FACULTY AND COLLEGE NEWS

 

 

Professor Fran Moran, Political Science Department, is presenting a paper entitled "Popular Democracy and Citizen Engagement: Lessons from Springfield" at the 2009 meetings of the Northeastern Political Science Association, held in Philadelphia November 19-21.

 

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Professors Donna Connolly, Edward Joffe, Andy Euleau, Allen Farnham, Tim Horner, Jeanne Wilson and Katherine Fink,  Music Dance and Theatre Department, will be clinic presenters at the New Jersey Music Educators Association Conference, to be held on 18-20 February at the Hilton East in New Brunswick. Professor Connolly's clinic, "Adolescent and High School Voice Care" will address the observation of those factors affecting a decision to seek voice care and recommendations for prevention. Professors Andy Eulau, Allen Farnham, and Tim Horner will present a clinic on "How to Build a Successful Rhythm Section"; Professors Jeanne Wilson and Katherine Fink will present one entitled "From Stress to Success:  How to Succeed in College Auditions"), and Professor Ed Joffe will present on "Developing the Total Saxophone Schedule."

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Professor Catherine Raissiguier, Women's and Gender Studies Department, presented a paper entitled "Blood Matters: Sarkozy's Immigration Policies and Their Gendered Impact" at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, on 12-15 November in Long Beach, California

 

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Professor Ben Jones, Art Department, is the subject of the documentary "Deliverance: The Art of Ben Jones," that will be shown on Sunday 29 November at 5:30 pm as part of the African Diaspora Film Festival running at the Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space (Broadway and 95th Street in NYC).  The film chronicles Prof. Jones's successful show of the same name that ran at the Jersey City Museum from 18 September 2008 to 21 February 2009.

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Professor Anthony Laciura, Music Dance and Theatre Department, will be featured in HBO's new series, "Boardwalk Empire." The show, set in 1920s-era Atlantic City, is produced by Martin Scorcese and co-stars Michael Pitt, Shea Whigham,  Dabney Coleman, and Stephen Graham.

 

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Professor Frederick Frey, Music Dance and Theatre Department, was a featured soloist on a new recording of the musicial "America: Land of Opportunity," the story of Alexander Graham Bell.

 

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Professor Bruce Chadwick, English Department, has just published Lincoln for President, his third book this year (Sourcebooks, 2009).
Professor Chadwick also appeared in the documentary film, Moving Midway, the story of the relocation of a southern planation house and an exploration of slavery. Trailer available here.

 

Professor Dennis Raverty, Art Department, delivered two lectures on the history of religious icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity at St. Mary the Virgin Church in Times Square on Sunday 25 October and Sunday 8 November.

 

Session 1 (October 25): Origin of the Icons -- An examination of the early development of the icon within the context of late antiquity, early Christian art, and the veneration of relics and martyrs.

 

Session 2 (November 8): Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Tradition -- Iconocalsts ("image smashers") during the eighth and ninth centurie threatened the very existence of icons, and in response to this crisis an orthodox theology was formulated. A later stylistic crisis resulted in the decline of the tradition in the seventeenth century, but the second half of the twentieth century witnessed a veritable renaissance of the tradition.

 

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NJCU has officially become one of three statewide language proficiency centers approved by ACTFL, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. This allows us to facilitate the Oral Proficiency Exam (OPI) and the Written Proficiency Test (WPT) in English, Spanish, and other languages for students in the northern part of New Jersey. Both exams are required by the state for teacher certification.

 

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Professor Ellen Garvey, English Department, has been on leave for the past two years. She was on a National Humanities Center fellowship in North Carolina, and on a National Endowment for the Humanities grant finishing her book on 19th century American newspaper readers and the scrapbooks they made.

 

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Professor Dick Lownethal, Music, Dance and Theatre Department conducted the Glenn Miller Orchestra on a Trans Atlantic Cruise.

 

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Professor Ann Wallace, English Department, is a school Founder, as well as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the recently chartered Ethical Community Charter School of Jersey City. The school officially opened on September 1 with 120 students (60 kindergarteners and 60 first graders) and will add a grade each year, keeping pace with its oldest children.

 

 

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Professor Yvette Louis, English Department, was selected to participate in the first Ms. Magazine Writers Workshop for Feminist Scholars. As an initiative of the Ms. Academic Project, the workshop brought together fourteen feminist scholars from across the country to learn the nuts-and-bolts of activist magazine writing and publishing. The objective of the workshop was to develop a cadre of feminist scholars capable of translating scholarly research into articles written for the general public. The workshop consisted of five webinars spanning January through March of 2009 and culminating in a workshop held in Washington, DC in April 2009.

 

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Professor John Grew, Biology Department, Professor Ken Yamaguchi, Chemistry Department, Professor Bill Montgomery, Geoscience and Geography Department, and Professor Alberto Pinkás, Physics Department, received a 2 year CCRAA Individual Grant for Hispanic Serving Institutions from the US Department of Education. A CCRAA Cooperative Grant, written in the University's Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs, was also funded. These two grants will allow for the renovation of three teaching laboratories in the Science Building and equipment purchases.

 

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NJCU Geoscience faculty assisted the NJCU Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs in the procurement of almost $2.2 million in external funding for the University from the US Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation.

 

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Professor Cindy Arrigo, Biology Department, received a second year of research support from the American Society for Cell Biologyfor a collaborative research study with Princeton University focused on the exceptional transfer of DNA among cells.

 

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Professor Louise Stanton, Political Science Department, published her first book, The Civilian-Military Divide: Obstacles to the Integration of Intelligence in the United States (Praeger Security International).

 

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Professor Ana Maria Rosado, Music Dance and Theatre Department, had two articles published this spring in major international guitar magazines. "Latin American Rhythms and Modern Guitar Music: An Historical View" appeared in Soundboard (vol. XXXV, no. 2), the quarterly of the Guitar Foundation of America, and an interview with French composer and guitarist Roland Dyens was printed in June in Classical Guitar, a monthly review published in the United Kingdom.

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Professor Charles Lynch, English Department, DeLana Dameron, and Nehassaiu deGannes (Cave Canem Fellows) read their poetry at the Word for Word Series, Bryant Park Reading Room (Sixth Avenue, between 40th and 42nd Streets, Manhattan) on Friday, 11 September 2009.

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Professors Annette LeSiege (music), Music, Dance and Theatre Department, and John Debrizzi (poems), Sociology Department, published Fleeting Moments. The first public performance of the piece was April 2009 as part of the University's "Concert of Music by Women Composers" program.

 

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Marcin Ramocki, Media Arts Department, produced and directed About Brooklyn DIY (trailer available here). The film examines the creative renaissance in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Significant screenings include:   World Premiere - MoMA, NYC, 25 February 2009 Latin American Premiere - El Parqueadero, Bogota 30 May 2009 European Premiere - Art Boom Fesival, Krakow, 12 June 2009.

 

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