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For the Record, May 16, 2005 To view past For the Records, click here. 12:08 p.m., May 16, 2005--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff. Books Carl Dawson, professor of English, and Susan Goodman, H. Fletcher Brown Chair of Humanities, William Dean Howells: A Writer’s Life, University of California Press. Elaine Safer, professor of English, Mocking the Age: The Later Novels of Philip Roth, State University of New York Press. Publications Gregory Landry, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, “Personal Automobiles of Henry Francis and Ruth Wales du Pont, 1916-69, Part I,” in The Self Starter, pages 18-19 and 22-25, May 2005. Ann Ardis, professor of English and associate dean of arts and humanities,, “The Gender of Modernity,” in The Cambridge History of 20th-Century Literature, pages 61-83, Cambridge University Press. Ellen Pifer, professor of English, “The Lolita Phenomenon from Paris to Tehran,” in Cambridge Companion to Nabokov, pages 185-99, Cambridge University Press. Elaine Safer, professor of English, “Operation Shylock, Double, Jewish Trouble,” in Philip Roth: New Perspectives on an American Author, pages 153-167, Praeger, and a book review, “Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America,” in Studies in American Jewish Literature. Ben Yagoda, professor of English, “Heavy Meta,” in The American Scholar, 2004, and accepted for Da Capo Best American Music Writing 2005. Presentations Mary Ann McLane, associate professor of medical technology, an invited speech, “Formed Elements: Putting Urinalysis Under the Microscope,” at 70th annual meeting of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences-Pennsylvania affiliate, May 10, Harrisburg, Pa. Researchers from the Disaster Research Center participated in an online educator’s workshop, Understanding Tsunamis 2005, which was funded by the National Science Foundation to provide a direct link from scientists to 800 teachers nationally and internationally. Participants included Tricia Wachtendorf, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, Havidan Rodriguez, Disaster Research Center director and professor of sociology and criminal justice, and James Kendra, former DRC postdoctoral student and a faculty member at the University of North Texas. Ellen Pifer, professor of English, co-chair and panelist, on “Teaching Nabokov as an American Writer” and “The Romance of Repetition: ‘Puttermesser Paired,’” at the American Literature Association Conference, May 25-29, Boston. Lois Potter, Ned Allen Professor of English, participated in the Richard III Symposium in AprilinAshland, Ore., which consisted of a panel discussion among three academics and a workshop with local high school teachers. Service John Krill, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, coordinated an international meeting on “Training and Education in Paper Conservation,” April, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Gregory Landrey, adjunct associate professor of art conservation, was appointed to a three-year term on the board of director, Auburn Heights Preserve, in May. Awards Sandy Elliott, instructor in nursing, received a tribute from the Delaware House of Representatives in recognition of her “diligent service to women and families as a certified nurse midwife to the most needy and uninsured families throughout the state.” Delaware Covering Kids and Families presented the 2005 Local Medical Champion Award to Elliott for her selfless service and continuing commitment to expand affordable health services to all Delawareans in need. For the Record submissions Please submit information to be listed on “For the Record” by using a form found at [https://chico.nss.udel.edu/udaily/sugg_login.jsp], or through campus mail addressed to: UDaily Editor, Public Relations, Academy Building, 105 E. Main St. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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