Ventures Winter 2020-2021 | Page 11

AROUND THE QUAD

Mark Lortz , Ph . D ., Director of Music , and Gordon Hicken , D . M ., Assistant Director and Assistant Professor of Music , co-authored the article , “ Tambourine Technique ,” for the August issue of the national magazine , The Instrumentalist . Lortz and Hicken are both percussionists , and their article addressed the fundamentals of tone production and technique when playing the concert tambourine . Lortz also received notification from the American Society of Composers , Authors , and Performers , that his original composition , “ The Caw of the Wild ,” was performed by the Baltimore Ravens Marching Band for the Baltimore filming of American Ninja Warrior .

Harlan Parker , Ph . D ., Orchestra Conductor and Adjunct Professor of Music , guest conducted the Northern Colorado Honor Band in Fort Collins , Colorado , in January 2020 .

Lauri Weiner , J . D ., Associate Professor of Counseling and Human Services , was appointed to a four-year term on the Board of the Council for Standards in Human Services Education ( CSHSE ). This organization serves as the accrediting body for Human Services programs .

Alex Hooke Ph . D ., Professor of Philosophy , published an article , “ A New Justice , A New Watchword ,” in Cultural Politics Winter 2020 .

Aaron Chandler , Ph . D ., Associate Professor of English , submitted an article for publication in Twentieth Century Literature : “ Slum Simulacra : Jack Kerouac , Oscar Lewis , and Cultures of Poverty .”

“ Examining Ecological Constraints on the Intergenerational Transmission of Attachment via Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis ”, a peer-reviewed article by Maria Wong , Ph . D ., Associate Professor of Psychology , was the most downloaded paper in the journal Child Development for the past year .

Diane Lehmann , DNP , Assistant Professor of Nursing , was spotlighted in The Maryland Nurse News and Journal for her work as a forensic nurse .

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