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Sabbatical Leaves Awarded
Posted 12/1/2005
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce that the following faculty members have been awarded sabbaticals during the 2006-07 academic year.
Jilda Aliotta (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor of Politics and Government, College of Arts and Sciences
Aliotta will work on a book-length biography of Judge Jennie Loitman Barron (1891-1969), who was the first woman to serve as a full-time judge in Massachusetts.
Edward Bolkovac (Fall 2006)
Professor of Choral Music, The Hartt School
Bolkovac will complete a textbook, Developing Harmonic Hearing (with a CD-ROM), that introduces harmonic elements in a natural manner based upon aural difficulty.
Robert Carl (Academic Year 2006-07)
Professor of Composition, The Hartt School
Carl will complete his book on the composition, performance, and legacy of Terry Riley’s In C, a foundational achievement in the minimalist tradition. In addition, he will master the newest features of MAX/MSP, a music software program, and explore its value in the composition of his fourth symphony.
William Coleman (Academic Year 2006-07)
Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Coleman will write a microbiology lab manual that uses an “inquiry based learning” model. In addition, in collaboration with colleagues at Hartford Hospital, he will begin his second medical microbiology lab manual.
Andrew Craft (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Craft will study the effect of different temperatures on the hydrogen absorption and the mechanical properties of palladium and some of its alloys.
Mary Gannotti (Academic Year 2006-07)
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Gannotti will pursue her work in cerebral palsy at the Shriners Hospital in Springfield by collecting additional data from the children treated there over a number of years. She will be assessing the effects of multilevel orthopedic surgery and other factors on children’s subsequent functional ability and quality of life.
Gene Gort (Fall 2006)
Associate Professor of Media Arts, Hartford Art School
Gort will work in collaboration with musicians to produce a series of multimedia products and performances that document and celebrate the manual, cognitive, and artistic labor behind the expansion and restoration of the New Britain Museum of Modern Art.
Eugene Kim (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor of Management/Marketing, Barney School of Business
Kim will develop survey tools to assess how well health insurance employees know and practice information security rules. In addition, he will revise his database course to incorporate web-based database management using Oracle.
Kenneth Nott (Fall 2006)
Associate Professor of Music History, The Hartt School
Nott will make the final revisions to his critical edition of Handel’s Jephtha before publication by Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. He will then begin collecting manuscript sources and preparing the score for a critical edition of Judas Maccabeus.
Chittaranjan Sahay (Academic Year 2006-07)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Sahay will write practice problem sets for a materials-processing monograph, develop and test models for the deformation behavior of nano-grain materials, and facilitate curricular development in Indian universities.
Margery Steinberg (Academic Year 2006-07)
Associate Professor of Management/Marketing, Barney School of Business
Steinberg will develop and deliver over the Internet a series of training modules aimed at the needs of minority-owned small businesses in the Upper Albany area.
Ellen Wetherbee (Fall 2006)
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Wetherbee will develop and deliver over the Internet a continuing education program that teaches “evidence-based practice” concepts to practicing physical therapists who are supervising the clinical experience of our physical therapy students. Such education of clinical supervisors is a requirement in accredited physical therapy programs.
Jilda Aliotta (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor of Politics and Government, College of Arts and Sciences
Aliotta will work on a book-length biography of Judge Jennie Loitman Barron (1891-1969), who was the first woman to serve as a full-time judge in Massachusetts.
Edward Bolkovac (Fall 2006)
Professor of Choral Music, The Hartt School
Bolkovac will complete a textbook, Developing Harmonic Hearing (with a CD-ROM), that introduces harmonic elements in a natural manner based upon aural difficulty.
Robert Carl (Academic Year 2006-07)
Professor of Composition, The Hartt School
Carl will complete his book on the composition, performance, and legacy of Terry Riley’s In C, a foundational achievement in the minimalist tradition. In addition, he will master the newest features of MAX/MSP, a music software program, and explore its value in the composition of his fourth symphony.
William Coleman (Academic Year 2006-07)
Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
Coleman will write a microbiology lab manual that uses an “inquiry based learning” model. In addition, in collaboration with colleagues at Hartford Hospital, he will begin his second medical microbiology lab manual.
Andrew Craft (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Craft will study the effect of different temperatures on the hydrogen absorption and the mechanical properties of palladium and some of its alloys.
Mary Gannotti (Academic Year 2006-07)
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Gannotti will pursue her work in cerebral palsy at the Shriners Hospital in Springfield by collecting additional data from the children treated there over a number of years. She will be assessing the effects of multilevel orthopedic surgery and other factors on children’s subsequent functional ability and quality of life.
Gene Gort (Fall 2006)
Associate Professor of Media Arts, Hartford Art School
Gort will work in collaboration with musicians to produce a series of multimedia products and performances that document and celebrate the manual, cognitive, and artistic labor behind the expansion and restoration of the New Britain Museum of Modern Art.
Eugene Kim (Spring 2007)
Associate Professor of Management/Marketing, Barney School of Business
Kim will develop survey tools to assess how well health insurance employees know and practice information security rules. In addition, he will revise his database course to incorporate web-based database management using Oracle.
Kenneth Nott (Fall 2006)
Associate Professor of Music History, The Hartt School
Nott will make the final revisions to his critical edition of Handel’s Jephtha before publication by Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. He will then begin collecting manuscript sources and preparing the score for a critical edition of Judas Maccabeus.
Chittaranjan Sahay (Academic Year 2006-07)
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture
Sahay will write practice problem sets for a materials-processing monograph, develop and test models for the deformation behavior of nano-grain materials, and facilitate curricular development in Indian universities.
Margery Steinberg (Academic Year 2006-07)
Associate Professor of Management/Marketing, Barney School of Business
Steinberg will develop and deliver over the Internet a series of training modules aimed at the needs of minority-owned small businesses in the Upper Albany area.
Ellen Wetherbee (Fall 2006)
Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions
Wetherbee will develop and deliver over the Internet a continuing education program that teaches “evidence-based practice” concepts to practicing physical therapists who are supervising the clinical experience of our physical therapy students. Such education of clinical supervisors is a requirement in accredited physical therapy programs.
