Faculty News
Dominican faculty help build awareness and boost the reputation of the university. We’re pleased to highlight some of their recent accomplishments.
Brennan School of Business
Associate Professor of MarketingDr. Brooke Reaveywas chosen for the TeachingInnovation Award from the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators. The award honors educators for developing teaching practices and innovations that enhance student learning.
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of EconomicsDr. Kathleen OdellandDr. Sergio Salas, Brennan’s inaugural Norm Carroll Chair of Economics and Business, co-authored “Why are Credit-Driven Crises Deep and Long-lasting?” forQuarterly Review of Economics and Finance(2022), and “Illiquid Investments and the Non-MonotoneRelationship between Credit and Growth,” forJournal of Macroeconomics(2022). Odell andDr. Elizabeth Collierand Professor EmeritusDr. Al Rosenbloom也与“教学可持续发展: An Approach to Rapidly Introducing the UN Sustainable Development Goals into an Undergraduate Business Curriculum,” forJournal of Global Responsibility(2022).
John Vail, clinical professor of business law, authored the article “The Need for aSustainability Pledge: Fighting Planned Obsolescence,” published inThe George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law.
Dr. Dick Walstra, assistant professor of accounting, published “Inclusion of Disability Within the Spectrum of Diversity and the Implications for Accounting Education,” in the September 2022 edition ofIssues in Accounting Education.
Rosary College of Arts and Science
Dr. José Blanco F., associate professor of fashion merchandising and design, completed the fifth edition of his bookThe Meanings of Dress. Blanco enhanced previous editions by incorporating intersectionality and diversity into the text, adding chapters on social justice and decolonizing fashion, and infusing ethical discussions into each chapter, inviting Dominican students to contribute.
Dr. Robert Calin-Jageman, professor of psychology, andDr. T. J. Krafnick, associate professor of psychology, were among the authors of “In COVID-19 Health Messaging, Loss Framing Increases Anxiety with Little-to-No Concomitant Benefits: ExperimentalEvidence from 84 Countries,” based on an international study and published in September 2022.
Dr. Jeffrey Carlson, professor of theology, presented the paper “The Conversation Book: Relationship-centeredness in the Context of COVID,” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nov. 19-22, 2022 in Denver.
Dr. Sophia Duffy, associate professor of psychology, co-authored the paper, “Development of a Differential Assessment Guide to Improve Engagement with Youths & Families Living with Chronic Trauma,” as guidance for clinicians inJournal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.
Dr. Jennifer C. Dunn, professor of communication arts and sciences, coauthored “Why are You Just Watching? Polyvalent Korean Spectatorship and Critical Western Spectatorship in Squid Game,” inCommunication, Culture, and Critique,October 2022.
Dr. Claudia Herrera-Montero, assistant professor of theology, is the author of “Participatory Action Research in Lo Cotidiano (‘the Everyday’): A Practical Theological Exploration on the Religious Identity of College-Age Latinas in the United States,” published in Spanish inRevista de Educación Religiosa, 2022.
Dr. John Jenks, professor of communication arts and sciences, presented his research paper, “Working Their Cover: The CIA’s Forum World Features and the Political Economy of Covert Propaganda, 1966–1975,” on Sept. 27, 2022 at the conference “A History of Media Tactics” at Lund University, in Lund, Sweden.
Dr. Tonia Bernardi Triggiano, professor of Italian and director of the Mazzuchelli Scholars Honors Program, authored the article “Dream, Distortion, and Double Take: Dante’s Poetics of Redirection,” published inItalian Studies Journal of Northeast Modern Language Association, August 2022.
School of Information Studies
Dr. Don Hamerlywas named director of the School of Information Studies on Jan. 1, succeedingDr. Kate Marek, who is continuing as a faculty member. Hamerly joined Dominican in 2009 as an assistant professor and has served as program director of the Informatics program and the School Library Media program within the School of Information Studies.
Dr. Cecilia Salvatore, a professor in the School of Information Studies and coordinator of Dominican’s Archives and Cultural Heritage Program, is featured in the Field Museum’s Regenstein Halls of the Pacific, an exhibit exploring the history and culture of the Pacific Islands through artifacts and personal stories. In videos that are part of the exhibit, Salvatore discusses growing up in Saipan and her family roots in that culture.
Associate ProfessorDr. Hassan Zamirwas featured in the television news report, “Guilty of ‘Sharenting’? Here are Some Tips from Cybersecurity Experts to Protect Your Children,” which aired on ABC affiliates, including Denver 7 and WXYZ in Detroit.