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Publications: Sept 02- March 03
Dr.
Carole Rhodes, School of Education, is the recipient
of another AACTE-Microsoft Innovative Teachers grant. This program
provides Microsoft software licenses for all Microsoft applications
and operating systems, including website creation and management
tools. The recipients of this award become part of an online "community
of practice and expertise", sharing information and best practices
about improving teacher education and student learning outcomes
through the use of technology. Dr. Shannon Whalen, School of Education, and the Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education were awarded a grant from the NYS Department of Health to provide effective community-based breast health. The Foundation will use their highly regarded "train the trainer" approach to establish Breast Health Educators across Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. Dr. Whalen will serve as the evaluation consultant for the program, while Drs. Friedman, Greenfield, Zarco and Weiss will serve as content consultants. Dr. Shannon Whalen and Dr. Leah Fiorentino, School of Education, are recipients of a Microsoft Innovative Teachers Program, a grant providing software licenses to build national networks of school-university partnerships. Shannon and Leah will work with Garden City schools, training health and physical education teachers to integrate technology into their curriculum and more importantly, how to involve their students. In addition, teacher- candidates at Adelphi will be able to observe (from their classrooms) teachers and students at Garden City, giving them the opportunity to view best practices in education as they happen. Dr. Alissa Mallow, School of Social Work, has received a grant from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, which will fund scholarships for New York City police officers to enroll in the School's Addiction Specialist Certificate Program. Dr. Ronald Feingold just returned from attending a conference in La Coruna, Spain where he was unanimously re-elected by the general assembly as President of Association Internationale des Ecoles Superieures d'Education Physique (AIESEP) or International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education. The office is a four year term and requires the oversight of the AIESEP Board, who were also elected at the Spain Conference. Board representatives include the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, and Taiwan. It is anticipated that two additional board members will be made by presidential appointment, one representing Africa and the other South America. Over 400 attended the World congress, representing over fifty countries. Besides yearly international conferences and seminars, AIESEP is partially responsible for the development and management of the Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress, which will be held in Greece. At the closing ceremony, Ron Feingold was awarded the "Gold Cross", the highest honor from the Federation Internationale d'Education Physique (FIEP). The eighty-five year old organization is mainly represented by school teachers from around the world and the "Gold Cross" honor has only been given out to 19 people in its history. Received Golden Cross Award -- from the Federation Internationale d' Education Physique -- the top international award from FIEP. Given to only 19 people over the past 85 years. Received from the American Heart Association (Nassau), James Dowling Award for lifetime achievment. Received from the New York State Association for HPERD, the State Service Aawrd -- highest Award given by State Association for Service to the profession. Dr. Feingold just returned from Paris, meeting with UNESCO and Ministers and Senior officials on physical education and sport. Over 100 countries represented. Of the 280 in attendance, I was the only person from the USA, since the United Statesis not a member state, but will join in October, 2003. I was there as president of AIESEP (Asoc internationale, des Ecoles Supierieures d' Education Physique) - recently elected president of the International asscoaition for Physical Education in Higher Education.
-- has been invited to participate as a collaborator on a 5-year National Science Foundation Grant Proposal to study the coral reef fishes of the world covering 73 families and some 7,000 species of fishes . The proposal is under the "Planetary Biodiversity Inventory" (PBI) program that has a budget of $14 million to be divided up among 2-6 funded projects. Details are available at: (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02186/nsf02186.htm). -- has published an invited article on tilefishes in the 4-volume book series " Fishes of the Western Central Atlantic Ocean" by the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organization (FAO) to be coming out next month. Dr. James K.
Dooley is the director of the newly formed College of Arts and Sciences'
Biotechnology Advisory Board. The board is made up of 17 members
of academia, industrial and political leaders, medical researchers
and community representatives. The board will had its first meeting
at the end of January. Notable alumni members include: Dr.
Anagnostis Agelarakis and his students were the recipients
of two grants from the Greek Ministry of the Aegean which supported
a great deal their fieldwork in Paros and Samos over the summer.
Contact Dr. Agelarakis for more information about his work and findings. Dr. Richard Belson, Associate Professor in the School of Social Work, presented on "Humor in Marriage Therapy" before the social work staff of the Little Neck "Y" on Sept. 30, 2002. On Dec. 16, he lectured at the Child Studies Center of N.Y.U. Medical Center. He brought with him a patient who had struggled with bulimia for fifteen years, and was now free of the problem for the last two months after only one suggestion. The theoretical basis of the intervention was carefully discussed. Publications
Dr. George Stricker, (2003). Psychotherapy integration.
In E. Thackery & M. In addition, the following book was just published: Stricker, G.,
& Widiger, T. A. (Eds.) (2003). Clinical psychology. Dr. Michael O'Loughlin presented papers at Second Joint International Conference of Psychoanalytic Societies: Deaths and endings: Finality, Transformations, New Beginnings, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. [July 2002] 2. Fourth Annual Conference, Race, Gender, & Class Project, Southern University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. [2 papers - October 2002] 3. Eleventh International Conference: Recponceptualizing Research in Early Childhood Education, Phoenix, AZ [January 2003] He is co-editor of a special issue of Race, Gender and Class Journal, on Race and Psychology, to be published in January 2003.
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