Latest news from Lesley College faculty
October 7, 2009
Here are the latest books, papers and achievements from Lesley College faculty:
Associate Professor Steve Benson co-authored the book Secondary Lenses on Learning: Team Leadership for Mathematics in Middle and High Schools, which was published in July.
While on sabbatical, Professor Linda Dacey focused on issues of inclusion in the teaching of mathematics, giving particular attention to instruction at the middle school level. In June Math for All: Differentiating Instruction, Grades 6-8 was published by Math Solutions Publications. The book was written with Karen Gartland, who also worked at Lesley for several years. In addition, Linda served as the guest editor of the May, 2009 issue of the New England Mathematics Journal.
Humanities Director Christine Evans will present a paper in October at the Colloque Simone Weil in Angers, France on Responses to the Debacle on the Part of Weil and Her Contemporaries.
Associate Professor Matthew Hirshberg presented a paper entitled Public Opinion and Electoral College Reform: Understanding a Failure in American Democracy and chaired and served as discussant on a panel entitled, “The Functioning of Electoral Institutions” at the July meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in Dublin, Ireland.
Dean Shaun McNiff’s latest book, Integrating the Arts in Therapy: History, Theory, and Practice was just published. Shaun gave the keynote to an international Arts and Health conference in England in September and master classes at the University of Northampton and in London. In the special anniversary issue of Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association past editors selected 3 articles from the last 25 years to republish and Shaun’s 1984 essay Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy and Art was chosen as the lead article.
Professor Mary Mindess was presented with the Centennial Faculty Honor at the Lesley University Centennial Academic Convocation on Thursday, Sept. 17. The citation recognizes Mary’s leadership in the field of Early Childhood Education and her work as a mentor to Lesley College students preparing to be Early Childhood teachers for fifty years.
Natural Sciences and Mathematics Director David Morimoto was the guest speaker talking about invasive plants and invasive plant studies as a way to educate and build social capital, at the 2009 Urban Ecology Institute Teacher Kickoff event at Boston College in September.
In August, Assistant Professor Jane Richardson and Instructor Krystal Demaine attended the third Art and Natural Health Creative Art Therapy International Conference in Beijing, China. Jane presented From Art to Art Therapy, a film and discussion of the artwork of Justin Canha, as well as a workshop on creating a safe place through art therapy and sandtray. Krystal presented Autism, Musically Speaking and A History of Music Therapy in the U.S.
Barbara Vacarr has been appointed director of the Educational Studies Program. Each of the three Ph.D. programs in the School of Education is part of the overarching Educational Studies Program.