For the Record, Dec. 2, 2011
UD faculty, staff report recent publications, service, presentations
10 a.m., Dec. 2, 2011--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent presentations and publications include the following:
Campus Stories
From graduates, faculty
Doctoral hooding
Publications
Paul Evenson, professor of physics and astronomy, was featured in a National Science Foundation Antarctic Sun feature on work at the Cosmic Ray Observatory at the U.S. Antarctic Program's McMurdy Station.
McKay Jenkins, Tilghman Professor of English and author of What's Gotten Into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World, has written an article posted Nov. 18 on the Huffington Post about an environmental humanities course he is teaching this semester and two field trips he and his students have taken. The article, "Canoes but no Kayaks: Thoughts on Environmental Studies," raises such issues as urban blight and corporate control over the environment in the context of environmentalism. It concludes with the questions: "What should we be studying? Threatened landscapes, or threatened people?"
Service
Robert Hampel, interim director of the School of Education, completed his ninth and final year as secretary-treasurer of the national History of Education Society (HES), the largest scholarly association for the study of the history of education in the U.S. and abroad. HES has 480 members and its journal, the History of Education Quarterly, has 1,325 subscribers.
Louis Hirsh, director of admissions, participated in the "Experience St. Andrew's" program at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, in which distinguished college admissions professionals from across the country are invited to campus, and was presented a special medallion by the headmaster, Tad Roach, for his "generous and important contributions to undergraduate education in the United States and in Delaware." Hirsh was featured on the school's website in a Nov. 28 article.
Presentations
Kausik Sarkar, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and graduate students Amit Katiyar, Shirshendu Paul, Rajesh Singh and Swarnajay Mukherjee presented at the 64th annual American Physical Society (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) conference held Nov. 20-22 in Baltimore. The APS-DFD annual meeting is the most important international conference for fluid dynamics, with 2,400 oral presentations and participants coming from around the globe and from a variety of disciplines. The conference was co-sponsored by the University of Delaware College of Engineering. Faculty and students from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment were also instrumental in the event’s success.
Chandra L. Reedy, professor in the School of Public Policy and Administration and the Center for Historic Architecture and Design, presented "The Current and Future Status of Ceramic Studies" at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, on Nov. 19, in Montreal, Canada.
The National Communication Association held its 97th annual convention in New Orleans, Nov. 17-20, and faculty members and graduate students from the Department of Communication attended.
• Nancy Signorielli, professor, served as chair and Elizabeth Perse, professor and department chair, served as respondent on a panel, "The Voice of Television Violence: the Violence Profile in the 21st Century."
• Graduate students Alyssa Cella, Kayla Steele and Christine Flynn presented "The Violence Profile: Network Prime Time Programs." Tracey Quigley Holden, assistant professor, served as chair on the panel. Cella and Steele also presented "Horton Heard a Who, Can You? Voices from GTAs on Teaching Practices in the Basic Courses."
• Holden also served on the panel for the presentation "Digital Voice in the Political World" and "Identifying the Available Means of Persuasion: Using Rhetoric to Make Sense of Conflict."
• Juliet Dee, associate professor, presented "Cyberharassment and Cyberbullying: There Ought to be a Law" in the session "Challenged Voices: Censored, Harassed, Muted and Protested." As editor of the Free Speech Yearbook, she was a presenter at the NCA editors' hours and meet the editors sessions. Dee also presented "Feeling Emotionally Distressed? Just Avert Your Eyes! How the Public Forum Doctrine Trumps Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress in Synder v. Phelps."
• Beth Haslett, professor, served as chair on the "Complexities of Face and Face-work" panel sponsored by the Interpersonal Communication Division.
• Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, assistant professor, served as respondent on the panel "Kids Today: Understanding Young People's Political Thinking." She also presented "The World According to Snooki: Uniting Uses and Gratifications with Cultivation Research in the Study of Reality TV Effects." Young was also a secretary at the Political Communication Division Meeting.
Molly Ketcham, a 2011 University of Delaware graduate, spent the summer as an Irene and Eric Simon Brain Research Foundation summer fellow. As a fellow, she worked with Prof. Jack Rosenbluth, M.D., of New York University School of Medicine's Rusk Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine on research on an effective treatment for multiple sclerosis. Ketcham made a presentation about her work at a "lunch and learn" session held Nov. 2 by the law firm Blank Rome LLP in New York City. Each year, the Irene and Eric Simon Brain Research Foundation provides summer fellowships to extraordinary students who are considering a career in neuroscience, enabling them to work with outstanding neuroscientists.
University of Delaware faculty and students in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies made a number of presentations at the International Textile and Apparel Association annual conference held in Philadelphia, Nov. 2-6. Presentations were as follows:
• Hye-Shin Kim, professor, and Sharron Lennon, Irma Ayers Professor of Fashion and Apparel Studies, “The Effects of Perceived Risk and Usefulness of Online Product Reviews” and “Brand Image, Brand Familiarity and Brand Attitude for Five Country-of-Origin Brands: A Cross-Cultural Study of U.S. and Japanese Consumers.”
• Jaehee Jung, associate professor, along with students Laura Ballweg and Jacqueline Mizrachi, “Online Retail Environments: Comprehension, Interaction and Satisfaction between Consumers and Apparel Retail Websites.”
• Graduate student Lijuan Pi and Sharron Lennon, “Analysis of Consumers' Visual Perception of Garment Fit: An Eye Tracking Study.”
• Graduate student Sooyeon Kim and Hye-Shin Kim, “Reference Groups and Self-Brand Connections for Apparel Products.”
• Dilia Lopez-Gydosh, assistant professor, “The Celebrity Connection: Historical Personalities as the 'Face' of a Contemporary Fashion Brand: A History Project.”
• Huantian Cao, associate professor, “Thermal Manikin Evaluation of Material Component and Design Features on Heat and Moisture Transfer of QuadGard Body Armor.”
• Hye-Shin Kim, Marsha Dickson, professor and department chair, Sharron Lennon and George Irvine, program specialist, “Enhancing International Education and Global Outreach with the FIBER Project.”
• Belinda Orzada, professor, and student Rena Tobey, “Polished vs. Coarse: Men's Fashions in Colonial Portraits, Forging an American Identity.”
• Sharron Lennon, Kelly Cobb, instructor, Jaehee Jung, associate professor, and Hye-Shin Kim, “Integrating E-Portfolios in the Fashion Curriculum for Teaching, Learning, Assessment (TLA).” Winners of the Lectra Innovation Award for Teaching.
• Belinda Orzada and graduate student Shahera Williams, “Forecasting 2.0: Use of Web 2.0 for Market Research in Apparel Product Development.”
• Sharron Lennon, “Consumer Misbehavior on Black Friday: A Process Model.”
• Jaehee Jung, “An Examination of the Factor Structure and Correlates of Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Among South Korean University Students.”
• Kelly Cobb, “From the Ground Up: Demonstrating Sustainability in the Product Development Phase.” Winner of the ESRAB Teaching Award.
• Huantian Cao, along with Richard Wool, professor of chemical engineering, and students Paula Bonanno, Quan Dan, Jillian Kramer and Stacey Lipschitz, “Development of Apparel and Footwear from Renewable Sources.”
• Jaehee Jung and student Stephanie Knebel, “The Portrayal of Obese Characters on Television.”
Also at the ITAA conference, juried designs were presented by Jo Kallal, professor, "Roiling Waters," winner of the Lectra Outstanding Faculty Designer’s Award; student Caitlin Giroux and Jo Kallal, “Spirited Away;” and Kelly Cobb, “Wear-with-all Coat.”
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