Offices and Service

Amanda Bena, Lewis J. Ort Library

Chair:

Access Services in Libraries Conference Awards Committee

University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Subcommittee

Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages

Co-chair, “In Memoriam: Michael Bishop and Other Absent Friends,” 45th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Fla., March 2024

Dr. Chenchen Huang, Accounting

Co-chair, Faculty-Student Collaborations in Accounting, 2023 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Denver, August 2023

Clarissa Lang, Veterans Services

Co-chair, Membership Committee, National Association of Veterans’ Program Administrators, 2023-2024

Dr. Tariq Masood, Engineering

Associate Editor, IEEE Access Journal

Dr. Sudipto Sarkar, Marketing and Finance

Track Chair, Global Marketing, Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Conference, 2024

Dr. Traki L. Taylor, Office of the President

Chair, Development Committee, NAEYC

Co-chair, AAT Leadership Group for USM

Dr. Artie Lee Travis, Student Affairs

Vice President, Educational, Corporate and Business, Dr. Edna B. McKenzie (Pittsburgh Branch), Association for the Study of African American Literature and History

Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President

Branch Director, Greater Hagerstown Branch, International Association of Administrative Professionals

Dr. Michael R. Williams, Educational Professions

Chair, Commission for Online Engagement and Experiences, ACPA

Executive Director, Center for African American Research and Policy

Dr. Gregory Wood, History

Labor Network Representative, Social Science History Association

Lisa Clark, Student Affairs/Civic Engagement/AmeriCorps

Vice Chair, Frederick County Commission on Disabilities

Robert N. Cooper, Student Engagement

Vice President, Allegany Arts Council

Nancy Frost, Lewis J. Ort Library

Secretary/Treasurer, Ridgeley American Legion Auxiliary Unit 136

Lynn Ketterman, Development/University Advancement

Vice President, Frostburg Lions Club

Dr. Michael Monahan, Management

Chair:

Bishop Walsh School Finance Committee

Divine Mercy Parish Finance Committee

Eric A. Stevens, Payroll and Employee Services

Commissioner, City of Frostburg Planning Commission

Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President

Co-chair, Topic Day, Leadership Allegany, Allegany County Chamber

Dr. Alemseged Abbay, History

Member, Governor’s Commission on African Affairs, to April 2025

Dr. Amy Branam Armiento, Department of English and Foreign Languages

Member:

Editorial Board, “Poe Studies: History, Theory, Interpretation,” May 2024

Board of Directors, Poe Baltimore, January 2024

Amanda Bena, Lewis J. Ort Library

Member:

Access Services in Libraries Steering Committee

Maryland Interlibrary Loan Group

University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions Access Services Committee

Peer Reviewer, Journal of Access Services

Lisa Clark, Student Affairs/Civic Engagement/AmeriCorps

Member, American Service Commission

Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages

Panelist, 45th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, Fla., March 2024:

“Elements of Craft”

“In Memoriam: Michael Bishop and Other Absent Friends”

Was a virtual visitor in the low-residency Genre Fiction MFA Program at Western Colorado University in Gunnison, November 2023. He and co-author Ellen Klages (http://ellenklages.com) took questions from students of novelist Rick Wilber (http://rickwilber.net) about the years-long collaboration that resulted in their World Fantasy Award-winning novella Wakulla Springs (https://www.tor.com/2013/10/02/wakulla-springs).

Panelist, Capclave, Rockville, Md., September 2023:

“A Celebration of Octavia E. Butler”

“Modern Book Bans”

“Fifty Years of Omelas” (on Ursula K. Le Guin’s story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” first published in New Dimensions 3 in 1973)

Dr. Cody M. Kent, Biology

American Ornithological Society:

Student Mentor

Student Presentation Judge

Clarissa Lang, Veterans Services

National Association of Veterans’ Program Administrators:

Delegate at Large

Member, Board of Directors, 2023-2024

Dr. Tariq Masood, Engineering

Certified Member, CET International

Corporate Member, Institute of Engineering and Technology, United Kingdom

Member:

Advisory Board, Texas A&M University, Qatar Campus

Advisory Board, MNS University of Engineering and Technology, Multan, Pakistan

American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians

IEEE Admission and Advancement Committee

IEEE Policy Committee

Renewable Energy, NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology, Multan, Pakistan

Review Committee of the Fourth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Dubai, UAE, February 2024

Mentor and Judge, Switch International Energy Case Competition

Panelist, Third Symposium on “Current Challenges and Recent Advancements of Flow Assurance,” organized by Texas A&M University, Hilton, Doha, Qatar, May 2024

Senior Member:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer

Dr. Michael Monahan, Management

Reviewer:

Academic and Business Research Institute

AIMS

Dr. Ronald Nowaczyk, President

Commissioner, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, through December 2029

Dr. Elesha L. Ruminski, Communication

Panelist, “Inclusive Leadership: A Path to Organizational Inclusion,” Women in Industry, Rowland School of Business, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, December 2023

Dr. James C. Saku, Geography

Article Editor, “Visibilising Empowerment as Topological Resonances: Analysis of a Participatory Mapping and Enumeration Project as Strategy for Active Waiting for Housing in Khayelitsha (South Africa),” Sage Open, November 2023

Manuscript Reviewer:

“Does LocaSpace Viewer Improve Spatial Thinking? Evidence From a Training Course for Pre-Service Geography Teachers,” Sage Open, March 2024

“Establishing a Baseline of Forest Cover in Two Ghanaian Forest Reserves Using an Open-Source Remote Sensing Tool to Aid Endangered Species Conservation Efforts,” Pennsylvania Geographical Review, December 2023

“Migration, Integration and Islam: Turks Living in Paris,” Sage Open, November 2023

“Driving Factors of Bus Rapid Transit Ridership in Growing African Cities: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana,” Sage Open, October 2023

Member:

Editorial Board, Geography Research Forum (an international geographic journal published in Israel)

Editorial Board, Sage Open

Governor’s Commission on African Affairs, to April 2025

Dr. Sudipto Sarkar, Marketing and Finance

Ad hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Marketing

Reviewer, American Marketing Association Summer Academic Conference, 2024

Dr. Traki L. Taylor, Office of the President

Member, CECE Council for USM

Member of the Board, NAEYC

Mentor for professionals aspiring to higher education leadership, including an American Academic Leadership Institute Becoming a Provost Academy participant

Dr. Jamelyn Tobery-Nystrom, Educational Professions

Member, Executive Board, Maryland Association of Teacher Educators

Dr. Artie Lee Travis, Student Affairs

Board Member, Educational, Corporate and Business, Dr. Edna B. McKenzie (Pittsburgh Branch), Association for the Study of African American Literature and History

Member, Steering Committee, Chamber of Commerce Leadership Allegany Committee

Program Reviewer, National Association for Student Personnel Administrators

Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President

Member, Advisory Board, Admin Awards, Washington, D.C., and Mid-Atlantic Region

Dr. Jodi G. Welsch, Educational Professions

Committee Member, International Literacy Association Dina Feitelson Research Award

Conference Proposal Reviewer, Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers

Dr. Michael R. Williams, Educational Professions

Fellow, Bridging Different Higher Education Learning Fellowship

GSE Panelist, Northeastern University – Qualitative Research

Member, Editorial Board:

Yelizaveta Zakharova, Lewis J. Ort Library

Member:

MD-SOAR Committee, University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions

Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference

Amanda Bena, Lewis J. Ort Library

Prose Editor, Backbone Mountain Review

Lisa Clark, Student Affairs/Civic Engagement/AmeriCorps

Member:

Frederick County Human Relations Commission

United in Kindness Coalition of Frederick

Unified School Representative, Special Olympics Maryland

Secured resources and funding through the Ausherman Family Foundation and United Way of Frederick County to help support the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event.

Worked with the Evergreen Heritage Center partnership to identify, apply and be funded through the Rural Maryland Council to support Evergreen’s commitment to the community, using AmeriCorps members.

Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages

Election Judge, Allegany County (Maryland) Board of Elections, ongoing. Served as first check-in judge at the Frostburg Community Center on Water Street for the May 7, 2024, Maryland primary.

One of the judges for the inaugural Stillwater Awards, a national contest “to honor journalistic excellence in the incarcerated community,” sponsored by the Prison Journalism Project and the Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, Spring 2024

One of 300,000 volunteer research subjects in the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study-3, ongoing

Dr. Jodi Eirich, Educational Professions

Grant Writer, Allegany County Animal Shelter

Participated in community and adoption events, Hounds Around Town.

Nancy Frost, Lewis J. Ort Library

Organized and participated in Ridgeley American Legion’s National Poppy Day Collection, May 2024.

Designed a T-shirt for American Legion’s 105th Birthday Celebration (1919-1924) for the Ridgeley American Legion Unit No. 136.

Participated in American Legion Auxiliary Department of WV District 10 Spring Conference, Capon Bridge, W.Va., April 2024.

WV Department of Health and Human Resources Food Service Worker’s Permit, April 2024

Participated in 42nd Annual Mid-Winter Conference American Legion Auxiliary, Wheeling W.Va., February 2024.

Participated in American Legion Auxiliary Department of WV District 10 Fall Conference, Berkeley Springs, W.Va., October 2023.

Amy L. Hutcherson, Regional Development and Engagement Division

Member, Allegany High School Endowment Fund

Troop Leader, Girl Scout Council Nation’s Capital Troop 14104 and 40058

Lynn Ketterman, Development/University Advancement

Board Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Nicole Mattis, Theatre and Dance

Board Member, Family Crisis Resource Center, Allegany County, Md.

Coordinator, Mountain Maryland Theatre Festival, January 2024

Dr. Michael Monahan, Management

Board Member, Bishop Walsh School

Dr. Daniel Moorehead, Sociology

Governing Board Member, HART for Animals, Inc., 2019 to Present

Dr. Elesha L. Ruminski, Communication

Member, Steering Committee, Choose Civility: Allegany County, Md., Chapter

Dr. Richard A. Russo, Geography

Member, Planning Commission, City of Frostburg

Dr. James C. Saku, Geography

Member, Ethics Commission, City of Frostburg

Scanning Judge, Allegany County Board of Elections

Dr. Traki L. Taylor, Office of the President

Volunteer, LaVale UMC Food Pantry

Dr. Jamelyn Tobery-Nystrom, Educational Professions

Member, Washington County Community Action Council, CIRCLES Program

Dr. Artie Lee Travis, Student Affairs

Member:

Advisory Board, Western Maryland Advisory Council, Maryland Commission on Civil Rights

Board of Trustees, Allegany County Library System

Western Maryland Veteran Suicide Prevention Task Force

Organized Black History Month Celebration at Dickerson AME Church in Frostburg.

Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President

Member, Steering Committee:

Leadership Allegany, Allegany County Chamber

Lucky Ladies Night Out, Allegany County Chamber

Dr. Gregory Wood, History

Judge, Senior Individual Documentaries, Maryland History Day, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, May 2023

Yelizaveta Zakharova, Lewis J. Ort Library

Run board game nights/days held on campus for the University and local community, 2022-present.

Amanda Bena, Lewis J. Ort Library

Member:

Frostburg Network for Intersectional Feminism

FSU Ort Library ILS Migration Team

Library Review Committee

Women’s Studies Steering Committee

Treasurer and Secretary, Faculty Development and Sabbatical/Professional Research Leave Subcommittee

Troy Donoway, Administration and Finance

FSU’s project director for $750,000 Seed Community Development Anchor Institution Fund grant received by FSU from Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, March 2024. Funds will support the project, Prichard Building Rehabilitation. The University will administer the grant funds for this public-private partnership.

Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages

Voting Faculty Assembly Member, May 2024

Faculty Grievance Committee:

Elected Member

Elected Committee Chair, August 2023

Maintained the Canvas shell, titled Media Jobs and Opportunities for Students, which he created in January 2022 so that announcements of jobs, internships, scholarships and grants can be sent to interested students in English, communication, journalism and public relations. (Fifty announcements were sent and added to the accessible archive between August 2023 and May 2024.)

Elected Member, Athletics Advisory Council

Member, Curriculum, Creative Writing and Professional Writing committees, Department of English and Foreign Languages.

Launched his Weird Western Maryland pages at https://www.frostburg.edu/personal-arduncan with a starter set of 70-plus items from his years of research into area ghosts, monsters, UFOs, superstitions, conspiracies, oddities, eccentricities and mysteries, Fall 2023.

Dr. Jodi Eirich, Educational Professions

Chair, Academic Monitoring

Member:

Dean’s Advisory Council

Department Evaluation Committee

Library Advisory Council

P-9 Program Committee

Secondary/P12 Program Committee

Social Science Advisory Committee

University Advisory Council

Participated in outreach at Bobcat Bound events and on campus visit days.

Dr. Travis English, Visual Arts

Chair, Academic Affairs Committee

Senator, Faculty Senate

Nancy Frost, Lewis J. Ort Library

Library Coordinator, FSU’s Sponsor-a-Family Thanksgiving Basket Program

Member, FSU Awards for Excellence Committee

Dr. Cody M. Kent, Biology

Member:

Middle States Accreditation Committee

Technology Advisory Committee

Maintain the FSU Ornithology Teaching Collection.

Clarissa Lang, Veterans Services

Advisor, Student Veterans of America Frostburg Chapter

Co-Advisor, National Society of Leadership and Success Frostburg Chapter

Dr. Tariq Masood, Engineering

Member:

Academic Affairs Committee

Academic Standard Committee

Engineering Advisory Board

Senator, Faculty Senate

ENES-401 (Energy Fundamentals):

Tailored and developed in-house energy models to produce and consume conventional and renewable energy at FSU. Saved an estimated $30,000 in new equipment costs by configuring and customizing existing resources.

AC/DC Power Production Models:

Customized and developed AC generator system integrated with excitation to adjust required AC power delivery at different balanced AC load.

Customized and developed DC generator system integrated with rheostat resistance to adjust armature current to maintain required DC power delivery at different balanced DC load.

AC/DC Power Consumption Models:

Customized three-phase squirrel cage induction motor performance enhancement by integrating required static reactive power compensation.

Customized three-phase wound rotor induction motor performance enhancement by integrating required static reactive power compensation.

Customized synchronous motor performance enhancement by integrating dynamic reactive power compensation.

Enhanced DC motor performance by adjusting rheostat resistance to increase armature current.

Renewable Energy Models:

Customized and developed fuel cell power delivery of 5 watts (in progress).

Customized and developed solar model of 5 watts. This is operational now.

ENES-475 (Power Electronics):

Tailored and developed in-house extensive model by configuring and customizing existing resources, saving an estimated $25,000 in new equipment costs at FSU.

DC to DC Set-Up and Step-Down Converters:

Design and implement buck and boost converters and associated equipment (sizing capacitors, inductors, non-ideal switches and power diodes). This equipment was customized and implemented to size buck and boost converters. Buck converter to step down from 120 DC voltage to 80 DC voltage; boost converter to step up from 120 DC voltage to 200 DC voltage by using existing equipment.

AC to DC Converters:

Half- and full-wave rectifier design and implementation.

Bridge rectifier design and implementation.

Three-phase rectifiers design and implementation for renewable energy resources.

DC to AC Converters:

Half- and full-wave inverters design and implementation.

Three-phase inverters design and implementation for renewable energy resources.

ENME-351 (instrumentation and circuit):

Tailored and developed in-house instrument control circuit models to produce and consume conventional and renewable energy at FSU. Saved an estimated $20,000 in new equipment costs by using existing resources.

AC/DC Power Production Instrumentation Control Circuit Models:

AC generator system integrated with excitation to adjust required AC power delivery.

DC generator system integrated with rheostat resistance to adjust armature current.

AC/DC Power Consumption Instrumentation Control Circuit Models:

Cage induction motor instrument control circuit static reactive power compensation.

Wound rotor induction motor instrument control circuit static reactive power compensation.

Synchronous motor instrument control circuit dynamic reactive power compensation.

DC motor instrument control circuit rheostat resistance to increase armature current.

Dr. Michael Monahan, Management

Ad hoc Member, Curriculum Committee

Advisor, Student Athletic Advisory Committee

Chair, Athletic Advisory Council

Co-Chair, Athletic Compliance Committee

Faculty Athletic Representative

Marshall at December and May Graduations

Member:

CEC

Council for Exceptional Children

Strategic Planning Committee

Mentor of EDLS Cohort Member

Manned a table at the Chamber Business Showcase, October 2023.

Dr. Daniel Moorehead, Sociology

Chair, Dr. Leroy L. Kohler Outstanding Junior/Senior Sociology Scholarship Committee, March 2022 to Present

Library Representative, Sociology Department, 2008 to Present

Member:

Americans With Disabilities Act and Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, 2023

CAHSBS Curriculum Committee, 2023

Student Conduct Hearing Panel, 2023

Dr. Elesha L. Ruminski and Annie Danzi, Communication

Created an advisory council of alumni and partners for the Department of Communication, Fall 2024.

Dr. Sudipto Sarkar, Marketing and Finance

Chair, Assessment Committee, Fall 2023

Member:

Assessment Committee, Spring 2024

Middle States Commission on Higher Education Standard V (University-level committee), Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

Student Affairs Committee, Spring 2024

Dr. Traki L. Taylor, Office of the President

Speaker, Black History and Women’s History Month

Dr. Jamelyn Tobery-Nystrom, Educational Professions

Chair, Department Evaluation Committee

Senator, Faculty Senate

Dr. Artie Lee Travis, Student Affairs

Member:

Dissertation Committee, June 2024

RFP Committee, Intermodal Transportation Study for Allegany County Department of Economic Development

Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President

DEOP Coordinator, Hitchins Second Floor

Member:

Middle States Communications/Logistics Working Group

Parking Appeals Hearing Committee

Program Coordinator:

ADAPT Community Conference Series

ADAPT Program

Dr. Jodi G. Welsch, Educational Professions

Member, FSU Grievance Committee

Yelizaveta Zakharova, Lewis J. Ort Library

Secretary, Faculty Concerns Committee, Spring 2024

Senator, Faculty Senate