Faculty Publication

Just published by Robert Kane, Associate Professor of History, is "Teaching as Counterinsurgency: Enhancing Pedagogical Effectiveness and Student Learning in a Culture of Distraction." It can be found in the May 2010 issue of the History Teacher and can be read via this link:

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=50987226&site=ehost-live

Recent Faculty Publication

Just arrived is The Responsibilities of Rhetoric. Dr. Joseph Little, Assistant Professor of English, and NU student, Lisa Jane Kabasin, wrote the chapter titled "Coming to Terms with Analogy: Generativity and Constraint in the Work of Nagaoka, Gamow, and Freud." The book is located at call number
P 301 .R4714

Recent Faculty Publications

Just arrived is Women and the Democratic Party: The Evolution of Emily's List by Jamie Pimlott, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Niagara University. It is located at call number HQ1236.5.U5 P56 2010.

And note some recent journal articles by NU faculty:

Butera, Peter C. 2010. "Estradiol and the control of food intake." Physiology & Behavior 99, no. 2: 175-180.

Kang, Kyung Ho, Seoki Lee, and Chang Huh. 2010. "Impacts of positive and negative corporate social responsibility activities on company performance in the hospitality industry." International Journal of Hospitality Management 29, no. 1: 72-82.

Priefer, Ronny, Paolo N. Grenga, Kathryn E. Leach, Todd D. Krauss, Ashley N. Mandrino, and Danielle M. Raymond. 2010. "Multilayering of a pseudo polyelectrolyte (PVPh) with a strong polyelectrolyte (PDMAC) from aqueous media." Surface Science 604, no. 1: 59-62.

Recent Faculty Publication

Just arrived is College Science Teacher's Guide to Assessment. Dr. Mark Gallo, Associate Professor of Biology, wrote the chapter titled "Wetscience: A Means of Assessing Math, Science, and Technology Incorporation into a Service Learning Outreach Program."

Recent Faculty Publication

Just arrived is "Starting with Rousseau." It was written by Dr. James Delaney, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at NU. You can check its availability via the book catalog.

Recent Faculty Publication

Just arrived is the "Dark Side of Educational Leadership: Superintendents and the Professional Victim Syndrome." It was written by Dr. Walter S. Polka, Associate Professor of Educational Administration at NU, and Peter R. Litchka from Loyola College. You can check its availability via the
book catalog.

May Monthly Book Spotlight

The May installment of the Monthly Book Spotlight has been added to the Library's web site. Reference Librarian Samantha Gust highlights the faculty members currently featured in the Library's Faculty Publications Display near the front entrance.

Recent Faculty Publications

Here are two recent publications by Niagara University faculty members.

Joseph Little (English)

The Role of Analogy in George Gamow's Derivation of Drop Energy. Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 17 Issue 2 (2008), p220-238.

and

Timothy M. Osberg (Psychology), Erin N. Haseley and Michele M. Kamas

The MMPI-2 Clinical Scales and Restructured Clinical (RC) Scales: Comparative Psychometric Properties and Relative Diagnostic Efficiency in Young Adults. Journal of Personality Assessment, Vol. 90 Issue 1 (2008), p81-92.

Recent Faculty Publication

Here is a recent publication by a Niagara University faculty member and one of his students.

Burt Thompson (Psychology) and Jaime Johnson

Biased Lineup Instructions and Face Identification From Video Images. Journal of General Psychology, Vol. 135 Issue 1 (2008), p23-36.

Recent Faculty Publications

Here are two recent publications by Niagara University faculty members.

William D. Frye (Hospitality and Tourism Management) and Daniel J. Mount

An Examination of Job Satisfaction of General Managers Based on Hotel Size and Service Type. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, Vol. 6 Issue 2 (2007), p109-134.

Susan Sze and Sylvia Valentin (Education Department)

Self-Concept and Children With Disabilities. Education, Vol. 127 Issue 4 (Summer 2007), p552-557.

Recent Faculty/Student Publication

Here is a recent publication by a Niagara University Psychology Department faculty member and former Niagara University students:

Timothy Osberg,Danielle Poland, Gina Aguayo and Sharon MacDougall.

The Irrational Food Beliefs Scale: Development and validation. Eating Behaviors, Vol. 9 Issue 1 (January 2008), p25-40.

November Monthly Book Spotlight

The November installment of the Monthly Book Spotlight has been added to the Library's web site. Reference Librarian Samantha Gust highlights the faculty members currently featured in the Library's Faculty Publications Display near the front entrance.

Recent Faculty Publication

Here is a recent publication by a Niagara University faculty member:

Ronny Priefer (Chemistry Department), Eric Martineau and David N. Harpp

Derivatization of dicubyl disulfide. Journal of Sulfur Chemistry, Vol. 28 Issue 6 (December 2007), p529-535.

Recent Faculty Publication

Here is another recent Niagara University faculty publication:

William D. Frye (Hospitality and Tourism Management) and Daniel J. Mount

An Examination of Job Satisfaction of General Managers Based on Hotel Size and Service Type. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 2007, Vol. 6 Issue 2, 109-134.

Recent Faculty Publication

Here is another recent Niagara University faculty publication:

Stephen Petersen (Philosophy Department)
The Ethics of Robot Servitude. Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, January 2007, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p43-54.

Recent Faculty Publications

Here are several recent Niagara University faculty publications:

William Cliff (Biology Department)
Case study analysis and the remediation of misconceptions about respiratory physiology. Advances in Physiology Education, December 2006, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p215-223.

Joseph Little (English Department)
Achieving Objectivity Through Genred Activity: A Case Study. Journal of Technical Writing & Communication, March 2007, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p75-94.

Richard Spano, Craig Rivera (Criminal Justice Department) and John Bolland
The Impact of Timing of Exposure to Violence on Violent Behavior in a High Poverty Sample of Inner City African American Youth. Journal of Youth & Adolescence; Oct2006, Vol. 35 Issue 5, p681-692.

Yury Arlinskiĭ and Eduard Tsekanovskiĭ (Mathematics Department)
Non-self-adjoint Jacobi matrices with a rank-one imaginary part. Journal of Functional Analysis, December 2006, Vol. 241 Issue 2, p383-438.

Sylvia Valentin (Education Department)
Addressing diversity in teacher education programs. Education, Winter 2006, Vol. 127 Issue 2, p196-202.

Recent Faculty Publication

Here is a recent publication by Niagara University Associate Professor Daniel Pinti:

Pinti, Daniel. "Julian's Audacious Reticence: Perichoresis and the Showings." 88.4 (2006): 499-517. Anglican Theological Review.

The full-text of this article is available through EBSCOhost's Academic Search Premier database.

Recent Faculty Publication

Here is a recent publication by Niagara University Associate Professor Susan Sze:

The Special Needs Toolbox: 200 Inclusive Strategies

This book is located on the first floor of the Library at call number LC1200 S94 2006.

Recent Faculty Publications

Here are two recent Niagara University faculty publications of note:

Marlo Brown (Mathematics Department) and Shelemayahu Zacks

A Note on Optimal Stopping for Possible Change in the Intensity of an Ordinary Poisson Process. Statistics & Probability Letters, July 2006, Vol. 76 Issue 13, p1417-1425.

Philip D. Collington (English Department)

"Stuffed with All Honourable Virtues": Much Ado About Nothing and The Book of the Courtier. Studies in Philology, Summer 2006, Vol. 103 Issue 3, p281-312.