Faculty Notes
Uwe P. Gielen (Psychology) and Jeannette Raymond
’14 discussed “The Birth of Psychological Healing:
From Exorcism to Animal Magnetism to Artificial
Somnambulism (1775 -1825)” at a conference
of the International Council of Psychologists in
Honolulu, HI. At the 121st annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association the two
presented the paper, “Mesmer and the Marquis de
Puységur: The Power of Magnetic Rapport,” and
participated in a roundtable discussion focusing on
“Pioneers of International Psychology.” At the same
conference, Dr. Gielen also presented “Barack H.
Obama Jr.’s Hybrid Identity and the Global 21st
Century” and “Information Age Publishing.”
Uwe P. Gielen and
Dinesh Sharma, from
the St. Francis College
Institute for International
and Cross-Cultural
Psychology, presented
the Inaugural Michael
Flynn Memorial Lecture
at York College, CUNY.
Their September 25th
presentation entitled,
“The Global Obama:
Leadership in the 21st century,” samples work from
their new book, The Global Obama: Crossroads of
Leadership in the 21st Century.
The St. Francis College
Department of Biology
and Health Promotions
had three short papers
published in Volume 3 4
of Tested Studies for
Laboratory Teaching, a
publication put out by the
Association for Biology
Laboratory Education
(ABLE). ABLE promotes
information exchange among university and college
educators actively concerned with teaching biology
in a laboratory setting.
In one paper, Biology Professors Kathleen Nolan,
Steven Lipson, Alex Braun, and Marlon Joseph ’05
discussed a regional laboratory workshop that was
hosted at St. Francis. The second paper, which
studied whether natural substances like tree
oils have antibiotic properties, was conducted by
Dr. Joseph and Dr. Nolan with students Victoria
Pierre-Louis ’13, Hannah Singer, and Aleeza
Wachs. The third paper, on studying Horseshoe
Crab biology, was researched by Dr. Nolan with
students Mamuna Faizi ’14, Alina Zhyvotovska ’15,
Lauren Clark ’12, and James Foo ’13.
Fr. Brian Jordan, Professor Francis Greene,
Jeffrey Sachs with Director of the Honors Program
John Dilyard.
F R O M L E F T:
Olympic Gold Medalist Dan O’Brien (left) and SFC’s
John McNamara.
John McNamara (Physical Education) attended
the National Strength and Conditioning Association
Conference (July 2013), he met and discussed
training methods with Olympic Gold Medalist
Dan O’Brien, NHL Pittsburgh Penguins Trainer
Mike Kadar, and MMA Trainer Joel Jamieson.
SFC Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Yuki Miyazawa also attended.
Nickie Phillips
(Sociology and Criminal
Justice), with Staci Strobl
(Professor at John Jay
College of Criminal
Justice), wrote Comic
Book Crime: Truth,
Justice, and the
American Way
(NYUPress), a look
at how comic books
reflect and provoke
feelings on crime and punishment in modern day
society. “We noticed that comic books have long
been bypassed as a legitimate avenue for criminological inquiry,” said Professor Phillips. “It’s our
hope to show how stories in comic books frequently
explore ideas of authority and power post-9/11 as
well as how cultural notions of retributive justice
resonate in the books.”
Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute and
leading advocate on ending global poverty was the
guest speaker for the second Dr. Francis J. Greene
Honors Lecture on October 20. Sachs offered a
three-pronged approach to help elevate poor
populations. He said that fighting for social equality
and environmental sustainability are just as
important as developing new economies; warning
that all of this must be carried out under a decent
government. Sachs also spoke fondly of a recent
meeting he had with Pope Francis, saying that the
Pope’s appeal goes far beyond the followers of the
Catholic Church. Sachs urged that, “We need moral
leadership. If we can find it, we will find our way to
sustainable development.” The talk was organized by
the Director of the Honors Program John Dilyard.
Jennifer Wingate (Fine Arts)
published the book,
Sculpting Doughboys:
Memory, Gender, and Taste
in America’s World War I
Memorials (Ashgate), which
examines the unique
position memorials of WWI
soldiers hold in the social,
cultural and artistic history of
the United States. “Several of the sculptures I write
about are right here in Brooklyn,” said Professor
Wingate. “Some have been forgotten or destroyed
over the years, but some are still the focus of
neighborhood ceremonies and remembrances.”
Artist Before the Court
T
he verdict is in for Fine Arts Professor Scheherazade Garcia, and its good news. Supreme
Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently purchased two of Garcia’s paintings from the group,
“Tales of Freedom” (19 97). Sotomayor saw the paintings in 2012 when they were on display at
the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay. Check out her work at www.scherezade.net
Fine Arts Professor Scheherazade Garcia with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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