Education professor Carol Ann Franklin started her sabbatical in July. She is developing a Web-based geographic information systems curriculum for students in grades kindergarten through 12. She previously did a project in the Children's Forest in the San Bernardino mountains that gave teachers and students a chance to use GIS to study the forest.

Psychology professor Susan Goldstein and three 2001 graduates wrote an article entitled "Personality Traits and Computer Anxiety as Predictors of Y2K Anxiety." The article was published in the March edition of Computers in Human Behavior.

Professor of Philosophy Kathie Jenni presented a poster session on her service learning course, "Animal Rescue and Care," at a community service learning workshop in Crestview Hills, Ken. She also was awarded a service learning course grant from the American Philosophical Association. The funding will be used to develop "Taking Animals Seriously," a course that will mesh philosophy and community service learning.

James Malcolm, professor of biology, recently spent four months in Ethiopia surveying the population of the mountain nyala, an endangered antelope. Malcolm is using geographic information systems to report his research. He hopes the research will help convince the Ethiopian government to establish preserves for the animal.

Don McCormick, associate business professor, had his work included in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution business section article. The article discussed ways entrepreneurs can blend their religious beliefs and their business efforts.

History professor James Sandos recently finished a book on California missions. The book includes both Indian and Franciscan perspectives and is designed to correct some of the myths circulated in California's elementary and secondary state history classes. He also was the keynote speaker at an Old Spanish Trail Association meeting in San Bernardino, where he talked about race relations and their impact on the trail, which runs through the Cajon Pass.

Sara Schoonmaker, associate professor of sociology and anthropology, presented her paper, "Piece of Cake: Children's Birthday Parties as Cultural Rituals," at the Pacific Sociological Association meeting in Vancouver in April. The paper detailed her findings after interviewing 32 Southern California parents from diverse backgrounds about family rituals and traditions.