Joan Atwood, professor of health professions and family studies, has co-written two articles with Edward Susman that have been accepted for publication. Both “Mommy’s Little Angels, Daddy’s Little Girls: Do We Really Know What Our Pre-Teens Are Doing?” and “When Love Hurts: Preadolescent Girls Reports of Incest” will appear in The American Journal of Family Therapy later this year. “The Quarter-Life Time Period: A Time of Indulgence, Crisis or Both,” co-written with Corinne Scholtz and I. Nicholls, will be published by The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. The Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy has accepted her article “Power Differentials in Couples: Who’s the Boss? Assessment and Therapeutic Considerations,” also co-written by Corinne Scholtz. Dr. Atwood has contributed the report “Cyber-Sex: What’s the Big Deal? Therapeutic Considersations in Treating Infidelity: Theory, Practice and Research” to the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy. Dr. Atwood’s book Therapy with the Single Parent Household co-authored with Adjunct Professor of Health Professions and Family Studies Frank Genovese, is scheduled to be published later this year by Haworth Press. The Handbook of Family Therapy and Chronic Illness, co-written by Concetta Gallo, is under contract with Haworth Press and scheduled for publication in 2007.

Anne Bozzarelli, director of the Physician Assistant Studies Program, has been named a lifetime member of Empire Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals. This distinction will be included in the
2006-2007 edition of the registry.

Alafair Burke, associate professor of law, will present the 30th Hofstra Distinguished Faculty Lecture, sponsored by the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. The title of her lecture is “The Ethical but Cognitively Biased Prosecutor: A New Explanation for Wrongful Criminal Convictions?” Professor Burke will present this lecture at the Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, first floor, South Campus on April 26 at 11:15 a.m.

David C. Cassidy, professor of natural science, was elected vice chair of the Forum for History of Physics of the American Physics Society for 2006-2007. He will later become chair-elect and then chair of the forum, which has approximately 8,000 members nationally and internationally.

James Cusack, director of campus life services and ombudsperson, has been named a member of Long Island Business News’ “40 Under 40, Class of 2006.” The honor is bestowed upon Long Islanders under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves through professional and philanthropic achievements. A ceremony was held at Crest Hollow Country Club on February 2.

Herbert Deutsch, professor emeritus of Music, gave a lecture/presentation on the music, songs and style of Ella Fitzgerald at the Hewlett-Woodmere Library on March 16. He also presented a lecture/concert of his own electronic music as a tribute to Bob Moog and his profound effect on world music over the past generation. The program, “From Moog to Mac,” was held April 2 at the Hewlett-Woodmere Library. Professor Deutsch is the organizer of a statewide competition for original compositions by students from elementary through high school, which is run by the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA). The program selects featured student composers and presents their work at the NYSSMA All-State Conference in December. Professor Deutsch has been asked to judge entrants in the second annual “Ether Music” Festival to be held in August in Asheville, North Carolina. The music at the festival features works for the theremin, one of the most unusual and important electronic instruments developed in the past 100 years.

Jessica Eads, dean of admission and financial aid, was promoted to this position, effective March 1, 2006. Ms. Eads will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of undergraduate admission and financial aid, including
recruitment, overall planning, enrollment and financial aid. She has been at Hofstra University for more than nine years serving in a variety of positions, most recently as dean of admissions operations since 2002. She is a 1996 graduate of Hofstra University. In 1999 she earned a Master of Education in Higher Education administration and a Master of Arts in counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University.

James Levy, assistant professor and teaching fellow, School for University Studies, has published his second book, Appeasement & Rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939. The book is a synthesis of current scholarship on the military, financial, and industrial conditions that made Britain’s dual policies of diplomatic engagement and gradual military preparedness an absolute strategic imperative during the period discussed. Britain's rational means were, however, eventually trumped by Hitler's irrational ends. Appeasement & Rearmament effectively serves as a prequel to Professor Levy’s The Royal Navy’s Home Fleet in World War II (Palgrave, 2003).

Claire Lindgren, associate professor of art history, has again been included in a European scholarly book publication. Dr. Lindgren’s illustrated article titled “The Syncretism of Beliefs as Expressed in Roman Provincial Sculpture” discusses varied hypotheses as to the iconographic interpretation of religious forms, which exhibit triplication and suggest a reasonable answer to the use of the pervasive symbolism of “three” found in the late antique art of the Western world. Reaching the conclusion that in the greater majority of instances, syncretism of belief systems is the dominant and controlling factor. This work was published last fall in Religion und Mythos abs Anregung für die Provinzialrömische Plastik, Zagreb, fall 2005.

Sina Y. Rabbany, professor of engineering and director of bioengineering, co-authored a paper with his colleagues at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. The article, “Cytokine preconditioning promotes codifferentiation of human fetal liver CD133+ stem cells into angiomyogenic tissue,” appeared in the journal Circulation. The manuscript illustrates that a subset of cells (CD133+) isolated from human fetal liver codifferentiated into spindle-shaped cells, as well as flat adherent multinucleated cells capable of spontaneous contractions in culture. Preconditioning of these cells with growth factors ultimately may be used in the clinical setting for therapeutic angiomyogenesis (i.e., process of differentiating stem cells into myogenic and vascular cells).

Ruth Redlener, director for corporate relations and major gifts, Office for Development, was named to this position in the summer of 2005. Previously, she was the director of the Hofstra University Liberty Partnerships Program, a New York State-funded, pre-collegiate dropout prevention collaborative for six and one-half years . In her new role she is working on expanding Hofstra's relationship with the corporate community on Long Island, in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.

Janice Sawyer, adjunct assistant professor of foundations, leadership and policy studies, and assistant dean for Saturday Classes for Young People and PEIR, will be promoted to adjunct associate professor of foundations, leadership and policy studies, effective September 1, 2006. Dr. Sawyer has taught as an adjunct assistant professor at Hofstra for 18 regular semesters.

Robert Thill, adjunct instructor of art history, wrote an essay titled “Paul de Guzman: Language and Architecture as Continuous Transient Barriers” for a brochure to accompany the exhibition Paul de Guzman: Text and the City at the Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on display through June 4, 2006. The Web site for the exhibition is http://www.artgalleryofwindsor.com.

Broadcast and Print Media

Barry Berman, the Bud Miller Distinguished Professor of Business, was quoted in Fortune magazine on March 6 in an article titled “Customized Executive Education Programs.”

Cynthia Bogard, director of the Women’s Studies Program and professor of sociology, wrote an opinion piece for the Web site Common Dreams about the Supreme Court-bound law criminalizing abortion that has been signed into law in South Dakota.

Jessica Eads, dean of admission and financial aid, spoke with Newsday, News 12 Long Island and WABC-TV news in March about the College Board incorrectly scoring students’ SAT exams and how that affected Hofstra’s applicants.

Eric M. Freedman, Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law, was quoted in March 4 edition of Time magazine for the article “20th Hijacker Claims That Torture Made Him Lie.” Professor Freedman, a professor of constitutional law and legal consultant to detainees, spoke about the Detainee Treatment Act.

Andrea Garcia, professor of literacy studies and director of the Reading/Writing Learning Clinic at the Saltzman Community Services Center, was quoted in the Long Island section of The New York Times on March 26 about the “Young Women’s Writing Project.” This program brings seventh, eighth and ninth grade girls from the Roosevelt School District to the Saltzman Center and encourages them to express their feelings, fears and hopes through poetry and journal-keeping.

David Green, professor of political science, wrote an opinion piece for the Web site Common Dreams titled “We Are All Harry Whittingtons” for March 3 about his opinions regarding America and Iraq.
Irwin Kellner, the Augustus B. Weller Chair of Economics, was quoted in The New York Sun on March 3 in an article titled “Rate Hikes Appear to Be on Their Last Leg.”

Julian Ku, associate professor of law, wrote an opinion piece for the March 8 edition of the Los Angeles Times titled “Foreign Criminals Have Enough Legal Rights.”

Richard Puerzer, professor of engineering, was quoted in the Home News Tribune on March 8 in the article “How Good Were the Newark Eagles? Metuchen's Bud Humphries Knew.” Dr. Puerzer is a baseball historian.

Janice Sawyer, adjunct assistant professor of foundations, leadership and policy studies and assistant dean for Saturday Classes for Young People and PEIR, was quoted in the Long Island Press on March 16 in the article “Mean Girls: Not Just a Movie, about teenage girls bullying one another.

Alan Singer, professor of curriculum and teaching, and Mary Carter, instructor of curriculum and teaching, were featured in an Associated Press story on March 11 about their curriculum on the legacy of northern slavery. The story was syndicated nationally to major news outlets around the country, such as The Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times andCNN.com.

Marshall Tracht, vice-dean of the School of Law, was quoted in a March 7 Newsday article titled “Anti-Gay Policy Irks Schools” about military recruiting on campuses.

Acknowledgments

Perhaps you sent a lovely card, or sat quietly in a chair. Perhaps you sent a floral spray, if so, we saw it there. Perhaps you spoke the kindest words as any friends could say. Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us this day. Whatever you did to console our hearts, we thank you so much for whatsoever the part.

Ann Cornelius, Alumni Relations, and the family of Rose Gennusa Knowles

I want to take this opportunity to thank so many of you who expressed your sympathy to me following the unexpected death of my husband in December. I was especially comforted during this difficult time by my co-workers in Residential Life. I know many of you were concerned that because Hofstra was closed Christmas week, you were not able to find out until afterwards. Please know that all your cards and phone calls meant a great deal to me.

Jean Grande, Residential Life

Photo captions:
Alafair Burke will present the Spring 2006 Distinguished Faculty Lecture.

Herb Deutsch, professor emeritus of music, has been lecturing on the legacies of Ella Fitzgerald and Bob Moog.