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Widener University Faculty Authors 2020 - 2021

Biology

David J. Coughlin, PhD

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• Currier, M., Rouse, J. & Coughlin, D. J. (2020). Group swimming behaviour and energetics in bluegill Lepomis macrochirus and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of Fish Biology, 98(4), 1105-1111. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jfb.14641 

• Fouladi, K. & Coughlin, D. J. (2021). CFD Investigation of trout-like configuration holding station near an obstruction. Fluids 6(6), 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6060204 

• Hittle, K. A., Kwon, E. S., & Coughlin, D. J. (2021). Climate change and anadromous fish: How does thermal acclimation affect the mechanics of myotomal muscle of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar? Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 335(3), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.2443 

• Moran, C. J., Jebb, K. E., Travitz, L. S., Coughlin, D. J. & Gerry, S. P. (2020) Thermal acclimation leads to variable muscle responses in two temperate labrid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 223(24), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.235226 

Catherine S. Fortunato, PhD 

Photo of Catherine Fortunato• Fortunato, C. S., Butterfield, D. A., Larson, B., Lawrence-Slavas, N., Algar, C. K., Zeigler-Allen, L., Holden, J. F., Proskurowski, G., Reddington, E., Stewart, L. C., Topçuoğlu, B. D., Vallino, J. J., & Huber, J. A. (2021). Seafloor incubation experiment with deep-sea hydrothermal vent fluid reveals effect of pressure and lag time on autotrophic microbial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(9), e00078-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00078-21 

Catherine Safran, PhD

photo of Catherine Safran• Kim-Safran C. B., Reid A. C., Chatman M. M. (2021). Peer mentors prove to be strong assets in virtual anatomy & physiology labs. NSNA Imprint, 68(1),16-18. https://viewer.joomag.com/imprint-2021-january/0417131001611684327/p18?short& 

 

 

Michael Toneff, PhD

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• Corbo, S., Taube, J., & Toneff, M. (2020). Mechanisms underlying partial versus stable epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions. Molecular Biology of the Cell 31(26). Abstract P1116. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-10-0665 

• Johnson, K. S., Hussein, S., Chakroborty, P., Muruganantham, A., Mikhail, S., Gonzalez, G., Song, S., Jolly, M. K., Toneff, M. J., Benton, L., Lin, Y. C., & Taube, J. H. (2000). Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity through loss of CTCF motif accessibility and protein expression. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.08.447526 

Communication Studies

Angela M. Corbo, PhD

Photo of Angie Corbo            • Lolli, J., & Albano, D., & Corbo, A. M. (2021, March 25-27). Communicating sense of place to build brand identity: An analysis of craft brewery websites [Conference presentation]. International Association Business Disciplines (IABD), Online. https://bit.ly/3hNX3BD  

Amy R. Franzini, PhD.

Photo of Amy Franzini            • Franzini, A. (2021). U.S. co-viewing during COVID. Journal of Children and Media, 15(1), 10-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482798.2020.1858905 

 

Criminal Justice

Shana L. Maier, PhD

Photo of Shana Maier• Maier, S., Mannes, S., & Foster, E.  (2021).  Mock jurors’ comprehension of aggravating and mitigating factors: The impact of timing and type of sentencing phase instructions.  Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 16(1), 65-83. http://dev.cjcenter.org/_files/apcj/16-1-4Maier.pdf_1615504358.pdf  

Lauren O. Shermer, PhD

 Photo of Lauren Shermer            • Shermer, L.O. (2020). A changing student profile in the era of experiential learning: Considerations for research. ACJS Today, 46(5), 9-12. 

• Shermer, L.O. & Mannes, S. (2021). Understanding time to exoneration: Race, other factors, and why it matters. Criminal Law Bulletin, 57(1), 1-24. 

 

 

English

Christine M. Woody, PhD

Photo of Christine Woody• Woody, C. (2020). Performing personae in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine and Romantic periodicals. In N. Mason and T. Mole (Eds.). Romantic periodicals in the twenty-first century (pp. 76-94). Edinburgh University Press. 

Janine Utell, PhD

Photo of Janine Utell• Utell, J. (2021, January 14). A failure to think forward. Modernism/modernity, 5(4). https://modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/utell-a-failure-to-think-forward 

• Utell, J. (Ed.) (2021). Teaching modernist women’s writing in English. MLA Publications. 

Environmental Science & Sustainability

Stephen R. Madigosky, EdD

Photo of Stephen Madigosky•  Baoan, D., Chen, L.,  Lin, H.,  Wang, X.,  Zhang, L., Ni, X., Pirone, A., Madigosky, S. R., Fronte, B.  (2021).  Effects of inulin diet supplementation on production performance, gut traits, and incidence of ascites in Haidong chicks under hypoxic conditions. Animal Bioscience 34(3), 417-426. https://dx.doi.org/10.5713%2Fajas.20.0508 

 

 

 

 

Mathematics

Dana Olanoff, PhD

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• Bajwa, N. P., Tobias, J. M., Olanoff, D., & Welder, R. M. Developing prospective teachers’ representational fluency of whole number multiplication using array representations. In A. I. Sacristán, J. C. Cortés-Zavala, & P. M. Ruiz-Arias (Eds.)., Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (pp. 1712-1713). Mazatlán, Mexico. https://pmena2020.cinvestav.mx/Portals/pmena2020/Proceedings/PMENA42-PP-1656491-Bajwa-et-al.pdf 

• Olanoff, D., Masingila, J. O., & Kimani, P. M. (2021). Supporting mathematics teacher educators’ growth and development through communities of practice. In M. Goos & K. Beswick (Eds.). The learning and development of mathematics teacher educators: International perspectives and challenges (pp. 147-166). Springer. 

• Olanoff, D., Prasad, P. V., & Welder, R. M. (2020). Exploring mathematics teacher educators’ avenues for professional growth: A review of the research literature. In A.I. Sacristán, J.C. Cortés-Zavala, & P.M. Ruiz-Arias (Eds.). Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of  the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of  Mathematics Education, (pp. 895-896). Mazatlán, Mexico. http://dx.doi.org/10.51272/pmena.42.2020-136 

• Wessman-Enzinger, N.M., Tobias, J., & Olanoff, D. (2020). Prospective teachers’ attention to realism and consistency with negative integers, addition, and temperature. Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 12(3), 226-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/19477503.2020.1784372 

Yu Xie, PhD

Photo of Yu Xie• Tohaneanu, S., & Xie, Y. (2021). On the Geramita-Harbourne-Migliore conjecture. Transactions of The American Mathematical Society, 374(6), 4059-4073. https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/8351 

 

 

 

 

 

Physics

Paul T. Baker, PhD

Photo of Paul Baker• Arzoumanian, Z., Baker, P. T., Blumer, H., Bécsy, B., Brazier, A., Brook, P. R., Burke-Spolaor, S., Chatterjee, S., Chen, S., Cordes, J. M., Cornish, N. J., Crawford, F., Cromartie, H. T., DeCesar, M. E., Demorest P. B., Dolch, T., Ellis, J. A., Ferrara, E. C., Fiore, W., . . . The NANOGrav Collaboration. (2020). The NANOGrav 12.5 yr data set: Search for an isotropic stochastic gravitational-wave background. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 905(2), L34. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/abd401#artAbst 

• Hazboun, J. S., Shapiro-Albert, B., Baker, P. T., Henkel, A. M., Wagner, C. M., Hesse, J., Brook, P.R., Lam, M. T., McLaughlin, M. A., & Garver-Daniels, N. (2021). The Pulsar Signal Simulator: A Python package for simulating radio signal data from pulsars. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(58), 2757. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02757 

Political Science

  Wes Leckrone, PhD

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• Kincaid, J., & Leckrone, J. W. (2020). Partisan fractures in U.S. federalism’s COVID-19 policy responses. State and Local Government Review, 52(4), 298-308. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0160323X20986842 

Psychology

Suzanne Mannes, PhD

Photo of Suzanne Mannes            • Maier, S., Mannes, S., & Foster, E.  (2021).  Mock jurors’ comprehension of aggravating and mitigating factors: The impact of timing and type of sentencing phase instructions.  Applied Psychology in Criminal Justice, 16(1), 65-83. http://dev.cjcenter.org/_files/apcj/16-1-4Maier.pdf_1615504358.pdf  

• Shermer, L.O. & Mannes, S. (2021). Understanding time to exoneration: Race, other factors, and why it matters. Criminal Law Bulletin, 57(1), 1-24. 

Mariah Schug, PhD

Photo of Mariah Schug• Barrett, H.C., Bolyanatz, A., Broesch, T., Cohen, E., Froerer, P., Kanovsky, M., Schug, M.G., & Laurence, S. (2021). Intuitive dualism and afterlife beliefs: A cross-cultural study. Cognitive Science, 45(6), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12992 

Sociology

Beth A. Latshaw, PhD

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• Yucel, D., & Latshaw, B. A. (2021). How do mothers' and fathers' work-family conflict impact  

children's problem behaviors? Journal of Family Issues, 4(3), 571-598. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X20926209 

Visual and Performing Arts

Mara E. Parker, PhD

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• Parker, M. (2021, March). Graziani, Carlo. Musik in geschichte und gegenwart. https://www.mgg-online.com/article?id=mgg05599&v=2.0&rs=id-278ee0b5-8ef0-414c-e878-12c5791d3498 

• Parker, M., & Bruch, M. (composer). (2020, September 27). Kol Nidre. [Concert Performance]. Congregation Ohev Shalom., Wallingford, PA. 

• Parker, M., Evans. D., & Bach, C.P.E. (composer). (2021, March 18). Duetto (Wq. 140/H. 598). [Concert Performance]. Widener University, Chester, PA. 

• Parker, M., Evans, D., & Brandão, J. (composer). (2021, March 18). Duo. [Concert Performance]. Widener University, Chester, PA. 

• Parker, M., Evans, D. & Corigliano, J. (composer). (2021, March 18). Fancy on a Bach Air. [Concert Performance]. Widener University, Chester, PA.