Challenge - Spring/Summer 2012 - Tiffin University

42 | SPRING / SUMMER 2012 | CHALLENGE
Faculty
Bowlus Elected to WGTE-TV Advisory
Board
Faculty member Dr. Bruce Bowlus
will be lending his expertise to
WGTE-TV for a new documentary,
set to air this fall. Professor of History
for Tiffin University, Bowlus is
serving on the advisory board for
the production of a documentary
history of the War of 1812. “Often
referred to as the Forgotten War,
Dr. Bruce Bowlus
the War of 1812 finally resolved
territorial issues with Native Americans
and the British dating back to the 1783 Treaty of Paris,
which ended the American Revolution,” Bowlus remarks.
“Many of the important engagements in the war took place
on and around the southern Great Lakes – an important
oversight that the producers hope to bring to the attention of
viewers around the country.”
In addition to his advisory work with WGTE, Bowlus
shared other research on the Great Lakes when he presented
a paper at the annual meeting of the Association of Great
Lakes Maritime History in Toledo. The paper was based on
his recently published book, Ore Transport on the Great
Lakes: the Development of a Delivery System to Feed American
Industry.
He recently had a book review essay published in this
spring’s issue of Business History Review.
Introduction to Criminal Justice – 7th
Edition
McGraw-Hill Higher Education has published the seventh
edition of TU Professor of Criminal Justice Keith Haley’s
textbook, Introduction to Criminal Justice. The book is coauthored
with Robert M. Bohm.
According to Leslie Oberhuber, Executive Marketing
Manager-Criminal Justice for
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, “Introduction to Criminal
Justice is the perfect text for students who are interested in
pursuing a career in criminal justice and for those who simply
want to learn more about the criminal justice system.”
Dr. Law Presented Two Papers
TU faculty member Dr. Fang-Mei Law presented two research
papers at the Academy of Criminal Justice Science Annual
Meeting this year. Law is an Associate Professor in TU’s
School of Criminal Justice & Social Sciences.
The first paper, “Validating
the Index of Sense of Self-Control
in Recovery for Drug Offenders,”
introduced the framework and
application of this research in drug
treatment program evaluation.
The second paper, “Who is
in Charge of Your Recovery The
Effectiveness of Reality Therapy
for Female Drug Offenders in Taiwan,”
had a two-fold implementa-
Dr. Fang-Mei Law
tion. The first was the development of a 12-week reality drug
treatment program. The second included an evaluation that
was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the program for
female drug offenders in Taiwan. For both articles, Dr. Law’s
co-author was Dr. Gwo-Jen Guo of the National Changhua
University of Education in Taiwan.
Shafer Presented at Conference
Dr. Teresa Shafer, Professor of
Management and Associate Dean
of International Business Programs,
co-presented “What Don’t You
Know about Your Adult and Online
Programs--A Case for Higher
Education Analytics,” at the 117th
Annual Higher Learning Commission’s
Conference on Quality in
Higher Education.
Dr. Teresa Shafer
The presentation focused on
the need for institutions to know and measure activities related
to their adult and online programs. Many colleges and
universities only think they know what is happening, when
in fact, most know very little and can prove even less. Given
the current environmental drive for accountability, institutions
must find ways to track and measure every facet of their
operations, from recruitment and lead generation activities,
through retention and graduation rates. This presentation
reviewed data as well as best practice standards in using that
data to improve programming.