{"id":7623,"date":"2019-02-11T09:12:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groups.etown.edu\/news\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2019-02-11T09:13:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:13:56","slug":"achievements-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2019\/02\/11\/achievements-january-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Achievements – January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Fellinger<\/strong>, fellow in the Writing Wing, published an op-ed in the Jan. 4 edition of Lancaster Newspaper titled \u201cDenialism Clouds Outlook on Climate Change<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ed Frick<\/strong>, lecturer in the Education Department, co-authored an article titled \u201cThe Influence of Emotional Intelligence on the Overall Success of Campus Leaders as Perceived by Veteran Teachers in a Rural Midsized East Texas Public School District\u201d in the Education Leadership Review<\/em>. The authors conducted face-to-face interviews with 12 veteran teachers in Texas using five research questions framed in the context of Daniel Goldeman\u2019s theory of emotional intelligence. This theory includes aspects of emotional intelligence such as: Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Motivation, Empathy, and Social skill. Findings suggest that teachers perceive principals to be more successful when they display and utilize a high degree of emotional intelligence, and less successful when they failed or neglected to utilize a high degree of emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n

Matthew Fritz<\/strong>, associate professor of music, has been invited to conduct the West Virginia All-State Children\u2019s Choir in March 2019. Students are auditioned from throughout the state and come together for three days of intense rehearsal before a performance by the ensemble. Conductors are chosen by a committee of music educators and invited to conduct. Fritz will also present a workshop on the intersection of vocal development and conducting gesture for the state\u2019s vocal music teachers.<\/p>\n

James Hughes<\/strong>, professor of mathematics, contributed a chapter titled \u201cMathematics in Music: An Undergraduate Course\u201d to the volume Theoretical and Practical Pedagogy of Mathematical Music Theory <\/em>published by World Scientific (2019).<\/p>\n

Peter Licona,<\/strong> assistant professor of Pre-K through 12 STEM education, recently published a chapter in Theory and Methods for Sociocultural Research in Science and Engineering Education<\/em>, edited by Gregory J. Kelly and Judith L. Green. His chapter, \u201cTranslanguaging about Socioscientific Issues in Middle School Science\u201d, summarizes his research in an English\/Spanish dual language middle school science classroom.<\/p>\n

Jeffery Long<\/strong>, professor of Religion and Asian Studies, published an edited volume titled \u201cPerspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 The volume is a print edition of a special issue of the online journal, Religions<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ian MacFarlane<\/strong>, assistant professor of psychology, used his expertise in clinical supervisor research to conduct a four – hour training for 60 supervisors of Arcadia University\u2019s genetic counseling master\u2019s program in Jan. 2019. The workshop, titled “The Relationship is Central: Leveraging the Supervisory Relationship to Disrupt Trainee Anxiety and Promote Professional Growth for You and Your Supervisees,” covered supervision theory, empirical research from myself and others, as well as skill building activities.<\/p>\n

Susan Mapp<\/strong>, professor of social work, recently co-authored an article \u201cConducting rights-based short-term study abroad experiences\u201d in Social Work Education<\/em>. The article discusses how to prioritize the human rights of those being \u201chelped\u201d in service learning trips over those traveling, and avoiding voluntourism.<\/p>\n

Tara Moore<\/strong>, visiting assistant professor of English, published the essay “Young Adult Cli-Fi and the Risen Sea” in a new collection of essays titled The Sea in Literary Imagination<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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