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Feb 21, 2018

Dr. Paula J. Scraba O.S.F.

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Associate Professor

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Dr. Paula Scraba O.S.F., a 2005 graduate of the School of Franciscan Studies, along with Bonaventure alumns from two Franciscan universities, will present two sessions at the 2018 Association of Franciscan Universities and Colleges Symposium, to be held June 5-7, 2018, at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Ill. The symposium theme is "With Living Stones: Building a Franciscan Future…Together."

Along with Rick Trietley, vice president for Student Affairs at Viterbo University, Scraba will be presenting “Student Veterans are the Living Stones for Building a Franciscan Future Together.”

Together with Sr. Anita Holzmer, O.S.F., vice president for Mission at the University of St. Francis at Ft. Wayne, Ind., Scraba will be presenting "Embracing the Franciscan Imagination" through “Build With Living Stones.” Scraba and Holzmer are members of the Editorial Board for the Franciscan Institute Publication "Build With Living Stones." They are also both national facilitators for the Franciscan Institute’s Build With Living Stones Program.

Feb 21, 2018

Dr. Robin Valeri

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Psychology Professor, Psychology Department

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In January 2018, Dr. Robin Valeri had two co-authored research methods case studies published by Sage: Valeri, R. M. & Borgeson (January 2018). Understanding the Complexity of Gay Skinhead Identity Through Case Studies. Sage Research Methods Cases. Valeri, R. M. Sweazy, & Borgeson (January 2018). Exploring Skinhead Identity and Culture Through a Content Analysis of Skinhead Webpages and Social Network Pages. Sage Research Methods Cases.

Feb 21, 2018

Dr. Hossein Sarrafzadeh

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Professor and Director of the Cybersecurity Program

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Dr. Hossein Sarrafzadeh published several articles and papers, along with making a number of appearances and interviews, in 2017 and 2018.

JOURNALS:

Dadgostar, F., Sarrafzadeh, A. (2018). Gesture-based human–machine interfaces: a novel approach for robust hand and face tracking. J Comp Sci (2018). Springer Intl Publishing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42044-018-0005-6.
Zhu, L., Ikeda K., Pang S., Ban T., Sarrafzadeh, A. (2018). Merging weighted SVMs for parallel incremental learning, Neural Networks 100, pp. 25–38.
Sharifzadeh, H., HajiRassouliha, A., McLoughlin, I., Ardekani, I., Allen, J., Sarrafzadeh, A. (2017). A training-based speech regeneration approach with cascading mapping models, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Vol 62, Aug, pp. 601-611.
Pang, P., Komosny, P., Zhu, L., Zhang, R., Sarrafzadeh, A., Ban, T., Inoue, D. (2017). Malicious Events Grouping via Behavior Based Darknet Traffic Flow Analysis, Wireless Personal Communications 96, (4), pp 5335–5353. doi: 10.1007/s11277-016-3744

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Pang, S., Zhao, J., Hartill, B., & Sarrafzadeh, A. (2017). Modelling land water composition scene for maritime traffic surveillance [In press]. Intl Journal of Applied Pattern Recog, 3(4), pp.324-350.
Hach, S., Baghaei, N., Jauny, R., Hayward, C., & Sarrafzadeh, A. (in press). MoodRush: Designing a Language-free Mobile App for Mood Self-assessment. Proceedings of 7th EAI Intl Conf on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare, Springer.
Zhao, J., Pang, S., Hartill, B., Sarrafzadeh, A. (2017). Class-Wised Image Enhancement for Moving Object Detection at Maritime Boat Ramps, International Conference on Neural Information Processing, Nov 14-16, pp. 675-685.

SPEECHES:

Sarrafzadeh, A. (2017). Multinational cybersecurity center in Western New York: The vision and requirements, AI in CyberSecurity Summit, Suzhou, Nov 10-13. Keynote
Sarrafzadeh, A. (2017). Impact of emerging intelligent systems technologies on our knowledge economies. International Conference on Computer Science and AI, December 5-7, Indonesia.

Additionally, throughout 2017 and 2018, Sarrafzadeh has collaborated with 22nd Century Tech, participated in an SBU-TV interview, acted as Chair of the International Conference on Computer Science & AI in Indonesia, was a reviewer for multiple conferences in the area of computer science and security, as well as Steering Committee Member and Session Chair of the Privacy Security and Trust Conference in Calgary. Sarrafzadeh also gave multiple presentations at St. Bonaventure University and was the Sponsorship Chair for the 25th International Conference on Computers in Education.

Feb 7, 2018

Dr. Robin Valeri

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Professor, Psychology Department

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In November 2017, Dr. Robin Valeri, together with Erik Furgal (SBU 2017) and Samantha Gier (SBU 2019), presented "The State of the Islamic State: From Physical World to Virtual Reality" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Valeri also presented, along with Kevin Burgeson (SBU 2017), Josiely Reyes (SBU 2017) and Cynthia Symons, "Lifting the Veil: Religiously Motivated Hate Crimes Against Veiled Women" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.

Valeri and Burgeson also recently co-authored the book "Skinhead History, Identity, and Culture" New York, N.Y.: Routledge. On November 8, 2017, Valeri was asked to present a talk on "The Proliferation of Hate" at the Prendergast Library, Jamestown, N.Y.

Feb 6, 2018

Mark Phillips

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Tutor, Higher Education Opportunity Program

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An essay by Mark Phillips was published in the print and online editions of the February 9 Commonweal. His essay, titled “How to Fell a Tree,” reflects on the cost and dignity of physical work. A slightly different version of the essay will be published in his collection Love and Hate in the Heartland: dispatches from forgotten America forthcoming from Skyhorse Publishing in April 2018. “How to Fell a Tree” can be read here: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/how-fell-tree

Feb 6, 2018

Dr. Michael Chiariello

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Professor Emeritus, Philosophy Department

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Dr. Michael Chiariello is living in Perugia, Italy, where he continues his work with the board of the Romeyne Robert and Uguccione Sorbello Foundation. On February 8, he will present an invited paper titled “Postmodernita, ideologia e rationalita` nel Manifesto Communista: il Marxisme come teoria e metateoria,” at La cantina associazione filosofica di Lugo. “La cantina” (literally “the cellar,” after its historic meeting site) comprises faculty from several universities and non-academic professionals in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The paper is a translation of “Postmodernity, Ideology and Rationality in the Communist Manifesto” originally presented at the national conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses in April 2016.

On April 19, Chiariello will present “John Wisdom’s Parable of the Invisible Gardener and the Nature of Religious Belief” at the Association for Core Texts and Courses conference.

In June, he will present “The Moral Challenge of Global Hunger” at the International Conference on Exploring Ethics Through Food Choices, which is sponsored by the Food Studies Program of the Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy.

Feb 6, 2018

Dr. Kimberly Young

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Professor, Director of the Masters in Strategic Leadership Program

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Dr. Kimberly Young had an invited paper, "Internet Gaming Disorder in the 21st Century: Development and Implications," published in the Journal of Behavioral Addiction for their special issue on Internet Addiction. The paper was co-authored with Dr. Mathias Brand, director of the Cognition and Center for Behavioral Addiction Research at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Feb 6, 2018

Robbie Chulick

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Assistant Director, Center for Activities, Recreation and Leadership

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Robbie Chulick, ’13, ’15, will present to various student leaders across the country at the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) National Conference, on Friday, Feb. 23, on “What Your Personality Says About Your Leadership Style.” APCA is a national organization that hosts student leadership development workshops and campus events planning conferences. The mission of APCA is to promote campus engagement through quality educational experiences, affordable entertainment and community service initiatives.

Feb 6, 2018

Dr. John Mulryan

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Professor Emeritus, English Department

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Dr. John Mulryan's review of Dario Rivarossa's translation of Torquato Tasso's 17th century "Il Mondo Creato" ("The Creation of the World") has just appeared in Milton Quarterly (Winter 2018).

Feb 6, 2018

Dr. Richard Lee

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Associate Professor, Director of the Integrated Marketing Communications Program

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Dr. Richard Lee had an op-ed published in The Buffalo News Jan. 28 titled "Grammy awards may provide more accurate ‘state of the union.'" V iew article here.

Dec 6, 2017

School of Education

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Physical Education Department

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Jamie Peace, CEO of the Major Projects Grant Program for the New York State Elks Association, presents a check for $1,000 to St. Bonaventure University School of Education professors Dr. Paula Scraba (left) and Dr. Claire Watson. The grant will aid the university’s Unified Sports program, which brings local school students with and without developmental disabilities to campus for competitions and clinics, under the supervision of SBU students and student-athletes. “We greatly appreciate this gift from the Elks. It will help provide for the needs of this program and the Unified Sports athletes it serves,” said Scraba. Peace, who is manager of mail and receiving at SBU, said the grant program, started just six years ago, has awarded a total of $25,000 to organizations statewide that serve people with cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities.

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.

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