Vol. 17, No. 21Feb. 26, 1998

Publications

Anne Bowler, sociology and criminal justice, "Asylum Art: The Social Construction of an Aesthetic Category," in Outsider Art: Contesting Boundaries in Contemporary Culture, pages 11-36, Cambridge University Press.

Ken Haas, criminal justice, "Too Young to Die? The U.S. Supreme Court and the Juvenile Death Penalty," in Juvenile Justice: Policies, Programs and Services, pages 250-269, Nelson-Hall, Chicago.

Theodore E.D. Braun, foreign languages and literatures, "Diderot, the Ghost of Bayle, Atheists and the Morality Scoreboard," pages 45-55, and review of Rousseau by Robert Wokler, pages 223-224, in Diderot Studies, vol. 27, 1998.

A. Julian Valbuena, Elias Ahuja Professor of Spanish, "Esos Maravillosos, Extranos, /Raros y Varios Sucesos: Ensayo Sobre el Tratamiento del Espacio en Hado y Divisa de Leonida y Marfisa de Calderon," in La Chispa '87. Selected Proceedings. The 18th Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures, pages 395-404, Tulane University.

Presentations

Peter Kolchin, Henry Clay Reed Professor of History, four lectures on the topic of "American Slavery and Emancipation in Comparative Perspective," at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, January.

Liane Sorenson, women's affairs, remarks at opening of touring pictorial exhibit, "Living and Giving: Breast Cancer Survivors," Feb. 23, Wilmington Trust Center, main lobby, Wilmington.

Service

Susan Foster, information technologies, was elected to a second term as chairperson of the board of directors of CAUSE, the association for managing and using information resources in higher education. She also serves on the board working to consolidate CAUSE and Educom, the higher education association focused on technology in education.

Gordon J. DiRenzo, sociology, named to the task force on legislative resources, Association of State and Provincial Boards of Psychology.

Maria C. Pautler, plant and soil sciences, named to a two-year term as chairperson of the Association of Women Soil Scientists.

Happy anniversary

20 Years

Dwight Brokenbrough, residential conference facilities, shops, March 1, 1978

Walter E. Kee, plant and soil sciences, March 1, 1978

15 Years

Deanna M. Creswell, residential conference facilities, shops, Feb. 28, 1983

10 Years

David R. Johnson, physics and astronomy, March 1, 1988

David M. Platt, public safety, Feb. 29, 1988

Kelvin W. Ramsey, Delaware Geological Survey, March 1, 1988

Lyleen Woomer, benefits services, March 1, 1988

5 Years

Pauly Iheanacho, library, March 1, 1993