April 2008

Faculty Staff Achievements

PARAMJEET BAGGA (TAS) has authored a chapter in a book.  “Bioinformatics approaches for predictingstructure and function of UTR” was published in “Methods in Molecular Biology Series: Post-TranscriptionalGene Regulation,” edited by J. Wilusz and published by The Humana Press Inc.

AMY BRAVO (Cahill Center) developed and co-presented a workshop, “Can We Develop Employee Citizens?  Identifying Relationships between Co-op/Internship Programs and the Public Good” with Victoria Nauta of Seton Hall University and Laszlo Pokorny of Rutgers University at the Cooperative Education and Internship Association national conference in March in South Carolina. 

REGINA CLARK (pictured left to right) will chair “Culture Clash in the Classroom:  From Difference to Dialogue?” and other CA faculty, RUMA SEN, RENATA GANGEMI, MARY CICITTA and BONNIE BLAKE (not pictured) will serve as panelists at the “Making a Difference” Conference sponsored by the Eastern Communication Association to be held in May in Pittsburgh.

A documentary film, “Postcards from Tora Bora,” that involves the efforts of CA faculty KELLY DOLAK (pictured left to right), STEPHEN JABLONSKY and BRIAN HUGHES was accepted to the Idaho International Film Festival and Global Peace Film Festival.

NIZA FABRE (AIS) published “La superstición en el cuento y la novela afroecuatoriana de Adalberto Ortiz” (“Superstition in Adalberto Ortiz’s  Afro-Ecuadorian Novel and Short Story”) in “Revista Diáspora,” No.16, AÑO 2007.  Another article, “Semblanza Bio-Bibliográfica de Pío Baroja” (“Pío Baroja’s Bio-Bibliographical Sketch”) was accepted for publication in “Revista Calíope,” March 2008.  She presented “The Garifunas of Central America: Cultural Values and Religion” at the Popular Culture Association held in March in San Francisco and chaired “African American Culture III: Identity in Struggle: Culture, Family and Resistance” there.  In addition, in February, she attended

Homage to Odón Betanzos, Director of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language at the Instituto Cervantes, New York.  Speakers included members of The North American Academy of the Spanish Language, Eduardo Lago, Humberto López Morales, Eugenio Chang Rodríguez, Joaquín Segura, Gerardo Piña-Rosales, Gonzalo Santoja, Ángel Alcalá, Mordecai Rubin, Nicolás Toscano, and Orlando Rodríguez Sardiñas.

The All-American Football Foundation presented an “Outstanding Associate Athletic Director Award” to KATHLEEN FINNEGAN (Athletics) for her outstanding performance in football.

SHALOM GOREWITZ (CA) received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant to Kumasi, Ghana. (pictured left)

HOWARD HOROWITZ (SSHS) was profiled in “Oregon Coast,” discussing his Oregon Coast wordmap, a narrative text about the coast, in the shape of the coast.

ANTHONY IANNARELLI (SSHS) authored “Understanding environmental crime” published in the  “Maine Bar Journal.”

MITCH KAHN (SSHS) will be honored at the 2008 Philip J. McLewin Annual Community Service Awards Breakfast Saturday, May 3, 9 a.m. at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel.  He will receive the Edward Purtill Community Service Award.  This event is presented by the Bergen County Central Trades and Labor Council AFL-CIO, and the United Labor Agency of Bergen County AFL-CIO Community Services.

JUDITH PECK (CA) participated in “Abstraction,” at the Lana Santorelli Gallery, 110 West 26 Street, Manhattan.   The show, which runs through April 26, includes her small abstractions in bronze.  In addition, the artist’s sculpture was exhibited at Pearl Daddy Gallery in Beacon, NY.

A piece written by Social Issues instructor BARRIE PETERSON (SSHS) on antique farm tractors appeared in the Automotive Section of the “New York Times” Sunday, April 20.  The article notes his family’s farm background, which he draws from in his teaching, and the growing hobby in rural areas of restoring and parading old tractors--a parallel to the urban/suburban antique car “cruises.”  The newspaper also asked him to initiate a blog to carry on discussion and facilitate sharing on the topic.

“The Bottle House,” a play by MARIA VAIL (CA) was staged at the Public Theater.  It’s an original adaptation of Sam Shepard short stores that she created last year in collaboration with Sheila Tousey, Sam Shepard and TERRA VANDERGAW (CA).

MICHAEL EDELSTEIN (TAS) reported that Environmental Studies graduate RAMONA LALL has successfully defended her thesis and earned her Ph.D. in Public Health from NYU. She has accepted an offer to remain at NYU as a post-doc.

MITCH KAHN (SSHS) is pleased to announce that four Ramapo students have been named as Wachovia/N.J. Department of Community Affairs’ Housing Scholars for Summer 2008:  CAITLIN AKKERHUND, a junior, Environmental Studies; LISA GOETZ, a senior, Social Work; STEPAHINE RUBIN, a junior, Social Work; and KAY SLAVIN, a sophomore, Social Work.  They will begin their training at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in early June and then be placed in ten-week internships with community organizations in various parts of the state.

AMRUTH KUMAR (TAS) reported that a team of three Computer Science students JEFFREY LUDWIG, VIKTOR VASILEV and GUANYU TIAN won third place in the student programming contest held at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY.  Twenty-seven schools from all over the northeast participated in the contest.

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