CAS SPRINGFACULTYMEETING

MAY 9 , 20 1 8

+

TENURE +

PROMOTION.

+

Dr. Gregory Farnell, Exercise Science

Dr. Nathan Gehlert, Counseling

Dr. Colin Swearingen, Political Science

PROMOTION TO FULL PROFESSOR:

Dr. Wendy Widenhoft-Murphy, Sociology

+ NEW HIRES.

Noah Bickert,

TRS (Tuohy

Fellow)

Daniel Bossaller,

Math (VAP)

Jonathan Gurary,

Computer Sci(VAP)

Danielle Kara,

Physics (VAP)

Margaret

Schauer,

Education (TT)

Robert Short,

Math (VAP)

+ 3 more in process: Chem (TT), Anisfield-Wolf

fellow (TRS) + Hopkins fellow (English) 

+ NEWPROGRAMS.

Data Science major + minor

(Drs. Linda Seiter and Elena Manilich)

Certificate + Master's concentration in

Substance Abuse Counseling

(Drs. Cece Brennan and Martina Moore)

M.Ed in Educational Leadership

(Dr. Lisa Shoaf)

3+4 with University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Sciences (reserved seats)

Drs. David Mascotti and Graciela Lacueva

SIGNIFICANT

SCHOLARSHIP.

132 peer-reviewed articles

9 academic books

139 academic presentations

CAS @ JCU

Burton Morgan Foundation (again!)

NSF S-STEM

U.S. Dept. of Health + Human Services

U.S. Office of Naval Research

[over $2.5 million]

GRANTS.

.

MENTORED

STUDENT RESEARCH

exercise science + sports

studies

history

mathematics

nonprofit administration

philosophy

physics

PJHR

political science

psychology

sociology + criminology

TRS

art history

biology

chemistry

CMLC

communication + theatre 

computer science

counseling

data science

east asian studies

education + school psych

english

STUDENT EXPERIENCES

CLASSICS

Mallory Fitzpatrick '19 spent six

weeks during summer 2017

excavating 2nd-3rd century AD

Roman graves in Puglia, Italy at

the Vagnari Archaeological

Field School, funded by the

Miller Scholarship MILITARY SCIENCE + HISTORY

Gettysburg Staff Ride and Flight 93

13 cadets tour the Gettysburg

battlefield for two days to understand

military operations and tactics through

history, Included visit to the Flight 93

Memorial in Shanksville, PA.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Mariella van der Sluijs '19 

 built a searchable database for

cleveland.com showing all

donations to statewide and

legislative candidates in Ohio.

ART HISTORY + TRS

Silk Road Study Trip to China and Tibet inMay-June 2017produced research projects

in myriad disciplines,

funded by the Tuohy Chair

GRAD

ADLER U

AKRON

BAYLOR U

CLEVELAND CL IN IC

CWRU

DUQUESNE U

FLOR IDA STATE U

GEORGETOWN U

JCU  

KENT STATE

K ING 'S COLLEGE , LONDON

LOYOLA CH ICAGO

MIAM I U

OH IO U

OSU

ROME BUS INESS SCHOOL

ST . JOSEPH 'S

U BUFFALO

U DAYTON  

GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

LAW

AMER ICAN U

CASE WESTERN

C INC INNAT I

CLEVELAND MARSHALL

GEORGE WASH INGTON

HOFSTRA

MARYLAND

OSU

TOLEDO

WVU

MED

LECOM             NEOMED

OSU                  TOLEDO

OH IO U             UMICH IGAN

GRAD

U DENVER

U MICH IGAN

U UTAH

U YORK

STUDENT OUTCOMES

FORENS ICS

P I KAPPA DELTA

NAT IONAL CHAMP IONSH IP

TOURNAMENT

(8 1 SCHOOLS , 2 100 PART IC I PANTS )

• MEG FRANKENBERGER ’20 WAS

5TH I N NOV ICE PUBL IC DEBATE •

KYLE GATESON ‘2 1 F IN I SHED 9TH

IN VARS I TY L INCOLN DOUGLAS

DEBATE . • ZAK Z INDA ’ 1 9 WAS THE

10TH BEST SPEAKER I N VARS I TY

L INCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE .  

Sean Freeman

selected as a 

Newman Civic

Fellow

Nate Heiden

named a Fulbright Scholar

STUDENTS' SUCCESS

Jacqueline Witwicki ‘18

EAS and IBLC: JET Program, then

United Nations

Izabele Rubinski '18

Math and Classics, minor in CS.

Dancer and choreographer for JCU

Dance Team. Fluent in Lithuanian.

     Internship at Progressive

Insurance last year and will be

joining them as a Data Analyst

after graduation. 

FACULTY COUNC I L ,

DRS . EM I LY BUTLER ,

BRENT BROSSMAN ,

KR ISTEN EHRHARDT

PRES IDENT IAL SEARCH COMMITTEE ,

DRS . ED HAHNENBERG +

BARBARA D 'AMBROS IA

D IVERS I TY , EQU ITY , + I NCLUS ION

DRS . MEDORA BARNES , THEA FORD , KR ISTEN TOBEY ,

ZEK I SAR I TOPRAK , DAV ID SHUTK IN

CORE , USPG , UCEP , UCSLE , UCRA

(AND MUCH MORE )  

FACULTY LEADERSHIP

cas @ jcu

FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Dr. Kristen Ehrhardt, Classics

Lucrezia Cullichia Award

for Teaching Excellence

Dr. Denise Ben-Porath, Psychology

Distinguished Faculty Award

Dr. Jim Lissemore, Biology

Curtis W. Miles Faculty Award

for Community Service

OUTGOING (+ INCOMING)

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Dr. Cecile Brennan, Counseling

(Dr. Nathan Gehlert)

Dr. Paul Shick, Mathematics + Computer Science

(Dr. Barbara D'Ambrosia)

Dr. Sheri Young, Psychology

(Dr. John Yost, Psychology)

... AND AN A.D.

Dr. Pamela Mason,

Political Science

WE'RE LOSING SOME

GREAT FACULTY

COLLEAGUES

Fr. Marty Connell, SJ

Dr. Michael Eng

Dr. Brendan Foreman

Ms. Cathy Wheeler

CAS @ JCU  

Dr. Roy Day, Physics

Dr. Thea Ford, Education

Dr. Penny Harris, Sociology

Dr. Tom Kelly, Education

Dr. Mark Kirschenbaum, Computer Science

Dr. Paul Lauritzen, TRS

Dr. Susan Long, Anthropology

Dr. Beth Martin, Psychology

Dr. Doug Norris, Mathematics

Dr. Kathy Roskos, Education

Dr. Nick Santilli, Psychology

RETIREMENTS.

HAVE A WONDERFUL

SUMMER!+

CAS @ JCU