Terrier Volume 75, Number 1 - Spring 2011 | Page 17

Fa c u lt y N ot e s

Ghazala N. Afzal (ESL) was interviewed by Voice
of America’s “Deewa” radio. The hour-long live
show addressed topics such as Ms. Afzal’s literary
work in Pakistan, her plays for Pakistan Television,
the place of an immigrant in a new society, and her
experience of migration. It also addressed her
experiences in higher education, both in Pakistan
and the United States.
Dr. Kristy Biolsi (Psychology) spoke at a colloquium
lecture series at Empire State College on the
similarity between child and sea lion language
development.
Dr. Dennis Anderson and Sandra Westcott
(Management and IT) helped organize and manage
the College’s sponsorship of a Microsoft Game
Development Boot Camp. Students from SFC,
NYU-Polytechnic, Stony Brook, and Washington
D.C. were among the participants.
Dr. Sophie Berman (Philosophy & Religious
Studies) presented “The Winged Soul: A Platonic
and Neoplatonic Theme in Ficino” at the annual
meeting of the Renaissance Society of America
in Montreal.
Dr. Filomena Califano (Chemistry & Physics)
received a grant to attend a “Train the Trainer:
Work Life Satisfaction” workshop sponsored

Dr. Forsberg Receives
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Suzanne Forsberg , professor of
Fine Arts, was honored on November 4
by the University of Utah, her alma mater,
with the 2010 Merit of Honor for Distinguished Service. She was presented
with the award at a banquet hosted by
the University of Utah Alumni Association
and Emeritus Alumni Board.

Suzanne Forsberg, President of the University
of Utah Emeritus Alumni Board John Bennion
and President-Elect Carolyn Kump. Photo by
Lennie Mahler.

by the Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kathleen Nolan (Biology
& Health Promotion) was also in attendance.
While there, they attended the 40th anniversary
celebration of AWIS and the Women in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
workshop at Pfizer Headquarters.
Dr. James Corrigan ’60 (Biology & Health
Promotion) is serving as thesis advisor for three
graduate students and is a committee member
for a fourth. He donated a black stone bench to
“The Pathway to St. Francis” at St. Francis Prep
commemorating 130 years of Franciscan education
given to 13 members of the Corrigan family dating
to 1880. He has also been selected for membership
in Who’s Who in Academia.
Dr. Gerard Davidson (Chemistry & Physics) and
student Jeffrey Rameau attended the American
Chemical Society Spring meeting in Anaheim, CA,
where they presented their paper, “Splitting the
Dimer: The Differential Effect of Mono- and
Bifunctional Alkylating Agents on a Nickel Thiolate
Dimer” The paper was a result of summer research
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conducted at the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Barbara Edington’s (Management & IT)
abstract, “Structural Capital and Project Processes:
Areas for Future Focus” was accepted by the
European Conference on Management, Leadership
and Governance in Nice, France in October.

Dr. Suzanne Forsberg (Fine Arts) was elected
Treasurer of the Mozart Society of America,
presented the lecture “Made in the USA: The
Music of Aaron Copland” in May under the
auspices of the New York Council for the Humanities, Speaker in the Humanities and delivered the
lecture, “A Musical Journey through the Life of
Johann Sebastian Bach” at the Bronxville Public
Library in March. Dr. Forsberg also attended the
Annual Meeting of American Musicological Society
in Indianapolis, Ind in November 2010.
Dr. Wendy Galgan (English) chaired the Brooklyn
Poetics panel at the annual NeMLA conference
sponsored by Rutgers University. As part of the
panel, Dr. Galgan presented her paper, “Brooklyn
Poetics. In addition, she presented “Embodying
”
Salvation: Saving Grace as Ontological Detective
Story” at the Long Island Philosophical Society’s
Spring Meeting at St. Francis College in April.
Dr. Galgan is also proud to
announce the release of
Volume 2, Issue one of
Assisi: An Online Journal
of Arts & Letters. The issue,
with layout and design
by Vanessa De Almeida
’00, contains more than
50 submissions.
Download the latest issue of Assisi at
http://bit.ly/lQKqvl

Dr. Irina Ellison (Biology & Health Promotion)
chaired “Women's Health: Science, Technology
and Society, hosted by the College. The confer”
ence took a unique approach to women's health
by examining the subject through a variety of
disciplines including basic science, psychology,
sociology, history, public health, philosophy, nursing
and medicine. Dr. Ellison also sponsored the Great
American Smokeout at the College, distributing
nicotine patches and increasing awareness on the
dangers of smoking and tips on quitting and was
invited by the American Cancer Society to discuss
the implementation and maintenance of tobaccofree campuses at the New York State Tobacco-Free
College Conference February 11. Dr. Ellison also
attended the New York Biotechnology Association
annual meeting on April 6 and the National Science
Teachers Association annual meeting held in San
Francisco in March. She and two SFC students
will present their findings on second-hand smoke
exposure at the meeting of the Public Health
Association of New York City on May 21 at NYU
Langone Medical Center.

Dr. Uwe P Gielen (Psychology), together with
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Professor Lei Ting (Teachers College, Columbia
University) and Jonathan Palumbo (2010 SFC
Valedictorian, Graduate Student, Polytechnic – NYU)
presented, “Caged Phoenixes: Young Female
Chinese Americans in New York City” at the 28th
annual Winter Roundtable,