Keeping up with Faculty and Staff

William W. Saylor and C.R. Pope, animal and food sciences, with J.T. Sims, plant and soil sciences, and G.W. Malone, Research and Education Center, "Effects of Microbial Phytase, Low Phytic Acid Corn and Dietary Phosphorus Level on Broiler Performance and Excreta Composition," at 89th annual meeting of Poultry Science Association, Aug. 18-20, Montreal.

Lois Potter, English, "The Iconography of Iago, Beauty and Its Monsters," September, Paris.

Farley Grubb, economics, "Prices and Profits in the Colonial Convict Trade," the Thomas S. Berry Memorial Lecture, Sept. 14, University of Richmond.

David L. Langenberg, library, "Electronic Publishing and the Evolving International Intellectual Property Regime," at fourth international conference on electronic publishing, Council for Computer Communication/International Federation for Information Processing, Aug. 17-19, Kaliningrad/Svetlogorsk, Russia.

Julian Yates, English, "Shift Work: Observing Women Observing, 1937-1943," at New Modernisms Conference, October, University of Pennsylvania.

Rudi Matthee, history, "Fear, Suspicion and Admiration: Pre-19th-Century Iranian Views of England and Russia," at University of Bamberg, July 13, Germany.

David Pong, history, "Government Enterprises and Industrial Relations in Late Qing China," an international workshop on industrial relations in East Asia, July 21-22, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; "Labor Relations and Class Formation in Late Qing China," at Chinese Economic History Association's international symposium on commercial organization and market development, Aug. 14-17, Wudangshan, China; and "Political Groups and Ideologies: Their Impact on Political, Commercial and Industrial Policies in the Era after the Tongzhi Restoration," at Central China Normal University's symposium on economic development and social change, Aug. 21-24, Wuhan, China. Pong also chaired a panel and served as a commentator on a paper at the Central China Normal University symposium.

Gordon DiRenzo, sociology and criminal justice, "Basic Human Needs and Socialization in Modern Societies," at International Conference of Psychologists, August, Padua, Italy.

Jack R. Vinson, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, a keynote address, "On the Importance of Analytical Solutions for Sandwich Structures Design Verification" and with Ole T. Thomsen of Aalborg University, Denmark, "Design Study of a Non-Circular Sandwich Fuselage Section Using a High Order Sandwich Theory Formulation," at fifth international conference on sandwich constructions, Sept. 5-7, Zurich.

Jeanne Walker, English, The Queen's Two Bodies, was given a staged reading in Ashville, N.C., in June and will premier at Hedgerow Theatre in Pennsylvania on Nov. 2. The play's script also won the CITA National Theatre Competition for new plays.

Valerie Hans, sociology and criminal justice, "After the Crash: How Lay People View Connective Tissue Injuries and Cases," at National College of Advocacy conference on auto collision cases, Sept. 16, Chicago, and "A Juror's Eye View of Corporate Responsibility," at Corporate Citizenship Conference, Sept. 15, Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee.

Helen Intraub, psychology, "Spatial Inference in Scene Perception for 3-D Scenes," at European Conference on Visual Perception, Aug. 27-31, Groningen, The Netherlands, and, an invited plenary address, "Anticipatory Spatial Representation of Natural Scenes: Momentum Without Movement," at first international workshop on representation momentum, Sept. 3, Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics, Tubingen, Germany.

Clinton E. White Jr., accounting, with Thomas Hofferd, "A Survey of Accounting Information Systems Instructors' Instructional Resources on the World Wide Web" and with Bernadette Ruf, "Accounting Information Systems Education in a New Business Environment," at Accounting Information Systems Educators Conference, Aug. 1, Denver; and with Roger Debreceny and Andrew Lymer, "Tools and Techniques for Improving Personal Research Productivity," a workshop, at American Accounting Association annual meeting, Aug. 13, Philadelphia.

Larry Purnell, nursing, "Cultural Competence in a Changing Environment," at Gwynedd Mercy College's Sigma Theta Tau chapter, May, Gwynedd Mercy, Pa.; "Cultural Competence in International Context," an invited keynote address at Delaware State University's Honors Day celebration, April; "Globalization: Implications for Nurses and Nursing" and "Purnell Model for Cultural Competence," at University of Oklahoma, April 15-16, Oklahoma City; "Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach," at College of New Rochelle, April, New Rochelle, N.Y.; "Cultural Competence for Nursing and Anthropology," at University of Chiriqui, March, David, Republic of Panama; and "Cultural Competence for Perinatal Death," at Christiana Care, March, Wilmington, Del.

Janice Selekman, nursing, "You Pierced What? Adolescent Body Piercing and Tattooing," at Society of Pediatric Nurses meeting, May, San Diego.

Barbara Sheer, nursing, "Best of Both Worlds Fact or Fiction: The Perils of Developing and Managing a Combined CBNS/NP Program," at NONPF national conference, April, Washington D.C.

Delaware Writing Project teacher consultants made presentations at the fourth international conference for Global Conversations on Language and Literacy, Aug. 3, at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. "Coming Full Circle: From Assessment to Instruction to Assessment," an interactive session focusing on persuasive writing intended for primary, middle school and high school teachers, was presented by Carol Vukelich, Christine Evans and Bonnie Albertson of the Delaware Writing Project and Peggy Dillner, Education Resource Center, with Jackie Shockley and Deanne McCredie of Cape Henlopen School District and Denise Speicher of Indian River School District.

Chandra L. Reedy, museum studies, "Scientific Methodology for Conservation Treatment Selection," a workshop at Colonial Williamsburg, Va., Sept. 8-9.

Robert L. Hampel, education, "Reforming U.S. Schools," at Crossland/Kendal Community Forum, Sept. 19, Kennett Square, Pa.

Linda Bucher, nursing, "Blending the Art and Science of Nursing in Research," a poster presentation, at national AAUP meeting, June 17, Washington, D.C.

Arnold D. Kerr, civil and environmental engineering, "Analyses of Railway tracks and the Determination of the Corresponding Parameters," at invited lecture, June 19, at Institute for Mechanics, Technical University, Vienna, Austria.

Judith Herrman, nursing, "Teenage Pregnancy: Many Solutions, Resolution?" an update for ambulatory nurses, April 1, DuPont Hospital for Children; and "Healthy People 2010: Challenges and Inspirations for Pediatric Nurses," at Pediatric Nursing Practice update meeting, May 19.

Kate Warren, nursing, "The Female Adolescent and STDs: Screening, Management and Prevention," at Delaware Nurses Association conference, March 24.

Peter X. Feng, English, panelist, "No Joy, No Luck: Asian/Asian American Women in Film," at New York Asian American International Film Festival, July.

Amy Johnson, nursing, "Neonatal Response to Changes in Environmental Noise," at national conference on neonatal intensive care unit, January, Clearwater Beach, Fla.

Jonathan H. Grossman, English, "The Literary Form of Bulwer's Newgate Novels," at University of London, July; and "The Juridical Form of Early 19th-Century English Novels," at Georgetown University Law Center, March.

Ellen Pifer, English, "Wordsworth's Child in DeLillo's White Noise." in Granada and Cordoba, Spain, March 17 and 18.

Vol. 20, No. 3

Oct. 5, 2000

Vol. 20, No. 3

Oct. 5, 2000

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