Celia Cook-Huffman, Burkholder Professor of Conflict
Resolution, published “The Role of Identity In Conflict” in the book A Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and wrote the entry for “Gender and Conflict” entry in the International Encyclopedia of Peace and the entry for “Conflict Resolution” in the Encyclopedia of Social Problems.
So What?
Asked to contribute an article for the Handbook, Cook-Huffman explains why it’s important to say yes. “(Conflict resolution) is growing and developing and scholars are still synthesizing what constitutes or merits inclusion in the field. To be asked to write an article for this is a recognition of my own contributions to the field and a chance to be included with the leading scholars in the field and have my own work be read and discussed.” She also delivered the keynote address “Imagining Peace Across the Disciplines” at the Active Learning Conference at Nassau Community College in March 2008. She delivered an invited lecture “Teaching Conflict Resolution” and “Managing Conflict in Groups” at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kalamassery, India in June.
Eiichiro Ochiai, professor emeritus of chemistry, published Bioinorganic Chemistry, a Survey through Academic Press/Elsevier. Dennis Plane, assistant professor of politics, and a co-author published “Ideology and Representation in the U.S. Senate: Roll Calls v. Constituent Assessments” in the Journal of Legislative Studies 2007. He also published the article, “Trust in Government,” in the American National Election Studies Pilot Study Report. Deborah Roney, assistant professor of English and director of Language in Motion, was elected co-president of the American Association of University Women for Pennsylvania. Russell Shelley, Elma Stine Heckler Associate Professor of Music, was a guest conductor for two regional high school choral festivals held in Independence, Mo. in October and in Bradenton, Fla. in January. He also conducted the Keystone
Christian Education Association’s high school All-State choir in the Capitol Rotunda in November. Jack Troy, associate professor emeritus of art, taught various workshops for ceramic artists at Touchstone Center for the Crafts, Farmington, Pa.; The Clay Studio in Missoula, Mont.; University of Montana, Missoula; Alison Palmer Studio, Kent, Conn.; Miss Porter’s School, Farmington, Conn.; and Valley Regional High School, Deep River, Conn. He also was chair of a panel, “Kiln Doctors” at the annual National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts in Pittsburgh, and exhibited artwork at The Clay Studio of Missoula and the Donaldson Gallery at Miss Porter’s School, where he served as the 2008 Prescott Visiting Artist. Kathy Westcott, assistant professor of psychology, collaborated with Michael Boyle, von Liebig Chair in Biomedical Sciences, David Drews, professor emeritus of
psychology, Philip Dunwoody, assistant professor of psychology, and Lynn Cockett, associate professor of communication, for the development of a model for a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Center on a Liberal Arts Campus. The project is funded by the Teagle Foundation. Sarah Worley ’00, instructor in communication, Nathan Wagoner, digital media specialist, Kevin Ott ’97, Ryan Wetzel ’06 and Andy Dudash, head of reference services, received a Bronze Telly Award in the Social Issues Category for the documentary Junk, which documented the annual tradition of Junk Week in Huntingdon. The Telly Awards honor local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as video and film productions, and work created for the Web.
Patricia Weaver, Dana Professor of Accounting, Randy Rosenberger, associate professor of management, and Dominick Peruso, associate professor of accounting, consulted for the Internal Revenue Service to help the service devise an appropriate test to qualify job candidates.
So What?
How did the IRS assignment come about? Randy Rosenberger: The IRS wants a screening device that screens, but doesn’t screen everyone. After all, they want to hire the best applicants. Getting the level of difficulty just right was the most interesting and difficult part of the assignment.
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How important are consulting assignments to the business faculty? RR: Hands-on practice for us provides a connection to the business world that keeps us in touch with what is going on and informs what we bring into the classroom. Effective consulting offers some external validation that we know what we are talking about, that we can practice what we preach...what we teach.