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

Recent presentations, publications and honors include the following:

Presentations

On Jan. 8, 2020, Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, was an invited speaker at a one-day symposium held in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Her talk, "Shadow-shapes of the Long Fin de Siècle: Ella Erskine and Elkin Mathews in 1909," made a case for rethinking when the late-Victorian Aesthetic movement actually ended, by demonstrating its continuing influence on a 1909 volume—the work of a now-forgotten woman playwright, poet and stage performer named Ella Erskine. This presentation was part of the "New Directions in Fin-de-Siècle Studies” symposium organized by Sondeep Kandola and sponsored by the Research Institute of Literature and Cultural History, Liverpool John Moores University.

Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, presented “The Safavids and Modern Iranian Identity” at a panel discussion titled “Iran at the Crossroads of Civilizations: Scholars and Lawyers Speaking about Iranian History and Cultural Heritage,” held at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, on Jan. 27, 2020.

Publications

Anne M. Boylan, professor emerita of history, in collaboration with UD students Alanna Gordon, Carol A. Scott, Alison Lewis, Stephanie Clampitt and Helene Carey, published "Delaware's African American Suffragists," in Delaware History, 35 (Fall-Winter 2019-2020), pp. 106-148.

Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, is the author of a chapter in a recently published volume, Critical Insights: Oscar Wilde, edited by Frederick S. Roden (Salem Press/Grey House, 2019). Her essay, "Picture This: Oscar Wilde's Mobile and Migratory 'The Happy Prince,'" examines how one of Wilde's 1888 fairy tales has traveled across time and genres, changing while doing so. The essay focuses especially on 21st century adaptations of the story for children that have been issued in English by publishers in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Italy and South Korea, as well as on Rupert Everett's use of it in his 2018 British-made film about Wilde, The Happy Prince.

Honors

Stetson University College of Law has selected Leland Ware as the recipient of this year’s William A. Kaplin award, which recognizes scholars who have published works on education law that embrace the intersection of law and policy. Ware, who is the Louis L. Redding Chair and Professor of Law and Public Policy, also teaches Africana studies. His research focuses on civil rights and civil liberties law, employment law and constitutional law. His book A Century of Segregation: Race, Class, and Disadvantage (Lexington Books 1998) explains how race and class intersect in ways that uniquely disadvantage African Americans and other racial minorities. He has authored more than 100 articles in academic journals and other publications on various aspects of civil rights law and coauthored two books. Prior to his work in academia, Ware was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. The award ceremony will take place as part of the 41st annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education, held Jan 29-Feb. 3, 2020, in Clearwater Beach, Florida.

Abdul Qadir, a master’s level student in data science, has received the Ta Liang Memorial Award given by American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). The award is given to facilitate research-related work by outstanding graduate student members and consists of a grant of $2,000 and a certificate that will be conferred during the annual Geo Week conference in Washington, D.C., scheduled this year from March 23-25.

Merideth Hite Estevez, adjunct assistant professor of oboe, and Jonathan Whitney, a 2000 music education alumnus, were awarded fellowships in the Established Professionals category of the 2020 Individual Artist Fellowships from the Delaware Division of the Arts.