In this Issue: Highlight: Hispanic Studies 2 Highlight: Political Science 4 GRADUATE LIBERAL Department & Faculty News 6 Faculty Profiles 11 ARTS & SCIENCES NEWS Student News 13 Student Profiles 16 A newsletter by and for the graduate programs of Liberal Arts & Sciences Theses & Dissertations 18
June 2010 | Volume Forty-Nine, Issue Three
Graduate Human Resource Development Program Celebrates 30 Years On Friday, April 16, 2010, Villanova University’s master’s program in Human Resource Development celebrated its 30 year anniversary with a fundraising gala at Overbrook Golf Club in Bryn Mawr. More than 150 friends and alumni of the program were in attendance. The event included a keynote speech by John M. Murabito, executive vice president of Human Resources and Services at Cigna Corporation. The 2009 HR Executive of the Year spoke on significant issues affecting the field of human resources (HR) today. Mistress of Ceremonies was Lynn Doyle, executive producer and host of “It’s Your Call with Lynn Doyle” on the Comcast Network. Outstanding Alumni Awards were also presented to three graduates of the master’s degree program in Human Resource Development from the past ten years. Nominees were identified by their peers and fellow program alumni Left to right: The Reverend Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., Villanova University according to their impact on the HR field, leadership, President; David F. Bush, Ph.D., Founder and Director of the Villanova HRD program; and Adele Lindenmeyr, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Studies in the creativity and innovation, customer focus, applied technical College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. HR knowledge and stewardship. The winners were Melanie Stephano, M.S. ’02, vice president of Human Resources for SCA Personal Care; Leon Singletary, M.S. ’05, principal of First Contact HR and current president of Greater Valley Forge Human Resources Association; and John Garber, M.S. ’06, vice president at The Addis Group. David F. Bush, Ph.D., founded the Human Resource Development graduate program in 1980 and has been the director and a full-time faculty member for the last 30 years. Villanova University President, the Reverend Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., and the dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Adele Lindenmeyr, Ph.D., announced the establishment of a new endowed scholarship for the Human Resource Development program, the David F. Bush Scholarship. In addition to the funds raised by the gala for the scholarship, the endowment received a generous challenge pledge from Bisk Education, Villanova’s Outstanding Alumni Award winners (left to right) Leon Singletary, M.S. ’05, partner in the newly launched online master’s degree Principal of First Contact HR and current President of Greater Valley Forge program in Human Resource Development. Human Resources Association; Melanie Stephano, M.S. ’02, Vice President of Human Resources for SCA Personal Care; and John Garber, M.S. ’06, Over $35,000 in corporate sponsorships were raised to Vice President at The Addis Group. help support the event and contribute to the David F. Bush Scholarship fund. Gala partner Trion and platinum sponsor
continued on page 12 Highlight: GRADUATE HISPANIC STUDIES
Graduate Program in Hispanic pre- or post-master’s certificate. The he continued. “Each of the professors Studies Welcomes Diverse program offers courses such as Spanish takes a very personalized approach to Community of Students Teaching Methodology as well as courses their classes and students.” The graduate program in Hispanic like, “Obras maestras de la lituratura Festival de Poesía en Villanova Studies continues to grow with full- hispanica,” or “Masterpieces of Hispanic On March 25 – 27, 2010, the graduate and part-time students who have diverse Literature,” which is especially designed program held its inaugural Poetry backgrounds from around the country for teachers of Spanish AP literature Festival on the Villanova University and the world. The program prepares courses and is offered this summer. campus. The three days of events students to become first-rate scholars Students enjoy the warm, welcoming included poetry readings, roundtable and teachers. For some, the master’s atmosphere of the program, and discussions and the reading of academic papers presented by poets and scholars from 10 countries. The festival included a special visit by Floridor Pérez, a renowned Chilean poet perhaps best known for his collection “Cartas de prisionero,” based on his imprisonment during the Pinochet dictatorship. Floridor Pérez read his poetry in the Connelly Center Cinema on the opening night of the festival. Another special guest was Brazilian poet Cristiane Grando, who read her poetry during the closing recital. The full roster of poets also included María Elena Arias Zelidón (El Salvador), David Barreto (Ecuador), Andrea Cote Botero (Colombia), Festival de Poesia Participants: Standing: graduate student Carlos Yushimito del Valle, former graduate Silvino Edward Díaz Burns (Puerto student Stacy Aguirre, former graduate student and MLL faculty member Joseph Robertson, former Rico), Rodolfo Figueroa (Chile), graduate student and associate professor at the University of North Texas Cristina Sanchez Conejero, graduate student Shawn Teague, former graduate student Jelena Mihailovic, and faculty member Andrés González (Spain), Gladys Dr. Salvatore Poeta. Seated: graduate student Andres Gonzalez Sanchez. Ilarregui (Argentina), Carlos Jiménez (Spain), Víctor Martín Iglesias (Spain), is the final degree, while others plan to Villanova offers special reduced tuition Magnolia Pérez Garrido (Cuba), continue their studies in doctoral rates to all primary- and secondary- Salvatore Poeta (United States, born in programs. school teachers and administrators. Sicily), Joseph Robertson (United States), Enrique Sacerio-Garí (Cuba), “I consider myself very fortunate “The program is an excellent Cristina Sánchez Conejero (Spain), to learn from the experts in Hispanic academic experience. It maintains Róger Santiváñez (Perú) and Carlos literature and linguistics, who proved to a fine balance between reading primary Trujillo (Chile). be not only great lecturers, but also very materials, learning from work of trustworthy advisors who care about contemporary and past scholars, The idea for the festival was born their students,” said Jelena Mihailovic, and developing original ideas through one year ago in Villanova’s Spanish a former M.A. student who is currently writing and research,” said Brian poetry workshop, which is held every pursuing her doctorate at the City Yates, a former M.A. student who is Monday night on campus. Carlos University of New York. currently teaching Spanish at Red Rocks Trujillo, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish and director of the graduate Teachers from area schools are Community College in Lakewood, program in Hispanic Studies at welcome. In addition to the master’s Colorado. “The graduate program Villanova, was instrumental in making degree, many teachers are interested in a at Villanova is also a community,”
2 • Left to right: Joseph Robertson, Floridor Pérez (Chile), Christiane Grando (Brazil), and Carlos Trujillo. Trujillo and Robertson prepared the anthology of poetry. Floridor Pérez (guest speaker, poet from Chile), Cristiane Grando (guest speaker, poet from Brazil, Director of Instituto Brasileiro de Cultura, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
the idea a reality. Dr. Trujillo, an award- winning Chilean poet, has directed the poetry workshop since 1992, helping to create an atmosphere in which poets can actively explore their craft and grow. Mercedes Juliá, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Dr. Salvatore Poeta a specialist in contemporary poetry, and Chilean poet Floridor Pérez at the welcomed the poets, scholars and Festival de Poesia. attendees on the opening night of the festival along with Adele Lindenmeyr, of the master’s degree program in who attended will be collected in the Ph.D., dean of Graduate Studies. Hispanic Studies, returned to Villanova, spring edition of the Naufragios literary Scholars from the Spanish Royal making the journey from as far as New journal, published by the poetry Academy of the Language, Villanova’s York and Texas to participate in the workshop and the Department of graduate program in Hispanic Studies, festival. Modern Languages, online. Naufragios and from other universities and several Dr. Trujillo, Cristiane Grando, can be accessed at nations attended the events. The Floridor Pérez and Joseph Robertson www.villanova.edu/artsci/modernlanglit presenters of academic papers explored presented books of their own poetry on /spanish/naufragios.htm topics such as “the temptation of New Friday afternoon. The poetry recital on New Graduate Program Director York” in the works of Spanish poets Friday night of the festival included live Siliva Nagy-Zekmi, Ph.D., will assume Juan Ramón Jiménez, Federico García music by Grupo Reverberación and the position of graduate program Lorca, José Hierro and José María also a post-recital dinner held in the St. director in August. Dr. Nagy-Zekmi Fonollosa. Another section explored the Augustine Center. All of the events were succeeds Dr. Trujillo, who has served topic, “distance and proximity, well attended by both the Villanova in this capacity for five years. The phenomenology and apocryphal community and the general public. department wishes to extend thanks histories in the works of Chilean poets.” An anthology of poetry was published There was one event in English, in to Dr. Truijillo for his service and in connection with the festival thanks to program leadership. which four members of Villanova’s Dr. Trujillo and Joseph Robertson. The faculty explored the art of translating contributions of the poets and scholars poetry from four very different perspectives. Stacy Aguirre, Jill Blackstone, Jelena Mihailovic and For additional information about the Hispanic Studies program please visit Cristina Sánchez Conejero, all graduates www.villanova.edu/artsci/modernlanglit/graduate
• 3 Highlight: GRADUATE POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science Graduate Program Continues to Grow Through a wide selection of courses, the Master of Arts in Political Science at Villanova offers students the opportunity to get a thorough understanding of the key issues in domestic and international politics. Students use this knowledge to go on to doctoral programs, law schools, public employment, jobs in the nonprofit sector or various international careers. A joint agreement with the Master of Public Administration program enables students to combine their substantive interests in politics with the more applied knowledge about public administration and non-profit management. The strength and vitality of the program reflects the wide range of A. Maria Toyoda, Ph.D., Chair of Political Science Department activities in which the department is involved as well as the accomplishments of its members and graduates. institutionalism, transnational activism, undergraduate public policy program. Faculty Changes organizational sociology and the Her research experience includes A. Maria Toyoda, Ph.D., was named interface of ideas and institutions in serving as co-leader of a mixed method the new department chair last fall after policymaking. His work has appeared study investigating the relationship Lowell Gustafson, Ph.D., became the in numerous scholarly journals including between nonprofit social service new associate dean for Arts and Policy Studies Journal, Global Environmental providers and the State of Delaware. Sciences. Robert Langran, Ph.D., had Change, PS: Political Science and Politics, The Urban Institute is currently using served as an interim department chair Journal of Policy History and Nationalities this study as a model for a new national for one year. Marcus Kreuzer, Ph.D., Papers , as well as commentaries in Foreign project on the nonprofit-government continues as director of the graduate Affairs, The Moscow Times and The New relationship. Prior to attending the program in political science. In 2009 – York Times . He is the author of “The University of Delaware, Miltenberger 2010, the program also hired two new Political Power of Bad Ideas: Networks, held executive nonprofit management faculty: public administration specialist, Institutions, and the Global Prohibition positions and worked for a public policy Lauren Miltenberger, and a new Wave” (Oxford University Press 2010), research institute at Rutgers University. specialist in Russian politics, Mark L. and is currently writing a book entitled, Her primary research interests include Schrad, Ph.D. “Vodka Politics: Autocracy and Alcohol nonprofit management, governance and in Russia,” concerning the history of leadership issues, and the intersection Dr. Schrad joins the program this alcohol-control politics in Russia, and between nonprofits and government in fall from the University of Illinois at prospects for addressing the post-Soviet the modern welfare state. The two new Urbana-Champaign, where he taught demographic catastrophe. hires as well as additional ones in the courses in international relations and Miltenberger is completing her years to come will further strengthen the comparative politics. He holds a master’s program in Political Science. doctorate in political science from the doctoral work at the University of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Delaware, where she has been a core John R. Johannes, Ph.D., will return has conducted research in the fields of faculty member involved in the design to teaching political science after fifteen Russian and European politics, historical and implementation of a new years as vice president for Academic
4 • Affairs. Dr. Johannes teaches American analyze the potential government and his research focuses on effect of such proposals Congress. on several key aspects of In other faculty news, Dr. Gustafson democracy, including and Thomas W. Smith, Ph.D., were women’s rights, both appointed as associate deans in religious freedom and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences minority inclusion. The for social science and humanities, research is funded by a respectively. Jeffrey Hahn, Ph.D., the grant from the National department’s long time Russia specialist, Science Foundation’s retired two years ago. The University Law and Social Science awarded Dr. Hahn Emeritus status and he program. periodically assists by teaching his Catherine E. popular Russia courses. Hafeez Malik, Wilson, Ph.D, assistant Ph.D., retired last year and also received professor of Political promotion to Professor Emeritus in May Science and nonprofit 2010. Dr. Malik is an international coordinator in the Current M.A. students in Dr. Toyoda’s Development and Aid course. expert in South-Asian politics, director M.P.A. program at of the Institute for Pakistani Studies and Villanova, was the in on-campus events organized through editor of the Journal of South Asian and William E. Simon Visiting Fellow in this partnership. Middle Eastern Studies . Finally, Robert Religion and Public Life at the James The department is the home of the Maranto, Ph.D., left Villanova to accept Madison Program for the Study of Matthew J. Ryan Center for the Study a position as the new chair in Education American Ideals and Institutions at of Free Institutions and the Public Good Leadership in the Department of Princeton University during the 2009 – at Villanova University, which promotes Education Reform at the University 2010 academic year. During that year, inquiry into the principles and processes of Arkansas. This new position will she began preparing a manuscript of free government and seeks to advance allow him to more fully pursue his regarding the role that public, private understanding of the responsibilities of longstanding interest in educational and nonprofit organizations are playing statesmen and citizens of constitutional reform and his passion for charter in the politics of immigration in the city democratic societies. The Center schools. of Philadelphia. Wilson has participated commemorates the life and work of in select conferences, symposia and Matthew J. Ryan, who was a member Faculty Accomplishments seminars concerning her study and of the Pennsylvania House of Dr. Toyoda was the Center for Global continues to provide her insights to Representatives for over 40 years and Partnership Japan Fellow at the Center media outlets on the topic of United served as speaker of the Pennsylvania for Strategic and International Studies States immigration policy. in Washington, D.C., in spring 2010, House of Representatives. Ryan Satya Pattnayak, Ph.D., professor and the Nonresident Visiting Scholar, received his Bachelor of Science from of Sociology and Political Science, International Monetary Fund, in Villanova University and his Juris received a Title IV Grant from the spring 2009. Doctor from the Villanova University U.S. Department of Education to fund Catherine Warrick, Ph.D., was School of Law. The Center sponsors a research, educational programs and number of visiting scholars as well as awarded a highly competitive National public events dealing with Brazil. Science Foundation grant to examine public lectures at Villanova. proposals for Islamic law in Western Departmental Activities The department was the host of the democracies, focusing on the United The department regularly co-sponsors Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Kingdom and Canada. The project events that are part of Villanova’s Asian Studies Annual Conference in investigates three key elements of the partnership with Catholic Relief October 2009, including an Asia issue: Current and recent Islamic law Services (CRS). CRS is the principle Beyond Borders workshop and a proposals; the variables that affect agency of the U.S. Catholic community Teaching Asia workshop that were why and where such proposals are put dealing with humanitarian assistance held at Villanova. forward; and the factors affecting the and economic development in popularity of, or hostility toward, such developing nations. Dr. Toyoda, For additional information about proposals in Muslim communities and Christine Palus, Ph.D., Dr. Wilson the Political Science program in the general population. One of the and Dr. Kreuzer regularly participate please visit www.psc.villanova.edu main objectives of this research is to
• 5 Graduate Liberal Arts & Sciences DEPARTMENT & FACULTY NEWS
Applied Statistics with a former M.S. student (see Student strategies, was accepted for presentation Michael A. Posner, Ph.D. , is the News, page 12). Dr. Bauer taught a to the Social Cognition Division at the co-principle investigator and statistician Herpetology course sponsored by the NCA convention. She also served as the on a recently awarded four-year, $2.4 Indian government in Guwahati, Assam, 2009 – 2010 newsletter editor for the million National Science Foundation northeast India, in November 2009. Association for Chinese Communication grant, in partnership with the 21 st The intensive three-week course Studies, and has been elected to be chair Century Partnership for Science, attracted graduate students from of the 2010 election committee. Technology, Engineering, and throughout India and neighboring Bill Cowen, Ph.D. , was recently featured Mathematics (STEM) Education. countries. In March 2010 he spoke on in an article in the Baltimore Sun on how The grant, entitled Proficiency-based “New Phylogenies and New Species of news cycles affect reputation perception Assessment and Reassessment of Geckos from the South Pacific” to the and brand image of cities and urban Learning Outcomes (PARLO), is a Österreichische Gesellschaft für areas. Herpetologie in Vienna, Austria. In randomized controlled trial of 44 high Len Shyles, Ph.D. , was featured in a schools in the greater Philadelphia area April 2010, Dr. Bauer and a recent Business Insider article entitled, “Memo aimed at evaluating the impact that a M.S. student were guests of the New to Comcast: How to Fix NBC.” Zealand Department of Conservation new assessment paradigm in ninth grade , was named and Te Papa, the National Museum of Jill Flanagan, M.A. algebra and geometry will have on coordinator of the Vatican Internship New Zealand, where they conducted student achievement, engagement and Program. In this role, Flanagan recruits collaborative research on the systematics attitudes towards math. Dr. Posner is undergraduate students to work at the of New Zealand lizard species (see the 2010 recipient of Villanova’s Rome Bureau of Catholic News Service, Student News, page 13). Innovative Teaching Award. His paper, the Pontifical Council for Social entitled, “Managing the grading Samantha K. Chapman, Ph.D. , recently Communications and the Internet paradox: Leveraging the power of choice published a paper entitled, “Biodiversity Service Provider Infrastructures office. in the classroom,” was awarded best at the plant-soil interface: microbial Villanova is the only university in the paper for the 2010 Academy of abundance and community structure world offered the opportunity to place Management annual meeting. He is respond to litter mixing,” in the journal interns in key Vatican offices. currently serving as past-chair of the Oecologia . Special Interest Group of the Education Communication Mathematical Association of America Edward Garcia Fierros, Ph.D. , on Statistics Education, Member-at- Qi Wang, Ph.D. , published a paper coauthored “Shifting Landscapes of Large on the Executive Board of the entitled, “Anxiety and uncertainty Professional Practices: ELL Special American Statistical Association’s management in an intercultural setting: Education Placement in English-only Section on Statistics Education. The impact on organization-public States” with A. Artiles, J. Lingner and relationships,” in a recent issue of the A. Sullivan, in Forbidden Language: English Biology Journal of Public Relations Research and an Learners and Restrictive Language Policies , Aaron M. Bauer, Ph.D. , recently article in the book: “Intercultural edited by P. Gandara and M. Hopkins, published papers he coauthored communication between China and the UCLA Civil Rights Project. with a former M.S. student entitled, World: Interpersonal, organizational , presented on two “Ecological notes on two sympatric and mediated perspectives.” She also Krista Malott, Ph.D. investigations related to ethnic and Psammophis species from East Africa” published an article entitled, “Comparin g racial identity development at the in African Journal of Herpetology and the perceptions of success, attributions, national conference for the American “Sexual size dimorphism and and motivations between the Chinese Counseling Association in March 2010. reproduction in the Asian sand snake and the U.S. cultures,’’ in a recent issue Also presenting was a co-researcher Psammophis condanarus (Psamophiidae)” of China Media Research . The article was from Monmouth University and two in Hamadryad (see Student News, page coauthored with a former graduate Villanova graduate counseling students, 12). He also published “Ecological student (see Student News, page 12). who assisted in implementing, analyzing observations on the Gargoyle Gecko, Dr. Wang’s paper, “I avoid conflict and writing up a study on ethnic identity Rhacodactylus auriculatus (Bavay, 1869) in because I care,” a cross-cultural with migrant Mexican youth in Kennett southern New Caledonia” in Salamandra examination of conflict avoidance Square, Pa.
6 • Teresa G. Wojcik, Ph.D. , recently Culture,” and Wendy Olmstead’s service on the editorial board of the published an article entitled, “The “The Imperfect Friend: Rhetoric Virginia Magazine of History and Biography . Promise and Challenge of Curriculum and Emotion in Milton, Sidney, and The term runs from January 2010 to Hybridization in a Civic Education their Contexts,” both appeared in December 2012. Course in Poland,” in the journal Renaissance Quarterly . Elizabeth Kolsky, Ph.D. , is currently Problemy Wczesnej Edukacji (Issues in Early History in India conducting research under Education ). In February 2010, Dr. Wojcik the auspices of a National Science , chaired and presented at the 107 th annual Middle Marc Gallicchio, Ph.D. Foundation grant. She recently gave a commented on papers at a session States Regional Conference on the talk at the Centre for Historical Studies on “Japan and the New International Social Studies (MSCSS), held this year at Jawaharlal Nehru University on her History” at the Asian Studies in Gettysburg, Pa. Her presentation, book, “Colonial Justice in British India: Conference in Philadelphia in March entitled, “Digital Windows to the Past: White Violence and the Rule of Law.” 2010. His review of Russell D. Buhite’s Integrating On-Line Primary Sources Dr. Kolsky has also just published an “Douglas MacArthur: Statecraft and and WebQuests,” explored the varied article in Gender & Histor y entitled, “‘The Stagecraft in America’s East Asian ways in which pre-service and in-service Body Evidencing the Crime’: Rape on Policy” was published in the Pacific teachers might meet instructional Trial in Colonial India, 1860 – 1947.” Historical Review in February 2010. objectives by using the extensive , was awarded the , presented an Tim McCall, Ph.D. collections of digital primary sources Christopher Haas, Ph.D. I Tatti Fellowship at Villa I Tatti , the invited paper entitled, “Geopolitics available online at the Library of Harvard University Center for Italian and Georgian Identity in Late Antiquity: Congress. Renaissance Studies, for 2010 – 2011. the Dangerous World of Vakhtang In March 2010, Dr. McCall presented English Gorgasali” in April 2010 at a conference an invited lecture entitled, “Cecilia Heather Hicks, Ph.D. , presented a organized around the theme, “The Gallerani and Milanese Mistresses,” at paper entitled, “Time to Go: Temporal Caucasus: Imagining Freedom, the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Subjectivity in ‘Oryx and Crake’ and Negotiating Dominion.” The in Milan. He also read his paper, “The ‘Cloud Atlas,’” at the Conference of the conference was held at the University of Signore Hidden and Revealed: the International Society for the Study of St. Andrews and was jointly sponsored Intarsia Coretto of Pier Maria Rossi of Narrative in Cleveland, Ohio in April by the British Academy and the Centre Parma,” at the Penn Humanities Forum 2010. for Russian, Soviet, Central and East at the University of Pennsylvania in , recently led a European Studies at the University of Lauren Shohet, Ph.D. March 2010. Another paper, “Brilliant seminar on “Resituating Romance St. Andrews (a venue utterly wasted Bodies on Display: Masculinity, Nobility, in Comparative Contexts” for the on Dr. Haas since he is not a golfer). and Power in Fifteenth-Century Shakespeare Association of America. Lynne Hartnett, Ph.D. , presented a paper Ferrara,” was presented at the The seminar sponsored several months entitled, “Constructing a Myth or Renaissance Society of America Annual of collaborative work among scholars Recounting a Life? Vera Figner’s Efforts Meeting in Venice in April 2010, and he working on relationships between early- to Find and Define her Place in the organized and chaired the session modern English romance texts and texts Russian Revolutionary Movement,” “Parma’s Renaissance: Traditions of Art from other traditions including other at the American Association for the and Historiography.” national literatures, other time periods Advancement of Slavic Studies National , is project and other genres. It culminated in a Convention in Boston, Mass., in Charlene Mires, Ph.D. director for the Greater Philadelphia meeting in Chicago in April 2010. November 2009. Dr. Hartnett was Roundtable, a series of public programs She also published the article, “Usable nominated for the Lindback Excellence that encourage dialogue about the Archives,” in Shakespeare Studies and in Teaching Award for the second region’s recent history and current another article on early-modern consecutive year and was also elected to issues. The programs, funded in part women’s elegy in the Oxford Handbook serve a three-year term as the Director by the Pennsylvania Humanities of the Elegy , edited by Karen Weisman. of Russian Area Studies at Villanova. Dr. Shohet’s reviews of Martin Butler’s Council, also will help to shape the Catherine Kerrison, Ph.D. , has been content of the future Encyclopedia of “Stuart Court Masque and Political appointed to a three-year term of continued on page 8
• 7 Graduate Liberal Arts & Sciences DEPARTMENT & FACULTY NEWS
Greater Philadelphia , for which Mires figured in the controversy. Dr. Varias Mathematics is co-editor. For further information also published articles for Odyssey David Sprows, Ph.D. , has an article visit the project’s Web site at Magazine , centered in Athens, Greece, entitled, “Antiderivatives as Inverse http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org . in March, July and November of 2009 Linear Transformations,” appearing Dr. Mires also is the revisions editor on the Greek anarchist movement and in the current issue of the Mathematics for the Encyclopedia of American History, its role in recent disturbances in Greece. and Computer Education Journal . Volume 9, Postwar United States 1946 – 68 These included an interview with the (New York: Facts on File, 2010). eminent historian, Mark Mazower, and Philosophy , recently , won the 2010 an article on the Hellenic Center in Gabriel Rockhill, Ph.D. Paul Rosier, Ph.D. published “Logique de l’histoire: American Indian National Book Nafplion, newly launched by Harvard Pour une analytique des pratiques Award for best book on modern University as part of its larger focus philosophiques,” Paris: Editions American Indian history/studies on the history of Greece. Hermann, series “Hermann for his book, “Serving Their Country: Human Resource Development Philosophie,” 2010. Dr. Rockhill American Indian Politics and Patriotism , presented two co-edited with Alfredo Gomez-Muller in the Twentieth Century,” Harvard Ginamarie Ligon, Ph.D. papers at the Society of Industrial and “Critique et subversion dans la pensée University Press, 2009. The award Organizational Psychology Annual contemporaine américaine: Dialogues,” is given by the Labriola National Conference in Atlanta in April 2010. Paris: Editions du Félin, 2010. American Indian Data Center at The first, entitled, “Structure differences Arizona State University (ASU). between violent and non-violent Psychology Dedicated in 1993, the Labriola ideological organizations,” was Rebecca Brand, Ph.D. , delivered a talk National American Indian Data coauthored by Human Resource entitled, “How Adults Structure Object Center in the ASU Libraries is one Development graduate students. (see Demonstrations to Support Infant of the only repositories within a public article on page 17). The second paper, Attention and Learning.” The talk, given university library devoted to American entitled, “Leading employees with in November 2009, was part of the Indian collections. Dr. Rosier also autism,” was coauthored by collaborators ninth annual international conference participated in a panel on American Josh Fairchild, Samuel Hunter and on Epigenetic Robotics held in Venice, Indian citizenship at the April 2010 Melissa Hunter, all from Pennsylvania Italy. She also recently published a Annual Meeting of the Organization State University. Dr. Ligon also paper in the journal Gesture , entitled, of American Historians. participated in an expert panel “Repetition in infant-directed action Alexander Varias, Ph.D. , had an article discussion on the impact of economic depends on the goal structure of the entitled, “Defining the Moment: crisis on leadership in organizations, object: Evidence for statistical History, Style, and the Paris Exposition and chaired a symposium on “Human regularities.” of 1925,” published in The International Resource Interventions for Innovation” Michael Brown, Ph.D. , presented a talk Journal of the Arts in Society in November in the workplace at the conference. entitled, “Social Influences on Spatial 2009. The article is an expanded Several graduate students co-presented Choices,” at the annual meeting of the version of a paper Dr. Varias presented with Dr. Ligon at the conference (see Psychonomic Society in Boston. This at the conference of the society article on page 17). Dr. Ligon also presentation was coauthored with a organized by the University of Illinois coauthored with Sam Hunter of former M.S. student (see Student News, and held in July 2009 in Venice, Italy. Pennsylvania State University a page 14). Dr. Brown also coauthored a The article concerns the controversy commentary in the Journal of Industrial and presentation entitled, “Facilitation of among French and British critics Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Learning Spatial Relations Among regarding new architectural forms Science and Practice entitled, “Putting the Locations in the Absence of Coincident introduced at the exposition by, among development into leadership Visual Cues,” at the same meeting, along others, Le Corbusier, who set in motion development.” with Bradley Sturz, Ph.D., of Armstrong a rebellion against the prevailing Atlantic University, and Debbie Kelly, historicist style. The International Ph.D., of the University of Saskatchewan. Style, later called Art Deco, also It was presented in poster format at the emerged from the exposition and Psychonomic Society meeting and in
8 • spoken format by Dr. Sturz, who was a researchers funded by the National Ph.D., of University of Maryland and post-doctoral researcher at Villanova in Science Foundation, and in April 2010 John Trueswell, Ph.D., and Sharon 2007, at the affiliated fall meeting of the to San Francisco to present her meta- Thompson-Schill, Ph.D., of the Comparative Cognition Society. Dr. analysis of gender differences in self- University of Pennsylvania. Brown served as primary organizer of conscious emotions. Deborah Kendzierski, Ph.D. , attended the latter meeting. He also coauthored a Charles Folk, Ph.D. , attended the annual the annual meeting of the Eastern paper with Dr. Sturz and Dr. Kelly meeting of the Psychonomics Society, Psychological Association held in entitled “Facilitation of learning spatial as well as the Object Perception, New York in March 2010, where she relations among locations by visual cues: Attention, and Memory (OPAM) presented research from two recent Generality across spatial configurations.” conference, in Boston, Mass. At the projects. The first presentation, The paper was published in the latest Psychonomics meeting he presented coauthored with former and current issue of Animal Cognition . Dr. Brown a paper entitled, “Shifting the sparing: M.S. graduate students (see Student presented a paper at the 2010 annual Novel distractors produce lag 2 sparing News, page 15) and undergraduate meeting of the Eastern Psychological in a contingent attentional blink task.” psychology major Keelin Brady, focused Association entitled, “Social Influences The paper was coauthored by professor on “Self-schema status as a moderator on rat spatial choices: Previous choices Andrew Leber, University of New of the effectiveness of implementation of self and other,” and a paper at the Hampshire, and professor Howard intentions.” The second presentation, 2010 annual International Conference Egeth, Johns Hopkins University. first-authored by M.S. alumnus (see on Comparative Cognition entitled, Dr. Folk also coauthored a presentation Student News, page 15), was entitled, “Spatial pattern learning and with Roger Remington and Stephanie “Mindfulness of past transgressions: transposition.” The latter was part Becker, both of the University of The dissonance arousing component of a special symposium organized by Queensland, entitled, “Top-down of induced hypocrisy.” Dr. Brown in honor of the contributions modulation of attentional capture: Ginamarie Ligon, Ph.D. , was awarded of Donald A. Riley, Ph.D., of the Evidence for a relational set.” At the a Summer Research Fellowship and University of California, Berkeley, to OPAM conference, Dr. Folk coauthored Research Support Grant for the the field of comparative cognition. a presentation with a former M.S. project, “Characteristics of violent and Nicole Else-Quest, Ph.D. , published alumnus (see Student News, page 15). non-violent ideological organizations: a paper in the January 2010 issue of Irene Kan, Ph.D. , presented a poster Relationships to innovation, Psychological Bulletin entitled, “Cross- entitled, “Implicit memory for novel performance, and destructiveness national patterns of gender differences associations between pictures: Effects criteria.” In addition, Dr. Ligon in mathematics: A meta-analysis.” The of stimulus unitization and aging,” at published a commentary in the Journal paper was coauthored by Janet Hyde, the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Ph.D., of the University of Wisconsin Society in Boston, Mass. This work Perspectives on Science and Practice , 3(1), and Marcia Linn, Ph.D., of the was done in collaboration with Mieke 2010. The paper was entitled, University of California, Berkeley. Verfaellie, Ph.D., of the Memory “Putting the development into Dr. Else-Quest also participated in Disorders Research Center (MDRC), leadership development,” and was the MLK Freedom School in January VA Boston Healthcare System and coauthored by Samuel T. Hunter, of 2010 to discuss the role of activism in Boston University Medical Center and Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Ligon, the Gender and Women’s Studies Margaret M. Keane of the MDRC and assisted by a current M.S. student and an program. In March 2010, she presented of Wellesley College. Dr. Kan also M.S. alumnus (see Student News, page her research on cross-national gender published an article in a recent issue 15), presented an invited talk on gaps in math to the Philadelphia chapter of Cognitive Neuropsychology entitled, “Evaluating Creative Ideas” at the of the Association of Women in Science. “A case for conflict across multiple Annual Perspectives on Creativity Dr. Else-Quest also traveled to domains: Memory and language Conference held at Holy Family Washington, D.C., to present her impairments following damage to University in March 2010. Dr. Ligon research on ethnic variations in gender ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.” The also received an internal Faculty gaps in math/science to other article was coauthored by Jared Novick,
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Development Grant from the College Public Administration Janus Stefanowicz , Costume Shop of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Craig M. Wheeland, Ph.D. , presented a manager and resident costume designer Matthew Matell, Ph.D. , published a case study of the Greater Cheltenham in the Theatre department, will be paper entitled, “Averaging of Temporal Avenue Business Improvement working at PlayPenn, Philadelphia’s Memories by Rats,” in the Journal of District (GCABID) at the Business summer play-development workshop/ Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Improvement Districts and the festival, as a costume design consultant Processes . The paper was coauthored Evolution of Urban Governance for “The Whale” by Sam Hunter. with M.S. alumnus and post-doctoral conference held at the Earle Mack Michael Hollinger’s play “An Empty researcher, Cynthia Gooch. Dr. Matell School of Law at Drexel University in Plate in the Café du Grand Boeuf” also attended the 16 th Comparative January 2010. The GCABID is one opened at Tucson’s Invisible Theatre Cognition Conference, in Melbourne, of 16 BIDS involving Philadelphia and on April 28, 2010. Florida, in which he gave a talk entitled, one of only two that involve a suburban “Stimulus Compounding in the Peak township as a partner. Dr. Wheeland has Theology Procedure: Modality Effects,” and been selected to fill the International The graduate program in Theology presented two posters with current City/County Management Association’s held its first dies academicus in spring and former M.S. students. He and his seat on the editorial board of the journal 2010. The dies provided an academic students also attended the 35 th Society Public Integrity . platform for faculty and students to present their research. The event was for Neuroscience Conference in , presented a case Christine Palus, Ph.D. organized as an afternoon colloquium Chicago, Ill., where they presented two study at the Business Improvement with , and posters (see Student News, page 15). Districts and the Evolution of Urban Kathleen Holscher, Ph.D. a conference that featured an M.A. , Governance conference held at the Susan J. Naylor-Emlen, Ph.D. alumnus and May 2010 graduates presented a poster, “Transforming and Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel who presented their theses and offered Reconstruction Space: Multiple Tasks University in January 2010. Her focus answers to questions by attendees Elucidate Skills Strategy,” at the 2009 was the City Avenue Special Services (see Student News, page 15). The Psychonomic Society Conference. District. Dr. Palus has also recently very successful event concluded with a Dr. Naylor-Emlen recently published published an article in the Journal of reception celebrating the achievements an article, “Contributing Factors to Public Administration and Theory entitled, of faculty and graduate students. Temporal and Spatial Associations “A Woman’s Touch? Gendered in Mental Representations of Maps,” Management and Performance in Bernard P. Prusak, Ph.D. , presented a in Spatial Cognition and Computation , State Administration,” with coauthors paper in March 2010 at the Catholic in collaboration with Holly Taylor Willow Jacobson of the University University of Leuven in Louvain, of Tufts University. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Belgium, at a conference on The Household of God and Local , attended the Cynthia Bowling of Auburn University. Thomas Toppino, Ph.D. Households: Revisiting the Domestic recent meetings of the International She also was recently appointed to the Church. His paper was entitled, “The Association for Metacognition and the editorial board of Urban Affairs Review. Ecumenical Household as Domestic Psychonomic Society, both of which Theatre Church? Ecclesial Threat or Pastoral were held in Boston, Mass. At the latter Harriet Power, M.F.A. , and a current Challenge and Even Resource?” meeting, he coauthored a poster with a graduate student are among the six former M.S. student (see Student News, dramaturgs working at PlayPenn, page 15). The poster was entitled, Philadelphia’s summer play- “Metacognitive Control and Spaced development workshop/festival. Practice: Clarifying What People Power is dramaturging Nicholas Do and Why.” Wardigo’s “Hum,” a comic dive into how we communicate when words fail, at The Adrienne in Philadelphia on July 25, 2010. (see Student News, page 15).
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Matthew S. Matell, Ph.D., earned his is a particularly intriguing question, doctorate in psychology from Duke as unlike other sensory judgments, there University in 2000. He spent two is no physical substance, such as light years doing post-doctoral work in the or sound energy, that is being measured.” department of neurology at the By altering brain function via University of Michigan before joining drug administration and examining Villanova in 2003. His research is the subsequent changes in temporal directed towards understanding the expectation, or by directly recording psychological and neural mechanisms neural activity patterns while rats predict underlying the perception of time in the time of food delivery, Dr. Matell is the seconds to minutes range. working to identify the algorithms used “People sometimes think the study by the brain to achieve temporal control. of timing and temporal control is As alterations in temporal perception Matthew S. Matell, Ph.D. esoteric. However, I think that this are seen in individuals with Parkinson’s perspective is failing to see the forest Disease as well as people with drug Associate Professor, Department for the trees. It is easy for us to imagine addictions, Dr. Matell hopes that his of Psychology the loss of certain sensory capacities, work can eventually lead to clinical like vision, because we can close our application. His work has frequently eyes. In contrast, it is nearly impossible been supported by grants from the to imagine how we could function National Institutes of Health. without perceived temporal relationships between events. I think that understanding how time is perceived
Fr. Richard Jacobs, O.S.A., Ph.D., joined work on behalf of Catholic schools, Fr. the Villanova faculty in 1991. Fr. Jacobs Jacobs has also served as president of the received his Bachelor of Science in Pennsylvania Council on Educational Business Administration (Villanova Administration and as chair of the University, 1976); a Master of Divinity American Educational Research in Business Ethics (Catholic Theological Association Special Interest Group, Union, 1982); two Master of Arts Teaching and Learning in Educational degrees in Theology (Maryknoll School Administration. Over the years, Fr. of Theology, 1982; Catholic Theological Jacobs has served on a number of for- Union, 1983); and a Master of Arts profit and not-for-profit boards. He is degree in Education (1984) and a also a member of the American Society Doctor of Philosophy degree in of Public Administration. Educational Leadership (1990) Fr. Jacobs’ research agenda has from the University of Tulsa. focused primarily upon issues related Fr. Jacobs is an internationally to Catholic educational leadership. recognized authority on Catholic He has authored five books as well as The Rev. Richard M. Jacobs, education. A former member of the numerous chapters in edited books O.S.A., Ph.D. United States Catholic Conference of and articles appearing in professional Professor, Public Administration & Bishops’ Committee on Education, Fr. journals. Fr. Jacobs and his research have Educational Leadership programs Jacobs serves as a consultant to Catholic been quoted in national publications dioceses and schools. In 1994, Fr. Jacobs including Education Week, American School was named the 12 th USCCB Seton- Board Journal, Connections, Momentum , Neumann Laureate. In addition to his and numerous Catholic newsweeklies.
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Graduate Human Resource Development Celebrates 30 Years continued from cover Cigna Corporation were among the major contributors. The challenge pledge from Bisk Education will also help greatly to advance the scholarship toward achieving the $100,000 necessary to become fully funded. Present at the Gala representing Bisk Education were Andrew Titen, President, and Blair Stobaugh, Vice President for Development. The event also included a silent auction that raised over $7,000 for the new scholarship fund. Items auctioned off included tickets to athletic events, autographed memorabilia, restaurant gift certificates, gift baskets and pieces of art. The event was planned and executed by the Villanova University Human Resource Development Alumni Advisory Board. Advisory board member Lauren Gordon, M.S. ’08 and advisory board president, Diane Perrymore, M.S. ’05, Left to right: Dr. Bush, Lynn Doyle, Executive Producer and host of “It’s Your Call with Lynn Doyle,” and Keynote Speaker John M. Murabito, Executive Vice co-chaired the planning committee. President of Human Resources and Services at Cigna Corporation.
College Celebrates 2010 Commencement At the University’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 16, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was pleased to award two doctoral degrees, 82 Master of Arts degrees, 81 Master of Science degrees, and 13 Master of Public Administration degrees. Nazareth Pantaloni, III, and Alexi Kukuljevic from the Philosophy department received their doctoral hoods on the main stage, accompanied by their academic supervisors Joseph Betz, Ph.D., and Walter Brogan, Ph.D. The Commencement ceremony also recognized another 168 graduates in Liberal Arts and Sciences who received their master’s degrees in September and December 2009. Adele Lindenmeyr, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Studies, gives congratulations at the Sunday’s ceremony represented the climax of a weekend Recognition Ceremony for graduate students on Saturday, May 15, 2010. At left, Lowell Gustafson, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Social Science, and at right, Thomas of graduation celebrations at Villanova. A special recognition W. Smith, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Humanities. ceremony for the doctoral and master’s graduates in liberal arts and sciences was held on Saturday morning, May 15, where Adele Lindenmeyr, Ph.D., dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, congratulated them on their academic achievements. After the short ceremony, Dr. Lindenmeyr and graduate faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences honored the graduates with their friends and family at a reception in the Connelly Center.
Graduates process at the Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
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Biology Jaya Mohan , a fall 2009 graduate, Hispanic Studies Former M.S. student Amanda Cottone has accepted a position as copy editor/ Three of the 2010 graduates of the coauthored two articles with Aaron production editor with ECRI Institute, master’s program have been offered Bauer, Ph.D.: “Ecological notes on two a healthcare nonprofit in Plymouth full assistantships to complete their sympatric Psammophis species from Meeting, Pa. doctorate in Hispanic Studies. Carlos East Africa” in African Journal of Nathan Taylor will be enrolling at the Yushimito received offers from Herpetology and “Sexual size dimorphism University of North Carolina in the fall Georgetown University and Brown and reproduction in the Asian sand to commence his doctoral studies. University, and will attend Brown. snake Psammophis condanarus Major Jeff Pool had an article published Andrés González Sánchez will attend (Psamophiidae)” in Hamadryad. in the current edition of the Marine the University of Miami, and Alejandra Former M.S. student Joshua Snyder Corps Gazette . The coauthored article is Navarro-Benbow will attend the coauthored a paper with Aaron Bauer, entitled, “Public affairs and Information University of Connecticut. Ph.D., entitled, “Ecological observations Operations.” History on the Gargoyle Gecko, Rhacodactylus Elisa Foster had her paper, “Controlling Four graduate students in the History auriculatus (Bavay, 1869) in southern Images of African Women: Hottentot department attended this year’s New Caledonia,” in Salamandra . Venus, Alek Wek & the thought of Phi Alpha Theta Pennsylvania Former M.S. student Stuart Nielsen Stuart Hall,” accepted into Villanova’s East Regional Conference, held at and Aaron Bauer, Ph.D., were guests interdisciplinary journal, CONCEPT . Bloomsburg University in March 2010. in April 2010 of the New Zealand Kelly Madden presented her paper, “A The students set a high standard with Department of Conservation and Place for Feminist Invitational Rhetoric their work on topics ranging from race Te Papa, the National Museum of in Politics: Hillary Clinton’s Concession and community to fashion and politics, New Zealand, where they conducted Speech,” at the 21 st Annual ECS and all four received awards, claiming collaborative research on the systematics Conference held by the Gender and two of the three best paper prizes and of New Zealand lizard species. (See Women’s Studies Program at Villanova two of the three best presentation Faculty News, page 6.) University in April 2010. prizes. Christopher Meehan , B.S./M.S. alumnus, English Brian Taylor received the best paper had an article about his thesis work prize in U.S. History for his work, published in Current Biology and in The Cynthia Estremera presented a paper entitled, “‘My President Is Black’: Social “Beyond Richard Allen: The Wesley- New York Times on October 13, 2009. Bethel Dispute of the 1820s and its Meehan’s work was based on field Optimism in Obama-era Rap Music,” on the Hip Hop and Race panel at the Meanings for the Philadelphia Black work observation in Mexico of the first Community.” Elizabeth Ives received the example of a largely vegetarian spider, first “In Media Res” Academic Symposium (Conversations on Race, best paper prize in World History for Bagheera kiplingi. Meehan is currently her work, “The Body Politic: Victorian in a doctoral program at the University Gender, Media and Popular Culture) at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Fashions as Agents of Change in Meiji, of Arizona. The New York Times article Japan.” Marisa Maldonado won a best can be found at: Pa., in November 2009. The paper discussed various positive allusions to presentation award for her work, www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/1 political Black leadership in the United “Confidante or Servant? Using the 3obspider.html?_r=1&ref=science States within contemporary Hip Hop Plantation Hierarchy to Re-envision the Communication songs. Her presentation can be accessed Relationship between Mary Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley,” as did Kim Feeney , M.A. alumnus, coauthored on You Tube at: Beth a paper with Qi Wang, Ph.D., entitled, Part 1: Petitjean for her work, “Reforming Rome’s Relics: The Practical and Visual “Anxiety and uncertainty management www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTpIXt1wA Impact of Trent on the Veneration of in an intercultural setting: The impact e4&feature=channel on organization-public relationships,” Part 2: Saints and Relics.” in a recent issue of the Journal of Public www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQQ9vzoS Brian Taylor , a 2010 graduate of the Relations Research. (See Faculty News, Tq8 M.A. program, has accepted a history page 6.) department fellowship/teaching
continued on page 14 • 13 Graduate Liberal Arts & Sciences STUDENT NEWS assistantship from Georgetown Construction of the State,” at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in University for doctoral studies. He Northwestern Political Science Harrisburg, Pa., in March 2010. intends to study 18 th - and 19 th -century Association 2009 Annual Meeting held Several May 2010 graduates are American history, concentrating in Philadelphia, Pa., in November 2009. moving on to doctoral programs. Daniel specifically on antebellum sectional Alexi Kukuljevic , doctoral student, Mallinson will be pursuing a doctorate conflicts, the American Civil War presented a paper entitled, “The Pure at Pennsylvania State University. His and issues of race and slavery. Unformed,” at the Cornell Theory primary field of study will be American Michael Smith, Ph.D. , a 1994 graduate Reading Group: Form and Genesis Politics with a secondary field in of the M.A. program and Indiana Conference held at Cornell University Comparative Politics and a tertiary field University doctoral program., has in Ithaca, N.Y., in April 2010. in either Methods or Environmental/ co-edited “Citizenship Across the Michael Olson , doctoral student, Energy Policy. Heather Leigh-Ba will be Curriculum,” published by Indiana presented a paper entitled, “On the in the doctoral program at University of University Press, April 2010. In Dogmatic Limitations and Speculative North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She will addition to being a feather in the cap Resources of Transcendental Idealism,” major in international relations and of a distinguished alumni, the book at the Real Objects or Material Subjects: comparative government with her provides insight into ways of revising A Conference on Continental research focused within the subfield of and improving college-level teaching. Metaphysics, at the University of political economy, specifically on the role of institutions in economic development Human Resource Development Dundee in Scotland in March 2010. He also presented a paper entitled, and the affect of aid on the quality of Graduate student Emily Malinowski “Taking Matter as Form: On the bureaucracy in African countries. Kiku was recently awarded the 2009 – 2010 Insufficiency of Genealogy,” for the Huckle will embark on a doctoral degree Greater Valley Forge Human Resources Theory Reading Group at Cornell at the University of Washington, Seattle. Association’s Student Michael R. Losey University’s Annual Conference held She is planning to conduct an in-depth Scholarship Award for her commitment in Ithaca, N.Y., in April 2010. quantitative and qualitative analysis of to pursuing a career in human resources. the political beliefs of American Raoni Padui , doctoral student, presented The merit-based scholarship was Catholics. presented to Malinowski at GVFHRA’s a paper entitled, “Form and Genesis,” Two May 2010 graduates will pursue April 2010 dinner meeting. at the Cornell Theory Reading Group in Ithaca, N.Y., in April 2010. law degrees. Ferdinand Peche will begin law school at Washington University in Philosophy Summer Renault-Steele , doctoral Rebecca Goldner , doctoral student, student, presented a paper entitled, St. Louis, and Sarah Powell will be at presented a paper entitled, “Touch and “Sensing Hierarchy: The Aesthetics Emory Law School. Flesh in Aristotle’s ‘De Anima,’” at the of Epistemic Authority,” at the Fifth Ancient Philosophy Society Conference, Psychology Cave Hill Philosophy Symposium , M.S. alumnus, in April 2010. Michael S. Cohen at the University of West Indies in presented a poster entitled, Jeffrey D. Gower , doctoral student, Bridgetown, Barbados in November “Metacognitive Control and Spaced presented a paper entitled, “The King 2009. Practice: Clarifying What People Do of the Cosmos: Potentiality, Actuality, John-Patrick Schultz , doctoral student, and Why,” at the recent meeting of the and the Logic of Sovereignty in presented a paper entitled, “Divining Psychonomic Society in Boston, Ma. Aristotle’s ‘Metaphysics Lambda,’” the Medium/Mediating the Divine,” at The poster was coauthored by Thomas at the Ancient Philosophy Society Columbia University in April 2010. Toppino, Ph.D. (See Faculty News, Conference in April 2010. page 10.) , doctoral student, Political Science Elizabeth Irvine Matthew Keller , M.S. alumnus, attended the 48 th annual SPEP Robert Spice presented a paper entitled, “The Institution of Tolerance: EU coauthored a presentation entitled, conference in Arlington, Va., in “Social Influences on Spatial Choices.” October 2009. Accession and Minority Protections in Romania and Poland,” at the 71 st Annual The presentation was given by Michael , doctoral student, Michael Kim Pennsylvania Political Science Brown, Ph.D. (See Faculty News, presented a paper entitled, “The Politics Association Conference at the page 8.) of Desire: Spinoza and Hobbes on the
14 • Allison Kurti , current graduate student, Joseph Hafer , M.S. alumnus, first- will attend the Eugene O’Neill Theatre and Dale Swanton , M.S. alumnus, authored a presentation with Center during its national playwriting presented two posters at the 16 th Deborah Kendzierski, Ph.D., entitled conference (July 2010), working with Comparative Cognition Conference: “Mindfulness of past transgressions: leading professional newspaper and “Modality Effects on Clock-Speed in the dissonance arousing component of magazine critics from across the United a Delay Discounting Task,” and induced hypocrisy”. This presentation States. This marks the third consecutive “Characterization of temporal averaging was given by Dr. Kendzierski at the year that Villanova University theatre using single-trials analysis.” Kurti and annual meeting of the Eastern students have been invited to attend the Swanton also presented posters entitled, Psychological Association held O’Neill Center’s national playwriting “Microinjections of amphetamine in New York in March 2010. contest. In 2009, Devin Dippold ’09 into the dorsal striatum increases early attended, and in 2008, Carrie Chapter responding in an interval timing task,” Public Administration ’08 attended. and “The effects of dopaminergic Christopher Campbell was selected modulation on temporal memory as a finalist for the ICMA Local Theology averaging,” at the Society for Government Management Fellowship. The graduate program in Theology held Neuroscience in Chicago, Ill. The Catherine Schneider was selected as its first dies academicus in spring 2010. posters for both presentations were a 2010 Founders’ Forum Fellow by The dies provided an academic platform coauthored with Matthew Matell, the American Society of Public for faculty and students to present their Ph.D. (See Faculty News, page 10.) Administration. Each year, Founders’ research. M.A. alumnus Joseph C. , and current students , current graduate Forum Fellowships are awarded to Collins Lawrence Elizabeth Hocker and student, and , M.S. full-time undergraduate or graduate Rozanski Christopher Friesen Matt Wood presented their theses and offered alumnus, assisted Ginamarie Ligon, students studying in a field relevant answers to questions by attendees. Ph.D., in presenting an invited talk on to public administration. Fourteen The very successful event concluded valuating Creative Ideas at the Society students were selected for fellowships with a reception celebrating the of Industrial and Organizational this year. achievements of our faculty and Psychology Annual Conference in Theatre graduate students. Atlanta in April 2010. (See Faculty Bill D’Agostino , M.A. alumnus, and News, page 9.) Cabrini Pak coauthored with Steve Harriet Power are among the six six book reviews, published , M.S. alumnus and Fahrig Brian Anderson dramaturgs working at PlayPenn, in Lanterianum , an Italian scholarly currently enrolled in a doctoral program Philadelphia’s summer play-development journal, in spring 2010. at Johns Hopkins University, coauthored workshop/festival. (See Faculty News, published a presentation with Charles Folk, Ph.D., page 10.) D’Agostino is dramaturging Mark W. Westmoreland an article in CONCEPT , Villanova’s entitled, “Variations in the magnitude Charlotte Miller’s “Raising Jo,” an interdisciplinary journal of graduate of attentional capture: Testing a two- exploration of the collision of studies entitled “Eschatological process model,” at the Society of preconceptions about parenthood and Temporality, Or: ‘Bergson and the Industrial and Organizational love (and the surprises therein), on July Reign of Theos.’” Psychology Annual Conference 25, 2010. He is the first PlayPenn intern in Atlanta, Ga., in April 2010. to be hired as one of their professional Rena Black published an article in CONCEPT entitled “The Wørd Made Tammy Stump , current graduate dramaturgs. Fresh: A Theological Exploration of student, and Rebecca Ritter , M.S. Second-year M.A. student Mark Stephen Colbert.” alumnus, coauthored a presentation Costello has won top honors at the 2010 with Deborah Kendzierski, Ph.D., Kennedy Center American College Rachel Kondro , Daniel Minch , Anne entitled, “Self-schema status as a Theater Festival (KCACTF) O’Neill Minicozzi , and Erik van Versendaal moderator of the effectiveness of Critics Institute. Thanks to his win on served as peer reviewers for CONCEPT implementation intentions,” at the the regional level, Costello was invited in 2009/2010. Eastern Psychological Association to attend the KCACTF National held in New York in March 2010. Competition in New York City in (See Faculty News, page 9.) April 2010. As a national winner, he
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Nathan Taylor received a Bachelor of to doctoral programs. The program’s Arts in Communication from Messiah track record in this regard has been College in Grantham, Pa., in 2007. After exceptional, and Taylor and several taking a year off to work in the publishing classmates have been accepted to top industry, Taylor came back quite happily doctoral programs during this to academia in the fall of 2008. “I exceptionally competitive year. decided to enroll at Villanova University After finishing his master’s thesis, for a variety of reasons,” said Taylor. “The entitled, “On The Poiesis of Latrinalia,” faculty are not only some of the most he will be heading to the University of well-respected scholars in their field, they North Carolina-Chapel Hill, to complete are also genuinely interested in student doctoral studies. While enrolled there, research, oftentimes cultivating Taylor plans to continue the research a spirit of collaboration and synergy. path he started at Villanova, which he More, the University as a whole treats describes as, “…radically contextual, its graduate students exceedingly well.” qualitative research focusing on cultural As a fully funded student, Taylor is production, and foundationalized in the Nathan Taylor M.A. ‘10 actively involved in campus life, running critical/cultural paradigm.” Taylor says he Communications, Media and Culture a documentary film series for the Center couldn’t be happier with his experience Concentration for Peace and Justice Education, while at Villanova and feels prepared and full also remaining thoroughly engaged in of momentum for doctoral study. “This course work. He was interested in a is a testament to a rigorous graduate terminal master’s program because he experience that I will value for the wanted to test the waters before applying rest of my life.”
Jack McFadden is a full-time student in the Liberal Studies department itself, in the Liberal Studies graduate program. as well as in philosophy, English, history After graduating with a Bachelor of and theology. He plans on graduating Arts in Humanities from Villanova in with his master’s degree in May 2011, the spring of 2009, McFadden realized and then hopes to enter a doctoral he wanted to be a college professor but program with a focus on contemporary was unsure about the field of study he philosophy. wanted to pursue. He chose the Liberal “My undergraduate professors at Studies graduate program at Villanova Villanova inspired me with a desire to primarily for the diverse course offerings teach and my graduate professors in the with the thought that the flexible nature Liberal Studies program have confirmed of the program would give him the that decision,” said McFadden. “They opportunity to further explore various have been accommodating both in and disciplines. McFadden has just out of the classroom, and they have completed his first year of the program really made the program work for me.” and says that it has already given him In his spare time, McFadden hosts a Jack McFadden the clarity he had hoped to attain. trivia night one night a week at Graduate Liberal Studies “The Liberal Studies program has Maloney’s Pub in Bryn Mawr. He also given me insights and perspectives I enjoys writing (fiction and nonfiction), probably wouldn’t have realized in a reading, exercising, going to the movies program based on a single discipline,” and spending time with friends. he said. McFadden has taken courses
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HRD Students Present at Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Conference in Atlanta Villanova’s graduate program in Human Resource Development (HRD) recently sent one faculty member and five students to the 25 th Annual Conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology in Atlanta, Ga., on April 8 – 10, 2010. Current M.S. students Erica Bruno, Phillip Gibson, Lisa Panik and Jim Wallace were awarded Villanova Graduate Studies Travel Grants from the Office of Graduate Studies to attend the conference. Current M.S. student Zandra Leahy, Gibson, psychology undergraduates Mark Versella and Adriane Nguyen, and M.S. graduate Christopher Troyan, coauthored a paper with Ginamarie Ligon, Ph.D., entitled “Structure differences between violent and non-violent ideological Top from left: Zandra Leahy, Erica Bruno, Phillip Gibson. Bottom from left: Lisa Panik, Dr. Ginamarie organizations.” Ms. Bruno, Ms. Panik, Mr. Gibson and Current student Melissa Ligon, Jim Wallace. Doran co-presented with Dr. Ligon at the conference. Bruno and Panik presented a poster on “Assessing and developing innovative performance” based on the research of Dr. Ligon and others (see Faculty News, page 8). Leahy and Gibson presented a poster on ‘Structure differences between violent and non-violent ideological organizations” based on the research Dr. Ligon and others (see Faculty News, page 8). Wallace represented Villanova at the Master’s Student Consortium.
MPA Program Inducts Charter Class for Villanova Chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha The Master of Public Administration program is pleased to announce their charter for a chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for Public Affairs and Administration. The Reverend Richard Jacobs, O.S.A., Ph.D., a professor in the M.P.A. program, will serve as the chapter advisor. Induction into the society requires the completion of 18 credits and a grade point average of 3.8 or greater. Moving forward, the Villanova chapter will work on a number of projects including the orientation program for new students and the annual M.P.A. golf outing. They will also sponsor an annual service project, honor one outstanding public servant at the fall meeting, and host a career networking forum. The first members were inducted at a ceremony at the Villanova Conference Villanova Chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha Charter Class Center on May 14, 2010. They are: Paul Bonfanti, Back Row: Rev. Richard Jacobs, O.S.A., Ph.D., Chapter Advisor; Christopher Mark Campbell, Alyson Damerel Fick, Christine Palus, Ph.D., MPA Coordinator; Scott Mitchell Swichar; Christopher R. Hoffman. Christopher R. Hoffman, Levi Landis, David J. Mrochko, Front Row: Jamie P. Worman; Alyson Damerel Fick; Paul Bonfanti; Stephanie Nissen, Scott Mitchell Swichar and Jamie P. Christopher Mark Campbell; Craig Wheeland, Ph.D.; Robert Stokes, Ed.D. Worman. Not Pictured: Levi Landis; David J. Mrochko; Stephanie Nissen
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Thesis Listings – May 2010 Name Thesis Title Advisor(s) & Department Paul Michael Arendt Road Dust Heavengoing: Reading The Development of Jack Kerouac’s Spontaneous Prose Dr. Hugh Ormsby-Lennon, English in On the Road, The Subterraneans and Tristessa Rebecca Lynn Burnett Re-examining Donne’s “Masculine Persuasive Force”: Submission, Power, and Christian Dr. Lauren Shohet, English Masculinity in the Poetry of John Donne Noelle Parisi Dahl Effect of Pre-Existing Adenovirus Neutralizing Antibody on Vector Infectivity and Transgene Expression Dr. Angela DiBenedetto, Biology Shweta Dutta Visualization of spatial organization of membrane rafts on the plasma membrane of Dr. Anil Bamezai, Biology CD4+ T lymphocytes in response to a foreign antigen Christopher Friesen Naim Ateek: The Methodology of Liberation Dr. Anthony Godzieba, Theology and Religious Studies Laura M. Hallisey A Crystallographic Study of Quasiracemic Amino Acids and the Advancement towards Dr. W. Scott Kassel, Chemistry Quasiracemates of Metal Complexes Kerry Hasler-Brooks Coherence and Discontinuity: Shaping the Mother in the Short Story Sequences of Eudora Dr. Jean Lutes, English Welty, Flannery O’Connor, and Katherine Anne Porter Meghan C. Hickey Exploring an Unusual -Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma brucei Dr. Jennifer B. Palenchar, Chemistry Kiku E. Huckle Which Catholic Voters are “Good” Catholics? A foundational comparison of voters’ issue Dr. Lara M. Brown, Political Science position and prioritization with catholic social justice teaching Kirsten Hutzell The Impact of Bullying Behaviors on Social and Situational Avoidance in Schools Dr. Allison Ann Payne, Criminology Elizabeth Greer Keller Novel Chemotherapeutics Against Lung and Colon Cancer Dr. Christine Martey-Ochola, Chemistry Kory Edward Kirk Genetic Algorithms and an Exploration of the Genetic Wavelet Algorithm Dr. Frank Klassner, Computing Sci. Daniya Maratovna The Examination of Four Trypanosome 6-Phosphofructo-2-Kinase/Fructose-2,6- Dr. Jennifer Palenchar, Chemistry Lukmanova-Kegelman Bisphosphatase Paralogs by RNA Interference Timothy J. Pellenbarg The Characterization and Functionalization of Graphitic Nanofibers Dr. Robert Giuliano, Chemistry Sharon Reid Manufacturing, The Past of Philadelphia: A Communicative Approach to Understanding Dr. Susan Mackey-Kallis, How Historic Preservation and Planning Practices Created a Colonial City at the Expense Communication of the “Workshop of the World” Joshua L. Rutt Associations of Personality Pathology and Objective Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics Dr. Patrick M. Markey, Psychology Orel Svetlana Shneider Progress Studies toward a Total Synthesis of the Minimized Analogs, Desisopropyl- and Dr. Eduard Casillas, Chemistry Desmethylene-Prehelminthosporol, of the Phytotoxin Prehelminthosporol Sarah Thomas Gain the World and Lose Your Soul? Reconsidering Soul Talk in Christian Anthropology Rev. Michael J. Scanlon, O.S.A., S.T.D., Theology and Religious Studies Jessica V. Trout-Haney Breeding Biology and Genetic Mating System of the Boreal Chickadee (Poecile Hudsonicus) Dr. Robert L. Curry, Biology Jill Viglione Exploring the effect of objectively assessed skin tone on prison sentences among black female offenders Dr. Lance Hannon, Criminology Hao Zhang Querying Databases: A Tale of Two C# Approaches Dr. Don Goelman, Computing Sci.
Doctor of Philosophy Listings – May 2010 Name Dissertation Title Advisor(s) & Department Alexi Kukuljevic The Renaissance of Ontology: Kant, Heidegger, Deleuze Dr. Walter Brogan, Philosophy Nazareth A. M. Pantaloni, II I The Im/Possibility of Democracy: Derrida and Habermas Dr. Joseph M. Betz, Philosophy
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English Program Hosts First Graduate Thesis and Field Examination Symposium On Saturday, March 27, 2010, Villanova University’s graduate program in English hosted its first annual Graduate Thesis and Field Examination Symposium. The event took place at the Saint Augustine Center’s Honors Seminar Room, where six second-year graduate English students presented their research. According to the program’s director, Heather Hicks, Ph.D., the event was designed to provide students who are currently completing their Master’s degree with the opportunity to present their work and receive feedback from their peers and English department faculty. The symposium was split into two one-hour sessions. Each session had three presenters who offered approximately 10 minute overviews of their thesis or field exam research. At the end of each panel session, students and faculty in attendance as well as the participants, were able to ask questions about the presented material in an effort to aid the students in tackling some of the problems presented in their work. The event was structured chronologically according to subject, so the first hour saw presentations from Becca Burnett, who spoke about her thesis entitled, “Re-examining Donne’s ‘Masculine Persuasive Force’: Submission, Power, and Christian Masculinity in the Poetry of John Donne,” John Keir, whose field examination paper is entitled, “Punishments in Early Modern Drama,” and Laura Heinrich, whose thesis title is, “‘I Put Childish Things Behind Me’”?: Outgrowing Christianity in Three Victorian Novels.” After the question and answer period and a brief intermission, the second hour began with Tiffany DeRewal’s presentation, “Monstrous Undercurrents in 19 th Century American Literature,” followed by Ted Howell’s talk on “Aesthetics/Religion/Nationalism: Situating the Soul of James Joyce,” and concluded with Andrew Owens’s presentation, “Narratives of Queer Conflict in the Contemporary Novel.” The turnout was excellent, with every seat filled by current first- and second-year graduate students, alumni, faculty and newly accepted graduate students eager to learn more about the topics presented by the participants. Upon the symposium’s conclusion, students and faculty were invited to continue the discussion over a lunch provided by the dean of Graduate Studies. Dr. Hicks is confident that the event marks the beginning of a new and important tradition for the graduate program in English.
Top: Ted Howell Middle: Becca Burnett Bottom: Left to right: Recent alumnus Don James McLaughlin, incoming student Benjamin Raymond, Dr. Hicks and presenter John Keir
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Villanova Theatre Proudly Announces 2010 – 2011 Season
Three Days of Rain The Cherry Orchard September 21 – October 3, 2010 February 8 – 20, 2011 by Richard Greenberg by Anton Chekhov directed by Rev. David Cregan, O.S.A. directed by Harriet Power The Beaux’ Stratagem Bat Boy November 9 – 21, 2010 March 29 – April 17, 2011 by George Farquhar book by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming adapted by Thornton Wilder & Ken Ludwig music & lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe directed by Shawn Kairschner directed by Valerie Joyce
Tickets are now on sale. Call the Villanova Theatre Box Office at 610.519.7474 , or visit www.theatre.villanova.edu .
Far Right: Kathryn M. Lyles as Annie Oakley in Villanova Theatre's production of “Annie Get Your Gun. (Photo by Paola Nogueras.) Right: Jessica Bedford as Rosalind and Timothy Rinehart as Orlando (center) surrounded by members of the cast of Villanova Theatre's production of “As You Like It.” (Photo by Paola Nogueras.)