FACULTY/STAFF
Dr. Cristina Ciocirlan, Department of Business, and co-author Victoria Wells presented their paper “Employee segments and sustainability: Are there different nuances of green in organizations?” at Durham University Business School, in the United Kingdom, on Dec. 3. She also presented the paper, “Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Organizations: A Cluster Analysis” at Trevelyan College, Durham, at the end of November.
Dr. Dan Chen, assistant professor of political science and Asian studies, has a forthcoming article, “Review Essay: The Safety Valve Analogy in Chinese Politics” in the Journal of East Asian Studies. She also has a book review of “The Transformation of Governance in Rural China” to be published in the Journal of Asian Studies in February 2016.
Milt Friedly, professor of art, exhibited his work, “Reflection on an Atomic Baby,” Nov. 6 through Dec. 12, with the Philadelphia Sculptors at Market View Arts in York. Friedly’s work was selected by curator, Laure Drogoul. The exhibition theme was, “Mirror, Mirror.”
Dr. Charla Lorenzen, associate professor and chair of Modern Languages, gave the presentation, “Transformation through High-Leverage Teaching Practices within Community-Based Learning,” on Nov. 21, during the Teacher Educator Special Interest Group business meeting at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) 2015 conference in San Diego.
Dr. Robert Spence, associate professor of music and director of Instrumental Studies in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts, served as an adjudicator for the Lancaster County Marching Band Coalition show at McCaskey High School on Oct. 31.
STUDENTS
Megan Mendenhall ’16, biotechnology; Crystal Uminski ’16, biology secondary education; Gene Werley ’18, psychology; and Cortland Jacoby ’17, English Secondary Education, along with Dr. Matthew Skillen, associate professor of English and director of English Education, and Dr. David Bowne, associate professor of biology, read passages from their original works of eco-fiction and reflected on their experiences in the interdisciplinary and co-taught course BIO/EN170 Ecology in Short Fiction as they presented at the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a session titled “Fiction and Ecological Awareness: Illustrating Scientific Literacy Through Creative Writing.” The trip, which included an unexpected, extended layover in Chicago due to record-breaking snowfall, was supported by a grant from the Collaborative Interdisciplinary Scholarship Program (CISP).
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