Faculty/Staff News of Note
May 2002
Dr. Dawn Blasko, associate professor of psychology, presented a poster titled "A Moment in Time: Metaphor and Imagination in Haiku" at the Euresco Conference on Mind, Language, and Metaphor, held April 20-24 in Kerkrade, The Netherlands. Her co-author was Matthew Stevenson '02.
Charles A. Brown, lecturer in accounting, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation, "The Impact of Qualitative Information on Auditors' Materiality Judgements," on April 4. On May 11 he will graduate from Kent State University with a doctorate in business administration, a major in accounting, and a minor in finance.
Brown presented "Association of Subsequent Earnings to Disaggregated Earnings, Book Value of Equity, and Earnings Expectations: A Case of the Banking Industry," at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Association, held April 11-13 in Covington, Kentucky.
Brown and a co-author, Mark Mymng, assistant professor at Ball State University, have had their article, "An Inter-Industry Comparison of Earnings Response Co-efficients," published in the Journal of Business and Information Technology.
Dr. Kristen Burkholder, lecturer in history, presented "Uncovering Coverings: Clothing and Other Textiles in Late Medieval English Wills," at the 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, held May 2-5 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
A book by Dr. Antonella Cupillari, associate professor of mathematics, received a very favorable review in the February, 2002, issue of Mathematics Teacher. Reviewer Walter Sanders wrote, "Cupillari's book, 'The Nuts and Bolts of Proofs,' is a must-have for every mathematics teacher's library."
Ronald DelPorto, lecturer in computer science, and Carla Torgerson, instructional designer, presented "Tips for Effective Instructional Use of ANGEL" at the Teaching and Learning Consortium's Eighth Annual Colloquy, held May 8 at University Park.
Donna Fuller, admissions counselor, received her master of science degree in organizational leadership from Mercyhurst College on Saturday, May 18.
Dr. Diana Hume George, professor of English and women's studies, lectured on creating and structuring nonfiction books at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 29. She also presented a reading of poetry and essays May 2 at Broome College in Binghamton, New York.
J. Andrew George, lecturer in mathematics, presented "Touched by an ANGEL―in a Math Course" at RECAM Mathematics Conference, held May 15-17 in Canton, Ohio.
Dr. David Hunnicutt, assistant professor of biology, attended the meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held May 19-23 in Salt Lake city, Utah.
Kay Johnson, lecturer in finance, participated in an item-writing session at the American College in Bryn Mawr April 19-20. The weekend was devoted to writing test items and reviewing cases for the comprehensive two-day Certified Finanical Planner (CFP) certification exam. Johnson has provided various services to the CFP Board over the past nine years. Johnson also has completed writing The Mathematics of Bonds for Meridian Creative Group, a division of Larson Texts, Inc., and contracted to write The Mathematics of Mutual Funds. These workbooks are a continuation of the Mathematics for Everyday Living series which includes her prior books, Personal Budgeting and Stocks. She plans an international workbook later this year.
Kevin Norton, lecturer in geology, presented a paper, "Late Quaternary Glacial History of the Lower St. Louis River and Estuary," at the International Association of Great Lakes Research, held May 21-25 in Houghton, Michigan.
Dr. Diane H. Parente, assistant professor of management, has had her article, "An Exploratory Study of the Sales-Production Relationship and Customer Satisfaction," accepted for publication in the International Journal of Operations and Production Management.
Dr. Clare Porac, professor of psychology and director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, recently presented an invited colloqium in the psychology department at the University of Missippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Her talk was titled "Do Left-handers have an Elevated Risk of an Early Death? The Current Status of the Elimination Hypothesis."
Dr. John Rossi, associate professor of history, has been selected program chair for the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Economic and Business Historical Society, which will convene in Memphis, Tennessee, April 24-26, 2003.
Dr. Yorke Rowan, lecturer in anthropology, has signed a publishing agreement with AltaMira Press for an edited volume titled Marketing Heritage: Archaeology and the Consumption of the Past. Rowan will be senior co-editor, with Professor Uzi Baram (New College of Florida). The volume is based on a session organized by Rowan at the 2001 American Anthropological Association Meetings in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Kimberly A. Skarupski, director of research at CORE, co-authored a manuscript titled "Predictors of Aspiration Pneumonia in Nursing Home Resident" that has been accepted for publication in the journal Dysphagia. Aspiration pneumonia is a serious problem for institutionalized older adults, often requiring transfer to a hospital and is associated with a high mortality rate. This study examined data for more than 100,000 nursing home residents in three states and fit a regression model identifying significant predictors of aspiration pneumonia.
Dr. Peter B. Southard, assistant professor of management, has had his article, "Community Banking in the e-Business Era," accepted for publication in the Fall/Winter 2002 issue of the Journal of International Technology and Information Management.
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