2010 YYEEAARR IINN RREEVVIIEEWW Table of Contents About the Year In Review ...................................................................................................... 2 School of Education ................................................................................................................ 3 Mary Black School of Nursing ................................................................................................. 7 George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics .......................................... 9 Library ..................................................................................................................................... 11 College of Arts and Sciences .................................................................................................. 12 Fine Arts and Communications Studies ............................................................................... 12 History, Political Science, Philosophy, and American Studies ........................................... 17 Informatics ............................................................................................................................. 19 Languages, Literature, and Composition .............................................................................20 Mathematics and Computer Science .................................................................................... 25 Natural Sciences and Engineering ........................................................................................ 28 Psychology .............................................................................................................................. 30 Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women’s Studies ............................................................. 32 Administrative Offices .......................................................................................................... 34 The University of South Carolina Upstate 1 2010 YYEEAARR IINN RREEVVIIEEWW About the 2010 Year in Review The Year in Review is produced by the Office of Sponsored Awards and Research Support, which falls under the Academic Affairs umbrella. The purpose of this publication is to highlight and celebrate the scholarly accomplishments of the faculty at the University of South Carolina Upstate (USC SEBASTIAN Upstate). Being available in both electronic and printed formats, the Year in Review will be a resource for faculty and VAN DELDEN students at USC Upstate and other universities, as well as Director of Research svandelden@uscupstate.edu regional/national businesses and organizations that are seeking collaboration, partnership, guidance, and/or mentoring in certain areas of expertise. In this Year in Review, the term scholarship is defined very broadly as any extracurricular activity by a faculty or staff member that leads to a better understanding of, or contribution to, their field of study or department. Scholarly contributions include, but are not limited to, peer reviewed conference and journal articles, presentations, posters, books, book chapters, book reviews, exhibitions, creative works, and grant writing. Accomplishments related to scholarly service or internal USC Upstate awards are usually not, however, ELAINE included in this publication. MARSHALL We would like to thank Veronica Quick, graphics designer Director of in the USC Upstate University Communications Office, for Sponsored Awards designing the cover of the 2010 Year in Review; Les Duggins, emarshall@uscupstate.edu photographer, for providing the faculty pictures; Laura Puckett-Boler, Dean of Students, and the Office of Student Affairs for assisting in the printing of this publication; and Dr. Marsha Dowell, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, for supporting this initiative. For additional information about the Year in Review, or to obtain a printed copy, please contact Dr. Sebastian van Delden, Director of Research, svandelden@uscupstate.edu, (864) 503-5292, or visit: http://www.uscupstate.edu/sars. Other publications produced by the Office of Sponsored Awards and Research Support include: MARSHA § The USC Upstate Undergraduate Research Journal DOWELL http://www.uscupstate.edu/ResearchJournal Senior Vice Chancellor § for Academic Affairs The Annual SC Upstate Research Symposium Proceedings mdowell@uscupstate.edu http://www.uscupstate.edu/Symposium 2 Office of Sponsored Awards and Research Support SSCCHHOOOOLL OOFF EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONN Beck, J., Kaufmann, L., and Toole, C. “ALLI: Lessons Learned in a Laptop Initiative,” Presented at the South Carolina Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Beaufort, South Carolina, September 30 - October 1, 2010. Toole, C., Lamb, D., and Beck, J. “2+2=Success: JUDY Collaboration between 2 and 4 year Institutions in Teacher JUDY Education,” Presented at the South Carolina Annual Meeting BECK of the Association of Teacher Educators, Beaufort, South Director of Teacher Education Carolina, September 30 - October 1, 2010. Programs at UCG jbeck@uscupstate.edu Beck, J. and Toole, C. “Program Integration of the Teacher Work Sample: Issues and Challenges,” A roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Chicago, Illinois, February 15-17, 2010. Beck, J. (PI). Toole, C. (CO-PI) “Real World Education through Virtual World Application,” University Center of Greenville, Grant, $3,600. JIM CHARLES Charles, J. “Student and Teacher Responses to American Associate Dean, Professor Indian Literary Classics,” National Council of Teachers of of English Education English, Orlando, Florida, November 19, 2010. jcharles@uscupstate.edu Charles, J. “‘This Deep and Ethical Regard for the Land:’ American Indian Literatures and the Ecological Movement,” Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 11, 2010. Freeman, G. “Applying Wagnerian Opera Theory to GRETA Scholarship: It Isn’t Over Until…,” In H. Blythe & C. Sweet FREEMAN (Eds.), It works for me: Becoming a publishing Assi stant Professor of Elementary Education scholar/researcher, 62-64, New Forums Press, Inc., Stillwater, gfreeman@uscupstate.edu Oklahoma, 2010. Freeman, G. “Combining literacy and pretend play activities to grow the emotional, social and intellectual development of young children in preparation for stressful social situations such as bullying,” in Proceedings of the Sixth Annual SC Upstate Research Symposium, 154-157, Hosted by Millikan & Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 26, 2010. JAMES Kamla, J., Brasil, K., Pearson, J., Swanger, D., and Willis, C. KAMLA “Let’s Work Together!,” Presented at the South Carolina Assistant Professor AHPERD Convention, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February of Physical Education jkamla@uscupstate.edu 10-14, 2010. The University of South Carolina Upstate 3 2010 Y EEAARR IINN R EEVVIIEEWW Y R Herzberg, T. S. “Error analysis of brailled instructional materials produced by Texas school personnel,” Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 104, 765-774, 2010. Bohon, C., Herzberg, T. S., and Williams, G. H. “Braille literacy in South Carolina: The possibilities are endless,” USC Upstate Undergraduate Research Journal, 3, 32-35, 2010. TINA Herzberg, T. S. and Rosenblum, L. P. “Accuracy and techniques in the preparation of math worksheets for tactile learners: HERZBERG Results of a research study.” Presented at the Association for the Assistant Professor, Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired Director of Special Education Visual International Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2010. Impairment Program therzberg@uscupstate.edu McKenzie, M. R. and Herzberg, T. S. “The South Carolina Vision Education Partnership: Working collaboratively to promote high quality education for all children who are blind or visually impaired,” Poster presentated at the Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired International Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, July 2010. Herzberg, T. S. “Promoting success in post-secondary education programs for students with visual impairments,” Presented at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2010 Convention and Expo, Nashville, Tennessee, April 2010. Herzberg, T. S. and Hooks, L. M. “Simple ways to include children with visual impairments in typical early childhood classrooms,” Presented at the South Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, October 2010. Herzberg, T. S. and Pruitt, D. J. “Promoting braille throughout South Carolina,” Presented at the South Carolina Vision Summit, Columbia, South Carolina, March 2010. Herzberg, T. S. and Bohon, C. D. “Promoting braille and assistive technology throughout South Carolina.” Presented at the South Carolina Technology Expo. Spartanburg, South Carolina, March 2010. Herzberg, T. S. “Preparing Highly Qualified Personnel to Serve Children with Visual Impairment (Combined Personnel Preparation 84.25K),” United States Department of Education (USDE), Grant, $186,739. Herzberg, T. S. “The Possibilities Are Endless: Promoting Braille Throughout South Carolina,” United States Department of Education (USDE), Grant, $99,751. Herzberg, T. S., Williams, G., and Bohon, C. “BrailleSC: Accessible Design for Digital Resources,” South Carolina Research Foundation (SCRF), Grant, $3,000. 4 Office of Sponsored Awards and Research Support SSCCHHOOOOLL OOFF EEDDUUCCAATTIIOONN Hope, D. (PI) and Love, C. (CO-PI) “Spartanburg Scholars Academy,”

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