Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Gilah Yelin Hirsch, professor of art, presented “A Hypothesis on the Origin of Alphabet as Represented in the Art of Gilah Yelin Hirsch” at the Third Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts of the Athens Institute for Education and Research, which took place June 4-7 in Athens, Greece. “Prejudice Awareness Through Cultural Self-Knowledge Development: Going Beyond the Contact Reduces Prejudice Hypothesis,” an article by Fumiko Hosokawa, professor of sociology, ... Read More
Faculty Highlights
Faculty Highlights – May 2012
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Nancy Erbe, professor in the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program, has been invited by the Fulbright Scholar Program to serve a second year on Fulbright Specialists Program Discipline Review Committee, which evaluates and recommends applications for individuals interested in being Fulbright senior specialists in peace and conflict studies. She also has been selected as a faculty mentor for the Penn State Berks Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning & ... Read More
Faculty Highlights – April 2012
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Kenneth Brown, part-time lecturer in the Department of Physics, has been named to a newly created Education Technology Task Force by Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction. Through assessment of current technological infrastructure in the state's public schools and future needs, the new task force will make recommendations as to how new technologies can help improve teaching and learning in California classrooms. For more information about the task force, visit ... Read More
Faculty Highlights – February 2012
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Theodore Byrne, assistant professor of public administration, participated in the 2011 International Symposium on Ethic Leadership: “Ethical Leadership: Issues,Challenges and Opportunities” in Chengdu, China, this past October. Byrne presented the topic "Ethical Dilemmas in a California City: Lessons in Leadership, Transparency, and Accountability" during a panel discussion on "Challenges: Building Organizations of Integrity" and presented a critique, "Building Organizations of ... Read More
Faculty Highlights – January 2012
Our faculty members participate in conferences around the world, conduct groundbreaking research, and publish books and articles that expand their knowledge and expertise. Here are a few recent highlights. Kenneth Ganezer, professor of physics, delivered an invited talk at the Department of Energy's "Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier" workshop in Rockville, Md., Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2011. He focused on a process in which regular matter, in particular a neutron, spontaneously transforms into its antimatter counterpart, an antineutron, which then annihilates with matter inside an oxygen nucleus. This process is also referred to as neutron oscillations and has been predicted by the ... Read More