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| Vol. 17, No. 10 | Nov. 6, 1997 |

Roger J. Steiner, linguistics, retired, editor-in-chief, Simon & Schuster's International Dictionary, second bilingual edition in English and Spanish, Macmillan, 1997.Larry Purnell and Betty Paulanka, nursing, Transcultural Healthcare: A Culturally Competent Approach, F.A. Davis, Philadelphia, 1998.
Raelene E. Maser, medical technology, with M. James Lenhard and G. Stephen DeCherney of the Medical Center of Delaware, "Vibratory Thresholds Correlation with Systolic Blood Pressure in Diabetic Women," in American Journal of Hypertension, vol. 10, pages 1044-1048.Janice Selekman and B. Snyder, nursing, "Instructional Policies on the Use of Physical Restraints on Children," in Pediatric Nursing, vol. 23, no. 5, pages 531-537.
Catherine Fitzmaurice, theatre, "Breathing Is Meaning," in The Vocal Vision.
Larry Purnell, nursing, "A Model for Cultural Competence," in International Images of Health: Philosophical and Political Dimensions, Ballarat University Press, Australia.
Gerald Reese, theatre, reviews of Seven Guitars and The Student Prince productions, in Big Shout Magazine.
Martha Carothers, art, "Process and Meaning in Artists Books," at Book For[u]ms, Oct. 20, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.James Cunningham, theatre, wrote, choreographed and performed in The Secret of the Missing Contact, at Dance Theatre Workshop and Lincoln Centre Theatre, New York City, and directed Hayfever for After Supper Theatre Company, Delaware.
Christine Johnston, nursing, "Cognitive Therapy for Difficult Patients," at British Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy, July, Canterbury, England.
Several faculty members and graduate students from the Department of Geology made presentations at the Geological Society of America annual meeting, Oct. 20-24, Salt Lake City: Billy P. Glass, "Cenozoic Distal Impact Layers in Marine Sediments"; Robert R. Jordan, "History of the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature"; graduate student Bo Li, "Climatic Instability in Two Holocene Cross Sections in the East Coast of China, with Comparison to the Atlantic Coast of Delaware, U.S.A."; Ronald E. Martin, "Secular Rise in Marine C:P Burial Ratios During the Last 0.9BY: Biomass and Diversity of the Marine Biosphere"; Susan McGreary, "The Deep Seismic Reflection Image of the Aleutian Subducting Plate as an Analog for Other Mantle Reflectors," with graduate student James D. Black and Bruce G. Bills of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, "A High-Resolution Seismic Profile of the Bonneville Salt Flats," with David E. Krantz, marine studies, and graduate student Marie G. Honeycutt, "Seismic Stratigraphy of the Holocene Transgression Across the Shallow Southwestern Margin of Delaware Bay," and with graduate student Julia Daly and Krantz, "Ground-Penetrating Radar Investigation of Holocene and Pleistocene Spits in Coastal Delaware"; James E. Pizzuto with graduate student Reed A. Schwimmer and marine studies postdoctoral fellow Wendy L. Carey, "Little Ice Age(?) Regressive Expansion of Salt Marshes of Southeastern Delaware" and with graduate student Daria L. Nikitina, "Stratigraphy and History of Tidal Wetlands of the Leipsic River, Delaware"; and John F. Wehmiller with Krantz, K. Simmons of U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, K.R. Ludwig of Berkeley Geochronology Center, H.W. Markewich of U.S. Geological Survey, Atlanta, and F. Rich and R.C. Hulbert Jr. of Georgia Southern University, "U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain Late Quaternary Geochronology: Tims U-series Coral Dates Continue to Indicate 80KRY Sea Level At Or Above Present."
Kristin Brady, theatre, stage manager for Shoot for the Stars, a Broadway benefit, and for Landis and Company Theatre of Magic.
Bethany Hall-Long, nursing, "Nurses in Action: A Community Based Service Research Learning Model," at National Primary Care Nursing Conference, May 22, East Tennessee University.
Billy P. Glass, geology, "The Origin of Tektites: When Glass fell From the Sky," at Alfred University, Oct. 23, Alfred, N.Y.
Catherine Fitzmaurice, theatre, "Acting Voice as a Therapeutic Tool," at Pan European Voice Conference, Germany; "The Fitzmaurice Method," at Voice Foundation, Philadelphia; vocal coach for Hartford Stage's production of Cymbeline; and a staged reading of Fallen Angels, at New York Theatre Workshop.
Linda Bucher, nursing, poster presentation, "A Survey of Delaware Acute Care Agencies' Use of Research-Based Protocols," at National Teaching Institute of AACN, May 19-22, Orlando.
Gerald Reese, theatre, panelist, "Arts/Crafts A Business," at national conference of United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
R.F. Simons, psychology, with graduate student J.E. Reiss, "The Palate Pulse in Particular," at 37th annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research, Oct. 16-19, Cape Cod.
Anna Bergstrom, foreign languages and literatures, "Low-Level Learners Learning Tense," at 17th annual Second Language Research Forum, Oct. 17-19, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
Robert J. Taggart, educational studies, "Teachers and the American Success Ethic," at Midwest History of Education annual meeting, Oct. 17, Loyola University, Chicago.
Ed Okonowicz, public relations, "Writing Books on Regional Folklore and Storytelling," at Middle Atlantic College Stores Inc. fall meeting, Oct. 20, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.
Christine Cannon, nursing, "Intimacy After Transplantation," at National Lung Transplant Conference, April 25, Gainesville; and, poster presentation, "Marital Stress and Coping," at Alpha 1 National Education Conference, May 3-4.
Patrica Drake, nursing, poster presentation, "Personal and Contextual Factors that Influence Maternity Clients Decision to Accept a Male Student Nurse Assignment" and Laura Griffin, nursing, with Fran Wimbush, poster presentation, "Genogram Development for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in School-Aged Children," at Beta Xi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau and DNA Research Day, March 21.
Larry Purnell, nursing, keynote address, "Delivering Culturally Congruent Mental Health Services," at Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Conference, May 5, New Orleans.
Janice Selekman, nursing, "ADHD Versus Learning Disabilities: The Newest Chronic Conditions" and "The Use of Restraints in Hospitalized Children: The Debate," at Pediatric Nursing Preparing for the 21st Century conference, Oct. 4, Washington, D.C.
Andrew Fields, finance, discussant, "Financial Adviser Reputation and the Gains from Corporate Acquisitions," at Financial Management Association meeting, October, Honolulu.
Theodore E. D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, received the Leland Peterson Award from the East-Central American Society for 18th-Century Studies, for a being "cherished friend and colleague, one who epitomizes such valued 18th-century virtues as friendship, study and congeniality."
Judith Hendricks, nursing, was re-elected president of the Delaware Board of Nursing.Barbara Sheer, nursing, is serving on the scientific committee for the International NP Conference, to be held in February in Australia.
20 Years
William E. Acquard, Dining Services, Nov. 7, 1977
Susan M. Agent, library, Nov. 9, 1987David G. Levandoski, occupational health and safety, Nov. 9, 1987
Edward N. Johnson, Facilities Management, building services, Nov. 9, 1992Theresa M. Kalesse, engineering, Nov. 9, 1992