College of Arts and Sciences

Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne Fall 2011

Hearing the Possibilities | p. 16

Social Research is Fun?! | p. 18

Talking about Preservation | p. 21

Wielding Expertise and Experience | p. 24

LGBTQ Resource Center | p. 26

Community Advisory Board | p. 28 2011 International Photo Contest third-place photo in the Favorite Cultural Interaction category: “Little Boys” taken in Jakarta, Indonesia, by James Duane Schwartz “As I walked the busy alleys of Old Batavia these three young boys pleaded for a picture. The unique pose they offered was more charming than I had anticipated! The trio expressed delight, mischief, and friendship that will never be forgotten.” Other winning photos are provided throughout the Department Spotlights, p. 2–15

Cover Photo: Campers at the Miami Language Day Camp learn the basics of the game of lacrosse. For more about the day camp and the Three Rivers Language Center, see the story on p. 21.

Collegium is a publication for the alumni of the Features College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University–Purdue University Hearing the Possibilities | p. 16 Fort Wayne. It is produced by the College of Arts and Sciences Social Research is Fun?! | p. 18 in collaboration with University Relations and Communications. Talking about Preservation | p. 21 Editor and Writer Cathleen M. Carosella Wielding Expertise and Experience | p. 24 Contributing Writer Kendra Morris Copy Editor Tamara Sorg LGBTQ Resource Center | p. 26 Designer Ruth Petitti

Community Advisory Board | p. 28 We’d love to hear from you! Collegium College of Arts and Sciences IPFW 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard In Every Issue Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 Department Spotlights | p. 2 260-481-0686 [email protected]

Alumni Updates | p. 30 IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access University. 09-10-166 Letter from the Dean Dear Friend of the the grounds of the Lyceum with the College of Arts and Sciences, Peripatetics. Our modern students do not have the time or patience necessary for When achieved at the highest levels, learning through deliberate dialectical learning exhibits three key characteristics: debates like the Scholastics. The great it is retained long after it is received, challenge of modern education is transforms the learner, and illuminates teaching large numbers of students connections and opens new paths using pedagogical approaches that of intellectual exploration by linking support—rather than undermine—those disparate domains of knowledge. Likewise, processes of deep learning we know are three requirements must be met to effective. Faced with the need to balance achieve higher-order learning. First, the inherent inefficiency of learning with learning requires significant exertions the economic reality of ever increasing by the learner, other participants in the costs of instruction, COAS will undertake a community of learners, and those charged two-year comprehensive self-study of its with guiding and informing the learning organization, efficiency, requirements, and process. That is to say, lasting, impactful, outcomes. and integrative learning is an arduous process for all involved. Second, learning COAS faculty and administration have requires significant lengths of time. Time joined colleagues from across IPFW to must be committed not only to the initial discuss the future of higher education. In act of instruction but also to the periods turn, IPFW has taken a national leadership of reflection and collaboration necessary role in the Red Balloon Project, sponsored to achieve the levels of synthesis and by the American Association of State integration characteristic of higher-order Colleges and Universities (bit.ly/qtmD4B). learning. Third, learning environments During the 2011–12 academic year and require resources that initiate and sustain beyond, the college will explore ways to higher-order learning: physical facilities, improve the quality of student learning, access to and application of technology, strive to increase the number of students and—most importantly—human completing our programs, and maximize resources. the efficiency of our instructional practices.

In the College of Arts and Sciences (COAS), I look forward to working with all COAS our goal is to produce learning that goes stakeholders, including our alumni, to beyond the superficial, and we understand launch a process of self-evaluation that that the process will be difficult, time- I anticipate will be both informative and consuming, and require the commitment of transformational. I wish you all the best for resources. Learning is, by any measure, an a successful and productive year. inherently inefficient process. Yet I can say, with considerable pride, that judging by the accomplishments of you, our alumni, COAS provides impactful and high quality learning experiences to our students with a level of academic efficiency that maximizes IPFW’s limited resources.

The 21st-century U.S. higher education system cannot afford an individualized Carl N. Drummond learning style characterized by Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences contemplative perambulations around

| 1 Department Spotlights Research Support Grants for both internal and external research conducted during research grants, and the AS ANTHROPOLOGY summer 2011. secured $1.3 million in grants and contracts ($84,500 in new Summer Programs: In Awards: In April 2011, grants, $860,000 in continuing summer 2010 and 2011, the Archaeological Survey grants, $350,000 in contracts). the anthropology program (AS) received the Indiana The AS also employs 10 current offered two archaeological Department of Natural and former IPFW students. field schools—one in Belize Resources, Division of Historic and one in Indiana—as well Preservation and Archaeology’s as a Miami Indian language 2011 Archaeology Award. day camp hosted by the Three CHEMISTRY This is in recognition of Rivers Language Center (see their research efforts at the Vitamin B-6 Research: article about the day camp on Strawtown archeological site in Chemistry department alumna page 21). Also, Professor Rick Hamilton County, Indiana, and and assistant professor, Sutter led a bioanthropological other late prehistoric research. Karen Ericson, has been field research class in Peru If you would like to learn more working as the vitamin B-6 with two IPFW majors. Shawna about the AS, Strawtown, and director at IPFW. Her service Follis, who also participated in other projects, see the article research on vitamin B-6 IU’s Study Abroad program in on page 20 of the 2010 issue involves testing samples from Peru, and Tanvi Chhatiawala of Collegium, bit.ly/o3KTVo NASA, Shriners Hospital, conducted their own and other organizations, and supervised research projects Faculty: Department of making vitamin B-6-related through this class. Anthropology faculty published compounds. She has presented three edited volumes, seven Four undergraduate majors her research in publications book chapters, 11 journal (Shawna Follis, Tanvi and at conferences. articles, four book reviews, Chhatiawala, Alan Tse, and three peer-reviewed abstracts, Student Awards: The Laura Roe) received $1,000 and 30 professional reports. Arthur W. Friedel Scholarship, from the Office of Research, They also gave 21 conference Freshman Chemistry Award, Engagement, and Sponsored presentations. Anthropology and ICUC (1st Year) Chemistry Programs (RESP) Summer faculty secured $80,000 in Award were award to Mieke Peels, who also earned Dean’s List honors in fall 2010. She intends to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, eventually becoming a chemistry professor.

Faculty/Alumni and Leepoxy Scholarships were awarded to Steven “Tony” Zimmerman, a chemistry and economics double major. He is captain of the men’s cross-country team and earned Summit League Academic All-League honors the past two years. He was involved in rebuilding homes in Biloxi, Miss., for Hurricane Katrina relief, and he plans to 2011 International Photo Contest second-place photo in the Favorite Cultural Interaction category: “21st Century Nomads” taken in Gobi Desert, Mongolia, by Christine Ann Smith

2 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 For more information, see the UC2 Science Olympiad: Eight teams webpage at ipfw.edu/uc2. For regular from seven northeast Indiana high updates about new programming, schools took part in the 2011 follow UC2 on Facebook (facebook. Science Olympiad held at IPFW in UNIVERSITY com/uc2ipfw) or Twitter (twitter.com/ February. Northridge High School COMMUNITY uc2ipfw). (Middlebury) and Fort Wayne’s CONVERSATION Canterbury School (Newton team) took first and second place in the New Community-Focused Series: competition and advanced to the Indiana University Community Conversation state competition at Purdue Calumet in 2 (UC ) is a community engagement Hammond, Ind. Manchester High School program sponsored by COAS. The placed third and qualified for a Wild inaugural year’s events on the theme Card tournament at Ivy Tech–Lafayette. “The Promise and Problems of The Northridge team took first place Democracy” began in January with a at Calumet and 21st place in Division raucous town hall meeting featuring C at the National Science Olympiad in Indiana Speaker of the House Brian Madison, Wis. Bosma (R-Indianapolis). Each year, UC2 will feature a wide variety of related Weekly Podcast Series: Genocide, Teams from Columbia City High School, events centered on a specific theme. antiviral research, and geometry are just East Noble High School, Goshen High a few of the topics that have hit the Web School, Manchester High School, 2 As the UC program grows, events in a podcast series sponsored by COAS. Northridge High School, New Tech featuring university and community Vistas and Viewpoints launched in March Academy (Wayne High School), and speakers and presenters will incorporate 2011 and is available free through Canterbury High School (two teams) multimedia resources and social media to IPFW’s iTunes U page. Information about competed in the 25 events. More than initiate, expand, and sustain community subscribing to the podcasts is at 200 Olympic-style medals were awarded conversations. Most programs will be bit.ly/ebujCu. to participants in 25 events. taped and posted to the UC2 website. “A goal of UC2 is to keep the conversations In each podcast, Dean Drummond going beyond the events,” said Carl speaks with COAS faculty about his or Drummond, dean of COAS. “We want the her research in the humanities, sciences, community to sustain dialogue through mathematics, or social sciences. The our social media and websites.” purpose of the series is to provide listeners with easily accessible information about Events in spring 2011 included a lecture scholarship and research from COAS by Paul Helmke, former Fort Wayne mayor faculty. “Amazing things are being and president of the Brady Center to discovered here and I want everyone to Prevent Gun Violence, entitled “Tragedy know how vital and vibrant research is at in Tucson—Impact on Gun Legislation IPFW,” said Drummond. “Today’s highly and the Accessibility of Elected Officials”; mobile and highly connected society allows a panel discussion about John Locke’s us to provide relatively brief but content- treatise On Liberty; and Two Voices: An rich intellectual experiences delivered in Abortion Debate, which featured two such a way as to be accessible to anyone lawyers representing opposite sides with a curiosity for new knowledge. of this issue in a moderated debate Podcasting allows us to provide content facilitated by IPFW Associate Professor that is available on demand, is consumable Andy Downs. Fall 2011 sessions included through a broad range of delivery systems, a series of presentations to honor the and is subject to archiving so interested 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and listeners can return to episodes they might another on the 1965 Voting Rights Act. have missed.” Science Olympiad contestants complete a challenge involving fossils.

| 3 Retirement either attend medical school or graduate school. Lucille J. Hess, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, emerita associate Paul Szostak received a professor and chair of the Faculty/Alumni Scholarship. Department of Communication He also has earned multiple Sciences and Disorders retired Dean’s and Semester Honors, in July 2011 after an IPFW is a member of the IPFW career that began in 1968. Chemistry Club, and is She left IPFW after two years participating in undergraduate but returned in 1979. She received a Ph.D. from Indiana research in fall 2011. He plans University in 1984, and she was appointed assistant to obtain a B.S. in chemistry professor and director of the Speech and Hearing Clinic in with the biochemistry option. 1985, associate professor in 1992, and department chair in 2001. The Outstanding Student Affiliate award went to Alex She has published several computer-based training Ahmadi, who is the IPFW programs as well as many journal articles, several co- Chemistry Club president authored with her students. Hess estimates that she has and has participated in been involved in the training of nearly 185 students, many of undergraduate research whom have completed master’s degrees at other universities and works for the Center and have become licensed speech-language pathologists for Academic Support and or audiologists. Many of these graduates are working in schools, hospitals, and clinics in the northeast Indiana/ northwest Ohio area.

Hess is extraordinarily generous with the time she spends fostering the personal and professional development of her charges, inside and outside the classroom and clinic. Her determination to provide her students with the training and the motivation they need to excel was formally acknowledged when she received the Friends of the University Outstanding Teacher Award in 2006.

Hess has always shared her talent, training, enthusiasm, and natural instinct for hard work with the community, and the list of her contributions is astonishing. The short list includes founding the Fort Wayne Stroke Club in 1973 and serving as an advisor for 18 years; serving as an officer of Cedars Hope and, since 2005, its vice president; serving continuously in the First Steps of Allen County program since 1990, on its executive board for 14 years, with seven years of service as vice chair and one as president; working as a consultant to Head Start and a leader of Habitat for Humanity’s family support team; providing training in language development for the staff of Healthy Families of Allen County since 1990; and continuously volunteering her time and effort in support of many church-based charitable activities.

Her post-retirement plans are developing, but Hess plans to travel, continue her literacy work, engage in some research 2011 International Photo Contest first-place photo in the Favorite with adolescents and/or toddlers, and explore new topics and Cultural Interaction category: “Timorous” taken in West Sumatra, develop skills that she has not had the time to do. Indonesia, by James Duane Schwartz

4 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 Achievement (CASA) as a tutor who comes to CSD from the and supplemental instructor. IU Medical Center at IPFW. He did a summer internship Jonathan Dalby is acting CSD at the Hospital Corporation of chair while the department America in Nashville, Tenn., searches for a new chairperson organized a student trip to and a new assistant professor. Fermi Lab in Chicago, and Joy (Stepinski) Musser intends to go to dental school. returned to the department in fall 2011. Musser specializes The Outstanding Chemistry in voice disorders and other Major is Matthew Lash, neurogenic motor disorders. Front l-r – Camille Zimmerman, Jennifer Grote, Alicia Bigelow, Tanya who shares the Outstanding Linda Sickman joined the Gamble; Back row – Lucy Hess, Megan Bowers, Sarah Herendeen, Chemistry Graduate Award faculty in August 2011. Danae Westgerdes, Kayleigh Robinson, Melissa Helm, Jenna Gerig, with Matt Tescula. He has been Sickman’s areas of specialty Daneille Haggard, Sharon Egly, Jonathan Dalby on the Dean’s and Semester include language development Honors Lists each semester and disorders, phonological behavioral analysis therapy 2011 CSD Scholarships and is active in the Chemistry disorders, and literacy. Several for this child. To earn a and Awards: Graduating Club, College Republicans, years ago, Sickman taught gerontology certificate, Alisha senior Tanya Gamble was and Student Senate. Lash was the introductory course for Latham did an internship in named the Outstanding accepted into the IU School of CSD before returning to the audiology with the Carter Communication Sciences and Medicine in Terra Haute, Ind. University of Cincinnati to Hearing Clinics. Disorders Major for 2011. The award acknowledges a high The David P. Onwood earn a Ph.D. Megan Bowers, Stefanie standard of scholarship and Scholarship in Physical Student Research: Six Frybeck, Tanya Gamble, Jenna demonstrated effectiveness Chemistry was awarded to students elected to do an Gerig, and Sarah Herendeen in leadership or service roles. Zachary Szczepanski. Matt independent study (CSD 590) also completed their practicum Tanya regularly volunteered Tescula was awarded the during the 2010–11 academic requirement for the gerontology around the department and William F. Erbelding Award year, most under the direction certificate. served as secretary of the in Analytical Chemistry and of Professor Hess. Speech and Hearing Club this shares the Outstanding Senior honors student year. A cash award was given Chemistry Major with Carlee Andress developed a Tanya Gamble completed an to Gamble as an award from Matthew Lash. Faculty/Alumni parent’s information class for experimental investigation the Psi Iota Xi Theta Sigma Scholarships were presented the Beginnings Care for Life of the intelligibility of English Chapter in Syracuse, Ind. to Danielle Shawler, Nathaniel Center in Coldwater, Mich. speech produced by native Colglazier, Derek Romer, Jacob Meg Rondot, researched how speakers of Mandarin Senior Jennifer Grote was Smith, Shori Gerardot, Patrick to start a support group and Chinese who learned English awarded the generous Blubaugh, and Christopher started one for parents who as adults. She presented scholarship from the Anne M. Felton. Finally, COAS’s Wise have a hard-of-hearing child isolated words spoken by Balentine Foundation. The Scholarship was awarded to called Cocoon (COmmunication two native American-English scholarship funded by the Nathaniel Bryan. COnnectiON). The first meeting speakers and two Mandarin- Conrad Balentine family of was held in January, and she accented speakers to 10 Bluffton, Ind., honors their presented her research as a native American-English daughter and sister, Anne, who listeners under both quiet and COMMUNICATION poster display at the Indiana was deaf, blind, and physically Speech-Language Hearing noisy situations. Tanya then challenged. Grote was selected SCIENCES AND transcribed all six thousand DISORDERS Convention in April 2011. for meritorious scholarship and Danielle Haggard studied responses phonetically her interest in serving persons Changes: In spring 2011, after the vocabulary of Head and analyzed the results. with multiple disabilities. 22 years at IPFW and 10 with Start four year olds; Rachel She presented a research CSD, department secretary Jones observed therapy for summary at the Spring Honors Camille Zimmerman and Deb Ramer retired. Ramer’s a child with autism to study Symposium. Danae Westgerdes shared replacement is Joanne Blosser the effectiveness of applied the generous Downtown (Fort Wayne) Sertoma William

| 5 Doctor Scholarship for their Rho Chapter (New Haven, Rita Jakubowicz was awarded demonstrated high scholarship. Ind.) Scholarship. In addition a one-time textbook gift for the The award was named for to strong academic ability, she 2011–12 school year. a founding member of the appreciates the effect of an Sertoma Club. Zimmerman SLP by witnessing the language From the Communication plans to use her skills in growth of her younger brother and Disorders Clinic: Ten Spanish to provide bilingual who received early intervention students completed clinic intervention to persons of all services. this semester with five of ages; Westgerdes’s goals them earning gerontology are to help prevent Junior Alicia Bigelow received certificates. Four of the students communication disorders the Psi Iota Xi–Theta Theta participated in the Photography in infants and toddlers who Chapter (Fort Wayne) annual as Language program (see receive cochlear implants. CSD Textbook Award for her article on page 16). Clients scholarship and for her interest served in the therapy program Senior Melissa Helm received in teaching young children this year included a geriatric the Psi Iota Xi Delta Gamma (Fort who have hearing loss how to client, a university student, Wayne)–Donald Doster Memorial communicate. Alicia serves three school-aged students, and Scholarship. This award provides as the president of the IPFW one preschooler. CSD students tuition reduction for a CSD major Students for Life. chose an appropriate evidence- who has demonstrated academic based technique for their client’s excellence. Helm currently helps Amanda Hirshey was awarded disorder. As a result of therapy, a boy with autism and she the Dr. Robert W. and Susan L. all of the clients made good expresses great joy as she sees Dettmer Scholarship. This progress toward their goals. him accomplish socialization. scholarship is based on good In addition, the CSD students Helm is an energizer for other academic standing for a met all of their self-selected students, who acknowledged student in COAS. The donors goals for the clinical semester. this by electing her president of were connected to the medical Congratulations to Emily Bell, the Speech and Hearing Club. and educational aspects of Stephanie Fryback, Tanya the community and wanted Gamble, Megan Rondot, Averi Senior Kayleigh Robinson was to support students who have Smith, and Diana Snell for the awarded the Psi Iota Xi-Eta goals to work in these sectors. fine work they did as student clinicians.

ENGLISH & LINGUISTICS Student Internships: Although students learn much in IPFW classrooms, sometimes hands-on experiences are needed as well. So, the Department of English and Linguistics has increased its efforts to provide students with internships through which they can apply what they have learned about writing, research, and the English language in professional situations. These internships offer students the 2011 International Photo Contest first-place photo in the Most Picturesque or Unusual category: “Blue Glaciers opportunity to gain a richer and the Gentoos” taken in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, by Susan Elizabeth King

6 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 learning experience similar to focusing on less studied Oklahoma City Academic Path. Can’t miss TV show? what they would encounter languages in order to better history? B.A. in English Dexter Favorite film? The during the first months of a understand the argument literature from Loyola University best movie I’ve seen recently new job. structures. He notes that his in New Orleans, M.A. from is The Social Network. iPod background in anthropology University of Oklahoma in playlist? Ludacris, Paramore, Internships are an invaluable enables him to make sense of composition and rhetoric, the National, Arcade Fire, way of making job contacts, the data he collects and uses. and Ph.D. from Ohio State Kanye West, Band of Horses, gaining real-world experience, He primarily studies endangered University in composition Bruno Mars…I love music and and bolstering a résumé. In languages of the Americas, and rhetoric. Favorite class seeing live shows. Drink of internships, students work as focusing on revitalization and in college? 19th Century choice? Um, I wish I could say apprentices in positions that maintenance. In order to do this American Literature and also water but unfortunately I drink require significant amounts properly, Bischoff has developed Experimental Fiction. Moment entirely too much Coke Zero. of written communication, online resources including you knew you wanted to Go-to meal? Tacos of any research, editing, and/or web archives and searchable teach? My grandmother kind. They are easy to make or multimedia composing. They dictionaries. On that note, his taught high school English, and I love Mexican food. Day earn between one and three computational work involves my grandfather taught shop off? I know Sunday is a day course credits (ENGL W398). testing formal theories, and in high school, my dad works of rest, but I usually take off As part of the apprenticeship, creating tools for other linguists in higher education, and my Saturdays and do whatever I each student compiles a and resources for community younger brother has a Ph.D. want. Vacation spot? Tortola, useable portfolio of writing members on the Web. in engineering. I’d say it’s in New York, or Italy….all of them samples, creates an updated my blood. Road to position @ are other-worldly in some résumé, and writes a report Bischoff did not come to IPFW IPFW? Long. Getting a Ph.D. is way. Secret hobby/interest? about the intern experience. alone. He has a wife and two a serious pursuit and requires Reading tabloids. And I read children. His favorite comedian many years of education and the entire Twilight series Alumni Readers: Are you is the late George Carlin, who interested in creating an a lot of endurance. And writing (more than once). And have Bischoff holds high as a great a dissertation is hard. This is seen all of the movies so far internship or hiring an linguist himself. Bischoff also intern? Contact Suzanne my first junior faculty position, (some more than once). Most enjoys poetry; some of his and I am so thrilled to be embarrassing moment? See Rumsey ([email protected]) favorites include “La Terre est for information and assistance. working at IPFW. The students the answers above. bleue comme une orange” are great and the faculty New Faculty Profile: by Paul Eulard, “Prologue” has been really welcoming. by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Shannon Bischoff joined the I feel extremely lucky and GEOSCIENCE COAS faculty in fall 2010. “Tú me quieres blanca” by grateful to be here. Classes Bischoff received a Ph.D. in Alfonsina Storni, and “Lying taught @ IPFW? Business Message from Chair linguistics from the University in a Hammock at William and Administrative Writing, Solomon Isiorho: Geology of Arizona with a major in Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Elementary Composition, and is always in the news and formal and anthropological Minnesota” by James Wright. the Rhetoric of Pop Culture, people are becoming more studies and a minor in Now that Bischoff has finished so far. Career highlight(s)? aware of some of the geologic computational linguistics. a Ph.D., he plans on receiving So far, this job is the highlight. processes that take place on He also has a B.A. in English promotion after promotion, as Career aspiration(s)? I would and within the earth. Some of literature from the University of well as tenure. But his main like to develop a business these processes have resulted Alaska in Anchorage. Bischoff focus is to keep having a great writing service-learning course; in natural events/disasters taught for three years at the time with his teaching here at I would love to publish parts of such as the earthquakes in University of Puerto Rico at the university, and to continue my dissertation on women’s Haiti and Peru, and more Mayaguez before coming working with the many clever book clubs; and I think tenure recently, the earthquake and to IPFW. and interesting people he has is the next big thing in front of tsunami in Japan. Floods have met at IPFW. me. Best read? I read all of the occurred at diverse places Bischoff specializes in time. Trash and good stuff. The as well as landslides. These syntax and morphology from Questions for Kate White: best book I’ve recently read events alert the public of the formal, anthropological, and Name? Kristin Kate White (but is The Everyday Mind: 366 importance of earth processes. computational perspectives, I go by Kate). Hometown? Reflections on the Buddhist

| 7 Other Accomplishments: The 2010–11 school year brought a new dimension to the department. Two graduate teaching assistants (Peach Sundquist and Hope Sheets) taught a section of the freshman lab course. Miklos Cseri taught a Geographic Information System (GIS) course, and Jeffrey Logsdon taught the weather and climate course.

Six of our recent graduates— 2011 International Photo Contest third-honorable-mention photo in the Most Picturesque or Unusual category: Pamela Dugan, Betsy (Quinn) “Nijubashi Bridge” taken in Tokyo, Japan, by Christopher Mark Bach Yankowiak, Tammy Reece, Heather Samons, Melissa (Poor) The local media consults the ensuring that geology is better Ehrhart, and Nathaniel Ehrhart— faculty (usually Professor known through participation in are working in the industries as Emeritus Dipak Chowdhury) on major fairs; Science, Technology, environmental consultants, on earthquakes. Assistant Professor Engineering, and Math (STEM) Little River Wetland projects, or Aranzazu Pinan-Llamas and events; and in computer in the aggregate mineral sectors. Professor Isiorho gave a technological work. Four other graduates are presentation titled “Cracks, pursing graduate degrees; Tina Joints, Faults, Earthquakes, Publications and Research: Hill, Michael Harrison, Rachel and Japan” for the Sigma Xi Geosciences faculty have Nyznyk, and David Butcher are research society. published or edited 20 publications and three books in at the University of Wisconsin– Professor Anne Argast, 2010. Professor James Farlow Madison (2), Ball State, and to be more engaged with published eight papers along with Missouri State, respectively. the community, is working editing three books—a personal Geosciences faculty members with multiple constituents and departmental record. Dattilo, Pinan-Llamas, Gildner, (businesses, faculty, students) and Isiorho created sections to replace our aging and broken Eight students were involved in and participated in the Indiana Scanning Electron Microscope research projects that led to four Science Olympiad held on (SEM) and Energy Dispersive presentations at the combined the IPFW campus in February X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS). North Central/South Central 2011. Visiting Assistant Professor Geological Society of America Raymond Gildner, with a grant (GSA) meeting in Branson, Mo. from Division of Continuing Also, four students gave six Studies (DCS), is at the forefront presentations at the combined HISTORY of applied technology that North Eastern/North Central GSA New Frontiers: includes the use of iPads in meeting in Pittsburgh. A total Associate Professor Ann the classroom. In addition, of 14 students were involved in Livschiz received one of he presented “Google Earth professional scientific published Indiana University’s prestigious across the Disciplines” abstracts. Two of the 14 students New Frontiers grants in 2011. through the Center for the gave two different presentations New Frontiers provides grants Enhancement of Learning and at the Midwest Groundwater of up to $50,000 to support Teaching (CELT). conference in Columbus, Ohio. Assistant Professor Benjamin innovative work in the arts The staff (Diana Weber and Dattilo worked with eight of and humanities for IU faculty Clarence Tennis) are involved in the students. from all campuses. Livschiz

8 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 was awarded over $34,000 INTERNATIONAL 12 computers in use and Adam Papp and Kyle Garrison for her project, Holocaust in LANGUAGE AND CULTURE students sitting on the couches were awarded the Excellence Belorussia: Exploring a “Site STUDIES and chairs helping one another in Foreign Language Award of Forgetting.” with homework, reading books for German; Andrea Ritter and New Faces: The Department and magazines, playing board Kristina Karpun were awarded The grant allows Livschiz to of International Language games, and speaking various the Excellence in Foreign pursue her research, including and Culture Studies was very languages. Others watch one Language Award for French; research trips to Minsk in fortunate to hire three new of the 90 foreign TV channels Domingo Garcia and Francisco summer 2011 and spring continuing lecturers in fall available in the lab. Students Tapia-Silva were awarded 2012 and the Holocaust 2010. Farah Combs previously can check out DVDs, CDs, the Excellence in Foreign Museum in Washington, D.C. taught Arabic at West Point as well as books, magazines, Language Award for Spanish. She will also use her sabbatical Academy and Ohio State and reference material, or use Kiley Miller was awarded the in spring 2012 to pursue University. Laura Rodriguez- them in the lab. Among the Special Achievement in Foreign the project. Duran came to IPFW from activities offered in the lab Language Award for her Spain by way of West Virginia during the 2010–11 academic studies in French. The German Undergraduate Conference: to teach Spanish. Yuriko Ujike The third annual IPFW History year were presentations (on Heritage Scholarship was teaches Japanese and came to culture, grammar, and graduate awarded to Adam Papp and Department Undergraduate IPFW from Columbia University. Conference was held on school), immersion sessions Stephanie Boissy. (in Arabic and Spanish), a campus in April 2011. This Student Programs: ILCS workshop (origami), an open Several ILCS students spent year’s conference featured four students held or participated in house for all Fort Wayne time abroad this year. Cari panels: Church and Heresy in many events in 2010–11. The students of French, and Landrigan, Bosco Lo, and the Middle Ages; 20th Century Arabic program held an Arabic weekly international movies. Lyndsy Patterson spent the Genocidal Practices; Heroes, Immersion Day at which Most language clubs now 2010–11 academic year Villains, and Symbols; and Middle Eastern food and music meet in the lab and language studying French through the Creation of Culture in America. was enjoyed by students. The tutors from IPFW’s Center Indiana University program Eleven undergraduate students Japanese program held for Academic Support and in Aix-en-Provence, France, presented papers and IPFW many cultural events, including Advancement come weekly. and Erika York at the Institut history department faculty a calligraphy workshop, an d’Etudes Politiques in served as moderators. origami workshop, a Japanese Student Accomplishments: Strasbourg, France. Valerie cooking session, and movie “The conference provides At the 2011 COAS Honors Deustch spent her study nights featuring films about Banquet, the Excellence in abroad time in Santiago, Chile. an opportunity for our best Japanese culture and history. students to share their Foreign Language Award The Spanish program had winners were announced. research with an audience a Spanish Immersion Day of their classmates, faculty at which language, food, from the history and other and culture were enjoyed by departments, their parents, and many students. The Chinese interested members of the Fort program held two activities: Wayne community,” said Ann the 2011 Chinese Spring Livschiz, assistant professor Festival party with Fort of history. “It’s an opportunity Wayne Chinese Family Friend for students, some of whom Association and attending are planning to go to graduate the 10th China Bridge school, to get experience with Competition–US Midwest conference dynamics. And for Regional Chinese speech all students, it is an important contest. opportunity to develop public speaking/oral communication ILCS Language Lab: The skills and the confidence that lab has been a busy place 2011 International Photo Contest second-place photo in the Most comes with these skills.” since it re-opened in August Picturesque or Unusual category: “Splash of Color” taken in Antigua, 2010. It is often full, with all Guatemala, by Julia Marie Poorman

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Center of Excellence: The Human Rights Institute now has a viewing room with internet TV news channels streaming from around the world (Liberal Arts building, room 05), a blog for open discussion forums (ipfw- applied-ethics.posterous.com/), and a Facebook page (on.fb.me/onuQTp).

Welcome New Faculty: Jared Lindahl was hired in 2010 as a visiting assistant professor of religious studies to teach an array of courses 2011 International Photo Contest third-place photo in the Most Picturesque and Unusual category: “Gare de Nice Ville” taken in Nice, France, by Tammy Greuter Durnell on Asian religious traditions, especially Buddhism. Lindahl MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Math Alumni Dinner: The ninth recently completed a Ph.D. at annual Math Alumni Dinner was the University of California, Santa Graduating Class: Twelve held in April 2011 in the newly Barbara, with a dissertation on students received B.S. degrees, opened Keith Busse Alumni the significance of light in the four students received M.S. Center. The dinner was the first contemplative paths of Tibetan degrees, and one student event held in the new center. Buddhism and Greek Christianity. received the M.A.T. degree in Although not all the furniture was Abraham Schwab came to 2010–11. Hannah Chad and in place, everyone enjoyed the Keeton Zartman were awarded IPFW in fall 2010 as the “go- event in the new building. About to guy” for applied ethics. He the Maynard J. Mansfield Award, 35 alumni and faculty were in given by the department to the pursues interdisciplinary work attendance for a fine meal and on the ethical, legal, and social graduating senior who best an entertaining talk by IPFW demonstrates excellence in issues of the human microbiome, faculty member and alumnus with a personal research project academics and extracurricular John LaMaster. activities. exploring the intersection of the Changes: Joyce Vetter retired epistemic and the ethical (how Faculty Spotlights: David in May 2011 after 22 years do we know what we should Redett was promoted to in the department. Vetter was do?). He works with community associate professor with tenure part of a cadre of instructors members at Lutheran Hospital and Peter Dragnev to professor hired in 1991 to specialize in (Health Care Ethics Committee, in 2011. Yihao Deng received developmental and pre-calculus Institutional Review Board) and a Pippert Science Research mathematics. This group was other health care providers Scholar award in 2010, an award rewarded for their efforts in 1993 and businesses throughout established in 2000 to support by receiving the then School of northeastern Indiana. research efforts in mathematics Arts and Sciences’ Enhancement and the sciences. Deng has Faculty Publications: Quinton of Learning Award. Vetter was Dixie co-authored (with Peter established a productive research a valuable member of the Pre- Eisenstadt) Visions of a Better agenda over the past few years, Calculus Committee and many World: Howard Thurman’s with promise to continue to be other campus committees. We Pilgrimage to India and the an active researcher in statistical wish her much happiness in Origins of African American methods. her retirement. Nonviolence. Ioan Muntean

10 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 presented a paper, “The All three projects focused on In 2010, about 24 children lasted a week. It drew 10 Fiber Bundle at the Gates of helping students understand between the ages of 11 and attendees from Indiana and Metaphysics: Challenging Tim some basic physics concepts. 13 attended the Math and Illinois. The teachers learned Maudlin’s Proposal,” that will Science Camp. The Physics many of the same things as be published in the European Eric Tomek’s project was “Web Camp has young people the summer campers. In 2011, Journal for Philosophy of Cam Spectroscopy Laser aged 14 to 16. The Math and the department also offered a Science. Clark Butler will edit a Induced Fluorescence of Science Camp has been held more basic teacher workshop Human Rights Institute volume Play Doh,” in which he used on campus for many years. for teaching using interactive on children’s rights through three different lasers (red, Current chair Mark Masters engagement. Purdue University Press that green, and violet) to optically has been the camp’s director will include his essay “Child excite Play Doh, and a simple since 2004. The weeklong day spectrometer was built using Rights: A Philosophical and camp involves many hands POLITICAL SCIENCE Historical Analysis,” and his a DVD and a cheap webcam on activities—building water The Dialectical Method: A in order to perform a spectral rockets, hot air balloons, Student Accomplishments: Treatise Hegel Never Wrote is analysis of the fluorescence. robots, electric motors, cars, Political science major Luke forthcoming. Erik S. Ohlander Nathan Cheviron’s project bridges, and more. Kenworthy was appointed recently became executive was “A Mechanical Analog as a legislative assistant for editor of the Journal of Sufi In 2010, the Department of U.S. Representative Marlin of Nuclear Magnetic Physics received a LaserFest Studies, a new academic Resonance,” for which Stutzman (R-3rd district, journal, and co-edited Sufism grant from the American Indiana). Political science he assembled a system Physics Society in order to and Society: Arrangements involving an air bearing and graduate Tim Alderdice (B.A., of the Mystical in the Muslim put on a laser camp and a ’92) presented the paper perpendicular magnetic fields laser workshop, so the annual World, 1200–1800 with to create a system that does “Shedding Stigma: Kenyans John Curry of the University physics camps in 2010 and School an American in the Art the same thing as happens 2011 became Laser Camps. of Nevada, Las Vegas. Joyce on an atomic scale in Nuclear of Collaboration” at an event Lazier wrote a chapter on Campers came from as far sponsored by the Department Magnetic Resonance (also away as Texas to attend the Kantian ethics for Ethics: A used in MRIs). of Political Science and University Reader and two event. The weeklong camp has International Studies Program submissions for 100 Most Brian Bauman’s project the campers doing experiments in April 2011. Influential Arguments in was “Helping Students using lasers from laser range Western Philosophy. William Understand the Work-Kinetic finders to laser mazes to Potential Political Bruening recently wrote two Energy Theorem,” in which holography. Consultants: In fall 2010, e-notes for The New England he used a specially designed Associate Professor Michael The laser workshop the Wolf took five majors— Journal of Medicine. Bernd fan-propelled cart that was department ran in 2010 also Buldt is working on an edition turned on and off over various Michael McKinney, Ethan of Paul Bernays’ Selected distances to help students Works in Logic and the examine how the cart’s energy Philosophy of Mathematics and is increased over that finite recently submitted 10 articles distance. for consideration to the editors of the new Kant Encyclopedia. The IPFW students were mistaken for graduate and post-doctoral students and at least two editors requested that PHYSICS their research be submitted as Student Research: Three articles. physics students presented Camps and Workshops: The on their research projects at department runs two camps the American Association of every year: Math and Science Physics Teachers National Michael McKinney, Ethan Manning, Katherine Anderson, Leyla Mansour- Camp and a Physics Camp. Cole, and Joe Magistri participated in the American Association of Political Conference in January 2011. Consultants Academic Outreach Conference (see story, above)

| 11 Congratulations: Manning, Katherine Anderson, participants benefitted from Leyla Mansour-Cole, and funding from COAS as well Andy Downs, assistant Joe Magistri—to participate as the Department of Political professor of political science in the American Association Science. and director of the Mike Downs of Political Consultants Center for Indiana Politics, was Academic Outreach Conference EU Research Award: IPFW awarded COAS’s first Regional hosted by the Bliss Institute political science students won Engagement Award by the COAS at the University of Akron (see two of the three top awards Community Advisory Board (CAB), photo on previous page). The in the first annual EU College which established the new award conference was for students Research Paper Competition. to recognize members of COAS interested in careers in political The IU European Union Center who are committed to outstanding campaigns and consulting. sponsored the event, through and high-impact engagement with the northeast Indiana Each of the students who went which undergraduates from community. Ann Livschiz, associate professor of history, had already worked on political Indiana and Ohio were invited who nominated Downs, explains, “Downs embodies the campaigns. to submit papers on the EU’s principles of regional engagement, and we can think of no role as an international actor or other COAS faculty member more deserving of being the The American Association on the relationship between the recipient of the first Regional Engagement Award. He is an of Political Consultants is EU and US. The IPFW students exemplar of someone in COAS who is able to combine service, the preeminent professional who received the award were teaching, and scholarship into a coherent plan of action, organization for campaign Caitlin May Cooper for her with tremendous impact on his students, his colleagues, the consultants, managers, paper “European Neighborhood university, and the Fort Wayne community.” pollsters, and other campaign- Policy and Eastern Partnership: related fields. Sessions More or Less than a Blueprint As director of the Downs Center, Downs helps the people included overviews by for Reform?” and Michael of Indiana understand the role of government, politics, and campaign managers from Shanabarger for his paper civic involvement in their lives and encourages participation Ohio gubernatorial campaigns, “Kosovo and the European in public and political processes. This includes conducting established and new methods Union.” political polls to produce data for the Fort Wayne community, for winning campaigns, and local, regional, and national media. Also, Downs uses his successful mix of old/new expertise to provide outreach to local schools to help them media in campaigns, campaign PSYCHOLOGY refine their curriculum. He is the administrator of the Certificate ethics despite necessity of for Civic Education and Public Advocacy at IPFW and offers negative campaigns, and the 2010–11 Psychology a Foundations of Community Advocacy course to provide effects of the 2010 election Awards: Kimberley Jewell the necessary skills to students and community members on 2012. Presenters at received the Outstanding Senior interested in this field. panels were among the most in Psychology award, which well-respected campaign encompasses outstanding “Two of IPFW’s goals are to contribute to the development of experts, pollsters, managers, academic performance as well northeast Indiana and to foster learning and create knowledge. communication operatives, and as involvement in department/ I take these goals very seriously and try to integrate them into consultants working today. It campus/community service my teaching, service, and research. I also work to incorporate was particularly timely given the and in research or clinical the research and service I do with what happens in my classes. results of the midterm elections applications. She was honored Doing this does three things. It serves as an example to the only a couple weeks before. for her roles as a teaching students of how the research the scholars at IPFW are doing assistant, research assistant, can be applied in our community. It prepares the students The IPFW students were able and Psi Chi president, as well to apply what they have learned in the classroom in other to meet professionals at two as being a standout in the situations. Finally, it helps these current and future leaders different receptions, as well classroom. see how IPFW can contribute to the development of northeast as focus in-depth on a particular Indiana. I see it as a way to build a productive connection area of campaign management Kenneth Lahrman received between IPFW and our community. I’m honored to be chosen at a mentoring luncheon. IPFW the William James Award for this award and look forward to many more years of doing students were impressive in their (given to a graduating senior the work that this award recognizes.” participation, questions, and who has shown special professionalism. The conference initiative, participation, and/ 12 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 or accomplishments in the Scholarship awards (given face—what am I going to do study how mice learn about the classroom, with research, to psychology majors who after I graduate? He did not environment. In these studies, or application; named after demonstrate both academic see a connection between he teaches mice to find food the eminent psychologist/ excellence and involvement his interest in physiological that is hidden in several philosopher, William James). He outside the classroom in psychology and the job locations within a maze, and was honored for his excellence research or application for use market. After studying the then uses their ability to find both in the classroom and as a in the senior year). Forsyth was available options, Yoder began these locations at a later time research assistant. chosen for this scholarship to consider graduate school. as an index of their learning because of her outstanding He then worked as a lab abilities. Yoder hopes that his The Senior Excellence in academic performance technician for a year before spatial learning model will help Psychology award honors and her involvement as a deciding that he definitely increase understanding of the students who have shown research assistant. Renner has wanted to pursue graduate brain mechanisms that underlie academic excellence as well demonstrated excellence in studies and become a general memory functions. as involvement in either the the classroom and dedication professor. campus or the community. to her teaching and research What are Yoder’s comments Kayla Crance, who majored assistantship positions. While in graduate school at after a year as an assistant in both psychology and Bowling Green State University, professor at IPFW? “I really theatre, was honored for her New Faculty Profile: he received an award for his like IPFW’s continued growth. outstanding performance in Assistant Professor Ryan research from the Society for Despite the current economic the classroom and her role Yoder took the long route Neuroscience. This was the woes, IPFW continues to as a research assistant. Kevin to majoring in psychology. point at which he realized that expand and to provide many Crombie excelled not only Following a brief stint as he could be successful in a resources to students and in the classroom and as a a business management career in science. faculty that facilitate our ability research assistant, but also on major, Yoder was “undecided” to concentrate on our studies.” the soccer field. He played on during his sophomore year After five years in a post- the IPFW soccer team for four at the University of South doctoral position at Dartmouth News from Our Faculty: years in more than 50 games, Florida (USF). While enrolled College, Yoder moved with his Bruce Abbott will be starting and was named to the Summit in Physiological Psychology wife and two young daughters partial retirement in 2011. He League Academic All League and Physiology of Learning to Fort Wayne to join the will teach in the fall semester every season. Emily Meller during his senior year, he IPFW psychology department. each year. demonstrated excellence in became fascinated with the Yoder’s current research uses and out of the classroom. physiological mechanisms the performance of mice on Michael Bendele was inducted She has been an outstanding that contribute directly to spatial navigation tasks to into FACET (Faculty Colloquium research assistant, a PSY our cognitive 120 undergraduate teaching functions. He assistant, and participated in then chose not to field experience classes with spend the extra both IPFW Health and Wellness year to obtain a and Parkview Behavioral second major Health. Lindsay Roberts has in anthropology, been a research assistant for but focused on several professors, and she his interest in completed an honors thesis physiological on social influence and study psychology. behaviors. She presented her findings at the annual As his meeting of the Midwestern undergraduate Psychological Association in studies drew Chicago. to a close, Yoder faced the Alexandra Forsyth and Dawn same question 2011 International Photo Contest first-place photo in the Mastodons Abroad Renner were given Senior that many students category: “IPFW Goes to Nairobi” taken in Nairobi, Kenya, by Christine Ann Smith

| 13 on Excellence in Teaching), a article on page 26). One of her interesting findings community of faculty dedicated is that students’ reported text to recognizing and promoting Daniel Miller has been tenured messaging frequency and the excellence in teaching at IU and promoted to associate use of textisms are significantly campuses across the state. professor of psychology. related with literacy. She began Lesa Rae Vartanian received the by examining what people are Michael Bendele and Lesa actually texting and how that Rae Vartanian received the Teacher of the Year award from the IPFW Chapter of Sigma relates to their literacy skills. Bruening Advising Award from Additionally, Drouin has found IPFW’s COAS for their work in Xi, a professional society for scientists across disciplines. that students are using many advising psychology students textisms in their text messages: on academic probation. Vartanian presented a talk at IPFW’s Sigma Xi annual In a sample of about 2,000 Elaine Blakemore received banquet on her involvement messages, nearly one in every the Downs-Hollander Service of psychology undergraduate five words is a textism. Her next Award from COAS. Also, her teaching assistants in research step in this investigation is to measure the textism frequency recently published book, Gender about teaching. in Facebook messages and Development, was used as a also to examine the personality source for the New York Times Texting & Sexting: (see and literacy characteristics bestseller, Cinderella Ate My photo,below) About ten years that distinguish those who use Daughter, which explores how ago, while living in England, the “princess” culture affects some friends convinced textisms frequently from those the development of girls. Assistant Professor Michelle who use them infrequently. Drouin that she absolutely Jeanne DiClementi has been needed a “mobile” (cell) phone. Drouin’s research also delves appointed the first IPFW director How else would they get in into the phenomenon of sexting, of research compliance and touch with her? Although she on which she has been quoted chair of the Social Sciences felt that her “landline” (home in national and international Institutional Review Board phone) would be sufficient for media, including ABC News, at Purdue West Lafayette. communication, she reluctantly Times of India, and Globe DiClementi also recently agreed to enter the mobile & Mail (Canada). Her study established the Resource world. Drouin’s entry to this of sexting among college- Center at IPFW to provide world was uneventful; she aged adults in committed support services to students learned the technology with relationships revealed who identify as LGBTQ (see relative ease, and she was that about half had sent a usually able to decipher any provocative photo and about textisms (abbreviations used two-thirds a “sext” message to in text messages). However, their partners. “It’s a part of our nearly a decade later, she is dating culture to be doing this,” sometimes stumped by the she said. language she sees in text Drouin does not think messages. What, for example, adult sexting is indicative does kk mean, and how often of dangerous behavioral are people using it? And she is tendencies, but she explains also perplexed about why some that it does have some people use these abbreviations connections with less healthy and others don’t. relationship styles. “Those These questions have served who are anxiously attached as a basis for Drouin’s recent and those who are avoidantly attached were more likely Drouin (far right) demonstrates how to use an online survey program to research into texting and her research assistants, L to R: Brent Driver, Shema Bazazzadeh, Kimberly Facebook communication. to use texting,” Drouin said. Jewell, Jennifer Baatz, and Julie Stills “But when you broke it down,

14 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 women who were anxiously Involvement in a Minority, the campus community and International Women’s Day, attached were more likely to Urban High School,” a paper the public about poverty within which featured a speech by use sexting and were more based on her master’s thesis, the United States and around Dr. Linda Malkas, Vera Bradley likely be sending messages. at the annual meeting of the the world. The student group Professor of Oncology at the The men who were avoidantly North Central Sociological held three events to raise IU School of Medicine; the attached—those who dismiss Association in Cleveland in awareness of all aspects of Symposium on Reproductive the importance of interactions spring 2011. poverty—including topics Justice held at the Plymouth and relationships—were such as money management, Congregational Church of more likely to be receiving Promoting Anti-Racist homelessness, and everything Fort Wayne; and the Afghan those sexual text messages.” Attitudes through in between—with viewpoints Women Writers Project, which However, those in more Coursework: As part of from several disciplines beyond was organized by the Indiana secure relationships do not the Second Annual Diversity sociology. On Student Money Center for Middle East Peace. sext as much as those whose Training sessions, students in Management Day, IPFW relationships are the Race and Ethnic Relations students were treated to free Nearly 1,000 people attended less committed. course ran two diversity- food and money management the combined events, a focused training sessions advice. At another event, Kevin rich reward for all of the that were open to the general Danaher, Ph.D., of Global considerable effort and time public in March 2011. One put into the month by the SOCIOLOGY Exchange, gave a presentation session featured round-table on poverty within the United WOST Co-Curricular Activities Faculty/Student discussions facilitated by States and around the world. Committee. The committee is Scholarship: Associate three students as part of the And, finally, the SSA set up comprised of WOST students, Professor Christopher Bradley IPFW Diversity Showcase. The educational displays on poverty faculty, and staff, as well as and Kara Ritchhart (sociology second session featured two on the Science Mall. the director of the Center for undergraduate now in a presentations by students Women and Returning Adults. graduate program at the to educate participants on anti-racism. The committee is already at University of Milwaukee) WOMEN’S STUDIES work planning Women’s History presented the paper “Who “In the Race and Ethnic Month 2012, which will focus is More Likely to Punish? Relations course, I promote March Is Women’s History on the theme of women and To celebrate Women’s A Comparison of Religious anti-racist education,” said Month: power. One of the month’s History Month 2011, the Fundamentalists, Atheists Mieko Yamada, assistant major speakers has already Women’s Studies Program and Mainline Christians” professor of sociology. “The been arranged: Alice Eagly, (WOST) threw quite a bash— at the annual joint meeting best learning takes place professor of social psychology one that focused on the theme of the Religious Research when students link their at Northwestern University, will of women’s bodies. Partnering Association and the Society for knowledge from class to be the COAS Distinguished with the Center for Women the Scientific Study of Religion, their everyday lives. I hope Lecturer on the topic of and Returning Adults and Baltimore, Md., in October this opportunity will enhance “Women and Leadership” as nearly 20 other co-sponsors, 2010. Bradley, Tanja Nihiser students’ understanding of part of Women’s History Month (IPFW liberal studies graduate WOST brought six speakers to sociological knowledge while in March 2012. t campus. The month’s activities alumna), and Katherine practicing it.” Yamada also also included two other major Gerlaugh (IPFW graduate hopes all participants recognize events featuring IPFW faculty student in sociological practice the existence of racial and and students as speakers, now in the Ph.D. program at ethnic inequality and become including professors Rachel the University of Louisville) engaged in discussions to Hile, Janet Badia, Melanie presented their findings from solve the problems. the 2010 Airport Employee Bookout, Mary Ann Cain, and Survey to the Fort Wayne–Allen Fourth Annual IPFW George Kalamaras, and former County Airport Authority in Sociology Awareness WOST student Amy Arehart. December 2010. Katherine Week: The Sociology Student WOST partnered with the larger Gerlaugh presented “Student Association (SSA) used their Fort Wayne community to co- Engagement, Student-Teacher fourth annual Sociology host three additional events: Relationships, and Parental Awareness Week to educate

| 15 ((((HearingBy Cathleen M. Carosella the Possibilities lines at malls for pictures with the Easter bunny. So the class e think of diversity and discrimination as race, religion, “W decided to have a Sensitive Easter Bunny gender, sexual orientation, mobility differences and such, but I event at which children with disabilities could meet and have their believe that people who have communication disabilities are the picture taken with the Easter bunny in a calm environment staffed most discriminated against. Tell me, how many people who use by CSD students. And this event has inspired other CSD majors AAC (assistive/adaptive communication) devices have you seen who plan to hold a Sensitive Santa event in December 2011. gainfully employed? I can think of one: Steven Hawking.”

Making people more aware of the abilities possessed by individuals who use AAC devices to communicate is important to alumna and Continuing Lecturer Sharon Egly (B.S. ’90) of IPFW’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). Egly has spent much of her career helping individuals with communication disabilities and educating students seeking to enter related professions. She also spearheads a unique outreach provided through IPFW and is part of a department whose small size belies the caliber and scope of their outreach efforts.

In an interview with former CSD chair and Professor Emerita Lucille Hess, the scope of the department’s efforts quickly becomes clear. CSD students need to incorporate hands-on work with their classwork to ensure they know how to help their clients. Luckily for IPFW’s students, the CSD faculty do not lack ideas and the energy to provide them with experiential learning Photography as Language: Jenna Gerig, Robert Lane, Dick O’Blenis, opportunities. Stephanie Fryback, Mike Popp, Melissa Bowers, Sarah Herendeen, Mike Marquis Some CSD outreach programs are well established like It’s a Deaf Deaf World. This evening event Another new event in 2011, Photography as brings hearing members of the community to campus to Language, stemmed from a program Hess learned experience how deaf people navigate the hearing world. about at a national conference in Florida. She then adapted the Participants go to stations at which they need to perform a idea to meet the needs of IPFW CSD majors who wanted to earn common activity, such as ordering food or getting medical the gerontology certificate that is popular with their majors. In care, but they cannot talk and writing should be used only as this practicum, CSD students worked with older adults, many a last resort. Sign language students and members of the deaf of whom were stroke survivors, on photographic projects. Hess community help participants through a “sign language school,” also enlisted the (much appreciated) help of Jim Gabbert from and the “talking police” give out points for how well participants IPFW’s College of Visual and Performing Arts for the technical accomplish the tasks but deduct points for talking. The evening photography elements of this program. concludes with some reflection on these experiences from the hearing and the deaf participants. Jenna Gerig, a current CDS major, explains that the benefits of such programs are multifold: “The hands on experience definitely Other programs have more personal origins. In early 2011, one of puts you right there into the thick of things. There’s no better Hess’s students sparked a conversation that became a new event way to learn how to do therapy than actually doing therapy. This for children with disabilities such as autism/Aspergers who react experience allows you to learn and practice under supervision negatively to loud noises, crowded spaces, and such. The student and guidance. No book, lecture, or notes can ever fully explain shared with the class how and why her son benefitted from a how it feels to actually interact with a client. It not only allows family movie night at a local theater at which lights were turned for people to come in and receive services but it also helps the up and sound down. This led to a discussion about common community become involved in the life of the college and to assist childhood events such children cannot cope with, like the manic in the education of the students. Through this program, students

16 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 ((((Hearing the Possibilities can reach out to people in the community in need of further University, “This camp experience was one of the best experiences assistance while also building their experience.” I had as a student at IPFW during my four years at the university. I sincerely hope that I will have opportunities in the future to Two stroke survivors came to the first meeting, and more got volunteer for this terrific camp program.” And Hess and Egly both involved later. For the program, the students set goals for related stories former campers and their family members shared themselves, set goals for clients, collected data, and reflected on about how the experience helped them well beyond the weekend progress and results, thus the students were able to work in a in October. Plus, each year, the number of campers grows, and clinical practicum toward their gerontology certificates. The men they come from points on the map farther away from Fort Wayne, who were involved loved it, and in May 2011, a showing of their expanding the positive reach of the program. work was held on campus with their families in attendance. The photographs will be permanently displayed in the hall outside of At the weekend camp, CSD students and faculty work with young the CSD office for everyone to enjoy. people (all AAC device users) and their families to put on a play. In this production, the young people are the actors who learn In October 2009, the first Poss-abilities Camp their lines, map out the acts, and pull together the production, was held on campus with Egly handling much of the planning and their families are in the background making costumes, and coordinating. No single event inspired Egly to start this camp; constructing the set, and so forth. Throughout the long weekend, in an email interview, she shared multiple stories of young people campers also participate in a variety of crafts and games, all she met who benefitted from activities at other camps for people centered around communication. Then, on Sunday, the local with communication-related disabilities she attended over the community is invited to attend the play and the campers receive years. These experiences gave Egly the passion “Donny” awards (a Tony-esque award from the IPFW Mastodons). and ideas that became the Poss-abilities Camp, a drama event for young people who are usually So far, thanks to generous donors and in spite of budgets around excluded from trodding the boards—those who $1,000, the camp has been free for the campers (including a use AAC devices to communicate. commemorative t-shirt), and each year the camp grows. In 2010, the campers put on the play You Are Special, which For CSD alumna Marissa Rang (B.S. ’10), who is is based on the Max Lucado book of the same name. The currently pursuing a graduate campers came from Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and degree at Western Wisconsin, and the volunteers included CSD Michigan majors (most are also enrolled in a class State about AAC), CSD alumni, a local high school student, and members of the local community. The Sunday evening Continued on page 27

| 17 Social Research is... Fun ? ! Before coming to IPFW, Associate Professor The principle mission of IPFW’s Center for Social Research, Christopher Bradley (sociology) worked in a social according to its website, is to conduct social, demographic, and applied research at the local, state, and regional level. The CSR research lab at Northern Arizona University—and uses the latest technology and expertise of its staff and IPFW he loved it. So much so that he decided that if faculty to carry out surveys and other research projects on a wide he ever could, he would start one of his own. At IPFW, range of interdisciplinary topics. The CSR conducts research on a Bradley found the talent and opportunity he needed, fee-for-service basis for government agencies, private business and industry, not-for-profit entities, and other organizations in Fort and he is now the director of an IPFW Center of Wayne and its surrounding communities. Excellence, the Center for Social Research (CSR). Both Bradley and Nihiser enjoy the adrenaline rush they get from Although IPFW has Centers of Excellence that conduct political their work. During our interview they were absolutely snowed and economic research (the Mike Downs Center for Indiana under with surveys and other projects, but both seemed to thrive Politics and Community Research Institute, respectively), Bradley on working hard to meet seemingly impossible deadlines and the saw a need for a center that could provide affordable, apprehension they feel while waiting for the surveys to return. As data-driven social, opinion, and behavioral research. Bradley puts it, “If we didn’t have fun, we wouldn’t do it.” However, he also knew that funding shortfalls and budget cutbacks had forced social research labs like the one he worked For Nihiser, connections with this work she loves have become at in Arizona to close at multiple universities, so he was well more personal. A project for the health service offices in Van aware that any center he set up would not succeed without a Wert, Ohio, allowed her to work in a county her family has lived in viable fiscal plan that did not depend on departmental or other since the 1850s, doing research that would benefit people she’s budgets for its survival. grown up with. Nihiser admits, “I like that I have been given the opportunity to help people—and it’s so much more Bradley pitched his idea for the CSR to Vice Chancellor of fulfilling than saving the world.” Academic Affairs William McKinney in spring 2009 and was given the greenlight in September 2009. After Dean Cheryl Truesdell CSR projects are diverse in terms of both clients and focus. They provided temporary offices in Helmke Library, the CSR started its have conducted surveys on downtown development for the Fort first paying project for Anthony Wayne Services in January 2010. Wayne–Allen County Economic Development Alliance, member Its first major project was a downtown survey acquired in April satisfaction for the National Association of Forensic Counselors, 2010, and they have been growing ever since. health-related topics for Van Wert and Putnam counties in Ohio, employee satisfaction for the Fort Wayne–Allen County Airport By October 2010, the CSR had moved into permanent offices Authority, and career goals of highschoolers for the Whitley County in Neff Hall, hired Tanja Nihiser (MLS ’10) as assistant director, Community Foundation. Other research projects are ongoing, brought in more than $120,000 in contracts, and (finally) such as the Talent Initiative Research Project for the Northeast held an official open house ceremony. The addition of Nihiser Indiana Regional Partnership (NEIRP), and they also work with added her experience working for and managing the Strategy and call upon IPFW faculty for a variety of research projects. Store, a defunct Ohio State University center with a research remit They enjoy being able to help community organizations as well as similar to the CSR’s, to Bradley’s. She worked there as a student IPFW students, faculty, and other university personnel in planning, and, after graduating, as a full-time employee before starting her conducting, and analyzing their research projects. graduate work at IPFW, where she took classes and independent studies with Bradley. In spring 2011, the CSR team was working on four projects simultaneously: one for Leadership Fort Wayne, a community

18 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 rch is. Social Resea By Cathleen M. Carosella .. Fun ? ! health assessment for the Van Wert County Health Department, with results that we can work from. I don’t know where we, as a substantial survey for the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation a non-profit organization, would have turned for this type of Department, and a pre-primary poll for IPFW’s Mike Downs Center. affordable yet thoroughly professional service.”

Courtney Tritch, Communications Manager for the NEIRP, is The CSR surveyed graduating high school seniors in Whitley working with the CSR on a multipart research project on the County to gather data about their post-secondary education success of marketing for economic development campaigns, and career plans, what prompted their decisions, and the level such as talentmadehere.com. “We used the center to conduct a of educational attainment of their parents. “The data gathered survey of residents in northeast Indiana in order to gauge their reinforced our beliefs about intergenerational attitudes toward awareness of various programs we have been funding.” A second post-secondary education. By having this information we can survey will be sent out in late 2011 to see if “our messaging has better plan programming to try and create cultural change in our been effective and what changes we may need to make in order community.” to better reach our target demographics.” As part of the IPFW campus community, the CSR can assist She appreciates having a local resource like the CSR because faculty with their research as well as call upon faculty working in economic development, “it is critical to have an experts when CSR projects need their expertise. The organization that can help us track our progress. Solid metrics Mike Downs Center has used the CSR’s polling capabilities to are not only important for creating and tweaking organizational survey local voters. Assistant Professor Suzanne Rumsey (English) strategy, but they are also vital for securing funding.” has received assistance with her research on literacy in senior populations. The CSR helped Assistant Professor Abe Schwab Having access to the CSR has been vital to the Whitley County (philosophy) create and circulate a web-based survey Community Foundation according to its director, September for students and community member on health care McConnell. “The center provided us with a professional legislation. means of gathering information. They were Bradley enjoys helping his peers with very helpful in guiding us their research, but he through appropriate questions and ultimately provided us also is glad he can help IPFW students launch their careers (again, he says “it’s fun”). The CSR employs students, thereby providing them with experience and skills applicable in multiple professions. In interviews, student workers acknowledged that learning how to conduct surveys and analyze collected data is interesting, and they can see how it will help them professionally. Moreover, the emphasis Bradley and Nihiser put on ensuring that their coursework comes before their CSR work is as appreciated as the paycheck and snacks they provide.

For Nihiser and Bradley, it is important to show their staff that doing social research is, wait for it....fun! And their sense of fun is expressed through the wacky pictures dotting the office’s walls Back row, left to right: Christopher Bradley, Suzanne Rumsey, Marcia and the banter within. The working environment and attitude Bradley, and Nick Raub; front row, Dawn Kennedy, Kat Gerlaugh, of the directors is key in this regard. As Bradley explains, “The and Tanja Nihiser. work is important, but if we don’t enjoy it, there’s no As much as Bradley wants the students who work in the center point in doing it.” to realize that social research in the real world is far messier than it is in a textbook, he wants to create an environment in which At work, they try to plug student workers in where they’re everyone can participate and, if they want, pursue research. He interested while expanding the scope of their responsibilities wants Nihiser and others who work at the CSR to expand upon as they progress. On some projects student workers conduct ideas and refine skills they learned (often from him) in their the primary research by making phone calls or helping with the classes. For Nihiser, that means she has both a job she loves and data collation and analysis. Students who show a penchant for a venue in which to pursue research she wants to conduct on the supervising can run a phone bank, lead a focus group, or manage tattooing and piercing industry. other portions of projects; those with research and writing skills help pull together annotated bibliographies, perform background As for the director, Schelker sums it up nicely: “Dr. Bradley single research, or write and edit technical reports. handedly opened this center and has run it with an idea in the back of his mind that he is stimulating the economy (and putting Nicole Corey, who is pursuing an M.S. in Marriage and Family money in college kids’ pockets while providing a service to the Therapy, has enjoyed working at the CSR. “I feel that I have public). He has his employees in mind at all times. He is absolutely learned so much just listening. Sometimes my comments are no doubt the best boss anyone could ask for—and he doesn’t right and sometimes I am wrong, but the free flow of information realize it.” is wonderful.” Glenn Schnelker (B.A., sociology, ’11) adds, “Just being around Dr. Bradley helps; he’s very well rounded in his So what will the future hold for this new IPFW Center of understanding of the world. And learning the methodology of Excellence? In its first year, the CSR generated almost $250,000 survey research will help me” by providing marketable skills that worth of projects and more are in the pipeline. Unlike other social appeal to employers. research labs that depend upon institutional budgets to survive, the CSR is paying its own way. Over the next two years, Bradley The students who work at the CSR understand that they are doing and Nihiser plan to reach out to IPFW faculty to let them know more than bringing home a paycheck or expanding their résumés. what is available to them through the CSR and generate a larger As Corey explains, “This job offers me a chance to help others profile in the community through current and upcoming projects. have their voices heard. When a person fills out the survey and turns it in, it is similar to a vote. That is their However, Bradley has learned from his experience with social chance to agree or disagree.” research that it is important to expect the unexpected. No matter what the plans on any project or for the CSR itself, he and Nihiser The most important thing nursing major Kayla Mock has learned will be ready to “take that plan and pivot on a dime.” And that while working at the CSR “is that the work the center does is agility will surely translate into a great deal of beneficial research important. People complain about the way things are or how life is for local, regional, and (in all likelihood) national entities coming not fair, but in order for anything to change for the better, people from IPFW’s CSR. t have to voice their opinion and suggestions in a constructive way. I feel that at the center our goal is to give people that.”

20 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 Talking about Preservation By Cathleen M. Carosella

“Keeping languages alive benefits us all in the same way that helping endangered species benefits us. We are able to preserve, learn from, and appreciate the diversity of the world.”

Chad Thompson, assistant professor of linguistics, has spent his academic career studying the connections between language and culture in multiple endangered languages, including languages spoken by Athabaskan Native Americans in Alaska and Swiss Amish in northeast Indiana. Early in his career, he documented indigenous languages at the Alaska Native Language Center. Considering this, it is not surprising that Thompson is now the Volunteer Daryl Baldwin, director of the Myaamia Project at Miami director of an IPFW Center for Excellence devoted to preserving University (Ohio), teaches campers Miami language kinship terms. languages, the Three Rivers community asked the center to set up Language Center (TRLC). a summer event that educated young The TRLC “was “We believe that the language people about the Miami language established to aid in the and culture through fun. The answer renewal and study of community itself and members of Thompson and his team found was a language day camp for young people. endangered languages, that language community should working with Great Lakes The camp has grown each year (25 area Native American be in control of any revival efforts. campers in 2010; 30 in 2011), and tribes in particular.” according to Thompson, feedback is Its three primary aims The Three Rivers Language Center positive—in fact, participants want are preservation, is available to such communities to more. “The participants from the 2010 documentation, and camp were very positive about the education relevant to its provide whatever services experience. They wanted the camp to work with endangered continue, which is what we are doing. languages. that community feels it needs to They also wanted more such projects, including something for adults. We are The TRLC is working achieve its end.” to establish a local working on that.” language archive that (from TRLC mission statement) researchers, students, Native American communities, and others can use. As the Center’s mission statement acknowledges: “We believe that the language community itself and members of that language community should be in control of any revival efforts. The TRLC is available to such communities to provide whatever services that community feels it needs to achieve its end.” And the community elements of the TRLC’s outreach efforts have already begun. A camper at the While many people are familiar with the variety of summer Miami Language camps offered through IPFW, one of the most interesting is one Day Camp learns the of the newest. When the TRLC was established, the local Miami basics of archery. | 21 Day campers and volunteers build a “wiikiaami,” a traditional Miami house, during the 2011 daycamp.

Everyone who works at the camp volunteers his or her time, at Miami University, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, Arts United, from the organizers to the counselors. They represent a the Endangered Language Fund, and multiple offices and mixture of IPFW faculty and staff, IPFW students, faculty from departments at IPFW. The 2011 camp was also partially funded by Miami University (Ohio), and community members. Thompson Historic Preservation Education Grant and Indiana Humanities with acknowledges that the camp probably could not run without the support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. counselors’ and other volunteers’ help. At the weeklong program, volunteer counselors help the 7–17 The instructors include experts from Miami University in Ohio, year old campers learn about Miami language and culture. local Miami artisans, and IPFW faculty. The campers’ day is a mixture of Miami tribe member, 2011 camp outdoor activities and crafts coordinator, and IPFW alumna and indoor language learning Dani Tippmann (A.G.S., ’00; “I feel it is important to keep the and more crafts. They learn B.G.S., ’02) refers to them as terms and phrases such as “culture bearers and elders.” culture and language numbers, kinship names and IPFW students act as the terms, telling time, and more. traditional camp counselors, of our community healthy and living They also learn the basics taking the campers to various of lacrosse playing, bow and parts of campus, interacting with so that the community continues to arrow shooting, and atlatl them one-on-one, and helping throwing, as well as how to

them with crafts, skills, language, grow and thrive.” make dreamcatchers and do and other experiences. The bead weaving, all while learning members of the Miami and other Dani Tippmann, camp organizer & volunteer the Miami language. local tribes who participate show, teach, and allow the campers “To see children learn from to experience the wide variety of Miami culture bearers and crafts, skills, dances, language, and so elders in the Miami community is forth that are part of the weeklong camp. to see how language and culture is passed from one generation to another in a natural and healthy way. It is so exciting to In July 2011, the second annual day camp was held on IPFW’s see knowledge passed from one generation to another,” says campus. Thompson credits much of the success of the camp to Tippmann. “I feel it is important to keep the culture and language Tippmann, who is also director of the Whitley County Historical of our community healthy and living so that the community Society, and the members of the local Miami community who continues to grow and thrive.” volunteer their time. The camp also has received support from many offices: the Miami Indian Alliance for Miami Indians, the Having participated for the last five years in a similar program Whitley County Historical Society, the Myaamia Project based hosted by the Miami tribe of Oklahoma, Tippmann used her

22 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 expertise to plan the 2011 day camp. The focus of this year’s As Tippmann explains, children who learn from elders and camp was “home.” Besides events on campus, the campers culture bearers learn in an organic way, making sense of their were treated to off-campus trips to the Chief Richardville house surroundings by taking advantage of the knowledge that was and other sites, including the Forks of the Wabash and Seven passed to their elders from generations past. She sees the Pillars. They also learned from guest instructors, including Daryl language, culture, and passing on of knowledge as a continuum, Baldwin, director of the Myaamia Project at Miami University, one that the TRLC’s Miami Language Day Camp is providing for George Ironstrack from Miami University, George Strack young people in northeast Indiana. from Chicago, and Tim McCoy, a geologist who works for the Smithsonian Institution. Thompson hopes to expand the scope of the Miami language day camp for young people and develop language- and culture- The young people benefit from learning in an active focused events for adults. Through the TRLC, he hopes to increase environment—instruction often happens while they are doing the ability of the events offered on IPFW’s campus to help a task. They are able to learn about the historical and cultural preserve the many native languages from the Great Lakes region. significance of, for example, a drum circle while watching local Miami tribe members play for them, or of dreamcatchers while The TRLC and day camp not only enhance IPFW’s status in the making their own. In 2010, after learning a traditional “searching” eyes of the Miami community, the visitors who participated in dance, one of the campers found a lost lacrosse ball in the the events were very impressed with the IPFW campus. The bushes while she was practicing. camp also has made people aware of the TRLC and its mission. However, most importantly, the Miami language day camp is At present, Thompson’s research is not directly connected to helping to preserve the language and culture of a local tribe in the his work as part of the Miami Language Day Camp, but he is minds of a group of young people and, as this author discovered developing ideas for research based upon the experience. He, when the 2011 campers passed by her office door, bringing a fair however, does feel that this teaching is enhanced by the camps, amount of laughter and excitement onto campus. t especially because “it is relevant to the study of language and provides materials for stories which supplement and illustrate my course content.” For more information and photos from the daycamps, visit: Both Tippmann and Thompson mentioned how watching the Three Rivers Language Center ��������������ipfw.edu/trlc young people learn is an amazing experience. Thompson enjoys seeing the results “especially when children are involved because Photos: �����������������������������������������������������������������������������bit.ly/qU51XO it allows me to be involved with language in ways that are not totally abstract and academic.” Tippmann adds, “I feel it is Myaami Project important to keep the culture and language of our community at Miami University: ����������������������myaamiaproject.org healthy and living so that the community continues to grow Indiana Humanities: �������������� indianahumanities.org and thrive.”

| 23 Wielding Expertise and Experience By Kendra A. Morris

COAS alumni regularly use the expertise and experience they gained But the gallery isn’t Glaze’s only connection to IPFW. His academic from IPFW professors in their professional careers and community studies started at Purdue University in the 1970s, where he majored volunteer efforts. These alumni may not be famous or have in metallurgy. After two years, he transferred to IPFW for a business answered any deep philosophical questions (yet), but their stories degree, which he was not able to complete (Glaze took over the do encourage and inspire those who listen. Thus, I submit for your family business because his father passed away). When he was able consideration, COAS alumni Scott Glaze (B.A. ’99, history), Jansen to return to IPFW in the late 1990s, successful businessman Glaze Langle (B.A. ’10, German, and international studies certificate), chose to pursue a bachelor’s degree in history. Damian J. Junk (M.S. ’01, biology), and Ryan Heniser (B.A. ’02, mathematics and computer science). “It always kinda bothered me that I never finished up the degree,” he said, and he chose to study history primarily because he enjoyed Our first featured alumnus, Scott Glaze, resides in Fort Wayne the subject matter. “The best part about [my time in the Department and has positively impacted both the city’s downtown environment of History] was that it was a respite from the real world.” Glaze’s and business community. Cognizant or not, those who live in the business was increasing rapidly in size, so he enjoyed going from Fort Wayne area probably know about Glaze through one of his the stress of his “real world” into “an atmosphere that was more two businesses: Fort Wayne Metals and (with his wife and COAS cerebral—I have always enjoyed writing, and I got the chance to do Community Advisory Board member Melissa Glaze) some, and I took some time off from the company to really talk to the JK O’Donnell’s Irish Ale House, which they opened in 2007. professors—it was just so much fun to be a student.”

Since 1985, Glaze has been CEO of Fort Wayne Metals, a company That is, if, like Glaze, your idea of fun includes essay-style exams, founded by his father, Ardell, in the mid-1940s. Glaze has been many nights of homework and extensive readings, and a 60 (yes, an employee there since he was 13 or 14, when the company 60) page research paper, all while being the CEO of a growing had about thirty employees and just one building. Today, Fort company. “I remember the first test when I came back [to IPFW],” Wayne Metals has about 650 employees between their Fort Wayne Glaze recalled, “I was so nervous!” (He aced it, of course.) Overall, headquarters, production facilities, and Castlebar, Ireland plant, and Glaze “immensely enjoyed” the Glaze has been a leading force in the company’s success. research his studies required. He credits his IPFW professors for JK O’Donnell’s is Glaze’s other successful business and reflects creating a fun yet academically his passion to help revitalize Fort Wayne’s downtown district. It all challenging environment in which started when he purchased the “ugliest building” he could find he thrived, especially Bernd downtown, hoping to either renovate the building into several Fischer, professor of history; apartments or lease it out to a shop owner. To his surprise, no one Louis Cantor, professor emeritus would even consider investing in the area at that time. Undeterred, of history; and David Cox, Glaze and his wife were inspired after a trip to the Fort Wayne Metals professor emeritus of chemistry, plant in Castlebar to convert their “ugly” building in Indiana into a who taught a history of science beautiful, traditional Irish pub. course that Glaze took.

“I loved the entire family atmosphere of the Irish pub, and I wanted The professional and challenging to recreate that as closely as possible here,” Glaze said. He ordered atmosphere Glaze experienced the tables and chairs from Northern Ireland and the large front at IPFW proved to him that Glaze is an IPFW alumnus, windows from Germany, and the woodwork, stained glass, and the graduates of its baccalaureate CEO of Fort Wayne Metals, and giant bar were crafted by Fort Wayne companies. The attention to co-owner with his wife, Melissa programs would be prepared to Glaze, of JK O’Donnell’s Irish detail that Glaze and his wife (mostly his wife, Glaze would insist) put help finish his dream of revitalizing Ale House. into recreating an authentic Irish pub is felt by anyone who goes to downtown Fort Wayne. Other JKOs. With similar care and attention, the west end of the building specialty shops, living accommodations, and a grocery store are was recently converted into the Continuum Gallery, which provides additions he would love to see downtown, and he is optimistic for exhibition space that features area artists, including many IPFW fine the district’s future. However, in part due to his responsibilities at art students. Fort Wayne Metals, he hopes that the younger generation, especially

24 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 college graduates who choose to reside in Fort Wayne, will help have in students’ lives at this job, and though Langle is still exploring continue these developments. postgraduate options, it’s clear from his proven dedication and previous accomplishments that he’ll succeed. Recent graduate Jansen Langle is not currently living in Fort Wayne, but it is hard not to expect great Another COAS alumnus who was still exploring postgraduate options things from this accomplished while at IPFW is Damian J. Junk. Working toward a master’s degree young man, wherever he lands. at the time, Junk was weighing all his options, and with the support, Last year Langle was selected inspiration, and influence of his family and COAS professors, Junk as an ambassador in the went on to receive a doctorate in cancer biology and now gives extremely competitive Deutscher back to his former professors and current IPFW students by sharing Akademischer Austausch Dienst laboratory discoveries. In 2008 and 2011, he was invited back to (DAAD) fellowship, which gave campus to give presentations about his continuing research on him opportunity to study at the finding a cure for breast cancer. University of Frieburg (Germany). Only in his mid-twenties, “I hoped to be a part of cancer research in some form for as long as Langle has already traveled I can remember,” Junk said, but “the reason I want to find a cure has to 23 countries and visited six changed over time. At the beginning it was the immense challenge of it. As I understood the disease better, I realized how many people it continents. Some highlights have Langle, an avid world traveler, been numerous trips to Germany, is currently living in Arizona affects, how difficult it can be to treat, how harsh many therapies are traveling to South Korea as part and working as an advisor to on the patient, and I realized that it was an opportunity to really make university students who would a significant difference in the lives of many people.” Finding a cure of IPFW’s Bahrom International like to study abroad. Program (BIP), and visiting for cancer became “personal” after Junk found out that his wife and Australia to participate in research on renewable energy sources. daughters are at an increased risk for breast cancer. “So now, every Many of these travels were either for college credit or through day, I go to work to make a difference in breast cancer research to educational travel organizations. try to protect my family.”

His first overseas trip was after high school graduation, when he Earning a master’s in biology from IPFW helped prepare Junk for was selected as a People to People student ambassador to England, the revolutionary laboratory work he specializes in today. “I was Scotland, and Wales. “Ever since then, I’ve been hooked,” Langle really uncertain what I was going to do next. I had always enjoyed said. Most recently, the research he participated in during his trip to science and wanted to work with human disease, particularly cancer, Australia piqued a new career interest in green marketing, business, but I didn’t know how I was going to proceed.” Junk knew medical and research. If (and when) Langle goes on to specialize along these school was one option, but then he took Professor George Mourad’s lines, his services will surely be desired wherever he decides to work. human genetics course. “His enthusiasm, understanding of science, confidence, and passion for laboratory research was infectious,” and Most of Langle’s international travels have been made possible Junk decided laboratory research was worth a try. though scholarships or other academic programs, which are always very competitive—but somehow Langle has received many. He “At a time when I needed direction, he was such an influence that he attributes much of his success to Lee Roberts, assistant professor changed my life.” Junk says that Mourad’s mentoring and teaching, of German studies; Suin Roberts, assistant professor of modern as well as the other biology professors at Continued on page 35 languages and linguistics; and Ann Livschiz, associate professor of history, who nominated him for scholarships and gave him advice on which to pursue, as well as providing excellent instruction in undergraduate courses. Overall, he encourages students to take advantage of the opportunities that are available to them financially and academically while attending a university. “If you really want something, there’s a scholarship out there for you to get it. Sometimes you’ll get turned down, but keep applying,” he recommends.

Langle moved to Arizona to work as an admissions counselor at CEA Global Education, a company that organizes study abroad trips for students. He relished the opportunity to discuss studying abroad with others on a daily basis, thereby making good use of his experiences Junk is pictured here with George Mourad, professor of biology, from IPFW and abroad. We anticipate the positive impact he will during his returning scholar presentation in January 2011.

| 25 help the students. Together they generated the preparatory work done by DiClementi, the ideas that became the Resource Center, her students, and community members, IPFW’s first office devoted to providing “an and Schlarb as the coordinator, IPFW’s educational, supportive, accepting, and Resource Center opened its doors in fall Diversifying inclusive environment for LGBTQ students 2010. The amount of work and programming through support services and educational Schlarb, the Center’s affiliated faculty, and Resources efforts designed to reduce heterosexism, many volunteers have provided the IPFW genderism, and homophobia.” community is impressive.

Centers around DiClementi wanted to set up a campus- From awareness campaigns and based support center for LGBTQ students informational workshops to drag shows and LGBTQ Students and their allies because “there is almost movie nights, the Resource Center has made nothing for LGBTQs in the Fort Wayne its presence as a student support program By Cathleen M. Carosella community. With many important services for the entire IPFW community known. found only in Indianapolis or Chicago, the For IPFW staff, the Center has provided IPFW students have a plethora of offices added cost and time barriers to LGBTQs resources on topics such as how to be and organizations that offer help— compounded student’s feelings of isolation.” inclusive for transgender students (pronoun academic, tutoring, medical, personal, and so And increasingly, faculty have contacted use, preferred names, and such) and LGBTQ forth—but for many years, IPFW’s lesbian, DiClementi for assistance in meeting the needs regarding career services (gay vs. gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning needs of LGBTQ students and addressing non-gay résumés, for example). (LGBTQ) students and those on campus with hostility toward these students from their questions about LGBTQ issues did not have classmates. Therefore, the Resource Center As a part-time coordinator, Schlarb an official point of contact. Often Associate is designed to both help LGBTQ students and sponsored and ran a remarkable number Professor Jeannie DiClementi (psychology) provide resources to the IPFW community. of events and campaigns to raise the was the person called when an LGBTQ profile of the Resource Center and student needed assistance or someone had Chris Schlarb (B.G.S., ’08; minors in broadcast its existence as a support and questions about LGBTQ issues. DiClementi sociology and women’s studies), the Center’s education resource for all IPFW community would do what she could to support LGBTQ former director, shares DiClementi’s passion members. One of the Center’s first events students, find answers to questions, and for LGBTQ support services and advocacy. was a celebration of National Coming Out provide access to information, support Schlarb returned to IPFW after completing Day. Schlarb also organized IPFW’s first networks, and medical resources. However, an M.A. in student affairs administration at Transgender Day of Remembrance—a the construct was informal and, more often Michigan State University. Prior to helping poignant installation for which the bridge than not, help was located off campus. with the new Center, Schlarb used over Crescent Avenue between the main DiClementi’s faculty and staff SafeZone campus and the Waterfield Student Housing DiClementi has long been known at IPFW and program as a model for SafeZone for complex was lined with photographs and in the Fort Wayne community for her advocacy Students—workshops in which students details about 417 instances of violence in support of LGBTQ rights. For many years, “learn about the LGBTQ community and against transgendered individuals (which IPFW faculty and staff have benefitted from how to be an ally.” Schlarb left IPFW in July represents only the known cases through SafeZone workshops she helped develop. 2011 for a full-time position at Arizona State 2008). Workshops covering homophobia SafeZone participants learn how “to be University but accomplished much for IPFW’s as well as sexual health were two of many positive, supportive, and affirming to students, LGBTQ community in 2010–11. offered during the academic year that were staff, and faculty who wish to talk about being designed to address issues affecting the LGBTQ” (from the SafeZone website). With the backing of and office space general campus community, not just LGBTQ provided by Vice Chancellor McClellan, individuals. So when DiClementi received word that Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs George McClellan would fund a center for LGBTQ students, she acted quickly. At that time she was teaching a class on LGBTQ issues, so she was able to incorporate the development of an office to support IPFW’s LGBTQ students and related issues into that course’s curriculum, and she invited On IPFW’s first Transgender Day of Remembrance in fall 2010, students walking to and from the Waterfield Student Housing complex saw a poignant display highlighting the 417 known various community members to class to occurrences of violence against transgendered individuals that have occurred since 2008.

26 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 In spring 2011, Schlarb initiated a Queer able to help LGBTQ and other students by they want the Center to be a resource that Quote poster campaign to generate introducing the Center and explaining what is recognized throughout the campus and conversations on the topic and to have it does. In one presentation entitled “That’s respected by the administration (although people think about their opinions on So Gay,” students from IPFW’s student a bit more office space would also be LGBTQ issues by posting quotations about housing complex learned about the history nice). They hope that along with campus these issues around campus and on the of common homophobic statements and outreach, community outreach could be Center’s Facebook page. If not the largest, LGBTQ issues. In “Some People Are Gay. Get facilitated through the Center. And they hope definitely the most energized event of the Over It!” a student focus group learned about to someday be able to offer scholarships inaugural year was a drag show, presented the work of the Center, discussed LGBTQ through the Center. in conjunction with Fort Wayne Pride. At this current events such as recent suicides due event, drag queens and kings entertained to homophobia, and provided input about Overall, the Resource Center has had a the audience with musical numbers, raising future Center programs. fantastic first year. In September, a new money for both organizations. coordinator was hired – IPFW student Mari During the first year, Schlarb learned a Love. Love, a Fort Wayne native, plans to Through the administration’s support and great deal about how to make the Center graduate from IPFW in May 2013 with a under Schlarb’s direction, the Center’s goal an effective advocate for people and issues. psychology major and sociology minor. to positively affect the campus climate and One element is the use of social media, Love is excited to have the opportunity to make campus a better place for LGBTQ specifically Facebook, to get the word out “educate and have some fun,” and like her students is being supported. Still, as Schlarb about campus programs and events. In predecessor, she has an open door policy explains, homophobia remains evident on Schlarb’s opinion, “social media is more for anyone who has questions or needs campus. When the Resource Center booth effective than fliers” at reaching students. help. So it looks like we have found the is set up at campus events, many come up Often students who want to use the Center’s person who can build upon the energy to play the “Guess Who’s Gay” game (the resources, have questions about LGBTQ Schlarb and DiClementi have provided point of which is that you cannot tell by just issues, or need to speak to someone so that IPFW’s LGBTQ community and looking at someone), but others give the about an issue reach the Center through a its advocates will continue to benefit table a wide berth and volunteers do hear sponsored event. Plus Schlarb emphasizes from having someplace to go for support, negative comments occasionally. that the outreach the Center can do with the information, and a bit of fun. t straight community is as important as the However, the booths and campus events are work with the LGBTQ community—the remit what draw in volunteers as well, including to educate has no barriers. people who need the support and education the Center provides. Through events on When asked what their vision for the Center campus or at the Waterfield Student Housing five years from now is, both DiClementi and complex, Schlarb and Center volunteers are Schlarb have many ideas. First and foremost,

Hearing Possibilities continued from page 17 performance was attended by families of the campers, IPFW One often overlooked benefit is how campus outreach programs students, and the general public. All evidence indicates that the such as the Poss-abilities Camp give community members the camp is indeed flourishing and positively affecting all participants. opportunity to participate in low-cost/free programs designed to The 2011 camp was held on October 8–9, at which the play enrich the lives of individuals with challenges—opportunities they Stephanie’s Ponytail, based on the book by Robert Munsch, could not afford or would not been able to access if not offered was performed. through IPFW (bringing in ideas from other regions, states, etc.)— and this is only one of multiple programs CSD holds that offers Everyone involved benefits from this camp. For the CSD such low-cost alternatives to people in northeast Indiana who department, it allows faculty to engage more with their students suffer from communication disorders. For a fuller view of CSD’s and the community through a program that all enjoy. For CSD outreach work, see the Department Spotlights section in this issue student volunteers, as Rang explains, “Participating in the camp pg. 5-6) and previous issues (bit.ly/o5HS8u). gave me a hands-on experience in working with individuals who use AAC devices. This made the AAC class that I was taking seem The focus of the camp is social communication. Some of the more practical, as I saw the reality of how these devices can help campers have never seen anyone use an AAC device before individuals communicate.” coming to camp, but they quickly learn how to use them through a variety of social games and interacting. continued on page 34

| 27 COAS Howard and Betsy Chapman Community Mr. Chapman: Attorney and counsel, Barrett & McNagny Mrs. Chapman: Extensive volunteer work with community Advisory Board organizations as well as many musical accomplishments In this issue, we profile four members of the COAS Community Mr. Chapman received an undergraduate degree in economics at Advisory Board, a group of local leaders who meet regularly to Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) advise Dean Drummond. Other members will be profiled in from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. Mrs. future issues of Collegium. Chapman attended Northwestern University for two years and later received an undergraduate degree in English from IPFW.

As Mr. Chapman explains, “IPFW is perhaps the most important engine for economic development that exists today in this area. Therefore, it is vital to the community that there be frequent interaction between the university and knowledgeable and active members of that community.” The CAB is a means of accomplishing that interaction.

The Chapmans hope that their participation on the CAB and other IPFW initiatives helps link the university in general, and COAS in particular, to those people in northeast Indiana who will be instrumental in future economic and cultural growth. They view volunteer work as an essential part of the “giving back” obligation that professionals have to their community. In addition, the interaction among those professionals in conducting that participation enriches their own careers. “We all begin our education believing that we already know how to think. But Kathy Carrier education is what teaches us how to think.” President and CEO, Briljent and Keepsake Threads

Carrier earned a bachelor’s degree in business from IPFW.

Carrier joined the COAS Community Advisory Board (CAB) to help link Fort Wayne’s business community to the faculty and students at IPFW. According to Carrier, “that connection is essential to the success of our businesses and IPFW.” CAB members “offer real world experience to the education of our future business owners and leaders.”

Carrier is motivated by her faith and enjoys “serving the university [she] graduated from.” She volunteers because she has been “blessed with a successful company. To whom much is given, much is required, so I serve as a volunteer and donor to serve the Lord.”

Besides serving on the CAB, Carrier also serves on the Indiana Small Business Development Corp. Advisory Board and the Indiana Chamber Board and Executive Committee, to name just two.

28 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 Mr. Chapman is also a member of the Allen County Courthouse Daryl R. Yost Preservation Trust and president of the Waterfield Foundation. Mrs. Chapman serves on the Allen County Public Library Director, Northeast Indiana Foundation and is a member of the IPFW Foundation and the Innovation Park IPFW Omnibus Lecture committee. The Chapmans have served Yost received a B.S. from as members or officers of many community organization boards Manchester College (’58, in the past. Mr. Chapman has been the president of Easter Seals sociology and English), and ARC of Northeast Indiana, Quest Club, Fort Wayne Sister Cities a master’s (’61, education/ International, and Allen County Bar Association. Both have held counseling) and an Ed.D. (’69, many offices at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne. educational leadership) from Ball State University. Nathaniel O. Hubley According to Yost, “I have found the Community Advisory Board to be a vehicle whereby I can be more fully informed regarding Attorney, Theisen Bowers IPFW’s COAS. This has enabled the council membership to be & Associates. better informed as recognized leaders in northeast Indiana.” He Hubley received a B.A. (Honors) hopes that, beyond being better informed, through the CAB he in philosophy from IPFW in can become an active participant in reviewing work being done in 2006, and a J.D. (Honors) from COAS and provide input for future growth. Valparaiso University School of In his opinion, “volunteerism is an opportunity to: give back to the Law in 2009. He works for a community that you benefitted from over years of working and local law practice that handles living in the community; learn to know more about the entity you employment and labor law, are serving through volunteerism; learn to know others in the personal injury, medical malpractice, and business litigation. community with similar passions; the opportunity to keep your He feels that the CAB acts as a bridge between the academic mind active; and as an academician—it offers you the privilege world of IPFW and the Fort Wayne community that makes the two of keeping in contact with the community of learners you have communities one. He hopes “to give back to IPFW and the Fort enjoyed as a career.” Wayne community because none of [his] accomplishments would He participates in many volunteer opportunities in the local be possible without either.” community, including the United Way of Fort Wayne and Allen And how does volunteering help professionals? “As an attorney, I County, Fort Wayne Zoological Society, Indiana Association of believe law is a calling. There are many people in our community Public School Superintendents–legislative committee, United who are unable to get the legal representation they require. As Way of Grant County, Marion General Hospital–Marion, Ind., an attorney, I believe I have an obligation to assist those in need. and Stop Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN). He also has served Often volunteer work is one of the most rewarding aspects of on commissions and boards such as Governor Mitch Daniels’s being an attorney.” Commission on Judicial Appointments and Qualifications, the State of Indiana Ethics Commission, and Lutheran Health Hubley volunteers with many legal programs: as an attorney Network’s Corporate Board of Directors. for the Volunteer Lawyer Program of Northeast Indiana through which he performs pro bono work; with the Allen County Bar When Yost graduated from college in 1958 with a B.S. in Association’s Legal Lines, answering area residents’ legal sociology and English, he never had a vision beyond that of questions; as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Allen County Superior teaching in public schools. However, he explains, “As I matured Court’s mental health proceedings. He also serves on several and gained a greater passion for learning and participation, it committees at the Allen County Bar Association including the became apparent that my undergraduate degree could benefit Grievance Committee, the Fee Dispute Committee, and the Public me enormously in serving far beyond that of classroom teaching.” Relations Committee. At that age of 75, Yost feels that he is “at the pinnacle of opportunities.” t When asked about the unexpected benefits of higher education, he says, “Besides preparing to be a successful attorney, I met my wonderful wife while attending law school. We are both practicing attorneys in Fort Wayne and have young son named Nicholas.”

| 29 Alumni Updates COMMUNICATION She retired after 30 years as employed at the VA Hospital. a school SLP. Her oldest son Melissa welcomed a daughter, SCIENCES AND graduated from University of Maggie Elizabeth George, on DISORDERS Toledo and her youngest son January 6, 2011. attends Sinclair Community Cara Abraham (B.S., ’98) College in Dayton. Nancy’s Jodi Gogos (B.S., ’93) lives lives in Indianapolis and is parents passed away in fall in Fort Wayne and is the owner employed by Bierman ABA. She 2010; dad in September and of a private outpatient clinic works part time with autistic mom in November. called Reaching Out Loud Inc. children using applied behavior Michael Jones analysis approach to encourage Melissa Drapac (B.S., ’08) (B.S., learning and communication. lives in Schererville ’07) lives in Chicago and Cara is married to Mark and and works for Kid Power is employed at Hearing has three sons. Therapy providing First Steps Health Center downtown. and clinic-based therapy. She He graduated with an AuD Sarah (Frecker) Archer graduated with a master’s in May. Mike and his wife, (B.S.,’98) lives in Fort Wayne degree from Governors State Abby, celebrated four years of and is employed by Boy Scouts University in December 2010. marriage on June 9. of America. She was promoted She is living with her parents Anissa Khouri (B.S., ’06) to senior district executive, and three dogs. honored as a “Top 50” Boy lives in Rhode Island and is employed at a small private Scouts of America Executive Sharon Egly (B.S., ’90) for 2009 and selected as an became a grandmother for school for children with special Executive Journey Fellow for the fifth time. Jacob Allan Egly needs in communication, 2011. Sarah and her husband was born to her son, Keith, and pragmatics, and sensory Scott welcomed their third his wife, Amy, on December integration. child, Madysen Sophia, in 17, 2010. Sharon had a few Rachel Kline (B.S., ’08) lives June 2010. trips and some gardening in Fort Wayne and completed planned for summer 2011. a master’s degree at Indiana Danielle Bishop (B.S., She also hopes to develop State University in August. ’09) lives in Peru, Ind., and is a DVD of atypical oral/facial employed by the U.S. Postal examinations that can be used Elizabeth Learnard (B.S., Service in Mexico, Ind. She for instruction and testing at ’10) attends Miami University is volunteer coordinator for the undergraduate level. of Ohio for an M.A. in Harvesting Capabilities, a home speech language pathology. healthcare facility in Peru. Teri (Ousley) Fields (B.S., She completed externship ’00) lives in Columbia City Heather (Englert) Cochran experiences at Parkview in the and is employed at Parkview summer and will pursue more (B.S., ’10) lives in Fort Hospital where she is the lead at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Wayne and is employed at the speech therapist. Children’s Autism Center as in the fall. Elizabeth reports that she is interested in pediatrics in an ABA therapist. She married Melissa Fuller (B.S., ’09) is Charlie Cochran in July 2010 employed at East Noble School the medical setting and AAC. and moved into their new home Corporation where she works Chanda Lichtsinn (B.S., in April 2011. at all levels of the school, from ’96) lives in Fort Wayne and elementary to high school. is employed at Turnstone and Nancy Willig DeNise (B.S., She is currently pursuing a IPFW. She is the lead pediatric ’76-PUWL) lives in Ohio and master’s degree from NOVA therapist at Turnstone, where recently started two part-time Southeastern. jobs: two days a week at a she has worked for 13 years. She enjoyed another successful parochial school and one day a Melissa George (B.S., ’01) week in a nursing/rehab facility. lives in Fort Wayne and is Summer Speech Camp at

30 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 Turnstone, is developing a They have two cats: Chester Rosanna Schenkel (B.S., and adopted a schnauzer, larger AAC assessment and and Peanut. ’06) lives in Yuma, Ariz., and Sophie, from a local shelter intervention program, and is is employed at the Yuma collaborating with a classroom Erin (Bower) Morrill (B.S., Rehabilitation Hospital. She Denise Stoltzfus pilot program working with ’05) lives in Coldwater, Mich., enjoys working with pediatrics (B.S.,’97–PUWL) lives in children who have lead and is employed at Branch ISD. and adults. Rosanna was St. Petersburg, Fla., and is poisoning. She has pledged Through START (STatewide certified in vital stim therapy, enjoying treating patients with the Psi Iota Xi sorority Theta Autism and Resources interactive metronome, and Parkinson’s disease using the Theta Chapter, a national Training), she has begun a LSVT. She married Curtis Lee Silverman Voice Treatment. peer-to-peer support group philanthropic organization with Boardman in June. Kristin (Miller) Thiele a focus on service to children in three buildings, targeting (B.S.,’97) has renewed her in the field of speech and students with social difficulties. Kurt Schmelz (B.S., ’07) She and her husband have lives in Madison, Wis., and Director of Special Education hearing. She and her husband, license. Her daughter, Gwyn, Bill, enjoy spending time with three children. is employed at Clearview Brain Injury Rehab Center turned four and son, Sawyer, their son, Steven, daughter-in- Whitney (Christner) Rahn two this summer. law, Nicole, and grandchildren and Beaver Dam Community (B.S., ’09) lives in Middlebury, Hospital. He received his CCCs Kerrigan and Brayden. Anita Tom (B.S., ’95) lives in Ind., and is employed at a in March 2010 and became co-op in Elkhart County. She Fort Wayne, and has worked Shawna McIntyre (B.S., certified in LSVT last fall. completed her externships for for Lutheran Hospital for 13 ’09) is employed by Elkhart He was elected as the vice a distance learning program years. She continues to focus County Special Education president of communications in pediatrics, dysphagia, and Cooperative (ECSEC) as a through Western Kentucky to the executive board of University and began her CFY the NICU. She joined the IPFW speech assistant. She is the Wisconsin Speech and CSD department to teach an applying to online master’s in the fall. She was married Hearing Association in 2009. in the summer of 2009 to introductory class this fall. programs to complete her Kurt has completed triathlons Anita’s children are now 18, schooling. Shawna and her Jason Rahn, a patrol officer for and Ironman competitions the Elkhart County Sherriff’s 12, eight, and two. Her oldest husband will celebrate their and raised funds for the son Erik was awarded the 10th anniversary this summer. department. Their first baby, Wisconsin chapter of the Brigham David, was born Chancellor’s Scholarship Her daughter started preschool American Parkinson’s Disease at IPFW. and her son is a second grader. in May. Association (APDA). He is Tiffany Roberts currently pursuing his private Jane Hudson Toor (B.S., Terri McLaughlin (B.S., (B.S., ’08) lives in Columbia City and is pilot certificate. n.d.) lives in Kokomo and is ’01) lives in Houston and employed at Turnstone as a the lead SLP at St. Joseph is employed with Klein Jennifer Schuldt (B.S., CFY. She completed a master’s Hospital in Kokomo. She is the Independent School District. ’08) lives in Indianapolis, and degree at Tennessee State facilitator of Howard County She works with K–12 in is employed with Advanced Stroke Support Group and developmental classrooms and University and has applied for Children’s Therapy as a First her CCCs from ASHA. loves working with neurological is a member of the Assistive Steps provider. She completed disorders. She also works as Technology team, which a master’s in communication Anne (Bear) Robey (B.S., a PRN at an extended care evaluates the communication disorders from Marshall ’97) is employed by Amedisys facility. Toor’s daughters are needs of students in their Home Health Care. She was University in August 2010. both married, and she has school district. married May 2 in St. Martin. Karrie (Fredrickson) a six-year-old grandson, Dominic. She and her husband Erin (Eidson) Moffett (B.S., Steenport (B.S., ’08) lives in Helen Roth (B.S., ’10) lives celebrated their 30th wedding ’03) lives in Fort Wayne and is Fort Wayne and is employed in Gas City and is employed anniversary in August 2010 owner of her own photography at Homefront Learning Center by Prairie Heights Community business, Moffettography Schools in LaGrange. She with a golfing vacation in as a speech therapy assistant. North Carolina. Creative Images. Her husband, She enjoys working with graduated with a master’s Jadda Moffett, graduated from degree in July 2010 from Ball children of all ages in clinical Rebecca Witte (B.S., ’10) IPFW in May 2010 with a and school settings. Her plans State University. Karrie was lives in Fort Wayne and is bachelor’s degree in geology. include graduate school. married September 18, 2010, employed with ENT as a recall

| 31 specialist and hearing aide research interests include PSYCHOLOGY technician. She also coaches information fluency as well as diving at Carroll High School. workplace studies in technical Chase Allen (B.A., ’09) communication. was admitted to the master’s Stacey Zelt (B.S., ’93) is program in counseling and employed with Northwest educational psychology Allen County Schools and as a at Indiana University. He PRN at Luther’s Rehabilitation INTERNATIONAL is excited about starting Hospital. She and Eric have LANGUAGE graduate work this fall and been married 19 years and credits his faculty advisor’s enjoy raising their 11 and AND CULTURAL guidance and instruction as 13 year old children. STUDIES being instrumental in his new educational endeavor. Emily Butler (B.A., ’09) finished an M.A. in Spanish at Ryan Boyd (B.A., ’10) is a ENGLISH the University of Wisconsin. Ph.D. student in the health/ social psychology program Christian Turner (B.A., ’03) Andrea Ritter (B.A., ’11) has at North Dakota State has self-published an ambitious been accepted into the Jewish University. In his first year, project. Written in Modern studies graduate program at he did collaborative research Greek, The Cycle of History the University of Michigan. pertaining to cognition, self- features not only the author’s regulation, language constructs, English translation, but also an Jack Sieber (B.A., ’09) interpersonal approach/ accompanying CD of original was accepted into Brown avoidance paradigms, music. Among his experiences University’s Ph.D. program in embodied cognition, and at IPFW, Turner cites the French. He received a four-year political affiliation/motivation. Remnant Trust exhibition at contract that includes a year- Ryan has had a first-author Helmke Library as his most long fellowship. manuscript accepted by the memorable. He also says that Julie Parson Journal of Experimental Social the time he spent in pursuit (B.A., ’02) completed her doctoral Psychology. of his degree taught him the dissertation in French at Ohio importance of perseverance, so University in August 2011. Shanna Cole (B.A., ’10) has his advice to current students is Her dissertation is titled, been accepted into the clinical simple: “Stand your ground.” “The Tradition of Femininity: psychology doctoral program at Fuller Theological Seminary. Yuejiao Zhang (M.A., ’05) Rethinking Sexuality and is now an assistant professor Gender in 1950s French Kristine (Jehle) DiScala Cinema.” Julie is the first ILCS of English at the University of (B.A., ’03) passed the Texas at Arlington. At IPFW, she graduate from IPFW to receive Examination for Professional focused primarily on rhetoric a Ph.D. in French. Practice of Psychology and is and composition with a minor Chris Ice a licensed psychologist with in linguistics. After completing (B.A., ’07; B.F.A., completed an a health service provider in a degree at IPFW, Zhang went ’07, music) M.A. in French literature psychology endorsement. In fall on to earn a Ph.D. from the at the University of Illinois 2010, she returned to IPFW as University of Central Florida Champaign–Urbana in a presenter for the psychology (UCF) where she majored in May 2010. He taught two department’s Colloquium Series texts and technology, with introductory French courses and spoke on “What Really a concentration in technical for IPFW in spring 2011. Happens in Therapy: Behind communications. While at He entered the University of the Door of an Interpersonal UCF, Yuejiao also worked Minnesota’s Ph.D. program Process Therapist.” as an instructional writer at in French in fall 2011, with a Walt Disney World in Florida. Joshua Fiechter (B.A., ’09) teaching assistantship. Zhang now teaches courses is working on publishing his in technical writing, and her honors thesis, which examines

32 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 the effect of humorous resources. She has been program at IPFW in fall 2010. Levi Laskowski (B.A., ’09) test items on reading working in the field of human During this time, she has is a first year master’s student comprehension performance. resources for five years. been a graduate teaching aide in the counseling department He is also working with Melissa and her husband John for the large section of PSY at Ball State University. He Priti Shah at the University (B.S., ’95) have two children. 12000. She enjoys helping will be interning at the Ball of Michigan on her graph the students and working on a State Counseling Center in the comprehension research. Alicia A. (Tomlinson) departmental research project fall. He is also co-president Johnson (B.A., ’10) was to improve student success of Continuum, an LGBT Jenna Harmon (B.A., ’09) promoted to rehabilitation in the course. graduate student organization, is pursuing M.S. and education coordinator at the Bowen which is working to establish specialist degrees at the Center in Columbia City. She Kenneth Lahrman (B.A., a mentorship program to University of Dayton to become is now responsible for all ’11) will remain at IPFW for provide advice and counsel to a nationally certified school the assessments, treatment at least another year while he undergraduates who identify psychologist. She has an planning, and coordination completes his prerequisites as LGBT. external graduate assistantship of care for clients receiving for medical school. He hopes with ReadySetSoar, the greater rehabilitation services in to specialize in psychiatry, Elise Minick (B.A., ’10) Dayton region’s early childhood Whitley County. She enjoys her and eventually serve as is enrolled in the school educational initiative. job and is happy to be working a psychiatrist in the Army psychology program at Kent in the field in which she Medical Corps. In May 2011, State University and will earn a Melissa (Johnson) acquired her education. Lahrman was commissioned a Master of Education in August. Helmsing (B.A., ’99) has Second Lieutenant and She will then matriculate returned to IPFW and is now Susan Johnston (B.A., is serving in the Army into the education specialist employed as the training ’10) began her graduate National Guard. degree, which involves one and new parents program studies in the marriage and year of coursework and one administrator in human family counselor education year of internship.

Alumna Profile: Stephanie (McIntosh) Wilkie, a Fort Wayne native, received textbook written by IPFW psychology professors Ken Bordens a B.A. in psychology from IPFW in 1992, an M.A. in psychology and Bruce Abbott. Wilke says, “My aim is to teach the students from Ball State University, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology how to be good consumers of information even if they don’t from Indiana University. Her first job took her to the Research intend on pursuing a research degree later.” Triangle region of North Carolina, where she worked as a research analyst doing large scale survey work for the U.S. One of her research interests is the concept of home. “Home Department of Education, with hands-on experience in web- is a commonplace term, both in everyday language and in the survey design and data cleaning. environmental psychology research literature linking people and places,” Wilkie states. However, it is not yet known what Though Wilkie enjoyed the challenge, she discovered that the psychological factors contribute to the identification of a corporate life was not for her—plus she was still searching for particular place as “home.” Wilkie is currently exploring how a place to call home. After some contemplation about what she home is defined and how it relates wanted in her life, Wilkie decided to return to a university setting to the concepts of place identity and place attachment. to teach, pursue her research interests, and fulfill a lifelong dream—to live abroad. These two decisions turned out to be a Wilkie had never been to northern England prior to her job significant factor in finding her “home, sweet home.” interview, yet she knew instantly she had found her home. In 2004, she flew across the pond to interview for a teaching “I literally just knew it was the place I was going to live, even position at the University of Sunderland in northeast England. before I was offered the job,” she said. “For some reason, I Wilkie accepted the position and has now been a senior lecturer instantly felt like it was a place that I had already been for many in psychology for seven years. One of her favorite classes to years.” So, one area that Wilkie definitely does not have to teach is Research Methods and Statistics, in which she uses a research anymore is a place to call home!

| 33 Joan Poulsen (B.A., ’00) on “Social Norm Comparisons this fall. He received a half-time presented “Building Minds and Worry.” teaching assistantship, tuition and Influencing People” at the remission, and a stipend and IPFW psychology department’s Yukti (Ahuja) Singh will be working in Purdue’s Colloquium Series in winter (B.A., ’95) authored Two Intimate Partner Violence Lab. 2010. She is an assistant Possibilities: A Journey We professor in psychology at Traveled Alone and is working Rachel (Kiser) Thomas Indiana University–Purdue on her second book. She owns (B.A., ’10) is working as an University Columbus. Her and operates a preschool/ administrative assistant at the current research is on social kindergarten center in San Goshen Veteran’s Clinic, while exclusion from groups. Jose, Calif., and is currently she takes coursework for a pursuing a master’s in Master of Theology from Bethel Jason Rose (B.A., ’02) counseling psychology at Santa College. She and her husband, continues to teach as an Clara University. Chris, have also started a new assistant professor of church, River of Freedom, psychology at the University of Joel Sprunger (B.A., ’10; in Angola. Toledo. This spring, he returned research certificate, ’10) will to IPFW as a presenter for begin his graduate coursework the psychology department’s in the Ph.D. clinical psychology Colloquium Series and spoke program at Purdue University

Hearing Possibilities continued from page 27 And because the IPFW student volunteers received more out of camp, her child or at a conference recently and she said I have been trained in class, they know her, because having time to talk to others should prepare to be surprised with the how to interact with AAC device users who had similar challenges with their frequency and vocabulary that her son and always ensure that conversations are children helped her immensely. is now using on his device. She said that directed to the campers. camp made a difference in his wanting This camp also gets the campers and to communicate and with whom he Often missed opportunities to communicate their families onto a university campus, communicates.” lead AAC users to become passive which Egly says is vitally important: “I observers rather than full participants in tell my students that the campers are As Rang and Hess stress, CSD provides conversation. So the camp is designed children/young people who have the same its students with both academic rigor and to allow them to participate while their ambitions, dreams, and needs as typical practical experience—something both able-bodied family members attend to children/young people. They just have a women cite as important to their ability to other tasks. As Egly explains, “Everything little more equipment. By getting campers succeed professionally. This benefits Fort is designed around getting the AAC user on campus, for any reason, it helps to Wayne and the surrounding communities to communicate; from having to choose nurture the idea that ‘this is a place where because, according to Hess, most CSD snack or lunch options to explaining what I can be.’ We might need to think outside graduates work in local communities, colors or materials they want to use to the box to find a way for them to access and among those who leave to pursue complete a craft; the CSD students have or accommodate their education, but if we graduate degrees, about 60 percent return been taught in class how to wait for as educators cannot do this, we are failing to northeast Indiana or northwest Ohio to responses and avoid allowing campers to these people.” work (and many also teach). In the end, depend on others to respond for them.” the faculty, staff, and students in IPFW’s The final day of the weekend finds the CSD department have found multiple ways Hess says that she always enjoys watching children performing for an audience of to benefit and promote IPFW and their young people who face many hurdles 200–300 friends, family, and members of department, supply the region with a well- when it comes to communication learn the public. This gives the campers valuable trained workforce, provide multiple forms new ways they can communicate. For public presentation experience and shows of outreach for marginalized members of their parents, siblings, and caregivers, the the audience what people who use AAC our community, and wrap their assistance camp not only allows them to step back devices can accomplish, something many and educational programs in fun for to see their child, friend, or relative in a people do not understand until witnessing everyone involved. t new light, but also helps them. One parent it. And, according to Egly, the camp does shared with Egly that she didn’t know who improve lives: “I saw one camper’s mother

34 | IPFW College of Arts and Sciences | Fall 2011 Wielding continued from page 25 Skin for Feature Film: Achieving a Heightened Sense of Realism by IPFW, gave him an “excellent foundation on which to build a research Approximating Skin Dynamics,” to pursue work within his field. He science career.” Junk decided to combine laboratory research with did eventually finish, receiving a Masters of Fine Arts in 2009 from his desire to study cancer, and he was accepted into the cancer SCAD while he was working full time. Like Glaze, Heniser knew that biology doctoral program at University of Arizona in Tucson. He although work experience is invaluable, finishing a degree is just as earned a Ph.D. in 2008, and he is currently a postdoctoral scholar important to one’s expertise. in the pathology department of the medical school at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio. Heniser has held positions as a technical director at Sony Imageworks and software engineer at Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light As a postdoctoral scholar, Junk’s research includes creating a and Magic. At present, he works as a research and development “model of cancer that we can manipulate in the lab.” He explains software engineer at Double Negative in London where he creates that “basically, we start with completely normal breast cancer cells visual effects for movies. If Double Negative sounds familiar, it is that we grow in the lab. We can change these cells by giving them because the company recently won an Oscar for the visual effects mutations, which will cause the cells to transition to cancer. . . they created for Inception. Currently, Heniser is working on many We can use this model to understand what mutations work with yet to be released films, but when asked what he specifically does, each other to make cancer; and if we can understand how cancer he says his “focus is on developing lighting, shading, and rendering develops from normal cells, then we can generate therapies that tools for shows in the future. . . . Unfortunately, much of what I work attack these mutations in on falls under my non-disclosure agreement. So, I’m not at liberty order to generate a cure.” to go into much detail”—which makes his job that much more Finding a cure is surely a interesting. Guess we just need to keep our eyes on imdb.com and shared human desire, so it film credits to learn those details. is a privilege to claim Junk as a COAS graduate. Though much of his job is secretive in nature, he doesn’t shy away from offering advice to current students and recent graduates: Like Junk, Ryan Heniser “Explore job opportunities as soon as possible. There are thousands felt an early calling to his of opportunities out there, but the paths are not as straight forward current profession and as a lawyer or doctor. You’re going to have to tailor yourself for them completes what he sets out by taking specific classes and learning on your own. Ask professors/ to do by making the most teachers, go online, visit businesses, and track down your dream job. of every opportunity and It’s out there! Be proactive!” experience. He has known since age fourteen that he Whether Heniser, Glaze, Junk, and Langle are being proactive in their wanted to go into computer respective communities, fields of research, or with their colleagues, graphics, and while they each continue to make IPFW and COAS proud. Glaze’s motto studying at IPFW, he got the has always been to “find something you love to do, and channel it Heniser is pictured here with the “opportunity to explore the Oscar and BAFTA awards Double into something great.” All our featured alumni seem to subscribe to Negative received for their work on various careers in computer this sentiment, as evidenced through their various accomplishments Inception—though Heniser did not graphics, both from the and future aspirations. As Glaze remains CEO of Fort Wayne Metals work on the film, he had the honor to technical and artistic sides.” and an advocate for revitalizing downtown Fort Wayne, he’ll continue be photographed with the awards. inspiring young graduates to follow his lead. Langle has applied for a These opportunities were scholarship to get a master’s degree in international business with a made possible for Heniser through his COAS professors—he focus on green energy and green marketing in Sydney, Australia—he specifically mentioned Beomjin Kim as one who inspired, instructed, will find out if he was selected in November 2011. Junk’s future and encouraged him, especially in regard to staying current with plans include a few more years at Case Western Reserve University, advances in his field through scholarly research. Even though but he hopes to remain in the Midwest and continue researching Kim impacted Heniser’s studies significantly, he considered all his breast cancer cures and treatments. Heniser would like to someday professors “well-informed, approachable, and focused on teaching “ascend to a position where I can influence the direction of research their students,” and working under COAS faculty members like Kim more,” research artist usability within his field, and improve his public made Heniser’s IPFW experience memorable and beneficial to his speaking skills. As Glaze, Langle, Junk, and Heniser work daily to be current career as a software engineer. at the top of their respective professional fields, we wish them luck in After graduating with a bachelor’s degree, Heniser went to the all they undertake. t Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) to perfect his skills. He left the college before finishing a master’s thesis, “Rendering Human

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Carl N. Drummond, Dean American Studies Carl N. Drummond Elaine Blakemore, Assistant Dean Ethnic and Cultural Studies Quinton Dixie Elliott Blumenthal, Assistant Dean Film Studies Steve Carr Gerontology Penelope A. McLorg Departments Chairs International Studies Suin Roberts Journalism Ann M. Colbert Anthropology Richard Sutter Liberal Studies Michael E. Kaufmann Biology Frank Paladino Native American Studies Lawrence A. Kuznar Chemistry Ron Friedman Peace and Conflict Studies Patrick J. Ashton Communication Marcia Dixson Women’s Studies Janet Badia Communication Sciences Jonathan Dalby (interim) and Disorders English and Linguistics Hardin Aasand Centers of Excellence Geosciences Solomon Isiorho Archaeological Survey History Bernd Fischer Center for Applied Ethics (formerly IPFW Human Rights Institute) International Language Laurie L. Corbin Center for Reptile and Amphibian Conservation and Management and Culture Studies (Herp Center) Mathematical Sciences Peter Dragnev (interim) Center for Social Research Philosophy Bernd Buldt Decision Sciences and Theory Institute Physics Mark Masters Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Political Science James M. Lutz Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics Psychology Carol Lawton Three Rivers Language Center Sociology Peter Iadicola

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