8:31 a.m., May 18, 2009----For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff.

Presentations

A. Scott Andres, senior scientist at the Delaware Geological Survey, presented "Impact of Rapid Infiltration Basin Systems (RIBS) on Ground Water in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain" at the National Ground Water Association Annual Summit, in Tucson, Ariz., on April 21.

William W. Boyer, Charles P. Messick Professor Emeritus of Public Administration in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, delivered an invited lecture, “Asia's Influence on Public Administration in the West,” to faculty and graduate students at three universities: Korea University, April 14; Sungkyunkwan University, April 16; and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, April 17, in Seoul, South Korea

Megan Gaffney, assistant librarian in the Access Services Department of the University of Delaware Library, presented "How Can French Help Me in My Profession?", International Francophone Day celebration, Trabant
University Center, March 19.

Shelly McCoy, head of the Student Multimedia Design Center in the University of Delaware Library, presented "The Student Multimedia Design Center: The Faculty and Resources to Support Multimedia Projects," Northeast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) of EDUCAUSE, April 15-16, Norwood, Mass.

Theodore E. D. Braun, professor emeritus of foreign languages and literatures, presented a paper and performance at the Southeastern American Society of 18th-Century Studies, "How Not to Write a Tragedy," by Voltaire, channeling through Braun, in Charlotte, Va., in March. He also read two papers at the annual meeting of the American Society for 18th-Century Studies (ASECS), which met in March in Richmond, Va. -- "The 18th Century, the Long and the Short of It," and "On the Origin of the Society for 18th-Century French Studies.”

Farley Grubb, professor of economics and history, "Land Policy: Founding Choices and Outcomes, 1781-1802," at the National Bureau of Economic Research Conference, Founding Choices: American Economic Policy in the 1790s, held at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., May 8-9.

Priscilla Smith, associate professor of art, has had her work “Bent Spine” selected for Art Discovery in Seoul, a juried fine art exhibition sponsored by the Hun Art Foundation, Sinwon Art and A&C Art Fair.

Charles E. Robinson, professor of English, delivered the keynote lecture, "Editing Frankenstein: The Ethics of Re-production," at a conference on Ethical Uses of Information in an online world, sponsored by Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education (SEPCHE), on May 13.

Awards

Kent St. Pierre, professor of accounting and management information systems, received the 2009 Outstanding Service and Leadership in Accounting Education award and a check acknowledging his achievements from the American Accounting Association Department Chairs Section in Nashville, Tenn.

Paul Amer, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Computer and Information Sciences and professor of electrical and computer engineering, received the University at Albany Alumni Association's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, from his undergraduate alma mater (previously called State University of New York at Albany) on May 1 in Albany, N.Y.

Tracy Holmes, director of hotel operations at the Courtyard Newark-University of Delaware, has been selected by Autism Delaware to receive an Outstanding Community Leader Award. Holmes will receive the award at the annual Autism Volunteer Awards Dinner in June. She has led the hotel effort to build a relationship with local autisic children and their families.

Publications

Alice D. Ba, associate professor of political science and international relations, has published “(Re)Negotiating East and Southeast Asia: Region, Regionalism, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,” Stanford University Press.

Service

Theodore E. D. Braun, professor emeritus of foreign languages and literatures, organized and chaired two sessions on "The Catholic Enlightenment," at the American Society for 18th-Century Studies (ASECS) meeting adding to another session on this topic which he had presented at the meeting of the East-Central ASECS at Georgetown in November.