Recent Faculty Scholarly Activity
The LC faculty engage in an impressive amount of valuable scholarship and professional activity each year.
This collection is only a sample of those activities, which exemplify the faculty's dedication and commitment to our community. They develop in our students and in themselves persons who can think critically, evaluate information responsibly, and make reasoned arguments.
School of Business and Economics
School of Communication and the Arts
School of Education and Human Development
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Sciences
School of Business and Economics
David S. Murphy, PhD
Professor of Accounting
Publications
(2012). La contabilidad y el marketing: Encontrando un denominador común. Contabilidad y Negocios, 7 (13).
Conference proceedings
(2012, October). Cost structure, cost trends and strategy in higher education institutions. Invitational Conference on Higher Education Finance, Tuscaloosa, AL.
(2012, October). Development of higher education funding formulas. Workshop at the Invitational Conference on Higher Education Finance, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Reviewer/editor/judge
(2012, June). Member of the editorial board. Contabilidad y Negocios.
(2012, June). Member of the editorial board. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting.
Other scholarly activities
(2012, August). The expert witness. Continuing professional education course developed for the Association of Certified Fraud Specialists. Sacramento, CA.
School of Communication and the Arts
Terri L. Cornwell, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication
Publications
"Evangelical Advertising and Persuasion." In Evangelicals and Popular Culture, Robert Woods, Ed. New York: Praeger, 2012.
Michael G. Robinson, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication
Publications
"'Criminals are a Superstitious and Cowardly Lot': Using the Batman Mythos in Criminal Justice and Criminology Classes." Wayne, B., & Grayson, D. (pseudonyms). ACJS Today 38.3 (2012).
Conference proceedings
"'What Are You Doing Here?': The Challenges of Doctor Who in the Popular Culture Classroom." Washington, D.C. March, 2013.
Jeffrey K. Wittman, MFA
Professor of Theatre
Reviewer/editor/judge
Judge. Virginia High School League Theatre Festival, Gretna, VA. October 2012.
Performances
Actor. Macbeth. Endstation Theatre Company, Sweet Briar, Va. July 2102.
Director. Hello Dolly! Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg Va. May 2012.
Director. The Pajama Game. Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Va. March 2013.
Director. The Singing Hornets, Lynchburg College Student Center Campaign 2012-13, Lynchburg, Va. April 2013.
Narrator, "Reagan in Illinois." Lynchburg College Music Department Fall 2012 Concert, Lynchburg, Va. September 2012.
School of Education and Human Development
Gena P. Barnhill, PhD
Associate Professor of Education and Human Development
Publications
With Sumutka, B., Polloway, E.A. & Lee, E. (2012). Personnel preparation practices in ASD: A follow-up analysis of contemporary practices. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. February. Online DOI: 10.1177/1088357612475294.
Conference proceedings
With Scarpa, A. (2013, February). Learning, living and working with Asperger Syndrome. Workshop, Roanoke, Virginia.
(2013, March). Are professional preparation practices in ASD based on evidence-based interventions? Presented at the Commonwealth Autism Service 12th Annual Conference- Illuminating the Future, Richmond, Virginia.
(2012, November). Do personnel preparation practices in ASD use evidence-based interventions. Presented at OCALICON Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
(2012, October). Seminar presented the Virginia Psychological Association Fall Conference. Lessons learned in transitioning to college with Asperger Syndrome, Wintergreen, Virginia.
(2012, October). Presented An Analysis of Asperger Syndrome in "House Rules." American Association of University Women.
(2012, July). Implementing evidence-based strategies for autism spectrum disorders. 4-hour workshop at the Florida Association of School Psychologist's Summer Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Reviewer/editor/judge
Reviewer. National Association of School Psychologists Communique.
Awards
Grant. Creating an ABA Consortium of Institutions of Higher Education in Virginia. (February 2013). Virginia Department of Education. $15,000.
Other scholarly activities
(2013, March). Asperger's Syndrome - Exceptional life, ordinary world. Expert on Webtalk Radio Program "Embrace Your Vision."
(2012, September). Received BCBA-Doctoral designation from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board.
Glenn H. Buck, EdD
Associate Professor of Education and Human Development
Conference proceedings
(2013, March). The new kid on the block: Flipped instruction. Association of Teacher Educators-Virginia Conference, Amherst, VA.
(2013, February). Putting the wow factor in job interviews. Workshop, Lynchburg VA.
(2013, February). Understanding experiential learning in the context of evidence-based practices: Implications for students with disabilities. Workshop, Lynchburg, VA.
Reviewer/editor/judge
Reviewer. Journal Remedial and Special Education.
Awards
(2012, October). Virginia Early Childhood Special Education Consortium Grant Virginia Department of Education. $32,264.
Edward A. Polloway, EdD
Professor of Education and Human Development
Publications
With Patton, J., Serna, L., & Bailey, W. (2012). Strategies for teaching learners with special needs (10th edition). Pearson.
With Sumutka, B., Barnhill, G. & Lee, E. (2013). Personnel preparation practices in ASD: A follow-up analysis of contemporary practices. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. February. Online DOI: 10.1177/1088357612475294.
Awards
Named fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities for "contributions to the field of intellectual disabilities." (November 2012.)
Jeri H. Watts, EdD
Associate Professor of Education and Human Development
Publications
With Thompson, S. (2013). Preparing students to learn from text now and in the future. Reading in Virginia. (April).
2012. Kizzy Ann Stamps. Somerville, MA: Candlewick.
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Sandra M. Gossler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Reviewer/editor/judge
Book Reviewer. Patel and Jakop. Manual of psychiatric nursing skills. 2012.
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Robin E. Bates, PhD
Associate Professor of English
Conference proceedings
"'no good husbandry': Spenser’s View and the Reclaiming of Ireland." Shakespeare Association of America Annual Meeting and Conference. Toronto, Ontario. March 2013. For the panel/seminar: "Shakespeare's Irish Contexts."
Richard C. Burke, PhD
Professor of English
Conference proceedings
"'The Artist Man and the Mother Woman': Combat or Collaboration in Shaw’s MAN AND SUPERMAN". Association for Core Texts and Courses. Ontario, Canada. April 2013.
"Before They Enter the Flipped Classroom: Low-Stakes Writing, Student Reflection, and Student Accountability." Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching. Greensboro, North Carolina. February 2013.
"Low-Stakes Writing: Encouraging Students to Work, Reflect, Discover, and Grow by Writing to Learn." Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching—D.C. Bethesda, Maryland. June 2012.
Other scholarly activities
Curator. "Picturing Wonderland: Sir John Tenniel’s Illustrations for the Alice Books." Daura Art Gallery, Lynchburg College. Lynchburg, Virginia. August-October 2012.
Public lecture. "What Makes Those Pictures So Special? Sir John Tenniel’s Illustrations for the Alice Books." Lynchburg, Virginia. September 2012.
Casey Clabough, PhD
Associate Professor of English
Publications
"'Beyond Any Kind of Imagining': The Literary Youth of George Garrett." Texas Review. 33.3-4 (2012).
"Coaches." South Carolina Review. 45.1 (2012).
Confederado: A Novel of the Americas. Banner Elk: Ingalls Publishing Group, 2012.
Inhabiting Contemporary Southern and Appalachian Literature: Region and Place in the Twenty-First Century. University Press of Florida, 2012.
"The Witching Women at Road’s End." Appalachian Story: An Anthology. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
Conference proceedings
With Sunshine Dempsey (English MA student '14). Invited Reader. Lynchburg Public Library Book Club. Lynchburg, Virginia. February 2013.
Invited Reader. High Country Festival of the Book. Blowing Rock, North Carolina. August 2012.
Invited Reader/Lecturer. Hollins University. Roanoke, Virginia. November 2012.
Five Invited Readings/Lectures. Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 2013.
Invited Reader. Virginia Festival of the Book. Charlottesville, Virginia. March 2013.
Reviewer/editor/judge
Reviewer. "The Big Payback: Review of What Is Owed the Dead, by R.H.W. Dillard." Sewanee Review. 120.1 (Winter 2012): xiv-xvi.
Editor. Literature Section, Encyclopedia Virginia. Ongoing.
Editor. James Dickey Review. Ongoing.
Ongoing Book Manuscript Reviewer. University Presses of Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee.
Ongoing Editorial Advisory Board. Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South, North Carolina Literary Review.
Ongoing Editorial Board Member. Red Ochre Lit: A Journal, Stymie: A Journal of Sport and Literature, Hollins Critic.
Awards
Bangladesh International Literary Award. Dhaka Humanities Council. $50,000. January 2013.
Other scholarly activities
Interview on Receiving Bangladesh International Literary Award. WLNI 105.9 Radio. Lynchburg, Virginia. 3/18/2013.
Video, Artist. With MA English Student James Young '13. "Local Writers, Local Writing." Lynchburg, Virginia. Aired on LTV Comcast Channel 15 from August-December 2012.
Brian E. Crim, PhD
Associate Professor of History
Publications
"[Im]Perfect Spies: Identity and the Pathology of the Cold War in John le Carré’s A Perfect Spy and The Secret Pilgrim," Paradoxa 24, December (2012).
Conference proceedings
"The Sex Pistols: The Filth and the Fury," The Virginia Social Science Association Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA, April 2013.
"'What will we do when we lose this war?' Glorifying the German Soldier in Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron," 2012 Film & History Conference, Milwaukee, WI, September 2012.
Editor/reviewer/judge
Associate Editor. Virginia Social Science Journal Volume 48, April (2013).
Awards
2013 Mednick Fellowship.
Sharon Foreman Kready, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Conference proceedings
2013, April & January; 2012, September. Graduate School Mentorship Program End- of-Year Workshop, Mid-Year Workshop, and Orientation/Training; Consultation on preparation of workshop materials (End and Mid Programs); guest speaker, trainer, and contributing facilitator (Orientation/Training). Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate School, Richmond, VA.
2013. "Organizational culture and partnership process: A grounded theory study of community-campus partnerships." Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 17th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, January.
2012. "A Theory of Partnership Sustainability: Findings from a Grounded Theory Study of Community-Campus Partnerships." Lynchburg College Faculty Lecture Series (peer reviewed), Lynchburg, Virginia, November.
2012. "Organizational culture and partnership process: A grounded theory study of community-campus partnerships." Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) annual conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, November.
Other scholarly activities
2013. Program Evaluator/Researcher/Consultant. Assisting Families of Inmates, Inc. formative evaluation (ongoing), March.
Laura Long, PhD
Associate Professor of English
Publications
"Caroline Herschel Talks Back to the Poets." WomenArts Quarterly Journal. 3.2 (2013).
"Miss Hoover's Conch Shell," "Shirking the Shingles," "Crash Anniversary #27," "Two Sisters, Below." Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. 4.4 (2012). Web. www.connotationpress.com/poetry.
Other scholarly activities
Seminar participant. "The Art of the Printed Word," 10-week seminar at the Virginia Art of the Book Center (VABC), Charlottesville, VA.
Laura Marello, MFA equivalent
Professor of English
Performances
Reading, Tenants of the Hotel Biron. Riverview Arts Space. Lynchburg, Virginia. September 2012.
With Michael Mirolla, publisher and reader. Tenants of the Hotel Biron reading at Guernica Editions Spring Launch. Toronto, Ontario. May 2012.
Reading, Tenants of the Hotel Biron. Galerie Ivana Gavardie, Paris, France. Readers: Arnaud Lefebvre, Zoé Besmond de Sennenville, and Alison Koehler. Translations into French and German by Arnaud Lefebvre and Alison Koehler. June 2012. http://vimeo.com/45300194
Other scholarly activities
Editorial Consultant for Dr. Ellen DeLuca, RN and Dr. Kathleen Kennedy, RN. Book on breast cancer survival. September 2012.
Workshop, lead discussion of Tenants of the Hotel Biron. McDonald Book Club meeting. Lynchburg, VA. January 2013.
Workshop, lead discussion of Tenants of the Hotel Biron. Schewel Book Club Meeting. Lynchburg, VA. December 2012.
Kimberly A. McCabe, PhD
Professor of Criminology
Publications
(2013). Common forms: Sex trafficking. In M. Burke, M. Human trafficking: Interdisciplinary perspectives. New York, NY: Routledge.
With Layne, L. (2012). The role of student evaluations in tenure and promotion. Is effective teaching really being measured? The Department Chair, 22(3).
With Mayer, B. (2012). La traite des êtres humains. AJPénal Actualité Juridique Pénal, 4.
Sharon D. Robinson, PhD
Associate Professor of Spanish
Awards
Language Lab Grant. Vista Higher Learning. $600. September 2012.
Denise R. Scruggs, MA, MS
Adjunct Professor of Sociology; Director, Beard Center on Aging
Conference proceedings
With June Harvie. 2012. "An Update on Dementia." Seminar presented at the Virginia Long Term Care Network Conference, Roanoke, VA, September.
2013. "College and Community Partnerships: Alliances for Success." Workshop presented at the 39th Meeting of the American Gerontological Society of Higher Education, St. Petersburg FL, March.
2012. "Laughter is the Best Medicine" and "Alzheimer's & Dementia Seminar." Keynote presentation and post-conference session, Massachusetts Council of Activity Professionals 2012 Conference, Andover, MA, October.
Awards
2013 AGE (Awards in Gerontological Excellence) ACE Award for Excellence in Advocacy and Community Engagement. April 2013. VCU Department of Gerontology.
School of Sciences
Joseph T. Meehean, PhD
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Publications
With Arpaci-Dusseau, A.C., Arpaci-Dusseau, R.H., & Livny, M. (2013). Uncovering CPU load balancing policies with Harmony. Computing Frontiers 2013.
Michael Solontoi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physics
Publications
With Hammergren, M., Gyuk, G., Puckett, A. AVAST survey 0.4-1.0 μm spectroscopy of igneous asteroids in the inner and middle main belt. Icarus,(220).
Reviewer/editor/judge
Reviewer. American Journal of Physics.
John D. Styrsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Biology
Conference proceedings
With Garcia, L. (2012, November). A myrmecophilic orb-weaver spider avoids plant-defending acacia ants behaviorally by sitting very still. 60th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Knoxville, TN.
Reviewer/editor/judge
Manuscript reviewer. Ecological effects of multi-species, ant-hemipteran mutualisms in citrus. For the journal Oecologia.
Manuscript reviewer. Impacts of the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata, on an ant-plant obligate mutualistic interaction (Barteria fistulosa and Tetraponera aethiops) according the size of the tree in a Gabon forest. For the journal Ecological Entomology.
Manuscript reviewer. A spatially explicit positive association between ants and spiders and potential mechanisms driving the pattern. For the journal Oecologia.
Manuscript reviewer. Tending ants increase survivorship and reproductive success of Calloconorpha pugionata (Membracidae), a trophobiont herbivore of Myrcia obovata (Myrtaceae). For the journal Journal of Tropical Ecology.
