Vol. 20, No. 12

March 15, 2001

Cynthia Carr Publications

Michael Davis Anniversaries

Patricia A. Gerhart Anniversaries

Paula H. Newton Anniversaries

Thomas Pauly Books

Janice L. Spry Anniversaries

Kathleen Troutman Anniversaries

Walter Roland Anniversaries

Books

Ronet Bachman, sociology and criminal justice, and Russell K. Schutt, The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Pine Forge Press, 2001.

Richard Davison, The Actor's Art: Conversations with Contemporary American Stage Performers, with Jackson R. Bryer, Rutgers University Press.

Donald Reiman, English, editor with Neil Fraistat, Shelley's Poetry and Prose: A Norton Critical Edition, second edition, W.W. Norton.

Clyde Moneyhun, English, with Marvin Diogenes, Crafting Fiction: In Theory, In Practice, Mayfield.

Thomas Pauly, English, Thomas Stevens' Account, Around the World on a Bicycle, Stackpole Books.

Publications

Lana D. Harrison, Tracy Bachman, Charles Freeman and James A. Inciardi, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, "The Acceptability of the Female Condom Among U.S. Women at High Risk from HIV," in Culture, Health and Sexuality, vol. 3, no. 1, pages 101-118.

Cynthia Carr, music, "Music for Oboe, Horn and Piano Trio," in The Horn Call, Journal of the International Horn Society, vol. 31, no. 2, pages 33-40.

Emily Carter and Sharon Mitchell, counseling and student development, "Understanding and Addressing Clients' Resistance to Group Counseling," in Journal for Specialists in Group Work, vol. 26, pages 66-80.

Ulhas P. Naik, biological sciences, et al, "Characterization and Chromosomal Localization of JAM-1, A Platelet Receptor for a Stimulatory Monoclonal Antibody," in Journal of Cell Science, vol. 114, pages 539-547.

James A. Inciardi, Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, et al, "Chronic Drug Use and Crime," in Substance Abuse, vol. 21, no. 2.

McKay Jenkins, English, "Swamp Thing," an article about the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, in Philadelphia Magazine, February.

Ronet Bachman, sociology and criminal justice, "A Comparison of Annual Incidence Rates and Contextual Characteristic Intimate-Partner Violence Against Women from the National Crime Victimization Survey and the National Violence Against Women Survey," in Violence Against Women, vol. 6, no. 8, pages 839-867, Sage Publications; and "Exposure to Violence in the Family: Unpacking the Linkages to Intimate Partner Violence," in Families, Crime and Criminal Justice, vol. 2, pages 45-71.

Matt Kinservik, English, "New Light on the Censorship of Macklin's The Man of the World," in Huntington Library Quarterly, vol. 66, pages 43-66.

Karl W. Böer, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Physics and Solar Energy, an invited paper, "Thirty Years Hands-on Experiences in Solar Heating, PV and Hybrid Systems," in Advances in Solar Energy, vol. 14, pages 229-286.

Carol Henderson, English, "The Walking Wounded: Rethinking Black Women's Identity in Ann Petry's The Street," and essay review, "Freedom to Self-Create: Identity and the Politics of Movement in Contemporary African-American Fiction," in Modern Fiction Studies, winter 2000.

Presentations

Tom Sims, soil and environmental chemistry, "Can Water Treatment Residuals Be Integrated into Best Management Practices That Reduce the Potential for Nonpoint Source Pollution of the Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Phosphorus"; and graduate student Robert Eaton, "Effect of Water Treatment Residuals on Growth and Phosphorus Removal by Plants Adapted for Vegetative Buffers in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.," at joint meeting, Water Environment Federation, the American Waterworks Association and the California Water Environment Association conference, Feb. 21-24, San Diego.

Jean Pfaelzer, English, "Intersections: International Feminism and American Women's Literature," and panel chair, "Women and American Humor," at Society for the Study of American Women's Literature International Conference, Feb. 15-17, San Antonio.

Bonnie Scott, English, "Women's Studies vs. Gender Studies: Toward the Gender of Modernism?" at Women's Studies Conference, Feb. 24, Clayton Hall, Newark.

Robert S. Snyder, alumni and University relations, Joy S. Lynam, IT-Management Information Services, and Sharrie Hurka, admissions, "Lessons Learned From a Partnership Between Admissions and Campus Computing," Feb. 15, and Snyder with Mary Beth Kurilko of Temple University, "More than a Counselor: The Emerging Role of Campus Visit Managers in College Admissions," Feb. 16, at College Board Middle States regional meeting, Philadelphia.

Martin Brueckner, English, "The Surveyed Self of William Byrd: Plotting Land, Language and Identity," at Society of Early Americanists, March 8, Norfolk, Va., and panel chairperson, "The Land Speaks: Cartography and Identity in Early America."

Maria Frawley, English, "Frederika Bremer and the 19th-Century Culture of Suffering," March 7, Stockholm University.

Carol Henderson, English, "Re-Mapping the Wild, Wild West: Will Smith and the Black Male Mystique," at Popular Culture Association meeting, April, and chairperson on two panels, "Applauding the Female Voice," at Mid-Atlantic Writers Association Conference, October, Baltimore, and "The Influence of History and Place on the Works of Douglass, Jacobs and DuBois," at College Language Association meeting, April, New Orleans.

John Jebb, English, discussion leader, John Grisham's A Time to Kill, at the Queen Anne County, Md., Library; Eudora Welty's One Writer's Beginnings, at North East, Md., Library; and Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, at Symrna, Del., Library.

Faculty and graduate students from the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice made presentations at the 71st annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, March 1-4, Philadelphia: Vivian Z. Klaff, "A WebCT Window onto World Population Trends: Opening the Classroom to the World and Bringing the World into the Classroom," a presentation in the session on new developments and dimensions of Jewish identity, and a panel discussant on religious change in old and new religions; Margaret L. Andersen and Anne Bowler, panelists on "Do We Still Need Feminist Theory? A Dialogue"; Joel Best, panelist on "Fads in Institutional Cultures"; graduate student Teresa Fahs, "A Century of Sociological Theory: Our Changing Tastes for Durkheim and Marx"; Fahs, with graduate student Michael-Kiley Zufelt, "Willingness to Pay for Continued Building and Facility Operation After a Damaging Earthquake: Preliminary Findings on the Significance of Gender, Race, Age, Income Level and Previous Disaster Experience"; graduate student Shana L. Maier, "Private Fear in Public Housing"; graduate student Brian Monahan, "The Social Dynamics of Rape"; and Barbara Sweeney, "Disruption in the Heartland of America: Disaster Impacts on Businesses."

Service

Ben Steiner, sociology and criminal justice, is serving on the Law & Society Association's Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity for 2001-2001.

Mark Mankin, facilities, represented the Delaware chapter at the International Facility Management Association national leadership conference in Houston.

Clyde Moneyhun, English, elected to the executive board of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, the only national association of composition directors, writing center directors and writing-across-the-curriculum directors.

Carol Henderson, English, elected for a three-year term, Delegate Assembly, Modern Language Association, January 2001-2004, and elected assistant treasurer, Mid-Atlantic Writers Association for a one-year term.

Anniversaries

30 years

Victor V. Klemas, marine studies, April 5, 1971

25 years

Janice L. Spry, geography, March 22, 1976

20 years

Patricia A. Gerhart, marine studies, March 16, 1981

Christine Hogenmiller, business and economics, March 30, 1981

Thomas Peter Moy, Public Safety, March 16, 1981

Frances S. Mullen, plant and soil sciences, April 1, 1981

Walter A. Roland, Facilities Planning and Construction, March 23, 1981

15 years

Cheryl J. Doherty, geology, March 17, 1986

Paula H. Newton, energy conversion, April 1, 1986

Sallie Saunders, library, March 19, 1986

Kathleen D. Troutman, Information Technologies/ University Media Services, March 17, 1986

10 years

Michael D. Davis, electrical engineering/computer and information sciences, Research Computer Laboratory, March 16, 1991

Delcene Mitchell, bookstore, April 1, 1991

Patricia A. Tressell, disability studies, April 1, 1991

5 years

Sunil K. Agrawal, mechanical engineering, April 1, 1996

Kim E. Correll, general accounting, April 1, 1996

Paul L. Hyde, Information Technologies/User Services, March 26, 1996

Thomas W. Ilvento, food and resource economics, April 1, 1996

Edward Kenny, Public Safety, April 5, 1996

Annette G. Mehan, University Honors Program, March 18, 1996

John F. Rabolt, materials science, April 1, 1996

Ralph G. Reeves, Residential Conference Facilities/shops, April 1, 1996