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From the Office of
the Provost
October 2017
Volume 7, Issue 1
Academic Affairs
Happenings
Dear Faculty,
I’m pleased to present the fall edition of the Academic Affairs Happenings newsletter. Inside you will
find an expanded listing of your colleague’s accomplishments in teaching, research, and service. This
work makes possible the vibrant educational experience for our students and the University’s growing
contributions to the community.
Best,
Andy Workman
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
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Research, Grants, Publications
and Presentations
Edgar Adams served as a Hefner, A. & Berman, G. L. (2017, March).
Moderator/Organizer at the 2017 The effects of psychiatric condition and
GrowSmart RI Transit Forum, and childhood upbringing on perceptions of
presented “Finding Common Ground: Smart mentally ill persons. Poster presented at
Growth and Affordable Housing in Rhode the meeting of the International Convention
Island” at the Northeast ARC User Group of Psychological Science, Vienna, Austria.
Conference in November.
Karen Bilotti and Margaret Case co-
Garrett Berman and undergraduate student authored "Scaffolded Student Collaboration:
Amanda Hefner; currently earning her MA in Writing Fellow Integration for Enriched
Psychology at the New School and Critical Analysis," forthcoming essay in
Double Helix, A Journal of Critical Thinking
graduate students Danielle Rumschik and
and Writing. This essay shares critical
Kristina Todorovic co-authored four studies thinking pedagogy resulting from
presented at domestic and international embedding Writing Center Writing Fellows
Psychology meetings. for three consecutive years in ENG 220
(Literary Analysis).
Toglia, M., Rumschik, D., Todorovic, K.
Berman, G. L. Glober, C. (2017, Julian Bonder presented at six
November). Breaking the code: Analysis of conferences since Spring 2017 in the US,
mistaken identification cases in the Innocent Mexico, and Argentina, including: “43
Project. Poster accepted for presentation at estudiantes” & “Memoria y Espacio” at the
the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Museo de la Memoria y Tolerancia, in
Vancouver, CA. Mexico City, “Proyectos y Obras” at the
Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in
Hefner, A. & Berman, G. L. (2017, May). Buenos Aires, Argentina, “Cronicas
Who’s dangerous? An examination of Urbanas - Canal A+ / - 30-minutes TV
Psychotic behavior and differential program (public television), dedicated to
psychiatric conditions on perceptions of Bonder’s work and ideas on Argentina
mentally ill person. Poster presented at the Public television, “Memory|Works” at the
meeting of the Association for Psychological John Nicholas Brown Center for Public
Science, Boston, MA. Humanities at Brown University, “Symbolic
Reparations” Cultural and Humanitarian
Toglia, M., Berman, G. L., Glober, C., Agents Conference at Harvard University’s
Todorovic, K., & Beeler, D. (2017, April). Mahindra Center, and “Universities and
An archival analysis of the Innocence Slavery: Bound by History” at Harvard’s
Project. Poster presented at the annual Radcliffe Institute Conference.
meeting of the Showcase of Osprey
Advancements in Research & Scholarship Bonder’s completed an essay “Memory-
(SOARS), University of North Florida, Works, On Memory, Trauma, Public Art and
Jacksonville, FL. Public Space”, in the book A Companion to
Public Art, Cher Knight & Harriet Senie,
Editors – Wiley/Blackwell Publishers. He
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has also recently serviced as an Advisory American Association of Geographers, in
Board Member to the Symbolic Reparations recognition of innovative scholarship on
Research Project, and as a Jury Member on cultural and political ecology in April 2017.
the Association of Collegiate Schools of The book was chosen from nearly seventy
Architecture Steel Building Award and entries. The first of its kind, Conjuring
Creative Achievement Award. Bonder is Property is a detailed study of the land fraud
also at work (with Andrew Cohen/ACTWO and speculative tactics that are quickly
Architects) on the Clark University Colin- transforming the world’s largest remaining
Flug Graduate Study Center, Worcester, tropical forest biome. Based on over a
MA decade of ethnographic and archival
research, the book offers rarely-seen
Adam Braver, SAR Northeast insights into the politics and culture of
representative, and the University Library colonialism and the devastating logics of
hosted the first Northeast SAR regional “frontier-thinking.” As recipient of the Blaut
conference in June for members and prize, Campbell will be invited to give a
interested parties throughout the Northeast. plenary lecture at the next congress of the
Over 20 members were in attendance, American Association of Geographers, in
including members from Brown, Harvard, New Orleans (April 2018). Conjuring
Sienna and Fairfield universities. Property was also awarded the Honorable
Mention in the 2016 Book Prize Competition
Loren Byrne presented two oral of the Association for Political and Legal
presentations at the Soil Ecology Society Anthropology. The book, Campbell’s first,
meeting in Fort Collins, CO in was published in 2015 by the University of
June“Integrating soil biodiversity & soil Washington Press, and was made possible
ecology into non-soil-focused by support from the RWU Foundation for
undergraduate courses” and “Soil health the Promotion of Scholarship and Teaching.
fosters student engagement & deepens
environmental literacy in soil ecology
education”.
Byrne also co-organized and moderated a
special “Ignite” oral presentation session at
the Ecological Society of America’s annual
meeting in Portland, OR in August, entitled,
“Try this to help students learn ecology
better.” At this meeting, he also presented a
talk entitled, “Learner-Centered Teaching
Techniques for Ecological Education that
Enhance Student Engagement & Skill Campbell also received a research grant in
Development.” the amount of $9,300 from the Americas
Research Network, in honor of the late Betty
Sara Butler offered the lecture “Amazing J. Meggers (a prominent Amazonian
Groves: Landscape and Memory at archaeologist). The funds supported
Bristol’s North & South Farms,” at the Bristol Campbell’s sabbatical research on the
Garden Club in October 2017, and at RWU impacts of hydroelectric dams on native
in April 2017. peoples in the Tapajós Valley (Brazil), and
on the resourceful forms of “neighborliness”
Jeremy Campbell’s book, Conjuring to which indigenous and other traditional
Property: Speculation and Environmental communities turn when faced with
Futures in the Brazilian Amazon, received exogenous threats. Campbell spent eight
the James M. Blaut Award from the weeks in Brazil throughout the Spring of
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2017, while on sabbatical from RWU. He Margaret Case and majors from RWU’s
also attended a conference in Lima, Peru, at American Studies and Communications
which he presented some of his initial presented refereed papers at the April
research findings. National Popular Culture Association
Conference (PCA) in San Diego, thanks in
In June, Campbell was one of three large part to RWU’s Provost Grant Funds.
international scholars invited to keynote a Presenting were (ENG & CW majors:
workshop sponsored by the University of Kaitlin Garcia, Courtney Dell’Agnese,
Copenhagen’s Department of Food and Caroline Conroy, and Nicole Andreson.
Resource Economics. The workshop, “Rule Their paper titles are available on the RWU
and Rupture,” convened Danish students, Dept. webpage:
post-docs, and professors funded by the https://www.rwu.edu/academics/schools-
European Research Council to “investigate and-colleges/fshae/departments/english-
how political authority is constituted and creative-writing/english-literature/major-
contested in moments of rupture, with a news/student-presentations.
special focus on the global south.” During
the two-week gathering in Skagen, Case presented on ideological tension in
Denmark, Campbell presented his ongoing Pride & Prejudice & Zombies at the National
research on land conflicts in the Brazilian Popular Culture Association Conference
Amazon, and provided advice and (PCA) in San Diego, which she attended
mentoring to junior scholars on developing this past April with four of her ENG/CW
their research. students (see above “In Our Classrooms.”)
Ben Carr and Susan Bosco presented at Case presented a paper on Jane Austen’s
the Academy of Management Annual unfinished novel, Sanditon, at Trinity
Meeting College, Cambridge UK 29-3 March 2017.
Professional Development Workshop titled https://sanditon200years.wordpress.com/
“Choreographing The Teacher/Student This presentation has since been revised for
Interface Into A Prize Winning Tango: (TLC) print and accepted for forthcoming
Model Insights”. publication in the on-line Austen Journal
Persuasions: Catching Austen in the Act of
Charlotte Carrington-Farmer travelled to Greatness: Re-reading Sanditon with
the University of Adelaide in Australia in Caution.
July 2017 to present her research on horses
in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world at Case will be presenting a paper on two film
the Australasian Animal Studies adaptations of Jane Austen’s novels (Pride
Conference. She recorded a podcast and Prejudice and Lady Susan) at the Jane
entitled “Horses, Slavery, and History,” Austen Society of North America in
Knowing Animals Series, Episode 51, Huntington, CA on October 6, 2017.
(forthcoming, 23rd October 2017),
http://knowinganimals.libsyn.com. Her Sonya Cates coauthored with recent RWU
research will be published in a chapter later COMSC grads Daniel Barron and Patrick
this year, entitled ‘Trading Horses in the Ruddiman. “MobiLearn Go: Mobile
Eighteenth Century: Rhode Island and the Microlearning as an Active, Location-aware
Atlantic World’ in Kristen Guest and Monica Game” in Proceedings of the 19th
Mattfeld, eds., Equine Cultures: Horses, International Conference on Human-
Human Society, and the Discourse of Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices
Modernity, 1700-Present (Chicago: and Services.
University of Chicago Press, 2017.)
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Patrick Charles presented three papers in Nagata, R. M., Costello, J.H. , Colin, S.P.,
Istanbul at the International Conference on Migotto, A.E., Morandini, A.C. 2016.
Building Envelope Systems and Transitions in morphology and fluid
Technologies (ICBEST) in May 2017, which environment lead to the development of
were also included in conference feeding mechanism in a Rhizostomeae
proceedings: “Building Envelopes with medusa. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Vol. 557:
Natural Ventilation Integrated in the 145-159.
Structure: Two Cases”, “Building Envelope
Retrofits Four Teaching Experiences” (with Sutherland, K.R., Gemmell, B. J., Colin,
J. Ruoff), and “An International Trade Fair S.P., Costello, J.H. 2016. Prey capture by
as Add-on to Building Envelope Systems the cosmopolitan hydromedusa, Obelia
Teaching”. spp., in the viscous regime. Limnol.
Oceanogr. 61: 2309-2317.
Sean Colin received a $250,332 NSF
Biological Oceanography grant, and will Colin received a $114,393 NSF Fluid
serve as PI: “What's their impact? Dynamics grant, and will serve as PI: “Fluid
Quantification of medusan feeding mechanical basis of universal natural
mechanics as a tool for predicting medusan propulsor bending patterns”
predation”
Colin $204,754 NSF IDBR grant, and will
Colin, S. P., Bezio, N., Perry, E., Costello, serve as PI: “Collaborative Research: IDBR:
J.H.,. Effects of capture surface Type A: Diver-operated imaging platform
morphology of scyphomedusae on feeding with complementary systems for quantifying
success: a comparative study. Mar. Ecol. aquatic organism interactions”.
Prog. Ser. Submitted.
Julie Coon, and students Nicholas Dillon,
Colin, S. P., Corrales, M.V, Sutherland, Natasha Perez, and Edward Cunanan gave
K.R. 2017. Nematocyst distribution a poster presentation titled “Voices from
corresponds to prey capture location in Woonsocket, RI: Residents’ Perceptions of
hydromedusae with different predation Community Issues, Crime, and the
modes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 568, 101-110. Woonsocket Police Department,” at the
RWU Community Engagement Celebration
Cornelia J., Costello, J. H., Sutherland, K. at the Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI,
R., Gemmell, B., Lucas, K. N , Tackett, J., in April 2017.
Dodge, K., Colin, S. P. 2017. Resilience in
moving water: Effects of turbulence on the Robert Dermody gave several recent
predatory impact of the lobate ctenophore conference presentations, including: “Deer
Mnemiopsis leidyi. Limnol. Oceanogr. Isle Bridge: How a work of engineering
doi:10.1002/lno.10642. infrastructure changed the life and
landscape of a Maine Island”, Architecture,
Gemmell, B.J., Colin, S. P., Costello, J. H. Culture and Spirituality Symposium (ACS) 9
2017. Widespread utilization of passive Practice, Craft, Materials, and Making at
energy recapture in swimming medusae. J. Haystack, Deer Isle, ME, “The Bridge
Exp. Biol. In review. Designs of David Steinman”, American
Society of Civil Engineers Structures
Gemmell, B.J., Fogerson, S.M., Costello, Congress, “Conde. B. McCullough,
J.H., Morgan, J.R., Dabiri, J.O. and Colin, S. Oregon’s Bridge Builder” Construction
P. 2016. How the bending kinematics of History Society of America (CHS) meeting,
swimming lampreys build negative pressure Seattle, “The Future of Structures
fields for suction thrust. J. Exp. Biol. 219: Education: A Candid Conversation”,
3884-3895.
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Building Technology Educators’ Society Paz-y-Miño-C, G & Espinosa, A. 2016.
Conference Workshop, and Measuring the Evolution Controversy: A
“Communication Matters”, National Numerical Analysis of Acceptance of
Conference on the Beginning Design Evolution at America’s Colleges and
Student 33. Universities. Cambridge Scholars
Publishing, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Edward Dougherty published Using matrix ISBN (10): 1-4438-9042-1, ISBN (13): 978-
population models to inform biological 1-4438-9042-7.
control management of the wheat stem
sawfly, Cephus cinctus", Biological Control,
Volume 109, 2017.
Dougherty was awarded a research grant
of $56,462 from NIH-INBRE to support 2
summers of research with undergraduate
students.
Dougherty presented his research with
students at several conferences including (i)
Biology and Medicine through Mathematics
National Conference at VCU and (ii) North
East Regional IDeA Conference at UVM.
Espinosa, A., Paz-y-Miño-C, G., Hackey,
Avelina Espinosa: $50,000 National M*. Rutherford, S. 2016. Entamoeba Clone-
Institute of Health General Medicine grant 2 recognition Experiments: Morphometrics,
P20 GM103430 “Anaerobic Enzymes as Aggregative Behavior, and Cell-signaling
Drug Targets in the Treatment of Characterization. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol.
Amebiasis” (2016 - 2018) Vol. 63 (3): 367-377 DOI:
10.1111/jeu.12313
Avelina Espinosa 1500 Rhode Island NSF-
EPSCoR EPS-1004057: Entamoeba spp. Paz-y-Miño-C, G., Espinosa, A. 2016. Kin
as models to explore the effects of Discrimination in Protists: From Many Cells
environmental stress due to climate change to Single Cells and Backwards. J. Eukaryot.
in marine protists (2017). Microbiol. Vol. 63 (3): 384-393 DOI:
10.1111/jeu.12306
Espinosa, A., Paz-y-Miño-C, G., Gabriel,
M. Lowerre, K. Rossi, L. 2016. ADHE
enzymes in Entamoeba: Origins, Molecules
and Biochemistry, International Society of
Protistologists meeting, Prague, Czech
Republic July 30-Aug 6
Espinosa, A. exhibited a Collage of
Entamoeba invadens fluorescent cells
during the International Society of
Protistologists meeting, Prague, Czech
Republic July 30-Aug 6
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Nathan Fash achieved presentations and Ghanem presented his research at the ASC
publications including “Widening the Field: Annual International Conference (April
Technology in the Developing World”, 2017) in Seattle WA titled “An Evaluation of
Poetics and Pragmatism. Proceedings of Engineer’s Estimates for Transportation
the Building Technology Educators Society Projects: A Michigan Case Study”.
Conference, Des Moines in June 2017, and
at the AIAri Summer Expo: Composites in Gary Graham was a presenter to “Student
Architecture, June 20. Architectural Ethnographic Photo-Elicitation:
Listening to Places Through Inhabitant
Gail Fenske completed a book chapter Voices” at the Environmental Design
“Medievalism, Mysticism, and Modernity in Research Association Conference 48, Voice
Early 20th-Century New York: Cass Gilbert’s of Place: Empower, Engage, Energize, in
‘Skyscraper Gothic.’” In Skyscraper Gothic, Madison Wisconsin in May. He also
edited by Kevin Murphy and Lisa Reilly, 55- presented “Taravista: Building A Patient-
87, Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Centered Therapeutic Hospital,” at The
Virginia Press. She was also a discussant in Patient Experience Symposium, Boston. His
“Stanford Anderson and HTC,” MIT, School firm GMI Bristol completed State of
of Architecture and Planning, May 2017. Massachusetts, Safety Improvements
Projects at various Facilities, MA providing
Amine Ghanem and Gokhan Celik safer inpatient facilities.
attended the 8th Annual Conference of the
European Decision Sciences Institute (EDSI Ernest Greco did a book review: Church of
2017) in Granada Spain, and presented Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler
their research titled: (Mark Riebling, Basic Books, 2015) in The
“Status of Green Building Incentives and Catholic Social Science Review, Vol 21,
Mandates in Counties Around the World” 2016
Lindsey Gumb presented “OER, Copyright,
and Faculty: Are Librarians Qualified to
Support this Triptych?” at the ACRL-NEC
Annual Conference held in Burlington, VT.
An adaptation of her presentation has been
accepted to be presented at the national
OpenEd conference in Anaheim, CA in
October.
Guralnick LJ, K Gladsky (2017)
Crassulacean acid metabolism as a
Ghanem and Celik took four CM students continuous trait: Variability in the
to Seattle to attend the ASC Annual Contribution of Crassulacean acid
International Conference (April 2017) and metabolism (CAM) in Populations of
present their research projects. Portulacaria afra. Heliyon 3 (2017) e00293.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00
293 2405-8440.
Saeed Hydaralli presented a paper at the
Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
meeting in Toronto (May 27 – June 2,
2017). A case study of a conflict over bike
lanes in the city of Toronto to raise the
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question of the image of the city, in relation to the Journal of Environmental
to the facilitation of health and well-being. Management. Accepted pending revision.
Hydaralli also presented a paper at the Granato, G.E., and Jeznach, L.C., 2017,
American Sociological Association (ASA) “Communicating risk with graphics”. U.S.
meeting in Montreal (August 12-15, 2017). Geological Survey, 12 Video lessons.
A controversial case study of public health Available at:
policy from December 2015 in which the https://doi.org/10.5066/F7BG2M33
Province of Ontario attempted to solve the
inability of those women (up to the age of Mohan, A.; Jeznach, L.C.; Tobiason, J.E.;
42) who are unable to conceive in the Reckhow, D.A. (2018) “A sensitive solid
conventional manner by providing them with phase micro-extraction technique for
public (i.e., Provincial government) funding modelling impacts of hypothetical oil spills in
for one round of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF). fresh water sources” AWWA Annual
Conference and Exposition, Las Vegas,
Robert Jacobson presented at MathFest, Nevada, June 2018. Submitted for
Chicago, IL (July, 2017). “Teaching acceptance as oral presentation.
Complex Analysis With A Spherical
Camera” Jeznach, L.C., Granato, G. (2017)
“Educational outreach for the new
Jacobson completed a piece of Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution
mathematical software called MathLine Model (SELDM) for highway and urban
that improves the Sage computer storm water analyses” Association for
algebra system. Environmental Engineering and Science
Professors (AEESP) Research and
Education Conference, University of
Jacobson presented at the Joint Meeting of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2017. Oral
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin,
presentation.
TX. “Stop Counting Eggs! Using Computer
Vision To Gather Data”
Jeznach L.C., Mohan, A., Reckhow, D.A.,
Tobiason, J.E. (2017) “Modeling
Jacobson published Weighted Bergman
hydrocarbon fate and transport in a drinking
Kernel Functions Associated to
water reservoir”, AWWA Annual Conference
Meromorphic Functions. Rocky Mountain
and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Journal of Mathematics 47, no. 1 (February
June 2017. Poster.
2017): 239–57. doi:10.1216/RMJ-2017-47-
1-239.
Hasala Senpathy Gallolu Kankanamalage
he 13th IEEE International Conference on
Jeznach L.C., Hagemann, M., Park, M.,
Control and Automation, Macedonia
Tobiason, J.E. (2017) “Proactive modeling
(2017. “On notions of Input-to-Output
of water quality impacts of extreme
stability for Nonlinear Systems with Time
hydrologic events in a drinking water
Delays”.
reservoir”, Journal of Environmental
Management. Vol 201, pp. 241-251, doi:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.06.047 Gallolu Kankanamalage presented at
the 20th World Congress on the
Hagemann, M., Jeznach L.C., Park, M., International Federation of Automatic
Tobiason, J.E. “Proactive modeling of water Control, France (2017). “On Lyapunov-
quality impacts of extreme hydrologic Krasovskii Characterizations of Input-to-
events. Part 1: Watershed loads”, Submitted Output Stability.”
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Hasan-Uddin Khan is completing a section of “Istanbul Art News” (an influential
monograph, Architecture in Pakistan since art newspaper).
1947, to be published by Oxford University
Press. He also has completed the following
chapters “Because We Can: Globalization
and Technology Enabling Iconic
Architecture Excesses” International Journal
of Islamic Architecture (IJIA), Vol. 7, No. 1,
November 2017, and “Architectural
Agendas in Pakistan” in 55 Architects of
Pakistan, Arch Press, Karachi.
Tadeusz.Kugler “Demography and
International Relations: Politics, Economics,
Sociology and Public Health.” In
Interdisciplinary Approaches to International Kura ‘s work is also exhibited in a group
Studies, edited by Patrick James and Steve show titled “Rendez-Vous" (Group Show)
Yetiv. pp. 229-261. London, UK: Palgrave
featuring works of artists represented by
Macmillan.
four contemporary art galleries in Istanbul
Kang, Kyungkook., and Tadeusz Kugler. September 22nd October 20th 2017. The
“International Political Economy and show takes place during the Istanbul
Political Demography: An Interdisciplinary Biennale at the Emir Hotel's Lobby area.
Exploration.” In Interdisciplinary Approaches Galeri Apel which represents her work is
to International Studies, edited by Patrick
showing five of her digital prints.
James and Steve Yetiv. pp. 263-287.
London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kugler, Tadeusz “The Dream of European
Nationalists - The Effects of Zero Migration
on European Political Hierarchy”. Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.
Kugler, Tadeusz. ” The Systemic Study of
Recovery After War. With Ali Fisunoglu and Kura had her silicone sculptural works
Kyungkook Kang. International Studies featured in the book. "Roosevelt Artists
Association. Baltimore, Maryland. Collaborative" September 9th 2017. An art
book project conceived by 25 artists from
Nermin Kura had her work featured in a Roosevelt, NJ, who have created pages in,
group show titled "Angel's Share" (Group and on a variety of materials and machines.
Show) September 14th October 22nd 2017At
DEPO – Istanbul (a prominent cultural
center for art and critical debate). The
exhibition was curated by Deniz Artun,
(Director of Nev Galeri in Ankara). It is a
neighboring event to the Istanbul Biennale,
and brings together works from nineteen
Turkish artists. The exhibition features six of
her ceramic works, one of which was
featured on the front page of the exhibitions
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Schaaf, S., Jeglic, E. L., Calkins, C.,
Leguizamo, A. (2016, November). The Raymaekers, L., & Leguizamo, A. (2016).
Elephant in the Room: Multicultural Issues Examining Race and Ethnicity Related
in Sex Offender Treatment. Keynote Differences in Child Molester Typology: An
address delivered at the 35th annual MTC:CM3 Approach. Journal of
research and treatment conference of the Interpersonal Violence. Advance online
Association for the Treatment of Sexual publication. doi:
Abusers, Orlando, FL. 10.1177/0886260516653550
Leguizamo, A. (2017, July). Toward Leguizamo, A. (2017, July). Applying
Increased Multicultural Competence in Sex Multicultural Competence Concepts to Sex
Offender Assessment and Treatment. Offender Assessment and Treatment: From
Keynote address delivered at the 11th Therapists’ Responsibilities to Case
annual conference of the Sex Offender Conceptualization. Workshop presented at
Management Board for the state of the 11th annual conference of the Sex
Colorado. Breckenridge, CO. Offender Management Board for the state of
Leguizamo, A. (in press). The Object Colorado. Breckenridge, CO.
Relations and Victimization Histories of
Youth Committed for Sexual Offenses. In B. Dahliani Reynolds co-authored a
Schwartz (Ed.) Sexually Abusive Behavior forthcoming National Collegiate Honors
in Youth: A Handbook of Theory, Council monograph with Margaret Case
Assessment, and Treatment. Kingston, N.J.: and Becky Spritz. “Linking Honors
Civic Research Institute, Inc. (Updated Courses: A New Approach to Defining
chapter). Honors Pedagogy.” Breaking Barriers in
Teaching and Learning, edited by James
Ford and John Zubizarreta, based on
assessment of two years of a pedagogical
pilot on the issue of transitional learning in
Honors. This study linked three separate
RWU Honors courses: WTNG 110, CORE
104, and HON 100.
Leguizamo, A. & Campbell, J. (in Patel, D., Hart, J., Ternullo, D., Constantive,
press). Consciousness Raising for 21st O., Jackson, B., Knight, K., Masuk, A.,
Century Faculty: Using Lessons from Parratt, E., Tooley, E.M., & Leguizamo, A.
Diversity Flashpoints. In D. Liston & R. (2017, May). Generational and Gender
Rahimi (Eds.). Forwarding a Social Justice Differences in Mindfulness, Resilience, and
Agenda Through the Scholarship of Spirituality. Poster presented at the 29th
Teaching and Learning. Bloomington, IN: annual convention of the Association for
Indiana University Press. Psychological Science. Boston, MA.
Jeglic, E.L., Fraga Dominguez, S., Calkins, Uber, J., Behrends, E., Dinnean, M., Ferreri,
C., Leguizamo, A. (2017). Are Latino Sex N., & Leguizamo, A. (2017, May). Barriers
Offenders Different? A Closer Examination in the Reporting of Campus Sexual
of the Characteristics and Offense Patterns Assaults: An Exploration of Gender
of Latino Sex Offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Differences. Poster presented at the 29th
Journal of Research and Treatment. annual convention of the Association for
Advance online publication. doi: Psychological Science. Boston, MA.
10.1177/1079063217710480
10Leguizamo, A. & Beliveau, P. (2017, April). B.D. McPheron, M.Z. McPheron, C.R.
Framework for Gaining Multicultural Thomas. “Does Performance-Based
Competence as a Sex Offender Treatment Assessment in an Introductory Circuits
Provider. Paper presented at the 18th Laboratory Improve Student Learning?”
annual joint conference of the Proceedings of the 2017 American Society
Massachusetts Adolescent Sexual Offender for Engineering Education Annual
Coalition and the Massachusetts Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017.
Association for the Treatment of Sexual
Abusers. Marlborough, MA. Williams Palm, N. Martino, B.D.
McPheron. “STILAS: STEM Intercultural
Beliveau, P. & Leguizamo, A. (2017, April). Leadership Ambassador Scholars in
Ethnic Differences in Sentencing for Sexual Biology, Marine Biology, and Engineering.”
Offenses: Preliminary Findings. Poster Proceedings of the 2017 American Society
presented at the 18th annual joint for Engineering Education Annual
conference of the Massachusetts Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017.
Adolescent Sexual Offender Coalition and E.T. Daniels, B.D. McPheron. “A Machine
the Massachusetts Association for the Learning Approach to Classifying Algae
Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Marlborough, Concentrations.” 2017 IEEE MIT
MA. Undergraduate Research Technology
Conference, November 3-5, 2017.
Nicole Martino presented the paper titled,
“Reinforced Concrete Bridge Deck Olga Mesa presented the following papers
Condition Assessment Methods Using “Non-Leaner Matters: Auxetic Surfaces”, in
Ground Penetrating Radar and Infrared Disciplines & Disruptions ACADIA 2017
Thermography,” at the 19th International Conference, MIT in November 2017, and
Conference on Structural Engineering, held the Fabricate 2017 Conference in Stuttgart,
in London, England. This presentation was “Auxetic Surfaces” work from Harvard
awarded the “Best Presentation Award”. Material Processes and Systems Lab.
Martino co-authored (along with William Cliff Murphy received $89,503 grant
Palm and Benjamin McPheron) the paper through RI-STAC “Developing Detection
titled, “STILAS: STEM Intercultural Methodologies for Combatting Cyanide
Leadership Ambassador Scholars in Fishing”, PIs: Clifford B. Murphy, Cliff J.
Biology, Marine Biology, and Engineering”, Timpson, Stephen K. O’Shea, Andrew
presented at the 124th American Society for Rhyne, Alfred K. Hanson.
Engineering Education Annual Conference
and Exposition, held in Columbus, Ohio. Provisional patent application: “Method and
Device for Detecting Thiocyanate Ions in
Geraldo Matos presented the preliminary Marine Environments”, Clifford B. Murphy,
findings of a faculty-student research project Clifford J. Timpson, #64/411,031, filed
done in concert with Lindsey Lopez, a October 21, 2016
marketing major in the Gabelli School of Presentation: “Creating a chemosensor
Business, at the Marketing Management device for the detection of thiocyanate ions
Association Fall Educators’ Conference. in seawater – a forensic strategy to combat
This work explores the extent to which cyanide fishing.” Amgen Seminar Series,
Eurocentric Beauty Standards are present Department of Chemical Engineering, URI –
in marketing to women of color, and how March 9, 2017.
this impacts young minority women. He also
was a panel member for the topic of Student presentation: “TransOceanic
Transitioning from Practice to Academia at Thiocyanate Fishing Indicator device
the same conference. (TOTFI): a forensic chemosensor to aid in
11combatting the cyanide fishing method.” 10th Annual RI SURF Conference, July 2017
Charles Flynn, Chynna Lopes, Cody on Assessing legacy pollution by shell
Thuessen, Leah O’Neil, Luyi Chen, Connor surface XRF analysis of sedentary shellfish.
Sweet, Amanda McCabe, Clifford B.
Murphy, Matthew Stein; RI-EPSCoR “Bay O’Shea and students Natalie Gambrell and
Day” symposium, April 21, 2017. Colby Masee presented their initial research
results at the 10th Annual RI SURF
Student presentation: “Developing a Conference, July 2017 on Sediment core
metalloporphyrin-based photo and depth profile enhanced degradation of
electrochemical detector of thiocyanate ions CFCs y biotic and abiotic in-situ simulation.
in marine environments” Connor Sweet,
Charles Flynn, Amanda McCabe, Clifford
Murphy; (1) 41st Northeast Regional
Meeting of the American Chemical Society,
Binghamton, NY, October 2016, (2) 253rd
National Meeting of the American Chemical
Society, San Francisco, CA, April 2017.
Student presentation: “Development of a
hand-portable chemosensor device to aid in
combatting the trade of illegally caught fish Colby Masse, Holly Eberlin, Gambrell Natalie, Shayne Green
through the cyanide fishing method.”
Charles Flynn, Connor Sweet, Clifford O’Shea and students Colby Masse and
Murphy; 41st Northeast Regional Meeting of Natalie Gambrell presented their initial
the American Chemical Society, research results at the 10th Annual RI SURF
Binghamton, NY, October 2016. Conference, July 2017 on Characterization
of In-Situ Marine Core Sediment and Pore
Roberto Viola Ochoa presented at the Water Degradation of CFCs.
Catedra Jorge Montes, UNIS, Guatemala:
“Globalizacion: Oportunidad o Perdicion”, O’Shea and student Holy Eberlin presented
Modulo Programa de Maestria, UNIS their initial research results at the 10th
Guatemala: Integracion de Sistemas en el Annual RI SURF Conference, July 2017 on
Proceso de Diseno. Development of in Field HPLC-
Fluorescence Detection of Thiocyanide to
Stephen O’Shea is serving as co-PI on a RI Combat Illegal Cyanide Fishing.
STAC grant ($89,500) he received for
Developing Detection Methodologies for Gratiano SM and Palm WJ. Can a five-
combating cyanide fishing. minute, three question survey foretell first-
year engineering student performance and
O’Shea served as PI on a RI EPSCoR retention? Proceedings of the 123rd ASEE
NASA grant ($26,000) he received for Rapid Annual Conference & Exposition, New
Determination of halogenated hydrocarbons Orleans, LA, June 2016. Runner-up for best
transformation in situ sediment cores. paper in the First-Year Programs Division.
Stephanie Gratiano’s presentation at the
O’Shea served as PI on a RI NASA Space 2016 ASEE Annual Conference &
Grant ($5,000) Biomimetic CFCs Exposition was awarded Best Student
Degradation and Insight to Biotic Halogen Presentation in the First-Year Programs
Cycling. Division. The $125 cash award was
announced and presented at the 2017
O’Shea and student Shayne Green Annual Conference.
presented their initial research results at the
12Conference paper: Palm WJ, Martino NM, Paola Prado presented a paper, "“No one
and McPheron BD. STILAS: STEM is running away”: A Critical Analysis of
Intercultural Leadership Ambassador Public and Press Discourses of Sea Rise
Scholars in Biology, Marine Biology, and Impacts in South Florida” at the
Engineering. Proceedings of the 124th International Association for Media and
ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Communication Research Annual Research
Columbus, OH, June 2017. Conference in Cartagena, Colombia, July
2017. This research, conducted in
Eleftherios Pavlides collaborated with collaboration with R. E Gutsche, Jr. and J.
RWU students and faculty in the conference Pinto of Florida International University,
presentation “Listening to Inhabitant Voices* examines the social construction of news
co-organized with S. Mallori-Hill, Gary related to climate change. That same
Graham, and RWU graduate students Sam month, Prof. J. Pinto presented a second
Frohlinger, Sean McDermott, and Justin paper that ensued from this collaboration,
Zafra at the Environmental Design “Press and Public Discourses of the ‘seen
Research Association 48 Conference in and unseen’ of sea level rise in Miami,
Madison, Wisconsin; and presented “Bio- Florida (USA)” at the Conference on
Elastegrity as Possible Explanation of Communication and Environment (COCE)
Byssus Beard, Seminar at Zhao Qin Lab, in Leicester, U.K.
MIT Mechanical Engineering in April.
Prado co-authored with Juliet Pinto (FIU)
Comstock, C., & Platania, J. (2017). The and Alejandro Tirado-Alcaraz (RISD)
role of secondary traumatic stress on Environmental News in South America:
perceptions of safety. American Conflict, Crisis and Contestation, a volume
International Journal of Social Science, 6, 1- in the Studies in Media and Environmental
10. Communication series published by
Palgrave-MacMillan. This work, supported
Rice, J., Beeler, D., Gelvin, B., Todorovic, in part by the Foundation to Promote
K., & Platania, J. (2017). Implicit Scholarship and Teaching, is the
stereotypes: The role of empathy. Poster culmination of seven years of scholarly
presented at the annual meeting of the analysis of news coverage of environmental
Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, risk associated with extractive projects in
MA. Brazil, Chile and Ecuador.
Aksterowicz, A., Beeler, D., Gelvin, B., Anne Proctor presented “Vasari’s
Todorovic, K., & Platania, J. (2017). Revisions to the Vita of Botticelli: Rewriting
Perceptions of hearsay evidence through History for the Medici Court.” Scholar’s Day
the lens of reactance theory. Poster for Exhibition “Botticelli and the Search for
presented at the annual meeting of the the Divine” at the Museum of Fine Arts,
Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Boston in April 2017.
MA.
Autumn Quezada de Tavarez and Kerri
Platania, J., Rumschik, D., Gelvin, B., & Warren Co-author of Chapter:
Todorovic, K. (2017). Counterargument and “Designing the Curriculum for Global
initial position in the context of positioning Service Learning Abroad: Power and Health
theory. Poster presented at the annual in El Salvador”— in Passport to Change:
meeting of the Association of Psychological Designing Academically Sound, Culturally
Science, Boston, MA. Relevant Short Term Faculty-Led Study
Abroad Programs, Edited by Susan Lee
Pasquarelli, Robert A. Cole, Michael J.
Tyson (Stylus Publishing, 2017).
13Joseph Roberts received a National
Michael Rich and Denny Moers Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
participated in a group exhibition of artist’s to study “Islam in Asia: Traditions and
monoprints titled Singular Repetitions at Transformations” through the Asian Studies
UMass Dartmouth in New Bedford, MA, Development Program (ASDP) at the East-
March 2017. West Center and the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu. The program brought scholars
Rich was the featured artist at Imago from around the region and the United
Gallery, Warren, RI, April 2017. States to explore Islam as an evolving
system of thought and practice in South and
Rich had a solo exhibition of his painterly Southeast Asia, including its impacts on
work in the print media of etching and social dynamics, the arts, and politics. The
woodcut titled “A Painter Makes Prints” at program stressed deep and context-rich
the Mary Castelnovo Gallery, Providence engagement with key traditions, practices,
Art Club, June 2017. and primary texts (in translation) throughout
the four-week, multidisciplinary program.
Rich had an annual solo exhibition of new The participants developed and shared
paintings, drawings and prints titled “A Life curricular materials applicable across a wide
in Color” Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket, range of humanities disciplines, including
MA, August 2017. religion, philosophy, history, art history,
literature, and political science. Participants
Rich exhibited with Providence Art Club are working to organize a conference
members at the Spring Bull Gallery, revisiting the themes from the Institute in
Newport, RI, September 2017. Indonesia. book is in development.
Professor Roberts and Stephanie Honchell
Rich exhibited at the Roger Free Library, (Fairleigh Dickinson University) are working
Bristol, RI “Printmakers of the Providence on co-editing a book looking at networks of
Art Club, October 2017 through January Islam in South Asia. The book will look at
2017. how cultural, social, and economic networks
have transmitted Islam throughout the
Andy Rhyne (four chapters) and Joe region and shapes the political and social
Szczebak (one chapter) are well landscape of the region today.
represented as co-authors in recently
published book entitled “Marine Ornamental
Species Aquaculture”.
Professor Roberts at Shangri-La, Doris Duke’s home
(now a museum) in Honolulu.
Roberts presented a workshop “Games
without Frontiers: Reacting to the Past in
the Political Science Classroom” at
American Political Science Association’s
14Teaching and Learning Conference Astrangia poculata to help us understand
(February) and the led a Teaching Café the role of microbes in coral’s resilience and
entitled “Reacting to the Past: Playing response to climate change.” UMass
Games in a Student-Centered Classroom” Dartmouth Department of Biology Weekly
and a participated in a roundtable entitled Seminar Series, invited talk. January 27,
“Teaching Trump - Reflections from the 2017.
Classroom “at the American Political
Science Association Annual Meeting Sharp, K.H. “Diving the Secret Coral Reefs
(September) of New England: using the temperate coral
Astrangia poculata to understand tropical
Roberts participated in the University of coral reefs.” University of Connecticut
Massachusetts Law Review Immigration: Department of Biology Weekly Seminar
Beyond the Wall Symposium presenting a Series, invited talk. December 5, 2016.
panel session on “Refugees and
Immigration: The Trump Administration’s Sharp K.H., Pratte ZA, Kerwin AH, Rotjan
Overreach,” in April 2017. RD, Stewart FJ. 2017. Season, but not
symbiont state, drives microbiome structure
Roberts in June 2016 began editing the in the temperate coral Astrangia poculata.
Political Science Instruction section of the Microbiome. In press.
Journal of Political Science Education, one
of the four flagship journals of the American K. Wommack, J. Gleghorn, G. Steward, J.
Political Science Association. The new Van Etten, M. Marston, K. Sharp. Received
editorial team has increased submissions in a $3,000,000 NSF RII Track-2 FEC
2017 (through September) 46% over the EPSCoR grant: Genomes to Phenomes.
previous year. “G2P in VOM: An Experimental and
Analytical Framework for Genome to
Phenome Connections in Viruses of
Microbes.”
Rotjan RD, Urban-Rich J, Sharp K.H., and
S. Grace received $10,000 Boston
University Urban Research Awards
Program. “Hidden Problems in Secret
Corals: Exploring Microplastic Abundance in
Local, Temperate Corals along an Urban
Gradient” 6/2017-6/2018.
Sharp, K.H. Hosted 2nd Annual Astrangia
Research Workshop, Aug 1-2, 2017. Hosted Jessica Skolnikoff presented at the
25 researchers representing 18 institutions, Northeastern Anthropology Association
including RWU, NSF, Woods Hole, Boston Meeting in Bridgewater, MA (April 2017).
University, Penn State, and others. “Organized Recreation: The Evolution of
Adult Pickup Basketball”, Co-authored with
Sharp, K.H. “Exploring New England's Jared Clough and Robert Engvall.
Reefs: using the coral Astrangia poculata to
shed light on tropical coral microbiomes.” Skolnikoff organized a workshop titled
Southern Connecticut State University “Using Anthropology after College.” with
Department of Biology Weekly Seminar several panelists to discuss how
Series, invited talk. March 2, 2017. anthropology can help students choose a
career at the Northeastern Anthropology
Sharp, K.H. “Corals in New England? Association Meeting in Bridgewater, MA
Gathering clues from the temperate coral (April 2017.
15Skolnikoff was a roundtable organizer on Model” at the Association for Gravestone
“Let’s Talk Sports, Recreation, and Culture”. Studies Annual Conference in Tuscaloosa,
At the American Anthropological Alabama in June 2017.
Association. Minneapolis, MN (November
2016). Minoo Tehrani and student, Michael
Sennott, were two of the presenters at the
Skolnikoff participated in the North 2nd ARTEM Organizational Innovatively and
American Society for the Sociology of Sport Sustainability International Conference, ICN
Conference, Tampa, Florida (November Business School & University of Nancy
2016) “Old Timers Basketball, Noon Time Engineering School, September 14 – 16,
Hoops.” 2017, Nancy, France. The presented
research papers were entitled: Trade Pacts:
June Speakman Essay: Cities in Crisis: Anything Green? (Minoo Tehrani) & Central
How States Can help Municipalities Facing America-Dominican Republic Free Trade
Bankruptcy and Fiscal Distress. For the Agreement (Minoo Tehrani, Michael
Rhode Island Research Collaboration, Sennott).
August 2017.
James Tackach wrote an article titled
“Trump Should Follow GOP’s Green
Presidents,” which appeared in The
Providence Journal Commentary page on
April 21, 2017, the day before Earth Day.
Tackach presented a paper titled “The Poet
and the Park: William Cullen Bryant and the Peter Thompson published his book
Creation of New York’s Central Park” at the (Diálogos Books): translation of L'Exil au
2017 American Literature Association féminin by Algerian writer Nabile Farès.
Conference, held in Boston, May 25-28. English title – Exile: Women's Turn.
Anne Tait presented as Artist in Residence, Borrelli, B., Gaynor, S., Tooley, E., &
Gettysburg National Park through the Bartlett, K. (In Press). Identification of Three
National Parks Foundation, at a conference Different Types of Smokers Who Are Not
her research titled “Making Sense of Motivated to Quit: Results from a Latent
Memorials” at the Popular Culture Class Analysis. Manuscript. Health
Association/American Culture Association Psychology.
National Conference in San Diego, CA.
Busch, A. M., Tooley, E. M., Dunsiger, S.,
Chattillion, E. A., Srour, J. F., Pagoto, S. L.,
... & Borrelli, B. (2017). Behavioral activation
for smoking cessation and mood
management following a cardiac event:
results of a pilot randomized controlled trial.
BMC Public Health, 17, 323.
Tooley, E. M., & Borrelli, B. (2017).
Characteristics of cigarette smoking in
individuals in smoking concordant and
smoking discordant couples. Couple and
Tait also served as panel participant on” Family Psychology: Research and Practice,
Legal Protections of Cemeteries: A National 6, 106-116.
16Tooley, E. M., Fava, J. L., & Borrelli, B. published in Messages, Sages and Ages,
(2017, November). The Relationship Vol 4, No 1, 2017. He served as an external
Antecedents of Smoking Scale. Abstract reviewer for PhD applicants to the a.r.t.e.s.
accepted for presentation at the Association EUmanities program sponsored by the
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies European Union and the University of
conference in San Diego, CA. Cologne in 2017.
Ransford, B. & Tooley, E. M, et al. (2017, Yajni Warnapala published “Numerical
May). Generational and Gender Differences Solutions of the Radiosity's Equation for
in Mindfulness, Resilience, and Spirituality. Low Reflectivity and Emissivity on planet
Abstract presented at the Association for Mars” International Journal of Mathematics
Psychological Science convention in Trends and Technology (IJMTT) V34. 13-
Boston, MA. 18, 2016 (with student Quiyang Deng).
Leguizamo, A., Tooley, E. M (2017, May). Warnapala published 'Numerical Solutions
Predictive Ability of Attachment Style and to the Radiosity Equation for the Spherical
Alcohol-Use Constructs on Young Adult Quatrefoil on Mars' African Journal of
Relationship Satisfaction. Abstract Mathematics and Computer Science
presented at the Association for Research' - accepted for publication (with
Psychological Science convention in student Hien Ngo)
Boston, MA.
Waranapala received a grant from RI NASA
Tooley, E. M., Fava, J. L., Bartlett, Y. K., -EPSCOR Grant -Project Title ($9996): The
Wearden, A., Armitage, C. J., & Borrelli, B. Numerical Solutions of the Radiosity
(2017, May). The Reasons for Not Quitting Equation for the Spherical Quatrefoil.
(RNQ) scale. Abstract presented at the
Association for Psychological Science Warnapala’s students presented posters at
convention in Boston, MA. the JMM (Joint Mathematics Meeting -AMS
and MAA) in Atlanta, GA: Quiyang Deng
Mel Topf presented at a conference on The and Hien Ngo presented and participated in
Liberal Pursuit of Nature: Science, the MAA poster completion 'Numerical
Humanities, and Liberal Education, at solutions of the Radioisty Model for the
Providence College in April. His paper, on Super Ellipsoid and Spherical Quatrefoil by
“Hannah Arendt and the World Alienation of the Galerkin Method'
the Scientific Revolution,” argued that the
humanities as a group of academic Webb, P. & Wysor, B. 2017. Designing the
disciplines arose in reaction to the growing Curriculum for Field Study Abroad: Marine
prestige of science in American universities, Biology in Panama and Belize. In:
and have failed to meet the challenges of Pasquarelli, S. L., Cole, R. A. & Tyson, M. J.
science. [Eds.] Passport to Change: Designing
Academically Sound, Culturally Relevant
“GRB 110715A: the peculiar multi wave Short-Term Faculty-Led Study Abroad
length evolution of the first afterglow Programs. Stylus Publishing, Sterling, pp.
detected by ALMA”, R. Sanchez-Ramirez, 208.
Adria Updike, et. Al.; Monthly Notices of
the Royal Astronomical Society, February, Wessel, Ginette. 2017. “Relaxing
2017. Regulatory Controls: Vending Advocacy and
Rights in Mobile Food Vending.” In From
Randall Van Schepen had his article, Loncheras to Lobster Love: Food Trucks,
“Gerhard Richter’s Critical Artistic Cultural Identity, and Social Justice, edited
Strategies: Politics, Terrorism and War,”
17by Julian Agyeman, Caitlin Matthews, and address to the Professors of Curriculum
Hannah Sobel. Cambridge: MIT Press. honorary society at the annual conference
of the American Education Research
Association. April, 2016 Washington, DC.
Winfield, A. G. (2016). Invited to participate
on two panels addressing the dedicated
2016 Conference Theme The Ethics of
Historical Engagement at the annual
conference for the American Association for
the Advancement of Curriculum Studies.
April, 2017, Washington, D.C.
Winfield, A. G. (2017) Fathoming the Slave
Trade: The Past is Present in Southern New
England Identity. Presented at the Annual
Conference of the American Educational
Weblink: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/food Research Association. San Antonio, TX
-trucks-cultural-identity-and-social-justice April 2017
Winfield. A. (2017) Imploding history:
Buffington-Adams, J., Cannon, M.A., Reclaiming the vision of the blind eye.
Hernández-Saca, D.I., Vanderbilt, S., Presented at the annual conference of the
Vaughan, K., & Winfield, A.G. (Under American Association for the Advancement
review). Collective autoethnography and of Curriculum Studies, San Antonio, TX
ableism. Disability Studies Quarterly. April 2017.
Winfield, A. G. (forthcoming). Eugenic Winfield, A. G. and Hendry, P. M. (2016).
Ideology and the Institutionalization of the De-territorializing the Field: Curriculum
‘Technofix’ on the Underclass. In History as a Spatial Practice. Presented at
Canestrari, Alan S. and Marlowe, Bruce A. the Annual Conference of the Journal for
(2018). The Wiley International Handbook of Curriculum Theorizing. Dayton, Ohio,
Educational Foundations. Boston: Wiley- October, 2016.
Blackwell Publishers.
Buffington-Adams, J., Cannon, M.A.,
Winfield, A. G. (2017). Falling Down Hernández-Saca, D.I., Vanderbilt, S., &
Memory Holes: Violence, Genocide and the Vaughan, K. Winfield, A. G.
Dismantling of Multicultural Liberal (2016). Collective autoethnography and
Democracy. Invited research overview to ableism. Paper presented at the 37th Annual
the Professors of Curriculum honorary Bergamo Conference on Curriculum and
society at the annual conference of the Classroom Practice, Bergamo Conference
American Education Research Association. Center, Dayton, Ohio, October, 2016.
April, 2017, San Antonio, TX.
Winfield is working on a project that
Winfield, A. G. (2016) Invited Role as examines three historical trajectories that
Panel Discussant on Autoethnography and have heretofore been under acknowledged
Ableism. Annual Conference of the Journal or suppressed within dominant historical
for Curriculum Theorizing. Dayton, Ohio, renderings in North American history. Using
October, 2016. a theoretical lens that seeks to elevate
Winfield, A. G. (2016) In and around time historical and collective memory as a way to
and space: History as memory. Invited analyze historical impact in the present, this
18project focuses on 17th century Acadian identification of Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae,
Mi’kmaq relationships, the newly Chlorophyta) reduces species richness
acknowledged Black Loyalist history in the estimates for the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
Maritime Provinces, and the elevation of the Phytotaxa 252:185-204.
history of the Acadian expulsion in 1755 in
Louisiana and Nova Scotia. Each of these is Leonard Yui presented a paper “Language
relevant for their impact on present-day of Architectural Wood: Waste to Ecological
conceptions of self and other, policy Abundance” at the 2017 Architecture
practices, and legislative agendas. Research Centers Consortium (ARCC)
Conference, Architectures of Complexity:
Fernández-García, C., Wysor, B., Design, Systems, Society and Environment,
Riosmena-RodrÍguez, R., Peña-Salamanca, Salt Lake City, which was also included in
E. & Verbruggen, H. 2016. DNA-assisted the conference proceedings.
In the Campus Classroom/Community
Susan Bosco’s Organizational Behavior
classes worked with Coggeshall Farms
Museum through the CPC in the Spring
semester to accomplish the following:
Revised orientation and training programs
for employees and volunteers, improved
communication systems for internal staff
and the public, and updated employee and
volunteer manuals. The students presented
their recommendations to the Executive and
Volunteer Directors at the end of the
semester.
Avelina Espinosa and Meagan Hackey
Charlotte Carrington-Farmer ‘s spring winner of the American Society of
2017 students in the Dimensions of History Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
class worked with the Bristol Historical and Travel Award January 2016 & 2017,
Preservation Society on a CPC project on presented a poster: Hackey M.* &
Civil War General Burnside. The project Espinosa A. 2017. Kinetic Analysis of the
culminated in the students presenting their Inhibitory Effects of Substituted Pryazoline
final findings to the local community at the Derivatives and Natural Plant extracts on
Bristol State House on 10th May 2017. See Entamoeba histolytica Alcohol and
http://www.bhpsri.org/Past_Events.php Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (EhADH2)
Enzyme Activity. American Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(ASBMB) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL April
21-26.
19Espinosa and Mathew Gabrielle, winner of multimedia news reports about the lives of
the American Society of Biochemistry & refugees resettled in Rhode Island were
Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Travel Award showcased at the RWU Community
January 2017, presented a poster: Gabrielle Engagement Celebration in April and are
M.* & Espinosa A. 2017. Isolation and published online. Pictured below, student
Characterization of Alcohol/Aldehyde video recording of Omar Bah, executive
Dehydrogenases (ADHE) in the Entamoeba director of the Refugee Dream Center.
Lineage. American Society for Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual
Meeting, Chicago, IL April 21-26.
Espinosa A and Lowerre, K, presented on
Modelling EhADH2 Using Bioinformatics
Tools. 2017. American Society for
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(ASBMB) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL April
21-26.
Alejandro Leguizamo developed an iOS
app that computes statistical effect sizes.
The app, Effect Size Calculator, went live on
Apple’s App Store on 9/12/17.
Clifford Murphy served as faculty co-
advisor to the Roger Williams University Prado’s student journalists and aspiring
Student Affiliates of the American Chemical documentary filmmakers reported on the
Society chapter; this includes helping Rhode Island boatbuilding history in an
organize the groups on campus and off experiential education collaboration with the
campus outreach activities; helping to Herreshoff Marine Museum. Pictured here,
organize their trip to attend and present journalism students Lexi Shy ’17, Emily
research at the American Chemical Society Kamens ’18 and Eleni Kravoussianis ’18
National Meeting held in San Francisco, CA film vessels anchored in the harbor from on
in April 2017. board the Bristol Marine motor launch.
Nancy Nester’s students in her Spring
2017 Writing for Social Change class,
collaborated with the students in the
Transition Academy @ RWU on several
occasions, conducting interview and resume
writing workshops and researching
opportunities for employment and
internships where young adults with varied
learning styles could showcase their work
ethic and skills. Students displayed their
projects at the Spring 2017 Celebration of
Writing.
Paola Prado led the Journalism Capstone
students on an experiential education
partnership with the Refugee Dream Center
during the spring 2017. The resulting
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