Inside Bona's Archive

Dec 6, 2017

Dr. Chris Mackowski

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Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Jandoli School of Communication

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Dr. Chris Mackowski has been on the road this fall talking about Confederate monuments. In October, he moderated a discussion on the topic for the Civil War Roundtable of Buffalo, N.Y.

On Nov. 2, Mackowski was an invited presenter for a program sponsored by the School for Conflict Analysis & Resolution at George Mason University, “Heritage or Harm: Public Discourse Regarding the Removal of Confederate Statues from Public Spaces.”

On Nov. 4, he appeared as a panelist at Genesee Community College, Batavia, N.Y., as part of a discussion titled “Considering Confederate statues, memorials & symbols.” The Batavian offered coverage of the discussion here: http://www.thebatavian.com/billie-owens/historians-gather-at-gcc-to-debate-controversy-around-confederate-monuments/456001.

On Nov. 18, he traveled to Burlington, N.C., to facilitate a discussion for the North Carolina Civil War Roundtable, the state’s oldest. As editor in chief of Emerging Civil War, Mackowski curated a 15-part series on the topic called “A Monumental Discussion,” featuring contributions from more than a dozen historians, including Pulitzer-finalist Brian Matthew Jordan and Dana Shoaf, editor of Civil War Times magazine. The series is available for review here: https://emergingcivilwar.com/page/2/?s=Monumental+Discussion.

Dec 6, 2017

Dr. Megan Walsh

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Associate Professor of English, English Department, School of Arts & Sciences

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Dr. Megan Walsh has been invited to join the Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed journal Early American Studies, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Dec 6, 2017

Dr. Anne Foerst

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Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, School of Arts & Sciences

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Dr. Anne Foerst was invited to present via Skype a paper at the 9th Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017) titled "Building Robots as Prayer."

Dec 6, 2017

Department of Accounting

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School of Business

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Dr. Carol Fischer published an article in the November 2017 issue of The CPA Journal. The article, titled “Overcoming Obstacles with the Right Tax Software: 2017 Annual Survey of New York State Practitioners,” was co-authored with Susan Anders, a professor at Midwestern State University who previously was on the faculty at St. Bonaventure. This publication is the 16th annual survey conducted by Fischer and Anders, whose questions have changed to reflect current issues and methodology has evolved to take advantage of technological advancements. They were assisted in research by Abby O’Connell, St. Bonaventure University senior, who contributed to data analysis in support of the paper. O'Connell was a McQuade intern for the accounting department in summer 2017.

Together with Dr. Mike Fisher, Dr. Carol Fischer also made a presentation at the Academy of Business Research conference in San Antonio, Texas, during the first weekend in November. The presentation was titled “FASB Staff Project: An Exercise in Accounting Theory & Research,” and described a project that they developed and implemented in the MBA capstone course for the Professional Accountancy program when they team-taught the course in 2016 and 2017.

The two, along with senior accounting major Jordan Urbanski, a McQuade intern in summer 2017, presented a research project titled “Should Sustainability Disclosures Be Required? An Analysis of Comments on SEC Concept Release No. 33-10064” at the Academy of Business Research conference in San Antonio, Texas, during the first weekend in November. This paper involved a content analysis of comment letters submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission related to sustainability disclosures. The purpose of the project was to determine whether respondents supported mandatory sustainability reporting; in addition, the researchers compared the positions of different constituent groups to the proposal.

Dec 6, 2017

Fr. John B. Couturier, OFM Cap.

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Executive Director of Franciscan Institute, Associate Professor, Theology and Franciscan Studies Department

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On Nov. 2, Fr. John B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., presented a workshop at the Resource Center for Religious Institutes National Conference in St. Louis titled "The Church Unconscious: Managing Disruptive Innovation in Religious Institutions." The workshop was attended by more than 150 participants interested in strategic planning and managing "unconscious expectations" of participants in innovation endeavors in organizations.

Nov 14, 2017

Dr. Michael Chiariello

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Professor Emeritus and Director, Study Abroad in Perugia

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Dr. Michael Chiariello, Professor Emeritus, organized and chaired a series of panels to discuss the findings of a newly published volume, Gli Affreschi delle Palazze. Una storia fra Umbria and America (The Palazze Frescoes. A Tale between Umbria and America). The book, edited by professors Tommaso Di Carpegna Falconieri and Grazia Maria Fachechi, University of Urbino, Italy, offers the first full study and digital reconstruction of one of the most important fresco cycles in Italy, before Giotto. These frescoes were originally painted, at the end of the 13th century, in the ancient convent of Poor Clares of Santa Maria Inter Angelos, known as Le Palazze, near Spoleto, in Umbria. In the 1920s, the frescoes were removed, divided, and purchased by five American museums: the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, the Worcester Art Museum, the Fogg Museum at Harvard, and the Glencairn Museum in Bryn Athyn, Pa. The bilingual book is richly illustrated with essays by scholars from both the U.S. and Italy. It contains a DVD that offers the reader a virtual tour of the cycle in its original site on the walls of the convent, thus virtually reuniting what has been dispersed and at the same time advancing a fuller understanding of the cycle’s artistic context. The October presentations were held at The College of the Holy Cross, the Worcester Art Museum, Temple University, and the Glencairn Museum. The lead researchers, Di Carpegna and Fachechi, were joined by Dr. Jonathan Kline of Temple University in sessions chaired by Chiariello, who is a board member of the Romeyne Robert and Uguccione Sorbello Foundation, which supported the project.

Nov 14, 2017

Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap.

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Executive Director of Franciscan Institute, Associate Professor, Theology and Franciscan Studies Department

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On Nov. 2, Fr. David B. Couturier, O.F.M. Cap., presented a workshop at the Resource Center for Religious Institutes National Conference in St. Louis titled "The Church Unconscious: Managing Disruptive Innovation in Religious Institutions." The workshop was attended by more than 150 participants interested in strategic planning and managing "unconscious expectations" of participants in innovation endeavors in organizations.

Nov 14, 2017

Dr. René Hauser

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Associate Professor, Director of Differentiated Instruction Program, School of Education

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On Nov. 11, Dr. René Hauser conducted a disability workshop for 30 ski instructors in the Lounsbury Adaptive Ski Program at Holiday Valley, reviewing the characteristics of several disabilities, the impact of those disabilities, and methods and techniques for the instructors to use when teaching people with those disabilities.

Nov 14, 2017

Darwin King

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Professor of Accounting, School of Business

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Professor Darwin King, together with Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of business information systems, and Julianna R. Carney, MBA student, had a paper titled “Fortune 100 Mission Statement Content: 2001 and 2016 Similarities and Differences" published in the Academic and Business Research Institute 2017 St. Louis International Conference Proceedings.

Also, King and Edward D. King published an article in the September issue of the Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly. The article was titled "Employee or Independent Contractor?" This article reviewed regulations to properly categorize a worker for payroll and tax purposes. This question was reviewed from three aspects. First, the common law principles that determine whether a worker is an employee or not. Second, the definition of an employee according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act. Third, the article reviewed recent court decisions that determined if a worker was an employee or independent contractor. This question has been actively debated since the Fair Labor Standards Act was originally passed in 1938.

Nov 14, 2017

Dr. Paul G. Barretta

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Assistant Professor and Chair of the Marketing Department, School of Business

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Dr. Paul G. Barretta has been invited with his colleague Yi-Chia Wu, assistant professor of marketing at Tarleton State University in Texas, to be guest editors of a special issue of the International Journal of e-Business Research (IJEBR) titled " Contemporary Perspectives of Decision-Making in e-Business." IJEBR is a Cabell's listed and SCOPUS indexed journal. Details about the issue and instructions for submitting can be found here (located in the page's second Call For Papers section): https://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers-special/international-journal-business-research-ijebr/1088.