For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and achievements of University of Delaware faculty, staff, alumni and students.

Recent presentations, publications and honors include the following:

Presentations

Janis Tomlinson, director of Special Collections and Museums at the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press and faculty member in the Department of Art History, presented a lecture during the “El Tiempo y el arte” (“Time and Art”) symposium, held at the University of Zaragoza in Spain from Oct. 26-28. She spoke on “Amigos y tiemp en la vida de Goya” (“Friends and Time in Goya’s Life”). Tomlinson also presented “Goya’s Monsters” on Nov. 15 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, in conjunction with the exhibition “Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters.”

Trevor A. Dawes, vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris University Librarian, led a talk during the University of Maryland Libraries’ “Future of the Research Library Speaker Series” on Nov. 30. During his “Diversity and the Library: Ensuring the Success of Our Community” talk, Dawes discussed ways in which libraries contribute to overall diversity and inclusion initiatives. He also examined some issues that have led to heightened sensitivities, requiring a different level of discourse.

David Shearer, Thomas Muncy Keith Professor of History, gave the keynote address at the international conference "Uroki Oktyabrya i Prakhtiki Sovetskoi sistemy, 1920-1950-e Gody” (“Lessons of October and the Practice of the Soviet System, 1920 to the 1950s”). Shearer's talk was titled "Otrazhenie grazdanskoi voiny v politike Stalina: Uroki i predubezhdeniya” (“Lessons of the Civil War and the Formation of Stalinist Politics”). The conference took place in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 5-7.

Publications

Philosophy and Computing: Essays in Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Logic and Ethics, a new book published by Springer, is edited by Thomas M. Powers, director of the Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy and associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, School of Public Policy and Administration and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. The book features papers from a 2015 joint international conference focused on the philosophy of computing that was organized by Powers and hosted at UD. According to the publisher, “essays explore current issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind, logic and philosophy of science from the lens of computation. Coverage also examines applied issues related to ethical, social and political interest.”

Honors

The University of Delaware, which recently joined the national ALL IN Voting Challenge, has received a Bronze Award for its student voter participation rate of 50-59 percent. UD’s Center for Political Communication, which entered the University into the competition, plans to launch a more structured campaign on campus in 2018. The ALL IN challenge is a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort to increase student voting rates and encourage higher education institutions to cultivate values of informed and engaged citizenship. Participants include more than 300 institutions in 44 states and the District of Columbia, representing nearly 4 million students.

Bethany Hall-Long, professor of nursing, associate policy scientist in Health Services Policy Research and Delaware lieutenant governor, will join a group of 20 state officials from across the country selected to participate in the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows Program on education policy. The fellowship, named after former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt and former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, is a bipartisan group assembled to discuss the importance of educational standards, aligned assessments and accountability systems. Over a nine-month period, fellows will be immersed in a variety of state-level education policy initiatives and ideas to share with their respective states. “As an educator and lieutenant governor, I have made it a priority to focus on the growth and success of all Delaware students,.” Hall-Long said. “My journey in education has greatly impacted my desire to promote and work for all who seek to succeed through education. I am very excited to be part of the Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows program and actively work with the Hunt Institute to explore more resources, strategic ideas and cultivate my passion for education.”

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