2008 Trustees Research Award Recipients
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associate professor of history at Southern is recognized for his work in the interplay between education, public discourse and the development of national identity resulting in the anti-Russian propaganda between 1890 and 1914 in Germany, his meticulous interdisciplinary emerging research work on the effect of geography on the construction of identity and historical events.
Robert M. Dowling
associate professor of English at Central Connecticut State University, recognized for his work in the field of American Literature, including publishing a book focusing on how literary works transformed moral threats into cultural treasures in New York City from 1880 to 1930, and a reference book and critical anthology on Eugene O'Neill, uncovering never before cited or published text by this author, as well as writing approximately 40 articles in journals, critical anthologies and reference texts, and presenting at prestigious conferences.
Kenneth McNeil
associate professor of English at Eastern Connecticut State University, has been nationally and internationally recognized for his work in English literature and the British writers of the Romantic period, including writers of the Scottish Highlands such as Sir Walter Scott and women authors such as Ann Grant and Queen Victoria. He has enriched the notions of nation and ethnic coherence through original research and his conceptualizations of the interplay between cultures, extending to Mexican-American ballads.
Shane M. Murphy
associate professor of psychology at Western Connecticut State University, recognized for his work in the psychology of sports participation and achievement, including recognized assessment tools relating psychological skills to human performance, the contributions to the development of visualization techniques to the enhancement of human performance, and the contributions to the translation of research into accessible language to improve lifestyle behaviors and promote better health.
2008 Trustees Teaching Award Recipients
Lisa Rowe Fraustino - System-Level Award Winnerassociate professor of English at Eastern is recognized for her work including award winning children and young adults literature, the creation of a high enrollment writing minor and courses for the new liberal arts curriculum at the university, her attentive and effective advising and mentoring of students, her support for learning beyond the classroom, her work with high schools and pedagogical contributions as a Fulbright Scholar.
Robin C. Flanagan
associate professor of psychology at Western Connecticut State University, recognized as an engaging and effective educator, inspiring and guiding students to produce and present original research, valued mentor for students considering advanced studies, key contributor to programmatic improvements in her department including the latest advances in the field, and a key member of numerous university-wide committees enhancing the educational process at the university.
Nicole M. Henderson
associate professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University, is recognized as a gifted pedagogue and mentor, a leader in the development, institutionalization, direction and assessment of the university's First Year Experience Program, a critical player in revamping of the academic advising system for first year students, and engaging collaborator able to contribute to create a coherent campus culture that promotes educational improvement.
Cara Mulcahy
assistant professor of Reading and Language Arts at Central Connecticut State University, recognized as a model teacher able to engage students in deep thinking, problem solving and creativity, effective in systematically building upon her students' previous learning, and successfully interweaving her research and teaching, resulting in exemplary work in critical literacy and the use of technology to resolve the challenges facing marginalized high school students.