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grow exponentially VP ACADEMIC ANNUAL SENATE REPORT 2017-18 FACULTY OF ARTS FACULTY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS ART COURSES Judith Leidl, MFA Student Supervision Facilitated and curated, a solo exhibition by Acadia University student Haydon Ali (who is minoring in Art) titled, “Haydon Ali: The Garden” at Jack’s Gallery, Just Us, Main Street, Wolfville, NS. Taught regular course load as well as two intersession art courses with Open Acadia Student Supervision Independent Study: Studio Art 1: 2 Independent Study: Studio Art 3 Research Grant: Received an Article 25.10-Professional and Personal Development Allowance to participate in the “Reversible Pendant and Forged Bracelet workshop by Shannon Kennedy (Cynosure Jewelry Design Studio) at the Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario, August 7-19, 2017. Received an Article 25.55-University Research Fund. A portion of 25.55 of the funding was used to attend a letterpress workshop facilitated by Guillermo Trejo, at the Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario, April 21, 2018. Research: Currently researching Canadian historical and modern portraiture and how it might connect to my ongoing series of large format portrait paintings with the working title, “Strange Beauty: Portraits”. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Andrew Davis Refereed Publications "Failures in adopting green technology under perfect pollution pricing and monopoly," International Review of Economics Education, September 2017, 26:9-13. (R) Heather Hemming, Vice President Academic "Household Portfolio Allocation in the EU," with Jiseob Kim, Proceedings of the 2017 Atlantic Schools of Business Conference. (R) Presentations Canadian Economics Association Meetings (St. Francis Xavier University), "Business Cycles and Labor Markets in a Multi-Sector Economy," (Canadian Macroeconomics Study Group session). Canadian Economics Association Meetings (St. Francis Xavier University), "Does Financial Innovation Increase Income Inequality: A Competitive Search Approach" (Discussion). Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conference (St. Francis Xavier University), "Labour Supply Among Canadian Medical Marijuana Patients." Atlantic Schools of Business Conference (Acadia University), "Medical Cannabis, Research, and Policy" (Panel). Atlantic Schools of Business Conference (Acadia University), "Household Portfolio Allocation in the EU." Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare (CeRP) Workshop: Household Finance and Retirement Savings (Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Turin), "Household Portfolio Allocation in the EU." Guest lecture in ESST 1023: Perspectives on Environmental Philosophy, Thought, and Practice, on introduction to philosophy of environmental economics. Guest panel appearance for Acadia Politics Students Association on exchange rates in Venezuela. Research Grants “Does the use of cannabis oil improve insomnia and daytime sleepiness?" Peace Naturals, 2018, $60,000 (PI: Michael Verbora). "The effect on opioid use and quality of life in chronic pain patients prescribed medical cannabis," Tilray Canada, 2017, $310,000 (PI: Michael Verbora). Professional Service Nova Scotia Economic Forecast Challenge and Review, Nova Scotia Department of Finance and Treasury Board. Awards Acadia Students Union Teaching Leadership Award, April 2018. Student Supervision BAH Supervisor: 1 (In progress, HSRA recipient) 2 Heather Hemming, Vice President Academic BAH Second Reader: 1 BBAH External Reader: 1 Burc Kayahan Refereed Publications “Heterogeneity in the Economic Impacts of a UNESCO World Heritage Designation: Evidence from Nova Scotia”, with Dr. B. VanBlarcom, in UNESCO: Current Issues and Challenges, Editors: Miyako Ali, NOVA Publications, New York, (forthcoming). (R) Presentations “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” 51st Canadian Economics Association Meetings in Antigonish, NS, June 2- 4, 2017. “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” 45 Atlantic Canadian Economics Association Meetings in Antigonish, NS, June 4- 5, 2017. “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” Department Seminar, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NF, October 4,, 2017. “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” Department Seminar, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, March 16, 2018. “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” University Seminar, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, March 28, 2018. “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” Seminar, Atlantic Association of Applied Economists, Halifax, NS, April 13, 2018. Public Speaking Interview with the CBC Radio Host Ted Blades, host of radio program called “On the Go” regarding the findings from “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada.” Research Grants $2,788 SSHRC Institutional Grant for the project titled: “Economic Impact of Cruise Tourism in Atlantic Canada,” June 2017. Student Supervision BAH Supervisor: 1 3 Heather Hemming, Vice President Academic Hassouna Moussa Conferences American Economic Association meeting in Philadelphia, United States January 5-7, 2018. International Conference on Economics and Finance research in Kyoto Japan, May 9- 10, 2017. Xiaoting Wang Presentations "Flow Performance Relationship and Risk-Taking Behavior in Mutual Fund Tournaments," Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Antigonish, NS, June 2017. Brian VanBlarcom Refereed Publications "Heterogeneity in the Economic Impacts of a UNESCO World Heritage Designation: Evidence from Nova Scotia." With Dr. Burc Kayahan. In UNESCO: Current Issues and Challenges, Editors: Miyako Ali. NOVA Publications, New York. (forthcoming — September 2018). (R) "The Tourism Multiplier" The Sage International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism, Sage Publications (July 2017). (R) Technical Reports Economic Impact Assessment of an Expanded Landmark East School,” April 2018. Presentations "Comparing Contingent Trip Model and Infrared Count-Based Estimates of Rail Trail Use." Presented at the 39th Annual South East Recreation research Conference, Asheville, North Carolina, March, 2017. Research Grants Collaborative Research in Economics Grant, Memorial University. Part of a research team from Acadia, UNB, MUN, CBU and UPEI, studying the cruise ship industry in Atlantic Canada ($30,000), May - October 2017. 4 Heather Hemming, Vice President Academic Jun Zhao Refereed Publications Globalization, Regionalization and Convergence in East Asia accepted by Journal of International Trade and Development, Forthcoming. (R) Conferences Lisbon Macroeconomics Conference, November 9-11 2017. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND THEATRE Stephen Ahern Presentations Facilitator. Workshops for graduate teaching assistants on "Evaluating Student Work: Principles of Effective Essay Writing" and "Evaluating Student Work: Common Errors and How to Fix Them." For "Scholarly Methods" (ENGL 5060). Facilitator. Workshop for thesis students on "The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Thesis Writing." Presenter. Lecture on "Getting on the Road to Writing 'A'-Level Assignments." Presenter. Lecture on "Five Steps to Essay-Writing Success." Presenter. Lecture on "Writing A Successful Research Paper." Refereed Publications Article published: “Nothing More than Feelings? Affect Theory Reads the Age of Sensibility,” The Eighteenth-Century: Theory and Interpretation, vol. 58, no. 3, 2017, 281−94. R Review published: of Jenna M. Gibbs, Performing the Temple of Liberty: Slavery, Theater, and Popular Culture in London and Philadelphia, 1760−1850 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2014). Journal of American Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, 2017, e37 R Contract signed to contribute four entries on translations of French fiction, for The Cambridge Guide to the Eighteenth-Century Novel, 1660−1820, ed. April London. R Contract signed and now in press: “Professing the Ineffable: Love in Excess, Affect Theory, and the Matter of Romance,” in Approaches to Teaching the Works of Eliza Haywood, ed. Tiffany Potter (Modern Language Association). R Student Supervision 5 Heather Hemming, Vice President Academic Peer Writing Tutors 10 Susan Barratt Presentations Movement Coaching and Choreography for the winter production, A Doll’s House. Wanda Campbell Refereed Publications “Raid, Warp, Push: the Pedagogy of Poetic Form.” Writing Creative Writing: Essays from the Field. Eds. Priscila Uppal and Daniel Scott Tysdal. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2018. To be launched at the Canadian Writers’ Summit, Toronto June 15, 2018. R. Publications Kalamkari & Cordillera (Collection of 62 poems) Toronto: Inanna Publications, 2017. “Worm Sonnet” (Poem on Video). “Poem of the Week” Vallum Website, October 2, 2017. https://vallum.wordpress.com/category/poem-of-the-week/ “Perché leggere «Fantasie di stupro» di Margaret Atwood.” Altri Animali (April 2018). Italian translation of “We Recommend Margaret Atwood’s ‘Rape Fantasies’” article first published in Thresholds International Short Story Forum http://www.altrianimali.it/2018/04/15/perche-leggere-fantasie-stupro-margaret-atwood/. Presentations Book Launch with Inanna Press, Glad Day Bookstore, Toronto, September 27, 2017 Book Launch of Kalamkari and Cordillera, Acadia Art Gallery, Wolfville, October 12, 2017 National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, Poetry Reading at Fountain Commons, Acadia University Wolfville December 6, 2017 “Common Magic: The Work of Bronwen Wallace.” Resurfacing: Women Writing Across Canada in the 1970s Conference. Mount Allison University, April 26-28, 2018 Student Supervision BA H Supervisor 2 MA Internal Examiner 1 (in progress) 6 Heather