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April 22, 1993
Faculty and staff
PUBLICATIONS
Thomas K. Wood, entomology and applied ecology, "Speciation of the
Enchenopa binotata complex (Insecta: Homoptera: Membracidae)," in
Evolutionary Patterns and Processes, chapter 18, The Linnean Society
of London.
John F. Wehmiller, geology, and former graduate student Charles H.
Fletcher III, editors, Quaternary Coasts of the United States: Marine
and Lacustrine Systems, Project 3274, Quaternary Coastal Evolution,
SEPM Special Publication No. 48, December 1992.
Lalita A. Manrai and Ajay K. Manrai, marketing, "Perceptions of Work
Versus Social/Leisure Time Usage," in Marketing and Economic
Re-structuring in the Developing World, pages 416-426, Omnipress,
Madison, Wis.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "FEMA: Disaster Relief or
Plain Disaster," in The World and I, pages 110-115, December 1992;
"Disaster Reduction: The Importance of Adequate Assumptions About
Social Organization," in Sociological Spectrum, vol. 13, pages
192-195, 1993; "Community Emergency Planning: False Assumptions and
Inappropriate Analogies" and, with Thomas Drabek, "The Structure of
Diaster Research: Its Policy and Disciplinary Implications," in
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 1993; "The
Socio-Cultural and Behavioral Context of Disasters and Small
Dwellings," in Disasters and the Small Dwelling, pages 67-71, James
and James, London, 1992; "Developing Adequate Assumptions for Diaster
Management," in Proceedings for International Conference on
Preparedness and Mitigation for Natural Disaster, Iceland National
Committee for International Decade, Reykjavik, 1992; "Social Science
Research: Relevance for Policy and Practice," in Improving Earthquake
Mitigation: Report to Congress, pages 67-92, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Washington, D.C., 1993; "Conceptualizing Disaster
in Ways Productive for Social Science Research," in Society, Disasters
and Management: Theories and Experiences, S.M. Nurul Alam, editor,
Academic Press, Dhaka, 1993; "The Place of the Halifax Explosion in
the History of Disaster Research: The Work of Samuel H. Prince," in
Proceedings of the 1917 Explosion Conference, Goresbrook Research
Institute, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada, 1993; and Report of
the Seminar of Research on the Socio-Economic Aspects of Disaster in
Central America, Disaster Research Center, Newark.
PRESENTATIONS
Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology and criminal justice, "Religious
Practice and Belief in Reunified Germany," at Eastern Sociological
Association meetings, March 25-28, Boston; and with Joseph Hraba of
Iowa State University and Jiri Vecernik of Czechoslovak Academy of
Sciences, "Social Class, Attitudes About and Participation in the
Czechoslovakian Reforms," at Midwest Sociological Society meeting,
April 7-10, Chicago.
Joanne M. Nigg, Disaster Research Center, "Future Directions in
Research: Social and Policy Issues," Earthquake Engineering Research
Institute annual meeting, Feb. 12, Seattle.
Mary C. Miller, continuing education, "Alternatives to Violence
Project: Solving, Preventing Conflict," at Delaware Prevention Forum,
April 19-20, Dewey Beach.
Kathleen J. Tierney, Disaster Research Center, "Socio-Economic Aspects
of Hazard Mitigation," for research seminar on socio-economic aspects
of disasters in Central America, Jan. 21-23, San Jose, Costa Rica;
"Emergency Preparedness and Response: Lessons From the Loma Prieta
Earthquake," at symposium on practical lessons from the Loma Prieta
earthquake, March 22-23, San Francisco; and "Los Angeles 1992: First
Urban Unrest of the 21st Century," at Southern Sociological Society
meeting, April 1-4. Chattanooga.
Ellen Pifer, English, as Rector's Distinguished Lecturer, "Saul
Bellow's Vision of America," March 31, "Nabokov's Lolita," April 1,
"Toni Morrison and Mark Twain," April 2, University of Helsinki,
Finland. She also lectured on American literature at the Renvall
Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Turku.
E.L. Quarantelli, Disaster Research Center, discussant, "When All Hell
Breaks Loose: Disaster Research and Anthropological Theory," at
American Anthropological Association meeting, Dec. 2, San Francisco;
"Human Response in Radiation Disasters," at course on medical planning
and care in radiation accidents, March 25, Oak Ridge Institute for
Science and Education; "The Similarity of Future Disasters in Italy
and the United States: The Effects of Current Social Change Trends,"
at Culture of Socio-Historical Origin and Change seminar, March 18,
University of Pisa, Italy; and participant, Political Systems in
Conflict: Elections and Problems of Democracies Conference, March 19,
University of Lenoa, Italy.
Suresh Advani, mechanical engineering, "A Model for Consolidation and
Void Compression in Thermoplastic Tow Placement Manufacturing," at
National Institute of Standards and Technoloy, March 29.
Karl W. Boer, material science, with Joachim Piprek of Humboldt
University, Berlin, "Inverse Delta-Doping to Reduce Donor-Acceptor
Pair Recombination at the Junction Interface" and with Piprek and P.
Krispin of Paul-Drude Institute, Berlin, "Deep-Level Thermal
Spectroscopy Using Delta Doping," at American Physical Society
meeting, March 20-26, Seattle.
Russell R. Dynes, Disaster Research Center, "Disaster Research: An
Overview with Emphasis on the Case of Nuclear Accidents," at
international conference on nuclear accidents and crises management,
March 16-18, Stockholm; "Human Behavior in Disasters," at Universidada
Politicnia de Valencia, Dec. 9, Valencia, Spain; "The 1917 Explosion:
Collision in Halifax Harbor and Its Consequences," Sept. 4-6, St.
Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; and presentations at
International Seminar on Disaster Preparedness, Dec. 10-11, Madrid;
Seminar on Research on Socio-Economic Aspects of Disasters in Central
America, Jan. 20-23, San Jose, Costa Rica; and International
Conference on Nuclear Accidents and Crises Management, March 16-18,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Brian Ackerman, psychology, "A Minimalist View of Memory Development,"
at Society for Research in Child Development annual meeting, March
24-27, New Orleans.
GRANTS
Twenty-five faculty members received awards under the General
University Research Program for the summer. A total of $134,400 was
awarded. Awardees are
Patricia Leighton, art history, "Anarchist Art Criticism in Pre-World
War I France," $5,875;
Lawrence Nees, art history, "Frankish Manuscripts (A Survey of
Manuscripts Illuminated in France)," $5,875;
David M. Stone, art history, "By the Numbers: A Critical Edition of
Guercino's Account Book," $5,875;
Steven Helmling, English, "Frederic Jameson and the Stylistics of
Theory," $4,900;
Gary L. Lemons, English, "Black Men in Feminism: Theorizing Female
Identity across Race and Gender Boundaries," $6,350;
Susan Ruel, English, "Women Anonymous and Other Stories (fiction),"
$3,925;
Ruth Kanagy, foreign languages and literature, "Effectiveness of
Interactive Communication Tasks in Learning Japanese," $4,900;
Guy Alchon, history, " 'Unusual and Blessed Destiny': Critical
Interviews in the Filming of an Historical Documentary," $5,900;
Suzanne A. Alchon, history, "Colonialism and Environmental Change in
the Northern Andes," $5,800;
James M. Brophy, history, "The Negotiated Settlement: Entrepreneurs
and the Prussian State, 1848-78," $5,375;
Cathy D. Matson, history, "18th-Century Farming and Storekeeping Along
the Hudson River," $5,000;
Steven E. Sidebotham, history, "Archaeological Excavations at 'Abu
Sha'ar (Red Sea Coast), Egypt 1993," $5,875;
Thomas Ernst, linguistics, "Negation, Questions and Adverbs in
Chinese," $5,675;
Anne E. Bowler, sociology, "The New York State Reformatory for Women
at Bedford, 1901-13," $3,625;
Ramiro Martinez Jr., sociology, "Patterns of Recidivism: an Event
History Analysis," $5,875;
Jessica Schiffman, women's studies, "An Analysis of Demographic
Variables Relating to Domestic Violence in the Delaware Crime Survey,"
4,875;
Scott K. Jones, accounting, "An Economic Decision Framework for
Analyzing Component Integration," $5,875;
John E. Sawyer, business administration, "Shared Values, Task
Strategies and Product Development Team Effectiveness," $5,875;
Michael A. Arnold, economics, "Efficiency and Competition in
Residential Real Estate Markets," $5,875;
Janet S. Netz, economics, "The Market Structure of Higher Education,"
$5,875;
Robin J. Palkovitz, individual and family studies, "The Effects of
Parenting on Men's Development," $5,875;
Sandra F. Dunnington, nursing science, "Body Image and Quality of Life
in People with AIDS," $5,900;
Deborah Auger, urban affairs and public policy, "Nonprofit-Government
Linkages: Their Consequences for Nonprofit Sector Organizations,"
$5,175;
Francis Poole, library, "Collection of Cross-Cultural Essays on Paul
Bowles and North Africa," $3,550; and
Phillip Goldstein, associate professor, parallel program, "The
Reception of Hamlet: History and (Anti) Theory," $4,700.