I sat upon a window-seat. “Sit here.” I squatted at his feet. “I could not see you for the light.” Sun shone that day with solstice might. At the feet of the master, I was held, eye by glistening eye.
Lviv National University to junior faculty from Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe. It is part of the Media Literacy in Post-Communist Countries project administered by the Open Society Institute’s Higher Education Support Program and Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Robert Geraci, assistant professor of religious studies, published “Apocalyptic AI: Religion and the Promise of Artificial Intelligence” in the spring issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Religion. He also published the article “Robots and the Sacred in Science and Science Fiction” in the winter 2007 edition of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. In addition, Geraci published the paper “Cultural Prestige: Popular Science Robotics as Religion/Science Hybrid” in the book Reconfigurations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Religion in a Post-Secular Society. Dr. Juliana Gilheany, adjunct professor of history, delivered the lecture Highlights of Modern United States Foreign Relations in April at Fordham College of Liberal Studies, Lincoln Center. The talk was part of the College at 60 lecture series. Dr. Shawn Ladda, associate professor of physical education and human performance, authored the chapter Scholastic Physical Education in Women as Leaders in Sport: Impact and Influence (June 2007), edited by Mary A. Hums, Glenna G. Bower and Heidi Grappendorf. Dr. Joseph Lennon, associate professor of English, recently published a collection of poems in the New Hibernian Review. Dr. Bruce Liby, associate professor of physics, and Ryan Scholl ’08 presented the paper “Determining the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Copper with a Michelson Interferometer” at the International Student Research Conference at The City College of New York in October. Dr. Christoph Lienert, associate professor of physical education and human performance, recently authored the chapter A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Inclusive Physical Education in the International, Inclusive, Interdisciplinary: Perspectives of a Modern Sport Science. He delivered the keynote speech Adapted Physical Activity: Transcending Boundaries at the Fourth International Mediterranean Sports Science Congress in Antalya, Turkey, in November. He also conducted the workshop Strategies for Creating Inclusive Physical
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Education, while serving as a member of the Congress’ scientific committee. This past summer, Lienert presented the multimedia case study, Collaboration Between CollegeBased Teacher Education and Public Schools: Creating a Multimedia Case Study to Enhance Physical Education Teacher Education at the 16th International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity in Rio Claro, Brazil. Dr. John Mahony, professor of environmental engineering, and Dr. Robert Mutch, adjunct professor of environmental engineering, presented the paper “A Study of Tritium in Municipal Solid and Waste and Gas” at the Eighth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology in Rochester, N.Y., in September. He also served as a mentor to Andrew Wolfson ’08, Caitlin Slattery ’08 and Nicholas Clemente ’08, who presented the paper “Extent and Effect of Chloride Ion Penetration on the Comprehensive Strength of Concrete Undergoing Continuous Cyclic Exposure to Salt Over Six Months” at the university research forum of the annual meeting of the New York Environmental Association in New York City from Feb. 4-6. The paper was awarded third prize for the session. Dr. Zella Moore, assistant professor of psychology, recently wrote The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance: The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment Approach, published by Springer Publishing Company. Moore also was invited to Australia during this past summer to consult with the psychology department of the Australian Institute of Sport (Australian Olympic Committee). She spent two weeks training 11 Olympics psychologists in her methods to enhance elite competitive performance while assessing, conceptualizing and treating psychological barriers related to anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, eating disorders and developmental/adjustment issues. In addition, Moore has published the peer-reviewed journal article “Evidencebased Interventions for the Treatment of Eating Disorders” in the Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology. The article was coauthored by psychology majors Raquel Ciampa ’09, Jaime Wilsnack ’08 and Elizabeth Wright ’08. Dr. Mohammad Naraghi, professor of mechanical engineering, organized four sessions on Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering Education at the International Mechanical Congress held in Seattle, Wash., this past November. He also was honored by the Computer in Education Division of the American Society for Engineering Education