Geology majors Marie Takach ’16 and Mary Statza ’16 presented results of their summer 2014 summer research with Professor of Geology Bob Schwartz at the national Geological Society of America conference in Vancouver, BC, using high-resolution photography and detailed field analyses to document estuary and tidal-dominated shore systems preserved in Early Cretaceous strata in western
Leanne Siwicki ’15, Leah Stefanelli ’15, Sarah Stewart ’15, Allie Condon ’16, Chelsea Hubert ’17, and Troy Dinga ’17 recently participated in the Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association’s intercollegiate choral festival. Students from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania prepared repertoire by Benjamin Britten, Gabriel Fauré, Wendell Whalum, and other composers before gathering at East Stroudsburg University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology Lauren Paulson and Danielle Jones ’15 presented a 90-minute workshop titled “Tech It Out: Implementing an Online Peer Supervision Network for Rural Supervisors: A Review of What Worked and What Didn’t” at the Pennsylvania Counseling Association’s 46th Annual Conference at the Penn Stater in State College on November 7-9. Paulson is
Professor of Geology Ron Cole and Professor of Physics Dan Willey gave an invited presentation in an educational strategies session at the national Geological Society of America conference in Vancouver, BC. The title of their presentation was “Enhanced Diversity and Retention of Undergraduate STEM Majors at Allegheny College: Outcomes of a National Science Foundation S-STEM
Assistant Professor of Biology Lisa Whitenack published “Did shell-crushing crabs trigger an escalatory arms race in the aftermath of a Late Neogene regional mass extinction event? An experimental test” in the January 2015 issue of the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science John Wenskovitch published a paper in the journal BMC Bioinformatics. “MOSBIE: A Tool for Comparison and Analysis of Rule-Based Biochemical Models” describes the accompanying software, an interactive exploration system that enables the highlighting of similarities and differences in the structures and behaviors of rule-based models of cell signaling processes.
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Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing Alexis Hart’s co-authored chapter “Veterans in College Writing Classes: Understanding and Embracing the Mutual Benefit” appears as the first chapter in the edited collection Generation Vet: Composition, Student Veterans, and the Post-9/11 University, recently released by Utah State University Press.
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Professor of Geology Bob Schwartz presented a paper at the national Geological Society of America conference in Vancouver, BC in collaboration with Susan Vuke of the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. Their paper documents one of the earliest known Cretaceous seaways in western Montana.
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Associate Professor of Spanish Barbara Riess co-organized an international conference in Havana, Cuba on November 10-15 celebrating the bicentennial of Cuban/Spanish writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, author of what’s become known as the Cuban Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Riess organized the event with her colleague Zaida Capote at the Cuban Institute of Literature and Linguistics and
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Professor of Political Science Shannan L. Mattiace participated in a GLCA invited workshop on Mapping the Megalopolis in Ann Arbor from November 14-16. This collaborative project will “map” Mexico City along a range of participants’ interests, including crime and security, social movements, and broader questions of citizenship.
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