Tag: Halmos College of Arts and Sciences

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, J.D., Ph.D., graduate of the doctoral program in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), has co-authored a new book, “The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change,” with Bernard Mayer, Ph.D.  Font-Guzmán discussed her book virtually at NSU as the featured presenter at The Social Justice Roundtable on February 12, 2022.

Font-Guzmán is the first Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Eastern Mennonite University. Before starting her new position, Font-Guzmán was the Director of the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution program and faculty at Creighton University. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Carlos III University School of Law in Spain and was an NSU Distinguished Alumna. She has been a Visiting Professor at Southern Methodist University and the University of Puerto Rico Law School.

In addition to her NSU degree, she has a law degree from the Interamericana University in Puerto Rico, a Master of Health Care Administration from St. Louis University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Coe College.

For information about the Social Justice Roundtable, please contact Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D. at mckayj@nova.edu  faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in Halmos.

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Posted 02/27/22

Kevin Dvorak, Ph.D., professor and NSU Writing and Communication Center (WCC) executive director; Janine Morris, Ph.D., assistant professor of writing and WCC faculty coordinator; and Cynthia Moreau, Pharm.D., BCACP, assistant professor of pharmacy practice, published “Enhancing Communication Competencies: A Model for Pharmacy and Writing and Communication Center Partnerships” in the edited collection Teaching Writing in the Health Professions (edited by Michael Madson, Routledge 2021). Dvorak and Morris are both faculty in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, and Moreau is faculty in the College of Pharmacy.

“Enhancing Communication Competencies” addresses the need for writing, verbal and nonverbal communication skills within pharmacy graduate programs and outlines the collaboration that took place between Moreau’s Pharmacy Applications graduate course and the WCC during 2019 and 2020.

“​​Collaborating with Dr. Morris and Dr. Dvorak on this chapter was a great experience. As a pharmacist working in academia, most of my collaborations tend to occur with other health professionals, but I loved the opportunity to work with faculty from an entirely different non-HPD department at NSU,” Moreau said. “I believe we were ‘pioneers’ in our collaboration between a college of pharmacy and a writing center, and I think the description of our collaboration and learning activities included in our chapter will be useful to faculty from multiple disciplines across the country.”

Read and learn more about Teaching Writing in the Health Professions.

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Posted 02/13/22

“Problems in Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory” is a new book from Halmos Professor Fuzhen Zhang, Ph.D., published by the World Scientific Publishing Company.  Revised and expanded from an earlier version, this new edition contains fifty-five examples and many new problems, based on Zhang’s lecture notes of Advanced Linear Algebra classes here at NSU as well as short lectures at Shanghai University and Beijing Normal University.  Composed of basic, important, and elegant results in linear algebra and matrix theory, the text is intended for upper division undergraduate and beginning graduate students.

Zhang is a professor in NSU Department of Mathematics with interests in matrix analysis, linear and multilinear algebra, operator theory, and combinatorics.  He has been on editorial boards of several mathematical journals and has published more than 80 research papers and 3 books.  Additionally, he has served as Chair, co-Chair, or a member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the serial International Conferences on Matrix analysis and Applications (ICMAA).  he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California-Santa Barbara in 1993.

Posted 02/13/22

Aside from working diligently as a student in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences’ Environmental Science Program, Lexi Smith enjoys spending her time photographing the great outdoors.  Recently, one of her pictures was chosen to be part of a National Wildlife Federation collection supporting the planting of trees for wildlife.

The selected image depicts a white ibis standing on the branch of a pine tree and is part of the Trees for Wildlife™ boxed set.  For every set sold, the National Wildlife Federation has promised to partner with nonprofit organizations, schools, and local governments to plant native trees that rebuild areas which sustain wildlife.

The National Wildlife Federation is the largest conservation organization in America and works across the country to support wildlife and uphold conservation values.  Since 1936, the association has been working to increase fish and wildlife populations while helping them thrive in an ever-changing world.

Lexi Smith is part of the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences BS of Environmental Science Class of 2022.  More of her photos can be found on Instagram @lexismith_photography

Posted 02/13/22