Peter Behrens, assistant professor of Psychology, published an article entitled "The Metaphysical Club at the Johns Hopkins University: 1879-1885" in History of Psychology.

Margaret Christian, associate professor of English, is traveling extensively to research, interview, photograph, and observe families for her book project, "My Share: Living on One Six-Billionth."

Julie Ealy, assistant professor of Chemistry, has a manuscript accepted in the Journal of Science Education and Technology entitled "Molecular Images in Organic Chemistry: Assessment of Understanding in Aromaticity, Symmetry, Spectroscopy, and Shielding" and a manuscript accepted in the Journal of Chemical Education, "Mentoring an Undergraduate Research Student in the Structural and Nonstructural Properties of Drugs," which is co-authored with Penn State student Veronica Kvarta.

Joseph Eshun, assistant professor of Management, participated in the "Emerging Scholars in Entrepreneurship Bootcamp" sponsored by the Marion Kauffman Foundation under the auspices of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Nichola Gutgold, associate professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, is recognized as a leading researcher in the field of women in politics. She presented "Just Like Azaleas in the Spring: The Autobiography of Elizabeth Dole" at the National Communication Association Conference in Boston. In 2006, she published her second book, Paving the Way for Madam President.

Douglas Hochstetler, assistant professor of Kinesiology, served as the moderator at the 2006 International Association for the Philosophy of Sport Conference in Ontario, Canada, for the following programs: "The Inadequacy of Gender as an Emancipatory Concept" from the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, Wales; "Female Bodybuilding and the Problem of Gender Performativity in the Sport" from Temple University; and "Playing with Deterritorialization and Deterritorializing Play" from the University of Toronto.

Tai-Yin Huang, assistant professor of Physics, continues her research on "Investigations of Wave-Induced Nonlinear Response of Chemically Active Species and Associated Airglow Emissions in a Shear Flow" as part of her grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Huang presented her findings to date at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. She is also a review panelist for the NSF Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions program to review proposals submitted for the 2007 competition.

Mary Hutchinson, assistant professor of ESL Education, presented "Service-Learning Pedagogy and Student Persistence: Building Community Within Community" at the Annual International Service-Learning Research Conference in Portland, OR.

Michelle Kline, lecturer in Accounting, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Forum for Ethics in the Workplace. The organization provides a forum for the study, reflection, and action on ethical issues in the workplace with emphasis on working people in the Lehigh Valley, PA.

David Livert, assistant professor of Psychology, and Dr. Jennifer Parker Talwar, Associate Professor of Sociology, completed a research and evaluation project for the Allentown School District, Allentown, PA, to help the district assess the use of teams in ninth and tenth grades.

David Livert and Penn State student Heather Stopp ('06, Penn State Lehigh Valley, Applied Psychology) presented to the International Studies Program at Penn State University Park on "What Makes for a Positive Experience Abroad?" based upon their longitudinal study of Penn State education abroad students.

Kathleen Lodwick, professor of History, co-authored "The Missionary Kaleidoscope: Portraits of Six China Missionaries," which was published, in part, with a grant from the Luce Foundation.

John McCollough, assistant professor of Business, published "The Effect of Income Growth on the Mix of Purchases Between Disposable Goods and Reusable Goods" in the International Journal of Consumer Studies.

Jacqueline McLaughlin, assistant professor of Biology, has been elected chair of the National Association of Biology Teachers' (NABT) Four-Year College/University Section. Additionally, Dr. McLaughlin is director of CHANCE (Connecting Humans And Nature in the Costa Rican Environment) – a coordinated effort and partnership between The Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) that addresses the need to train Pennsylvania 9th - 12th grade teachers in environmental science and ecology. In the summer of 2006, she led a team of nineteen teachers to Costa Rica as part of CHANCE, and a field course to China comprised of ten educators and Penn State students to study the ecological and economic challenges the country faces.

Jane Noel, lecturer in Information Sciences and Technology, has had her photography exhibited in several venues including the Muse Gallery in Philadelphia; the Payne Gallery at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa; the Foley Gallery, New York City, N.Y.; and George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.

Dennis Phillips, associate librarian and library director, recently published "Golfing Communities in the Southeast."

Janice Pope, assistant professor of Theatre Arts, who is a representative of the Executive Board of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), Region II, for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has been appointed chair of the Regional Committee for KCACTF.