Accomplishments - October, 2015
Michael Brazley, School of Architecture, gave a paper presentation, “Cyberlearning: Enhancing 3D Spatial Skills While Reducing the Gender Gap,” on Oct. 19, at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference in Rome, Italy. He investigates using an online simulation-enabled virtual classroom system using cloud computing technology for the teaching and assessment of 3D spatial visualization skills for high school Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) students. The research also seeks to help reduce the gender gap in spatial visualization skills between men and women.
Dafna Lemish, dean, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, will receive the Charles Klotzer International Media Literacy Award from the Gateway Media Literacy Partners. Lemish will present the keynote address, “Media and Early Childhood: What Do We Need to Know” at Webster University on Nov. 1. She is author of the newly published “Children and Media: A Global Perspective.”
Carbondale Community Arts recently recognized Edward Benyas, School of Music, oboe and conducting, with the organization’s 2015 Legacy Award for his "continuing dedication to the region's cultural climate," ranking him "among those whose impact will be felt for generations to come …”
An article, “Your Child Wants to Study Theater: A Letter to the Parent,” by Susan Patrick Benson, Theater, will be published in The Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) November newsletter. VASTA is an international publication in the field of voice and speech training. Patrick Benson teaches voice, movement, speech/dialects and acting.
Nancy Martin, Information Systems Technologies, has been invited to consult with Eastern Michigan University’s College of Business dean and faculty about successfully designing and implementing a beginning statistics course in an online environment. She developed the online beginning statistics course for the College of Business in 2012.
Sam Chung, director, School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies, co-authored a paper, “Monitoring Insider Attack in Database Systems Using Multiple-Criteria Query Statement Probabilities,” to be published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Information Technology and Architecture this year.
Seung-Hee Lee, associate professor and director of Fashion Design & Merchandising, has a paper entitled “Compulsive buying and branding phenomena", co-authored with Jane E. Workman, professor emeritus, published in the “Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, & Complexity.”
Anthony J. Steinbock, Philosophy, earned the 2015 Symposium Book Award from the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy. His work, “MORAL EMOTIONS: Reclaiming the Evidence of the Heart,” offers a systematic account of the moral emotions as keys to personhood. The book was released by Northwestern University Press in 2014. Professor Steinbock teaches philosophy and directs the Phenomenology Research Center in the College of Liberal Arts, where he first introduced many of these ideas.
Patricia Saleeby, School of Social Work, has been invited to represent the United States as an official observer with the North American Collaborating Center on ICF at the World Health Organization Family of International Classification meeting in Manchester, United Kingdom, Oct. 17-23. Participants will discuss the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) classifications. The conference is sponsored by the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
