ESU Honors Faculty and Administrator Authors

Fourteen East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania faculty members and one administrator were honored at the university's third annual University Authors Book Reception on Tuesday, November 6, at Kemp Library. The authors were cited for having published one or more books at ESU during 2005 and/or 2006. The event was hosted by University President, Dr. Robert J. Dillman.

A display of the authors' books and their biographies is prominently displayed in the foyer of the university library.

The honorees and the titles of their books follow: Dr. Susan Amirian, assistant professor of media communication and technology, Create Your Digital Portfolio: The Fast Track to Career Success; Co-authors Dr. Domenico Cavaiuolo, associate professor of special education and rehabilitation, and Dr. Daniel Steere, professor of special education and rehabilitation, Growing up: Transition to Adult Life for Students with Disabilities; Dr. Barbara Collins, professor of sociology, Crisis and Trauma: Developmental-Ecological Intervention; Dr. John Dublanica (pen name: John Stephens), adjunct professor of professional and secondary education, Rude Promenade; Dr. Gregory Dwyer, associate professor of movement studies and exercise science, ACSM's Metabolic Calculations Handbook; Dr. Michael Gray, assistant professor of history, The Business of Captivity: Elmira and its Civil War Prison; Dr. T. Storm Heter, assistant professor of philosophy, Sartre's Ethics of Engagement: Authenticity and Civic Virtue; Co-author Dr. Kenneth Mash, professor of political science, A Novel Approach to Politics: Introducing Political Science through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture; Dr. Robert McKenzie, professor of communication studies, Comparing Media from Around the World; Dr. Fred Misurella, professor of English, Lies to Live By: Stories; Co-author Dr. Stephanie Romano, associate professor of reading, a co-editor with Dick Heyler, Linda Reilly, and Diane Skiffington Dickson, The Oral History Project: Connecting Students to their Community, Grades 4-8; Co-authors Dr. Edith Miller, professor, academic enrichment and learning, and coordinator of disability services, and Dr. Julianne Albiero-Walton, professor, academic enrichment and learning, and disabilities specialist, UDL: Universal Design in Learning for Educators.

This year's administrative honoree is Co-author Dr. Peter Hawkes, dean of the school of arts and sciences, for his book with John Desmund titled Adaptation: Studying Film and Literature.