AN ALMANAC
OF
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENTS
BY MEMBERS OF THE
WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE
COMMUNITY
2013-14
The faculty at Washington & Jefferson College is described in the
catalog as “master teachers, mentors and advisers who take an
active interest in students’ futures and preparedness for life
beyond campus.” Without a doubt, this outstanding group of
scholars, Fulbright Fellows, world travelers, and experts in their
fields creates a first-rate learning community within a
collaborative and integrated learning environment.
As a liberal arts college, we tend to focus on classroom excellence
and the learning environment. At the same time, however, our
faculty members achieve impressive recognition for their research
and scholarship, a side of their professional careers perhaps a bit
less apparent to the College community. These accomplishments
take many forms: publications, presentations, artistic and creative
endeavors, new pedagogical methods, as well as contributions to
the community outside the College.
This Almanac of Scholarly and Professional Achievement brings
together in one document the accomplishments of this
remarkable group of teachers and scholars over the past year,
along with the outstanding achievements of some of their
students. It serves as a celebration, if you will; a bit of blowing our
own horn, to be sure – but eminently appropriate and well
deserved. We also hope this impressive list serves as a motivator,
a challenge, and a stimulus for future endeavors.
This integration of excellent teaching with impressive scholarship
is one of the qualities which makes W&J special and about which
we all should be quite proud. Congratulations to all!
John E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
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Publications
Dr. Judith K. Atzler, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages,
published the following:
“Look at me! I am mad! – Madness as means of Escape
and Individualization in Arthur Schnitzler’s Work Flucht in
die Finsternis.” Proceedings of the 2012 Pennsylvania
Foreign Language Conference.
Dr. Patrick Caffrey, Associate Professor of History, published the
following:
Review of William C. Summers’ The Great Manchurian
Plague of 1910-1911: The Geopolitics of an Epidemic
Disease. Environmental History 19.1 (January 2014): 11920.
Dr. Barry Chametzky, Adjunct Instructor of Modern Languages,
published the following:
Chametzky, B. (2013). Generalizability and offsetting the
affective filter. Grounded Theory Review, 12(2). Available
from
http://groundedtheoryreview.com/2013/12/22/generaliza
bility-and-the-theory-of-offsetting-the-affective-filter/
Chametzky, B. (2013). Offsetting the affective filter and
online foreign language learners. Available from
http://www.igi-global.com/open-access/paper/offsettingaffective-filter-classic-grounded/7
Shaw, M., Chametzky, B., Burrus, S., & Walters, K. (Winter
2013). An evaluation of student outcomes by course
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duration in online higher education. Online Journal of
Distance Learning Administration, 16(4). Available from
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/
Chametzky, B. (2013). What is involved in meaningful elearning? Journal of Interdisciplinary Collaboration, 1(1):
41-59.
Dr. Rosalie T. Carpenter, Professor of Education, published the
following:
“Oh the Places You Will Go.” The Current. Kappa Delta
Epsilon, #82, Winter 2013.
Drs. Elizabeth Bennett, Professor of Psychology, and Michael
Crabtree, Professor of Psychology, published the following:
Crabtree, M., Bennett, E. A., & Schaffer, M. E. (2013).
Unique challenges faced by the National Guard and
Reserve. In J. Barnett & B. Moore (Eds.). Military
Psychologists' Desk Reference. New York: Oxford
University Press.
Dr. Robert Dunn, Assistant Professor of Economics and Business,
published the following:
Review of Charlie Karlsson and Robert G. Picard, eds.,
Media Clusters: Spatial Agglomeration and Content
Capabilities. Review of Regional Studies. (forthcoming)
Dr. Samuel Fee, Associate Professor of Computing and
Information Studies, published the following:
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Fee, S. B. (2013). Building Knowledge: Implementing PBL
and Using Mobile Apps as an Approach to Learning. In
Loveless, D. J., Griffith, B., Berci, M., Ortlieb, E., & Sullivan,
P. (eds.) Academic Knowledge Construction and
Multimodal Curriculum Development. Hershey, PA: IGI
Publishing.
Fee, S. B. and Griffith, C. (2013). Custom Mobile
Applications for Field Data Collection. CUR Quarterly.
Volume 34, Number 2. Washington, DC: Council on
Undergraduate Research.
Dr. James Gormly, Professor of History published the following:
“The Counter Iron Curtain: Crafting an American-Soviet
Bloc Civil Aviation Policy, 1943-1960.” Diplomatic History
37:1 (April 2013): 248-279.
Dr. Charles Hannon, Professor of Computing and Information
Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculty, published the
following:
“’Let Me Finish’: Mirror Neurons and Empathy in
Interaction Design.” Interactions vol. 20 no.5 (September +
October 2013): 38-41.
“Facilitating Transfer Students’ Transition to a Liberal Arts
College.” College and University 89.1 (2013): 51-56.
Dr. Jennifer Riddle Harding, Associate Professor of English,
published the following:
"Violence Then, Violence Now." Pittsburgh Post Gazette 27
Aug. 2013: B-7.
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"Reader-Response Criticism and Stylistics." A chapter in
the Routledge Handbook of Stylistics, 2014.
Dr. Mark Harris, Associate Professor of Chemistry, published the
following:
Harris, M. and Logan, J. (2014). Determination of LogKow
Values for Four Drugs. Journal of Chemical Education.
(forthcoming)
Dr. Robbie Iuliucci, Associate Professor of Chemistry, published
the following:
Harper, J., Iuliucci, R., and Kalakewich, K. Establishing
Accurate High-Resolution Crystal Structures in the Absence
of Diffraction Data and Single Crystals—An NMR Approach.
(2013) Crystal Growth and Design 13(12): 5391–5396.
Gruber, M., Harper, J., Iuliucci, R., and Kalakewich, K.
(2013). Refining crystal structures with experimental 13C
NMR shift tensors and lattice-including electronic
structure methods. CrystEngComm 15: 8693-8704.
Hoop, C., and Iuliucci, R. (2013). 13C chemical-shift
anisotropy of alkyl-substituted aromatic carbon in
anthracene derivatives. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance 53: 1–12.
Iuliucci, R., Pacilio, J., Quiñones, R., and Tokarski, J. High
Resolution Solid-State NMR: Characterization of
Polymorphism in Pharmaceutical Compounds. Journal of
Chemical Education. (forthcoming)
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Harper, J., and Iuliucci, R. (2014). C-13 Chemical Shift
Tensors in Organic Materials. Encyclopedia of Analytical
Chemistry. (forthcoming)
Dr. Jason Kilgore, Assistant Professor of Biology, published the
following:
Kilgore, J., and Leege, L. (2014). Recovery of foredune and
blowout habitats in a freshwater dune following removal
of invasive Austrian pine (Pinus nigra). Restoration
Ecology. (forthcoming)
Kilgore, J., and Lindsey, A. (2013). Soil type affects Pinus
ponderosa var. scopulorum (Pinaceae) seedling growth in
simulated drought experiments. Applications in Plant
Sciences 1(8): 1300031.
Dr. John P. Lambertson, Professor of Art, published the following:
“The Boulevard and the Salon: Popular Theatre and
Romanticism in 1824.” Nineteenth Century Theatre and
Film 40(1) (Summer 2013), 15-35.
Dr. Michael S. Leonard, Associate Professor of Chemistry,
published the following:
Leonard, M. (2013). Intermediate Organic Chemistry. A
textbook that is used in his intermediate organic chemistry
class.
Leonard, M. (2013). Introductory Organic Reaction
Mechanisms: A color-coded approach to arrow pushing.; A
textbook detailing 80 mechanisms commonly encountered
in introductory organic chemistry courses. This book has
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an accompanying YouTube channel with all 80
mechanisms presented over the course of 80 short videos.
Dr. Robert Litchfield, Associate Professor of Business, published
the following:
Gilson, L. L., Gilson, P. W., and Litchfield, R. C. An
examination of the relationship between time and
creativity: Applying a temporal lens to the study of
creativity. In A. J. Shipp and Y. Fried (Eds.) Time and Work:
How Time Impacts Individuals (Vol. 1). East Sussex, UK:
Psychology Press. (forthcoming)
Litchfield, R. C. (2013). Brainstorming. In E. H. Kessler
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of management theory. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Dr. Jennifer Logan, Associate Professor of Chemistry, published
the following:
Harris, M. and Logan, J. (2014). Determination of LogKow
Values for Four Drugs. Journal of Chemical Education.
(forthcoming)
Dr. Karin Maresh, Associate Professor of Theatre and
Communication, published the following:
“Ireland.” International Women Stage Directors. Eds. Anne
Fliotsos and Wendy Vierow. (Urbana, IL: U of IL P, 2013),
187-197.
Dr. Andrew Mulvania, Associate Professor of English, published
the following:
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“Sylvia Plath: A Fifty-Year Retrospective.” The Missouri
Review 36(4) (Winter 2013), 177-188.
Dr. Michael Pettersen, Chair and Professor of Physics, published
the following:
Davitt, K., Pettersen, M., and Rolley, E. (2013). Thermally
Activated Wetting Dynamics in the Presence of Surface
Roughness. Langmuir 29(23), 6884–6894.
Dr. Anupama Shanmuganathan, Assistant Professor of Biology,
published the following:
Shanmuganathan, A. (2013). Course-based research is
effective in engaging students in ‘real’ science: soil
bacterial diversity research in an undergraduate
microbiology course. Abstract in Journal of Microbiology &
Biology Education 14: 160.
Dr. Deborah Sunderland, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Chemistry, published the following:
Sunderland, D.P. (2014). Studying Crystal Structures
through the Use of Solid State Model Kits. J. Chem. Educ
91(3), 432–436.
Dr. Robert Vande Kappelle, Professor of Religious Studies,
published two books in 2013:
Iron Sharpens Iron: A Discussion Guide for Twenty-FirstCentury Seekers. (Wipf & Stock).
Hope Revealed: The Message of the Book of Revelation—
Then and Now. (Wipf & Stock).
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Dr. Yongsheng Wang, Associate Professor of Economics,
published the following:
"Teaching Econometrics: An Interdisciplinary Approach",
International Social Science Review, 88(3-4), 2013.
Review of P. Arestis, P. Mooslechner, and K. Wagner, eds.,
Housing Market Challenges in Europe and the United
States. Eastern Economic Journal 39(2), 280-282.
Review of R. Sun, ed., Grounding Social Sciences in
Cognitive Sciences. International Social Science Review,
88(3-4).
Dr. Kelly Weixel, Assistant Professor of Biology, published the
following:
Alzamora R., Edinger, R., Fischer O., Hallows, K., Johnson,
J., Li, H., Marciszyn A., and Weixel, K. (2013). Resveratrol
inhibits the epithelial sodium channel via
phopshoinositides and AMP-activated protein kinase in
kidney collecting duct cells. PLoS One 8(10).
Presentations
Dr. Amparo Alpañés, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages,
presented the following:
“Ficción y realidad contemporánea: cómo la literatura y el
cine español comentan las estructuras de poder actuals.”
Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, Duquesne
University, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2013.
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“Once upon a Soap Opera: Introducing Creative Writing in
the Foreign Language Classroom.” Northeast Modern
Language Association 2014 Convention, Harrisburg, PA,
April 2014.
Dr. Judith K. Atzler, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages,
presented “Listen to, Read about, Speak about – Write it Down!”
at NeMLA, Susquehanna University, Harrisburg, PA, April 3-6,
2014.
Dr. Elizabeth Bennett, Professor of Psychology, presented the
following:
Bennett, E. A., Crabtree, M., Schaffer, M. E. (2014, March).
Improving Civilian Emergency Departments’ Ability to
Identify PTSD in Reserve Component Members. Poster
presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Crabtree, M., Bennett, E. A. (2013, September). Combat
Stress Intervention Program. Presented at the Military
Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP)
Product Line Review, Fort Detrick, MD.
Bennett, E. A., Crabtree, M., Schaffer, M. E. (2013, June).
Civilian Health Care Settings’ Ability to Identify Combat
Stress related concerns in Reserve Component Members
and Their Families. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania
Psychological Association Annual Convention, Harrisburg,
PA.
Dr. Rosalie T. Carpenter, Professor of Education, co-presented
ABC: Always Bring Connections: School, College, Community
Partnerships at the 2013 National Student Teaching and
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Supervision Conference, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock,
PA, April 2013.
Dr. Barry Chametzky, Adjunct Instructor of Modern Languages,
presented “A Primer to Online (E-)Learning.” Invited lecture to a
foreign language methodology class at Washington & Jefferson
College, Washington, PA, December 3, 2013
Dr. Michael Crabtree, Professor of Psychology, presented the
following:
Crabtree, Michael and Stange, Jeff. (2013, June). Mental
Illness Potential for Violence: What Can Psychology Tell
Us? Pennsylvania Psychological Association, Harrisburg PA.
Bennett, E. A., Crabtree, M., Schaffer, M. E. (2013, June).
Civilian Health Care Settings’ Ability to Identify Combat
Stress related concerns in Reserve Component Members
and Their Families. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania
Psychological Association Annual Convention, Harrisburg,
PA.
Crabtree, Michael. (August, 2013). Protection from Sexual
Predators. Maple Terrace Community Meeting,
Washington PA.
Crabtree, M., Bennett, E. A. (2013, September). Combat
Stress Intervention Program. Presented at the Military
Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP)
Product Line Review, Fort Detrick, MD.
Crabtree, Michael. (September, 2013). Mental Health and
Gun Violence. Part of the W. Edward Sell Legal Forum, 2nd
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Amendment Rights. Washington & Jefferson College,
Washington PA.
Crabtree, Michael. (January, 2014). Child Victim
Testimony. Washington County Bar Association, Winter
Bench Bar.
Bennett, E. A., Crabtree, M., Schaffer, M. E. (2014, March).
Improving Civilian Emergency Departments’ Ability to
Identify PTSD in Reserve Component Members. Poster
presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Crabtree, Michael. (April 2014). Legal, Quasi Legal and
Psychological Response to Reports of Child Abuse. Child
Abuse Awareness Program, Washington and Jefferson
College, Washington, PA.
Crabtree, Michael, Schaffer, Mary E. (2014, June). Using
Free Assessment Instruments to Enhance Therapy and
Evaluations. Pennsylvania Psychological Association,
Harrisburg PA.
Dr. Candy DeBerry, Associate Professor of Biology, gave the
following presentations:
“Pollination and Pollinators”, “Gardening for Butterflies”,
“Green Your Gardening: Water Conservation”, “Green
Your Gardening: Compost Happens”, and “Growing Great
Garlic.” Lavender Festival at Destiny Hill Farm in
Washington, PA, June 2013.
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“Native Plants For Your Garden.” Penn State Master
Gardener Program of Washington County, Canonsburg,
PA, September 2013.
“Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden.” 4th annual
Mother Earth News Fair at Seven Springs, PA, September
2013. The Fair, sponsored by Mother Earth News
magazine, is one of the premier sustainable living events in
the United States, covering all aspects of living more lightly
on the Earth.
"Gardening to Support Pollinators." Washington County
Watershed Alliance annual banquet in Washington, PA,
March 2014.
"Creating Wildlife Habitats." Workshop for the Master
Naturalist Program of the West Virginia Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources at the Good Zoo in
Oglebay, Wheeling, WV, April 2014.
“Why Grow Natives?” Keynote address at the 23rd Native
Plants in the Landscape Conference at Millersville
University, Millersville, PA, June 2014. Dr. DeBerry serves
on the conference steering committee and is
Assistantships coordinator for the 2014 conference.
“Pollination and Pollinators.” GO Green Camp for Kids at
Peters Township Public Library, June 2014.
Dr. Annette Drew-Bear, Professor of English, presented the
following:
“Theatricality in Lust’s Dominion.” Blackfriars Conference,
Staunton, Virginia, October 2013.
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“Finding the Signals for Performance in a Shakespeare
Text.” Shakespeare Association of America, April 2014.
Dr. Robert East, Associate Professor and Director of
Environmental Studies, presented the following:
“Lessons not Learned? Sixty-Five Years after Donora.”
65th Anniversary of the Donora Smog Disaster
Environmental Conference, Donora, PA, October 2013.
“Agroforestry and Permaculture in Semi-Arid Western
Kenya.”
Association for Environmental Studies & Sciences Annual
Conference, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, June
2013.
“Two-Year Trials of Biochar Applications in No-Till
Agricultural Systems.” Webinar hosted by the International
Biochar Initiative, February, 2014.
Dr. Robert Dunn, Assistant Professor of Economics, served as
session chair, discussant, and presented two papers—
“Outmigration and Funding for Public Higher Education” and “A
State-Level Analysis of Natural Resources and Investment”—at
the 53nd Annual Southern Regional Science Association Meeting in
San Antonio, TX, March 2014.
Scott Frank, Professor of Theatre and Communication, wrote and
directed The Spring Harvest, presented at the Olin Fine Arts
Center, November 2013. Dr. Frank also directed That Good Night
in a concert reading at the Region 2 Festival of the Kennedy
Center American College Theatre Festival at West Chester
University, PA, January 2014.
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Dr. Zheya Gai, Professor of Political Science and International
Studies, presented the following:
“China in the UN Security Council: Behaving as a
‘Responsible Stakeholder’?” Northeastern Political Science
Association’s 45th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
November 2013.
“Socialization in International Institutions and China’s
Peaceful Rise: China and ASEAN.” 22nd Annual
ASIANetwork Conference, Bloomingdale, IL, April 2014.
Dr. Gai also mentored the work of five students (Nathan Beam,
Kaitlyn Burns, Samantha Gagliardo, Frank Galizia, and Fiona
Randall) who will present their work at the 75th Annual Meeting of
the Pennsylvania Political Science Association at Penn State
Harrisburg, April 2014.
Dr. Charles Hannon, Professor of Computing and Information
Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculty, mentored the work of
Emily Payne (’15), who presented her paper “How Companies Can
Support Working Parents” at the Womenetics conference in
Chicago, IL, November 2013.
Dr. Jennifer Riddle Harding, Associate Professor of English,
presented the following:
“Very Punny: Puns as Narrative Pivots in Harte and
Hawthorne.” Poetics and Linguistics Association Annual
Conference, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2013.
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“Figurative Prominence: Similes and Puns in Literary
Narrative.” International Society for the Study of Narrative
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 2014.
Dr. Ryan Higginbottom, Associate Professor of Mathematics,
moderated a session entitled “Non-lecture methods in
introductory courses” at the Allegheny Mountain Section NExT
meeting at Slippery Rock University, September 2013. Dr.
Higginbottom also mentored Kimberly Phillips (’15), who
presented “Tiling m-deficient mutilated chessboards with mpolyominoes” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore,
MD, January 2014.
Dr. Robbie Iuliucci, Associate Professor of Chemistry, presented
the following:
Chemical Shift Anisotropy Measurements and Applications
Towards Crystal Structure Refinement. ACS Student
Member 27th Annual Symposium, Duquesne University,
April 2013.
Visual insight to the chemical shift from shielding and
current density maps. Dipartimento di Chimica, UniVersita`
degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, June
2013.
Visualizing Magnetic Shielding Anisotropy by Current
Density Maps. University of Central Florida Physical
Chemistry Seminar, October 2013.
Dr. Jason Kilgore, Assistant Professor of Biology, presented the
following:
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Kilgore, J., and B. Dolan. Getting ahead of the front:
Evaluating impacts of emerald ash borer (Agrilus
planipennis) on forest vegetation in eastern North
America. Poster presentation at EREN All Members
Meeting, Rock Island, IL, June 2014.
Kilgore, J., and L. Leege. Long-term recovery of dune
systems following pine invasion and management.
Conservation of Great Lakes Natural Areas: MiCOB 2013
Annual Meeting, Albion, MI, Sept 2013.
Dolan, B., and J. Kilgore. Ecology in the cloud:
undergraduate students driving inter-institutional
collaborative research. Poster presentation at 98th
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN, July 2013.
Dolan, B., and J. Kilgore. Ecology in the cloud:
undergraduate students driving inter-institutional
collaborative research. Poster presentation at EREN All
Members Meeting, San Antonio, TX, June 2013.
Dr. Carolyn Kyler, Professor of English, presented the following:
“Dawn in Harlem: Exploring the Origins of the Harlem
Renaissance through Image and Text.” College English
Association National Conference, Baltimore, MD, March
2014.
“Measures of Greatness: Teaching the Harlem Renaissance
in Word, Image, & Object.” Northeast Modern Language
Association Conference, Harrisburg, PA, April 2014.
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Dr. John P. Lambertson, Professor of Art, presented “The Culture
of Patriotism in the Early American Republic,” as Chair and
Commentator for a session at the Consortium on the
Revolutionary Era, Oxford, MS, February 2014.
Dr. Michael Leonard, Associate Professor of Chemistry, mentored
the work of Andrew T. Pingitore (’14) who presented “Hammett
study of the transesterification of para-nitrophenyl benzoates” at
the 247th American Chemical Society national meeting in Dallas,
TX, March 2014.
Dr. Tuan Viet Le, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics,
presented the following:
Le, T. (2012). Freedom of the Press and Equity Returns:
Empirical Investigation in Emerging Markets. Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Economic Association, Columbus,
OH, March 2013.
Le, T. (2012). Corruption Heterogeneity and Foreign Direct
Investment. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Economic
Association, Columbus, OH, March 2013.
Le, T. (2012) Freedom of the Press and Equity Returns:
Empirical Investigation in Emerging Markets. Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Economic Association, Columbus,
OH, March 2013.
Le, T. (2013). Does FDI from Corrupted Countries Increase
Corruption in Recipient Countries. Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Economic Association, Columbus, OH, March
2013.
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Dr. Le also served as chair for session 9E, “Policy and Regulation in
Open Economy,” at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Economic Association; discussed two papers in two different
sessions at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Economic
Association; and discussed one paper at the 2013 Annual Meeting
of the Southern Economic Association.
Dr. Robert Litchfield, Associate Professor of Business, presented
the following:
Litchfield, R. C., Gilson, L. L., Shalley, C. E., & Maynard, M.
T. (2013). The link between spontaneous, face-to-face
interaction and creativity: Myth or requirement?
Symposium presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the
Southern Management Association, New Orleans, LA.
Gilson, L. L., Litchfield, R. C., & Gilson, P. W. (2013). Too
much time, too little time, or just the right amount of time
to be creative. Paper presented at the 2013 annual
meeting of the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL.
Carter, M. R., Karakitapoðlu-Aygün, Z., Gumusluoglu, L.,
Litchfield, R. C., & Hirst, G. (2013). Connecting the dots
from team innovation to performing managerial
objectives. Paper presented at the 2013 annual meeting of
the Academy of Management, Orlando, FL.
Dr. Jennifer Logan, Associate Professor of Chemistry, mentored
the work of Lauren Fisher (’14), who presented “Assessing
contaminants in water near Marcellus shale drilling and
hydrofracking” and “More than the eye can see: Using chemistry
to analyze a painting” at the 247th ACS National Meeting, Dallas,
TX, March 2014. Dr. Logan also mentored the work of Joshua
Tropp (’15), who presented “Chemistry of art: Analysis of an
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unknown painting” at the 247th American Chemical Society (ACS)
National Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 2014.
Dr. James M. Longo, Professor of Education, presented the
following:
President’s Day at W & J. Master of ceremonies for W&J
Education Department-sponsored series of activities for
elementary and secondary students – an art contest open
to elementary students; a Gettysburg Address oratory
competition for middle school students; and an essay
challenge designed to encourage high school students to
write about the first lady who, in their opinion, represents
all that is best about the United States of America.
Washington, PA, February 2014.
“Connecting the World of Research to the World of
Children.” Society of Children’s Book Writers and
Illustrators Western
Pennsylvania Annual Conference,
Pittsburgh, PA, November 2013.
“ABC—Always Bring Connections: School, College,
Community
Partnerships.” 2013 National Student
Teaching and Supervision
Conference, Slippery Rock
University, Slippery Rock, PA, April 2013.
“Theory and Practice of Universal Education – Making
Mentoring a Two Way Relationship.”Oxford Education
Research Symposium, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University,
UK, March 2013.
Dr. W. Thomas Mainwaring, Chair and Professor of History,
served as the moderator for two panels at the annual Western
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Pennsylvania Phi Alpha Theta history conference held at Slippery
Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, March 2014.
Dr. Karin Maresh, Associate Professor of Theatre and
Communication, was Panel Chair and Presenter for “Motherhood
and Theatre” at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education
conference, Orlando, FL, August 2013.
Dr. Kathleen McEvoy, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and
Associate Professor of English, presented “Accountability: Helping
Students Understand that Privilege Comes with Responsibility” at
the College English Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, March
2014.
Dr. Susan Medley, Associate Professor of Music, and the
Pittsburgh Concert Chorale were featured performers in the
Festival Concert of the National Convocation of The Fellowship of
United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts at St. Paul’s
Cathedral, Oakland, PA, July 2013. Dr. Medley also conducted the
Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and members of the
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra in two performances of
Mozart’s Requiem in November 2013. The concert was later
broadcast on WQED-FM.
Dr. Stuart J. Miller, Professor of Sociology, presented the
following:
Address to the Japanese Association of Human Relations at
the new Katushika campus of the Tokyo University of
Science (TUS), November 2013. The association currently
is working to ameliorate the human problems caused by
the Fukushima tsunami and nuclear disaster. Many of the
association’s members are also high school counselors
who deal with problems such as those resulting from the
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Fukushima tsunami and with trauma problems of juvenile
bullying and victimization in high schools.
Address to high school counselors about the W&J English
Language Institute, assisted by W&J Japanese alumni
Junichio Kato ’94 and Rei Yoshimura ’02 as well as recent
Japanese exchange student Takeshi Goto. These former
members of the W&J community, along with Professor
Minonu Itoh of TUS, also worked with the high school
counselors on how to address bullying in schools they
serve.
Address to Samukawa International Exchange Association
(SIEA) which is supported, in part, by Edward Greb, Ph.D.,
Professor of Sociology, and which has provided home stays
for several hundred W&J College students in their
Intersession trips to Japan.
Dr. Andrew Mulvania, Associate Professor of English, presented
“Freedom and Constraint in Three Poems: The Emancipatory
Power of Limitation, in Poetic Form or Social Condition” at the
Conference on Critical Pedagogy & The Creative Writing
Workshop, Manhattanville College, June 2013.
Dr. Gregg Osborne, Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy,
presented "A Crucial Passage in Kant's First Analogy" at the 23rd
World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Greece, August 2013.
Patrick Schmidt, Associate Professor of Art, participated in two
exhibitions. The first was at Allegany College entitled
“Performity,” in which Schmidt installed a wall drawing using cloth
tape, wallpaper of his own making, and a small steel sculpture.
The second exhibition was with the Associated Artists of
Pittsburgh, where Schmidt exhibited three new paintings.
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Dr. Anupama Shanmuganathan, Assistant Professor of Biology,
presented the following:
Shanmuganathan, A. “Bacteria in the dirt: an inquirybased lab curriculum in the first biology core course.”
Poster at the American Society of Microbiology’s
Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASM-CUE)
meeting in Danvers, MA, May 2014.
Shanmuganathan, A. “Selective flipping: a problem
solving-based approach to teaching DNA replication.”
Poster at the American Society of Microbiology’s
Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASM-CUE)
meeting in Danvers, MA, May 2014.
Dr. Shanmuganathan also mentored the work of Christine Dee
(’15) and Christopher Casagrande (’15), who presented the poster
“A four-year assessment of soil bacterial diversity in SW
Pennsylvania” at the National Conference on Undergraduate
Research, Lexington, KY, April 2014.
Dr. Dana Shiller, Associate Professor of English, presented the
following:
“Reviving the Master: The Reanimation of Henry James.”
Northeast Modern Language Association, Harrisburg, PA,
April 2014. Dr. Shiller also chaired a panel on “Reviving and
Revising Henry James” at this conference.
“Teaching ‘Famous Men’ in Context.” Northeast Modern
Language Association, Harrisburg, PA, April 2014.
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Kyle Simpson, M.M., Assistant Professor of Music, presented the
following:
“Feeling Comfortable with Improvisation.” Lawrence
University Jazz Weekend, Appleton, WI, November 2013.
Composer-participant at the Charlotte New Music Festival
in Charlotte, NC, July 2013.
“Urgency”—for flute, violin, and marimba, and “Between
Two Worlds”—for flute, violin, cello, and percussion. Two
new classical works for chamber ensembles.
Co-leader and co-founder of the The Jazz Conspiracy
Swingtet that Presents new concerts of Swing and BigBand music in the Northside of Pittsburgh every month at
the Elks club.
Dr. Sharon Taylor, Associate Professor of Modern Languages,
presented "Torment and Rebirth in Le Livre d'Emma by MarieCélie Agnant" in a seminar session titled “Affect, Trauma, and
Memory in Contemporary Postcolonial Poetics” at the Northeast
Modern Language Association Convention, Harrisburg, PA, April
2014.
Dr. Katherine Ternes, Associate Professor of Modern Languages,
presented the following:
“Cinematic Scenarios in Mexican Vanguard Literature:
Mechanization in Moderation.” Faculty Colloquium, W&J
College, Washington, PA, November 2013.
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“The Impact of International Service Learning on
Intercultural Competence.” ACTFL Annual Convention and
World Languages Expo in Orlando, FL, November 2013.
Dr. Linda Troost, Chair and Professor of English, presented the
following:
“Pride and Prejudice in its Own Time: Reading the
Newspaper in 1813.” Jane Austen Society of North
America, Minneapolis, MN, September 2013.
“Text-Mining Pride and Prejudice,” Chawton House Centre
for Early Women Writers, Chawton, England, July 2013.
“Read Like it’s 1813,” Pride and Prejudice Bicentenary
Conference, Cambridge University, England, June 2013.
Dr. Timothy M. Wagner, Adjunct Faculty in Education, presented
“American Studies,” a panel presentation at Bridges Across
Cultures International Conference on the Arts and Humanities,
Umbra Institute, Perugia, Italy, June 2013. Dr. Wagner also
chaired the panel, Pedagogic Studies, at this conference.
Dr. Yongsheng Wang, Associate Professor of Economics,
presented "The Economic Impact Analysis of Marcellus Shale
Development for Washington County in PA—An Overview from
2004 to 2013," at the inaugural State of the Economy Conference
of Washington County, PA, February 2014.
Dr. Susan Woodard, Professor of Music, presented "Mozart and
Freemasonry" for the Canon- McMillan School District Music
Department faculty on November 5, 2013. Members of the
Canon-McMillan faculty joined Dr. Woodard and her MUS 255
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class for a lecture-presentation on the composer's rich repertory
of Masonic music.
Fellowships and Grants
Dr. James Benze, Associate Professor of Political Science, Dr.
Jennifer Harding, Associate Professor of English, Dr. Thomas
Mainwaring, Professor of History, Dr. Karin Maresh, Associate
Professor of Theatre and Communication, and Dr. Mark Swift,
Chair and Professor of Music, received the first Mellon Seminar
Grant to develop an interdisciplinary program in American Studies
during the summer of 2014.
Dr. Robert East, Associate Professor and Director of
Environmental Studies, and Dr. Yongsheng Wang, Associate
Professor and Director of Financial Economics, were awarded a
grant by the ASIANetwork and Freeman Foundation to lead six
students, Naomi Bick (’16), Conor Crowe (’15), Max Chomas (’15),
Hannah Hill (’16), Jake Meyers (’15), and Emma Russell (’16), in
research examining sustainable practices and economic efficiency
among automobile manufacturers in China and Japan. The
fieldwork will be conducted during summer 2014.
Dr. Robbie Iuliucci, Associate Professor of Chemistry, was
principal Investigator for a RUI NSF Chemistry award, “Measuring
and Modeling the Chemical Shift Anisotropy in Materials.”
Dr. Alice G. Lee, Professor of Biology, served as Program Director
for W&J’s 2008-2013 Howard Hughes Medical Institutes (HHMI)
Undergraduate Biology Program Grant. This is the third HHMI
program grant to W&J, totaling $2.3 million since 1996. Dr. Lee
has directed all three grants.
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Dr. James M. Longo, Professor of Education, directed the
Benedum Master Teacher Grant, 2013-2014.
Dr. Anupama Shanmuganathan, Assistant Professor of Biology,
and Dr. Anne McGrain, program coordinator in Biology, were
awarded funding by the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Foundation to
host a two-week residential summer science camp for
underserved and underrepresented middle school students. W&J
is the only small college to receive this funding.
Kyle Simpson, M.M., Assistant Professor of Music, was a
commissioned composer as a part of Lawrence University Jazz
Weekend, November 2013. Simpson was commissioned to write a
new jazz piece entitled Unknown Pathway. W&J College, West
Virginia University, University of Wisconsin Platteville and St. Olaf
College Jazz Ensembles subsequently performed the new work.
Dr. Kelly Weixel, Assistant Professor of Biology, received funding
from the Dean’s Innovation Fund, Summer 2013.
Research Projects
Dr. Ronald Bayline, Chair and Associate Professor of Biology,
continued research investigating gene expression during Manduca
sexta muscle development with Miguel García Ortegón, Rafael
Blanco Dominguez, and Jesús Lavado García, Spanish exchange
students, in the Fall of 2013. Anthony Bocchine (’14) and Antonio
Farias Alves (an exchange student form Brazil) also carried out
projects investigating neural control of muscle development and
function in Manduca.
Dr. Barry Chametzky, Adjunct Instructor of Modern Languages,
conducted research in the areas of Online Learning; Classroom
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Management; and Anxiety and the Online Foreign Language
Learner.
Dr. Michael Crabtree, Professor of Psychology, conducted
research on
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy.
Dr. Robert East, Associate Professor and Director of
Environmental Studies, continued collaborative research with the
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, examining the role of
agroforestry in mitigating forest encroachment around the Amani
Nature Reserve in Tanga Region, Tanzania. Originally jump-started
by a summer Mason Grant awarded to Dr. East, the project has
since received supplemental funding from the International
Council for Research in Agroforestry. Dr. East’s current role is
assisting in the design of a handbook for NGO field staff on
Participatory Action Research methodologies suitable for the East
Usambara Region.
Dr. Zheya Gai, Professor of Political Science and International
Studies, signed a book contract with Bloomsbury Academic in
March 2014 as a coauthor of a book entitled China’s Peaceful Rise,
to be published in 2015. She is working on the proposed book
during her sabbatical leave in Spring 2014, including a research
trip to China in February 2014.
Dr. Robbie Iuliucci, Associate Professor of Chemistry, collaborated
with Professor Harper at University of Central Florida on NMR
Crystallography. Dr. Iuliucci also participated in Integrated
Computational and Experimental REU Site at Duquesne University.
Dr. Jason Kilgore, Assistant Professor of Biology, led the
development of the W&J Campus Arboretum and recognition of
W&J as a Tree Campus USA 2013, sponsored by Arbor Day
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Foundation and Toyota. In Summer 2013, Dr. Kilgore and Lindsey
Dove (’16) evaluated campus trees with funding from Dean’s Fund
for Innovation and Development. In Fall 2013, the Arboretum
Advisory Committee was formed by Dr. Kilgore and Jim Mirage
(Grounds Supervisor, Facility Services / GCA) to guide the planning
and development of the Campus Arboretum; members include
Dean Michael Shaughnessy, Dean Catherine Sherman, Dr. Robert
East, Julie Throckmorton, Kyle Karwatski (’14), Lindsey Dove (’16),
and David Kraueter. The Campus Arboretum website
(http://lem.washjeff.edu/arboretum/) was developed and
launched by Kyle Karwatski (’14), and a brochure with arboretum
map was developed by Emily Kauffman (’14).
Dr. Tuan Viet Le, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics,
researched the topics of Corruption and Monetary Policies
Efficiency and Corruption and Inflation: An Empirical Test.
Dr. Alice G. Lee, Professor of Biology, continued as a coinvestigator with faculty from Carnegie Mellon University to
develop and implement Cognitive Genetics Tutor programs. This
is the 10th year of Dr. Lee’s involvement in the project, which is
funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Michael S. Leonard, Associate Professor of Chemistry,
mentored the research of the following students in independent
studies:
Joshua D. Etzel (’14), on the topic, “Progress Toward the
Synthesis of (+)-Laburnamine.”
Sarah J. Nainar (’14), on the topic, “Developing a Betulin
Isolation Lab for the Introductory Organic Chemistry
Laboratory.”
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Andrew T. Pingitore (’14), on the topic, “Studying the
Cleavage of Esters Using the Hammett Equation.
Joshua Tropp (’15), on the topic, “Progress Toward the
Synthesis of the Choi Framework.”
Dr. James Longo, Professor and Chair of Education, traveled to
Monte Verde, Costa Rica, Intersession 2014, researching English
as a Second Language (ESL) methods at the Cloud Forest School in
Monte Verde, Costa Rica.
Dr. Anupama Shanmuganathan, Assistant Professor of Biology,
mentored the research of Christine Dee (’15) and Christopher
Casagrande (’15) characterizing soil bacterial communities at the
Abernathy Field Station using culture-independent approaches.
Kyle Simpson, M.M., Assistant Professor of Music, is working with
professor John Cantine of Pittsburgh Filmmakers in scoring
Cantine’s 2014 short film, Aftermath.
Dr. Deborah Sunderland, Visiting Assistant Professor of
Chemistry, mentored the research of James Aldridge (’15), on the
topic, "Synthesis of Some Novel Pyrochlores."
Dr. Yongsheng Wang, Associate Professor of Economics,
conducted the following research:
"The Economic Impact Analysis of Marcellus Shale
Development for Washington County in PA." With D.
Stares.
"Unconventional Shale Gas Development: Economics and
Impacts." Book Co-edited with W. Hefley, forthcoming in
Fall 2014 by Springer Publishing.
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"A Trendy Design or a Wise Business Solution: An Analysis
of LEED Commercial Buildings in Top 20 U.S. Cities." With J.
Stanley.
"Economics, Ethics, and Corporate Social Responsibility."
With M. Chomas (’15).
Dr. Kelly Weixel, Assistant Professor of Biology, researched “The
Endosomal & Recyling Itinerary of ENaC” at University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine Summer 2014
Other Honors and Activities
Dr. Judith K. Atzler, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages,
organized “Write it Down! Teaching Writing in the Foreign
Language Classroom” at NeMLA, Susquehanna University,
Harrisburg, PA, April 2014.
Dr. Ronald Bayline, Chair and Associate Professor of Biology,
received the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
Distinguished Service Award. The Service Award is given to
recognize individuals who have made outstanding efforts towards
the continuing development of FUN as an organization. Dr.
Bayline was recognized for the four years that he served as
treasurer-elect and treasurer for the organization.
Patrick Caffrey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, served as a
peer reviewer for Environmental History.
Dr. Rosalie T. Carpenter, Professor of Education:
Attended the 21st Annual South Eastern Healthcare
Volunteer Association Leadership Conference in Nashville,
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Tennessee: “Tune with the Challenge of Excellence,”
March 2014.
Kappa Delta Epsilon Collegiate Writing Award Presented to
Gamma Omicron in recognition for the outstanding
contributions to The Current, November 2013.
Volunteer/Participant at the West Virginia Hospital
Association Leadership Conference, White Sulfur Springs,
WV, September 2013.
Dr. Barry Chametzky, Adjunct Instructor of Modern Languages:
Completed Ph.D. in Education, Northcentral University,
April 2013. Nominated for Dissertation of the Year.
Peer reviewer for MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and
Teaching, 2013-present.
Mentor and editor for doctoral students and candidates at
Northcentral University, 2011-present.
Peer reviewer for the International Journal of Online
Pedagogy and Course Design, 2013-present.
Dr. Candy DeBerry, Associate Professor of Biology, Attended
Earth Perfect?: Nature, Utopia, and the Garden, a conference at
the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, June 2013. Dr. DeBerry
also created and serves as administrator of the W&J Biology
Facebook page.
Scott Frank, Professor of Theatre and Communication, received
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Gold
Medallion, for work as the Regional Chair of the National
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Playwriting Program for the Kennedy Center American College
Theatre Festival, 2013. Professor Scott also received the KCACTF
Certificate of Merit for the ensemble acting of the cast of The
Spring Harvest, which he directed in 2013, and the KCACTF
Certificate of Merit for directing the concert reading of That Good
Night at the Region 2 Festival in 2014.
Dr. Zheya Gai, Professor of Political Science and International
Studies, serves as Chair of Board of Directors at ASIANetwork, a
consortium of over 160 liberal arts colleges in North America to
promote Asian Studies, 2013-2014.
Dr. Lori Galley, Associate Professor of Economics and Business:
Audit, Tax, Valuation & Business Technology, Grossman
Yanak & Ford LLP Group, South Point, Canonsburg,
November 13, 2013.
Women’s Leadership Council Breakfast – Westin
Convention Center, September 12, 2013, United Way
Council.
Accounting Education Conference (PICPA) – July 19, 2013 –
Hershey, PA – panel supervisor.
Assessing Learning & Cost in Course redesign, Cengage
Learning Webcast, May 7, 2013.
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve, NACVA &
the CTI Group Webinar, June 6, 2013.
Preparing & Reporting on Cash & Tax Basis Financial
Statements, the Mandray Group, Webcast, July 22, 2013.
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Fraud Risk Valuation, Consulting Training Group Webinar,
July 29, 2013.
Recurring Deficiencies in Compliance Accounting, Review
Engagements and How to Avoid Them, The Mandray
Group Webcast, July 29, 2013.
The Truth, The Whole Truth & Nothing But Persuasion,
American Institute of Expert Financial Accounting
Webcast, July 30, 2013.
Making Horses Thirsty & Increasing Motivation in
Accounting Students, Webcast, Cengage Learning, August
12, 2013.
Intelligent Response Technology in Accounting, Best
Practice in Accounting Technology, McGraw Hill Webcast,
September 13, 2013.
Connect Accounting Lear Smart & Smart Book: Best
Practice in Accounting, Webinar, McGraw-Hill, October 20,
2013.
Going Concern Issues: Implications for Auditors, Reviewers
& Complications, October 23, 2013.
Getting Down to Business: Using Electronic resources to
Support Business Programs, Cengage Learning Webcast,
October 29, 2013.
Independence Issues: Current Practice Considerations &
Upcoming Changes, The Mandray Group Webinar,
November 6, 2013.
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Preparing & Reporting on Cash & Tax, Basic Financial
Statements, The Mandray Group Webinar, November 18,
2013.
What You Don’t Know About Annuities Can Hurt You
Financially, Legend Financial Advisors, Webinar, February
12, 2014.
Strategies and Tips for Engaging Today's Students,
Cengage Webinar, March 18, 2014.
Last Minute Tax Planning Tips and Surprises for 2013,
Legend Financial Advisors Webcast, March 17, 2014.
William Mitchell, Esq. – Economic Analysis Expert Witness
Case Analysis Consultant.
PICPA Student Writing Competition Faculty Sponsor.
Dr. Charles Hannon, Professor of Computing and Information
Studies and Associate Dean of the Faculty, attended the annual
meetings of the American Conference of Academic Deans and
Association of American Colleges & Universities, Washington, DC,
January 2014. Dr. Hannon also continues to serve on the Visiting
Committee for the Department of English, West Virginia
University.
Dr. Jennifer Riddle Harding, Associate Professor of English, was
invited to join the International Review Board for the Language,
Style, and Literature book series published by Palgrave MacMillan.
Dr. Jason Kilgore, Assistant Professor of Biology, co-developed
and co-manages the Permanent Forest Plot Project Collaborators’
Website as part of the Ecological Research as Education Network.
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Dr. Kilgore also led an edible plants workshop at Mingo Creek
County Park in April 2013, and leads the annual Springs Wetland
Walk for Chartiers Creek Watershed Association.
Dr. John F. Krol, Associate Professor and Chair of the Sociology
Department, attended Annual Meeting of the North Central
Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2014.
Dr. Carolyn Kyler, Professor of English, is a national board
member of the College English Association.
Dr. Jennifer L. Logan, Associate Professor of Chemistry,
participated in “Couture, Cosmetics, & Chemistry Workshop” for
young students, organized by the Greater Pittsburgh Area Women
Chemists Committee, University of Pittsburgh, April 2014.
Dr. Gregg Osborne, Chair and Associate Professor of Philosophy,
served as a referee for the journal "Synthese." Dr. Osborne
also served as co-organizer of the fourth annual Pittsburgh Area
Philosophy Colloquium, chaired a working group that met as part
of this conference, and provided extensive written and oral
comments on a paper presented at this conference.
Pat Maloney, Professor of Art, is the recipient of the 2012 Rotary
International Service Award for her many humanitarian efforts in
Africa, India, and Haiti.
Dr. Karin Maresh, Associate Professor of Theatre and
Communication, directed two plays: Summer of Love, Valley
Players of Ligonier, Ligonier, PA; and Murdered to Death, Apple
Hill Playhouse, Delmont, PA.
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Dr. Kathleen McEvoy, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and
Associate Professor of English, was appointed to the Peters
Township Library Board.
Dr. Susan Medley, Associate Professor of Music, organized and
conducted the second annual Pittsburgh Sings: The Pittsburgh
Concert Chorale’s Festival of Choirs in October 2013. The
education outreach event featured four choirs in concert at
Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland and concluded with a
performance by the combined choirs led by Dr. Medley.
The W&J Camerata Singers, led by Dr. Medley, will sing the
National Anthem at PNC Park for a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball
game in April 2014.
Dr. Stuart Miller, Professor of Sociology, hosted, on behalf of the
College, an address by Dr. Edward Latessa, a nationally and
internationally known expert on “What Works and What Doesn’t
Work” in corrections for law enforcement, court and supportive
agencies of the criminal justice system in Washington County.
Pat Maloney, Professor of Art, attended the 36th Annual Fulbright
Association Conference with the theme, "Fulbright in Action," in
Washington, DC, October 2013.
Patrick Schmidt, Associate Professor of Art, attended a mosaic
workshop at the Magic Garden in Philadelphia, PA, September
2013.
Dr. Anupama Shanmuganathan, Assistant Professor of Biology,
served as a peer reviewer for soil microbial ecology manuscripts
received by the open-access journal, PLoS ONE.
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Dr. Dana Shiller, Associate Professor of English, completed 15
months of participation in the Washington Civic Leadership
Institute, a project funded by W&J and the Benedum Foundation
and facilitated by the Coro Institute in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Catherine Sherman, Assistant Dean for Academic Advising,
attended the annual meetings of the American Conference of
Academic Deans and Association of American Colleges &
Universities, Washington, DC, January 2014.
Kyle Simpson, M.M., Assistant Professor of Music, was a 2013
semi-finalist for the American Prize in Composition for his newest
orchestral work, 1845 They Stepped Through The Fire.
Dr. Robert Vande Kappelle, Professor of Religious Studies, is
listed in the 68th edition of Who’s Who in America, 2013.
Dr. Timothy M. Wagner, Adjunct Faculty, Education Department,
earned an Ed.D. in administrative and policy studies specializing in
school leadership from the University of Pittsburgh (August 2013).
Dissertation title: Supporting Refugee Children in Pennsylvania
Public Schools. Dr. Wagner was also appointed middle level
English Language Curriculum Leader for the Upper St. Clair School
District, August 2013.
Dr. Kelly Weixel, Assistant Professor of Biology, delivered a special
studies section at the Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New
York: “The Alchemist in the Kitchen,” July 2014
Dr. Susan Woodard, Professor of Music, along with members of
her Spring 2013 Chamber Music Class, was featured at a Suites
Before Lunch concert at First Presbyterian Church on May 1, 2013.
Students Rebeca Miller ('14, violin), Luke Gatten ('14, piano) and
Hannah Russell ('13, cello) joined Dr. Woodard and Adjunct
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Instructor in Violin, Richard DiAdamo, in a program of music by
various composers for duos and trios as part of the grantsupported Chamber Music Project at W&J.
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