FACULTY/STAFF
Dr. E. Douglas Bomberger, professor of music, presented a paper, April 16, at the Rhythm Changes conference of European jazz researchers in Birmingham, England. “Karl Muck, The Star-Spangled Banner and Emerging Definitions of Jazz,” discussed an incident in 1917 that brought attention to the imprecise understandings of jazz during the year when it first came to national attention.
Dr. David Bowne, associate professor of biology, attended the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America April 8 through 10 at Kutztown University. Students accompanying him and presenting were Alyssa Taylor, Jennah Krause, Crystal Uminski and Ryan Conway. Also attending were Alexandra Charnigo, Marquise Henry and Amanda Herzog.
Dr. Colin Helb, associate professor of communications, presented the paper, “‘Strictly Video’: Video on the Web Beyond YouTube,” at the 2016 Popular Culture Association conference in Seattle, Washington. In addition, his chapter, “‘What’s for Tea, Daughter?’: Technology and Selling Out” in “Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out,” will appear in “All by Myself: Essays on the Single-Artist Rock Album,” edited by Steve Hamelman and published by Rowman & Littlefield.
Dr. Tamara K. Humbert, associate professor of occupational therapy, published “Spirituality and Occupational Therapy: A Model for Practice and Research,” with AOTA Press.
Humbert, along with Corrine Zannetti McGrail ’14, Nicole Pagana ’14, Kelly Van Clief ’14, Christa Velenger ’14 and Jeanne Wenos, P.Ed. presented the workshop “Spirituality and Occupational Therapy: Practice Considerations, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and a Conceptual Model.”
Also, Humbert and Robin Kreiser presented the poster “Nonpharmacological Interventions for Sundowning Behaviors: A MOHO Perspective.”
Dr. Kyle Kopko, assistant professor of political science and director of the Pre-Law Program, had his book the “VP Advantage: How Running Mates Influence Home State Voting in Presidential Elections,” written with Christopher J. Devine positively reviewed in “The London School of Economics and Political Science.”
Dr. Fletcher McClellan, dean of faculty and professor of political science, presented a paper, “Man in the Mirror: An Accounting of Explanations for the Trump Phenomenon,” at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association that took place in Shippensburg April 1 and 2.
Dr. Richard Newton, assistant professor of religious studies, was accepted into the “Bodies of Christ: Visualizing Jesus Then and Now” Summer Seminar at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, taking place June 12 through 24. This select interdisciplinary cohort will investigate the ramifications of Jesus depictions on church, state, and society. Sponsored by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship with funding by Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Dr. Dan Panchik, associate professor of occupational therapy, attended the Neuro-Developmental Therapy Association conference, April 1 through 3, in Memphis Tennessee. At the conference, he presented two posters: “Clinical Perspectives on the Utility of the Electronic-Hand Assessment Tool II (E-HAT II)” with contributing authors Dr. Kurt DeGoede, professor of engineering and physics; Jennifer Bush ’15; Taylor Falin ’15 and Lindsay Hetherington ’15, and “Developing the Electronic-Movement Analysis Tool (E-MAT): Detecting Changes in Tremor” with contributing authors DeGoede, Christina Hoban ’15, Natalie Hrynkiewicz ’15 and Jillian Miller ’15.
Dr. Kelly Poniatowski, associate professor of communications, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the International Association for Communication in Sport in March. The paper, “The Changing Echelons in Women’s Hockey: NBC’s construction of women’s Olympic hockey 2006-2014,” continued her longitudinal work on the coverage of women’s Olympic hockey.
Dr. Alexandria K. Poole, assistant professor of philosophy, was selected as an NEH Summer Scholar from a national applicant pool to attend one of 23 seminars and institutes supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Poole will participate in the NEH Summer Institute “Extending the Land Ethic: Current Humanities Voices and Sustainability” at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She will develop three experimental courses: “Philosophy of the City and Everyday Life,” “Comparative Environmental Philosophy: Perspectives from the Americas,” and “Perspectives in Sustainability.” Each of 25 educators selected to participate in the program receive a travel, study and living expenses stipend. The 521 NEH Summer Scholars who participate in these programs will teach more than 91,175 American students the following year.
Ann Marie Potter, Monica Loranger ’15, Carly Stull ’15 and Megan Tursi ’15 presented the poster“A Comparison of Life Activities and Participation Across Three Cancer Types: Lung, Ovarian, and Metastatic Breast” at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s annual conference, April 7 through 10 in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. Angela Salvadia, lecturer in occupational therapy; Jannessa Miller ’15; Jacqueline Nunn ’15; and Kala Swope ’15 presented the poster “Perceived Quality of Life After Stroke” at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s annual conference, April 7 through 10 in Chicago, Illinois.
STUDENTS
Matthew R. Jensen ’16 and Jessica E. Pigga ’16, delivered oral presentations at the 80th Annual Convention of the Intercollegiate Student Chemists (ISC) hosted by the chemistry department of Ursinus College April 16, 2016. Jensen’s presentation earned second place in the organic chemistry division for research with Dr. James MacKay, associate professor of chemistry. Pigga’s talk won first place in the inorganic division for her work with Dr. Jeffrey Rood, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Charles Schaeffer, A.C. Baugher Professor of Chemistry emeritus.
The ISC convention is the oldest continuous meeting of its kind in the United States. Junior and senior chemistry majors from 15 undergraduate institutions in New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland delivered more than 30 oral research seminars in five areas of chemistry. Judges evaluated each presentation.
Megan Mendenhall, Phillip Belder, Gates Failing and Dr. Debra Wohl, associate professor of biology, attended and presented research at the TriBeta Northeast Regional Conference, hosted by Ursinus College on March 19. Research presented was: “Genomic Analysis of the Human Forearm Sin Microbiome of Individuals Living in Campus Housing” presented by Mendenhall, who was awarded third place for oral presentation, and “Microbial Resuspension in the Indoor Built Environment: The Role of Flooring Materials and Anthropogenic Traffic on Taxonomic Diversity” presented by Failing, who was awarded first place—accompanied by a travel grant to the National Meeting—for oral presentation.
Brady Morgan, Sarah McCarron and Dr. Diane Bridge, associate professor of biology, presented the poster, “Use of CRISPR/Cas9 to Alter PTEN Expression in Hydra vulgaris,” at 92nd meeting of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science at Delaware Valley University April 1 through 3, 2016.
Additional posters were “TOR Complex and Neurogenesis in Hydra” — Ryan Schwark and Bridge; “Determining the Effect of CD40 Stimulation and Corticosterone on Pro-Survival Protein Expression in Murine BMDCs” — Morgann Reed, Keira McGrath and Dr. Jodi Yorty, associate professor of molecular biology; “The Effects of Vitamin D Treatment on Dendritic Cell Maturation and Signaling” — Stephany Staniforth and Yorty; “Comparison of Individual Recognition Between Native and Invasive Crayfish, Orconectes obscurus and Orconectes rusticus” — Miriam Balasundram and Dr. Anya Goldina, visiting assistant professor of biology; “Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Sediment Composition in the Conewago Creek” — Amber Chausee, Kaitlin McDonald and Dr. Tom Murray, professor of biology.
Giving oral presentations at the meeting were Ellen Powers and Goldina – “Repeated Social Interactions Decrease Aggression but do Not Stabilize Social Hierarchy in the Crayfish Orconectes obscurus” and Andrew Fry, Nate Williams and Dr. Jane Cavender, professor of biology and department chair – “Cannabinoid Receptor 2 Expression and Its Role in Tumorigenesis.”
Karley Ice ’16, a senior communications major, presented her Honors in the Discipline paper, “Tweeting Like a Pro: How Fans Engage with Professional Sports Teams on Twitter,” at the annual meeting of the International Association for Sport in Communications in March.
Erin Krause ’16, Jonathan Hahn ’16, Colleen Taylor ’16 and Nicole McGlyn ’18, presented papers at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association, Shippensburg University, April 1-2.
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