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Scotland. He gave a series of four lectures
on Indira Gandhi at the Highlands at
Wyomissing through April, and presented
“Commonalities Among the Eight Leading
Presidents: A Tentative Theory of Process
and Founding” at the Massachusetts
School of Law at Andoverin in April. The
presentation was taped by C-SPAN.
Mike DeSantis received the Saint
Bernardine Faculty Award for excellence
in part-time teaching during the Alvernia
College Honors Convocation, May 2008.
NURSING
Theresa M.
Adams and
Deborah A.
Greenawald coauthored
“School
Nurse Book Club:
An Innovative
Strategy for
Lifelong Learning,”
Theresa M. Adams
in the Journal of
School Nursing, in April 2008. The pair
also co-presented, “Open your Eyes and
Minds: Read about Diversity, History, and
Image” for the National Association of
School Nurses in June 2007. In addition,
Adams was highlighted in the newly
released Berks Women in History, Volume
II. The book is a historical collection of
women in Berks County, past and present.
Former Alvernia nursing department
head, Courtney Stevens, and Sr. Pacelli,
communication, were highlighted in the
first volume.
Anne M. Fink presented “Toward a New
Definition of Health Disparity: A Concept
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Analysis,” at the
Eastern Nursing
Research Society
20th Annual
Scientific Sessions,
and the Sigma
Theta Tau,
International
Honor Society for
Anne M. Fink
Nursing; Alpha Nu
Chapter Research Symposium: “The Many
Faces of Nursing Research,” March 2008.
Mary Ellen Symanski co-presented
“Blending Technology and Drama:
A Pediatric Simulation Experience,”
Technological Innovations in Nursing
Education Conference, Hilton Head,
S.C., March 2008, with Susan Wahl.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Dolores Bertoti was a co-author of
Physical Therapy for the Child with Mental
Retardation, In Tecklin, JS: Pediatric
Physical Therapy, 4th edition, 2008.
She was also the author of “Functional
Neurorehabilitation through the Life
Span,” in the Journal of the Australian
Physiotherapy Association, 2008, and a
contributing author for the new edition
of Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the
Health Professions and Nursing, Illustrated,
6th edition, 2008.
Karen Cameron co-authored Anatomy
and Physiology: Core Concepts, October
2007, with M. Eva Weicker, sciences,
and Elisabeth Garner, sciences. Cameron
also presented “Show Me the Evidence,”
at the 2007 Pennsylvania Occupational
Therapy Association Annual Conference,
October, in Harrisburg.
PSYCHOLOGY & COUNSELING
Judith Warchal co-presented: “Health
and Wellness:
Implications of
the Obesity Crisis
for Counselors,”
at the American
Counseling
Association
Conference in
Honolulu, Hawaii,
Judith Warchal
March 2008.
Anna Ruiz and Judy Warchal co-
presented “Ethical Guidelines in Research
on International Service Learning,”
and “Ethical Issues in International
Service-Learning,” at the Third Annual
Conference on International Service-
Learning: Advancing Research and
Practice, 2008. The pair also teamed
up with Elizabeth Matteo, education,
to present “Gender Equity in
Higher Education,” and “Integrating
Ethics throughout the Undergraduate
Psychology Curriculum,” at the
American Psychological Association
Conference, San Francisco, August 2007.
SCIENCES
Rosemarie
Chinni, chemistry,
co-authored
“LIBS Spectra
in the Infrared
Region From
750 to 2000 nm
Using a Cooled
InGaAs Diode
Rosemarie Chinni
Array Detector,” in
Applied Spectroscopy, 2007. She also copresented
“Detection of Uranium Using
Nanosecond Pulse LIBS,” “Standoff
detection of nuclear material using
portable LIBS instruments,” and “A
comparison of femtosecond and nanosecond
LIBS of uranium,” at the North
American Symposium on Laser-Induced
Breakdown Spectroscopy conference,
October 2007.
James R. Klucsarits, biology, co-authored
A photographic timeline of Hawk Mountain
Sanctuary’s American Kestrel Nestlings with
Joshua Rusbudt ’07 in December 2007,
and also co-presented “Reproductive
Success of American Kestrels Using Nest
Boxes in Eastern Pennsylvania, 1992-
2005,” at the Raptor Research\HMANA
Joint National Conference with Rusbuldt
in September 2007.
Spencer S. Stober, biology, wrote and
presented “Academic Service Abroad:
Confronting Our Limitations,” The
International Journal on Environmental,
Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability,
presented at the Fourth International
Conference on Environmental, Cultural,