Academics

• David Rosenwasser, professor of English, and Chris Borick, associate professor of political science, gave a paper at "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" at Monmouth University. The paper was titled "Springsteen's Right Side: A Liberal Icon's Conservatism."
  
  
• Carol Shiner Wilson, Dean of the College for Academic Life, presented a paper at the Oxford Round Table: "The Stories We Hear, The Stories We Tell: What Can the Life of Jane Barker (1652-1732) Tell us about Women's Leadership in Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century?"
  
  
• Ed Bonekemper '64 - Adjunct Lecturer Ed Bonekemper's McCLELLAN AND FAILURE: A STUDY OF CIVIL WAR FEAR, INCOMPETENCE AND WORSE, was published in soft-cover by McFarland & Co. A hard-cover edition was published in 2007.


• Cathy Marie Ouellette Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, published a review of G. Reginald Daniel's Race and Mutiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths? The review appeared in Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y El Caribepublished by the University of Tel Aviv.
  
  
• Gail Eisenberg, lecturer in business, and Sam Laposata, visiting professor of economics, had an article accepted in "On Campus With Women," a publication of the American Assn. of University Women. The article, based on a survey of college alumni, is titled "Understanding The Gender Salary Gap: A Cohort-Based Longitudinal Study."
  
  
• Luba Iskold, associate professor of Russian, and Joshua Suchow '09 co-presented a paper titled "Augmenting Student Social and Communicative Behavior via Experimentation with L2 Identities and Self-Authorship on Facebook" at the NEALLT/NERALLT 2009 joint Conference "Distance and Blended Learning Environments" at Yale University.For powerpoint presentation see: Read More
  
  
• The Faculty Center For Teaching sent a four person team (Kathy Harring, Linda McGuire, Lisa Perfetti, and Kathy Wixon) to the 2009 POD Network Conference in Houston, TX. Harring presented a session, co-authored with Laura Edelman, titled "Intentional PowerPoint: Do's and Don'ts from Cognitive Theory."
  
  
• David Cooper '11, Mohsin Hashim and Lora Taub-Pervizpour attended the National Collegiate Honors Council conference, "Honors in the Global City," in Washington D.C. Cooper is an RJ Fellow, Dr. Hashim directs the Dana Program, and Dr. Taub-Pervizpour directs the RJ Fellows Program.
  
  
• Vivian Walsh, Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Economics and Philosop hy, will be an invited participant at the Harvard University Conference titled "Understanding Moral Sentiment from a Darwinian Perspective." The conference is chaired by Hilary Putnam and is a program of the John Templeton Foundation.
  

Art Studio

• Margo Thompson, assistant professor of art, authored the catalog copy for the "Body-Swapping Armor" New Works by Linda Stein exhibit at the Flomenhaft Gallery. The exhibit runs through Oct 24.
  
  
• Carol Heft, part-time lecturer in the art department, has her work included in a group Exhibition entitled VIRGO at the Bow Street Gallery in Cambridge, Mass. The exhibit runs through Oct 16. Read More
  
  
• Amze Emmons, assistant professor of art, will be a visiting artist at St. Mary's College of Maryland. His work is part of the two person exhibit and he will be part of a panel discussion. Read More
  
  
• Amze Emmons, assistant professor of art, co-curated "One Every Day" an exhibition that coincides with the start of Print Week NY. The show runs through Dec 19 at EFA Project Space (323 West 39th Street). The opening reception will be Nov 7 from 6â??9 PM. EFA Project Space is a program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Read More
  
  

Athletics

• Sean Topping named men's soccer coach of the year and Cody Antonini earned player of the year honors in the Centennial Conference. Antonini was joined by Samuel Hayden and Jason Daniels on the first team, and Eric Miller and Adison Weseloh were named to the second team. Read More
  

Business Administration

• Holmes Miller, professor of business, co-authored the paper â??Smart Technologies in Critical Infrastructureâ?? that was presented at the21st International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics held in August in Baden-Baden, Germany. The paper also appears in the proceedings of the conference.

Biology

• Rich Niesenbaum, professor of biology, along with his two former post-docs Norris Muth and Emily Mooney, and Muhlenberg student Erin Jo Tiedeken '10 had a paper titled "Differential induced response to generalist and specialist herbivores by Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae) in sun and shade" published in the journal "Oikos."
  
  
• Marten Edwards, associate professor of biology, has been awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Senior Fellows from the NIH. He will investigate signaling pathways that regulate juvenile hormone synthesis in a mosquito vector of human disease. The Fellowship will fund his sabbatical research at Florida International Univ.
  
  
• Ross Cohen '09, John Schocken '09, assistant professor of biology Amy Hark and professor of biology Elizabeth McCain along with colleagues in Greece had a paper published in the journal Planta. The report describes defects in flower development in plants lacking the activity of GCN5, a protein implicated in regulating genome structure.
  
  
• The Acopian Center for Ornithology has received a technical assistance grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, administered by the PA Federation of Museums and Historical Organizations. The grant will provide archival assistance for the collection.
  
  
• Dan Klem, Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology, is the keynote speaker at the Symposium on Bird Conservation in Urban Areas. The symposium is in Toronto this week.
  
  

Computer Science

• Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, has a chapter titled "Wikis for collaboration and knowledge management" in the book Collaborative Technologies and Applications for InteractiveInformation Design: Emerging Trends in User Experiences published by IGI Global.
  
  
• Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science and Fulbright-Nehru Scholar at the University of Kerala, India, gave the introductory lecture and a series of workshops for a refresher course for computer science instructors at the Academic Staff College, Trivandrum, India.
  
  
• Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science and Fulbright-Nehru Scholar at the University of Kerala, India, gave a lecture on Free and Open Source Software for 4th year computer science students. He also gave the inaugural address for a workshop on SCILAB at the College of Engineering, Trivandrum.
  
  
• Clif Kussmaul, associate professor of computer science, visited SaintGits College in Kottayam, India,and gave two lectures to faculty and students in computer science, and one lecture in a development program for engineering faculty.
  
  

Chemistry

• Janet Saunders '08 and Peter Palomaki '07 published a paper titled "Synthesis and Characterization of fac-Dicarbonylnitrosyltris(1-methylimidazole) Molybdenum(0) Hexafluorophosphate" in the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research. The paper reports on original research from Joseph Keane's inorganic chemistry class
  
  
• The Muhlenberg chapter of the American Chemical Society was seleted to receive a "Commendable Award" from the ACS for its 2008-09 activities. The College is one of 103 schools to receive Outstanding or Commendable Awards. There were 119 other honorable mentions.
  

Dance

• Karen Dearborn, professor of dance, and Gayanne Grossman, a physical therapist, recently attended the National Association of Schools of Dance annual conference and co-presented with Tom Welsh (U. of Florida). The panel was titled â??Access to Injury Management Assistance for College Dancersâ??. NASD is the accrediting body for dance programs in higher ed.
  
  
• Shelley Oliver, lecturer in dance, and the College's Piano Series, were awarded performance art grants by the Lehigh Valley Arts Council. Read More
  

Education

• Kathryn Burke, illustrated and developed activities for the recently published children's book Discovering the Shelter House: Toby's Tale. The Shelter House Society commissioned the project about the 1734 homestead. The Emmaus Rotary has donated copies for all third grade classes in the East Penn School District
  

English

• Amra Brooks, visiting lecturer in English, had her novella "California" written about in music critic Hua Hsu's column "Liminal Minded" in The Atlantic. Read More

• Jim Bloom's latest book, Hollywood Intellect, will be published this month.
  
  
• Grant Scott, professor and chair of the English department, published "Blake in Paris," a review essay of the recent exhibition of William Blake's work at the Petit Palais, 2 April-28 June 2009, in BLAKE: AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY.

Environmental Science

• Ilya Slizovskiy '09 is the first author and Jason Kelsey, Director of the Environmental Science Program, is the co-author on a paper accepted for publication in The Int'l Journal of Phytoremediation. The article is titled "Technical note--Evaluation of extraction methodologies for the determination of an organochlorine pesticide residue in vegetation."
  

Health Professions

• Jason Harhay '11 co-authored an article published in the journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health (Nov 2009). The lead author is Mike Harhay '05.

History

• Daniel J. Wilson, Professor of History, had several items published over the summer. Read More
  
  
• Amanda Palmer '11 had a paper accepted by the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta. Amanda will present her paper, entitled "Napoleon's Religious Education: Making the Shift from Egypt to France," at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in San Diego, CA this January.
  
  
• Daniel J. Wilson, professor of history, has just had his new book, "Polio: Biography of a Disease," published by Greenwood Press. This book was his major project during his Class of 1932 Research Professorship.
  
  
• Ed Bonekemper '64, adjunct professor of history, will discuss Gen. McClellan with the Delaware Valley Civil War Roundtable. He will also speak about the Six Turning Points of Civil War with the Northern NJ Civil War Round Table and lecture about the Eastern Union Generals at the Smithsonian seminar in DC.
  
  
• Judy Ridner and Susan Clemens-Bruder presented a paper, "Translating African-American Oral History into Theater: A Case Study from Pennsylvaniaâ??s Lehigh Valley," at the Oral History Association Conference in Louisville. Read More
  
  
• Daniel J. Wilson, professor of history, was a member of the editorial advisory board of the recently published Encyclopedia of American Disability History. He also wrote over a dozen entries, including ones on polio, The March of Dimes, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  
  
• Evan B McLaughlin '10, had a paper accepted by the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta. Evan will present his paper, entitled "Problematic Power Dynamics in The Bridge on the River Kwai and the 'Public' Debate on Decolonization," at the Annual Meeting of Phi Alpha Theta this January.
  
  
  

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

• Al Kipa, professor of German/Russian, gave a eulogy for and presented a tribute to Olexa Bilaniuk at the Ukrainian Embassy. Read More

Mathematics

• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, gave a pair of invited talks at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. The first, "Euler in Two Acts," was presented to its Mathematics Colloquium. The second, "Newton and Leibniz: Mathematicians at War," was part of the festivities for the newly renovated Mathematics Building at St. Olaf.
  
  
• Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, had "The calculus of Gothic architecture" published in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Sep 2009). Egner Memorial Chapel is featured in one of the examples of calculating areas of Gothic windows, arches, and domes. Read More
  
  
• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, delivered a talk, "An Evening with Leonhard Euler," at the Philoctetes Center on Manhattan's Upper East Side. The Philoctetes Center bills its mission as the "multidisciplinary study of imagination" and offers free lectures/panels meant to appeal to an eclectic audience.
  
  
• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, published a short article titled "Magic Numbers" in the most recent issue of Science and Technology Review (UK).
  
  
• Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, and Rod Sturdivant (USMA) have had the paper, "Building a Model for Scoring 20 or More Runs in a Baseball Game" accepted for publication in the Annals of Applied Statistics. This rare event has occurred 224 times in 172,000 games since 1901.
  
  
• Byungchul Cha, assistant professor of mathematics, gave a talk at the Number Theory Seminar at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The talk was titled "Linear independence of zeta zeros in function fields."
  
  
• Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, was a guest on Math Factor, a podcast/radio broadcast on mathematics, hosted by Professor Chaim Goodman-Strauss of the University of Arkansas. Mike discussed his new book, "Mythematics: Solving the 12 Labors of Hercules."
  
  
• William Dunham and Michael Huber will appear on a "Math Medley" panel at Labyrinth Books in Princeton, N.J. The event is the first in a new series, "Science and Math Night," and a collaboration between Labyrinth and Princeton University Press
  
  
• Clif Kussmaul gave a talk on using wikis in teaching and learning to the faculty of the Mary Matha College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
  
  
• Mike Huber, associate professor of mathematics, had "Using Mythematics in the Classroom: The Fifth Labor of Hercules" published in the Nov 2009 issue of PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies.
  
  
• Byungchul Cha, assistant professor of mathematics, will give a talk at Algebra Seminar at Wesleyan University. The title is "Chebyshev's bias, prime number races and zeros of L-functions."
  
  
• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, gave an invited talk on Euler's amicable numbers to the Mathematics Colloquium of Messiah College.
  
  
• William Dunham, Koehler Professor of Mathematics, had a Chinese translation of his paper "When Euler Met l'Hopital" (originally published in Mathematics Magazine of February, 2009) appear in the journal Mathematical Advances in Translation, which comes out of the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, a part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  

Media and Communication

• The HYPE program, a summer youth media project, will be honored with an Allentown Human Relations Commission Award at its annual recognition dinner Oct 20. Lora Taub (media&comm), Chris Borick (poli. sci.) and Mark McKenna (theatre) are part of the project, as well as Eirinn Disbrow '10.
  
  
• Sue Curry Jansen, professor of media and communication, had her article, "Phantom Conflict: Lippmann, Dewey and the Fate of the Public," published in the Sept issue of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.
  
  
• Sue Curry Jansen, professor of media and communication, had her review of "It's Not Just PR: Public Relations in Society," published in the current issue of Communication, Culture & Critique.
  
  
• Jeff Pooley, assistant professor of media and communication, gave an invited lecture on "Facebook and the Self: A Status Update," sponsored by Drexel University's Department of Culture and Communication. A revised version will appear in Blowing up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Paradigms (Peter Lang, 2010).
  
  
• Kathryn L. Ranieri, visiting assistant professor of media and communication, attended Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies "Portraits and Dreams: Literacy Through Photography Workshop."
  

Music

• Ted Conner directs and performs in an early-music ensemble, Night's Black Bird. The group gave two concerts in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, the first in Rhinehart Hall at Indiana University-Perdue University Ft. Wayne (10/.24) and the second in the Concert Hall at the Allen County Public Library (10/25).
  
  
• Diane Follet, associate professor of music, attended the College Music Society's National Conference in Portland, OR, where she gave two presentations, "Schubert and Schumann Meet on Ning," and "Point/Counterpoint, Part Deux," a collaborative paper on pedagogy. She also chaired two sessions and attended meetings in her position as Treasurer of CMS.
  
  
• Karen Hiles, assistant professor of music, presented her research on Haydn at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Musicological Society, in Philadelphia. The title of her paper was, "Encountering the 'Mighty Monster': Haydn's English Sea Songs of 1794/95." Read More

Philosophy

• Ted Schick, professor of philosophy, gave a number of talks this past month: the Lehigh Valley Torch Club on "Brains, Souls, and Near-Death Experiences;" the Lehigh Valley Humanist Association on "Does Morality Require God?" and the Whitfield Lodge No. 622 F&AM on "The Demise of Death: Technological Prospects for Immortality."
  
  
• Ted Schick, professor of philosophy, recently had the 4th edition of his text, "Doing Philosophy: an Introduction through Thought Experiments" published by McGraw-Hill. He also had his article, "Magick and Music: Libertinism, Libertarianism, and Liberation" published in Open Court's anthology, "Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed."
  

Political Science

• Chris Borick, associate professor of political science, will be the keynote speaker at the annual Penn Future's post election forum in Harrisburg.

Psychology

• Gretchen Hanson Gotthard had a journal article accepted for publication in the journal "Neurobiology of Learning and Memory" titled, "Cycloheximide produces amnesia for extinction and reconsolidation in an appetitive odor discrimination task in rats."
  
  
• Alan Tjeltveit, professor of psychology, presented a paper, "Moral perception: A legitimate role for moral value-informed epistemologies?" to the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Toronto.
  

Religion Studies

• Profs. William Gruen, Hatley Lachter, SorChing Low and Susan Schwartz will attend the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion in Montreal, Canada Nov 7-10 Read More

RJ Fellows

• Stephanie Flackman '10 , RJ Fellow, and Lora Taub-Pervizpour, RJ Fellows Program Director, have received a $1000 grant from the Nat'l Collegiate Honors Council to support "Arts for Kids Healing," a partnership between the RJ Fellows and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network. Read More

Spanish

• Leah Rovner '09 had an article published in the Center for Cross-Cultural Study newsletter. The article was about her study abroad experience in Seville, Spain. Read More
  

Student Activities

• WMUH 91.7 FM and the Acafellas are both nominated (in different categories) for Lehigh Valley Music Awards. Vote for WMUH (#21) and the Acafellas (#32) at the link below: Read More

Staff Activities

• Mike Bruckner, vice president for public relations, has been invited to coordinate the pre and post-game press conferences at the 2010 Sugar Bowl football game, New Year's Night, in New Orleans.
  

Theatre

• Recent alums John Dowgin, Pete Barry and J. Michael DeAngelis were awarded the New Jersey ACT Perry Award for Outstanding Original Play for the 2008 show called "Accidents Happen." The play won three awards - Best Supporting Actor, Outstanding Stage Management and Best Play.

Womens's Studies

• Beth Schachter, associate professor of theatre and director of women's studies, attended the National Women's Studies Conference in Atlanta and gave a presentation as a panel member on "NWSA Project on Developing a Methodology Curriculum" for the Program Administrators and Development Pre-Conference.