December 2009 Faculty Roundup
Dr. Robert Maguire, Assistant Professor of International Affairs has been invited to teach a seminar entitled “The Geopolitics of Oil”, at New York University’s Faculty Resource Network Seminar this summer. NYU’s program attracts junior faculty from universities and colleges throughout the US, who enroll in the week long intensive program seminars taught by faculty experts. Dr....
November 2009 Faculty Roundup
Dr. Deonne Minto, Assistant Professor of English, was the Chair for the panel Gastrocartographies, Discursive Dance, the Resistant Reader, and Global Reparations: Performance and the Deconstruction of Caribbean Identities from the Table to the Stage and Beyond, at the ‘Going Caribbean: An International Colloquium on Caribbean Literature and Art, sponsored by the University of Lisbon...
October Faculty Roundup
Wendy Thorbjornsen’s memoir, Finding Josie, was named as a finalist in the Autobiography category of the USA Book News 2009 National Best Book Awards. Dr. Deborah Litt, Associate Professor of Education, will have a chapter entitled “Reread So You Know What to Write Next” published in Writing Strategies for All Primary Students: Scaffolding Independent Writing...
Summer 2009 Faculty Roundup
Dr. Roberta Dorr, Associate Professor of Education, has been invited to serve another term as a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Board of Examiners. Dr. Dorr was recommended by both NCATE and Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESOL) for this role. Dr. Carlota Ocampo, Associate Dean of the College of...
June 2009 Faculty Roundup
Dr. Carlota Ocampo, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Psychology, has had an article published in the flagship journal for the American Psychological Association. Her article “Dealing with Diversity Issues in the Classroom: A Survey of the STP Membership” appears in Teaching of Psychology. The citation is Prieto,...
May 2009 Faculty Roundup
Dr. Mary Lynn Rampolla, Associate Professor of History, will have the 6th edition of her text A Pocket Guide to History released this summer. Finding Josie, a memoir written by Wendy Bilen Thorbjornsen, Assistant Professor of English, has been named the winner in the Autobiography/Memoir category for the National Indie Excellence Awards. The book won for biography/memoir...
April 2009 Faculty Roundup
Dr. Bill Beverly, Assistant Professor of English, presented at the 2009 National Popular Culture & American Culture Conference. His paper describes how collectors imagine and refashion themselves in stories they tell about collecting. He focuses in particular on beer and soda can collectors; also on his panel were papers on book collectors and vinyl record collectors. ...
Febraury 2009
Dr. Ray Adomaitis, Assistant Professor of Counseling, has been selected to be this year’s recipient of the C. Harold McCully Counselor Educator Recognition Award to be presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the District of Columbia Counseling Association. Dr. Adomaitis will also be a part of a panel on Crisis and Trauma Counseling, while students in Trinity’s...
January 2009
Dr. Deborah Harris-O’Brien, Associate Professor of Psychology, along with Trinity student and chapter president of Psi Chi Nzinga Lawrence, was honored in being selected by Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, to attend a Leadership Conference held in Nashville. An article about the conference and its participants will be published in the quarterly journal Eye on Psi Chi. Dr. Stephanie Holaday,...
December 2008
Dr. Stephanie Holaday, Director of Nursing Programs and Assistant Professor of Nursing, passed the certification examination for the specialty area of advanced practice nursing as “Certified Nurse Educator.” This certification is recognized as the mark of leadership and distinction for nursing faculty; Dr. Holaday’s achievement brings significance to Trinity’s nursing program since few nursing programs nationally...