Faculty Development and Travel Grants
 
Joseph Bangura, African Studies, presented a paper on “Counterterrorism in West Africa” at the African Studies Association Conference in Chicago.

Espelencia Baptiste, Anthropology and Sociology, presented the paper "The Uses of Africa: Slavery in Diasporic Imaginations in Haiti and Mauitius" at the Association for African American Research and Preservation in Seattle.

Laura Barraclough, Anthropology and Sociology, spoke at the Los Angeles Western History Workshop, presenting the fifth chapter of her book, and she chaired a panel at the Organization of American Historians meeting in Seattle.

Jeff Bartz, Chemistry, presented a paper "The Guilds at Kalamazoo College" at the AACU 2009 Annual Meeting, Ready or Not: Global Challenges, in Seattle.

Bob Batsell, Psychology, presented "CS-US Interval Determines Overshadowing or Potentiaton in a Taste-Taste Compound” in San Antonio.
 
Karyn Boatwright, Psychology, presented at the Association of Women in Psychology National Conference in Newport, Rhode Island.

Natalie Bourdon, Anthropology and Sociology, attended the American Anthropologist Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

Alyce Brady, Computer Science, presented "Multimedia Projects in Python for Introductory CS Students" at the ACM Technical Symposium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Henry Cohen, Romance Languages, presented a paper at the Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literature in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Arthur Cole, Physics, attended the  Summer New Physics and Astronomy Faculty Workshop in College Park, Maryland.

Elena Rebollo-Cortes, Romance Languages and Literature, presented a paper titled" Voces y lugares de encuentro: Jose Hierro…" and participated on a panel at the Northeastern Modern Language Association Convention in Boston.

Kiran Cunningham, Anthropology and Sociology, presented "Putting the Ethnographic Toolkit to use in Study Abroad and Service Learning"  at the Travel to America Anthropological Assocation annual conference in San Francisco.

Pam Cutter, Computer Science, presented  "Multimedia Projects in Python for Intro CS Courses" at the ACM Technical Symposium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
 
Chris Deis, Political Science, presented at The Writing and Representing Hip Hop Culture Conference in Berkeley, California.

Amy Elman, Political Science, traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, and Tel Aviv, Israel, to support her sabbatical research.

Gary Gregg, Psychology, chaired a panel at the "Society for Personology" meeting at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Bob Grossman, Psychology, presented "Structured Reflection: What is it, how does it work, and how can I use it to help my students achieve even better learning outcomes" at the 28th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Oxford, Ohio.

Anne Haeckl, Classical Studies, attended the 19th Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the 2009 Archival Research & Collaborative Writing session at the University of Georgia (Athens).

Christine Hahn, Art and Art History, attended the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.

Jeff Haus, History, Religion, and Jewish Studies, attended and chaired the Association for Jewish Studies Conference in Washington, D.C.

Jeanne Hess, Physical Education, attended the American Volleyball Coaches Association annual convention in Omaha, Nebraska, and chaired the Division III head coaches meeting.

Autumn Hostetter, Psychology, attended the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society in San Francisco.

Ahmed Hussen, Economics and Business, presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Michele Intermont, Mathematics, attended the Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and Mathematics Association of America in Washington, D.C.

Richard Koenig, Art and Art History, installed an exhibit and gave an artist talk at the Dayton (Ohio) Visual Arts Center.

Chris Latiolais, Philosophy, attended the Michigan State University conference “Power, Conflict, and Commitment” in Lansing, Michigan.

Charlene Boyer Lewis, History, presented at the Society for the Historians of the Early American Republic conference in Springfield, Illinois, and attended the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic annual meeting in Philadelphia.

James Lewis, History, attended the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic annual meeting in Philadelphia and completed a research trip to the South Carolina Library (Columbia), the South Carolina Historical Society (Charleston), and Georgia Historical Society (Savannah) to contribute to the book project, A History of the Burr Conspiracy 1805-1807. He also chaired a session at the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic conference in Springfield, Illinois.

Sarah Lindley, Art and Art History, had numerous works featured in art exhibitions in the United States and Korea

Katie MacLean, Romance Languages and Literature, participated in the ‘Corrientes culturales: La mujer en Espana y las Americas Conference” in Long Beach, California.
 
Ashley McDowell, Philosophy, attended the American Philosophical Association Central Division annual meeting in Chicago.

Hannah McKinney, Economics and Business, presented at the Democracy Imperative Consortium, which took place at the University of New Hampshire (Durham)
 
Ed Menta, Theatre Arts, served as dramaturg at the American Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference in Denver

Bruce Mills, English, participated in the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference at Middlebury, Vermont

Kathy Milliken, Physical Education and Athletics, attended the American Swim Coaches Association of America International Convention in Las Vegas.

Rob Passage, Physical Education and Athletics, attended the National Association of Basketball Coaches National Convention in Detroit.

Robin Rank, Information Services, attended the National Institute for Technology & Liberal Education Information Services Camp at Northampton, Massachusetts.

Jennifer Redmann, German Studies, presented materials for teaching the German children's novel at the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Tom Rice, Art and Art History, attended the opening dinner and reception and had his silverpoint drawings exhibited at “The Luster of Silver,” which continues at the Evansville Museum of Art.

Vivien Pybus, Biology, presented a paper on a summer research project at the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of Infectious Diseases Society in Seattle, Washington.

Babli Sinha, English, presented a paper at American Comparative Literature Association’s 2009 Annual Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Amy Smith, English, attended the Ashland Shakespeare Festival in Salt Lake City.

Paul Smithson, Information Services, attended the Innovative User Group Annual Conferencein Anaheim, California.

Jan Solberg, Romance Languages and Literature, attended the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages annual convention in Orlando, Florida.

Mike Sosulski, German Studies, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the British Society for 18th Century Studies in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Paul Sotherland, Biology, presented “Structured Reflection: What is it, How does it work, and How can I use it to help my students achieve even better learning outcomes” at the 28th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching in Oxford, Ohio

Nathan Sprague, Computer Science, attended the Consortium for Computing Science in Colleges: Midwest, which too place at Hope College (Holland, Michigan).

Mike Tanoff, Physics, presented “From Syllabus to Diagnostic Exam: Learnings from the New Faculty Workshop Applied in the Into Physics Classroom” at the American Physical Society March Meeting in Pittsburgh.

Enid Valle, Romance Languages and Literature, chaired the session “Active Transgressions: The Art of Pleasure and Entertainment” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for 18th Century Studies in Richmond, Virginia. 

John Wickstrom, History, attended the Medieval Academy of America in Chicago.

Jamie Zorbo, Physical Education and Athletics, attended the American Football Coaches Association National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee
   
Committee on Teaching Grants

Joseph Bangura, African Studies, attended “Africa & the Liberal Arts” in Chicago.

Kiran Cunningham, Anthropology and Sociology, attended the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Liberal Arts Colleges conference.

Laura Furge, Chemistry, attended a conference titled  “Student Centered Education in the Molecular & Life Sciences: Essentials for Educating” in Colorado Springs.

Alison Geist, Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for Service-Learning, attended the conference “Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America's Promise.”

Bob Grossman, Psychology, attended the  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Liberal Arts Colleges conference.

Autumn Hostetter, Psychology, attended the Association for Psychological Science Conferencein San Francisco.

Sarah Lindley, Art and Art History, attended the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts in Phoenix, Arizona.

Vivien Pybus, Biology, attended the 16th Annual American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators at Colorado State University (Fort Collins).

Danielle Seabold, Mathematics, attended the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Washington, D.C.

Michael Sosulski, German Studies, attended the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (Orlando, Florida), which included a teaching development workshop on the German curriculum.

Siu-Lan Tan, Psychology, attended the Teaching Institute of the Association for Psychological Science in San Francisco.