Faculty & Staff
Index:
- Brooks College of Health- Coggin College of Business
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Computing, Engineering and Construction
- College of Education and Human Services
- Division of Continuing Education
- Student Affairs
Brooks College of Health
Nursing: Dr. Barbara Kruger, Bill Ahrens and Linda Connelly, along with Deb Miller and Erin Soles from CIRT and Tony Turrin from IT, published "Blackboard Unites Service-learning Partnerships" in the spring issue of Academic Exchange Quarterly.
Drs. Lucy Trice and Kathaleen Bloom presented a poster at the annual meeting of the National Association of Nurse Practitioner Faculty in April in Louisville, Ky. The title of the poster was “Opinions of Faculty and Advanced Practice Nurses Regarding the Doctor of Nursing Practice.”
Athletic Training & Physical Therapy: Drs. James Churilla and Peter Magyari each had papers published in the April-June issue of the ACSM Certified News, an official American College of Sports Medicine publication for certified fitness professionals. The theme of this issue is the Business and Legal Aspects of Personal Training. Churilla’s paper is titled “Starting a Personal Training Business” and Magyari’s is titled “Marketing Essentials for Personal Trainers.”
Coggin College of Business
Accounting and Finance: Drs. Jeff Michelman and Bobby Waldrup recently published the lead article in the April issue of The CPA Journal. It was titled “Improving Internal Control Over Financial Reporting: COSO’s Guidance Not Just for Public Companies Anymore.”
Drs. Homer Bates, Bobby Waldrup and Charles Calhoun presented “Ethics Education in U.S. Accounting Practice – A Status Report” before the Academy of Legal, Ethical & Regulatory Issues. The manuscript won a Distinguished Research Award.
Dr. Lynn Jones’ manuscript “The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007” will be published in The Tax Advisor’s May edition.
Management: Intellectbase International Consortium has invited Dr. Reza Vaghefi to join the Executive Editorial Board of a major conference in Nashville in late May. The selection was based on the research paper, “Keiretsu-effect in Globalization: An Effective Execution of Strategy–Structure-Performance Model,” which received the highest reviewers’ evaluation. The paper was co-authored by Dr. Louis Woods from the Department of Economics and Geography.
Marketing and Logistics: Dr. Adel El-Ansary’s co-authored manuscript with Guijun Zhuang and Youmin Xi, titled, “The Impact of Interpersonal Guanxi on Exercise of Power in a Chinese Marketing Channel,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Marketing Channels in the special issue on Distribution in China.
College of Arts and Sciences
Art and Design: Matthew Clay-Robison’s work was included in the printmaking exhibition “Change” at the Washington County Arts Council Gallery in Hagerstown, Md.
Emily Douglass attended the Southern Graphics Council Convention in Richmond, Va., participating in an exchange portfolio organized by the University of Arizona at Tucson titled “INK JET MY FOOT.”
Stephen Heywood will lecture and demonstrate at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Heywood will participate in an exhibition titled “Edinboro at Alcoa.”
Criminology and Criminal Justice: Dr. Michael Hallett and 10 UNF students served with Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on a panel reviewing local data on gun crime at the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Conference in Jacksonville.
English: Mark Ari’s “Interview with Julian Beck” is included on “Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika,” a DVD release from Arthur Magazine in collaboration with The Living Theater and Universal Mutant Inc.
Dr. Tiffany Beechy presented a paper, “Bind and Loose: The Poetics of the Old English Laws and Riddles,” at the 14th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz.
Dr. Chris Gabbard published “From Idiot Beast to Idiot Sublime: Mental Disability in John Cleland's Fanny Hill” in the March issue of PMLA, the journal of the Modern Language Association. He also presented a paper on John Locke, “From Demonization to Idiocy: The Evolving Master Trope of Exclusion,” at the conference of the Southeast American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies held at Auburn University. He also presented a paper titled “‘I Shall Not At Present Meddle’: John Locke’s Immaterial Mind” at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference in Portland.
Dr. Marnie Jones presented a paper titled “Dissent as a Form of Assent: The Religious Tradition in the Arts from The Book of Kells to the Theology of Narnia” at the American Conference of Irish Studies, Southern Region, in Savannah.
Dr. Clark Lunberry’s article, “‘Collaborating with Entropy’: Robert Smithson’s Enantiomorphic Chambers and the Exhibition of Absence,” was included in “(Im)permanence: Cultures In/Out of Time,” published by Pennsylvania State University Press.
Dr. Jason Mauro was a panelist at the Ernest Becker Foundation conference, “Terror at the Voting Booth,” at Central Michigan University.
Dr. Michael Wiley’s book “Romantic Migrations: Local, National, and Transnational Dispositions,” was published by Palgrave Macmillan. He also published “Romantic Amplification: The Way of Plagiarism” in ELH (English Literary History), Vol. 75, Issue 1.
History: Dr. Elizabeth Lane Furdell spoke on “Diabetic Life and the English Experience,” part of her forthcoming book on the history of diabetes in Britain, as part of the UNF’s Lunchtime Lecture series at Westminster Woods. She also presented “William Withey Gull on Diabetes Mellitus: A Victorian Diet for Health” to the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science meeting at the University of Florida.
Dr. Theophilus Prousis's article “Storm Warnings in the Straits: Russian-Ottoman Trade Issues” was published in Balkanistica, Vol. 21, 2008.
Music: Dr. Nick Curry’s dissertation has been published by Oregon Microform Publications in Sport and Human Performance and his abstract has been published in Kinesiology Abstracts, Vol. 19, No. 2.
Dr. Marc Dickman was a featured artist and clinician at the 25th Annual US Army Tuba/Euphonium Conference held in Ft. Myer, Va.
Dr. Cara Tasher was recently chosen as editor for the Composer’s Corner section of the International Federation of Choral Music’s quarterly journal, the International Choral Bulletin. In addition, she was selected to judge the Florida Young Artist Concert Competition in Winter Park, and conducted the 175-member Florida Community College Symposium Chorus.
Political Science and Public Administration: Drs. Hyunsun Choi and Keon-Hyung Lee presented “Community Environments and Physical Activity in the Cultural and Social Context: Korean Americans in Transition” in American Society for Public Administration and they also presented “How Do Participative Management and Innovation Affect Organizational Performance?” at the American Society for Public Administration’s 68th national conference in Dallas.
Dr. Matthew T. Corrigan and Dr. J. Edwin Benton published “Interest Groups in Florida” in the book titled “Government and Politics in Florida,” Third Edition, published by the University Press of Florida.
Nancy Soderberg spoke at a National Defense University and Forces Transformation and Resources seminar on AFRICOM’s relationships with the United Nations, the African Union and other intergovernmental organizations.
Dr. Pamela A. Zeiser presented “Divergent Means to a Shared End: The Case of Irish Republicans and Irish Nationalists,” co-authored by Dr. Paul Harwood, at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association in San Francisco.
Sociology and Anthropology: Dr. Gordon Rakita published (with Jane Buikstra) an introductory chapter titled “Feather Waving or The Numinous?: Archaeological Perspectives on Ritual, Religion, and Ideology” in “An Archaeological Perspective on Ritual, Religion, and Ideology from American Antiquity and Latin American Antiquity,” compiled by Rakita and Buikstra for the Society for American Archaeology Press. He also published a contribution on inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICPS) analysis of prehistoric ceramics for the report titled “Hokona: A Pueblo III-IV Settlement on NM 53 Near El Morro (Cibola County, New Mexico).” Rakita also presented (with John Ravesloot) a paper titled: “Social and Political Organization at Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico” at the Society for American Archaeology’s annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada.
Dr. Suzanne Simon gave an invited lecture at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., titled “Taming the Climate Change Conversation: Social and Political Challenges to Wind Park Construction in Oaxaca, Mexico.” The lecture was sponsored by the College of the Holy Cross’ departments of sociology and anthropology, Latin American studies and environmental sciences.
College of Computing, Engineering and Construction
School of Engineering: Dr. Chiu Choi served as the faculty adviser for an international student design competition sponsored by the Freescale Corporation. The UNF student team of Kelvin Lebeaux, Dangkhoa Ly and Harold Rivera Lugo was among the finalists with their “Gas Saving Automobile Solution Injection System.” Freescale selected 10 finalists from a field of 65 participants made up of embedded systems developers and engineering students representing the Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and the United States. UNF was the only university selected from the United States.
Dr. Dean J. Krusienski, along with D.J. McFarland, W.A. Sarnacki and J.R. Wolpaw, published a paper titled "Emulation of Computer Mouse Control with a Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface" in the Journal of Neural Engineering, Vol. 5, 2008.
On behalf of the Florida Engineering Society and the American Society of Civil Engineering, Dr. Adel El-Safty taught a series of review courses to approximately 50 engineers in preparation of the Professional Engineering Exam. Review course topics included concrete design, strength of materials, steel design, structural analysis and seismic events. The courses were presented in Orlando in March.
Dr. Pat Welsh represented UNF at the Florida Lambda Rail Research Advisory Council meeting held at the University of Miami in March. Welsh provided public comment on the importance of the Florida Coastal Ocean Observing System (COOS) to the Florida Oceans and Coasts Commission and participated with the Florida COOS Consortium in celebrating "Oceans Day" at the Capitol in Tallahassee. Welsh also participated in the University of Florida Water Institute Symposium on "Sustainable Water Resources, Florida Challenges, Global Solutions."
School of Computing: Dr. Charles Winton was the chief judge for the Texas Region Botball Student Competition for middle and high school students held in Houston in March. Winton also served as director for the Florida Region Botball Student Competition held at UNF, also in March.
Dean’s Office: Dr. Neal Coulter served on a three-person committee to determine winners of the inaugural Excellence in Manufacturing Awards for the First Coast Manufacturers Association.
Dr. Jerry Merckel represented UNF at the Florida Technology Transfer Conference in Orlando in March.
College of Education and Human Services
Office of the Dean: Dr. Marsha Lupi won the UNF 2008 International Leadership Award for the Plymouth short-term internship project.
Dr. Claribel Torres and Dr. John Kemppainen presented at the 12th Annual Recruitment and Retention conference of the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers in April in Orlando. Their presentation topic was “Assessing and Measuring Student Learning Outcomes.”
Office of Academic Advising: Dr. Thelecia Wilson presented at the 12th Annual Recruitment and Retention conference of the Florida Fund for Minority Teacher in April in Orlando. The topic of her presentation was “Multicultural Education: Unveiling the Misconceptions and Infusing its True Purpose in the Classroom.”
Foundations and Secondary Education: Dr. Marianne Barnes presented a session, “Attitudes and Behaviors of Teachers Expose to Action Research,” at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching’s annual meeting in Baltimore March 31. Her co-authors are Dr. Lehman Barnes and Dr. Jerry Everhart of Eastern New Mexico University.
Dr. Paul Eggen and Suzanne Schellenberg presented the papers "Educational Psychology Students' Awareness of Moral Issues in Classroom Instruction: A Developmental Analysis" and "A Theoretical Analysis of Preservice Teacher Education: Implications of Cognitive Load Theory" at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New York in March.
Dr. Meiko Negishi presented “High School Physics Students’ Motivation and Learning in Japan and the United States” at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New York in March.
Exceptional Student and Deaf Education: Drs. Susan Syverud and Karen Patterson presented at the 12th Annual Recruitment and Retention conference of the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers in April in Orlando. The topic of their presentation was “Teaching Beginning Reading.”
Dr. Sharian Deering and two graduate students served as judges for the Odyssey of the Mind regional competition for the Manatee Division in February. The graduate students were Thunder Williams and Marcella Kelly. The event was held at Fleming Island High School. As a result of their work at the regional meet, all three were invited to serve as judges for the April state competition at the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Leadership, Counseling and Instructional Technology: Dr. Marcia Lamkin and Dr. Amany Saleh of Arkansas State University have been invited to submit a chapter on the use of cooperative learning in the online instructional setting for the edited book “Sound Instruction: Assessment and Consultation” to be published this summer by Rapid Intellect.
In March, Dr. Terence Cavanaugh presented the following papers at the International Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education in Las Vegas: “Service Learning Projects Through the Development of Audio Books in Educational Technology Courses,” “Interactive Maps in Online Educational Technology Courses” with Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, and “Multimedia Technology in Support of Statewide Professional Development in Gifted Education” with Dr. Christine Weber. Cavanaugh also presented “BookMapping - Longitude and Latitude of Reading” at the Internet@Schools East Conference and the Computers in Libraries 2008 conference in Washington, D.C., in April, as well as a poster on “Collaborative Mapping to Reduce Transactional Distance” for the Celebration of Education Day in April. In addition, he recently published an article on “Online Personal Book Cataloging” for the Florida Reading Quarterly.
Dr. Jason Lee gave two presentations at the Sport and Recreation Law Association's (SRLA) 21st Annual Conference on Sport, Physical Activity, Recreation and Law. The conference was held in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 27 – March 1. The presentations were called “Confederate Imagery in Sport: Heritage, Hate, or Hypocrisy” (with W. Whisenant and S. Mullane) and “Sport Facility Alcohol Management and the Interface between Risk Management and Criminal Justice” (with J. Miller and A. Gillentine).
Childhood Education: Drs. Otilia Salmon and Wanda Lastraps presented at the 12th Annual Recruitment and Retention conference of the Florida Fund for Minority Teachers in April in Orlando. The topic of their presentation was “Inclusiveness: Uncovering the Secrets to Engage All Learners.”
Dr. Christine Weber is working with several gifted coordinators to develop a white paper related to gifted issues in Florida including identification, services and advocacy. This paper will be distributed to superintendents across the state at the National Association for Gifted Children conference to be held in Tampa in October. Weber and Donnajo Smith of the Department of Education have a presentation "Implementing the Florida's Frameworks for K12 Gifted Learners" accepted at the 7th Annual Just Read, Florida! K-12 Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida in June.
Division of Continuing Education
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute: Billie Lombardo spoke at the 2008 National Osher Foundation Conference in Litchfield, Ariz. Lombardo presented a participant round table on financial strategies titled “Supporting the University that Supports You.” The presentation explained the strong partnership that has developed with the College of Arts and Sciences, from professors giving “lunch and learn” lectures to the first OLLI fund-raiser supporting TLO scholarships. In attendance were approximately 60 directors and leaders of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes from other universities around the country.
Student Affairs
English Language Program: Ruth Harrold presented her authored material “Practical American English for Nurses” at the annual Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference in New York City in April.