Dr. Moraña presented a paper on “Los desafíos de la narrativa de Samanta Schweblin” at the XXXII Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos (CILH) March 9-11, Cartagena, Colombia.
Dr. Rhodes is the scholar-in-residence at Hollins University’s Children’s Literature and Children’s Book Illustration program this summer. For More: https://www.hollins.edu/academics/graduate-degrees/childrens-literature-graduate-program/2023-summer-speakers-and-guests/
Arelys Madero-Hernandez & Carlos E. Rojas-Gaona, Criminal Justice, presented a paper at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Annual Meeting entitled “Collective Efficacy and Crime: Exploring the Longitudinal Mechanisms in Los Angeles, 2000-2008.” This is a state-of-the-art study addressing the longitudinal effects of collective efficacy on crime, more specifically, the impact of collective efficacy…
Dr. Carey was the featured guest for the podcast, “The true horrors behind Pennsylvania’s ‘haunted asylum.'” Jawncast, KYW Newsradio, April 13, 2023. To listen to the podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/the-rundown-from-kyw-newsradio/jawncast-pennhurst-asylum-disability-rights.
Dr. Joseph Zume, Geography and Earth Science Department, has been competitively selected for the Carnegie African Diaspora mini-grant award to attend and present his research at the forthcoming World Water Congress in Beijing, China from September 10 – 16, 2023. For More: https://www.iie.org/programs/carnegie-african-diaspora-fellowship-program/
Dr. Zume receives a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his research project: IRES TRACK 1: US-Ghana Student Research Experience: Understanding and conceptualizing threats and solutions of onsite sanitation and sea level rise on coastal groundwater resources. This three-year grant will recruit 15 students (5/year) nationally, including underrepresented groups, for international water quality and sanitation…
Shippensburg University will celebrate the accomplishments of graduate students during its spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. at Luhrs Performing Arts Center. The ceremony will feature remarks from Debbie Urso ’00-04M, elementary Title I instructional specialist for the Chambersburg Area School District. Debbie has worked in the Title I Reading Department for 18…
Shippensburg University will celebrate the accomplishments of undergraduate students during its spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 6 at 11:00 a.m. at Seth Grove Stadium. The ceremony will feature remarks from Amey Sgrignoli, ’90-’14M, president/CEO of Belco Community Credit Union, an $880 million asset-sized credit union in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Under Amey’s leadership, Belco has grown to include 15…
Dr. Koller presented a lecture on White Collar Crime at a Marquette University Law School workshop on “Corporate Compliance” in early March. The lecture centered on a prior publication – Koller, C., Patterson, L. & Scalf, E. (2014). When Moral Reasoning and Ethics Training Fail: Reducing White Collar Crime through the Control of Opportunities for…
Dr. Steven Burg was invited by the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office to present at the February 7, 2023, meeting of the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Board. He shared with the board the research he conducted during his fall 2022 sabbatical leave in a presentation entitled, “Discovering Pennsylvania’s African American Cemeteries.” At that meeting, the Board…