FACULTY & STAFF
New Faculty
By Marissa Tuchband
Sharon Patricia Holland is a new face in the English department this semester. Before her move to Albany, Holland was an assistant professor in the Department of English at Stanford University.
In 1992, Holland earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in English language and literature. She has an A.B. from Princeton in Afro-American Studies and English.
Holland received the Sinclair Drake Teaching Award from the Black Community Services Center at Stanford, the Dean's Fellow in the Humanities given by the Stanford Humanities Center, and many other awards.
Holland is the author of Who's God Am 'I, god': Institution and Experience in Hurston's "Their Eyes," which appeared in All About Zora in 1991. Her conference paper publications include Afro-Native Literature and the Politics of Passing in Nettie Jones's "Mischief Maker," which was presented to the Modern Language Association in December 1998.
Holland held a postdoctoral fellowship in African American studies from 1992 to 1993 at Wesleyan University. At Stanford, she taught Poetry and Politics: Black Women Write, an undergraduate seminar, Feminist Discourse and 20th Century Literature, a graduate seminar, and Faulkner and Morrison, an undergraduate lecture.
Finally, Holland is active in the M.L.A. and the American Literature Association.
David Miller is a new
assistant professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology.
In addition to research and service, he teaches a graduate course called
Psychoeducational Assessment III: Behavioral and Social-Emotional.
Susan Phillips, chair of the
Educational and Counseling Psychology Department, said, "He brings extensive
experience as a school psychologist to the department. In addition, he
brings us an excellent research program in the acceptability of school-based
mental health prevention programs. We are very excited to have him here.”
Prior to coming to Albany,
Miller was partial hospitalization program director/school psychologist
at the Centennial School in Bethlehem, Pa. There he directed a partial
hospitalization program in a state-approved private school for children
and adolescents with severe behavior disorders.
Miller's primary research
interests include school-based assessment and treatment of emotional and
behavioral disorders in children and adolescents, particularly issues in
the assessment and treatment of childhood depression and the prevention
of suicidal behavior, the acceptability of school-based prevention programs
and interventions among professionals and other treatment consumers, and
issues in the provision of school-based mental health services and programs.
In May 1999, Miller finished
his Ph.D. at Lehigh University in school psychology. He received an M.S.
and a C.A.S in school psychology, and a B.A. in psychology from SUNY Oswego.
Miller's articles have appeared
in refereed journals. In 1999, he published an article with T. L. Eckert,
G. J. DuPaul, & G.P. White in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
This past March Miller presented
his paper, Childhood Depression: An Overview of Effective School-Based
Assessment and Intervention at the annual meeting of the Association of
School Psychologists of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pa.
Miller is a certified school
psychologist in Pennsylvania and is affiliated with the American Psychological
Association (APA) where he holds memberships in both Division 16 (school
psychology) and Division 53 (clinical child psychology). He is also an
active member of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
La Rae M. Jome joined
the University this semester as an assistant professor in the Department
of Educational and Counseling Psychology, in the division of counseling
psychology. She received her B.A. from Marquette University, her M.A. in
counseling psychology from the University of Akron, and will graduate in
December, 1999, from the University of Akron with a Ph.D. in counseling
psychology. Jome completed her predoctoral internship at the University
of Delaware's Center for Counseling and Student Development. Her research
has included whites' racial attitudes, masculinity and career choice issues,
multicultural counseling, and feminist psychology therapy and theory. Jome
has various publications and conference presentations. She and several
colleagues recently received a Psychotherapy with Women research award
from the American Psychological Association. Jome is currently teaching
graduate courses in career development and assessment in counseling psychology.
Nonprofit Education Initiative Conference Set for Nov. 10
The Center for Women in Government will sponsor the Nonprofit Education Initiative (NEI) from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Campus Center on the main UAlbany campus.
The theme of the NEI Conference is Nonprofits and Academia: Strategies to Shape Social Change. Speakers will include: Alan J. Abranson of the Aspen Institute, Nonprofit Sector Research Fund; Ryan Turner of OMB Watch's Nonprofits Policy & Technology Project; Joe Matuzak, director of Arts Wire, the online communications network for the arts; Gisele Mills, veteran trainer for community-based organizations and the regional coordinator of community technology centers in the District of Columbia.
The conference will feature a research poster session that highlights the collaborative research process, nonprofit education, and research on social issues, policies, and services related to the welfare of women, children, and families.
For more information, contact Joanna Peterson at (518) 442-3900, or via e-mail at jp118@cnsvax.albany.edu.
Julian Zelizer Wins D. B. Hardeman
Prize
Julian Zelizer, associate
professor of history and the author of Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills,
Congress, and the State, 1945-1975, has won the D.B. Hardeman Prize for
the best book published in 1998 on a congressional topic. The $1,000 Hardeman
Prize, funded by a grant from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, is
awarded annually to an entry from the fields of biography, history, journalism,
and political science. Entries are judged on the importance of their contribution
to scholarship on Congress and the public's understanding of Congress or
a major legislative issue, literary craftsmanship, originality, and depth
of research.
Zelizer specializes in 20th
century U.S. political and social history, and public policy.
Philip McCallion of the School of Social Welfare has been named a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar. As one of 10 social workers to be selected, McCallion was honored for his prior achievements in gerontology. The scholars' program seeks to promote leadership capacity and to further develop teaching and research skills.
“We are pleased and proud that Phil has been named a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar. It is an honor that he deserves. This award brings great distinction, not only to Phil, but to the School of Social Welfare and to the University. The award will serve to strengthen even further our campus's already very considerable stature in the field of gerontology,” said Janet Perloff, interim dean of the School of Social Welfare.
The award offers $50,000 in initial research support in January 2000, and $50,000 the following January.
As a result, McCallion will have the opportunity to attend five training institutes over the course of the program, complete a practice-based research project, and participate, as required, in evaluation and program monitoring activities.
Marijo Dougherty Named to Empire
State Plaza Art Commission
Marijo Dougherty, director of the
University Art Museum, has been named as a member of the Empire State Plaza
Art Commission. Dougherty was nominated by Gov. George Pataki upon the
recommendation of the Speaker of the Assembly, for a term to expire Dec.
31, 2001. The state Senate confirmed the nomination.
New Faces in Alumni Affairs
The following new staff members
joined Alumni Affairs in the Division of University Advancement this fall:
Michelle Lansing, assistant
director of alumni programs; Gretchen Manning, assistant director of constituent
and regional programs; Nancy Morrison, program coordinator; Melanie Mooney,
Alumni Association business manager; and Mary Sciancalepore, graphic designer.
Mina Devadas is director of the President's Club.
| Workforce Training Center at CESTM
Lands Federal Grant
The pilot manufacturing and workforce training center that is to be located at the Center for Environmental Sciences and Technology Management (CESTM) will receive $500,000 in federal funding, U.S. Rep. Michael McNulty and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer have announced. “This further advances the effort in establishing the Capital District as the ‘Tech Valley,’” said McNulty. “These funds will help the Capital Region and, eventually, all of New York State to develop a workforce that is prepared to fill the jobs of the 21st century,” said Schumer. The workforce training center will consist of a fully computerized 100-seat classroom, which will be connected to students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hudson Valley Community College and the Rochester Institute of Technology. The funding for the center had strong bipartisan support in the Congress, with U.S. Rep. John Sweeney also playing an integral role in securing the funding. “We are delighted that the U.S. Congress has recognized the importance of this program,” said University at Albany President Karen R. Hitchcock. “A trained workforce is critical to our efforts to attract high-tech manufacturing.” State leaders have pledged $12.5 million to expand CESTM by building a new wing that will house both the workforce training facility and a pilot semiconductor manufacturing facility. |