Dr. Jeff Vickers, assistant professor of music, and Dutch composer Carlos Michans applied for and received a music commissioning grant through The Fund at the Hague (Netherlands). Vickers proposed a new concert piece for tenor saxophone and piano. The piece will be premiered at the World Saxophone Congress in St. Andrews, Scotland, in July 2012.
During the summer, Vickers was an invited guest teacher at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, the country’s premiere summer musical arts program. He also participated in the 16th MusicAlta Festival in Rouffach, France. During his European travels and this festival, Vickers collaborated with three modern composers in Brussels, Paris, and Rouffach. Selected titles from these composers may be heard on Vickers’ premiere compact disc recording which was due to be released Oct. 11.
Dr. Chrisanne Christensen, associate professor of psychology, and Dr. Brittney Schrick, assistant professor of psychology, collaborated on research about student study habits. Their paper was titled “What Were You Thinking? Two General Psychology Professors’ Journey from Frustration to Action.” The paper was accepted for presentation to the American Psychology Association conference.
Also, Christensen’s research about faculty involved in service learning titled “Personality characteristics and interest areas of faculty involved in service-learning: A pilot study” was also accepted for presentation at the American Psychological Association.
Dr. James Ulmer, professor of English and chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages, had an essay accepted for publication by Carpe Articulum Literary Review. The essay examines the relationship between point of view in fiction writing and movement of the camera in film.
Dr. Natalia Murphy, assistant professor of history, political science, and geography, was recently invited by the Donetsk National University in Ukraine to serve on the graduate committee of a Ph.D. candidate in world history at Eastern Ukrainian National University. Murphy advised and reviewed the thesis “American-British Cooperation in Reforming NATO (1990’s-2004).”
Dr. Rudy Buckman, assistant professor of education, will co-present with three SAU counseling students at the 66th annual counseling conference in Hot Springs. The conference is Nov. 16-18. The students are Malissa Hyman, Elliot Isom, and Wendi Makus.
Dr. Terrye Stinson, professor of accounting, served as a reviewer for Decisions Sciences Journal of Innovation Education.
Dr. David Ashby, professor of economics and finance, Stinson, and Kimberly Shirey, an alumnus of the College of Business, collaborated on an article which was accepted for publication. The piece was titled “Pension Accounting: The Changing Landscape of Corporate Pension Benefit” and will be published in the Journal of Business and Economics Research.
Daniel Page, director of Magale Library, has been chosen to serve as the chair of the public relations and marketing committee of the Southeastern Library Association.
Clayton Guitner, assistant professor of theatre, had several professional accomplishments over the summer, beginning with the publication of “The Voice and Speech Review: A World of Voice: Voice and Speech Across Culture.” This is an international theatre journal for which Guiltner served as production editor. He also spent seven weeks in Oklahoma City to direct William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for the Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park Company. In August, he led a two-day workshop in New York City titled “Storytelling through Blocking.” This culminated in a performance of a staged reading on Anton Chekhov’s play “The Bear” at the Bridge Theatre in New York. Finally, he attended rehearsals for “Temporal Powers” at the Off-Broadway Mint Theatre. He plans to bring his research back to the classroom at SAU to better prepare students who plan to have career in commercial live theatre.
Dr. Brian Canfield, professor of counseling education, has been named treasurer of the American Counseling Association for 2011-2012. With 46,000 members, the ACA is the largest professional association in the world representing counselors and the counseling profession. In this volunteer service role, Canfield will oversee the financial integrity of the association, serve on the ACA Executive Committee, and chair the ACA Financial Affairs Committee.
Stephanie Seymour, instructor of nursing, received her master’s in nursing science from the University of Arkansas for Medical Science in May. She completed 64 hours of graduate study, specializing in nursing administration and nursing education. She was chosen by UAMS graduate nursing faculty as the recipient of the Veronica McNeirney Award, presented to the graduate student who has demonstrated an exceptional humanistic approach in caring for adult clients.
Mary Armwood, assistant professor of nursing, was appointed to the Springhill Medical Center hospital board.
Dr. Rebecca Parnell, assistant professor of nursing, was appointed director of the B.S.N. program at SAU.
The manuscript “Environmental Sustainability through Collaboration and Monitoring” by Dr. Ken Green, professor of management, Dr. Jeramy Meacham, assistant professor of management, and Vikram Bhadauria, assistant professor of management information system, as well as Pam Zelbst of Sam Houston State University, has been accepted for publication in the journal Industrial Management & Data Systems. Based on a national survey of manufacturing firms, the authors found that environmental collaboration and monitoring among manufacturers, suppliers, and customers leads to both improved environmental performance and organizational performance.
