Faculty Notes

Jody Althouse, director of the Office for the Prevention of Interpersonal Violence, and Dan Cook-Huffman, associate dean of students and Title IX Coordinator, co-presented in Oct. at the Department of Justice (DOJ) Technical Training Institute in Orlando, Fla., a session titled, You Can Do It! Building a Strong Foundation: Collaboration Between the Prevention and Title IX Offices. Additionally, at the DOJ conference, Althouse presented two other sessions, Engaging Athletes in Violence Prevention, in collaboration with the Men Can Stop Rape Organization. In Dec., Althouse and Cook-Huffman co-presented at the Chrysalis Conference, Solving the Campus Sexual Assault & Dating Violence Puzzle, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. In May, Althouse was invited to speak at the Huntingdon Rotary Club and presented, Prevention Efforts at Juniata College.

James J. “Jack” Barlow, Charles A. Dana Professor of Politics, was a lecturer for the Center for Civic Education’s Presidential Academy, July 11–13, 2019. He gave two lectures on the Reconstruction Amendments and also gave two lectures on the Bill of Rights for Lakeside Chautauqua, Lakeside, Ohio, Aug. 12–13.

Kathleen Biddle, professor of education, along with Kathryn M. “Kathy” Westcott, professor of psychology, presented Assessing Knowledge of Language and Literacy Concepts to Support Best Practices in Reading Instruction at the American Psychological Association in Chicago, Ill., in Aug. 2019; Beyond Knowledge: Changes in Self-Perception by Pre-Service Teachers, at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in Toronto, Canada, in Aug. 2019; Language and Literacy Skill Knowledge for Effective Reading Instruction at the Eastern Psychological Association in New York, N.Y., in March 2019; and Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Effective Reading Instruction at the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania in State College, Pa., in Oct. 2018.

1. Robert M. Boryk, instructor of art and ceramic studio assistant, had work accepted into two juried exhibitions, KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 2019, Bredin-Lee Gallery, Kansas City, Mo., and The Almighty Cup 2019, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, New York.

Lauren Bowen, Provost and professor of politics, facilitated as session entitled “An Asset-Based Approach to Accessibility and Student Success” at the 2019 Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officers Institute in Baltimore, Md. Nov. 4–7, 2019. Celia Cook-Huffman, W. Clay & Kathryn H. Burkholder Professor of Conflict Resolution and Assistant Provost, published Identity Matters: Social Identity and Social Change in S. Byrne, T. Matyok, I.M. Scott, and J. Senehi (Eds.), Routledge Companion to Peace and Conflict Studies (pp. 269–279). New York, New York: Routledge Press.

Blair J. Cutright, QUEST coordinator, was recognized as the recipient of the 2019 Pharos Lighthouse Award Student Success Professional for her commitment and tireless work to support relational retention.

Sarah Jane DeHaas, Martin G. Brumbaugh Professor of Education and chair of the Education Department, Kathleen Biddle, professor of education, Dawn E. Hayes ’95, assistant professor of education, Kathleen M. “Kathy” Jones, professor of education, Karen Pletcher, instructor of education, and Dipali Puri, assistant professor of education, presented Developing Pre-Service Teacher Voice Through High-Impact Practices That Foster Collaboration, Inquiry, and Community Engagement, at the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators (PAC-TE).

Christine Elliot, learning services and assessment librarian, presented a Library Information Technology

Association (LITA) webinar, Universal Parity to Resources: Rethinking Library Access with Courtney McAllister in July 2019. Elliott and McAllister also published The Library as Laboratory: Using Makerspaces to Cultivate Organizational and Personal Creativity, in Creativity for Library Career Advancement: Perspectives, Techniques, and Eureka Moments and Charting the Course: Assessment and Change Action, in Change Management for Library Technologists. Along with Sara Kern, access services and instruction librarian, Elliott presented Rocking the Boat: Resetting Library Student Worker Culture, at the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference, in Oct. 2019 in Erie, Pa.

April Feagley, assistant director of communication, presented Anne Dorris Chisolm: Socialite, Suffragette, Standard Bearer to the members of the Huntingdon Rotary Club in July.

2. Amy Frazier-Yoder, associate professor of Spanish, published Cracking the Civilized Coco: Defamiliarization in Paloma Pedrero’s Las Isla Amarilla (1995) in the Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies. Along with Deborah W. “Deb” Roney, assistant professor of English and director of Language in Motion, Frazier-Yoder hosted more than 50 students from Altoona Area High School and State College Area High School for Language in Motion’s Spanish Language Immersion Day Nov. 7, 2019. The event included dance lessons, presentations, and activities led by Juniata students and Henry Thurston-Griswold, professor of Spanish, who also led a sing-along.

Marita Gilbert, dean of institutional equity and inclusive excellence, presented Living, Surviving, Not Just Thriving in Higher Education as part of a panel by the Sisters of the Academy Inclusive Excellence Symposium at Simmons College, Boston, Mass., in April 2019. She presented No Mirrors in My Nana’s House: Black Feminist Praxis as Reflected Resistance and Resilience in Higher Education at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Portland, Ore., in May 2019 and at the Faculty Women of Color in the Academy National Conference in Blacksburg, Va., in April 2019. Gilbert was invited to serve as an advisory council member on “Sustaining Underrepresented Faculty” through the Booth Ferris Foundation Grant in 2019 and as a planning committee member for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2019 Diversity, Equity, and Student Success Conference 2018–2019.

Douglas S. “Doug” Glazier, professor of biology, is a coauthor on an article concerning the ecology of metabolism in squids and other cephalopods that was published in one of the oldest scientific journals in the world, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Glazier also presented a talk on how temperature and behavioral activity interactively affect the scaling of metabolic rate with body mass, at the European Ecological Federation Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, in Aug. 2019. In addition, the poster that he coauthored with two colleagues from the University of Salento (Italy) received first prize at the EEF Congress.

Fernando Gomes, assistant dean of admission, was selected to be a faculty member for the Southern Association of College Admission Counseling’s (SACAC) Dry Run, a summer training institute designed for new admissions professionals in July 2019. This year’s event was sponsored by Tulane University in New Orleans, La. Gomes was a co-leader of a small group and offered presentations on recruitment and application reading for small colleges, and co-facilitated sensitivity training as well. Gabriel Gould, instructor of First Year Experience/Music, was invited to a month-long residency at ArtsIceland in Isafjordur, Iceland, in July/Aug. 2019. ArtsIceland is an international multidisciplinary residency program for artists, filmmakers, writers, and performers. While in residence, Gabriel composed a new work called Kria, based on elements of the Icelandic soundscape, which was premiered in Isafjordur during the residency.

Christopher J. “Chris” Grant, assistant professor of biology, and Ben Martin ’18 published Potential Threats to Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in the Juniata River Basin, Pennsylvania, in the Journal of Freshwater Ecology. Grant was co-author, along with Regina “Gina” Lamendella, Valko Professor of Biological Sciences, and Nikea Ulrich ’17 on a publication in Applied and Environmental Microbiology which looked at microbial community response to biocides from fracking. Grant was also invited to be a guest editor for a special issue from JoVe (Journal of Visualized Experiments) about the impacts of Unconventional Natural Gas Development (fracking) on ecosystems.

Holly J. Hayer, associate professor of Spanish, presented a session in July 2019 in San Diego, Ca., at the 101st Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Her conference session was titled “We Can Do It” Greater Collaboration & Effectiveness with Can-Do Statements & Integrated Performance Assessment.

Dawn E. Hayes ’95, assistant professor of education, presented School Safety and Prevention of Violence & Trauma Informed Practices at the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators in Harrisburg, Pa. in Oct. 2019.

3. Jill B. Keeney, Charles A. Dana Professor of Biology, along with colleagues from several other schools, organized a workshop on using the discovery of gene function in the model organism yeast in an undergraduate laboratory class. The workshop was held June 17–22, 2019, at Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and involved undergraduate faculty from more than 15 different institutions. The workshop was funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (NSF-RCN) grant. Keeney, along with Jay Hosler, David K. Goodman ’74 Professor of Biology and chair of the biology department, and Kathryn M. “Kathy” Westcott, professor of psychology, were awarded a $1 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation for 18 undergraduate STEM students in July. In August, Keeney presented a workshop with Tammy Tobin from Susquehanna University at the American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators on the NSF-RCN yeast modules for undergraduate laboratory courses. Regina “Gina” Lamendella, Valko Professor of Biological Sciences, and Keeney traveled to St. Francis University for the annual Allegheny Branch American Society for Microbiology Nov. 8–9, where 14 Juniata students presented their independent research projects. Regan Myers ’22 won first place for poster presentation. Lavinia Unverdorben ’20 won first place for her oral presentation and Eddie Almaraz ’20 and Avery Lee ’21 won 2nd place for their poster presentation. Aine Boudreau ’21 and Lavinia Unverdorben ’20 won travel grants as well.

Sara Kern, access services and instruction librarian, was accepted to and participated in the Librarians Active Learning Institute (LALI) at Dartmouth College in August. LALI is a competitive institute for librarians to develop and expand learner-centered teaching practices.

James E. “Jim” Latten, professor of music, has been re-named to the College Band Directors National Association’s Small College Band Task Force. CBDNA represents college band directors across the USA and Canada, and the task force focuses on issues pertaining to programs at smaller colleges and universities.

Monika Malewska, professor of art, published her artwork, Monkey Skeleton and Amaryllis (from the Tree of Life series) in the fall of 2019 in the International Painting Annual 9 (INPA 9), MANIFEST—A Non-Profit Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mark McKellop, professor of psychology, and Kathryn Westcott, professor of psychology, presented research, Digital natives: Perspectives on social media in the classroom at the American Psychological Association Convention in Chicago, Ill., in Aug. 2019. The research had several Juniata student researchers as coauthors, Carrie McGlohon ’21, Victoria Taylor ’21, and Joanna Shin ’19.

Scott T. McKenzie, associate director for athletic operations and associate athletic director, presented a talk and moderated a discussion, The Role of Athletics in Enrollment Management, to the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA)/National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) Convention in June 2019 in Orlando, Fla.

George Merovich, associate professor of environmental sciences, was elected as the president-elect of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Fisheries Society and was appointed as a member of the executive committee for the Northeastern Division of the American Fisheries Society. Merovich presented Estimates of Crayfish Population Size and Distribution Within the Upper Juniata River Watershed in Central Pennsylvania and co-presented Considerations for Designing an eDNA Assay for Invasive Species Monitoring: A Case Study for Rusty Crayfish at the 2019 Joint Annual Conference of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society, Sept. 28–Oct. 5, 2019, in Reno, Nev.

Norris Z. Muth, professor of biology, along with Christopher J. “Chris” Grant, assistant professor of biology, Catherine Neville ’19, Marissa Cubbage ’19, and Meaghen Stewart ’19, published Local Ecosystem Uptake of Stocked Trout by Cambarus bartonii and the Relevance of Prior Exposure to Stocking in Northeastern Naturalist, fall 2019.

4. Loren K. Rhodes, Information Technology Endowed Chair, taught a short course, Music and Computing, May 20–29, 2019, in Steinfurt, Germany, at the Fachhochschule Münster University of Applied Sciences, using the Python programming language and tools built to teach programming though the creation of music.

Deborah W. “Deb” Roney, assistant professor of English and director of Language in Motion, co-presented Language in Motion: Building Bridges to the World with Sarah Prokopick Crawford ’00 at the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA)/Pennsylvania Council for International Education (PaCIE) Joint Conference in State College, Pa., Oct. 24–26, 2019.

Henry Thurston-Griswold, professor of Spanish, published an op-ed titled Conditions Ripe for Mass Exodus from ‘Banana Republics’ in the July 23 edition

of the Huntingdon Daily News. He also presented a session, Spanish Immersion and Community Engagement in Guatemala and Central PA, at the annual conference of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association in Oct.

James A. “Jim” Troha, president, presented Building an Effective Senior Team at the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) at the annual President’s Institute in Jan. 2020. Following a recent state election process, Troha will be representing Region III on the board of the National Association for Independent Colleges and Universities. This is a three-year term which began in February 2020. He also assumed the role of vice chair with the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts (PCLA).

James H. “Jim” Tuten, professor of history, presented Arkansas’ Digests of Laws: Information Technology for Bench, Bar and Justices of the Peace, at the Arkansas Historical Association annual meeting April 12, 2019, in Stuttgart, Ark.

Polly Walker, director of Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies and associate professor of peace and conflict studies, presented Designing a Global Infrastructure for Arts, Culture and Conflict Transformation: Results of the IMPACT Project and Indigenous Approaches to Peace at Local Alignments, Global Upheavals: Re-imagining Peace, Legitimacy, Jurisdiction and Authority, the Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association & Peace and Conflict Studies Canadian Association at Menno Simons College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Oct. 4–6, 2019.

James R. “Jim” Watt, vice president for advancement, was a member of the planning task force, session presenter and contributor for The Council of Independent Colleges’ 2019 Institute for Chief Academic Officers with Chief Advancement and Public Relations Officers in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 2019 Watt was listed by The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) as a 2019 District II Faculty Star. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the global association for professionals in advancement—alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and advancement services—who share the goal of championing education to transform lives and society. Watt presented at several conferences on Unrestricted Giving, The Partnership Between Alumni Relations and Development, and The Importance of Planned Giving Auditing.

Jamie White, William I and Zella B. Book Professor of Physics, presented Laser Frequency Noise Spectrum and Linewidth Using a Fiber Interferometer along with co-authors from the University of Melbourne and Monash University, both in Australia, at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics in May 2019 in Milwaukee, Wis.

David Widman, associate professor of psychology, along with Madeline Bennetti ’17 and Rebecca Anglemyer ’18, published Gaze Patterns of Sexually Fluid Women and Men at Nude Females and Males in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. Widman also published Punishment of Hypothetical Polygamous Marriages in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, Sept. 2019.