Dr. Sharron Greaves, Chair of the Department of Communications, presented four papers on African and African Amercian topics:

“English, Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa-Fulani: Multiple Language Accounts of Nigerian Culture via Nollywood Film” at the African Languages in the Disciplines Conference, Harvard University, April 20, 2012.

For more information: http://www.alp.fas.harvard.edu/ald

“Of Girth and Guts: Interrogating the Revivification of the “Big Mama” Caricature on Contemporary Stages and Screens” at the 14th Annual Women's History Conference: Women, The Arts and Activism at Sarah Lawrence College, March 3, 2012.

For more information: http://www.slc.edu/graduate/programs/womens-history/conference/schedule.html

“Strife, Survival, and Celebration: Twenty Years of Fires and Festivals in Crown Heights” at the Brooklyn Aesthetics Conference, St. Francis College, April 21, 2012.

For more information:

http://www.sfc.edu/eventsDetailsNoReg.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Admissions/Admissions%20Content&WorkflowItemID=5d827932-2bc1-4228-a1ab-33f1fc223c0b

“Blue or Green?: The Bluest Eye, an Example of Adaptation for Edification vs. Dissemination for Profit” at the 35th Annual New Jersey College English Association, April 14, 2012.

For more information: http://njcea.org/conference/program2012.pdf

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

2012 PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR

Presented to

Jacqueline Washington, Ph.D.

In recognition of your dedication and excellence in undergraduate teaching,

As demonstrated by your mentoring three new faculty, working with

The Nursing program, participating in professional associations

And chairing the college’s first Science conference.

For more pictures of the College of Arts and Sciences Awards celebration:

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COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

2O12 FACULTY SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR

Presented to

Larry Poston, Ph.D.

In recognition of your continued commitment to research

Based on recent contributions to the field of Religion

As demonstrated by publishing three papers and making two presentations

During the 2011-2012 academic year.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

2O12 CHAIR OF THE YEAR

Presented to

Agnia Assur, Ph.D.

In recognition of exceptional leadership

As Chair of the Department of Psychology at the Rockland Campus

As demonstrated by your mentoring new faculty, chairing

The Faculty Affairs Committee, working with The Nursing program,

and providing counsel to the Dean.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

2012 JUNIOR PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR

Presented to

David Chun, Ph.D.

In recognition and affirmation of your emerging leadership

In the Department of Psychology

As demonstrated by mentoring students, leading several study groups,

And patiently working in an open space without a private office

Always with a spirit of grace, humility and gratitude.

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