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September 21, 1995
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Jay L. Halio, English, editor, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet":
Texts, Contexts and Interpretation, Associated University Presses
Inc., 1995.
Jean Pfaelzer, English, editor, A Rebecca Harding Davis Reader,
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
Hans-Peter Breuer, English (deceased), editor with James K. Lyon,
Brecht Unbound, Associated University Presses Inc., 1995.
Susan Goodman, English, Edith Wharton's Inner Circle, University
of Texas Press, 1994.
Marcia Peoples Halio, English, Writing With WordPerfect for MS-
DOS Machines, HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995.
Robert A. Day, English, Scientific English: A Guide for
Scientists and Other Professionals, second edition, Oryx Press,
1995, Phoenix.
PUBLICATIONS
Robert W. Keown, animal and food sciences, C. Paul Malone,
textiles, design and consumer economics, Mark A. Barteau,
chemical engineering, with students Ji Zhang and Brian A. Watson,
"Investigation of Sulfonated Aromatic Compound (SAC) Modification
to Nylon Gilm. Study of SAC Sorption Isotherm and Atomic Force
Microscopic Characterization of Nylon Surfaces," in Langmuir,
vol. 11, pages 3018-3023, 1995.
Ronald E. Martin, geology, "Cyclic and Secular Variation in
Microfossil Biomineralization: Clues to the Biogeochemical
Evolution of Phanerozoic Oceans," in Global and Planetary Change,
vol. 11, pages 1-23.
A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, "Un Dialogo
de Imagenes Biblicas en la Narrativa de Delibes," in Studies in
Honor of Donald W. Bleznick, Delia V. Galvan, Anita K. Stoll and
Philippa Brown Yin, editors, pages 203-214, Newark, Juan de la
Cuesta, 1995.
Rudi Matthee, history, "The East India Company Trade in Kerman
Wool, 1658-1730," in Etudes Safavides, Jean Calmard, editor,
pages 343-383, Paris.
Patricia A. DeLeon, biology, with P.A. Janne, J.M. Rochelle, D.
Stambolian, M.F. Seldin of University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine and R.L. Nussbaum, National Center for Human Genome
Research, "Mapping of the 75-kDa Inositol Polyphosphate-5-
Phosphatase (Inpp5b) to Distal Mouse Chromosome 4 and Its
Exclusion as a Candidate Gene for Dysgenetic Lens," in Genomics,
vol. 28, pages 280-285.
John B. Bishop, counseling and student development, "Emerging
Administrative Strategies for College and University Counseling
Centers," in the Journal of Counseling and Development, vol. 74,
pages 33-38, September/October 1995.
Sheldon D. Pollack, accounting, "The GOP's Flat Tax Obsession,"
in The New Republic, Sept. 18 and 25, 1995.
Roberta M. Golinkoff, educational studies, with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
of Temple University and L. Reeves, "Constructivist Explanations
for Language Acquisition May Be Insufficient: The Case for
Language-Specific Principles," in The Nature and Ontogenesis of
Meaning, pages 237-254, Ablex, Norwood, N.J.; with C.B. Mervis
and J. Bertrand, "Two-year-olds Readily Learn Multiple Labels for
the Same Basic Level Category," in Child Development, vol. 65,
pages 971-991; with Hirsh-Pasek, "Reinterpreting Children's
Sentence Comprehension: Toward a New Framework," in The Handbook
of Child Language, pages 430-461, Blackwell, London; with Hirsh-
Pasek and M. Tucker, "Dynamical Systems: Reinterpreting Prosodic
Bootstrapping," in Signal to Syntax: Bootstrapping from Speech to
Grammar in Early Acquisition, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Hillsdale, N.J.; with Hirsh-Pasek, Mervis, W. Frawley and M.
Parillo, "Lexical Principles Can Be Extended to the Acquisition
of Verbs," in Beyond Names for Things: Young Childcren's
Acquisition of Verbs, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale,
N.J.; with Hirsh-Pasek, G. Hermon and D. Kaufman, "Evidence from
Comprehension for the Early Knowledge of Pronouns," in The
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Child Language Research Forum,
pages 53-59, Center for the Study of Language and Information,
Stanford; and with M. Shuff-Bailey, K. Olguin and W. Ruan, "Young
Children Extend Novel Words at the Basic Level: Evidence for the
Principle of Categorical Scope," in Developmental Psychology,
vol. 31, pages 494-507.
PRESENTATIONS
Kenneth Koford, economics, "Equilibrium in Markets When Agents
Can Vary in Ethical Character," at seventh World Conference of
Econometrics Society, Aug. 22-29, Tokyo.
Stacie Beck, economics, "Option Value of Liquidity," at Western
Economic Association meetings, July 4-7, San Diego.
Barbara Landau, psychology, "Language and Experience:
Retrospective and Prospective," at Symposium on Blindness and
Child Development, Sept. 3-8, University of Warwick, UK.
Marvin Zuckerman, psychology, "Biological Bases of Personality,"
at European Congress of Psychology, July 1-7, Athens, Greece; and
"Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases of Sensation," at
International Society for the Study of Individual Differences
symposium, July 14-19, Warsaw.
John D. Meakin, "Aesthetic and Economic Impacts of Air Pollution
on Our Cultural Heritage," to Louisiana chapter, Save Outdoor
Sculptures, Aug. 17, Natchitoches, La.
Elaine Safer, English, "Black Humor and Comic Irony in John
Hawkes' Novels," at International Society for Humor Studies
Conference, July 30-Aug. 3, Birmingham, England.
Four members of the Department of Political Science and
International Relations attended the American Political Science
Association Conference, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, in Chicago: Marian
Palley, "Operative Federalism: Health Care Reforms in the States"
and participant in roundtable discussion, "Conducting a
Departmental Review," and a departmental chairs conference; Sue
Davis, discussant, "The Dynamics of Supreme Court Decision-
Making"; Leslie F. Goldstein, panel participant, "Roundtable on
Martin Shapiro's On the State of the Discipline: Law and Courts"
and "Law and Rulemaking in the European Union"; and Joseph Pika,
panel participant, "Roundtable on Studying the White House Over
Time."
Dennis H. Evans, chemistry and biochemistry, with graduate
student Kai Hu, "Electron-Transfer Reactions with Significant
Inner Reorganization Energies. Two-Electron Oxidation of
Derivatives of 1,4-bis (Dialkylamino)-1,3-Butadiene," at 46th
annual meeting, International Society of Electrochemistry, Aug.
31, Xiamen, China, and "Electroanalytical Studies of Fullerene
Derivatives," at Nanjing University, Sept. 4, Nanjing, China.
Roberta Golinkoff, educational studies, with Kathy Hirsh-Pasek of
Temple University, "Let the Mute Speak: What Infants Can Tell Us
About Language Acquisition," at American Psychological
Association, Aug. 12, New York City.
George Whitmyre, chemical engineering, "Laboratory Hazard Review
in a Chemical Engineering Department," at American Chemical
Society annual meeting, Aug. 22, Chicago.
Palaniappa Krishnan, agricultural engineering, with graduate
student Kishore Ballal, operations research, L. James Kemble,
agricultural engineering, and Alex Issler of RAFAEL, "Effect of
Nozzle Coating on Nozzle Wear," at American Society of
Agricultural Engineers conference, July 30-Aug. 2, Bar Harbor,
Maine.
Ronald E. Martin, geology, with graduate student Scott P.
Hippensteel, "Foraminifera as Indicators of Overwash Deposits and
Barrier Island Sediment Supply, Folly Beach, S.C.," at Society
for Sedimentary Geology Congress, Aug. 13-16, St. Petersburg,
Fla.
SERVICE AND AWARDS
Chandray L. Reedy, art conservation, appointed editor-in-chief of
the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation.
Patricia A. DeLeon, biology, received a certificate and a
citation in appreciation of her service as a member the
Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee to the National Institutes of
Health from 1992-1995.
Ronald E. Martin, geology, was one of 12 North American and
European geologists to visit Cuba as part of a five-day field
trip sponsored by the Society of Sedimentary Geology, Aug. 17-21.
Kathryn L. Kotula, animal and food sciences, as scientific
adviser to the National Broiler Council, was a guest on Kitchen
Koach, Aug. 28 and 31, on TV NewsChannel 8, which broadcasts to
Washington, D.C., suburban Maryland and northern Virginia.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
15 years
Susan Coombes, mechanical engineering, Sept. 24, 1980
Leathia Cooper, bookstore, Sept. 22, 1980
Brian McCandless, energy conservation, Sept. 22, 1980
Madlen Michael, Dining Services, Sept. 22, 1980
Helen Waters, Dining Services, Sept. 22, 1980
10 years
Walter Dabell, marine studies, Sept. 23, 1985
Nancy Davis, political science and international relations, Sept.
23, 1985
GRANTS
Peter W. Rees, geography, $50,000 from National Geographic
Society Education Foundation for "Delaware Geographic Alliance
Program '95."
Evelyn Satinoff, psychology, $164,026 from National Institute of
Mental Health for "Thermoregulation, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythms
in Aging."
Harry L. Shipman, physics and astronomy, $45,000 from National
Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Probing the Mystery of
the Unidentified EUVE Sources."
Rebecca Siders, urban affairs and public policy, $4,658 from
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control, Division of Parks and Recreation, for "Fort DuPont
National Register Nomination," and with Bernard L. Herman, art
history, $27,500 from Delaware Division of Historical and
Cultural Affairs, State Historic Preservation Office, for
"Delaware Threatened Buildings Survey and Documentation and 18th-
Century Rural Dwelling Nomination."
Douglass F. Taber, chemistry and biochemistry, $69,365 from
Vanderbilt University for "Structural Identification of
Prostaglandin Conjugates."
Douglas W. Tallamy, entomology and applied ecology, $15,000 from
MicroFlo Co. and $8,000 from state under Delaware Research
Partnership program for "Variation in Diabtroticite Cucurbitacin
Sensitivity."
John H. Talley and Suzanne Sayer, Delaware Geological Survey,
$24,563 from Delaware Department of Public Safety, Delaware
Emergency Management Agency, for "Planning, Training, Education
and Administration for the Earthquake Program."
Clinton Tymes, business and economics, $2,000 from New Castle
County for Delaware Small Business Development Center.