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Shamshad Ahmed, Assistant Professor in Counseling/Psychology, made several presentations

• with Suzi Azab (3rd year psy D student), Acculturative Stress and Life Satisfaction of Egyptian Christian and Muslims
• Identity Development of Muslim Women
• Anxiety and Depression in Arab and Non Arab Muslims

13th International Conference of Indian Applied Psyhcology
Aurangabad India
1/30/09-2/1/09

In addition, Dr. Ahmed:

• was invited by the University of West Chester, Philidelpia, to be on the panel Islam in America, 1/26/2009

Steven Alexander, Associate Professor in Art will present a major one-person exhibition of recent large scale paintings. The exhibition will be accompanied by a full-color catalogue.

Gremillion & Co. Fine Art
2501 Sunset Blvd.
Houston, TX
January 21-February 20, 2010

In addition, Mr. Alexander:

• had his essay On Goncalo Ivo translated to Portuguese and published in the exhibition catalogue Goncalo Ivo - Paintings and Objects, by Multiart Gallery, Fortaleza, Brazil, August 20 - September 19, 2009
• will serve on the National Screening Committee for the 2010-2011 Fulbright Scholarships in Painting. at United Nations Plaza, New York City, November 20, 2009
• Participated in a group exhibition titled Business Editions, at Pocket Utopia Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. The exhibition features a group of limited edition prints published by 246 Editions, Washington, DC at Pocket Utopia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, July 16 - 31, 2009
• has been invited to serve as Artist-In-Residence at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. During his two week residency, he will conduct his own research and direct advanced painting critiques at Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, June 12 through June 26, 2009
• has a group of recent paintings included in GeoMetrics II, an invitational group exhibition which focuses on various forms of geometric abstraction in contemporary painting at Gallery OneTwentyEight, 128 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002 on March 18 through April 18, 2009
• has a group of recent paintings included in Blogpix, an invitational group exhibition of contemporary painting at Denise Bibro Platform Gallery, 529 W. 20th Street, New York, NY 10011, March 5 through March 28, 2009
• was invited to serve on the National Selection Committee for the 2009-10 Fulbright Scholarships in Painting at United Nations Plaza, New York City, November 24, 2008

Patricia Arter, Assistant Professor in Special Education is making two presentations at the Pennsylvania Council for Exceptional Children conference:

• with NEIU staff, a presentation on the Students On-Campus Achieving Results (SOAR) program, a campus based program for students with autism
• with Kathleen Ruthkosky, Victoria Wilcox, and Chris Fryer, a presentation on their research on Universal Design for Learning's Impact on Early Childhood Literacy. Undergraduate student, Heather Saake will also participate in the presentation

Additionally, four undergraduate special education students: Andrea Gross, Ashley Boyd, Emily Levine, and Jessica Wilds will be presenting on service learning and it's impact on pre-service educators.

PACEC
Harrisburg, PA
November 5, 2009

In addition, Dr. Arter:

• will be presenting on the Students On-Campus Achieving Results (SOAR) program, a campus based transition program for students with autism with NEIU staff Mary Murphy Fox, Ellen Cummings, and Ellen Dente at the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators' fall conference in Harrisburg, October 29, 2009
• has had a manuscript she wrote with Dr. Kathleen Ruthkosky, Universal Design for Learning: One University’s Efforts to Prepare Preservice Teachers accepted for publication in Pennsylvania Teacher Educator and will be presenting the paper at the PAC-TE fall conference in Harrisburg, PA, October 29, 2009
• as project director of the SOAR program, received $95,000 congressionally directed grant, Summer 2009
• was selected selected to present on Universal Design for Learning by Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators as one of three professionals to conduct a workshop on at the spring conference. State College, PA, April 16-17, 2009
• is giving a presentation of Service Learning and Digital Stories: A Tool for Reflection for Pre-service Special Educators at the national Council for Exceptional Children Convention, Seattle, WA, April 1-4, 2009
• additionally, she has mentored undergraduate students: Kendra Taylor, Colleen Davis, Tricia Natale, Justine Ruckel, and Rebecca Klementowski who will also be presenting at the national conference in Seattle, WA, April 1-4, 2009
  

Dr. Charles Lipinski, Assistant Professor in Business will present the Hospitality Industry's Strategic Response to the Recession at

NABET Conference
State College
October 29, 2009

Lloyd L. Lyter, Professor in SSW will present DSM IV TR: The Substance Related Disorders at

PA Certification Board Annual Conference
Harrisburg, PA
April 2010

In addition, Dr. Lyter:

• presented Impacting Students' Aitttudes toward Chemical Dependence Using Classroom Teaching and Outside Experiences at the Biennial Conference of the International Coalition for Addiction Studies Education in Jersey City, NJ, October 2009
  
• presened the keynote address, Removing the Obstacles, at CMSU 5th Annual Recovery Conference, Danville, PA, 6 May 2009
• with Sharon C. Lyter, presented Psychopathology and the DSM: Antithetical to Social Work Ethics and Values? at the New Jersey Chapter NASW Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, 5 May 2009
• is Presentation and Leader of the Faculty Development Program on the History, Vision, & Mission of the United Neighborhood Centers Settlement House Program, Scranton, PA, 1 May 2009
• presented AA as A Way, Not The Way: Finding Multiple Roads to Recovery at the 26th Annual Conference of BPD, Phoenix, AZ, March 2009

Joan McCusker, IHM, Associate Professor of Music education in Music, Theatre, & Dance was guest clinician for Wyoming Valley West (PA) school district's Act 48 professional development in-service day. Area music K-12 teachers attended the afternoon presentation entitled: State of the Art(s): Current Issues for Arts Education Programs.

Wyoming Valley West School District, Plymouth, PA
October 30, 2009

In addition, Sister Joan:

• was guest clinician for a music/choir workshop entitled, Preparing Children for Parish Music Ministry Roles. Children ages 8-18 from three parishes in the Endicott-Johnson/Vestal (NY) region attended the all-day liturgical music workshop, culminating in a choir performance during the evening's church service, at Vestal, NY, October 3, 2009
• was invited to write an article for the April 2009 issue of the National Pastoral Musicians Journal. Her article, entitled, Enculturating Children into the Worshipping Community, will appear in the April 2009 NPM issue.

Andrea Novak, Clinic Director in Communication Sciences and Disorders gave presentations given at

Marywood University Swartz/Conference Center, October 1, 2009
Scranton Public Library - Greenridge Branch, October 21, 2009

Ed O'Brien, Professor in Psychology and Counseling Department, in collaboration with a recent graduate of our Psy.D. program, Steve Byrne, served as a reviewer for a recent scientific article submitted for publication in one of the journals of the American Psychological Association. The topic of the article dealt with self-esteem and narcissism

American Psychological Association
Journal Publications Department
October and November, 2009

In addition, Dr. O'Brien,

• Pgave three presentations in collaboration with Marywood Psy.D. students at the national conference of the American Psychological Association. This work was based on two student thesis projects and on the work of our first doctoral graduate.
  
  • Byrne, Steve and O'Brien, E. J. Narcissism, Anger, and Social Rejection Processes in Online Communication (based on Byrne's master's thesis);
  • Bartoletti, Mia and O'Brien, E. J. Effects of Changing Self-Esteem on Psychological and Physiological Well-Being (based on Bartoletti's doctoral project)

Joseph A. Polizzi, Assistant Professor in Education has been elected to the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley/NEPA Fulbright Alumni Board of Directors

Vijayachandra Ramachandra, Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders, along with Jillian Jones, Kimberly Flanagan, Nicholas Bollinger, and Morgan Reilly (undergraduate students in Communication Sciences and Disorders) will be giving a presentation titled-"Metamemory, Phonological Memory, and Word Relearning in People with Aphasia: A Preliminary Investigation" at

Academy of Aphasia 47th Annual Meeting
Boston, MA
October 18-20, 2009

In addition, Dr. Ramachandra:

• recently published two articles in peer-reviewed journals: 1. On Whether Mirror Neurons Play a Significant Role In Processing Affective Prosody. Published in Perceptual and Motor Skills (2009). Author: Vijayachandra Ramachandra. 2. Fast Mapping in Healthy Young Adults: The Influence of Metamemory. Accepted for publication in Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (Published by Springer Netherlands). First Author: Vijayachandra Ramachandra; Co-authors: Bryna Rickenbach; Marissa Ruda; Bethanie Le Cureux ( Marywood CSD alumni); Moira Pope (Graduate student in Marywood CSD program).
• along with Marissa Ruda, Bryna Rickenbach, Bethanie LeCureux , Moira Pope (undergraduate students from Communication Sciences and Disorders) had their paper accepted for a presentation at the 6th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Alberta, Canada, October 7-10, 2008. The title of the presentation is Fast Mapping in Adults: The Influence of Gender & Metamemory. The same paper has been accepted for a presentation at the 2008 American Speech Language and Hearing Association, Chicago, IL, November 20-22, 2008
  

Sophie Till; Violin Faculty in the Music, Theatre and Dance Department; has been invited to perform with a small group of British artists who have received instruments through the Stradivari Trust, which enables artists to acquire world class string instruments, when it celebrates with a special concert at the Cambridge University Concert Hall at

Cambridge University, UK
June 14th 2010

In addition, Ms Till:

• as the 2004 Belin Arts Scholar, presented a workshop, The Taubman/Golandsky Approach to the Violin and was a featured performer in the Gala Concert when the Waverly Community House celebrated 45 years of the F. Lammot Belin Arts Scholarship at the Waverly Community House, Waverly, PA, October 17, 2009
• made a brief appearance on the New Jersey PBS news, NJN, for her work with Edna Golandsky at the Golandsky Institute's International Summer Symposium at Princeton University. It was a health report on playing injuries at Princeton University, July 2009

Stephanie Wise, Clinical Assistant Professor in Art/Art Therapy has been invited to present at a conference at LaSalle College in Singapore titled, The Internationalization of the Creative Arts in Therapy to be held in early January, 2010. The lecture she will be delivering is, Understanding our Ethical Process: How Healthy Boundaries and Best Practices Are Maintained. She will also run a master-class, Clinical Exploration of Trauma Work within the Creative Arts Framework as well as serve on an international panel addressing the topic of International Creative Arts in Therapy. Represented at this conference will be persons from North America, Europe, Pacific Rim, Thailand, India, Singapore and the Middle East.

LaSalle College
Singapore
January 7-9, 2010