M.F.A. in Stage Design - Scenic Design, Northwestern University
B.A. in Theatre with a Studio Art minor in Oil Painting, Hope College
Sarah earned her MFA in Stage Design – Scenic Design from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where she received a full-ride scholarship, and trained under award-winning scenic designers: Daniel Ostling, Todd Rosenthal and Walt Spangler.
Upcoming Work: The Cake (Nashville Repertory Theatre) in October 2022, and Once: The Musical (Writer's Theatre) in 2023
Select Credits: Lookingglass Alice (Assistant Scenic Designer for 2022 remount production in Chicago, and the 2015 Miami and Denver Tours, Lookingglass Theatre Company); South of Settling (Steppenwolf); In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) (TimeLine Theatre Company); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and James and the Giant Peach (Filament Theatre); Fulfillment Center and 3C (A Red Orchid Theatre); Unseen and A Life Extra Ordinary (The Gift Theatre).
Her design work has been recognized regionally by the American College Theatre Festival, nationally by the JFK Center for the Performing Arts, and internationally at the Prague Quadrennial exhibition held in the Czech Republic. Her photography work has been exhibited in New York City.
Room FA 232
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Tuesday: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Ph.D. Northern Illinois University
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University
B.A. Morehouse College
Abdul-Adil, J., Drozd, O., Irie, I., Riley, R, Silas, A., Farmer, Jr. A., & Tolan, P. (2009). University-community mental health center collaboration: Encouraging the dissemination of empirically-based treatment and practice. The Community Mental Health Journal, 46(5), 417-422.
Sarah Pekoc, MA., Jaleel Abdul-Adil, PhD., Alvin Farmer, PhD (2017). Treating Violence Exposure: A Case Study Using Community and Evidenced-Based Practices in Chicago. Poster session presented at the Cultural Impact Conference at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
Jaleel Abdul-Adil, A. David Farmer Jr., Gibson, L., & Liza Suarez, (2018). Hip-Hop H.E.A.L.S. (H3) Clinical Intervention Manual for Child Trauma and Community Violence Exposure (First Edition).
Jaleel Abdul-Adil, A. David Farmer Jr., & Liza Suarez, (2018). Hip-Hop H.E.A.L.S. (H3) Prevention Manual for Child Trauma and Community Violence Exposure (First Edition).
Child and Family Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Farmer is a licensed clinical psychologist who provides clinical services to children and families. His goal is to develop clinical interventions that address the mental health outcomes of violence exposure and trauma and is especially interested in examining evidence-based clinical interventions with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and trauma and violence exposure.
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United States
University of California Santa Barbara
History, Ph.D., 2010
Books:
Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War (Syracuse University Press, 2021), Latifeh Yarshater Book Award Honorable Mention by Association for Iranian Studies and Persian Heritage Foundation
"The Iranian Constitutional Revolution and the Clerical Leadership of Khurasani" (Syracuse University Press, 2015), Best First Book Award 2016 by the National History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta.
Articles:
“Akhund Khurasani: A Historical Model for Iranian Constitutionalism,” Digest of Middle East Studies (forthcoming)
“Gum shudih-yi dar safihati tarikh,” Sharq, (2012); a Persian language journal published in Iran
“Interregional Rivalry Cloaked in Iraqi Arab Nationalism and Iranian Secular Nationalism and Shi‘ite Ideology,” International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies (2009)
“Shi‘i Ideology, Iranian Secular Nationalism, and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88),” Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (2007)
“Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and the Migration of Iranian Youth to California,” Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West (2005)
An Iranian native, Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh attended high school and college in southern California. After spending seven years in nursing and health care industries, his curiosity led him to pursue a higher education in history. He is quadrilingual, speaking Persian, English, Spanish, and Arabic. Recipient of a number of prestigious awards and fellowships, he taught world and Middle Eastern history at Santa Barbara City College and California State Fullerton before joining NEIU’s History faculty in 2010.
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
1979, Doctoral degree, Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Poland
1971, M.S., Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Poland
Return to Mathematics Faculty
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
On leave until July 1.
D.M.A., Northwestern University, Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting
M.M., Penn State University, Orchestral Conducting
M.M., Yale University, Instrumental Performance
B.M., SUNY Potsdam, Music Education and Instrumental Performance
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., Forestry, University of Minnesota
M.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinios University
B.A., Biology, Augustana College
Flakne, R. and R. Keller. 2012. “A Plan for Nature in Glenview”: Creating and implementing a natural resources plan at the community level. Environmental Practice 14(1):35-44.
Flakne, R. 2003. The Holocene vegetation history of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33(6):1144-1166.
Davis, M.B., C. Douglas, R. Calcote, K. Cole, M. Winkler, and R. Flakne. 2000. Holocene climate in the western Great Lakes National Parks and Lakeshores: implications for future climate change. Conservation Biology 14 (4):968-983.
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States
Ph.D. Illinois Institute of Technology
M.S. Illinois Institute of Technology
B.A. Northeastern Illinois University
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D. McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, 2008 (Biblical Studies)
M.Div. Magna cum laude, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL, 2002
B.A. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 1998 (Greek)
Biblical Translation in Chinese and Greek: Verbal Aspect in Theory and Practice, Linguistic Biblical Studies 1. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
“Four-Character Set Phrases: A Study of Their Use in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Versions of the Chinese New Testament.” Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies 2 (2011): 45–97.
“Eπιούσιος: A New Proposal for Its Significance in the Poetic Structure of the Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9b–13).” Jian Dao 30 (2008): 1–19.
“Translating Biblical Texts into Chinese: the Pioneer Venture of the Nestorian Missionaries.” The Bible Translator 59, no. 3 (2008): 113–21.
“The Lives and Martyrdom of China Missionaries Esther V. Nordlund, Martha J. Anderson, and Alexis Berg.” Covenant Quarterly 61, no.1 (Feb 2003): 13–35.
“What Does This Mean? (Acts 2:1–21)” in James W. Cox, ed., The Minister's Manual, 2003 Edition (Edison: John Wiley & Sons, 2002), 140–42.
“Zen and Archery, and Iconic Symbols of Contemporary Japan,” paper presented at the Collaboratory for Urban and Intercultural Learning, North Park University, Chicago, IL, April 25, 2013.
“Formosan Aborigines: A Historic Overview,” paper presented to the Forum, LaSalle Street Church, Chicago, IL, January 13, 2013.
“Eugene Nida and the Chinese Bible: the Four-Character Set Phrase as an Ideal Candidate
for Implementing the Theory of Functional Equivalence in Biblical Translation in Chinese,” paper to be presented at the 2012 SBL Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 17–20, 2012.
“The Stative Aspect and Its Discourse Function in Koine Greek,” paper presented at the Biblical and Theological Seminar, China Evangelical Seminary, Taipei, Taiwan, November 21, 2011.
“Four-Character Set Phrases: A Study of Their Use in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Versions of the Chinese New Testament,” paper presented at the roundtable conference,
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“Biblical Translations in Chinese,” Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 20–21, 2011.
“Translating Biblical Texts into Chinese: the Pioneer Venture of the Nestorian Missionaries,” paper presented at the SBL/AAR Regional Conference, St. Paul, MN, April 14, 2007.
“Issues in Translating Biblical Texts into Chinese,” paper presented at the Theological Research Seminar, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, November 15, 2005.
“Ἐπιούσιος: A New Proposal for Its Significance in the Poetic Structure of the Lord’s Prayer (Matt. 6:9b–13),” paper presented at the Theological Research Seminar, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, ON, March 22, 2005.
“Monotheism and Islam,” paper presented at a religion class, Aletheia University, Tamsui, Taiwan, May 10, 2003.
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Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Postdoctorate, University of Chicago
Ph.D. Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
B.Sc. Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Organic Chemistry 1 (Peer-Led Team Learning Workbook), Emily Fioramonti, Paras Mehta, Alexandra Gokee, Brenna Dooley. Editor in Chief: Ana Fraiman, Publisher PLTLIS, ISBN 978-1-944996-00-0 (2017).
PEER-LED TEAM LEARNING: AN ACTIVE LEARNING METHOD FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. , A.E. Dreyfuss, A. Fraiman ICERI2015 Proceedings
A. Fraiman: “Transition time? Moving toward student center labs”. Proceedings International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Edulearn 14, ISBN: 978-84-617-0557-3, p 5956-5960.
N. Tran, T. Nguyen, Ana Fraiman. “ Mastery and Wikis”: Proceedings of International conference in Education Research and Innovations. ICERI 2013, ISBN: 978-84-616-3847-5. ISSN: 2340-1095, page 5174-5179.
Veronica Curtis-Palmer and Ana Fraiman; Biodiesel: A CASPiE Module. https://stemedhub.org/tags/caspie. May 2012
Ana Fraiman: “Collaborative Reflections with Web 2.0”. Proceedings of International Conference in Education Research and Innovations. ICERI 2011, ISBN: 978-84-615-3324-4, p 571.
Ana Fraiman: “The impact of Using Chem-Wiki (Web 2.0 technology) on student learning”. Proceedings of International Conference in Education Research and Innovations. ICERI 2010, ISBN: 978-84-614-2439-2 , page 4007
John Dao, Mary Caffero and Ana Fraiman*: “Chem-Wiki: Increasing Collaboration through Online Lab Reporting using Web 2.0 technology” Proceedings of International Conference in Education Research and Innovations. ICERI 2009, ISBN: 978-84-613-2955-7, page 4544-4549.
“Edward Elliot and Ana Fraiman”: “Increase collaboration through Online Lab Reporting”: J. Chem. Educ., 2010, 87 (1), pp 54-56,12/2009.
Presentations at International Meetings
Developing and Intradisciplinary STEAM Minor. Ana Fraiman and Mark McKernin. American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU)Transforming STEM Higher education Atlanta 8-10, 2018, Atlanta, Georgia
Holistic Learning through a Science and Visual and performing Art Minor. Ana Fraiman and Mark McKernin. AACU Transforming STEM Higher education Chicago 7-19, 2019, Chicago, Illinois
PEER-LED TEAM LEARNING: AN ACTIVE LEARNING METHOD FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. presented at the 8th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Spain, November 2015
Chaired the session: Pedagogical Methods and Experiences
Peer-led Team Learning: An active learning method for the 21st Century. Ana Fraiman and AE Dreyfuss, ICERI 2015 (International Conference in Education Research and Innovations) November 2015, Seville, Spain.
Student Learning greatly enhanced through the implementation of Mastery Laboratories: Key Gains in Critical Thinking, Mastery of Material, Team Work and Communication. Ana Fraiman EduLearn 15, (International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies), July 2015, Barcelona, Spain. Virtual Presenter
Transition time? Moving toward student center labs: Ana Fraiman EduLearn 14, (International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies), July 2014, Barcelona, Spain.
Mastery and Wikis: Ana Fraiman ICERI 2013 (International Conference in Education Research and Innovations) November 2013, Seville, Spain.
Collaborative Reflections with Web 2.0: Ana Fraiman ICERI2011(International Conference in Education Research and Innovations) November 2011, Madrid, Spain.
The impact of Using Chem-Wiki (Web 2.0 technology) on student learning. Ana Fraiman. ICERI2010 (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation) November 2010 Madrid, Spain.
Chair Session
Session Chair: Collaborative and Problem Based Learning, EduLearn14, Barcelona, Spain.
Session Chair: Technological Innovations in Teaching and Learning: ICERI 2013, Seville, Spain.
Session chair: Technology in Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 and Social Networking ICERI2011, Madrid, Spain
Session Chair: Assessment of student learning. ICERI2010, Madrid, Spain
Session chair: Technologies and Methodologies applied to Education and Research ICERI2009, Madrid, Spain
Chem-Wiki Increase collaboration through online lab reporting using web 2:0 technology. J. Dao, M. Caffero, A. Fraiman ICERI2009.
Invited Conferences
PLTLIS (peer lead Team Learning International Society) Transforming Education: Research
and Best Practices with Peer-Led Team. May31st-June 2nd 2018, Dallas, Texas.
2017 PKAL STEM Leadership Institute July11-July16,2017, Maryland
Selected Presentations at National Meetings
A. Fraiman 1 , , AE Dreyfuss 2 .M. Nakamura 3 , A. Turchaninova 3 , Peer Leader Certification, Standards,
Practice, and Training. PLTLIS (peer lead Team Learning International Society) Transforming
Education: Research and Best Practices with Peer-Led Team, May 2018.
Fraiman 1 , , AE Dreyfuss 2 .J.Becvar 3 . -Sustaining PLTL Program by Publishing Course Workbooks
PLTLIS (peer lead Team Learning International Society) Transforming Education: Research
and Best Practices with Peer-Led Team, May 2018.
T. Bosie 1, A. Fraiman 2, T.Simeon . – Culturally Relevant Peer-Led Team Learning in General
Chemistry: Implementation and Evaluation. A Research Study at a Liberal Asts Historically Black
College and University (HBCU). PLTLIS (peer lead Team Learning International Society)
Transforming Education: Research and Best Practices with Peer-Led Team, May 2018.
Peer-Led Team Learning in Organic Chemistry. Chemistry Symposium for Undergraduate Women Students. Courtney Moran, Sandra Neri, Ana Fraiman (NEIU). Lewis University Romeoville, Ill. March 15, 2014
A case study in Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory using Mastery Learning Model. N. Tran, T. Nguyen, A. Fraiman. BCCE 2012 (Biennial Conferences on Chemical Education at Pennsylvania State University) July 29 -Aug. 2, 2012
Building a Bridge Between an HSI and a Land Grant Institution.
Ricardo Diaz, Ana Fraiman, Pamela Geddes, and Maria Villamil.
Workshop at Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). October 30, 2011, San Antonio, Texas
“Microwave-assisted Diels-Alder reactions in water medium catalyzed by zinc (II) chloride, a water-compatible Lewis acid.” Malgorzata Gawedzka and Ana Fraiman, Denkewalter Lecture in Chemistry and Medicine, Poster Session, Loyola University, October, 2010
Assessing collaboration through online reporting using Wikispaces. Sarah Vorpahl, Ana Fraiman, Mary Caffero, Illona Goykhman. 21st BCCE, August 2010, Denton, Texas
Selected Presentations at NEIU, and NEIU Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium
Through Hardships to Mastering Organic Chemistry: Interactive Learning and Student Centered Lab with Mastery Lab and Chem-Wiki. A student’s perspective. Brenna K. Dooley, Alexandra A. Gokee and Ana Fraiman. NEIU 23nd Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2015.
Mastery and Wikis, Transition Time? Moving Toward Student Center Labs, Sandra Neri, Ngan Tran, Thach Nguyen, Courtney Moran and Ana Fraiman. NEIU 5th Faculty Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium, November 2014.
Organic Chemistry Peer Mentor Experience. Michael Covington, Courtney Moran (University Honors Program) and Sandra Neri, NEIU 22nd Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium, April 2014.
A Novel Method for the preparation of Acyloins via Photodissociation of A-Nitrosooxyketones. Thach T. Nguyen, Ana Fraiman and Veronica Curtis-Palmer. NEIU 21st Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium. April 2013.
Implementation of Mastery Learning Model into the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory. Ngan Tran and Ana Fraiman. NEIU 21th Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium. April 2013.
A Fresh Approach to Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory Using Mastery Learning Model. Ngan Tran, Thach Nguyen, and Ana Fraiman. NEIU 20th Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Symposium. April 2012.
Moodlerooms: Collaborative and Educational Gains. John Dao and Ana Fraiman, April 2011.
Chem-wiki at NEIU: Increasing collaboration through online Lab reporting. Mary T. Caffero (Master Program in Chemistry), Dr. Ana Fraiman, April 2010
Assessing the effectiveness of Ionic Liquids in Organic Chemistry Synthesis,
Malgorzata Gawedzka (Chemistry), Dr. Ana Fraiman, April 2010
Latinos in Science Panel. Ana Fraiman and Vladimiro Mujica. March 2009
Professional Experience
2009-Present: Professor of Chemistry, Northeastern Illinois University
1994-Present: Chemistry Computer Lab Founder & Director, Northeastern Illinois University
2006-2008: Coordinator of the Chemistry Department, Northeastern Illinois University
1996-2008: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Northeastern Illinois University
1991-1996: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Northeastern Illinois University
1989-1991: Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
1987-1989: Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Loyola University at Chicago
Educational Background
1984-1987: Post Doctorate, University of Chicago
1979-1984: Ph.D. Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
1974-1978: B.Sc. Chemistry, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Languages
English, Spanish and Hebrew
Recent Grants
Collaboration and Retention in Environmental and Agricultural Research (CREAR)
Nancy Wrinkle, Department of Math, Ana Fraiman, Department of Chemistry, Jean Hemzacek, Department of Earth Science, Laura Sanders, Department of Earth Science, Pamela Geddes, Department of Biology. Awarded 2010
HSI Initiative “Peer-Led Team Learning Seminars for the STEM Disciplines” Nancy Wrinkle, Department of Math, and Ana Fraiman, Department of Chemistry. Awarded 2009.
Reviewer
The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The Journal of Chemical Education
Tetrahedron
American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU)
Additional Information
Pkal STEM leadership Institute July 2017
COACh workshop “COACh-the-COAChes" August 2016
International Advisory Board at the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies; Barcelona, Spain
1996 & 2009: Excellence Award: Recipient
Memberships
ACS American Chemical Society
ICUC The international center for first-year undergraduate chemical education.
AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science
PLTLIS Peer Lead Team Learning International Society
Peer Lead Team Learning International Society. Board member July 2018
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Chicago, IL 60625
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Bachelor’s Degree: Brown University, Major: Economics, Minor: Urban Studies.
Master’s Degree: University of Chicago, Social Service Administration and Policy.
Master’s Degree: Northeastern Illinois University, Teaching English as a Second Language.
Former elementary school principal on Chicago’s West Side; former program manager at Healthy Families Illinois Program; former Instructor at Robert Morris University; former program director at Drug Free Schools and taught ESL at the Northeastern El Centro campus in the Community Program for four semesters.
Courtney Francis is a native of New York City and a graduate of Brown University (Providence, RI), who came to Chicago for graduate school. Her B.A. is in Economics with a minor in Urban Studies. Courtney holds a master's degree from University of Chicago in Social Service Administration and Policy, with a focus in Program Management and Administration. She is one class away from an M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics here at NEIU. Her academic interests include language contact, American English dialect, research in Innovative ESL teaching methods, and English language learner interface with native English speakers in urban settings. Outside interests include swimming, art appreciation, researching her family history and spending time with her husband and her four children.
In TESL, Francis teaches TESL 399 (TESL Clinical Experience) and TESL 340 (Practices and Procedures). She also teaches Developmental Writing and select courses in the Social Work Department and taught four semesters of ESL at Northeastern El Centro.
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Wednesday: 2-3 p.m.
and by appointment.
Since being at NEIU, I have focused on the ecology of prairies, particularly on the effect of fire on prairie communities.
Keywords: Prairies, Fire, Ecosystem Dynamics
Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Klaper, R., S. Frankel, and M.R. Berenbaum (1996). Anthocyanin content and UVB sensitivity in Brassica rap. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 63(6), 811-813.
Frankel, S., G.E. Robinson, and M.R. Berenbaum. Antioxidant capacity and correlated characteristics of 14 unifloral honeys. Journal of Apicultural Research. b1998.b37(1):27-31.
Frankel, S., & Berenbaum, M. (1999). Effects of Light Regime on Antioxidant Content of Foliage in a Tropical Forest Community 1. Biotropica, 31(3), 422-429.
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1996
Dissertation: Disrupting Whiteness: Race, Queerness and Pedagogy
M.A., Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1990
B.A., Women’s Studies and Mathematics, Oberlin College, May 1989
Minor, Feminist Studies and Cultural Studies
"Don’t Feel White Privilege? It Might Be Political." Radical Pedagogy. Volume 13 Number 1; Winter 2016.
Bannister, S., M. Armato, L. Fuller, and N. Matthews. "Gendered Violence and Interruptions to Education." International Journal of Education and Social Science. Vol. 2 No. 2; February 2015.
Armato, Michael, Fuller, Laurie, Matthews, Nancy, and Meiners, Erica. “Pedagogical Engagements: Feminist Resistance to the Militarization of Education.” Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, Volume 35, Issue 2, 2013
“Teaching Peace in the Feminist Classroom: Starhawk’s The Fifth Sacred Thing.” Radical Teacher. Number 75, Spring 2006 pp. 28-35
Fuller, L. and Meiners, E. “Reflections: Empowering women, technology and (feminist) institutional change.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies special gender and information technology issue. Vol. 26, No. 1. Spring 2005
Fuller, L. and Meiners, E. “Empowering women? Engaging a technology grant for social change.” Journal of International Women's Studies special issue on women in science. Vol. 5, No. 4. May 2004
“If Only They Knew: Problematics of White Dyke Disclosures in Lecture,” JCT The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies. A juried journal. 12:3, (Winter 1996)
GRANTS
“Effects of violence on women’s retention at NEIU and assessment of related campus responses.” Northeastern Illinois University Research Community Grant, $5,000. An ongoing research into the extent and impact of violence in the lives of NEIU students and university services’ effectiveness, begun fall 2007.
“Empowering Women For Life-Long Success Through Computer Expertise.” A four-year $160,000 Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), US Department of Education, grant to improve technology skills for women students at NEIU, begun Fall 1999
“Evaluating On-line Communication and Web-based Course Content for Increased Student Learning.” A one-year $3000 Faculty Research and Scholarly Project Grant, NEIU, begun Fall 1999
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Laurie Fuller
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., Sociology, 2007, Loyola University, Chicago
M.A., Sociology, 2003, Loyola University, Chicago
B.A., Public Relations, 1995, Columbia College, Chicago
Block, Richard, Aneta Galary, and Darryl Brice. 2007. "The Journey to Crime: Victims and Offenders Converge in Violent Index Offences in Chicago." Security Journal 20:123-137.
Block, Richard, Darryl Brice, and Aneta Galary. 2003. "Traced Firearms and Criminal Violence in Chicago." Proceedings of the Homicide Research Working Group. Chicago" Loyola University.
Galary, Aneta. 2003. Review of Violent Entrepreneurs: The Use of Force in Making of Russian Capitalism" by Vadim Volkov. Contemporary Sociology 32:587-588.
Grants and Award
Dissertation of the Year, Social Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, 2007
Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship, 2006-2007
Excellence in Graduate Student Research, Loyola University Chicago, 2006
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Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
“Heterogeneity of Birth-State Effects on Internal Migration” (w/ J. Persky), Journal of Regional Science,
https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12468
“Restrictive Zoning's Deleterious Impact on the Local Education Property Tax Base: Evidence from Zoning District Boundaries and Municipal Finances,” National Tax Journal, 72(1), 2019: 11 – 44.
“The Geography of Family Differences and Intergenerational Mobility” (w/ R. Kaestner and J. Persky), Journal of Economic Geography, 19(3), 2019: 589 – 618.
“The Growth of In-Kind Education Transfers: Explaining How Households without Children Have Supported Schools” (w/ H. Kurban and J. Persky), Public Finance Review, 46(6), 2018: 1002 – 1023.
“The Fiscal Externality of Multifamily Housing and its Impact on the Property Tax: Evidence from Cities and Schools: 1980 - 2010”, Regional Science and Urban Economics. 60, 2016: 249 – 259.
Room BBH 340B
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Tuesday and Thursday: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 6:00-6:30 p.m.
or by appointment
Ph.D., Geography, The Ohio State University
M.A., Political Science, The Ohio State University
Gallemore, C., and Munroe, D. (2013). Centralization in the global avoided deforestation collaboration network. Global Environmental Change, 23(5): 1199-1210.
Gallemore, C., Prasti H., R. D., and Moeliono, M. (2014). Discursive barriers and cross-scale forest governance in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Ecology and Society, 19(2): 18.
Moeliono, M., Gallemore, C., Santoso, L., Brockhaus, M., and Di Gregorio, M. (2014). Information networks and power: confronting the ‘wicked problem’ of REDD+ in Indonesia. Ecology and Society, 19(2): 9.
Title: Centralization in the global avoided deforestation collaboration network
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378013000708
Title: Discursive barriers and cross-scale forest governance in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss2/art18/
Title: Information networks and power: confronting the ‘wicked problem’ of REDD+ in Indonesia
BBH 344C
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Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States
TBA
BBH 204-C
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D., English, University of Florida
"The First of July, 1784" The Museum of Americana: A Literary Review. Special Issue: Queering Americana. Issue 28 (Fall 2022) https://themuseumofamericana.net/issue-twenty-eight/ (poem)
“Logics of Exchange and the Beginnings of US Hispanophone Literature” Nineteenth-Century American Literature in Transition Cambridge University Press, 2021.
“Interdependence and Interlingualism in Santiago Puglia’s El desengaño del hombre (1794)” Early American Literature 53:3 (October 2018) p. 745 – 772.
“On the Borders of Independence: Manuel Torres and Spanish American Independence in Filadelfia.” Latino/a Studies and Nineteenth-Century America.” Ed. Jesse Alemán and Rodrigo Lazo. New York: NYU Press, 2016. 71-88.
“Novel Diplomacies: Henry Marie Brackenridge’s Voyage to South America (1819) and Inter-American Revolutionary Literature.” Literature in the Early American Republic 3 (April 2011) p. 145 – 171
“‘The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind’: American Universalism and Exceptionalism in the Early Nation.” American Exceptionalisms, Ed. Sylvia Söderlind and Jamey Carson. Albany: SUNY Press, 2011. p. 51 – 70.
“Roundtable: Critical Keywords in Early American Studies,” Co-edited and Introduction with Duncan Faherty. Early American Literature 46:3 (Fall 2011) pp. 601-602; pp. 603-632.
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Tuesday and Thursday: 4:00-5:30 p.m. (In person in Room LWH 2007)
Friday: 3:00-4:00 p.m (Zoom)
By appointment: USE NEIUSTAR on NEIUport at https://NEIU.Starfishsolutions.com/Starfish-ops/support/login.html.
Email to check additional availability.
Ph.D. University of Chicago
B.A. Pomona College
Shneidman, L., Gaskins, S., & Woodward, A. (2016). Child‐directed teaching and social learning at 18 months of age: evidence from Yucatec Mayan and US infants. Developmental science, 19(3), 372-381.
Haden, C. A., Jant, E. A., Hoffman, P. C., Marcus, M., Geddes, J. R., & Gaskins, S. (2014). Supporting family conversations and children's STEM learning in a children's museum. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29(3), 333-344.
Lancy, D. F., Bock, J., & Gaskins, S. (Eds.). (2010). The anthropology of learning in childhood. Rowman Altamira.
Gaskins, S., Haight, W., & Lancy, D. F. (2007). The cultural construction of play. Play and development: Evolutionary, sociocultural, and functional perspectives, 179-202.
Lucy, J. A., & Gaskins, S. (2001). Grammatical categories and the development of classification preferences: A comparative approach. Language acquisition and conceptual development, 257-283.
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
LWH 2028
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Generally available by via email Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Zoom appointments upon request via l-gebhardt@neiu.edu.
PhD: Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
M.A.: Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Shimelis B. Gebru got his M.A. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Gebru is an anthropologist whose research interests are multifaceted, including both humans and nonhuman primates. His recent research focuses on the relationships between traditional natural resource management practices and food security in Ethiopia. Specifically how the introduction of new technologies, programs and policies affect traditional livelihood practices as well as food security, nutrition and heath outcomes of highland farmers and lowland pastoralists.
8:30-9:20 a.m. and 1:40-2:25 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday or by appointment.
Keywords: invasive plant species, community ecology, habitat restoration
Ph.D., Ecology, University of Chicago
Post-doc., Ecology, Loyola University Chicago
M.S., Biology, Florida International University
B.S., Biology, Florida International University
A.A., Biology, Miami-Dade Community College
Undergraduate students are underlined
Geddes, P., L. Murphy, Y. Astudillo-Scalia, D. Blasini, S. Nugent, M. J. Rios, A. Schirmer, and J. P. Olfelt. 2021. Microsatellite markers reveal unprecedented high frequencies of hybridization among Typha species in the Midwestern US. Wetlands 41(2021): 1-9.
Pini, A.K. and P. Geddes. 2020. Fungi are capable of mycoremediation of river water contaminated with E. coli. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 231:83.
Geddes, P. 2019. The invasion of the cattails. Podcast. In Defense of Plants. http://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2019/4/21/ep-209-invasion-of-the-cattails
Volesky, L.A., S. Iqbal, J.J. Kelly, and P. Geddes. 2018. Relationships of native and exotic Phragmites australis to wetland ecosystem properties. Wetlands 38(3):577-589.
Room BBH 340H
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Ph.D. Illinois Institute of Technology
LWH 3049
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Loyola University Chicago
History, M.A.
M.A., Northeastern Illinois University, Vocal pedagogy
Performer's Certificate, DePaul University, Voice
B.A., Northeastern Illinois University, Vocal performance
A full-time instructor in the Department of Music, Sasha Gerritson teaches Music Theory and Sight-Singing, and is the Opera director. She also serves as the department's Recruitment and Scholarship Coordinator, and is the faculty advisor for the local NAfME chapter.
Sasha is the Music Minister at Park Ridge Community Church, where she conducts five choirs and oversees the Music and Drama Ministry. Sasha was the co-founder and Executive Director of L’Opera Piccola for over ten years and the Executive Director of a not-for-profit children’s group called The Happiness Club. For a number of years she worked at the Merit School of Music and the Chicago Children’s Choir as a choral conductor. In addition to her degrees, Sasha has studied choral conducting at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1998, while attending DePaul University, Sasha was recruited to be the assistant to Maestro Daniel Barenboim at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and at the Staatsoper in Berlin. She held this position for two years.
Sasha enjoys an extensive solo performing career both as a Soprano and Choral Conductor. Sasha is the recipient of many awards including the Harold Berlinger Award and the Joan Sachs Memorial Award and talent scholarship. She has been featured on CBS Chicago Channel 2 as “Someone You Should Know” and was honored in 2005 as the Distinguished Alumna of the Year by DePaul University.
Room FA 134
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
10:45-11:45 a.m. Thursday
