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April 23, 1992
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Elizabeth Perse, communication, "Predicting Attention to Local
Television News: Need for Cognition and Motives for Viewing," in
Communication Reports, vol. 5, no. 1, pages 40-49, 1992.
Leonard W. Schwartz, mechanical engineering and mathematical
sciences, with Julie A. Moriarty, mechanical engineering,
"Effective Slip in Numerical Calculations of Moving-contact-line
Problems," in Journal of Engineering Mathematics, vol. 26, pages
81-86, 1992; with Moriarty and Ernest O. Tuck of University of
Adelaide, "Unsteady Spreading of Thin Liquid Films with Small
Surfact Tension," in Physics of Fluids, vol. A3, pages 733-742,
1991; with Tuck, "Thin Static Drops With a Free Attachment
Boundary," in Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 223, pages
313-324, 1991; and with David E. Weidner, mechanical engineering,
"An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Buoyancy-Driven
Two-Phase Displacement," in Physics of Fluids, vol. A3, pages
2076-2080, 1991.
Dorothy Moser, nursing emeritus, with Amy Hecht, "Organizational
Evolution: A Hospice Study," in The Hospice Journal, vol. 7, no.
3, 1991.
Marvin B. Sussman, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Human Behavior,
"Inheritance," in Encyclopedia of Sociology, E. and D. Borgatta,
editors, pages 927-934, MacMillan Co., New York; with R. Hanks,
"Publishing in Search of a Home," in Guide to Publication in
Marriage and Family Fields, R. Hanks, L. Matocha and M.B.
Sussman, editors, The Haworth Press, 1992; and with Judith Cates,
"Family Systems and Inheritance," from Family Systems and
Inheritance Patterns, reprinted in Family Business Review, Summer
1992.
A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, "Figuras
Retoricas, Estrategias y Topicos en La Vida es Sueno," in
Homenaje a Hans Flasche, Karl-Hermann Korner and Gunther
Zimmermann, editors, pages 196-204, Franz Steiner Verlag,
Stuttgart, Germany.
Richard A. Zipser, foreign languages and literatures, "Building a
Full-Service Foreign Language Department: Some Strategies and
Interdisciplinary Initiatives," in ADFL Bulletin, vol. 23, no. 3,
pages 28-33, Spring 1992.
Rhonda Aull Hyde, operations research and food and resource
economics, with Catherine Halbrendt, food and resource economics,
and graduate student Dee Ann Dunkers, "Identifying Critical
Production Requirements in New Industries: An Application in
Aquaculture," in Proceedings of the 21st Annual Northeast
Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, pages 293-296, April 1992.
Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Of Frog Seductresses and the Origin
of Phallic Fish: A Shipibo Indian Tale of Pano Aingo," in MACLAS
Latin American Essays V: Selected Papers Presented at 12th Annual
Conference of Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies,
Alvin Cohen, Juan Espadas and Vincent Peloso, editors, pages
40-66, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
PRESENTATIONS
Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures, "An Educational
Experience in Yucatan, Mexico," at Delaware Commitee for
International Academic Activities meeting, April 2, Goldey-Beacom
College.
Ronald E. Martin, geology, "Life as a Geological Force," before
Delaware Mineralogical Society, April 13, Delaware Museum of
Natural History.
John Burmeister, chemistry and biochemistry, "Good Teachers
versus Good Teaching," invited lecture, awards symposium of
Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society
national meeting, April 6-10, San Francisco.
Leonard W. Schwartz, mechanical engineering and mathematical
sciences, with Richard R. Eley of Glidden Co., "Numerical
Simulation of Post-Application Coating Flows, Including Flows
Arising from Surface Tension Gradients," at American Institute of
Chemical Engineers national meeting, April 1, New Orleans.
Raymond Callahan, history, "Are There 'Lessons Learned'?
Churchill, Gallipoli and Anzio," at 59th annual meeting, Society
for Military History, April 12, Fredricksburg, Va.
Arno Loessner, University secretary, "Understanding the Role of
International Non-Governmental Organizations: Challenges and
Opportunities for the United Nations and Non-Governmental
Organizations," representing the International Union of Local
Authorities at United Nations roundtable, April 9, New York City.
Suresh G. Advani, mechanical engineering, presented seminar on
"Heat Transfer Effects During Solidification of Semi-Crystalline
Polyers," at eighth annual meeting of Polymer Processing Society,
March 23-27, New Delhi.
Larry Peterson, music, "Using Toolbook To Teach La Boheme," at
College Music Society regional meeting, April 4, Newark.
William Markell, Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting,
"Current Status of the 150-Hour Education Requirement for
Accounting," a panel discussion at American Accounting
Association, mid-Atlantic regional meeting, April.
Marvin B. Sussman, Unidel Professor Emeritus of Human Behavior,
with R.S. Hanks, "Inheritance Contracting: Complications for
Caregiving," at Gerontological Society of America meeting, March,
San Diego; and with Hanks, "Family/Organizational Linkages in Job
Related Transfers," at Eastern Sociological Society meetings,
April, Crystal City, Va.
H. Perry Chapman, art history, "Freedom, Peace and Prosperity:
Art and Cultural Politics in the Early Dutch Republic," March 12,
at Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City, and "Rembrandt and Jan
Steen: Self-Portraits, Personae, Myths," March 1, National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Several members of the advisory staff of the College of Arts and
Science made presentations at the National Academic Advising
Association Mid-Atlantic regional conference, April 9-10, College
of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.: Claudia Fischer, Charlene
E.W. Bradley and Patricia W. Jeffery, "Training the Faculty
Adviser: Creating a Successful Partnership of Professors and
Professionals," and Joanna Moore, Robin Beads and Eleesha Lewis,
"Building Bridges: Advising Minority Students on Predominately
White Campuses."
Catherine Simile, Disaster Research Center, "Organizational
Boundary Conflicts and Perceptions," at Eastern Sociological
Society annual meeting, April 5, Washington, D.C., and with
Kristen Miller, "They Could See Stars From Their Beds: The Plight
of the Rural Poor in the Aftermath of Hurricane Hugo," Society
for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, March 27, Memphis, Tenn.
Several members of the University Writing Center recently made
presentations: Barbara Gaal Lutz, "Writing Innervision: Utilizing
the Novel in Development Writing Classes," at Interstate
Developmental Educators Association conference, April 10,
Wilmington; and Gilda T. Kelsey, "Personality Theory and the
Teaching of Writing: Some Practical Applications," and Dorothy W.
Lehman, "ESL Conversation Classes at the Writing Center: Can't We
Just Talk?," at Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association
conference, April 11, Emmitsburg, Md.
Adarshpal S. Sethi, computer and information sciences,
"Performance Issues in Network Management Systems," a technical
session at third IEEE Network Operations and Management
Symposium, April 6-9, Memphis.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "Contemporary Uses of
Sociological Research: Sociology of Disasters," at International
Sociological Association meeting, April 8, Onati, Spain, and
participant in World Bank symposium on managing environmental and
urban vulnerability, Feb. 25, Washington, D.C.
Cynthia Carr, music, guest regional artist at Southeastern Horn
Workshop, March 27-29, Western Carolina University, and with
Julie Nishimura, music, presented a recital of music for horn and
piano by women composers at Great Lakes Horn Workshop, April 11,
Miami University of Ohio.
E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, "Urban Vulnerability
and Technological Hazards in Developing Societies," at World Bank
symposium on managing environmental and urban vulnerability, Feb.
25, Washington, D.C.
Vic Klemas, marine studies, "A Wetland/Upland Land Cover
Classification System for Use with Remote Sensors" and "Remote
Sensing of Biomass and Stress in Coastal Wetlands," at 13th
annual meeting of Coastal Society, April 5-8, Washington, D.C.
Gerald Reese, Professional Theatre Training Program, "Why Are
Minorities Under-Represented in Technical Theatre? How Can
Minority Participation Be Encouraged?," panelist, at United
States Institute for Theatre Technology, Chesapeake Section,
conference, Reston, Va.
Kathleen J. Tierney, Disaster Research Center, "Technological
Disasters and Community Survival: Long-Term Consequences of the
Valdez Oil Spill," discussant, Southern Sociological Society
annual meeting, April 9-12, New Orleans.
MISCELLANEOUS
Donald L. Peters, Amy Rextrew Professor of Individual and Family
Studies, headed a delegation of U.S. family studies specialists
to Warsaw, Moscow and Tashkent. Sponsored by the Citizen
Ambassador Program of People to People, the two-week professional
mission was to share information on the organization and delivery
of services to families in the U.S. and to develop on-going
scholarly and professional relationships with scholars and
governmental officials of the three countries.
Catherine Fitzmaurice, Professional Theatre Training Program,
served as voice coach for New York Shakespeare Festival
production of Tis Pity She's A Whore, directed by Joanne
Akalaitis.
Donald Conlon, business administration, invited participant in
Summer Institute for Behavioral and Social Scientists, Humanists
and Legal Scholars to be held at Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral Sciences, July-August, Stanford, Calif.