Hofstra Horizons - Research Scholarship at Hofstra University

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Spring 2005

This Month in Hofstra Horizons

President's Column

Provost's Column

Freedman

Mend It or End It? An Opportunity to Reconsider the Death Penality

Eric M. Freedman and Maurice A. Deane

Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law School of Law

Virtual Reality Telvision (VR) As Treatment For Anxiety Disorders

Mitchelle L. Share

Professor and Direcor
Ph.D. Program in Combined Clinical and School Psychology

Scardapane

Joseph R. Scardapane

Acting Director
Joan and Arnold Saltzman Community Services Center
Director, Psychological Evaluation, Research and Counseling (PERC) Clinic

Brooks

Thinking About Learning

Jacqueline Grennon Brooks

Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum and Teaching

Hastings

Excitable Media: The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Chemical Reaction and the Heart

Harold M. Hastings

Professor and Chairperson
Department of Physics

Zwirn

Creative Teachers, Creative Students Arts-Infused Learning Experiences for Early Childhood Educators

Susan Goetz Zwirn

Assistant Professor
Department of Curriculum and Teaching Director, Art Education Program

Cover: Photo courtesy of Link Simulation and Training

HOFSTRA HORIZONS is published semiannually in the fall and spring by the Office for Research and Sponsored Programs, 144 Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York 11549-1440.

Each issue describes in lay language some of the many research and creative activities conducted at Hofstra. The conclusions and opinions expressed by the investigators and writers are their own and do not necessarily reflect University policy.

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Stuart Rabinowitz, J.D.
President

Herman A. Berliner, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Sofia Kakoulidis, M.B.A.
Associate Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs

Wendy Becker, M.F.A.
Assistant Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs