Vol. 19, No. 17

Jan. 27, 2000

Publications Mark J. Miller, political science and international relations, “A Durable International Migration and Security Nexus: The Problem of the Islamic Periphery in Transatlantic Ties,” in Migration, Globalisation and Human Security, Routledge Publishing, pages 93-109. Dewey M. Caron, entomology and applied ecology, “Roadside Honey Marketing in Delaware,” in American Bee Journal, vol. 140, no. 1, pages 43-48. Lawrence Nees, art history, “Problems of Form and Function in Illuminated Bibles of the Early Medieval West,” in Imaging the Early Medieval Bible, John Williams, editor, pages 122-177. Vern Svatos, Nicole Minni and Katie Miller, Water Resources Agency, Institute for Public Administration, a series of 14 watershed maps prepared with Geographic Information System, in Red Clay Valley: State of the Watershed Report. David Kaplan, education, “An Extension of the Propensity Score Adjustment Method for the Analysis of Group Differences in MIMIC Models,” in Multivariate Behavioral Research, vol. 34, no. 4, pages 467-492. Sheldon D. Pollack, accounting, “Tax Policy in the 1990s: On the Road to Nowhere,” in Tax Notes, pages 1675-93, Dec. 27, 1999. J.O. Olowolafe, electrical and computer engineering, with student I. Rau, K.M. Unruh and C.P. Swann, both physics and astronomy, and Z. Jawad and T. Alford of Arizona State University, “The Effect of Ta to Si Ratio on Magnetron Sputtered Ta-Si-N Thin Films,” in Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 28, no. 12, pages 1399-1402; and Olowolafe, “C-V Profiles,” in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, vol. 4, pages 466-478. Farley Grubb, economics, “Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians, Stature in British Colonial America: Evidence from Servants, Convicts and Apprentices,” in Research in Economic History, vol. 19, pages 139-203. Presentations Chandra L. Reedy, museum studies, a workshop, “Scientific Methodology for Conservation Treatment Selection,” Dec. 9-10, Shepardstown National Training Center, W.Va. Kenneth Koford, economics, with Tsvetomir Tsachev of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, “Monitoring of Heterogenous Agents When Monitoring Changes the Distribution of Agents,” at Econometric Society winter meeting, Jan. 7-9, Boston. Robert Ketcham and Steve Fifield, biological sciences, “Teach Them the Way You Would Like Them to Teach,” at the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science annual meting, Jan. 6-9, Akron. Lawrence Nees, art history, “On the Earliest Illuminated Books,” at the sixth international seminar on Jewish art, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; and “Orientalism, Ethnicity and the Beginnings of Book Illumination,” at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, “Responding to Natural Disasters: How Can Social Scientists Best Serve Hurricane Floyd Survivors?” Dec. 9, North Carolina State University. B.L. Lipphardt Jr. and A.D. Kirwan Jr., marine studies, with C.E. Grosch of Old Dominion University and J.D. Paduan of Naval Postgraduate School, “Analysis of the Surface Velocity Field in Monterey Bay Using Normal Modes,” at 2000 Ocean Sciences meeting, Jan. 24-28, San Antonio. Thomas E. McKenna, Stefanie J. Baxter and Richard N. Benson, Delaware Geological Survey, with Rufus D. Catchings and Mark R. Goldman of U.S. Geological Survey, “Investigation of Shallow-Depth Faults in the Atlantic Coastal Plan of Delaware, U.S.A.,” at American Geophysical Union annual meeting, Dec. 17, San Francisco. E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, “Disaster Related Social Behavior: Summary of 50 Years of Research Findings” and “The Social Factors Involved in the Worst Disasters the World Will Have in the 21st Century,” Dec. 16-17, at international conference for reconstruction from the Sept. 21 earthquake, Tunghai, Taiwan; “How To Develop a Disaster Research Center,” Dec. 17, Tunghai University; and “The Study of Disasters,” at Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Dec. 18, Academia Sinica, Taipei. Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, an invited seminar, “Sandwich Structures,” at Daimler-Chrysler research facility, Jan. 12, Detroit. Kathleen Tierney, Disaster Research Center, gave presentations on the sociological aspects of Y2K to IBM, Bell Atlantic and other large corporations. She also was interviewed on Y2K issues on Philadelphia’s KYW Radio, CNBC, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News and The New York Times. Service A. Scott Andres, Delaware Geological Survey, met with representatives of the EPA Region II, Office of Drinking Water, Dec. 16. Anniversaries 20 years Roland Elliot Bounds, Delaware Geological Survey, Jan. 28, 1980. Linda K. Leidy, marine studies, Feb. 1, 1980. Christine M. Murphy, Information Technologies/User Services, Jan. 28, 1980. 15 years Judith P. Holmes, College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy, Jan. 28, 1985. Marie Oratorio Senff, Delaware Center for Teacher Education, Jan. 28, 1985. Karl V. Steiner, Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Feb. 1, 1985. Charles L. N. Tarver, student centers, Feb. 1, 1985. Andrew L. Zydney, chemical engineering, Feb. 1, 1985. 10 years Crystal L. Brookers, Residential Conference Facilities/shops, Jan. 29, 1990. Betty J. Fenton, arts and science, Jan. 29, 1990. Debra L. Jeffers, Information Technologies/User Services, Feb. 1, 1990. America Martinez-Lewis, foreign languages and literatures, Feb. 1, 1990. Raelene Maser, medical technology, Feb. 1, 1990. Dorothy A. Morgan, Facilities Management/building services, Jan. 29, 1990. David P. Roselle, Office of the President, Feb. 1, 1990. Patricia Thatcher, Academic Services Center, Jan. 29, 1990. Teclemariam Weldekidan, plant and soil sciences, Feb. 1, 1990. 5 years Christine Mahoney, physical therapy, Jan. 30, 1995. Garvin W. Quinn, agriculture and natural resources, Feb. 1, 1995. Iris R. Snyder, library, Feb. 1, 1995.