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Faculty and staff accomplishments recognized

Clarion University recognized faculty and staff research, scholarship, professional development, external grants, and creative endeavors during the Faculty and Staff Scholarship Recognition held in Level A of Carlson Library.

The program was part of the Third Annual Academic Excellence Week at Clarion University. Additional events during the week included the Honors Program Senior Presentations, Undergraduate Research Conference, Academic Convocation, and Graduate Research Seminar and Reception.

“It is rightfully that this is the kickoff event for this week,” said Clarion University President Joseph Grunenwald in his opening remarks. “This is a community of learners and it is appropriate to being with the growth and development of the faculty.”

Recognition by category were:

Journal Articles

Gustavo Barboza and Sandra Trejos, Efficiency in Teaching and Learning in Economics: To Chat or to Chalk? Pennsylvania Economic Review.

Jerry Belloit, Jeff Eicher, and Anthony Grenci, Should You Pay the Points? A Before and After Tax Analysis of Residential Housing. Journal of Financial Services Professionals.

Jonathan Brown, Troubleshooting Tips for Hearing Aids. Advance for Audiologists (January/February 2007); Hearing Loss: Acquired or Genetic. Advance for Audiologists (March/April 2007), co-author with Seth Brown; Hearing Tests: What to Expect, Advance for Audiologists (May/June 2007); What is Bluetooth? Advance for Audiologists (July/August 2007); Hearing Aids and Cell Phones. Advance for Audiologists (September/October 2007); and What is HIPAA? Advance for Audiologists (November/December 2007).

Paul Bylaska, E-Mails ’R Us—but not for much longer, The Greentree Gazette (May, 2007); Pre-cycling: What’s up docs? The Greentree Gazette (July, 2007); and When faced with a forced choice, look outside the box, The Greentree Gazette (November, 2007).

Elaine Carbone, Memorable Moments in Middle School Mathematics: Japanese Lesson Study in the East Forest Junior Senior High School (Spring, 2007), co-authors Kathryn Jarzab and Robin Cornecki; Memorable Moments in Middle School Mathematics: Autumn Leaves (Fall, 2007), featuring Mary Jane DiPippa; Memorable Moments in Middle School Mathematics: and Pancakes on the Griddle and a Plus Sign in the Middle (Winter 2007), all in PCTM Magazine, An Official Publication of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Jeff Eicher, Thomas Stuhldreher, Taxes and Ethics: Taxpayer Attitudes Over Time, Journal of Tax Practice and Procedure (2007), co-author W. Stuhldreher.

Ellen Foster, A Rigorous Mind Meets Her Yielding Body: Intellectual Life and Meaning-Making in Wit, Annals of Internal Medicine (September 2007).

Robert Frakes, “The Lex Dei and the Latin Bible,” Harvard Theological Review (2007); and “The Manuscript Tradition of the Lex Dei. Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftun fur Rechtsgeschichte (2007).

Pamela Gent, Strange Bedfellows: No Child Left Behind and Service-Learning, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (Spring 2007).

Anthony Grenci, Using the Roth IRA for Current Year Tax Relief. CPA Journal (2007), co-author R. Grenci.

Kenneth Grugel, How Are Schools Handling Alternative Loans? Student Aid Transcript, The Magazine of NASFAA (2007), co-author with NASFAA 2006-2007 Research Committee: Kenneth Redd, Sue Armstrong, Mark Bandre, Lefter Daku, Kate Peterson, David Smedley, Jacob Sweeney, Robert Shorb, Joan Crissman, Joan, Justin Draeger, and Meihau Zhai.

Kathleen Murphy, Interdisciplinary Teaming as a Way of Implementing Theme-Based Literacy Units in the Middle School. Pennsylvania Reads: Journal of the Keystone State Reading Association (2007).

Miguel Olivas-Lujan, Exploring Career-Life Success and Family Social Support of Successful Women in Canada, Argentina and Mexico. Career Development International (2007); co-authors P.

Lirio, T. Lituchy, S. I. Monserrat, J.A. Duffy, S. Fox, A. Gregory, B.J. Punnett, and N.M.B.F. Santos.

Joshua Pearce, Optimization of Open-Circuit Voltage in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells with Mixed Phase (Amorphous + Nanocrystalline) p-Type Contacts of Low Nanocrystalline Content. Journal of Applied Physics (2007), co-authors N. Podraza, R. W. Collins, M. M. Al-Jassim, K. M., Jones, J. Deng, J., and C. R. Wronski.

Joshua Pearce, and Paul Harris, Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by inducing energy conservation and distributed generation from elimination of electric utility customer charges. Energy Policy (2007).

Joshua Pearce, 3D-Mapping Optimization of Embodied Energy of Transportation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling (2007), co-authors Sara Johnson and Gabrial Grant; Energy Conservation From Systematic Tire Pressure Regulation, Energy Policy (2007), co-author Jason Hanlon; and Teaching Physics Using Appropriate Technology Projects, The Physics Teacher (2007).

James Pesek, Shareholder Value Ideology, Reciprocity and Decision Making in Moral Dilemmas. Journal of Managerial Issues (2007), co-author C. Tangpong.

Rod Raehsler, William Sanders, and Lynn Smith, The Pennsylvania Economic Association Hits Legal Age! A Summary of Association Activity for Twenty-One Years, Pennsylvania Economic Review (2007).

Ann Stearns, The Labyrinth: Negotiating the Intricacies of Future Planning. Exceptional Parent (November 2007).

Thomas Stuhldreher, Jeff Eicher, The Association of Big Money on Campus and Health Problems Among College Students. Advances in Financial Education (2007); co-authors W. Stuhldreher and K.Y. Forrest.

Dick Taylor, Performance Efficiency Rating for Basketball, Coach and Athletic Director (April 2007)

Chin Yang, An evaluation on academic performance in intermediate microeconomics: A case of persistence. Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research (2007).

Published Conference Proceedings

Gustavo Barboza, Sandra Trejos, and Miguel Olivas-Lujan, “Where Financial Markets and the Government Have Failed, Micro Credit Programs are Succeeding”; International Academy of Business Society. 2007

Elaine Carbone, “Findings from Two Countries: Regarding Prospective Teachers’ Knowledge of Addition and Division of Fractions”; Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference, Mathematics Education in a Global Community, The University of North Carolina, Charlotte, September 7-12, 2007; co-author, P.Eaton.

Joshua Pearce,“Teaching Science by Encouraging Innovation in Appropriate Technologies for Sustainable Development”; Proceedings for the 11th Annual Anational Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference (2007).

Abstracts

Elisabeth Donato, “Auteuil, Neuilly, Passy and Marly-Gomont, Those Are Our Ghettos: Rapping from the French Edge,” proposal for a paper to be presented at the 2008 Popular Culture Conference;.

Beverly Garland and Brenda Ponsford, Exploring the New Largest Minority’s Expenditures on Clothing: Segmenting by Country of Hispanic Origin, International Society of Business Disciplines Conference; co-author L. Masters.

Janice M. Krueger, ICT Literacy Assessment Study

Books

Patricia Kolencik, Teaching with Books that Heal: Authentic Literature and Literacy Strategies to Help Children Cope with Everyday Problems, 2007, co-author Carianne Bernadowski.

Anthony Vega, Climatology. Jones and Bartlett, 2007; co-author Robert Rohli.

Book Chapters

Miguel Olivas-Lujan,“The Diffusion of HRITs Across Countries”; Encyclopedia of HRIS (2007); and “Diffusion of HR-ICTs, An Innovations Perspective” (in press). Information and Communications Technology, Outsourcing and Transforming HR: Potential, Problems and Guidance for Practitioners, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, UK; co-author of both, G. W. Florkowski.

Miguel Olivas-Lujan,“Women Entrepreneurs in the Americas.” The Dialogue of Woman Entrepreneurship and Social Capital (2007); co-authors, T. Lituchy, J.A. Duffy, S. I. Monserrat, S. Fox, A. Gregory, B.J. Punnett, N.M. Santos, M. Reavley, and J. Miller.

Joshua Pearce, “Green Production and Industry” and “Union of Concerned Scientists,” both in Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, 2007.

Thomas Rourke, “Liberation Theology” and “Peronalism,” both in Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, social Science and Social Policy.

Papers/Presentations

Paul Bylaska, “Financial Retention: A Less-Explored Path to Keeping Your Students,” Society for College and University Planning Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, 2007; and “Thematic Learning System (telus): PDF to Database in 5 Minutes,” West Chester RECAP, West Chester (May 2007).

Paul Bylaska, William Bailey, and Ken Grugel, “Financial Issues and Retention Effects: A Fresh Look and Surprising Answers,” AACRAO 17th Annual Strategic Enrollment Conference, New Orleans, La. (October, 2007).

Elisabeth Donato,“The Irreverent Reframing of Classical French Literature: An Analysis of the Rewriting of La Fontaine’s ‘Le Savetier et le Financier’ by Marcel Gotlib,” 29th Annual Popular Culture Conference, Boston, Mass. (April 2007).

Beverly Garland, Paul Kim, and Brenda Ponsford, “Business and Marketing Student Attitudes towards Learning Objectives Achieved in Classes and Extracurricular Activities.” Marketing Educators Conference, (2007); and “A Case Study of Marketing and Other Business Student Perceptions of the Achievement of Learning Objectives in the Core Business Curriculum and in the Marketing Major,” Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Conference (2007).

Miguel Olivas-Lujan, “Capturing Labor-Market Regulations Effects on Foreign Investment: In Search of a Better Mousetrap,” 9th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Estonian Business School. (2007), co-author G. W. Florkowski; “An investigation of personal values, attitudes towards women and Type A behavior patterns: A cross-cultural study between developed (US, HK and Singapore) and developing countries (Brz, Chn, Col, Mex,),” 9th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Estonian Business School (2007), co-authors. E. F. Murphy, S. Chaturvedi, R. A. Greenwood, J.A. Ruiz-Gutierrez, D. M. Luk, S. Madero, T. G. Manyak, B. Mujtaba, N.M.B.V. Santons, A.O.O. Uy, and S. E. Khilji; “Successful Business Women in the Americas: Ready or Not, Here they Come!” 9th Conference on International Human Resource Management, Estonian Business School (2007), co-authors T. Lituchy, S. I. Monserrat, J.A. Duffy, S. Fox, A. Gregory, and N.M.B.F. Santos; and “Professional Development Workshop,” Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia (August 2007), co-presenters C. Wiley, A. Hwant, P. Hyde, P. Martensson, J. Meric, R. Bento, C. Gopinath, and L. Fernandes Ferreira.

Sandra Trejos, “Learning Styles and Academic Performance,” Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, La. November 2007; “Micro Credit: Reducing Poverty Through Group Lending,” American Economic Association Pipeline Project Conference, Duke University, July 2007; “The First Year of the Tenure Track,” American Economic Association Pipeline Project Conference, Duke University, July 2007; Where Financial Markets and the Government Have Failed, Micro Credit Institutions Are Succeeding,” International Academy of Business Society Annual Conference Meeting, Florence, Italy. May 31-June 3, 2007, co-authored with Gustavo Barboza and Miguel Olivas-Lujan; “Income Inequality and Economic Growth Sequentially Related,” Midwest Economics Association, March 2007; and “Economics of Hip-Hop” as part of the panel on Hip Hop Across the Curriculum, Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., February 2007.

Lugene Quesenberry, “Responsible Competition: Crossing the Rubicon. CSR as a Strategic Resource for the Transnational Firm,” Presented at Handelshochschule Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. (February 2007).

Rod Raehsler, “Economic Factors Influencing Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study.” Presented at Midwest Economic Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minn. (March 2007).

Kevin Roth and James Pesek,“Quality Emergence and Organizational Adaptation: The Case of West Pennsylvania Plastics, Inc.” Society for the Advancement of Management International (2007), co-author, J. Stiffy.

Kevin Roth,“The Journal of the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology: Content and Process Issues,” Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology (2007); “Quality Emergence and Organizational Adaptation: The Case of W.P.P. Company,” presented at Society for Advancement of Management, Las Vegas, Nev. (April 2007); “The Journal of the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology: Content and Process Issues,” Presented at Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology, State College (October, 2007) .

Lynn Smith, Sandra Trejos, and Chin Yang, “An Augmented probit Model of Minimum Wage Determination in the U.S.” Pennsylvania Economics Association (2007).

Reviews

Jonathon Brown, Review of -Facilitators and Barriers to the Integration of Orally Educated Children and Youth With Hearing Loss Into Their Families and Communities by Alice Eriks-Brophy, Ph.D., Andree Durieux-Smith, Ph.D., Janet Olds, Ph.D., Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Cheryll Duquette, Ph.D., and JoAnne Whittingham, M.Sc.; Review. of Outcomes of an Auditory-Verbal Program for children With Hearing Loss: A Comparative Study With a Matched Group of Children With Normal Hearing by Dimity Dornan, A.M., Ba.Sp.Th., F.S.P.A.A., Cert. AVT, Cp.Sp,; Louise Hickson, B.Sp.Thy. (Hons), M.Aud., Ph.D.; Bruce Murdoch, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., D.Sc.; and Todd Houston, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Cert. AVT.: and Review. of An Analysis of Phonological Process Use in Young Children With Cochlear Implants by Helen C. Buhler, Ph.D., Betty DeThomasis, M.S.; Pat Chute, Ed.D., and Anne DeCora, M.S.; Rev. of -Facilitators and Barriers to the Integration of Orally Educated Children and Youth With Hearing Loss Into Their Families and Communities by Alice Eriks-Brophy, Ph.D., Andree Durieux-Smith, Ph.D., Janet Olds, Ph.D., Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Cheryll Duquette, Ph.D., and JoAnne Whittingham, M.Sc. all in The Volta Review: Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; co-reviewers Suzanne Abraham, Sandy Aldrich, Shirin Antia, Diane Brackett, Rachel Caissie, Steven Chin, Mary Compton, Carol DeFilippo, Erik Drasgow, Donald Goldbert, Marjorie Harrington, Suzanne Hasenstab, Karen Johnson, Steven Kagel, Ronald Kelly, Richard Kretschmer, Irene Leigh, Sharon Lesner, Ruth Litovsky, John Luckner, Barbara Luetke-Stahlman, David Luterman, Mary Pat Moeller, Gayle Nash, Johanna Nicholas, Amy Otis-Wilborn, Pamela Paskowitz, Peter Paul, Martha Perusse, Donald Plapinger, Allison Sedey, Allison, Linda Spencer, Patrick Stone, Carol Strong, Mario Svirsky, Emily Tobey, Robert Whitehead, and Cheri Williams.

Electronic Publications

Joshua Pearce, “Solar Photovoltaic Physics”; “Engineering Photovoltaic Systems”; “Engineering Photovoltaic Systems II”; “Economics of Photovoltaic Systems”; and “Environmental and Social Impact of Solar Photovoltaics.” All in Solar Photovoltaic Open Lectures – Annotated Presentations on Solar Photovoltaics (2007) http://www.appropedia.org/Solar_Photovoltaic_Open_Lectures.

Performances/Exhibits

Henry Alviani, director/soloist,“Stabat Mater” by Antonin Dvorak, Clarion University, March 2007; and music and choral arrangement/choral conductor, “Naman Memory Altar,” Clarion University, May 2007.

Marian Dura, Brent Register, Hubert Toney Jr., and Jeffrey Wardlaw, guest artist orchestra, “Naman Memory Altar,” Clarion University, May 2007.

Mary Ann Fricko and Jeffrey Wardlaw, guest artist orchestra.“Stabat Mater” by Antonin Dvorak, Clarion University, March 2007.

Melissa Kuntz, Alleghany Arts Council’s Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Md., May-June, 2007.

Externally Funded Research, Program, and Projects

Diana Brush, Career Services, $100 WestPACS Grant for WestPACS Job Fair.

Debbie Ciesielka, nursing, two Health and Resources & Services Administration of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and Slippery Rock University grants for: “Preparing Family Nurse Practitioners for Rural and Underserved Pennsylvania,” $6,761; and “Expanding of the FNP Project,” $91,147.

Susan Courson, education, PASSHE-Indiana University of Pennsylvania for CETP 08, $5,000.

Mark Franchino, art, Venango Center for Creative Development for exhibit “Women of/on/not Color,” $600.

Melinda Henry, Small Business Development Center, Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, $5,350 for “Entrepreneurial Series; and Department of Commerce, $586,721, state match 2008.

Bob Hummerich, Small Business Development Center, PASSHE, $90,246, Bio-Tech Business Center.

Kathleen Patterson, nursing/allied health, $70,000, Nursing Education Grant 07-08.

Susan Prezzano, AGES, Allegheny National Forest, $7,000, Indian Valley 2007.

Josephine Shire, North Central Region Mathematics/Science Education, Pennsylvania Space Grant Consotrium, $9,000.

Bruce Smith, education, Pennsylvania Department of Education, $162,500 for Science in Motion.

Frank Vento, AGES, USDA Forest Service, $12,500; Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and McCormick Taylor Inc., $3,000 for PENNDOT Somerset; and IUP/Fimball Engineers, $4,530 for IUP project.

Reece Wilson, Siler Center, Northwest Regional Key, Northwest Institute of Research, $9,382 for 2007-08 Keystone Stars.

Woodrow Yeaney, Small Business Development Center, University of Pennsylvania, $210,852, Small Business Development Center.

Internally Funded Faculty Development Grants

Stephen Agyei-Mensah, computer information science; Henry Alviani, music; Donna Ashcraft, psychology; Yasser Ayad, AGES; Gustavo Barboza, administrative science; Valerie Bennett and Craig Scott, biology; Karen Bingham, academic enrichment; Renee Bloom, allied health; Jodi Burns, Talent Search; Elaine Carbone, mathematics; Sandy Chen, Carlson Library; Debbie Ciesielka, nursing; Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff, art; Deborah Ellermeyer, education; Mark Franchino, art; Pamela Gent, special education and rehabilitative sciences; Corene Glotfelty, Carlson Library; William Hallock, applied technology; Regina Jack, Academic Enrichment; Stephen Johnson, music; Mark Kilwein, special education and rehabilitative sciences; James Kole, Academic Enrichment; Patricia Kolencik education; Melissa Kuntz, art; Kelly Lander and Connie Bradley, Talent Search; Andrew Lingwall, mass media arts, journalism, and communication studies; Julie London, nursing; Basil Martin, Carlson Library; Jennifer May, Academic Enrichment; Michael McConnell, mathematics; Sharon Montgomery, physics; Laurie Occhipinti and Susan Prezzano, AGES; Miguel Olivas-Lujan, administrative science; Uraina Pack, English; Joshua Pearce, physics; Steve Piott, history; Legene Quesenberry, finance; Rod Raehsler, Robert Balough, Paul Woodburne, and Gustavo Barboza, economics/administrative science; Brent Register, music; Thomas Rourke, political science, sociology, philosophy; Yun Shao, modern languages; Lana Smith, nursing; Jocelynn Smrekar, Melissa Downes, Sonja Heeter, English/education; Barry Sweet, political science, sociology, philosophy; Sandra Trejos, economics; Andrew Turner, biology; Joanne Washington, mass media arts, journalism, and communication studies; Angela West, nursing; and Kevan Yenerall, political science, philosophy, and sociology.

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