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FSC faculty pursue academic projects

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2003) - Florida Southern College faculty continued their extracurricular academic pursuits during the summer months, giving presentations, publishing articles, and attending conferences. Following is a summary of their recent endeavors. 

Dr. Joan Buccino, business and economics professor, spoke on "Minority Purchasing Power" at the conference of diversity councils of the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce. The event was held Sept. 10 at the Publix corporate headquarters. 

Dr. John Crow, English professor, attended a conference of the Affiliate of Teachers of English Grammar, an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English, held at Penn State University in July. He presented a paper entitled, "The BRIDGE Approach: An Alternative Method for Teaching Subordination and Coordination." 

Dr. Mary Pharr, English professor, presented a paper at Nimbus 2003, the national Harry Potter symposium held in Orlando in July. Her topic, "Within the Pantheon? Harry Potter and the Epic Question," considers her argument that author J. K. Rowling's series is developing into a postmodern epic. She developed the paper based on her experience publishing a chapter on Harry's heroism in "The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter" (ed. Lana A. Whited, University of Missouri Press, 2002).

David Snodgrass, communication professor, published an article in the "Journal of Radio Studies" (vol. 10, no. 1) entitled "The Debate Over a Style for Serious Radio Talks on the BBC: 1946-1957." Research for the paper was the result of a listening project at the BBC in London. Earlier in the year, Snodgrass delivered a paper at the annual convention of the American Popular Culture Association in New Orleans on the changes in topics in "Profiles" published in The New Yorker magazine from 1987-2002. 

Bernice Sutton, accounting professor, attended the monthly meeting of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She presented "Accounting and Auditing Update: SAS 99 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act," given during the Continuing Professional Education portion of the meeting. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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