Dr. Richard Newton, assistant professor of religious studies, gave a lecture, “The African American Bible: Bound in a Christian Nation,” at Hamilton College Feb. 16. In the lecture, Newton addressed the question, “What does this tell us about America and the good book?” The Rome Observer highlighted Newton’s lecture Feb. 2.
Dr. Dmitriy Krichevskiy, assistant professor of economics, participated as a panel member for the Academic Perspectives: “International Influences on the U.S. Economy” at Penn State-Harrisburg Feb. 4. Other panelists included Penn State School of Business Administration professors, Dr. Nihal Bayraktar, associate professor of economics, and Dr. Indrit Hoxha, assistant professor of economics.
Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor-King, associate professor of sociology, and Kaylee Werner ‘15 attended the 2014 EnergyPath conference and camp for a week in June 2014. They received a full scholarship for the conference from EnergyPath. This experience allowed them to experience relationship-centered learning. They attended the conference and camp, hiked, went to the Pagoda in Reading and roomed together. The conference website address is: energypath.org
Elizabeth Harvey, communications manager, Office of Marketing and Communications, had an article, “Day care focuses on academic advancement” printed in LNP, Lancaster’s newspaper, Feb. 11.
Dr. Debra Wohl, associate professor of biology, published research on atopic dermatitis (AD) in the paper “Intrapartum Antibiotics and Childhood Atopic Dermatitis.” The paper was published in the Jan.-Feb. 2015 issue of the Journal of American Board of Family Medicine. Coauthors include William J. Curry, MD; Dave Mauger, PhD; Jennifer Miller, MD; and Elizabethtown Biology Alumna, Kaitlyn Snyder Tyrie ’11. The research investigated if children delivered vaginally to women receiving intrapartum antibiotics have a greater risk of atopic dermatitis (AD) when younger than the age of two years than their counterparts. The research concluded that exposure to antibiotics for less than 24 hours during a vaginal delivery does not increase the risk of AD. Studies are needed to understand whether exposure for greater than 24 hours during the intrapartum period increase the risk of AD.
Dr. Christina A Bucher, Carl W. Zeigler professor of religion, wrote a commentary on ‘Song of Songs,’ published in a volume that includes a commentary on ‘Lamentations’ by Wilma Ann Bailey. Bucher’s commentary is mentioned in the blog entry by Valerie Weaver Zercher, who is a managing editor at Herald Press, the publisher of the Bible commentary series called ‘Believers Church Bible Commentaries’.
Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science, gave an invited talk on the country of Turkey at a luncheon organized by the World Affairs Council of Greater Reading on Feb. 11. A synopsis of her talk is available here.
Dr. Rita Shah, assistant professor of sociology, and Katlyn Speary ’13 published their article, “‘It’s not illegal to be bizarre’: Police decision-making process when coming in contact with persons with a mental illness,” in the Journal of Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (Volume 24, 2015). The paper was based on Speary’s honors in the discipline thesis.
Dr. Edward Chung, associate professor of marketing, and his coauthor, Nargiza Seitova, RN, presented their research at the 2015 Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting at New York City. Their research, “Why Can’t a Woman be like a Man: Women as Outliers in Canada’s Universal Healthcare System,” attacks the dominant masculine ideology that informs the development and administration of Canada’s healthcare system. Chung and Seitova offer suggestions and outlook for a more inclusive and holistic healthcare regime.