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Associate Professor of Accounting Richard Davis earned the 2000 John Horn Distinguished Service Award for outstanding scholarship and service to the University. He has been an expert witness in several court cases on taxation and his scholarship on issues of tax policy appears in national publications. Davis' dedication to involving students in the Voluntary Income Tax Assistance program has led to its incorporation as a service learning component in his taxation courses. He holds the master of laws degree in taxation from Georgetown University and juris doctor from Fordham University School of Law.

Consistent, thoughtful attention to student intellectual and personal development earned Associate Professor of Psychology Barbara A. Lewis the 2000 Susquehanna University Teaching Award. Her collaborative style of teaching and research frequently leads to student presentations at professional venues such as the Eastern Psychological Association, or at the University's Senior Scholars' Day. The "Study Buddy" volunteer Project House, which she helped to create, is noteworthy for its positive effect on Susquehanna students and the middle-school students they tutor. Lewis holds the Ph.D. from Purdue University.

Funded by an initial $95,000 grant from The Merck Foundation, a coalition of science faculty has joined to study the extreme surface environment created by the Centralia, Pa. mine fire. The focus of the study is to characterize the diversity and adaptability of soil microorganisms in surface and near-surface environments affected by the mine fire, which has been burning since 1962. Assistant Professors Benjamin Hayes, head of the geological and environmental sciences department, Christopher Janzen, head of the chemistry department, Katherine Miller in chemistry, Tammy Tobin-Janzen in biology, and Daniel Ressler in geological and environmental sciences are the principal investigators. Several science majors are also assisting the research team this fall.

Associate Professor of History Linda McMillin was named a 2000-2001 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow. For the next year, she will serve as special assistant to Jessica Kozloff, president of Bloomsburg University. Her research will examine the role of information technology in higher education. McMillin was chosen on the basis of her academic credentials, potential for administrative leadership and the recommendations of colleagues. Director of Susquehanna's Honors Program until her fellowship appointment, McMillin is an active researcher with a focus on medieval history. In 1997, she chaired a project involving institutions belonging to the Associated New American Colleges that examined faculty workloads, roles and rewards.

The Susquehanna University Writers' Institute received a $30,000 President's Fund for Excellence award from the University in recognition of the creation and growth of the writing curriculum and the outstanding accomplishments of student writers. In just two years since its creation, 37 students have chosen the writing major and 16 students have chosen to minor in writing. Gary Fincke, professor of English and director of the Writers' Institute, is one of 84 individual Pennsylvania artists to receive a 2000 Fellowship Award from the Pennsylvania Arts Council to support his artistic achievements in the field of literature.

Assistant Professor of English Tom Bailey discusses creative writing techniques with high school students visiting Susquehanna for a summer writing workshop.

Assistant Professor of English and Gustave Weber Professor in the Humanities Thomas Bailey published two books. The first, On Writing Short Stories, published by Oxford University Press, is a collection of original essays by writers, including Bailey, on the art of writing a short story. Bailey also published A Short Story Writer's Companion. In addition, his short story "Snow Dreams" was selected for inclusion in The Pushcart Prize Stories 2000.

Associate Professor of Spanish Leona Martin presented "Designing an Oral History Project for Latino High School Students" with Assistant Professor of Spanish Wanda Cordero-Ponce at the national meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. The project sprang from the Latino Symposium, a day-long program held annually on campus for area Latino high school students which celebrates Hispanic heritage with workshops, panel presentations, and music and dance performances.

The Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society for First Year Students named one of its new graduate fellowships in honor of Dean of Students Dorothy M. Anderson '62. The award was one of four $3,000 fellowships created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the society and to honor four past presidents of the last 25 years. Anderson served continuously on the Alpha Lambda Delta National Council for 14 years from 1983 to 1997, the last six as president.

Assistant Professor of History George Wei, fourth from left, led a 19-day tour of China in June for ten University students and five faculty members from the Sigmund Weis School of Business, including Associate Professor of Accounting, Jerrell Habegger, fourth from right.

James Brock, dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Katherine Miller, made a panel presentation at the Network for Academic Renewal Conference in Tacoma, Wash. Sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities in cooperation with the Associated New American Colleges, the conference theme was dedicated to "Integrating Liberal and Professional Studies: From Aspiration to Improved Practice." Brock and Miller described the "Business of Science" pilot program at Susquehanna, including the experimental sophomore-level course taught spring term by Miller and Associate Professor of Management Paul Dion. The program is funded in part by a grant from the Hewlett Foundation.

Assistant Professor of Music David Mattingly was awarded a Paul Revere Award for Graphic Excellence by the Music Publishers' Association for University Edition's recent publication of his original work for solo piano entitled "Book of Changes," receiving second prize in the standard folio category. He was cited for conceiving and executing the book design, cover design, and notesetting of the publication to reflect the Taoist inspiration behind the pieces, in addition to composing the music. In May, he delivered a lecture to the Capital Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association on techniques for memorizing music.

Assistant Professor of English and coordinator of the University's Jewish Studies Program Laurence Roth and Assistant Professor of History Gabriel Finder traveled to a Philadelphia area high school in fall 1999 to present "Jewish Food For Thought: The History and Culture of Jewish Cuisine." The presentation is based on the innovative "From Borscht to Bagels" course, team-taught by the two and part of the new Jewish Studies minor, a course of study which provides an interdisciplinary focus on Jewish spirituality, literature, history and culture.

Assistant Professor of History George Wei, fourth from left, led a 19-day tour of China in June for ten University students and five faculty members from the Sigmund Weis School of Business, including Associate Professor of Accounting, Jerrell Habegger, fourth from right.

Assistant Professor of History George Wei led 10 students, and the dean, and four faculty in the Sigmund Weis School of Business on a 19-day trip to China in June. Part of a new two credit course designed to acquaint students with Chinese history, culture and economics, the trip also resulted in a memo of understanding for broad student-faculty collaboration with Nanjing Normal University.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Simona Hill presented a paper titled "Of the Garden of Good and Evil: The Relevance of W.E.B. DuBois' Souls of Black Folk for Social Justice and Diversity Studies Education" at a symposium celebrating the centennial publication of Dubois' work at Mercer University in Macon, Ga.

Associate Professor of Economics Antonin Rusek presented the paper "The Role and Impact of Monetary Policy in CEFTA Countries" at the 49th Atlantic Economic Conference in Munich, Germany, in March. Earlier in the year, he presented a paper titled "European Union Expansion: When and How" at a conference of the American Economic Association, Allied Social Sciences Association, and the Atlantic Economic Society held in Boston, Mass.

A paper by Assistant Professor of Communications Catherine Hastings titled "Environmental Rhetoric, Environmental Sophism: The Words and Work of Landscape Architecture" was selected as one of the three top papers in Rhetoric and Public Address of the Eastern Communication Association. She and co-author Dan Nadenicek of Penn State University presented the paper in Pittsburgh where she also presented a paper titled "A Home of Her Own: Edith Roosevelt's Construction of Private White House Spaces."

Professor Emeritus of Management Kenneth Fladmark has once again led a highly successful internship program for the Sigmund Weis School of Business. Sixty-eight business students gained experiential education and valuable networking opportunities in paid summer internships with companies including Arthur Andersen, Black & Decker, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Hershey Foods, JP Morgan, and State Street Global Advisors. Many of the positions are provided by Susquehanna alumni and often lead to full-time employment offers after graduation.