Catherine Stenson, professor of mathematics wrote, with a co-author, the second edition of the textbook Introduction to Topology and Geometry.
to Sunday mass at one of Antigua’s oldest colonial churches, the Iglesia de La Merced, was broadcast on the state television station.
in April. She also wrote a chapter on “Researcher in Relationship” in Indigenous Pathways into Social Research: Voices of a New Generation.
Jennifer Streb, associate professor of art, presented “Minna Citron: An Artist’s Move into Abstraction” at the Popular Culture/American Culture Association conference in Washington, D.C. in March. Streb also was asked to join the association’s Preservation Committee.
Jim Tuten, associate professor of history, was invited to speak on “All Lovers of Nature…Love a Swamp: Wading and Wandering Through Lowcountry Swamps,” at the College of Charleston’s Addlestone Library in Charleston, S.C. in February. Tuten also presented “A Confederate General Goes Viral: The Unexpected Case of E. W. Gantt’s 1863 Unification Speech,” at a meeting of the American Culture Association/ Popular Cultural Association in March in Washington, D.C.
Paula Wagoner, associate professor of anthropology, wrote a chapter, “The Search for an Honest Man: Iktomi Hcala as an Ethnohistorical and Humanistic Conundrum,” in the book Transforming Ethographies: Narrative, Meaning and Community published by the University of Oklahoma Press.
Henry Thurston-Griswold, professor of Spanish, coordinated the Juniata Concert Choir’s March 2013 spring break tour to Guatemala, where the group performed seven concerts in seven days in six different cities or towns. One of the choir’s concerts was broadcast on Quetzaltenango’s National Radio station, and a performance of two sacred pieces prior
Polly Walker, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies, published an article, “Storians: Building on Indigenous Knowledge to Enhance Ni-Vanuatu Mediative Capacity” in Conflict Resolution Quarterly
Jamie White, Book Professor of Physics, with a co-author, published an article on compact diffraction using lasers in the 2012 journal Review of Scientific Instruments. White and his wife, Laura, also started a company at JCEL called MOGLabs USA, LLC, which sells and services custom-made research diode lasers and electronics made by MOGLabs Australia.
Heather Pavlik, head coach, women’s volleyball, was asked to be part of the Pittsburgh Pirates Think Tank in the team’s spring training facility in Bradenton, Fla. in January. Pavlik joined coaches, sports psychologists, military officers and noncommissioned officers and sports executives to discuss the best way to train and manage athletes. Pavlik was the only female coach asked to participate.
So What?
Q: How were you asked to participate?
A: My husband (Mark Pavlik, coach of Penn State’s men’s volleyball team) made a connection with Kyle Stark, the Pirates’ assistant GM, who is a former volleyball player from Ball State University. He introduced us to Bernie Holliday, the Pirates mental conditioning coach. Bernie asked Mark and me to come, but Mark was inseason, so I went. Q: What was the basic format for the Think Tank? A: They basically broke us into different groups over the course of two days. Sometimes they would base it on similar jobs, other times, they’d base the groups on dissimilar jobs, and asked everyone to brainstorm on topics like championship quality, how to reach today’s athlete, coaching performance and other things.
Q: What did you learn at the Think Tank? A: I think about 80 percent of what we talked about confirmed what we already are doing here—it reaffirmed we are doing things right. One of the best lessons I took away was from the people who trained Navy SEALS and U.S. Army Rangers— which was that athletes will do what is expected of them, so if you have low expectations your team will only rise to that level. If you want your team to be great, you have to be hard on them.
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Q: You were the only female coach there. What was that dynamic like? A: There were a couple of female sports psychologists from IMG there, but I’ve experienced this as a coach, which is male-dominated, and as a science teacher, which also is male-dominated, and what happens is, in groups, everyone will defer to me to be polite. They want me to talk first. Then once they realize you know what you’re talking about, you’re golden after that.