Program in Winchester, Virginia,” at the
annual meeting of the Association for
Psychological Science this spring. The
poster outlined a service-learning project
that Dr. King’s Adult Years class executed
with the Shenandoah Area Agency on
Aging’s Winchester Active Living Center.
Director of the Center for Public Service
and Scholarship Karen Schultz, Ph.D.,
and Shenandoah University Americorps
VISTA Mike Madden traveled to Virginia
Beach this summer to present at the Virginia
Service Foundation’s 2013 Conference
on Volunteerism and Service. Dr. Schultz
and Madden presented “Establishing
Partnerships with Institutions of Higher
Education Colleges and Universities: A
Natural Partnership.” The conference offered
attendees the tools and training to help
each community in the Commonwealth
fully utilize volunteers and service through
workshops and guest speakers.
justice and French minor from Belgium
who visited with Dr. Schweitzer in Paris,
and Claire Glover, a Shenandoah University
student from Ireland who met with Dr.
Schweitzer in Munich. Glover studied
German while attending Shenandoah, and
she is currently in Germany teaching English
to young students.
Professor of Psychology Laura K.
Zimmermann, Ph.D., has an article, Using
a Virtual Simulation Program to Teach
Child Development, on press with the
journal “College Teaching.”
Associate Professor & Coordinator of
Sport Management Brian J. Wigley,
Ed.D., and Assistant Professor of Sport
Management Joey Gawrysiak , Ph.D., codeveloped the university’s sport management
program and curriculum and moved the
program from the College of Arts and
Sciences to the Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of
Business. Dr. Wigley was named as a NCAA
Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR)
Fellow, having served as the university’s FAR
liaison for three years for the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference (ODAC). Wigley
was nominated as a NCAA FAR fellow by
ODAC Commissioner Brad Bankston.
Education &
Human
Development
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages
Petra Schweitzer, Ph.D., participated in
the 20th Congress of the International
Comparative Literature Association at
L’Université Paris-Sorbonne in Paris,
France, this summer. She co-chaired a
workshop, “Why Comparative Literature,”
with Dr. Raina Kostova of Jacksonville
State University. The two-day workshop
engaged scholars from India, Argentina,
Germany, Italy and the United States in
presenting papers on literature, philosophy,
women’s studies and sciences. Dr. Schweitzer
presented a paper, “Dialogues and
Translations of Holocaust Testimonies.”
She also met with European Shenandoah
University students Eugene Ejiba, a criminal
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Associate Professor of Curriculum and
Instruction Diane DeMott Painter,
Ph.D., served on the curriculum
committee and presented a workshop,
“iBooks Basics,” for the Virginia Society
for Technology conference held at the
university’s Northern Virginia Campus
in Ashburn this summer. Twenty-seven
graduate students from Shenandoah’s
School of Education & Human
Development (SEHD) and more than 60
teachers and administrators from SEHDpartner school districts received hands-on
training in innovative uses of technology
in the classroom from regional technology
experts and veteran teachers. The workshop
and breakout session presenters were
assistive and instructional technology
specialists from Loudoun County (Va.)
Public Schools and Fairfax County (Va.)
Public Schools, as well as veteran teachers
f rom Warren County (Va.) Public Schools
and Montgomery County (Md.) Public
Schools. Conference highlights included
a keynote presentation on how to employ
free Web 2.0 tools in the collaboration
process, a session on audio in the classroom
and a session on classroom makerspaces
and 3-D printing.
Associate Professor of TESOL Brenda
Murphy, Ph.D., spent a second summer
in Venice, Italy, working with the Baroque
string ensemble, Interpreti Veneziani.
Dr. Murphy created English translations
of the liner notes for the re-release of
three of their CDs (2012), English
translations of monthly newsletters (from
2011 to present), as well as historical and
promotional materials (2013). She has
published three articles about the group
at FanFaire’s online classical magazine, the
most recent being “Nineteen Best Ways
to Play Vivaldi” (http://testsite.fanfaire.
com/nineteen-best-ways-play-vivaldi/).
Murphy continues to work with the
Interpreti Veneziani, preparing English
translations for their new initiative,
“ArteMusicaVenezia.”
Associate Professor of Leadership
Catherine Dunn Shiffman, Ph.D.,
and Assistant Professor of Leadership
Dennis Kellison, Ed.D., and the Office of
Education Outreach organized an institute
for regional Virginia public education and
community leaders this August to explore
two themes: “What will be required of
education leadership in the future?” and
“How can education and community
leaders work together to support public
schools in the future?” The institute
began with a panel discussion by school
superintendents from Clarke County
(Michael Murphy), Frederick County
(David Sovine), Shenandoah County
(Kevin Castner), Warren County (Pamela
McInnis) and Winchester (Rick Leonard).
Attendees also participated in small
group discussions around the institute’s
themes. Approximately 65 education
and community leaders and Shenandoah
University faculty attended the event.
School of Business
Associate Professor of Management
and Director of the Institute for
Entrepreneurship Alesia Slocum,
Ph.D, had a co-authored, scholarly
paper, “Teaching Business Ethics through
Strategically Integrated Micro-insertions,”