Publications

Herbert E. Allen, civil and environmental engineering, with Sun-Jae You of Kunsan National University and Yujun Yin of Brookhaven National Laboratory, "Partitioning of Organic Matter in Soils: Effects of pH and Water/Soil Ratio," in Science of the Total Environment, vol. 227, no. 2-3, pages 155-160.

Linda S. Gottfredson, education, "The Nature and Nuture of Vocational Interests," in Vocational Interests: Their Meaning, Measurement and Use in Counseling, M.L. Savickas and A.R. Spokane, editors, Davies-Black Publishing; "The General Intelligence Factor," in Scientific American Presents, vol. 9, no. 4, pages 24-29; with Richard T. Lapan, "Assessing Gender-based Circumscription of Occupational Aspirations," in Journal of Career Assessment, vol. 5, no. 4, pages 419-441; review of Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth, in Personnel Psychology, vol. 50, no. 3, pages 741-746; editor, "Intelligence and Social Policy," special Intelligence issue, "Why g Matters: The Complexity of Everyday Life," pages 79-132, and "Mainstream Science on Intelligence: An Editorial with 52 Signatories, History and Bibliography," pages 13-23, in Intelligence, vol. 24, no. 1; "Construct Validity," "GATB," "Intelligence Testing" and "Norms," entries in Blackwell Dictionary of Human Resource Management, Oxford; "Multiculturalism in the Workplace," in The Psychologist-Manager, vol. 1, pages 23-24; and review of B.M. Roth's "Prescription for Failure, Race Relations in the Age of Social Science," in Political Psychology, vol. 18, pages 209-215.

Presentations

John C. Kraft, H. Fletcher Brown Professor of Geology, with Helmut Engelmann of University of Köln, Ilhan Kayan of Ege University and Helmut Bruckner of Marburg University, an invited poster, "Evolution of the Harbors of Ancient Ephesus and the Artemision: Geological, Archaeological and Ancient Literature Evidence of Changes in Ancient Geographies," at symposium sponsored by Austrian Academy of Science, the Institute for Classical Archaeology at University of Vienna and the Austrian Archaeological Institute, March 26-27, Austria.

Robert L. Hampel, education, "Today's Teens," a WDEL radio interview, May 6, Wilmington.

Russell R. Dynes, sociology and criminal justice, "Current Research at the Disaster Research Center," at Institute of Civil Infrastructure Systems, Robert Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, April 21, New York City; and "The Social Dimensions of a Global Disaster Information Network," at international conference on information systems for disaster management, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Environment, May 11-14, Mexico City.

Peter Roe, anthropology, "Shipibo Material Culture," at St. Mary's College, May 5, St. Mary's City, Md.

Sunil K. Agrawal, mechanical engineering, with X. Xu, "Linear Time-Varying Dynamic Systems Optimization via Higher-Order Method Using Shifted Chebyshev's Polynomials," in Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Transactions of the ASME, vol. 121, no. 2, pages 258-261; with M. Annapragada, "Design and Experiments on a Free-Floating Planar Robot for Optimal Chase and Capture Operations in Space," in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 26, no. 4, pages 281-297; with A. Gokee, "Mass Center of Planar Mechanisms Using Auxiliary Parallelograms," in Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of ASME, vol. 121, no. 1, pages 166-168; with D. Tong and R.W. Williams II, "Optimal Shape Control of Composite Thin Plates with Piezoelectric Actuators," in Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, vol. 9, pages 458-467; and with T. Veeraklaew and B.C. Fabien, "Direct and Indirect Optimization of Linear Time-Invariant Dynamic Systems Using Transformations," in Optimal Control Applications and Methods, vol. 19, pages 393-410.

Linda Gottfredson, education, "The American Meritocracy: Is it Fair?" at Washington College, Nov. 16, Chestertown, Md.; "Intelligence and the American Ambivalence Towards Talent," a keynote presentation, at Wallace Research Symposium, May 22, University of Iowa, Iowa City; "Multiculturalism and Affirmative Action: Cancers or Cures?" at Elizabethtown College, Nov. 12, 1997, Elizabethtown, Pa.; "Boulders and Building Blocks in Workplace Equity," at New Jersey Department of Personnel second annual conference, Oct. 30, 1997, College of New Jersey; "What is g and Why the Flight From It?" at Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Oct. 3,1997, Blacksburg, Va.; "The Flight From g," at International Personnel Management Association Assessment Council convention, June 25, 1997, Newport Beach, Calif.; "The Nature of Vocational Interests," at Society for Vocational Psychology meeting, May 22, 1997, Lehigh, Pa.

Daniel Green, political science and international relations, "Constructing Liberal Moments: Security, Systemic Norms and National Democracy, 1919, 1945, 1989," at conference on global processes/domestic consequences, Center for International Studies, April 9-11, Duke University.

Steve Tague, theatre, served as dialect coach for Delaware Theatre Company's production of Dancing at Lughnasa. Joann Browning, theatre, served as choreographer for the production.

Douglas Tuttle, public administration, "The Impact of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure on Campus Security Policy and Crime Disclosure Act," at International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators regional meetings, March 11, Spokane; April 7, Manchester, N.H.; April 26, Marietta, Ohio; and May 2, Ames, Iowa.

Michael Arnold, economics, "Search and Posted Prices," at Eastern Economics meetings, March 12-14, Boston.

Anniversaries

25 years

Edward J. Drozd, internal audit, May 16, 1974

20 years

Ronald J. Beaver, Facilities Management, fire alarm inspection, May 21, 1979

P. A. McDowell-Garner, Facilities Management, building services, May 21, 1979

10 years

Nelcenia J. Downer, residence life, May 22, 1989

Scott D. Eatough, intercollegiate athletics, May 24, 1989

Cynthia Lee Rappold, investment accounting, May 22, 1989

5 years

William W. Brock, Facilities Management, heating and cooling, May 24, 1994

Kimberley J. Shropshire, entomology and applied ecology, May 23, 1994

Grants

Michael L. Vaughan, engineering, $20,000 from Junior Engineering Technical Society for "JETS Summer '97 UNITE."

Anthony S. Wexler, mechanical engineering, $51,804 from MCNC Electronic and Information Technologies for "Heterogeneous Chemistry Improvements for the CalTech and EPA Aerosol Modules."

Susan P. Whitney, entomology and applied ecology, $5,717 from U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Development of Commodity and Pest Management Profiles for Delaware Lima Beans and Snap Beans."

Danilo Yanich, Center for Community Development and Family Policy, $51,200 from the Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable and Educational Fund for "Crime, Justice and Local TV News."

Awards

Russell R. Dynes, sociology and criminal justice, received the Distinguished Ph.D. Alumnus Award as part of the centennial celebration of the Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, April 9, Columbus.

Linda Gottfredson, education, was elected a fellow of the American Psychological Society in 1998.

Service

Barbara Graham, facilities administration, was elected secretary of the Delaware Valley Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers at its 11th annual meeting.

Hal White, chemistry and biochemistry, with Carl Rhodes of Stanford University organized a session at the May meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, titled "The Boyer Report: Implications and Can it Be Implemented?" The report, issued last year, criticized undergraduate education at large research universities.