UD student Carol Scott (center) stands with Delaware Gov. John Carney and his wife, Tracey Quillen Carney, at the 2019 induction ceremony for the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame, where Scott presented a biography of inductee Blanche Williams Stubbs. See Presentations (Photo courtesy of Carol Scott)

For the Record, Nov. 1, 2019

Article by UDaily staff November 01, 2019

University community reports recent publications, presentations, honors, service

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

Recent publications, presentations, honors, service and new assignments include the following:

Publications

Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, published “Safavid Iran and the ‘Turkish Question’ or How to Avoid a War on Multiple Fronts,” Iranian Studies 52: 3-4 (2019), pp. 513-42.

Peter Weil, professor emeritus of anthropology, published an article, “Ephemera: Typewriter Sugarplums — The Culture History of Writing Machines and Christmas,” in ETCetera, No. 126, fall 2019, pp. 3-11.

Art history doctoral student Thomas Busciglio-Ritter published "Paris-on-Hudson: Artistic Authorship in Victor de Grailly's American Landscapes" in Athanor (vol. 39), the academic journal of the Department of Art History at Florida State University. His article examines the transatlantic circulation of 19^th century American landscape views through the paintings of French artist Victor de Grailly (1804-87).

An essay by Lance Winn, professor of art and design, entitled “Trust the Process, or On the Self, Conscious," is included in Grizzly Grizzly's 76-page book titled In Retrospect: 10 Years, 10 Essays, 10 Exhibits.

Presentations

Lin Li-Wen, director of the IT Project Management Office, and Richard Atkins, IT project manager II, presented "Characterizing Organizational Culture: Valued PMO" at the 2019 Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 7, 2019. PMI is the leading association for project, program or portfolio management professionals.

Fatema Bannat Wala, security engineer I, presented "DNSSEC Protocol Parser — A Case Study" at ZeekWeek in Seattle, Washington, on Oct. 9, 2019. ZeekWeek (formerly BroCon) is the most important community event for users, developers, incident responders, threat hunters and architects who rely on the open-source Zeek network security monitor as a critical element in their security strategy.

Sarah Meadows, IT project manager I; Sowmya Shankar, applications programmer III; and Jamie Summerfield, educational technology consultant I, presented “Women and Minorities in Technology” at the Educause Annual Conference 2019 in the McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois, on Oct. 17, 2019. Educause is a nonprofit association and the largest community of technology, academic, industry and campus leaders advancing higher education through the use of IT.

Undergraduate student Carol Scott presented a summary of her research on the late Blanche Williams Stubbs, a Wilmington teacher, suffragist, social worker and civil rights leader who was inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame at an October ceremony. Scott worked with Anne Boylan, professor emerita of history, to compile the biography of Stubbs that she shared with the audience at the event. Her research is also included in the national Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists. Other 2019 inductees in the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame include UD alumnae Drewry N. Fennell, CAS87, a human rights advocate and leader in the fight for LGBTQ equality in Delaware, and Tania M. Culley, BE90, a children’s rights activist and the state’s first Child Advocate.

Marcia Scott discusses "Tactical Urbanism" at the 105th annual International City/County Management conference in Nashville.

Marcia Scott, policy scientist with the Institute for Public Administration (IPA) in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration made a presentation at the International City/County Management’s (ICMA) 105th annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 20, 2019. Scott presented on “Tactical Urbanism: Transforming Public Spaces Through Low-Cost Temporary Changes” at ICMA’s research symposium for pracademics and students. The session featured academics, practitioners and local government managers who teach (or pracademics) from seven other universities (including Cornell University and University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill). Scott’s presentation highlighted how pop-up demonstration or “tactical urbanism” projects can transform public spaces to vibrant, activity-oriented destinations and calm traffic. Based on applied research in Delaware, her research team identified eight ”success targets” of a participatory planning framework that can achieve neighborhood pride, safer streets, economic revitalization and creative-placemaking benefits for communities. For more information on tactical urbanism in Delaware, view the GIS story map or visit the Delaware Complete Communities Planning Toolbox. ICMA is the world’s leading association of professional city and county managers and other employees who serve local governments. With over 11,000 members, ICMA offers membership, professional development programs, research, publications, data and information, technical assistance and training to thousands of city, town and county chief administrative officers, their staffs and other organizations throughout the world.

Colette Gaiter, professor of art and design, will be a keynote speaker on the topic of “Art at the Intersection of Social Practice" during a plenary session at the four annual Rutgers/University of Havana Collaboration Conference in Havana, Cuba, in honor of the 500th anniversary celebration of the city of Havana, scheduled Nov. 10-15, 2019. She also spoke about the work of former Black Panther artist Emory Douglas at the University of Minnesota's Regis Center for Art on Oct. 28, 2019.

Honors

David Brinley, associate professor of art and design, has work that will be included in ”Unleashed” at the Society of Illustrators 30th Members Open in New York City. The exhibit will be on display from Nov. 26-Jan. 3, and an opening reception is scheduled on Dec. 12.

Alumna Emily Bunker, who earned her bachelor of fine arts degree at UD in 2009, was on American Craft Council conference panel in October 2019 on “Making a Seat at the Table: Women Transform Woodworking.” Her work is included in an exhibition of the same name at the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia now through Jan. 18, 2020.

Service

Alumna Carrie Ida Edinger, who earned her bachelor of fine arts degree in 1997, began a one-year service with the AmeriCorps VISTA program in July 2019. Her assignment is related to historical education with the Sheridan Community Land Trust in Sheridan, Wyoming. She is building capacity for the community historical preservation mission concerning local heritage and open spaces, developing physical and virtual tours related to historical events and the landscape of Sheridan County.

New assignments

Alumnus Thomas Beebe, who earned his bachelor of fine arts in visual communication at UD in 2012, has been promoted to art director at the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team. He recently worked on the rebranding for the team, which was shortlisted for a Clio advertising award.

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