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A Guide to Women Faculty
and Their Research Interests
updated March 2005
Michelle S. Applebee,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
Ph.D., University of
North Dakota.
Research interests: Sensor development for both
biological and environmental analytes and methods development. Abstract of recent work: direct
monitoring of petroleum hydrocarbons has been an important area of
research in recent history, due to their toxicity and unfriendly
environmental nature. Mature methods in
this area of study involve complicated and expensive equipment. Application of a thickness shear mode
resonator for the determination of petroleum hydrocarbons has been
proven successful. The instrumentation is simple, inexpensive, rugged
and field portable allowing for regular monitoring of possibly
contaminated areas.
Marie Baehr,
Professor
of Physics, Associate Dean of the Faculty.
Ph.D., Ohio State
University.
Research interests: tipping
cans; physics education; interdisciplinary education strategies;
accreditation. Grants: NSF
ILI grant with Jon Johnson in 1996-1999 for computers to link
mathematics and physics. Recent work: Foundations of Learning, third edition and
Foundations of Learning Activities Book,
second edition co-authored with Karl Krumsieg; Laboratory Manual for
Liberal
Arts Physics, 2nd Edition with Art Hobson and Earl C. Swallow; Faculty
Guidebook: A Comprehensive Tool for Improving Faculty Performance
(section editor for Assessment and Evaluation)
Cheri S. Carrico,
Associate Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences; Director,
Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.
Ph.D.,
Northwestern University.
Research interests: speech (articulation and
phonological development), language (grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatic
skills), and cognitive abilities of preschool-age children prenatally
exposed to cocaine. Currently I am studying the speech, language, and
feeding abilities of children with Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Grants: NCUR/Lancy
Grant; Central DuPage Community Health Reinvestment Program Grant;
Service Learning Grant; Faculty Development Travel Grant.
Dianne L. Chambers,
Associate Professor of English.
Ph.D., University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Research interests: narrative voice in the novels
of Edith Wharton; modernism and women writers; Chicago women’s clubs at
the end of the nineteenth century; motivation, career satisfaction, and
preparation of second-career teachers. Grants: Faculty
Research Grant
Nancy Cheeseman,
Family Involvement Specialist, Department of Education
B.A., Completing M.A.
from Roosevelt University.
Research interests: families
of young children with disabilities.
Rebecca Goetz Clancy,
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Theology
M. A.,
M. Div. Chicago Theological Seminary.
Scholarly interests: feminist
and other postmodern interpretations of Christianity;
ancient Hebrew linguistics and Nazi ideology as a contemporary paganism. Recent work: “Feminist Theology
and the Mainline Protestant Church: A House Divided.”
Antoinette Countryman,
Adjunct Faculty, Department of English
M.F.A., Wayne State
University.
Research/creative interests: history
of women in the labor movement; historical novel
on a character from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula during a copperminers’
strike in 1913.
Catherine Crawford,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph. D., Northwestern
University.
Research interests: pattern formation and
localized structures in nonlinear systems. Abstract
of recent work: In systems that
exhibit a bistability between
nonlinear traveling waves and the basic, zero-amplitude state, pairs of
fronts connecting these two states can form localized wave pulses
whose stability depends on the interaction between the fronts. The localization of waves is investigated
mathematically with equations describing the traveling-wave amplitudes. In particular, we find that localized pulses
can be stabilized by forcing the system periodically.
LuEllen Doty,
Associate Professor of Education, Director of Special Education.
Ed.D., University of
Kentucky.
Research interests: integrating technology for
engaged learning; integrating technology and building technology
competencies via a technology portfolio in preservice teacher education.
Judy M. Fiene,
Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., National-Louis
University
Research interests: Reading Comprehension. Recent
Work: The ABCs of Reading Assessing Comprehension:
A Classroom-Based
Process. Awards: Kappa Delta Pi, Honor an
Educator
Award
Janice Fodor,
Director of the Learning Center, Assistant Professor of English.
Ed.D., Northern Illinois
University
Brenda Forster,
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Northwestern
University.
Research interests: converts to Judaism; African
Americans through film; attitudes and
experiences
with diversity. Recent work:
study of Elmhurst College faculty, administrator, and staff attitudes
and experiences with diversity.
Ann Frank Wake,
Professor of English, Co-coordinator of Intercultural Studies.
Ph.D., University of
Michigan.
Research interests: women and British Romanticism;
intersections of race, class, and gender in literature, primarily U.S.;
writing poetry. Recent work:
I have currently been focusing on working as the Poetry Editor of
Elmhurst College's newly acquired literary journal River Oak Review
Ayanna Gaines,
Assistant Reference Librarian, Assistant Professor.
M.L.I.S., Dominican
University.
Research interests: Popular culture: fandom
and fan culture; weblogs, online communities, and other web phenomena;
the intersection between these two interests; how users interact with
and assimilate forms of popular culture. Librarianship:
graphic novels, and their acquisition, use, and dissemination
within libraries and higher education. Recent Work:
"Exorcising the Ghost of Marian the Librarian" ~ a paper
presented at the 2004 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference,
discussing the librarian stereotype in popular culture. "Blogging
and the Chosen One: A Look at Weblogs in the Buffyverse" ~ a
paper presented at the 2003 Midwest Popular Culture Association,
examining the use of blogs by fans of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Membership:
American Library Association, Popular Culture
Association/American Culture Association, Midwest Popular Culture
Association (Magazines and Newspapers Area Head)
Donna J. Goetz,
Associate Professor of Psychology.
Ph.D., Loyola
University.
Research interests: gender differences;
spirituality; family relationships. Recent work: Mother-daughter relationships in Japan and the
U.S.
Marjorie K. Goodban,
Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Department Chair.
Ph.D., University of
Illinois.
Research interests: communication development in
the Cornelia deLange Syndrome; fluency disorders; multicultural
communication.
Donna Goodwyn,
Associate Librarian, Head of Reference Services, Assistant Professor.
M.A.L.S., Rosary College.
Research interests: information literacy; U.S.
Civil War; women’s history.
Judith E. Grimes,
Associate Professor of Music, Director of Music Education.
M.S., Indiana State
University
Heather L. Hall,
Professor of Kinesiology.
Ph.D., University of
Toledo.
Research interests: Effects of exercise on immune
function, reproductive function, and other physiological parameters.
Lynn Hill,
Associate Professor of Art.
M.F.A., The School of
the Art Institute of Chicago.
Creative Interests: Digital imaging and multimedia.
Current series: Collaged digital landscapes
containing images of women and their historically defined roles;
Re-purposing and recombining “found” family films from anonymous familie
Carole D. Hillman,
Assistant Professor of Education.
Ed.D., Northern Illinois
University.
Research interests: brain research; constructing
curriculum and management approaches for educators as well as for
students. Recent work: “As a teacher who cares about children, how
can I provide the best for all children?”; “Training
Preservice Teachers in Technology Approach” co-written with Luellyn
Doty; writings for the Chicago Tribune.
Abigail Hoit,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics.
Ph.D., University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Research interests: Analytic Number Theory and
Q-additive Functions. Abstract of
recent work: Q-additive
functions are a particular type of arithmetic function.
They are created by summing component functions defined on
the digits of a number expressed in base-Q. Our
main result gives necessary and sufficient conditions for such
functions to be uniformly (resp. non-uniformly) distributed modulo 1.
Jane A. Jegerski,
Professor of Psychology.
Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago.
Research interests: pedagogy
in the teaching of psychology; quantitative methods; interdisciplinary
teaching. Current work: A Meta-analysis of Mentoring in the Workplace.
Lori Klose,
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology.
M.A., University of
Chicago.
Research interests: women’s
health; managed mental health care; workers compensation.
Abstract of recent work:
Descriptions of managed care and the changing role of
Employee Assistance Programs. It continues
with a social and historical description of EAPs as described in the
professional literature, and a description of alternative models
presently In operation. The role of
managed care plans as providers of mental health and substance abuse
care is reviewed, and the difference between EAP’s and managed care in
this regard is discussed. Findings from interviews with administrators
of EAP’s in the Chicago area are reviewed with their implications for
public policy.
Patricia Kovar,
Assistant Professor of Education.
Ph.D., Walden
University.
Research interests: early childhood-special
education program Development. Pat’s research resulted in the model
Master’s program in early childhood-special education at Elmhurst
College. She also has been invited to
present on the curriculum portfolio which she developed for the
undergraduate
early childhood program.
Phyllis M. Kowalke,
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems.
Ph.D., Illinois
Institute of Technology
Linda M. Krause,
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems.
M.S.E.E., Illinois
Institute of Technology.
Research interests: developing and teaching new
courses for the Master of Science in Computer Network Systems.
Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
Ph.D., Cornell
University.
Research interests: Computational
physical/inorganic chemistry; chemical education; improving students'
comprehension and construction of arguments. Recent
Work: Sagarin, B. J.; Lawler-Sagarin, K. A.
"Critically evaluating competing theories: An exercise based on
the Kitty Genovese murder." Teaching of Psychology
(in press). Grants: U.S. Department of
Education
Office of Educational Research and Instruction, "Improving Students'
Comprehension
and Construction of Arguments" P.I. M. A. Britt (Department of
Psychology,
Northern Illinois University); Co-PI's C. R. Wolfe (Miami
University, Ohio) and K. Lawler-Sagarin (Elmhurst College), $358,876,
September
2002.
Nancy C. Lee,
Associate Professor of Theology and Religion; Director, Niebuhr Center.
Ph.D., Union Seminary.
Research interests: lament
genres in biblical literature and liturgy, and cross-cultural contexts
(Croatia, Bosnia, South Africa); traditional oral poetry; biblical
prophetic literature; religion & society. Recent
work: Introduction and Critical
Notes on “Amos” in Renovare Study Bible(HarperSanFrancisco);
Introduction and critical notes on “Lamentations” in Westminster
Study Bible (Westminster/John Knox); The Singers of
Lamentations: Cities under
Siege from Ur to Jerusalem to Sarajevo (E.J. Brill); Editor, Between
Despair
and Lamentation, poetry by Borislav Arapovic. Grants: Fulbright Fellow; Lilly Endowment, Inc. grant;
International Faculty Development Grant
Patricia A. Lynott,
Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences.
Ph.D., Loyola University.
Research Interests: listening; business
communication; oral history. My methodological approach tends to be
qualitative
and historical. My scholarship often
incorporates a critical perspective, examining how communication
oppresses or liberates individuals and/or
social groups. Grant: Faculty Alumni Committee of the National
Alumni Association Grant
Sheila A. Mehigan,
Assistant Professor of Education.
Ed.D., Loyola University.
Research interests: Gardner’s Theory of Multiple
Intelligences; critical thinking and inquiry and its infusion into the
curriculum; performance of preservice, nontenured and tenured teachers. Abstract of recent work: This study was conducted to ascertain whether
or not the multiple intelligences environment developed in a private
secondary school had an impact on its female students.
It looked at the students involved in the multiple
intelligences environment in terms of knowledge of their own
intelligences, academic achievement in G.P.A., personal life at home
and work, and participation in outside activities.
The research site
for the study was private secondary school for female students with
a curriculum, which had been in place for five years, formulated
on the the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. The
students were from many cultural backgrounds and needed multiple
avenues
as part of their instructional process to express their intelligent
behavior. During this period when there
is an emphasis on reform and schools are in the process of being
restructured, this study has increased the knowledge about high school
students’ motivation, achievement and pesonal growth.
Debra K. Meyer,
Professor of Education.
Ph.D., University of
Texas at Austin.
Research interests: Classroom learning environments
that enhance students' motivation to learn through the use of
multi-method studies that involve classroom observation and experience
sampling methods and discourse analyses. Recent
work: 2004: Are challenge
and caring compatible in middle school mathematics classrooms? In P.
Pintrich & M. Maehr (eds.) Advances in Motivation and Achievement
(Vol. 13); Is challenge in mathematics motivational and
why? A
classroom perspective on the principle of moderate challenge.
Journal of Educational Research, 97. 2003: The importance of
emotion in theories of motivation: empirical, methodological, and
theoretical considerations from a goal theory perspective.
International Journal of Educational Research, 39; How teachers
establish psychological environments during the first days of
school: Inviting engagement or avoidance? Teachers College
Record, 105. Grants: 2001 “Integrating Preservice Teacher Education
& Inservice Teacher Professional Development Through the
Development of a Professional Development School”. Awards:
Kappa Delta Pi Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999; Donald W. and
Betty J. Buik Endowed Chair, 1999-2004; Certificate of Merit for
Outstanding Advising by the National Academic Advising Association,
1999; Dappa Delta Pi Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999; Advisor of
the Year Award, 1998; President's Award for Excellence in Teaching,
1988.
Susan R. Moninger,
Assistant Professor of Music, Director of Choral Music.
M.M., Northwestern
University
Mary Kay Mulvaney,
Assistant
Professor of English; Director, Honors Program.
Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago; M. A., Loyola University, Chicago
Research interests: Academic Writing; Genre Theory;
Writing-Across-the-Curriculum; Composition Theory and Rhetorical
Theory; Chicago
Theatre. Recent Work: Academic Writing:
Gentres, Samples, and Resources -- An interdisciplinary
composition textbook that presents
a genre theory aproach to effective academic writing and features
samples
of student writing in 15 different genres of academic writing,
collected from
colleges and universities across the nation. Grants:
EC
Alumni Association Faculty Research Grant 2002. Awards:
President's Award for Excellence in Teaching 2003-4; Nominated to
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, May 2004.
Linda K. Niedringhaus,
Professor of Nursing, Director, Deicke Center for Nursing Education.
Ph.D., St. Louis
University.
Research interests: critical care nursing;
assessment of student outcomes in baccalaureate nursing programs. Recent
work: “Using Student
Writing Samples to Assess Program Outcomes” (presentation); “Comparison of two methods of managing gastric
residual volumes from feeding tubes” (published).
Helga Noice,
Professor
of Psychology.
Ph.D., Rutgers
University.
Research interests:
Theoretical and applied issues in human memory. Expertise in the
performing arts. Her most recent work has focused on the
interaction between memory and physical movement underlying theories of
embodied cognition, improving the cognitive functioning of older
adults, and specifying the mental representation of
a jazz musician. Grants: Her research has been supported by the
National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, The PEW
Charitable Trust, the Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Sigma XI, and
Faculty Development Grants from Elmhurst and Augustana Colleges.
Publications: She has over 40 book and journal
publications (Cognitive Science, Memory and Cognition, Applied
Cognitive Psychology,
The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise, etc.)
Bridget K. O’Rourke,
Assistant Professor of English.
Ph.D., Purdue University.
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Elaine Fetyko Page,
Assistant Librarian, Head of Technical Services, College
Archivist.
M.S., University of
Illinois.
Research interests: Archives and manuscripts,
digitization, College history, Hulda Niebuhr. Grants:
EC Faculty Development Research Grant.
Jennifer Paliatka,
Assistant Librarian, Assistant Professor.
M.L.I.S., Dominican
University.
Research interests: Information Literacy,
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration. Recent Work:
With the Elmhurst College Librarians, participated in a poster
presesntation entitled "Academic Librarians for the 21st Century:
The Small College Library as a Crucible for the Future of the
Profession", at Illinois Library Association Conference, Chicago, IL,
September, 2004. Grants: Awarded $2075 from
the Illinois Creative Collection Management Program, for media about
the Holocaust.
Kathleen Rust,
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Director of
Intercultural Education.
D.B.A., Southern
Illinois University.
Research interests: organizational downsizing;
organizational restructuring; managerial ideologies; organizational
change. Recent work:
considers how business ideologies impact the perception of breach of
the psychological contract during downsizing. I
am also interested in determining if belief in ideologies impact the
perception of one’s own layoff and a
person’s perception of layoffs happening to others.
Grant: Faculty Development Travel Grant
Kathleen Scanlon,
Assistant Professor of Nursing.
M.S.N., University of
Illinois at Chicago; M.A., Governors State University
Susanne Schmitz,
Associate Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of
Kentucky
Janet Schreiber,
Assistant Professor of Nursing.
M.S., Northern Illinois
University
Kathy J. Sexton-Radek,
Ph.D., Professor of Psychology.
Ph.D., Illinois
Institute of Technology,
Research interest: Clinical psychophysiological
assessment and treatments, Correlates of headaches, Sleep patterns,
Sport performance enhancement, Computer pedagogy, and Clinical
psycopharmacology. Recent work: “Clinical Comparisons of
Individuals Presenting with Sleep Disorders” (poster): Mentoring by
Alumni and Faculty: A Winning Combination”; Cross-cultural leadership
styles: United States and China”, “Interplay of Art Making Practices
and Migraine Headache Pain Experience.” Grant: Two books
recently published: Violence in School: Causes,
Consequences and Expressions; Sleep Quality in Young Adults; One
Book Chapter: "Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for
Patients with Sleep Disturbance and Cancer Diagnosis" in 2005 book
titled "The Clinical Use of Hypnosis in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy:
A Practitioner's Guide" Other: Goldsmith
Scholarship Program
Lynda Slimmer,
Professor of Nursing, Coordinator of Service-Learning Program.
Ph.D., University of
Illinois at Chicago.
Research interests: effects of specific health
promotion interventions to decrease substance abuse and early sexual
activity in Hispanic ninth graders; effects
of specific health promotion interventions to increase literacy and
access to health care information of Hispanic adults.
Abstract of recent work:
Healthy People 2010 Objectives for the nation challenge
work sites to increase the proportion of employees who participate in
employer sponsored health promotion
activities. The National Health Interview Survey reports that only 16%
of Hispanic/ Latino employees presently participate in
such activities. The goal of a partnership
among Marriott Hickory Ridge Hotel, Illinois Center for Teaching and
Learning, and the Elmhurst College Service-Learning Program is to
increase access to health promotion activities for the hotel’s
Hispanic/Latino housekeeping staff through literacy skill and health
education classes. Presently 25% of the
staff have participated in the literacy skill classes with a mean gain
of 65% in the literacy rate.
Susan Swords Steffen,
Director of the Library, Assistant Professor.
M.A.L.S., Rosary
College.
Research interests: Faculty-librarian
collaboration; children’s literature; adolescent literature; use of
information technology
in the improvement of teaching and learning.
Mary Lou Stewart,
Assistant Professor of Art, Director of Art Education.
M.F.A., Mills College.
Research interests: mixed media painting &
collage/montage on paper; investigation into the tension between chaos
and structure within an abstracted landscape
through the use of pattern, grid, and gesture and recent inquiry into
large cut
paper constructions of chaos / structure; curriculum development
for the beginning artist; teacher art education curriculum development.
Joan M. Vilim,
CFA, Assistant Professor, Center for Business and Economics.
M.M., Northwestern
University
Research Interests: Financial literacy among
college students. Recent Work: Current work
includes a paper,
completed with Dr. Siaw-Peng Wan, entitled "Are College Students
Clueless? An Analysis of College Students' Perceptions of Important
Financial Knowledge."
Therese Wehman,
AssociateProfessor of Education, Theophil W. Mueller Endowed Chair,
Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Early Childhood Special
Education.
Ph.D., The Erikson
Institute, Loyola University.
Research interests: early intervention system
change; personnel preparation; creating
parent-professional training partnerships; inclusion; team building.
Barbara A. Zak,
Assistant Professor of Nursing.
M.S.N., University of
Illinois
The scholar specialized
in any field will find that the more she knows, the more she will have
to learn...Art and science mean trying to understand.”
-Alberto Giacometti
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