Vol. 19, No. 2Sept. 9, 1999

Books

McKay Jenkins, English, The South in Black and White: Race, Sex and Literature in the 1940s, University of North Carolina Press, 1999.

Judy B. McInnis, foreign languages and literatures, The Cumaean Sibyl: Selected Poetry of Gladys M. Ilarregui--A Bilingual Edition with Notes and Critical Introduction, University Press of the South, New Orleans, 1999.

Publications

Philip Goldstein, parallel program, "Critical Realism or Black Modernism? The Reception of Their Eyes Were Watching God," in Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy, pages 54-73, spring 1999.

Judy B. McInnis, foreign languages and literatures, "Gladys M. Ilarregui and the Post Modern Poetics of Transparency," pages 83-96, and Ana Maria Sánchez Catena, foreign languages and literatures, "La Narración en Cartucho. Relatos de la Lucha en el Norte (Nellie Campobello)," pages 97-103, in MACLAS: Latin American Essays, vol. XII, 1998.

Mary P. Richards, English, "The Dictionary of Old English and Old English Legal Terminology," The Dictionary of Old English: Retrospects and Prospects, M.J. Toswell, editor, in Old English Newsletter Subsidia 26, pages 57-61; a review of The Old English Versions of the Gospels, Roy M. Liuzza, editor, in Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 98, no. 2, pages 248-50; and a review of Raymond J.S. Grant, Laurence Nowell, William Lambarde and the Laws of the Anglo-Saxons, in Journal of English and Germanic Philology, vol. 98, no. 2, pages 150-51.

Clinton E. White Jr., accounting and management information systems, with Richard E. Baker of Northern Illinois University, "Internet Uses in Accounting Education: Survey Results," in Journal of Accounting Education, vol. 17, no. 2/3, pages 255-266.

Presentations

Richard Agnello, economics, with graduate student Renee K. Pierce, "Price Indices, Returns and Risk in the Art Market: Findings for American Paintings Disaggregated by Artist, Genre and Quality," at fifth annual conference on arts and cultural management, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, June 13-17, Helsinki, Finland.

Billy P. Glass, geology, "Muong Nong-type Australasian Tektites: Implications Regarding the Parent Material and Source Area," at V.M. Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Aug. 22-27, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Martin Wollaston, water resources, "Protecting Public Water Supplies in Delaware--Building on Established Foundations," at American Water Works Association national conference, June 21, Chicago.

John F. Wehmiller, geology, with L.L. York, D.S. Jones and R.W. Portell of Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, "Racemization Isochrons for the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain Quaternary: Independent Calibration and Geochemical Implications of Results from Marginal Marine Units, Central Florida," at V.M. Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference, Aug. 22-27, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Baily Professor of Art, Art Conservation, Art History and Museum Studies, "The Medium IS the Message: Some of the Materials and Techniques of Selected Abstract Expressionist Painters and Others," lecture and studio presentations for "The Beat Generation and Beyond: American Art of the 1950s and 1960s," at National Teacher Institute, National Gallery of Art, July 16 and 30, Aug. 13, Washington, D.C.

Clinton E. White Jr., accounting and management information systems, with Roger Debreceny of Singapore and Andy Lymer of University of Birmingham, "Improving Personal Productivity for Teaching and Research Using the Internet," at American Accounting Association annual meeting, August, San Diego.

John Patrick Montano, history, "Agriculture, Improvement and the Irish-From Hartlib, Boate, Temple and Petty," at the Dixième Congrès International des Lumières, July 25-31, Dublin.

Service

Eric Rise, sociology and criminal justice, has been named associate editor of American Journal of Legal History.

Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Baily Professor of Art, Art Conservation, Art History and Museum Studies, has been named co-curator with Richard Boyle of Temple University for an exhibition "Milk and Eggs: The Revival of Tempera Painting in America, 1930-1950," to open in spring 2002 at the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pa.

Anniversaries

40 years

Paul H. Sammelwitz, animal and food sciences, Sept. 16, 1959.

30 years

Barbara E. Clark, Dining Services, Sept. 10, 1969.

Mary Ann Hitchens, intercollegiate athletics, Sept. 15, 1969.

Patsy A. Howaniec, human resources, education and public policy, Sept. 16, 1969.

Jerome Lewis, Institute for Public Administration, Sept. 15, 1969.

15 years

Jerry M. Adams, intercollegiate athletics, Sept. 10, 1984.

Mary Joan Allan, Dining Services, Sept. 10, 1984.

Joan Marie Carter, Purchasing, Sept. 10, 1984.

Audrey Schulte Day, clinical studies, Sept. 10, 1984.

Linda C. Flamer, civil and environmental engineering, Sept. 16, 1984.

Dian R. Harper, electrical and computer engineering, Sept. 10, 1984.

Carol A. Jarom, Instructional Technologies/User Services, Sept. 16, 1984.

Patricia L. Reynolds, Facilities Management/building services, Sept. 10, 1984.

Nancy M. Targett, marine studies, Sept. 16, 1984.

Timothy E. Targett, marine studies, Sept. 16, 1984.

Gary W. Waters, Supporting Services, Sept. 10, 1984.

10 years

Jeffrey S. Brown, Facilities Management/building services, Sept. 14, 1989.

Randall C. Franklin, Facilities Management/heating and cooling, Sept. 11, 1989.

Brenda N. Sclavos, nursing, Sept. 11, 1989.

5 years

Clifford Allen Butzin, drug and alcohol studies, Sept. 16, 1994.

Franceteams N. Thomas, continuting education, distance learning, Sept. 16, 1994.

Grants

Laura T. Eisenman, education, $9,174 from Delaware Department of Education for "Implementation and Impact of Self-determination Skills Training in Delaware Secondary Schools.

John L. Gallagher and Denise Seliskar, marine studies, $42,000 from Public Service Electric and Gas Co. for "Sustainable Restoration of Phragmites Wetlands through Competition: An Alternative to the Cyclic Spray and Burn."

Susan Giancola, Education Research and Development Center, $74,278 from Capital School District for "Challenge Grant."

Ian Hall, mechanical engineering, $7,399 from Fraunhofer USA Inc. for "Testing of Aluminum and Aluminum Matrix Composite Foam."

Matthew J. Hawkins, marine studies, $160,252 from U.S. Office of Naval Research for "Ship Support for the R/V Cape Henlopen."

Eric W. Kaler, Elisabeth Inez Kelley Professor of Chemical Enineering, and Abraham Lenhoff, chemical engineering, $86,000 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Protein Crystalization in Complex Fluids."

David L. Kirchman, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, $50,264 from U.S. Department of Energy for "Bacterial Degradation of Organic Matter at the Molecular Level: Chitinases as Tracers for Carbon Export from Coastal Oceans."

Vic Klemas and Quanan Zheng, marine studies, $25,000 from U.S. Office of Naval Research for "Global Atlas of Ocean Internal Waves."

Dov Leshchinsky, civil and environmental engineering, $70,000 from Delaware Department of Transportation for "Effects of Geosynthetic Layer Spacing on Reinforced Wall Performance."

Raul F. Lobo, chemical engineering, $50,000 from Praxair Inc. and $50,000 from the state under the Delaware Research Partnership program for "Fundamental Structure-Property Relations of Zeolites."

Mark J. Manno, Cooperative Extension, $5,589 from Public Allies-Delaware for apprenticeship program.

Giuseppe R. Palmese and John W. Gillespie Jr., composite materials, from U.S. Army Research Laboratory for "Non-Polluting Composite Repair and Remanufacturing for Military Applications."

Chien-Chun Shen, computer and information sciences, $65,000 from Bell Communications Research Inc. for "Active and Intelligent Network Control and Management."

Karl V. Steiner, composite materials, $100,000 from the Delaware Economic Development Office in matching funds.

Daniel W. van der Weide, electrical and computer engineering, $750,000 from Delaware Economic Development Office for Center for Nanomachined Surfaces.