News From 29 Mellen
January 2016
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Newsletter
MacKenzie Roderick
Taylor Gray
The Power and Presence of
Transformation
A Canopy of Secrets
Taylor Gray and MacKenzie Roderick display their artistry as part of the Senior Capstone Exhibit (cover story)
Inside
this
Issue:
January 2016
Dean’s Message
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Senior Art Therapy Capstone (Cover Story)
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Liv Cummins’s Play Opens in Madrid Spain
New: Masters of Science in Management
Degree Program
Steven Benson and the Sabbatical Experience
Natural Sciences Students Work to Restore
Blair Pond Meadow
Promoting Social Justice Through Social Media
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Sigma Tau Delta and the Spring Literary Arts Festival
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In the Mind of a Student Educator: Kristina Aiello
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Student News
Faculty & Staff News
CLAS Calendar of Events
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Dean ’s Message: Welcome Back to Spring 2016 Semester
Dear All,
Working on an academic schedule gives us so many chances for new starts –
there is, of course, the beginning of the school year in September, the new calendar year in January, then the spring semester in late January, culminating in
the summer, which always brings a different pace even if we are not teaching or
taking courses. So -- welcome to yet another new start.
Last semester saw visits by luminaries, Anita Hill and Michio Kaku, among others;
a “meeting of the minds” organized by first-year students, where they posed an
array of probing questions to their first-year faculty; Dean’s Open Houses, where
faculty and staff came together to discuss topics they hope to share with their
students, among them articles on what the future will look like by Michio Kaku
and an exchange on Islam between Ayaan Hirsi Ali and William McCants. And
these don’t include events planned by divisions -- Math, Science and Pizza, Oh Yeah! presentations by Natural
Sciences and Math faculty on their research; the Art Therapy Senior Show and opening reception, to mention
just a few.
During the spring semester these activities will continue, carrying forward our “themed” year, where we are
exploring as a community issues of equity – in racial, gender and economic terms.
Local, national and world events have buffeted, confounded and often angered us this year, from the incidents that precipitated the Black Lives Matter movement, to the attacks planned by ISIL and its supporters, to
the income inequality that has dominated much of our political discourse. We’ll take some time to inform
ourselves as a community, to gather knowledge that will allow us to make informed decisions AND plan effective action.
In February we will be discussing Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2014 Atlantic article where he makes a case for reparations to African Americans. This is a prelude to the year-long focus on his work Between the World and Me,
the CLAS Reads choice for the next academic year. This book, written as letters to his teenage son, recounts
his life and what it means to be an African-American male in this 21st-century.
As part of the Boston Speakers Series, Dennis Ross will give a talk and host a question and answer session on
his book Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama (2015). Dr. Ross has served
as a policy specialist and advisor on the Middle East to Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is presently William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
We are also planning a film, lecture and discussion on the subject of homelessness.
Thoughtful, open discussion is a keystone of academe, the heart of our work at Lesley. So let’s get to work!
All best for a good spring 2016 semester,
Christine Evans
Interim Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Senior Art Therapy Capstone
This December 2015 exhibit, mounted in Marran Gallery and curated by Associate Professor Jane Richardson, allowed
seniors in Art Therapy to showcase their work and present their artist’s statement. Art Therapy majors, as Professor Richardson reminds them, are both artists and clinicians, and their work melds those two domains, as the artist’s statements of
Taylor Gray and MacKenzie Roderick reveal.
I make art because I believe in its healing aspects and the power of creation. When I
create I find clarity or hope in chaotic and difficult situations and use art to better understand myself and my surroundings. My compositions usually depict an image or
subject I want to hold a better relationship with; sometimes this is more straightforward than others. I have used mountains and trees in my work in hopes that I can gain
a better understanding and relationship with nature. I also depicted people I care
about in my artwork, in order to develop a deeper appreciation of them.
My work usually consists of many layers, and I find that it involves a constant process
of adding and removing, or keeping in control and then letting go. When I add another
layer, I may be in a different mindset depending on circumstances, or my emotions
may be different from when I completed the first layer. This process of adding layers
has come to be a reflection on the power of time.
I enjoy making the background of my pieces a view that shows texture and motion;
MacKenzie Roderick ‘16 sometimes this involves using salt in my watercolor or moving the brush in a way that
depicts energy. My layer pieces also include pictures I have taken and using an ink pen
Art Therapy Major
to find shapes and more hidden art in my photography. This class expanded my
knowledge of layering techniques and I have discovered photo transfer. This is when I use my own photos to
transfer onto wood, and after this is completed, I can create another layer of ink pen or watercolor over the
transfer photos.
I like to work with a variety of mediums at a time, creating pieces that are stimulating and full of abstract messages. I don't always begin with a specific theme when I start a piece, but enjoy letting the process decide, and
many times the process is able to teach me something about myself. I enjoy using hidden conceptual and symbolic messages about life, and my layering pieces hold underlying themes of renewal, originality, nature and
finding beauty in the ugly. I am interested in surrealism and the paradox of creating a systematic piece using inconsistency.
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Senior Art Therapy Capstone
Honesty [on-uh-stee]: A quality of being truthful, sincere, or upright and free from deceit or
fraud.
Taylor Gray ‘16
Art Therapy Major
Paper bead making is a technique that has been
around since the Victorian era. Old magazines,
papers, or wallpaper, rather than being disposed of, would be recycled to create a bead.
Much like the materials typically utilized for paper beading, honesty is something that has
been frequently discarded. Honesty has become
a very important part of my life this past year,
although it is rare that we as humans have the
opportunity to be purely honest. As humans we
often pretend to be something we are not; we
hide the truth for both ourselves and the so-
called “protection” of those around us.
My intent here was to create a Canopy of Secrets, of honesty, of truth…of something pure. I also wanted this
to be collaborative; my peers could contribute to the process and interact with the art piece. I opened an
online submission page where those interested could submit their secrets in a completely anonymous way.
The submissions could be anything that was “deep and dark” to “light and fluffy,” as long as it was honest.
From the community (both at Lesley University and extended social media), I received a great deal of support
and feedback that resulted in approximately 500 submissions.
The submissions were written on strips of paper that had been watercolored with crystal pigmentation to add
brightness and depth. Each strip was then rolled up into a paper bead and sealed with mod podge for protection. No one will be able to read the honesty hidden on the layers of the bead, but its presence will be
known. Each bead was then strung to create a Canopy of Secrets. Those
who visit our gallery exhibit are able to step inside of a completely pure
and honest space - how many places like this truly exist?
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Associate Professor Liv Cummins’s Play Produced in
Madrid, Spain
Associate Professor Liv Cummins traveled to Madrid, Spain on October 21, 2015 to see her original musical, Vanishing Point, produced in its Spanish translation, Punto de Fuga, in el Teatro Tribueñe, a flexible black-box theater.
Isabel Fonseca performed in the show and adapted the text into Spanish, along with
Carlos Herencia (who also directed the production). The production originally premiered last July in Madrid’s Teatro Lara. Robust audiences and excellent word-of-mouth
from last year’s production led Teatro Tribueñe’s owner to book the show for a new
round of performances this fall – confirmation that Spanish audiences connect with the
show and its three strong women characters, 1920s legends Amelia Earhart (American
aviatrix), Agatha Christie (British author), and Aimee Semple-McPherson (a Los Angeles
evangelist). As Professor Cummins writes, “Witnessing audiences in Madrid react to
my work and hearing my lyrics and libretto translated into Spanish was an exciting experience. Ultimately, it reminded me that theater is itself a universal language and
that, when you have a fascinating story to tell about ambitious, conflicted people striving for greatness – in essence, a human story – people everywhere respond.”
Production photos and video clips can be found at the show’s Facebook page: https://
www.facebook.com/puntodefugaelmusical?pnref=story.
New: Master of Science in Management
Dr. Jonathan Jefferson, Chair of the Business Management
Division, is happy to announce the launch of the new Master of
Science in Management, which will be delivered fully online
and is designed to inspire and challenge the next generation of
decision-makers. It emphasizes the discerning analysis, intentional planning, and effective implementation necessary to
synthesize disjointed narratives and ideas. Participants will enhance their career opportunities by building a comprehensive
skillset with two essential elements: 1) to think creatively and
rigorously when approaching a web of problems or opportunities, and 2) to lead and execute thoughtfully in fast-moving
markets and complex organizations.
Based on a blend of theory and practice, the new MSM program will take a multi-dimensional approach to learning, with living case studies reflecting the realities of managing in the 21st Century. Students will learn to leverage
customer data and insights, identify opportunities, maximize an organization’s assets, and execute swiftly. The
new MSM program, featuring specializations in general management, nonprofit management and human resources management, will enroll its first students in March 2016.
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Associate Professor Steven Benson’s Sabbatical
Semester
My sabbatical proposal was multi-faceted and (possibly over-) ambitious. I had
two research projects and a book to work on, but got started by sleeping a reasonable amount of time and rediscovering the relaxation derived from reading for
pleasure, dividing my “off-time” between mathematics and science (including The
Tao of Physics, George Polya’s Mathematical Discovery, Imre Lakatos’ Proofs and
Refutations, three biographies of 20th century Nobel physicist Richard Feynman
and one of 16th century mathematician Giralamo Cardano) and lighter reading
(Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling’s
The Difference Engine, a collection of Ray Bradbury short stories, and a biography
of Jackie Robinson, among others). During this handful of months, I read significantly more than I had in the previous 10 years.
While the snow fell in late January and what seemed like all of February and
March, I sat at home (or at the local library down the street) working on two
Steven Benson
mathematics research projects and collaborating on a book of classroom vignettes
and algebra activities for middle school teachers with Anne Collins of the School
of Education. It was nice to not have to worry about getting into Cambridge each day, especially since the commuter rail and T were having so many delays and cancellations. It was even better to have the time to devote to
my projects.
As spring turned to summer, I was able to complete the research on and nearly finish writing up one of the mathematics articles and we submitted the book to the publisher at the end of August, just in time for me to start
thinking about the fall semester (and read the remarkable Between the World and Me).
As the semester started, I found myself longing for the time I had during my sabbatical. In October, I presented
some of the results of my research at an NSM student/faculty seminar, but haven’t had enough time to finish the
article. Even though we received suggested revisions from the book’s publisher in October, I didn’t have time to
work on them until just two weeks ago. The sabbatical was great, but next time, I think I’d better ask for a year,
instead of a semester – I still have more books to read!
Natural Sciences Students Work to Restore Blair Pond Meadow
The Blair Pond and adjacent meadow form a
unique urban oasis at the border of Cambridge
and Belmont. PHOTO CREDIT: David Mussina
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During the fall semester, students in CBIOL
2505 Ecology and Natural History did more
than learn about our local ecology -- they
worked in the field to help preserve it.
Students spent two beautiful sunny days
this fall at the Blair Pond Meadow, a
unique meadow ecosystem adjacent to the
Alewife Reservation on the West Cambridge/East Belmont border.
The Lesley Ecology class was able to contribute to the first steps in this restoration
process, include the removal of invasive/
encroaching species, the seeding of native
grasses and wildflowers, and the enhanceThe establishment of soil remediation plots with layers of com- ment of soil quality using permaculture
post, fertilizer, mulch and recycled, biodegradable cardboard in techniques such as sheet mulching. This
October of 2015. These plots will be planted with native species effort allowed students to contribute to
next spring. PHOTO CREDIT: Amy Mertl
maintaining a healthy native meadow ecosystem right in their local urban environment.
For more information or to get involved in the Blair Pond restoration project, contact Ellen Mass of the Friends
of the Alewife Reservation (http://www.friendsofalewifereservation.org/) or Amy Mertl of the Lesley College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (amertl@lesley.edu).
Ecology students after completing their work at Blair Pond,
with James McSweeney PHOTO CREDIT: Amy Mertl
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Students Use Social Media to Promote
Social Justice
by
Jenna Glazier ‘19
English Major
This semester, for Professor Michael Illuzzi’s
honors political science course, students were
asked to create and implement social media
campaigns on campus issues. Between the two
sections there were eight campaigns, each varying in topic. The first step for each group was
identifying the issues they saw on campus; this
involved long discussions of topics ranging
from food services, the health center, and student expenses. In the end the campaigns chosen were “Turn Down for Heat,” a call for lowering the temperature in residence halls; “LU
Nut-Free Desserts,” a movement to obtain and
label safe dessert options in dining halls;
“Lesley Prints,” a petition to make printing free for Lesley students; “Danger on Lesley Campus,” an attempt to install hoods on all stoves in residence halls; “Lesley Send Our Shuttles,” a focus on improving the quality of the Lesley shuttle system; “Lesley Meal Plan Probs,” a drive to have greater variety in meal plan options for students;
“Lesley Commuter Cave,” a request for an inclusive safe space for commuter students; and “Care for Our Care,” a
crusade to make Lesley health services more accessible by extending the hours on the weekdays and weekends.
Each of these teams formed lists of macro- and micro-goals that they wished to achieve through the process, then
sent emails, formed Facebook pages, created Twitter accounts, and started online petitions in hopes of bringing
attention to their campaigns and goals.
Fortunately, Lesley students are very passionate about their school and took great interest in the campaigns. Although these campaigns began as an assignment for class, many of us hope that these changes can actually be implemented by Lesley University’s staff and administration.
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Manuel Muñoz Keynote Speaker for 2016
Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society
Literary Arts Festival
On April 16th, Sigma Tau Delta will be hosting the annual Literary Arts Festival. Sigma Tau Delta is an international English honor society, founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. Lesley University’s chapter of Sigma
Tau Delta is a group of English and Creative Writing majors who strive to promote interest in the literary arts
throughout the Lesley community. Creative writing professor Aaron Smith is its current faculty adviser.
Each year, Lesley’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta plans a Literary Arts Festival, which honors new inductees and
brings an acclaimed author to campus. For our 2016 festival, we are excited to welcome Manuel Muñoz as our
keynote speaker. Muñoz is the author of two collections of short stories, Zigzagger and The Faith Healer of Olive
Avenue. In 2011, he published his first novel, titled What You See in the Dark. He is the recipient of a 2008
Whiting Writers’ Award, and received a fellowship from the New York Foundations for the Arts in 2008, in addition to one from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006. Muñoz received two PEN/O. Henry Awards, one
in 2009 for his short story, “Tell Him About Brother John,” and the other in 2015 for his short story “The Happiest Girl in the USA.” He was born in Dinuba, California and graduated from Harvard University, going on to receive his MFA in Creative Writing at Cornell University. Currently, Muñoz serves on the faculty of the University
of Arizona’s creative writing program as an associate professor.
We are confident that Muñoz will be a great speaker for this event, and look forward to hearing about his creative processes. We are happy to invite a Mexican-American writer to this year’s festival as part of our diversity
efforts. The members of Sigma Tau Delta hope you will join us on April 16th to honor our new inductees and welcome Muñoz to campus. More details about the festival, such as location and time, will be posted to LU Connect
in upcoming weeks. We plan to hold this year’s festival in Sherrill Library, with a reception and book signing to
follow. This day promises to be one filled with student, faculty, and alumnae involvement, as well as an opportunity to learn from a successful writer and artist. If you have any questions about Sigma Tau Delta or the Literary Arts Festival, please feel free to reach out to current president, Kristina Aiello, Class of 2016, at kaiello@lesley.edu.
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In the Mind of a Student Educator
I decided
to transfer
to Lesley
University
as a sophomore
in
2013 because I fell
in love with
the
Kristina Aiello ‘16
school’s
Education and English Major
social justice
approach to education. While I have aspired to be a teacher since I was a young child, double majoring as a Secondary Education and English Literature student at Lesley truly sparked my love for teaching and learning. Now
a senior, about to begin my student teaching, I have really come to see how much Lesley has contributed to
who I am as an individual and as an educator. I am also
very proud to say that I am officially a 2016 Teach for
America corps member, assigned to teach secondary
humanities in the Greater Boston Area.
In high school, I had a wonderful math teacher who was
a TFA corps member. I remember how passionate and
dedicated he was in the classroom, and he became the
main reason why I decided to apply for TFA. After going
through a rigorous process – which included an initial
application with short-answer questions, a group interview, and a sample lesson – I was welcomed into the
TFA Massachusetts family. I immediately accepted the
offer because TFA’s mission statements and values align
to my own: closing the opportunity gap plaguing U.S.
schools and inspiring social justice in communities
through education.
cept the position for two years; I will earn whatever the
starting teacher salary is at that school. The first week of
interviews begins the last week of January, so I may
know as early as then where I will be teaching for the
next two years! While I aspire to teach high school English, my position as a corps member opens me up to
middle school as well. I am required to take the History
MTEL, as I could be hired to teach middle or high school
history if needed. Through TFA, I also have the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree at Boston University,
made much more affordable with available AmeriCorps
grants.
Before entering the classroom, I will attend a Summer
Training Institute from June-August. I will be living at
UMass Lowell and teaching summer school in Lawrence
Public schools. Alongside this, I will be completing more
than 100 hours of coursework and seminars in instructional training, classroom learning theory, literacy, and
diversity training. As a Lesley University student, I am
confident that my coursework and experiences in field
placements will allow me to thrive at the institute.
Words cannot describe how excited I am to begin this
new journey in my life! I have no doubt it will be my
most challenging yet, but I am prepared to give it my all.
My education at Lesley will allow me to make this transition much more smoothly, as I will be entering the corps
with a strong foundation for educating students in lowincome communities. Many TFA corps members do not
major in education, so I encourage anyone to apply who
is passionate about educating youth – especially education majors (because you will be one step ahead)!
As a TFA Corps member, I will interview with schools in
my assigned region. When I receive my first offer, I ac-
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Student News
Two College of Arts and Sciences students were recognized with KINGSTON MANN AWARDS in recognition of essays
that celebrate diversity and inclusion
“Bi, Pan, Queer: Narratives of Identity” is a project that
intends to illuminate the voices and experiences of bisexual, pansexual, and queer-identifying folks. I started
this project after having some of my personal experiences further validated by reading research about
LGBTQ youth. I learned that bisexual people are less
likely to come out and experience higher rates of depression, social isolation, lack of access to health care,
and poverty in comparison to their gay, lesbian, and
straight counterparts. I carried out a series of Interviews that covered coming out, experiences with
biphobia, messages about bisexuality in the media, relationships, and more. Each participant shared his or
her story and then offered suggestions for this project. This work is truly about providing space -- space
for participants to voice stigmatization, identity, struggles, and personal strength through narrative. With
more thoughtful research and space for these voices,
the bi, pan, and queer community can look forward to
decreased stigmatization and better services.
Andrea Nunes ‘15
Global Studies Major
“Life in the Dominican Republic’s Sugar Fields: Resistance
from the Bateyes.” Writing this paper reminded me of
how careful we must be as consumers. We have so much
power with what we choose to buy and what we as consumers demand for the people who produce the sugar we
put in our coffee or the shirt we wear on our back. I think
it is our responsibility to be conscious consumers and use
our power to end the unnecessary suffering that goes into
the production of so many of the products we buy.
Kimm Topping ‘15
Although Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent in
the Dominican Republic are stateless and have few rights,
writing this paper reminded me that when people are
structurally oppressed they will always find ways to resist
and they will continue to challenge the laws and ideologies
that try to deny their humanity.
Sociology and Psychology Major
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Sarah Kinkade will present a paper entitled “Denial and Destruction: Cultural Identity within Joyce’s ‘The Dead’” at this year’s Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society Annual Convention, to be held in Minneapolis on March 2-5. The convention’s
theme is “Finding Home,” and over 1,000 people will gather to “share a sense of
wonder in literature, a joy in the play of language, and a power in the persuasiveness of writing,” according to its organizers.
Sarah’s paper explores the concept of cultural identity in the face of imperialism,
particularly in relation to Ireland and England. Specifically, the focus is on the protagonist, Gabriel, and his denial of his Irish background in preference for English
imperialistic values. His wife, Gretta, conflicts with his values in her representation
of traditional Ireland. Joyce uses the character of Gretta to demonstrate the cost
of imperialism and the risk of denying one’s cultural background.
Sarah Kinkade ‘16
English Literature
and History Major
Congratulations Lesley Women’s Soccer Team
The Lesley University women’s soccer team captured their fourth straight New England Collegiate Conference title
and made their fourth trip to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. They finished with a 16-6 overall
record, and although they lost the NCAA Championship Tournament to the Stevens Institute of Technology, their
outstanding play was recognized by having six of their members voted into the NCAA All-Conference team.
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Faculty and Staff News
Associate
Professor
Donna
Halper has
two entries
in The 100
Greatest
Bands of All
Time, edited
by David V.
Moscovitz and published by
Greenwood Press (ABC-CLIO), one
on the Everly Brothers and the
other on the Cars.
The publisher describes the 2volume The 100 Greatest Bands of
All Time as a "one-of-a-kind reference [that] investigates the music
and the musicians that set the
popular trends of the last half century in America." It contains information and thorough biographies
of "the best 100 musical groups
from the past 60 years."
This is a link to the book's publisher:
http://www.abc-clio.com/
ABC-CLIOGreenwood/
product.aspx?pc=A3876C
Kazuyo Kubo (Sociology, CLAS)
and
Brandon
Strathmann
(Animation, LUCAD) just returned
from leading a travel course to
January 2016
Osaka, Japan. The course,
Transgenerational Identities in
Japan: The Role of Anime and
Manga, is an excellent example of
Lesley’s goal of better integrating
the fine arts and the liberal arts.
Students worked online during the
first week of the course, and spent
the second and third weeks in Japan, gathering data, sketching,
journaling, and absorbing the diverse cultures of the region. As a
final project, all students will either write a comic or create an
animation that reflects their learning and experiences.
Associate
Professor
Clara Ronderos gave a
reading in
Sherrill Library from
her collection of poetry, Seasons of Exile/ Estaciones En
Exilio, just published in a bilingual
Spanish/English version. Her book
can be purchased on Amazon.com.
Diep H. Luu,
Director of
the
CLAS
Academic
Advising
Center, presented
a
research
paper titled
“’They want American accreditation; they want the gold seal of
approval’: An Exploration of US
Accreditation in Three Canadian
Universities,” at the 2015 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference in
Denver, Colorado on November 5.
The paper was written in collaboration with Dr. Gerardo Blanco
Ramirez, Assistant Professor of
International Higher Education at
UMass Boston. ASHE is a scholarly
society with more than 2,000
members dedicated to higher education as a field of study. The
theme of this year’s conference
was “Inequality & Higher Education.”
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Dr. Chris Richardson, long time adjunct and senior lecturer with Natural Sciences and Mathematics, is
giving a presentation of his research
entitled “The Impact on Metabolism
and Immune Function of the Immune Response of Bats to White
Nose Syndrome” in January 2016 at
the annual meeting of the Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Portland, Oregon. John Mewherter, the first Biology major to
graduate from Lesley, is one of the
student co-authors.
Link below:
http://sicb.org/meetings/2016/
schedule/abstractdetails.php?
id=1676
Professor
Jim O'Keefe
gave a talk in
late October
at the Annual Meeting
of the Association
of
Teachers of
Mathematics
in New England entitled "Digital Tools that Facilitate Multiple Representation in
Mathematics,” looking at the wide
variety of iPad apps, software applications and web-based tools that
may enhance student understanding
of mathematics.
Dan
Walker,
the Assistant
Director of the
Internship
Office, attended
the
NEACEFE
(New England
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Association for Cooperative Education and Field Experience) Annual Fall
Conference held in Portsmouth
NH. The focus on “High-Tech, HighTouch” will allow Dan to implement
some of the strategies discussed at
the conference here at Lesley. He
will create social media groups for
the Internship Office on LinkedIn and
Facebook.
In October, Kazuyo Kubo (CLAS),
Joshua Baldwin (CLAS) and Angelica
Pinna Perez (GSAS) presented at the
8th Annual Mentoring Conference,
"New Perspectives in Mentoring: A
Quest for Leadership, Excellence, and
Motivation.” They presented their
paper, "Cultivating a Culture of Mutuality: The Role of Mentorship in
Emerging Professional Development," which focuses on the origin
and development of the new faculty
mentoring program here at Lesley
University. The paper will be featured in a special edition of the Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice.
Faculty members Clara Eugenia Ronderos (CLAS), Aaron Smith (CLAS)
and Danielle Legros Georges (School
of Education) read their poetry at
Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957, a major mul-
series Professor Georges created
and which was embedded in the
exhibition. This series invited poets
to choose one of their own poems
to read in response to one of the
works of art in the exhibition.
Thirteen College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences students enrolled in 5
different online courses offered by
the Council of Independent Colleges Online Humanities Consortium. The 20 different colleges belonging to this consortium offered
40 courses in an online format and
opened spots in each to students
of the other member colleges. CLAS students enrolled in
courses such as The History of the
American Family (St. Michael’s
College VT), Ways of Seeing Byzantium (McDaniel College MD), Indian Philosophy, Emerging Religions
(both at Elizabethtown College PA)
and Magic and Witchcraft in British
Literature
(Wartburg
College
IA). Four consortium students are
taking Medieval History and Literature with Professor Mary DockrayMiller and History of Humanitarian
Organizations with Professor Kim
Lowe.
ti-genre exhibition at the Institute of
Contemporary Art/Boston. They all
read as part of Poets in Ekphrasis, a
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CLAS Calendar of Events
Welcome Back to the Spring Semester with Come join us for some warmth and sustenance in the
Hot Cider, Hot Chocolate and Donuts
dead of winter.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
(1:00p-3:00p)
Marran Gallery
Dean’s Open House
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
(4:30p-6:00p)
7 Mellen Street Conference Room
We will be discussing Ta-Nehisi Coates’s article "The
Case for Reparations," published in The Atlantic June
2014.
The following is a link to the article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/
archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
Dr. Christine Evans, Dean
Class of 2016 Senior Dinner
Thursday, February 11, 2016
(6:00p)
Washburn Auditorium
The Class of 2016 will hold its Senior Dinner. Members
of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Art and Design will honor its graduating class
with food and music. President Moore and Provost
Williams will address the graduates.
Dennis Ross Lecture, Q&A
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
(12noon)
Marran Theater
Dennis Ross has served, at different points of his career, as director of policy planning and Middle East
coordinator to Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill
Clinton, and special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He is presently William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near
East Policy. His book Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama appeared
in 2015.
Dennis Ross
January 2016
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Sigma Tau Delta Literary Festival
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Sherrill Library
Sigma Tau Delta sponsored Literary Arts Festival, with
short story writer Manuel Munoz as featured writer.
Manuel Muñoz
Oxford Street Players Presents: Two Noble
Kinsmen
Thursday to Saturday April 7-9, 2016
7:00p
Sunday April 10. 2016
2:00p
Marran Theatre
Lesley University Concert Choir
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
8:00p
Marran Theater
The Lesley University choir will perform various musical selections.
Expressive Arts Therapy Senior Performance
Date and location to be announced
Faculty Sabbatical Panel
Date and location to be announced
Film, lecture and discussion on homelessness
Date and location to be announced
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