Update

Mihaela Leonida, chemistry (Metro), spoke on “Equilibrium Shifts Involving Glutamate” at the 36th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Princeton, N.J., in June. Also in June, she presented a paper, “The Romanian Erminies — Historical Notes,” at the 28th Conference of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Recent publications by Leonida include “From the Secrets of the Old Romanian Icon Painters. The Raw Materials They Used,” in Etudes Roumaines et Aroumaines.

Ann Lucas, emerita, management (Metro), conducted a national, two-and-a-half-day conference for AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Lucas developed the participant and facilitator manuals for the conference, which was held at the Fluno Center for Executive Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and attended by 30 chairs from colleges and universities around the country.

Marjorie Keyishian, English (Flor), read her poetry at Romo Books, Far Hills, N.J., in May. Keyishian’s work has been published in the Massachusetts Review, New York Quarterly, Ararat and other journals. She is a contributing editor for The Literary Review.

Jane Braden-Maguire, psychology (Metro), and Janet Sigal, psychology (Metro), co-presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, held in Baltimore, Md., in March. Their topics were “Battered Women Who Kill: Effects of Race of Defendant and Participant on Simulated Jurors’ Verdicts” and “The Effect of Race of Stalker and Victim’s Coping Response on Reactions to a Campus Stalker.” The two also co-authored “Effects of Type of Coping Response, Setting, and Social Context on Reactions to Sexual Harassment,” published in Sex Roles.

Christine Vitale, assistant to the director of career management (Metro), is host of “Let the Boogie Woogie Roll,” a new program on WFDU (FM) 89.1, Tuesdays from noon until 1 p.m. The program features R&B/doo-wop music primarily from the 1950s and early 1960s. Vitale is a record collector and R&B/doo-wop music historian. She has also been a newscaster for WFDU since 1995.

Christopher Capuano, psychology and director, psychology (Metro), and Robert McGrath psychology (Metro), co-presented “Predicting Adherence to a Weight-loss Regimen Using the NEO Personality Inventory - Revised” at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, held in Salt Lake City, Utah, in March. Capuano also presented “The Relation Between Stress, Caloric Intake and Weight-loss in Obese Women Undergoing a Program of Diet and Exercise” at that meeting. Abstracts were published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. McGrath is co-author of “Modern Training Programs,” in The Prescriptive Authority for Psychologists: A History and Guide, published by the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Robert McGrath, psychology (Metro), co-presented with Lana Tiersky, psychology (Metro), on “Post-exertion Mental and Physical Functioning in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Relationship to Employment Status” at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, held in Baltimore, Md., in March. At the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, held in San Francisco, Calif., in March, he co-presented “The Correlation Coefficient and Dichotomous Skew: Implications for Assessment Research.” McGrath is author of “Achieving Accuracy in Testing Procedures: The Comprehensive System as a Case Example,” in press with the Journal of Personality Assessment, and co-author with David Pogge, psychology (Metro), of “Development of a Short Form for the MMPI-2 Based on Scale Elevation Congruence,” published in Assessment. Pogge co-presented “Psychotic Symptoms and Cognitive Impairment as Predictors of Functional Outcome: A Five- to Seven-year Prospective Study” and “Longitudinal Validation of Affective Disorders in Adolescents” at the Annual Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, held in San Francisco, Calif., in May. In March, he co-presented on “Intellectual Decline and Psychotic Symptoms Severity in Adolescent Inpatients” at the Sixth Biennial Mt. Sinai Conference on Cognition in Schizophrenia, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology has published “Convergence of Different Versions of the Continuous Performance Test: Clinical and Scientific Implications,” co-authored by Pogge, and has accepted “Emotional Disturbances in Acute Stroke Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage,” by Pogge and others.

In March, Ron Dumont, psychology and director, PsyD and MA programs, school psychology (Metro), made two invited presentations: “Yes, Virginia, There Is a Severe Discrepancy Clause” at Adelphi University for the Long Island School Psychologists and “Understanding Learning Disabilities and How to Improve Your Everyday Functioning as a School Psychologist and Comply with New York’s Part 200 Revisions” for Nyack, N.Y., public schools. In April and May, Dumont presented “Best Practice in the Identification of Learning Disabilities” at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and at the Annual Meeting of the Manitoba Association of School Psychologists, in Winnipeg, Ontario. He also presented “The Demise of the Discrepancy Formula: School Psychology Moves Into the New Millennium” at the Nassau County (N.Y.) Psychological Association in April and “Rewriting the Procedures for the Identification of Educationally Handicapping Conditions: Consultation with the Special Education Department,” for the Lexington (Mass.) Public Schools.

Robert Francoeur, emeritus, biological sciences (Flor), is co-editor of a new, one-volume issue of The Continuum Complete: International Encyclopedia of Sexuality, previously published in four volumes. Francoeur has accepted an invitation from David Sacher, former U.S. surgeon general and current director of the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga., to join a National Advisory Council to implement the 2001 “Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior.”

At the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, held in Baltimore, Md., in March, Gretchen Gibbs, psychology (Metro), co-presented “Domestic Violence: Perpetrators, Victims and the Relationships Between Them” in a symposium titled “The Many Faces of Violence: Perpetrators, Victims and Interventions,” which was chaired by Janet Sigal, psychology (Metro), and “The Effects of Personal and Vicarious Experiences with Trauma on Empathic Responding.” At that meeting, Gibbs and Sigal co-presented “A Cross-cultural Comparison of American, Turkish and Philippine Students’ Reactions to Academic Sexual Harassment,” and Sigal chaired “International Issues for Women.”

Michael Goodman, English and director, Corporate Communication Institute (Flor), presented “Rebuilding Trust: Creating a Culture of Accountability” to the Association of National Advertisers Corporate Communications Committee in New York City in January. He addressed corporate reputation management and the impact of corporate citizenship activities. In April, Goodman explored current trends in communication and their relationship to corporate practice with the corporate communication, marketing and public affairs headquarters staff at TIAA-CREF and Unilever.

At the Annual Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Juliana Lachenmeyer, psychology (Metro), presented “Effect of World Trade Center Disaster on Individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.” She also co-presented “Clinical Issues in Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder with Comorbid Social Phobia” and “Symptom Severity and Global Functioning in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder.” In November, Lachenmeyer co-presented “Subtypes of Panic Disorder and Associated Cognitions” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, held in Reno, Nev.

Stephen Hollis, theater and director, theater arts (Flor), directed and Richard Turick, theater (Flor), designed the Playwrights Theater of New Jersey’s production of “Greek Holiday,” which ran in Madison, N.J., in May.

Cynthia Radnitz, psychology (Metro), was elected a fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. She has co-authored “An Instrument for Assessing Coping with Temptation: Psychometric Properties of the Alcohol Abuse Coping Responses Inventory,” which is in press with Substance Use and Misuse; “Alcohol Use Disorders and Spinal Cord Injury: A Study of Monozygotic Twins,” in press with the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine; and “Recovery from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury,” published in SCI Psychosocial Process. In September, she co-presented “An Investigation of Cognitive Behavioral Theory of Depression and Spinal Cord Injury” at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers, held in Las Vegas, Nev.

Ray Baylouny, chemistry (Flor), and honors student Vickie Cotero presented a poster based on Cotero’s honors research at the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, held in Princeton, N.J., in June. Another poster presentation is planned for the national American Chemical Society meeting to be held in September in New York City. Cotero’s research won the Jean Durana Award at the Student Affiliate Research Conference in April and a cash award from the New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

At the 29th Annual Awards Ceremony of the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program on the Metropolitan Campus, Betty Eckhardt, assistant director, Academic Resource Center; June Lundy, mathematics, New College; and Robert Quatrone, communication arts, were honored as outstanding faculty. New College Dean Kenneth Vehrkens received the Outstanding Educator Award. These awards are chosen directly by the EOF students.

In the spring 2003 edition of Meadowlands USA, an article “‘Puerta al Futuro,’ the Fairleigh Dickinson University Gateway to the Future Program for Hispanic Working Adults” by Kenneth Vehrkens, dean, New College (Metro/Flor), was published. He also was a featured presenter at the National Conference on Student Retention held in San Diego, Calif., in July. This was the 17th consecutive year that Vehrkens was a featured presenter at the Noel-Levitz Conference.

Vincent Varrassi, director, Regional Center for College Students with Learning Disabilities (Metro), spoke on “College Planning for Students with Learning Disabilities” at Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights, N.J., in May.

Carl Kraus, director, telecommunications and general manager, WFDU (FM) (Metro), discussed “Broadcasting in the Wake of 9/11” at the South Orange (N.J.) Public Library in April.

An article distributed by the Associated Press and run in Newsday and other papers around the country featured Eamon Doherty, computer science (Metro), and his work with paralyzed people and robotics with bio-electrical computer interfaces to enable them to perform simple tasks.

Yolanda Hawkins-Rodgers and Donalee Brown, psychology (Flor), co-presented “Lessons from September 11th: Facing a Community Crisis in Helping Children and Adolescents Cope” at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, held in Baltimore, Md., in March. At that conference, Hawkins-Rodgers also presented “Why Did I Choose You? The Relevancy of Attachment Styles and Emotional Development in Relationships.” The two co-presented “Understanding Attachment Styles in Counseling Situations” for the New Jersey Counseling Association in New Brunswick, N.J., in April.

Andy Gole, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), conducts monthly discussion groups on Sundays, from 3 to 6 p.m. September’s topic is “Nietzsche’s Geneology of Morals.” For information contact Gole at agole@fdu.edu or 973-377-4300.

Vladimir Zwass, computer science/management information systems (Metro), contributed a letter to the Harvard Business Review’s Web-exclusive debate “Does IT [Information Technology] Matter?”

Veronica Dougherty, administrative science (Metro), who taught “Grant Writing and Administration,” was recognized by a former student who credited her and the course with enabling him to gain a $48,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Louis Hsu, psychology (Metro), co-authored “Inter-rater Agreement Measures: Comments on Kappa[N], Cohen’s Kappa, Scott’s PI and Aickin’s Alpha,” in press as part of Understanding Statistics: Statistical Issues in Psychology, Education and the Social Sciences.

James Almeida, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was selected for the Coleman Foundation Junior Faculty Mentoring Program, which ran from May 29 through June 2 in Buena Vista, Colo. The program linked selected faculty with many of the leading entrepreneurship educators of today.

Linda Reddy, psychology and director, Center for Psychological Services (Metro), has been appointed to the American Psychological Association’s Interdivisional Task Force on Children’s Mental Health. This spring she presented “Current Status and Future Directions for Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance” for St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center’s division of child and adolescent psychiatry in New York City; “Social Skills Training Techniques for School-aged Children” for the Rochelle Park (N.J.) public schools; “What Is New at FDU’s Center for Psychological Services: Clinic-based and Outreach Services” for the New Jersey Jewish Day Schools Association; and “Introducing FDU’s Employee Assistance Program” for the Bergen County Superior Court System, Hackensack, N.J.

John Santelli, psychology (Metro), has written a chapter on hearing for Magill’s Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology, published by Salem Press, Pasadena, Calif.

James Barrood, interim director, entrepreneurial studies (Flor), was quoted in the Daily Record and the Star-Ledger on articles about the University’s new Discover Business Teen Camp program, which teaches high school students the fundamentals of business and entrepreneurship.

Neil Massoth, psychology and director, PhD in clinical psychology (Metro), co-presented “Predicting Scores on the Toronto Alexithymia Scale From Scores on the Male Role Norms Inventory and Scores on the Gender Role Conflict Scale for Male College Students” at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, held in Baltimore, Md., in March.

During Playwright’s Workshop of the Outside the Box Women’s Arts Festival, Asbury Park, N.J., in September, Denise Anderson, English/communication/philosophy, and assistant director, freshman intensive studies (Flor), led the workshop “The Art of Unblocking: Clear the Way for your Creative Work” and participated on the professional panel that mediated the workshops.

Ron Kraus, psychology/Core (Metro), is the first editor and author of Online Counseling: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals, which will be published by Elsevier/Academic Press. He also launched a memorial site project on the Web sites www.NationalMemorialSite.com and www.StillRemember.com.

Harry Keyishian, English (Flor), will give a free illustrated talk on “The Images of the Politician in American Movies” on Sunday, October 12, at the College at Florham Library. The lecture is at 3 p.m., and a reception is from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Melvin Lewis, engineering technology and associate director, engineering/engineering technology/information technology (Metro), provided technical assistance and guidance to Lyndhurst High School, N.J., students who competed in a robotics contest held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. The object of the contest was to have a remotely-controlled robot navigate a short distance in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, dive to 11 feet depth, enter a large enclosure through a small opening, retrieve a 10-pound object and bring it to the surface. Lyndhurst competed against teams from 11 universities.

In Memoriam

Thomas Curtin, retired, buildings/grounds (Flor), died April 24 at the age of 79. He is survived by his wife, Rosalind; three daughters: Donna Fico of Madison, N.J.; Laura Lane of Long Valley, N.J.; and Colleen Maude of Raleigh, N.C.; and five granddaughters.

Alumna and benefactor Roberta Chiaviello Ferguson, AA’64 (Ruth), died July 17 at the age of 59. The recreation center at the College at Florham is named for her and her husband of 35 years, Thomas G. Ferguson, BS’65 (Ruth), a former member of the University’s Board of Trustees. FDU created an endowed chair of nursing in her name in the Henry P. Becton School of Nursing and Allied Health on the Metropolitan Campus. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, New Jersey Rep. Michael Ferguson (R-Warren), and Tom, of Morristown, N.J.; and two daughters, Katie Borbone of Spring Lake, N.J., and Maggie Ferguson, of Willington, Fla.; four sisters; two brothers; and three grandchildren.

Vincent Hubin, retired, economics/finance (Ruth/Metro), died April 9 at the age of 84. He served the FDU faculty at Rutherford from 1959 to 1989. He is survived by his wife, Irene; a brother, Thomas; a sister, Greta; and a niece and nephew.

Joseph Quattrone, retired, physics (Metro), died April 25 in his home in Boise, Idaho. He taught at the University for 20 years before retiring in 1985. He is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Judith; a daughter, Dara; a son, Daniel; and four grandchildren.

Prince Alexis Scherbatow, retired, history/political science (Metro), died June 10 at the age of 92. Scherbatow was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a family that traces its descent from the House of Rurik, the first Russian dynasty. He lived in various countries before coming to the United States in 1937. He was in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945 and served in Europe. After receiving a doctorate from Columbia University, he began teaching history part-time at Fairleigh Dickinson in 1962 and became a full-time faculty member teaching history and political science until 1980. He is survived by his wife, Princess Larissa Krivoruchkina-Scherbatow, and two sisters, Princess Anna Nabokov and Princess Olga Geordgadze, both of Brussels.

Announcing

Crystal Redding, administrative assistant and summer conference coordinator, Dean of Student’s Office (Metro), and her husband, Emmanuel, announce the birth of their son, Miles Emmanuel, on June 10.

Lana Tiersky, psychology (Metro), and her husband, Howard, welcomed a baby girl, Jessica Gwendolyn, on May 13.

Welcome

The University welcomes new full-time and part-time employees who joined FDU between April 1 and August 25.

Welcome to Byron Aguayo, officer, public safety (Metro); Emilie Asjana, communications specialist, public safety (Metro); Justin Baluyut, library aide, Weiner Library (Metro); Elizabeth Behrens, secretary, English/communication/philosophy (Flor); Michael Boyle, officer, public safety (Metro); Rosalie Bonadonna, secretary, Academic Resource Center (Metro); Julie Brown, counselor, admissions (Flor); Jenifer Campbell, director, residence life (Metro); Nestle Caparas, secretary, natural sciences (Metro); Dorothy Dicks, admissions/records coordinator, New College (Metro): Stuart Eisenstadt, project manager, global learning (Metro); Deborah Elizie, instructional design coordinator, educational technology (Metro); Michael Ervelli, officer, public safety (Metro); Gregg Festa, instructional design coordinator, educational technology (Metro); Rosemary Ficchi, secretary, Academic Advising Center (Flor); Wei Foo, assistant volleyball coach, athletics (Metro); Moran Goldfarb, administrative assistant, director of Israel program (Metro); Lisa Halfen, assistant trainer, athletics (Metro); Sarah Harries, assistant to director, education (Flor); Corine Jean, administrative assistant, international student services (Metro); Peter King, director, graduate recruitment/marketing, admissions (Metro); Jason Kleinman, communications specialist, public safety (Metro); Orce Kozeski, assistant men’s soccer coach, athletics (Metro); Lauren Markon, counselor, career management (Flor); Coleen May, administrative assistant, University director of library (Flor); Jenny Marcenaro, counselor, admissions (Metro); Mary Ellen Meyer, clerk, enrollment services (Metro); Albry Montalbano, production editor/editorial promotions assistant, FDU Press (Flor); Mahesh Kumar Madhusudanan Nair, instructional design coordinator, educational technology (Metro); Susan Neihart, associate director, international admissions (Flor); Annique Petit, assistant director, international admissions (Metro); Denise Pignato, counselor, Academic Advisement Center (Metro); Gregory Pope, officer, public safety (Metro); Andrea Radford, community college campus coordinator, University partnerships (Metro); Richard Reiss, senior vice president for University advancement (Metro); Lea Ronchi, associate director, enrollment services (Metro); Toni Lee Sangastiano, counselor, financial aid (Metro); Jared Stephans, assistant men’s basketball coach, athletics (Metro); Joseph Trentacoste, counselor, financial aid (Metro); Nathalie Waite, assistant director, student life (Flor); Hazel Yaptangco, family business program administrator, entrepreneurial studies (Flor).

September 2003

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