Faculty Conduct Global Scholarship
Many Montclair State faculty members receive funding from the Global Education
Center to develop international expertise in their disciplines by facilitating
scholarly research, collaboration and participation in international conferences.
Here are just a few examples of the work being conducted:
Sandra Naipaul of the Department of Health Professions, Physical
Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies is developing a Web-based learning
course for hospitality management courses, involving the University of
the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, Institute d'Aquitaine in
France and UNIVA in Mexico. The Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
course, utilizing Blackboard as the primary Web-based learning software,
will equip Montclair State students with the knowledge and ability to
interact with global systems and diverse cultures. The first course, for
students at MSU and UNIVA, is scheduled to begin in September.
Patricia Piroh of the Department of Broadcasting and Eileen
Foti of the Department of Art and Design are producing a documentary,
“One South African Woman's Vision: Healing Through Art,"
about a papermaking and printmaking studio in South Africa and how it
addresses the current issues of the AIDS crisis. As a result of the work
of the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, many satellite papermaking
and printmaking studios in remote areas of South Africa are dealing with
AIDS, unemployment and poverty. The founder of the studio, Kim Berman,
started several projects to address the AIDS crisis through art and papermaking.
Piroh and Foti will shoot on location in South Africa, interviewing women
whose lives have changed as a result of participating in these programs.
Piroh is the producer of “Carpe Diem," MSU's award-winning
television series aired throughout New Jersey, and has worked extensively
in broadcasting. Foti is a master printmaker whose work has appeared in
international exhibitions in Sweden, Chile, Czech Republic and France,
as well as throughout the United States, and who has given numerous lectures
and workshops in South Africa and Botswana.
Rabia Redouane of the Department of French, German and Russian
is developing a new course, “Introduction to Islamic Civilization
in Spain," that will familiarize students with the historical role
of Islam and broaden their awareness and understanding of that religion
while investigating the impact of Islam and the Arabs on the civilization
of Spain. The course will be offered first in conjunction with a new summer
study abroad program in Spain and Morocco in July, which will include
explorations of major cities such as Cordoba, Malaga and Cadiz where Islamic
civilization was prevalent through the Moors, Arabs and Berbers of North
Africa.