Charles C. Bullock and Frank A. Dominguez have been named chairs of the Curriculum in Leisure Studies and Recreation Administration and the Department of Romance Languages, respectively. Both appointments were effective July 1, 1995.
Bullock
Bullock, a specialist in recreation and therapeutic recreation, joined the faculty in 1979. He also serves as director of the curriculum's Center for Recreation and Disability Studies, which conducts training, research and demonstration projects in recreation and disability. Last year, Bullock was appointed clinical profesor of special education in the School of Education.
His extensive research has focused on therapeutic recreation, leisure and learning, and integrated recreation programming. In his most recent project, currently under review by the U.S. Department of Education, Bullock will study the efficacy of therapeutic recreation interventions in sites throughout North and South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.
He co-authored the forthcoming Promoting Self-Determination in Leisure: An Introduction to Recreation Services for Persons with Disabilities and is associate editor of Therapeutic Recreation Journal.
Recent honors include the1995 Professional of the Year award, given by the Arc of North Carolina and the 1990 Distinguished Service in Therapeutic Recreation award, given by the National Therapeutic Recreation Society.
Dominguez
Dominguez, a faculty member since 1973, teaches a variety of Spanish language and literature courses. A specialist in medieval Spanish literature, he also directs the Language Resource Center and is a fellow of the Institute for Academic Technology.
He has written books, articles and reviews in the field of medieval Spanish literature and the educational application of technology. Dominguez recently published Love and Remembrance: The Poetry of Jorge Manrique and co-authored Atajo: Writing Assistant for Spanish.
His instructional software for beginning Spanish language students, Spanish MicroTutor, received a 1989 EDUCOM/NCRIPTAL award. He is working on an electronic edition of Manrique's poetry and a multimedia Spanish program called Mundos Hispanos.
Dominguez has held fellowships and grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the U.S. Department of Education.
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