Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Annual Report 2001-2002
Dean's Letter
Camden College of Arts and Sciences
Research Centers and Initiatives
Academic Departments
Undergraduate Programs
Graduate Programs
Appendices
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Graduate Programs
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
Enrollment Student Services Secondly, in conjunction with the Teaching Excellence Center, we held a training session for the TA's in biology, chemistry and English. This workshop had as its purpose the airing of common teaching issues and problems and the sharing of useful teaching techniques. Bob Evans, Tim Martin, Rafey Habib, Georgia Arbuckle-Keil, and Mary Craig, along with Nancy Omaha Boy, served as facilitators. It was a useful and important session for the training of the TA's as teachers as well as researchers. New Program The addition of Criminal Justice brings to a total of 10 the number of graduate programs on the Camden campus, about equally distributed between academic and professional fields. They promise a successful future for the Graduate School at Camden.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN BIOLOGY During the 2001-2002 academic year, members of the Graduate Program in Biology continued in numerous research and outreach activities, and expanded recently developed programs. Daniel Shain participated in the JASON Project XIII, a multidisciplinary interactive effort to engage fourth- through ninth-grade students and teachers in science (http://www.jasonproject.org/jason13/componentmatrix.html). Dr. Shain traveled to the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, where he joined a team of arctic researchers to present workshops via the internet. The 2002 JASON expedition focuses on frozen environments, and Dr. Shain is currently studying ice worms found in Alaskan glaciers. (http://www.jasonproject.org/jason13/meet_team/interview_shain.html). Two students have progressed through the new Dual Degree Program in Biology to the point of matriculating into the Masters Program in Biology. An additional two students have been admitted to the program for the 2002-2003 academic year. This program is meant to attract outstanding undergraduate Biology majors to the Graduate Program by allowing them to complete both the Bachelor's and Master's degree within five years. As an example of the success of the program, one of the initial students, Kristi A. Hohenstein, was awarded a Life Sciences Fellowship ($20,000 plus tuition) from Hoffman-LaRoche for the 2002-2003 academic year. This was the sole such fellowship awarded in Rutgers University this year. Ms. Hohenstein is working in Dr. Daniel Shain's laboratory and was supported as an undergraduate by the research initiative on Information Processing in Complex Biological Systems (IPCBS). The IPCBS, which includes researchers in biology, chemistry, computer science and psychology, has continued to expand. This initiative, directed by Joseph V. Martin (co-director: J. W. Whitlow, Jr.) received new funds ($ 50,000) from the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education Capacity-Building Funds for Biomedical and Other High-Tech Research. Continued support ($35,000) from the Rutgers University Strategic Resource and Opportunity Analysis (SROA) Program will be used in part as an institutional match for a new grant from the National Science Foundation ($165,100), which has been recommended for funding. The NSF grant will be used to buy a scanning electron microscope for collaborative use by IPCBS members.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN CHEMISTRY The Graduate Program in Chemistry continued its course of excellence. Both graduates and undergraduates participated in refereed publications with the faculty and next year we plan to extend the Rutgers-Camden Annual Research Symposium to include graduate students as well as undergraduates. The department has also been active in advertising and recruiting, including advertising in the local newsletter of the American Chemical Society, participation in a graduate recruitment fair at Villanova and discussions with Camden County College about improving the visibility of our 3-2 program. Three new graduate courses are scheduled for Fall 2002, including a highly sought-after course in Industrial Chemistry offered by Thomas Colacot, a course in Fluoro-organic chemistry offered by Alex Roche, and a course in Quantum Chemistry offered by Paul Maslen. James Wilkings, a graduate student in Georgia Arbuckle's group, completed his Master's degree and plans to attend graduate school at UCLA in the fall. Jing Li's research group includes three post-doctoral fellows in addition to a number of students ranging from high-school to graduate-level. Paul Maslen also received a $28k grant from Research Corporation, gave a talk at an international conference in Finland, and spent five weeks as a visitor at the CSIRO Division of Manufacturing Science and Technology in Victoria, Australia.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ENGLISH This has been a year of expansion for the Graduate Program in English. Applications are increasing, GRE scores and GPA's of admitted students are rising, and the incoming class will arrive from a larger variety of ports, including New York, Florida, Indiana, and New Mexico. Many of these students continue to be drawn to our strong creative writing offerings; others find the Teaching of Writing track appealing. Through a new arrangement with Camden County College, the Department is able to insure that all graduate students, not only our Teaching Assistants, leave the program with some college teaching experience. Ten students graduated with the English M.A. this year. Fully eight of them submitted either creative or scholarly theses. Christine Fitzsimon's thesis, "Using Literature in the Classroom," is being distributed to all of the incoming teachers of composition at Baruch University in New York as part of their training. Another graduate, Lori Joyce, presented a paper at the meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Halifax, Novia Scotia. Among our creative writers, student Carol Plum Ucci's second young adult novel, What Happened to Lani Garver, will be published this summer; Zoe Forney was awarded a writer's grant from the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, and also was a poetry semifinalist in the Lyric Recovery Festival competition at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Our faculty accomplishments will be noted in the Chairman's report. For the second year in a row, an English professor has been noted for teaching excellence: Dr. Carol Singley won this year's Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award. Visiting professor Lise Funderburg, a Senior Writer for Time Magazine, led the graduate seminar in Publishing and Editing, in which students work as interns for scholars, journalists, and creative writers. Some of the students in that class served in editorial capacities at The Camden On-Line Poetry Project, an initiative that has brought both The Painted Bride Quarterly and The Mickle Street Review under the aegis of the English Department. One special program, The Fifteenth Annual Spring Writers' Conference, offered on a grant from the New Jersey Council on the Arts, this year featured novelist Andre Dubus III and drew over three hundred people to the campus.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN HISTORY The MA-History program commenced the 2001-02 year with a student cohort numbering 36, an increase from 28-30 students in Fall 2000. Full time Rutgers faculty offered all core courses this year, as is usual, but we did engage a specialist in Museum Management to present an upper level Public History course and a colleague from Stockton State University to offer Environmental History for the first time at the graduate level (Summer Session I, 2002). Both are affiliated faculty, listed in the catalog, whom we hope to have involved with our program over the longer term. Our exchange relations in Public History with Temple University continued for a second year, with occasional administrative glitches but no substantive problems. Temple students enrolled in our Fall 2001 Museums course and our students took part in Temple's Spring 2002 Material Culture colloquium. Thus while the program's total numbers are stabilizing near 40, many more are taking three or two courses per term than had been the case just a few years ago, boosting total registrations somewhat. If this pattern continues, we will need to restore annually one of the regularly offered MA courses dropped when the program contracted in 1997-99, so as to sustain graduate level class sizes. Four MA candidates received degrees at the 2002 commencement. We anticipate double this number will complete their studies in 2002-03, as the program rebuilding which commenced two years ago begins to generate larger numbers of students completing their degrees.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN LIBERAL STUDIES AY 2001-2002 has been a good one for the Graduate Liberal Studies Program. Student numbers grew to 55 (before graduation), approximately the number we can handle efficiently. This year we graduated 8 students, two of whom won awards for their work in the program: Megan Fitzgerald received the Hugh White Prize in Religious Studies, and Ken Hiltner was presented with the Rutgers-Camden Alumni Association Award. In addition, Mr. Hiltner published 5 articles in prestigious journals during his time here, and his capstone essay is now being considered for publication by Cambridge University Press. Besides those of Mr. Hiltner and Ms. Fitzgerald, other graduates' capstone projects set a new standard for creativity and achievement, including Robert Emmons' well received documentary film on contemporary comic strips and Timothy Hassall's promising novel-in-progress. Two of our graduates will go on to Ph.D. programs in English, Ken Hiltner at Harvard and Eun-Young Koh at Rice University. Eun-Young is the first foreign student to have completed our program. Enrollments continue healthy: we have in the past year (since June 2001) recruited 25 new students for the program. Our course offerings this year have exemplified the interdisciplinary character of the program. We listed courses in Classical Mythology, Mayan Art and Culture, Revolutionary Transformation in Russia, 20th Century Russian Literature, , Women in French Literature, Science and Subjects' Rights, the Rhetoric of the Image, and Art on Trial. We also cross-listed 11 other courses taught by faculty in the departments of English, History, and Political Science. The Liberal Studies Program continued its sponsorship of a series of public lectures and faculty colloquia. The theme for 2001-2002 was "Free-Style in the Gene Pool: New Directions in Genetic Research.." The series included talks by two scientists working at the cutting edge of genetic research, and 6 colloquia conducted by members of our own faculty, representing the departments of English, Philosophy and Religion, Psychology, and Biology. We thank the Dean for providing the financial resources that made this series possible. Student response to the program, whether on the SIR forms or in informal conversations, continues to be positive. The MALS candidates seem to be more than content with our curricular offerings and with their interaction with the Rutgers faculty. Their word-of-mouth recommendations continue to bring us increasing numbers of new recruits.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE The Graduate Mathematics Program continues to grow nicely, with 36 students enrolled (30 of them in the Mathematics for Computer Science track). New enrollments have more than compensated for the 10 students who graduated this Spring, one of whom, Chang Yoon Huh, will enter the Ph.D. program at City University of New York this Fall. Enrollment in the new Teaching track is just starting to pick up, with 3 new graduate students now enrolled. During AY 2001-2002, the department offered a new two-part graduate course, "Algebra for Computer Scientists", which ran with full enrollments in both the fall and spring semesters. The course covered most of the mathematical background for Donald Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" and included a thorough introduction to the algebraic theory of coding information for reliable communication, so called "error-correcting codes," which served as a concrete introduction to some sophisticated ideas in number theory and algebra.
GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PHYSICAL THERAPY (jointly sponsored by umdnj-shrp)
The overall market for the hiring of physical therapy graduates improved again this past year. The pool of qualified applicants improved over last year and a full class of twenty students matriculated in May 2002. The faculty worked diligently in assisting qualified students to choose the MPT Program and in assisting matriculated students in completing the program successfully. The year was highlighted by a number of outstanding accomplishments, including the following. Prof. Kietrys and Prof. Gillardon had a publication accepted by the journal, Rehabilitation Oncology. Ms. Gillardon also had a publication accepted by the Journal of Physical Therapy Education for the upcoming issue. David Kietrys was an invited presenter at the American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting in Boston. Robert Marsico completed his doctoral education program and was an invited spearker at the 47th Annual Conference of the American Paraplegia Society. Faculty and students from the MPT Program presented 7 posters (1 at a national professional meeting, 5 at state professional meetings, 1 at a school-level poster day). Faculty was active in presenting informational sessions, career fairs, and workshops to laypersons and health professionals in south Jersey. They were active in national, state, and local activities of the American Physical Therapy Association and its components. The MPT Program continued its involvement in providing care to individuals who are medically underserved: individuals who are HIV+ and the migrant farmworkers and their children. The faculty continued their work with the UMDNJ High School Scholars Program, a program which educates high school seniors about careers in the health related professions. Research/Scholarship Publications: Kietrys, D.M (Assistant Professor), Gillardon, P (Assistant Professor), Galantino, M.L. "Contemporary issues in the rehabilitation of patient with HIV disease. Part I: The team approach to rehabilitation of patients with HIV disease. Part II: Complications of HIV Disease. Rehabilitation Oncology, 20(1), 21-26. Gillardon, P. (Assistant Professor) and G. Pinto Zipp, "A proposed strategy to facilitate Clinical Decision Making in Physical Therapy Students." Accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education, Fall 2002 issue. Platform Presentations: Kietrys, D.M. (Assistant Professor). "Musculoskeletal Pathways" in a session on "Physical Therapy Management of the Patient with HIV as it relates to the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice." American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. February, 2002. Marsico, R. "Autonomic responses to maximal arm ergometry in individuals with paraplegia." In the Symposium, "Autonomic nervous system in chronic spinal cord injury: Breaking the silence on the 'silent' nervous system." 47th Annual Conference of the American Paraplegia Society. Las Vegas, Nevada. September, 2001 Poster Presentations: Chica, S, Dennis, B, Ortiz, D, Robertson, C, Weiss, R, Kietrys, D.M. (Assistant Professor). The effects of exercise on individuals with HIV-Disease." American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey Conference, Parsippany, New Jersey. March, 2002. Corcoran, J, Martino, S, Mraz, M, Shaikh, A, Marsico, R (Assistant Professor). "Effects of aerobic exercise on individuals with paraplegia." American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey Conference, Parsippany, New Jersey. March, 2002. Eisenberg , D, Nardone, MK (Associate Professor). "Relationship of muscle strength and exercise to motor development in individuals with Down Syndrome: A literature review." American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey Conference, Parsippany, New Jersey. March, 2002. Gorsky, K, Liu, S, Shah, S, Wiley, A, Wong, J, Gillardon, P (Assistant Professor). "Effects of body weight support treadmill training on patients with neurological disorders: A literature review." American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey Conference, Parsippany, New Jersey. March, 2002. Kremus, A, Deacon, S, Kron, K, Rudman, J, Flickinger, G.E. (Clinical Instructor). "The role of social perception in the delivery of physical therapy services: A review of the literature." UMDNJ-SHRP Poster Day, Newark, N.J., May, 2002. Palmunen, J, Goldberg, Nardone, MK. "The doctorate of physical therapy." American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey Conference, Parsippany, New Jersey. March, 2002. Sliwinski, MM, Buccieri, K, Malta, S, Recker-Hughes, Co, Kolodzief, T, Krencicki, D (Assistant Professor), Dori-Calise, S. "Development of a clinical instructor survey: A suggestion from the field." American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, February, 2002. Other: Robert Marsico (Assistant Professor) successfully defended his dissertation, "Cardiovascular and autonomic responses to maximal arm exercise in trained and sedentary individuals with paraplegia." He was awarded an EdD from Columbia Teacher's College on May 22, 2002. David Kietrys (Assistant Professor) serviced as an item writer for the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy. He also served as a textbook reviewer for an orthopedic textbook for McGraw Hill Publishing Company. Prof. Kietrys is completing data collection on a research project, "The effects of At-Work exercise programs on Comfort, Pain, Disability, Satisfaction, and Compliance in VDT Operators." Dennise Krencicki (Assistant Professor) was certified as a Trainer for Certified Clinical Instructors by the American Physical Therapy Association. Patricia Gillardon (Assistant Professor) served as a neurological rehabilitation textbook reviewer for Mosby , Inc. Prof. Krencicki, Gillardon, and Kietrys conducted 53 visits to affiliated clinical sites over the past year. Forty-six visits were completed while students were fulfilling the clinical education requirements for the program. Teaching Innovations: Marie Koval Nardone (Associate Professor), Patricia Gillardon (Assistant Professor), Robert Marsico (Assistant Professor), and David Kietrys (Assistant Professor) served as faculty facilitators for a web-based course for post-professional physical therapy students (IDST6400). Patricia M. Gillardon (Assistant Professor) developed a web-based unit for nutrition students (NUTR6419) and continued to refine a rehabilitation unit for a web-based course (IDST5100) for the School of Health Related Professions, UMDNJ. David M. Kietrys (Assistant Professor) and G. Edward Flickinger (Clinical Instructor) expanded the use of video-taping and feedback sessions for the Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy I practical examinations utilizing the UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine's Standardized Patient Laboratories. Marie Koval Nardone (Associate Professor), Robert Marsico (Assistant Professor), Patricia Gillardon (Assistant Professor), G. Edward Flickinger (Clinical Instructor) developed an examination review session for graduating students. All MPT faculty participated in clinical decision making remediation sessions for matriculated students who were having difficulty completing the program in a timely manner. Student and Graduate Accomplishments: Sophia Liu (2002) was awarded the MPT Program Clinical Excellence Award. Joan Palmunen (2002) was awarded the MPT Program Academic Excellence Award by UMDNJ-SHRP and the MPT Program Excellence Award. MPT students volunteered in the following activities: Physical Therapy Open Houses on campus at UMDNJ-Stratford (3 events), information booth at Reading Terminal Market, Migrant Screening Projects for Adults at Cumberland County College and for Children in Port Norris, New Jersey, and New Jersey Special Olympics. Community Service: G. Edward Flickinger (Clinical Instructor) served on the retention task force and the CACE advisory committee of UMDNJ-SHRP, and the Cancer and Aging Committee of UMDNJ-Stratford campus . He served as MPT faculty liaison to the American Physical Therapy Association Student Assembly and to the Foundation for Physical Therapy. He was an active participant in the Hadassah Run for Life fundraiser for breast cancer research and presented, "The role of physical therapy in patients with breast cancer" for the American Cancer Society of Lancaster. Mr. Flickinger developed a faculty practice business plan and serves as faculty liaison for the Woodbury Mews Project, which is a potential faculty practice opportunity. Patricia Gillardon (Assistant Professor) presented "Exercise for Cancer Survivors" at the UMDNJ-SOM Cancer Center National Cancer Survivors Day on June 2, 2002. She served as Nominating Committee Chairperson, member of the Research Committee, member of the Student Conclave Task Force for the American Physical Therapy Association of New Jersey and a member of the South Jersey Council on AIDS. David Kietrys (Assistant Professor) presented a workshop, "Progressive Resistance Exercise," at MANNA's Third Annual "Food for Thought" Conference in September, 2001; the workshop is geared to individuals who have HIV disease. Prof. Kietrys is a member of the South Jersey Council on AIDS. He serves as research chairperson for the Southeast District, Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association (PPTA), as a member of the Research Committee of the PPTA and as an alternate delegate for the American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates for Pennsylvania. Mr. Kietrys served as a member of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgendered Task Force of UMDNJ. He is the program liaison to the alumni. Mr. Kietrys was appointed as the faculty chairperson for SHRP for 2002-2004. Dennise Krencicki (Assistant Professor) served as Faculty Development Committee Chairperson, UMDNJ-SHRP and as a member of the UMDNJ-Stratford Library Committee. She is an active member of the New York Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education Consortium. She is an appointed member of the New Jersey Board of Physical Therapy. Robert Marsico (Assistant Professor) served as a soccer coach for the Galloway Township Athletic Association. He was a member of the Faculty Development Committee, UMDNJ-SHRP. He lectured on "The Physical Therapy/Physicians' Assistant Relationship" to the UMDNJ-SHRP PA Program. Marie Koval Nardone served as a member of the Executive Council, Excellence Awards Committee, Allied Health Week Poster Committee of UMDNJ-SHRP; the Project Interact Committee of UMDNJ-SOM Department of Family Medicine, the UMDNJ PCC Project Committee, the Cancer and Aging Committee, and the Rutgers-Camden Graduate Directors' Council. Ms. Nardone was a guest lecturer for the post-professional DPT students at UMDNJ-SHRP on qualitative research. She coordinates SHRP's participation in the High School Scholars Program which is sponsored by UMDNJ. She served on the Promotions Committee for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. MPT Program faculty represented the program at a number of career fairs throughout New Jersey, including the SPARC Exposition, Rutgers-Camden Admissions Open Houses, Rutgers-Camden Graduate Fair, Temple Graduate Fair, East Stroudsburg University Graduate Fair, Rutgers-New Brunwsick Career Fair, Many activities were conducted by the Program faculty and students for Physical Therapy Month in October. These included activities at the Reading Terminal Market and on the campus of UMDNJ in Stratford. Faculty is well-represented on UMDNJ-SHRP and program committees. In June, 2002, the MPT Program faculty and students screened adult migrant farm workers and their children in Vineland, and Port Norris, New Jersey. This community service project is coordinated by Assistant Professors, Patricia M. Gillardon and Dennise B. Krencicki. Mary Ellen O'Neill (Clinical Assistant Professor), G. Edward Flickinger (Clinical Instructor), David Kietrys (Assistant Professor), Robert Marsico (Assistant Professor), Marie Koval Nardone (Associate Professor) and MPT students assisted them. The MPT Program faculty practice continued to provide services for individuals who participate in the Kennedy Health Systems Early Intervention Program for individuals who are HIV+. David Kietrys (Assistant Professor) provides clinical services. Marie Koval Nardone provides administrative services. Prof. Flickinger is exploring the possibilities for additional faculty practice opportunities. MPT Program faculty mentored local high school students who are participants in the High School Scholars Program, which is sponsored by UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM). Clinical Instructor, G. Edward Flickinger; Assistant Professors Patricia Gillardon, David Kietrys, Dennise Krencicki, and Robert Marsico and Associate Professor, Marie Koval Nardone supervised the students' research projects. Three of the high school student projects were presented as posters at SOM's Annual Research Day, 2002; they were supervised by Prof. Gillardon and Prof. Marsico. The following faculty made presentations to the Scholars group: G. Edward Flickinger, Patricia Gillardon, and Marie Koval Nardone. Ms. Nardone and Mr. Flickinger coordinated the Scholars course. Internships: All MPT students complete a minimum of 4 full-time clinical experiences as a component of the curriculum. Seventry-three MPT student affiliatoins were completed at the following institutions this past year: A. Harry Moore School, Advanced PT Associates, Archway School (2), Aspen Post (3), Atlantic City Medical Center, BCS PT, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Center, Burke Rehabilitation Center, Burlington County Special Services (2), CentraState Medical Center (3), Comprehensive Sports Care Spec., Continuum Healthcare, Cooper Medical Center, CP of Middlesex-Lakeside School, Delaware Valley Physical Therapy, Elkins Park Hospital - Tenet, Graduate Medical Center, Hackensack Medical Center (2), Health South Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (Manahawkin), Health South Rehabilitation Center of Toms River, Helen Hayes, Inglis House, JFK-Edison, JFKMC/RWJ Rehabilitation Center (2), Kennedy Memorial Hospital (Cherry Hill), Kennedy Memorial Hospital (Stratford - 3), Kessler (Saddlebrook), Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation West, Kessler Institute - Welkind, Matheny School and Hospital, Medical Center - Princeton, Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, NovaCare (Cherry Hill), NovaCare (Los Gatos), NovaCare (Medford - 3NovaCare (Philadelphia), NovaCare (Sicklerville), NovaCare (Stratford -2), NovaCare (Woodbury), Rancocas Hospital, Raritan Bay Medical Center (Old Bridge), Rehab Connection (2), Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Runnels Specialized Hospital, St. Agnes Medical Center, St. Barnabas Medical Center (2), St. Lawrence Rehab, St. Mary's Hospital (Langhorne), Shore Orthopedics and Athletic Rehabilitation, Sports and Back Rehab, Sports Care and Physical Rehabilitation, Underwood Medical Center, University Hospital Newark (2), Vineland Developmental Center, Virtua Memorial Hospital - Burlington, Washington Township Sports Therapy, and Wayne Physical Therapy and Spine Center.
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