UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 4, Page 12 September 26, 1991 Faculty and staff Books Ellen Pifer, English, Saul Bellow Against the Grain, paperback edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. Publications Insup Lee, finance, "Bank Acquisitions of Non-Bank Financial Firms: An Examination of Shareholders' Wealth," in The International Journal of Finance, vol. 3, no. 2, pages 77-87. R. Byron Pipes, Robert L. Spencer Professor of Engineering, Michael Keefe and S.G. Advani, mechanical engineering, "The Draping and Consolidation of Commingled Fabrics," in Composites Manufacturing, vol. 2, no. 1, March 1991. Clifford B.O. Keil, entomology and applied ecology, "Field and Laboratory Evaluation of a Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis Formulation for Control of Fly Pests of Mushrooms," in Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 84, no. 4, pages 1180-1188, 1991. Noel M. Murray and Lalita A. Manrai, business administration, "Variety Seeking: A Cross-Cultural Study of Irish and American Female Consumers," in Proceedings of the 20th European Marketing Academy Conference, vol. 3, pages 888-908, and "Exploratory Consumption Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Perspective," in Journal of International Consumer Marketing, vol. 5, no. 1; and Manrai with Ajay K. Manrai, business administration, "A Model of Preference of Department Stores," in Enhancing Knowledge Development in Marketing, pages 145-153, Gilly et al., editors, American Marketing Association, San Diego, August 1991; also Ajay K. Manrai with Wayne DeSarbo, "A New Multidimensional Scaling Methodology for the Analysis of Asymmetric Proximity Data in Marketing Research," in Marketing Science, vol. 10, no. 4, pages 1-20, fall 1991. Monika Shafi, foreign languages and literatures, " 'Mein Ruf Ist Dunn und Leicht.' Zur Weiblichkeitsdarstellung in Gertrud Kolars Zyklus Weibliches Bildnis," in The Germanic Review, vol. 66, no. 2, pages 81-88. Valerie Hans, criminal justice, with Joe Cecil and Beth Wiggins of Federal Judicial Center, "Citizen Comprehension of Difficult Issues: Lessons from Civil Jury Trials," in American University Law Review, vol. 40, pages 727-774, and with graduate student William Lofquist, "Behind Closed Doors: The Civil Jury Decides," in Court Manager, vol. 6, pages 19-22, summer 1991. Donald L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, with S.A. Grant, "Ca-K-H- Exchange on Silt-, Clay- and Silt + Clay-size Soil Separates," in Journal of Chemical Society Faraday Transactions, vol. 87, pages 2501-2506. David Kirchman, marine studies, with Yoshimi Suzuki, Christopher Garside and Hugh W. Ducklow, "High Turnover Rates of Dissolves Organic Carbon During a Spring Phytoplankton Bloom," in Nature, vol. 352, pages 612-614. Richard C. Hoffman, business administration, with John F. Preble, "The Globalization of U.S. Fast-Food Franchising Companies," in Ten Best Papers, Proceedings of the Academy of International Business- Northeast, Bermuda, June 1991. Presentations Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures, "Cervantes: Innovador de la Novela Morisca," at first international congress, Associacion de Cervantistas de Espana, June 24-29, Almagro, Spain. Richard T. Sylves, political science and international relations, "Academicians and Weaponeers: Technoscientific Knowledge Acquisition Through the U.S. Defense Science Board," at American Political Science Association meeting, Aug. 30, Washington, D.C. Peter Cole, linguistics, with Li-may Sung, "Long Distance Reflexives," at workshop on syntactic theory, Linguistics Institute of Linguistic Society of America, July, University of California at Santa Cruz. Cole also organized a Chinese Linguistics Workshop July 14 at the institute. Clifford W. Sloyer, mathematical sciences, "Mathematical Programming-A Strand," at Fifth International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modeling, Sept. 10, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. Irene Vogel, linguistics, "Pragmatics and Semantics in Postlexical Phonology" and "The Contribution of Syntactic and Other Factors to Postlexical Phonology," at National Science Foundation workshop on Grammatical Foundations of Discourse and Prosody, June 27-July 6, Santa Cruz. William H. Clark Jr., alumni, "Keeping Up Enthusiasm for the Seasoned Adviser," panelist, 1991 Student Alumni Association/Student Foundation Network Convention, Aug. 31, University of California at Los Angeles. Raymond Callahan, history, "India in British Imperial Strategy, 1815-1918," at U.S. Marine Corps War College, Sept. 13, Quantico, Va. Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, "Air-Sea Interaction and Upper Ocean Response Sensing Technique," at 20th General Assembly, International Union of Geophysics and Geodesy, Aug. 11-24, Vienna, and "Ocean Surface Velocity Determined by Satellite Data and Pattern Recognition," at National Meteorological Center, Aug. 6, Washington, D.C. Gerard J. Mangone, marine studies, "International and Maritime Law," at Port of Singapore Authority; and "Law of the Sea," at Korean Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, and at Research Institute for Ocean Pollution, Pusan, South Korea, July. Donald L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, "Dynamics of Potassium Exchange in Soils," at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany; "Kinetics of Reactions on Colloidal Surfaces," at Institute for Radiochemistry and Environmental Studies, Munich, and at Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Valerie Hans and William Lofquist, criminal justice, "Lay Perceptions of Business Responsibility for Harm," at Law and Society Association, June 28, Amsterdam, and "Civil Justice and Business Litigation: The Attitudes of Civil Jurors," at American Psychological Association meeting, Aug. 18, San Francisco; and, Hans, "New Directions in Jury Research," at Cardiff Law School, June, Cardiff, Wales, and "Law-Psychology Research Funding: Issues and Challenges for the 1990s," panelist, American Psychological Association meeting, Aug. 18, San Francisco. Clifford B.O. Keil, entomology and applied ecology, presented research results at "Biological Control--The Reality" symposium, British Mushroom Growers Association Conference, Sept. 2-14, Glasgow, Scotland. Ellen Pifer, English, "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting: Kundera's Narration Against Narration," at International Conference on Narrative Literature, June 13, Nice. Miscellaneous A research paper, "Effect of Seawater Biofilms on Corrosion Potential and Oxygen Reduction of Stainless Steel," written by Steven C. Dexter, marine studies, and G.Y. Gao, a former visiting scholar in Dexter's laboratory and now director of international development, Shenyang, China, received the Melvin Romanoff Award from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Northeast Region. Dewey M. Caron, entomology and applied ecology, volunteered for the farmer-to-farmer program of Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance, teaching beekeeping to Mayan Indians in Southern Belize, Aug. 22-Sept. 5. Valerie Hans, criminal justice, elected secretary of Law and Society Association. Donald L. Sparks, plant and soil sciences, reappointed to editorial board of Geoderma and as technical editor of Soil Science Society of America Journal. Ivo Dominguez, foreign languages and literatures, elected to two-year term, Public Relations Committee, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Ellen Pifer, English, will serve as visiting professor of American literature at University of Lyon, France, during spring semester. Gifts John D. Engel, Center for Science and Culture, with Robert S. Blacklow, Jefferson Medical College, $250,000 from The Longwood Foundation for the "Univeristy of Delaware/Jefferson Medical College Medical Scholars Program." Grants From Delaware Department of Transportation: Ardeshir Faghri, civil engineering, $18,000 for "Demonstration of Various Levels of Service Through Videotape Technology," and Shinya Kikuchi, civil engineering, $4,000 for "Delaware Transportation Center's Distinguished Speakers Series." John W. Gillespie, composite materials, an additional $25,000 from Du Pont Co., bringing total funds awarded to $50,000, and $17,000 from state, under Delaware Research Partnership Program, for "Non-Isothermal Fusion Bonding of Thermoplastic Composites," and $79,961 from Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.-Georgia, for "Resistance Heated Dual Resin Bonding"; and Vistasp M. Karbhari, composite materials, with Gillespie, $99,999 from U.S. Army, for "Feasibility Study and Fabrication of Potential Composite Components of a Production Intent Lightweight Electric Generator." Victor R. Martuza, educational studies, $9,550 from Christiana School District, for "Multicultural Education." Frank B. Murray, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Educational Studies, $249,839 from U.S. Department of Education, for "To Improve the Skills of Mathematics and Science Teachers." Stanley P. Owocki, Bartol Research Institute, $22,000 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for "Bartol Training Grant." Stanley I. Sandler, Henry Belin du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering, with Eric W. Kaler, chemical engineering, $23,000 from Du Pont Co. and $25,500 from state, under Delaware Research Partnership Program, for "Enhancing Bioseparations: Aqueous Two-Phase Extraction." Rivers Singleton, life and health sciences, $5,300 from Academy of Applied Science, for "Delaware Junior Science and Humanities Symposium." Ferris Webster, marine studies, $149,729 from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for "Oceanographic Data for Global Change Research."