ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Beck, Lois K.
 1996 “Grace Under Fire—the Heroines of Maryse Conde.”   Montreal, Canada:  Northeast Modern Language Association Conference.

Berke, Debra L.
 1995 (April).  “Primary Prevention and Family Life Education as Strategies for Creating Support and Empowerment for Families at Risk.”  Lexington, KY:  Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family.

 1995 (November).  “Communicating Medical Information to Parents: The Parents’ Perspective.”  Portland, OR:  National Council on Family Relations.

 1996 (November). “Teaching Work and Family from a Feminist Perspective.”  Kansas City, MO:  National Council on Family Relations.

Caroselli, Susan L.
 1996 (February).  “The Imagery of Advent.”  Advent Symposium. New Haven, CT: Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Liturgy, and the Arts.

 1996 (July).  “Workshop-performance on Church Music.”  Washington, DC:  Association of Anglican Musicians.

Chase, Gene B.
 1996 (May).  “What does a Computer Program Mean?  An Introduction to Denotational Semantics.”  Biennial Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences.  Upland, IN:  Taylor University.

Collins, Robin A.
 1995 (November).  “Understanding Atonement: Historical and Contemporary Contexts for the Development of a New and Orthodox Theory.”  Philadelphia, PA: American Academy of Religion.

Davis, Edward B.
 1995 (March).  “Christianity and Early Modern Science: The Foster Thesis Reconsidered.”  Conference on The Evangelical Engagement with Science. Wheaton, IL:  Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals.

Downing, Crystal L.
 1995 (June).  “A Postmodern Reading of The Moderns.”  Grantham, PA:  Association of Christians Teaching Sociology.

 1995 (November).  “(En)Gendering Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.”  Santa Barbara, CA: Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association.

 1995 (November).  “Seeking the Mennotaur: The Multicursal Mennonite.”  Philadelphia, PA: American Academy of Religion.

 1996 (September).  “Deformed and Sullied: Architectural and Literary Paradigms of the Eighteenth Century.”  Pittsburgh, PA: The Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies.

 1996 (April).  “Skeletons Still in the Closet of Wuthering Heights.”  Montreal: Northeast Modern Language Association.

Eby, John W.
 1995 (April).  “Service as Scholarship Lecture.”  Faculty Lecture Series.  Grantham, PA: Messiah College.

 1995 (June).  “Service-Learning as Scholarship.”  Grantham, PA:  Association of Christians Teaching Sociology.
 
Erikson, Carl A. Jr.
 1995 (November).  “Messiah’s Mobile Mentor: Energizing Pre-College Students.”  Frontiers in Education ASEE/IEEE Conference.  Atlanta, GA: Georgia Institute of Technology.

 1996 (June).  “Expectations in the Marketplace.”  Christian Engineering Education Conference.  Grantham, PA:  Messiah College.

 1996 (November).  “Appropriate Technology: Engineering for the 21st Century.”  ASEE Mid-Atlantic Conference. Wilkes-Barre, PA:  Wilkes University.

Hamon, Raeann R.
 1996 (May).  “Bahamian Family Life as Depicted by Wives’ Tales and Other Old Sayings.”  San Juan, PR:     Caribbean Studies Association Conference.

Hamon, Raeann R., Berke, Debra L., & Bailey, Jennifer
 1995 (November).  “Student Poster Presentations: Enhancing the Professional Development of Undergraduates.”  Portland, OR: National Council on Family Relations Conference.

Hamon, Raeann R. & Cowger, E. N.
 1996 (November).  “Parental Adjustment to their Adult Children’s Divorce.”  Kansas City, MO:  Annual National Council on Family Relations Conference.

Hamon, Raeann R., & Martin M.
 1995 (November).  “Sweethearting in the Bahamas.”  Portland, OR:  National Council on Family Relations Conference.

Hare, Angela C.
 1996 (January).  “Using MathKit as a Cognitive Research Tool.”  Orlando, FL:  MAA/AMS Combined Annual Meeting.

Hettinga, Kathy T.
 1995 “The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Visual Arts.”  Collaborations CIVA West Coast Conference.  Berkeley, CA: Graduate Theological Union.

 1996 “We Wish to See Jesus: Sacred Space and Sacred Arts in Worship and Devotion.”  Theological Education for Laity.  Gettysburg, PA: Lutheran Theological Seminary.

 1996 “Book, Medium, Message: The Book as Witness-Bearer.”  Panel Presentation, Horner Mezzanine Gallery.  Gordon, MA: Gordon College.

Heinemann, Robert L.
 1995 (April).  “The Rhetoric of Spirituality: An Evangelical Dilemma.”   Pittsburgh, PA:  Eastern Communication Association Convention.

 1995 (November).  “The Mercurial Rhetoric of Alan Watts: An Archetypal Analysis of a Popular Scholar and Teacher of Eastern Religion.”  San Antonio, TX:  Speech Communication Association Convention.

 1996 (June).  “Masculine is Gender Too” and   “Teaching Asian Philosophical and Religious Perspectives in the Christian College.” CCCU Conference on Community in the Christian College Classroom . . . and Beyond.  Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College.

 1996 (November).  “Addressing Campus-Wide Communication Incivility in the Basic Course: A Case Study;” “Drawing out Subpersonalities: Beginning Psychosynthesis;” and “The Strait and Narrow: An Evangelical Exclusion Metaphor in Crisis.”  San Diego, CA:  Speech Communication Association Convention.

Heisey, D. Ray
 1995 (November).  “The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Reflection After 25 Years.”  San Antonio,TX:  Speech Communication Association Convention.

 1996 (July).  “On Becoming a Global Multiculturalist” and  “Cultural Influences in Political Communication.” Conference on Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication.  Rochester, NY:  Rochester Institute.

 1996 (August).  “Cultural Influences in Political Communication.”  China and the World Entering the 21st Century.  Beijing, China: Conference on Communication and Culture.

Heisey, D. Ray, & Rodgers, R. P.
 1995 (July).  “Perspectives on Communication in the Former Soviet Union.”  Vancouver, BC:  Biennial Convention of the World Communication Association.

 1996 (November).  “Rhetorical Symbolism in Louis Farrakhan’s Address in the Million Man March.”  San Diego, CA: Religious Speech Communication Association Convention.

Heisey, D. Ray, & Xiao, X.
 1996 (April).  “Liberationist Populism in the Chinese Film: ‘Tian Xian Pei’: A Feminist Critique.”  New York: Eastern Communication Association Convention.

Heisey, D. Ray, & Yi, S.
 1995 (July).  “A Comparative Analysis of Rhetorical Theory in Selected Theory Texts in China and the U.S.”  Rochester, NY: International Conference on Intercultural Communication.

 1995 (August).  “A Comparative Analysis of Rhetorical Theory in Selected Theory Texts in China and the U.S.”  Harbin, China: International Conference on Cross-Cultural Communication, East and West.

Heisey, D. Ray, & Zhong, M.
 1996 (November).  “Communication of the Urban Only-Child Generation of the People’s Republic of China: An Exploratory Study.”  San Diego, CA: Speech Communication Association Convention.

Hudson, Anna E.
 1996 (April).  “Teaching Jules Verne’s Paris Au XXme Siecle.”  Pennsylvania Conference on Foreign Language Pedagogy.   Indiana, PA: Indiana University.

 1996 (July).    “Teaching Jules Verne’s Paris Au XXme Siecle.”  Lyon, France:  The American Association of Teachers of French Conference.
 

Huffman, Joseph P.
 1995 (May).  “Mitravit me et ego eum coronabo.  The Archbishop of Cologne and Richard of Cornwall: An Interregional Perspective on Regnum and Sacerdotium in the Thirteenth Century.” Kalamazoo, MI:  International Congress of Medieval Studies.

 1996 (September).  “Bona Fide: Faith, Reason, and the Text.  The Return of the Middle Ages in Post-Modern Scholarship.”  Presidential Lecture Series.  Grantham, PA: Messiah College.

Jacobsen, Douglas
 1995 (September).  “Methodism and the Fragmentation of American Protestantism, 1865-1920.”  Conference Respondent .  Wilmore, KY: Wesleyan/Holiness Study Center, Asbury Theological Seminary.

 1995 (October).  “Bridging the Liberal-Conservative Divide in Protestantism in the USA.” Montevideo, Uruguay: Interreligious Federation for World Peace.

 1995 (October).  “Women and the Two-Party Paradigm of Protestantism.”  St.Louis, MO:  Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

 1996 (April).  “Evangelicals and the Multicultural Reading of the Bible.”  Presidential Scholars Lecture.  Grantham, PA: Messiah College.

 1996 (November).  “Fuzzy Denominationalism.”  Nashville, TN: Annual Meeting of the Religious Research Association.

Jacobsen, Douglas, & Trollinger, William V., Jr.
 1996 (June).  “Re-Forming What Center?”  Re-Forming the Center Conference III.  Grantham, PA: Messiah College.

Jacobsen, Rhonda Hustedt
 1995 (March).  “The Soul of Active Learning: Connecting Psychology and Faith.”  Farmingdale, NY:  Conference on Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology.

 1996 (January).  “Students as Scholars: The History of Psychology Course.”  Tampa, FL:  The National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology.

Kasdorf, Julia M.
 1995 (March).  “Writing from the Margins,” (panel).  Pittsburgh, PA:  Associated Writing Programs Conference.

 1995 “Quiet in the Land?  Anabaptist Women in Historical Perspective.”  Millersville, PA: Millersville University.

 1996 (September).  “Fresh Air: Place, People, and Poetry.”  Bluffton, OH: Bluffton College.

 1996 (September).  “From Tongue to Text: Poetry and the Oral Tradition.”  Akron, OH: Akron State University.

Kraybill, Donald B.
 1996 (January).  “Mennonite Central Committee and the Transformation of Mennonite Identity.”  Fresno, CA:  Mennonite Central Committee 75th Anniversary Symposium.

 1996 (January).  “Contemporary Issues and Dilemmas in Mennonite Mutual Aid.”  Building Communities of Compassion Conference.  Elkhart, IN: Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

 1996 (February).  “Social Change Among the Old Order Amish.”  Baltimore, MD: American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Kreamer, Carolyn L.
 1996 (April).  “Symposium on Stimulating Nursing Research in an Academic Medical Center: Plan and Studies Generated.”  Pittsburgh, PA:  Eastern Nursing Research Society Conference.

Lake, Larry M.
 1995 (April).  “Language Education and Social Change,” (panel).  International conference on Language in Development.  Bali, Indonesia: Australia/Indonesia Language Institute.

 1996 (February).  “Missionary Go Home!  Effects of Missionary Departure on Literacy Education Programs in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.”  Kailua-Kona, HA: Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.

 1996 (March).  “Everyone Looks Forward to Communicating: Anthropological Perspectives on Training Restaurant Staff in an American Restaurant in Jakarta.”  Baltimore, MD: Society for Applied Anthropology.

 1996 (July).  “The Temporality of Power: 40 Years of Power Erosion in West New Guinea Village Societies and Implications for the Transmission of Traditional Oral Tales.”  Hilo, HA: Pacific History Association Conference.

Melchert, Sandra A.
 1995 (January).  “Project Atmosphere: Doppler and Traditional Radar Systems.  Mathematics and Science Symposium.  Vermillion, SD: University of South Dakota.

 1995 (February).  “Studying Weather as it Happens: Project DataStreme,” “Seeing the Light: High School Students Collaborate on Supernova Research,” “Technological Assisted Learning: Challenging the Special Needs Student,” and  “Creating a Dream: A Charter School Opens.”  Twelfth International Conference on Technology and Education.  Orlando, FL: University of Central Florida.

 1995 (March).  “Hurricanes,” “Condensation Nuclei—Reaching Critical Mass in Education,” and “Networking in Rural States—If You Aren’t in the Game, How to get Started.”  Philadelphia, PA:  National Science Teacher Association Conference.

 1996 (March).  “Using Internet to Create Learning Opportunities in the Classroom,” “Hands-On Activities for Early Childhood Educators,” and “Myths and Magic in a Fifth Grade Classroom.”  St. Louis, MO:  National Science Teacher Association Conference.
 
 

Miller, Arlene B.
 1995 (May).  “Values in Conflict.”  Workshop for Nurses Christian Fellowship Conference.  Hayward, CA: California State University.

 1995 (June).  “Knowing God in Nursing: Living the Truth.”  Respondent to Dr. James Sire.  Cedar Campus, MI: Nurses Christian Fellowship Conference.

 1995 (July).  “The Experience of Dying: A Nursing Perspective.”   Conference on The Christian Stake in Dignity and Dying.   Deerfield, IL: Trinity International University.

Miller, Arlene B. & Shelly, J. A.
 1996 (May). “Spirituality in Nursing: Reaching Toward the Unseen.  Wilkes Barre, PA: Nursing Education Consortium of NorthEastern Pennsylvania.

 1996 (July).  “Curriculum Concepts for Nursing.”  Hong Kong: Nurses Christian Fellowship International Conference.

 1996 (July).  “Concepts for Nursing: Person, Environment, Health, and Caring.”  Seoul, Korea: Korean Nurses Christian Fellowship Conference.

Miller, Caleb D.
 1996 (March).  “Character and Duty: An Anabaptist Approach.”  Society of Christian Philosophers.  Dubuque, IA: Loras College.

 1996 (November).  “Creation, Redemption and Virtue.”  Wheaton, IL: Wheaton College Philosophy Conference.

Musser, Steven J.
 1996 (August).  “The Spiritual Dimensions of Leadership Character Transformation.”  Toronto, Canada:  Conference of the International Association of Management.

Ness, Randall L.
 1995 (November).  “Using Portfolios to Assess Work-Learning Arrangements.”  New Orleans, LA:  Annual Conference, National Society for Experiential Education.

 1996 (September).  “Using Portfolios in Experiential Learning.”   Ocean City, MD:  Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Education Conference.

 1996 (October).  “Using Portfolios for Internships.”  Salt Lake City, UT:  National Society for Experiential Education Annual Conference.

Parkyn, David P.
 1996 (April).  “The Use and Abuse of Santos: Contemporary Expressions of Faith in Guatemala.”  Miami, FL:  Annual Meeting of the South Eastern Council on Latin American Studies.

Seegobin, Winston
 1995 (August).  “Stress-Related Marital Dissatisfaction: The Role of Noncongruent Religious Beliefs.”  New York:  Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.

Sider, E. Morris
 1995 “Accounting for the Past: Relativity and Judgment in Mission History.” Conference on Toward a Global Mennonite Historiography.  Elkhart, IN:  Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

 1996 (June).  “From Few to a Plethora of Institutions: The Brethren in Christ as a Case Study.”  Conference on Church-Related Institutions.  Elizabethtown, PA: Elizabethtown College.

 1996 (October).  “Historical Writing in the Small Denomination: Problems and Challenges in Microhistory.”  Conference on Faith and History.  Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin College.

Stanley, John E.
 1996 “Wesleyan Insights on the Holy Spirit from Three Contemporary Lutheran and Roman Catholic Theologians: Jürgen Moltmann, Michael Welker and Catherine Mowry LaCugna.”  Spring Convocation.  Myerstown, PA: Evangelical School of Theology.

Stanley, Susie C.
 1996 (February).  “Primitivism with a Laptop.”  Conference on Leadership for a New Millennium.  Nampa, ID:  Wesley Center for Applied Theology, Northwest Nazarene College.

 1996 (June).  “Wesleyan/Holiness Women Preachers Challenge Woman’s Sphere.”  Chapel Hill, NC:  Berkshire Conference on the History of Women.

Stevick, Richard A.
 1996 (August).  “The Impact of Community Diversity on the Youth Subculture of Various Amish Settlements.”  Montreal, Canada:  The International Conference of Cross-Cultural Psychology.

Stowman, William J.
 1996 (August).  “Aural Cognition Skills of University Trumpet Students:  A Comparative Analysis of Melodic Recognition Skills from Varying Timbral Sources.”  Montreal, Canada: International Conference on Cognition and Perception.

 1996 (November).  “Aural Cognition Skills of University Trumpet Students:  A Comparative Analysis of Melodic Recognition Skills from Varying Timbral Sources.”  Baton Route, LA: Conference of the Society of Music Theory.

Walker, Helen L.
 1996 (March).  “Beyond the Cognitive Domain: Transcending Defined Boundaries in the Teaching and Learning of Writing.”  Milwaukee, WI:  Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Webb, Ronald J.
 1996 (March).  “Transforming Teaching into Learning,” (panel).  Conference on Reengineering Businesses and Business Education.  Corpus Christi, TX:  Society for Advancement of Management.
 
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