrogressing into the Future” at the West VirginiaUniversity 33rd Annual Colloquium on Literature and Film Oct. 8 to 10.
• Dr. SUSAN RIMBY, chair of history and philosophy, was guest speaker at the Cumberland Valley Women’s Consortium’s Annual Meeting at Wilson College Oct. 3. Her topic was “How the Women of Pennsylvania ‘Greened’ the Commonwealth.”
• Drs. CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE, teacher education, and JR STEWART, biology, were featured in a cover story article of October’s NSTA Reports on the topic of co-teaching in science. The article focused on their experience co-teaching an environmental education practicum course here.  NSTA Reports is the monthly newspaper for the National Science Teachers Association that has 60,000 members.
• Dr. ROBERT SHAFFER, associate professor of history, had a review essay on U.S.-Taiwan-China relations published in the September issue of Reviews in American History, and his essay, “The Internationalization of U.S. History: A Progress Report for World Historians,” will appear in the Journal of World History this December.
• Dr. DANIEL SHIFFMAN, assistant professor, will soon publish his essay “The Plot Against America and History Post-911” in Philip Roth Studies.
• Drs. JOANNE TUCKER, associate professor of supply chain management, and GARY ARMSTRONG, professor of management information systems, had their research on mind mapping, “Profiling the Mind Map User: A Descriptive Appraisal,” published recently in the Journal of Instructional Pedagogies.
• Dr. KIM VAN ALKEMADE, director of composition, recently taught three creative writing classes for high school students at Harrisburg Academy in Wormleysburg. She has also became a creative nonfiction reader for the literary journal Memoir (and).
• CATHERINE WING, assistant professor of English, had her poems “Nightsong,” “Self-Portrait in Gold Leaf” and “Still Murmur” published in DIAGRAM, while her poems “Fiasco” and “Self-Portrait Drag” were published in Radioactive Moat. During the summer, she was an Artist-in-Residence at Yaddo. This fall, her poem “The Darker Sooner” will be published in 32 Poems.
• Dr. RICH ZUMKHAWALA-COOK, associate professor of English, had one of his articles recently cited by the Scottish Government in its study of the Scottish diaspora. He has also published a review of the book Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army in Peace and Change: A Journal of Peace Research.
• The JOHN L. GROVE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS hosted more than 100 business school deans at the 59th annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration Oct. 11 to 13 in Harrisburg. Dr. BILL RUUD, Dr. TONY WINTER, and Dr. JIM MIKE addressed the attendees. Serving as panelists from Shippensburg were Dr. PATTI WOLF, Dr. PETER GIGLIOTTI, and PATTY GOCHENAUER. Staff members DEBRA BOOZ, CINDY STITT, and MELANIE LUGO as well as graduate assistants Marc Dessell, Katrina Fulk, Amanda Morgan, and Christine Seredakis assisted on site at the conference.