QU | Faculty Briefs
Faculty JENNIFER BREEDEN, MBA, visiting assistant professor of business,
presented for the Association of Supply Chain Management (ASCM) webinar series in November 2021. In the webinar, “Getting Real About Driver Retention - The Need for a Culture Shift in the Trucking Industry,” Breeden discussed the challenge of driver retention and turnover and shared strategies for greater retention. The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) is the global leader and the largest nonprofit association in supply chain organizational transformation, innovation, and leadership.
JOE COELHO, PhD, professor of biology, recently authored a paper entitled “Sex, Bugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: Insects in Music Videos”. The study examines music videos on YouTube for insect content. The study found that the most common insects seen in music videos were butterflies and moths. The study’s data indicates by the types of insects shown, the themes represented, and the success of insect music videos that human attitudes toward insects are trending toward more positive values, especially relative to those in early horror films, which were exclusively designed to convey horror.
DAVID COSTIGAN, DA, emeritus professor of history, recently authored
the book A City in Wartime: Quincy, Illinois and the Civil War. The text examines the impact of the Civil War on Quincy, Illinois. In 1860, Quincy was the third-largest city in Illinois and situated on the Mississippi River across from slave state Missouri, thus exposing it to the uncertainties and potential strife of a border region. The book considers factors such as how the city served as a muster and training site for white and black troops and as a port of entry for blacks fleeing the South. It also looks at the economic downturn and growth during the war and the political leaders who were an influence on a national level that came from Quincy
CHRISTINE DAMM, DMA, dean of the school of fine arts and
communication, presented the lecture “Clarinet Articulation: Taking the Guess Work out of Tonguing” at the Iowa Music Educators Conference on November 18, 2021. The Iowa Music Educators Conference is a professional development conference for K-12 music educators across the state of Iowa. The lecture was geared towards band directors and focused on simple yet effective ways to help clarinet students develop their articulation. Damm presented common errors students make in the articulation process and ways to fix the errors. Exercises to create clean, crisp, and fast articulations were demonstrated.
CINDY LOVELL, PhD, adjunct professor of English, with Jane Govani,
PhD, co-authored the textbook Preparing the Way: Teaching ELs in the Pre-K – 12 Classroom, published by Kendall Hunt Publishing. Lovell authored the afterword for the book 101 Trailblazing Women of Air and Space: Aviators and Astronauts by Penny Hamilton, published by Mountaintop Legacy Press. Lovell was a presenter at the virtual program for the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn. She also presented at the Flordia Association of Teacher Educators, the World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education 6th Biennial Conference (Houston, Tex.), and the Sunshine State TESOL Florida Virtual Conference.
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