Summer 2004
PEOPLE
Faculty,
Staff Earn SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
Five
faculty and staff members of the State University of New York at Geneseo
have been named recipients of the 2004 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for
Excellence. Carol Faulkner, assistant professor of history, and
Edward M. Pogozelski, assistant professor of physics, received
Excellence in Teaching Awards; Sue Ann Brainard, associate librarian,
received an Excellence in Librarianship Award; Barbara Howard,
assistant dean of the Jones School of Business, received an Excellence
in Professional Service Award; and Steven D. Derné, associate
professor of sociology, received an Excellence in Scholarship and Creative
Activities Award.
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Carol
Faulkner
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by Ron Pretzer
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Carol
Faulkner joined the Geneseo faculty in 1999 as an assistant professor
of history after working for a year as an editing fellow at the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission. Since her arrival here,
Faulkner has combined outstanding teaching with high quality scholarship
and active participation in the intellectual, administrative and social
life of the campus. Faulkner, who specializes in nineteenth century race
and gender issues, has authored two books: "Women’s Radical
Reconstruction: The Freedmen’s Aid Movement, 1862-1876" and
"The Selected Letters of Lucretia Coffin Mott." She has published
several articles and presented papers at conferences across the country,
serves as secretary on the Geneseo College Senate, and is involved in
several department- and campus-wide committees. Faulkner offers an impressive
variety of courses, including 13 history courses, four interdisciplinary
courses, one women’s studies course and one American history course.
In addition, she has displayed extraordinary skill and mastery in a variety
of teaching situations, from large introductory courses to advanced seminars.
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Edward
M. Pogozelski
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Edward
M. Pogozelski has been an assistant professor of physics at Geneseo
since 1999. Prior to attending graduate school, Pogozelski worked as an
engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and he has incorporated
examples and context from his professional experiences into his curriculum.
His course offerings run the gamut, from large introductory physics lectures
to upper-level courses for majors. Since coming to Geneseo, Pogozelski
has obtained grants from two local companies to provide summer support
for him and stipends for Geneseo physics majors who are undergraduate
researchers. One student stated that Pogozelski "treated me as a
colleague with valid opinions worth considering." After attending
a workshop called Starting Student Space Hardware Programs, Pogozelski
supervised two groups of students who carried out rocket-based measurements
of the atmosphere. His students know he is available in his office late
into the evenings, and it is not unusual to see a half-dozen students
seated on chairs and on the floor of his small office, talking over the
challenging questions on class assignments. He also is involved in college
activities, ranging from college-wide committees to forming a department
sports team.
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Sue
Ann Brainard
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Sue
Ann Brainard, who joined Geneseo in 1996, is an associate librarian
in Milne Library known as an exceptional instructional librarian. She
collaborates closely with faculty in a variety of fields to design and
deliver instruction on effective library research. Brainard, who is responsible
for instructing students in research methods and in the use of print and
online materials, has established herself as an innovator and leader with
a broad and deep knowledge base through her work at the reference desk,
in student research consultation and in the classroom. Her work was, in
fact, the foundation for Milne Library’s current information literacy
program. Her "aim is to ensure the students learn to distinguish
between popular and scholarly publications, and to get them to evaluate
the merits of articles and their provenance." She has presented papers,
posters and workshops at statewide and regional conferences, and has contributed
several chapters to the monograph Teaching Information Literacy Concepts:
Activities and Frameworks from the Field. She is a valued member of several
important college committees, including College Senate, and has served
on the undergraduate curriculum, graduate affairs and assessment planning
committees.
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Barbara
Howard
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Barbara
Howard, assistant dean of the Jones School of Business, joined Geneseo’s
business school in 1989, where she served as lecturer until her appointment
in 1998 as interim assistant dean and director of the internship program.
In 1999, she was formally appointed to her current position. Howard excels
as an administrator, educator, academic advisor, role model and student
advocate. According to the nomination committee, she is able to do all
of this while continually contributing to her professional field and teaching
in the business school. Students note her deep caring for students and
her commitment to her role as an academic advisor. Under her direction,
the department’s internship program has seen increased improvement
and success. One faculty member in the department said: "things are
so well administered that faculty can easily overlook the complexities
of the tasks Ms. Howard performs. It seems to be that this, in and of
itself, says a great deal." Faculty also applauded Howard’s
efforts in supporting the College’s successful application for accreditation
by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. She has
published a book in collaboration with two faculty members, "Strategic
Management for Small and Growing Firms," and serves on several college
committees.
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Steven
D. Derné
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Steven D. Derné, an assistant professor of sociology, joined Geneseo in 1993. During his decade at the College, he has achieved an extraordinary record of publications, including monographs, book chapters and articles in refereed and top tier journals. He has participated extensively in the sociology professional community at conferences and through work as an invited lecturer, book reviewer, journal referee and outside reader of Ph.D. dissertations. He has been active and successful in obtaining research funding, some of which helped to support his research trips to India. He has co-edited a teaching curriculum, Syllabi and Instructional Materials in Sociology, 3rd edition, and has written two books on pedagogy widely used at major U.S. universities. In addition, he is author of "Cultures in Action" and "Movies, Masculinity and Modernity," and recently completed a third book. One scholar at a major university said that Derné’s books have impressive "theoretical depth and originality" and that Derné "has made important contributions to theoretical developments through empirical analysis." Derné, a leading researcher of Indian modernity, has attained an international reputation through his research on the modern cultures of India and Fiji and by presenting papers at more than 23 conferences in the U.S., India, Canada, Europe and Asia.