faculty Publications & Research Activities Nanette Wachter, associate professor of chemistry, continues to direct Hofstra’s annual Summer Science Research Project (HUSSRP). During the summer of 2010, the project received a generous grant from National Grid as part of the “Engineering Our Future” program. The program offered high school students the opportunity to work on “green” research projects ranging from household energy demand and alternative fuels to environmental engineering. Kathleen Wallace, professor of philosophy, delivered a talk for Hofstra’s IDEAS Institute titled “Sustainable Life: A Citizen’s Guide to Ethics and Sustainability.” She discussed the concept of sustainability, its ethical basis, and how it can and should guide individual behavior. David E. Weissman, professor of engineering, was installed as the Jean Nerken Distinguished Professor in Engineering. He has been on the Hofstra faculty since 1968 and has played a major role in the development of Hofstra’s B.S. in Electrical Engineering program and in the expansion of the Department of Engineering. Joann Willey, professor of biology, was issued a grant from the National Science Foundation totaling $185,933 for the first year of a three-year project titled “RUI: Exploring Regulation of a Morphogenetic Peptide in a Filamentous Bacterium.” Benjamin Wolff, adjunct assistant professor of music, presented “Galileo’s Muse: A Tale of Music, Physics, Creativity and Insight” for Hofstra’s IDEAS Institute on March 10, 2011. The performance explains how Galileo’s love of music and his experience as a lute player held the key to one of his most important scientific accomplishments – the formulation of his “Law of Falling Bodies.” Phyllis Zagano, senior research associate-in-residence and adjunct professor of religion, gave a presentation titled “Rome, Women and the End of Catholicism” at Hofstra in spring 2010. She completed a Fulbright Fellowship to the Republic of Ireland, where she examined the historical place and status of women in the Catholic Church. Dr. Zagano currently writes a biweekly column for the National Catholic Reporter (ncronline.org).
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library David Woolwine, assistant professor and reference librarian, was awarded Hofstra’s 2010-2011 Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication for his article “Generic Versus Discipline-Specific Skills,” which appeared in Practising Information Literacy: Bringing Theories of Learning, Practice and Information Literacy Together (edited by A. Lloyd & S. Talja), published by
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Paula Uruburu, professor of English and vice dean of the School for University Studies, spoke about her book American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, The Birth of the “It” Girl and the Crime of the Century at the Centre for American Studies at the University of Western Ontario on September 30, 2010.
Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.: Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University (2010).
School of Education, Health and Human Services Donna R. Barnes, professor emerita of teaching, literacy and leadership, directed the Hofstra Cultural Center symposium Child’s Play, Children’s Pleasures: Interdisciplinary Explorations, a forum for stimulating and disseminating research on the historical, sociological, psychological and educational study of children’s development from infancy to age 12 through play activities, dolls, toys, and games. Dr. Barnes was also the guest curator for Smakelijk Eten at the Westfries Museum in Hoorn, the Netherlands. This exhibition of 17th-century Dutch art was on view from December 9, 2010, through March 13, 2011. Linda Davey, associate professor of teaching, literacy and leadership, was awarded a $293,000 grant from Farmingdale Union Free School District in support of a New York state