9/1/2011 Activities

Here are the faculty and staff activities for September 1, 2011.

Faculty and Staff Activities

Dr. Robert Carballo, English, had his article, “A ‘Monstrous Birth’ Brought ‘to the World’s Light’: The Assault on Authority and the Darkening of the Soul in ‘Othello’,” accepted for inclusion in a critical edition of “Othello” to be published by Ignatius Press in fall 2012.

Dr. Mandi Dupain, wellness and sport sciences, co-presented “Agreement Between Activity Monitoring Devices During Home Rehabilitation: A Sub-study of the AAA STOP Trial” at the 2011 European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris, France, on August 27.

Dr. Christine Filippone, art history, published the peer-reviewed article “Cosmology and Transformation in the Work of Michelle Stuart” in Woman’s Art Journal, spring/summer, 2011.  She will also co-chair the session “Gendering the Posthuman” at the national College Art Association conference held in Los Angeles, Calif., in February. At Millersville, she is organizing a panel to discuss the controversy and legal implications surrounding the exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” to include co-curator Jonathan Katz, chair of the visual studies doctoral program at SUNY Buffalo and Professor of Law Nancy Knauer, author of Gay and Lesbian Elders: History, Law and Identity Politics in the United States. The panel will be held November 9 and is co-sponsored by the Phillips Museum at Franklin & Marshall College.

Dr. Kevin Robinson, mathematics, presented a peer-reviewed poster, “Using Happyville In Statistical Education” at the 2011 United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS 2011), May 19 – 21, in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. In addition, he presented an invited Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) webinar “Happyville: Putting A Smile Into Statistical Ideas” on July 26.

Dr. E. Elliott Seda, educational foundations, presented a workshop to teachers titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Urban Teachers,” at the Professional Development Day of the School District of Lancaster on August 23.

Congratulations

To Dr. Angela Cuthbert, geography, who married Douglas Brown on July 30 in Ontario, Canada.

Retired

Dr. Jack Fischel, emeritus professor history, had his 11,000 word essay on the writer Sholem Asch accepted for publication in the Scribner’s series on American Writers. The publication will appear in 2012.

Obituary

Edwin J. Zarek, 71, of Palmyra, died on August 18 after a lengthy illness. He taught as an adjunct to the English department at Millersville University for 17 years.