Presentations/Workshops
Papers/Presentations
Dr. Jamil Abdo and Dr. Tariq Masood, Engineering
22nd International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality, European Association for the Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality, Bilbao, Spain, June 2024:
“New Technique to Develop Intelligent, Highly Reliable and Efficient Unmanned Power Generation Modular,” with Abdul Jabbar Khan, https://www.icrepq.com/icrepq24/415-24-abdo.pdf
“New Technique to Enhance Hybrid Renewable Energy Resources’ Operational Flexibility and Reliability,” with Abdul Jabbar Khan, https://www.icrepq.com/icrepq24/414-24-masood.pdf
“Review: Uninterrupted Liquid Hydrogen (E-Methanol) Production Framework to Deliver Clean and Green Energy” (poster and presentation), https://www.icrepq.com/icrepq24/392-24-abdo.pdf
“Techno-Economics Analysis to Reshape Global Clean and Green Energy,” https://www.icrepq.com/icrepq24/396-24-masood.pdf
Ninth North American Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM Society International, University of the District of Columbia, Washington D.C., https://ieomsociety.org/documents/program-dc2024.pdf, June 2024:
“Maintenance System – Production Best Practice Pragmatic Case Studies and Operations Improvement”
“Operational Reliability – Production Best Practice Pragmatic Case Studies and Improvement”
Dr. Amy Branam Armiento, English and Foreign Languages
“Gilding the Lily: Flowers, Gifts and Dangerous Gifts in 19th-Century American Literature,” podcast episode, with Dr. Alexandra Urakova, 2024.
“Edgar Allan Poe: Myths, Mysteries and Misconceptions,” with Mark Dawidziak, San Francisco, October 2023.
“The Macabre Poe,” Profs and Pints, Annapolis, Md., October 2023.
“Poe and Women,” Friends of the Frostburg Library, October 2023.
Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages
“Weird Western Maryland: UFOs and UAPs,” South Cumberland Library, May 2024.
Public Lifelong Learning talk on his ongoing project, Weird Western Maryland, Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, November 2023.
Dr. Jodi Eirich, Educational Professions
“Engaging Teachers’ Mental Health Early Through a Trauma-Informed Microcredential,” National Association of School University Partnerships, Anaheim, Calif., March 2024.
Dr. Travis English, Visual Arts
“The Laws of Painting and the Radical Use of Tradition in the New Objectivity,” Art Contra Politics Panel, SECAC 2023, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va., October 2023.
Dr. Chenchen Huang, Accounting
“Applying Brynjolfsson’s Suitability for Machine Learning Model to the Future of Work in Management Accounting,” poster presentation, with M. Huber and M. Oschinski, 2024 Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting. Orlando, Fla., January 2024.
“Social Cognitive Learning: A Qualitative Study of Co-learning for Both Students and Clients in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program,” with M. Huber, R. Shaffer and Q. Zhang, 2023 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Denver, August 2023.
Dr. Cody M. Kent, Biology
“Winter Warblers,” Southern Maryland Audubon Society, November 2023.
“Leveraging Scientific Surveys and Citizen Science Data: Applying Integrated Species Distribution Models to Understand Waterfowl Distributions in the Chesapeake Bay,” with M. Gonnerman, J.M. Mullinax and D.J. Prosser, The Waterbird Society Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., October 2023.
“Mapping the Risk of Bird Flu,” Brains and Brews, The Deep End, Frostburg, September 2023.
“Assessing Spatiotemporal Risk of Avian Influenza Spillover Events From Wild Waterfowl Into Domestic Poultry,” with J.M. Mullinax, J.D. Sullivan, K. Patyk, M. McCool-Eye, A. Fox and D.J. Prosser, American Ornithologic Society, London, Ontario, August 2023.
“Avian Influenza at the Wild Waterfowl – Domestic Poultry Interface,” poster presentation, with D. Prosser, N. Gonnerman, K. Patyk, J. Humphreys, J. Mullinax, M. McCool and A. Fox, GeoVet, Teramo, Italy, September 2023.
Dr. Gerald W. Kiel and Dr. Michael R. Williams, Educational Professions
“Learning to Honor Diverse Perspectives in Solving Problems of Practice Through a Signature Pedagogy of Diverse Collaborative Cohorts,” with Stacey Williams, Elaine Rudder and Ashley Cudmore, Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate Virtual Convening, October 2023.
Dr. Gerald W. Kiel, Dr. Seniz Celimli-Aksoy and Dr. Michael R. Williams, Educational Professions
“Critical Research Methods Curriculum for Social Justice-Oriented and Equitable Research in Ed.D. Programs,” Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate Virtual Convening, October 2023.
Melanie Lombardi, FSU-TV3/Communication
“Data and Analytics for the New Normal Representing FSU-TV3,” Alliance for Community Media National Conference, https://www.allcommunitymedia.org/ACM/Events/Annual_Conference_2023/ACM/Conference/2023/ACM_2023_Annual_Conference.aspx?hkey=eb29eaf3-26c9-4e7e-b462-b3b59ecd875f, June 2023.
Nicole Mattis, Theatre and Dance
“Theatrically Read Aloud,” Children’s Literature Festival, FSU, April 2024.
Dr. Michael Monahan, Management
“Art, Business or Computer Science: An Investigation Into Academic Clustering Among Division II Student Athletes,” Society of Business, Industry and Economics, San Destin, Fla., April 2024.
“Competitive Scholars: An Analysis of Division II Business Majors and Their Sports,” Society for the Advancement of Management, Orlando, Fla., March 2024.
Made presentations for prospective students, November 2023.
“Are Division II Student Athletes Academically Weak? An Exploratory Study,” SeInforms, Virginia Beach, Va., October 2023.
Dr. Daniel Moorehead, Sociology
“Humans: Our Insatiable Appetite to Consume Animal Products,” Animals in Human Society Presentation Series, Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, April 2024.
“Group Work: Enhancing Student Learning and Success in the Classroom,” 13th Annual Regional Conference on Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, Center for Teaching Excellence, FSU, March 2024.
“Deviant Behavior: A Closer Look,” Brains and Brews, The Deep End, Frostburg, May 2023.
Dr. Lauren Pacinelli and Dr. Jackie Durst, Kinesiology
Mid-Atlantic Athletic Trainers’ Association Annual Symposium, Virginia Beach, Va., May 2024:
“Anaerobic Capacity and Lower Body Strength Deficits Related to Thermal Protective Gear in Rural Volunteer Firefighters,” poster presentation
“Influence Of Thermal Protective Gear on Rural Volunteer Firefighter Postural Stability,” poster presentation
Dr. Lauren Pelesky, Nursing
“Screening for a Traumatic Birth Experience to Increase Identification of Maternal Mental Health Issues in the Postpartum Period,” Sigma Theta Tau International Lambda Eta Spring 2024 Evidence-Based Practice Conference, Salisbury, Md., May 2024.
Dr. Elesha L. Ruminski, Communication
Opening Speaker, Taste of Civility event, Choose Civility: Allegany County, December 2023.
Opened alumna Tara Strickland’s presentation to CMST 335 to all department majors and campus, Fall 2023.
Dr. James C. Saku, Geography
“The Dynamics of Environmental Review Within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region,” 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, April 2024.
“The Population Dynamics of Native Canadians,” 2023 Applied Geography Conference, Pittsburgh, October 2023.
Dr. Sudipto Sarkar, Marketing and Finance
“Firm Capabilities and Global Value Chain Embeddedness,” Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators, Galveston, Texas, April 2024.
“Sponsorship Synergy: Unleashing the Brand Power in Concert Sponsorship,” Society for Marketing Advances Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, November 2023.
Dr. Thomas L. Serfass, Biology
“Trapping and the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: Incongruities Demonstrated Through the Northern River Otter,” Wildlife Conservation and Management in the 21st Century: Issues, Solutions and New Concepts, https://alphawildlifesummits.ca, December 2023.
Maryland/Delaware Chapter of The Wildlife Society Fall Meeting, Seneca Creek State Park, Gaithersburg, Md., September 2023:
“Food Habits of River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in West Virgina,” with B. Blake, R. Rogers and B. Keplinger
“The C&O Canal National Historical Park – A Conduit for Carnivore Population Expansion East?” with E. Geibel, M. Triska, A. Landsman and M. Spínola
“Food Habits of River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in West Virginia, With Emphasis on Assessing Predation on Gamefish,” with B. Blake, R. Rogers and B. Keplinger, Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 78th Annual Conference, Hershey, Pa., April-May 2023.
Dr. Thomas L. Serfass, and Dr. Thomas Lambert, Biology
“The C&O Canal National Historical Park – An Important Corridor for Carnivore Movement in Maryland?” with E. Geibel, M. Spínola, M. Triska and A. Landsman, 13th International Mammalogical Congress, Anchorage, Alaska, July 2023.
“Occupancy and Detection Patterns of Carnivores Along Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park From Cumberland to Hancock, Maryland,” with E. Geibel, M. Spínola, M. Triska and A. Landsman, Northeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 78th Annual Conference, Hershey, Pa., April-May 2023.
Lazareth Sye, Residence Life
“Kipuka, a Place of Refuge: Lessons on Navigating Cultural Identity at a Predominantly White Institution,” NASPA 2024, Seattle, March 2024.
Dr. Jamelyn Tobery-Nystrom, Educational Professions
“What’s Art Got to Do With It?” Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference, Washington, D.C., July 2023.
Dr. Jodi G. Welsch, Educational Professions
“Viewing Classroom Texts Through Multiple Lenses,” roundtable, with Valerie Robnolt and Virginia Massaro, Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers, Santa Fe, N.M., November 2023.
Dr. Jodi G. Welsch and Dr. Kristine McGee, Educational Professions
“Culturally Responsive to Culturally Competent: Growing Preservice Teachers as Critical Guides,” roundtable, Association for Literacy Educators and Researchers, Santa Fe, N.M., November 2023.
Dr. Gregory Wood, History
Social Science History Association Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2023:
“‘No Labor Dictators for Us’: Anti-Union Workers During the Flint Sit-Down Strikes”
“Unions and the Fight for Labor Rights”
Dr. Lilly Ye, Marketing and Finance, and Dr. Yiming Zhuang, Management
“The Application of GANs in Consumer Behavior,” with Mousumi Bose, Association of Collegiate Marketing Educator Annual Conference, Galveston, Texas, April 2024.
Workshops, Discussions Led
Andy Duncan, English and Foreign Languages
Held a virtual Q&A, with Wakulla Springs co-author Ellen Klages, with Rick Wilber’s students in the low-residency Genre Fiction MFA Program at Western Colorado University in Gunnison, November 2023.
Taught Week One of the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop (a six-week residency with participants from Canada, Nigeria, Norway, Singapore and South Korea, as well as from across the U.S.), University of California San Diego, June 2023.
Dr. Jodi Eirich, Educational Professions
“The Art of Facilitating Meaningful Discussions,” Maryland Accelerates National Leadership Academy, Ellicott City, Md., June 2024.
“Using Video-Stimulated Recall Methodology to Facilitate Discourse With New Teachers,” Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, Md., November 2023.
Dr. Travis English, Visual Arts
Conducted a gallery discussion and walk-through for the 2023 Will’s Creek Exhibition at the Allegany Arts Council, September 2023.
Dr. Tariq Masood, Engineering
“Sustainable Smart Grid, Technology Option to Resolve Operations and Control Challenges of Electrical Power System,” Focus Frostburg Symposium, April 2024.
Dr. Michael Monahan, Management
Team Leadership, FSU EDLS Leadership Cohort Series, December 2023.
Dr. Elesha L. Ruminski, Communication
Facilitated “Relentless: Like a Woman” event, Allegany County Chamber of Commerce, Cumberland Country Club, Cumberland, April 2024.
Positive Visualization, “Relaxation Reading Day Recharge,” BURG Peer Education event, December 2023.
Dr. Kate Sheehan, Biology,
Led a workshop on quantitative avian necropsy in collaboration with a doctor of veterinary medicine from local wildlife rehabilitation centers and Nova Southeastern University and presented original research on parasites from birds, fishes and invertebrates in Alaska, Annual Waterbirds Society Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., October 2023.
Dr. Traki L. Taylor, Office of the President
“Navigating the Higher Education Terrain,” BOLD Leadership Group, Morgan State University, Baltimore.
Donnell H. VanSkiver, Office of the President
#IAmRemarkable Workshops:
FSU Sorority Leaders, Frostburg, March 2024
Allegany College of Maryland Administrative Associate Staff, Cumberland, October 2023
FSU ADAPT 2023 Cohort, Frostburg, September 2023
International Association of Administrative Professionals, Hagerstown, Md., August 2023
Dr. Lilly Ye, Marketing and Finance
“Navigating Tomorrow: The AI Revolution in Consumer Engagement,” Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators Fall Colloquium (online), December 2023.