For the Record, Feb. 5, 2016
University community reports recent honors, presentations, publications
10:42 a.m., Feb. 5, 2016--For the Record provides information about recent professional activities of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.
Recent honors, presentations and publications include the following:
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Honors
A paper co-written by Uma Velury, professor of accounting, has been named as Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (AJPT)’s Best Paper.
The winning paper, “Audit Quality: Insights from the Academic Literature,” was selected by AJPT editors as the best paper published in AJPT in the past three years. Papers were assessed on factors like timeliness, importance, creativity and potential impact on the practice of auditing.
“I am very excited and honored to accept this award given by the auditing section of the American Accounting Association,” said Velury, who accepted the award at the association’s 2016 Midyear Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.
“The issue of audit quality is extremely important to the accounting profession,” she continued. “I look forward to continuing my research in this area and contributing to a greater understanding of the various issues related to audit quality.”
Presentations
Bahira Trask, chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, has been invited to speak at the United Nations on a panel organized by the Permanent Mission of the state of Qatar, in collaboration with Doha International Family Institute. On Feb. 9, Trask will provide the academic perspective on “Work-Family Balance, Social Development, and the United Nations 2030 Agenda: The Recognition, Need, and Implementation of Culturally Specific Policies,” addressing the UN’s Sustainable Development Target Goal 5.4.
Curtis Small, assistant librarian, Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, presented his experiences as an IMLS-RBS Fellow at a meeting of the Board of the Rare Book School, New York City, on Jan. 30.
Publications
Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Chair of History, published "Poverty and Perseverance: The Jesuit Mission of Isfahan and Shamakhi in Late Safavid Iran," Al-Qantara 36:2 (2015): 463-501.
Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, has reviewed The Frankaus: Prejudice and Principles within a London Literary Family by Timothy d'Arch Smith. This 2015 study of the influential multi-generational family of British Jewish authors provides new information about Julia Davis Frankau, noted for her 1906 novel featuring a character based on Oscar Wilde. Stetz's review appears in Oscholars, an electronic resource dedicated to scholarship about Oscar Wilde and his world. Click here to read the review in a Word document.
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