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Faculty Accomplishments - April 2010
CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- Dr. Michael Hallett, Professor and Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice Department, has been named to the Editorial Board of Contemporary Justice Review , a peer-reviewed journal of the Justice Studies Association.
COMMUNICATION
- Dr. Berrin Beasley published a chapter titled, “Weight Watching: The Ethics of Commodifying Appearance for Profit,” in Ethics and Entertainment: Essays on Media Culture and Media Morality,” edited by Howard Good and Sandra L. Borden.
HISTORY
- Dr. Elizabeth Lane Furdell gave the annual Reynolds Lecture at the University of Alabama Birmingham in February on “Renaissance Magic, Alchemy and Medicine” in conjunction with a “Harry Potter” exhibit from the National Library of Medicine . A podcast of the lecture is available on-line.
- Dr. Philip Kaplan's article, “The Function of the Early Periploi,” appeared in The Classical Bulletin, Volume 84 no. 2 (2008 [2009]). He also delivered a paper entitled “Ne Plus Ultra: The Greco-Punic Struggle for Exploration and Control of the Western Mediterranean and Atlantic,” at the American Philological Association Annual Meeting, in Anaheim, CA, January 2010.
- Dr. Aaron Sheehan-Dean was appointed an Associate Editor for a new journal, the Journal of the Civil War Era , to be published by the University of North Carolina Press.
PHYSICS
- Dr. Jay Huebner co-authored four presentations being presented as posters at the analytical chemistry conference known as Pittcon 2010 ( www.pittcon.org ) being held in Orlando in Feb, 2010. These presentations are from members of the Sensors Group at UNF, which are students, faculty and grant employees of the biology, chemistry and physics departments.
- Real-time detection of high explosives using photo-electric chemical sensors, Jarrod Mousa, and Jay Huebner;
- Melamine detection in dairy matrices using photo-electric chemical sensors, Angela Migues, Jay Huebner, Brett Younginger;
- The detection of pollutant metals using photo-electric chemical sensors, Brett Younginger, Jay Huebner, Angela Migues, Jarrod Mousa; and
- Photo-electric sensors for real-time detection of aqueous bacterial pathogens, Erica N. Mejia, Christy L. Hyun, Jay S. Huebner, Doria F. Bowers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
- Dr. Pamela A. Zeiser participated in a Roundtable Discussion entitled “Delivering International Studies Online: How to Create an Effective Online Learning Environment” at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, February, 2010.
PSYCHOLOGY
- Dr. Christopher Leone , & Louanne Hawkins, Honors Department, presented “ When Traditional Mentoring Won't Work: An Alternative Model for Mentoring Undergraduates ” at the annual conference the Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium in Orlando, FL. in November 2009.
- Dr. Tes Tuason published a chapter entitled, "All I Really Need to Know, I Learned Doing Play Therapy" in The Magic of Play: Children Heal Through Play Therapy by Anvil Publishing, edited by Maria Lourdes Carandang.
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