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 Accomplishments Joan D. Atwood, professor of health
professions and family studies, has written “The Quarterlife
Time Period: Crisis or Opportunity.” This article has been accepted
for publication in the Journal of Marriage and Family Therapy. “A
Combined Approach to Couples with Erectile Dysfunction: Using a Social
Constructionist Perspective I and II” has been accepted for publication
by the American Journal of Family Therapy. Another article, “The
Socially Constructed Meaning of Menopause Has Been Another Case of Manufactured
Madness,” has been accepted by the International Journal of Family
Therapy, and “The Current State of Sex Theory and Therapy” has
been accepted for publication by in Joseph Wecksler's (Ed.) Handbook
of Family Therapy.
Vincent Brown, associate professor of psychology, and Amy Masnick, assistant professor of psychology, coordinated the Third Annual Long Island Psychology Conference at Hofstra on April 30. This is a student-focused conference that consists of research talks and poster sessions of empirical work by undergraduate and graduate psychology students from 11 area colleges and universities. Until 2004, Long Island did not have a psychology conference spotlighting student work (New York City has had three.). The goal is to reach out to students who have not yet participated in a research conference and encourage them to present research and network in an atmosphere that is less intimidating than a professional conference. Sally Charnow, associate professor of history, has been named a recipient of the 22nd Annual Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication. The award was given for her book Theater, Politics and Markets in Fin-de-Siecle Paris: Staging Modernity, published in 2005 by Palgrave Macmillan, New York. This work explores tensions within the emergence of theatrical modernism in France during the last years of the 19th century, providing new ways of understanding the social, cultural, and political history of the French Third Republic. Dr. Charnow was recognized at undergraduate commencement on May 21, 2006. John L. DiGaetani, professor of English, has a book coming out in June titled Inside the Ring: Essays on Wagner's Opera Cycle, published by McFarland Press. Dr. DiGaetani edited this book, and it includes essays by Professor of English Joann Krieg and Interim Senior Assistant Dean of New College Gregory Kershner. Zilkia Janer, assistant professor, romance languages and literatures, has been named a recipient of the 22nd Annual Lawrence A. Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Publication. The award was given for her book “Puerto Rican Nation-Building Literature: Impossible Romance,” published in 2005 by the University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Through critical readings of fiction by celebrated Puerto Rican writers and by little-known intellectual women and workers, Dr. Janer analyzes aspects of race, class, gender and sexuality in literature from the past two centuries and shows how different social groups imagined themselves and the island in its transition from Spanish to American colonial rule. Dr. Janer was recognized at undergraduate commencement on May 21, 2006. Sandra S. Johnson, vice president for student affairs, has been appointed to this position, effective July 16, 2006. Ms. Johnson will be responsible for all aspects of student affairs, including Student Activities, New Student Support Services, Parents’ Office, Residential Life, Dean of Students’ Office, Judicial Affairs, Health and Wellness Center, University Advisement, New Student Orientation and related areas. She will report to Senior Vice President for Planning and Administration M. Patricia Adamski. Ms. Johnson was hired after a national search by a search committee consisting of administrators and faculty. She was also interviewed by student leaders. Ms. Johnson has a rich and distinguished background in student affairs. Her first experience in college administration actually began at Hofstra, where she served as area coordinator for the Freshman Center and then as operations manager for Public Safety. She then moved to Barnard College, where she worked from 1986 to 1998, serving in a variety of positions, including director of the First Year Focus Program and then associate dean of student life. From December 1998 to the present, she served as associate dean of student affairs for Columbia University. As such, she developed, managed and assessed programs and services for academic advising, pre-professional advising, academic success programs, opportunity programs, orientation, residential life, Greek affairs, scholars programs, fellowships and the intercultural resource center for students at Columbia University and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science. Ms. Johnson holds a Master of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Robert Leonard, professor and chair of comparative literature and languages and director of the Forensic Linguistics Project, coordinated an event on April 19 titled “Current FBI and Academic Techniques in Forensic Linguistics.” Forensic linguistics is an emerging science that uses language to help solve criminal and other cases. The seminar featured guest speaker James R. Fitzgerald, FBI supervisory special agent and program manager of threat assessment/forensic linguistic services of the Behavioral Analysis Unit-1 Critical Incident Response Group. Mr. Fitzgerald discussed the Unabomber case, on which he worked, and the use of the FBI’s new Communicated Threat Assessment Database, or CTAD, in his talk, “The FBI's Use of Forensic Linguistics to Solve Crimes, Identify Anonymous Threatening Authors, and Prevent Acts of Terrorism.” Dr. Leonard spoke about some of his own recent cases, ranging from the interpretation of an insurance contract to a murder in which linguistic analysis was crucial in demonstrating premeditation, in his presentation, “Overview of Forensic Linguistics in Civil and Criminal Litigation: Author Identification, Statutes, Contracts, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Crimes of Language such as Perjury, Solicitation, Bribery and Conspiracy.” Dr. Leonard will teach forensic linguistics to FBI special agents and other law enforcement personnel at the FBI Academy this spring.
Phillip Lopate, John Cranford Adams Chair in the Humanities, has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Lopate is among 175 new Fellows and 20 new foreign honorary members, including two former presidents of the United States, a Nobel laureate, winners of the Pulitzer Prize and a member of the French Senate. Fellows and honorary members are nominated and elected to the academy by current members. Those elected are among the finest minds and most influential leaders from each generation. An induction ceremony will take place on October 7, 2006 at the academy’s headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The academy was founded in 1780 by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock and other scholar-patriots. An independent research center, the academy undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. Current academy research focuses on science and global security, social policy, the humanities and culture and education.
William McGee, adjunct professor of creative writing, contributed an Op-Ed piece to Newsday on February 19 titled “The Telegram Lives! Stop!” about the lost art of preciseness in writing, and liberties commonly taken with punctuation and grammar in a world of casual e-mails.
Silvia Montemurro, adjunct associate professor of English, was installed as the first vice president of the Order Sons of Italy Arturo Toscanini Lodge on March 8. In addition, she has been nominated for the OSIA New York State Literary Award for her publications, which include a monthly column in Il Maestro and The Golden Lion. On March 21 she was a keynote speaker at the Hofstra University symposium Professional Women and Midlife Crisis Intervention, where she spoke on “Agelessness and Productivity.” Fugen Neziroglu, associate professor of psychology, was featured in a March 13 Newsday article titled “Drowning in Stuff.” Dr. Neziroglu is the co-author of Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding, and tips from the book are included in this article on how to eliminate clutter in one’s home or office. Ruth Prigozy, professor of English, contributed the chapter on The Great Gatsby for A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture, published by Blackwell Publishing in England. Her review of Ronald Berman’s Modernity and Progress: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Orwell will appear in the Hemingway Review this spring. Her new book, The Life of Dick Haymes: No More Little White Lies, from the University Press of Mississippi, was published this spring and has been prominently displayed on the Turner Classic Movies Web site. Robert Thill, adjunct instructor of art history, wrote an essay titled “Action is Drawing: Acute Zonal Occult Outer” for a brochure that accompanied an exhibition at The Drawing Center in Soho from January 7 to February 11, 2006. Award Notices The New York State Education Department has issued a special legislative award of $10,000 to Hofstra in support of the project “Full-time Substitute Teacher Assistant at Hofstra University’s Diane Lindner Goldberg Child Care Institute.” Project director: Dolores Fredrich, Esq., vice president for legal affairs and general counsel. The New York State Education Department has issued a special legislative grant of $25,000 to Hofstra in support of the project “Publishing Select Conference Papers and Research.” Project director: Richard V. Guardino, vice president for business development and executive dean of the Center for Suburban Studies. The U.S. Department of Education has issued a continuation award of $99,998 to Hofstra in support of the program “Long Term Training: Rehabilitation Administration.” Project director: Joseph Lechowicz, associate professor of counseling, research, special education and rehabilitation. The Research Corporation has issued an award of $23,684 to Hofstra in support of the project “Entanglement Entropy in Impure Condensed Matter.” Project director: Gregory Levine, professor of physics. The Patrina Foundation has issued a grant of $15,000 to Hofstra in support of the project “Hofstra University School of Law Child & Family Advocacy Fellowship.” Project director: Deborah Martin, assistant dean for enrollment services, School of Law. The Research Foundation of CUNY has issued a subcontract of $89,062 to Hofstra in support of the project “RRTC on Improving Employment Outcomes – Employment Service Systems Research and Training Center.” Project director: Jamie Mitus, assistant professor of counseling, research, special education and rehabilitation. Print and Broadcast Media Robert Campbell, associate professor of finance, was featured in The New York Times Long Island edition on April 2. He noted that while "real estate prices have exploded," construction costs have risen more slowly with inflation. Under those conditions, he said, "building onto your own house is one of the best things that you can possibly do." George M. Cohen, professor of fine arts, had his article “Thomas Cole, Life-Changing Sojourn” published in the April 2006 issue of Fine Art Connoisseur. Gregory DeFreitas, professor of economics and geography and director of Hofstra’s Labor Studies Program, was interviewed by Newsday on April 4 about undocumented immigrants attaining legal status. “For employers who want to play by the rules, there are a lot of benefits to a systematic new program to regularize hard-working undocumented immigrants,” he said Jerome Delamater, professor of audio/video/film, and Mary Anne Trasciatti, associate professor of speech communication, rhetoric and performance studies, were interviewed on WBAI radio on April 28 about their book, Representing Sacco and Vanzetti, a historical overview of the cultural and political legacy of the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Arthur Dobrin, professor and teaching fellow, School for University Studies, was quoted in The Washington Post on April 14 in an article titled “Tipping a Mysterious Equation.” In this piece, Professor Dobrin addressed the importance of tipping at a restaurant and the unfairness that servers must rely on the kindness of strangers in order to earn a fair wage. Carol Fletcher, assistant professor of journalism and mass media studies, was quoted on the Web site Silver Chips Online about the popularity of the television show Lost. The allure of a show lies in its ability to intrigue the viewer. “Lost attracts viewers because it is unusual and cleverly written,” she said. Plus, she noted, “the attractive cast of characters” does a good job drawing in viewers. Eric M. Freedman, the Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor in
Constitutional Law, was interviewed by Newsday on April
3, 4 and 5 for his work with the defense team on the case for Zacarias
Moussaoui, who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the attacks
on 9/11. Professor Freedman was interviewed on this same subject by The
Washington Post on April 20. That article was titled “Setback
for U.S. in Case of Enemy Combatant.” Richard V. Guardino, vice present for business development and executive dean of the Center for Suburban Studies, was quoted in The New York Times on April 2 in an article titled “A Suburban Switch: The Condo’s the Thing,” about the growing popularity of condominium housing. Eric Lane, the Eric J. Schmertz Distinguised Professor in Public Service and Public Law, was quoted in Newsday on April 25 about the surprise derailment of a domestic partnership registry in Nassau County. Robert Leonard, professor and chair of comparative literature and languages and director of the Forensic Linguistics Project, was featured in Long Island Business News on March 24 in an article about the emerging science of forensic linguistics and how it is used by law enforcement professionals and attorneys in to solve crimes and to prove cases in the courtroom. Greg Maney, assistant professor of sociology, was featured in Newsday on April 2 about his study examining human rights abuse among day laborers. Charol Shakeshaft, professor of foundations, leadership and policy studies, was featured in the New York Daily News on April 2 for her research on sexual relationships between students and educators over the past 13 years. She cited surveys conducted in 2000 and 2003, where nearly 7 percent of student across the country in 8th through 11th grades reported unwanted sexual contact with educators. Dr. Shakeshaft was featured again on April 3 in a follow-up story on the issue. Also on April 3 she was interviewed on the news program The Abrams Report on MSNBC about high school educator misconduct. On April 4 she was featured in newspapers across the country on “The Grandparenting Report,” which says that among young victims of sexual misconduct, 56 percent were girls and 44 percent were boys, and that physical abuse of students in schools is 100 times more likely than abuse by priests. In the April 7 edition of Time magazine, Dr. Shakeshaft stated that sexual misconduct is the most cited reason teachers’ licenses are revoked. She was also quoted in the Charlotte Observer in the story “Can Teachers Ever Hug Students?” on April 15. E.R. Shipp, Lawrence Stessin Distinguished Professor of Journalism, was a guest on National Public Radio’s Roundtable on April 5, where topics of discussion included the political response to Representative Cynthia McKinney's (D-GA) scuffle on Capitol Hill; Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) on Louisiana’s levees and the coming hurricane season; and linking television viewing habits with children’s sexual activity. She appeared on the radio program again on April 13 to engage in a discussion about Iran’s nuclear plans and the Sudan. Phyllis Zagano, adjunct associate professor of philosophy and religious studies, was featured in Newsday on April 23 in an article titled “Fixing Church, Post-Scandal.” The story was about a gathering of Long Island Catholics to discuss church reform. Dr. Zagano spoke about restoring the tradition of ordaining women as deacons. She also contributed an Op-Ed piece to Newsday on March 20 about Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical “Deus Caritas Est” (“God Is Love”) and the question of whether to restore the female diaconate. Send your personal news and professional accomplishments
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