Andrew Belser, associate professor of theatre, earned certification as a Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher.

Vincent Buonaccorsi, assistant professor of biology, was appointed to the editorial board for Marine Biotechnology. Buonaccorsi coauthored the articles “Molecular Genetic Structure Suggests Limited Larval Dispersal within Grass Rockfish Sebastes rastrelliger” in Marine Biology and “Genetic Divergence between Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) and Black and Yellow Rockfish (S. Chrysomelas)” in Copeia.

Marlene Burkhardt, associate professor of accounting, business, economics, and information technology; Nathan Wagoner, instructional systems developer and trainer; and Donna Weimer, Thornbury Professor of Communication, attended “The Emerging Technologies” conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. in September.

Michael Byron, associate professor of education, and Christi Stover '04 and Todd Griest '04 presented “Extending the Student Teaching Experience for Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education Majors: A Creative Approach” at the Pennsylvania Associations of Colleges and Teacher Educators annual conference in Grantville, Pa. in October 2003. Byron also participated in a Middle States Commission on Higher Education evaluation of The College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y. in March.

Kati Csoman, director of international student and scholar services, was selected by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and the Association of International Educators to participate in the Baden-Wu_rttemberg Seminar in Tu_bingen, Germany in September. The seminar focused on cultural and educational issues in Germany.

Ray Chambers, vice president and chief information officer, presented “Marks on Paper: The Juniata Document Management Solution” at the National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) conference in Colorado Springs, Colo. in November 2003. Chambers also presented “Keeping Your In-plant Strong” at the Book Tech/Print Media Conference and Expo held in New York, N.Y. in March 2004. He also contributed to an article titled “The Kinko's Threat” in the March edition of In-Plant Graphics magazine.

Philip Dunwoody, assistant professor of psychology, made presentations twice in November; a paper titled “The Foreign Policy of Pre-emption via the Taylor-Russell Diagram” at the 20th annual meeting of The Brunswick Society in Minneapolis, and a poster titled “Improving Bayesian Responses to Word Problems through Direct Experience and Format” at the Psychonomic Society annual meeting in Minneapolis.

Douglas Glazier, professor of biology, presented a poster titled “Evolution of Differences in Metabolic Scaling, as Illustrated by a Comparison of Pelagic Non-pelagic Animals” at the Gordon Research Conference at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine in July.

Jennifer Hess, immunoproteomics postdoctoral fellow, presented a poster titled “Immunoproteomic Analysis: A Novel Approach to Monitoring Post-translational Events and Humoral Responses” at the 2004 American Society for Microbiology meeting in New Orleans, La. in May, and co-authored an article, “Trp53 Sequence Analysis of L5178Y Cell Line Derivatives” in Environmental Molecular Mutagenesis.

David Hsiung, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, presented a paper titled, “New Brunswick Forest Ecosystems during the American Revolution” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Environmental History in March 2004. He published a two-part essay, “Real Work, Not Busywork,” in the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 issues of Teaching History.

Jill Keeney, professor of biology, with student Mary Heaton '05, presented posters at the Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology meeting in Seattle, Wash. in July. Keeney along with coauthors Sarah J. Radford '01, Meredith L. Boyle '02, Catherine J. Sheely '04, Joel Graham '99, and Daniel P. Haeusser '01 published the research paper “Increase in Ty1 cDNA Recombination in Yeast sir4 Mutant Strains at High Temperature” in Genetics.

Debra Kirchhof-Glazier, professor of biology, was named National Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Advisor of the Year for the Collegiate Division at the HOSA National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. in June. Kirchhof-Glazier also gave a presentation titled “A Summer Reading Program to Enhance Verbal Reasoning and Reading Comprehension Scores” at the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions in Washington, D.C. in June.

James Latten, assistant professor of music, was named assistant chair of the Small College Intercollegiate Band as part of the College Band Directors National Conference. He also taught “Intonation in Instrumental Ensembles” at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va. this summer and presented a research paper titled “Exploration of a Sequence for Teaching Intonation Skills and Concepts to Wind Instrumentalists” at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association convention in Erie, Pa. in April.

Ryan Mathur '99, assistant professor of geology, presented the paper “Nutrient Loading of Spruce Creek” at the Geological Society of America meeting in Washington, D.C. with student Beth Diesel '05. He also presented the paper “Cu Isotopic Fractionation Associated with Oxidation of Cu Sulfi de with and without T. ferrooxidans” at the Water/Rock Interaction T. ferrooxidans” at the Water/Rock Interaction T. ferrooxidans” Conference in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.. Mathur also published two papers: “Superimposed Mineralization Produced Supergiant Cu-Mo Porphyry Deposits” in the Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication and “40Ar-39Ar and Re-Os Geochronology of Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposits and Related Copper-Silver Veins in the Collahuasi District, Northern Chile” in the Journal of Economic Geology.

Mark McKellop, assistant professor of psychology and Kathryn Westcott, assistant professor of psychology, have received a monetary award from the Society for Teaching of Psychology to create online resources for the society's office of Teaching Resources for Psychology.

Robert Miller, associate professor of religion, presented “The Historical Jesus and the Kingdom of God” at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pa. in September. While at Lycoming, he also served as an outside evaluator for the religion department's departmental review. Miller also conducted a workshop on his book, Born Divine: TheBirths of Jesus and Other Sons of God, at the Jesus Seminar in Santa Rosa, Calif. in October. He also presented the paper “Did Matthew Believe in the Virgin Birth?” at the national meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in San Antonio, Texas in October.

Lorraine Mulfinger, associate professor of chemistry and director of science outreach, and Sharon Conaway '82, mobile biology educator, designed the curriculum for seven lessons on DNA and helped create a DNA modeling kit for K'NEX Education, a company that markets building kits for science teachers and students.

Roy Nagle, director of science facilities and safety, published the paper “Overwintering in the Nest by Hatchling Map Turtles (Graptemys geographica)” in the Canadian Journal of Zoology with Canadian Journal of Zoology with Canadian Journal of Zoology coauthors Clayton Lutz '02 and Andy Pyle '02.

Emil Nagengast, associate professor of politics, conducted research at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in March and presented his research at the meeting of the African Studies Association in New Orleans, La. in November. Nagengast also lectured on Juniata's curriculum at Webster University, St. Louis, Mo. in August.

Neil Pelkey, assistant professor of environmental science studies and IT, co-authored an article titled “Bird Communities Across a Gradient of Suburbanization on the Southern Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee.” The findings reported in the article were submitted to the American Ornithologists' Union 122nd Meeting at the Universite_ Laval, Que_bec in August.

David Reingold, professor of chemistry, published the article, “The Dispersed REU Site: A New Model for Interactions Among Undergraduate Chemistry Faculty,” in CUR Quarterly, Reingold presented a seminar titled “Aromatic Systems with Gaps, Holes and Loops” at 11 universities in Europe. Reingold also accompanied five students to the International Symposium on Functional Pi Systems at Cornell University in June.

Kim Richardson, professor of education, published “Designing Math Trails for the Elementary School” in the August 2004 Teaching Children Mathematics. Alexander McBride, professor of art, shot the photos and cover photo illustrating the article.

Shannon Rogers, assistant professor of history, presented “The Whole Left Behind: Omitted Scenes in Polanski's 'Tess,'” at the 16th International Thomas Hardy Conference and Festival in Dorchester, England in Aug. 2004.

Deborah Roney, director of Language in Motion, spoke about the College's Language in Motion program as part of a panel at the Pennsylvania Council for International Education in September.

Nancy Siegel, director of the Juniata College Museum of Art, presented, “Decorative Nature: The Emblematic Imagery of Thomas Cole,” at the symposium: Within the Landscape: Perspectives on Nineteenth-Century American Scenery, at The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. in March. She also presented, “Swallow Your Pride: Food as a Nationalistic Symbol in the Early Republic,” at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Atlanta, Ga. in November. She also held an Everett Helm Fellowship this summer to research her book, An Acquired Taste:American Landscape Experience and the Shaping of a National Culinary Culture. Siegel published, “One Artist, Three Museums, and Sixty-Six Years of Lancaster History: The Worlds of Jacob Eichholtz,” in Pennsylvania History (Winter 2004).

Jack Troy, associate professor of art, received the Juror's Choice Orton Ceramic Foundation award for “Two-Gallon Pitcher” at the 12th annual Strictly Functional Pottery National Exhibition at Market House Craft Center, in Lancaster, Pa. in April.

Belle Tuten, W. Newton & Hazel Long Associate Professor of History, participated in the NITLE Arab Culture and Civilization Program in July 2003. She delivered a paper titled “Who was Lady Constance of Angers?” to the Southeastern Medieval Association in Little Rock, Ark. in October 2003; the paper will be published in the conference proceedings, Medieval Perspectives. Tuten also published two book reviews in the Spring 2004 issue of Arthuriana.

Donna Weimer, Thornbury Professor of Communication, lectured on “Cyberfutures, 2004” for the Pennsylvania Governor's School on Information Technology in July.Weimer also was the executive producer and project manager for the “Pennsylvania Farm Project, 2004: Six Documentaries” for The Pennsylvania Governor's School for Information Systems Technology and the Governor's School for Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University in July.

James White, associate professor of physics, is on sabbatical serving as a senior fellow at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. White, along with Mark Pearson, von Liebig post doctoral fellow in optical physics, and several students, made three presentations at the Central Pennsylvania Section of The American Association of Physics Teachers in April 2004.

Lizabeth Wiinamaki, associate professor of criminal justice and social work and William Thomas, assistant professor of information technology, presented “Criminal Justice/Info Tech: Analyst's Notebook at Juniata College” at the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators (she served as president of the organization last year) annual meeting in Harrisburg, Pa. in April. Wiinamaki also presented “Collegiate Partner Program of i2: Analyst's Notebook” and a roundtable on “Outcomes Assessment” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in Las Vegas in March.