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6/29/2004
Contact: K.E. Schwab --
724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
10 SRU FACULTY GET PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL
GRANTS
TO PRESENT RESEARCH RESULTS AROUND THE
WORLD
SLIPPERY
ROCK, Pa. -- Ten Slippery Rock University faculty have been awarded
Presidential International Professional Development Grants by SRU
President Robert Smith to use in presenting academic papers and
reports in their areas of expertise at educational conferences
around the world.
The $1,000
grants, provided by funds from the Slippery Rock University
Foundation, Inc., are to be used this year. In awarding the grants,
Smith praised the faculty for their research and academic efforts,
saying, "Such international opportunities allow Slippery Rock
University to showcase the quality of academic programs available
on our campus to the world community and the research being
undertaken by our faculty. By participating in such academic
endeavors, our faculty clearly show the caliber of academic study
under way at SRU." Smith has continued to stress the importance of
joint faculty-student research programs at SRU, noting a number of
the papers being presented at the international venues involved
student assistance.
Receiving
awards and their intended use are as follows:
Dr. Richard Altenbaugh, professor of secondary
education/foundations of education, to present “Life with
Polio” at the European Conference for Educational Research at
the University of Crete, Greece in September;
Dr. Abigail
Amissah-Arthur, assistant professor of geography, geology and the
environment, to present “Recognizing Recommendation Domains
for Targeting Actionable Climate Forecasts to Rural Stakeholders in
Kenya” at the Second International Conference on Climate
Impacts Assessment in Grainau, Germany later this
month.
Dr. Deborah
Cohen, professor of modern languages/cultures, to present on
feminist theater in Costa Rica at the 12th Annual
Jornadas Internacionales de Teatro Latinoamericano in Puebla,
Mexico in July. She will also present work on historical theater by
Costa Rican Miguel Rojas at the VII Congreso de Historia in
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in July, and will attend another conference
and workshop while visiting Latin America.
Dr. Jace
Condravy, professor of English, will present “Humanizing the
Curriculum: Beyond ‘Add Women and Stir,’” Dr.
Cornelius Cosgrove, professor of English, will present
“Humanizing Academic Knowledge: Creating Critical Thought Via
a Rhetorically-based Liberal Arts” and Dr. William Zeiger,
associate professor of English, will present “The Humane
Rhetoric of Trauma Narrative” at July’s Second
International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities at the
Monash University Center in Prato-Tuscany, Italy.
Dr. Suzanne
Rose, assistant professor of elementary education/early childhood,
presented “What Can You Do When They Don’t Want to Read
the Book? Strategies for Supporting Students’
Text-based Learning,” at the eighth Annual Conference on
University Teaching and Learning at Dalhousie University in
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dr. Tamra Schiappa,
assistant professor of geography, geology and the environment, to
present “Cisuralian Biostratigraphy of the Great Basin,
Western United States” at the 32nd International
Geological Congress in Florence, Italy, in August.
Dr. Anne
Slanina, assistant professor of elementary education/early
childhood, who presented “The Impact of Art and Music on
Early Childhood Literacy Development” at the Oxford Early
Childhood Roundtable atManchester
College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
Melissa
Teodoro, assistant professor of Dance, to present
“Masculinity that emanates from under the skirts: The
Farotas de Talaigua and their portrayal of gender inversion in the
Carnaval de Barranquilla” at the XXIII Symposium of ICTM
Ethnochoreology in Bologna, Italy, in July.
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