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February 15, 1996
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Bonnie Kime Scott, English, Refiguring Modernism, two volumes,
The Women of 1928, vol. 1, and Postmodern Feminist Readings of
Woolf, West and Barnes, vol. 2, Indiana University Press, 1996.
PUBLICATIONS
James M. Brophy, history, "Salus Publica Suprema Lex: Prussian
Businessmen in the New Era and Constitutional Conflict," in
Central European History, vol. 28, no. 2, pages 122-151.
Lawrence A. Curtis, parallel program, "Growth, Trematode
Parasitism and Longevity of a Long-Lived Marine Gastropod
(Ilyanassa obsoleta)," in Journal of the Marine Biological
Association, United Kingdom, vol. 75, pages 913-925.
Ellen Pifer, English, "Saul Bellow," in A Companion to American
Thought, Richard W. Fox and James T. Kloppenberg, editors,
Blackwell, 1995, Oxford and Cambridge, Mass; and "Birds of a
Different Feather: Nabokov's Lolita and Kosinski's Boy," in
Cycnos, vol. 12, no. 2, pages 165-171.
M. Badiey, marine studies, A. H-D. Cheng, civil engineering, and
I. Jaya of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, "Deterministic and
Stochastic Analyses of Acoustic Plane Wave Reflection from
Inhomogeneous Porous Seafloor," in Journal of Acoustical Society
of America, vol. 99, no. 2, pages 903-913.
Thomas Hardie, nursing, "Recognition and Diagnosis of Depression
and Anxiety in the Primary Care Setting," pages 2-7,
"Pharmacologic Treatment of Anxiety and Depression in the Primary
Care Setting," pages 14-18, and, with Christine Johnston,
nursing, "Nonbiologic Interventions in the Treatment of
Depression and Anxiety," pages 8-13, in Journal of the American
Osteopathic Association, vol. 95, no. 12.
Evelyn Hayes and Joyce Kee, nursing, Pharmacology Pocket
Companion for Nurses, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996.
Gail Wade, nursing, "Is Research in the Practice Setting
Feasible?" in Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, pages
253-256, vol. 26, no. 6.
PRESENTATIONS
Elaine B. Safer, English, "Guilt, White and Black: Toni Morrison
in Novel and Essay," at Modern Language Association convention,
Dec. 27-30, Chicago.
James M. Brophy, history, "Carnival and Citizenship: The Politics
of Carnival Culture in the Prussian Rhineland, 1823-48," at the
American Historical Association annual conference, Jan. 4-7,
Atlanta.
Elaine Pifer, English, "Nabokov and Kosinski in the Postwar
Period," at International Nabokov Conference, University of Nice,
June 22-24, France.
Anna Bergstrom, foreign langauges and literatures, "English-
Speaking Learners' Use of Past Temporal Reference in French," at
research on second language acquisition seminar, Department of
Linguistics, University of Stockholm, Jan. 26, Sweden.
Ramiro Martinez Jr., sociology and criminal justice, with Don
Sherman Grant of University of Arizona, "Crime and the Spatial
Restructuring of the U.S. Economy: An Investigation of the Class
Linkages," at American Sociological Association annual meeting,
August, Washington, D.C.; and "Violence as a Public Health
Issue," at Department of Public Health, Florida International
University, Jan. 23.
Several members of the Center for Counseling and Student
Development participated at the Delaware Valley Counseling Center
Conference, Jan. 19, Wilmington: John Bishop, "Current Challenges
and Emerging Issues"; Leslie Orysh, "Procrastination and Task
Avoidance: An Update for the '90s"; Lisa Hargrove and Sharon
Mitchell, "Foundation Building: Reaching Out to Racial/Ethnic
Minority Students"; Jonathan Lewis, "Working with Students from
Dysfunctional Families"; and roundtable moderators, Richard
Sharf, Charles Beale, Amy Alfred and Jane Gilbert.
Paul R. Berger, electrical engineering, "New Semiconductors for
Future Computing and Communications," at Hewlett-Packard
Laboratories, Jan. 31, Palo Alto; and, with Robert Hunsperger,
electrical engineering, graduate student Wei Gao and Matthew
Ervin, Jagadeesh Pamulapati, Stephen Schaur and Richard Lareau of
the Army Research Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, N.J., "Liquid Phase
Epitaxial Growth Process of InGaAs on InP with Rare Earth
Treatment," at international symposium on novel optoelectronic
materials and devices, Jan. 27-Feb. 2, San Jose, Calif.
Rudi Matthee, history, "Tobacco in Safavid Iran," at symposium on
cross-cultural themes in 17th-century Isfahan, Jan. 8, J. Paul
Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Linda Bucher, nursing, "Preserving the Critical-Care Nursing Role
in the Next Millennium," at American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses, Southeast Pennsylvania chapter meeting, Nov. 16, Airport
Hilton, Philadelphia.
Joachim Piprek, materials science program, "Numerical Analysis of
Double-Fused Vertical-Cavity Lasers," at Xerox Palo Alto Research
Center, Jan. 23, and at Hewlett Packard Laboratories, Jan. 24,
Palo Alto.
Robert R. Nelson, hotel, restaurant and institutional management,
guest on PBS public affairs program, Challenges, discussing
"Professional Sports: Whose Team Is It?," Feb. 12, WFMZ-TV,
Allentown, Pa.
Several members of the Department of Entomology and Applied
Ecology made presentations at the Entomological Society of
America annual meeting, Dec. 17-21, Las Vegas: Charles E. Mason
with graduate student E.Y. Stromdahl, "Placement of European Corn
Borer Pheromone Traps Within Vegetation to Maximize Captures";
postdoctoral fellow, Sujaya Udayagiri, "Lipids Associated with
the Epicuticle in Corn Influence Oviposition in Ostrinia
nubilalis"; Thomas K. Wood and graduate students K.J. Tilmon and
A.B. Shantz, "Insect Race Formation: Host Fidelity During Mating
and Oviposition" and "Life History Disruption in Experimental
Host Shifts," and, Shantz and Wood, "Insect Race Formation:
Escape to Enemy-Free Species?"; and Susan P. Whitney, "ESA
Mentoring Program: How It Works and What It Can Do" and
"Education Versus Regulatory Programs: Is There a Middle Ground?"
Carolyn Fisher, animal and food sciences, "Phenolics in Spices:
Flavorants and Anticarcinogens," at American Chemical Society
meeting, Western Carolinas section, and Lander University, Jan.
24, Greenwood, S.C.
SERVICE
David J. Berilla, Career Services Center, appointed conference
chairperson of Mid-Atlantic Association of Colleges and Employers
annual conference, to be held May 12-15, Ocean City, Md.
Janice Jordan, counseling and student services, elected Region I
representative for National Association of Academic Advisers for
Athletics.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
15 years
Shirley DeBold, Dining Services, Feb. 16, 1981
Suzanne Dohl, food and resource economics, Feb. 16, 1981
William Schenck, Delaware Geological Survey, Feb. 16, 1981
John White, Public Safety, Feb. 20, 1981
10 years
Shirley Branden, library, Feb. 16, 1986
Judith Twardus, Cooperative Extension, Feb. 18, 1986
5 years
Beatrice Lyons, arts in education, Feb. 16, 1991
Lori Reinhold, Dining Services, Feb. 18, 1991
Thomas Stewart, Facilities Management, heating and cooling, Feb.
18, 1991
GRANTS
From National Science Foundation: George W. Luther III, marine
studies, $70,820 for "Metal Sulfur Complexes in Marine Waters"
and $120,651 for "Molecular Markers of Iron Limitation: Use of
Flavodoxin to Assess the Iron Status of Phytoplankton"; and
Timothy F. Pfeiffer, marine studies, $828,075 for "Ship
Operations."
Thomas M. Church and Joseph R. Scudlark, marine studies, $24,441
from University of Minnesota for "Urban Contamination of the
Great Waters: Atmospheric Deposition of Toxic Substances."
Lawrence P. Donnelley, international programs and special
sessions, and David W. Teague, University Parallel Program-
Wilmington campus, $140,510 from the U.S. Information Agency for
"Winter Institute for Study of the U.S.: Focus on American
Literature."
Joseph G. Farrell, marine studies, $23,667 from National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, for
"Mid-Atlantic Weather Reporting and Dissemination System for
MAREP."
Henry C. Foley, chemical engineering, $45,000 from DuPont Co. and
$45,000 from state under Delaware Research Partnership program
for "Composite Carbogenic Molecular Sieve Membrane Reactors:
Advanced Materials for Combined Separation and Catalysis."
Carl B. Klockars, criminal justice, $46,755 from National
Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, for "A Cross
Cultural Study of Police Corruption."
James Kolodzey and Paul R. Berger, electrical engineering,
$83,984 from Office of Naval Research for "Material Properties of
SiGeC Alloys and Heterojunctions."
Norman J. Wagner, chemical engineering, $30,000 from Eastman
Kodak Co. and $30,000 from state under Delaware Research
Partnership program for "Intelligent Processing of Composites;
Agglomeration of Particles in Polymers (Gelatin) under
Processing."
Jin H. Wu, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Marine Studies and
Civil Engineering, $34,617 from Office of Naval Research for "A
Comprehensive Study of the Bursting Phenomena above and below the
Air Water Interface."