Vol. 20, No. 10 |
Feb. 8, 2001 |
Books Jan H. Blits, education, Deadly Thought: “Hamlet” and the Human Soul, Rowman & Littlefield. Publications Malcolm Taylor, biological sciences, coauthor, “Effects of Size and Temperature on Weakfish Disturbance Calls: Implications for the Mechanism of Sound Generation,” in Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 203, pages 1503-1512. L.A. Curtis, parallel program, with former undergraduates J.L. Kinley AS ’98, and N.L. Tanner AS ’98, “Longevity of Oversized Individuals: Growth, Parasitism and History in an Estuarine Snail Population,” in Journal of Marine Biological Association, United Kingdom, vol. 80, pages 811-820. Daniel Simmons, biological sciences, “SV40 Large T Antigen-- Functions in DNA Replication and Transformation,” in Advances in Virus Research, vol. 55, pages 75-134; and with graduate students Dahai Gai and Chunxiao Wu and research associate Rupa Roy, “Topoisomerase Associates Specifically with Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen Double Hexamer-Origin Complexes,” in Journal of Virology, vol. 74, pages 5224-5232. Vivian Klaff, sociology and criminal justice and Jewish studies, “The Religious Demography of New York City,” in New York Glory: Religions in the City, Part I, pages 26-37, New York University Press. Gary Stephen Allison, education, guest contributing editor, Carol Weinstein’s Secondary Classroom Management, 2001 edition, McGraw-Hill. Susan Miller, sociology and criminal justice, “Criminal Justice System Response to Domestic Violence: Law Enforcement and the Courts,” in Sourcebook on Violence Against Women, pages 303-328, Sage, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Lawrence Duggan, history, six articles in Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedica, John Jeep, editor. Robert R. Nelson, hotel, restaurant and institutional management, and undergraduate student Stephanie Rys, CHEP 2001, “Convention Site Selection Criteria Relevant to Secondary Convention Destinations,” in Journal of Convention and Exhibition Management, vol. 2, no. 2/3, pages 71-82. J.P. Scholz, physical therapy, and others, “Motor Control of Pistol Shooting: Identifying Control Variables with the Uncontrolled Manifold,” in Experimental Brain Research, vol. 135, no. 3, pages 382-404. A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor Emeritus of Spanish, “Introduccion” and five of his editions of Pedro Calderon’s plays, in Pedro Calderon de la Barca. Obras Maestras, Madrid, Castalia, 2000. Presentations Farley Grubb, economics, “Creating the U.S. Dollar Currency Union, 1761-1811: A Quest for Monetary Stability or a Usurpation of State Sovereignty for Personal Gain?” at Allied Social Science Association annual meeting, Jan. 6, New Orleans. He also was a panel discussant on “Historical Evolution of Growth and Markets.” Steve Fifield, biological sciences, “Identity, Knowledge and Heteronormativity in Science Teacher Education,” at Association for the Education of Teachers in Science annual meeting, Jan. 20, Costa Mesa, Calif. John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology, coauthor, an invited paper, “Changing Coastlines and Harbors of Ephesus and the Artemision over the Past Three Millennia,” at third international conference on Helice and Aigialeia, Oct. 6-9. He also chaired a session, “Nikolaiika in DiaKopto, Greece.” Several members of the Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology participated in the Entomological Society of America national meeting, Dec. 2-7, Montreal: Judith Hough-Goldstein, a poster, with Mark Van Gessel, plant and soil sciences, “Effects of Critical Weed Removal Periods on Pest and Predatory Arthropod Diversity and Abundance in Corn”; Charles Mason, “Biological Significance of Some Specialized Features of Cicadellidae”; Douglas Tallamy with Mark Darlington, AG 2000/M, “Subtle Copulatory Courtship Conveys Good Genes Benefits for Spotted Cucumber Beetles”; and Susan P. Whitney, Cooperative Extension, “Pesticides: Communication Skills Work Wonders in Extension Entomology.” Several members of the University faculty made presentations at the 122nd national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Jan. 6-11, San Diego: George H. Watson, physics and astronomy, “Problem-Based Learning and Circuits for Nonscience Majors”; Watson and Barbara J. Duch, math and science education resource center, “Problem-Based Learning Online Clearinghouse: Introductory Physics Curriculum”; Barry C. Walker, physics and astronomy, with undergraduates Dan A. Dakin and Polly J. Donovan, “Merits of E-publishing Physics: An Undergraduate Optics Laboratory Case Study”; and Harry L. Shipman, physics and astronomy, with Nancy W. Brickhouse and Zoubeida R. Dagher, education, and William J. Letts of Charles Sturt University, “College Astronomy Student Understandings of the Nature of Science.” Malcolm H. Taylor, biological sciences, with undergraduate S.B. Callaway, AS 2002, poster presentation, “Comparative Analysis of Ovarian Contraction in Some Teleost Fish” and, with graduate student B.H. Jensen, a poster presentation, “The Effects of Estradiol Implants on Lipid Transport in Fundulus heteroclitus,” at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, Jan. 3-7, Chicago. Mary Ann McLane, medical technology, “Disintegrins: Modulators of Cell Adhesion from Viper Venom” and “Platelet Aggregation,” at Natural Toxins Research Center, Jan. 12-13, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Deborah E. Allen, biological sciences, “Problem-Based Learning: Building a Community of Learners,” at Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning, Nov. 21, University of Washington, Seattle. Lawrence Duggan, history, “Reflections on ‘Was Art Really the Book of the Illiterate?’” at third Utrecht Symposium on Medieval Literacy, Dec. 7-9, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Service Joan L. Brown, Alias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, served as session chairperson, “Going into the 21st Century: What Texts Are We Taking with Us?” at Modern Language Association convention, Division of 20th-Century Spanish Literature, Dec. 28, Washington, D.C. She also served as the 2000 chair of the executive committee of this division of the Modern Language Association. Valerie Hans, sociology and criminal justice, served on the adviser committee for the Jury Summit 2001, Jan. 31-Feb. 3, New York City, which brought together judges, attorneys, court personnel, researchers and former jurors from more than 40 states to develop better understanding of the jury system and to plan for its continued improvement. Anniversaries 20 Years Nancy S. Benson, business and economics, Feb. 9, 1981 Suzanne S. Dohl, Office of the Provost, Feb. 16, 1981 Bryan D. Hipkins, Dining Services, Feb. 11, 1981 William S. Schenck, Delaware Geological Survey, Feb. 16, 1981 John H. White, Public Safety, Feb. 20, 1981 15 Years Shirley Branden, library, Feb. 16, 1986 Judith A. Twardus, Cooperative Extension, Feb. 18, 1986 10 Years Nora A. Fink, Dining Services, Feb. 10, 1991 James E. Malin, Facilities Management/grounds services, Feb. 10, 1991 Beatrice L. Lyons, Institue for Arts in Education, Feb. 16, 1991 Thomas Ronald Stewart, Facilities Management/heating and cooling, Feb. 18, 1991 5 Years Deborah T. Durant, Information Technologies/User Services, Feb. 12 , 1996 Mary L. Lutz, arts and science, Feb. 12, 1996 |
