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11:48 a.m., Sept. 6, 2007--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Presentations

Tricia Wachtendorf, assistant professor of sociology, with Nicholas J. Madonia, “A Tale of Two Cities: Personal Disaster Convergence in Washington and New York City,” at Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting, Aug. 12, New York City; and with James M. Kendra, “The Waterborne Evacuation of Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11: A Case of Distributed Sensemaking,” at International Research Committee on Disasters, American Sociological Association annual meeting, Aug. 13, New York City.

Rebecca C. Knight, associate librarian, University of Delaware Library, with Susan Golding of Temple University, “Exploring Your Neighborhood: What You Wanted to Know But Didn't Know How to Find,” at 2007 annual conference, Delaware Library Association, May 8, Dover.

Jesse Rossa, assistant librarian, University of Delaware Library, “Raveling Out the Story: Organizing and Mounting an Ezra Pound Exhibition,” at 22nd Ezra Pound International Conference, June 26-29, Venice, Italy.

Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Baily Professor of Art, Art Conservation, Art History and Museum Studies, “Printmaking and Woodcuts” at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, May 15, Wilmington, Del.; an invited lecture, “French Impressionist Painters' Studio Education and Their Materials and Techniques,” at High Museum of Art, June 13, Atlanta, Ga.; and two invited lectures and gallery tours of Dutch 17th century painting at the 2007 National Teacher Institute at the National Gallery of Art, July 17 and 31.

Gregg A. Silvis, assistant director, University of Delaware Library, “The Impending Demise of the Local Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC),” at Tri-State College Library Cooperative Technology Series, June 5, Malvern, Pa.

Publications

Russell R. Dynes, professor emeritus of sociology, and Havidan Rodriguez, vice provost for academic affairs and international programs, “Finding and Framing Katrina,” in The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe, Rowman and Littlefield, August 2007

Awards

Russell R. Dynes, professor emeritus of sociology, received the Charles E. Fritz Award for his “pioneering research and lifelong continuing support for social science disaster studies” from the Research Committee on Disaster at the International Sociological Association meeting, Aug. 13, New York City.