QCC Faculty & Staff

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

3/6-9/05

Ken Golden

“Watching with your ears, Listening with your eyes: Re-interpreting Tezuka's Metropolis.” With Martin Kutnowski. Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College.

BASIC EDUCATIONAL SKILLS

3/06

 

Julia Carroll

“Preparing ESL Students for Real College Writing,” with Helene Dunkelblau, 40 th Annual TESOL Convention , Tampa, Florida.

3/06

 

Helene Dunkelblau

"Preparing ESL Students for Real College Writing,” with Julia Carroll, 40 th Annual TESOL Convention , Tampa , Florida.

11/05

"The Alchemy of Reading Response,” New York State TESOL Conference , New York , NY.

10/05

"From Comprehension to Contemplation: The Alchemy of Reading Response for ESL Students,” Holistic Learning: Breaking New Ground Fifth International Conference, University of Toronto, Canada.

Fall 2006

Laura Freedgood

Accepted for Presentation: “The Development and Implementation of a Learning Community,” N.Y.C.O.R.E Conference.

Fall 2006

Accepted for Presentation: “Oral Interpretation and Basic Reading : Linking the Disciplines,” Fifth Annual Teaching, Learning And Student Support Conference , Sussex Community College, Newton, NJ .

4/2005

Holly O'Donnell

“Basic Barely Describes It: The Challenges of Preparing Students to Succeed in College.” Workshop presentation with Prof. Margot Edlin, The Long Island Language Arts Council/Nassau Reading Council's Spring 2005 Conference, Reading, Writing and Rebirth: Teaching in Our Brave New World. Melville, NY.

 

Above presentation also accepted at Innovations 2005: Fall 2004 Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College .

4/2005

"Using Innovative Paragraph Development Strategies to Prepare Basic Skills Students for the ACT Writing Exam.” Presentation For Basic Skills full-time and adjunct faculty.

 

 

April 2006

Nancy-Laurel Pettersen

Student Responses to computer-based Reading Comprehension Quizzes.” Faculty Presentations of CETL Sponsored Research Projects, QCC.

 

 

March 2006

"'Word Up!' Reluctant Students in the Role of Grammatical Whiz.” Innovations 2006: Conference of the League For I nnovation in the Community College.

Feb 2006

Boot Camp for the Mind: A Cross-disciplinary Framework for Thinking about cognition.” 2006 Lilly-East Conference on College and University Teaching.

Nov. 2005

“Beyond ‘Read the Next Chapter for Tomorrow': Designing Effective Reading Assignments Across the Curriculum.” CETL Workshop, QCC.

Oct. 2005

“Miss Dibble in the Classroom: Grammar Instruction as Joy and Delight.” Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning.

Oct. 2005

“Highly Granular Grading and Other Assessment Mechanisms to Extend the Scope of Teaching-Learning Interaction: Reflection on Ten Years of Accumulated Experience.” with B. Harbort, B. Brown, and N. Reichert. Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching And Learning.

2/2005

Regina A. Rochford

 

"Analysis of Business Students At a Community College.”

University of Scranton 's Department of Management and Marketing Conference entitled Teaching the Whole Person Conference.

2/17/06

"The Effects of Learning Style Responsive Materials on Underachieving-Remedial Writing Students" at the National Association of Developmental Educators Philadelphia.

 

"Standardized Assessment and Learning Styles: A Perfect Match at the International Learning Styles Conference, July 9, 2005, New York, New York .

5/5/2006

"It's about Time: Getting down to Basics in Western Civilization.” with Emily Tai, and David Rothman at CUNY General Ed Conference.

3/15/06

"Standardized Assessment: Learning Styles a Perfect Match” through CETL, QCC.

7/2004

Effects of Learning-Style Responsive Materials on Underachieving Remedial Writing Students” 27 th Annual Leadership Certification Institute: Teaching Students Through their Individual Learning Styles.

5/5/2006

David Rothman

"It's about Time: Getting down to Basics in Western Civilization.” with Emily Tai, and Regina Rochford at CUNY General Ed Conference.

BIOLOGY

6/12-6/17

Frank Cotty

“Supplemental Instruction (SI) Increases Academic Success and Student Retention in Anatomy and Physiology.”Human Anatomy and Physiology Society - 18 th Annual Conference. Calgary, Alberta Ca.

3/10/04

Eugene Harris

“Searching for the Teachable Moment in an Anatomy and Physiology Course.” Annual Conference of the College.

3/4/05

Dwight Meyer

“Increasing Academic Success in Biology Through Enrichment Workshops.” with Patricia Schneider Innovations 2005: Conference of The League For Innovation in the Community College. New York City.

11/6/04

"Biology Enrichment Workshops.” with Patricia Schneider Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists Conference. Long Island University , Brooklyn , NY

4/6/05

" PowerPoint Presentations”, workshop presented to RIMS students.

3/4/05

Patricia Schneider

“Increasing Academic Success in Biology Through Enrichment Workshop”. with David Meyer, Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College. New York City.

11/6/04

"Biology Enrichment Workshops”. with David Meyer. The Metropolitan Association of College & University Biologists Conference. Long Island University, Brooklyn , NY .

BUSINESS

6/30/05

Edward Hanssen

Presentation on use of case studies in technology courses at ED-MEDIA /Conference in Montreal , Canada .

10/27/05

Nina Sarkar

“Impact of Frequency of Testing on Overall Class Performance.”Annual Conference of Northeastern Business and Economic Association in Rhode Island .

CHEMISTRY

4/29-30/05

Daqing Gao

“Computational Chemistry at a Junior College Level.”Jorgensen Symposium – Yale University, poster presentation.

5/23/05

“An Undergraduate Computational Program at A Community College.” The 37 th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Rutgers University. Poster Presentation – Daqing Gao, Paris Svoronos,Tian Chu Xu and Debbie Maddalena.

3/3/05

Sharon Lall-Ramnarine

“Student-Faculty Relationship Through Research,”Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. Queens College, CUNY, NY

3/8/05

Paris Svoronos

“From GED to Medical School : Helping Community College Students Make This Transition” Innovations 2005: Conference of The League for Innovation in the Community College.

11/8/04

"Exploiting the Chemistry Abilities of a Community College Student” American Chemical Society-Nevada section,University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV.

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

4/9/05

Robert Kueper

“Students Learning in The Information Age.” West Point, New York.

3/05/05

Danny Mangra

League of Innovation Conference

ENGLISH

11/19/04

Robert Becker

“Reconfiguring Classroom Space” with Martin Kutnowski (Music) and Alex andra Tarasko (Nursing), Second Conference of the College.

3/7/05

Beth Counihan

“Engaging Multiple Intelligences in Learning Communities”with Georgia McGill Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College.

12/28/04

“Lessons from Life-Long Learners” Modern Language Association Conference. Philadelphia , PA

2/27/06

Susan Jacobowitz

“Using QCC Student and College Community Publications in Your Classes,” Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Queensborough Community College, The City University of New York.

2/24/06

“Negotiating Disciplines, Disciplinarity, and the Academic Institution,” Women, Gener and Pedagogy Conference , The City University of New York Graduate Center .

FOREIGN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

11/12/04

Sharon Reeves

“Are We Teaching Foreign Languages Communicatively?”CUNY Faculty Development Workshop, CUNY Graduate Center, “Coordinated Undergraduate Education Making Connections.”

11/19/04

Second Conference of the College, QCC. Sponsored by the Faculty Executive Committee

2/9/05

“Writing Course Objective Using QCC's Objectives.” Workshop

5/5/06

Maurizio Santoro

“The Role of Foreign Language Teaching in General Education,” CUNY General Ed Conference.

HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DANCE

10/7 - 8/04/05

Rosemary Iconis

"Writing Across the Curriculum" Successful Teaching Conference sponsored by the Institute for Community college Development at Cornell University

5/9/06

Andrea Salis

"The Influences of Sociocultural Factors on Motivation in Education," The CUNY Graduate Center

HISTORY

5/5/06

Emiliy Tai

It's about Time: Getting Down to Basics in Western Civilization." with Regina Rochford and David Rothman at CUNY General Ed Conference

MATH & COMPUTER SCIENCE

10/28/05

Patrick Wallach

"The Current State of Online Instruction at QCC," and "Making the Possible Actual," Third Conference of the College

12/2/05

"What method of Presentation Works Best?" CUNY 4th Annual Information Technology Conference, John Jay College, New York

5/5/06

Howard Sporn

"Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students," CUNY General Education Conference, QCC

5/7/06

"Mathematics for Liberal Arts Students," Spring Meeting of the Metropolitan New York Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

MUSIC

11/19/04

Martin Kutnowski

"Reconfiguring Classroom Space" with Robert Becker and alexandra Tarasko, Second Conference of the College

3/6-9/05

"Watching with your ears, Listening with your eyes: Re-Interpreting Tezuka's Metropolis." With Ken Golden. Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

NURSING

3/6-9/05

Barbara Campbell

"Oral Communication Skills for Nonnative English Speaking Nursing Students," with Barbara Blake. Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

3/7/05

Presented Grant Project at Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

5/13/05

"Improving Career and Vocational Student's Critical Communication." Adelphic Leadership Conference

9/05

Anne Marie Menedez

"Writing in Curriculum to Enhance Critical Thinking Poster Presentation," Janice Molloy, Nursing, National league for Nursing 9/01

3/7/05

Margaret Reilly

"Interactive Connection: Information Technology in Education." Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

5/6/05

"Towards A Helix Model of Integrative Learning: Collaborating with Career and Professional Programs to Create a Progressive/Recursive Cornerstone to Capstone Structure for the Queensborough General Education Curriculum." Making Connections: The CUNY Education Conference on Integrative Learning.

11/19/04

Alexandra Tarasko

"Reconfiguring Classroom Space," with Robert Becker and Martin Kutnowski, Second Conference of the College

PHYSICS

09/04

George Tremberger

"The Teaching of Optics and Photonics in a College Astronomy Course," International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). Ottawa, Canada

SOCIAL SCIENCE

10/2004

Cheryl Bluestone and Mathew Trachman

"The Social Science Learning community and the Teachable Moment: Teachable Moments and Inquiry," Atlantic Regional Conference on Teaching, Learning, and Student Support. Sussex County Community College.

8/20/05

"Active Learning to Increase Student's Scientific and Mathematical Thinking in the Community College Psychology Course", American Psychological Association Conference. Division of Teaching Psychology

7/6-9/05

Donald Tricarico

"Transitioning from Teacher Centered to Student Centered Instruction: Strategies for Active Learning," Fifth Annual Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators Conference. Tobago Hilton

SPEECH COMMUNICATION AND THEATRE ARTS

3/05

Georgia McGill

"Teaching Across the Intelligences, Utilizing Gardner in a Learning Community," Innovations 2005: conference of The League For Innovation in the Community College

11/19/05

Dina Dahbany-Miraglia

"Issues Unique to ESL Students in the Public Speaking Classroom," National Communication Association Meeting, Boston, MA

"Teaching the Basic Course Language - Wise to Non-Native Speakers," National Communication Association Meeting, Boston, MA

4/28/06

"Performance Art & Readers' Theatre in Classroom Settings," Eastern Communication Association 97th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

4/29/06

"Make 'em Laugh: Cartoons Teach Persuasion," Eastern Communication Association 97th annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

Fall 2006

Michele Cuomo

Accepted for Presentation: "The Development and Implementation of a Learning Community," N.Y.C.O.R.E. Conference

Accepted for Presentation: "Oral Interpretation and Basic Reading: Linking the Disciplines," Fifth Annual Teaching, Learning and Student Support Conference, Sussex Community college, Newton, NJ

Academic Advisement

3/6-9/05

Brian Kerr

"A Personalized Approach to Academic Advisement," Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

CETL - Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning

3/23-25/05

Belle Gironda

"Close Encounters with Learning communities and Minority Student Persistence," with Michael Roggow and Brian Kerr, 2005 NACADA Regional Conference, Montreal, Quebec

6/6-7/05

"Beyond Evaluation: Alternative Assessment Methods for Engaged Learning," Next Step Faculty Institute, Marlborough, MA

6/28/05

"The Status of the Document in the Digital Age: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach," Ed-Media 2005 World Conference on Educational Multi-Media, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Montreal, Quebec

3/9-11/06

"Anatomy of a Collaboration: The Roles of Faculty, Administrators and Advisement Staff in Designing a New General Education Project," General Education: Outcomes that Matter in a Changing World," AACU Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

3/19-22/06

"Toward Interdisciplinary Learning: A Learning Communities Study," Innovation 2006, Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College, Atlanta, GA

CUNY LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM

3/6-9/05

Diana Berkowitz

"Oral Communication Skills for Nonnative English Speaking Nursing Students," with Barbara Blake, Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT

3/6-9/05

Anna May Jagoda and Cheryl Goldstein

Identifying Student Success Factors in Perkins Program," Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College

STUDENT AFFAIRS

3/6-9/05

Ellen F. Hartigan

"A Personalized Approach to Academic Advisement," Innovations 2005: Conference of the League for Innovation in the Community College