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Appointments/Elections
MARY BETH LAKIN, director of Weekend College and experiential learning, appointed as a member of the summer institute faculty for the National Institute on the Assessment of Experiential Learning.
Books
CHARLES E. WILSON JR., chair of English, "Gloria Naylor: A Critical Companion" (Westport: Greenwood Press. 2001).
Papers
JOHN R. DONAT, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Analytical Approaches for Determining Trace Metal Speciation in Estuarine Waters" at the Workshop on the Biotic Ligand Model as a Regulatory Tool for Metal Loadings to Coastal Marine Waters, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mass. Also, "Complexation and Speciation of Potentially Toxic Metals and Microbial Copper-Ligand Production in a Major Harbor, the Elizabeth River, Virginia" to the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at Woods Hole. Co-authors are ANDREW S. GORDON, chair of biological sciences; CHRISTINA L. DRYDEN, doctoral candidate in ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences; and AMBER J. ERICSSON, a senior lab specialist.
JOHN L. ECHTERNACH, eminent scholar of physical therapy, "Loss of Ulnar Nerve Function Following Total Elbow Joint Arthroplasty" and "Geriatric Aspects of Electrophysiologic Testing (A Series of Cases)" at the 12th Annual Conference on Clinical Electrophysiology, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and the Section on Clinical Electrophysiology of the American Physical Therapy Association, in Park City, Utah.
LARRY FILER, assistant professor of economics, "A Structural Decomposition of the Taiwanese Business Cycle" at the Western Economic Association Meetings in San Francisco.
KAREN L. GOULD, former dean of the College of Arts and Letters, "City Visions/Revisions: Three Decades of Women's Writing in Quebec" at the International Canadian Studies Conference on "Exploring Canadian Identities" at the University of Torun, Poland. Also, "Femmes/Vill/Histoire: transformations urbaines dans Laurence de France Theoret" at the International Colloquium on "Espace et sexuation dans litterature quebecoise" at the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
MARIA GREEN, postdoctoral fellow of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Role of Physical Heterogeneity in Controlling Subsurface Microbial Activity in a Shallow Aquifer Near Oyster, Virginia" at the 2001 Spring AGU Meeting in Boston. Co-authors are C. Musslewhite; DONALD SWIFT, eminent scholar of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences; M. McInerney; and C. Murray.
ISAO ISHIBASHI, professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Anisotropy and Its Relation to Liquefaction Resistance of Granular Material" at the 2001 Mechanics and Materials Summer Conference in San Diego. Co-author is OMER F. CAPAR, a former doctoral student.
GARRETT J. MCAULIFFE, associate professor of educational leadership and counseling, "The Impact of Counselor Epistemology on Clinical Competence: Analyses of Interview Behavior and Reflections" at the Society for Research in Adult Development, in New York City.
JEFFREY H. RICHARDS, professor of English, "British Author, American Text: 'The Poor Soldier' in the New Republic" at the American Literature Association annual conference, in Cambridge, Mass.
DAVID SELOVER, assistant professor of economics, "Industrial Sector Mode-Locking and Business Cycle Formation" at the Western Economic Association International conference in San Francisco. Co-author is Roderick Jensen of the physics department at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
R.L. WILLIAMS, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Malolactic Fermentation Effects on the Levels of Trans-Resveratrol in Muscadine Wines," and with co-author Jennifer Reyes, "Phytochemical Profile of North Carolina Muscadine Wines," both at the 26th annual conference of the American Society of Enology and Viticulture Eastern Section at Niagara on the Lake, Canada.
Presentations
JANET BING, University Professor of English, "Solidarity as Subversion: Inclusive and Exclusive Jokes" at the 2001 International Humor Conference of the International Society of Humor Studies, at the University of Maryland.
KEITH A. CARSON, associate professor of biological sciences, LISA J. BYRUM, doctoral student in biomedical sciences, and ROBERT K. ROSE, professor of biological sciences, "Unusual Occurrence of Cytoplasmic Lipid Droplets in Some Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda and Blarina carolinensis) Tissues" at the 81st annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists at the University of Montana.
DAVID DANDAR, data security administrator, Office of Computing and Communications Services, and ECE student, workshop presentations on "How to Secure Your Network" and "Computer Forensics" during the Jefferson/Overseas Schools Technology Institute conference at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
JOHN L. ECHTERNACH, eminent scholar of physical therapy, "Communication: Improving Clinical Outcomes" at the Annual Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association in Anaheim, Calif. Co-presenter was Robert M. Dyer, assistant professor of physical therapy at Hampton University.
DENNIS E. GREGORY, assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling, two panel presentations: for the nationally broadcast teleconference, "Crime on Campus: Compliance, Liability and Safety," presented by the University of Vermont Division of Continuing Education," and for the nationally up-linked Web seminar, "Instilling Principles of Risk Management Into the Daily Practice of Student Affairs," sponsored by the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management and the University Risk Management and Insurance Association, at Virginia Tech.
JOHN R. HOLSINGER, eminent scholar of biological sciences, "Biogeographic Patterns of Subterranean Bogidiellid Amphipod Crustaceans, With Emphasis on the South American Fauna" at the 15th International Symposium of Biospeleology in Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Co-author is STEFAN KOENEMANN, a former doctoral student.
MARY BETH LAKIN, director of Weekend College and experiential learning, "Advising the Adult Student on Prior Learning Assessment Options" at the National Institute on the Assessment of Experiential Learning in Princeton, N.J.
DUC T. NGUYEN, professor of civil and environmental engineering, a seminar, "Genetic Algorithms and Computer Implementation for Electromagnetics Research Applications," at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton.
TOM SOCHA, University Professor; KYLE NICHOLAS, assistant professor; DEBORAH MELTSNER, senior lecturer; and FRED WARREN, instructor, communication and theatre arts, a series of workshops on "Best Practices in Distance Education in Communication" for faculty and administrators at the National Communication Association Summer Conference in Washington, D.C.
Publications
WILLIAM H. BRENNER, professor of philosophy, "Natural Law, Motives, and Freedom of the Will" in vol. 24, no. 3 of Philosophical Investigations.
JOHN R. DONAT, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Organic Complexation and Speciation of Dissolved Iron in the South and Equatorial Atlantic" in vol. 48 of Deep Sea Research. Co-author is R.T. Powell of Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
Also in this issue, "Intercalibrated Lead Concentration Measurements in the Atlantic Ocean." Co-authors are JOHN A. CONSOLVO III (M.S. '00, environmental chemistry), and A.R. Flegal, K. Ndung'u and M. Thomas of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
PERRY M. DUNCAN, associate professor of psychology, "Effects of Insulin-produced Hypoglycemia in Combination with Ethanol on Spontaneous Motor Activity in Rats" in vol. 69 of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior.
JOHN L. ECHTERNACH, eminent scholar of physical therapy, two case reports in the winter and spring issues of Clinical Electrophysiology Newsletter: "Compression of the Axillary Nerve in the Quadralateral Space: An Unusual Cause of Shoulder Pain" and "Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in a Patient with Porphyrea: A Case Report."
KURT TAYLOR GAUBATZ, associate professor of political science and international studies, "How International Is International Law?" in vol. 22, no. 2 of Michigan Journal of International Law.
ABHA GUPTA, director of the Reading Center; JACK ROBINSON, associate professor of early childhood, speech language pathology and special education; and KELLY WEST, a former graduate student in early childhood education and a former coordinator of the America Reads Program in the Darden College of Education, "Evaluating America Reads: A Year in Review" in vol. 2, no. 1 of Pennsylvania Reads.
GILBERT R. HOY, eminent scholar of physics, "Coherent-Path Model for Nuclear Resonant Scattering of Gamma Radiation from Nuclei Excited by Synchrotron Radiation" in vol. 63 of Physical Review B. Co-authors are Jos Odeurs and Romain Coussement of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
LUISA A. IGLORIA, associate professor of English, "Two Memories of Fire" in the spring-summer issue of Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art.
AUSTIN JERSILD, associate professor of history, a book review of V.A. Georgiev's (et al) "Sbornik russkogo istoricheskogo obshchestva: Rossiia i severnyi kavkaz" ("Collection of the Russian Historical Society: Russi and the North Campus") (Moscow: russkaia panorama. 2000) in vol. 29, no. 2 of Nationalities Papers.
MARY BETH LAKIN, director of Weekend College and experiential learning, "Advising the Prior Learning Assessment Student" in the spring issue of The Journal of Continuing Higher Education.
FREDERICK A. LUBICH, chair of foreign languages and literatures, "'You Can('t) Go Home Again' - Tragisch-triumphale Stationen einer deutsch-jüdischen Lebensgeschichte," an interview with Guy Stern, in vol. 93, no. 1 of Monatshefte. Also, a book review of Metin Toprak's "Die Deutsche Mitte: Politische Betrachtungen des Zauberberges" in vol. 24, no. 1 of German Studies Review.
STEPHEN K. MEDVIC, assistant professor of political science, "The Impact of Party Financial Support on the Electoral Success of U.S. House Candidates" in vol. 7, no. 2 of Party Politics.
JOANNE SCHEIBMAN, assistant professor of linguistics, "Local Patterns of Subjectivity in Person and Verb Type in American English Conversation" in "Frequency and the Emergence of Linguistic Structure," J. Bybee and P. Hopper, editors (John Benjamins).