FACULTY & STAFF
NOTEWORTHY NEWS Faculty Accomplishments The information in this section is taken from Academic Affairs reports submitted to the Board between January and December 2013.
Ms. Heather Achter, Adjunct Faculty, performed in The Abbey Players' production of As You Like It. Ms. Achter served as Assistant Director for Carolina Actors Studio Theatre's production of The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity. She also served as directorial assistant for Carolina Actors Studio Theatre's productions of Elemenopee and Assassins.
Ms. Jill Bloede, Assistant Professor of Theatre, performed the role of Chaplain Lawrence in the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in April. Ms. Bloede served as judge for The Blumey Awards series for 31 high school musicals, and the Metrolina Theatre Association for local amateur and professional theatre. Ms. Bloede directed one of the four original plays in the Annual NuVoices Festival at Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, where scripts were given to the casts on Sunday evening, and one week later, the plays were presented to the public.
Dr. Elizabeth Baker and several senior biology majors served as judges at the Gaston County Regional Science Fair at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia in January.
Ms. Bloede assisted with the choreography for the Abbey Players' 2013-2014 season opener, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Dr. Baker loaned, identified, and curated specimens of insects and other arthropods to a Master Gardener volunteer at Ida Rankin Elementary School for a talk to third-grade school children on “Beneficial Insects.”
Dr. Michael Botts, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, completed his second semester in pursuit of an advanced degree. Dr. Botts is a law student at Charlotte School of Law. He is enrolled full-time while also holding a full-time position at the Abbey.
Dr. Baker attended a presentation arranged by Dr. Jennifer Ellington and presented by Dr. Ravi Singh from the Wake Forest School of Medicine to BAC biology majors at their BBB Honorary Society Induction on “Development of Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy and Diagnosis.” Ms. Julia Beeman, Chair of the Social Sciences Division and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, completed her second semester in pursuit of an advanced degree. Ms. Beeman is a doctoral student at Nova Southeastern University. She is enrolled full-time while also holding a full-time position at the Abbey. Professor Beeman attended the Division II FAR (Faculty Athletic Representative) Advanced Leadership Institute in Indianapolis in October. Ms. Beeman was also appointed to the Mecklenburg County Jury Commission, one of three Mecklenburg County citizens named to the commission. She will serve a two-year term, and is responsible for overseeing the administration of the jury selection process.
Dr. Grattan Brown, Assistant Professor of Theology, had an article, “The Use and Misuse of Medical Futility,” accepted by the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly. Dr. Brown delivered a paper, “Freedom and the Paradox of Suffering,” at the annual conference of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September. Mr. Stephen Brosnan, Associate Professor of Math/Physics, took two students (Robert Wilson and Grant Eddy) to the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Southeastern section conference at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in March. The students attended talks and toured the student poster sessions. They shared ideas with the Abbey Math Club, and a result, our math students plan to actively participate in 2014. Dr. Joan Brugman, Assistant Professor of Psychology, was a panelist at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) in Atlanta, Georgia, in March. She participated in a session on the experiences of new faculty.
Dr. Al Benthall, Assistant Professor of English, presented a paper, “Flannery O'Connor and the Action of Grace,” as part of the Lecture Series at Saint Pius X Catholic Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February.
Dr. Brugman participated in the fourth annual meeting of the Charlotte Area Network for the Teaching of Psychology (CANTOP) at Davidson College in August.
Dr. Benthall performed “I Summon You” and “Hey Ho!” at Agora Night in April.
Dr. Ann Calhoun-Sauls, Associate Professor of Psychology, was a panelist in a session on psychology
32 CROSSROADS
The Magazine of Belmont Abbey College
Spring 2014