PROVOST's REPORT 2010R11
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ELON UNIVERSITY PROVost’s REPORT 2010-11 Table of Contents 1 Letter from the Provost 2 Articles & Book Chapters 15 Books 17 Presentations 40 Art Exhibitions & Performances 43 The Elon Teacher-Scholar Elon University is recognized as a national model of engaged learning by industry observers such as U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek. That achievement is built on the cornerstone of the teacher- scholar ideal defined in the final pages of this report and embraced by Elon’s deeply dedicated, intellectually engaged faculty, as well as the learning-centered culture that faculty bring to life each day through challenging and innovative academic programs. Last year, scores of Elon students presented at regional Elon faculty embrace the idea that scholarship and and national conferences hosted by the discipline-based teaching are inseparable, that teaching is their principle professional organizations of their majors. More and dedication and that innovative, engaged models of more, both Elon graduate and undergraduate students are teaching and learning, such as undergraduate research, co-authoring scholarly work with Elon faculty. service-learning and internships, lead to better, deeper learning. As stated in “The Elon Teacher-Scholar” As the Teacher-Scholar statement explains, “the faculty’s statement, this broader view of faculty engagement with ability to model intellectual engagement is based on their students encourages “productive interactions that blur the intentional and continual development as professionals.” boundaries separating traditional teaching activity, Through their ongoing, active scholarly and creative scholarship and professional activity.” activity, faculty model intellectual engagement and stay on the cutting edge of their fields of expertise. Elon Right now, more than 70 faculty members are faculty members are committed to advancing the state of supervising honors theses, more than 20 faculty members knowledge and understanding, and as such they are are working closely with students selected for research actively involved in scholarship. support through the Lumen Prize and more than 100 faculty members have mentored 185 students in research This report, paired with the 2011 President’s Report, that was presented on campus in Elon’s Spring captures and reflects some of the scholarly and creative Undergraduate Research Forum. In the spring of 2011, 32 activity our faculty engaged in during the 2010-11 undergraduate students directed by Elon faculty academic year. I invite you to celebrate with me the presented their own research at the National Conferences excellent work of the Elon University faculty, teacher- of Undergraduate Research in Ithaca, N.Y., placing Elon scholars truly committed to excellence. in the top 5 percent for the number of students presenting research among the more than 300 universities Steven D. House participating in this conference. Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Articles & Book Chapters John R. Alexander Distinguished Leadership Coach-in-Residence, Law ”Searching for Indicators of Globally Responsible Leadership.” Global Responsibility: The GRLI Partner Magazine. (January 2011): 26-29. Meredith L.J. Allison Assistant Professor, Psychology “Alibi Believability: The Effect of Prior Convictions and Judicial Instructions.” with C. A. E. Brimacombe. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 40 (June, 2010): 1054-1084. Janna Quitney Anderson Associate Professor, Communications “Future Libraries: Return on Investment 2020.” with A. Havens and T. Story. OCLC NextSpace, 17 (Winter 2011): 4-8. “Responses to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Request for Consultations on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum.” UNCTAD. (November 24, 2010). unctad.info/en/CstdWG/Contributions. “Comments on Advancing Open Internet Policy through Analysis Distinguishing Open Internet from Specializing Network Services.” With S. Bradner, B. Frankston, S. Johnson, D. Reed, S. Wozniak, et al. Federal Communications Commission. Comments of Various Advocates for the Open Internet GN Docket No. 09-191. (November 4, 2010). scribd.com/doc/41002510/On-Advancing-the-Open-Internet-by-Distinguishing-it-from-Specialized-Services. “Remaking Education for a New Century.” In Strategies and Technologies for a Sustainable Future. 3-6. (ISBN 9780930242671). “Millennials Will Make Online Sharing in Networks a Lifelong Habit.” With L. Rainie. Pew Internet. (July 9, 2010). pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Future-of-Millennials.aspx. “The Future of Social Relations.” With L. Rainie. Pew Internet. (July 2, 2010). pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The-future- of-social-relations.aspx. “The Future of Cloud Computing.” With L. Rainie. Pew Internet. (June 11, 2010). pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/The- future-of-cloud-computing.aspx. “The Fate of the Semantic Web.” With L. Rainie. Pew Internet. (May 4, 2010). pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Semantic- Web.aspx. Bill Andrews Associate Professor, Physical Therapy “Update of Distance and Velocity Requirements for Community Ambulation.” with S. Chinworth, M. Bourassa, M. Garvin, D. Benton, S. Tanner. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy, 33.3 (2010): 128-134. “A Case Study Examining the Recovery of Gait Using Treadmill Training followed by Overground Ambulation in a Patient with a Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke.” with M. Gorman. Journal of Student Physical Therapy Research, 3.1 (2010): 47-56. Brooke Barnett Associate Professor of Communications and Faculty Administrative Fellow “Use of Infographics in Understanding an Environmental Health Risk.” with B. Miller. Newspaper Research Journal, 31.1 (2010). Christina C. Benson Assistant Professor, Business Law “Does Risk Reduction Mitigate the Costs of Going Green? An Empirical Study of Sustainable Investing.” with Neeraj J. Gupta and Ravi Mateti. Southern Journal of Business and Ethics, 2 (2010): 7-25. 2 Walter R. Bixby Associate Professor, Exercise Science “Cognitive Function During Acute Exercise: A test of Transient Hypofrontality Theory?” with Del Giorno, J.M., Hall, E.E., O’Leary, K.C., Bixby, W.R., and Miller, P.C. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 32 (2010): 312-323. Kevin B. Boyle Professor, English “The Lullaby of History.” Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont: A Guidebook. University of North Carolina Press, 2010. “Locovore.” Natural Bridge, 23 (Spring, 2010). “Untethered,” “Oleaginous,” “Prelude,” and “Incoming.” Gingko Tree Review, 10 (2010). “After Living in London I Return to My Town,” “Fresco,” “Glimmer of What She's in For,” “Less of Me” and “Tongue and Groove.” storySouth. (Spring, 2010). Scott H. Buechler Assistant Professor, Business Communications “Using Web 2.0 to Collaborate.” Business Communication Quarterly, 73 (December 2010): 439-443. John J. Burbridge, Jr. Professor, Business Administration “The Brooklyn Dodgers in Jersey City.” The Baseball Research Journal, 39.1 (Summer, 2010): 18-26. “The Role of Trust in the Global Acceptance of E-Government.” with J. Das and C. Dirienzo. Information Communication Technologies and the Virtual Public Sphere: Impacts of Network Structures on Civil Society. Robert Crof and Scott Krummenacher, eds. (January 2011): 173-194. Samuel A. Butler Assistant Professor, Philosophy “Arendt and Aristotle on Equality, Leisure and Solidarity.” Journal of Social Philosophy, 41.4 (Winter, 2010): 470-490. E. Stephen Byrd Assistant Professor, Education “Educating and Involving Parents in the RTI Process: The School’s Important Role.” TEACHING Exceptional Children, 43.3 (January, 2011): 32-38. “India, Families, and a Special School.” TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 6.3 (October, 2010): 1-11. Ann J. Cahill Professor, Philosophy “Getting to My Fighting Weight.” Hypatia, 25.2 (Spring, 2010): 485-492. Chiichao Catherine Chiang Assistant Professor, Accounting “Measuring the Usefulness of Information for Investors' Inferences: The Case of Quarterly Earnings Announcements.” with Y.M. Mensah. Journal of Business & Economics Research, 8 (July, 2010): 17-36. Jeffrey S. Coker Associate Professor, Biology “Inquiry-Based Activities to Accompany the 12 Principles of Plant Biology.” With J.P. Ellis and M. Williams. American Society of Plant Biologists. (2010). aspb.org/education/12Labs/. “Variability of Actin Gene Expression during Tissue Regeneration of the Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris.” with A. Helms. Journal of the N.C. Academy of Science, 126 (2010): 138-143. David H. Cooper Professor and Dean, School of Education “Validation of a Supplemental Reading Intervention for First Grade Children.” with Case, L.P., Speece, D.L., Silverman, R., Ritchey, K.D., & Schatschneider, C. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 43.5 (September/October, 2010): 402-417. Janet M. Cope Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Education “Anatomy Laboratory Instruction and Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde.” with Mirabelli, M.C, and Holt, S.M. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. (November 22, 2010). 3 “Discerning Health, Disease and Activity Patterns in a Bronze-Age Population from Tell Abraq, United Arab Emirates.” Death and Burial in Arabia and Beyond: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Weeks, L. ed. Oxford: Archaeopress. BAR International Series S2107. Society for Arabian Studies Monographs 10. (2010). David A. Copeland A. J. Fletcher Professor, Communications “The Colonial Press, 1690-1765.” The Media in America: A History. 8th ed., edited by Wm. David Sloan. Northport, AL: Vision Press (2011). Paula A. Crenshaw Assistant Professor, English “After the Ice.” Southern Humanities Review. (Fall