CMSA Director's Experiences Detailed in National Campus Ministry Newsletter
Lois Harr, director of Manhattan College's campus ministry and social action and an adjunct professor of religious studies, will have an article published in the June issue of Crossroads, the national newsletter of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. The article details integrating her work as a campus minister with being a certified fair trade ambassador for Catholic Relief Services. To read the article prior to its publication, click Here.
Faculty and Staff Accomplishments
Dr. Nicholas DeLillo, professor of mathematics and computer science, is a co-author of the new monograph “Implementation of Rotations in AVL Trees Using java.until.” It appears in the Technical Report series, number 248, March 2008 of the Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Pace University. His co-author, Randall Swan, was a student of DeLillo's at Pace. DeLillo also has been designated as an expert reviewer and has served in that capacity in the recent production of the two-volume set of reference works Core Java, eighth edition, which focuses on the latest version of the programming language, Java SE6. The book was published this year by Sun Microsystems Press and Prentice-Hall, Inc. DeLillo has served in this capacity since 2001.
Dr. Jay Friedenberg, associate professor of psychology, and Dr. Bruce Liby, associate professor of physics, have published the article “Perceiving the Center of Three-Body Displays: The Role of Size-Ratio, Symmetry, Elongation and Gravity” in The Open Behavioral Science Journal. The article is available for viewing and download Here.
Dr. Anirban De, assistant professor of civil engineering, co-chaired a session on Earthquakes and Blasting at the GeoCongress 2008 conference organized by the American Society of Chemical Engineers in New Orleans, La., this past March. He also presented the paper “Centrifuge Modeling of Explosion Craters Formed over Underground Structures,” which was published in the geotechnical special publication Geosustainability and Geohazard Mitigation.
Dr. Robert Geraci, assistant professor of religious studies, published the essay “Apocalyptic AI: Religion and the Promise of Artifical Intelligence” in the spring issue of The Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
Dr. Jonathan Hartman, assistant professor of marketing, and Dr. Yassir Samra, assistant professor of management, have co-authored the following papers: “Impact of Personal Values and Innovativeness on Hedonic and Utilitarian Aspects of Web-Use: An Empirical Study among United States Teenagers” in the March 2008 issue of the International Journal of Management , and “Where Does an Entrepreneur Have the Best Shot? The Effects of Market Stage and Concentration Ratio on New Venture Entry in the Healthcare Sector” in the Business Journal for Entrepreneuers. Samra's article “Effect of Improvisation on Product Cycle Time and Product Success” also appeared in the March 2008 issue of the International Journal of Management.
Dr. William Merriman, dean of the school of education, and Brother Augustine Nicoletti, assistant professor of education, recently edited Understanding and Teaching Today's Students, which was released in March at the National Catholic Ed ucational Association Annual Convention in Indianapolis. The book includes chapters by Merriman, Nicoletti and several other Manhattan College faculty members: Drs. Thelma Baxter and Peter McCarthy, assistant professors of education; Drs. Gloria Wolpert, Karen Nicholson, Corine Fitzpatrick and Lisa Rizopoulos, associate professors of education; Sister Remigia Kushner, professor of education; Brother Raymond Meagher, visiting assistant professor of education; Drs. Jeffrey Cherubini and Lisa Toscano, assistant professors of physical education and human performance. Merriman and Augustine also made a presentation Working with the Latino Millennial Student on March 27 during the convention.
Dr. Reza Jazar, associate professor of mechanical engineering, recently published Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application. The book is appropriate for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students in mechanical engineering. Its contents are presented at a theoretical-practical level. It explains vehicle dynamics concepts in detail, concentrating on their practical use, and also has more than 500 diagrams and 500 detailed examples with fully-worked solutions, which expose readers to a balanced and broad understanding of this topic.
Dr. Thelma Baxter, assistant professor of education, published the article "Writing is Everyone's Business" in the April/May 2008 issue of Momentum: The Official Journal of the National Catholic Educational Association.
Dr. Jeff Horn, associate professor of history, has published The Industrial Revolution.
Dr. Zella Moore, assistant professor of psychology, has published the book The Psychology of Enhancing Human Performance: The Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) Approach to Performance Enhancement: A Step-by-Step Guide.
Dr. Andrew Skotnicki, associate professor of religious studies, has published the book Criminal Justice and the Catholic Church.
Samira Hassa, professor of modern foreign languages, has published the book From the Medina to the Ville Nouvelle: Ethnolinguistics Study of Language of the Urban Space of Fes (Morocco).
Lois Harr, director of campus ministry and social action and adjunct instructor of religious studies, will published an article in the June issue of Crossroads , the national newsletter of the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. The article details integrating her work as a campus minister with being a certified fair trade ambassador for Catholic Relief Services.
