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Associate Professor of Psychology Thomas A. Martin received the John C. Horn Distinguished Service Lectureship. Martin joined Susquehanna in 1987, having received his baccalaureate degree from Eastern Mennonite College and master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Nebraska. "Since his arrival, he has consistently contributed to the life of the university and the broader community through service," said Warren Funk, vice president for academic affairs. "His intensive advising work with the students and his conscientious development of highly valuable placements for clinical experience are often mentioned by alumni." Named for the late John C. Horn, a long-time member and chair of the board of directors, the award recognizes a faculty member for outstanding scholarship and conscientious service. The recipient offers a public lecture in the following academic year.

Robert Tyler, associate professor emeritus of mathematics, received the Susquehanna University Teaching Award. He began teaching at Susquehanna in 1969 after earning his baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees from Syracuse University. He formally retired from the faculty at the end of the 2000-2001 academic year, but agreed to return this past year in a visiting role. "A special concern for mathematics education is evident not only in the efforts to refine his courses and improve his teaching and advising, but in his dedication to program oversight and individual directed study for students seeking to qualify for teaching credentials in mathematics," Funk said. "Students know him as someone with a ready smile, a welcoming demeanor, and enthusiasm for learning, and a contagious curiosity."

Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Cyril Stretansky became the first holder of the Cyril M. Stretansky Distinguished Professorship in Choral Music at Susquehanna. The chair is intended to promote greater awareness and appreciation of the fine arts as studied, created, rehearsed, exhibited and performed at the University. The first endowed chair to benefit Susquehanna's fine arts program, the position was created through the combined generosity of Stretansky and his wife, Lee, and anonymous donors who wanted to honor his 30 years of service. A 320-seat concert hall recently constructed in Susquehanna's new Center for Music and Art Center has also been named Stretansky Hall in his honor. The University Choir and Chamber Singers released their 15th recording, "The Promise of Living," in March.

Nine Susquehanna faculty and staff members traveled to Mount Snow, Vermont, in July to participate in the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE)'s 2002 Summer Academy. Members worked together to help develop a Diversity Initiative Project that will help the Susquehanna community articulate ways in which their values, beliefs and assumptions are influenced by "invisible diversity," such as religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. AAHE President Yolanda Moses helped the group refine their ideas as they relate to linking diversity to student learning. Team members were James Black, director of tutorial services; Susan Bowers, associate professor of English and coordinator of diversity studies; James Brock, dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business; Kathleen Dalton, reference librarian; Jennifer Elick, assistant professor of geological and environmental science; Simona Hill, assistant professor of sociology; David Satterlee, coordinator of First-Year Programs; Rooz Tavakoli, director of information technology; and Terry Winegar, dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences. The Diversity Initiative Project, coordinated by Simona Hill and Assistant Professor of English Amy Winans kicked off in September 2002 with the first in a series of workshops and other events for faculty and staff. Director of Multicultural Affairs Brian Johnson is assisting in the project.

University Chaplain the Rev. Mark Wm. Radecke coordinated the university's fourth annual Central America Service Learning/Mission Team, leading 10 students, three faculty/staff, and one spouse on a trip to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for 14 days in December and January. He gave a panel presentation on "Learning through Civic Engagement at Home and Abroad" at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C. Radecke, who is enrolled in doctoral studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, has received one of 36 grants made to faculty and staff of ELCA colleges and universities by the church's Division for Higher Education and Schools.

Associate Professor of Psychology Barbara Lewis received the 2002 Center for Service Learning and Volunteer Programs Joel L. Cunningham Award honoring faculty members who encourage service learning as a component of the classroom. Co-adviser to the Study Buddy Project House volunteer group, Lewis incorporates service learning into almost every class she teaches. Students in her childhood psychology class spend approximately 12 hours working in day cares or nursery schools. Education psychology students spend nearly 20 hours at the Selinsgrove Middle School for practicum, and members of her psychology of exceptional children class work with developmentally disabled residents of the of the Selinsgrove Center. She is also conducting long-term research on the impact of the Study Buddy Program on Susquehanna student tutors and the middle school pupils they assist.

Amy Winans, assistant professor of English, served as an associate editor, along with Angela Vietto of Eastern Illinois University, for a new anthology entitled, "Early American Writings," published by Oxford University Press in January 2002. Winans was also a consultant for Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers in January and presented a paper in March entitled "Beyond Colorblindness: Teaching Race, Whiteness, and Writing in a Rural College," at the National Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago, Ill.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Associate Professor of Biology Matt Persons a four-year $250,765 grant that will enable up to 32 Susquehanna students to gain hands-on research experience. Persons and colleague Ann L. Rypstra at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, have been awarded a total of $625,000 for the collaborative project studying "Shifts in Wolf Spider Reproductive Behavior Under Predation Risk." The study will advance understanding of predator/prey interactions and reproductive behavior of the wolf spider, an economically important predator in U.S. agricultural fields. Student researchers will write proposals, conduct experiments and present findings to professionals at regional and national meetings.

Drew Hubbell, assistant professor of English, presented a paper, "History, Prophetic Knowledge, and the Problem of Authority in British Romanticism," at the 17th Annual Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies Conference, held in Fairfax, Va., in April. The conference topic focused on 19th-century knowledge and attracted humanities scholars from all over the world.

Associate Professor of Accounting Jerrell Habegger, head of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, and Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeffrey Whitman presented "A Tale of Two Professions: Accounting and the Military," at the International Conference on Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum at the University of Florida in Gainesville February. Habegger also served as a reviewer for the Decision Sciences Institute's annual meeting, for the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting of the American Accounting Association, and for book publishers John Wiley and McGraw Hill.

Associate Professor of Accounting Richard Davis published "Cash Basis Accounting: The Odyssey Continues" in the February 2002 issue of the Journal of Taxation. He also served as an editor for the annual reports feature appearing in the summer issue of The Tax Lawyer. In addition, he served as a member of the Committee on Teaching Taxation and the Tax Accounting Committee of the American Bar Association, and a member of the Tax Accounting Policy Committee of the American Tax Association.

Associate Professor of Human Resource Management Christine Cooper served as executive program facilitator for the Canadian Professional Logistics Institute and delivered training modules in "Values as the Foundation of Leadership" and "Ethics and Success" at the institute's certification program. She also served as an ad hoc reviewer for both Administrative Science Quarterly and Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society.

Assistant Professor of Political Science Michele DeMary, presented a paper -- "The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and Advisory Opinions: Separation of Powers Violated?"-- at the annual conference of the Northeast Political Science Association held in Philadelphia in November 2001. DeMary and Assistant Professor of Political Science David Schwieder also presented work at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Political Science Association in Harrisburg last April. DeMary's paper, "High Court Advisory Opinions: Was John Jay Correct?" assesses the degree to which advisory opinions violate expectations established by theories underlying a system of separated powers. Schwieder's paper, titled "Misbeliefs, Citizens and Public Policy," examines the degree to which citizens are misinformed about facts relating to politics, and how these factual "misbeliefs" affect citizens' opinions on public policy. Their colleague Assistant Professor of Political Science Andrea Lopez presented a paper, "Counterinsurgency, Peacekeeping and Legitimacy: Why Military Power Doesn't Matter (Much)," at the Joint Conference of the Northeast Political Science Association and International Studies Association-Northeast held in Philadelphia in November.

Director of Multicultural Affairs Brian Johnson presented a workshop and paper at the National Association for Hispanic and Latino Studies conference in Houston, Texas, in February 2002. The presentation was titled "His Panic: The Changing Role of Females in Traditional Latino Families." The workshop examined the impact of leadership development programs and assertiveness training programs on the Hispanic female paying close attention to the possible backlash these women experience in a very patriarchal/male-dominated cultural tradition.

Anne Reeves, assistant professor of education, presented a paper titled "Reading This and Refusing That: Case Studies of High School Students' Patterns of Reading and Resistance" at the convention of the National Council of Teachers of English held in November 2001 in Baltimore. She also presented a paper titled "Culture Wars: How to Learn High School Pedagogy in a College Classroom" at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education held in New York City in February 2002.

Associate Professor of History George Wei chaired a panel on "History in Three Keys: Chinese, Japanese, and British Civilizing Projects on Taiwan" at the annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian Studies at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania in October, 2001. Wei also played in key role in familiarizing Susquehanna University faculty and administrators with Chinese universities, which has led to a "memorandum of understanding" with Shanghai University formalizing work toward the development of exchanges and programs between the two institutions. As a result of this agreement, Assistant Professor of Communications David Kaszuba taught two courses for five and one-half weeks this summer at Shanghai University.