Publication of Prof. Steve Fesmire's Writing
From GMC Journal
September 10, 2012
Prof. Steve Fesmire’s (philosophy, environmental studies) chapter titled “Ecological Imagination and Aims of Moral Education through the Kyoto School and American Pragmatism” appeared this summer in Paul Standish and Naoko Saito, eds., Education and the Kyoto School of Philosophy: Pedagogy for Human Transformation (Springer, 2012).
Prof. Jen Sellers and other GMC Staff Presented at Higher Education Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of March 26, 2012
Prof. Jen Sellers (psychology), director of academic support services Christina Fabrey, Wellness Center director Heidie Vazquez-Garcia, and Learning Center associate Svea Miller all presented at the 2012 Vermont Women in Higher Education conference held March 22 – 23 in Killington, Vt. The conference theme was Vermont Strong: Renew, Regrow, Rebuild and was attended by over 100 higher education professionals across the state.
Prof. Sam Edwards and Prof. Vance Jackson Presents “The Effect of Technology on Addressing Emotions in Dispute Resolution: Using the Right Tools for the Job”
From the GMC Journal
Week of February 27, 2012
Prof. Sam Edwards (environmental studies) and prof. Vance Jackson (psychology) recently gave a conference presentation titled “The Effect of Technology on Addressing Emotions in Dispute Resolution: Using the Right Tools for the Job” at the Cyberweek conference sponsored by the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution at the University of Massachusetts and Creighton University School of Law’s Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. Their presentation examined how the various forms of communication affect emotions and gave recommendations for matching technology with types of disputes.
Students Present Research at National Conference
From the GMC Journal
Week of April 4, 2011
Seven psychology students presented research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research held at Ithaca College at the end of March.
Elizabeth Cerezo ’12 and Emma Wallace ’12 presented “Resource use in view of threatened scarcity”, Michel Danilowicz ’12 and Rhyan Hollis ’12 presented “Priming stereotypes: Social dominance orientation and intergroup conflict”, and Christina Melendy ’11, Edgar Vigil ’11, and Pragatee Dhakal ’11 presented “More or less choice? An examination of stress during crisis situations.”
In addition to the student presentations, Prof. Jen Sellers (psychology) moderated two sessions of student talks in psychology at the conference.
Sellers Wins VWHE Award
From the GMC Journal
Week of October 4, 2010
Prof. Jen Sellers (psychology) has received the 2010 Peggy R. Williams Emerging Professional Award from Vermont Women in Higher Education. This award is presented to a woman “who is in the early stages of her career, demonstrates excellence in her contributions to students, colleagues, and her institution and shows promise and potential for future contributions.” Jen received the award at the VWHE awards dinner and ceremony September 28 in Montpelier.
