Jean F. Gounard, director, International Student Affairs, and vice president for advocacy, Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Fulbright Association, spoke on future projects and funding of the Fulbright Program at the Spring Fulbright Conference of the chapter, held at Daemen College on April 4.
Kathleen Falconer, lecturer, Elementary Education and Reading, along with Joseph L. Zawicki, assistant professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education, presented a peer-reviewed paper titled “The Pedagogical Beliefs and Values of Physics Alternative Certification Teacher Candidates” at the 2008 annual international conference of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, held in Baltimore, Maryland, March 30–April 2.
Elisa Bergslien, assistant professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education, is the primary author of a paper published in the March issue of Forensic Science International 175 (2–3): 218–226. The paper, “Identification of Cremains Using X-ray Diffraction Spectroscopy and a Comparison to Trace Element Analysis,” was the product of a collaboration with Mary Bush, assistant professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, and Peter Bush, director of the South Campus Instrument Center, at the University at Buffalo’s School of Dental Medicine. Forensic Science International is one of the leading forensic science journals.
Sally Arnold, associate professor, Speech-Language Pathology, presented her paper “A Survey of Undergraduate College Students Concerning the Risk of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss from Portable Music Players” at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Academy of Audiology, in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 3–5. Coauthors were former graduate students Andrea Nabozny and Heather White.
John Thompson, associate professor, Computer Information Systems, participated in a panel presentation discussing “Web 2.0 Technologies: Real-World Applications for the Public Sector” at the FOSE 2008 Conference and Exposition in Washington, D.C., April 1–3. FOSE is the largest and most well-recognized forum for the government technology community.
Evelyn S. Rosario, counselor, Educational Opportunity Program, presented “Zapatista Movement and the Media” at the American Studies GSA, Honoring the Life and Work of John C. Mohawk: Fourth Annual Storytellers of the Americas Conference, March 28-30, at the University at Buffalo. Rosario also was the guest speaker at the AEL (Adelante Estudiantes Latinos) Annual Banquet and presented “Education as an Agent of Liberalism” on March 5.
Melissa J. Miszkiewicz, director, Academic Computing, is the second author on a paper titled “Digital Image Use in North American Dental Education: A Multi-stage Needs Assessment,” which has been accepted for publication by the journal Library Resouces and Technical Services 52 (3). LRTS is a publication of the American Libraries Association. The paper was written with Stephen Paling, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and June Abbas and Joseph J. Zambon, of the University at Buffalo.
George T. Hole, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, Philosophy and Humanities, presented a paper, “The Logic of Logical Disputation in REBT,” to the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy at the 82nd annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, held in Pasadena, California, March 19–23.
Meg Knowles, assistant professor, Communication, directed a new half-hour documentary about Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the first Women’s Rights Convention of 1848, “See That the World Is Moving,” which premiered at the 12th International Women’s Film Festival at the Market Arcade Film and Arts Center in March. She produced a 30-minute television program titled “Water,” which screened at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in fall 2007 and at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson in Baltimore, Maryland, in spring 2008. She also recently screened her award-winning short film “Walk” at the Post-Museum in Singapore; the Annexe Gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo; Finger Lakes Community College in Canandaigua; and the DIVA Center in Eugene, Oregon.
Shannon Gormley Budin, assistant professor, Exceptional Education, presented a poster with William J. Therrien, assistant professor of special education at the University of Iowa, at the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2008 Annual Convention and Exposition in Boston, Massachusetts, April 2–5. The presentation was titled “Implementation of Reread-Adapt and Answer-Comprehend (RAAC) Intervention to Improve Reading Fluency and Comprehension.”