1:51 p.m., Nov. 21, 2008----For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty and staff:

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Presentations

Scott Andres of the Delaware Geological Survey, "There's Wastewater in our Geology-Effects of Landbased Wastewater Disposal on Sediments and Ground Water," at the Department of Geological Sciences Fall Seminar Series, Oct. 16, in Penny Hall.

Gabriele Bauer, assistant director, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, "Weaving Reflective Practice into Graduate Student Academic Career Preparation," at the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education Conference, Oct. 22-25, Reno, Nev.

Richard P. Wool, professor of chemical engineering, "Fundamental Design of Bio-based Materials: Solutions to Global Warming,” Joint Workshop on Combinatorial Materials Science for Applications in Energy, Nov. 6, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Shelly McCoy, library head, and Bryce Spencer, assistant librarian, both of the Student Multimedia Design Center at the University of Delaware Library, co-presented a poster session about the center at the PALINET 2008 Conference and Vendor Fair, Oct. 28, Philadelphia.

Gregg Silvis, assistant director for Library Computing Systems, gave a presentation about University of Delaware Library resources to the Delaware Special Interest Section of the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association, Oct. 14, Philadelphia.

Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, assistant professor of nursing, “Abuse-related Injuries, Neurological Impairment, and Suicide Attempts of Female Prison Inmates,” Eastern Nursing Research Society, March; “Childhood Sexual Abuse by a Family Member, Salivary Cortisol, and Homicidal Behavior of Female Prison Inmates,” Eastern Nursing Research Society, March; “Ethical and Legal Considerations in Prison Research and Practice,” Global Research Issues, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Biennial Convention, Baltimore, November, 2007; “Dietary and Environmental Influences on Brain Function: Applications for the General Public,” Health Promotion Initiatives, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Biennial Convention, Baltimore, November, 2007; “Uniqueness of Women Prisoners with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),” Invited Speaker, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Expert Meeting, Investigation of Traumatic Brain Injury in State Prisons. Funded by Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., January.

Larry Purnell, professor of nursing, “Cultural Self-Assessment,” University of South Alabama, Mobile; “Cultural Care in the Context of School Health and the Family,” Pennsylvania School Nurses Association, Reading, Pa.; “Organizational Cultural Competence,” National Arab American Nurses Association, Detroit; “Cultural Humility and Cultural Self-Assessment,” Thomas Jefferson University College of Graduate Studies, Philadelphia; “Web of Science Conference,” Washington, D.C.; invited graduation ceremony address, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, N.J.; “Organizational Competency,” Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans; “Generational Differences in Education,” Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans; “Generational Learning,” Delaware Nurse Educators Group, Dover, Del.; “Save One Life and you are a Hero: Save 100 Lives and You Are a Nurse,” graduation ceremony, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, N.J.; “Organizational Competency,” Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans; “Preparing Your Staff and the Organization for Cultural Competence,” Area Health Education Center and Pitt County Memorial Medical Center, Greenville, N.C.

Lawrence Nees Jr., professor of art history, “Decorated Verse Markers in Early Quar'an Manuscripts and their Trans-regional Connections,” at the first biennial international symposium of the Historians of Islamic Art Association “Spaces and Vision,” at the University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 17; “The Dome of the Chain in Jerusalem and the Beginnings of Islamic Art,” the World Art Research Seminar at the University of East Anglia, in the United Kingdom, Oct. 30; “Saper Vedere: on the Use of Visual Evidence in Historical Research,” at the Medieval History Research Seminar at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, Oct. 31; “Reading and Seeing: The Beginnings of Book Illumination and the Modern Discourse on Ethnicity, and Additions and 'Restorations' To Earlier Illuminated Manuscript at the Turn of the Millennium,” University of Toronto, Nov. 6-7; “The Fastigum of St-Remi (formerly known as the tomb of Hincmar) at Reims and Coronation Rituals in Twelfth-Century Europe,” Johns Hopkins University, Nov. 11.

Robert Nelson, chairperson of the Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, Francis A. Kwansa, associate professor of hotel, restaurant and institutional management, and other HRIM faculty and graduate students were involved in the UTECH/UD Conference, held in Jamaica, Oct. 8-11.

Janice Selekman, professor of nursing, “Body Decoration and the Pediatric Patient,” Nursing of Children Network Pediatric Conference, Philadelphia; “Changing Pediatric Nursing for the Changing Pediatric Patient,” Connecticut Children's Medical Center Pediatric Conference, Hartford, Conn.; “Cutting for Help: Self Injury and The Silver Lining in the Life of a School Nurse,” School Nurses Association of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C.; “The Changing Face of the School Age Child,” Upstate AHEC, Greenville, S.C.; “School Nurses: Proving the Difference We Make, Facing New Challenges: Addressing the Every-Changing Health Issues of Students,” Pierced and Inked and More - Oh My! Georgia Association of School Nurses, Savannah, Ga.; “ADHD and Learning Disabilities, Homosexuality in Teens, Competency and Impact of Practice - Determining Outcomes, and Body Piercings, Tattoos, and Inserts,” Arizona School Nurses Association, Prescott, Ariz.; “Pushing the Edge in Body Decoration,” 24th annual Pediatric Nursing Conference, Las Vegas; “SEX: Don't Say It, Don't Teach It, Don't Do It!” and “True Confessions: Were You a Bully, a Target, or a Watcher?” North Carolina Healthy Schools Institute, Hickory, N.C.

Janice Selway, assistant professor of nursing, invited speaker for Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland semi-annual meeting, Oct. 14, Baltimore; Current Events Impacting APRN Practice invited plenary session speaker for APN Council of Delaware annual conference, Oct. 13, Rehoboth Beach.

Awards

Janice Selekman, professor or nursing, Recognition Award, National Board for Certification of School Nurses for the development and publication of the National Association of School Nurses school nursing certification review manual.

Publications

Janice Selekman, professor of nursing, Adolescent Gambling, Pediatric Nursing, 34(4), 325-328; Selekman, J. and Wolfe, L. (2008). School Nursing Certification Review. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Nurses.

Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, assistant professor of nursing, and Burgess, A.W., Childhood Sexual Abuse by a Family Member, Salivary Cortisol, and Homicidal Behavior of Female Prison Inmates, Nursing Research, 57(3), pp. 66-174; Ethical, Regulatory, and Investigator Considerations in Prison Research, Advances in Nursing Science, 31(2) pp. 119-127; Brewer-Smyth, Bucurescu, G, Shults, J., Metzger, D., Sacktor, N., van Gorp, W., Kolson, D.L. Neurological Function and HIV Risk Behaviors of Female Prison Inmates. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 39(6), pp. 361-372.

Larry Purnell, professor of nursing, Vietnamese Traditional Healthcare Practices, Urologic Nursing, 28(1), pp. 63-67; Understanding Cultural Language: A Case Study, OR Nurse; Purnell and Betty Paulanka, dean of the College of Health Sciences, Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach, 3 ed., Philadelphia, F. A. Davis.

Dennis Jackson, professor of English, retired, Introducao (Introduction), O Cego E Outros Contos [The Blind Man and Other Stories] by D.H. Lawrence, translated into Brazilian Portuguese by Mauricio Burigo (Sao Paulo: Hedra Press, 2008), pp. 9-27; Under the Gun, Delaware Today, March 2008, pp. 60-61, 88-95; The Last Refugee of the 'Normative' Fifties: A Tribute to Mark Spilka (1925-2001), The D.H. Lawrence Review 31.3 [published 2008], pp. 1-2; author of six articles about education, published on the GradSchools.com web site of EducationDynamics; author of nine free-lance editorials for the News Journal (2007-2008).

Janet Selway, assistant professor of nursing, Alcohol use and testing among older trauma victims in Maryland, Soderstrom CA, Kufera JA J Trauma. 2008; 65; 442-446; Policy and Politics. What Prevents NPs from Approving Home Health Care? AJN. 2008; 108(9): 73-75.

Service

Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, assistant professor of nursing, elected Chester County Committee Woman in the Pennsylvania primary for a two-year term.

Susan Brynteson, vice provost and May Morris Director of Libraries, served as the curator of the exhibition Yaddo: Shimmering Light Across American Culture in the Grolier Club in New York City. Also, she gave a "Curator's Chat" about the exhibition at the Grolier Club on Oct. 22.

William "Sandy" Schenck, scientist with the Delaware Geological Survey has been asked to serve as the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) liaison to the National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP) for 2009. Also, he participated as subject matter expert on the Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG) fall Council of Examiners workshop Nov. 6-7 in St. Charles, Ill., and served as the Delaware Board of Geology voting delegate in the ASBOGl business meeting. Also, Schenck led a piedmont geology field trip for 60 juniors from A.I. du Pont High School along the Wilmington & Western Railroad Nov. 12. The students were taken by train to visit selected rock outcroppings along the track from Prices Corner to the Mt. Cuba railroad cut.

Janet Selway, assistant professor of nursing, is working on the Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention (ASBI) Task Force of the Eastern Association of Surgery in Trauma (EAST). This multidisciplinary task force is charged with evaluating the evidence supporting ASBI in trauma centers. Also, she is serving a 2008-2010 term on the Board of the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) as representative for ACNP state affiliate member organizations. Selway also works per diem as nurse practioners for Hunt Valley Family Health, Cockeysville, Md.