Opportunities for Discovery

The Millersville University community makes academic, artistic, and applied contributions to global cultures through its active participation in scholarly activities. The past year of contributions to our disciplines and cultures is being celebrated with the annual scholarship exhibit, Opportunities For Discovery: An Exhibit of Scholarly & Creative Works, located in Ganser Library from March 26 through the summer. Browse through a unique collection of art exhibits, presentation materials, books and journal articles that chronicle a year in the life of Millersville University scholarship.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Creator or Author
Department

Title of Work

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Joyce Anderson
English
Business Writing

Ralph Anttonen and
Michelle White
Exploratory Program/
Academic Advisement

Turning Your Vision Into Reality: Build, Embed, and Maintain a First Year Experience Initiative
William Archibald
English
Teaching Writing with Web 2.0 Apps

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Deborah Barkun
Art
Orienteering With Double Moss: the Catographies of half/angel's The Knitting Map
Jean Boal
Biology
Octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides) and Cuttlefishes (Sepia Pharaonis, S. Officinalis) Can Conditionally Discriminate

Sharon Brusic
Industry & Technology

Technology: Engineering and Design

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Judith Cebra-Thomas
Biology
How the Turtle Gets Its Shell
Gloria Chuku
History
Review of J. I. Dibua, Modernization and the Crisi of Development in Africa: The Nigerian Experience
Lesley Colabucci
Elementary and
Early Childhood Education
Celebrating New York City in Children's Literature: CLA Workshop Brings NYC to Life
Patrick Cooney
Physics
Wearing Wings - Lucca - 2007
Caleb Corkery
English
Richard Wright and His White Audience: How the Author's Persona Gave Native Son Historical Significance
Carole Counihan
Sociology/Anthropology
Food and Culture: A Reader
James Crivaro
Wellness and
Sport Sciences
The Benefits of Strength Training

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Alex DeCaria
Earth Sciences

Relating Static Energy to Potential Temperature: A Caution
Sandra Deemer
Educational Foundations
Preparing All Students For Success: An Investigation of the Relationships Among Student Participation In a Graduation Project, Achievement Goals, and Career Exploration Endeavors
Cheryl Desmond
Educational Foundations
Sexuality, Discourse, and Biographical Method: Issues In Telling Other People's Lives
Bill Dormond
Communication & Theatre

The World Is a Classroom: A Social Entreprenurial Pedagogy For The Digital Age

Natalia Dushkina
Physics
Integration of Optics Into The Undergraduate Physics Curriculum at Millersville University

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Tony Elliot
Communication & Theatre
Millersville University Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

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Shawn Gallagher
Psychology
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome: An Inherited Cause of Glaucoma In A Local Mennonite Family
Ann Gantt
Social Work
African American Single Mothers Raising Sons: Strategies and Dilemmas
Heather Girvin
Social Work
Predicting Program Completion Among Families Enrolled In A CHild Neglect Prevention Intervention

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Judith Halden-Sullivan
English
Architect / House Of Being
Laurie Hanich
Educational Foundations
Cognitive Characterisitics Of Children With Mathematics Learning Disability (MLD) Vary As A Function Of The Cutoff Criterion Used To Define MLD
Christopher Hardy
Biology
Phylogeny and Historical Ecology of Rhodocoma (Restionaceae) From The Cape Floristic Region
Noel Heitmann
Mathematics
Stabilization Of The Evolutionary Convection Diffusion Problem: Introduction and Experiments
David Hill
Psychology
Developmental Considerations For Group Therapy With Youth

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Stacey Irwin
Communication & Theatre
Siren's Song: Dwelling In Digital Sound

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Bruce Kellner
English
Winter Ridge: A Love Story
Tanya Kevorkian
History
Baroque Piety: Religion, Society and Music In Leipzig, 1650-1750
Seokjin Kim
Business Administration
Locating Capacitated Facilities To Maximize Captured Demand
Kit Kittappa
Mathematics
Enumeration of Rectangular Kolam Configurations, A Traditional Design Of The Tamil Land

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Adam Lawrence
Government and
Political Affairs
Great Expectations: Reconsidering President James Buchanan's Place In History
Susan Luek and
Bea Grosh
Psychology
Difference Between Younger and Older Adults In The Ability To Label and Recall Sweet and Sour Flavors

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Nanette Marcum-Dietrich
Educational Foundations
Using Constructivist Theories To Educate The Outsiders
Jeremiah Mbindyo
Chemistry
Structure and Solvent Properties Of Microemulsions
Linda McDowell
Educational Foundations
Chapter 2 "Millersville University" In Exploring The Evidence: Initiatives In The First College Year
Pat McCaskey and
Donald Brady
Business Administration
The Current Status Of Course Offerings. In: Pricing In The Business Curriculum
Gwyn McVay
English
Ordinary Beans
Celica Milovanovic
Foreign Languages
The Epicurean Philosophy In Rome: The Poet Lucretius And The Creation vs. Evolution Debate

Nazli Mollah-Hardy
Computer Science and
Christopher Hardy
Biology

Liana Web Atlas of Pennsylvania

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Marcia Nell
Elementary and
Early Childhood Education
Promoting Positive Parental Perceptions

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Marilyn Parrish
Library
Seeking Authenticity: Women and Learning In The Catholic Worker Movement

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Carla Rineer
English/Women's Studies
Writing Women: The Silences
Karena Rush
Psychology
PRIDE: 28 Day Summer Program For At-Risk Students

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Beverly Schneller
English

Chapter "Anna Parnell: The Avondale Home Rulleress" In The Recorder

Dominic Scott
Educational Foundations
Peace Education - Learning By Doing
Elliot Seda
Educational Foundations
Review of the book, On Becoming Nuyoricans

Gregory Seigworth
Communication & Theatre

Something More, Something Less, and Something Else: Henri Lefebvre's Virtual Ontology Of The Everyday (in World Politics and Economics)
Sheaffer, M.P.A.
English
Wavy Feathers; Noon at St. Paul's Convent Garden; Hats
Lewis Shoemaker
Mathematics
A Study on the Association Between Extraneous Variables and Student Evaluations
Todd Sikora
Earth Sciences
Use of MODIS and Synthetic Aperature Radar Wind Speed Imagery to Describe the Morphology of Open Cell Convection
Carrie Lee Smith
Sociology/Anthropology
Becoming Full Citizens: The U.S. Women's Jury Rights Campaigns, the Pace of Reform, and Strategic Adaptation
Kenneth Smith
Economics
Flipping Burgers or Flipping Pages? Student Employment and Academic Attainment in Post-Societ Latvia
Mark Snyder
Industry & Technology
Electronic Delivery of Regulated Financial Information
Barbara Stengel
Educational Foundations
Philosophy of Education 2007, the Yearbook of the Philosophy of Education Society
Gregory Szczyrbak
Library and
William Archibald
English
Perceptron Delusion: A Research Game

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Diane Umble
Communication & Theatre
The Amish and the Media
Ronald Umble Higher Homotropy Hopf Algebras Found: A Ten Year Retrospective

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John Wallace
Biology
Culicidae. In: An Introduction To Aquatic Insects in North America
Marjorie Warmkessel
Library
Information Literacy Assessment
Scott Warner
Industry & Technology
The Role of Space Toward Facilitating Creativity
Michelle White and
Ralph Anttonen
Academic Advisement/
Exploratory Program

Mentoring, Advocacy and Leadership: Revisiting First-Year Student Advocate Award Recipients
Jeffrey Wimer
Wellness and
Sport Sciences
Motivating the Clinical Instructor
John Wright
Industry & Technology
Non-holonomic Robotic Control Using the BasicX-24p Microcontroller
Ying Wushanley
Wellness and
Sport Sciences
Marching Into the Male Camp: the Formation of the CCWAA and a Reconstruction of WOmen's Intercollegiate Athletic Identity in the USA