September 2012 Scholarly News
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news—publications, paper presentations and professional awards and service
(appointment to boards, etc.)—to Janet Smith in Public Affairs at
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GRANTS
Emily K. Akerson (Associate Director, Institute for Innovation
in Health and Human Services) received two grants – $9,210 from the Valley
Program for Aging Services Inc. to provide educational and administrative
services and $800 from the Shenandoah County Community Service Act for "Healthy
Families Shenandoah County" to continue to meet the needs of at-risk
families in Shenandoah County by providing education, resources and support.
Dr. Cheryl L. Beverly (Professor, Learning, Technology and Leadership
Education) received $270,448 from the U.S. Department of Education for "Middle
Matters: A Collaborative Partnership Between James Madison University and
Hopewell City Public Schools Fiscal Year 2" to provide accelerated, alternative
teacher preparation and traditional professional development to increase the
number of highly qualified and effective middle grade science and mathematics
teachers in Hopewell City Public Schools.
Dr. Timothy J. Carter (Head, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology; Professor, Sociology) received $4,206 from the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources for "Camp Misery Project Final Phase"
to analyze and interpret recovered artifacts and complete the documentation of
the recovered assemblage from the site of Camp Misery in Stafford County, Va.
Dr. David B. Daniel (Professor, Psychology) and Dr. Krisztina V. Jakobsen (Assistant Professor, Psychology) received $4,250 from the
International Mind, Brain & Education Society for "Pedagogical Innovations
Project" to contribute to the funding and growth of IMBES and the creation
of a journal, Mind, Brain, Education.
Dr. Daniel M. Downey (Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry) and Dr. Gina M. MacDonald (Professor,
Chemistry and Biochemistry) received $46,253 from the National Science
Foundation for "REU Site: Integrating Hearing and Deaf Students in
Chemical Research" to provide undergraduate chemistry research students
with the opportunity to develop improved communication tools and methods in science,
as well as enhance day-to-day communication between hearing and deaf students.
Dr. Kimberlee Hartzler-Weakley (Administrator, Institute for Health and Human
Services) received $76,054 from the Virginia Department of Education for "Education
Consultant-Fiscal Year 2013" to provide educational assessments to
children birth to age 21 with special education needs in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Virginia Board of Education. Hartzler-Weakley also received two grants for Gus Bus Site Visits,
$4,900 from Page County Public Schools and $940 from Harrisonburg City Schools to
provide weekly support in the surrounding area to encourage early learning and
literacy.
Dr. Melinda G. Ivey (Professor, Early, Elementary and Reading
Education) received $16,878 from the Virginia Department of Education for "English
Capstone Collaborative Pilot Program" to provide high-quality professional
development for high-school English teachers.
Dr. Robert A. Kolvoord (Interim Director, Engineering; Professor,
Integrated Science and Technology) received $49,953 from the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for "The Evolving Role of
Visualization in Science and Education: Gordon Research Conference, Workshops
and Visionary Grants to Advance Visualization Research in Science and Education"
to address a research gap in the dual use of visualization tools for the
advancement of science and for the improvement of education in and outside of
the classroom.
Dr. Reid J. Linn (Dean, The Graduate School; Professor,
Exceptional Education), Cheryl L.
Henderson (Co-Director, T/TAC) and John T. McNaught (Coordinator, T/TAC)
received $316,000 from the Virginia Department of Education for "Self
Determination Project" to provide direct instruction, models and
opportunities to practice skills associated with self-determined behavior
beginning at the elementary level and continuing through the student's
educational career.
Dr. Thomas E. Moran (Assistant Professor, Kinesiology) received
$28,000 from the Merck Foundation for "Empowerment3 – Empowering
Individuals with Disabilities, Empowering Professionals, Empowering Communities"
to provide mentorship programming and instructional skills for underserved
children.
Gary S. Race (Fiscal Technician, Institute for Innovation in Health and Human
Services) and Jane Hubbell
(Associate Director, Institute of Innovation in Health and Human Services)
received $38,000 from the Virginia Department of Health for the "HIV
Consortium for Northwest Region 2012-2013" to assure the provision of
comprehensive, essential health and support services for individuals and
families with HIV infection.
Dr. Barbara A. Reisner (Associate Professor, Chemistry and
Biochemistry) received $19, 711 from Earlham College for "IONiC:
Transforming Education Through Collaborative Development of Materials at the Frontiers
of Inorganic Chemistry" to develop, share, implement and refine
educational materials and teaching strategies for inorganic chemistry.
Dr. Kenneth R. Rutherford (Director, Center for International
Stabilization and Recovery, Professor, Political Science) received $59,000 from
the U.S. Department of State for "Center for International Stabilization
and Recovery Activities to Further PM/WRA Goals and Objectives" to provide
a training opportunity and additional staffing support for the Bureau of
Political-Military Affairs/Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement through the
Frasure-Kruzel-Drew Humanitarian Mine Action Fellowship.
Dr. Sean T. Scully (Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy)
received $10,361 from NASA Goddard for "Continuing Studies of the
Intergalactic Background Light" to continue studying intergalactic
background light, concentrating on high redshifts and the UV-optical energy
range.
Dr. Margaret B. Shaeffer (Associate Dean, College of Education) and Dr. Lee G. Sternberger (Associate
Provost, Academic Affairs; Executive Director, International Programs) received
$174,852 from the U.S. Department of State for "International Leaders in
Education Program" to create a community of learners among the
International Leaders in Education Program Fellows and to connect and amplify
the diverse International Leaders in Education Program experiences while
providing basic instruction in fundamental principles and techniques of lesson
planning, classroom management, student-centered learning, assessment,
differentiated instruction, adult learning, facilitation and leadership.
Nick D. Swayne (Interim Director, Education Support Center;
Coordinator for External Relations, College of Education; Instructor, Learning,
Technology and Leadership Education) received $30,000 from the Rockwell Collins
Charitable Corporation for "FIRST LEGO League-Rockwell Collins Support"
to help promote growth of the first LEGO League in Washington, D.C., as well as
in rural areas and school divisions with Title 1 designation. Swayne received two grants of $6,990
and $4,532 from Virginia City and County Donors for "Robotics STEM Project"
to provide sponsorship of robotics teams.
HONORS
Dr. David Herr (Professor, Exceptional Education) has been
recognized by Kappa Alpha Theta, Eta Kappa Sorority as one of the "Ten
Outstanding Faculty Members" for contributions to colleges and universities
where Theta chapters are present.
Sang Y. Yoon (Professor, Graphic Design) received a Fulbright Scholar Grant to
teach in the Department of Visual Information Design at Kyung Hee University in
South Korea for 10 months beginning in March 2013.
PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Thomas Adajian (Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion) presented a paper, "Disjunctive
Definitions of Art, Clusters and Institutionalism" at the British Society
of Aesthetics annual meeting at The Queen’s College, Oxford, on Sept. 23. Adajian also presented "Demarcation,
Definition Art" at the Seventh Annual International Conference on
Philosophy on May 28 in Athens, Greece.
Dr. Tracy Lupher (Associate Professor, Philosophy and Religion) Dr. Thomas Adajian (Assistant
Professor, Philosophy and Religion) and Christopher
Runyon (Graduate Psychology and Philosophy and Religion) presented "Ways of Teaching
Logic: Traditional, Online and Blended Classes" at the American
Association of Philosophy Teachers' Nineteenth International
Workshop-Conference on Teaching Philosophy in Austin, Texas, in July.
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Thomas Adajian (Assistant Professor, Philosophy and Religion) published a chapter, "Defining
Art," in "The Continuum Companion of Aesthetics" (London: 2012).
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