Department Chair Earns International Award
Dr. Yamile Silva, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Languages and Cultures and Director of Latin American and Latinx Studies, has been selected as winner for best scholarly Collaborative Project by the international professional organization GEMELA, Grupo de Estudios de la Mujer en España y las Américas pre-1800. The dossier was co-edited with Dr. Ana María Díaz Burgos, Oberlin College.
Journals Publish Faculty Research
Karen E. Robson, Ph.D., DNP, NI-BC ’99 recently published a feature article in the Journal of Informatics Nursing entitled, “Trends in Long-Term Care Facility Resident Outcomes Before and After Federal Regulations Limited Antipsychotic Medication: A Secondary Analysis.” Dr. Robson has been an adjunct faculty member in the Nursing Department since 2010.
Dr. Peter Andersen, associate professor of marketing at Scranton’s Kania School of Management has recently published a research paper under the title “Math Anxiety Effects on Consumer Purchase Decisions: The Role of Framing” at Marketing Letters, one of the top journals in the field of marketing. Co-authors include Dr. Fei Weisstein, associate professor of marketing at Bowling Green State University and Dr. Kent Monroe, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.
Community-Based Learning Highlighted
The University of Scranton’s Office of Community-Based Learning was recently highlighted in Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal for its research titled: “Implication of a Community-Based Learning Faculty Fellows Program to Facilitate Teaching and Learning in the Jesuit Tradition.” Dr. Debra L. Fetherman, Associate Professor of Health and Human Services, CBL Faculty Coordinator, was lead author on this project. Co-authors included Julie Schumacher-Cohen, Vice President of Community and Government Relations, along with inaugural CBL Faculty Fellows: Dr. Ovidiu Cocieru, Dr. Gerard Dumancas, Dr. Brian Snee ’93 and Dr. Patricia Wisniewski.
Professor Wins Second National Accounting Ethics Award
A research article “The Fraud Prevention Pyramid,” written by Douglas M. Boyle, DBA ’88 received the 2024 Curt Verschoor Ethics Feature of the Year Award from the Institute of Management Accountants’ Committee on Ethics and Strategic Finance. This is the second time he has received this national award. The article, published in Strategic Finance in March of 2024, was written by Dr. Boyle and Dana Hermanson, Ph.D., professor of accounting at Kennesaw State University and the Dinos Eminent Scholar of Private Enterprise.
