Waterfall at the Loyalhanna Gorge Abandon Quarry

Saint Vincent College Activities

Honors Program 2003 - present, Director 2003 - present
Liberal Arts Faculty Member 2000 - present
First Year Seminar Faculty 2002 - present
Environmental Science Department 2003 - present
Student Research Committee 2001 - present
EPC 1998 - 2005, 2006--present, Chairperson 2000 - 05
Advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society
Advisor for Undeclared Students, 1998 - present
Who's Who Committee 1997 - present

Full Member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS)

Recent Presentations and Publications

M. A. Maize, J. J. Smetanka, The Electric Polarizability of a Particle in a Double Delta Potential, submitted to The American Journal of Physics August 2007

The Role of the Institutes of Higher Education (IHEs) within the Southwestern Pennsylvania Math Science Partnership (SWPA-MSP)
(with Brother Norman Hipps) presented at the American Association of Physics Teacher's (AAPT) National Meeting, Anchorage, AK, January 2006  (also presented at the AAPT Western Section Meeting, Washington and Jefferson College, October 2005)

Overview of the Math and Science Partnership of Southwest Pennsylvania, presented at the American Association of Physics Teacher's (AAPT) National Meeting, Anchorage, AK, January 2006 

Student Projects Evaluating Emerging Technologies as Solutions for Environmental Problems
, presented at the American Association of Physics Teacher's (AAPT) National Meeting, Anchorage, AK, January 2006 

Promoting General Science Education through Civic Engagement
, presentation at the AAPT Western Section Meeting, October 2003.

Revising the Natural Sciences Component of the Saint Vincent College Core Curriculum - An Interdepartmental Effort, (with Bruce Bethke and Matt Fisher) presented at the SENCER Summer Institute, Santa Clara University, August 2003.

The Saint Vincent College Interdisciplinary Summer Research Program, (with Cynthia Walter) presented at the National Conferences for Undergraduate Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2003.

The Spectroscopic Properties of Star-Forming Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift (z ~ 0.4),
presented at the AAS meeting, Rochester, NY, June 2000.

Looking Through Spiral Galaxies (with Jayson Kowinsky) presented at AAPT PA Western Section meeting, October 2000.  Click here for Abstract.

The Metalicity of Star-Forming Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift, presented at AAPT PA Western Section meeting, October 2000.  Click here for Presentation.

Munn, J.
et al., The Kitt Peak Galaxy Redshift Survey with Multicolor Photometry: Basic Data, ApJS 109:4577.  Click here for full reference, abstract, and scanned article.

Work on the Relationship Between Science and Religion

Evolution, Creation, Education: A Conversation (with Father Campion Gavaler)
A Conversation About Science and Religion (with Father Campion Gavaler)