December 21, 2004
Queens, NY - St. John's University Professors marked several
personal and professional milestones in the past several weeks.
Among them:
Professor Joseph Adolphe
adolphej@stjohns.edu
Department of Fine Arts
Did an illustration "Overweight in a young child" for
Contemporary Pediatrics, (October 2004), as well as
illustrations for Pearson Education Publishers; published an
article in Newsday on the "Commissioned, Non Commissioned" exhibit
at Chung Cheng Art Gallery" (November 2004).
Dr. Frank Barile
barilef@stjohns.edu
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Published two review articles: "Pharmacotoxicology of Chemical and
Biological Terrorism" in the American J. of Pharmaceutical
Education and "Current Status and Validation of Alternative
Testing Models in Preclinical Development" in Preclinica
(2004).
Professor Emeritus Michael F.
Capobianco
Mathematics and Computer Science
Had a Prologue published in a book of Spanish language poetry
entitled, SE HACE LA LUZ, by the Venezuelan poet, Lucila
Velasquez, who based her poems on Prof. Capobianco's theories of
spacetime.
Drs. Nancy Eng and Jose
Centeno
engn@stjohns.edu and centenoj@stjohns.edu
Speech, Communication Sciences and Theatre
Gave a Pre-convention Short Course entitled, "Bilingualism and
Bilateracy in the Adult Population" at the American Speech and
Hearing Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
Dr. Maura C. Flannery
flannerm@stjohns.edu
Computer Science, Mathematics and Science
Published an article, "Rococo Suicide," in the online journal
Inventio which is available
here (Spring 2004).
Professor Diane Miller
Himmelbaum
himmelbd@stjohns.edu
Department of Fine Arts
Participating in three international art exhibitions: "Surface
Tension" in Melbourne, Australia (December 2004),
"2004-2005 International Works on Paper Invitational" at
the University of Hawaii, Hilo (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005), and
"Multiple Encounters" at the Indira Gandhi National Centre
for the Arts in New Delhi (November 2004); the exhibit will
continue to travel to various locations in India until the end of
2005 and was organized by the Indian Printmakers
Society.
Mr. Joseph P. Hinger
hingerj@stjohns.edu
Administrator and Director for Technical Services, Law
Library
Presented the seminar, "Cataloging Integrating Resources," at the
XXXV Jornadas Mexicanas de Biblioteconomia, in Cancun, Quintana
Roo, Mexico, at the 2004 American Association of Law Libraries
annual conference in Boston, and most recently at the IV Simposio
Nacional de Bibliotecologia, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where he
also gave a presentation, sponsored by the Embassy of the United
States, on the latest cataloging rule changes.
Dr. Peggy Jacobson
jacobsop@stjohns.edu
Speech, Communication Sciences and Theatre
Presented two poster sessions at the Annual Convention of the
American Speech-Language and Hearing Association in
Philadelphia, one with Helen Cairns: "Acceptance and Use of
Overregularization by Spanish/English-speaking Bilingual Adults,"
and one with students Kimberly McVeigh and Lori Martinelli:
"Spatial Language in Williams Syndrome." (November 2004).
Professor Stephanie Navon
Jacobson
jacobosos@stjohns.edu
Department of Fine Arts
Is exhibiting her work at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking
in Norwalk, Connecticut (December 2004/January 2005).
Professor Thomas Kerr
kerrt@stjohns.edu
Department of Fine Arts
Did an illustration for Inx. Inc. Group in New York Times and for
the article, "Religious Left faces tough challenge," in New
York Newsday (November 2004).
Dr. Flora Keshisishian
keshishk@stjohns.edu
Department of English
Made two presentations: "Using Nonverbal Communication in the Life
Sciences" (a special graduate seminar) at the Institute for
Biotechnology (September 2004) and "Intercultural Com-munication in
a Multicultural World" at the Fourth Annual Acculturation Seminar,
Vincentian Center for Church and Society (October 2004).
Dr. Mark S. Malaszczyk
malaszcm@stjohns.edu
Social Sciences
Published an article "A Wake-Up Call for the NBA," in The
American Thinker (November 2004); it is available
here.
Dr. Basilio Monteiro
monteirb@stjohns.edu
Media Studies, Communication, Journalism, TV and Film
Presented a paper on "Media and the Marketing of Taste" at NYIT,
Educational Conference, A Celebration with Salt, Bread and Wine
(November 2004).
Professor Alex Morel
morela@stjohns.edu
Department of Fine Arts
Exhibited at the "In this Place" group exhibition at Gallery 6 Art
in General, NYC (November 2004/January 2005).
Dr. Jeffrey Nevid
nevidj@stjohns.edu
Department of Psychology
Presented a paper, "From the lab to the classroom: Teaching
tips for effective learning," at the National Institute on the
Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg, FL (January 2005); and
published an article, "Update on abnormal psychology," in the
Psychology Teacher Network (December 2004).
Dr. Frank Patalano
patalanf@stjohns.edu
Department of Psychology
Published an article, "Psychological Perspectives on the Lives of
Legendary Jazz Musicians," in The New York State
Psychologist (May/June, 2004).
Dr. Henry Piper
piperh@stjohns.edu
Department of Philosophy
Published a paper in International Philosophical Quarterly
entitled "Kierkegaard's Non-Dialectical Dialectic, or That
Kierkegaard is not Hegelian;" also authored a distance education
course for Penn State University on "Philosophy of Law and Legal
Ethics."
Dr. William D. Reisel
reiselw@stjohns.edu
Management
Co-authored a paper, "Applying ISCT When Norms are
Incompatible: The Case of Access to Live-saving Medicines in
South Africa," delivered at the Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center
for Business Ethics and Research of The Wharton School at the
University of Pennsylvania for a special conference:
Contractarian Approaches to Business Ethics: The Evolution of
Integrative Social Contracts Theory (November 2004).
Dr. Kelly Rocca
roccak@stjohns.edu
Speech, Communication Sciences and Theatre
Published two articles: "College student attendance: Impact of
instructor immediacy and verbal aggression" in Communication
Education and "Student Attendance: A comprehensive literature
review" in Journal on Excellence in College Teaching.
Dr. Miguel Roig
roigm@stjohns.edu
Department of Psychology
Gave a Psi Chi Invited Address titled: "On Ethical Writing in
Psychology" at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological
Association, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI (October 2004);
presented a paper with Amanda Marks (Honors psychology major from
the SI campus) titled "Integrity in 'Instructions to Authors': An
Exploratory Study in a Sample of Psychology Journals" at the Office
of Research Integrity's (ORI) Third Research on Research Integrity
Conference in San Diego, CA (November 2004); published a paper with
Jennifer Salhaney (Graduate student in Psy D. program in School
Psychology) titled "Academic Dishonesty Policies Across
Universities: Focus on Plagiarism" in the Winter (2004) issue of
Psi Chi: Journal of Undergraduate Research.
Dr. Michael J. Romano
romanom@stjohns.edu
Social Sciences
Presented a paper, "Decade of Change? Image and Reality in
Evaluating the 1970s." at the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American
Culture Association's Fifteenth Annual Conference at Buffalo, New
York (November 2004).
Dr. Richard Stalter
stalterr@stjohns.edu
Department of Biological Sciences
Presented a paper, "Salt March Restoration and
Drowning in the Long Island Sound: A Comparison of Three
Connecticut Marshes," at the Long Island Sound Research Conference,
Stony Brook, NY (November 2004).
Professor Anne Cavolo Tedesco
tedescoa@stjohns.edu
Department of Fine Arts
Performed a piano recital that included works by Chopin, Brahms,
and Gliere for the Friday-Woodmere Music Association at the
Hewlett-Woodmere Library's Gold Hall in Woodmere, NY (November
2004).
Dr. Ann C. Wintergerst
winterga@stjohns.edu
Department of Languages & Literatures
Presented a workshop, "Fostering Cross-Cultural Awareness in the
Classroom," (with Dr. Andrea DeCapua, NYU) at the 34th Annual New
York State Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages
Conference, Syracuse, NY (October 2004).
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Learning.
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