Faculty Notes
Dennis Anderson, Ph.D. (Chair, Management and
Information Technology) was featured on News12
Brooklyn in a story previewing the debut of the
Facebook IPO. He also spoke at the UN Public
Service Forum in June, delivering the lecture,
“How to Use Social Media to Innovate and Engage
Citizens in Service Delivery.” Dr. Anderson served
as judge at the 10th Imagine Cup in Sydney,
Australia, as well as for the 2012 CIO 100 Awards.
Professor Gair with Provost Timothy Houlihan, IVSA
President Eric Margolis, and IVSA Board Member
Dr. Francesco Lapenta.
Along with Peter Gomori, Ph.D. (Management),
Dr. Anderson participated in the NYSE Euronext
Teachers’ Graduate Workshop, a joint venture
between NYSE Euronext and St. Francis College.
Dr. Gomori was part of the group that rang the
opening bell on Aug. 2. (Photo above.)
Dr. Gomori also assisted
Barbara Edington, Ph.D.
(Project Management) in
writing the chapter,
“Technology and the Delivery
of Long Term Care Services,”
for the new textbook,
Dimensions of Long-Term
Care Management.
Dr. Marina Gair (Education) organized a three -day
conference entitled Revisualizing the City for the
annual meeting of the International Visual Sociology
Association (IVSA). Nearly 175 delegates from
around the country and across the globe attended
the conference, presenting a broad assortment
of visual research that represented a range of
disciplinary leanings, interpretations and creative
juxtapositions.
From “Prisoner
Fantasies: Photos
from the Inside”
courtesy David Adler
and Emily Horowitz.
A number of St. Francis professors chaired panel
sessions or delivered presentations including:
Allen Burdowski, Marisa Cohen, Timothy Dugan,
Suzanne Forsberg, Richard Giaquinto, Uwe Gielen,
Michele Hirsch, Timothy Houlihan, Steven Lipson,
Jaskiran Mathur, Demetra Pappas, Deinya Phenix,
Nickie Phillips, Gerard Shaw and Scott Weiss.
Emily Horowitz, through the College’s Institute
for Peace and Justice, and her collaborator, artist
Dave Adler, hosted the exhibition, “Prisoner
Fantasies: Photos from the Inside” a collection
of photos taken by prisoners of fellow prisoners
for their families.
In addition, Professor Esther Klein provided
a workshop on iBooks Author, software that helps
one create multi-touch textbooks for the iPad.
The Keynote Address was delivered by
Dr. Jeremy Rowe, Professor Emeritus, at the School
of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems
Engineering, Arizona State University.
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Kathryn Grant
(Communication Arts)
enjoyed a three-week
run this past July of her
new play, “Handicapped
People in Their Formal
Attire,” performed at Kean
University. Husband and
Chairman Emeritus of the
Communication Arts Department Edward Setrakian
was a member of the cast.
Professors Esther Klein (Information Technology)
and Corinne Smolizza (Information Technology)
with alumna Makwinder Kaur ’05 presented
“Implications of Online Social Networking for
Careers of Women in Information Technology”
at the Eastern Academy of Management annual
meeting held in Philadelphia on May 9-11, 2012.
Professor Esther Klein, Makwinder Kaur ’05 and
Professor Corinne Smolizza at the Eastern Academy
of Ma nagement annual meeting.
John McNamara, Ph.D.
(Education) had three
articles recently
published by the
National Strength
and Conditioning
Association: “Grip and
Forearm Training,”
“Building an Exercise Program That Includes
Core Training,” and “Performance Foods of the
Future.” He also passed national certification exams
for: Strength and Conditioning, Personal Trainer,
Physical Best Health-Fitness Specialist and
Weightlifting Sport Performance Coach. ●