Information Literacy Faculty Development Grants Awarded
Spring 2013
Tim Cooper, Assistant Professor of History
Mapping of the Contemporary World: Using Maps to Teach Twentieth-Century World History
Scott Foster, Assistant Professor of Creative Arts
Material and Meaning: Reading Visual Art for Technical Information
Mary Beth Kolozsvary, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Increasing Ecological Literacy for Non-Science Majors through Analyzing Scholarly and Popular Articles
Katherine Meierdiercks, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Toward a Better Understanding of How the Ethics and Mechanics of Plagiarism-Prevention are Connected to the Conventions of Academic and Professional Discourse
Sudarat Musikawong, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Media Justice & Information Literacy
Fall 2012
Liz Blum, Assistant Professor of Creative Arts
Using Documentary Photography to Enhance Information Literacy
Cheryl Gowie, Professor of Education
Using the OECD/PISA Data Base to Examine Equity, Socioeconomic Status, and School Achievement in Selected Nations
Jesse Karr, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Developing a Bioinformatics Workshop: A Guided Inquiry That Incorporates Bioinformatics into the Physical Biochemistry Curriculum
Adam Nguyen, Associate Professor of Marketing
Guided Literature Search to Support Research Projects in Societal Marketing
Spring 2012
Margaret (Meg) S. Frying, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
The Digital Age Information Environment: How We Produce, Organize, Access, and Value Information in the Digital Age
Laurie Naranch, Associate Professor of Political Science
Information Literacy for Civic Literacy: Citizen Knowledge and Action Module
Lisa Nevarez, Associate Professor of English
Blogging the Undead: Information Literacy in an Honor's Seminar, "The Vampire"
James Teresco, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Finding, Evaluating, and Using Appropriate Primary Sources for a Final Course Project in Computer Science
Fall 2011
Andrea Worthington, Professor of Biology
Guided Literature Search to Support Independent Research Projects and Data Analysis in Plant Ecology and Animal Physiology: Improving Literature Search Results
Salvatore Lombardo, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Using a Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching American Politics
Marcela Garces, Assistant Professor of Spanish
Information Literacy for Advanced Spanish Students: Towards an Understanding of the Latino and Hispanic Community in the Capital Region
Thomas Hughes, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and
Lucas Tucker, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Redesign of SciFinder Scholar Project in Accordance with New Online Client and Extension to a Two Semester Project
Spring 2011
Karen Mahar, Associate Professor History
Keeping Track: Journaling as a Research Tool for the Undergraduate Thesis
Paul Thurston, Assistant Professor of Marketing & Management
Applying Information Literacy to Improve Source Material for Management “Toolkits”
Fall 2010
Jami Cotler, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
How to Differentiate Accurate Versus Incorrect Information Found on the Web
Thomas Kopp, Associate Professor of Finance
Seminar in Federal Reserve Challenge Preparation (Honors)
Aaron Pacitti, Assistant Professor of Economics
Information Literacy for Undergraduate Economics Using Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Paul Thurston, Assistant Professor of Marketing & Management
Applying Information Literacy to Develop an Individual Management "Toolkit"
Spring 2010
Elizabeth Blum, Visiting Professor in Creative Arts
Using Graphic Visualization to Enhance Information Literacy
Darren Lim, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Adding a Research Component into an Upper Level Computer Science Course
Wendy Pojmann, Assistant Professor of History
How Did We Get Here? Information Literacy in Understanding the Historical Roots of the World Today
Carla Sofka, Associate Professor of Social Work
Sudarat Musikawong, Assistant Professor of Sociology
Creating Archival Knowledge & Literacy: Archiving 9/11
Diane Strock-Lynsky, Professor of Social Work
Strengthening Student’s Ability to Effectively Integrate Resources Pertaining to Physical Disabilities into Written Assignments for the Human Behavior Sequence
Fall 2009
Diane Strock-Lynsky, Professor of Social Work
Strengthening a Student's Ability to Integrate and Effectively Utilize Resources Pertaining to Mental and Physical Disabilities into Written Assignments for the Human Behavior Sequence
Spring 2009
Vera Eccarius-Kelly, Associate Professor of Political Science
Discovering Political Bias in Foreign Policy Reports: Information Literacy Skills for Students of Political Science
Cheryl Gowie, Professor of Education
Incorporating Preservice Teachers’ Information Literacy Skills in Their Instructional Planning
Wendy Pojmann, Assistant Professor of History
Identifying and Analyzing Primary Sources in Digitized Archival Collections
Barbara Reeves-Ellington, Assistant Professor of History
Using a Scenario Approach to Develop Information Skills to Locate and Assess Non-American Historical Sources of U.S. Foreign Relations
Fall 2008
Amy Corbett, Visiting Professor of Psychology
Domian-Specific Journals in the Library Collections at Siena College and Representativeness to the Specialties of the Faculty in that Domain
Naton Leslie, Professor of English.
Information Literacy for Freelance Writers: Analyzing a Magazine Market
Andrea Smith-Hunter, Associate Professor of Marketing and Management
A Statistical Investigation of the Impact of Information Literacy
Spring 2008
Amy Corbett, Visiting Professor of Psychology
Domain-specific Journals in the Library Collections at Siena College and Representativeness to the Specialties of the Psychology Faculty.
Karen Mahar, Associate Professor of History
Global Literacy Project.
Barbara Reeves-Ellington, Assistant Professor of History
Developing Information Literacy Skills to Locate and Assess Non-American Historical Sources
for the Study of Immigration and Transnationalism.
Fall 2007
Raj Devasagayam, Associate Professor of Marketing & Management.
Researching Poor and Marginalized Customers in International Markets.
Mathew Johnson, Associate Professor of Sociology.
Blogging: Writing, Thinking, Presenting, and Archiving on the Web.
Spring 2007
Raj Devasagayam, Associate Professor of Marketing & Management
Globalization of Markets and Ensuing Strategies: Leveraging Information: Phase II
Manimoy Paul, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Business Analysis
Bridging the Theory of Operations Management and Its Application in the Real Business World through Information Literacy
Andrea Smith-Hunter, Associate Professor of Marketing and Management
Using Resource Data to Integrate Information Literacy into the Management Curriculum: Part II
Fall 2006
Raj Devasagayam, Associate Professor of Marketing & Management
Globalization of Markets and Ensuing Strategies: Leveraging Information
Andrea Smith-Hunter, associate Professor of Marketing and Management
Using Resource Data to Integrate Information Literacy into the Management Curriculum
Spring 2006
Leonard Stokes, Professor of Accounting
Margaret Garnsey, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Improving Searching of Accountant’s Use of Professional Databases through Information Literacy, Part II
Zinaida Taran, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management
Recognizing the Need for, Locating, Evaluating and Effectively Using Information in Secondary Data for Making Informed Decisions
Fall 2005
Leonard Stokes, Professor of Accounting
Margaret Garnsey, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Improving Searching of Accountant’s Use of Professional Databases through Information Literacy
Patricia Trutty-Coohill
Writing an Entry for a Catalogue Raisonné of the Recent Acquisitions for the Siena College Art Collection
Spring 2005
James Angstadt, Professor of Biology
Information Literacy Skills Inventory and Assessment for Biology Majors: Part Two
Stephanie Rauterkus, Assistant Professor of Finance
Assessing and Improving Financial Information Literacy at Siena College: Phase Two
Charles F. Seifert, Associate Professor of Biology
Enhancing Students’ Information Literacy Concerning Sources and Analysis of Secondary Data
Fall 2004
James Angstadt, Professor of Biology
Information Literacy Skills inventory and Assessment for Biology Majors
Stephanie Rauterkus, Assistant Professor of Finance
Assessing and Improving Financial Information Literacy at Siena College: Phase One
Carla Sofka, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Information Literacy Skills in SWRK 100: Immediate Assessment of Competency through USE of the Classroom Performance System
Stephen J. Tyson, Lecturer in Foundations
Integrating Information Literacy and Art into an Examination of a Religious Worldview
Spring 2004
Barbara Reeves-Ellington, Visiting Professor of U.S. History
Creation of a Learning Module Using Movies to Develop Information Literacy Skills in an Introductory History Course
Virginia Yonkers, Visiting Professor of Marketing and Management
Analyzing and Making Students Aware of Their Internet Search Techniques
Fall 2003
Carla Sofka, Assistant Professor of Social Work (with Bob Rivas, Donna McIntosh and David Hamilton)
Assessing and Enhancing Information Literacy related to Basic Social Work and Social Welfare Resources
Michele Liptak, Lecturer in Foundations; Dennis Tamburello, Professor of Religious Studies, Foundations faculty, and Core Coordinator; Robert Drake, Foundations faculty, Adjunct Professor of History, and Director of the Teaching Center.
Teaching First-Year Students to Retrieve, Analyze and Evaluate Information in the Age of Information
Spring 2003
Terence Curran, Professor of Marketing and Management
Development of a Learning Module Focusing on Information Literacy in a Capstone Business Course
Denis Donnelly, Professor of Physics
Analysis and Recommendations regarding the Information Literacy Skills Inventory Administered to Science Students
Paul Murray, Professor of Sociology
Assessing the Information Literacy Skills of Sociology Students
Fall 2002
Denis Donnelly, Professor of Physics
Information Literacy Skills Inventory for School of Science
Fareed Munir, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Information Literacy Components of the New Course “Introduction to the Qur’an”
Peter Zaas, Professor of Religious Studies
Teaching Introduction to Biblical Studies from an Information Literacy Perspective
