Faculty Accomplishments

Back, M., & Oulbeid, B. (October 2022). Examining instructional contexts and student beliefs in Arabic teacher recruitment. Second Language Research & Practice, 3(1).

Becky Wai-Ling Packard received a subaward from the National Science Foundation (NSF) via Michigan State University for Assessing Institutional Assets, Vulnerabilities, and Synergies using a STEM Mentoring Ecosystem Framework: A Multi-Institutional, Interdisciplinary Workshop. The grant runs for 15.5 months.

Audrey St. John, Heather Pon-Barry and Becky Wai-Ling Packard received a Microsoft Corporation grant for the project "Development of Core Modules as Curricular Assets for Tech Mentorship Initiative." The project is for 2.5 months. Combined award to Audrey St. John (Computer Science), Heather Pon-Barry (Computer Science) and Becky Packard (Psychology and Education).

Pon-Barry, H., St. John, A., Packard, B. W., &  Stephenson, C. (2017). Addressing the CS capacity challenge by improving undergraduate peer mentoring. ACM Inroads, 8(3), 43–47.

Pon-Barry, H., Packard, B. W., & St. John, A. (2017). Expanding capacity and promoting inclusion in introductory computer science: A focus on near-peer mentor preparation and code review. Computer Science Education, 27(1), 54–77.

Heather Pon-Barry, Audrey St. John, Becky Packard, Barbara Rotundo. Megas and Gigas Educate (MaGE): A Curricular Peer Mentoring Program. Poster in Proc. of 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education (SIGCSE 2016), Memphis, TN, 2016.

Packard, B. W., Marciano, V., Payne, J.M., Bledzki, L. A., Woodard, C.T. (2014). Negotiating Peer Mentoring Roles in Undergraduate Research Lab Settings. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. doi: 10.1080/13611267.2014.983327

Sherezade Panthaki is the featured soprano soloist with the Washington Bach Consort on a World Premiere recording released this month. Entitled "A New Song", this is a brand new multi-movement work for 3 soloists, choir and orchestra by award-winning African-American composer Trevor Weston, and one of three World Premieres that have been specifically written for Ms. Panthaki this season.

Sherezade Panthaki sang as the soprano soloist in Haydn's "Creation" on tour in Austria and Germany in Summer 2022, with the internationally renowned Vienna-based orchestra, Orchester Wiener Akademie.

Made her Austrian solo performance debut to wide acclaim with the Orchester Wiener Akademie at the historic Vienna Musikverein. Panthaki is internationally renown as an early music specialist, and sang the soprano solo role in Handel's oratorio "Alexander's Feast".