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SCOTT W. BROWN, professor of psychology, presented
a paper titled "Time and Attention: Interference Effects in
Duration Judgment and Temporal Order Memory Tasks" at the
New England Sequencing and Timing 12th annual meeting at Yale
University on March 16. The paper was co-authored with G.
ANDREW SMITH-PETERSON, system administrator, University
Computing Technologies.
DAVID B. JONES, associate professor of therapeutic
recreation, is a member of the National Therapeutic Recreation
Society’s (NTRS) board of directors and attended the National
Recreation and Park Association Mid-Year Legislative Forum
in Washington, D. C., held February 26-March 2.
BETTE KATSEKAS, assistant professor of counselor education,
has developed a new course with Nina Mollicone, a graduate
of the adult education and counselor education programs, titled
Sexual Orientation in the Helping Professions. In March, Katsekas
co-presented "Prejudice Awareness and Counselor Competence:
A Model for Counselor Development" at the American Counseling
Association conference in New Orleans.
WALTER KIMBALL, professor of education, recently presented "Two Online Certificate Programs in Assistive Technology and Accessible Information Technology" and co-presented "VATU: Effective Online Learning Materials and Strategies" at CSUN in Los Angeles in March.
ROBERT KUECH, assistant professor of teacher education, co-presented with ROBERT SANFORD, assistant professor of environmental science and policy, "National Science Bowl" at the Maine Science Teachers Association annual conference in Gardiner last October. He also presented a paper, "Science Concept Development in an Inquiry-Based, Informal Learning Environment" at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching annual conference in St. Louis, last October.
NANCY LIGHTBODY, co-director, ACCESS Earth, presented "Including Students with Disabilities in Earth Science Curricula" at the National Science Teachers Association conference in San Diego this March. This paper was first presented in October 2001 at the Maine Science Teacher’s Association conference in Gardiner.
PAUL NAKROSHIS, assistant professor of physics, was an invited colloquium speaker this February for the University of Maine Physics Department where he presented a talk titled "Force Fluctuations and Angular Rotations in a Driven Granular Array," that was based on his research on granular materials.
DANIEL A. PANICI, associate professor of communication and director
of media studies and KATHRYN LASKY, associate professor
of communication, will have their manuscript "Service Learning
in Journalism and Mass Communication" published in the summer
issue of Journalism Educator. Panici also received notice
that his manuscript, "The Influence of Media Usage on Psychological
Resiliency: An Argument for Media Literacy" has been accepted
for presentation at the annual American Psychological Association
convention in August. Panici also received a Presidential
Citation from the president of the Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication for his service as chair
of the Mass Communication and Society Division. Under his
leadership, the division also received recognition from the
organization for its outstanding research activities.
BARRY H. RODRIGUE, assistant professor of arts and humanities, presented "La Beauce Québécoise Au XIX siécle" at the Université d'Angers, Angers, France, during the autumn of 2000. That co-authored article, was published in Etudes Canadiennes/Canadian Studies (Association Francaise d'Etudes Canadiennes, Bordeaux, June 2001).
REID P. STEVENS, associate professor of education, co-presented with Jack Sutton, professor of counselor education, on board member ethics at the American Association of State Counseling Boards annual conference in Tucson, Az. in January.
DIANE WOOD, assistant professor of professional education, recently published three book chapters and co-edited a book. She is also working as a researcher on the “Lucent Learning Communities Project,” a project funded by Lucent Technologies and directed by the National School Reform Project. She was recently named to the Teachers College Record Editorial Review Board.
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