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Faculty Achievements

2013-2014

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Nadia AbgrabBusiness Studies and Economics/Associate ProfessorConferences Attended36th American Marketing Association Collegiate Conference, New Orleans, La. April10-12, 2014. 24th American Society for Competitiveness, Pittsburg, Penn. November 7-9, 2013. IACBE Regional Accreditation Conference, Rindge, N.H., October 17, 2013. 2013 Clute Institute International Academic Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., September23-25, 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Social Media Marketing – Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility,” with C. Curley.Best Paper in Track, Clute Institute International Academic Conference, Las Vegas,Nev., 2013.Papers Presented“How Gamification Rewards College-Aged Consumer Loyalty: One Click at a Time,”with T. Tegtmeier. 24th American Society for Competitiveness, Pittsburg, Penn., 2013. “Social Media Marketing – Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility,” with C. Curley.2013 Clute Institute International Academic Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., 2013. Articles Published“How Gamification Rewards College-Aged Consumer Loyalty: One Click at a Time,”with T. Tegtmeier. 24th American Society for Competitiveness, Pittsburg, Penn.Competitive Forum: V.11 No. 2, 2013, ISSN# 1545-2581, pp. 177-183.Other Scholarly AchievementsSession Chair: Clute Institute International Academic Conference Advisory Council,Session Chair, Discussant, Editorial Board, Reviewer, and Track Chair for StudentPapers: 24th American Society for Competitiveness Conference, Pittsburg, Penn.,2013. Reviewer & Finalist Judge, Annual Reports & Chapter Plans; Moderator, SmallChapter Success: American Marketing Association’s International CollegiateConference, New Orleans, La. 2014. Survey Participant: Nordstrom Advisory Panel, Seattle, Wash.

Thomas ArrudaChemistry/Assistant ProfessorArticles Published“In situ formation of micron-scale Li-metal anodes with high cyclability,” with others,ECS Electrochemistry Letters, 3(1), A4-A7, 2014. “Toward Quantitative Electrochemical Measurements of the Nanoscale by Scanningprobe Microscopy: Environmental and Current Spreading Effects,” with others. ACSNano, 7(9), 8175-8182, 2013. “Ferroelectric Switching of Epitaxial BaTiO3 films on Silicon Without ConductingBottom Electrode,” with others. Nature Nanotechnology, 8(10), 478-754, 2013.

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Luigi BradizzaPolitical Science/Assistant ProfessorPapers Presented“The Place of Philosophy in Xenophon’s Cyropaedia,” Society for Ancient GreekPhilosophy and the Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy, 31st Annual Meeting,New York, N.Y., October 12, 2013.Articles PublishedBook chapter: “Richard Rorty’s Secular Gods and Unphilosophic Philosophers,” inReason, Revelation, and the Civic Order: Political Philosophy and the Claims of Faith,ed. P. DeHart and C. Holloway, DeKalb, Ill.: Northern Illinois University Press, 2014.Books/Papers PublishedBook: Richard T. Ely’s Critique of Capitalism, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsInstructor: Swiss Teacher Program, Articles of Confederation and the U.S.Constitution, Salve Regina University, July 19, 2013. Panel Chair: “The American Founders on Power, Responsibility, and History” panel,American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Ill., August 29, 2013. Public address: Constitution Day, with K. Habib. “Can You Hear Me Now?: NSA DomesticWiretapping and the Constitution,” Salve Regina University, September 17, 2013. Moderator: “Dysfunction in Washington,” Pell Center Roundtable, Salve ReginaUniversity, October 18, 2013.

Michael BuddHumanities (Grad)/ProfessorConferences AttendedCurrent Strategy Forum: “American Grand Strategy: Power and Purpose in the 21stCentury,” Naval War College, Newport, R.I., June 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Chivalric Culture and Cyborganism: tribe and territory in a holographic age ofhuman security,” 8th Annual ICOHTEC Symposium on Social History of MilitaryTechnology.Other Scholarly AchievementsFaculty Fellow: Pell Center. External Reviewer: Academic Program Review: Criminal Justice Department, BayState College, Boston, Mass., July-November 2013. Advisory Board Member: Regis College, Heritage Studies. Moderator: Feature documentary block: Teja Arboleda, Story Day 2014: MovingImages, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Salve ReginaUniversity, April 11, 2014.

Christopher CarboneHolistic Graduate Programs/LecturerArtistic Performaces and/or ExhibitsCo-Led: “A Moment for Peace,” United Nations International Day of Peace, Newport,R.I., September 2013.

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Created and Performed: “Music as a teaching/learning vehicle for life skills in earlychildhood,” Newport School Department, “Baby Steps” Program, Newport, R.I.,September 2012, March 2013. Created and Performed: “Mindfulness,Yoga, & Movement,” Providence Library, FamilyLearning Sunday series; Winter 2013. Musical performances: Newport Bridgefest, Newport, R.I., Summer 2013 Musical performances: Newport Winter Festival, Newport, R.I., February 2014Scholarly PresentationsPresentation: “Holistic Approaches: East Meets West,” R.I. Rehabilitation AssociationConference, Warwick, R.I., April 2013.Presentation: “Positive Power Inside: Music, Rhythm & Story with Bereaved Children,”Symposium on Drama Therapy Approaches, Lesley University, Boston, Mass.November 2013.Books/Papers Published“The Positive Power Inside: Integrating Sound, Music, Rhythm and Story withChildren in Bereavement Camp,” In Linden, S. B., & Hinsdale, K. “The heart and soulof psychotherapy: “A transpersonal approach through theater arts.” Bloomington, Ind:Trafford Publishing, 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsOrganizer: “Honoring the Earth, Honoring Each Other, through the Arts,” SalveRegina University Expressive & Creative Arts Conference, Newport, R.I.

Troy CattersonPhilosophy/Assistant ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Blindsiding God: Diderot on proving the existence of God to a man born blind.”Alliance Francaise de Newport in coordination with the Pell Honors Program, SalveRegina University, October 10, 2013.Papers Presented“Rehabilitating Aquinas’ Psychological Model of the Trinity,” 31st Annual Meeting ofthe Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy and the Society for the Study of IslamicPhilosophy, Fordham University, October 12, 2013.Books/Papers Published“The Importance of Being Identical: On how not to derive a contradiction in a meta-physical theory,” in Ten Years After Donald Davidson, ed. C. Tandy. Los Angeles: RiaUniversity Press, 2013.

Jameson ChaceBiology and Biomedical Science/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedNortheast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium Northeast NaturalHistory Conference.Joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and Wilson OrnithologicalSociety. New England Environmental Education Alliance Conference.

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Scholarly Presentations“Sustainable STEM education through hydroponics: a workshop,” with others. “Why are pewees rarely parasitized? Host-parasite interactions at an urban-wildlandinterface,” with A. Cruz, J. J. Walsh, and T. Tuff. Poster Presentation, Animal BehaviorSociety annual meeting, Boulder, Col., 2013. “The Prevalence of Plasmodium in Migrant and Resident Birds,” with M. J. Simpson.Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, Mass., 2013. Sloman, S., J. F. Chace, R. Simmons, and R. Porter. Impacts of the Urban Environmenton Corticosterone Levels in Black-Capped Chickadee ((Poecile atricapillus) andTufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor). Northeast Natural History Conference,Springfield, Mass. “Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) stopover habitat use and evaluation ofhabitat quality in coastal Rhode Island,” with K. L. McDermott and J. Kane. NortheastNatural History Conference, Springfield, Mass. “Evaluation of stopover habitat quality by comparing habitat use by residents andshort-distance migrant sparrows in a coastal shrubland of Rhode Island,” with J. Kaneand K. L. McDermott. Joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists andWilson Ornithological Society, Newport, R.I. “Evaluating the effect of a conservation easement as a fall migratory bird stopoversite,” with D. Cowell, S. Meschwitz, and A. Igo. Joint meeting of the Association ofField Ornithologists and Wilson Ornithological Society, Newport, R.I.Articles Published“Collaborative projects increase student learning outcome performance in non-majorsenvironmental science course,” Journal of College Science Teaching. “A century of waterbird trends in Boulder County,” with A. Cruz and H. M. SwansonColorado Birds 48: 11-41, 2014.Books/Papers Published“Library Showcase: Modeling Sustainability Across Campus,” with D. E. Wichowski.Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries (M. A.Jankowska, ed.), Library Juice Press, Sacramento, Calif. pp 91-105, 2014.Honors ReceivedFaculty Fellow: Campus Compact

Emily Cilli-TurnerMathematical Sciences/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedPsychology of Mathematics Education, North American Chapter (PME-NA), Chicago, Ill. Mathematics Association of America (MAA) Sectional Meeting, Wheaton College,Norton, Mass. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, Md. Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), Denver, Col.Scholarly Presentations“The Mathematics of the Game of Set,” Sonoma State University.Papers Presented“Effects of Collaborative Revision on Undergraduate Students’ Proof Validation Skills,”

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Psychology of Mathematics Education, North American Chapter (PME-NA), Chicago, Ill.Articles Published“Effects of collaborative revision on undergraduate students’ proof validation skills,”Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of theInternational Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA),Chicago, Ill., 2013.Honors ReceivedFellow: Project NExT.

Emily Colbert CairnsModern and Classical Languages/Assistant ProfessorPapers Presented“Queen Esther: The New World Reception of two sixteenth-century SacramentalActs,” City University of N.Y., N.Y. May 1-2, 2014. “Queen Esther in Two Sacramental Acts.” New England Modern LanguageAssociation. Harrisburg, Penn. April 4-7, 2014. “Dissimulation, Conversos, and Humorin Retrato de la Lozana Andaluza.” International Society for Luso-Hispanic HumorStudies. University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. October 14-17, 2013.Articles Published“Unstable Identities in La española inglesa,” General Proceedings Publication: 34thPSU Medieval and Renaissance. “Travel, Contact, Exchange,” Forum, PHI Press, April19-20, 2013.“Esther among crypto-Jews and among Christians: Queen Esther and the Inquisitionmanuscripts of Isabel de Carvajal and Lope de Vega’s La hermosa Ester,” CHASQUI:Revista de literatura latinoamericana, November 2013.

Craig CondellaPhilosophy/Associate ProfessorPapers Presented“Of Nature Unseen: Founding and Eco-Consciousness in Heidegger and Aristotle,”American Catholic Philosophical Association 2013 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Ind.Articles Published“The Philosophy of Technology” in Robert L. Fastiggi (ed.) New Catholic Encyclopedia,Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy, Detroit: Gale Cengage, 4: 1504-8, 2013.

Debra CurtisSociology and Anthropology/Assistant ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Do women want what they’ve got?” with A. Frankel and S. Gunnip. EasternPsychological Association, Boston, Mass. March 13-16, 2014. “Unexpected Reactions to a tragedy,” with A. Frankel and D. Kelley. EasternPsychological Association, Boston, Mass. March 13-16, 2014.Papers Presented“Dangerous Dialogues,” The American Anthropological Association, 113th annualmeeting. Chicago, Ill. November 20-24, 2013.

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Judith DrewRehabilitation Counseling/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedNational Council on Rehabilitation Educators Conference, November 2013. International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals Conference, November, 2013.Scholarly PresentationsR.I. Business Leadership Network: Hiring People with Disabilities, June andSeptember 2013. In-service Training: R.I. Department of Health and Human Services, Disability aware-ness, communication strategies with people with disabilities, and providing accom-modations to provide more effective customer service and customer satisfaction.Books/Papers PublishedCo-author: book chapters: Psychometric Assessment in Forensic VocationalRehabilitation and Vocational Expert’s Role in Civil Litigation, in Foundation of ForensicVocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Springer Publishing Company, December 2013.

Myra EdelsteinBusiness Admin & Mgt (Grad)/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedAnnual Meeting of the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education, SanDiego, Calif., April 2014. Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development Summit, Brown University,Providence, R.I., April 2014. Social Enterprise Ecosystem and Economic Development Summit. Brown University,Providence, R.I., April 2014. Annual Meeting of the International Assembly of Collegiate Business Education.Orlando, Fla., April 2014.Scholarly Presentations“Business Ethics,” Keynote Speaker, Joint meeting, Rhode Island Chartered PropertyCasualty Underwriters (CPCU) Association and the International Association ofInsurance Professionals (IAIP). Warwick, R.I., April 2014. Salve Regina University Collegium X, Co-planner, co-facilitator with the Office of theVice President of Mission Integration, August 2013. “Stress Management Through Humor & Choice,” Keynote Address, Meeting of theOcean State Project Management Institute, Newport, R.I., June 2013. “Making It Real - The evolution of teaching through class projects: From communityservice to service learning to discipline-based consulting,” with N. Abgrab. SalveRegina University, Center for Teaching and Learning, May 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsConsultant: Assessment Project on Graduate Capstone Papers, School forInternational Training, Brattleboro, Vt. and Washington D.C. August 2013.Quoted in article: “Catholic Identity Remains Strong on College Campuses” by LauraKilgus, Rhode Island Catholic, May 16, 2013. Site Assessment Team Leader: International Assembly of Collegiate BusinessEducation (IACBE), Medaille College, Buffalo, N.Y., March 2013.

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Madeleine EschEnglish/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedAssociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AnnualConvention, Washington, D.C., August 8-11, 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsResearch Co-chair: Cultural and Critical Studies, Association for Education inJournalism and Mass Communication, 2013-2014.

Lois EvelethPhilosophy/ProfessorArticles Published“Clement of Alexandria and the Logos,” American Theological Inquiry, Vol 6, No. 237-44, July 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsDirector: Reading Christian Classics Series

Mary FoleyEducation/LecturerOther Scholarly AchievementsParticipant: Induction/Mentoring program, Salve Regina University EducationDepartment, Newport Public Schools and Rhode Island Department of Education.

Arthur FrankelPsychology/ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Unexpected reactions to a tragedy,” with D. Cutis and D. Kelley. Poster presentation,Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Mass., March 2014. “Do women want what they’ve got?” with D. Curtis and S. Gunnip. Poster presenta-tion, Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Mass., March 2014.

Carol GibbonsMathematical Sciences/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedMathematical Association of America Northeast Regional Meeting, Wheaton College,November 22-23, 2013. High Performance Computing Conference-USA, Hyatt Hotel, Newport, R.I., March 24-26, 2014.Articles Published“More Results on the Trichotomy Character of a Second-order Rational DifferenceEquation with Period-two Coefficients,” with C. B. Overdeep and S. Kalabusic.Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, Volume 19, Issue 6, pp. 994-1007,June 2013. Other Scholarly AchievementsWorkshop participant: CCICADA (Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for

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Advanced Data Analysis) Department of Homeland Security and Rutgers University,Forensics, 2014.

Nancy GordonHolistic Graduate Programs/Associate ProfessorArticles Published“Women and Leadership: An Integrative Focus on Equality,” Journal ofInterdisciplinary Feminist Thought. 7 (I), 2013.

Alice GrahamEducation/ProfessorPapers Presented“Teacher Preparation: What is of value and where do we go next?” TeacherEducation Division Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., November 2013. “Empowering Students with Exceptional Learning Needs through Service Learning,”Teacher Education Division Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., November 2013.

Robert GrahamTheatre Arts/Assistant ProfessorArtistic Performaces and/or ExhibitsLighting Design, Great Friends Dance Festival Lighting Design, Newport Nutcracker Lighting Design, R.I. Ballet Theatre Lighting Design, Mother Goose, Island Moving Company Lighting Design, Island Moving Company Spring Repertory Concert

Debra GrosskurthNursing/LecturerBook ReviewsBook Chapter: Community Health Nursing by G. Harkness, Lippincott Williams andWilkins

Lindsay GuarinoTheatre Arts/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedAmerican College Dance Festival, Boston Mass., 2014.Artistic Performances and/or ExhibitsChoreography: Suppliant/1214, Extensions Dance Company Concert, Casino Theatre,2014.Scholarly Presentations“Theatrical Jazz Dance Technique,” Master class, American College Dance Festival,February 2014.Articles Published“Jazz Dance Training via Private Studios, Competitions, and Conventions” in JazzDance: A History of the Roots and Branches, University Press of Florida, 2014.


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“Jazz Dance Styles,” with W. Oliver in Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots andBranches, University Press of Florida, 2014.Books/Papers PublishedBook: Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches, with W. Oliver, UniversityPress of Florida, 2014.

Donna Harrington-LuekerEnglish/ProfessorConferences AttendedPower of Narrative, Narrative Journalism Conference, Boston University, 2014.Book ReviewsLifestyle Journalism, Routledge Series: Journalism Studies: Theory and Practice,Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.Other Scholarly AchievementsPaper judge: Journalism History Division of the Association for Educators ofJournalism and Mass Communication and the Magazine Division, 2014 AEJMCConference. Book proposal reader/reviewer: media writing textbook, Sage Publications Program Review Committee/Outside Reviewer: Department of Communication,University of Nebraska at Kearney

Jacqueline JanickiNursing/LecturerScholarly Achievements“U.S. Health Care System,” Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. June, 2013. Fellows program participant: Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center, University ofRhode Island, October 2013 - May 2014. Developer: Rhode Island Nurse Residency program, R.I. Action Coalition andStepping Up R.I., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and R.I. Governor’s Workforce,Spring 2013 – Spring 2014.

Joseph LacoutureArt/ProfessorConferences AttendedNational Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) – Milwaukee, Wis.Artistic Performaces and/or Exhibits“Ceramic Invitational,” featured artist and lecturer, CCRI.Other Scholarly AchievementsOn-Site Board Liaison: NCECA 2015 Providence, R.I. Jury Member: R.I. Foundation Cerino Scholarship, Graduate Study in Arts Education.

Harold LawberBusiness Studies and Economics/ProfessorConferences Attended8th Annual International Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Conference, Charles


University Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 1, 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Economics and Literature: Image and Reality in 17th-Century France,” with K.Lawber. 8th Annual International Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Conference,Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 1, 2013.Papers Presented “Economics and Literature: Image and Reality in 17th-Century France,” with K. Lawber.8th Annual International Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Conference, CharlesUniversity, Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 1, 2013.

Katherine LawberModern and Classical Languages/ProfessorConferences Attended8th Annual International Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Conference, CharlesUniversity, Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 1, 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Economics and Literature: Image and Reality in 17th-Century France,” with H.Lawber. 8th Annual International Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Conference,Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 1, 2013.Papers Presented“Economics and Literature: Image and Reality in 17th-Century France,” with H.Lawber. 8th Annual International Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Conference,Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-August 1, 2013.

William LeemanHistory/Assistant ProfessorScholarly PresentationsModerator, Roundtable Discussion: “The Crisis in Syria,” Pell Center for InternationalRelations and Public Policy, Salve Regina University, October 2013. Moderator, Roundtable Discussion: “Women in Combat,” Pell Center for InternationalRelations and Public Policy, Salve Regina University, April 2013.Papers Presented“Thomas Jefferson’s War: Presidential War Powers, Partisanship, and the First BarbaryWar,” McMullen Naval History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis,Md., September 2013.Articles Published“From Pen to Sword: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Abolition, and the American Civil War,”Story in the Public Square Project: Pell Center for International Relations and PublicPolicy, Salve Regina University, 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsPresidential Faculty Award: Spring 2014

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Anthony LoPrestiReligious & Theological Studies/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedCatholic Theological Society of Amerca, 68th Annual Convention, Miami, Fla., June2013. “Faith and Academic Freedom in Civic Virtue,” the 23rd Annual National Conferenceof the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, University of Scranton,October 2013. “Global Learning in College: Asking Big Questions, Engaging Urgent Challenges,”Association of American Colleges and Universities, Providence, R.I., October 2013.Book Reviews“The Complete Introduction to the Devout Life” by Francis de Sales, translated andannotated by Fr. John-Julien, Theological Studies.Other Scholarly AchievementsOrganizer and leader: “Returning to the Roots of the Civil Rights Movement,” BusTour, Salve Regina University in cooperation with the Massachusetts College ofLiberal Arts, March 7-15, 2014.

Anthony MangieriArt/Assistant ProfessorScholarly Presentations“The Art of Greek Vase-Painting: Masterpieces in Context,” Invited lecture, RhodeIsland College, Providence, R.I., February 17, 2014.

Jon MarcouxCultural & Historic Preservation/Assistant ProfessorScholarly Presentations“A Plantation on His Own Land”: The Archaeology of Lord Ashley’s St. Giles Kussoe,McKillop Library Lecture Series, Salve Regina University.Papers Presented“Documenting Social Coalescence in the Potting Traditions of a Late Seventeenth-Century Cherokee Community,” 70th Annual Southeastern ArchaeologicalConference, Tampa, Fla. “Late Woodland Ceramic Traditions in the Central and Southern S.C. Coast,” 40thAnnual Archaeological Society of South Carolina Conference, Columbia, Ohio. “Using Diversity in Native American Pottery Assemblages to Document PopulationMovements in the early Carolina Indian Trade: A Preliminary View from Charleston,”47th Annual Society for Historic Archaeology Conference, Quebec City, Canada.Other Scholarly AchievementsNominee: C. B. Moore Award for Excellence in Southeastern Archaeology, YoungScholar Southeastern Archaeological Conference.

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Ellen McCartyNursing/ProfessorConferences AttendedAmerican Psychiatric Nurses Association New England Chapter Spring Conference, atSalve Regina University, Newport, R.I., May 3, 2014.Scholarly Presentations“Manifestations, Interventions, and Outcomes of Delirium in Older Adults,”Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Newton, Mass., June 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsNursing Research Committee: Veteran’s Administration, Providence, R.I. Research Committee: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing R.I.,Delta Upsilon, At-Large Chapter Board of Trustees member: St Joseph’s Health Care System, Providence, R.I. Dissertation Committee: Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, Newton,Mass.

Jennifer McClanaghanEnglish/Assistant ProfessorBooks/Papers PublishedPoetry collection: River Legs, 2014.

Susan MeschwitzChemistry/Assistant ProfessorConferences Attended247th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, March 16-20, 2014. 7th BioNES (Biology New England South) Meeting, Roger Williams University,Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. 5th Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.,August 14-16, 2013. 6th Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference (SURF), University ofRhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. 67th Annual Eastern College Science Conference, Providence College, Providence,R.I., April 20, 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Bioactive constituents in honey: Antimicrobial and antibiofilm effects,” 247thNational Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Dallas, Texas, March 16-20, 2014.Papers Presented“Possibility of Using Hydroponically Grown Crocus sativus as a Antimicrobial andChemopreventive Agent,” with O. Kopin and J. Chace, 6th Annual NortheastUndergraduate Research and Development Symposium, University of New England,Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Nutritional Quantification of Hydroponically Grown Spinach at the Optimal NutrientRange Compared to Commercially Grown Spinach,” with others, 6th AnnualNortheast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, University of New

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England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Comparison of Iron and Beta-carotene Concentrations in Hydroponically Grownand Conventionally Grown Basil under Varying Light Intensities,” with M. van Ordenand J. Chace, 6th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research and DevelopmentSymposium, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Evaluating the Effect of a Conservation Easement as a Fall Migratory Bird StopoverSite,” with others, 6th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research and DevelopmentSymposium, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Healing canker sores through medicinal compounds in hydroponically grownOcimum sanctum,” with H. Dees and J. Chace, 6th Annual Northeast UndergraduateResearch and Development Symposium, University of New England, Biddeford,Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Investigating the Medicinal Properties of Aquidneck Honey,” with M. Awwa, 6thAnnual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, Universityof New England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Design and Synthesis of Potential Anti-Pathogenic Agents,” with L. Coates, 6thAnnual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, Universityof New England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Antioxidant activity of Aquidneck honey extracts,” with M. Awwa, 7th BioNES(Biology New England South) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I.,December 6, 2013. “Synthesis of substituted pyrimidinones for use as potential quorum sensinginhibitors,” with K. Chambers, 7th BioNES (Biology New England South) Meeting,Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. “Synthesis and evaluation of Phevalin as a potential quorum sensing inhibitor,” withL. Coates,7th BioNES (Biology New England South) Meeting, Roger WilliamsUniversity, Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. “Synthesis of N-acyl cycloserine derivatives as potential quorum sensing inhibitors,”with K. Chambers, 5th Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, University of Delaware,Newark, Del., August 14-16, 2013. “Design and synthesis of cyclic dipeptides as potential quorum sensing inhibitors,”5th Northeast Regional IDeA Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Del.,August 14-16, 2013. “Evaluating the antioxidant activity of local honey extracts,” with M. Awwa, 6thAnnual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference (SURF), Universityof Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Synthesis of compounds structurally similar to quinolone autoinducers for use as poten-tial quorum sensing inhibitors,” 6th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research FellowshipConference (SURF), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Synthesis of cyclic dipeptides as potential quorum sensing inhibitors,” with L.Coates, 6th Annual Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference (SURF),University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, August 2, 2013. “Antioxidant activity of extracts from boxelder maple sapwood,” with M. Millen, 67thAnnual Eastern College Science Conference, Providence College, Providence, R.I.,April 20, 2013.

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Other Scholarly AchievementsGrant Award: Project Title: “Design and Synthesis of Potential Quorum-SensingInhibitors.” RI-INBRE/NCRR/NIH, May 2013-April 2014. Poster Presentation Award: “Antioxidant activity of Aquidneck honey extracts,” withM. Awwa, BioNES (Biology New England South) Meeting, Roger Williams University,Bristol, R.I., December. 6, 2013.

Amanda MinorHolistic Graduate Programs/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedAssociation for Counselor Education and Supervision ConferenceScholarly Presentations“Helping Students Understand (dis)Ability: An Experiential Activity” “Obtaining a Job in Counselor Education: What Do I Want and How Do I GetThere?” “The L Word: Loss in the Life of Individuals Who Are LGBTQ”Articles Published“Music as a medium for cohort development,” with others. The Journal of Creativityin Mental Health, 8(4), 381-394. DOI:10.1080/15401383.2013.857928, 2013.

James MitchellModern and Classical Languages/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedNACADA Region I Conference, Newport, R.I., March 19-21, 2014. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities,Washington, D.C., January 22-25, 2014.Papers Presented“Oy Gevalt! Language, Ethnic Humor, and Television,” 44th Annual PopularCulture/American Culture Association National Conference, Chicago, Ill., April 16-19,2014. “Tu Vuo’ Fa’ L’Americano: Italian Use on Primetime TV in America,” Bridges AcrossCulture International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, Perugia, Italy, June 27-30, 2013.Books/Papers PublishedEnglish editor: Espaces, 3rd edition, Boston, Mass: Vista Higher Learning, 2014.Other Scholarly AchievementsArea Chair: Language Attitudes and Popular Linguistics. National PopularCulture/American Culture Association, August 2013-present.

Mary Montminy-DannaSocial Work/Associate ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Empowering battered women though stress reduction: an interdisciplinaryapproach,” with L. Zuccarelli. Poster, Caribbean Conference on Domestic Violenceand Gender-Breaking the Silence, Montego Bay, Jamaica, March 26-28, 2014.

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Jo-Ann MooreNursing/LecturerScholarly AchievementNurse Leader Inductee: Sigma Theta Tau

Bernard MungeChemistry/Associate ProfessorBook ReviewsReviewer: Research Papers, 2013-14 Analytical Chemistry, “Redox and Label Free Array Detection of Protein Markers in Human Serum” andothers. 2014. Papers Presented“Microfluidic Based Immunosensor for Electrochemical Detection of Protein CancerBiomarkers p53 and VEGF in Serum,” with M. C. Smith and C. M. Morganti. 5thNortheast Regional IDeA Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., August14-16, 2013. “Multiplex Nanostructured Microfluidic Immunosensor Array based on PEG-coatedMulti-labeled Conjugate for Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of ProteinCancer Biomarkers in Serum,” with B. K. Somba. 5th Northeast Regional IDeAConference, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., August 14-16, 2013. “Multi-Labeled Magnetic Beads with Polymer Brushes for Ultra-SensitivityElectrochemical Detection of Protein Cancer Biomarkers,” with others. 5th AnnualNortheast Undergraduate Research Development Symposium (NURDS), University ofNew England (UNE), “Ultrasensitive Nanostructured Microfluidic Array forElectrochemical Detection of Cancer Biomarker Proteins,” with others. 6th AnnualNortheast Undergraduate Research Development Symposium (NURDS), University ofNew England (UNE), Biddeford, Maine., March 6-8, 2014.

Timothy NearyHistory & American Studies/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedConference steering committee member: “No Person Shall Bee Any Wise Molested:Religious Freedom, Cultural Conflict, and the Moral Role of the State,” The Spectacleof Toleration: Learning from the Lively Experiment, Newport Historical Society, SalveRegina University and Brown University, October 3-6, 2013.Book Reviews”“The Rise of Chicago’s Black Metropolis, 1920-1929 by Christopher Robert Reed inIndiana Magazine of History 109.2 : 176-77, June 2013..Other Scholarly AchievementsU.S. books bibliographer: Urban History Association newsletters, Fall 2013 & Spring2014. External reviewer: Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation. Executive Director: Urban History Association,. Education Committee: Newport Historical Society. Interviewee: documentary project by C. Hermes and A. Wawrzyniak, “Life on the

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Home Front,” first-place winner in group documentary category, National HistoryDay, Rogers High School, Newport, R.I., February 2014. Organizer and leader: “Returning to the Roots of the Civil Rights Movement,” BusTour, Salve Regina University in cooperation with the Massachusetts College ofLiberal Arts, March 7-15, 2014.

Arlene NicholasBusiness Studies and Economics/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedSEED Summit Conference: Social Enterprise, Brown University, Providence, R.I., April25, 2014. STEAM Summit R.I., Education conference, Pell Center, Salve Regina, April 3, 2014. Campus Technology 20th Annual Education Technology Conference, Boston, Mass.,August 2013. ‘ECRM’ European Conference on Research Methodology for Business andManagement at University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 4-5, 2013. Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry, (CEPE) Conference Autonoma University,Lisbon, Portugal, July 1-3 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Multi-generational Workforce,” R.I. Government Finance Officers Association (RIG-FOA) Conference, Warwick, R.I., March 2014.Papers Presented“Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Automated Essay Scoring (AES)Applications in Undergraduate Courses,” with J. Lewis. Campus Technology 20thAnnual Education Technology Conference, Boston, Mass., August 2013. “Use of LMS in undergraduate business communications courses,” ‘ECRM’ EuropeanConference on Research Methodology for Business and Management at University ofMinho, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 2013.Articles Published“Telework and management,” Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimizations(EBAO), J. Wang (ed.). 5 volumes, pp. 1-2863. Hershey, Penn: IGI Global.doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6, 2014. “Learning enhancement or headache: Faculty and e-textbooks,” with J. Lewis.International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS) 5(4)-ID8462, 2013. “Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Automated Essay Scoring (AES) Applicationsin Undergraduate Courses,” with J. Lewis. Proceedings, Campus Technology 20thAnnual Education Technology Conference. Boston, Mass., August 2013. “Use of LMS in undergraduate business communications courses,” Proceedings,‘ECRM’ European Conference on Research Methodology for Business andManagement http://academic-conferences.org/ecrm/ecrm2013/ecrm13-home.htm atUniversity of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal, July 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsCommentary published: “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition,” Salve Regina University,Office of Mission Integration, February, 2014.

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Reginald PhoenixTheatre Arts/Associate Professor-Artistic Director Casino TheatreArtistic Performaces and/or ExhibitsDirected and produced: 10 Virgins by Laura Jacqmin, Casino Theatre, November2013. Directed and produced: Antigone by Sophocles, Casino Theatre, February 2014. Directed and produced: The Fantasticks by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, CasinoTheatre, March 2014.

John QuinnHistory/ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Faded Glory: Images of Newport in Thornton Wilder's Theophilus North,” AnnualMeeting, American Literature Association, Boston, Mass., May 23, 2013.Book ReviewsReview: “Irish Catholic Writers and the Invention of the American South” by BryanGiemza, Civil War Book Review, Winter 2014. Papers Presented“‘The Cause of Humanity is One the World Over’: Frederick Douglass’ IrishAdvocacy,” Crowley Lecture, Museum of Newport Irish History, Newport, R.I.,February 27, 2014. “Irish Newport through the Ages,” Mosaic Club Lecture, Newport, R.I., March 20,2014.

Sheila QuinnPsychology/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedBerkshire Area Behavior Analysis Association, University of. Massachusetts, Amherst,October, 2013.Book Reviews“Developmental Neuroscience in One Volume, A review of The Infant Mind: Originsof the Social Brain” Published in PsycCritiques, Vol. 58, No. 45, November 20, 2013.

Matthew RamseyEnglish/Associate ProfessorPapers Presented“The Witnessing of Impossibility: The Shining, Room 237 and Trauma,” PopularCulture/American Culture Association National Conference, Chicago, Ill., April 18,2014.

Chad RaymondInternational Relations(Grad)/Assistant ProfessorConferences Attended2014 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, Philadelphia, Penn.


Scholarly Presentations“Process vs. Outcome: Evaluating the Statecraft Simulations’ Effect on StudentPerceptions of Decision Making,” 2014 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference,Philadelphia, Penn. “MOOCs: A Conversation on the Advantages and Disadvantages of MOOCs inPolitical Science and Civic Education,” 2014 APSA Teaching and LearningConference, Philadelphia, Penn.Papers Presented“Process vs. Outcome: Evaluating the Statecraft Simulation’s Effect on StudentPerceptions of Decision Making,” 2014 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference,Philadelphia, Penn.Articles Published“Lost in Non-Translation: Politics of Misrepresenting Arabs,” with S. Gomaa, ArabStudies Quarterly 36(1), 2014. “Can’t Get No (Dis)Satisfaction: The Statecraft Simulation’s Effect on Student DecisionMaking,” Journal of Political Science Education, 2014.

Gia RenaudEducation/Assistant ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Empowering Students with Exceptional Learning Needs through Service Learning,”with others. The Teacher Education Division Council For Exceptional Children,Annual National Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., November 5-9, 2013.Articles Published“Grade Retention: Elementary Teacher’s Perceptions for Students With and WithoutDisabilities,” Sage Open, 1-16, DOI: 10.1177/2158244013486993, 2013.

Kathryn RexrodeNursing/LecturerScholarly AchievementCertification: Nursing Education, National League for Nursing.

John RokReligious & Theological Studies/Associate ProfessorConferences Attended“No Person Shall Bee Any Wise Molested - Religious Freedom, Cultural Conflict andthe Moral Role of the State,” Spectacle of Toleration: Learning from The LivelyExperiment, Newport and Providence, R.I., October 3-6, 2013.Faculty Athletics Representatives Association, Fall Academic Symposium and Meeting,NCAA, Baltimore, Md., November 7-9, 2013Coordinator: NCAA Athletics Integration Symposium, Salve Regina University, Feb. 26, 2014.Book Reviews“Daigler, Mary Jeremy. Incompatible with God’s Design: A History of the Women’sOrdination Movement in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church,” Journal ofInterdisciplinary Feminist Thought: Vol. 7:Issue 1

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Kathryn RokEducation/Senior LecturerScholarly Presentations“Empowering Students with Exceptional Learning Needs through Service Learning,”with others. The Teacher Education Division Council For Exceptional Children,Annual National Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., November 2013.

Martha RoseEducation/ProfessorConferences AttendedAAC&U, Madison, Wis., June 2013. AAC&U, Providence, R.I., October 3-5, 2013. TED Conference, November 5-7, 2013.

Robert RussellCultural Historic Preservation/ProfessorConferences AttendedNew Directions in Preservation Law Conference, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia. November, 2013.National Center for Preservation Trades and Technology (NCPTT, National ParkService) International Cemetery Summit, Niagara Falls, N.Y., April, 2014.Other Scholarly AchievementsCoordinator: Rhode Island Statewide Preservation Conference, Warren, R.I., April, 2014.Invited lecture: “Things that Sink When You Put Them in Water,” International YachtRestoration School, Newport, R.I., September, 2013.

Joel SchmidtReligious & Theological Studies/Assistant ProfessorScholarly Presentations“Still Revealing: The Vatican, ‘Radical Feminist’ Nuns, & Ricoeur’s Hermeneutic ofRevelation,” Ricoeur and the Future of the Humanities, University of Groningen, TheRadboud University Nijmegen, and The Young Academy at The University ofGroningen, Netherlands, June 27-29, 2013. “Revealed Because Revealing: Divine Revelation and Lived Experience in aContemporary Conflict between ‘Radical Feminist’ Nuns and the Vatican,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Newburgh, N.Y.,March 7-9, 2014.Other Scholarly AchievementsPeer Reviewer: Études Ricoeuriennes/Ricoeur Studies, Sept 2013-Present. Peer Reviewer: The Society for the Study of Existential and PhenomenologicalTheory and Culture/Théorie et Culture Existentialistes et Phénoménologiques(EPTC/TCEP). Moderator: Contemporary Theology Section of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting ofthe American Academy of Religion, March 7-9, 2014.

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Alison ShakarianBiology and Biomedical Science/ProfessorPapers Presented“Expression of an LdLip3 fusion protein in Leishmania donovani,” with S. Symingtonand T. Crowther. Summer Undergraduate Fellows Research Day, University of RhodeIsland, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of Leishmania DNA,” withS. Symington and C. Ortiz. Summer Undergraduate Fellows Research Day, Universityof Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Detecting differences in gene expression of Leishmania by AFLP,” with S. Symingtonand S. Marvel. Summer Undergraduate Fellows Research Day, University of RhodeIsland, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Characterization of Leishmania using amplified fragment length polymorphism,”with S. Symington and K. Douglas. Summer Undergraduate Fellows Research Day,University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Characterization of lipase activity using an HA epitope tagged LdLip3 expressedprotein,” with T. Crowther and S. Symington. 7th Biology New England South(BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. “Differentiation of pathogenic Leishmania species through amplified fragment length poly-morphism (AFLP) analysis,” with C. Ortiz and S. Symington. 7th Biology New EnglandSouth (BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. “Using amplified fragment length polymorphism to determine the categorization ofLeishmania,” with K. Douglas and S. Symington. 7th Biology New England South(BioNES) Meeting, Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. “Using the AFLP technique to detect differences in gene expression of Leishmania,”with S. Marvel and S. Symington. 7th Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting,Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 6, 2013. “Characterization of lipase activity using an HA epitope tagged LdLip3 expressedprotein,” with T. Crowther. 6th Annual Northeast Research and DevelopmentSymposium (NURDS) March 8-9, University of New England, Biddeford, Maine. “Characterization of lipase activity using an HA epitope tagged LdLip3 expressedprotein,” with T. Crowther. Annual Meeting New England Association ofParasitologists, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.,April 12, 2014. “Differentiation of pathogenic Leishmania species through amplified fragment lengthPolymorphisms,” with C. Ortiz. Annual Meeting New England Association ofParasitologists, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.,April 12, 2014.Other Scholarly AchievementsPoster presentation award: 7th Biology New England South (BioNES) Meeting. Poster presentation award: 5th Annual Northeast Research and DevelopmentSymposium (NURDS). RI-EPScOR Summer Undergraduate Research Grant: Awarded May 26, 2013-Aug 2,2013. Salve Regina University. Principal Investigator: Alison Shakarian. Project#1 Title:“Characterization of a secretory lipase from the human pathogen Leishmania.”

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Student: Stephanie Marvel. Project #2 Title: Identification of differentially expressedproteins in kinetoplastid protozoa. Student: C. Ortiz. RI-INBRE Pilot Grant: Molecular Targets of Toxicology. Awarded May 1, 2013-April30, 2014. Salve Regina University Principal Investigator: Alison Shakarian. ProjectTitle: “Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Among Leishmania Species.” RI-INBRE Grant # P20 RR016457 (NCRR/NIH).

Elaine Silva MangianteEducation/Visiting Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedNew England Environmental Education Alliance Conference and the SustainableSchools Summit, Achieving Environmental Literacy: Health, Environment, Curriculum,Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I. Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, Conn. University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Transformative Researchers and Educators forDemocracy Conference,Voices and Silences of Social and Cognitive Justice. American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Lexington, Ky. National Science Teachers Association Conference, Boston, Mass. Engineering is Elementary Teacher Institute, Boston, Mass. STEAM Summit, Salve Regina University, Newport, R.I.Papers Presented“Planning a collaborative climate: The decisions of an urban elementary teacher topromote students’ voices in scientific discourse,” University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy Conference,Voices and Silences of Social and Cognitive Justice, November 16, 2013.“The provision of professional development in adult learning techniques to surgicalfaculty,” with K. Peno. American Association for Adult and Continuing Education,Lexington, Ky., November 7, 2013. “Decisions of an urban elementary teacher: Creating a collaborative classroom cli-mate for scientific discourse,” Northeastern Educational Research Association, RockyHill, Conn. October 24, 2013.“Provision of professional development in adult learning techniques to surgical facul-ty,” with K. Peno. Northeastern Educational Research Association, Rocky Hill, Conn.,October 24, 2013.Books/Papers Published“Rear view mirror: A retrospective by retired teachers on learning to teach fromnovice to expert,” with K. Peno. In C. J. Boden, K. P. King, and L.M. Merritt (eds.),Developing and Sustaining Adult Learners. Charlotte, N.C.: Information AgePublishing, 2013.“Planning science instruction for critical thinking: Two urban elementary teachers’response to a state science assessment,” Education Sciences, 3(3), 222-258, 2013.

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J. David SmithAdministration of Justice (Grad)/LecturerConferences AttendedInvited panelist: Vermont Preparedness Conference: “Preparing Vermont CollegeCampuses for the Unthinkable,” Domestic Preparedness Administrator with FEMARegion 1, Boston, Mass., October 18, 2013.Presenter: Rhode Island District Court, Cybersecurity for Judges, with K. Bell and T.Donnelly. October 22, 2013Other Scholarly AchievementsMember: Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology First ResponderResource Group, Cyber sub-committee. Rhode Island Cyber Disruption Team Aquidneck Island Broadband Advisory Group Member: Rhode Island Criminal Justice Hall of Fame Committee Coordinator: Table-Top Exercise, Rhode Island Department of Health, with E. Grayand N. Gordon.

William StoutMathematical Sciences/ProfessorConferences AttendedNortheastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America, Wheaton College,Norton, Mass., November 22-23, 2013.National High Performance Computing and Communication Conference, Newport,R.I., March 25-27, 2014.

Jill StrawnNursing/Associate ProfessorConferences AttendedDSM 5, Providence, R.I., August 5, 2013. SAGE-RI, Needs of Gay and Lesbian Elders, Providence, R.I., April 4, 2014. Eastern Nursing Research Society Scientific Sessions, Philadelphia, Penn., April 9-11,2014.Scholarly Presentations“Spiritual Perspectives of Nursing Students,” Poster, Eastern Nursing Research SocietyScientific Sessions, Philadelphia, Penn., April 10, 2014.Other Scholarly AchievementsReviewer: research proposals, American Holistic Nursing Association, March 2014.

Susannah StrongArt/LecturerConferences AttendedGDC (Game and App Developers Conference), Los Angeles, Calif.Honors ReceivedDr. Edward Nichols Scholarship, University of Hartford, MFA program.

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Margaret SvogunEnglish/ProfessorScholarly AchievementsInvited member: pre-publication review panel, Oxford University Presstranslation/edition of the Iliad and the Odyssey, titled “The Quintessential Homer” byBarry Powell.

Thomas SvogunPhilosophy/ProfessorConferences AttendedAnnual Conference, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Annual Conference, Massachusetts Association of Criminal Justice Education.Papers Presented“The Case for a New Law Enforcement Philosophy,” Conference of the MassachusettsAssociation of Criminal Justice Education.Books/Papers Published“The Jurisprudence of Police: Toward A General Theory of Law.”

John-David SwansonBiology and Biomedical Science/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedAmerican Philosophical Association, San Diego Calif., April 16-20, 2014.BioNess, Roger Williams University, December 6, 2013. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting XXII, San Diego, Calif. January 11-15, 2014. 10th International Phycological Congress, Orlando Fla., August 4-10, 2013. The 53st Annual Northeast Algal Society Symposium, Salve Regina University,Newport R.I. April 26-27, 2014. 6th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium,University of New England, Portland Maine, March 8-9, 2014. 6th Annual RI SURF Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston R.I., July 26,2013. 5th biennial Northeast Regional IDeA Conference. Newark Del., August 14-16, 2013. Scholarly Presentations“Exploring Environmental Triggers for Cell Proliferation,” BioNess, Roger WilliamsUniversity, December 6, 2013. “Is eating raspberry good for you? How plant functional biology can identify newanti-cancer agents,” Department of Biology, Bryant University, November 22, 2013. “Genetically Modified Foods: What they mean to you,” Guest Lecture Program,Summer Intensive College English Program, Monterey Institute of InternationalStudies, July 11, 2013.Papers Presented“Investigating the Activity of Cyclin and CDK genes expressed in plant and AGScells,” with S. Liptak and K. Stafstrom. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting XXII, SanDiego, Calif., January 11-15, 2014. “Determining Gastric Cancer CDK Response to Gallic Acid Exposure,” with others.

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Plant and Animal Genome Meeting XXII, San Diego, CA, January 11-15, 2014. “Real Time qPCR Assessed Macroalgal Bloom Formation Patterns within the GenusUlva (U. rigida & U. compressa) in Response to Temperature Thresholds,” with oth-ers. Plant and Animal Genome Meeting XXII, San Diego, Calif., January 11-15, 2014. “An Investigation into the Transcriptomics of Macroalgal Blooms,” with others. Plantand Animal Genome Meeting XXII, San Diego, Calif., January 11-15, 2014. “Ecological Dynamics of Ulva Macroalgal Blooms,” with C. S. Thorner, S. Rinehartand M. Guidone. 10th International Phycological Congress, Orlando Fla., August 4-10, 2013.“Differential Gene Regulation Patterns, during Bloom and Non-Bloom Time Periods,of Ulva rigida in Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA),” with T. Aires and C.Thornber. 10th International Phycological Congress, Orlando Fla., August 4-10, 2013.“Elucidation of LhcSR Gene Expression in Macroalga, Ulva rigida and Ulva compres-sa,” with others. The 53rd Annual Northeast Algal Society Symposium, Salve ReginaUniversity, Newport R.I., April 26-27, 2014. “Transcriptome Analysis of the Genetic Makeup of Macroalgal Ulva Blooms,” with S.Gellin and C. Thornber. The 53rd Annual Northeast Algal Society Symposium, SalveRegina University, Newport R.I., April 26-27, 2014. “Gastric Cancer Cell Growth is Inhibited by Gallic Acid,” with K. Stafstrom. 6thAnnual Northeast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, Universityof New England, Portland Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “LhCSR Gene Expression Regulation under Stress Conditions of Algal Blooms,” withN. Mercado. NURDS - 6th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research andDevelopment Symposium, University of New England, Portland Maine, March 8-9,2014. “Investigation of Orthologious Sequences that can be used to Investigating theNeutraceutical Value of Rubus,” with S. Liptak and K. Stafstrom. NURDS - 6th AnnualNortheast Undergraduate Research and Development Symposium, University of NewEngland, Portland Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Studying the Effects of Gallic Acid Exposure on Rubus Callus,” with A. Bierce andK. Morton. BioNess, Roger Williams University, December 6, 2013. “Gallic Acid Shuts Down Cell Cycle Proliferation in Stomach Cancer,” with K.Stafstrom and S. Liptak. BioNess, Roger Williams University, December 6, 2013. “An Analysis of Macroalgal Bloom Development in Correlation with LhcSR GeneExpression,” with others. BioNess, Roger Williams University, December 6, 2013. “Identifying abundance and richness of Ulva algal species in Narragansett Bay, R.I.,with C. Dubal, E. Potter and C. Thornber. 6th Annual RI SURF Conference, Universityof Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., July 26, 2013. “Understanding Ulva spp. bloom formation in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island usingflow cytometry,” with K. Egan, E. Potter and C. Thornber. 6th Annual RI SURFConference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., July 26, 2013. “Macroalgal Bloom Formation Patterns In Response To Temperature ThresholdsAssessed by RT-qPCR,” with N. Mercado, T. Aires and C. Thornber. 6th Annual RISURF Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston R.I., July 26, 2013. “Examining Genetic Profiles of Human Stomach Cancer and Rubus Callus after Gallic

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Acid Exposure,” with others. 6th Annual RI SURF Conference, University of RhodeIsland, Kingston, R.I., July 26, 2013. “Investigating the conservation among genes involved in the cell cycle and constitu-tively expressed pathways in Plants and Animals,” with S. Liptak, K. Stafstrom, and A.Bierce. 6th Annual RI SURF Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I.,July 26, 2013. “Next Generation Sequencing Analysis of the Polymorphic Nature of Ulva Rigida andUlva Compressa,” with others. 6th Annual RI SURF Conference, University of RhodeIsland, Kingston, R.I., July 26, 2013. “Investigating Real Time qPCR Products With Cyclins After Gallic Acid Exposure toRubus Callus,” with others. 6th Annual RI SURF Conference, University of RhodeIsland, Kingston, R.I., July 26, 2013. “Prevention of gastric cancer in a mouse model of H. pylori infection,” with others.6th Annual RI SURF Conference, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., July 26,2013. “Gallic acid and its effect on gastric cancer and Rubus callus,” with others. 5th bien-nial Northeast Regional IDeA Conference. Newark, Del., August 14-16, 2013. Books/Papers Published“The five principals of Shotokan Karate and their linkage to the jitsu vs. do of karatetraining,” American Philosophical Association, San Diego Calif., April 16-20, 2014.Other Scholarly AchievementsPresident: U.S. Rosaceae Genetics Genomics and Breeding Executive Committee Associate Editor: BMC Research Notes Campus Lead: Salve Regina University Partner Liaison, RI EPSCoR, 2014. Co-convener: 53 North American Algal Symposium (NEAS) Salve Regina University,April 25-27, 2014. Class Dean: Class of 2015 2013 Freshman Advocate Award: Salve Regina University Coach and Head Instructor: Salve Regina University and Brown University ShotokanKarate do clubs Grant: Swanson, J-D. PI, Identification of the physiological role of plant phenolics inplant and mammalian cell proliferation INBRE, March 1, 2012, Funded, 8 P20GM103430-12, May 2012 – May 2014 Grant: Climate impacts on the Marine Environment in the Narragansett Bay, with J.Chace. RI EPSCoR, August 2013-July 2014. RI NSF/EPSCoR Awards: With N. Mercado, EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Sponsor,Summer 2013. With R. Morrissey, INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Summer 2013. With M. Bresemen, EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Summer 2013.

Steven SymingtonBiology and Biomedical Science/Associate ProfessorSabbatical or Presidential Faculty AwardSister M. Therese Antone Faculty Recognition Award Winner

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Conferences AttendedAbstracts Presented at Regional or National Conferences: “Rat brain neurolemma microtranplanted into Xenopus oocytes is a useful tool toexamine the effects of environmental toxicants on endogenous voltage-sensitive ionchannels,” With others. 53rd Annual Society of Toxicology. Phoenix, Ariz. March 22-27,2014. “Determination of voltage-sensitive sodium channel expression in rat brain tissueusing automated western blotting,” with A. Toltin and C. Irving. 7th Annual BiologyNew England South Undergraduate Research Conference (BioNES). Roger WilliamsUniversity, Bristol, R.I. December 3, 2013. “Characterization of endogenous voltage and ligand-gated channels in microtransplant-ed rat brain neurolemma injected into Xenopus oocytes,” with C. Irving and A. Toltin.Northeast Regional Society of Toxicology, Cambridge, Mass. September 27, 2013. “Identification of endogenous ion channels in microtransplanted rat brain neurolemmainjected into Xenopus oocytes,” with C. Irving and K. Varkey. 5th Annual NortheastRegional IDeA Meeting. University of Delaware, Wilmington, Del. August 14-16, 2013.Scholarly PresentationsAbstracts Presented at Undergraduate Conferences: “Reconstitution of Rat Brain Voltage and Ligand Gated Ion Channels into Xenopusleavis Oocytes,” with C. Irving. 6th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research andDevelopment Symposium. University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9,2014. “Characterization of Lipase Activity using an HA Epitope Tagged LdLip3 ExpressedProtein,” with T. Crowther and A. Shakarian. 6th Annual Northeast UndergraduateResearch and Development Symposium. University of New England, Biddeford,Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Using Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism to Determine the Categorization ofLeishmania,” with K. Douglas and A. Sakarian. 6th Annual Northeast UndergraduateResearch and Development Symposium. University of New England, Biddeford,Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Differentiation of Pathogenic Leishmania Species through Amplified Fragment LengthPolymorphism (AFLP) Analysis,” with C. Ortiz and A. Shakarian. 6th Annual NortheastUndergraduate Research and Development Symposium. University of New England,Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9, 2014. “Characterization of Voltage Dependent L-Type Calcium Channel Currents in XenopusOocytes,” with H. L. Conboy. 6th Annual Northeast Undergraduate Research andDevelopment Symposium. University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, March 8-9,2014. “Reconstitution of Rat Brain Voltage and Ligand Gated Ion Channels into Xenopusleavis Oocytes,” with C. Irving. 7th Annual Biology New England South UndergraduateResearch Conference (BioNES), Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 3,2013. “Neurolemma-Injected Xenopus oocytes as a tool to study Cav2.2” with S. Neff. 7thAnnual Biology New England South Undergraduate Research Conference (BioNES),Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 3, 2013.

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“Characterization of voltage dependent L-type calcium channel currents in Xenopus,”with H. L. Conboy. 7th Annual Biology New England South Undergraduate ResearchConference (BioNES). Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., December 3, 2013. “Differentiation of pathogenic Leishmania species through amplified fragment lengthpolymorphism (AFLP) analysis,” with C. Ortiz and A. Shakarian. 7th Annual BiologyNew England South Undergraduate Research Conference (BioNES). Roger WilliamsUniversity, Bristol, R.I., December 3, 2013. “Using amplified fragment length polymorphism to determine the categorization ofLeishmania,” with K. Douglas and A. Shakarian. 7th Annual Biology New EnglandSouth Undergraduate Research Conference (BioNES). Roger Williams University,Bristol, R.I., December 3, 2013. “Using the AFLP technique to detect differences in gene expression of Leishmania,”with S. Marvel and A. Shakarian. 7th Annual Biology New England SouthUndergraduate Research Conference (BioNES). Roger Williams University, Bristol,R.I., December 3, 2013. “Characterization of lipase activity using an HA epitope tagged LdLip3 expressedprotein,” with T. Crowther and A. Shakarian. 7th Annual Biology New England SouthUndergraduate Research Conference (BioNES). Roger Williams University, Bristol,R.I., December 3, 2013. “Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) Analysis Of Leishmania DNA,”with C. Ortiz and A. Shakarian. Rhode Island Network for Molecular Toxicology (RI-INBRE) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference. University ofRhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Characterization Of Cav1.3 in Rat Brain Neurolemma Mictrotransplated Oocytes”with H. L. Conboy. Rhode Island Network for Molecular Toxicology (RI-INBRE)Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference. University of Rhode Island,Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Expression Of An LdLIP3 Fusion Protein in Leishmania donovani,” with T. Crowtherand A. Shakarian. Rhode Island Network for Molecular Toxicology (RI-INBRE)Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference. University of Rhode Island,Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Deltamethrin Modulates Rat Brain Ion Channel Currents Microtransplanted inXenopus laevis Oocytes” with C. Irving. Rhode Island Network for MolecularToxicology (RI-INBRE) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference.University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Detecting Differences In Gene Expression Of Leishmania By AFLP,” with S. Marveland A. Shakarian. Rhode Island Network for Molecular Toxicology (RI-INBRE)Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference. University of Rhode Island,Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Mictrotransplantation Of Cav2.2 into Xenopus Oocytes,” with S. Neff. Rhode IslandNetwork for Molecular Toxicology (RI-INBRE) Summer Undergraduate ResearchFellowship Conference. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013. “Deltamethrin Stimulated Neurotransmitter Release in Neurolemma injected Xenopuslaevis Oocytes,” with K. Varkey. Rhode Island Network for Molecular Toxicology (RI-INBRE) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Conference. University of

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Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., August 2, 2013.Papers Presented“Identification of ion channels in the developing rat brain,” SimpleWestern iCE3 andMFI User Meeting. Boston, Mass. May 28-29, 2014. “Microtransplantation of rat brain neurolemma in Xenopus oocytes,” United StatesEnvironmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, January 27, 2014. “Mechanism of action of pyrethroid insecticides,” United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency, Washington. D.C. November 17, 2013. “Validation of depolarization-evoked, TTX-sensitive sodium currents associated withrat brain neurolemma microtransplanted into Xenopus laevis oocytes and their modi-fication by pyrethroids,” United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington.D.C., November 17, 2013. “Neurolemma-injected oocytes as a tool to investigate age-dependent toxicity ofpyrethroids effects in rats,” Consumer Safety Product Association, Washington. D.C.,November 16, 2013. “Evaluation of an in vitro assay to characterize the effects of environmental contami-nants on native ion channels in the spirit of good laboratory practices: Role ofUniversity Labs,” American Chemical Society 246th National Meeting. Indianapolis,Ind., September 9, 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsGrant Awarded: Project Title: “Microinjection of rat brain synaptolemma in Xenopusoocytes.” Sponsor: INBRE/NCRR/NIH Grant # 8P20GM103430-12: May 1, 2013 –April30, 2014. Grant Awarded: Project Title: “Comparative assessment of pyrethroids on native volt-age-sensitive sodium channels expressed in adult and juvenile rat brain using P2-injected Xenopus laevis oocytes.” Sponsor: Council for the Advancement ofPyrethroid Risk Assessment (CAPHRA): September 1, 2013-August 31, 2014.

John TawaPsychology/Assistant ProfessorPapers Presented“Effects of resource competition on Blacks’, Whites’, and Asians’ spatio-temporalinteractions,” with J. Pfeffer and R. Negrón. Sunbelt Social Network Conference of theInternational Network for Social Network Analysis, St. Pete Beach, Fla., 2014. “Describing spatio-temporal group activities: A mixed-methods approach,” with J.Pfeffer and R. Negrón. Sunbelt Social Network Conference of the InternationalNetwork for Social Network Analysis, St. Pete Beach, Fla., 2014. “Facilitating White students’ understandings of the experiences of People of Colorthrough virtual technology,” with S. Katsumoto and J. Stanley. Workshop, WinterRoundtable Conference at Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.,2014.Articles Published“Utilizing affinity groups to enhance intergroup dialogue workshops for racially andethnically diverse students,” with others. The Journal for Specialists in Group Work38 (3), 241 – 260, 2013.

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Julia TaylorNursing/InstructorScholarly AchievementMember: Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International.

Nicholas VanselowPsychology/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedBerkshire Association of Behavior Analysis and Therapy Annual Conference,October, 2013.Papers Presented“An example of the necessity of a synthesized contingency when functionally assess-ing and treating problem behavior,” with N. R. Hanley and C. S. Jin. BerkshireAssociation for Behavior Analysis and Therapy Annual Convention; Amherst, Mass.,October 2013.Articles Published“Evaluation of computerized behavioral skills training to teach abduction preventionskills to young children,” with G. P. Hanley. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 47,51-69. doi: 10.1002/jaba.105, 2014. “Producing meaningful improvements in problem behavior of children with autismvia synthesized analyses and treatments,” with G. P. Hanley, C. S. Jin and L. A.Hanratty. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 47, 16-36. doi: 10.1002/jaba.106,2014.

Kathleen VespiaEducation/Assistant ProfessorConferences AttendedRhode Island Teachers of Teachers of English Language Learners (RITELL),Conference on Sheltered Instruction and the Common Core Standards, Fall, 2013.Scholarly Presentations“Inspiring and Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Work with UnderperformingStudents in the Face of High Stakes Value-Added Measurement at the 25th AnnualNational Dropout Prevention Network Conference, Atlanta, Ga., 2013.Other Scholarly AchievementsGrant Awarded: Partnerships for Success, Freshman Academy Afterschool Program. Participant: Professional Learning Series For Coaches, Rhode Island Department ofEducation, New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, Calif. Contributor: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: Salve Regina University FacultyReflections, 2014. Program Coordinator: van Beuren Charitable Foundation Grant, High SchoolDropout Prevention Program-An Early Intervention Model: A Partnership betweenSalve Regina and Rogers High School. Developer: Education at Sea, Salve Regina University and the Oliver Hazard Perry,Classroom Management and Leadership. Certification: Education Trainer, Process Communication Model by T. Kahler,

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Potomac, Md. Host: Pell Center Roundtable, Teacher Effectiveness, Evaluation and Certification,March 18, 2014.

James L. YarnallArt/ProfessorConferences Attended“Fog of Change: Sustaining Core Purposes, Seeking Wisdom, Acting Effectively,” 69thAnnual Meeting of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, SaintLouis, Mo., October 10-12, 2013.Scholarly Presentations“John La Farge and Newport,” Victorian Society of America in Newport, UnitedCongregational Church, June 2, 2013. “How I Spent my Cyber-Sabbatical with 4,617Drawings by John La Farge,” DiStefano Auditorium, Salve Regina University, April 2,2014. “The Dana Memorial in Emmanuel Episcopal Church, West Roxbury, Massachusetts,”April 27, 2014.Articles Published“Georgian, Sweet Georgian (Architecture),” with J. Robinson, Newport History, vol.82, pp. 30-66, Fall 2013.

Lisa ZuccarelliBiology and Biomedical Science/Associate Professor-Bio/ChemScholarly Presentations“Empowering battered women through stress reduction: an interdisciplinaryapproach, with M. Montminy-Danna. Caribbean Conference on Domestic Violenceand Gender Equality, Montego Bay, Jamaica, March 27, 2014.Honors ReceivedChairperson-elect: Membership and Chapters Committee, Society for Neuroscience. Partner liaison: Experimental Program to Stimulate Experimental Research, NSF fund-ing program. Other Scholarly AchievementsGrants: Experimental Program to Stimulate Experimental Research, NSF funding pro-gram, Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence.

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