Paul Adams

• Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, November 12, 2021 (Remote) Workshop Invited Participant: Incorporating a Study Abroad Experience in your Political Science Class.

• European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Biennial Conference, May 19, 2022, Miami, FL. Panel: Brexit Fallout: The Consequences of Leaving the EU? Paper: Reassessing the Impacts of Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol on Governance in Northern Ireland.

William Campbell

• Conference Paper: “Prelatus, more boni phisici, nunc pungat, nunc ungat’: An Episcopal Preacher’s Vademecum from Late Thirteenth-Century England” at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2021.

• Roundtable Presentation: "The Pulpit and the Altar: Presenting Medieval Preaching to Undergraduates in the Context of Re-creating a Medieval Mass" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2021.

• Roundtable Presentation: “The Medieval Statutes of St Davids: A Proposed Digital Edition” at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in May 2021.

Timothy Holler

• Holler, T. J. (2022). Restorative justice research and publication: Exploring new outlets. Roundtable moderator at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV.

Jessica Knepper

• Conference presentation Pennsylvania Area of Middle Level Educators (PAMLE) Conference in State College on the topic of “Writing in Mathematics Class”; February 28th, 2022

Melissa Marks

• Invited Presentation: Marks, M. (2021, December). Implicit bias: Impacts on ELL students in schools. Three Rivers TESOL, Shared Vision Across English Language Teaching: Collaboration, Equity, Inclusion.

• Conference Presentation: Marks, M. J. (2021, November). Seeing Ourselves, Seeing Others: Diversity in Children's Literature. National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

• Conference Presentation: Marks, M.J. & DeWitt, S. (2021, November). Teaching About Diversity: Activities to Start the Conversation. National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

• Conference Presentation: Stricker, K. Willox, L., Burke, J. & Marks, M. J. (2021, November). Teaching Preservice Teachers to Use Technology for Learning in Social Studies Methods and in Teacher Preparation Coursework Post Pandemic. College and University Faculty Association of the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Ewa Rudnicka

• Presented research paper “The COVID-19 Impact on the Computer Chip Supply Chain” at the 28th IEMS – Industry, Engineering& Management Systems Conference attended virtually on March 13-15, 2022. 

Jonathan Vallano

• Mansour, J. K., & Vallano, J. P. (2022, March). Does “very confident” mean very confident? Lay perceptions of what is low, medium, and high eyewitness confidence. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, Denver, CO. 

• Mindthoff, A., Meissner, C. A., Hess, K., & Vallano, J. P. (2022, March). Is rapport effective? A systematic review of rapport in the investigative interviewing literature. In R. Bull, Current Directions in Suspect Interviewing Research and Practice. Paper presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, Denver, CO. 

• Sparacino, M., Evans, J. R., Sneyd, D., & Vallano, J. P. (2022, March). The Cognitive Interview and eyewitness precision. Poster presented at the American Psychology-Law Society annual conference, Denver, CO.

DH Woo

• The 34th US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2021) annual meeting (Dec. 15-18), Garden Grove, CA, USA Presentation, “The effects of environment concerns on willingness-to-pay for sustainable water quality in the U.S. - Partial Least Squares Regression”

• Midwest Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting annual meeting (Nov. 17-20, 2021), Virtual Conference Presentation, “The effects of environmental attitude on willingness-to-pay of local businesses”

Geoffrey Wood

• “Accelerated Categorical Inequality: How COVID-19 is Widening Existing Social Inequality in the US.” Presented at North Central Sociological Association Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 2022.

Jeanne Burth

• Curriculum Developer and Trainer for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Westmoreland County

Pilar Herr

• Secretary of the Board and Member of the Executive Board of West Overton Village & Museums

Timothy Holler

• Member of the Criminal Justice Advisory Board of Westmoreland County

Melissa Marks

• Member of the Board of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh

• Serves on the Westmoreland Community Action Board

• Committee for Tree of Life

Ron Ott

• Vice Chair of the American Red Cross (Chestnut Ridge)

• Member, Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

• Member, The United Way (Westmoreland)

• Member the Pauline Auberle Board of Directors

Jonathan Vallano

• Member of Criminal Justice Advisory Board of Westmoreland County

Jeanne Burth

• Western PA Director of the Multi-region STEM MSP Grant, 2013 – Present

William Campbell

• Vice-President of Episcopus: The Society for the Study of Bishops and Secular Clergy in the Middle Ages.

Jeffrey Everly

• Western Pennsylvania member-at-large for the Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis Executive Council

Clayton Gregg

• Member of the PICPA Local Government Accounting and Audit Committee

• Member of the AICPA’s Government Audit Quality Center (GAQC) and Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (EBPAQC)

Douglas Harding

• Became a Certified Export and Trade Counselor for the Duquesne University Small Business Development Center in November 2021

Timothy Holler

• Chair, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences - Restorative and Community Justice Section

• The Prison Journal - Editorial Board

• Member of the Pennsylvania Reentry Council, Data, Metrics, and Information Subcommittee Chair

Melissa Marks

• Advisor, SPSEA State Executive Board

Ron Ott

• WCCC Foundation and College Board of Directors and Chair the Governance Committee

Ewa Rudnicka

• Served as a track chair and session chair for IEMS 2022 conference March 2022

• LACCEI (Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions ) 2021 Technical Committee member and reviewer

Jonathan Vallano

• Serves on the Courtwatch committee for the Society of Personality and Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Division 31 of the American Psychological Association (APA)

DH Woo

• Reviewer, Journal of Global Fashion Marketing

Geoffrey Wood

• Affiliated Researcher, Collaboratory Against Hate (CAH): Research and Action Center, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, 2021-present.

• Sociological Focus Editorial Board, 2021-present

• North Central Sociological Association (NCSA), Teaching Section Chair, 2021-2023

• Critical Demography Center and Association: Board Member, 2016-present

• Taboo—The Journal of Culture and Education: Editorial Board, 2016-present

• North Central Sociological Association (NCSA), Vice-President 2021-2022.

• North Central Sociological Association (NCSA), Scholarly Achievements Awards Committee, 2019-2022.

Paul Adams

• 2022 Hewlett International Grant, University Center of International Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Jeanne Burth

• Grant through CASA for Child Development Project: McFeely-Rogers Foundation, 2021

• Grant through CASA for Advocate Bookbag Project: Constellation, 2021

William Campbell

• “Manuscripts in the Curriculum” Grant from Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Delmas Foundation, 2021-2022 with Drs. McAlister and Triplette.

Douglas Harding

• Recognition by the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Council Game Changer Award at their Annual Business Conference in Kutztown, PA on April 28th, 2022.

Melissa Marks

• 2022 Teacher Leadership Institute Grant from PSEA

Jonathan Vallano

• Familiar eyewitness identifications: The current state of affairs in Psychology, Public Policy and Law) was cited in a Connecticut Supreme Court decision (see State of Connecticut v. Gore, SC 20211).

Geoffrey Wood

• Director of CFAR, Grant Projects:
          • Excela Health Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
          • Aliquippa School District, PA Smart STEM Education Evaluation
          • Westmoreland County Court, Reentry Process Evaluation Project