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| Vol. 18, No. 6 | Oct. 8, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 6 | Oct. 8, 1998 |
Following are brief profiles of the University's newest group of administrative personnel, who are responsible for directing and assisting academic programs.
Stuart A. Binder-Macleod, associate professor of physical therapy, has been at UD since 1987. His research investigates the relationship between the activation frequency of skeletal muscle and the force output produced.
This information can be used both to increase understanding of the neural control of muscle force and to help with the design of muscle stimulators that can be used to help individuals with paralysis due to central nervous system dysfunction to perform functional movements.
He teaches courses in clinical electrotherapy, and he holds joint appointments in the Department of Biology, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience and the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomechanics and Movement Sciences.
He serves in the Geriatric and Rehabilitation Medicine study section of the National Institutes of Health and is member of the editorial board of Physical Therapy, the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
Binder-Macleod also serves on the Scientific Review Committee of the Foundation for Physical Therapy and is the finance chairperson of the Section on Research of the APTA.
He received his bachelor's degree from State University of New York at Buffalo, a master's degree from Emory University and a doctorate in physiology from the Medical College of Virginia. He taught at Emory University before joining the UD faculty.
John S. Boyer
Program Director, Marine Biology and Biochemistry
A member of the UD faculty since 1987, John S. Boyer is the E.I. du Pont Professor of Marine Plant Biochemistry/ Biophysics in the College of Marine Studies, and holds a joint professorship in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Boyer's research explores how marine and terrestrial plants are affected by water availability, with particular emphasis on the inhibitory effects of dehydration or salinity and how they may be reversed.
The work investigates cell enlargement, photosynthesis and reproduction, using the tools of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology.
He teaches physiology and biochemistry in Lewes. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he has served on several editorial boards of professional journals and international reviews and as president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists.
Boyer graduated from Swarthmore College and earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and a doctorate from Duke University. Before coming to UD, he held professorships at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and Texas A&M University.
Daniel D. Carson, professor of biological sciences, joined the UD faculty this summer after serving for 15 years on the faculty at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, where he was H.E.B. Professor of Cancer Research.
His research interests focus on the roles that cell surface and extracellular matrix molecules play in embryonic development. A major research emphasis is in the areas of embryo implantation into the uterine wall and how this process is modulated both positively and negatively by complex glycoproteins expressed on both embryonic and uterine cell surfaces.
Other areas of emphasis examine the function of similar glycoproteins and glycoprotein binding proteins in cartilage formation in developing embryos as well as in regulation of blood coagulation events. Experimental approaches include the use of molecular and cell biological techniques.
Carson is a member of the NIH Reproductive Biology Study Section and is an editorial broad member of the journals of Biology of Reproduction and Endocrinology.
He also serves as a reviewer for other journals in the fields of reproductive and developmental biology and biochemistry. In addition, he is a consultant to several biotechnology companies in the field of extra cellular matrix biology.
He has chaired or cochaired a number of local, national and international meetings and organizations emphasizing early embryonic development and uterine physiology.
He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in microbiology from Temple University, followed by postdoctoral studies in biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins University Medical School.
Richard Garvine, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies, joined the UD faculty in 1977.
His research interests are in the study of circulation in the coastal ocean and estuaries. This involves both field observation studies and mathematical modeling.
Garvine and his former graduate students discovered and named the Delaware Coastal Current-a persistent flow of fresher water off the coast of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia-that originates from the outflow of lighter water from the Delaware Estuary. He also collaborates with Charles E. Epifanio, marine studies, in the investigation of the ecology of the Atlantic blue crab.
Garvine teaches courses in geophysical fluid dynamics and estuarine and Continental Shelf physical dynamics.
He earned his bachelor's degree in aeronautical and astonautical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed his doctorate in aerospace and mechanical science at Princeton University. After research in high-speed fluid dynamics, he changed his research area to physical oceanography and was a faculty member at the University of Connecticut before his arrival at Delaware.
Ann Eden Gibson writes on modern and contemporary art and is best known for her work on abstract expressionism.
She has held fellowships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Center for Studies in the Visual Art at the National Gallery, the Smithsonian and the Getty Research Institute.
Interested in the interaction of vision and language in the production of culture, Gibson's dissertation on the artists' magazines associated with New York abstract expressionism prompted her to examine mid-century abstraction first in terms of its intellectual relation to literature, psychology and philosophy-in Issues in Abstract Expressionism and The Artist-Run Periodicals-and then in terms of race and gender-in Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics.
She specializes in art after World War II, teaching courses in semiotics, abstraction, allegory, pop art, minimalism, feminist theory and contemporary women's art, postmodernism and co-teaching art and philosophy.
Gibson recently has begun to curate the exhibition "Judith Godwin, Style and Grace" for the Museum of Western Virginia.
She holds a master's degree in ceramics from Kent State University and taught studio art for 10 years before beginning her master's of art program in art history at the University of Pittsburgh, where she later received the Distinguished Alumna Award.
She received her doctorate in 1984 from the University of Delaware, and she has taught at the University of Pittsburgh, Yale University, State University of New York-Stony Brook and UCLA.
Carole Haber
Chairperson, Department of History
Carole Haber came to Delaware this fall from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where she served for the last five years as chairperson of the history department. Prior to that time, she was coordinator of UNC-Charlotte's American Studies Program.
Haber's research has focused largely on the social and medical aspects of aging in America. The author of three books and numerous articles and book chapters, she serves on the editorial board of The Journal of Aging Studies and Applied Gerontology, as well as on the executive board of the Gerontological Society of America.
Her current research focuses on the changing medical response of physicians to the death of their patients in the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. Haber teaches a variety of courses on 19th-century America, focusing on medical, family and social history.
She graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in history. She received her master's and doctoral degrees from the Department of American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert Hampel
Interim Director, School of Education
Robert Hampel joined the UD faculty in 1985 and has taught courses in qualitative methods, policy and history of education and curriculum. In 1995, he received the University's Excellence-in-Teaching Award and, in 1997, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Faculty Award in the then College of Education.
He is the author of Temperance and Prohibition in Massachusetts, 1813-1852 and The Last Little Citadel: American High Schools Since 1940. Last year, he coauthored Kids and School Reform, a study of how 150 teenagers in five high schools perceive school reform.
Hampel has served in a number of roles throughout the state of Delaware. He was a Public Service Fellow in the Governor's Office, a trustee of the Sanford School and a consultant to the state of Delaware Department of Education.
He was graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and received his doctorate in history from Cornell University.
Francis Kwansa
Interim Chairperson,Department of Hotel, Restaurant
and Institutional Management (HRIM)
Francis Kwansa, associate professor of hotel, restaurant and institutional management, has been at UD since 1995. His teaching and areas of expertise include hospitality finance, accounting and gaming management. His research interests include mergers and acquisitions, business failure analysis and entrepreneurship.
Kwansa has chaired and served on several doctoral and master's committees at both Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Michigan State University.
He was on the faculty in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's Hospitality and Tourism Management Program, where he received awards in teaching excellence and service.
He is associate editor of the Journal of Hospitality Financial Management and serves on the editorial boards of two other academic journals. In addition, he is on the Financial Management Committee of the American Hotel and Motel Association.
Kwansa received his bachelor's degree in economics and psychology from the University of Ghana, a master's degree in economics from Virginia State University and a doctorate in hospitality finance from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Kenneth M. Lomax
Chairperson, Department of Bioresources Engineering
Kenneth M. Lomax, appointed chairperson of bioresources engineering July 1, began his UD career in 1979 as an assistant professor and was named an associate professor in 1985.
He has received numerous honors, including the University's Excellence-in-Teaching Award and the college's Academic Advisement Award.
According to Lomax, "Bioresources as a word recognizes the wide range of subjects studied in our department, from engineering issues related to storm water runoff and wetlands to the testing of soybean oil for hydraulics."
Lomax's areas of research specialization include electricity and instrumentation and processing and waste management. He also has an interest in environmental controls, such as humidity and temperature that affect mushroom production.
Lomax's goals as chair of the department include strengthening relationships with area community colleges to provide baccaulerate education for individuals with associate degrees. He also wants to expand on the department's collaborative projects with industry.
He earned a bachelors' degree in chemical engineering from Lafayette College, a master's degree in entomology and applied ecology from UD and a doctorate in agricultural engineering from the University of Maryland.
Audrey Noble
Interim Director, Education Research and Development Center
As interim director of the Education Research and Development Center, Audrey Noble is responsible for the coordination and supervision of a variety of development, evaluation and research projects related to the state's standards-based reform initiative. The center provides support to a variety of educational policymakers, including the Business/Public Education Council, the Delaware Department of Education and the state legislature. She also teaches courses in qualitative research in the School of Education in the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy.
Noble has worked in public school systems in New York Pennsylvania and Arizona for 15 years as a teacher, counselor and school administrator. While in Arizona from 1990-94, her research focused on the Arizona Student Assessment Program, the state's measurement-drive educational reform initiative.
She has a master's in counselor education from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies, with an emphasis on qualitative research methodology and evaluation, from Arizona State University.
Rob Palkovitz
Interim Chairperson, Department of Individual and Family Studies
Rob Palkovitz, associate professor and interim chairperson of the Department of Individual and Family Studies, joined the UD faculty in 1983. His teaching interests are in the area of lifespan development, intergenerational relationships and family development.
Palkovitz is an expert on fatherhood, currently studying a diverse sample of 40 fathers to understand men's perspectives on the effects of fatherhood on their adult development. In this study, men were interviewed concerning developmental trajectories in the areas of work, marriage, social, emotional, moral, spiritual and physical health and other realms. His research and theoretical work also has focused on reconceptualizations of parental involvement in child care and developmental outcome measures.
Palkovitz is a member of the Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family and the National Council on Family Relations, where he is currently a cochairperson of the Men in Families Focus Group. He serves on the editorial board of Marriage and Family Review and frequently reviews fatherhood articles for a variety of professional journals and developmental textbooks.
Palkovitz was recognized as the Outstanding Faculty Member of the then College of Human Resources in 1989 and was recognized by Family Science Review as being among the nation's top 30 faculty members for quality research in family studies in 1989.
He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Virginia and master's and doctoral degrees in developmental psychology from Rutgers University.
Lt. Col. Paul A. Pusecker III
Chairperson, Department of Military Science
Paul A. Pusecker III recently took over command of the Army ROTC Blue Hen Battalion at UD. A 1981 Distinguished Military Graduate of the Seton Hall University Army ROTC program, he accepted a regular Army commission in the Adjutant General Corps.
During his 17 years of military service, he has been stationed in Germany, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, Kansas and Texas.
He has served in a number of administrative and personnel management roles, in addition to faculty positions at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. His civilian/military education includes a bachelor's degree in political science from Seton Hall University and a master's degree in social psychology from Pennsylvania State University.
He also is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth.
Carol Vukelich
Interim Director, Center for Teacher Education
Carol Vukelich, professor of education, joined the UD faculty in 1972 and received an Excellence-in-Teaching Award in 1985.
Since the early 1980s, she has been coordinator of the Master of Instruction Program, the School of Education's largest graduate program, and also director of in-service education. In the latter role, she has worked with teachers and administrators across the state, helping them with professional development needs.
Her teaching interests are in the literary area, specifically working with teachers to enhance their teaching and writing. Her research focuses on strategies to enhance children's development as writers and on teachers' development as teachers of literacy.
Vukelich serves on the editorial review board of Reading Research Quarterly, is a reviewer for several other journals, recently edited a special issue of Childhood Education and is a coauthor of Teaching Language and Literacy.
As interim director of the Delaware Center for Teacher Education, she is responsible for strengthening pre-service and in-service teacher education, improving the education community's access to UD's teacher education and professional development programs and supporting the state's efforts to enhance teacher and professional development. Vukelich holds a bachelor's degree in elementary/ early childhood education from Bemidji State University, a master's degree in early childhood education/literacy and a doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
-Ed Okonowicz
