Re:Search Graduate Studies & Research at Salisbury University 20 16 Edition
THE MANY FACES OF Graduate Education Participants in SU’s Fulbright-Hays-funded program in Ghana • page 15
Volume 06 • 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach Al kaloid Synthesis as a Tool for Training Undergraduates PROVOST & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Dr. Diane D. Allen in the Biomedical Sciences ...... 3 DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH Dr. Clifton Griffin The Many Faces of Graduate Education at SU ...... 5 ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS Research Day and Innovation Showcase ...... 13 Susan Maxwell Eagle The Graduate Students’ New Home ...... 14 GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH OFFICE STAFF Vanessa Collins, R esearch Accounting & Compliance Specialist Fulbright-Hays Participants Recount Experiences in Ghana ...... 15 Lacie Doyle, G raduate Enrollment Management Specialist Teri Herberger, D irector of Sponsored Programs Donna Knopf, A dministrative Assistant II Providing Centralized Undergraduate Research Support ...... 17 Haleigh LaChance, C ontract & Grants Specialist Jessica Scott ’08, G raduate Program Manager The Philosophy of Art in Socially Responsible Video Game Design ...... 19 Beth Walsh, G rants Specialist Faculty Books ...... 21 COPY EDITOR Christine B. Smith M’02 Pub Night @ Salisbury University ...... 23 VISUAL IMAGES COORDINATOR/PHOTOGRAPHER Kathy D. Pusey ’86 Faculty Mini-Grant Program ...... 25 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Graduate Research and Presentation (RAP) Grant Program ...... 28 Dr. Vinita Agarwal Emily Goodchild Lisa Morres Joel Anderson Alexa Grant Odion Omovbude Salisbury University Student Research Conference ...... 29 Dr. Gwen P. Beegle Dr. Clifton Griffin Dr. Dana Price Dr. Jennifer Bergner Dr. Stephen Habay Jason Rhodes M atthew Yv onne Downie Dr. Regina Royer Caddenhead Hanley Samantha Santana Dr. Céline Carayon Lindsey Hatfield Jessica Scott Re:Search is published annually for friends of Salisbury University by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research in conjunction with Katie Curtin Teri Herberger Dr. Michael Scott the Office of Publications, with the generous support of Salisbury University. Dr. Douglas DeWitt Erica Hickerson Dr. Lisa Seldomridge Please send comments, news and address changes to: Dr . Janet Emily Hoffman Nancy Talbott Office of Graduate Studies & Research, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801-6860 Dudley-Eshbach Dr. Randy Insley Christine Taylor Susan Eagle Dr. Jacques L. Koko Dr . Christopher Katherine Fingles Hallie Kroll Vilmar Dr. Judith Franzak Caroline Mark Dr. Joyce Wiencek SU has a strong institutional commitment to diversity and nondiscrimination in all programs, events, and services. To that end, the University Brendan Glowacki Dr. Karen McCabe prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Direct all inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to the Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Coordinator, Holloway Hall 100, 410-543-6426.
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1 • GS&R • 2016 LETTER FROM THE PROVOST
“We continue to share the positive impact that research and scholarship are having on our ability to provide a distinct and holistic education to our students.”
Welcome to the spring 2016 edition of Re:Search . I am thrilled to introduce this sixth issue of SU’s magazine devoted to the research and scholarly activities of our faculty, staff and students. Just as we have in the past, we continue to share the positive impact that research and scholarship are having on our ability to provide a distinct and holistic education to our students. A highlight of this issue is the announcement of our newly established Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (OURCA) at Salisbury University. We have a rich history of undergraduate scholarly engagement, and this new office will provide leadership and presence to bolster those efforts. Our new OURCA director, Dr. Vinita Agarwal, provides her insights on the office, along with our goals and plans for the future. While there is much to celebrate in our robust undergraduate programs at SU, in this issue we also dedicate extended highlights of our graduate offerings. You can read about some of our brightest graduate students while hearing from the primary faculty leaders for each of our graduate programs. The graduate program directors are incredibly dedicated people who work tirelessly to recruit, educate and enable greatness from our graduate students. We are excited to introduce them to you. Of course, much of our focus in every issue of Re:Search is on the outstanding efforts of faculty as researchers and scholars. This issue is no different. Once again, we provide an expanded perspective of the significant scholarly accomplishments of one of our faculty, Dr. Stephen Habay, associate professor of chemistry. Dr. Habay has secured funding for the first-ever National Institutes of Health grant at Salisbury University. With this award, Dr. Habay continues his dedication to providing high-quality research experiences to undergraduates as they serve as the primary research staff engaged on the project. We are very proud of his efforts. Aside from these stories, there many other examples of our faculty, staff and students continuing to expand the reach of our University, intellectually and physically. We continue to be a campus that is on the move! This April, I am attending the first commencement experience for graduates of our Master of Social Work Program being offered to military staff, family members and associates in Germany. The pride these graduates demonstrate in receiving a Salisbury University degree is inspiring. The SU family continues to grow all around the world. Thank you for your interest in Salisbury University.
Sincerely,
Diane D. Allen, Ed.D. Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Salisbury University
2016 • GS&R • 2 Alkaloid Synthesis as a Tool for Training Undergraduates in the Biomedical Sciences
By Dr. Stephen Habay, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Dr. Stephen Habay of SU’s Chemistry The molecules I am most interested in thought this project would also interest Department earned the campus’ first synthesizing are alkaloids. These are organic students at SU. Many students are competitive grant from the National compounds that contain nitrogen. They interested in pharmacy and medicine, so I Institutes of Health (NIH). The $290,538 often have complex chemical structures and wanted to get them involved in the research Academic Research Enhancement Award a wide variety of useful medicinal because it is excellent training for graduate (AREA) is expanding research opportunities properties. Most people are familiar with school and for jobs in the biomedical for undergraduates and enhancing SU’s natural alkaloids such as caffeine, quinine, sciences. I reasoned that if the chemistry laboratory spaces with new equipment. cocaine, strychnine, morphine and nicotine. was straight forward enough for college Alkaloids are isolated largely from plants students to work out, then more seasoned One of the most enjoyable and worthwhile and a few marine organisms, but many are chemists would be more likely to use it. This aspects of chemistry is working with your produced only in very small quantities in project was funded largely by a grant from hands in the laboratory. Through these organisms. As a result, organic Research Corporation for Science experimentation, a chemist can determine chemists will often synthesize them in larger Advancement (RCSA). the presence and amount of lead quantities from simpler chemicals found in Soon after we began work on the contamination in drinking water, test how a the lab. A synthetic alkaloid has the exact project, which focused on developing a new new lithium-ion battery behaves under same chemical structure and properties as type of ring-forming reaction used to different conditions, or construct new its natural counterpart. Designer alkaloids, produce the perhydroquinolines, we made a complex drugs from simpler chemical not isolated from natural sources, can also new discovery that lead to an exponential building blocks. This last area, the be produced in the lab through synthesis. expansion of the project. When we made a construction of beneficial molecules, is one These can be used as molecular tools to small modification to our new reaction, it of the primary goals of chemical synthesis study cells or as lead compounds for produced an entirely new set of related and is my particular area of interest. This alkaloid-based drugs. alkaloid compounds known as sub-field of chemistry is one of the most When I arrived at Salisbury University as perhydroindoles. These alkaloids are also useful and practical. Synthetic chemists are an assistant professor in fall 2008, I began incredibly useful in their own right as anti- scientists who build new drugs to cure work on an alkaloid synthesis project aimed coagulants and analgesics. So, we explored diseases, make new plastics and polymers at producing perhydroquinolines. This that chemistry and made a bunch of that improve our lives and make us more important family of alkaloids has a wide perhydroindoles using this method. comfortable, and design new colors and spectrum of medicinal properties ranging We published our findings in the Journal aromas for our food and cosmetics. from anti-cancer to anti-inflammation. My of Organic Chemistry in 2012 with three We formulate new chemical products hope was to develop an easy method for undergraduate student co-authors on from petroleum that advance both the producing these compounds in the lab that the paper. energy industry as well as the chemical would be useful to pharmaceutical The method for making these alkaloids industry. So, in a sense, we are molecular researchers. By gaining access to greater is so straight forward that an undergraduate engineers. Instead of designing new quantities of perhydroquinolines cheaply student can effectively carry out the buildings or machinery, we design and and efficiently, we can expedite the synthesis in the lab in two days and obtain build new molecules. development of novel therapeutics. I gram quantities of the desired compounds.
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The method of preparation for our alkaloids undergraduate education and research makes use of small chemical building blocks engagement. We are doing this by A Student View of the Lab called oxazolium salts. These compounds purchasing new state-of-the-art are well known among chemists and can be instrumentation for use in the Chemistry By Samantha Santana prepared in the laboratory in large Department research and teaching labs, quantities with minimal effort from engaging more undergraduate students I really enjoy the undergraduate inexpensive chemicals. Despite their good in paid summer research experiences, research program at Salisbury reputation among chemists, oxazolium salts supporting student travel to scientific University. It is a great opportunity are vastly under-utilized. Our lab has used meetings to present their research, and to engage in chemical research and them in a completely different way, opening growing the reputation of SU as a leader interact with other student up new frontiers of chemical research from in undergraduate chemical education researchers in the department. By this very common chemical. and research. working with Dr. Habay, I am After the first grant project ended, I We are currently in the first year of the learning to synthesize new wanted to continue the research and project. We are working diligently toward important molecules with care and expand on what we had accomplished. In optimizing our chemical reactions and patience, as well as how to fall 2014, I took a sabbatical to conduct synthesizing alkaloid compounds of professionally approach problems research at the University of Delaware. importance to biology and medicine. This that may arise. I also am learning an While there, I wrote a grant proposal research will advance the means by which extensive amount of laboratory focused on making a diverse library of many bio-active alkaloids are produced, techniques that are essential for alkaloids using the oxazolium salt chemistry significantly impacting research in organic anyone intending to work as a we developed earlier. I submitted the synthesis and the ability to produce chemist. I feel more prepared for proposal to the National Institutes of molecules with the capacity to treat human graduate studies now because I Health’s (NIH) National Institute for General illness. We hope to publish our findings and know what is expected in a Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and was very help support the mission of the NIH by graduate-level research lab. I excited to learn that the project was submitting samples of our alkaloids to the personally feel that this experience funded! This Academic Research NIH Molecular Libraries program for enhanced my passion for science and Enhancement Award (R15) is the first screening by researchers against multiple increased my confidence as I pursue competitive NIH grant in the history of SU. drug targets. With some luck, our a Ph.D. in chemistry. The R15 program at NIH funds biomedical compounds may lead to cheaper and more research projects aimed at improving efficient production of new pharmaceutical human health. The best aspect of this products. At the same time, students at SU program is that it supports investigators will gain valuable experience by working on from universities, like SU, that focus a project with a direct impact on human primarily on undergraduate education. This health that I hope will inspire them to allows researchers, such as myself, to grow pursue a career in the chemical and and enhance the research environment biomedical sciences and continue building within their department, as well as support better molecules for a better tomorrow.
Chemistry, B.S. • Class of 2016
2016 • GS&R • 4 The Many Faces of Graduate Education at SU In recent years, Salisbury University has made a strategic effort to not only grow its graduate programs but to further enhance its offerings. What has resulted is a robust roster of master’s- and doctoral-level degree programs that meet the personal and workforce needs of our 21st century society. In an effort to highlight the unique aspects of our many programs and the interesting work being done, we reached out to our graduate directors and students to discuss what it means to be a member of their program. From their responses, we learned what we already knew: There is no singular path nor portrait of graduate study; instead, there are endless opportunities for growth and numerous professionals working to better themselves and their vocations. Here is a sampling of the responses received, which has resulted in an impressive and enlightening glimpse at just a few of the many faces that make up graduate education at SU.
Applied Biology (M.S.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Dana Price Alexa Grant The Biology Department has a thriving attending medical and veterinary schools. I entered the SU biology master’s program because I started M.S. in Applied Biology Program with As an alumna of the SU Biological working on a project on red-backed salamanders as an students using an integrative approach Sciences Department, I am extremely proud undergraduate with Dr. Eric Liebgold and wanted to continue to answer important questions. This of the growth of the department and of the my work as a graduate student. I am investigating color integrative approach incorporates diverse University as a whole, especially in research sub-disciplines in biology including opportunities. I was fortunate to have an polymorphism of these amazing organisms and how it is microbiology, ecology/evolution, genetics advisor who helped me find a job and maintained. I use clay models that I have created in the lab to and molecular biology. Some of our current encouraged me to continue my education in assess predation pressures in the field. I also am interested in M.S. projects include frog communication, graduate school. I received an M.S. from movements between the color morphs and am using mark- conservation genetics of salamanders and University of Delaware, a Ph.D. from Rutgers recapture data as well as microsatellite genotyping to turtles, insect (beetles and ants) diversity in University and I did post-doctoral research at investigate home range sizes and dispersal movements. This Maryland, nutrient dynamics of stream the American Museum of Natural History. spring, I defend my thesis and plan to secure a position in the restoration and dam removal systems, gut Graduate School, and specifically research, microbiome of dung beetles, and molecular changed my life, and I was able to bring my research field. The professors who I have had the privilege of genetics in Arabidopsis , among others. The love for entomology and research to my working with at SU have motivated me to pursue my passion mentorship and projects are focused and undergraduate institution. I have conducted for research and have taught me life lessons that cannot be personalized for each student’s needs. extensive research on dung beetles in learned in the classroom or Students gain experience in proposal and New Jersey and in the forests of French from a book. I am indebted grant writing, lab and field research Guiana and have continued a strong to the professors, staff and methods, and presentation of their research entomological research program in fellow students for their at local and international conferences. As we Maryland. My students work on projects add new faculty to our department, our including scientific illustration and the writing support and look forward to fields of study are expanding, increasing the of taxonomic keys, examination of dung more research in the future. research opportunities available to students. beetles inhabiting Maryland forests and I am proud to say we are now in our sixth cattle pastures, and their gut microbiome, year and have graduated 15 students who carrion beetle foraging behavior, and ant are continuing to do research, teaching at species diversity in Worcester County. v community colleges, pursuing Ph.D.s, and
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Applied Health Physiology (M.S.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Randy Insley Joel Anderson The Master of Science in Applied Health practice areas, such as hospital I started my time at SU in fall 2010 as an undergraduate Physiology (AHPH) Program has been cardiovascular/pulmonary rehabilitation majoring in exercise science and minoring in psychology. offering graduate students a multi-focused departments, private personal training Throughout my undergraduate career, I had known a few academic/professional program since 2000. facilities and university-based athletic students who were in the AHPH Program. I heard many Students may choose from a credentialing performance activities. These new curricular positive reviews of the program from these students, especially focus within cardiovascular and pulmonary aspects anticipate a growing professional rehabilitation (American College of Sports need for not only trained practitioners, but in regard to the clinical rehabilitation track, which is my career Medicine), fitness/wellness (American also more broadly educated credentialed aspiration. The positive reviews from these students ultimately College of Sports Medicine), or strength and practitioners. Student progression is led me to the program. This past fall as part of my academic conditioning (National Strength and facilitated by a renewed focus on course work, I had the opportunity to research high-intensity Conditioning Association). Graduates have a competency-based techniques, which help interval training versus continuous endurance training in a wide scope of entry points into the applied insure professional success. clinical rehabilitation population. I reviewed the current exercise physiology community. Recently, the AHPH Program was literature on the topic as well The AHPH Program is amidst some awarded “Recognition” as a Graduate exciting changes that make it extremely Studies Program by the National Strength as designed a mock research appealing to the potential student. Its and Conditioning Association (NSCA). protocol that could further curriculum has been reorganized into a more Additionally, the program has made a the body of knowledge. focused experience, responsive to the commitment to seek accreditation by the Upon my spring 2016 changing demands of the applied healthcare Committee on Accreditation for Exercise completion of the community. Specifically, the curriculum more Sciences (CoAES), which we expect to occur AHPH Program, I intend to rigorously includes cardiovascular health within the next two years. Together, these start my career as an content, a professional certification two oversight organizations help us to requirement and a professional credentialing implement a quality academic experience exercise physiologist in a requirement. Additionally, a new provision is that benefits both the graduate and, more hospital-based clinical that every student participates in at least importantly, the individual receiving rehabilitation center. 500 hours of supervised internship in varied professional guidance from that graduate. v
Business Administration (M.B.A.) By Yvonne Downie Hanley
The Franklin P. Perdue School of careers. Students who are working SAP Facts Business is a member of the SAP University professionals can opt to enter our online n 74% of the world’s transaction revenue Alliance, which provides our M.B.A. M.B.A. Program where all classes are touches an SAP system students access to leading enterprise offered 100 percent online. For added software including enterprise resource flexibility, many prefer our hybrid program, n SAP touches $16 trillion of consumer planning (ERP) and business intelligence which allows the student to meet once per purchases around the world packages. Several of our faculty are trained week (per class) with a significant portion of in the use of SAP software and several hold the workload online. n SAP customers distribute more than industry certifications. After completing integrated M.B.A. 78% of the world’s food Our students gain knowledge about courses in accounting and information such systems and hands-on experience with systems, a few of our students have n SAP customers produce more than market-leading software. The M.B.A. successfully participated in SU’s intensive 82% of the world’s medical devices Program is comprised of a mix of students. SAP certification course that results in Some are working professionals and others becoming an SAP Certified Associate in Source: www.sap.com/bin/sapcom/en_us/ are students who have just graduated with Integrated Business Processes with SAP downloadasset.2015-12-dec-10-01.SAP-Investor- undergraduate degrees. For those who ERP, an entry-level consulting certification Presentation-November-2015-pdf.html have just graduated, many want to follow an that is recognized in the industry as accelerated track and complete the M.B.A. evidence of an understanding of business in one year. Some decide that two years is processes and ERP. v more practical as they start out in their
2016 • GS&R • 6 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution (M.A.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Jacques L. Koko Odion Omovbude The Master of Arts in Conflict Analysis completing a balanced course load, as well Even after practicing law for many years in Nigeria, seeking and Dispute Resolution Program (CADR) as beyond the classroom through a amicable settlement between/among disputing parties educates and trains graduate-level students practicum experience that allows them to remained my passion and goal. In August 2014, formal from around the global to address social and blend theory and practice by testing their training toward the actualization of this goal began when I organizational conflicts on the local, regional, conflict resolution skills within specific came into SU’s M.A. CADR Program. I currently am engaged in state, national and international level in the organizations of their choice, which public and private sectors. The program ultimately prepares them for the work place. an academic research project with Dr. Brian Polkinghorn at the teaches students to approach conflict as an Our students are from diverse regions Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution. The project involves opportunity for change and growth; it and countries to create a rich classroom an assessment of conflict management systems in Fortune empowers them with the knowledge and experience for meaningful cross-cultural 500 companies in U.S. In these times of heightened social advanced skills needed to become conflict learning. Students come from across the conflicts and terrorism, my goal is to set up a center for conflict resolution practitioners and work effectively United States as well as China, Nigeria, and crises management in Nigeria – a body that shall be in this field. Conflict resolution practitioners Cameroon, Kenya, Sudan, Pakistan, Greece responsive to crises situations and the prevention, management are needed on all levels of society, working and Colombia, to name a few countries. in the international environment as well as Student retention and graduation rate are and settlement of social within local environments or neighborhoods among our priorities. conflicts in Nigeria. I am by helping people and society at large deal We measure the social impacts of our positive that with my with conflict constructively on micro and graduate program by tracking the types of background in law, the macro levels. jobs our students get after graduation. Our strong conflict management The two-year M.A. program prepares students are making impacts, working within skills and knowledge students for positions in alternative dispute different organizations, including the New acquired in the SU M.A. resolution, negotiation, mediation, dispute York Peace Institute in New York City, the systems design in government and National Institutes of Health’s Office of the CADR Program, and the right nongovernmental organizations. Our Ombudsman and the United Nations, to team/network, this career students spend time in the classroom, mention a few organizations. v goal will be actualized.
Education (M.Ed.) – Curriculum and Instruction Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Gwen P. Beegle Emily Hoffman I am a graduate research assistant in the M.Ed. C& I Program. I The M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction life, admissions, academic support or graduated from Waynesburg University with a Bachelor of (C&I) Program is designed to help career- athletics. The M.Ed. C&I Post Secondary Science in secondary education in mathematics. Although I oriented educators achieve their professional Track does not require teaching certification and career-advancement goals. For early for program entry, and it prepares the early could have gone directly into public school teaching, I always career educators, gaining the first five years career higher education professional for knew after I graduated that I wanted to further my education of experience in schools, the M.Ed. C&I employment in administrative positions. with a graduate degree. I applied to SU because I knew that offers the opportunity to deeply study and Many applicants recently have graduated they had a well-developed education program. Now in my first apply contemporary educational research from an undergraduate program as leaders year at SU, I am a full-time student, taking three classes each while teaching in their own classrooms. Each in student organizations or with work semester. Currently, I am working with Dr. Ron Siers with course in the C&I Program is aimed to close experience in college and university the research-to-practice gap, encouraging departments. Unique aspects of the Post research on mentor teachers and interns in Professional each teacher to extend and expand his or Secondary Track focus on college student Development Schools. SU is a national leader in Professional her curriculum and pedagogical expertise. development, higher education law, current Development Schools and doing this research is a great Four themes in the degree program address trends and issues in higher education, and experience. The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect critical issues in education today: advances in most especially, a customized internship that of mentor teacher adaptive leadership on student intern beliefs educational technology, teaching diverse provides real world work experience. of their own efficacy during learners, applying the latest research in As a program director, I meet interesting internships. My next step teaching and learning, and using research for teachers and aspiring higher education continuous improvement. When accepted administrators every day. Advising gives me after completing my degree into the C&I Program, graduate students the opportunity to learn about their goals is to teach high school math design their program of study to meet their and shape their M. Ed. program to give in one of the surrounding own unique professional growth goals. them the best advantage for their future. counties. I also would like to Graduates from this program are confident Reflecting, I can see that my fascination with continue my learning by master educators and teacher leaders in teaching and learning continues to influence starting my doctorate degree. school organizations. my own path as an educator, and I am This program also includes a specialized delighted to help other educators along track for persons who want to work in higher their way in the M. Ed. Curriculum and education environments, such as residence Instruction Program. v
7 • GS&R • 2016 Education (M.Ed.) – Educational Leadership Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Douglas DeWitt Caroline Mark The Master of Education (M.Ed.) in School leadership is a dynamic and I knew that the Educational Leadership Program at SU was a Educational Leadership Program is a exciting adventure. I have spent over 30 perfect fit for my professional goals. As a student in the program professional degree program designed to years in the school leadership field either as as well as a member of a newly formed team at my school prepare educational leaders. The curriculum a school administrator or training and funded by a grant from the State of Maryland, I was able to emphasizes both theory and practice in the nurturing future school leaders. As John C. facilitate the development of a school-wide Positive Behavioral preparation of administrators and Maxwell stated, “Everything rises and falls supervisors. on leadership.” This is the reason I entered Interventions and Supports Program at the high school level. SU’s program is based upon a carefully and remain in the school leadership field. These programs are still in use today, and new initiatives planned knowledge base and a well-defined Today’s and tomorrow’s issues and problems continue to support positive behavior and involvement at philosophy. Graduates of this program in education cannot be addressed with Parkside High School (in Salisbury). After completing my should possess the vision, knowledge yesterday’s solutions. They require a new degree, I hope to continue to gain insight into the development and skills necessary to promote excellence way of thinking, and I find that being able to of curriculum as well as adult and high achievement in the schools. facilitate new thinking in our future leaders learning theory. I have a Graduates are informed practitioners, gives me hope that solutions will be found! possessing a full understanding of the Our students are on the cutting edge of passion for useful professional theories that guide practice in school school improvement, whether it is with the development and supporting administration. Most importantly, they latest curriculum revisions, evaluation classroom teachers. I hope to demonstrate competence and skill as they processes, and/or program development take on a supervisory position apply knowledge to practice in educational and implementation. School improvement is over world language, organizations. Our graduates respect the an ongoing process and our students and professional development or individual worth of all persons and graduates remain on the cutting edge. v new teachers. appreciate the role of education in society.
Education (M.Ed.) – Reading Specialist Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Joyce Wiencek Lindsey Hatfield Have you ever had someone say to you, “If you’re going to do The Master of Education Reading problem solving and teachers who view something, you might as well be the best?” Well, this is Specialist Program is a comprehensive themselves as researchers of their own graduate program that prepares teachers for practice. The candidate strives to exactly the attitude that has steered my professional career instructional and leadership roles in understand what works for a learner and toward the Reading Specialist Program at SU. I believe that kindergarten through grade 12 settings as what doesn’t. Developing an extensive reading is essential to success, no matter the subject area; highly qualified reading teachers, reading knowledge base that is rich and thorough therefore, I knew choosing to enter SU’s M Ed. Reading coaches, reading specialists and/or district will enable the program graduate to assist Specialist Program would benefit me no matter what direction level curriculum leaders. Our program is struggling readers and to mentor colleagues. my teaching career takes me. Helping a student to find success closely aligned with the International Literacy One of the innovative features of our in reading (as a first grade teacher at Pemberton Elementary Association’s standards for the preparation program is our two-semester clinical of reading professionals. Completion of the experience in SU’s May Literacy Center. Each School in Salisbury), by determining their strengths and needs, M.Ed. Reading Specialist Program results in candidate assesses a student, designs an is a complex and difficult task, and I enjoy the challenge both a master’s degree and an advanced instructional program that builds on the greatly. The case studies and research that I have completed as K-12 teaching certification through the student’s strengths and needs, and tutors a candidate in this program have provided me with authentic, Maryland State Department of Education. the student one-on-one for 20 weeks. Self- in-depth opportunities to develop and hone my skills as a Ideal Reading Specialist Program assessment, based upon video review and reading specialist. I am confident that upon completion of the candidates are classroom teachers who peer coaching, are integral to this program, I will have desire to learn and grow his or her expertise experience for the candidate. in reading and the language arts (listening, Opportunities to explore issues related everything I need to be a speaking, writing, visually representing and to student diversity and its impact on reading specialist of the viewing), their acquisition and development, learning are emphasized throughout our highest quality. Looking to and their role in enabling more students to program and through research conducted in the future, I have aspirations be successful in literacy. Knowledge of the candidate’s classroom. Another essential to pursue a doctorate from assessments and teaching techniques is feature of our program is the camaraderie SU and seek a reading deepened and broadened through an array developed by our candidates as they specialist position on of experiences so that an appropriate progress through our program and the close instructional program for a student may be professional relationships developed Maryland’s Eastern Shore. developed. The graduate candidate between faculty and students that last well understands that good teaching involves beyond program completion. v
2016 • GS&R • 8 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
Education (Ed.D.) - Contemporary Curriculum Meet Graduate Student Theory and Instruction: Literacy Christine Taylor By Dr. Judith Franzak I earned a B.S. in mathematics, with a minor in Spanish, from SU in 2011, and then I began teaching in Wicomico County The Ed.D. in Contemporary Curriculum but also that the professional backgrounds public schools. I found myself a bit ill-equipped to meet the Theory and Instruction: Literacy Program our students bring are seen as integral to needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) both linguistically provides students with a strong core in their education. and mathematically. As a bilingual speaker, I was interested in theory, research and practice. Our aim is to One of the strengths of our program is pursuing an M.A. in English with a concentration in Teaching cultivate leaders as change agents who are the diversity of backgrounds of our students. prepared to foster culturally responsive, They include pre-K educators and college English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I found this effective literacy learning across diverse educators. Their interests range from how additional training and knowledge to be pivotal in all of my contexts. We are producing the next writing is taught in K-12 settings to the role teaching practices, regardless of whether my students were generation of scholarly practitioners who will of literacy in developing a professional ELLs. This lead to my interest in literacy and effectively advance knowledge of the field to address identity as a scientist to how to teach young reaching a diverse population of students through my teaching educational challenges while sustaining the bilingual learners. What all these students practices, even in a mathematical context with mandated integrity and vitality of the discipline. Our have in common and what makes them an curriculum. Now in SU’s Ed.D. Program, I have been working graduates become stewards of the ideal fit for this program are that they are discipline – scholarly practitioners who are intellectually curious, creative and on a team research project to gain a better understanding of equipped with the skills needed to develop committed to furthering their education rural literacy learning innovations, inspire change and assess the with the intent of helping others. All of contexts and practices. In impact of literacy instruction in a broad our students are working on interesting summer 2015, we presented range of educational contexts. Our program projects. One student is looking at the role this work at the an is designed for working professionals. What of literacy in technical education. I am international conference. We this means for students is not only flexible working with a team exploring literacy in are continuing this work, scheduling with online and hybrid classes, the rural context. v presenting it this spring at the American Education Research Association and submitting it to a journal.
English (M.A.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Christopher Vilmar Lisa Morres In spring 2014, I completed my B.A. in English at SU, having The Department of English offers the across the Eastern Shore to use their training concentrated on film studies. Before leaving, I also had taken a Master of Arts in four concentrations: in TESOL helping our increasingly diverse course in Rhetorical Criticism, which opened my eyes to the literature, composition and rhetoric, student populations. And, of course, we Teaching English to Speakers of Other have graduate students returning to further cross-disciplinary possibilities of the English degree. Currently, I Languages (TESOL), and a TESOL degree their own education. am completing my M.A. in English - composition and rhetoric with additional coursework that gives the This diversity is probably the most while teaching first-year writing as a graduate teaching student teaching certification in the State of exciting thing about our graduate program. assistant. The Composition and Rhetoric Track has allowed me Maryland (and, we offer a post- It also means that there isn’t really a single to explore my love for cinema in terms of visual and sonic baccalaureate certificate in TESOL as well.) “ideal” graduate student in English. Rather, rhetorics with the added benefit of reimagining what it means We have highly qualified students who have the flexibility of our offerings means that gone through a competitive series of students with an M.A. in English from to “write” with agency – a skill no one should be without. This interviews to become teaching assistants, Salisbury go on to a variety of careers after May, I am presenting at the Computers and Writing Conference earning a tuition waiver as well as a stipend graduation. Some are international students on my research in teaching sections of freshman composition in TESOL who return to their home countries multimodal collaborative under the close supervision of Dr. Lauren around the globe to teach English. Some are practices in writing. Beyond Marquez. We also have teachers from local students who get accepted into elite Ph.D. graduation, I will be counties who return on full, grant-funded programs – recent graduates are now relocating to the West Coast scholarships to get an M.A. in TESOL as part studying at Michigan, West Virginia and of the Training and Retraining Grades K-12 Lehigh. Some land highly competitive with the intention to continue Eastern Shore Teachers (TARGET) Program teaching positions at private high schools teaching first-year writing headed by Dr. Anjali Pandey. These teachers and community colleges. v while being active in then return to their public school systems community film education.
9 • GS&R • 2016 Geographic Information Systems Management (M.S.) By Dr. Michael Scott
The launch in 2007 of our M.S. in enterprises. Our program is an equal blend Geographic Information Systems of advanced technical instruction and Management (M.S.GISM) Program is a direct management principles, resulting in nearly response to the increasing value in using GIS 100 graduates who have gone on to technology to allocate scarce resources and management positions in government, inform policy decisions. Full integration of industry and non-profit organizations. v GIS into the workplace will increase the efficiency and effectiveness of geographically oriented activities, such as Meet Graduate Student while furthering my analytical, GIS abilities. In addition to my law enforcement, fire protection, marketing, studies as a M.S.GISM student, I am working alongside faculty land use, public health, revenue collections Matthew Caddenhead as a research assistant on a National Science Foundation grant and transportation. The master’s in GIS studying the potential for aquaculture within Lake Victoria and management was designed to enhance the As an analyst, researcher and consultant for government GIS administration proficiency of contracts, I quickly learned that proficiency in administration, its implications for the native fisheries and commodity markets. professionals working in government, leadership and business practices would be essential to This research has been extremely rewarding and has pushed business and non-profit organizations propelling my career. With this realization, I explored the idea me as both a student and an analyst. After completing the SU (NPOs). With such proficiency, these of working toward an M.B.A.; while this was appealing, it put M.S.GISM Program, I plan on pursuing work as an professionals are better equipped to my technical and scientific passions to the wayside. SU’s environmental or government consultant, providing my integrate and thus use GIS technology in Master of Science in GIS Management (GISM) Program analytical and administrative skill set to customers. their respective fields and across their enabled me to learn highly sought-after administrative skills,
History (M.A.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Céline Carayon Hallie Kroll I graduated from SU with my B.A. in history with a minor in The M.A. in History Program is unique in The relative small size of the program also conflict analysis and dispute resolution. After having enjoyed the breadth and depth of research topics it promotes close mentoring relationships with offers students, as well as in the flexibility it faculty and fosters friendly interactions my experience and formed meaningful relationships with many affords them in designing their course of among students. of the faculty of the History Department, I made the decision study. The program offers coursework in The program is affordable and offers a to return to Salisbury to complete my M.A. While certainly not U.S., European and world history, and is number of assistantships and opportunities a very palatable topic, my main focus of research has been the especially strong in the study of the for internships. Students admitted to our Atlantic slave trade, beginning with the creation and Chesapeake Bay region (from colonial period program are eligible for competitive two- development within the African continent and the resulting to today, with possible emphasis on Native years paid assistantships at the Nabb transference of culture and humanity in the Americas. Utilizing American, African American, economic and Research Center as well as at SU’s Ward environmental history in particular). One of Museum of Wildfowl Art, which come with a the expansive primary sources offered by the Edward H. Nabb our best assets is indeed the fact that SU is small stipend and tuition remission. Most Research Center, during my time in the program I conducted home to a rare archival repository, the seminars meet in the evening so that research on Maryland’s initiative to send African-Americans Edward H. Nabb Research Center for students can pursue their career during the “back to Africa” by way of the colony of Liberia. Upon Delmarva History and Culture, which houses day (many of our students are teachers and completion of the program, I hope to pursue a career in the collections of primary materials that span the we also have a solid partnership with the National Parks Service with a early 17th century to the present. masters’ program in education). A new focus on public history, Students in our program choose a major assistantship in the public humanities has just and a minor field of studies from this wide been created, which offers a pre-professional heritage education and range of offerings and can elect to complete experience to students interested in public preservation. a thesis with one of our many dedicated history, event organization, and marketing scholar-teachers, who are renowned experts and promoting community awareness of in their respective fields. In completing the marginalized groups and cultures. required 30 hours of coursework, a student In addition, we recently launched a series could, for example, specialize in the history of professional development workshops that of the 18th-century-Eastern Shore using also prepare students to write a strong often untapped local archives, while curriculum vitae, apply to Ph.D. programs, developing a minor concentration in 20th- pursue careers outside of academia, present century Afro-Asia or World War II Europe, at conferences, and helps enhance their thus making oneself extremely marketable experience and preparedness for the job for Ph.D. programs and professional careers. market. v
2016 • GS&R • 10 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
Mathematics Education (M.S.M.E.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Jennifer Bergner Erica Hickerson The Master of Science in Mathematics current educational practices. Most recent The M.S.M.E. Program has allowed me to earn my degree Education (M.S.M.E.) is a 33-credit graduate offerings have looked at the four major K-12 during a transitional time in my life, providing the flexibility I program intended for those who teach mathematical strands (algebra, geometry, needed in order to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom and, later, mathematics and those who wish to teach number theory and data analysis) through a full-time teacher. After giving birth to my daughter, I decided mathematics. The program has two tracks, the lens of the Common Core State to take a few years off from both work and school to dedicate one in middle school mathematics and Standards. another in high school mathematics. The The program does allow for flexibility of my time to my family. When I returned to teaching, the programs includes both mathematics and scheduling, and students can create a instructors and my advisor at SU made my transition back into education requirements. Unlike the M.Ed., program of study that allows for degree the M.S.M.E. Program a comfortable and manageable task. I the programs are based on mathematics completion in two years; however, most am very thankful that I have been allowed to research relevant content and the electives allow participants M.S.M.E. students are full-time teachers who topics, such as rote to take more mathematics content courses take one-two courses per year. Several memorization of facts, and than in the M.Ed. courses are offered in a hybrid format and all use the results in my Applicants should currently hold valid other courses are offered during the summer teaching certification or be working toward session or at night. v classroom with my current teaching certification through another students. Upon completion of program. The mathematics courses in the my master’s degree, I will program are continually updated to reflect continue teaching elementary school better prepared to meet the needs of my students and to mentor others on my planning team.
Nursing (M.S. & D.N.P.) By Dr. Lisa Seldomridge
Our Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) An “ideal” graduate nursing student is reduce cancellations of surgical procedures. Program is the only program on the Eastern self-motivated and tenacious, a thoughtful, Recent D.N.P. graduates are employed Shore to offer a post-B.S.-to-D.N.P. entry creative problem solver who works well with by hospital systems, health insurance option and is one of two in the State of people from varying backgrounds, has companies, colleges and universities. Maryland. This 80-credit option encourages excellent skills in written and oral One FNP owns and runs a walk-in primary academically talented and highly motivated communication, is technologically savvy, and care clinic. v students to move directly from the B.S. in is a dedicated advocate for improving health nursing to doctoral study with the goal of outcomes. I personally began my career in producing a younger workforce of nurse academia at the age of 26. I chose this path Meet Graduate Student practitioners and potentially nursing faculty. because I wanted the opportunity to For those with a master’s degree in nursing, influence future generations of nurses, to we offer a 38-credit, post-M.S.-to-D.N.P.- have an impact on the quality of health care Brendan Glowacki leadership focus and a 68-credit, post-M.S.- on a large scale and to inspire others to I’m a recent SU nursing graduate and I knew that I did not to-D.N.P.-Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) consider a career in nursing education. want to stop my early education at just having my RN. The option for those who wish to become FNPs. Our D.N.P. students are leading cutting- D.N.P. allows me to continue working with patients and We also offer a 30-credit, post-D.N.P.-FNP edge practice changes projects. Examples physicians to the best of my ability. Last semester, I was part certificate of completion for those with a include designing and implementing a of a group project focusing on analysis of a certain D.N.P. who wish to become family nurse clinical management protocol for people practitioners. receiving dental care services at a volunteer telemedicine program in a The Nursing Department also offers a clinic for those with little or no dental hospital for acute stroke Master of Science with revisions underway to insurance, implementing a non-laboratory patients. The project broke keep pace with the ever-changing needs of cardiovascular disease risk assessment of down the components of the the nursing profession and the health care commercial drivers to improve their medical established system and needs of people in the region. New options care, using a process improvement model to looked for weaknesses and for master’s study are expected to be in improve post-discharge patient follow-up place for fall 2016 with a focus on clinical with primary care providers to reduce re- ways to improve from a nursing leadership and clinical nursing hospitalization, and developing a nurse nursing informatics education and eligibility for advanced practitioner-managed pre-operative standpoint. certification. All graduate nursing programs evaluation clinic within an orthopedic are delivered through distance technologies. practice to improve coordination of care and
11 • GS&R • 2016 Social Work (M.S.W.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Karen McCabe Emily Goodchild The M.S.W. Program at SU is unique Maryland’s School of Medicine and John When I visited Salisbury for its graduate open house, I instantly because of our delivery. We offer the Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of knew that the social atmosphere and environment was the program to four satellite locations across Public Health throughout their placement perfect fit. Now that I’m here, I couldn’t be more appreciative Maryland, to active duty military and their experience. They receive monthly training to work under some of the most incredible faculty at SU. Thus dependents in Germany, as well as a new and consultation with developmental far, I have worked on inputting and analyzing student totally online option. The ideal student in an pediatricians, psychologists and child M.S.W. Program is dedicated and psychiatrists. BHIPP is in its fourth year of placement evaluation data into SPSS, revised course syllabi, determined to serve others. Social work is a placing M.S.W. students, and during that and organized, held and conducted numerous focus groups. I helping profession, and we seek to help time, the students have recorded just under have been asked to join the department’s faculty search others who, at times, need the initial help to 2,500 contacts with children and families. committee as the student representative, and I have begun help themselves. Good social workers strive The students have added their own creativity collecting and reviewing literature articles to be published in a to empower their clients, never forcing their to the services provided in each office, which research study. The opportunities to participate in research and own beliefs or agendas on their client. has included creating bulletin boards, get involved in the community are endless. I am confident that An interesting opportunity is the facilitating parent education groups and department’s Behavioral Health in Pediatric starting self-esteem groups for adolescent the program curriculum and my fieldwork will prepare me for Primary Care (BHIPP) Program, where girls. The students from our distance sites my future career in social work. The courses provide an eclectic student placements are co-located in have been creative in their ways of staying range of interests, and the pediatric medical offices throughout the connected to each other by requesting professors offer their State of Maryland. These students benefit regular group supervision sessions and expertise both in and out of from the partnership between SU’s Social creating their own Pinterest board to share the classroom. Upon Work Department, the University of pins of child and family interventions. v completion of my degree, I hope to pursue a career in I have worked on inputting and analyzing child welfare or pediatric student placement evaluation data into SPSS, social work. revised course syllabi, and organized, held and “conducted numerous focus groups.
Teaching (M.A.T.) Meet Graduate Student By Dr. Regina Royer Katherine F”ingles The Master of Arts in Teaching Program In 2013, I graduated from SU with my bachelor’s degree in provides teacher certification for secondary biology. After a year of consideration, I applied for SU’s M.A.T. I have learned that education and a master’s degree. Students Program to share my passion for the sciences. My professors data-driven decision are placed in schools and work with a have planned assignments and field experiences that have mentor teacher in their content area adequately prepared me for classroom-based research and making is the foundation throughout the 16-month program. Teacher candidates are placed in both middle and internship in the spring. I have learned that data-driven decision “of good high schools for a variety of experiences. making is the foundation of good instruction. In my internship, This is a perfect program for undergraduates I will be conducting two research studies to determine my instruction. who cannot complete the teacher education impact on student achievement in both my middle and high program within their four-year degree or school placements. I am confident in my abilities knowing that career changers who are transitioning or I have a strong team of supervisors, mentor teachers and peers retiring from prior careers. The ideal M.A.T. for support. I am eager to begin my own journey in teaching. candidate loves his or her subject, enjoys ” working with adolescents and wants to make a difference. v
2016 • GS&R • 12 Kimberly van Vulpen (and Amy Habeger) “Addressing School-Based Behavioral Health Needs of Children: Bringing Everyone to the Table”
Research Day and Innovation Showcase 2015
From 3-D printing and behavioral health to undergraduate research and anarchism, four Salisbury University faculty members discussed their wide-ranging expertise during the third Research Day and Innovation Showcase in Perdue Hall. Dr. Kimberley van Vulpen of the Social Work Department kicked off the event, discussing school-based behavior health needs of children. Dr. Stephen Habay of the Chemistry Department explained two synthetic organic chemistry projects related to migraine drugs and alkaloids that students have been working on in his lab (see page 3). Dr. Eugene Hahn of the Information and Decision Sciences Department discussed a different type of lab – for innovation and 3-D printing – Stephen Habay that Perdue School students and others are using. Finally, Dr. Tom Goyens of the History Department examined Johann “Adventures in Undergraduate Organic Synthesis” Most and the anarchist movement, which he said was “not a footnote in American history.” Events concluded with a reception and showcase of University offerings and outreach groups. v
Eugene Hahn “Learning by Innovating”
Tom Goyens “Johann Most and Helene Minkin: An Anarchist Family in New York, 1888-1907”
Watch full lectures at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLggMX-jN11cisiLTFixZ5bGUdmErJQD91
13 • GS&R • 2016 DEDICATED SPACE
GUERRIERI ACADEMIC COMMONS FUN FACTS The Graduate Students’ New Home When the Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons opens by Nancy Talbott • Editorial Intern, Publications Office this year, much will be made of the square footage and number of volumes in the stacks, but here are a few The doors of the new Guerrieri Academic Commons are set to open for fall numbers that are equally as interesting. 2016 and with them will be opening the newest home base for Salisbury The green roof space equals University’s graduate students: the Graduate Commons. Recognizing the unique approximately 32,000 square feet. needs of the graduate population, SU will provide them with a space that is That is almost seven collegiate basketball courts or just entirely their own, a space that will give them a strengthened sense of identity over half of a football field (end-zone to 55-yard line). on campus. The Graduate Commons will be that place. With its ample area and 24/7 schedule, the Graduate Commons will provide Over 1 million bricks make up the building. students with an open invitation for both academic meetings and personal study That is 126 miles of brick! If stacked end to end, the whenever it’s most expedient. Graduate Student Council meetings and project bricks would reach from downtown Salisbury to the collaborations will be easier than ever, and the conveniently close walk to the Washington Monument in D.C. café will keep students fueled and ready for the next assignment. The recent addition of two new doctoral programs and the growing number The 48 bells in the Samuel R. of master’s offerings have graduate enrollment at its highest, and with the Brown Carillon have a total weight majority of their courses taking place in the evening or, at times, over summer of 27,655 pounds. semesters, graduate students frequently keep odd hours. The Graduate The largest bell weighs more than 4,480 pounds, which is Commons will work to accommodate for these busy schedules by providing more than double the size of the Liberty Bell, which was opportunities for students to work side-by-side during their normal routine, made by the same company that cast SU’s bells. whatever normal may be. Due to the focused nature of graduate education, it The total linear footage of becomes difficult for students to branch out of their area of study and interact high-density library shelves with intellectuals from other fields. As an interdisciplinary lounge, the Graduate being used is 10,220, which is Commons will create a space for both group and individual activities that will 360' shy of 2 miles. enhance students’ work and studies through their interaction with other scholars You could wrap the perimeter of SU’s campus more than who they might not usually meet. This integration of thoughts and opinions will once with the shelves in the building. work toward improving the SU experience for graduate students, helping them The Guerrieri Academic Commons to get the most out of their time at Salisbury University. is nearly four times larger than New opportunities are in store for all of SU’s students with the opening of the Blackwell Library and twice as tall. Guerrieri Academic Commons, and the Graduate Commons is leading the way. The tonnage of steel in the building is equivalent to The campus community has watched the building’s construction from day one, 270 African bush elephants, the largest living elephant and when the physical assembly is complete, it will be time for students to put in in the world. their personal effort: making the Academic Commons their own.
2016 • GS&R • 14 GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
From right, Dr. James King and Alex Boamah meeting chiefs from the Amanokrom village.
Fulbright-Hays Participants Recount Experiences in Ghana By Katie Curtin
For the 11 educators (and one student) from are being planned to continue the work the Ghana had their “last bath” in a river before Salisbury University and Wicomico schools, initiative started, he added. being sent to ports on the coast, as well as the highlight of traveling to West Africa on a During the four-week experience, the the Elmina and Cape Coast castles. Fulbright-Hays international education grant group explored Ghana’s rich culture through For Amanda Ampofo-Williams, a senior was installing a well for a school and village sightseeing, meeting prominent Ghanaians community health major, these sites gave that had no running water. and spending time at educational particular meaning to the Ghanaian idea “The Mate Masie initiative, SU’s institutions. Their goal was to see how of “going back to your roots.” Her parents Fulbright-Hays funded program in Ghana modern ways of life mesh and intersect with are from Ghana and she briefly lived there was an unqualified success,” said Dr. James traditional tribal customs; mate masie, King as a child. King of SU’s English Department, who led explained, is a word from Ghana’s Akan tribe “I wanted to be part of the project the group. “The well project will provide the that means “to go back and get what you because I see the improvement of village of Amanokrom fresh drinking water forgot” or “I have heard and I have kept it.” development in Ghana and I want to for the next 100 years, while SU faculty, as They learned weaving at the Kumasi be a part of making a positive difference,” well as educators from Salisbury Middle and Craft Centers, visited the rainforest in she said. the Salisbury School, made great strides Kakum National Park and witnessed the Another highlight was hearing lectures toward establishing meaningful relationships beginning of Odwira, a festival celebrated at the University of Ghana in political with educators at Amanokrom Presbyterian by the chiefs and people of the Fanteakwa science, religion, sociology and “Twi” (the Junior Secondary School and the nearby region. They explored historic sites including native dialect). The group visited the Kwame University of Ghana at Legon.” Return trips Assin Manso, where slaves from Northern Nkrumah University of Science and
15 • GS&R • 2016 Members of the SU and Wicomico delegation at a celebration for the completion of the Amanokrom well project.
Christine Cook of the Salisbury School learning weaving.
Technology, the University of Cape Coast “It was relevant to students in school as they health advocacy. He hopes to use and the University of Education, Winneba, seemed as content … even though the perspectives gained to create a global as well as Aburi Senior High School. Williams conditions of the school are probably worse health seminar course at SU and to enhance said she interviewed a 102-year-old queen than the poorest schools in the U.S.” his community health courses with mother of Amanokrom village. Dr. Lincoln Gibbs, chair of SU's Health information on these topics. Ultimately, the teachers and professors and Sport Sciences Department, said he The other SU participants were Drs. Gina hoped to make cross-curricular connections found a landscape of hope, laughter and Bloodworth of Geography and Geosciences, to enrich their classes at the K-12 and faith in Ghana. He explained: “I quickly Victoria Venable of Social Work, and Jeanne collegiate levels with details related to learned that your greatest worries are not Whitney and Joseph Venosa of History, West African culture and themes. the ones that are in front of you, but the along with Kimberly Clark-Shaw of the Dr. Diallo Sessoms of SU’s Teacher ones you choose to see. Despite all odds, Seidel School. Education Department, who spent several the villagers chose to celebrate life before The cohort also included four from days observing students at the Amanokrom their sorrows. Those teachings will remain Salisbury Middle and the Salisbury School. school, was moved by the topic of a sermon with me forever.” they heard while attending a church service Professionally, he said, the experience to “face opposition with joy.” expanded his understanding of global “The phrase is apropos with respect to health, including disparities, and led him how many Ghanaians deal with life,” he said. to further appreciate grassroots public
2016 • GS&R • 16 RESEARCH IN FOCUS
Providing Centralized Undergraduate Research Support
students and faculty mentors to discuss, From what programs that already Dr. Vinita Agarwal, collaborate and brainstorm research exist is the office building? associate professor of projects. Under the aegis of the Graduate SU is already fortunate to have a communications arts, Studies and Research (GSR) Office and its Q: lively community of engaged was selected to be SU’s initiatives (e.g., the University Student scholarship, rich faculty-student director of the new Academic Research Award [USARA], faculty collaborations, and academically Office of Undergraduate mini-grant opportunities), the new OURCA aAnd so: cially engaged institutions and will serve as a central resource and focal Research and Creative programs like the Institute for Public Affairs point of support for all undergraduate Activities. As this office and Civic Engagement (PACE), the Honors research activities and programs at SU. The Program, the Instructional Design and gets underway, Agarwal takes a few mission of the OURCA is to promote Delivery (IDD) Office, and the Center for moments to share her thoughts on undergraduate student research International Education that together work this program. achievements and activities, support faculty- to provide a diverse array of opportunities led inter- and intra-departmental and for our students. Alongside the several University-wide collaborations, celebrate Why is this office needed now? individual faculty-led research mentorship and showcase individual student research projects within departments, the OURCA Salisbury University has a accomplishments, and develop strong will build upon and facilitate collaborations vibrant faculty-student research Q: national and international undergraduate between these programs that already exist tradition built on the foundation research relationships. In working toward at the University and school level. of excellent teaching and actualizing this mission, the OURCA will To illustrate, a large and dedicated body research mentorship by faculty accomplish its overarching vision of of active faculty mentors student projects for tArained: at some of the best universities integrating an empowered undergraduate presentation at the SU Student Research in the world. SU is recognized nationally student research experience that privileges Conference (SUSRC) or involve student for the strength of its students, quality of a socially conscious and critically engaged researchers in their grants, in laboratory faculty instruction, and its positive and mode of learning in the University culture to research teams and at discipline-specific, engaged learning environment. Today, graduate independent thinkers and national conferences such as the National as opportunities including the Honors informed producers and consumers of Conference of Undergraduate Research College and the Guerrieri Academic knowledge. (NCUR). The Thomas E. Bellavance Honors Commons take shape, our first doctoral students graduate from the nursing program, and our offerings of undergraduate courses in the traditional and online realm expand, there is an increasing need for a centralized office to harness and support the tremendous potential of student and faculty research initiatives and collaborations. The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (OURCA) is designed to fulfill this need for a centralized space for undergraduate
17 • GS&R • 2016 Program provides Honors students with a What are your short-term goals What are your long-term goals challenging and creative curricula and offers for the office? for the office? students an opportunity to work alongside Q: In building the new OURCA, my Q: My long-term goals are to: dedicated faculty advisors as guides for their short-term goals as director will be (a) increase our student research thesis projects. Initiatives such as the to focus on: (a) building synergy profile nationally and internationally Research Day and Innovation Showcase and between existing individual faculty, through building ongoing the Office of Innovation in Teaching and dAepar:tment and school undergraduate Apartne: rships and pursuing scholarships; Learning conferences support work done by student research efforts to facilitate student- (b) increase the number of high-quality faculty members in developing and faculty research collaborations; (b) serving as students; (c) support faculty connections implementing interesting pedagogical a focal point in assisting with recruitment of with nationally competitive scholarship designs in the classroom and promote a high-quality students; (c) building a strong programs; (d) increase awareness and culture of engaged scholarship and connection with Dr. Kristin Walton’s efforts visibility of the undergraduate research pedagogy across the University. Individual with nationally competitive scholarship work at SU at national venues such as the centers such as PACE offer programs like programs; (d) establishing the OURCA as a Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR; Presidential Scholars that support high- space for student advisement and guidance e.g., via participation in CUR conferences, achieving students by providing funding, the on research mentorship, funding dialogues, business meetings); (e) provide Nursing Department’s Eastern Shore Faculty opportunities, conferences and projects; support to the work of Honors Program Academy and Mentoring Initiative provides (e) showcasing and connecting existing faculty and students; and (f) generate mentorship to experienced B.S. and M.S. research projects and opportunities across campus-wide enthusiasm and positive nurses, the Henson School of Science and schools; (f) increasing visibility of SU’s engagement around student research and Technology’s STEM@SU mentors students commitment and achievements to creative activities. Ultimately, the short- and interested in pursuing STEM (science, undergraduate research nationally; and long-term goals will work together to build technology, engineering and mathematics) (g) supporting new student engagement the OURCA as a valuable resource for careers and research, and the Perdue School with research opportunities at SU. Achieving student researchers and faculty mentors of Business’ notable programs provide these goals will involve integrating inputs to foster a vibrant culture of intellectual opportunities for community outreach, from individual faculty, departments and and creative collaboration and engagement business funding and entrepreneurship schools, in collaboration with diverse at SU. competitions, among others. The Center for campus units such as the IDD Office, International Education promotes and builds Information Technology, SU Libraries and relationships with organizational partners to the Center for International Education. provide meaningful study abroad experiences and programs for our students. Furthermore, each school provides funding to support research through undergraduate grants and scholarships for student projects, such as the Fulton Student Research Grants and the University-wide USARA. Taken together, these existing initiatives sustain the engaged and dynamic scholarly experience that encompasses our students’ professional and community spheres. In focusing on undergraduate research activities, the OURCA will harness these and many other institutional resources defining the undergraduate experience at SU to serve as a centralized source of support for student guidance, providing resources for undergraduate research, building connections with faculty mentors and facilitating smooth collaboration between departments. In doing so, the office will support faculty goals and initiatives to collaborate with and empower our undergraduate students through a diverse and inclusive culture of research engagement.
2016 • GS&R • 18 INNOVATION
The Philosophy of Art in Socially Responsible Video Game Design By Jason Rhodes
For many, the phrase “video game” may Bandit’s Shark Showdown , created in to approach potential investors or market conjure images of dot-gobbling yellow conjunction with neuroscientists at the their games on crowdfunding websites circles, mushroom-stomping plumbers Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, helps should they decide to move forward with or odd-shaped birds being flung into alleviate the monotony – and sometimes making their creations a reality. support beams of dubious construction as pain – of physical and cognitive therapy in Will any of these games end up as the the score increases. stroke victims as they use hand motions to next Pac-Man ? Probably not. But that’s But what if there was no score? No set help an on-screen dolphin navigate its way not the point. Stock would much rather goal? No adversary (or “boss,” in gamer through shark-infested waters. see one of his students create the next terms) to defeat? Such games exist, and “People will tolerate vastly longer hours Proteus instead. Dr. Timothy Stock of Salisbury University’s of physiotherapy in a simulated Philosophy Department is bringing them environment,” said Stock. “They’re What Students Are Saying to the forefront in a new experimental concentrating on the game and having fun.” course taught through SU’s Bellavance While part of the course focuses on the For most of the students, designing Honors Program. games’ play and aesthetics, Stock also video games is a world away from their In the class, Stock, who has worked on wants his students to put into practice normal class work. At the same time, many custom software design teams, discusses what they learn from those discussions. are finding an unlikely familiarity among the philosophy of art in socially responsible Half of the classroom time is devoted to their assignments – and not from spending video game design with 22 students. student-comprised teams charged with too many hours playing Super Mario Bros . Throughout the semester, they study four developing their own game design “It’s really making my degree come independently created games, debating documents by the end of the semester. together,” said Maggie McBain, a junior such topics as how art and simulation “The great thing about these games is philosophy major. While discussing the overlap in the gaming world and whether a that a lot of times they come from two philosophy behind some of the games game really has meaning if it can’t be people who just sit down and decide to being studied, she is learning more about “won” in a traditional sense. make them,” he said. “It really speaks to philosophers touched on in classes she The latter was a question many gamers the entrepreneurial spirit.” took during her first two years at SU. Most collectively asked upon the 2013 release of Developers of the games studied in the of them, she admitted, probably never Twisted Tree Games’ Proteus , one of the class – some from as far away as Europe – guessed their philosophies would be titles featured in the course. Many could are corresponding with the teams, applied to video games. But that’s the not see the point of the game, during answering questions and providing point – while philosophers historically have which players explore a virtual island with feedback via email, Stock said. In contacting assessed traditional art, students in Stock’s sound and visual clues, but no score. the developers, he learned some of them class are taking that discussion to a new “The reaction to it was crazy. Gamers also studied the philosophy of the games level in the digital age. just lost their minds. I thought it was they were interested in creating before It’s an approach sophomore Cecelia brilliant,” said Stock, adding that he plays moving to the design phase. Reif can appreciate. An art minor, she is it with his two children, ages 2 and 5, who Teams meet weekly with Stock, who used to discussing art history and culture in also enjoy it. monitors their progress as the games’ other classes, but in this one, she is able to Other games studied in the class “producer.” By the end of the course, consider how similar conventions can be include Hinterland’s The Long Dark , Tale students should have all the tools they need applied to non-traditional art. As a of Tales’ Sunset and 11 bit studios’ This War of Mine . In The Long Dark , players assume the role of a crash-landed pilot struggling to survive the frigid Canadian wilderness after a global disaster. In Sunset , they take on the role of a housekeeper working in a Max and Haley, LLC: Bandit’s fictional South American country in the Shark Showdown midst of a civil war in the 1970s. In This 11 bit studios: War of Mine , they play as civilians in a war- This War torn country, scavenging and avoiding of Mine snipers while attempting to survive until a ceasefire is called. While these games are played more for entertainment value, Stock noted that some games have real-world implications.
19 • GS&R • 2016 psychology major, she also enjoys seeing the reactions – both conscious and subconscious – that her classmates have toward the games. “We’re definitely learning a big psychological lesson,” said McBain, noting she had come to sympathize with some of the characters from This War of Mine . Meanwhile, gamers in the class, like sophomore psychology major Marcus Sowell, are learning to look at the medium in a different light. Rather than focusing solely on blasting zombies or tearing through virtual war zones during his gameplay outside of the class, he is starting to consider the visuals, backgrounds and thought that went into designing those games. “It makes me appreciate their “I like to think about why games are “He went student by student and aesthetics,” he said. popular because I want to make popular curated the class,” said Stock. During the course, students games,” he said, noting that the class While the requirements for the course deconstruct the games they are studying in gave him the opportunity to better were slightly unique in that respect, Buss preparation to use that information to understand what elements have meaning said he hoped classes that might not fit design their own, a concept junior to people who play video games – from neatly within the established curriculum of elementary education major Alaina the casual iPhone user to hardcore gamers a major will become the norm for the Gostomski called “a cool parallel.” like Sowell. program, which soon will transform into a Maddy Joyner, a senior biology major, While the students come from diverse new Honors College. Faculty interaction agreed, adding that learning about the areas of study, they all agreed on at least plays a key role in those types of courses, philosophy that went into some of the one thing, summed up by Joyner: “It’s he added. games’ creation has been transformative: different than any class I’ve ever taken.” “This is basically what we want to do in “It’s giving me a whole new outlook. It’s Reif added: “And we get to play video the Honors Program – provide projects for taking something I thought was really games.” students and faculty to work on together,” simple and making it really complex.” he said. “Honors is an incubator for Some of the lessons learned through creativity on campus. It’s kind of a sandbox the process aren’t necessarily about the A Template for Honors Courses for faculty who have ideas for these types games themselves. Gostomski admitted The collaborative nature of the student of courses.” that the class didn’t really have much to do teams – relying on diverse backgrounds in Those ideas can lead to others. He said with her major. But as a project leader of philosophy, art, computer science and Stock was already considering follow-up one of the four groups, she is learning more – made it a natural course to courses should this experimental class about teamwork and gaining leadership approach the Honors Program about, prove successful, including a class in video skills she predicted will come in handy Stock said. game programming. (Fischer said he was during her teaching career. Dr. James Buss, director of the ready to sign up if it comes to fruition.) Computer science major Paul Fischer Bellavance Honors Program, agreed. He Buss hopes some of the courses whose hopes the class will help him in his career, understood that while such a class may not roots are developed in the Honors Program as well. Of course, his path will be a little have fit neatly within any of those subjects, eventually move out of the “sandbox,” more direct: He hopes to become a video a cross-section of majors from each of becoming part of SU’s mainstream course game designer. them would make the course possible. offerings. His philosophy: The more disciplines that students interact with academically and the more perspectives Hinterland: Tale of Tales: The Long Dark Sunset they are exposed to, the more well rounded they will become. “That’s what Honors is all about,” he said. v
2016 • GS&R • 20 FACULTY BOOKS
Storm in My Heart: Memories Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR a survivor of the zombie apocalypse gives up food and a test from the Widow of Johann Most By Dean J. Kotlowski, Professor, History prep tutor is forced to admit the life of the mind can’t compete Edited by Tom Goyens, Associate Professor, History In this major biography of an important politician and with the mysteries between two bodies. In language both Partner of one of the most infamous anarchists of her time, statesman, Kotlowski presents the life of Paul V. McNutt, a great captivating and honest, McCarty reveals the ways we use our Johann Most, Helene Minkin joined the anarchist movement understudied figure in the era of FDR. McNutt was governor of bodies to confront our hidden selves. Draw from her well of after emigrating from Russia in 1888 with her father and sister. Indiana, high commissioner to the Philippines (while serving he good-intentioned limbs and charming collapses, and you’ll Framed as a reaction and corrective to Emma Goldman’s Living helped 1,300 Jews flee Nazi Germany for Manila), head of the surface in territory clear and familiar as a mirror. My Life , Minkin’s memoir provides a unique account of turn-of- WWII Federal Security Agency and would-be presidential Aforementioned Productions, 2015 the-century anarchism and immigrant life in the United States. candidate. Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR explores McNutt’s Published in the Yiddish-language newspaper Forverts in 1932, life, his era and his relationship with Franklin Roosevelt. It sheds Walking Corpses: Leprosy in Byzantium this is its first English translation. light on the expansion of executive power at the state level and the Medieval West AK Press, 2014 during the Great Depression, the theory and practice of Co-authored by Timothy Miller, Professor, History liberalism as federal administrators understood it in the 1930s Leprosy has afflicted humans for thousands of years. It wasn't and 1940s, the mobilization of the American home front during until the 12th century, however, that the dreaded disease World War II, and the internal dynamics of the Roosevelt and entered the collective psyche of Western society, thanks to a Truman administrations. McNutt’s life underscores the frightening epidemic that ravaged Catholic Europe. The Church challenges and changes Americans faced during an age of responded by constructing charitable institutions called economic depression, global conflict and decolonialization. leprosariums to treat the rapidly expanding number of victims. Indiana University Press, 2015 As important as these events were, Miller and co-author John Nesbitt remind us that the history of leprosy in the West is Anatomies incomplete without also considering the Byzantine Empire, By Susan McCarty, Assistant Professor, English which confronted leprosy and its effects well before the Latin In this daring debut collection, McCarty steers lives according to West. In Walking Corpses , they offer the first account of their bodies. Two young men compare and challenge their medieval leprosy that integrates the history of East and West. In physical limitations in the months following respective heart their informative and engaging account, Miller and Nesbitt transplants. A woman returns to Iowa from New York and challenge a number of misperceptions and myths about binges on the food and relationships she thought she’d left medieval attitudes toward leprosy (known today as Hansen’s behind. A gigolo discovers he can no longer have traditional sex, disease). They argue that ethical writings from the Byzantine
21 • GS&R • 2016 world and from Catholic Europe never branded leprosy as Paths Toward the Nation: Islam, Understanding Sound Tracks punishment for sin; rather, theologians and moralists saw the Community and Early Nationalist Through Film Theory disease as a mark of God’s favor on those chosen for heaven. Mobilization in Eritrea, 1941-1961 By Elsie Walker, Associate Professor, English The stimulus to ban lepers from society and ultimately to By Joseph L. Venosa, Assistant Professor, History Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory breaks new persecute them came not from Christian influence but from In the early and mid-1940s, during the period of British wartime ground by redirecting the arguments of foundational texts within Germanic customary law. Leprosariums were not prisons to occupation, community and religious leaders in the former film theory to film sound tracks. Walker includes sustained punish lepers but were centers of care to offer them support; Italian colony of Eritrea engaged in a course of intellectual and analyses of particular films according to a range of theoretical some even provided both male and female residents the political debate that marked the beginnings of a genuine approaches: psychoanalysis, feminism, genre studies, post- opportunity to govern their own communities under a form of national consciousness across the region. During the late 1940s colonialism and queer theory. The films come from disparate written constitution. Informed by recent bioarchaeological and 1950s, the scope of these concerns slowly expanded as the temporal and industrial contexts: from Classical Hollywood research that has vastly expanded knowledge of the disease nascent nationalist movement brought together Muslim activists Gothic melodrama ( Rebecca ) to contemporary, critically and its treatment by medieval society, Walking Corpses also with the increasingly disaffected community of Eritrean acclaimed science fiction ( Gravity ). Along with sound tracks includes three key Greek texts regarding leprosy (one of which Christians. The Eritrean Muslim League emerged as the first from canonical American films including The Searchers and To has never been translated into English before). genuine proindependence organization in the country to Have and Have Not , Walker analyzes independent Australasian Cornell University Press, 2014 challenge both the Ethiopian government’s calls for annexation films: examples include Heavenly Creatures , a New Zealand film and international plans to partition Eritrea between Sudan and that uses music to empower its queer female protagonists, and The Revolting Child in Horror Cinema: Ethiopia. The league and its supporters also contributed to the Ten Canoes , the first Australian feature film with a script entirely Youth Rebellion and Queer Spectatorship expansion of Eritrea’s civil society, formulating the first in Aboriginal languages. Understanding Sound Tracks Through By Andrew Scahill, Assistant Professor, English substantial arguments about what made Eritrea an inherently Film Theory thus not only calls new attention to the significance The monstrous child is the allegorical queer child in various separate national entity. These concepts were essential to the of sound tracks, but also focuses on the sonic power of formations of horror cinema: the child with a secret, the child later transition from peaceful political protest to armed rebellion characters representing those whose voices have all too often “possessed” by Otherness, the changeling child, the terrible against Ethiopian occupation. Paths Toward the Nation is the been drowned out. The work is both rigorous and accessible to gang. This book explores the possibilities of ‘not growing up’ as first study to focus exclusively on Eritrea’s nationalist movement all students and scholars with a grasp of cinematic and musical a model for a queer praxis that confronts the notion of before the start of the armed struggle in 1961. structures. Moreover, the book brings together film studies, heternormative maturity. Ohio University Press, 2014 musicology, history, politics and culture and therefore resonates Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 across the liberal arts. Oxford University Press, 2015
Books identified as of February 2016
2016 • GS&R • 22 HONORING EXCELLENCE Pub Night @Salisbury University
During the 2015 event in Blackwell Library, Dr. Diane Allen, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, talked about the challenges of grant writing and thanked those who take the risk. “We have been very successful for a university our size in earning grant funding,” she said. Dr. Deborah Mathews, chair of the Social Work Department, was spotlighted for securing over $1 million in external funding awards, joining some 16 other SU faculty and staff members at that platinum level. She has overseen federal Title IV-E grants for training students to enter the child welfare workforce, as well as state grants for the Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (B-HIPP) program. v 20 15
23 • GS&R • 2016 Salisbury University’s annual Pub Night celebrates faculty and staff research, publications, creative works, scholarly achievements, awards and academic service. 2016 At the 2016 event, attendees cheered when SU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach reminded them that it would be the last one held at Blackwell Library; next year’s event will be inside the new Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons. “I am in awe of our faculty,” the President added, applauding the achievements and dedication of faculty and staff, despite their heavy workloads. Scrolling on a screen for all to read were lists of some 175 publications and creative works from 2015, along with awards and acts of service. “You embody the part of our mission that states: ‘Believing that learning and service are vital components of civic life, Salisbury University actively contributes to the local Eastern Shore community and the educational, economic, cultural and social needs of our State and nation,’” Dudley- Eshbach said. v
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Faculty Mini-Grant Program
The SU Faculty Mini-Grant Program provides awards up to $2,500 to encourage faculty to develop research, scholarly or creative programs that provide the potential for sustained professional development and “seed funds” to secure additional extramural support. The following is an overview of this year’s awardees.
Arsenic Exposure chicken, fish and rice the participant the site with a team of 8-10 SU students to driver may now also take more trips. If the in Delmarva Residents consumes, as well as the water source for conduct an archaeological field school on the effect of the latter outweighs that of the former, Philip D. Anderson their dwelling. property to continue our efforts. This will then the behavior of the driver is having a enable the group to properly document their negative net effect. Assistant Professor, Biology Eastern Shore Plantation archaeological investigations and the students If society considers the use of hybrid Anderson’s goal is to determine if arsenic Landscapes Archaeological will gain competence in a new cutting-edge vehicles to be contributing to the public good contamination is an issue for residents of the Survey technology that is rapidly becoming the of air quality, then under what conditions Eastern Shore. As far as he is aware, no study Jason Boroughs standard in professional archaeology as well might the consumption of such goods be such as this one has been performed for as proficiency in archival database considered to do more harm than good? Visiting Assistant Professor, History residents of the peninsula. He plans to management, a cornerstone of scholarly Busko’s research looks at the core theoretical conduct the study and report the results in the This project uses archaeological fieldwork at endeavors in archaeology and cultural issues related to this problem by form of publications and presentations at the Francis Makemie homesite in Accomack resource management, museum and experimentally evaluating the behavior of scientific meetings. County, VA. Makemie, an Irish immigrant that conservation laboratories, archival and public people who are given choices to contribute to The study works to determine the degree was schooled in Scotland in the 17th century, history facilities. a public good like air quality by purchasing a of exposure to arsenic for full-time residents of is generally credited with introducing This emergency salvage project is good like a hybrid car in a laboratory setting. Delmarva. Arsenic is a toxic heavy metal that Presbyterianism to much of North America and intended to be the beginning of a much By doing so, he can identify under what is found naturally in groundwater and soil. the British Caribbean. He was a major player longer archaeological research program at the economic conditions might the introduction of Human exposure to arsenic is mainly through in the British Atlantic colonial enterprise and site that will touch upon the interaction eco-friendly goods induce “eco-enemy” food and drink. Groundwater in some places of maintained connections with planters between recently arrived Africans and behavior that harms the environment. Delmarva is rich in arsenic, and while EPA has throughout the Chesapeake Bay as well as Europeans at the plantation. Goods that share characteristics with thresholds for municipal water supplies, Barbados, England, Scotland and Ireland. His both private goods and public goods have residential wells are unregulated by EPA. homesite is one of the earliest plantations in When Do Eco-Friendly Goods come to be known as green goods, impure Furthermore, rice grown on arsenic-rich soil the region (circa mid-17th century – Become Eco-Enemy Goods? public goods or simply impure goods. These promotes uptake of arsenic by the plant and Revolutionary era) and represents a vastly Nicholas Busko have a lot of unique characteristics, and work exposure in humans. Arsenic is deliberately understudied region and time period. by Matt Kotchen (2005, 2006, 2007) has Lecturer, Economics and Finance added to chicken feed to make the flesh pink, In other words, the Makemie site has shown that the introduction of an impure which appeals to consumers. the potential to contribute to our Reducing the U.S. dependency on foreign oil is good can actually cause a decrease in the This study was inspired by recent understanding of patterns of colonialism and one of the main reasons government programs total level of the public characteristic provided. publications that reveal the alarming levels of exchange between Europeans, Africans and promote the adoption of hybrid cars and electric For example, introducing an impure good like arsenic in groundwater and foods such as rice, natives in the Chesapeake region, patterns vehicles. In addition to benefits to national a hybrid car could, given the right market chicken and fresh seafood. To test whether that played out on a global scale throughout security, these vehicles also have the potential scenario, causes a net negative impact on air arsenic contamination is a cause for concern the Atlantic sphere of interaction across the to lower the levels of air pollution production by quality. Recent work by Matthew McMahon in Delmarva residents, Anderson proposes to last half millennium. This is a priceless cultural reducing the consumption of gasoline. However, (working paper) has isolated the conditions test a population of full-time male and female resource and a very real opportunity to economic research has shown that the use of under which this happens. It also identifies the Delmarva residents for arsenic. Arsenic can be contribute to a significant body of scholarship. electric vehicles in regions of the country that good and market properties that mitigate or detected using samples of urine or blood in This project allows Boroughs, SU use coal to produce electricity actually have exacerbate this situation. cases of acute, short-term exposure, or hair students and community volunteers to higher negative impact on air quality and CO 2 Using the z-Tree program, which is the and nails in cases of chronic exposure. Hair is investigate and properly document an emissions than gas-driven cars and light trucks. standard for experimental economics, Busko readily available and painless to procure, so archeological resource in imminent danger of It is also surprising that introducing hybrid cars will begin with baseline scenarios in which he proposes to collect one gram of hair from destruction. The site has been partially looted. (or similar goods) can actually harm air quality. subjects make contributions in a typical public the back of the head of each participant. In November 2014, with the aid of two SU The intuition here is that while each mile driven goods experiment. He will then introduce an The consent form for each participant anthropology students, Boroughs documented is now cleaner, that in turn induces higher impure public good. Given different parameter asks about dietary factors that could promote a surviving architecturally unique brick cellar in demand for driving. Thus, while each trip to the values, this should have a positive or negative arsenic exposure, such as the amount of danger of collapsing. He will be returning to park across town now creates less pollution, a impact on the total level of the public
25 • GS&R • 2016 characteristic provided. He can theoretically actors or actresses) they follow. For example, Climate Change Message communities (Reser & Swim, 2011). In predict when this impact should be positive MYHABIT is a private fashion site by Framing and Mental Health addition, framing the issue as one of personal and when it should be negative, thus Amazon.com that offers handpicked selections Karl Maier relevance may elicit greater belief in the providing economic evidence that will be used from designer and boutique brands instead of phenomenon and motivation to address the Associate Professor, Psychology to evaluate the theoretical hypothesis. a long list of arbitrary items. This type of problem. These effects will likely be most If this research demonstrates these relatively new shopping trend is call “curation Maier has been transitioning his primary visible among those with a history of mental behaviors exist, then corrective action may be commerce.” The major benefits of curation research focus to the issue of climate change, illness or who experience current anxiety or justified to correct the market failure. commerce may be to provide consumers with examining many of the same psychological depressive symptoms. Introducing a tax, for example, could pre-sorted tailored selection of items and constructs now applied to this new area. counterbalance the impure good’s effect. The allow them to enjoy intuitive shopping Within this, he is focusing on dispositional and Vascular Dysfunction in Animal same potential policy application is relevant experiences instead of considering too many experimental (manipulated) factors relating to Models of Muscular Dystrophy how various aspects of climate change for many other impure goods, such as shade- features of option. Therefore, in terms of Victor Miriel grown coffee, organic and locally grown food, costly searching behavior of online consumers, messages are received by individuals, and Associate Professor, Biological Sciences ecolabel appliances, and renewable energy. the curation shopping must be more efficient how these factors impact stress, coping, than traditional shopping. On the contrary, we health and behaviors related to climate Muscular dystrophy is a family of diseases Who Do the Outline Consumers can expect higher level of risks and change. In fall 2014, Maier conducted a pilot caused by mutations in genes encoding Listen to in an Era of Big Data? uncertainty perceived by online customers as study with SU students that provided proteins that form the dystroglycan complex The Impact of Curation Service their purchase intention cannot be fully preliminary data supporting the proposed and lead to skeletal and cardiac muscle on Online Purchase Behavior reflected with the involvement of curators study. The proposed study will in turn provide dysfunction. While mutations in the dystrophin additional data to support an application for gene lead to the most common forms of Hoon S. Cha along with their buying process (Pavlou 2003, Hassan, Kunz et al. 2006). Given the future external funding. muscular dystrophy (Duchenne, Becker), Associate Professor, mixture of pros and cons of different types of There is a growing recognition for the mutations in genes encoding other proteins of Information and Decisions Sciences online shopping, the project examines the need to better appreciate various ways in the dystroglycan complex can lead to other The project examines the role of curation various factors that may affect the consumer’s which the general public understands climate forms of muscular dystrophy (Limb-Girdle). when online consumers search products and selection between traditional and curation change and ways that vulnerable populations The skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle services and make purchase decisions. online shopping channels. in society may be disproportionately affected. pathologies associated with these mutations Curation is not a new phenomenon, but for a This project investigates various factors In addition to physical effects of climate are well documented, but more recently it has long time, museums and galleries have been that may affect an online consumer’s choice change impacting those with geographic and become appreciated that components of the relying on professional curators to select between the traditional catalog and the socioeconomic vulnerabilities, there likely will dystrophin-glycoprotein complex are expressed unique items for collection and display. curated shopping malls. The tentative set of be mental health impacts from direct exposure in vascular smooth muscle and the vascular However, recently curation has begun to see those factors include product involvement that to acute climate-related events and endothelium found in blood vessels. The wider applications in a variety of online refers to the extent to which a consumer secondarily through greater awareness of the physiological role of the dystroglycan complex content services, as it allows users to perceives the importance of reliance on a reality of the phenomenon. In particular, in these cells is not well understood, and accelerate the process of discovering relevant product or a service that he or she is history of mental illness is expected to place several groups have postulated that information and cut down the time they considering buying (Richins and Bloch 1986), certain individuals at risk for stress and alterations in the dystroglycan complex may spend screening out unwanted contents. For a consumer’s perceived risks inherent in depressive reactions from learning about explain the abnormal vascular responses example, Pinterest is the service where users online shopping environments (Ring and Van climate change and from experiencing reported in human patients as well as animal create their own collections of web contents de Ven 1994, Pavlou 2003) and trust that negative graduate impacts association with models of muscular dystrophy. Some studies through “pinning” and share them with other refers to the consumers belief that the online climate change (Centers for Disease Control also have suggested that vascular dysfunction users through “re-pinning.” The process of merchant will not behave in an opportunistic and Prevention, CDC, 2014; Reser & Swim, contributes to the cardiac and skeletal muscle pinning and re-pinning adds the value of manner (McKnight, Choudhury et al. 2002). 2011; Smith et al., 2014). dysfunction seen in muscular dystrophy; qualitative judgment of online users with In addition, the project compares different Although many factors determine how however, few of these studies actually tested similar tastes and interests into unorganized groups of online consumers by conducting the one copes with potentially stressful vascular function. In view of the paucity of and dispersed web contents, which surveys in multiple locations. This will reveal experiences related to climate change, data regarding the role of the dystroglycan significantly reduces the redundant efforts for how the cultural and social differences message framing is thought to have a complex in vascular physiology and information discovery (Rosenbaum 2011). moderate the relationship between the above significant influence (Weber & Stern, 2011). pathophysiology, this project focuses on The application of curation has been fast factors and the consumer’s decision. There is reason to believe that hopefulness determining the extent and location of evolving into online shopping, as many about the issue of climate change may be vascular dysfunction in animal models of consumers are tired of excessive shopping essential for many individuals to effectively muscular dystrophy by studying isolated information. Rather than searching through an cope with and address the problem. For vascular segments in vitro. endless online catalog of the products and example, messages that primarily convey The experiments proposed for this study services, many online shoppers now prefer a negative impacts of climate change may involve the use of mice that are genetically selection from the experts, friends in the produce more stress and lesser motivation to altered in order to mimic various mutations social networks, tastemakers (such as famous address the issue than messages that are found in muscular dystrophy. These animals neutral or that highlight potential positive will be compared to “wild type” control mice impacts, or that underscore resilience of of the appropriate genetic strain. The blood
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vessels will be harvested from the mouse In associative recognition experiments, ideals of justice informed by legal and Microdynamics of Political after euthanasia and studied in vitro as participants typically study pairs of unrelated philosophical ideas of what is just and ethical. Violence: A Study of Ethnic 1) ring preparations mounted for isometric worlds (e.g. candy-shirt, dog-tree, fan-sink) Titled Writing Justice: Postcolonialism, Law, and Violence in Sri Lanka force measurements, 2) as cannulated, and are later asked to discriminate between Literature , this project is inspired by Ignaciyas K. Soosaipillai pressurized and perfused vessels for diameter intact pairs (e.g. candy-shirt), rearranged pairs contemporary challenges and is driven by the Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution measurements, or 3) isolated vascular (e.g. dog-sink) and new pairs (e.g. purse- inspiration of everyday life, that people have a segments in short term tissue culture. book). In this task, participants must rely on sense of fairness, morality and an awareness and Dispute Analysis their specific, conscious recollection of the of making just contributions to the betterment Political violence remains one of the favorite EEG Correlates of Associative word pairings, rather than using familiarity of of society. Ratti’s project examines literature areas of research within the fields of, for Recognition in Young and individual items as the basis for their from major world regions, such as Australia, example, conflict resolution, political science Older Adults responses to make accurate associative India, South Africa and the Middle East. and sociology. An overwhelming number of Meredith Patterson recognition judgments (Kelley & Wixted, Postcolonial literary studies analyzes the studies concentrate on the macrodynamics of 2001; Yonelinas, 1997). Research examining literature produced within formerly colonized violence. There is, however, a need to Associate Professor, Psychology ERP correlates of associative memory has countries, such as India. This interdisciplinary understand the micodymanics of political This project plans an EEG study examining the found that associative recognition evokes field analyzes how literature represents a violence. Why are some targets selected? EEG correlates of memory with younger and effects associated with recollection range of timely concepts, such as nation, What the natures and characteristics of the older adults. EEG is the recording of electrical (Donaldson & Rugg, 1998); whereas, others belonging, cultural identity and freedom. attacks? What is the nexus between the activity along the scalp, which relates to the have suggest that familiarity also could Investigating the intersection between human actual violent attacks and political objectives neural changes occurring below the scalp. From contribute to associative recognition under rights and literature is at the cutting-edge of of the groups involved? These are some of EEGs, Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) – brain certain stimuli conditions (Yonelinas, 2002). the latest research in postcolonial literary the crucial areas of concern, but have not wave responses – are collected. The study This study further examines the disassociation studies. This timeliness reflects the speed and received adequate attention this far. examines the ERP correlates of associative between ERP correlates of familiarity and scale with which the world is changing, from The objective of this research is to understand recognition memory in young and older adults. recollection in associative recognition and also the Arab Spring revolutionary movements in the nature and characteristics of violent Results from studies in cognitive examine whether there is a further 2011, to the end of the 30-year civil war in attacks by the parties involved in the conflict psychology, neuropsychology and dissociation between these processes for Sri Lanka in 2009, to the ongoing struggles in Sri Lanka; Explore the relationship (or lack neuroimaging suggest that recognition young vs. older adults. against terrorism in the U.S., Europe and of it) between the actual violence and political memory performance depends on two beyond. The questions of what it means to be objectives of the groups; Examine the nature independent memory processes: familiarity, Justice and “New” Human human and how we can strop atrocities from of evolution of political violence in this case; which is a rapid, automatic process, low in Rights: The Case of happening around the world could not be more Explore whether it is possible to elicit new attentional demand; and recollection, which is Postcolonial Literature relevant. In light of this, one specific question notions of political violence based on the a slower, consciously controlled, attention- Manav Ratti that this research examines is: How can a actual violence incidents. demanding process (see Yonelinas, 2002, for novel depict people’s struggles and suffering, This study addresses these questions using Associate Professor, English a review). The distinction can be captured by especially where the law is limited in doing Sri Lanka as a study case. Sri Lanka the real-world example of seeing a person on Ratti’s research is informed by and builds so? Even more specifically: How can the experienced a high intensity ethnic conflict for a bus and recognizing her as being familiar upon the success of his book The Postsecular postcolonial Indian novel’s depiction of human three decades. A random sample of actual without being able to recall who she is or Imagination: Postcolonialism, Religion, and rights raise awareness where law cannot? violent incidents will be collected from published where you have met her, as opposed to Literature (New York and London: Routledge), materials and a grounded theory approach will seeing someone on a bus and recalling that it which was published in early 2013, as a be used for analysis. The research report will be is Joan who works at the store down the significantly revised version of the doctoral published in a leading scholarly (peer reviewed) street. Various ERP studies have supported this dissertation he wrote in the Department of journal and presented in domestic and dual-process model, demonstrating that English at Oxford University, and informed as international conferences. familiarity and recollection are correlated to well by his master’s degree at Cambridge two qualitatively different ERP components University. (Mecklinger, 2000; Wilding & Ranganath, His present project draws upon the 2011). With respect to aging, several lines of theoretical structure of the book by analyzing evidence suggest that while automatic, how literature can serve as a site for the familiarity-based mechanisms are relatively intersection between different disciplines, this well preserved with age, recollection efficiency time law and philosophy. The project analyzes is reduced (see Light 1991; 1992; Light issues of human rights and justice by exploring et al. 2000, for reviews). how literature can represent processes and
27 • GS&R • 2016 Graduate Research and Presentation (RAP) Grant Program To the Perfection of Waste: Art, Administration and the Work of Herbert Marcuse The Office of Graduate Studies and Research provides research grants, up to $500, to help graduate students develop research and scholarly projects with faculty supervisors and present their projects at various conferences Sarah Surak Assistant Professor, Political Science and meetings. The program enables students to receive recognition for their work and provides networking opportunities and professional development in their field of study. Garbage art exhibits present a way of classifying objects and making sense of the production, consumption and disposal patterns Understanding the Spatial pressures on each morph. Plethodon cinereus , Why are Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge of waste. Recent interest in trash art as a form Ecology of the Tungara Frog, the red-backed salamander, has two common not prominent in historiography and the of social commentary raises important Physalaemus pustulosus color morphs, striped and unstriped, that vary studies of civil rights? Is Richardson’s absence questions as to whether these forms of Andrew Cronin, Applied Biology in frequency among populations. Grant in historical memory due to her gender and recently has found that the striped morph is her controversial ideologies? How can we display inspire radical critique or if they Spatial ecology plays a vital role in almost predated upon more in our local population. resolve the absence of Gloria Richardson and explicitly or implicitly support a depoliticized every facet of an organism's life history, This leads to her next hypothesis that there Cambridge in history? aesthetic of domination. This paper outlines impacting predation risks, mating are differences in movements between color these concerns and attempts to distinguish opportunities, foraging ecology and even the morphs of P. cinereus , both in foraging how garbage art might open spaces for genetic structure of a population. In turn, this Clara Gunby: Eastern Shore behavior and dispersal behavior, with liberatory, creative and imaginative potentials influences the entire evolutionary trajectory of Hero or Traitor? A Question of potentially less movement by the more for societal critique and change. Can art the species and ultimately the diversity of life Gender and Collective Memory predated striped morph. Grant will compare encourage us to think not only about what we on earth. The tungara frog ( Physalaemus in Civil War History genetic relatedness data with distance throw away (what we experience quite pustulosus ) is a tropical species that has been Hallie Kroll, History between individuals in order to use genetic literally on a daily basis) but also why we studied extensively with respect to mate Kroll questioned the abstract ideas of gender special structure to indirectly estimate discard these objects? Can artistic display choice and signal evolution. However, there and collective memory within the framework dispersal of the two morphs. encourage critique that might lead to larger, have been few studies that have examined of the Civil War on the Eastern Shore. systematic questioning of the logic of an this species’ spatial ecology. So although Utilizing the primary source documents from economy based on excess, disposability and much is known about the behavior of this Who Do We Remember; Salisbury University’s Nabb Research Center, growth? Using Reitz’s Marcusian analysis of species at the breeding pond, we still know Who Do We Forget? Gloria the life and actions of local enigma Clara “art-as-liberation” and “art-as-alienation” as a virtually nothing about how movement of Richardson and the Cambridge Gunby were analyzed to demonstrate the starting point, this paper attempts to discern individuals influences the overall genetic Civil Rights Movement ways in which women broke the social norms where we might find hope, encouragement structure and evolution of this species. In this Artura Jackson, History of the late 19th century during the Civil War. and active imagining of another possible study, Cronin will use harmonic direction- Until the spring of 1963, most Americans had Within the paper, Gunby is compared and future. The purpose of this analysis is to finding telemetry to monitor movement never heard of Cambridge, MD. This would all contrasted with other women of the Civil War distinguish between two types of art – works patterns, examine distances traveled, and change when the civil rights movement and the differing ways in which they left the that focus on a critique of the individual (“art- elucidate factors contributing to male arrived along with the Maryland National “private sphere” where females were as-disciplining”) and works that emphasize departure of breeding sites. However, as this is Guard. Eventually United States Attorney traditionally relegated. As Gunby was a the larger social, economic and political a new technology, it must be field tested with General Robert Kennedy came to wager an Confederate sympathizer and was imprisoned structures that support and necessitate regards to localization abilities in a variety of agreement between the white and black in Fort Munroe, VA, there is an assumption increasing waste production (“art-as- environmental contexts. He also will collect community to resolve the civil rights issues in that the community would view her actions disrupting”). Both are legitimate points of DNA samples of individuals involved in the Cambridge, MD. The initial civil rights negatively. Kroll's research discovered Clara’s criticism, but it is only through a critique of study. These DNA samples will be analyzed movement in Cambridge would change the continuous local praise for her rebel the systemic function of waste in capitalism using the next-gen sequencing method double- overall civil rights movement because it made sympathies, effectively arguing for the that we may begin to open spaces for digest Restriction-site Associated DNA the nation realize racism and segregation instance of collective memory on the Eastern disruption and change. sequencing (ddRADseq). This information will were not just in the south. Some distinct Shore. Despite her treasonous actions against be used to analyze the role of genetics on features of the movement were: it brought the United States, locals continue to view movement-associated behaviors. the civil rights movement out of the south, Clara Gunby as “famous for her good and the leader was a women and this movement noble deeds” ( Salisbury Times , 1959). This Inferring Dispersal Variability did not always subscribe to nonviolence. paper was originally the exhibit text for the in Two Color Morphs of the Although Cambridge resembled other Women's History Month exhibition by the Red-Backed Salamander, movements around the country, this same title at the Nabb Research Center for Plethodon cinereus movement was rejected; both Gloria Delmarva History and Culture in spring 2015. Alexa Grant, Applied Biology Richardson and the city of Cambridge would not be properly included in the overall civil Color polymorphism is common in many rights movement. There are three central species and morph frequency may be affected questions that this research sought to answer. by differences in ecological and evolutionary
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