Update

Khyati Joshi, education (Metro), was appointed to the [New Jersey] Governor’s Commission on Asian Americans.

As chairman of Nigeria’s Michael Imodu National Institute for Labor Studies, Bamidele Ojo, political science (Metro), led the official Nigerian delegation to South Africa for a Comparative African Labor Education Program held in February. The delegation included representatives of the Nigerian labor union, Nigerian employer’s association and a management team from the Nigerian Labor Institute. Together with the group, Ojo visited the South African Worker’s College in Durban, the South African Government Institute for Training Support and Education for Labor and Khanya College and the Central Labor Union and the Ministry of Labor in Johannesburg.

Books by Sister Margherita Marchione and Michael Goodman.

Sister Margherita Marchione, emerita, languages (Flor), is the author of Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POWs, far left, published by Paulist Press, Mahwah, N.J., in February 2006. Marchione presented the book on March 2 to the Columbus Citizens Foundation in New York, and on March 5 to the Fulbright Group at Drew University, Madison, N.J.

Michael Goodman, English and director, Corporate Communication Institute (Flor), is the author of Work with Anyone Anywhere: A Guide to Global Business. The book, left, will be released by Professional Publications Inc., Belmont, Calif., on March 17.

Vincent Varrassi, director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), will be among the featured speakers in the March 26 conference of the Asperger Syndrome Education Network titled “Success Beyond High School: A Roadmap for Adulthood — What Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders Need to Know About College and Employment” at the Hilton Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, N.J. Varrassi will discuss college preparation for students, college programs for students with disabilities, Section 504 at the post-secondary level and the need for students to understand their disability and to become self-advocates.

At the annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy in Washington, D.C., Andrew Eisen, psychology and director, Child Anxiety Disorders Clinic (Metro), co-presented three studies: “Maternal Childhood Separation Anxiety as a Predictor of Separation Anxiety and Panic in Offspring,” “Separation Anxiety Symptom Dimensions and DSM-IV Anxiety Disorders: Correlates, Comorbidity and Clinical Utility” and “Cautious Partners: Safety Signals and Parental Overprotection in Children with Separation Anxiety and OCD.”

Scott Giglio is the new assistant director of public relations (Flor). He was previously director of sports information (Flor).

Jane Braden-Maguire, psychology (Metro), and Janet Sigal, psychology and director, BA/MA in general-theoretical psychology (Metro), co-wrote “Battered Women Who Kill: Variables Affecting Simulated Jurors’ Verdicts,” which appeared in the Journal of Family Violence. Sigal presented “International Sexual Harassment” as part of the symposium “Violence and Exploitation Against Women and Girls” at the Psychology section meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Kathleen Stein-Smith, head, periodicals, and information literacy coordinator, Weiner Library (Metro), was appointed the library’s coordinator of public services. Her new responsibilities include coordinating library instruction, information literacy and reference services for Weiner Library.

William Gillard, English (Flor), is the author of “Enter the HyperZombie: Anticipating Romero’s City of the Dead,” which was the cover article in the fall 2005 issue of The Leading Edge, and “‘I Will Fight No More Forever’: Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech,” which was printed in Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace. Forthcoming articles by Gillard, the majority about Native-American literature and science fiction, include: “Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Kliko,” to appear in Themes for Students: Race and Prejudice in Literature; “Gully Foyle: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester” and “Victor: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie,” in Students’ Companion to American Literary Characters; “Simon Ortiz” and “Joseph Bruchac’s Raven Tells Stories,” in The Encyclopedia of Native-American Literature; and “Geary Hobson,” in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, 20th-century American Poets. In addition, Gillard is working with 11 students from Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences and Silberman College of Business who will be participating in this year’s Northeast Region National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., this April.

At a colloquium held at the Metropolitan Campus in December, Samuel Feinberg, psychology (Metro), co-presented “Respect: A Sexual Harassment and Violence-prevention Program for College Students.”

Robert Quatrone, English (Metro), is one of three poets featured in Four Horsemen Magazine’s Winter/Spring Poetry Programs in the Englewood (N.J.) Public Library. Quatrone’s poems have been published in local magazines such as Passaic Review, Lips and The Aquarium.

Ron Dumont, psychology and director, PsyD and MA in psychology (Metro), co-presented two studies — “WISC-IV Integrated: How to Use It Without Actually Adopting the Child to Take Home with You” and “IDEIA: A Practical Practice Guide for Administrators and Educators for Dealing with Mutually Exclusive Contradictory Regulations, Policies and Procedures” — at the Association for Specialists in the Assessment of Intellectual Functioning Conference in Nashua, N.H. He also co-presented “Linking Cognitive Assessment to the Science and Law of Learning Disabilities: Streamlined Assessment and Report Writing Using Gf-Gc Theory and Cross-Battery Assessment” at the British Columbia Association of School Psychologists Conference in Vancouver, B.C. In November, Dumont co-presented “Best Practice in the Diagnosis and Identification of Specific Learning Disability Under the New IDEIA” at the Oakland Schools Regional Conference in Oakland, Mich. He also co-wrote two chapters “Test Descriptions and Reviews” and “Useful Web Sites for Special Educators” in The Special Education Almanac.

Julie Mazur, assistant director, residence life (Flor), is currently serving as interim director of residence life (Flor).

Louis Hsu, psychology (Metro), wrote “Some Properties of Requivalent: A simple Effect Size Estimator,” in Psychological Methods. He also has several articles in press for the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics — “Fisher’s Exact Probability Test,” “The File Drawer Problem” and “Random Sampling.”

At the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C., Margaret Gibbs, Louis Hsu, Juliana Lachenmeyer and Linda Reddy, all psychology (Metro), co-presented “Cognitive Behavioral Treatment Efficacy for Anxiety Disorders: A Meta-Analytic Review.” At the same meeting, Gibbs, who was also symposium chair, co-presented “Ethnicity and Treatment of Women: Stereotypes and Reality” and “Attachment Style as a Predictor of Typology of Domestic Violence.” Lachenmeyer co-presented “Symptom Differences in Patients with Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia and Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia” at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Washington, D.C. Reddy received a $500 grant-in-aid from FDU for use of the DAS-2 with co-morbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) children.

Gary Darden, right, history (Flor), was the host when Gordon Ward, BA’81, author of Life on the Shoulder, Rediscovery and Inspiration Along the Lewis and Clark Trail, spoke at the College at Florham about his 1,800-mile journey by foot, canoe and bicycle. Augmenting his lecture with photos, Ward’s personal anecdotes permitted attendees to travel back through time, revisiting the places explored by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as they searched for the Northwest Passage from 1804 to 1806. He also delved into the philosophical/spiritual lessons that can be extracted from the journeys.

William Roberts, social sciences and director, Public Administration Institute (Metro), is a contributing author to Modern Dictators: From Napoleon to the Present. The book will be published by Peter Lang Publishing, N.Y.C.

“Valentines: Banners from the Coney Island Sideshow,” an exhibit featuring paintings by Marie Roberts, fine arts (Metro), was featured in an NY1 News segment that aired February 10 to 12. NY1 museum beat reporter Stephanie Simon covered the story.

Robert McGrath, psychology (Metro), led a workshop titled “Being an Informed Consumer of Drug Research” at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Psychological Association in Lexington, Ky. He wrote an article, “Advancing Rorschach Interpretation: A Review of the Rorschach: A Comprehensive System: Vol. 2, Advanced Interpretation,” that appeared in PsycCRITIQUES. McGrath co-wrote an article in press titled “How Accurate Are National Stereotypes?” for Science. He also participated in the American Psychological Association Science Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., in December.

Judith Kaufman, psychology and director, MA in general-theoretical psychology (Metro), presented “Integrating Competencies and New Teaching Strategies in Educating Pediatric Residents” during the Faculty Continuing Education Workshop, department of pediatrics, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Announcing

Geraldine Cucciniello, assistant to the director, Florham Institute for Lifelong Learning (Flor), announces the birth of her grandson, Richard Luke Lalevee, to Annamaria Cucciniello Lalevee, BA’91, MA’95 (Flor), and her husband, Gary, on November 16, 2005.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU as of February 20, 2006.

Welcome to James Deleppo, adviser, international student services (Metro); Michael Foca, communications specialist, public safety (Metro); Silviene Grzybowski, administrative assistant, enrollment services (Flor); James Henry, director of sports information, athletics (Flor); Michael Isaacs, assistant track/field coach, athletics (Metro); Nicole Melchiorre, assistant women’s softball coach, athletics (Flor); Devika Milner, associate director, international admissions (Metro); Cynthia Nelson, director of aquatics, athletics (Flor); Wonder Nyameshie, officer, public safety (Flor); Joseph O’Brien, officer, public safety (Flor); Rita Purnell, medical assistant, student counseling/psychological services (Metro); Lisa Scalice, assistant director, student life (Metro); and Ashley Turco, medical assistant, student health services (Metro).

March 2006

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