Faculty Notes When we ask, So What—we’re not being rude. It started when we asked the faculty to explain a little more about the work they do in research, developing courses, consulting, and the like. We wanted the info behind the paper title, the story behind the curricular change, the life and the thinking that make Juniata profs as interesting as they are. —Read on Jack Barlow, Dana Professor of Politics, wrote articles on the “General Welfare Clause” and “Constitutional Government” for the encyclopedia American Governance. Bethany Benson, associate professor of art, exhibited ceramics at: the “Ceramics Biennial Exhibition” at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, N.H.; the “Biennial Cup Show” at the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, Fla.; the Daily Ritual: “The Ceramic Cup” exhibition at the Saxonburg Area Artists Co-op in Saxonburg, Pa.; the “What Are You Thinking?” show at CVPA Campus Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in Dartmouth, Mass.; the “Steinfest: Present Day Interpretations” exhibition at Claymakers Gallery in Durham, N.C.; the “2014 Ceramic World Cup Tournament” at HYART Gallery in Madison, Wis.; and Studio 550’s 2nd Annual Cup Show in Manchester, N.H.
Kate Clarke, associate professor of drama, was certified in October as an Associate Instructor of Fitzmaurice Voicework. She narrated two audio books, Preservation, by Rachael Wade, and Claire's Magical Hair, by Martin Wills. She also performed in the play Buffalo Nickels Medicine Show at the Piper Theatre in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kris Clarkson, dean of students, served on the Middle States Accreditation Evaluation Team for St. Bonaventure University in October. Douglas Glazier, professor of biology, was named a member of the editorial board of the international journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. He also published four research papers, on aspects of metabolic scaling, in Biological Reviews, Systems 2, and Ecology Letters. He also updated the chapters “Amphipoda” and “Springs” for the book Earth Systems and Environmental Science.
James Borgardt, Woolford Professor of Physics, organized and edited the Summer 2014 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Materials Management. The issue published 10 articles by international team participants in a web-based technical exercise Borgardt organized. He also published (with a coauthor) the issue’s lead article, “Galaxy Serpent: A Web-based Tabletop Exercise Using the Concept of National Nuclear Forensics Libraries.” In addition, Borgardt traveled to Budapest in October to organize a State Department-sponsored tabletop exercise examining policy-level considerations, nuclear security tools and rules of evidence during the investigation of a simulated nuclear security incident.
Christopher Grant, assistant research professor, and Gina Lamendella, assistant professor of biology, published a paper on the impact of fracking on aquatic ecosystems in the Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Grant also spoke on elevated mercury levels in brook trout relative to brown trout in central Pennsylvania streams at the Wild Trout Symposium in Bozeman, Mont., in September.
Rob Boryk, lecturer in art and studio assistant, exhibited his work at the “11th Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition” at The Clay Studio I in Philadelphia Pa., He also exhibited at “Shapes of Influence” at the M.G. Nelson Family Gallery in Springfield Ill. and was awarded Best of Show.
Patricia Howard, assistant professor of art, was artist-inresidence at the Burren College of Art in Balleyvaughan, Ireland, in August. She also served as a panelist for the Golden Orchid International Animation Festival at Penn State University, as a judge for iAniMAGIC 2014, and juror for the 2015 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College, Pa.
Richard Hark, Foster Chair in Chemistry, spoke on “Public Outreach and Education in Atomic Spectroscopy using LIBS,” at the SciX meeting in Reno, Nev., in September. Hark also was interviewed in Spectroscopy Magazine.
So What? Q: What is Fitzmaurice Voicework? A: Fitzmaurice Voicework is one of the major training methods for voice and speech for the stage. I spent the last two summers in New York. Catherine Fitzmaurice is the founder of the work, so she was one of my teachers as were all of the master teachers on staff. It’s a very intensive two months where you go very deeply into the work every day. Q: How do you get certified? A: Both years, you have to take a bunch of courses and you do a lot of practice teaching. The first year, they give you a 10-minute teaching slot with a single student and then a 10-minute teaching slot with a group. The second year, you have about 40 minutes total and you have to teach a class. You have to create a class that is specified toward a single person or a group. Also, we basically had to write an equivalent of a thesis. It was very intensive and a lot of work definitely, but an amazing experience. Q: What do you do with your certification now? A: I’m now a member of VASTA, which is the professional affiliation of voice and speech teachers. Because I’m teaching at the college level, it’s actually a really great certification to have because it’s helped me be a better teacher. Also I could hang out a shingle on my own and say, “Okay, I’m a voice and speech teacher, who wants to come study with me?”
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