The Mount Saint Mary College Faculty Library Committee recently celebrated the achievements of more than 30 faculty, staff, and alumni who published books, articles, essays, and papers in 2019, 2020, and early 2021.
Victor Azuaje, associate professor of Spanish, wrote "Maria Zambrano y la Critica Femenina del Sacrificio Politico en Latinoamerica," a paper he presented at Conferencia Mundial de Investigadores en temas iberoamericanos (The 2nd World Conference on University Researchers, or WCUR), 2019.
Dee Berlinghoff, professor Emerita of Education, wrote "Scaffolding Instruction for All Students: A Resource Guide for English Language Arts – Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5" and "Scaffolding Instruction for All Students: A Resource Guide for Mathematics – Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5," The University of the State of New York State Education Department Office of Curriculum and Instruction and Office of Special Education, September, 2019.
Suparna Bhalla and Evan Merkhofer, associate professors of Biology, wrote "Genomic Diversity of Bacteriophages Infecting Microbacterium spp," PLoS One 15(6), June 18, 2020.
Beth Boyd, adjunct instructor of Nursing, wrote the chapter "Homeless populations in the community" in the book Population Health for Nurses: Improving Community Outcomes, Springer Publishing, 2019.
Jennifer Bready, professor of Mathematics; and Mount alumnae Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM and Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, PhD, RN, FAAN, Nursing Alumni Liaison; wrote "A Positive Side of Deployment: Vicarious Posttraumatic Growth in U.S. Military Nurses Who Served in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars," Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 52(3), 2020.
Antonia Brewer, assistant professor of Nursing, wrote "A Need for Trauma Informed Care in Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics," Public Health Nursing 37(5), 2020.
Jennifer Dillon, instructor of Nursing, wrote "Registered Nursing Staffing, Workload, Nursing Care Left Undone, and Their Relationships to Patient Safety in Hemodialysis Units," Nephrology Nursing Journal 47(2), 2020. She also wrote "Instruments to Measure Shared Decision-Making in Outpatient Chronic Care: A Systematic Review and Appraisal," Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 121, 2020.
Adar Eisenbruch, assistant professor of Psychology, wrote "Social Taste Buds: Evidence of Evolved Same-Sex Friend Preferences from a Policy-Capturing Study," Evolutionary Psychological Science 6(3), 2020.
Gina R. Evers, Writing Center Director, wrote "Chicago, Illinois," About Place 5(3), 2019; "After Divorce Mediation," Pank Magazine 15(1), 2020; and "Training Tutor-Learners in Contemplation: Reflection in the Writing Center," Improve with Metacognition, Autumn 2020.
Anne Ferrari, associate professor of Psychology, wrote "The Persistence of Stigma Reduction After Teaching Abnormal Psychology Using Celebrity Narratives," Teaching of Psychology 20(10), 2020.
Tom Fitzmaurice, Assistant professor of Finance, wrote "Incorporating Meaningful Service Learning in Business Education," a paper presented at the Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) Conference Proceedings, 2019.
Colleen Fleming-Damon, assistant professor of Nursing, wrote "Providing End-of-Life Care for Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Experience of a Hospice," Agency, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, October 2020.
Michael L. Fox, assistant professor of Business Law and Business Graduate Program Coordinator, wrote "Beware: Does Your Law Firm Website Violate the ADA or State Accommodations Law?," New York State Bar Association Journal vol. 91, August 2019 and The Computer & Internet Lawyer 36(12), December 2019; Primer for an Evolving eWorld, 2nd ed., Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2020; and "Website Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities" in Virtual Lawyering: A Practical Guide, New York State Bar Association, 2020.
Denise A. Garofalo, associate librarian for Systems and Catalog Services, and Vivian Milczarski, director of the Kaplan Family Library and Learning Center, wrote "Collaboration or Collusion: When Acquisitions and Systems Join Forces" in Transforming Acquisitions and Collection Services: Perspectives on Collaboration Within and Across Libraries, Purdue University Press, 2019.
Dean Goldberg, professor of Digital Media and Film Studies, and Director of Communication, Art, and Digital Media, wrote "Lights and Cameras Changing Our World," Student Filmmakers Magazine 14(2), 2019; "Where Am I Now?," Chronogram, 2019; "Three Poems: Call Waiting, Me and Plato, and Private Dancer," Albany Poets, 2020; and "Gimme Shelter 50 Years (+1)," Film International 18(1), 2020.
Peter Gregory, instructor of Business, wrote "Serious Simulation for Workers in Knowledge Industries," presented at Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) Conference Proceedings, 2019.
John Hofbauer, associate professor of Philosophy, wrote "The Common Good: An Introduction to Personalism: A Review," Appraisal, (Special Issue), Spring 2020.
Susan LaRocco, dean of the School of Nursing and professor of Nursing, wrote "Clinical Practice Guidelines and Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Arrest," Western Journal of Nursing Research 41(9), 2019; and "So, You Want to Be an Editor?," June 2020; "Guest Editorial: Every Nurse is a Leader," March 2020, and "What Do Nursing Faculty Really Do?" March 2019, in Massachusetts Report on Nursing: The Official Publication of the American Nurses Association Massachusetts.
Michael McGuire, assistant professor of History, wrote "A War Generation? The Radcliffe College Community in the Great War Era, 1914-1926," Journal of Gilded Age and Progressive Era 19(3), 2020.
Evan Merkhofer, associate professor of Biology, wrote "Facilitating Growth Through Frustration: Using Genomics Research in a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience," Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 21(1), February 28, 2020.
Micah Gideon Modell, assistant professor of Information Technology, wrote "Bingo! Do We Have a Winner?," International Journal of Designs for Learning 11(3), 2020.
Megan Morrissey, assistant director of Student Success, wrote "Metacognition and First-Year Students," Improve with Metacognition, Autumn 2020.
Tracey Niemotko and Moira Tolan, professors of Business, wrote "Addressing Quantitative Literacy with Accounting and Business Students," presented at Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) Conference Proceedings, 2019; "Incorporating Sustainability into Accounting Curriculum," presented at American Accounting Association's (AAA) Future of Accounting Education Conference Proceedings, 2019; "Running Business Schools as Businesses," presented at Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) Conference Proceedings, 2020; "Student Engagement in the Online Environment," The CPA Journal, 2020; "Online Accounting Courses: Transition and Emerging Issues," The CPA Journal, 2020; and "Mid-Hudson Chapter Members Mentor Accounting Students: An Effective Collaboration," The Trusted Professional (NYSSCPA), 2020.
Niemotko on her own also wrote "Debits and Credits: The Language of Accounting" in Applied Quantitative Analysis for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry, Kendall-Hunt, 2020; and "The IRS Limits Loan Forgiveness in Paycheck Protection Program," Accounting Today, 2020.
Rebecca R. Norman, associate professor of Education and Graduate Program Coordinator, wrote "Equity in Access? The Number of Books Available in Grade 1, 3, and 5 Classroom Libraries," Learning Environments Research 22(3), 2019; and "Engaging Boys in Literacy and Elementary School," Michigan Reading Journal, 52(2), 2020.
Kimberly Poje, instructor of Nursing, wrote "Are We Over Teaching Health Assessment at the RN Level?," American Nurse website, February 19, 2020.
Priscilla L. Sagar, professor emerita of Nursing, wrote "Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing: A Global Perspective" in Advancing the Education of Registered Professional Nurses to the Baccalaureate Degree, The Foundation of New York State Nurses, 2019; "Enhancing the Representation of Transcultural Nurses in the Media," Journal of Transcultural Nursing 31(1), 2020; and "Scholars Corner: The Mentoring Role of the Transcultural Nursing Scholar," Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 31(2), 2020.
Frances R. Spielhagen, professor of Education, and Nicole Speranzo, MS in Ed., special education teacher at Valley Central High School and MSMC Alumna, wrote "Pedagogy Into Practice: A Handbook for New Teachers," Information Age Publishing, 2020.
Marie-Therese Sulit, associate professor of English and director of the Honors Program, wrote "9/11 and Islamophobia, 2001-2017" in 25 Events that Shaped Asian American History: An Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic, ABC-CLIO, 2019; "Integrating Reflection into Our Everyday Practices with Authenticity: A Discussion Series on Metacognition (guest editor)," Improve with Metacognition Autumn 2020; "Reflection Matters: Using Metacognition to Track a Moving Target," Improve with Metacognition Autumn 2020; and "Identity Matters: Creating Brave Spaces Through Disputatio and Discernment," Improve with Metacognition Autumn 2020.
Neirouz Watad, Accounting instructor, wrote "Career Perceptions and Choice Decisions of Business School Students," presented at Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) Conference Proceedings, 2019.
Charles Zola, associate professor of Philosophy, director of the Catholic and Dominican Institute, and assistant to the President for Mission Integration, wrote "Contemplation and Service as Metacognition: The Dominican Scholars of Hope," Improve with Metacognition Autumn 2020.
The Mount Faculty Library Committee of 2020-21 consisted of: Robert Miller, Division of Philosophy and Religious Studies, chair; Vivian Milczarski, director of the Kaplan Family Library; Kathleen Pecoraro, School of Nursing; Douglas Robinson, Jr., Division of Natural Sciences; Anthony Scardillo, School of Business; and student representatives Kerry DeFelice, Margaret Seely, and Todd Weaver.