Graduate Student Accomplishments

Graduate Students have a variety of opportunities to showcase the knowledge gained in their respective graduate programs. What follows are examples of students' recent accomplishments (from 2004-present), either through conference presentations, articles published, art exhibits and musical performances, as well as awards they received. We believe these demonstrate two of the Graduate School Tenets: Community of Scholars and Scholarly Inquiry.

Biomolecular Sciences
Publications
Badal, Romina; Haughton, Richard A.; Khan, Izaz M.; King, Thomas R.; Magnan, David R.; Paul, Emily L.; Soucy, Francis M. and Thompson, David S., The mouse frizzy mutation (fr) maps between D7Csu5 and D7Mit165. In review at the Journal of Experimental Dermatology. Presentations Pagliaruli, T; Mulrooney, J and Watson C., The role of cofilin in migration of F9 parietal endoderm cells Experimental Biology Conference; April 27-May 2, 2007; Washington, DC. Bannock, Jason and Hoopengardner, B.M., RNA editing in the cacophony and slowpoke ion channels Experimental Biology Conference; April 27-May 2, 2007; Washington, DC. Watson, C.L. and Ferrazzoli, Alexander, Serotonin regulation by primary culture neonatal rat astrocytes Experimental Biology Conference; April 27-May 2, 2007; Washington, DC. Jarombek M.; Padua, Roberto and Davis, M.A., Isolation and characterization of antibacterial compounds from soil microorganisms with activity against Mycobacteria 107th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, April 21-25, 2007; Toronto, Canada. Slomski, Davis; Damiano, Jeff and Mulrooney, J. The role of cell-cell interactions in parietal yolk sac formation. Pagliaruli, Thomas and Mulrooney, J. The role of cofilin in migration of F9 parietal endoderm cells. Ryznar, Rebecca and Watson, C.L. Calcium regulation in cardiac muscle of the Southern Kingfish. Grove, Owen; Goralnik, Justin and Watson, C.L. Isolation of calcium-tolerant cardiac myocytes. Ferrazzoli, Alex and Watson, C.L. Vesicular packaging follows serotonin uptake in primary culture rat astrocytes. Ferranti, Katelynn; Dugo, Michael; Fisher, Annie; Gomes, Jesse; Ton, Lisa and C.L. Watson Expression of connexin 43 gap junctional protein in rat cardiac fibroblasts. Bannock, Jason and Hoopengardner, B.M. RNA editing in voltage-gated ion channels. Jarombek, Max; Padua, Roberto and Davis, M.A. Characterization of an anti-mycobacterial compound secreted by a bacterial isolate from soil Azeredo, Stacy and Davis, M.A. Bacteriophage Therapy: Isolation and identification of lysogenic bacteria of Propionibacterium acnes

Business
Awards Rebecca Salerni (2004), who earned her Masters Degree in International Business Administration, won a financial reporting achievement award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. As the city's manager of accounting, she also helped New Britain earn a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial reporting. Lisa Carver, Mayor Timothy Stewart's chief of staff, told The New Britain Herald, "We're fortunate to have her working for us."

Communication
Publications Stiles, M. & Tyson, B. (2008). Marketing Civility: Improving a School's Communication Climate. American School Board Journal (March).

Educational Leadership
Publications Parisi, I. (2009, January 30). Mission and Profile. As featured on the Record Journal Newspaper website. Retrieved February 04, 2009, from http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=20252853&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=596291&rfi=6 Parisi, I. (2008, December 1). A Rockstar Superintendent. As featured on the Record Journal Newspaper website. Retrieved February 04, 2009, from http://www.myrecordjournal.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=20210710&BRD=2755&PAG=461&dept_id=592754&rfi=8

English
Publications Cherolis, Stephanie, Philip Roth’s Pornographic Elegy: The Dying Animal as a Meditation on Loss in Contemporary Times. Philip Roth Studies. 2.1 (Spring 2006): 13-24. Cherolis, Stephanie, Co-Editor with Stuart Barnett and Aimee L. Pozorski, The Connecticut Review. Trauma issue. 28.1 (Spring 2006). Cherolis, Stephanie, When Language Fails: Witnessing Holocaust Testimony. The Connecticut Review. 28.1 (Spring 2006): 93-101. Presentations Cherolis, Stephanie (2006). Dickens, Dust, and Desire: Garbage as a Trope in Our Mutual Friend. Dickens Society Symposium. Queen’s University. Belfast, Ireland. 11-13 August 2006. Cherolis, Stephanie (2006). Failed Metaphors and Silence: Absence in Holocaust Testimony. NYCEA Conference, "Resistance to Tyranny: Representing the Struggle for Human Rights in Literature." Tarrytown, NY. 28-29 April 2006. Cherolis, Stephanie (2006). When Language Fails. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference. Atlanta, GA. 12-16 April 2006. Cherolis, Stephanie (2006). Failure of the Familiar: Film and the Crisis of Witnessing. 31st Annual Florida State University Conference on Literature and Film, “Documenting Trauma and Terror.” Tallahassee, FL. 2-5 February 2006. Cherolis, Stephanie (2005). Consuela Castillo: Pornographic Woman and Icon of Loss in Philip Roth's The Dying Animal. From Pornography to Politics Conference. University of Newcastle. Newcastle, U.K. 11 November 2005. Paper accepted but conference not attended. Cherolis, Stephanie (2005). The Pornography of Jealousy': Philip Roth's The Dying Animal. American Literature Association. Boston, MA. 26-29 May 2005. Cherolis, Stephanie (2005). Jack Sheppard and the Uncanny: Criminality and Criticism. Victorian Criminalities Conference. University of Exeter. Exeter, England. 18-19 April 2005. Cherolis, Stephanie (2006 ). Philip Roth's Pornographic Elegy: The Dying Animal as a Contemporary Meditation on Loss. The Journal of Philip Roth Studies. Cherolis, Stephanie (2006 ). When Language Fails: Witnessing Holocaust Testimony. The Connecticut Review. Vita, Barbara (2007). Ekphrasis in Peter Ackroyd's English Music. Hirth, Brittany (2007). Trauma and Gender Division in D.M. Thomas's Pictures at an Exhibition. Meraay, Maha (2007). When Text and Image Collide: Generating Chaos in Penelope Lively’s The Photograph and W.G. Sebald’s The Emigrants. Awards Kathleen Siddons, a 1993 CCSU Graduate Student Association Distinction Award-winner for Academic Excellence, in May 2006 received an award from the National Network of Early Language Learning (NNELL) for her excellence in teaching, mentoring, and use of technology as a Spanish teacher in grades 2,3,4,5 in the public schools of Mansfield, CT


Geography
Awards Thomas Brodnitzki, M.S. in Geography (2007), has been awarded a Milken Family Foundation National Educator award. Brodnitzki also received a M.S. in Educational Foundations from CCSU in 2003 and now teaches at Northwestern Community College in Winsted, CT.


International Studies
Presentations Saporia-King, Jennifer, M.S. in International Studies with a concentration on the Middle East, returned to C.C.S.U in Spring 2007 to share her experiences as a Foreign Affairs Officer. Awards Megan Alubicki, M.S. in International Studies (2007), has been awarded a research grant from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct research in Sweden and Belgium for 10 months (5 months at Vakjo University, one of CCSU's overseas partner institutions; 5 months at Vesalius) during the 2007-2008 academic year. Megan's research topic is "Speaking European: Promoting Linguistic Diversity through Public Education in Sweden and Belgium."


Modern Languages
Awards Juan José Vázquez Caballero, a student i our MA Modern Languages with Spanish Specialization has been recognized by CT-COLT for being selected as the District Teacher of the Year in Haddam Killingworth- Region 17 Schools. Brian McCarthy, M.A. in Modern Languages (2007), has had his paper titled, "Medusa como farmakon de salvacion en dos dramas de Calderon," accepted for presentation at the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater conference in El Paso, Texas. This is one of the most prestigious meetings for scholars in Hispanic theater.


Music
Publications Beaven, Allison Harbeck. Quality Repertoire Selection: Forgotten Essential Resources. Choral Journal, August 2006. Glory, Douglass. Chorus: No Longer Just a Performance Ensemble. Vermont Music Educator, March 2007. Presentations Bretthauer, Colleen Sprague, Over the past year, has presented 12 different seminars in Early Childhood Music Education for Head Start, St. Joseph School for Young Children, Central Connecticut State University, and Brandeis University. Beaven, Allison Harbeck, Presented The Choral Repertoire Selection Dilemma: A New Approach for the High School Director. American Choral Directors Association National Conference, March 2007. Awards Glory, Douglass (2007). Received an award from The Vermont Alliance for Arts Education. Pekar, Kristine (2007). Received an award for the Highest Scoring Chamber Choir at the North American Music Festivals.


Psychology
Awards Rodriguez-Arauz, Gloriana (2007). Received a Fulbright Foreign Student grantee from Costa Rica. She began her M.A. in Health Psychology in Fall 2007. Gloria is the first graduate student to come to C.C.S.U on a Fulbright Scholarship.


Reading & Language Arts
Awards Goss, Amity (2007). A reading Specialist at Colchester Elementary School and a 2002 graduate of the Master Degree in Reading and Language Arts, was recently awarded the Outstanding Reading Specialist Award from the Connecticut Reading Association. Hurley, Joan (2007). Sixth Year Certificate in Reading and Language Arts, admitted to the program in Fall 2005, was named Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007. Lynch, Susan & Martinez, Mildred & Murratti, Elizabeth (2008). Master of Science in Reading and Language Arts received an award from the Connecticut Association for Reading Research (CARR)/International Reading Association Honor Council, Wirth-Santoro Scholarship for their research study on: Application of SIOP in a Non-ELL Social Studies Classroom. Mildred Martinez graduated in 2007; Elizabeth Murratti is graduating in 2008. Mitchell, Kim (2008). A teacher at Whisconier Middle School in Brookfield, CT. and a 2008 graduate of the Sixth Year Degree in Reading and Language Arts recently received a Teacher of The Year award and is also one the district's finalists.

Technology Management
Publications Giampietro, C. and Emiliani, M.L. ( 2007). Coercion and reverse auctions. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2., pp. 75-84.

Graduate Student Accomplishments

Bannock, Jason and Hoopengardner, B.M., RNA editing in the cacophony and slowpoke ion channels Experimental Biology Conference; April 27-May 2, 2007; Washington, DC.

Ferranti, Katelynn; Dugo, Michael; Fisher, Annie; Gomes, Jesse; Ton, Lisa and C.L. WatsonExpression of connexin 43 gap junctional protein in rat cardiac fibroblasts.

Bannock, Jason and Hoopengardner, B.M. RNA editing in voltage-gated ion channels.Jarombek, Max; Padua, Roberto and Davis, M.A. Characterization of an anti-mycobacterial compound secreted by a bacterial isolate from soil

Azeredo, Stacy and Davis, M.A. Bacteriophage Therapy: Isolation and identification of lysogenic bacteria of Propionibacterium acnes

AwardsRodriguez-Arauz, Gloriana (2007). Received a Fulbright Foreign Student grantee from Costa Rica. She began her M.A. in Health Psychology in Fall 2007. Gloria is the first graduate student to come to C.C.S.U on a Fulbright Scholarship.

Ferranti, Katelynn; Dugo, Michael; Fisher, Annie; Gomes, Jesse; Ton, Lisa and C.L. Watson
Expression of connexin 43 gap junctional protein in rat cardiac fibroblasts.

Bannock, Jason and Hoopengardner, B.M. RNA editing in voltage-gated ion channels.

Jarombek, Max; Padua, Roberto and Davis, M.A. Characterization of an anti-mycobacterial compound secreted by a bacterial isolate from soil

Awards
Rodriguez-Arauz, Gloriana (2007). Received a Fulbright Foreign Student grantee from Costa Rica. She began her M.A. in Health Psychology in Fall 2007. Gloria is the first graduate student to come to C.C.S.U on a Fulbright Scholarship.