Shippensburg faculty, staff accomplishments
1.22.13
Following
is a list of presentations, awards, honors and other achievements by or to
Shippensburg University faculty. If you need further information, please send
an e-mail to SUnews@ship.edu.
- Dr.
David Bateman,
professor of special
education; Dr. Kelly
M. Carrero, assistant professor of special education; and Dr. Christopher L. Schwilk, associate professor and chair of
special education, had their proposal “How to prevent litigation for students
with behavior disorders and other disabilities” accepted to present at the New Jersey
Council for Exceptional Children
Spring 2013 Conference in March at
Ramapo College in New Jersey.
- Angelo
Costanzo, professor emeritus of English, had his essay “When Young Minds Read
Equiano’s NARRATIVE” appear in the book, Teaching Olaudah
Equiano’s Narrative: Pedagogical Strategies and New Perspectives, published by The University of Tennessee
Press.
- Steve
Dolbin, associate professor and chair of the art & design department, is exhibiting “Steve Dolbin Sculpture: A Homecoming, Selections from 2000-2012” to Feb.
20 in the Rose Lehrman Art
Gallery at Harrisburg Area Community College. He will present a
lecture at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 inWhitaker Hall
214 followed at 6:30p.m. by a
reception in the gallery.
- Dr.
Raymond E. Janifer
Sr., professor of English and ethnic studies, was appointed an associate editor of Common Ground Publishing’s upcoming issue of the International Journal
of Humanities.
- Drs.
Eucabeth Odhiambo, Laurie
Nelson, and Kent Chrisman have
been notified that their
book proposal, Young Children and Social Studies, was accepted for publication
by Pearson Publishers in early
2015. These professors teach
pre K-4 courses related to social studies, social-emotional development and
family/community engagement in the early childhood education program.
- Dr.
Marc Renault,
mathematics department, had his paper “The Period, Rank, and Order of the
(a,b)-Fibonacci
Sequence Mod m” accepted
for publication in Mathematics Magazine.
- Dr.
Susan Rimby,
interim associate dean of the College Arts and Sciences, was keynote speaker Jan. 12 at
Penn National’s Twelfth Annual Scholarship
Dinner. Her topic was
“Putting the Tools in the People’s Hands: The Education Vision of Mira
Lloyd Dock.”
- Dr.
Robert Ziegenfuss,
teacher education department, just
completed his two-year commitment as president-elect and is president
of National
Professors of Middle Level. He took office at the Association of Middle Level
Educators conference in Portland. The membership of the National Professors of
Middle Level Education serves as advocates for middle level education by providing a professional network to
exchange best practices in middle level education. At the program,
he also co-hosted
the “Best Practice” session
which included approximately 20 professors
presenting their researchor “best practice”
related to middle
level education. He also presented to practicing professionals in the field with regard to assisting middle
level students learning the English
language.
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