Judy Walker, associate professor and coordinator of the University of Maine Speech Therapy Telepractice Program, will present at the 10th anniversary conference of the Brain Injury Association of America — Maine Chapter on Oct. 9 at the University of Southern Maine. In her presentation, “Telepractice and Technology: Innovative Cognitive Rehabilitation for Brain Injury Survivors in […]
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Merrill Elias, emeritus professor of psychology and Graduate School of Biomedical Science, has been appointed to the board of editors of the American Journal of Hypertension. He presently serves on the Hypertension board of editors and is a fellow on the Council of High Blood Pressure, American Heart Association. He has served on the editorial […]
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Lori Taylor, a Reading Recovery trainer with the College of Education and Human Development’s University Training Center for Reading Recovery and Comprehensive Literacy, has been elected to a seat on the Reading Recovery Council of North America (RRCNA) Board of Directors. Taylor will serve as a trainer representative on the board, a three-year position that […]
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Heather Leslie has been invited to deliver the Kolshorn Lecture at 5 p.m. Sept. 12 at the University of Minnesota. The director of the Darling Marine Center will discuss “Creating resilient coastal communities and ecosystems: Connecting marine conservation science and practice.” Each year, a distinguished scientist or conservationist is invited to give the lecture. The […]
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University of Maine economist Jonathan Rubin, director of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, has been named an associate editor of the “Transportation Research Record,” the publication of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. He is a member of the inaugural editorial board of the “Transportation Research Record” […]
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“The Magus of Strovolos” by University of Maine professor of sociology Kyriacos Markides has been published in French by Éditions Le Dauphin Blanc, Quebec City.
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Karen Robbie, a doctoral student in prevention and intervention studies, was one of 12 Ph.D. students nationwide to receive funding to attend the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit. The conference, held in Washington, D.C. in July, covered legislative policy and advocacy for special educators. Attendees also had opportunities to visit with […]
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Alice Kelley, an instructor in the University of Maine School of Earth and Climate Sciences and research associate professor in the Climate Change Institute, contributed to a report by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, or ICOMOS. “The Future of Our Pasts: Engaging Cultural Heritage in Climate Action,” was released by ICOMOS on July […]
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Scott Dunning, director of the University of Maine School of Engineering Technology and professor of electrical engineering technology, has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Fellow of ABET Award recognizes individuals who have given sustained, quality service to their fields and to the board’s accredited disciplines. […]
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Justin Wolff, an associate professor of art history at the University of Maine, recently had an article published in Panorama, the peer-reviewed journal of the Association of Historians of American Art. The article, “Amateurism and American Visual Culture,” serves as an overview and introduction to a suite of five essays, which Wolff selected and edited, […]
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