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Faculty Briefs
Peter Alonzi, professor of economics and finance, Brennan School of Business, served as co-judge in the 2008 Econ Challenge State Finals at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. He also organized and was program chair at the 2007 annual meeting of the Illinois Economic Association, and is serving as the organization’s president for 2008. He is in his final term on the National Futures Association Education/Testing Advisory Committee.
David Aron, assistant professor of marketing, Brennan School of Business, is one of five co-authors of “The Boomer Consumer: The Importance of Preventing Consumer Grudges within the Mature Market” in The Journal of Contemporary Business Issues.
Karen Brown, associate professor, and Kate Marek, associate professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, presented a session entitled “Collaborating Across Campus Toward Cross-Cultural Communication” at an annual national library conference in Tucson, AZ. The presentation focused on the planning and implementation of activities associated with a Dominican University Diversity Initiative Grant they received. In addition, Marek presented the keynote speech at the Kansas State Library’s public library administrators’ training program.
Molly Burke, associate professor of management, Brennan School of Business, chaired a plenary session titled “How Academic Leadership Shapes Catholic Business Education” at the seventh annual international conference, Business Education at Catholic Universities: Exploring the Role of Mission-Driven Business Schools, at the University of Notre Dame.
Bonnie Burns, associate professor, School of Education, gave a presentation on “Diagnosis: The Step Beyond Snapshot Assessment” at the “Getting to Know Your Students Through Data” Summer Reading Institute at Dominican University, co-sponsored by the 95 Percent Group.
Jeffery Cote de Luna, professor of painting and chair of the art department, Rosary College of Arts and Sciences, had two solo exhibits of his work: “Spanish Painting: Quantitative Monochromes” at the Instituto Cervantes Gallery in Chicago, and “Quantitative Monochromes” at Knox College in Galesburg, IL. In addition, his work was exhibited in the Evanston Art Center’s 19th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, a juried exhibition.
Bill Crowley, professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, published a book, Renewing Professional Librarianship: A Fundamental Rethinking in the Beta Phi Mu monograph series. Additionally, he published an article, “Lifecycle Librarianship” in the April 2008 issue of Library Journal.
Mary Pat Fallon, instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, co-presented with Molly Beestrum, systems librarian, a session on faculty-librarian collaboration at the seventh annual Information Literacy Summit.
Cyrus Grant, professor of computer science and management information systems, Brennan School of Business, and Adrian Kok, assistant professor, Graduate School of Social Work, published “Computer Training for Older Adults: A Comparison of the Perspectives of Older Adults, Computer Instructors and Social Workers” in the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society.
Samina Hadi-Tabussum, associate professor, School of Education, gave presentations titled “Examining the English Language Learner” and “Writing the Self: Getting to Know Your Students Through Different Writing Exercises” at the “Getting to Know Your Students Through Data” Summer Reading Institute at Dominican University, co-sponsored by the 95 Percent Group.
Christine Hagar, assistant professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, presented a paper, “The Convergence of Community Informatics and Library and Information Science: The Impact for Library Users” at the 14th International Annual Conference of the Institute of Information and Library Science at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. She was also appointed to the Illinois Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee.
James Harrington, assistant professor and director of the Master of Arts in Educational Administration program, School of Education, attended the joint Illinois State Board of Education-Illinois Board of Higher Education meeting on Development and Change in the Preparation of School Leaders in Bloomington. Following the meeting, he was added to the consortium membership of Illinois State Action for Education Leadership, which represents K-12, university and state organizations across Illinois. He also participated in the national Special Programs in Catholic Education Conference at Boston College, contributing research from his work in inner-city Catholic schools.
Lucile Harth, assistant professor, School of Education, gave a presentation on “Progress Monitoring and the IEP” at the “Getting to Know Your Students Through Data” Summer Reading Institute at Dominican University, co-sponsored by the 95 Percent Group.
Therese Hogan, associate professor, School of Education, gave presentations titled “Educational Diagnostic Data—Beyond the Numbers” and “Tackling Textbooks,” and co-presented “Assessing Lesson Plans” with Dennis Kirchen, associate professor, School of Education, at the “Getting to Know Your Students Through Data” Summer Reading Institute at Dominican University, co-sponsored by the 95 Percent Group.
Robert Irons, assistant professor of finance, Brennan School of Business, co-authored a paper, “Compression and Expansion of the Market P/E Ration: The Fed Model Explained,” published in the spring 2008 issue of the Journal of Investing.
Tracy Jennings, assistant professor of fashion, Rosary College of Arts and Sciences, presented the design “Go for Baroque” at the juried Design Showcase during the annual American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Conference in Milwaukee, WI.
David Krause, associate provost and associate vice president for academic affairs, led a six-week course on Ernest Hemingway. The class, co-sponsored by Dominican University, the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park and the Newberry Library, met in the house in which Hemingway was born in 1899. The course received national news coverage.
Doug Lia, assistant professor, School of Education, presented “Technology in Reading: Programs, Data, and Decisions” at the “Getting to Know Your Students Through Data” Summer Reading Institute at Dominican University, co-sponsored by the 95 Percent Group.
Marilyn Ludolph, assistant professor, School of Education, gave presentations titled “Three Ways to Differentiate in the Classroom” and “Vocabulary at the Middle Level” at the “Getting to Know Your Students Through Data” Summer Reading Institute at Dominican University, co-sponsored by the 95 Percent Group.
Mark Rodgers, dean, Graduate School of Social Work, presented a paper, “Combating Human Trafficking Through Prevention, Education and Intervention: Examples of International Collaboration” with Jan A. Rodgers, Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work, at the 15th International Consortium for Social Development Symposium in Hong Kong, China. He also conducted workshops on international social work at Attistiba Higher School of Social Work in Riga, Latvia, as well as presenting several papers on human trafficking at conferences nationwide.
T. Kanti Srikantaiah, professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, edited Knowledge Management in Practice: Connections and Context, a book on knowledge management. He also served as a specialist on a knowledge management panel at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Seattle, WA. In addition, he taught project management and knowledge management courses at the Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship in Bangalore, India.
Michael Stephens, assistant professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, presented the keynote address at the Florida Council of State University Libraries/College Center for Library Automation Executive Board/Florida Center for Library Automation board meeting at Florida Gulf Coast University. He also presented the keynote address entitled “Connection, Collaboration, Community,” for the Small Libraries Institute Online Conference, Winter 2008, and the keynote at the SOLINET Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA. He participated in the “Web 2.0” panel at the Public Library Association Conference. Stephens also embarked on a speaking tour in Australia on “the hyperlinked library.” In addition, he has published “Taming Technolust: Ten Steps for Planning in a 2.0 World” in Reference & User Services Quarterly; “Sharpen These Skills for Librarian 2.0” in One-Person Library; “Web 2.0 & You” in American Libraries; “Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and the Hyperlinked Library” in Serials Review; and co-authored a monthly column entitled “The Transparent Library” in Library Journal.
Edward Valauskas, instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, attended a visioning meeting in Cupramontana, Italy of Electronic Information for Libraries, a non-profit organization that supports and advocates for the wide availability of electronic resources by library users in transitional and developing countries. He also wrote the introduction to A Gentle Obsession: Eight Poems about Bibliomania by Eugene Field.
Richard Woods, OP, professor of theology, Rosary College of Arts and Sciences, recorded 12 lectures, now released on CD as St. Dominic and the Dominican Way: Order of the Preachers. The wide-ranging overview of the order from St. Dominic to the present touches on many topics, including mysticism, the Inquisition and the arts. Many notable Dominicans appear as part of the tale, including Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, Meister Eckart, Yves Congar and Edward Schillebeeckx.
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