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Recent Publications:

Published The Lives and Travels of Mormon and Moroni in 2000 and made over 200 presentations of the book in 18 different states.

Recent Presentations:

"Spiritual Components of Health Care," presented at the Wesley Center Nursing Home in 2000.
"Spiritual Components of the Parish Nurse Program," presented at Griffin Health Services in 1997.
"Planetree Model of Care," presented at the Conference of Psychoneuroimmunology in 1997.
"Twelve Ingredients of Spiritual Health," presented at the Connecticut Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1997 and the Connecticut Conference on Masonacare in 1996.
"Integrating Holistic Health into Managed Care," presented at the Connecticut Holistic Institute in 1996.
"Love and the Healing Process," presented at the Connecticut Association for School Health in 1996.

Suzanne Duke, Ph.D, CHES

Recent Publications:

"Exposure to DES: Design of a Multilevel Community Intervention" appeared in Health Promotion Practice in 2000.
"A Focus Group Study of DES Daughters: Implications for Health Care Practitioners" appeared in Psycho-Oncology in 2000.

Recent Presentations:

"A Focus Group Study of ATOD Prevention Education," presented at the Annual Regional Meeting of the AAHPERD in Newport, Rhode Island in March, 2000.
"Reducing and Preventing High Risk Behaviors in Youth," a one day workshop for the Connecticut Department of Education, April 26, 1999.
"A Focus Group Study of Consumer Concerns Related to DES Exposure," presented at the APHA Annual Meeting in New York City in November 1996.
"Physicians’ Understanding of DES Risk and Treatment for DES Exposure," presented at the APHA Annual Meeting in New York City in November 1996.
"Awareness of DES in a General Population," presented at the APHA Annual Meeting in New York City in November 1996.
Recent Grant Projects:
Investigator, Evaluator of the Safe Schools, Healthy Students Project for the U.S. Department of Education, 2001-2003 ($1.3 million).
Principle Investigator, A Focus Group Study of Effectiveness of ATOD Programs in Connecticut for the Connecticut Department of Education, 1998 ($10,000).

Doris M. Marino, Ph.D, MPH

Recent Professional Activities:

Currently conducting a survey of minority recruitment declines among faculty that sought employment at a state university.
Research interest among health educators in public schools.
January 2001 – Forum XX01: The Impact of Technology on Faculty Life and Work (Southern Connecticut State University).
March 27-31, 2001 – American Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (Cincinnati, Ohio).
March 26, 2001 – National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) training by the American Association of Health Education to become a reviewer (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Current member of APHA, AAHPERD, and SOPHE.
Patricia Rukowicz, RN, MS
Current Committee Memberships:
School of Education Curriculum Committee (Southern Connecticut State University)
Exercise Science Curriculum Committee (Southern Connecticut State University)
Space Committee (Southern Connecticut State University)
Search Committee (Southern Connecticut State University)
Current Professional Memberships:
AAHPERD
CNA (Connecticut Nurses Association)

Donna Wallace, MS

Recent Professional Activities:

Presenter at the Connecticut Middle School Leadership Conference in 2001.
Developed K-12 Physical Education curriculum for Brookfield Public Schools, Brookfield, Connecticut in 2001.
Co-chairperson of the Whisconier Middle School Safety Committee for the 2000-2001 school year.
Co-chairperson of the Huckleberry Hill Elementary School Safety Committee for the 1999-2000 school year.
Guest Lecturer at Western Connecticut State University for the 1998-1999 school year.
Conducted a hyperstudio workshop for the faculty and staff of Huckleberry Hill Elementary School, Brookfield, Connecticut in 1998.
Presented a workshop on chemical dependency and the family for the faculty and staff of Huckleberry Hill Elementary School, Brookfield, Connecticut in 1997.
Member of the Curriculum Advisory Council for Brookfield Public Schools in Brookfield, Connecticut from 1996 to 2001.
Current Professional Memberships:
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
American School Health Association
Connecticut Association for Administrators of Health and Physical Education