News From 29 Mellen
September 2016
CLAS Reads 2016-2017 Inaugural Speaker, Randall Kennedy
Harvard Law Professor, Randall Kennedy, delivers talk on Race in America on October 13, 2016 (Cover Story on page 9)
Inside
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Issue:
September 2016
Dean’s Message
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Alumni News
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Kingston-Mann Awards
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Student News
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CLAS Reads 2016 Inaugural Speaker
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Academic Program Updates
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Faculty News
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CLAS Calendar of Events
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Dean ’s Message: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Welcomes Class of 2020
Dear Members of the CLAS Community,
Welcome to the 2016-2017 academic year at the Lesley University College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences! I hope that you have had an enjoyable and interesting summer.
As I write this message, I am enjoying my first week as your college Dean and
watching the final stages of the construction work on Doble Campus. This
area should look very nice and offer more functionality when the project is
completed. I am delighted to share with you some great things happening in
CLAS.
On Thursday, September 8, the Dean’s office will be celebrating the beginning of the academic year from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Please feel free to stop
by the dean’s office located at 29 Mellen to chat, and enjoy some refreshments!
Also, there will be an Ice Cream Social for students from 1:00pm – 3:00pm on the same day. This event will
take place in Marran Theater.
This year marks an important election year. In honor of Constitution Day, the Social Sciences Division for
CLAS will host a special event on Friday, September 16th. More information soon to come.
There will be a Dean’s Open House for faculty and staff on Tuesday, October 4th. I hope that you will be able
to come so that we can meet each other.
As part of the CLAS Reads tradition, the incoming first-year students are reading Between the World and Me
– a recipient of the National Book Award - by Ta-Nehisi Coates that discusses both the history of race in the
United States and how it applies, in the current climate, to his son. Shortly before classes begin, first year
students will be discussing this book in small groups with each other and with a faculty facilitator. On October 13th, Randall Kennedy, the Michael R. Klein Professor of Law from Harvard University, will speak at Lesley
and offer another perspective on the topic of race in the United States. If you have not done so already, I
strongly encourage you to read Between the World and Me and to attend Professor Kennedy’s presentation.
I encourage you to review the CLAS calendar of events located on pages 22 through 24 of this newsletter. I
hope you will be able to attend these events.
I look forward to meeting and working with you. I wish you an enjoyable, productive, and successful semester!
Steven S. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Lesley University
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Alumni News
My name is Jerimiah Bergstrom. I am currently Lesley’s Learning Disability Specialist.
My direct supervisor is Kim Johnson, who not only introduced me to Howard Zinn back
when I was an undergraduate tutor at the CAA, but who, along with Maureen Riley,
was a fundamental component in my growth as an empathetic, individually attentive
mentor. I never would have survived office hours for the English class I taught at
UMASS Boston had it not been for them, nor would I have been as prepared to take on
my current role here in the LD/ADD Academic Support Program. On the back wall of my
office hangs a tapestry reproduction of The Lady of Shalott by J. W. Waterhouse. I hung
the tapestry because I felt that it was emblematic of my personal academic passion in
medieval heroic literature – a passion whetted and nurtured by countless hours of
reading and translating Arthurian texts under the rigorous yet patient mentorship of
Mary Dockray-Miller. I am certain I would not have been nearly as prepared to stand in
Jeremiah Bergstrom ‘11
front of that class without her guidance. My first bit of professional development in my
current role as LD Specialist happened in Marran Theater, a place where, six years priEnglish Literature
or, I played the romantic rival against Katrina Freund, now my wife, in one of Annie
Pluto’s Shakespeare’s; I played Antonio against her Portia, both of us vying for Bassanio’s affection in Merchant of Venice
while going on coffee dates in between rehearsals.
I look back at these examples and see the sum of my current life, a trail of countless little decisions guiding me to this
place and time. Sometimes it feels uncanny to walk down the same streets and eat at the same places that scaffolded
some of the single most dynamic moments in my late adolescence – but now in the role of staff, greeting colleagues who
had once guided me through my own college experience. But sometimes – most times – I simply feel humbled. In the
graphic novel Watchmen, Dr. Manhattan is humbled by what he terms ‘thermodynamic miracles’ – the incomprehensible
sum of chances, decisions, and coincidences that constitutes both a single life as well as the grand tapestry of reality. I
feel similarly humbled now when I think on the responsibility I have in being an influence in Lesley students’ lives, that I
am now in a position to support others towards a path of kindness, of cheerfulness, of patience and curiosity, to help
them become the confident, independent, self-regulated learners I know they are – that I can be one more addition in
their own thermodynamic miracles.
I actually applied to Lesley – no joke – because White Hall had a waffle-maker set up the morning of my overnight stay. I
admit to not having the most well-developed executive functioning skills at eighteen, but I was ultimately fortunate – my
gastronomically-driven decision to come to Lesley ended up being one of the biggest influences on my educational pursuits, my professional goals, and my personal life. While I assume that a different choice in colleges would have likely
(hopefully) led me down a comparable path, now that so much has been shaped by that initial decision, it is nearly impossible to envision what that alternative life would look like. My friends, my job, my education, and my wife all entered
into my life following that initial fork in the road. And now I find myself in a role where I get to help strengthen in students the very executive functioning skills that I at that age lacked.
Could I have had something similar had I not followed my gut and gone to Lesley? Probably. Maybe. But another thing
Mary taught me was that the subjunctive mood makes for bad essays – it’s better to deal in reality. When asked what it
feels like to be back at Lesley, my first reaction is to respond with ‘weird’ – but there’s another part of me that wants to
say ‘like returning home.’ Home isn’t perfect, but it is where you grow up. It’s where I’ve decided to return and, in the
small way I can, help bolster its strengths while working to ensure each incoming class continues to have the most valuable experience Lesley has ever offered. I grew up at Lesley, and that has made all the difference.
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After completing my graduate internship internationally, I truly
appreciate Lesley's globally esteemed teaching reputation. Even
while pursuing a Design and Business dual degree in my undergraduate years, I was empowered to be a teacher and leader. I
served as an advocate on the undergraduate student government and a captain on the track and cross country teams. My
faculty, staff, and peers challenged me to take ownership of my
ideas, and for that I am grateful.
While I had multiple interests that spanned across campus, the
internship component was a chance for me practice it all! Between my three undergraduate internships, two required and
one self sought, Lesley's internship component has served as a
platform for me to build a global network of artists, educators,
and entrepreneurs of all kinds.
Leah Miller ‘16
The relationships I built with peers, alumni, and faculty continBusiness Management
ued to flourish and evolve as I began my Master of Arts studies
in Lesley's International Higher Education and Intercultural Relations program. The community's willingness to nurture
in any capacity was imminent since the first day of class. As I joined a cohort with students from all walks of life, the
opportunities to listen, lead, and learn were endless. Not only that, but my professors allowed me to personalize my
studies so I can use art as a catalyst for international social justice.
This integration was visible in my graduate internship with Expressive Arts Place (EAP) that led me to use art therapy
as a means of universal communication in Haiti. EAP is an organization started by a fellow, double Lesley Alumna, Helen Joseph. The mission of EAP is to utilize the arts as a means for addressing the needs of individuals, groups, and
communities in the areas of health, wellness, and education, as a tool for uniting people and communities, and promoting social change. From my first conversation with Helen, I knew fate had reconnected us, leading me to serve as
the first EAP intern.
With every conversation and meeting Helen and I had, I grew more and more excited to volunteer with her team for
three months, both domestically and internationally. During this time I would develop sustainable expressive arts therapy and service learning programs with teachers and children in Haiti. This opportunity was a culmination of all my
studies at Lesley, allowing me to utilize everything I learned in one gratifying experience.
Throughout this internship I gained experience in program development, facilitating art therapy sessions, site evaluations, a program orientation, fundraisers, language acquisition training, and more. Two major initiatives I focused on
while in Haiti were the Arts in Education Teacher Training Program and the Children's Art and Wellness Camp.
Hosting the third 'Children's Camp KanPENA' in Haiti, during our last week there, was an incredible, whirlwind experience! Despite not yet being fluent in 'Kreyole' (yet!), I have developed a bond with so many teachers and students, I
did not want to leave. It was tear jerking listening to the students and teachers share their favorite parts of camp during the concluding ceremony. Hearing about the new friends they made and games they learned, assured us that we
had reached our goal!
Even though this year's camp has come to a close, our work here has only just begun! We've taught the students skills
to lead happier and healthier lives, trained the teachers how to identify mental illness and prevent it in schools, and
supplied everyone with materials to use in expressive art therapy over the summer.
Having this international teaching experience brought light and practicality to all of the skills and stories I had learned
in my Master's program at Lesley. The opportunity to facilitate art therapy sessions built off the visual modalities I
practiced in my art education. By focusing my designer's eye on a business problem, I achieved the greatest benefit of
all. With continuous support for my fellow alumna we will continue to fundraise and strategize ways to turn our international experience into an accredited service learning course for future college students at Lesley and beyond. Sharing the gift of community and culture is the true essence of it all.
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Three Early Childhood Graduates Land the Job of their Dreams
Lesley University graduate Allison Kennedy ’16 (pictured left) has joined the Roberts
Elementary School in Medford as an English Language Learner teacher. Her position is
in a Grade 2 Newcomer classroom, where she will work with students who are just
beginning to build their proficiency in the English language. Allison graduated this
May with a BA in Early Childhood Education and Child Studies. She is now continuing
her studies at Lesley’s Graduate School of Education, where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in the Specialist Teacher of Reading program.
Allison’s passion for working with students who speak a first language other than English was inspired by her undergraduate student teaching experiences. During her field
placements, in both Cambridge and Somerville, she worked closely with groups of
culturally and linguistically diverse English language learners ranging from ages 3 to 8. However, it was her
senior practicum in a Grade 2 SEI-Integrated classroom in Somerville where her goal of working as an ESL
teacher solidified. After Allison completed her senior student teaching requirements, she spent her last undergraduate semester continuing her work in the SEI classroom with an independent ESL internship.
Allison is thankful to the professors who provided her with endless support in reaching her dream of becoming a licensed ESL teacher as she concurrently pursued her Early Childhood teaching license. Dr. Mary Beth
Lawton, Leah Valley, Dr. Amy Gooden, and Dr. Joanne Szamreta each offered themselves as resources,
providing tremendous guidance to Allison both inside and outside of the classroom as she worked towards
her goal. Looking towards her graduate studies and professional teaching experience, Allison hopes to continue to build her knowledge of how to best support emergent bilingual students and make positive impacts on
the children and families in the Medford community.
Shortly after graduating from Lesley University with a degree in Early Childhood Education, Nicole Navarro ’16 (pictured right) became a member of the East Somerville
Community School. Nicole joined the school as a kindergarten teacher in the twoway English/Spanish language and cultural immersion program, UNIDOS. Nicole will
be working with students who may or may not be Spanish speakers. The goal of the
program is to immerse students in the Spanish language, while also supporting their
English language skills, in order to develop students who are completely bilingual by
the end of the program.
Nicole came to Lesley University from the Dominican Republic. As she progressed
through her education, she developed a strong desire to support students and their
parents who may have immigrated to the United States. Also, she feels responsible
for being an active advocate for those that don’t have the language to advocate for
themselves. She believes that the classroom should be a safe space for everyone to be able to show and be
proud of his or her culture and native languages. As a teacher she seeks to give a voice to those individuals
who may believe that they don’t have one, but who have much to say.
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Lesley University became a place of intellectual, personal and emotional growth for Nicole. She expressed
that Lesley University taught her that as a woman, she has everything it takes to be a leader. According to Nicole,
most valuable of all, she learned that the most important form of leadership is being able to lead yourself. In Nicole’s
own words, “Lesley has given me the tools and opportunities to advocate for myself that will allow me to become the
person I strive to be. Lesley has taught me that this lesson is something that I need to pass on. As a teacher, I try to
transfer my Lesley values to my students in the hopes that it will inspire them to take control of their future and become leaders themselves”.
During her experience at Lesley University, Nicole came across inspiring individuals who guided and taught
her lessons she will never forget. One faculty member was Dr. Mary Beth Lawton, a true fighter and supporter of all of
her students, without whom, Nicole expresses, the experience wouldn’t have been the same. Also, becoming a teacher wouldn’t have been possible without professors like Leah Valley, Dr. Marjorie Jones, Dr. Amy Gooden and many
others who inspired, pushed and challenged her to be her best self and to remember her purpose. Nicole plans to
continue her studies in the near future in order to attain a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education at the Lesley
Graduate School of Education, focusing on English language learners.
I entered Lesley as a transfer student inspired to follow a path of teaching. Deciding to be an educator and attending Lesley was the best thing I could have done for
myself. The education program at Lesley has challenged my techniques, strengthened my weaknesses, and pushed my abilities to new levels. I graduated in February of 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education and Child Studies. I
am currently in the graduate program at Lesley for Integrated Teaching Through
The Arts.
This summer, I am moving to Portland, Maine and have accepted a co-teaching
preschool position at the Breakwater School. Breakwater is the oldest and largest
progressive school in the Portland area, incorporating Reggio Emilia, Montessori,
and nature-based programs. Preparing for the interview process in my job search
Molly Traynor ‘16
was eased by Lesley’s faculty. After attending hiring panels and resume workshops
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hosted by Lesley, I felt confident about embarking on the job search journey. The
education faculty at Lesley provided more support than I can even express. They
were there for anything I needed - ideas for job searching, networking assistance, meetings to discuss interview
questions and methods, and sometimes just a chat for encouragement.
Choosing to continue my education at Lesley for graduate school was a simple decision. Thanks to the quality of
the education program at Lesley, I have truly found myself. I am proud to be an alumni and say that I am embarking on this next chapter employed by a school matching my teaching philosophy and values, ready to face the
challenges and triumphs that may come.
Julia Brasch received her undergraduate degree from Lesley University. She is currently
enrolled in the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) program at the University of Washington.
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Kingston Mann Award
Sara Alfageeh (pictured left), an Illustration major at LUCAD, was selected as one
of three winners of the Kingston-Mann Award for her essay How Muslim Comic
Creators Are Reclaiming Their Narratives. Written for Professor Kimberly Lowe’s
course on Postcolonial History and Literature, Sara’s essay argued that the graphic
novel Persepolis and the comic book Ms. Marvel are significant examples of Muslim women reclaiming agency over their portrayal in Western media. The Kingston-Mann Award rewards original undergraduate research that focuses on issues
of diversity and inclusion. Sara’s essay was selected by faculty members from six
different universities, and carried a prize of $300.00.
Madeleine White (pictured right), a recent graduate from our Children,
Youth, & Family Study major, is one of three winners of the 2016 KingstonMann Student Achievement Award for Excellence in Diversity/Inclusion
Scholarship. Six universities and colleges in the New England area annually
participate in this award competition and numerous undergraduate essays
are entered every year. Madeleine ‘s award winning paper is titled “Social
Media’s Impact on Adolescent Female Body Image.” Madeleine examines
the impact of social media on female adolescents’ body image, self-esteem,
and self-image by analyzing the Instagram accounts of celebrity and noncelebrity adolescents. Madeleine’s achievement will be publicly recognized
at a banquet, which will be hosted at the University of Massachusetts Boston in November.
More News about Recent Graduates:
Sana Ali (Special Education and Mathematics, 2013) , after working for several years in the Somerville public
school system, is now at the University of Texas at Dallas in their Applied Cognition and Neuroscience program working on human computer interactions for their product research and development. Haley Barber
(Early Childhood Education and Environmental Science, 2012) has been an instructor in Science and Art at
the Conanicut Island Sailing Foundation for the past 3 years. Ariel Capwell (Biology, Environmental Science
2013) is now a GIS Field technician at CP Professional Services in the greater New York City area.
Colleen Delvecchio (Environmental Science, 2010), after being a Boston Harbors park ranger and a conservation manager on a turkey farm, is now an Assistant Biologist with Next Generation Engineering doing watershed planning and other environmental engineering projects, in Oak View, CA. Rachel Laliberte
(Environmental Science, 2013) completed a Masters in Science teaching at North Carolina State University
last year and is now a teacher at Kids Science Labs in Chicago, IL. Rian Powers (Biology, 2013) , has moved
into her fourth position as a Clinical Laboratory Associate in Microbiology at NorDx in Scar-borough, Maine.
Josh Resnick (Mathematics and Environmental Science, 2014), completed a Masters in Computer Science at
Pace University and is now working on a second Masters degree at the Seidenberg School of CSIS, where he
is a teacher’s assistant as well.
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Community Connections: Chelsea LaForce Shares her Summer
Internship Experience
My visually impaired client and I have been working, for about two weeks, on
what is to be her tactile sensory book. I usually walk down to her room, and walk
her back into my office area for our session. This client is very happy, positive and
funny. Her other senses are incredible - she can hear the smallest of pin drops, as
all of her focus relies on those senses other than her eyes.
I was carrying on a dialogue with her as I always do, when abruptly she put down
her pair of scissors and looked directly at me. Her gaze made me feel as though
she could truly see me, even though I knew that wasn't true. But what she could
see was deeper. She said to me, "Something is different about you today," and I
said, "Nothing is different, we are here together making art just like we do every
Wednesday morning." She then made a face and said "You seem sad."
It was at that moment that I realized I haven't taken any time for my mental
health since this process began. Even though I have been enjoying the work I am
doing, the change and pressure have been wearing on me, as well as the lack of
time I have for myself, my home, and my relationship. Even through my smile, and
ability to push through it, this client could sense a change in me, making me realize I am much more transparent than I thought. I have been so distracted taking
care of others, that I have lost sight of taking care of myself.
Chelsea LaForce ‘18
Art Therapy
After she mentioned that to me, I walked away for a moment to get a drink of water while she continued to
sit and work. On my way back I told myself that I would apologize to her for the change of energy level today
and that I appreciated her understanding. But when I came into the room the first thing she said was "You
don't need to apologize. You help us every day, you can't forget to help yourself." I couldn't believe what I
heard.
This internship is already changing my life and the way I see the world. After our session, I began to write this
journal entry, and my state of mind has already improved. I guess all I needed was a little reminder that
things aren't always what they seem, and when anxiety closes in and makes you feel like the world is dark,
this type of work will remind you that there is always light, you just have to look for it.
Student Scholar contributions to Vita Edwardi
CLAS English major Sarah Kinkade spent part of her summer working on a digital humanities project with Professor Mary Dockray-Miller and a team from Wheaton College. Sarah's work is contributing to investigation of the currently anonymous Vita
Edwardi, an eleventh-century biography of the King and Saint commonly known as Edward the Confessor (d.1066). Sarah's work focuses on preparing the Latin texts for lexomic analysis and then reading the graphs that the lexomics tool produces about the
texts. She's been reading Latin, fighting with advanced scanners, working with virtual
manuscript folios, sorting charts, and generally making herself useful around the lab
both on site and from afar. Sarah also spent a month in Ireland studying Latin as part
of her preparation for her senior thesis in literary criticism and for her applications to
Sarah Kinkade ‘17
graduate school in medieval studies.
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CLAS Welcomes Inaugural Speaker, Randall Kennedy
Professor Randall Kennedy will be speaking at Lesley University about race in America on Oct 13, 2016, at
5:45pm in Marran theater. Randall Kennedy is Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School where he
teaches courses on contracts and the regulation of race relations. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina.,
and he attended St. Albans School, Princeton University, Oxford University, and Yale Law School. He served
as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of Appeals, and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United States. Awarded the 1998 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Race, Crime, and the
Law, Mr. Kennedy writes for a wide range of scholarly and general interest publications. His other books
are For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law(2013), The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial
Politics and the Obama Presidency (2011), Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal (2008), Interracial Intimacies:
Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption (2003), Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word (2002). A
member of the American Law Institute, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Association, Mr. Kennedy is a former Trustee of Princeton University who has been awarded honorary degrees by Haverford College, Occidental College, and Bard College.
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Summer 2016 Academic Program Highlights
Dear Education Major:
I hope you are having a relaxing and productive summer. I wanted to share
with you some news from our Division.
Frank Daniello will be returning to the Division after a year-long leave of absence. We have certainly missed Frank and look forward to his return. Summer Clark gave birth to a strong and beautiful little girl in late May, Azalea
Ellavie Clark, right after you left for the summer.
I have hired a new Adjunct Faculty, Sarah Baszto, a fifth grade social studies
teacher from the Cambridge-Port School in Cambridge. Sarah will teach the
social science component of the course: Teaching Social Studies and Science
from a Problem-Centered Approach. I had the opportunity to observe Sarah’s
th
5 grade class and was thoroughly engaged.
I have also hired a new Elementary Education Program Supervisor, Barbara Fox, who will be supervising some
of the elementary education students enrolled in the Senior Practicum. Barbara has taught 5th and 6th grades
in the Cambridge Public Schools for many years and currently supervises student teachers in the Teach Next
Year Program at the University of MA, Boston. Deborah Downes will be returning this fall to supervise special
education majors enrolled in the senior practicum and Margie Materazzo will return to supervise early childhood Junior and Senior Practicum students.
Brooke Eisenbach, who will teach the Middle and High School Senior Practicum, just notified me that her proposal for a new book, Handbook of Resources on Middle Level Education was accepted. The scholarship of
Education Division faculty is prolific, collaborative with others in the Division, and interdisciplinary with colleagues in the CLAS liberal arts programs. Through their books, articles, professional development training
and conference presentations, they are making a significant impact on PreK-12 education.
I wish you an enjoyable, safe next three weeks and a safe return to campus in September. We look forward to
seeing you.
Sincerely,
Mary Beth
Dr. Mary Beth Lawton
Education Division Director
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Dear Students,
I hope your summer break is going well. As we near the fall semester, I thought I’d update you on
some changes in the college and the Humanities department, as well as the activities of the Humanities faculty.
Dr. Christine Evans will be on sabbatical until spring semester. I will continue as Interim Chair of the
Humanities Division until January, at which point I will be on sabbatical. My office, as it was this past
year, is Room 104 at 27 Mellen Street.
Humanities faculty are involved in a variety of professional activities this summer. In English and Creative Writing, Dr. Mary-Dockray Miller is continuing work on the Digital Humanities/Goscelin project
with Sara Kinkade CLAS ’16. She’ll also be doing a bicycle tour along the Rhine River, where a highlight
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will be the 11 Century Cathedral at Speyer. Dr. Annie Pluto, Artistic Director and one of the founders of the Oxford Street Players,
is directing the main stage production of As You Like It at the Worcester Shakespeare Company this summer. Professor Liv Cummins is performing in and writing material for a sketch comedy show she hosts, Saturday Night LIV. She is also completing the second draft of her new musical, The Temporary Professor (book and lyrics), for a NYC equity reading at the end of August. In her free
time, she’s honing her tennis skills and cooking with fresh herbs from her garden. Professor Aaron Smith is
teaching a poetry "Boot
Camp" in July as part of the Arts in the Gap program at Lincoln Memorial University and making the final edits on his book, Primer,
that will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press this fall.
In Foreign Languages and Literature, Professor Sonia Perez Villanueva is working on an article that studies the importance of space
in representations of violence against women in theatre and film. She will spend her summer camping in Maine with her family,
traveling to Spain to visit friends and family, and, on June 30th, will take the Oath of Allegiance to become an American citizen! Professor Clara Ronderos is completing another volume of short stories and working on her next volume of poetry. In History, Professor Lowe attended a Reacting to the Past workshop at Barnard College in New York city in June. Reacting to the Past uses historical
role playing games to immerse students in critical thinking, collaborative learning, and passionate debate about controversial moments in history. Professor Lowe is excited to bring it to Lesley in the upcoming Spring semester. The rest of Professor Lowe’s summer has been devoted to revising her book manuscript, which analyzes the international Red Cross movement’s role in shaping the
development of international law after the First World War. Professor Lamothe will be going back and forth between Massachusetts and Nova Scotia all summer working on a film he’s developing, Missing Kenley. Professor Wechsler will be working on music
(Chopin, Scarlatti), and writing the Prologue for Justice Stephen Breyer, who will be a featured speaker in the Lesley speaker series
next year. Finally, Professor Donna Halper, who teaches courses in both Communications and English, is completing two essays for
a new textbook, Women and Leadership: History, Concepts, and Case Studies, to be published by Berkshire Press this fall.
In August, Dr. Evans, Professor Lowe, and I attended a conference in Washington, D.C., organized by the Council for Independent
Colleges. We assessed the implementation of online courses this spring among member institutions and discussed plans for continuing the online consortium. Our goal is to provide even more upper level humanities courses. Two of our faculty, Dr. Mary Dockray
Miller and Dr. Kim Lowe, taught online courses through the consortium this past spring.
This fall, Professor Randall Kennedy of the Harvard Law School will come to campus on Thursday, October 13th, from 5:45 to 7:00 in
the Marran Theatre. He will respond to Ta Nehisi Coates’ book Between the World and Me. Coates’ book is the summer read for
incoming CLAS students, and has been widely heralded as a penetrating commentary on current racial tensions in the United
States. Kennedy’s lecture is titled “The Fate of Racial Justice in America.” All members of the Lesley academic community are welcome.
As is customary, we’ll sponsor events directed to our different majors – English, Creative Writing, History—throughout the
year. Please plan to attend– it’s a good way to get to know other students while taking full advantage of your Lesley education.
Dr. Rob Wauhkonen,
Interim Chair, Humanities Division
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Greetings Business Management Majors
I hope that you are having a great summer rejuvenating, recharging, and learning new
things. As you know, Academic Year 2015/16 was a year of tremendous change for the
business management major and the Business Management Division. One of the new
changes that you will see in the coming weeks is that the webpages for the Business
Management Division have been updated substantially. More information about the
program and division will be added to the website over the course of the summer. Stay
tuned.
As you may also know, in January 2016, the Business Management Division became a
candidate for programmatic accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business
Schools and Programs (ACBSP). In June, we completed the next step in the process which
is completing a preliminary report of how we are meeting the standards of accreditation. Based on the review of our
preliminary report, we will be given a set of recommendations and opportunities for improvement as well as the next
steps needed to achieve accreditation.
For some time, we have been talking about the launch of the Master of Science in Management (MSM) degree program. On July 11, 2016, we launched our first course in the program entitled: Allocating and Managing Resources. We
are pleased that we have exceeded our initial forecast of new students. We hoped that this is the start of a successful
program. With the launch of MSM program, we are also launching the 5-year, dual degree BSBM/MSM program. Beginning in the fall 2016, students can apply for the dual degree program.
We have revised our core curriculum so that we could enhance our students’ success in pursuing corporate, nonprofit,
and government job opportunities post-graduation as well as for those students who wish to pursue entrepreneurial
endeavors or go to graduate school. The new changes, which are effective July 01, 2016, are for the Class 2020 and
beyond include the following course that were once optional but are now required:
CMGMT 3202 Business in a Legal Context—formerly CMGMT 2201 Business Law—this is now a junior level course
CMGMT 3464 Marketing—formerly CMGMT 2464—this course is now a junior level course
CMGMT 3470 Human Resource Management
The following courses were added and/or changed to help our students acquire the quantitative and analytical skills
that employers state that new business graduates need to be successful:
CMGMT 2550 Business Statistics is now CMGMT 2550 Business Analytics I
CMGMT 2551 Business Analytics II
The following courses were added to the curriculum to provide our students with a well-rounded business management education:
CMGMT 3468 Management Information Systems
CMGMT 4300 Managing in a Global Economy—this course was updated to a senior level course
Increasing our students’ capabilities through experiential learning prompted the following changes:
CMGMT 1451 Foundations of Management is now 4 credits—the course has been enhanced to include an introduction to business analytics using Excel Modeling and executing and managing a business using Capsim’s
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Foundation: Business Fundamentals simulation—students will get hands-on knowledge about how businesses operate and compete in the marketplace.
CMGMT 4900 Strategic Management Capstone, formerly CMGMT 4140 Strategic Management is now 4 credits—
the course has been enhanced to include students executing and managing a business. Students run a business after completing all of the business management core requirements using Capsim’s Capstone Business
Strategy simulation.
Lastly, we have redeveloped our experiential learning requirements into our Leader and Professional Development/
Experiential Learning Program. The new enhancements include:
CMGMT 1701 Leader and Professional Development I, 2 credits—the focus of this course is to help students unlock their potential and discover what they do naturally and what they love to do
CMGMT 2701 Leader and Professional Development II, 2 credits—the focus of this course is to help students increase their efficiency and effectiveness through emotional intelligence, the seven habits of highly effective
individuals, values in action, leading self and leading others.
CMGMT 3702 Internship and Management Seminar I, 3 credits—while the number of credits for this course is
changing to 3 credits from 4 credits, the internship requirements are the same. The seminar is being redesigned to include new features like 360 feedback using the Student Leadership Challenge.
CMGMT 4702 Internship and Management Seminar II, 4 credits—the internship remains the same. The seminar is
being redesigned to help students focus on career development.
I look forward to seeing you.
Take care,
Dr. Jonathan Jefferson
Chair, Business Management Division
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We hope you are having a wonderful summer and keeping the ‘learning momentum’ going
while working (IQ’s have been shown to decrease in Summer, otherwise!), taking a class, being
active in your communities, getting outside (in nature!) and enjoying the time and weather
with family and friends. We hope you’re as excited as we are about the upcoming academic
year. As usual, we look forward to a productive and rewarding year full with active learning,
research, exploration, teaching, and connection-making, all driven by real world needs that are
becoming even more pressing and urgent.
It is a certainly very exciting time to be in college, given all of the challenges that face us these
days as a species. Remember, this is a unique moment in our shared history on Earth, and the
opportunities are just as great as the challenges. For one thing, we have unprecedented access
to information these days, and we are connected like never before by the Internet and cell phones.
Connection-making of all kinds is happening, leading to insight, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Science and Mathematics are key areas contributing to our understanding of who we are, where we came from, and where we are going…
and can go. They are great fields to immerse yourselves in to help solve the problems of the world, not to mention the
fact that STEM majors earn the over-all highest average wage upon graduation from college. NSM is in a better position than ever to engage you in innovating, leading, and contributing to a better world through the important and relevant work of science and mathematics.
Here is a recap of some of the NSM high-lights of the past year - some of the things we have been working on this Summer,
and some things to look forward to when you return in September:
Nataliya Ryzhenko, our lab technician, has been organizing and maintaining the labs, overseeing the storage and disposal of
hazardous waste, working with NSM core and adjunct faculty on getting their labs ready for Fall, and ordering new supplies.
We will be looking for at least one, if not two, Work Study students to help in the labs, so stay tuned. We will also revive the
NSM Student Advisory Group (SAG), which fell by the wayside a bit last year, in part because of my being out due to knee surgery. This group has been instrumental in moving us forward on several initiatives, and we look forward to doing more together next year. We want to develop a training in lab safety that the group requested, and we will con-tinue with our Friday
Speaker (and pizza) Series, which was advanced by the NSM SAG a couple of years ago and has been very successful. Cara Szeghy, our fantastic new program assistant (shared with Social Sciences), along with Mark Donohue (our other fantastic program
assistant), have been hard at work all Summer on making sure the vitally important and numerous administrative details are
taken care of. NSM would not work so well without their hard work. Hopefully you will see a new look (newly painted walls) to
our NSM corner in UH when you return in the Fall. Cara will be recruiting for work study students in the Fall as well, so stay
tuned and certainly keep it in mind
As I stated in last year’s summer letter as well, we believe that getting to know one another is of great importance in establishing a collaborative community of serious scientific and quantitative inquiry, so necessary for addressing the problems of the
world, and so important for productive and powerful science and mathematics. So, as mentioned above, we plan to have several gatherings throughout the year, and our offices (and halls) are open to you at all times.
As you can see, we are quite busy, and we anticipate a lot of great things for next year. On behalf of NSM faculty and staff, I
extend wishes for a wonderful, productive, and restful remainder of the Summer. We are all excited for the academic year
ahead and all of the learning and teaching and observing and exploring we will do together. We welcome your ideas to get involved! Please feel free to contact me with your interests and ideas!
One last request: This Summer letter is going out to current and past NSM students. We really want to know what you all
have been doing, so please send me an email or contact me on Facebook or LinkedIn with updates. It would be great to
keep track of everyone and send out periodic updates to the growing NSM community!
Sincerely,
Dave Morimoto
Division Chair, Natural Sciences and Mathematics
[email protected]
617 349 8226
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I hope this note finds you well—enjoying the sunshine, making some money, earning some
college credits—whatever it is that makes your summer “break” a good one! We in the division look forward to summer too!
2015-16 was an interesting and challenging year for us. On the “interesting” side, we worked
on increasing the number and variety of courses in the division. We have new courses in anthropology (global studies): Anthropology of Media and Global Lives in a Transnational Age; in
political science: Environmental Politics and Policy and Political Economy; and in human services/social work: Professional Ethics in Human Services, Forensic Social Work, and Micro and
Macro Assessment. Be sure to check out the new catalog this fall for the updated list of courses and course descriptions!
On the “challenging” side, our division had to deal with our “missing” senior faculty on sabbatical, the change in roles
others in the division took on in the university, as well as changes in personnel.
Check out the latest events on the Lesley University website to see all that is happening right now and what is coming
up next year—there is never a dull moment on campus and in the surrounding area (Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, etc.)—
see you soon on campus, at an event, or in class!
Updates
As I mentioned last summer, Janel Lucas and Arlene Dallalfar spent part (Lucas) or all (Dallalfar) of the year doing research off campus. Professor Lucas studied anti-racist campuses—quite timely—and is hoping to use her research to
help strengthen Lesley’s commitment of equality. Professor Dallalfar spent part of her year doing field research in Iran
where she focused on national and diasporic identities of Jewish-Iranians, and the vital roles of ethnicity, religion, family and community in daily life, work that will enrich her courses across the curriculum.
Robin Roth has moved to a split position between CLAS and GSOE (the graduate school of education). This delayed her
sabbatical—she’ll take it now in the spring of 2017—and she kept busy adapting to her new role in GSOE and maintaining her commitment to her undergraduate students. Amy Rutstein-Riley completed her first year in the role of Dean of
Faculty, a challenging position that took her a bit more out of the classroom and the daily life of the division; however,
she showed her everlasting commitment to the division, in part, with another very successful running of her Girlhood
course (and the continuation of the Girlhood project).
Changes and “Farewells”
Diane Alicea, the division’s administrative assistant, moved on to greener pastures in the middle of the fall semester,
so we scrambled to get a search conducted to hire her replacement. By January, we were very happy to welcome Cara
Szeghy as our new assistant. She’s learning the ropes quickly and is ready to help students with any and all questions
about the division. She also oversees the work study students in the division, so if you have any interest in working in
the division next year, please let her know as soon as possible ([email protected]).
And as a final “challenge,” we bid farewell (many faculty, staff, students and administrators) to Nancy Heims who retired at the end of the 2015-16. The announcement of her retirement took many by surprise, but we were able to celebrate all that Professor Heims contributed to Lesley over nearly three decades. We are all both saddened that she will
no longer be in the classroom supporting and challenging global studies students, yet happy for her to open a new
chapter of her life full of adventures and challenges. She was the founding member and creator of the global studies
program and it wouldn’t be the same had she not put in the hours and hours of oversight and program management
necessary to grow and strengthen the major over time. We will all miss Professor Heims, but we also know she is only
an email or a call away!
New Event and Where to Find Us
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We ended the year on an exciting note with the first Annual Social Sciences Re-search Symposium. Seven students,
divided over two panels, shared some of the original research they had done. Their work ranged from senior capstone
projects to more practical, internship experiences. The symposium was a great success and plan on repeating it again
next year.
Keep this in mind as you do your own re-search—at whatever level (not just for seniors!)—next year. We’d love to
have the number and variety of participants and projects grow! Please contact any of the social sciences faculty if you
have questions or interest in participating in the spring 2017 symposium.
~2016 Inaugural Symposium Presenters~
Hannah Currier
Miranda Hayes
Allison Kennedy
John Mackernan
Kristina Recher
Sairanny Rodriguez
Michaela Swift
We were also excited to recognize student excellence with our first Annual Social Sciences Book Awards for graduating
seniors. This year we recognized Ian Barber, Lesley Herold, Julie O’Neill, and Julia Paglierani.
We look forward to making this a tradition and to honoring even more students in the coming years!
As a reminder, the division’s faculty members’ offices are spread across the Doble and Porter Square campuses. Half of
us are in University Hall: there you will find the social science division’s academic coordinator, Cara Szeghy, and me,
along with Joshua Baldwin, Kazuyo Kubo, Michael Illuzzi and Leela Tanikella. Arlene Dallalfar is in 34 Wendell. Robin
Roth is in 37 Mellen, and Janel Lucas is in 33 Mellen. Amy Rutstein-Riley can be found in 29 Everett St.
Please Stop by any of our offices to say ‘hi,’ ask a question or if you need directions! Email any of us to find out our
office hours for a given semester (schedules change), or to set up a meeting. Don’t be shy!
Dr. Bryan Brophy-Baermann
Division Director
[email protected]
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Hello and Welcome to Lesley! I hope your summer is going well and that you are enjoying summer
work, the beach and/or other great summer activities. I’m sending along a bit of news about Psychology and Applied therapies so you can get ready to arrive in the fall ready to join in on campus!
There are over 430 students across the Division of Psychology and Applied Therapies so you will be
joining a vibrant community of learners!
As Division director I serve as a resource to students and faculty (as well as the administration) for
all things related to our 5 majors in art therapy, counseling, expressive arts therapy, holistic psychology and our (research oriented) psychology major. Please look for our Fall majors’ meetings and
other events or drop by my office to introduce yourself. If my office door is open, I usually have a
few minutes to talk; if you need more than that, feel free to email to schedule some time to speak
with me or see one of the Division core faculty in your area. In my role as Division agenda setter
and communicator, I’m sending along a bit of news and advising info for you to contemplate as you enter the last month of summer.
New Classes/ Updates on Initiatives
Honors Research Program: This year the curriculum committee approved a PsyAT Division Honors Research Program, developed
by Dr. Brian Becker with support from Division colleagues. We’ll start this fall with the first cohort of senior students from across
the Division’s majors including students from our Bunker Hill program, in CPSYC 4908 Honors Advanced Research Seminar. Applications for next year’s program will be accepted in early-mid Spring 2017; the criteria include: Junior status, 3.5+ GPA; B+ or better
in Research Methods; and an application with your proposed research study. If you are a rising junior transfer student, Brian Becker ([email protected]) is the contact person if you are interested in finding out more information.
Look for these new or on rotation classes: In Spring 2017, folks who’ve had the Principles of Expressive Arts Therapy prerequisite
can take Professor Cardillo’s Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) or Dr. Barnes’ Guitar for Therapy and Education; we
may also have a new AT elective in Art Therapy and Social Justice! In fall 2016, we are also offering a selected topics course in Addictions –we expect to put on rotation on a yearly basis with other upper level counseling electives.
New Requirements (& recommendations) for all students: Starting this fall, we hope to have a Division Manual covering Division
standards, and policies. Until then we have some new requirements we want you to know: all Division majors must earn a C grade
or better in Research Methods in the Social Sciences in order to complete their major. This goes along with the C grade required in
all Internship courses and capstones for all PsyAT Division students. We are also recommending that PsyAT Division students take
Intro to Stats, just prior to taking the required Research Methods (all majors) and/or Elements of Statistics in Psychology (psych
majors)! Obviously don’t wait until your second semester junior or first semester senior year to take these important classes as
they are prerequisites for your junior level internship and your capstone class.
New prerequisites for upper level CPSYC: For Spring 2017, all 3000 level CPSYC classes will require at least one 1000 and one 2000
level psychology classes as prerequisites (in addition to named prerequisites). All 4000 level CPSYC classes will require at least one
2000 and one 3000 level class as prerequisites.
Transfer students hoping for Dual Degree Applications: We want to clarify our wish to “recommend” students to apply for dual
degree. All junior transfers who may want to apply this fall, must gather materials: updated professional resume, all transcript(s),
academic work samples and meet with a dual degree coordinator this summer or at the latest during the beginning of the fall adddrop period. Students are ‘vetted’ by Division faculty to see if they are academically strong and ‘socially mature’ before the application is approved to be sent to the graduate school. Prospective applicants should begin exploring an application this summer.
Don’t wait until the last minute - Applications for Counseling juniors are due in very early fall, or only for ET or AT students in late
December- first week of January. For more information, please contact me at [email protected] (Counseling) and/or Nancy Jo
Cardillo (ET/AT) at [email protected].
Student News:
Art Therapy student news: LAATA – the Lesley Art Therapy Association (LATA) wants you to join! Contact Dr. Pate for more infor-
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mation and look for the welcome back event in the fall. Also a reminder that students have access to Art Therapy open studio
starting in the fall from 11-1 on Fridays in Fine 101. Commit to developing your artistic skills and expression in an ongoing way by
taking studio courses nearly every semester and joining in open studio with your peers!
Psychology Club: Brian Becker and Heather Macdonald invite you to join. All PsyAT Division students are welcome to plan events
and develop active campus presence for all students interested in psychology - email them with your interest at [email protected] or [email protected].
Student Support Services such as the Advising Center, the Career Resource Center, the Counseling Center, and the Center for Academic Achievement which has tutoring services, are free and open to you. If you have identified learning differences or disability
access needs, please do contact the ACCESS services offices early to support your success here at Lesley. Use of these services is
highly recommended for students going into helping professions – if we aren’t open to getting help we need, we’re not likely to be
able to help others well!
Help Wanted?
Are you looking for a work study position in the Division? Or do you want to explore different views of students’ experiences with
our programs on the Division Advisory board? This group consults to the Chair on issues of importance to all PsyAT students.
Please contact me or Judith Periale ([email protected]).
Until we see you this fall, my best wishes for a great rest of summer!
Dr. Katherine Barone
Division Chair, Psychology & Applied Therapies
Faculty News
We are welcoming new faculty this year; Dr. Geoffrey Barnes (pictured left) joins us this year in
Expressive Arts Therapy. Geoff (pronounced ‘Jeff’) is a music therapist and has worked with children on the autism spectrum at the Boston College Campus School. Geoff will teach Abnormal
Psychology, Internship and Principles of Expressive Arts Therapy this fall. He shares an office with
Dr. Jane Richardson on the first floor of 33 Mellen.
Dr. Michelle Pate will be presenting at the Canadian Art Therapy Association Conference in October, on the Integration of Arts in the Community.
Dr. Richardson presented a master class called “Playful Art, Artful Play” at the International Art
Therapy conference in Hong Kong this past May.
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Nancy Jo Cardillo (instructor) is collaborating this summer with grad school faculty on an article
about bringing dance movement therapy into Lesley’s online/hybrid graduate Expressive Therapies curriculum.
Dr. Neal Klein loved the summer Intro to Counseling class he taught as a 3 week Intensive and
hopes he’ll see you there next summer if you are around Cambridge. As always, contact Dr.
Klein if you want to join the Swinging Lynx club; you’ll have a great time swing dancing in the
local community – you’ll meet students from MIT, Harvard, BU and of course Lesley!
Drs. Diana Direiter, John Kim and Jeff Perrin developed new courses for the first year seminar and honors programs as new offerings
this fall.
Dr. Anne Pluto worked with the Worcester Shakespeare Company this summer, directing their main
stage 10th anniversary production of As You Like It. The production got very strong reviews. Paul Kolas
of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette noted how “Pluto and her cast gifted Worcester with an utterly
charming piece de resistance that cajoled one’s spirits under the canopy of a dusk to satin black gently
breezy sky.” Dr. Pluto has been a member of the Worcester Shakespeare Company since 2011.
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Dr. Amy Gooden has been awarded a book contract with the University of Michigan Press for a second language teacher education case textbook and accompanying online teacher notes. The text is intended for
students and faculty in language preparation programs (Sheltered English Instruction teacher training, K-12
ESL/EFL, and modern foreign language teacher training.) In addition to working on the book during the
summer of 2016, Dr. Gooden also provided six days of professional development training for teachers in
the Boston Public Schools related to promoting the literacy of English language learners and six days of professional development training for the International Teacher Education and Pre-College Programs at Columbia University Teacher’s College.
Dr. Brooke Eisenbach’s current research focuses on two studies: Ephebagogical approaches to teaching a
First Year Seminar: Investigating freshman student perspectives of an ephebagogical approach to instruction in addressing emerging adult developmental needs, and Pre-service teacher perceptions of YA literature in the classroom: An investigation of a qualitative case study focused on examining pre-service teacher perspectives of the use of YA literature in the secondary classroom. Dr. Eisenbach currently has two
books under review: The Online Classsroom: Middle Level Virtual Education: The Handbook of Resources
in Middle Level Education, and Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Content.
Dr. Summer Clark, with GSOE co-researcher Grace Enriquez, has been investigating literacy teaching
methods in a local urban classroom. The inquiry centered on the usage of specific children’s literature to
instruct children in a “dynamic learning framework.” They are currently revising a manuscript for submission to The Reading Teacher. With CLAS colleagues and co-researchers Mary Dock-Ray Miller, Liv Cummins, and Kimberly Lowe, Dr. Clark is investigating the use of peer review and metacognitive instructional
methods with undergraduate students in their courses. An article, “The Effects of Peer Review and Metacognitive Strategies in the College Classroom” will be forthcoming. With Division colleague Roser Gine, Dr.
Clark is collaborating on a book chapter entitled Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Content
Areas for publication in Brooke Eisenbach’s book on young adult literature and education. Their chapter
presents methods for integrating math and literacy in the secondary classroom using John Green’s novel
An Abundance of Katherines.
Drs. Amy Gooden, Brooke Eisenbach, and Summer Clark collaborated on an article for AMLE Magazine titled “More than lip service: Practical and reflective strategies for engaging diverse families. “ They will present a paper on preparing pre-service teachers
for family engagement at the AMLE conference this fall (2016.)
Dr. Mary Beth Lawton continues to present at local and national conferences on “Strengthening Early
Attachments.” Dr. Lawton attended a conference on Family Engagement in summer 2016: As a result of
the conference, she significantly revised her syllabus for the course “Working with Parents and Children in Integrated Early Childhood Settings. “
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Dr. Janet Sauer received a CLAS Fellowship for 2016-2017 and is co-creating case studies of
diverse families of children with disabilities. The purpose of her research is to create twothree case studies of young people with high-incidence disabilities such as speech and language impairments, learning disabilities, and/or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders. Janet is also continuing her collaborative research project with Boston University about culturally and linguistically diverse families of children with disabilities in the Boston area.
Dr. Frank Daniello is currently working on two books. The first, with Dr. Tracy Drysdale, is
entitled Demystifying Non-Fiction Genres of Writing in the Common Core Standards. The
second book is entitled: Classroom Teachers’ Guide to Writing in the Profession. Shell Publications will publish both texts. He is currently analyzing data from a study, which was funded by a large faculty development grant from Lesley, entitled “A Case Study Ivestigating the
Teaching of Exposition Writing: Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics to Teach Culturally
and Linguistically Diverse Pupils.” He is currently revising, with co- author Michael O’Connor,
a submission to School-Community Partnerships. The article is entitled “Relationship, Culture
and Process: The Need for New Focal Points on the Research in School-Community Partnerships. “ Dr. Daniello is also writing a book review of the text “Your Child’s Social and Emotional Well-Being: A Complete Guide for Parents and Those Who Help Them.”
Dr. Lisa Fiore recently completed two books: Your anxious child: How parents and teachers
can relieve anxiety in children and Your child’s social and emotional well-being: A complete
guide for parents and those who help them, both published by John Wiley and Sons. In addition, she reviewed and edited six articles for the 2016 issue of the Journal of Pedagogy,
Pluralism and Practice, which will be live online in fall 2016. This summer (2016), Dr. Fiore
attended Op-Ed Project training that informed professionals across the disciplines about
writing. The goal is for women to produce writing that is featured in highly visible publications, thereby increasing the representation of women’s “voices” in written media.
One of the foci of Dr. Roser Gine’s research is Common Core Mathematical Practice #7:
Look for and make use of structure. She is currently working on two articles from her research: One article documents what this practice looks like in the classroom context and
analyzes transcripts using the nature of mathematical structure as a theoretical lens. The
second paper uses discourse analysis to capture moments of learning in the classroom. A
second focus is on an investigation of the impact of calculus coursework on prospective
teachers’ mathematical flexibility. The goal is to add to the existing literature about what
students learn in calculus and how this learning is useful for future elementary and secondary school mathematics teachers. Currently, Dr. Gine is participating in a research
group “Mentoring and Partnerships for Women in Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.” In this group that meets monthly, Dr. Gine works with other mathematics researchers to share ideas for projects and read each other’s papers.
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NSM faculty have been busy this summer. Dr. David Morimoto was out early in the morning
for several weeks this Summer completing his Cambridge bird surveys. He plans to involve
more students (in his Fall Directed Research Capstone class) in helping to analyze the data,
with the hope of coauthoring papers and presentations at professional meetings, including
an international conservation biology meeting in Cartagena, Columbia in July 2017.
Chris Richardson (senior lecturer) is working with two students (Josh Zaagsma and Evan Henry) on his important bat
research this Summer.
Dr. Julie Shoemaker is continuing her grant-funded research on methane and climate change
at Harvard University this Summer, and she also hopes to include students in helping to analyze data. She is also spearheading the Environmental Studies review this fall.
Dr. Angela Vierling-Claassen is busy developing an ALEKS based placement system for our
mathematics classes as well as developing two online courses this Summer and continuing
some aspects of her research.
Dr. Steve Benson is continuing his grant-funded work with the University of New Hampshire,
and Dr. Jim O’Keefe is working on an online Statistics course as well as overseeing Supplemental instruction for certain math courses in the Fall. He and Dr. Albert Liau, continue to
work on the Davis Grant Data visualization project, a larger university initiative that will involve NSM more and more as it is rolled out. Kate Hendrix (adjunct, Geometry) is running a
Summer Math Circle in the small rural community of Randolph, Ohio. This is a very small community where math seems to consist largely of worksheets and memorization and where education is not as highly valued as it could be. She is hoping that this project will help grow into a
new way of experiencing math both for the local middle-schoolers as well as many local home
-schoolers.
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CLAS Calendar of Events
Thursday, September 8, 2016
(10a-1p)
29 Mellen
Celebrating the beginning of the
academic year
Please join Dean Steven S. Shapiro for a
meet and greet in his office at 29 Mellen. Light refreshments will be served.
All are welcome!
Dean Steven S. Shapiro
Ice
Cream
Social
Thursday, September 8, 2016
(1p-3p)
Marran Gallery
Please join us for a cold treat as we welcome all CLAS new and returning students.
Friday, September 16, 2016
The Social Sciences Division will be
planning an event in honor of Constitution Day. All students, faculty and staff
are welcome.
CLAS Honors Constitution Day
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CLAS Calendar of Events
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
(4p-5p)
Alumni Hall
Dr. Perrin will present to the CLAS community on the topic of:
Sabbatical Presentation
Dr. Jeffrey Perrin
Operationalizing the Abstract: Problems
with Measuring Connection to Nature
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
(2p-4p)
7 Mellen Conference Room
The Open house is a meet and greet for
faculty and staff who would like to connect with one another and the dean.
Dean’s Open House
Thursday, October 13, 2016
(5:45p)
Marran Theater
CLAS Reads 2016-2017 Inaugural
Speaker
Harvard Law Professor, Randall Kennedy
will speak to Lesley students, faculty and
staff on the topic of race in America.
Randall Kennedy
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CLAS Calendar of Events
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
(3p-4p)
UHALL 2-150
Dr. Lucas will present to the CLAS community on her recent sabbatical topic:
Sabbatical Presentation
Anti-Racism Commitment: Implications
for Academia
Dr. Janel Lucas
Tuesday, November 17, 2016
(12p-1p)
UHALL 4-040
Dr. Dallalfar will present to the CLAS
community on her recent sabbatical
topic:
Sabbatical Presentation
Dr. Arlene Dallalfar
September 2016
Sacred Rituals in Tehran: An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo Persian Identities.
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