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Faculty/Staff Achievements
Martin Connaughton, assistant professor of biology, reviewed two scientific manuscripts in the field of fish bioacoustics: one for Copeia, the journal of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and one for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. He also reports that Theresa Vance '00 published research she completed under his supervision during the summer of 1998. Her manuscript, "Variability in Stridulatory Sound Production in the Channel Catfish, Ictallurus Punctatus," was recently published in Bios, the peer-reviewed journal of Tri Beta, the national undergraduate biology honors society.
Together, Tom Cousineau, professor of English, and Diane Cousineau, lecturer in English, participated in a round-table discussion titled "Subject and Identity: A Debate with Paul Ricoeur," sponsored by the Ecole Doctorale of the University of Paris. Tom Cousineau also had a review essay titled "The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel Beckett: The Shorter Plays" accepted for publication by the Journal of Beckett Studies.
Lisa Daniels, assistant professor of economics, just completed a book review of Zimbabwe: The Political Economy of Transformation by Hevina Dashwood. The review will appear in the Eastern Economics Journal.
Doug Darnowski, assistant professor of biology, had a short paper titled "A New Pot Design for Tuberous Drosera" accepted for publication in the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. He also reviewed a paper on somatic embryogenesis in carrots for the American Journal of Botany and had three book reviews accepted by the Bulletin of the Botanical Society of America. Finally, he reviewed a paper on "Gene Silencing in Transgenic Soybeans" for Plant Cell Reports.
Melissa Deckman, assistant professor of political science, had two articles accepted for publication. "Religion Makes the Difference: Why Christian Right Candidates Run for School Board" will be published in Review of Religious Research, and "Issue Mobilization of Professionals: The Case of Women Clergy" will be published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. She also completed a book review for Review of Religious Research.
Robert Fallaw, professor of history, gave a talk titled "Thomas Jefferson: The Scene From Europe" at the Wye Institute. He also spoke on "Indian Cultures of Eastern America" at the Kent County Historical Society, and led a discussion on "James McPherson and Some Recent Interpretations of the Civil War" at the Delaware State Library.
Zakaria Fatih, assistant professor of French, had a paper titled "Some Reflections on the Invention of Otherness in the Enlightenment" selected for presentation at the Fifteenth Annual DeBartolo Conference on Eighteenth-Century Invention at the University of the South.
Richard Gillin, professor of English, had a manuscript titled "The English Lyric, Foot By Foot," accepted for publication by the National Writing Project.
Kim Lessard, in her 12th year as head coach of Washington's swim programs, earned her 150th career win on January 13, 2001 with a 149-56 victory over Bryn Mawr College.
Juan Lin, professor of physics, delivered a talk, "Drifting Strains: Traveling Wave Solutions of a Continuous Model With Reinfection," at the workshop "Evolutionary Epidemiology of Strain Structure in Pathogen Populations," held at the University of Warwick, Great Britain, in January.
Lauren Littlefield, assistant professor of psychology, presented her recent research on reading disorders at a session titled "The Language-Reading Connection" at the Fall 2000 conference of the International Dyslexia Association.
Bryan Matthews, director of athletics, received his doctorate of education from Wilmington College in January.
Donald McColl, assistant professor of art, will participate in a forthcoming Dürer Invitational Colloquium at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. He recently had an essay titled "Standing by the Ancient Faith: Fribourg's Fountains and the Coming of the Reformation," accepted for publication in Cultures of Communication in the Early Modern German-Speaking Lands.
Kathryn Moncrief, assistant professor of English, presented a paper at the North American Conference on British Studies held in Pasadena, CA. The paper was titled "'She is lately spread into goodly bulk': Representing the Pregnant Body in Early Modern English."
Donald Munson, professor of biology, chaired a panel discussion on "Introduced and Exotic Species" at the annual meeting of Integrative and Comparative Biology. He also has been elected Director of the Spencer-Tolles Fund of the American Microscopical Society, and has been awarded a grant of $3,500 by the Foundation for Research in the Biomedical Sciences for continued research on the Chester River.
Seán O Connor, professor of education, has completed a series of four visits over a 20-month period to Volda College in Norway, giving a series of faculty development workshops in interactive university teaching and assessment. He also spent three weeks as a scholar-in-residence at the Australian Graduate School of Management at the universities of Sydney and New South Wales. Workshops and teaching observations were conducted with the school's faculty.
Christine Pabon, associate professor of Spanish, read a paper titled "La union de los mundos secular y milagroso en 'La fuerza de la sangre' de Cervantes y 'All's Well That Ends Well' de Shakespeare ("The Union of the Secular and Miraculous Worlds in Cervantes' 'The Power of the Blood' and Shakespeare's 'All's Well That Ends Well')" at the International Cervantes Conference in Lepanto, Greece.
Thomas Pabon, professor of Spanish, read a paper, "Estimar lo inestimable-un estudio de Ricardo, El amante liberal," at the same conference. It will be published in the proceedings of the conference.
Jason Rubin, assistant professor of drama, designed the set for Henrik Ibsen's "Lady from the Sea" in a September 2000 production for the Theater of the First Amendment. His work was acknowledged in several theater reviews in Washington, DC-area papers.
John Seidel, assistant professor of environmental studies, received a $25,000 grant to assist with the cost of an archeological study to document and preserve the Harriet Tubman birth site in Dorchester County, MD.
Karen Smith, professor of physical education, presented a lecture for the State Dance Festival, titled "Dancing Healthy: Conditioning, Nutrition, & Psychological Considerations for the Dancer," on November 4, 2000 at Towson University. She taught a workshop in approaches to classical dance to seventh graders at Kent School, and also presented a lecture on nutrition and eating disorders to dance teachers at Anne Arundel Community College.
WJHU's Marc Steiner Show has regularly invited Richard Striner, associate professor of history, to appear as a guest to discuss presidential politics and the recent election. Dr. Striner also reviewed Pragmatist's Progress: Richard Rorty and American Intellectual History for the journal History.
The University of Maryland Chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society honored President John Toll as the Distinguished Marylander of the Year 2000. The award is presented each December to a prominent Marylander who has contributed significantly to the improvement and success of education in the state.
Anneliese Weibel, lecturer in music, had her piano and percussion piece, "C.I.R.C.A.," performed at the International Microtonal Festival in New York City on November 11, 2000.
Suisheng Zhao, associate professor of political science, was invited by the State Department and the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies in Shanghai to participate in two conferences in Beijing, one on political reform, the other on state building in China. He published an article titled "Deadlock: Beijing's National Reunification Strategy after Lee Teng-Hui," in the journal Problems of Post-Communism. He spoke at the United States and Asian Security Workshop at Cornell University in March on "China's Periphery Policy and the Changing Security Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region." He will chair a panel at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Convention in Chicago. His latest book, China and Democracy, will be published this year by Routledge.
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