Publications in journals
Published books
Academic presentations
Leadership position(s) in academic organizations
Grant Recipients
Projects that have impacted the community
Adam Cilli
Melissa Marks
Russ Phillips
Jonathan Vallano
D.H. Woo
Geoffrey Wood
Paul Adams
Panel: "Brexit Fallout: The Consequences of Leaving the EU?" and Paper: "Reassessing the Impacts of Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol on Governance in Northern Ireland," European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Biennial Conference, Miami, FL, May 2022.
Paper: "Assessing the Achievements and Limitations of Consociational Democracy in Northern Ireland," 28th International Conference of Europeanists, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2022.
William Campbell:
“Books in the Flesh: Teaching an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Course with Medieval Manuscripts," co-presented with Amber McAlister and student Connor Chinoy, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Fall Virtual Symposium, October 2022.
Adam Cilli:
"Jeannette Washington, Pittsburgh’s First Black Nurse,” Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Montgomery, AL, September 2022.
Jeffrey Everly:
“Assessing Impulsivity Associated with Childhood Trauma using Appetitive and Aversive Delay Discounting” poster presentation with Stephen M. Taylor (student), 2023 Laurel Highlands Undergraduate Research Conference.
Pilar Herr:
“Araucanía as Borderlands or Nation?: The Mapuches’ Struggles for Nationhood in Nineteenth-Century Chile,” SECOLAS Conference, Antigua, Guatemala, March 2023.
Tim Holler:
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 2023 Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD – Roundtable discussant, “Healthy Boundary Setting for Mid-Career Academics: Scenario-Based Discussion,” and “Enhancements Needed to Improve System Responses to Crimes Caused by Mental Illness and Disability;” co-presenter, “Concepts and Applications of Restorative Justice.”
"Mentorship in Writing" roundtable chair, American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. Atlanta.
Melissa Marks and Jessica (Knepper) McCormick:
"Tell me More: Using Diverse Books and Inquiry to Teach History," National Council for the Social Studies conference.
Jessica (Knepper) McCormick:
Presenter, Teacher Leadership Institute Conference, February 2023.
Ewa Rudnicka:
“Electric Vehicles’ Batteries Supply Chain and its Ethical and Sustainability Challenges” co-presenter, 29th Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems Conference, March 2023.
Jonathan Vallano
Presentations at the 2023 American Psychology-Law Society conference in Philadelphia:
"Eyewitness Identification: Using Experts." Online presentation, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Jan. 2023.
DH Woo:
“The Impact of Environment Concerns on Operations Performance," Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, Houston, TX, Nov. 2022.
Geoff Wood:
“Changes in Elite Relations and Political and Social Inequality in American Society: Dynamics in Class, Status, Party, and Intersectionality,” North Central Sociological Association Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, 2023.
Pilar Herr: Secretary and Executive Board Member, West Overton Village & Museums.
Tim Holler: Member, Criminal Justice Advisory Board of Westmoreland County.
Melissa Marks: Member of the Board of the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh & Tree of Life
Ron Ott: Member, WCCC Foundation and College Board of Directors; Chair, United Way of Westmoreland County Board of Directors; Member, Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce Government Relations Committee; Member, Mountain View Rotary Board of Directors.
Jonathan Vallano: Member, Criminal Justice Advisory Board of Westmoreland County.
William Campbell: Vice-President, Episcopus: The Society for the Study of Bishops and Secular Clergy in the Middle Ages; Organizer and chair, "Mendicant Friars and the Secular Church II: Controversy, Coexistence, Collaboration"; “Bound but Not Gagged I: The Eloquence of Medieval Book 6 Bindings, Late-Medieval German Bindings”; "Bound but Not Gagged II: The Eloquence of Medieval Book Bindings, Diverse Regional Techniques,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2023.
Adam Cilli: Book Review Editor, Black Perspectives; Conference Panel Chair, “Health Disparities,” annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Sept. 2022.
Jeffrey Everly: Member-at-large for Western Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Association for Behavior Analysis Executive Council.
Doug Harding: Senior Business Consultant, Small Business Development Center, Duquesne University.
Tim Holler: Chair, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences - Restorative and Community Justice Section; Editorial Board member, The Prison Journal; Member, Pennsylvania Reentry Council and chair, Data, Metrics, and Information Subcommittee.
Melissa Marks: Advisor, SPSEA State Executive Board.
Jessica (Knepper) McCormick: Journal Reviewer, Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K-12, Feb./March 2023.
Ewa Rudnicka: Chair, Supply Chain Management & Logistics session, and Track Chair, 29th Annual International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, March 2023.
DH Woo: Article reviewer, International Journal of Production Economics and Kybernetes; Member, Program Committee of Twin Cities ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) The Fourth Colloquium on Analytics, Data Science, and Computing, Metropolitan State University, MN, Nov. 2022.
Geoff Wood: Editorial Board member, Sociological Focus; President-Elect, North Central Sociological Association (NCSA); Board member, Critical Demography Center and Association; Editorial Board member, Taboo—The Journal of Culture and Education.
Jonathan Vallano: Member, Courtwatch committee for the Society of Personality and Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), Division 31 of the American Psychological Association.
Adam Cilli: Project Development Grant ($5000), American Council of Learned Societies; Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowship ($2500).
Jessica (Knepper) McCormick: Co-PI for Pennsylvania Department of Education Innovative Teacher Prep to Practice Grant (with Jeanne Burth and Melissa Marks), Paving the Path to the Classroom; University of Pittsburgh Open Educational Resources Grant (2022-2023).