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Cynthia Gibbon Musselman Library
Leigh, Jennifer S.A., Cynthia Gibbon, and Janelle Wertzberger. "They Click! Information Literacy and Undergraduates in an Introduction to Management Class." Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Social Sciences Students and Practitioners: A Casebook of Applications. Eds. Douglas Cook and Natasha Cooper. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2006. 175-185.
Undergraduates in an introductory Management course (MGT 111) are introduced to a broad spectrum of information literacy skills. They meet with academic librarians twice in a classroom setting. Students learn specific research techniques during the first session; in the second session, they discuss social and ethical information issues as they pertain to the publishing industry. Pairing a primarily tools-based session with an analytical discussion allows students to synthesize information literacy concepts with their discipline.
Steven Gimbel Department of Philosophy
Gimbel, Steven, and Anke Walz, eds. Defending Einstein: Hans Reichenbach's Early Writings on Space, Time, and Motion. New York, NY: Cambridge UP, 2006.
Hans Reichenbach, a philosopher, was one of five students in Einstein's first seminar on the general theory of relativity. This book chronicles the development of Reichenbach's reconstruction of Einstein's theory as well as the battles that Reichenbach fought on its behalf in both the academic and popular press.
Gimbel, Steven, and Michael R. Wedlock. "Report on an Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Philosophy of Chemistry." Journal of Chemical Education 83.6 (2006): 880.
Gimbel, Steven. "Hershey, Stakeholders, and Aristotle." Philosophy of Management 5 (2006): 47-54.
Nathalie Goubet Department of Psychology
Goubet, Nathalie, Philippe Rochat, Céline Maire-Leblond, and Sarah Poss. "Learning from Others in 9-18 Month-Old Infants." Infant and Child Development 15 (2006): 161-177.
This article documents young children's emerging ability to use adults' expertise when trying to solve simple problems. The data show that by the first half of the second year, infants see others as a potential source of instruction.
Sharon Davis Gratto Sunderman Conservatory of Music
Gratto, Sharon Davis. "What's New?." PMEA News 71.1 (2006): 52.
This article is part of a regular choral music review column that I write for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association's state journal. The Fall issue included highlights of several new choral publications, including a set of octavos for treble voices from the French film Les Choristes, a commissioned work for the 20th anniversary of the Frederick (Maryland) Children's Chorus, and a new arrangement of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music.
Gratto, Sharon Davis. "Reflections on the ACDA-PA Elementary Honor Choir Music at the Valley Forge Conference." PMEA News 70.4 (2006): 30&32.
This is a regular choral review column that I write for this quarterly publication of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. In this article, I review the choral literature that I selected when I conducted the American Choral Directors Association of Pennsylvania's Elementary Honor Choir at the PMEA Convention in Valley Forge in April 2006.
Laurence A. Gregorio Department of French
Gregorio, Laurence A. "Des Esseintes and the Facts of Life: A Darwinian Reading of À Rebours." Excavatio 20.1/2 (2005): 117-132.
The article is a study of the role of Darwinian thought, both purely evolutionary as well as Social Darwinist, in the narrative of Huysmans' novel. Explicit allusions to Darwin and more subtle references to evolutionary facts of life are shown to circumscribe the protagonist's choices and to lead to the outcome of the novel's action.
Joseph J. Grzybowski Department of Chemistry
Fong, Peter P., Joseph J. Grzybowski, and Erin N. Barkdoll. "Chemical and Coliform Bacterial Analysis of Springs and Creeks in Adams County, Pennsylvania." Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 80.1 (2006): 4-11.
The paper documents the occurrence of various chemicals and coliform bacteria in springs and creeks in the Gettysburg National Military Park and Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve.
Allen C. Guelzo Department of History
Guelzo, Allen C., and Douglas A. Sweeney, eds. The New England Theology: From Jonathan Edwards to Edwards Amasa Park. Baker Academic, 2006.
Guelzo, Allen C. "A Contingent Somebody: Hannibal Hamlin's Claim for a First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation." Maine History 42 (2006): 259-270.
Guelzo, Allen C. Introduction. Lincoln's Devotional: The Writings that Inspired Lincoln's Spirituality. Religious Tract Society, Barnes and Noble, 2006.
Guelzo, Allen C. "The Stuff of Democratic Life." Wall Street Journal 22 Nov. 2006.
Kelly A. Harrison Class of 2006, Psychology Major
Siviy, Stephen M., Kelly A. Harrison, '06, and Iain S. McGregor. "Fear, Risk Assessment, and Playfulness in the Juvenile Rat." Behavioral Neuroscience 120.1 (2006): 49-59.
This work describes the extent to which predatory odors can affect play in juvenile rats. The results suggest that using predatory-odor induced reductions in play may be a useful model for gaining insight into the consequences of fear and anxiety in young animals.
Caroline A. Hartzell Department of Political Science
Hartzell, Caroline A. "Structuring the Peace: Negotiated Settlements and the Construction of Conflict Management Institutions." Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace. Eds. T. David Mason and James D. Meernik. Routledge, 2006. 31-52.
Hoddie, Matthew, and Caroline Hartzell. "Power Sharing in Peace Settlements: Initiating the Transition from Civil War." Sustainable Peace: Power and Democracy after Civil Wars. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005.
Barbara Schmitter Heisler Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Heisler, Barbara Schmitter. "Trade Unions and Immigrant Incorporation: The United States and Europe Compared." Paths of Integration: Migrants in Western Europe 1880-2004. Eds. Leo Lucassen, David Feldman, and Jochen Oltmer. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2006. 201-221.
The chapter examines the changing role of trade unions in the process of immigrant integration in two periods, 1900-1930 and 1965-2004, in three countries, the United States, Germany, and France.
Heisler, Barbara Schmitter, and James Hollifield. "Dietrich Thraenhardt: A Scholar for All Seasons." Herausforderung Migration: Perpsektiven der vegleichenden Politikwissenschaft; Festschrift fuer Dietrich Thraenhardt [The Migration Challenge: Perspectives from Comparative Political Science; Festschrift for Dietrich Thraenhardt]. Eds. Sigrid Baringhurst, James Hollifield, and Uwe Hunger. Berlin: Lit, 2006. 13-29.
In this article, the authors assess German political scientist Dietrich Thraenhardt's contributions to the comparative study of immigration and its consequences.
Heisler, Barbara Schmitter. "Transatlantic Discourse? Reflections on Comparing Immigration and Immigrant Integration in the United States and Germany." Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences. Eds. Hermann Kurthen, Antonio V. Menendez Alarcon, and Stefan Immerfall. Lexington Books, 2006. 153-172.
The chapter critically explores the comparative scholarly literature in the United States and Germany, suggesting that although both countries have been viewed as "exceptional," they have much in common.
Julia A. Hendon Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Hendon, Julia A. "Feminist Perspectives and the Teaching of Archaeology: Implications from the Inadvertent Ethnography of the Classroom." Feminist Anthropology: Past, Present, and Future. Eds. Pamela L. Geller and Miranda W. Stockett. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. 129-142.
This chapter discusses the contributions of feminism to archaeology. I argue that feminist archaeology is committed to a critical engagement of claims to objectivity that is neither constructivist nor unreflective. I then discuss how such an approach provides a framework for the teaching of archaeology. I illustrate this point with examples drawn from my experiences at Gettysburg.
Lopiparo, Jeanne L., Rosemary A. Joyce, and Julia A. Hendon. "Terminal Classic Pottery Production in the Ulúa Valley, Honduras." Geographies of Power: Understanding the Nature of Terminal Classic Pottery in the Maya Lowlands. Eds. Sandra L. Lopez Varela and Antonia E. Foias. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2005. 107-119.
This article reports the results of petrographic analysis of pottery vessels from several archaeological sites in the Lower Ulúa valley, Honduras. Included in the sample are items from Cerro Palenque, where I have directed excavations since 1998. The analysis demonstrates that communities in the valley used three different sources of clay to produce bowls and jars. These serving vessels were used for food and drink central to periodic ritual events sponsored by different communities within the valley. Cerro Palenque was one of the communities engaged in both production and sponsorship of these events. This is the first research to address the question of how and where these vessels, known as fine paste wares, were produced and distributed in the lower Ulúa valley.
Hendon, Julia A. "Fact or Speculation? How a Feminist Perspective Can Help Students Understand What Archaeologists Know and Why They Think They Know It." Archaeologies: Journal of the World Archaeological Congress 1.2(2005): 21-32.
This article considers in greater depth how feminist archaeology becomes an effective framework for undergraduate teaching. In the process I address some of the pedagogical challenges in trying to move students from naive to critical learners.
Hendon, Julia A. "Textile Production as Craft in Mesoamerica: Time, Labor, and Knowledge." Journal of Social Archaeology 6.3 (2006): 354-378.
Textile production in Mesoamerica before Spanish conquest has been seen as the full time work of women but not as an occupational specialization. This has impeded archaeological understanding of the significance of this activity because it does not fit into traditional theoretical paradigms. In this article, I take an alternative approach that considers textile production as a craft. I define craft as a sociotechnical system that combines knowledge, technique, mastery of technology, and an educational process.
Sherman S. Hendrix Department of Biology
McCrary, Jeffrey K., Brian R. Murphy, Jay R. Stauffer, Jr., and Sherman S. Hendrix. "Tilapia (Teleostei: Cichlidae) Status in Nicaraguan Natural Waters." Environmental Biology of Fishes 78 (2007): 107-114.
The authors surveyed the watersheds covering more than 80% of the surface area of Nicaragua, and reviewed the history of deliberate introductions and unintentional invasion of tilapias, Oreochromis ssp., into the freshwater of Nicaragua.
Eleanor J. Hogan Department of Asian Studies
Hogan, Eleanor J. "Nogami Yaeko." The Modern Murasaki: Writing by Women of Meiji Japan. Eds. Rebecca L. Copeland and Melek Ortabasi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. 293-300.
The work as a whole covers many of the "forgotten" women writers of the Meiji period (1868-1912) and includes translations as well as critical essays. It is an important volume for those interested in world literature, Japanese literature, and women's studies.
Hogan, Eleanor J., and Midori Yonezawa Morris, trans. "Persimmon Sweets." The Modern Murasaki: Writing by Women of Meiji Japan. Eds. Rebecca L. Copeland and Melek Ortabasi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. 301-310.
This translation was quite challenging for a variety of reasons, one of which is the nuances of the terminology used at the time. The language structure and kanji used 100 years ago is very different from today's modern written and spoken Japanese.
John W. Jones Sunderman Conservatory of Music
Jones, John W. "Composers as Partners: A Collaborative Approach to Building Successful Commissioning Projects." Mary E. Hoffman Symposium on Music Education: Inheriting a Legacy. Ed. Mark L. Mecham. Annville, PA: Lebanon Valley College, 2006. 181-186
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"Composers as Partners" is a paper presented at the Lebanon Valley College's Mary E. Hoffman Symposium on Music Education in 2004. The article, which explores the relationship between composers and a variety of commissioning bodies, was recently published in the Festschrift "Inheriting a Legacy."
Jones, John W. Bel Air Blue & White: A Concert March, 2006.
Bel Air Blue & White was commissioned by the Bel Air High School Reunion Band of Bel Air, Maryland. The piece, premiered on August 6, 2006, is a European-flavored parade march.
Jones, John W. Mount Gretna: A Concert Overture, 2006.
Mount Gretna was commissioned by the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 7 in memory of past president and composer Rodney S. Miller. The music was premiered on November 12, 2006 by the PMEA District 7 Elementary Honors band.
Brian Jordan Class of 2009, History Major
Jordan, Brian. "'The
Editors Will Little Note Nor Long Remember':
The paper, conceived
for Gabor Boritt's Gettysburg seminar in Fall
2005, is an analysis of the media reaction to the Gettysburg Address in
Ohio.
Analyzing selected newspapers from across the state, it determines that while
(understandably) Republican papers were more likely to quote from or announce
Lincoln's address, neither Republican nor Democrat papers remembered the speech
as important; the creation of Lincoln's text as indelible, sacrosanct lines was
in Ohio not contemporary (despite its strong Republican ties). That creation
would follow martyrdom, a trend not exclusive to the Buckeye State.
Florence Ramond Jurney Departments of French and Italian
Jurney, Florence Ramond. "Repenser l'intégration de la culture dans les cours de FLE." Le Français Dans Le Monde 346 (2006): 35-37.
This article focuses on the implementation of a new curriculum for language teaching based entirely on culture and introduced successfully in the French program at Gettysburg College.
Jurney, Florence Ramond. "The Island and the Creation of (Hi)Story in the Writings of Michelle Cliff and Jamaica Kincaid." Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal 4.1 (2006). <http://scholar.library.miami.edu/anthurium/volume_4/issue_1/jurney-theisland.html>.
This article centers on the ways the history of the island is presented by female protagonists in relation to their personal story, and speculates about the implications it may have on the narration. I analyze how colonial and postcolonial history is written, or re-written, by female characters. I specifically argue that, in their works, Anglophone Caribbean authors Michelle Cliff and Jamaica Kincaid "create" postcolonial (hi)story, as they do not only let the colonial subjects speak, but also contrast postcolonial realities with those emerging voices. Both authors express the links between grandmothers' wisdom and the importance of the (is)land as if to reassert the symbolic need to be physically connected - even if ever so loosely - to the country of origins.
Jurney, Florence Ramond. Voix/es Libres: Maternité et Identité Féminine dans la Littérature Antillaise. Birmingham, AL: Summa Publications, 2006.
Voix/es libres focuses on young female protagonists who question or defy the conventional restraints of motherhood. Drawing on Francophone works from the Caribbean, Jurney explores the rebellion of these young women against an oppressive patriarchal structure that enables them to unearth, through their mothers' stories, an extensive female genealogy, thus empowering them to tell their own stories. These stories are in turn analyzed in the context of the female history and matrilineal ancestry of which they are a part of. Through the analysis of the theme of exile, both literal and figurative, Jurney shows that female characters fight displacement - associated with separation from the mother or from a substitute mother and caregiver - by seeking out other women in the community to act as surrogate mothers or mentors. In addition, Jurney argues that women must move from a place of exile to a place of origin in order to construct a new female identity. By creating a new tradition in which women define motherhood in their own terms, these authors write against persistent male stereotypes which have dominated Western literature.
Brooks Kaiser Department of Economics
Burnett, Kimberly, Brooks Kaiser, Basharat A. Pitafi, and James A. Roumasset. "Prevention, Eradication, and Containment of Invasive Species: Illustrations from Hawaii." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 35.1 (2006): 63-77.
Invasive species change ecosystems and the economic services such ecosystems provide. Optimal policy will minimize the expected damages and costs of prevention and control. We seek to explain policy outcomes as a function of biological and economic factors, using the case of Hawaii to illustrate. First, we consider an existing invasion, Miconia calvescens, a plant with the potential to reduce biodiversity, soil cover, and water availability. We then examine an imminent threat, the potential arrival of the Brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis). The arrival of the snake to Guam has led to native bird extirpations, power outages, and health costs.
Kaiser, Brooks. "The National Environmental Policy Act's Influence on USDA Forest Service Decision-Making, 1974-1996." Journal of Forest Economics 12.2 (2006): 109-130.
This paper uses new data from Forest Service Environmental Impact Statements and Environmental Assessments to examine Forest Service preferences and choices shaped by NEPA- required interaction with the public. This paper presents the first empirical inquiry using actual harvest plans. The agency and public are players in a game with rules determined by NEPA. Impacts on Forest Service production are estimated using a nested multinomial logit model. Findings indicate that NEPA has little short run impact on the provision of environmental amenities, as the agency control of the process results in systematic decisions that reflect rather than change agency preferences.
Kaiser, Brooks. "Economic Impacts of Non-Indigenous Species: Miconia and the Hawaiian Economy." Euphytica 148.1-2 (2006): 135-150.
Imperfect scientific information regarding potential invasiveness, differences between private and public outcomes for individual decisions regarding planting, and inadequate prevention activity combine to impose costs through a change in native ecosystems susceptible to invasion by hardy, rapidly reproducing non-indigenous species. Concepts and tools from economic theory that may improve policy decisions are explored through the specific example of Miconia calvescens in Hawaii. Rapid expansion of M. calvescens, an ornamental tree introduced to several Pacific Islands over the last century, threatens local watersheds, endangered species, and recreational and aesthetic values in the Hawaiian and Society Islands. Potential welfare losses from the unchecked spread of Miconia in Hawaii are illustrated. Policy options investigated include accommodation of these losses, efforts at containment, or eradication. Estimates are determined through an optimal control model describing the potential expansion of the weed and its control costs and damages. Results suggest that cost-effective policies will vary with the level of invasion as well as the expected net benefits from control efforts.
Kaiser, Brooks. "On the Garden Path: An Economic Perspective on Prevention and Control Policies for an Invasive Species." Choices 21.3 (2006). <http://www.choicesmagazine.org/2006-3/invasive/2006-3-03.htm>
Economists currently use the term invasive species to denote species that arrive in a new ecological setting and spread, creating ecological and economic damages. The problem facing invasive policy managers is to select strategies that minimize the overall invasive species-related costs over time, including prevention and control expenditures and damages. This article aims to highlight the connection between prevention and control in decisions to best utilize scarce resources to fight invasive species and arises from a more extensive literature involving this author and others (Burnett et al., 2006; Olson & Roy, 2005).
Cushing-Daniels, Brendan and Brooks Kaiser. "Environmental Kuznets Curves: Environmental Wealth and Spending." Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment. Eds. K. Aravossis, C.A. Brebbia, E. Kakaras, and A.G. Kungolos. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2006. 233-242.
The existence of an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) - a pattern of pollution that rises and then falls with higher levels of real gross domestic product per capita - remains controversial. Previous research fails to address simultaneity concerns. We match empirical evidence on EKCs with theoretical underpinnings and investigate the roles of endowments, spending, and technology. Income elasticity of demand for environmental quality may vary with output levels. Varying separability of pollution and production across goods may mask the presence of EKCs. Demand and supply must be contextualized by the resource endowment. We describe a model of the connection between collective environmental provision (government spending) and economic prosperity using data at the US state level. We examine the inverse of the traditional EKC: the relationship between state spending on natural resources and the environment and real gross state product, enabling identification of demand and supply components of the environmental quality-economic growth tradeoff. Our results suggest non-linear income effects for environmental quality and support the hypothesis that at higher incomes, environmental quality is a luxury good. An EKC is best described as a moving frontier of what people have (endowment), what people want (demand), and what is feasible (technology/ supply). In this light, the puzzle of where and when we witness EKCs should be considerably demystified.
J. Matthew Kittelberger Department of Biology
Kittelberger, J. Matthew, Bruce R. Land, and Andrew H. Bass. "Midbrain Periaqueductal Gray and Vocal Patterning in a Teleost Fish." Journal of Neurophysiology 96.1 (2006): 71-85.
This paper demonstrates how the electrical activity patterns of nerve cells in this part of the brain are involved in coordinating vocal communication signals. An important conclusion of our findings was the striking degree of evolutionary conservation in both the structure and function of this brain circuit across vertebrates, from fish to mammals.
Kittelberger, J. Matthew, and Richard Mooney. "Synaptic Mechanisms and Sensitive Periods for Song Learning." Behavior and Neurodynamics for Auditory Communication. Eds. Jagmeet S. Kanwal and Günter Ehret. Cambridge UP, 2006. 223-264.
Kim Dana Kupperman Managing Editor of The Gettysburg Review
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "Relief." reprinted in Best American Essays 2006. Eds.Robert Atwan and Lauren Slater. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 96-106.
This personal essay originally appeared in Hotel Amerika in Spring of 2005.
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "Pregnant Madonna Scrubbing Floor." Alaska Quarterly Review 23 (2006): 137-140.
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "I Just Lately Started Buying Wings." Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction 21 (2006). <http://www.creativenonfiction.org/brevity/index.htm>.
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "Wings Over Moscow." Cimarron Review 155 (2006): 41-53.
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "Teeth in the Wind." River Teeth 7 (2006): 116-135.
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "A Short Grammar of Love." Hotel Amerika 5 (2006): 41-43.
Kupperman, Kim Dana. "Of Miracles, Nested Dolls, and the Unlimited: The Physics of Dimensionality in Three Works of Literary Nonfiction." Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment 13 (2006): 33-55.
This essay uses the work of American physicist David Bohm as a paradigm to understanding narrative dimensionality in works of literary nonfiction by Loren Eiseley, Susan Griffin, and N. Scott Momaday.
Elizabeth Lambert Department of English
Lambert, Elizabeth. "Burke's Irish Connections in England." Edmund Burke's Irish Identities. Ed. Sean Patrick Donlan. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, 2006. 56-68.
This is the first collection of essays to focus on Edmund Burke's complex relationship to his native Ireland. Lambert's article, "Burke's Irish Connections in England" fleshes out the extent to which his public and private life in England was both hampered and helped by the on-going stream of Irish relations and connections into his London home and his country estate in Beaconsfield.
Bruce A. Larson Department of Political Science
Heberlig, Eric, Marc Hetherington, and Bruce A. Larson. "The Price of Leadership: Campaign Money and the Polarization of Congressional Parties." Journal of Politics 68.4 (2006): 989-1002.
We demonstrate the leadership selection system in the U.S. House, which now gives significant weight to fundraising, helps to explain the continuing ideological polarization of the congressional parties. Challenging the ideological middleman theory of party leadership - which predicts that parties will select legislative leaders from the ideological median of the party - we show that members will select ideologically extremists over ideological centrists as leaders when extremists compile a better party fundraising record than centrists.
Dwyre, Diana, Eric Heberlig, Robin Kolodny and Bruce A. Larson. "Committees and Candidates: National Party Finance after BCRA." The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary Parties. Eds. John Green and Daniel Coffey. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2006. 95-112.
This chapter evaluates the impact of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA) on congressional party campaign finance.
Nathalie Lebon Department of Women's Studies
Lebon, Nathalie, and Elizabeth Maier, eds. De Lo Privado a Lo Público: 30 Años de Lucha Ciudadana de Las Mujeres en América Latina [From Private to Public: 30 Years of Citizens' Struggles by Women in Latin America]. Siglo XXI, 2006.
Lebon, Nathalie. Introduction. De Lo Privado a Lo Público: 30 Años de Lucha Ciudadana de Las Mujeres en América Latina [From Private to Public: 30 Years of Citizens' Struggles by Women in Latin America]. Siglo XXI, 2006.
Sponsored by UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) and the Latin American Studies Association, the volume's more than 20 chapters examine the gains and challenges engendered by women's participation in political processes within and outside of the institutional arena throughout Latin America since the International Women's Year in 1975.
Jennifer Leigh Department of Management
Leigh, Jennifer S.A., Cynthia Gibbon, and Janelle Wertzberger. "They Click! Inforation Literacy and Undergraduates in an Introduction to Management Class." Teaching Information Literacy Skills to Social Sciences Students and Practitioners: A Casebook of Applications. Eds. Douglas Cook and Natasha Cooper. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2006. 175-185.
Undergraduates in an introductory Management course (MGT 111) are introduced to a broad spectrum of information literacy skills. They meet with academic librarians twice in a classroom setting. Students learn specific research techniques during the first session; in the second session, they discuss social and ethical information issues as they pertain to the publishing industry. Pairing a primarily tools-based session with an analytical discussion allows students to synthesize information literacy concepts with their discipline.
Laurence A. Marschall Department of Physics and W.K.T. Sahm Professor
Torres, Guillermo, Claud H. Lacy, Laurence A. Marschall, Holly A. Sheets '02, and Jeff A. Mader. "The Eclipsing Binary V1061 Cygni: Confronting Stellar Evolution Models for Active and Inactive Solar-Type Stars." Astrophysical Journal 640.2 (2006): 1018-1038.
An important analysis of a multiple-star system, including extensive observational work by physics major Holly Sheets (Gettysburg, 2003) using the Gettysburg College Observatory. The physical properties of the three stars in the system are determined to high precision and tested against current models of stellar structure.
Jon H. Marvel Department of Management
Weckman, Gary R., Jon H. Marvel, and Richard L. Shell. "Decision Support Approach to Fleet Maintenance Requirements in the Aviation Industry." Journal of Aircraft 43.5 (2006): 1352-1360.
This paper discusses a decision support system approach to modeling jet engine life and predicting maintenance requirements for engine restoration.
Brian P. Meier Department of Psychology
Engel, Scott G., Michael D. Robinson, Sara J. Wonderlich, and Brian P. Meier, Stephen A. Wonderlich, Ross D. Crosby, Kristine J. Steffen, and James E. Mitchell. "Does the Avoidance of Body and Shape Concerns Reinforce Eating Disordered Attitudes? Evidence from a Manipulation Study." Eating Behaviors 7(2006): 368-374.
We randomly trained 73 female participants to attend to or avoid body/shape related words. The results revealed that participants trained to avoid body/shape related words reported more concerns about eating and body shape. These results suggest that attentional avoidance of body/shape concerns actually increase such concerns.
Meier, Brian P., Michael D. Robinson, and Benjamin M. Wilkowski. "Turning the Other Cheek: Agreeableness and the Regulation of Aggression-Related Primes." Psychological Science 17.2 (2006): 136-142.
This paper presents two experiments that investigate the manner in which agreeable individuals regulate their behavior and thoughts after exposure to aggression-provoking stimuli.
Robinson, Michael D., Benjamin M. Wilkowski, Ben S. Kirkeby, and Brian P. Meier. "Stuck in a Rut: Perseverative Response Tendencies and the Neuroticism--Distress Relationship." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 135.1 (2006): 78-91.
This paper presents seven studies that examined the impact response perseveration (i.e., difficulty in switching from task to task) has on the relationship between neuroticism and distress.
Meier, Brian P., and Michael D. Robinson. "Does 'Feeling Down' Mean Seeing Down? Depressive Symptoms and Vertical Selective Attention." Journal of Research in Personality 40.4 (2006): 451-461.
Two studies reveal that people high in neuroticism or depressive symptoms selectively attend to a lower region of vertical space. In other words, "feeling down" appears compatible with seeing down. The research in this article was covered by the London Times and the BBC.
Meier, Brian P., Michael D. Robinson, George A. Gaither, and Nikki J. Heinert. "A Secret Attraction or a Defensive Loathing? Homophobia, Defense, and Implicit Cognition." Journal of Research in Personality 40.4 (2006): 377-394.
Some research suggests that homophobes may have a latent attraction to gay sex. The implicit-cognitive reactivity, however, has not been examined. In this study, participants completed two implicit tasks designed to tap sexual interest. We found that self-deception was useful in distinguishing defensive versus non-defensive homophobia. Contrary to the idea that defensive homophobes harbor an implicit attraction for gay sex, we found that such individuals displayed evidence of a phobic-like aversion. We also identified a non-deceptive form of homophobia that was not associated with an implicit attraction or aversion.
Robinson, Michael D., Katie A. Mitchell, Ben S. Kirkeby, and Brian P. Meier. "The Self as a Container: Implication for Implicit Self-Esteem and Somatic Symptoms." Metaphor and Symbol 21.3 (2006): 147-167.
We borrow from the self-as-container spatial metaphor to suggest that individual differences in implicit self-esteem, based on a spatial compatibility task, should predict somatic symptoms such as muscle soreness, headaches, and breathing difficulties. Our findings were consistent with spatial metaphor in suggesting that lower levels of implicit self-esteem are associated with tendencies to internalize negative evaluations, in turn biasing bodily symptom perception.
Robinson, Michael D., Benjamin M. Wilkowski, and Brian P. Meier. "Unstable in More Ways Than One: Reaction-Time Variability and the Neuroticism/Distress Relationship." Journal of Personality 74.2 (2006): 311-343.
We hypothesized that a greater degree of stimulus-response variability could either serve adaptive or maladaptive control functions, depending on levels of neuroticism. Specifically, neuroticism/distress relations were hypothesized to be somewhat particular to those individuals characterized by higher reaction-time variability scores. Three studies revealed that neuroticism was a strong predictor of self-reported negative affect and informant judgments of negative affect and anxious symptoms, but only among participants exhibiting greater variability in the choice reaction-time tasks. The results highlight the manner in which neuroticism may "taint" control functions, in turn reinforcing neuroticism-linked outcomes.
Wilkowski, Benjamin M., Michael D. Robinson, and Brian P. Meier. "Agreeableness and the Prolonged Spatial Processing of Antisocial and Prosocial Information." Journal of Research in Personality 40.6 (2006): 1152-1168.
The current studies examined the attention processes of agreeableness. We asked participants to encode stimuli with a prosocial and antisocial meaning and then we assessed the speed with which they could spatially disengage attention from such stimuli. As expected, individuals low in agreeableness exhibited difficulties disengaging from antisocial stimuli, whereas individuals high in agreeableness exhibited difficulties disengaging from prosocial stimuli. These findings suggest that attention processes likely contribute to agreeableness-related outcomes such as anger and aggression.
Kevin Moffett Department of English
Moffett, Kevin. Permanent Visitors. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2006.
Settled amid the seasonal amusements and condominium-lined beaches of the Florida coast, the characters who inhabit Kevin Moffett's award-winning stories reach out of their lives to find that something unexpected and mysterious has replaced what used to be familiar. Some are stalled in the present, alone or lonely, bemused by mortality and disappointment. Some move toward the future heartened by what they learn from those around them--a tattoo artist, an invented medicine man, zoo animals, strangers, fellow outsiders. Deftly rendered, these stories abound with oddness and grace. In "Tattooizm," included in The Best American Short Stories 2006, a young woman struggles with a promise that her boyfriend is determined to make her keep. In the Nelson Algren Award-winning "Space," a reluctantly undertaken errand forces a young man to finally confront the death of his mother. And in "The Medicine Man," hailed by the Times (U.K.) as "perfectly pitched and perfectly written," a man recounts his manic attachment to his sister. Moffett's closely observed stories are candid and complex, funny and moving. The world of Permanent Visitors is an idiosyncratic and generous one, its inhabitants searching for constancy in a place crowded with contradiction.
Midori Yonezawa Morris Department of Asian Studies
Hogan, Eleanor J., and Midori Yonezawa Morris, trans. "Persimmon Sweets." The Modern Murasaki: Writing by Women of Meiji Japan. Eds. Rebecca L. Copeland and Melek Ortabasi. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. 301-310.
This translation was quite challenging for a variety of reasons, one of which is the nuances of the terminology used at the time. The language structure and kanji used 100 years ago is very different from today's modern written and spoken Japanese.
Anna Jane Moyer Librarian Emerita
Moyer, Anna Jane. To Waken Fond Memory: Moments in the History of Gettysburg College. Gettysburg, PA: Friends of Musselman Library, 2006.
Anyone who has been part of Gettysburg College for the past several decades will remember the lively historical articles that former Reader's Services Librarian Anna Jane Moyer wrote for Gettysburg, the alumni magazine, in the 1970s and 1980s. These engaging pieces introduced us all to the people, the campus, and the social life of the College. Anna Jane herself was an integral part of the Gettysburg College community from 1961-1999, serving students, faculty, and staff in Schmucker and Musselman Libraries. Thanks to the Friends of Musselman Library, the 175th Anniversary Steering Committee, and the hard work of Library and College staff, these vignettes of college life are published together in a single volume.
Todd W. Neller Department of Computer Science
Neller, Todd W., Zdravko Markov, and Ingrid Russell. "Clue Deduction: Professor Plum Teaches Logic." Proceedings of the 19th International FLAIRS Conference FLAIRS, 2006: 214-219. <http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/papers/flairs06.pdf>.
This paper describes how the popular board game Clue is used as a central reasoning challenge in curricular materials developed for teaching logic in an introductory artificial intelligence course. In addition to substantial supporting resources for instructors, the central guided project of these materials allows students to implement a Clue reasoner that outperforms the best Clue AI commercially available.
Neller, Todd W, Zdravko Markov, and Ingrid Russell. Clue Deduction: An Introduction to Satifiability Reasoning. <http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/nsf/clue/index.html>.
This is the project website overviewed in the paper "Clue Deduction: Professor Plum Teaches Logic."
Neller, Todd W., Clifton G. M. Presser, Ingrid Russell, and Zdravko Markov. "Pedagogical Possibilities for the Dice Game Pig." Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 21.6 (2006): 149-161.
<http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/papers/ccscne06.pdf>.
This paper, which won Best Papers-2nd place at the Consortium for Computing Sciences at Colleges (Northeastern Region - CCSCNE '06), describes a variety of ways the jeopardy dice game Pig may be used throughout a Computer Science curriculum. It underscores the importance of simple, fun teaching examples that engage students without obscuring target concepts.
Neller, Todd W., Clifton G. M. Presser, Ingrid Russell, and Zdravko Markov. Computer Science Resources for the Game of Pig. 19 April 2006. <http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/resources/pig/index.html>.
This page is a companion resource site for the paper "Pedagogical Possibilities for the Dice Game Pig."
Neller, Todd W., Clifton G. M. Presser, Ingrid Russell, and Zdravko Markov. Solving the Dice Game Pig: An Introduction to Dynamic Programming and Value Iteration . <http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/nsf/pig/index.html>.
This page presents the NSF-funded curricular project described in the paper "Pedagogical Possibilities for the Dice Game Pig."
Neller, Todd W., and Clifton G.M. Presser. "Pigtail: A Pig Addendum." The UMAP Journal 26.4 (2005): 443-458. <http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/papers/pig+.pdf>.
This addendum expands upon earlier work by visualizing optimal play policies computed for a variety of jeopardy dice games, including Pass the Pigs.
Neller, Todd W., and Clifton G. M. Presser. The Game of Pig. <http://cs.gettysburg.edu/projects/pig>.
The Game of Pig is a simple, fun, jeopardy dice game. The first player to reach 100 points wins. Each turn, a player rolls a single die as many times as desired until either the player (1) holds and scores the sum of the rolls, or (2) rolls a 1 and scores nothing. This website presents optimal play first computed at Gettysburg College. One can play an optimal computer player, see 3D visualizations of optimal play, and browse extensive game resources. Enjoy!
Markov, Zdravko, Ingrid Russell, Todd Neller, and Neli Zlatareva. "Pedagogical Possibilities for the N-Puzzle Problem." Proceedings of the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Diego, CA: ASEE/IEEE, 2006. http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/papers/fie06.pdf
In this paper, we describe NSF-funded artificial intelligence (AI) curricular development work with a unifying theme of machine learning. In particular, we present several pedagogical possibilities for the N-puzzle problem, the rich challenge it offers, and our experiences using it.
Eric E. Noreen Department of Health Sciences
Berardi, John M., Thomas B. Price, Eric E. Noreen, and Peter W. R. Lemon. "Postexercise Muscle Glycogen Recovery Enhanced with a Carbohydrate-Protein Supplement." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 38.6 (2006): 1106-1113.
This study found that muscle glycogen resynthesis rates were greater when the subjects were given a post-exercise supplement that contained carbohydrate and protein versus carbohydrates only.
Noreen, Eric E. and Peter W. R. Lemon. "Reliability of Air Displacement Plethysmography in a Large Heterogenous Sample." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 38.8 (2006): 1505-1509.
This study found that air displacement plethysmography is a reliable measure of body composition in adults, and as such is an appropriate measure to monitor serial changes in body composition.
Matthew Norman Department of Civil War Era Studies and Africana Studies
Norman, Matthew. "Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, the Model Republic, and the Right of Revolution, 1848-1861." Politics and Culture of the Civil War Era: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Johannsen. Eds. Daniel J. McDonough and Kenneth W. Noe. Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna UP, 2006. 154-177.
This book is a festschrift in honor of Robert W. Johannsen, a noted Civil War scholar, who taught history at the University of Illinois from 1959 to 2000. My essay examines how Lincoln and Douglas perceived the right of revolution from the time of the 1848 revolutions in Europe until the beginning of the American Civil War.
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