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Presentations

PEP Administration

Mary Ann Short, Associate Director for Administration, has presented at the following events:

"Pawprints to Friendship" - Westhampton Beach Middle School, Westhampton Beach, New York (March 14, 2008, June 7, 2007, February 3, 2006, and March 22, 2004).

Ms. Short visited the Westhampton Beach School District to meet with sixth graders from the Middle School who read her young adult novel, A Friend Indeed (1999, 2002). This book has been incorporated into the social development and character building segments of their Health Education curriculum since 2004.

"Author's Night" - Medford Avenue Elementary School, Medford, New York (March 7, 2008).

By invitation of their Parents As Reading Partners (PARP) organization, Ms. Short was a guest author at this special event that was attended by students, parents, teachers and administrators from throughout the school district. Her presentation included discussion about her two books, A Friend Indeed and Angel(2004), a visual power point presentation, reading excerpts, and a Q & A. She also donated autographed copies of her books to the school library.

"Camp Sea Wolf at Peconic Dunes" - Peconic, New York (August 2007).

Ms. Short presented to campers who participated in readings of her novel, A Friend Indeed. Set on the east end of Long Island, several of the book's themes including 'the interdependence of life' and 'humane education' complimented the camp's instructional program on diversity and environmental consciousness and stewardship. Her presentations concentrated on the richness of the area's wildlife and their habitats, the need for continued conservation efforts, and the importance of becoming 'friends of nature'.

"Read Across America Day - Family Fun Night" - Ridge Elementary School, Ridge, New York (March 2, 2005).

In honor of Dr. Seuss' 100th Birthday, the Ridge Elementary School's Parent Teacher Organization of the Longwood Central School District coordinated a Family Fun Night to celebrate Read Across America Day. Ms. Short was an invited guest author at this event. She read excerpts from her two children's books, A Friend Indeed and Angel, to approximately 200 children in grades K-4, their parents, and teachers. An autographed copy of one of her books was also donated for a prize raffle that occurred during the event.

Educational Leadership

Dr. Robert Scheidet, Lecturer and Coordinator of Internships in the Educational Leadership Program presented at the June 2004 Conference on Instructional Technologies hosted by Stony Brook. The topic of his talk was Improving Student Achievement by Infusing a Web-Based Curriculum Into Global History.

Dr. Scheidet also presented at the December 8, 2003 Executive Committee Meeting of the Long Island Regional School Support Center (LIRSSC), Western Suffolk BOCES Center.

English

Patricia A. Dunn, Associate Professor of English Teacher Education, participated in the following events:

  • "The Role of Multiple Literacies in Learning and Writing." Presented as one of the podcasted keynote speakers at "The 2nd Annual Mary Louise White Symposium: Emerging Literacies", SUNY Fredonia, March 9, 2007.
  • "How to Become a University Professor: What We Do In and Out of the Classroom." Panel Discussion at URECA Conference: "Catch Our Rising Stars: Celebrating Undergraduate Research and Creativity." April 26, 2006. Stony Brook University. Panelists: Patricia Dunn, Kenneth Lindblom, Bruce Bashford, John Westerman. Also PhD candidates Michael Boecher, Paul Dyson, Michael Weisenburg.
  • Stony Brook University "Faculty Roundtable on Writing and the Disciplines. "Spring Colloquium, Program in Writing and Rhetoric. March 17, 2006. Other presenters included: Susan Hinely, History; Bill Collins, Biology; Sarah Sternglanz, Psychology and Women's Studies; Patricia Dunn, English; Virginia Draper, Program in Writing and Rhetoric.
  • Served as proposal Reviewer for the 2006 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), a national conference (June 2005).
  • "Pedagogy Roundatable" Voices Across Borders Graduate Student Conference (Stony Brook University English Department). Stony Brook Manhattan. February 25, 2006. Moderator: Scott Reimann. Respondents: Patricia Dunn, Karen Dovell, Joy Mahabir, Susan Crane, Sandra Sprows, Beth Donaldson, Karyn Valerius
  • Gave the Keynote Address at the Illinois Association of Teachers of English Conference on October 14, 2004, in Oak Brook, Illinois. The title of her talk was, "Beyond Print-Based Learning in the English Language Arts: Challenging All Students."

Elsa Emenheiser, Former Director of English Teacher Education, presented "I Love the Look of Words" at the New York State English Council Annual Conference, October 23-24, 2003, in Albany, NY.

Conference Presentations of Dr. Kenneth Lindblom, Director of the English Teacher Education Program include:

  • Featured Speaker Creating a Graduate Program in the Teaching of Writing for Full-Time High School and Middle School Teachers. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March 2004. (With Patricia A. Dunn)
  • Composition Matters to Education: The Transformative Potential of a Graduate Rhetoric Course for High School Teachers of Writing.Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March 2004.Using the Grammar Debates to Develop Savvy Writers. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. San Francisco, CA. November 2003. (With Patricia A. Dunn)
  • Designing a Graduate Program in Composition for High School/Middle School Teachers.Conference on College Composition and Communication. NY, NY. March 2003.
  • Helping Teachers Change Their Schools: Rhetoric for Secondary Teachers as a Form of Civic Action.Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Las Vegas, NV. May 2002.
  • Tales Out of School: Students' Letters Home and the Nineteenth-Century Rise of a Teaching Class. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2002.
  • The Teaching of Writing at Illinois State Normal University 1857-1957. Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. March 2001. (With Rise Quay and Will Banks)
  • The Impact of Iconographic Reference on National and Local Campaign Rhetoric."American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO. February 2001. (With Bruce Hawkins)
  • Teaching Shakespeare Julius Caesar as Rhetoric.National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Milwaukee, WI. November, 2000.
  • Born Under an Evil Star: Nineteenth-Century Receptions of Sophistic Rhetoric. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, Minnesota. April 2000.

Conference presentations of Michael LoMonico, English Teacher Education Program Lecturer, include:

  • Long Island Language Arts Council (LILAC). Presentation with Stony Brook University students on Technology in Teaching Literature (April 2007).
  • Shakespeare in American Education 1607-1934. Presenter. Sponsored by NEH and The Folger Shakespeare Library (March 2007).
  • Core Knowledge National Conference. Invited presenter (February 2007).
  • NCTE Conference, Nashville, TN. Presented a session on Teaching Shakespeare with Technology and led a full-day workshop (November 2006).
  • Florida Council of Teachers of English. Presentation on Teaching Shakespeare (October 2006).
  • New York State English Council. Presentation on Teaching Shakespeare (October 2006).
  • Central High School, Little Rock, AR. Presented full-day workshop (2006).
  • Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Director of 3-day Shakespeare Institute for Teachers (August 2006).
  • The Folger Shakespeare Library. Master Teacher at Summer Institute funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (July 2006).
  • Georgia Council on Teachers of English. Presented the keynote address (February 2006).
  • Region VIII, Mt. Pleasant, TX. Presented a two-day workshop on technology (January 2006).
  • Writing two lessons and an article for PBS's Web site "In Search of Shakespeare", which went online in February 2004.
    The lesson plans can be found at:
    http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/educators/technology/lessonplan.htm
    The Film article can be found at:
    http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/educators/film/indepth.html
  • National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA. "Shakespeare: Subject to Change- - Live!" (November 20-23, 2003).

William Schiavo, Lecturer for English Education, led the following NOrth Shore Public Library (serving Shoreham, Wading River, Rocky point and parts of Sound Beach) World Literature Classic Book Series discussions:

  • "Life is a Dream," by Pedro Calderon de la Barca and "The Sheep Well," by Lope de Vega Carpio (May 2007). Calderon’s masterpiece of World Literature, contains a power and beauty of verse that make it as relevant today as when it was first performed in 1635. It has been called “romantic, philosophical, absurdist and tragic.” Vega Carpio’s “The Sheep Well,” referred to as the “first proletarian drama” because of its use of peasants as heroes and heroines, portrays realism through natural speech while mixing comedy with tragedy.
  • Two Plays: "The Brothers", by Terence and "The Twin Menaechmi", by Plautus (April 2007). Shakespeare and his Elizabethan literacy colleagues got most of their plot conventions and literary techniques from the comedies of Terence and Plautus.
  • "Lysistrata" and "The Frogs" by Aristophanes (March 2007). “Lysistrata”, is an anti-war comedy written about the Peloponnesian and gives an interesting portrayal of women's potential contributions to society and policy making. "The Frogs", also a comedy tells the story of the god Dionysus who travels to Hades to bring Euripides back from the dead. Both plays provide unique and amusing perspectives for examining the political and historical background of the time.
  • Crime and Punishment (January 2007). A complex story of man's turbulent inner life and his relationship to others and to society. This work was authored by Dostoyevsky after his nine-year imprisonment for political crimes against the czar.
  • The Myth of Sisyphus (December 2006). Written in 1942, this essay by Albert Camus, author of the Plague and the Stranger, comes from the Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned to perpetually push a giant boulder up a mountain, only to have it roll back. In his work, Camus discusses the question of suicide, the value of life, and the philosophy of the absurd in a futile world.
  • The Gambler (November 2006). Dostoyevsky's exploration of frustrated love, compulsive gambling, and the dynamics of self-destruction. Including a scheming cast of memorable characters that bristle with energy and portray a class-conscious casino society, it is considered the most personal and autobiographical of his works.
  • Atala and Rene (October 2006). Francoisre ne de Chateaubri and's powerful tales of love, isolation and loss, written during the emerging Romantic Movement in post revolutionary France. atala's tale is one of an Indian maiden's passionate but pure love set against a background of the primitive American wilderness. Rene's tale is the story of a young Frenchman separated from his family by early tragedy, who chooses to live a life of isolation on an Indian reservation in America.
  • Metamorphosis (June 2006). The monumental psychological fantasy by Franz Kafka. Astellar achievement of expressionism, it begins with main character Gregor's transformation into a gigantic insect and the ensuing relations with his family, his colleagues and his own psyche.
  • Master and Man (September 2006). Leo Tolstoy's tale that depicts the conflicts of the Russian aristocracy and peasantry so realistically that we hang on to every twist of the plot.
  • Agamemnon (March 2006). One of only seven surviving plays by Aeschylus. This first play of the Oresteiatrilogy depicts the assassination of Agamemnon by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover after he returns from victory in the Trojan War. Within historical and political contexts, the characters grapple with age-old concepts of justice, honor and kinship.
  • Death in Venice (June 2005) by Nobel prize-winning author Thomas Mann.
  • Candide (June 2005) by Francois Voltaire (June 2005).
  • Inferno, Volume I of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece, the Divine Comedy (April and May 2005).

Professor Schiavo also presented "Grammar in the Classroom" at the Sayville High School English Department's Conference Day (October 29, 2003).

Rachel Silverman presented "Go Hence to the Quest" at the 9th annual SCOPE Technology Conference: "No Teacher Left Behind, Technology Across the Curriculum" September 7, 2003 at the Islandia Marriott. She also presented a half-day workshop on hypertext literature at the Albany NYSCATE conference in November, 2003. Ms.Silverman was an English Education Program student teacher at the time of these presentations, and has since graduated.

Foreign Languages

In July of 2004, Dr. Sarah Jourdain, Director of the Foreign Language Teacher Education Program, presented 'La Route de la Soie' et d'autres lecons collaboratives pour l'enseignement du francais
["The Silk Trade Routes' and other collaborative lessons for the teaching of French"] at the joint conference of the American Association of Teachers of French and the Federation Internationale des Professeurs de Francais in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Jourdain gave two presentations at the NorthEast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, NY, April 2004. "Collaboration with Colleagues in Sciences and Social Studies" and "Developing Pen-pal/E-pal Partnerships". She gave a poster presentation entitled "New Rubrics for Writing Performance Assessment" at the NorthEast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Washington, D.C., April 2003.

In collaboration with colleague Mary Ellen Scullen, University of Maryland, College Park, she gave a talk entitled "Enhancing Target Language Use: Circumlocution in the Foreign Language Classroom" at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, Boston, MA, November 2000.

Mike Ledgerwood, Director of the Language Learning and Research Center, gave a talk on "Mapping Cyberspace" at the Semiotics Society of America conference in October, 2003 in Ottawa, Canada. Professor Ledgerwood is on the Executive Board of that organization.

He presented on "An Overview of the IALLT Task Force with the Publishers" at the International Association of Language Learning Technology conference in June, 2003 in Ann Arbor, MI.

He gave three talks at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages meeting in Washington, DC in April, 2003. The first was "An overview of the International Association of Language Learning Technology", the second was "Technology Talk Panel", and the third was," How to Write a Session Proposal For and How to Present Well at the Northeast Conference". Professor Ledgerwood is on the Board of Directors of this organization as well.

Irene Marchegiani, Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice for the Foreign Language Teacher Education Program, has presented at the following events (selected):

  • Invited presentation of Oblivion, by Luigi Fontanella. Melbookstore Seeber, Florence, Italy. June 12, 2008.
  • “Consalvo: Una rilettura” at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Taormina, Italy. May 22-25, 2008
  • Invited participation at the Roundtable. Lettura di poesie: Voci italiane d’America II at the the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Taormina, Italy. May 22-25, 2008
  • “Cultural Proficiency Guidelines Workshop: An Ad-Hoc Task Force for Project Objectives and Design” at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Taormina, Italy. May 22-25, 2008
  • Organized the following sessions at the the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Taormina, Italy. May 22-25, 2008:
    • “Giacomo Lepardi: letteratura contemporanea e critica. I”
    “Giacomo Lepardi: letteratura contemporanea e critica. II”
    “Personaggi maschili nella letteratura delle scrittrici contemporanee e nel cinema”
  • Co-organizer and moderator of the conference titled “The Cruellest Month. Italian Poetry and American Poetry in New York, April 12, 2008, Stony Brook Manhattan
  • Workshop on the new Italian textbook Percorsi. Invited by the Italian Department at St. John’s University, April 2008.
  • Workshop on the new Italian textbook Percorsi. Invited by the Italian Department at Rutgers University, March 2008.
  • “Teaching Italian Language and Culture at Colleges and Universities” at the conference titled “Showcase Italian II: Teaching The Unknown Classics in Italian and Italian American Studies” organized by the New Jersey Italian and Italian American heritage Commission - Higher Education Committee, at Rutgers University, March 14, 2008. Invited presentation
  • “Percorsi: A Beginning College Italian Program” at the annual convention of the American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), San Antonio, TX, November 2007.
  • “University Pathways for the preparation of Instructors”, at the annual conference of the AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian), held in Washington DC, October 2007. Session sponsored by the Italian Embassy in Washington.
  • “Italian Language Pedagogies”. at the annual conference of the AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian), held in Washington DC, October 2007.
  • Invited presentation of Land of Time at Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor, September 8, 2007.
  • “Alla sua donna di Giacomo Leopardi: una rilettura”, at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Colorado Springs. May 2006.
  • “Preparing Students for the New Italian AP: Writing and Speaking Skills”, at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Colorado Springs. May 2006.
  • “New Pathways towards Proficiency in Italian”, New York, Fordham University, March 24, 2007.
  • “New Issues in Teaching Italian”, San Diego, Italian Cultural Center, April 2, 2007.
  • “Integrating Culture in Teaching Language and the Italian AP”, New York, NECTFL, April 13, 2007.
  • “A New Proposal for the Teaching of Italian”, New York, NECTFL, April 14, 2007.
  • Poetry reading at the Calandra Institute, New York, April 14, 2007.
  • Book Presentation: Land of Time, Selected Poems by Luigi Fontanella. Edited by Irene Marchegiani. Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University, April 19, 2007.
  • “Crescendo: second edition” in the session titled “Meet the Authors of New Italian Texts”. American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual Convention, Nashville, November 2006.
  • “Changes and Developments in Italian Language Teaching”. American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual Convention, Nashville, November 2006.
  • “The First Year of the AP Italian Language and Culture Exam”. American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual Convention, Nashville, November 2006.
  • “Le Ricordanze di Giacomo Leopardi: una rilettura”. At the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Genova, Italy. May 2006.
  • “New Immigration from Italy”. Invited presentation at the Center for Italian Studies at Suny, Stony Brook. April 22, 2006
  • “Teaching for the AP exam”. Invited presentation by the NYC public schools language coordinators. December 9, 2005.
  • “Preparing instructors for the Italian AP exam”. American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual Convention, Baltimore, November 2005.
  • Responded at the Round table Discussion on Translation, Symposium on Translation, SUNY, Stony Brook, October 25, 2005.
  • “Explaining the Italian AP exam”. Invited presentation at the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Italian, Washington, October 2005.
  • “Developing the Italian AP curriculum and test”. Invited presentation at the Long Island AATI (American Association of Teachers of Italian) chapter, October 22, 2004.
  • “The Italian AP”. Invited presentation, FLACS, Foreign language Association of Chairpersons and Supervisors, Hofstra University, October 21, 2005.
  • “Giacomo Leopardi on translation”. Invited presentation at the Colloquium titled “On Translation: Theory and Praxis” organized by the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University and Gradiva publications. October 30, 2004.
  • “Discussing the AP Italian curriculum and exam”. American Council of the Teaching of Foreign Languages annual Convention, Chicago, November 18, 2004.
  • “A Silvia o del perpetuo canto e Leopardi il grande ingannatore.” At the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Ottawa, Canada, April 2004.
  • “La corrispondenza imperfetta: traduzioni inglesi della canzone Nelle nozze della sorella Paolina”. Invited seminar at Montclair State University, New Jersey, November 2003.
  • “Maria Luisa Spaziani’s poetry”. Invited seminar at the Summer program of the SUNY, Stony Brook, in Rome, Italy, July 2003.
  • “Italian Women Writers”. Invited seminar at the Summer program of the SUNY, Stony Brook, in Rome, Italy, July 2003.
  • “Una rilettura di Aspasia.” At the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Washington, DC, April 2003.
  • “Italian Women Writers.” Invited seminar held at Saint Mary College, Rome, Italy, November 2002.
  • “L’altro Leopardi.” Invited seminar held at Rutgers University, NJ, Italian department, October 2002.
  • “Florence Imagined, Florence Experienced.” Organized and spoke at a meeting of all of the American University in Florence, Italy, held at the prestigious Gabinetto Vieusseux, Strozzi’s Palace, Florence, Italy, May 2002.
  • “Donna e donne nei testi leopardiani” at the at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Columbia, Missouri, April 2002.
  • “Le traduzioni inglesi della canzone Per le nozze della sorella Paolina”, invited presentation at the international Conference on Paolina Leopardi held at the Centro Nazionale di Studi Leopardiani. Centro Mondiale della Poesia e della Cultura, Recanati, Italy, May 2001.
  • “The dissemination of Italian Poetry in the U.S.”, invited lecture at the prestigious Centro Internazionale Eugenio Montale, in Rome, Italy, May 2001.
  • Respondent on translating poetry at the round table Translating and Transmitting, at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Philadelphia, April 2001.
  • “The corrispondenza imperfetta: English Translations of Giacomo Leopardi’s poem to his sister Paolina” at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Philadelphia, April 2001.
  • “Translating Torquato Tasso’s Aminta (with Professor Charles Jernigan) at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, held in Chicago, March 2001.
  • “Translating poetry: the example of Angeles of Youth” at the at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in Boston, November 2000.
  • “Gianni Amelio’s Lamerica: A Liminal Reading of Migration”. Symposium Imagining Immigration. Italy and the Americas, organized by the Center for Italian Studies at SUNY, Stony Brook, October 21, 2000.
  • “The Poetry of Antonia Pozzi between dream and rebellion”at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in New York,April 2000.
  • Read poems in a Round Table dedicated to poetry written by women, at the annual conference of the AAIS (American Association for Italian Studies) held in New York,April 2000.
  • “Memorie tassiane in Giacomo Leopardi” (Torquato Tasso’s memories in Giacomo Leopardi) at the annual conference of the RSA (Renaissance Society of America) held in Florence, Italy, March 2000.


Madeline A. Turan, Lecturer in the Foreign Language Teacher Education Program, presented at the following conferences and workshops:

AATF (American Association of Teachers of French)

  • July 2007: AATF Annual Conference in Baton Rouge, LA: E-pals in the Classroom; La musique de Mes Aieux.
  • July 2006: Presented a 3-hour workshop at the AATF Annual Meeting in Milwaukee: << Swigne la bacaisse >>
  • July 2005: 3-hour presentation on the music of Quebec at the AATF Annual Meeting in Quebec, Canada: << Le Quebec: un pays, une musique >>
  • July 2004: 3-hour workshop given at the AATF/FIPF (Federation Internationale des professeurs de francais) Annual Meeting in Atlanta (this was a joint meeting of the American and international associations): << La diversite a travers la musique populaire >>
  • July 2002 : Guest presenter for 3-hour workshop at the AATF Annual Meeting in Boston: << La musique de Quebec: Reflet d' un peuple >>

Eastern Suffolk BOCES - 1998-2005 Foreign Language Consultant:

  • March 2004: "Gearing up for Checkpoint B - the Regents exam in LOTE"
  • November 2003 & March 2004: 2-day workshop: "Using a multimedia approach to teaching foreign language"
  • January 2003: Presentations as FL Consultant: "Attaining Checkpoint A Proficiency for the State Assessment in Grade 8"; "Finding vocabulary and grammar in nontraditional places"
  • December 2002: presentation of a workshop: "Language Learning for All Students"
  • November 2002: Presenter as Foreign Language Consultant with A. Martino from the NYS Education Department: "Strategies for Reading and Writing and the new Regents exams"

LILT (Long Island Language Teachers):
- April 2005: presented at the LILT Winter Workshop: "Teaching the Less-able Learner"

NECTFL (Northeast Council for Teaching Foreign Languages) :
- March 2005 : 3-hour presentation : << A la recherche de la francophonie Nord-americaine : Une poursuite musicale >>

NYSAFLT (NYS Association of Foreign Language Teachers):

  • 2007: Selected as a "Voice of NYSAFLT" to speak on the website about second language learning in four-year colleges and universities.
  • October 2006: Presentation at the NYSAFLT Annual Meeting in Saratoga Springs: << La musique c' est quelque chose de magique >>
  • October 2002: Pre-conference workshop at NYSAFLT Annual Meeting: << La musique de Quebec: hier et aujourd' hui >>

OMLTA (Ontario Modern Language Teachers' Association):

  • April 2007: Presented at the Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. La musique de Quebec-un-tresor chache.
  • March 2001: Presented at the Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. A la recherche de la francophonie: Une pursuite musicale.

Professional Education Program:
- May 2007: Presented at the Spring 2007 Retreat: Literacy and the Invisible Disabilities: The F.A.T. City Workshop.

Sachem Schools - Retired Teacher:

  • 2002-2006: conducted multiple workshops for Student Teachers on the teaching of the Less-Able Learner, effective communicative teaching techniques, using video and music in the classroom, effective classroom control, and setting realistic student expectations.
  • 2000-2005: conducted multiple annual workshops on the correction and preparation for the NYS assessments (the regents and proficiency exams)
  • Summer 2003: Presentation for the Sachem Summer Academy "Tips for New Teachers"

Other School Districts:
- March 2007: Wantagh Schools: Presented Working with the Less-Able Learner, Wantagh, NY.
- 2003-2005: Multiple presentations at the Lindenhurst, Jericho, Huntington, Syosset and Mount Sinai School Districts concerning the Regents and Proficiency examinations, varied teaching techniques, and/or teaching the less-able learner.

Mathematics

Robert Andersen, Lecturer in Mathematics Education, spoke on October 16, 2004 at the T3 Regional Conference at Molloy College. His talk (TI Tidbits ) centered on using parametric equations and the graphing calculator to teach a variety of topics such as graphing inverses and non-functions, modeling vertical motion and damped oscillations. Discussion also included modeling AM and FM signals on the calculator, as well as graphing piecewise-defined functions and finding the graphs of their derivatives. Many of the people attending TI Tidbits were from local colleges.

Lisa Berger, Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Mathematics Teacher Education Program, presented at the following events:

“Elliptic Curves of Large Rank in Towers of Function Fields.” Accepted and funded speaker for the Association for Women in Mathematics Workshop for Women Graduate Students and Recent PhDs, in conjunction with the Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington D.C. January 8, 2009.

“Shelving Books.” Invited speaker: ORCA Math Conference for Teachers and Undergraduates. California State University, Chico. July 28, 2008.

Nadia Stoyanova Kennedy, Assistant Professor and Co-Director for Mathematics Education has presented at the following conferences:

“Philosophy of Mathematics for Middle School Students.” Paper presented at the International conference “Philosophy as educational and cultural practice: a new citizenship” at UNESCO, Paris, France, November 15-16, 2006.

Facilitator, “Thinking about What Really Matters.” Second Annual Conference for Gifted Students in NYC. Hunter College, CUNY, May 12, 2006.

Invited presentation, “A Philosopher Looks at Teaching and Learning Mathematics.” Socratic Discussion Series. Felician College, NJ, March 17, 2006.

“Argumentation in a Mathematical Community of Inquiry.” Paper presented at the Twelfth Biannual Conference of the International Council for Philosophical Inquiry with Children (ICPIC). Mexico City, July 18-21, 2005.

“On Argumentation in a Community of Mathematical Inquiry: A Dialectical Perspective.” Colloquium presentation, Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children, Colloquium Series, Montclair State University, June 23, 2005.

“Practicing Integrated Reasoning in a Mathematical Community of Inquiry.” Workshop facilitator. Annual Spring Conference, “Recognizing and Responding to the Diversity of Learners,” Montclair State University, NJ, April 9, 2005.

Bernard Maskit, Professor of Mathematics and former Director of Mathematics Teacher Education, gave an invited talk entitled "On Neoclassical Schottky Groups", at the Conference in Hyperbolic Geometry and Geometric Analysis, Wesleyan University, October 15-17, 2004.

Professor Maskit led a pre-conference workshop entitled, Development of the Italian Weighted Referential Activity Dictionary (I-WRAD); Linguistic Implications and Clinical Applications, at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research in Rome, Italy, June 2004.

A paper, coauthored with W. Bucci, entitled, Building a Weighted Dictionary for Referential Activity, was presented at the Spring Symposium of the American Association for Artifical Intelligence in Palo Alto, CA, March, 2004; the paper appeared in the proceedings of the symposium.

A paper, coauthored with W. Bucci, entitled, The Discourse Attribute Analysis System, Parameters and Problems, was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research in Santa Barbara, CA, June 2002. This paper was also presented at the annual meeting of the Research Associates of the American Psychoanalytic Association in New York City, January, 2003.

A paper, coauthored with W. Bucci and A. Roussos, entitled, Computerized Language Analysis; a second generation design was presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research in Montivideo, Uruguay, June, 2001.

Professor Maskit also presented an invited paper to a special session of the American Mathematical Society regional New York City meeting in November, 2000; the paper was entitled: On Neoclassical Schottky Groups.

Dr. Neil Portnoy, former Director of the Mathematics Teacher Education Program, presented the following:

  • How are students' understandings of function affected by engaging in a curriculum module in knot theory? at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA), Toronto, Canada, October 21 to 24, 2004.
  • "Reflecting on Practice: Why Knot Theory for Preservice and Practicing Teachers?" (with Dr. Thomas Mattman), at the 2004 NCTM Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
  • "Knot Theory for Secondary Mathematics Teachers", at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Eastern Regional Conference, Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2003.
  • Undergraduates study knot variants as functions: What understandings are revealed? (with Dr. Thomas Mattman), 2003 Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Do students perceive, rather than conceive, mathematical objects, thereby limiting their abilities to employ isometries in geometric proof? (with Dr. Karen Graham and Todd Grundmeier), Special Interest Group of the MAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD, January 2003, and at the CSU, Chico Mathematics Colloquium, November 2002.
  • Mathematical Connections in Programs for Prospective Teachers (with Dr. Karen Graham and Todd Grundmeier), 24th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Athens, GA, October, 2002.

Science

Dr. David, Bynum, Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education, has presented at the following events:

  • Bynum RD. Entrepreneurship and Science Education, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, . (4/14/08).
  • Bynum RD. Entrepreneurship and Science Education, Presentation to NYS Government representatives, Albany, NY. (4/14/08).
  • Bugallo M, Takai H, Marx M, Bynum RD, Hover J. MARIACHI: A multidisciplinary Effort to Bring Science and Engineering to the Classroom, International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing. Las Vegas, NV. (4/3/08).
  • Bynum RD. Entrepreneurship and Science Education, Thirteen/WLIW21 Teaching and Learning Celebration. New York, NY. (3/7/08).
  • Bynum RD. Entrepreneurship and Science Education, New York State Business and Education Leadership Council. New York, NY. (1/31/08).
  • Bynum RD. Center for Science and Mathematics Education, National Governor's Council STEM Policy Academy. Denver, CO. (11/29/07).
  • Bynum RD. Center for Science and Mathematics Education, Stony Brook Student/Faculty/Staff Retreat. Oyster Bay, NY (11/02/07).
  • Bynum RD. Center for Science and Mathematics Education, Association for Science Teacher Education, Northeast Region. Amherst, MA. (10/18/07).
  • Andersen J, Bynum RD. Science Education Brings Balance Between the Two Cultures, Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England (July 2007).
  • Bynum RD, Sheppard K. Recruiting Science and Mathematics Teachers for the 21st Century. NSF Meeting, Washington, DC. (6/28/2007).

Ms. Caren Gough, Science Education Program Lecturer, has presented at the following event:

  • Gough C.A Model for In-Service Classes for Elementary School Teachers. Presentation at the North-East Regional Meeting of the Association for the Education of Science Teachers. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA. (October 18-19th, 2007).

Dr. Daniel Moloney, Biochemistry, presented the following:

  • Moloney D. BioPREP - Bridges to the Baccalaureate. Presentation at the North-East Regional Meeting of the Association for the Education of Science Teachers. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA. (October 18-19th, 2007).

Ms. Linda Padwa, Associate Director for Science Education and Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice, has presented at the following events:

  • 6/29/08: Northeastern Regional Meeting American Chemical Society, Burlington, VT: POGIL in the High School.
  • Board of Jewish Education, Science Olympiad, March 30, 2008.
  • National Science Teachers Association: 3/29/08, Boston, MA; Long Island Group Advancing Science Education (LIGASE): A Model for University and Community Collaboration.
  • Long Island Science Engineering Fair Society for Science and the Public Middle School Science Program, Director, March 17, 2008.
  • Smithtown School District - Teacher Conference Day workshop presentation - Chemistry for the Elementary School Teacher: 11/6/07.
  • October 2007: In-Service Programs for K- 12 Teachers. Presentation at the North-East Regional Meeting of the Association for the Education of Science Teachers. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA. (October 18-19th, 2007).
  • Regional Quiz Bowl, Director, 2007 - 2008 Season.
  • LIGASE (Long Island Group for the Advancement of Science Education). Workshops on Chemistry in the Elementary School Classroom (spring 2004 and summer 2003).
  • STANYS (Science Teachers Association of New York State). Presented at the Annual Convention (November 2003), and Co-Chaired the Suffolk Regional STANYS Conference (March 2003).

Glenn A. Richard, Educational Coordinator in the Mineral Physics
Institute: Workshop entitled, "Movement and Deformation of Earth's Crust
and Faults at Tectonic Plate Boundaries" (August 2005 and May 2006). For
teachers-in-training and practicing teachers who currently teach 9th grade
Earth Science.

Dr. Keith Sheppard, Director of the Science Education Program, has presented at the following events:

  • Sheppard K. Separate and Unequal: The History of the Lecture versus Laboratory Credit Difference in Chemistry. Presentation at the 20th Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education.Bloomington, IA. (July 27-30th, 2008).
  • Sheppard K. Organizing Instruction: Lecture, Laboratory, Recitation and Academic Credit:. Invited Talk at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York, NY. (April 11th, 2008).
  • Kelly AM & Sheppard K. Construction of a Latent Variable to Predict Physics Access in U.S. Urban High Schools Public High Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Baltimore MD. (March 30-April 2nd, 2008).
  • Sheppard K. & Kelly AM. The Small School Movement in New York City and its Impact on Physics Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New York City. (March 24-28, 2008).
  • Sheppard K. Taking the “Che-mystery” and “Che-misery” Out of Chemistry. IDEAS Institute, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. (March 1st & 8th, 2008).
  • Sheppard K. The History of Science Education- A Call for Inclusion. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Association for Science Teachers Education, St. Louis. (January 10th -12th, 2008).
  • Sheppard K. Laboratory Work in High School Physics. Invited Talk for the Long Island Physics Teachers Association. Stony Brook University Physics Department (December 1st, 2007).
  • Sheppard K. PEP retreat on Digital Videos in Education (November 30, 2007).
  • Sheppard K. Starting a Doctoral Program In Science Education. Presentation at the North-East Regional Meeting of the Association for the Education of Science Teachers. University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA. (October 18-19th, 2007).
  • Sheppard K. The LIGASE-NOYCE Fellows Workshop. Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. (June 25th- 27th, 2007).
  • Sheppard K. The Questionable Legacy of Credit: The History and Future of Science Education Reform. Invited Talk at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York, NY. (April 13th, 2007).
  • Sheppard K. History of Laboratory Work in High Schools. Presentation at the Suffolk Section Meeting of the Science Teachers Association of New York State. Stony Brook University, NY. (March 3rd, 2007).
  • Sheppard K & Horowitz G. The Historical Development of Chemistry and Physics Laboratory Work in High Schools and Colleges. Invited Talk at the Physics and Chemistry Teachers Club. New York, (January 12th, 2007).

Gerald Slutzky, retired Science Education Program lecturer, served as an Eastern Suffolk BOCES science mentor. During September, October and November of 2003 he presented nine training workshops sponsored by this BOCES. The workshops prepared elementary teachers to implement the Science 21 Program. This program, a Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES initiative, implemented the Mathematics, Science, and Technology Standards in a cohesive and integrated way. Six workshops were presented to component school districts at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Holbrook Campus. Two workshops were presented exclusively to Central Islip teachers on their superintendent's conference day. One workshop was presented exclusively to Rocky Point teachers on their superintendent's conference day.

Professor Zuzana Zachar, Advisor for the M.A.T. Biology Program, made presentations at the following scientific conferences:

  • Biotechnology Conference; Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA, July 2003
  • 2001 National Convention, NABT; Montreal, Canada, Nov 2001
  • 2001 Congress on In Vitro Biology, St. Louis, MO June 2001
  • 2000 World Congress on In Vitro Biology, San Diego, CA , June 2000

Social Studies

Charles Backfish, Lecturer in the Department of History, and the Field Experience/Student Teaching Director in our Social Studies Education Program, presented a workshop on using music and art as documents in the teaching of social studies at the annual convention of the Long Island Council for the Social Studies (2003). At the Council's invitation, he is now serving as a member of their Executive Board.

Lawrence Frohman, Director of the Social Studies Teacher Education Program, participated in the following conferences and workshops:

  • "Rethinking German Modernities - What is the 'Germanness' of German History," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 26-27, 2006.
  • "Private Welfare, Public Purpose: The Changing Parameters of Voluntary Welfare in Germany, 1840-1919," Philanthropy in History. German and American Perspectives, German Historical Institute, Washington, April 1, 2006.
  • "Hygienic Enlighnment and the War on Tuberculosis and Infant Mortality in Germany, 1900-1930." Invisible Enemies. The Cultural Meaning of Infection and the Politics of 'Plague'," University of Zurich, September 2005.
  • "Rethinking Social Discipline: Citizenship, Social Hygiene and the German Welfare State, 1890-1930." Retheorizing Welfare States: Restructuring States, Restructuring Analysis. International Sociological Association, Research Committee 19 Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2005.
  • Comment on "Localizing Women's Welfare: A Comparative Analysis of Women's Organizations in Two= Cities in Eastern Germany," Retheorizing Welfare States: Restructuring States, Restructuring Analysis. International Sociological Association, Research Committee 19 Annual Conference, Chicago, September 2005.
  • Presented a paper titled, "Assistance, Discipline, or Both? Poverty, Citizenship and Medical Relief in Wilhelmine Germany", at the 73rd Anglo-American Conference of Historians held at the London Institute for Historical Research (summer 2004).

TESOL

Presentations by former Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Dr. Cecelia Cutler include:

  • 2003 Habitual does be in the Turks and Caicos Islands: further evidence for decreolization as the source for habitual in AAVE? Society for Pidgin and Creole Languages, Jan. 2-4, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 2002 The authentic speaker revisited: a look at ethnic perception data from white hip hoppers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 31), Stanford University, October 10-14.

Margo DelliCarpini, former Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice for the TESOL Teacher Education Program, presented at the following conferences:

  • May 2003: New York State Association of Incarcerated Education Programs: Albany New York, Even Start Family Literacy and EL/CIVICS Program Implementation in Correctional Educational Settings.
  • March 2003: TESOL 37, Baltimore, MD, Phonological Awareness and Adult L2 Reading.
  • March 2003: New York State Even Start Association Spring Conference. Saratoga Springs New York. Integrating Phonological Awareness Activities in Adult Second Language Classrooms within the Context of a Family Literacy Program.
  • May 2002: New York State Association of Incarcerated Education Programs: Saratoga Springs, NY. Explicit teaching of Phonological Awareness Skills and the effect on L1 & L2 literacy Acquisition.
  • April 2002: Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA6), University of Ottawa: Developmental Stages in the Semantic Acquisition of Quantification by Adult L2 Speakers.
  • March 2002: Adult Education Consortium Conference, Huntington, New York: Creating meaningful learning contexts for adult ESL learners with low level or no literacy skills in the L1: Successful integration of pre-literate adult L2 learners.
  • May 2001: New York State Association of Incarcerated Education Programs: Saratoga Springs, NY: The ESL Program in the Suffolk County Correctional Facilities: Promoting Literacy Education in Pre-Literate and Low Literacy Level Learners of English as a Second Language.
  • March 2001: CUNY-SUNY-NYU Mini-Conference: SUNY Stony Brook: The Interpretation and Acquisition of Quantification by ESL Students.

Lauren Garlick, former Director of Field Experience and Clinical Practice for the TESOL Education Program, presented The American Experience From Broadway to Stony Brook - A Presentation of American Culture through its Musicals to The American English Language Program's Teacher Delegation from Senegal at Stony Brook University's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (2001). A CD- The American Experience From Broadway to Stony Brook was produced.

Ms. Garlick also presented programs on Foreign Cultures at Long Island schools (Three Village and Longwood School districts). The programs focused on raising awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity.

Professor Robert Hoberman, of the Linguistics Department, gave the following invited talks at conferences:

  • Semitic roots in linguists’ models and in speakers’ minds. Conference on Lexical and morphological processing in spoken and written language, Bar Ilan University, Israel, Dec. 12, 2001.
  • Verbal morphology in Modern Aramaic; Nominal morphology in Maltese (two lectures). Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin, February 2001.

Dorit H. Kaufman, Director of the Professional Education Program and Professor of Linguistics, presented at the following events:

Selected Presentations:
  • Aligning standards and assessments for program recognition and NCATE accreditation. Presented at TESOL’06 Thirty-ninth Annual Convention. Tampa, Florida, March 2006.
  • From conceptualizing a vision to national accreditation in teacher education. Presented at AILA 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Madison, WI, July 2005.
  • Designing and implementing a cross-disciplinary assessments system. Presented at TESOL’05 Thirty-eighth Annual Convention. San Antonio, Texas, March 2005.
  • Standards as a catalyst to reforming teacher education. Presented at TESOL’04 Thirty-seventh Annual Convention, Long Beach, CA, March 2004.
  • L1 attrition as simultaneous growth and progressive decline: Raising awareness in teacher education. Presented at AILA 13th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Singapore, December 2002.
  • Negotiating conflicts: First language attrition and classroom pedagogy. Presented at the International Conference on World Englishes, Urbana Champaign, Illinois, October 2002.
  • Web-based workshop development in teacher education. Presented at TESOL’02 Thirty-sixth Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2002 (with J. Brenier).
  • Partnering pre-service teachers in ITA professional development. Presented at TESOL’02 Thirty-sixth Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2002 (with B. Brownworth).
  • Attrition of heritage languages: Implications for teacher education. Presented at TESOL’02 Thirty-sixth Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2002.
  • Literacy development through scientific inquiry. Presented at TESOL’01 Thirty-fifth Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, February 2001.
  • L1 attrition and narrative structure. Presented at the colloquium on Language Attrition: Crosslinguistic Interplay and Sociolinguistic Perspectives. Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Madison, Wisconsin, September 2000 (Invited colloquium).
  • Tailor made professional development (TMPD) initiatives: The Pakistan pilot program and future professional development opportunities overseas. Presented at TESOL'00 Thirty-fourth Annual Convention,, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 2000 (with N. Clair, D. Mendelsohn, K. Riley, & Z. Sarwar, Invited presentation).
  • Novice teachers monitoring their growth in CBI contexts. Presented at the colloquium on Multiple perspectives on research in Content Based Instruction at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Applied Linguistics, Vancouver, British Columbia, March 2000.
Other Invited Presentations at State and International Conferences and Meetings (Selected):
  • Using Manipulatives and Visuals in Content-Based Language Learning (CBLL). Presented at the joint meeting of the Association of English Language Teachers in Santa Catarina, (Assciacao dos Professores de Lingua Inglesa de Santa Catarina (APLISC) and New Eyes. Florianopolis, Brazil, August 5, 2008.
  • English Language Arts in the Teaching of the Content Areas. Presentations and workshops at the summer Institute for Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Computer Science teachers. Cyprus, June 20-29, 2007.
  • Content-Based Language Instruction (CBLI). Presentations and workshops at the summer institute for Mathematics and Science teachers and administrators. Cyprus, June 5-16, 2006.
  • Content-based language learning: Creating opportunities across disciplines. Presented at the Long Island Teachers’ Institute, March 1, 2007.
  • A multi-disciplinary approach to assessment design and implementation. Presented at Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December, 2005.
  • Linking teaching practices to student learning: Standards, assessment, and accreditation. Presented at the School of English and International Studies, National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China. November, 2005.
  • Developing children’s language. Presented at the Institute of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan, July 2003.
  • Partnerships in undergraduate TESOL teacher education. Presented at the New York State Third Conference on Teaching to Higher Standards: Preparing Bilingual and ESL Teachers. New York, June 2001.
  • Recruiting and preparing teachers to meet high standards: Initiatives from the TESOL teacher preparation program at Stony Brook University. Presented at the Conference on Teaching to Higher Standards: Preparing Bilingual and ESL Teachers, Deans’ Roundtable, Brooklyn, New York, May 2000.
  • Developing Innovative ways to recruit undergraduate students to careers in TESOL. Presented at the Panel on Teaching to higher standards: Preparing Bilingual and ESL Teachers at the New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE) Conference, Long Island, New York, April 2000.

University Affiliates

Janice A. Grackin, Ph.D., and former Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, served as Conference Chair for the annual Blueprint for Gender Equity in Education Conference. Held at Stony Brook University on March 24, 2004, the conference focus was on Claiming the 21st Century—Where We’ve Been, Where We’ve Arrived, Where We Still Need to Go. Dr. Grackin also presented a conference workshop titled, “Think Again, Girls Can!—Research as Activism.”

On February 29, 2004, Janice A. Grackin, Ph.D. presented a workshop titled, “Girl Power 21st Century: A Lesson in Community Partnership” at the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) annual conference in Philadelphia, PA.

On December 9, 2003, Janice A. Grackin, Ph.D. presented a workshop for secondary school girls and educators titled, “Extreme Science: Women on the Cutting Edge” The workshop at Stony Brook University gave girls the opportunity to view taped interviews with women in science and technology, and to reflect on how their perceptions of these fields are shaped . The workshop was presented as part of the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls Gender Equity Special Events Series for girls in grades 7-12.

On May 29, 2003, Janice A. Grackin, Ph.D. presented “Finding Funding for Educational Technology Projects” at the NSF-sponsored Chautauqua 2003 Short Course for College Teachers held at Stony Brook University.

In spring 2002, Janice A. Grackin, Ph.D. presented “Women and Girls in Technology: Myths, Misunderstandings, and the Girl Power Program” to the Massapequa Area (March 26) and North Fork (May 6) branches of the American Association of University Women.

On March 28, 2001, Janice A. Grackin, Ph.D. presented a workshop titled, "The Girl Power Program: Putting Girls on the Technology Track" at the Blueprint for Gender Equity in Education: Students and Educators as Partners for Change conference at Stony Brook University.

Presentations by Dr. Paul S. Kaplan, Lecturer for the Department of Psychology include:

  • 2003 Keynote speaker at the Teaching of Psychology Conference. Topic: An Issues Approach to Teaching the Adolescence Course.
  • 2001 Keynote speaker at South Western Sydney Institute Miller Child Study Enrichment Conference. Topic: Current Trends in Child Development.
  • 2000 Keynote speaker at Teaching of Psychology conference. Topic: The Cohort Effect and the Teaching of University Students.

Presentations of Dr. Joan Kuchner, Director of Child and Family Studies include:

  • Kuchner, J. F. Campus Child Care and Parent Education: Recognizing and Creating Opportunities for Adult Learning, National Coalition for Campus Children Centers, Bethesda, MD, March 28, 2003.
  • Kuchner, J. F. Creating Environments to Support Children Early Learning in the Library, Family Place Long Island Training Institute, March 4, 2003.

Presentations by Frank Rizza, Core Education Lecturer, include the NY Mental Health Counselor's Association Conference in April 2006. The topic was: Humor and Resiliency and the use of Humor in Counseling.

Presentations by Wendy C. Turgeon, Core Education Lecturer include:

  • A paper titled “Philosophy for Children: Towards a Humanistic Point of View” at the International Humanities Symposium at Columbia in February 2007. The paper will be published in the International Journal of the Humanities.
  • A Liberal Arts Colloquium at St. Joseph’s College in March 2007 on “Music and Emotion: a philosophical puzzle.”
  • A paper at Southern Illinois University Graduate Symposium on March 30th 2007 on “John of Salisbury and the Liberal Arts: messages for education today.”