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Academic Life and Scholarship

Baldwin-Wallace faculty and students are engaged in a rich academic life that includes independent and original research, writing, musical and theatrical performance, participation in nation-wide academic organizations, and more. The accomplishments of our professors and students often receive national praise. 
Here is what some of our community members have done recently:

The following twenty faculty members will take advantage of sabbatical leaves during the 2007-08 academic year to pursue academic interests that will enhance their teaching. 

Linda Chase (business)  will engage in experiences to enable her to design more state-of the-art audition courses.

Pierre David (business) will work on a new textbook.

Mary Dobrea-Grindahl (music) will create an interactive piano sight-reading CD-ROM.
Naomi Feldman (education) will complete work for the Ohio Reading First Project.
JR Fralick (music) will work with Russian operatic coaches and record a CD of Samuel Barber's music.
Indira Gesink (history) will complete a manuscript for publication on 19th century reform movements in Islam.
Maureen Loudin (education) will conduct a study of reading strategies used by local high school teachers.
Robert Montgomery (history) will go to Russia for archival research on the history of the Buryats and its nationalist movement.
Carol Morton (HPE) will research the Olympic movement and assist in establishing internships for B-W students at the next Olympics.
Regina Mushabac (music) will prepare several cello works and seek to enhance student recruiting in her discipline.
Susan Oldrieve (English) will revise her dissertation into manuscript form for possible publication.
Jennifer Perry (psychology) will study judgment and decision making in the area of cognitive psychology.
Lewis Sage (economics) will develop a library of computer-based exercises to aid students in learning economic theory.
Chris Stanton (biology) will work with the Collaborative learning for Environmental Action Network.
Amy Jo Sutterluety (HPE) will work with the American Heart Association raising awareness about heart disease among college age females.
Sabina Thomas (geology) will devote a year-long sabbatical developing her skills in Geographic Information system.
Mary Toale (communications) will research the development of a new course on the history of communication.
Jack Winget (communications/theater) will develop and produce a docudrama about death camp survivors of the Holocaust.
Nancy Wurzel (English) will research American Jewish women writers.
Steve Ziebarth (art) will study at the Taisho-en School of Bonsai in Japan.
 
Tom Sutton (political science) along with B-W students conducted a survey among Ohio residents regarding Governor Ted Strickland's proposal for education.  About 25 students participated in the survey, led by seniors Chris Ventura and Travis Secrest.  For a complete copy of the report visit www.bw.edu/academics/pol/pirc/index.html.
 
 
Mary Lou Higgerson (Vice President Academic Affairs) has authored on book on effective communication in higher education, Effective Leadership Communication, A Guide for Department Chairs and Deans for Managing Difficult Situations and People.  She has been addressing related topics in her national speaking engagements for the American Council on Education.
 

Honors Day Faculty Awards - 2007
Mary Toale (Communications) received the Strosacker Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Mark Mattern (Political Science) received the Gigax Faculty Scholarship Award.
Nadia Sahely (Foreign Languages) received the Bechberger Award for Human Development

 
 
B-W programs in health and fitness as well as clinical exercise received endorsement from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), widely considered the gold standard in health and fitness certifications and professional memberships.  ACSM is the world's largest sports medicine and exercise science organization.  B-W is one of only three schools in Ohio holding this endorsement.

Amy Jo Sutterluety (health & physical education) has been named editor-in-chief of Midwest News, the newsletter for the Midwest Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.  She also has been elected to serve as a board member for the Ohio Public Health Leadership Institute.