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October 22, 1992
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Leslie F. Goldstein, political science and international
relations, Feminist Jurisprudence, editor and introduction by
Goldstein, Rowman & Littlefield, 1992.
Jeanne Murray Walker, English, Stranger Than Fiction, The
Quarterly Review of Literature, Princeton, N.J., 1992. The
manuscript won the Coliday Prize of $1,000 in an international
poetry competition.
PUBLICATIONS
Herbert E. Allen, civil engineering, with former graduate
students Gongmin Fu and Yang Cao, "The Importance of Humic Acids
to Proton and Cadmium Binding in Sediments," in Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 11, pages 1363-1372.
Russell R. Dynes, sociology, "The Socio-Cultural and Behavioural
Context of Disasters and Small Dwellings," in Disasters and the
Small Dwellings, Perspectives for the UN IDNDR, Yasemin Aysan and
Ian Davis, editors, pages 67-71, James & James, London, 1992; and
"Developing Adequate Assumptions for Disaster Management," in
Conference Proceedings, International Conference on Preparedness
and Mitigation for Natural Disaster '92, Reykjavik, pages
192-198, Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland.
Henry L. Cady, music emeritus, "Sources of Theory for Research in
School Music," in Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and
Learning: A Project of the Music Educators Conference, Richard
Colwell, editor, Schirmer Books, 1992.
Raj Varma, finance, with Wayne Marr of Clemson University and
John Trimble of Washington State University, "Innovation in
Global Financing: The Case of Euroequity Offerings," in Journal
of Applied Corporate Finance, vol. 5, pages 50-54, 1992.
Vistap M. Karbhari, "Effects of Constituent Scale on Stress
Transfer and Matrix Cracking," in Fatigue and Fracture of
Engineering Materials and Structures, vol. 15, no. 10, pages
995-1007, 1992.
Mary P. Richards, English, "Manuscripts, Illumination,
Diplomatic," in Year's Work in Old English Studies 1990, pages
67-71, State University of New York at Binghampton, 1992.
Jeffrey A. Raffel, urban affairs and public policy, with graduate
student Judith Michaels, Delaware's New Teachers: A Survey and
Analysis of Persons Joining or Rejoining the Teacher Force from
1986-1990, prepared for the Delaware Development Office with the
state superintendent's Committee on Teacher Recruitment, 1992.
Eric D. Jacobson, urban affairs and public policy, with graduate
student Bryan Sullivan, 1991 Delaware Travel Barometer: A Review
of Tourism in Delaware, prepared for the Delaware Tourism Office,
Delaware Development Office, 1992.
David L. Ames, urban affairs and public policy, Historic American
Buildings Survey: Whitsbog Village, Lebanon State Park, Ocean and
Burlington Counties, New Jersey, 1992; and with Bernard L.
Herman, urban affairs and public policy, and graduate students
Gabrielle Lanier and Nancy Van Dolsen, Historic American
Buildings Survey: Rhea-Applegate House, Monmouth Battlefield
Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1992.
Anne Mooney and Steven Peuquet, urban affairs and public policy,
No Home, Poor Health: Final Report of the Wilmington Homeless
Health Care Study, 1992.
Raheema Jabbar-Bey, urban affairs and public policy, with
graduate student Denise Williams-Shannon, Wilmington Area
Community-Based Development Project-Second Year Report, for Speer
Trust Commission, 1992.
PRESENTATIONS
Raymond Callahan, history, "British Strategy During World War
II," at U.S. Marine Corps Staff College, Oct. 9, Quantico, Va.
Chandra Reedy, art conservation, spoke on Tibetan art and
ethnology at the Tibetan Symposium, Oct. 10, Pacific Asia Museum,
Pasadena, Calif.
John M. Byrne, urban affairs and public policy, with Steven
Hoffman of College of St. Thomas and Cecilia Martinez of
Macalester College, "Environmental Commodification and the
Industrialization of Native American Lands," at National
Association of Science, Technology and Society meeting, Feb. 6-9,
Alexandria, Va.
Bernard L. Herman, urban affairs and public policy, and Michael
Steinitz of Massachusetts Historical Commission, "Reconstructing
the National Architectural Landscape of the 1798 Direct Tax
Census: A Progress Report," at Vernacular Architecture Forum
annual meeting, May 16, Portsmouth, N.H.
Three members of the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy
made presentations at the Urban Affairs Association annual
meeting, April 29-May 2: Deborah Auger, "Urban Governance, Social
Policy, and the Role of Nonprofit Sector Organizations"; Jeffrey
A. Raffel with David Varady of University of Cincinnati, "Two
Approaches to School Integration and Their Impacts on
City-Suburban Choice: Wilmington, Del., and Cincinnati, Ohio";
and Robert Warren with Mark Rosentraub of Indiana University and
Louis Weschler of Arizona State University, "Building Urban
Governance: An Agenda for the 1990s."
MISCELLANEOUS
Jeanne Murray Walker, English, will have her short play,
Inventing America, performed by PlayWorks, a Philadelphia
theatre, during the last week of October and the first week of
November.
David A. Hoekema, philosophy, has been elected a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science for his
research in academic, professional and philosophical ethics and
for service to the philosophical community.
GRANTS
Peter Cole, with James Huang, linguistics, $40,000 from National
Science Foundation, for "Long Distance Reflexives."
Charles E. Epifanio, with David L. Kirchman, marine studies,
$91,166 from National Science Foundation, for "Mangrove Detritus:
Sink or Link?"
Linda L. Fayerweather, Small Business Development Center, from
U.S. Small Business Administration, $270,701 for "Delaware Small
Business Development Center Phase XI"; and from Delaware
Development Office, $30,000 for "Delaware Small Business
Development Center Phase XI Support."
Richard A. Foulds, with William S. Harwin, applied science and
engineering, $175,705 from U.S. Department of Education, for
"Improving the Functional Utility of Rehabilitation Robotics
Through Enhanced Sensory Feedback."
Carol E. Hoffecker, graduate studies, $21,500 from National
Science Foundation, for "Graduate Research Fellowship Program."
James MacDonald, physics and astronomy, an additional $12,962
from Bartol Research Institute, for "Spatial Structures in the
Atmospheres and Winds of Stars," bringing total funds awarded to
$35,363.
Douglass F. Taber, chemistry and biochemistry, $171,410 from U.S.
Public Health Service, for "Synthesis of Taxol."
Nancy M. Targett, marine studies, $61,997 from U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, for "Factors Influencing Production of
Biogenically Derived Organohalogens in a Marine Worm."
Barbara VanDornick, education, $75,000 from Delaware Department
of Public Instruction, for "Special Institute for Teacher
Certification."
Charlie C. Wilson, life and health sciences, $14,210 from U S.
Public Health Service, for "Minority Predoctoral Fellowship
Program."