5/5/2011 Activities

Here are the faculty and staff activities for May 5, 2011.

Faculty and Staff Activities

Dr. Leroy Hopkins, foreign languages, presented at the 71st conference of the College Language Association in Spartanburg, S.C., on April 8. Besides moderating a panel on African-Americans and Germany, he gave a paper titled “Race, Identity and Resistance: The Case of Mpundo Akwa and the Representation of Blackness on the Imperial German Stage.” In addition, his article “In Search of Robert Boston: Race and Resistance in Antebellum Lancaster” recently appeared in the Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society.

Dr. Behnam Nakhai, business administration, had his latest refereed research article titled “Six Sigma for Services: A Service Quality Framework,” published in the International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management.  The article is co-authored with Dr. Joao S. Neves, professor of management at the College of New Jersey.

Dr. M. P. A. Sheaffer, English, sang as an alto ringer in the spring concert of the Richmond Hill Chorale in Queens, N.Y. Under the direction of the Rev. Robert Sonnenberg, the program featured Dvorak’s “Te Deum” and John Rutter’s “Requiem.”

Congratulations

To Kimberly Flores, communication and theatre, who was married on April 9 to John Marini. They were married at In The Light Ministries in Lancaster.

Obituary

Albert B. Shiffler, 83, of Strasburg, Pa., died April 16. He was retired from Millersville University.