A Decade of Scholarship

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Berard
Joyce
Moore
Michael
Mussari
Rakowski

Anthony D. Berard, Jr., Ph.D., professor of mathematics and computer science

PUBLICATIONS:

“Traffic Flow at the Lackawanna Recycling Center,” Collegiate Microcomputer, Vol XI Number 3, August 1993.

“The Use of Small Axioms Systems to Teach Reasoning to First-Year Students,” Primus, Vol II Number 3, September 1992.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“You have your degree! What next?” Mathematics graduate students at Binghamton University SUNY, March 10, 1999.

“Designing Small Axiom Systems,” Joint Mathematical Association of America/American Mathematical Society meeting, Baltimore, Md., January 8, 1998.

“MathKit: A Software Construction Set for Creating Interactive Mathematics Texts,” Mathematics graduate students at Binghamton University SUNY, March 4, 1997.

“Applying Logic/Designing Small Axiom Systems,” Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America, Millersville University, Millersville, Pa., April 13, 1996.

“Using MathKit in First-year Mainstream Calculus,” Joint Mathematical Association of America/American Mathematical Society meeting, Orlando, Fl., January 13, 1996.

“Student Designed Axiom Systems,” Mathematics faculty and students of Lycoming College, Visiting Lecturer and Consultant Program of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware section of the Mathematical Association of America, October 25, 1995.

“MathKit Lessons Which Illustrate Results from Transformational Geometry,” Joint Mathematical Association of America/American Mathematical Society meeting, San Francisco, Ca., January 7, 1995.

“MathKit Lessons to Demonstrate Linear Transformations,” Joint Mathematical Association of America/American Mathematical Society meeting, San Francisco, Ca., January 6, 1995.

“Student Designed Axiom Systems,” Mathematics faculty and students of Dickinson College, Visiting Lecturer and Consultant Program of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware section of the Mathematical Association of America, October 19, 1994.

“Interactive Mathematics Texts,” Project Learn III, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., October 21, 1994.

“Using the TOPAS Solid Modeling and Animation System to Animate Science Models,” National Association for Computing Machinery /Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Az., 1994.

“Traffic Flow at the Lackawanna Recycling Center,” Wilkes University, Visiting Lecturer and Consultant Program of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware section of the Mathematical Association of America, November 11, 1993.

“A Small Axiom System,” Geometry students at Wyoming Valley West High School, Plymouth, Pa., May 5, 1993.

“Student-Designed Small Axiom Systems,” Speakers Program of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical Association of America, Alvernia College, Reading, Pa., March 22, 1993.

“A Transformational Approach to Graphing Functions,” Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Mount Pocono, Pa., March 18, 1993.

“Using a Computer to Explore Theoretical Concepts in Linear Algebra,” Joint Mathematical Association of America/American Mathematical Society meeting, San Antonio, Tx., January 15, 1993.

“The Use of Small Axiom Systems to Teach Mathematical Reasoning.” Project Learn, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., October 23, 1993.

“Traffic Flow at the Lackawanna Recycling Center,” Joint Mathematical Association of America/American Mathematical Society meeting, Baltimore, Md., January 9, 1992.

“Lightning Bolts, Trees, and Snowflakes,” 1991/1992 Domino’s Pizza Junior High Science Conference, Wyoming Area High School, Pittston, Pa., November 13, 1991.

Ann Joyce, asst. professor of mass communications/media technologies

PUBLICATIONS:

“Classroom Assessment Research: A User-Friendly Guide to Assessment in Visual Arts,” in Handbook of Classroom Assessment: Learning Adjustment and Achievement, Chapter 14, November 1996,

“The Historical Evolution of Evaluation and Assessment in Art Education: from Anomaly to Paragon of Educational Efficacy,” History of Art Education, Chapter 5 in Part 7, 1995.

“Survival Tips for Mothers of Twins and Triplets,” Scranton Sunday Times, February 5, 1995.

“Children and Creativity,” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, June 26, 1994.

“Newsletters fill Niches and Your Mailbox with Useful or Quirky Tidbits,” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, January 26, 1994.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

“Inextricable Female Voices in the History of Graphic Design,” National Art Education Association Conference, Los Angeles, Ca., April 3, 2000.

“Visual Arts Outcomes Assessment for Educational Improvement and Program Effectiveness,” Los Angeles, Ca., April 2, 2000.

“Designing and Creating Art With QuarkXPress,” National Art Education Association Conference, Los Angeles, Ca., April 1, 2000.

“Visual Arts Outcomes Assessment for Educational Improvement and Program Effectiveness,” Research in Art Education Abstracts, March 2000.

“Poussin and Bologna Revisited: The Rape of the Sabine Women,” Spheres of Influence: An Exhibition of the Finest Work of Pennsylvania Art Educators and their Students, Schuster Gallery of Gannon University, Erie, Pa., Exhibition: October 1999.

“Authentic Classroom Portfolio Assessment,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association, Erie, Pa., October 21, 1999.

“Innovative Use of Portfolios to Demonstrate Successful Learning Outcomes,” Course-Embedded Assessment Institute: The King’s College Experience, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 24, 1999.

“Case Study: Evolution of the Sophomore/Junior and Senior Integrated Projects as Effective Assessment Techniques,” Course-Embedded Assessment Institute: The King’s College Experience, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 23, 1999.

“Issues, Implications and Undercurrents in Classroom Portfolio Assessment,” Research in Art Education Abstracts, March 1999.

“Issues, Implications and Undercurrents in Classroom Portfolio Assessment,” National Art Education Association Conference, Washington, D.C., March 1999.

“Assessment as a Tool of Learner Empowerment,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, University Park, Pa., October 23, 1998.

“Assessment as a Tool for Learner Empowerment,” National Art Education Association Conference, Chicago, Il., April 3, 1998.

“Assessment as a Tool for Learner Empowerment,” Research in Art Education Abstracts, March 1998.

“Introduction to QuarkXPress on the Macintosh,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Scranton, Pa., October 1997.

“Formative Classroom Assessment,” Riverside School District, Taylor, Pa., October 13, 1997.

“Formative Classroom Assessment: How to Know What Your Students are Learning While You’re Teaching It,” East Penn School District, Allentown, Pa., August 1997.

“Into the Flower: Making Peace with Archetypal Female Imagery,” Homage to Matisse, Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pa., April through September 1, 1997.

“The Historical Evolution of Evaluation and Assessment in Art Education,” Research in Art Education Abstracts, March 1997.

“The ‘Art’ of Television: History, Roles, Communication and Storyboarding,” National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, La., March 23, 1997.

“The Historical Evolution of Evaluation and Assessment in Art Education,” National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, La., March 22, 1997.

Joyce, Ann, Barry Williams and Robert Paoletti, “Student Outcomes in the Major: The Sophomore-Junior Project and The Senior-Level Integrated Assessment,” at the California State University, Sacramento, Ca., March 3, 1997.

“Desktop Publishing on the Macintosh: An Introduction to Adobe PageMaker,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., October 1996.

“Desktop Publishing on the Macintosh: Intermediate and Advanced Adobe PageMaker,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., October 1996.

“The ‘Art’ of Television: History, Roles, Communication and Storyboards,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., October 1996.

Joyce, Ann, John Ennis, Cheryl O’Hara and Robert Paoletti, “Using Sophomore and Senior Assessments to Evaluate Success,” American Association of Higher Education Conference on Assessment and Quality, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1996.

Joyce, Ann, Donald Farmer, John Ennis, Cheryl O’Hara, and Robert Paoletti, “Course-Embedded Assessment,” American Association of Higher Education Conference on Assessment and Quality, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1996.

“Classroom Research as an Analysis Tool for Art Educators,” Research in Art Education Abstracts, March 1996.

“Classroom Research as an Analysis Tool for Art Educators,” National Art Education Association Conference, San Francisco, Ca., March 23, 1996.

“The Historical Evolution of Evaluation and Assessment in Art Education: From Anomaly to Paragon of Educational Efficacy,” Third International Symposium on the History of Art Education, University Park, Pa., October 14, 1995.

“The Process, Perils and Triumphs of Formative Classroom Research,” National Art Education Association Conference, Houston, Tx., April 10, 1995.

“A Formative Assessment Primer,” National Art Education Association Conference. Houston, Tx., April 10, 1995.

“Active Learning: Discovering and Implementing Student-Centered Teaching Strategies,” King’s Case Study 2: Integrating Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 25, 1995

“The Process, Perils and Triumphs of Formative Classroom Research,” Research in Art Education Abstracts, March 1995.

“An Assessment Nexus: Assaying Classroom Learning with Writing, Audio and Video Protocols,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pa., October 21, 1994.

“Tar Beach and Beyond: The Narrative Story Quilt Art of Faith Ringgold,” Luzerne County Women’s Conference, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 4, 1994.

“An Assessment Nexus: Assaying Classroom Learning with Writing, Audio and Video Protocols,” National Art Education Association International Conference, Baltimore, Md., April 9, 1994.

“More Dummies, Armpits, Doglegs, Pork Chops, Tombstones and Double Trucks: The Language and Art of Newspaper Design,” Pennsylvania School Press Association State Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., November 5, 1993.

“From Invented Dialogues to the Art Project Prospectus: Formative Assessment in the Classroom,” Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., October 21, 1993.

“Bedazzling Beasts to Bufferin Boxes: Using Art as a Foil for Writing,” Northeastern Pennsylvania Writing Council Conference, Lehman, Pa., April 6, 1993.

“Formative Assessment in the Classroom: Practices to Foster Self-Reflective Learners,” National Art Education Association International Conference, Chicago, Il., April 3, 1993.

“Dying to Be Thin: Surviving Anorexia and Bulimia,” art direction, WVIA-TV, 1993.

“Dummies, Armpits, Doglegs, Pork Chops, Tombstones and Double Trucks: The Language and Art of Newspaper Design,” Pennsylvania School Press Association State Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., November 13, 1992.

“Interpretation of Afrofemcentrist Artist Faith Ringgold’s ‘Tar Beach’ Story Quilt: A Prompt for Student Writing,” Northeastern Pennsylvania Writing Council Conference, LaPlume, Pa., April 8, 1992.

“Formative Classroom Assessment: Strategies to Assay Student Learning,” National Art Education Association Conference, Phoenix, Az., May 4, 1992.

“Avoiding Design Nightmares while Improving the Readability and Visual Impact of Your Newspaper, Newsletter, Yearbook or Literary Magazine,” Pennsylvania School Press Association State Conference, Harrisburg, Pa., November 15, 1991.

“Taking Words One Step Higher: Integrating Text and Graphics,” Pennsylvania, May 23, 1991.

“Endogenous Proscription: The Tainting of Eden,” the Pennsylvania State University Chambers Gallery, March 25-April 26, 1991.

“Use of National Gallery of Art Affiliate Loan Material to Stimulate Creative and Critical Thinking in the Classroom,” Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Visual Learning Institute. St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa., July 26, 1990.

Jayne Klenner-Moore, professional specialist in mass communications/media technologies

PUBLICATIONS

Invited reviewer for papers for the ACM Conference on Universal Usability, Washington, D.C., Nov. 16-17, 2000.

Invited reviewer for papers, Computer Human Interaction 2000, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 2000.

Invited reviewer for papers, Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2000, DID division, Long Beach Ca., February 15-20, 2000.

Invited reviewer for papers, Computer Human Interaction 1999, papers, poster sessions, and workshops, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 1999.

Invited reviewer for papers, Association for Educational Communications and Technology 1999, papers, Houston, Tx., February 12 – 16, 1999.

Invited reviewer for papers, Computer Human Interaction 1998, papers, poster sessions, and workshops, Los Angeles, Ca., May 1998.

Software review, Educational Technology and Society.

“Corporate Mentorship: Developing Future Professionals by Guided Problem Solving,” International Conference on the Social Impact of Information Technologies, St. Louis Mo., October 1998. Paper accepted and published in the proceedings.

“Corporate Mentorship: Developing Future Professionals by Guided Problem Solving,” International Conference on the Social Impact of Information Technologies, St. Louis Mo. October 1998. Paper accepted and published in the proceedings.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Wesley Lipschultz and Jean Landa Pytel, “The Role of Real-World Experience in a Web-Based Engineering Major Selection Model,” The Pennsylvania State University, American Society for Engineering Education. St. Louis Mo., June 18 – 21, 2000.

Klenner-Moore, Jayne, and Susan Colaric, “Designing Adaptive Graphical User Interface Tools for Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments,” and “Web Site Evaluation: A Decision Support Tool,” Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2000. Long Beach Ca., February 16-20, 2000.

“Corporate Mentorship: Developing Future Professionals by Guided Problem Solving,” International Conference on the Social Impact of Information Technologies, St. Louis Mo. October 1998. Paper accepted and published in the proceedings.

“Corporate Mentorship: Guided Problem Solving,” Faculty Academy: Mary Washington College, May 1998.

“Putting your business on line: A Woman’s guide to HTML and Web page Building,” Luzerne County Women’s Network Annual Conference, Lehman, Pa., 1998.

“The Interactive You,” Luzerne County Women’s Network Annual Conference, Lehman, Pa., 1997.

“The Internet How-To,” Luzerne County Women’s Network Annual Conference, Lehman, Pa., 1996.

“Introduction to the Internet for Women’s Issues,” Luzerne County Women’s Network Annual Conference, Lehman, Pa., 1995.

Mark Michael, Ph. D., associate professor of mathematics and computer science

PUBLICATIONS

“Fostering and Assessing Communication Skills in the Computer Science Context,” SIGCSE Bulletin 32. Proceedings of the Thirty-first SIGSCE Symposium on Computer Science Education, Austin, Tx., March 2000, 119-123.

“Assessing Essential Academic Skills from the Perspective of the Mathematics Major,” Assessment Practices in Mathematics, The Mathematical Association of America, Bonnie Gold, Sandra Keith, and Bill Marion, editors, Washington, D.C., 1999, 58-60.

“Using Pre- and Post-Testing in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course to Improve Teaching and Learning,” Assessment Practices in Mathematics, The Mathematical Association of America, Bonnie Gold, Sandra Keith, and Bill Marion, editors, Washington, D.C., 1999, 195-197.

“The Traveling Salesperson’s Toolkit,” in Proceedings of the Third International DERIVE and TI-92 Conference, Gettysburg, Pa., July 1998, CD ROM.

Michael, Mark, Jean O’Brien, Stephanie Bressler, and John Ennis, “The Sophomore-Junior Diagnostic Project,” Assessment in Practice: Putting Principles to Work on College Campuses, Trudy Banta, et al., editors, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, Ca., 1996, 89-99.

“Examples from Discrete Mathematics and Numerical Analysis Courses,” The International DERIVE Journal 2 (1995), 97-108.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Using DERIVE as a Functional Programming Language to Teach Sorting Algorithms,” Fourth International DERIVE-TI 92/89 Conference, Liverpool, UK, July 15, 2000.

“Fostering and Assessing Communication Skills in the Computer Science Context,” Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Technical Symposium, Austin, Tx., March 9, 2000.

“The Traveling Salesperson’s Toolkit,” Third International DERIVE and the TI-92 Conference, Gettysburg, Pa., July 14, 1998.

“Using Pre- and Post-Testing in a Liberal Arts Mathematics Course to Improve Teaching and Learning,” MAA national meeting, San Diego, Ca., January 9 1997.

“Using EXSYS to Teach Expert Systems,” Providing and Integrating Educational Resources for Faculty Teaching Artificial Intelligence workshop, Philadelphia, Pa., June 18, 1996.

“Assessing Mathematical Communication Skills: Guidance, Feedback, and Follow-up,” MAA national meeting, San Francisco, Ca., January 4, 1995.

“Examples from Discrete Mathematics and Numerical Analysis Courses,” First International DERIVE Conference, Plymouth, England, July 14, 1994.

“Discrete Mathematics as a Springboard to Independent Learning,” MAA national meeting, Cincinnati, Oh., January 15, 1994.

Michael, Mark, Stephanie Bressler, John Ennis, and Jean O’Brien, “Connecting Liberal Learning Skills and the Major,” The 8th Annual Assessment Conference and the 1st Continuous Quality Improvement Conference, Chicago, Il., June 10, 1993.

Michael, Mark, Stephanie Bressler, John Ennis, Jean O’Brien, James Slock, and Janet Mercincavage, “The Sophomore/Junior Diagnostic Project and Senior Integrated Assessment,” A Case Study on Integrating Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 4, 1993.

“Evaluating Student Presentations,” MAA national meeting, San Antonio, Tx., January 13, 1993.

“Some ‘Taxing’ Calculus Problems,” MAA national meeting, Baltimore, Md., January 8, 1992.

“The Role of Technology in Changing the Mathematics Curriculum,” Project LEARN, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., February 15, 1991.

“Comprehensive Assessment of Academic Skills,” Second Statewide Conference on Teaching and Learning in Postsecondary Education, Mechanicsburg, Pa., October 25, 1990.

Anthony J. Mussari, Ph.D., professor of mass communications/media technologies

PUBLICATIONS

Video consultant to major firms including J.P. Morgan, J.P. Morgan Investment, The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, BANI, PAMP (Geneva), Pinnacle Alliance Partners, Andersen Consulting, and CSC.

Involved in the conceptualization and production of hundreds of corporate projects. The most prominent being the world-wide broadcast of the Exxon-Mobil Merger and the announcement of Gold Avenue.

Produced 60 episodes of Windsor Park Stories broadcast on WVIA, public television, since 1997.

Produced Documentaries on a variety of subjects:

“Mocanaqua’s Legacy: A Project for the Library of Congress Local Legacies Collection,” 2000.

“366 Ways to Say I Love You: Sue Hand’s Millennium Collection,” 2000.

“Morgan On Line,” 2000.

“The Anatomy of an Investment Banker,” 2000.

“Inauguration: A Four-Part Series on the Inauguration of Fr. Thomas O’Hara, C.S.C.,” 1999.

“Client Service,” 14-part series of lectures, 1998.

“A Day with Peru,” 4-part series, 1998.

“Perspectives on Financial: J.P. Morgan,” 1997.

“Proworks Video,” 1997.

“Mentoring Scenes,” 1996.

“More Than A Game: King’s College Monarch Football,” 1996.

“Building Power and Class: The UMass Minuteman Marching Band,” 1994.

“Client Focus in Action,” 1994.

“The Visit: President Clinton at King’s College,” 1994.

“Glass-Steagall Reform: The Customer Perspective,” 1993.

“Federal Reserve Bank of New York Special Meeting,” 1993.

“Friday Night Heroes,” 1991.

“Leader of the Band,” 1991.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Assessment in Mass Communications,” King’s College Conference on Assessment, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1999.

Moderator, “Planning for the Unexpected,” program of The Family Business Forum of The William G., McGowan School of Business at King’s College, Fall 1999.

John A. Rakowski, associate professor of physics and computer science

PUBLICATIONS

“Simple Interactive Models for a Natural Science Course,” Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, 1996.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

“Simple Interactive Models for a Natural Science Course,” Twelfth Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, Marywood University, Scranton, Pa., October 25, 26, 1996.