Vitale Presents at Conference
Alfred Vitale, program assistant, presented “Esoteric Studies and the Issues of Disciplinary Marginalization” at the American Academy of Religion conference in Philadelphia, Pa. in November.

Kimball Honored for Article
Bruce Kimball, professor, received an honorable mention from the American Society for Legal History for his article “The Langdell Problem: Historicizing the Century of Historiography, 1906-2000s,” which appeared in the summer 2004 issue of Law History and Review.

Guiffrida Publishes Two Articles
Douglas Guiffrida, assistant professor, published two recent articles. “Othermothering as a Framework for Understanding African American Students’ Definitions of Student-centered Faculty” appeared in the Journal of Higher Education volume 76 number 6, and “Publishing in the Journal of College Counseling, part I: Comments on disseminating college counseling knowledge through research studies” was published in the Journal of College Counseling volume 8
number 2.

Brent, French Appointed to Review Panel
Brian Brent, associate professor and associate dean for graduate studies, and Lucia French, associate professor, each have been recently appointed to funding review panels at the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. Brent was appointed to the education systems and broad reform standing review panel, and French was appointed to the math and science education panel.

Hursh Quoted on Homophobia in Schools, Gives Three Presentations
David Hursh, associate professor, was quoted in the article “Looking for Allies: Gay high school students try to cope with discrimination” in the November 23 issue of City newspaper.
In addition, Hursh has given three recent presentations: “Social Class, Education, and the Role of the Left in the United States” at Oxford University, England in October; “We All Live Downstream: Transforming knowledge and thinking through teaching and learning about the relationship between the environment and human health” at the Thrid World Environmental Education conference in Turin, Italy in October; and “Unstable Stabilities: Neo-liberal governmentality in recent educational reforms in the United States” at the American Educational Studies Association Conference in Charlottesville, Va. in November.

Ares Organizes Symposium
Nancy Ares, assistant professor, organized the symposium “New Forms of Teaching and Learning with Networked Clasrooms and Methodologies to Examine Them” for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference in Roanoke, Va. in October.

Santora Presents Paper
Ellen Santora, assistant professor, presented the paper “Teachers Constructing and Facilitating Historical Understanding through Oral History” at the Annual Meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies in Kansas City, Mo. in November.

Luehmann’s Work Featured in Democrat and Chronicle
April Luehmann, assistant professor, was featured in the Democrat and Chronicle for a story highlighting her work with middle school girls. She directs the Get Real! Science project.

Dingus Presents at Conference
Jeannine Dingus, assistant professor, and Benjamin Bryant, an 11th-grade student at the Franklin Global Media Arts High School, presented their year-long project “A Talk to Teachers: African American students constructs of care” at the 2005 National Association of Multicultural Education conference in Atlanta, Ga. in October.

Curry Approved for Candidacy
Mary Jane Curry, assistant professor, has been approved for candidacy on the Fulbright Senior Specialists roster. As a candidiate, she’ll be considered for the Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, which is designed to provide short-term academic opportunities for U.S. faculty and professionals. The program receives project requests from Fulbright Commissions and U.S. Embassies Worldwide and matches the requests with approved candidates from the Senior Specialists roster.

Stein, Douthit Receive Project Funding
Paul Stein and Kathryn Douthit have received funding to implement a research project that will investigate how community care management services affect the social, emotional, and physical decline of elderly individuals aging in place within “naturally occurring retirement communities.” Stein and Douthit are collaborating with the Fairport Baptist Homes, which received grant funding through the New York State Office for the Aging.

Warner Represented at ACES Conference
Many Warner counseling and human
development students and faculty
presented at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. in October.

Kathryn Douthit, assistant professor, and Karen Mackie, instructor, presented “Postmodern Brain: Integrating Narrative and Neuroscientific Theory.”

Stephen Demanchick, doctoral student, co-presented “Slow is Fast: Preparing beginning counselors to overcome crises in confidence and provide deeply healing therapeutic relationships.”

Elizabeth Bruce, doctoral student, presented “Human Sexuality Curricula in Counselor Education.”

Derek Seward, doctoral student, presented “Racial Perspectives Framework: A conceptualization and practical activity to understand and challenge racial minority students in multicultural training.”

Deborah Erickson, professor and director of academic programs and student services, presented “Counselor Education in Context: Puerto Rico, Australia, and New Zealand.”

Akhtar Ghassemi, doctoral student, presented “21st Century Career Counseling: The neuroscience of career decision-making.”

Douglas Guiffrida, assistant professor, presented “Using Metaphors to Promote Creativity and Trainee Development in Supervision.” This presentation is based on an article in the Journal of Counseling and Development co-written by Guiffrida and doctoral student Rachel Jordan. Guiffrida also co-presented “Counselor Educator’s Experiences on the Road to Tenure.”
Additionally, Guiffrida, Mackie, and doctoral student Ana Gouveia presented “Pedogogy that Facilitates Self-reflection and Theoretical Fit.”

Gouveia was chosen to be an National Board of Certified Counselors international fellow at the ACES conference.