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October 12, 1995
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
A. LeRoy Bennett, political science and international relations,
emeritus, Historical Dictionay of the United Nations, Scarecrow
Press, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
Elizabeth M. Perse, communication, with M. Brian Emerson,
Delaware '92, "Media Events and Sports Orientations to the 1992
Winter Olympics," in The Journal of International Communication,
vol. 2, no. 1, 1995.
Nancy Signorielli, communication, with George Gerbner of
University of Pennsylvania and Michael Morgan of University of
Massachusetts, "Violence on Television: The Cultural Indicators
Project," in Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, vol.
39, pages 278-283, 1995.
Linda Hughes, educational studies, "Children's Games and Gaming,"
in Children's Folklore: A Sourcebook, pages 93-119, Garland,
1995.
Douglas M. McLeod, communication, "Communicating Deviance: The
Effects of Television News Coverage of Social Protest," in
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, vol. 39, pages 4-
19, 1995.
Kate Scantlebury, chemistry and biochemistry, "Challenging Gender-
Blindness in Preservice Secondary Science Teachers," in Journal
of Science Teacher Education, vol. 6, no. 3, pages 134-142.
Larry Peterson, music, "Music Literature Instruction and
Multimedia: A Delaware Perspective," in Musicus: Computer
Applications in Music Education, vol. 4, pages 53-60, June 1995.
PRESENTATIONS
Angela B. Case, clinical studies for teacher education, with
Carroll Shannon of Red Clay Consolidated School District,
"Development and Implementation of PATHWISE, A Performance
Assessment for Student Teachers," at conference on restructuring
teacher education for the 21st century, Sept. 8-9, Merrimac,
Wisc.
Rudi Matthee, history, "Iran's Ottoman Diplomacy under Shah
Sulayman (1666-1694)," at third International Conference of
Iranian Studies, Sept. 13, Cambridge, England.
Damiel M. Green, political science and international relations,
"Ghana: Structural Adjustment and the Reconstruction of State-
Society Relations," at conference on the African state, Sept. 29,
University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Linda Hughes, educational studies, "The Study of Children's
Gaming," at World Play Conference, June 5-10, Salzburg, Austria;
and, discussant, "Considerations in Setting a Research Agenda for
Folk Arts Education," at American Folklore Society meeting, Oct.
12-15, Lafayette, La.
Robert Taggart, educational studies, "Pierre S. du Pont's
Contribution to African-American Education in Delaware," at
Delaware State University, Sept. 27, Dover.
SERVICE
Linda Hughes, educational studies, was elected executive
secretary-treasurer of the Association for the Study of Play in
June and served as folklife education consultant for a
Pennsylvania Folklife Education Standards demonstration project
at Pollock School, Philadelphia, in July.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
25 years
Barbara Vaughn, library, Oct. 19, 1970
15 years
Theodore Brown, facilities management, building services, Oct. 6,
1980
Diane Murray, Disaster Research Center, Oct. 16, 1980
Terri Butters Parton, facilities management, operations center,
Oct. 6, 1980
Tamara Schirmer, marine studies, Oct. 16, 1980
Magaret Sigmund, foreign languages and literatures, Oct. 8, 1980
10 years
Shirley Jarrell, admissions, Oct. 14, 1985
Dean Nairn, User Services, Oct. 16, 1985
Anita Shipman, Network and Systems Services, Oct. 16, 1985
Karen Smith, Public Safety, Oct. 7, 1985
5 years
Alice Marie Beardsley, vice provost for research office, Oct. 15,
1990
Jeanne Kennedy, continuing education, Oct. 15, 1990
Grace Lawson, urban affairs and public policy, Oct. 17, 1990
David Lytle, library, Oct. 16, 1990
Camilla Day Morris, cashier, Oct. 15, 1990
Ruth Trimble, library, Oct. 16, 1990
GRANTS
From Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and
Their Families: Mary Argo, Cooperative Extension, $44,407 for
"Delaware Community Clusters Against Substance Abuse 95-96"; and
Gweneth B. Brown, educational development, $80,000 for "The PACT
Family Support Network--Community-Based Parent Support."
From National Science Foundation: M. Sandra Carberry and Kathleen
F. McCoy, computer and information sciences, $69,600 for
"Traineeships in Natural Language Human-Computer Interfaces";
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical
Engineering, $192,000 for "Pathogenesis of Device-related
Infections"; and Jonathan H. Sharp, marine studies, $112,500 for
"A Graduate Research Traineeship Program in Coastal Ocean
Processes."
From U.S. Department of Agriculture: Harry W. Shenton, civil and
environmental engineering, $102,000 for "Passive Energy
Dissipation in Wood Frame Shear Walls for Improved Seismic and
Wind Response"; and James T. Sims, plant and soil sciences,
$2,400 for "Rural Environmental Problems: The Phosphorus Problem
in the Border Counties."
From U.S. Department of Energy: David L. Kirchman, marine
studies, $95,000 for "Degradation of Particulate Organic Matter
in Coastal Oceans: The Chitinase System at a Molecular Level";
and Fadil Santosa, mathematical sciences, $38,607 for "Efficient
Algorithms for Large Scale Optimization with Applications to
Inverse Problems."
A. Peter Allan, mechanical engineering, and Andras Z. Szeri,
Spencer Professor of Mechanical Engineering, $19,080 from
National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Aircraft
Reduced Gravity Environment Optimization: Modeling, Analysis, and
Design Support."
Robert B. Carroll, plant and soil sciences, an additional $2,000
from San Diego State University Foundation for "San Diego State
University Foundation Egyptian National Agriculture Research
Project."
Robert Eisenberger, psychology, $61,276 from National Institute
of Mental Health for "Learned Effort."
Patrick M. Gaffney, marine studies, from National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Sea Grant Program, $13,117 for
"Genetic Monitoring of Tetraploid Hybrid Oysters"; $5,863 for
"Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory CROSBreed Project"; $97,961
for "Development of Nuclear DNA Markers and Pedigreed Families
for Disease Resistance and Genetic Mapping in the Eastern
Oyster"; and $48,128 for "Evaluation of American Oyster Stocks
for Resource Rehabilitation: Disease Resistance and Genetics."
Linda G. Gordon and Barbara Y. Thomas, academic services,
$226,757 from U.S. Department of Education for "Upward Bound
Program 95-96."
Ikramul P. Huq, marine studies, $4,000 from DuPont Co. for
"Evaluate and Modify Apparatus Provided for Quantatively
Measuring Microconductivity of Fluid Jets in Stirred Tank
Provided."
Mark A. Isaacs, agricultural research and education center,
$21,019 from Delaware Soybean Board for "Stainless Steel Belt
Sprayer."
Arnold L. Reingold, chemistry and biochemistry, $30,000 jointly
from Delaware Research Partnership Program and Montell Corp. for
"Structural Characterization of Catalytic Materials."
Joseph R. Scudlark and Thomas M. Church, marine studies, $23,000
from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for "Atmospheric Wet
Deposition of Mercury to Chesapeake Bay."
Rebecca Siders, urban affairs and public policy, an additional
$4,348 from Delaware Department of State, Division of Historical
and Cultural Affairs, for "Tenancy Nomination and Delaware
Threatened Buildings Survey."
Rivers Singleton Jr., biology, $2,000 from the Academy of Applied
Science for "Delaware Junior Science and Humanities Symposium."
William B. Stanley, educational development, $3,200 from Delaware
Department of Public Instruction for "NCSS Workshop."
Richard L. Venesky, Unidel Professor of Educational Studies,
$115,496 from Policy Studies Associates Inc. for "Advanced
Technologies for Promoting Reading and Writing among School
Children."
Norman J. Wagner, chemical engineering, $30,000 from Eastman
Kodak Co., Materials Science and Engineering Division, for "Shear
Induced Agglomeration of Latex Dispersions."