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Barbara Kreutzer
Academic Credentials
B.A., Biology, University of Virginia
M.S., Plant Pathology, Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Botany, University of Ohio
Biography
Dr. Barbara Kreutzer brings a wealth of teaching and undergraduate research experience to the Marymount community. She has been in the Biology and Physical Science faculty since 2007. She leads several research projects at Marymount University and coordinates an on-campus environmental project which serves regional as well as academic interests. Her research lab focuses on investigations into the molecular basis of a symbiotic association between plants and fungi and also on various environmental projects. She has presented and mentored numerous award-winning undergraduate presentations at national, state, and regional conferences.
Other Information
Teaching Area
- General Biology II for majors
- Plant Biology (Botany)
- Writing for Science
- Cell Biology
- Advanced Lab Research Methods
Research Interests
- Environmental remediation through biological processes
- Plant – fungus symbiotic associations
Publications
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Bridget May
Academic Credentials
B.F.A., Louisiana Tech University
M.A., Louisiana State University
Ph.D., The University of Georgia
Other study: Winterthur Museum Summer Institute, Winterthur DE; Victorian Society Summer School, Newport, RI
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
- History of Interiors
- Historic Interiors, Historic Documentation & Design
- Historic Preservation
- Research Methods in Interior Design
Research Interests
- Nancy McClelland and other Women Interior Decorators
- History of Interior Decoration
- Interior Decorator Education
- Colonial Revival
- Research Methods in Interior
Dr. Bridget May teaches history and research in Marymount’s undergraduate and graduates Interior Design programs. A former chair of the department, she is a faculty sponsor of the Interior Design Alliance and belongs to the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC). In IDEC, Dr. May has held several offices and served in various capacities. She is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Interior Design and Interiors: Architecture, Culture, and Society, where she is also Exhibition Review Editor.
Dr. May, Buie Harwood, and Curt Sherman wrote Architecture and Interior Design from Antiquity through the 18th Century: An Integrated History and Architecture and Interior Design from the 19th Century: An Integrated History. Both were awarded the Polsky Prize by ASID. Dr. May published several refereed journal articles and frequently gives national and international presentations of her research, which centers on early interior decorators and interior decoration. She has co-hosted two international conferences on interior design history.
Publications
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Julie Ries
Academic Credentials
B.S., Quinnipiac College
M.A., The George Washington University
Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University
Licensed Physical Therapist in VA
Biography
Other Information
Julie Ries has been on faculty at Marymount’s Physical Therapy program since its inception. She has extensive PT clinical experience in acute care, home care, and neurological rehabilitation. She is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in rehabilitation with individuals with dementia and is active in research with this population. She has presented numerous continuing education courses and invited lectures on topics related to rehab with older adults with dementia.
Dr Ries a been recognized by the Malek School of Health Professions for her excellence in teaching with the MSHP Faculty Teaching Award in 2003, 2006, and 2014, and for her outstanding research endeavors with the MSHP Faculty Scholarship Award in 2010 and 2019. She was the recipient of the 2010 Excellence in Geriatric Research Award, a national award presented by the APTA’s Section on Geriatrics, for her research on clinical outcome measures for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.
Teaching Area
- Foundations of Physical Therapy (Kinesiology & Basic Clinical Assessment Skills)
- Older Adult Cognitive Issues
- Neurological Rehabilitation
Research Interests
- Balance training & falls prevention in older adults with dementia
- Psychometric properties of outcome measures for older adults with dementia
- Education of health care providers in optimal strategies for working with individuals with dementia
Publications
Her recent professional publications and presentations span the content of geritatric physical therapy, prosthetic training, the study of outcome measures and balance training in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. She has been an invited speaker at APTA national conferences on multiple occasions. Recent publications include:
Journal Articles:
- Klatt BN, Ries JD, Dunlap PM, Whitney SL, Agrawal Y. Vestibular physical therapy in individuals with cognitive impairment: a theoretical framework. Journal of Neurological Physical Therapy; 2019, 43 Suppl 2, Special Supplement International Conference on Vestibular Rehabilitation; S14-S19 doi: 10.1097/NPT.0000000000000266.
- Ries JD. Rehabilitation for Individuals with Dementia: Facilitating Success. Current Geriatric Reports. 2018;7(1):59-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13670-018-0237-1.
- Ries JD, Hutson J, Maralit LA, Brown MB. Group balance training specifically designed for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease: Impact on Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go, Gait Speed, and Mini Mental Status Exam. Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy; 2015. 38(4):183-193.
- Ries JD, Drake JM, Marino C. A small-group functional balance intervention with individuals with Alzheimer disease: A pilot study. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy; 2010. 34:3-10.
- Ries JD, Echternach J, Nof L, Gagnon Blodgett M. Test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change scores for the timed “up & go” test, the six-minute walk test, and gait speed in people with Alzheimer disease. Physical Therapy; 2009. 89(6):569-79.
Book Chapters, Home Study Courses, On-line Publications:
- Ries JD. Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias: Medical Overview and Rehabilitation Management (Home Study Course, 3 contact hours). Elite Learning. Reviewed and accepted, anticipate 2020 publication.
- Ries JD. Ambulation: Impact of age-related changes on functional mobility (Chapter 9). In Guccione’s eriatric Physical Therapy, 4th ed. Wong & Avers, eds. Elsevier: St. Louis; 2020.
- Ries JD & Negley K. Early rehabilitation in lower-extremity dysvascular amputation (Chapter 26). In Orthotics & Prosthetics in Rehabilitation, 4th ed. Chui, Yen, Jorge, & Lusardi, eds. Elsevier Saunders: St. Louis; 2019.
- Ries JD. Test and Measure Summary: Gait Speed for Individuals with Dementia, Alzheimer disease, or Cognitive Impairment. PTNow. APTA Online Resource; 2017.
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Eileen Sarsfield
Academic Credentials
B.S.N., Georgetown University
M.S.N., Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
Other study/credentials: Board Certified as an Advanced Public Health Nurse by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Biography
Dr. Eileen Sarsfield has experience in community/public health nursing, undergraduate and graduate nursing education, home health care, consulting, grant writing, and association management.
As the program manager for four federally funded grants to educate advanced practice nurses in community/public health nursing, Dr. Sarsfield was responsible for program oversight, teaching, student advising, recruitment, curriculum and report development and evaluation. As part of a collaborative team, she wrote three federally funded training grants to encourage nurses to pursue graduate studies in community/public nursing.
She was awarded the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators Small Research Grant in 2009 and has presented nationally on topics including problem solving in public health nursing, ethics, communication, and vulnerable populations.
Other Information
- Association of Community Health Nurse Educators
- Sigma Theta Tau
- American Public Health Association.
Teaching Area
- Community/Public Health Nursing
- Health Promotion/Health Across the Lifespan
Research Interests
- Differences between novices and experts in public health nursing
- Problem solving
- Health literacy
- Role perceptions of graduate-level clinical nurse preceptors
Publications
Donley, R., Flaherty, M.J., Sarsfield, E., Burkhard, A., O’Brien, S., & Anderson, K. (2014).
Graduate clinical nurse preceptors: Implications for improved intro-professional collaboration. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Manuscript accepted for publication March 2014.
Sarsfield, E. (2013). Differences between novices’ and experts’ solving ill-structured problems. Public Health Nursing. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/phn.12100.
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Elsa Schaefer
Academic Credentials
B.S., Agnes Scott College
Ph.D., Emory University
Dr. Elsa Schaefer’s Faculty Webpage
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
Research Interests
For the past few years, Dr. Elsa Schaefer has run a campus research group that includes Marymount students in the fun and intuitive process of epidemiological modeling. She has been able to financially support student research with funding from the Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research, the National Science Foundation, and Marymount’s own DISCOVER program. Her students are presenting at multiple undergraduate research conferences locally and nationally, and study more globally with a larger research group in mathematics and science here at Marymount.
Dr. Schaefer’s doctoral work was in Partial Differential Equations and Differential Geometry with applications to optical system design. She subsequently studied computational fluid dynamics, focusing on jet flows near the speed of sound. Her present interests are in computational epidemiology, and in particular disease models for cholera and tick-borne diseases. She has published research in multiple journals and books, including the Journal of the Optical Society of America, the SIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics, and Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. Her past work in transonic aerodynamics and her current work in cholera modeling has enjoyed support from the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Schaefer has also been a part of several successful National Science Foundation grant proposals that have helped to bring technology and scholarships into Marymount’s Mathematics program.
She was a 2009 Honors Fellow with the University’s Honors Program.
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