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Sixth Annual Celebration of Excellence BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES 6 May 2014 “Going Far” If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. —African Proverb
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Transcript of CAS Awards Booklet
Sixth Annual Celebration of Excellence
BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY THE COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
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6 May 2014
“Going Far” !
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
—African Proverb
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DEAN’S WELCOME Dr. George Acquaah
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The time has come for us to re?lect upon another academic year—2013-‐14. It is without hesitation that I declare that, once again, the College of Arts and Sciences has been exemplary in working towards ful?illing institutional goals, which include improving graduation rates (closing the achievement gap), enhancing the funding stream, and enhancing the image of the institution.
Students are our raison d'être. Consequently, student success is our highest priority in all our endeavors. Through our youth programs, we reach out to precollege youth to interest them in our academic programs and
assist with their academic preparation before they apply to Bowie State. Once enrolled, students may choose from a wide variety of disciplines and areas in our eight departments in which to major or concentrate for an academic degree. We regularly renovate our curricula to ensure that students are offered programs that are contemporary, relevant, and competitive.
Through exceptional grantsmanship, our faculty members supplement the efforts of the university administration in providing cutting edge research and teaching facilities to augment their capacity to instruct students and facilitate learning. The total receipts from extramural funding sources exceeded $2.5 million, representing over 70 % of total BSU receipts. Students are mentored by world-‐class faculty who are respected in their disciplines, and who publish scholarly papers and conduct trail-‐blazing research through collaborations with industry and governmental agencies such as the National Cancer Institute. Our faculty members actively participated in the very successful MSP-‐MSP (Minority Student Pipeline Math and Science Partnership) project, a USM collaborative effort aimed at strengthening the science pipeline in Maryland.
Our Center for Global Engagement demonstrated outstanding leadership by creating and hosting three major Conference and Lecture Series in honor of notable world leaders, namely, Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, ?irst Prime Minister of Ghana, and Nelson Mandela, the ?irst democratically elected President of South Africa. Our Scholars Forum got off to a great start with an outstanding slate of inspiring speakers. We also launched the Bowie Med program designed to guide students through all stages of the path to medical and related professional schools. An MOU with the Godfrey Okoye University in Nigeria afforded our students the unique opportunity to conduct international research, learning the techniques of DNA barcoding for cataloguing biodiversity. In February, we had the honor of showcasing our STEM teaching and research programs before various visitors including Congresswoman Donna Edwards. Also, the design for our new STEM building was completed this year.
The theme for last year’s celebration was “Running is Life.” Continuing in the vein, our theme for this year’s celebration is “Going Far.” The way to go far is to go together!
Enjoy the evening.
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OUR GUEST SPEAKER Dr. Nancy S. Shapiro
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Nancy S. Shapiro is Associate Vice Chancellor for Education and Outreach and Special Assistant to the Chancellor for P-‐20 Education at the University System of Maryland. She directs the University System of Maryland P-‐20 Partnership for Teaching and Learning, developing collaborations that foster critical partnerships and learning communities to improve the quality of teaching and learning for Maryland’s teachers and students from kindergarten through college.
As the principal investigator on major federal grants totaling over $30 million dollars from and the National Science Foundation (MSP) and the U.S. Department of Education (TQE), she has worked to build sustainable partnerships between colleges, universities and public schools which support high quality professional development in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) content areas and prepare future teachers for urban schools. She leads the University System of Maryland’s STEM Initiative focused on increasing the number of STEM teachers produced by the public higher education institutions in Maryland. Before coming to the University System Of?ice, Dr. Shapiro served as the Founding Executive Director of the College Park Scholars program, and directed the writing programs at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has authored numerous books and articles on creating and sustaining learning communities.
Dr. Shapiro graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University, earned her master’s degree at the University of Delaware, and her Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Maryland.
Order of ProgramMaster of Ceremony Dr. Otis Thomas Department of Communications !Invocation Ms. Rhonda Briscoe Department of Military Science !
Please Enjoy Dinner Please Join Us in the Main Stage Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. !!
Music Provided by The Pryor Project: Dr. Gilbert E. Pryor, Jr. -‐ Trumpet, Mr. Paul Mitchell -‐ Piano, Mr. Jay Moody -‐ Drums, Mr. Deginal Boykin -‐ Bass, Mr. Wondel Brown -‐ Trombone, Mr. Karlton Sloan -‐ Sax, Mr. Micah Duncan -‐ Guitar !!Posting of Colors BSU ROTC Cadets !!National Anthem Performed by Ms. Ashley Maxwell (Graduating Performance Major) !!Lift Every Voice and Sing Performed by Mr. Michael Saunders (Music Theater Major) !!Welcome Dr. Weldon Jackson Provost and VP for Academic Affairs !!Visual Presentation “Mandela: A Multimedia Production” by Prof. Tewodross Melchishua Department of Fine and Performing Arts !!The Occasion Dr. Thelma Thompson, Department of English and Modern Languages President Emeritus, University of Maryland Eastern Shore !
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!Musical Selection “Come Sunday” by Edward Kennedy Ellington Performed by Ms. Lauren Bell (Graduating Music Minor) !!Year in Review Video produced by Dr. Otis Thomas and the BSU TV Staff !!Musical Selection BSU Madrigal Singers Directed by Dr. Marymal Holmes !!Our Guest Speaker Dr. Nancy Shapiro Associate Vice-‐Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Special Assistant to the Chancellor University System of Maryland !!Musical/Visual Introduction Awards Theme – “Together We Stand, Divided We Fall” Written by Dr. Gilbert E. Pryor, Jr. Performed by Mr. Demarcus Franklin (Music Performance Senior) !!Dean’s Remarks “Going Far” -‐ Dr. George Acquaah, Dean College of Arts and Sciences !!Musical Selection “Where Is The Love?” by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway Performed by Ms. Ashley Maxwell and Mr. Michael Saunders (Performance Majors) !!Presentation of Awards Dr. Pamela O’Brien, Chair, Department of Communications Chair, CAS Award Committee !
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Order of Program !Remarks Dr. Mickey L. Burnim President, Bowie State University !!Retire Colors BSU ROTC
CAS Awards Program Planning Producers Entertainment -‐ Dr. Gilbert Pryor, Producer Awards -‐ Dr. Pamela O’Brien, Producer
Television and Media -‐ Dr. Otis Thomas, Producer Logistics -‐ Ms. Tonita Douglas and Mrs. Temperance Ali, Producers
Concept and General Management -‐ Dr. George Acquaah, Executive Producer !Special Thanks
Faculty Representatives from CAS Departments who reviewed the nomination packets,
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts, Dr. Monifa Love Asante, Program Designer
Thompson Hospitality, BSU ROTC Bulldog Battalion,
and Our Primary Sponsor – US Army
For information about the ROTC Program, please call 301-‐860-‐3561
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AwardeesFACULTY AWARDS Outstanding Faculty -‐ Dr. George Ude, Department of Natural Sciences !Teacher of the Year -‐ Dr. Monifa Love, Department of English and Modern Languages !Outstanding Researcher of the Year -‐ Dr. Alan Anderson, Department of Natural Sciences !Outstanding International Outreach -‐ Dr. Frederick Mills, Department of History and Government !Outstanding Service -‐ Dr Monique Akassi, Department of English and Modern Languages !College of Arts and Science Image Award -‐ Professor Allissa Richardson, Department of Communications !Outstanding Publications: Books -‐ Dr. Pamela O'Brien, Department of Communications !Outstanding Publications: Journals -‐ Dr. Claude Turner, Department of Computer Sciences !ExCIDA Award -‐ Dr. Benjamin Arah, Department of History and Government !Outstanding Administrator or Leader -‐ Dr. Nelson Petulante, Department of Mathematics !Extra-‐Miler -‐ Professor Tewodross Melchishua, Department of Fine and Performing Arts !Outstanding Creative Work -‐ Dr. George Sochan, Department of History and Government !Outstanding Junior Faculty -‐ Dr. Tibor Solymosi, Department of History and Government !Outstanding Student Service -‐ Dr. David Reed, Department of History and Government !Outstanding Department -‐ History and Government !Outstanding Adjunct Faculty
-‐ Professor Phaedra Byrd – Department of Fine and Performing Arts -‐ Dr. Emmanuel Johnson -‐ Department of Natural Sciences
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Awardees STUDENT AWARDS Outstanding College of Arts and Sciences Student -‐ Mr. Robert StubbleUield Department of History and Government !College of Arts and Sciences Scholar-‐ Ms. Cassandra Clayborne !Departmental Scholars
-‐ Communications -‐ Ms. Olufunke Oyelade -‐ Computer Science -‐ Ms. Gema Howell -‐ English and Modern Languages -‐ Ms. Veronica Garrison-‐Joyner -‐ Fine and Performing Arts -‐ Mr. Edward-‐Jay Gonzales -‐ History and Government -‐ Mr. Richard Lucas III -‐ Mathematics -‐ Mr. Christopher Walter-‐Sherbert -‐ Military Science -‐ Cadet Marcus Craig -‐ Natural Sciences -‐ Mr. Uchenna Nwaobilor !
Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher-‐ Mr. Edward Ollie Department of Natural Resources !College of Arts and Sciences Ambassador-‐ Mr. Richard Lucas III Department of History and Government !Outstanding Graduate Student
-‐ Communications -‐ Mr. Tracey Evans -‐ Computer Science -‐ Ms. Ruth Agada -‐ English -‐ Mr. Richard C. White -‐ Mathematics -‐ Ms. Modupe Sodeinde !
ALUMNI AWARDS Outstanding Alumnus -‐ Mr. Darren Swain !STAFF AWARDS Outstanding Staff Member -‐ Ms. Donna Rice Department of Communications !Outstanding Student Support Staff -‐ Ms. Jerrel Phillips The Dean’s Of?ice !DEAN’S AWARDS Outstanding Support -‐ U.S. Army Outstanding International Service -‐ Dr. Rita Wutoh Outstanding Legacy -‐ Dr. Douglas Council Chemistry Scholarship Outstanding Educator -‐ Dr. Sammye Miller
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Note: College of Arts and Sciences professors are listed in bold and clustered rather than alphabe8zed.
PUBLICATIONS
Shaibu A., Okoro, P., Ude, G., Olukolu, B. A., Igelbrecht, I., Tenkouano, A., Ogburia, M. N., Moonan F., & Dimkpa C. (2013). Genotype by Environment (GxE) Modeling of the Variable Initiation of Parthenocarpy sensu strict in Musa: Elucidation of the Environment Components of Variable Expressivity of Parthenocarpy in a Facultative Apomictic Musa acuminata subspecies Microcarpa Model System. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 3(2), 262-‐276.
George Ude. (2012). Plant Biology Education Posters: Impacting the Nation’s STEM Classrooms through the Application of Plant-‐Based Instructional Materials and Outreach Activities. ASPB News,39:5 (September/October).
Gowda, M. S., & Sznajder, R. (2013). On the irreducibility, self-‐duality, and non-‐homogeneity of completely positive cones, Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, 26, 177-‐191.
Gowda, M. S., Sznajder, R., & Tao, J. (2013). The automorphism group of a completely positive cone and its Lie algebra, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 438, 3862–3871.
Matand, K., Wu, N., Conley, S., & Acquaah, G. (2013). A more improved protocol for in vitro shoot organogenesis in daylily (Hemerocallis sp.). African Journal of Biotechnology, 12(8), 820-‐825.
Wu, N., Matand, K., Wu, H., Li, B., He, Z., Qian, J., Liu, X., Conley, S., Bailey, M., & Acquaah, G. (2013). De novo next-‐generation sequencing, assembling and annotation of Arachis hypogea L. Spanish botanical type whole plan transcriptome. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 126, 1145-‐1149.
Shumba, R., Ferguson-‐Boucher, K., Sweedyk, E., Taylor, C., Franklin, G., Turner, C., Sande, C., Acholonu, G., Bace, R., & Hall, L. (2013). Cybersecurity, women and minorities: ?indings and recommendations from a preliminary investigation. In Proceedings of the ITiCSE working group reports conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education-‐working group reports (ITiCSE -‐WGR 2013). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1-‐14.
Mivule, K., & Turner, C. (2013). “A Comparative Analysis of Data Privacy and Utility Parameter Adjustment Using Machine Learning Classi?ication as a Gauge,” Procedia Computer Science, 20, 414-‐419.
Mivule, K., & Turner, C. (2013). “Homomorphic Encryption,” Procedia Computer Science, 20, 502-‐509.
Mivule, K., & Turner, C. (2013). “An Investigation of Data Privacy and Utility Preservation Using KNN Classi?ication as a Gauge,” International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE 2013), July 22-‐25, 203-‐204, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Mivule, K., Josyula, D., & Turner, C. (2013). “Data Privacy Preservation in Multi-‐Agent Learning Systems,” The Fifth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications, COGNITIVE 2013, May 27 -‐ June 1, 2013, Valencia, Spain.
Mivule, K., Turner, C., & Ji, S. Y. (2012). "Towards A Differential Privacy and Utility Preserving Machine Learning Classi?ier,” Procedia Computer Science, 176-‐181.
Mivule, K., & Turner, C. (2012). “Applying Data Privacy Techniques on Published Data in Uganda,” Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on e-‐Learning, e-‐Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-‐Government (EEE 2012), 110-‐115.
Faculty Scholarship
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Faculty Scholarship !Mivule, K., & Turner, C. (2012), “A Comparative Analysis of Data Privacy and Utility Parameter Adjustment, Using Machine Learning Classi?ication as a Gauge,” Procedia Computer Science, 20, 414-‐419.
Mivule, K., & Turner, C. (2013). “An Investigation of Data Privacy and Utility Preservation Using KNN Classi?ication as a Gauge”, International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE 2013), July 22-‐25, 203-‐204, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Attipoe, A., & Yan, J. (2013). Facial Expression Recognition using Adaptive Templates. Proceeding of The 2013 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, July 22-‐25, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Acquaah, K., Agada, R., & Yan, J. (2013). A Real-‐time Emotion Mirror System. Proceeding of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Games Multimedia and Allied Technologies, March 22-‐23, Singapore.
Agada, R., & Yan, J. (2012). Research to Improve communication by Pedagogical Agents. Journal of Next Generation Information Technology. 3(1), 58-‐69.
Yan, J., & Agada, R. (2012). Life-‐Like Animated Virtual Tutor Embedded Learning Module. Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on E-‐Learning, E-‐Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and E-‐Government, July 16-‐19, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 225–228.
Gross, K., & Yan, J. (2012). Speech-‐Driven Animation of an Expressive Talking Avatar. Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, July 16-‐19, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 48–51.
Solymosi, Tibor. (2013). "Against Representation: A Brief Introduction to Cultural Affordances," Human Affairs, 23, 594-‐605.
Solymosi, Tibor. (2013). "Cooking Up Consciousness," Contemporary Pragmatism,10:2, 173-‐191.
Solymosi , T., & Shook, J. (2013). "Neuropragmatism and the Culture of Inquiry: Moving Beyond Creeping Cartesianism," Intellectica, 60 (2), 137-‐159.
Perlis, D., Cox, M., Maynord, M., McNany, E., Paisner, M, Shivashankar, V., Hand, E., Shamwell, J., Oates, T., Tongchun, D., Josyula, D., & Caro, M. (2013). A broad vision for intelligent behavior: perpetual real-‐world cognitive agents, 2013 Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems: Workshop on Metacognition in Situated Agents, Computer Science Technical Report No. CS-‐TR-‐5030, 1-‐16.
M’Balé, K., & Josyula, D. (2013). General Purpose Metacognition Engine, 2013 Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems: Workshop on Metacognition in Situated Agents, Computer Science Technical Report No. CS-‐TR-‐5030, 35-‐50.
Caro, M., Josyula, D., & Jimenez, J. (2013). Metamemory for Information Retrieval from Long-‐term Memory in Arti?icial Cognitive Systems, 2013 Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems: Workshop on Metacognition in Situated Agents, Computer Science Technical Report No. CS-‐TR-‐5030, 17-‐34.
M’Balé, K., & Josyula, D. (2013). A Metacognitive Agent for Reducing Brittleness of Arti?icial Systems, Proceedings of the 2013 AAAI Fall Symposium on Integrated Cognition. 55-‐62.
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Josyula, D., & M’Balé, K. (2013). Bounded Metacognition, Fifth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications, 147-‐152.
McNany, E., Josyula, D., Cox, M., Paisner, M., & Perlis, D. (2013). Metacognitive Guidance in a Dialog Agent, Fifth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications,. 137-‐140.
Mivule, K., Josyula, D., & Turner, C. (2013). An Overview of Data Privacy in Multi-‐Agent Learning Systems, Fifth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications, 14-‐20.
M'Balé, K., Josyula, D., and Sharma, S. (2013). Topic-‐Based Service Integration in Software Systems, Proceedings of the ISCA 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Engineering (SEDE-‐2013), Los Angeles, California, USA, 3-‐8.
Chaobin, L., & Petulante, N. (2013). A weak limit theorem for quantum walks on the half-‐line, International Journal of Quantum Information, 11(5), 1350054.
Chaobin, L. (2012). Asymptotic distributions of quantum walks on the line with two entangled coins, Quantum Information Processing, 11 (5), 1193-‐1205.
Bakare, O., Butcher, R., Berhe, S., & Anderson, A. J. (2013). “2-‐Chloro-‐3-‐dibutyrylamino-‐1,4-‐naphthoquinone”(1): Acta Cryst. E 2013, 69(8), o1230.
Brandy, Y., Brandy, N., Akinboye, E., Lewis, M., Mouamba, C., Mack, S., Butcher, R. J., Anderson, A. J., & Bakare, O. (2013). Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Unsymmetrical and Symmetrical 3-‐Halo-‐ or 3-‐Methoxy-‐ substituted 2-‐Dibenzoylamino-‐1,4-‐naphthoquinone Derivatives. Molecules 18(2), 1973-‐1984.
Osano. A. A., Siboe G. M; Kokwaro J. O., & Ochanda J.O. (2013). Biodegradation of DDT (1,1,1, Trichloro –2,2 – Bis 4 chlorophenyl Ethane by Pleurotus luteoalbus Beeli. Discovery and Innovation. October.
Tchomobe, G.B., 1* Osano, A., 1* Laux , M.T., 2*, & Aregullin, M. A.. 2* Bowie State University*1 and Cornell University 2. (2013). Invitro Antibiotic, Allellopathic and Cytotoxicity of Ethnopharmacologically selected Medicinal Plants from Dominican Republic. Penn Science 11(1) Fall 2012-‐ Spring 2013.
Bauhen, J., Osano, A.,* Laux, M. T., & Aregullin, M. A. 2013. Bowie State University*1 and Cornell University2 (2013). “Bioactive properties of six medicinal plants in the Dominican Republic. Penn Science, 12 (2). Fall.
Ji, S. Y., Belle, A., Ward, K., Ryan, K., Rickards, C., Convertino, V., & Najarian, K. (2013). Heart Rate Variability Analysis during Central Hypovolemia using Wavelet Transformation, Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, Springer, JCMC-‐D-‐12-‐00583R2.
Belle, A., Ji, S. Y., Chen, W., Huynh, T., & Najarian, K. (2014)."Rule-‐based Computer Aided Decision Making for Traumatic Brain Injuries." In Machine Learning in Healthcare Informatics, 229-‐259. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Ji, S. Y., Sharma, S., Yu, B., Jeong, D.H. (2012). Designing a rule-‐based hourly rainfall prediction model, IEEE Intl. Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 303-‐308.
Mivule, K., Turner, C., Ji, S. Y. (2012). Towards A Differential Privacy and Utility Preserving Machine Learning Classi?ier, Procedia Computer Science, 12, 176-‐181.
Cachau, R. E., Braden, B.C., Collins, J.R., Casas-‐Finet, J. (2014). Nanoparticles characterization using HDR-‐NTA image analysis. SPIE Photonics West -‐ BIOS: Biomedical Optics Volume 8954, January 31-‐February 7, 2014.
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Faculty Scholarship Cachau, R. E., Braden, B.C., Collins, J.R., Topol, I. A., & Casas-‐Finet, J. (2014). Soft nanomaterials characterization using low voltage-‐high contrast electron microscopy and advanced image reconstruction techniques. SPIE Photonics West -‐ BIOS: Biomedical Optics Volume 8954, January 31-‐February 7.
Cook Bell, Karen. (2013). “Richard Richardson and the Slave Trade in Savannah,” in Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris eds. Slavery and Freedom in Savannah. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2014.
Cook Bell, Karen. (2013). “‘The Things They Carried’: Resistance, Knowledge and Information Transfer from West Africa to Low Country Georgia,” in Julius O. Adekunle and Hettie V. Williams eds. Converging Identities: Blackness in the Contemporary Diaspora. Carolina Academic Press, 2013.
Cook Bell, Karen. (2013). “Robert Smalls and the Politics of Race and Freedom in Low Country South Carolina,” in Matthew Lynch ed. Before Obama: A Reappraisal of Black Reconstruction Era Politicians. New York: Praeger, 2012.
Cook Bell, Karen. (2012). “Slavery, Disease, and Suffering in the Southern Lowcountry,” Journal of American History, March (Book Review).
BOOKS Pillay, M., Ude G. N., & Kole, C. (2012). Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Bananas. Series on Genetics, Genomics and breeding of Crop Plants. Series Editor Chittaranjan Kole, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA. CRC Press, Science Publishers.
Shook, J. R., & Solymosi, T. (Eds.). (2014). Pragmatist Neurophilosophy: American Philosophy and the Brain. London & New York: Bloomsbury.
Shook, J. R., & Solymosi, T. (Eds.). (2014). Neuroscience, Neurophilosophy and Pragmatism: Understanding Brains at Work in the World. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Langmia, K., O’Brien, P., Sturgis, I., Tyree, T. (2013). Social Media: Pedagogy and Practice. Rowman and Little?ield: Lanham: MD.
Akassi, M., & Basena, D. (Eds.). (2013). Interactive Writing. Boston: Pearson.
Akassi, M., & Basena, D. (Eds.). (2013). Expository Writing, Argument, and Research. Boston: Pearson.
Akassi, M. L., (Ed.). (2013). Research and Writing Across The Curriculum. Boston: Pearson.
BOOK CHAPTER
Ude G.N, Irish, B. M., & Acquaah G. (2012). Molecular marker survey of genetic diversity in the genus Garcinia. In chapter 20 of Principles of plant genetics and breeding by George Acquaah, 2nd edition. Wiley-‐Blackwell.
PRESENTATIONS
Acquaah, George. (2013). “Genetically engineered and Conventional Crop Cultivars in Sub-‐Saharan Africa Agriculture: Sowing Seeds of Change,” BIT’s Third Annual World Congress of Agriculture, Hangzhou, China, September 23-‐25.
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Acquaah, George. (2013). “Implications of Biotechnology, Climate Change, and Poverty Reduction in National Development in Africa.” Keynote Speaker. Second International Conference on Biotechnology and National Development (ICOBAND). Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Nigeria, October 9-‐12. !Miller, M. Sammye. (2014). “Student Intervention Process To Ensure Academic Success in Three Year Pharmacy Program" and "Predictors of Academic Performance in a Three Year Pharmacy Program,” Session Chairperson 17th Annual HBCU Summit on Retention, March 13-‐15, Ocean City, Maryland !Miller, M. Sammye. (2014). Scholars Forum, "Preparing to Leave College.” Keynote speaker. Bowie State University, April 3. !Miller, M. Sammye. (2014). Senior Leader Program, Class 9, National Policy Seminar, USDA, Forest Service, "Overview on Government and Congressional Operations,” February 26. !Miller, M. Sammye. (2013). “Carter G. Woodson's View on Negro Higher Education,” Session: “Tell Them We're Rising: History, Education, and the Arts and the Importance of the HBCU,” 98th Annual ASALH Meeting, Jacksonville, Florida, October 2-‐6. !Miller, M. Sammye. (2013). National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week Conference, "A New Paradigm for Educating the 21st Century Student,” attendee, Washington, D.C., September 26-‐27.
Miller, M. Sammye. (2012). “Mary Church Terrell: Feminism and the Black Gentry during the Gilded Age, 1880 -‐1920," Session Title: “Lifting as We Climb: The Role of Education and Activism in the Lives of Terrell, Putney and Williams,” 97th Annual Meeting of ASALH, Pittsburgh, Pa., September 26-‐September 30. !Lewis, W. (2014). Kwame Nkrumah's Legacy: His Theological Vision and the Quest for Pan-‐Africanism. National Association of African American Studies Conference, February 13. Baton Rouge, LA.
Lewis, W. (2013). Shared Vision: How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Moses Used Theological Vision to Guide Their Paths. Martin Luther King, Jr. Conference, April 4, 2013. Bowie State University.
Harris, J. H. (2014). Sit-‐In Movement in 1960 in Baton Rouge, LA. On the Frontlines for Justice: Student Activism and the Civil Rights Movement. March 5, 2014, Bowie, MD. Women’s History Month Program. Department of History and Government, Bowie State University.
Harris, J. H. (2013). Charles Harris Wesley: Words of Wisdom. Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) Annual Convention, October. Jacksonville, FL.
Harris, J. H. (2012). “Martha S. Putney: Educator, Activist and Scholar. Celebrating the Past & Claiming the Future,” March 28. Bowie State University, Bowie, MD.
Shumba, R., Ferguson-‐Boucher, K., Sweedyk, E., Taylor, G., Turner, C., Sande, C., Acholonu, G., Bace, R., & Hall, L. (2013). Cybersecurity, women and minorities: ?indings and recommendations from a preliminary investigation. In Proceedings of the ITiCSE working group reports conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education-‐working group reports (ITiCSE -‐WGR '13). Jul 1-‐3, University of Kent, Cantebury, UK.
Mivule, K., Josyula, D., & Turner, C. (2013). “Data Privacy Preservation in Multi-‐Agent Learning Systems”, The Fifth International Conference on Advanced Cognitive Technologies and Applications – COGNITIVE 2013, May 27 -‐ June 1, 2013, Valencia, Spain.
Ude, G., Okoro, M., Ebiringa, C., & Micklos, D. (2014). DNA Barcoding projects used to enhance hands-‐on laboratory experience and undergraduate research at Bowie State University (BSU), USA and Godfrey Okoye University (GOU), Nigeria. Presented at International Plant and Animal Genome XXII. January 11-‐15, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Faculty Scholarship Ude, G., Okoro M., Ebiringa C., & Micklos, D. (2013). DNA Barcode Initiative for the Species of Eastern Nigeria. Presented at the 2nd, International Conference of Biotechnology, organized by Godfrey Okoye University at Enugu State Nigeria, Oct. 6-‐13.
Ude, George. (Keynote Speaker) (2014) – “A New Biology: Increasingly Important Role of Interdisciplinary Teams”. Presented at the College of Arts and Sciences Scholars Forum. CLT 102, Bowie State University. March 6.
Ude, George. (2014) -‐ Why do you need a mentor and how do you get one? Presented at the program organized by the BSU Of?ice of Undergraduate Research on Feb. 12.
Sznajder, R. (2014). Attended the 2014 Spring Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, March 29-‐30. Presented an invited talk, On the block-‐norm P-‐property, at the Special Session on Optimization and Related Topics.
Sznajder, R. (2014). Gave a seminar lecture, Hypatia of Alexandria: First Woman Mathematician, at Bowie State University, March 28.
Sznajder, R. (2013). Attended the Complementarity and Variational Inequality cluster of Mathematical Programming cluster at the EURO-‐INFORMS, 265th European Conference on Operations Research, Rome, Italy, July 1-‐4. Presented an invited talk, On the irreducibility, self-‐duality, and non-‐homogeneity of completely positive cones.
Chaobin, L., (Principal Organizer) & Petulante, N. (Co-‐Organizer) (2014). Organized the AMS Special Session on Quantum Walks, Quantum Computation, and Related Topics at 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD, January 15-‐18.
Chaobin, L., (Principal Organizer) & Petulante, N. (Co-‐Organizer) (2013). Organized the AMS Special Session on Quantum Walks and Related Topics at 2013 Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA, January 9-‐12.
Anderson, Alan. (2013) National Chemistry Week event, Ludlow-‐Taylor Elementary, Washington, DC, October 24.
Anderson, Alan. (2013). The Synthesis of Novel Alternative Informational Systems, The Center for Chemical Evolution, Georgia Tech, July 7.
Anderson, Alan. April 5, 2013 Synthesis of the “Proposed” Kedarcidin Chromophore, Howard University. !ShefUield, S.R. (2014). “The owls of North America,” given at the monthly meeting of the Howard County Bird Club (part of Maryland Ornithological Society), Robinson Nature Center, Columbia, MD, 8 May (INVITED).
ShefUield, S.R. (2014). “Population dynamics and conservation of the western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) in North America: a 15-‐year update,” given at the monthly meeting of the Howard County Bird Club (part of Maryland Ornithological Society), Robinson Nature Center, Columbia, MD, 8 May (INVITED).
Shirgaonkar, S., Jeong, D. H., Huynh, T., & Ji, S. Y. (2012). Designing a Robust Bleeding Detection Method for Brain CT Image Analysis, Proceedings of IEEE Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), International Workshop on Multiscale Biomedical Image Analysis (MBIA), Oct. 4-‐7. Poster.
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!Cherif, L., Ji, S. Y., & Jeong, D. H. (2014). Utilization of visual analytical approach to detect anomalies in large network traf?ic data, NIST Data Science Symposium, March 4-‐5, Gaithersburg, MD.
Osano A. A. (2013). DNA Barcoding Approach to Species Authentication and Validation of Actaea racemosa (Black Cohosh). ASPB (American Society of Plant Biologists) Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, July 20-‐24.
Lang, Clayton. (2012). Moderator, Panel Discussion, Romare Bearden and the Art of Collecting, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD.
Lang, Clayton. (2012). Presenter, Tribute to Georgette Seabrooke Powell, Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC. !Lang, Clayton. (2013). Presenter, Tribute to Skunder, a Celebration of Art and Culture, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. !Lang, Clayton. (2013). Moderator, Panel Discussion on Public Art, Fine and Performing Arts Center, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD. !Love Asante, M., Johnson, J., & Watson, L. (2014). "Mindfulness in the Classroom: A Study in Teaching Composition" at Horizons-‐-‐'What's Past is Prologue," the College English Association 45th Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD, March 27-‐29. !Akassi, Monique. (2014). “Creole, Languages, and Politics of Racial Pro?iling, in the Trayvon Martin Case.” College Language Association. New Orleans, LA., March 26-‐29. !Akassi, Monique. (2014). “An Ethnographic Study on Rhetorical and Linguistic Accounts of Digital Literacy Among Marginalized Students.” CCCC, Indianapolis, IN. March 21. !Akassi, Monique. (2014). “A Rhetorical Analysis of Michelle Obama’s ‘Confronting Black Fear’ in Vulnerable Times Through A Neo Double Consciousness Theoretical Lens.” Modern Language Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. January 11. !Akassi, Monique. (2013). “W.E.B. Du Bois and Africana Sociocriticism.” University of Guanajuato. Guanajuato, Mexico. November 13-‐15. !Akassi, Monique. (2013). “A Rhetorical Analysis on Rupturing Barriers of Alienation in W.E.B. Du Bois’s Works.” College Language Association. Lexington, Kentucky, April 9-‐12. !Akassi, Monique. (2013). “A Comparative Analysis on an Effective Teaching Methodology Applied to Electronic Portfolios for African American Students in Online, Hybrid, and In-‐Class Writing Courses.” CCCC Conference. Las Vegas Nevada, March 14. !Akassi, Monique. (2013). “A Rhetoric of Dealienation W.E.B. Du Bois’s Works.” W. E. B. Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta, 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference Clark Atlanta University. Clark Atlanta University. Atlanta, Georgia, February 20-‐23. !CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
Bartlett, B. (2014). Co-‐founded THE WELDERS, a DC-‐area playwrights’ collective, modeled after NYC’s PS13, devoted to building a new platform for new play development in our region. The Welders are in residence at The Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, DC (www.welders.org).
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Faculty Scholarship Bartlett, B. (2014). Bareback Ink. Runs at Baltimore’s Iron Crow Theatre Company from May 30-‐June 14. Bartlett, B. (2014). Swimming with Whales. Semi-‐?inalist for the 2014 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Bartlett, B. (2014). Kansas is a semi-‐?inalist for the 2013 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Bartlett, B. (2013). Directed the BSU Theatre production of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, adapted by Ellen McLaughlin, which was an invited production to the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival, Region II.
Melchishua, T. (2013-‐2014). www.vimeo.com/thatsoulcinematic.
Dean’s Award !Outstanding International Service Dr. Rita Wutoh !Dr. Rita Wutoh is currently the Director of the Henry Wise Student Health and Wellness Center at Bowie State University. She has served in that position since November of 2008. Prior to her arriving at Bowie State, she worked in private practice at Maryland Primary Care Physicians in Bowie, MD for three years. Dr. Wutoh received her Board Certi?ication in Internal Medicine in 1997. In addition, Dr. Wutoh has served in a number of leadership roles including Executive Director of African Futures Forum, Inc. a nonpro?it organization based in Washington D.C. dedicated to training youth in Africa and the Diaspora in health and education, Assistant Professor in Allied Health Sciences at Howard University, Fellow in International Health Policy at Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Fellow in Medical Informatics at Howard University. Dr. Wutoh has been actively involved in Women's Health for 13 years. She has received numerous grant awards for programming in tobacco cessation, women's wellness and sexual assault. Dr. Wutoh received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and her medical degree from the University of Maryland. In addition, she received her Master's in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD. Dr. Wutoh has been happily married to Dr. Anthony Wutoh, who is currently Associate Dean at the School of Pharmacy at Howard University, for 11 years and they are the proud parents of two daughters, Nadya and Niya. Dr. Wutoh loves to spend time with her family, and travel to Africa. Her hobbies are collecting glass beads and croquet.
Dean’s Award !Outstanding Support U.S. ARMY
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Dean’s Award Outstanding legacy The Douglas Council Chemistry Scholarship for High Performing Students
The Douglas Council Family takes pride in its commitment to the traditional values of Service and Family. Dr. Douglas Council was Professor o f Chemistry and Chairman of the Natural Sciences at the former Bowie State College, now Bowie State University. He earned his Ph.D. from Howard University and his B.S. from Benedict College. Later he served as Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He was initiated in the Gamma Mu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1962. He was known as an outstanding teacher and scholar who demanded nothing short of excellence from his students. Dr. Council retired from Bowie State on January 1, 2009, and he died shortly thereafter.
To honor his memory, his widow, Mrs. Marie Council, established the Dr. Douglas Council Chemistry Scholarship in 2013 in the amount of $5,000. The ?irst recipient of this award is Ms. Tiara Askew.
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M. Sammye Miller holds a Ph.D. in Legal History from the Catholic University of America and received his M.A.T. (History) from Trinity University and a B.A. (History) from Delaware State University. He completed a post doctoral experience at Stanford University in Constitutional Law and History under the direction of Professor Don E. Fehrenbacher. He has served as Humanist Administrator and Historian in the Division of Public Program at the National Endowment for the Humanities. He also served as Assistant for Projects and Community Services at The Association for the Study of Afro-‐American Life and History (ASALH) in Washington, D.C. and later as its Executive Director. Dr. Miller also served as Assistant to the Vice-‐President for Planning and Development at Bowie State University in Maryland; he has also served three terms as the Chairman of the Department of History & Government and currently serving a fourth term. He was the former Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences and Special Assistant to the Provost in the Office of Academic Affairs at Bowie State University. Dr. Miller is the former editor of the "Negro History Bulletin" and the author of numerous articles in scholarly and popular journals which are included among the journals at left. ! MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Dr. Miller has been a Board of Trustees Scholar (Catholic University), Penfield Fellow and Knight of Columbus Fellow. He is a holder of the NAFEO RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD and is a frequent guest lecturer before learned societies, federal agencies and community organizations. He is also a member of the Phi Alpha Theta and Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Societies, 4th degree Knight of Columbus and a Life Member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He was nominated as a Walter J. Leonard Fellow at the Centre for Socio-‐Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford University in England. Most recently, Dr. Miller was appointed to three Boards at the United States Department of State: Senior Foreign Service, Senior Executive Pay Performance and DSRB ( Department Senior Review Board) for Distinguished and Meritorious Service, whose nominees are recommended to the White House for Presidential Awards. Dr. Miller will be leaving the State Department to perform similar Board Service for the United States Agency for International Development. !TRAVEL Dr. Miller traveled extensively for the National Endowment for the Humanities where he visited many cultural institutions in the United States including the Chinese Cultural Foundation of San Francisco, the Pierpont Morgan Library of New York, the Arizona State Museum along with a number of African-‐American Museums including the DuSable Museum of Chicago, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society in Providence and the Historic Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His international site visits include extensive tours of the Peoples Republic of China, Japan, the Middle East, West, East and North Africa, Western Europe and the Caribbean. !PERSONAL He is married to the former Gloria J. Sellman of Lothian, Maryland, and they reside in Glenn Dale, Maryland.
Journal of Negro History !Black Collegian Journal of American History !Black Scholar !Journal of Southern History !Présence Africaine Negro History Bulletin !Black Books Bulletin The Historian !The Crisis
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!The Vision: The College of Arts and Sciences
will be known nationally as a Teacher-Scholar College !Teaching is paramount, but scholarship is the hallmark of the academy. The College will be known for scholarly
approach to teaching and the scholarship of research and teaching. Teaching will be informed by scholarship. Both faculty members and students will have the mindset of scholars.
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The sine qua non of a great university is academic excellence, as measured by the quality of the research, scholarship and graduates it produces, along with their collective impact on the larger society. JoAnn Haysbert
To make teaching a gift that keeps on giving, teach to innovate and inspire. George Acquaah
Not failure but low aim is sin. Benjamin Elijah Mays
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
