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

Recent publications, presentations and honors include the following:

Publications

The 2017-18 edition of the Arak Journal, an anthology of student essays from English 110 classes, is available online at this website, with topics including technology and political activism, poverty and food insecurity, rape kit backlogs in the state of Delaware, dream analysis and trauma, gender-neutral pronouns and supermarket design. Some 100 essays were submitted for publication, and a team of faculty and graduate students selected six for inclusion in the journal. This edition of the annual journal was edited by Délice Williams, assistant professor of English, and doctoral students Caitlin Larracey and Zachary See.

Presentations

Margaret D. Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, was an invited speaker at "The Redress Movement for the Victims of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery," a two-day-long event organized by the Research Center for Korean Community at Queens College, City University of New York. Her talk for the opening session on Oct. 13 took as its subject “Making Girl Victims Visible: A Survey of Representations That Have Circulated in the West.” In it, she considered how and why increasing numbers of visual representations of the so-called "comfort women" of World War II -- including the controversial "Peace Statue" that is being erected as a memorial in cities throughout Asia and the U. S. -- are now highlighting the fact that many of the victims of sexual slavery were not "women" at all, but underage girls.

Trevor A. Dawes, vice provost for libraries and museums and May Morris University Librarian, was a featured speaker at the Virginia Library Association’s annual conference in Norfolk, Virginia, on Oct. 13. Dawes’ talk, “Building Bridges: Ensuring the Success of Our Communities,” focused on library diversity initiatives.

UD researchers recently gave visitors to Delmarva Power a glimpse into a clean energy future, from the latest solar cells to cool electric vehicle technology — and some folks even got a test drive in an electric car. “Energizing Our Future: Delaware’s New Technology Symposium,” was held Oct. 13 at the Delmarva Power Conference Center in Newark, Delaware. Three UD energy centers/institutes showcased their work:

• Researchers from UD’s Institute of Energy Conversion — the oldest solar cell institution in the world — demonstrated the latest solar modules for converting sunlight into electricity;
• John Byrne, director of UD’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, the first program in the U.S. to offer Ph.D. and master’s degrees in this combined field, moderated a lunchtime discussion of future energy policy; and
• A research team from UD’s Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration showcased their pioneering electric vehicle research, joined by employees of Nuuve Corp. This Delaware-based company has licensed UD’s electric vehicle to grid (V2G) technology and is incorporating it into charging platforms now in use in California, Delaware, Denmark, the Netherlands and United Kingdom.

The symposium also highlighted topics such as grid modernization and smart energy solutions, smart cities and workplace technology. The audience included Delaware Public Service Commissioners, legislators, elected officials and energy business representatives.

Richard Davison, professor emeritus of English, will discuss and read from the theatre version of Edgar Lee Master’s classic Spoon River Anthology and Beat poems from Lawrence Ferghlinghetti at the Newark Senior Center on Monday, Oct. 23.

Honors

At the 2017 National Conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) retired director of admissions Lou Hirsh was awarded the Margaret E. Addis Service to NACAC Award. NACAC has over 16,000 members who include school counselors who advise students about applying to college and college admission professionals: "The Addis Award recognizes a NACAC member who has provided the association with unique and outstanding service." Hirsh just completed a two-year term as chair of NACAC's Admission Practices Committee and served as a member of its Steering Committee on Admission Practices, where he helped draft the new SPGP: NACAC's Code of Ethics of Professional Practices, which was approved unanimously by the NACAC Assembly at its Sept. 16 meeting.

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