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Faculty News - Fall 2008Elgren Serves as Facilitator at NSF Undergraduate Research WorkshopOctober 13, 2008Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren served as a facilitator at the Midwest Regional Workshop on Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research held at Hope College October 10-12. The workshop was funded by the National Science Foundation and coordinated by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). Eight institutional teams, consisting of faculty members and administrators, worked with facilitators to develop action plans for implementing sustainable undergraduate research programs on their campuses. More ... Omori Publishes Essay on North American Scholarship in Japanese ModernismOctober 8, 2008Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori published an essay titled "North American Research in Japanese Modernism" (in Japanese: "Hokubei ni okeru Nihon modanizumu kenkyu") in Showa Literary Studies (Showa bungaku kenkyu: Number 57, 2008). Until recently, only certain types of Japanese literary texts produced under the influence of Western high modernism were considered modanizumu bungaku (modernist literature). More ... Larson Publishes Two Short Stories and EssayOctober 8, 2008Associate Professor of English Doran Larson recently published two stories and an essay. "Tango" appears in the current issue of Stone Canoe and "Cha Cha" was published in the current issue of New Madrid. An essay, "The Prison Industrial Literary Complex," appears in the current issue of The Minnesota Review, and serves to introduce three essays and one story from the men in Larson's class inside Attica prison. More ...Hamilton Participates in 5th International Workshop on Chinese Language TeachingOctober 8, 2008Hamilton College participated in the 5th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT5) at the University of Macau in June. It was co-sponsored by the University of Macau and Hamilton's President's Office, Dean's Office and the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department. More ... Owen Quoted in Christian Science MonitorOctober 8, 2008Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was quoted in a front page story in The Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday, Oct. 8. In "Fed makes boldest move yet," an article that discussed the Federal Reserve's decision to buy short-term debt directly from the largest U.S. corporations, Owen observed that if other economic indicators were looking more positive, the Fed would not be taking such dramatic steps. More ... Isserman Interviewed by Observer-DispatchOctober 7, 2008"Write on: Maurice Isserman," an interview of history professor Maurice Isserman, appeared on the Viewpoints page of the Observer-Dispatch, on Sunday, Oct. 5. On the same day, The New York Times Book Review listed Fallen Giants, Isserman's new book, co-authored with University of Rochester history professor Stewart Weaver, as an "editors' pick" of the week. More ... Murtaugh Exhibits in Georgia GalleryOctober 7, 2008Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh exhibited three pieces from the Sweetest Battle and Seeing Stars series in Beautiful Losers at the Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, Ga. The gallery is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote economic enrichment in rural communities through the arts. The show was curated by the co-founders of shotgun-review.com, Joseph del Pesco and Scott Oliver, and ran from Sept. 11 through Oct. 4. The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation WIns Book AwardOctober 6, 2008A 2006 book to which Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of Faculty Pat Reynolds contributed a chapter, has been chosen as a winner of the Florida Publishers Association 2008 Book Awards. The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation was named in the best Adult Nonfiction category. Reynolds' chapter is on the class Scaphopoda, known as the tusk shell because of its hollow, curved, conical tube shape. More ... Rodriguez Plate Publishes Book ChaptersOctober 5, 2008Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate has had three book chapters published in the last month. The chapters include, "From Iconoclash to Iconomash," in Re-Enchantment, James Elkins and David Morgan, eds. The Art Seminar, vol. 7 (New York: Routledge, 2008); "Filmmaking and Worldmaking: Constructing Time and Space in Ritual, Myth, and Film," in Teaching Religion and Film, Greg Watkins, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008; part of the Teaching Religious Studies Series); and "Seeing Words, Reading Images: Allegory and Interpretation in Bak and Benjamin," in Representing the Irreparable: The Shoah, The Bible, and the Art of Samuel Bak, Gary Philips, Danna Nolan Fewell, Yvonne Sherwood, eds. (Boston: Pucker Art Gallery, in conjunction with Syracuse University Press, 2008). Cryer Performs "99" at University of IllinoisOctober 2, 2008Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer performed his one-man show, 99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African American But Were Too Afraid to Ask, at the University of Illinois at Springfield on Oct. 1. Cryer created the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City to arrive at the questions. Klinkner Speaks at Lake Forest CollegeOctober 2, 2008James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner, who earned his undergraduate degree at Lake Forest College, returned to his alma mater on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to speak at the college's Lily Reid Hold Memorial Chapel about what the presidencies of Barack Obama and John McCain would look like. Biology Classes Explore Marine Habitats Along Connecticut, Rhode Island ShoresOctober 1, 2008The Marine Biology and Invertebrate Biology classes, taught by Professors Pat Reynolds and Ashleigh Smythe, respectively, explored the diversity and ecology of marine habitats along the Connecticut and Rhode Island shores during the weekend of Sept. 27 and 28. More ... Bradfield Discusses Economy on NBC Affiliate WKTVOctober 1, 2008James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, appeared on a news segment on NBC affiliate WKTV on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in an interview on the current state of the economy. Bradfield said that he felt certain that the college's many economics graduates could look forward to bright futures in business despite current market turbulence. More ...Students and Faculty Visit New England Center for ChildrenSeptember 30, 2008A group of Hamilton students and psychology professors Jean Burr and Lynn Evans took a trip to the New England Center for Children (NECC) in Southborough, Mass. on Friday, Sept. 26, to learn more about the center's programming. NECC is a community-based residential school for children and adults with autism, behavior disorders, mental retardation and other related developmental disabilities. More ... Brown Exhibits at Reynolds Gallery in VirginiaSeptember 29, 2008Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Jacqueline Brown is one of 13 artists participating in a group exhibition titled "Almost Famous" at the Reynolds Gallery in Richmond, Va. The show will be open through October 11. "Almost Famous" features select graduates from the MFA program at Virginia Commonwealth University. More ... Cannavo Op-ed Appears in Providence Journal and Syracuse Post-StandardSeptember 29, 2008An opinion piece written by Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo appeared in The Providence Journal on Saturday, Sept. 27, and in the Syracuse Post-Standard on Monday, Sept. 29, titled "Palins redefine paterfamilias" and "Palins shake up gender role debate" respectively. More ... Rohrbach Presents Paper at OxfordSeptember 28, 2008Emily Rohrbach, visiting assistant professor of English, attended the "Victorian Literature and Culture: Bodies and Things" conference on Sept. 27 at Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK. Rohrbach gave a paper titled "Byron and the Future of the Museum," which explored the "aesthetics of history" in Byron's comic epic Don Juan in relation to the early 19th century rise of the modern museum as a form of historical knowledge. In Don Juan, Byron envisions a future in which an archaeological dig would uncover the body of George IV as a historical relic for a "new museum"; the comic image, she suggested, registers the poet's aversion to the politics of the burgeoning museum culture. More ... Domack Gives Invited Lecture at Ottawa's Logan ClubSeptember 26, 2008Eugene Domack, the J.W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, gave an invited talk at the Geological Survey of Canada for the Logan Club on Sept. 25, in Ottawa. His talk was titled "Environmental Change and the Larsen Ice Shelf." The Geological Survey of Canada was founded in 1842 by Sir William Logan. The Logan Club was founded in 1887 as a forum for the GSC staff to discuss earth science topics. Isserman's Fallen Giants Reviewed by New York TimesSeptember 26, 2008Fallen Giants A History of Himalayan Mountaineering From the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, co-authored by Maurice Isserman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of History, and University of Rochester professor Stewart Weaver, received a stream of accolades in a review that appears in the Friday, Sept. 26, edition of the International Herald Tribune and the Sunday, Sept. 28, issue of The New York Times Book Review. "Fallen Giants is the book of a lifetime for its authors, an awe-inspiring work of history and storytelling," wrote the reviewer. More ... Kuharic Lectures at Clark UniversitySeptember 25, 2008Katharine Kuharic, the Kevin Kennedy Associate Professor of Art, was a visiting art lecturer on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. Kuharic discussed the evolution and direction of her work. Hamilton Hosts N.Y. Conference on Asian StudiesSeptember 24, 2008On Friday, Sept. 26, and Saturday, Sept. 27, Hamilton will host the 2008 New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS). The conference will present panels, roundtable discussions, exhibitions, keynote address and a film screening on the theme, "Cultural Connections, Convergences, and Collisions: Past and Present." Registration is complimentary for interested Hamilton, Colgate, Utica College, and SUNY IT students and faculty. More ... Wilson Presents at International SymposiumSeptember 24, 2008Professor of History Thomas Wilson presented a paper titled, "'Sacrifice as living: Confucian Conceptions of Life and Death in Rites to Ancestors" at the International Symposium on Sacrifice: Between Life and Death at the Katholische Akademie in Weingarten, Germany. Fifteen scholars from Europe, Asia and the United States were invited to attend the conference organized by the Hermann and Marianne Straniak Foundation of Switzerland on Sept. 15. More ... Bradfield Discusses Economy in Observer-Dispatch Op-edSeptember 23, 2008An opinion piece written by James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, appeared in the Sunday, Sept. 21, issue of the Utica Observer-Dispatch. In "Turbulence and the U.S. Economy," Bradfield explained that "In a free enterprise system, we probably cannot prevent all turbulence. Even if we could do so, the cost would almost certainly be foregoing the growth (with turbulence) of the economy that we have enjoyed since the founding of the republic." More ... Guttman and Krueger Present at the Oxford Symposium on Food and CookerySeptember 17, 2008Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman and Burgess Professor of French Roberta L. Krueger presented a paper at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery, held at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, from September 12-14. The theme for 2008 was "Vegetables," and their paper, "Utica Greens: Central New York's Italian-American Specialty," covered the cultural history of this local dish. Using cookbook research and interviews with home cooks and restaurant chefs, the paper examines the origins of what is now an almost obligatory item on local menus. More ... Goodale Publishes in Edited VolumeSeptember 17, 2008Nathan Goodale, visiting instructor of anthropology, published his paper titled "Lithic Core Reduction Techniques: Modeling Expected Diversity," with co-authors Ian Kuijt (University of Notre Dame), Shane Macfarlan (Washington State University), Curtis Osterhoudt (Los Alamos National Laboratory), and Bill Finlayson (Council for British Research in the Levant). The paper is published in a volume edited by William Andrefsky Jr. titled Lithic Technology: Measures of Production, Use and Curation. More ... Murtaugh Exhibits "Seduction" at 1708 Gallery in VirginiaSeptember 16, 2008Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca S. Murtaugh is exhibiting "Seduction" at the 1708 Gallery in Richmond, Va. This two-person show, which runs until October 11, explores works that are visually and intellectually seductive. More ...
Jaksch Presents Paper at Conference in IndiaSeptember 16, 2008Marla Jaksch, visiting assistant professor of women's studies, presented a paper at the "(In)Equality, Inclusion, & Human Development" conference in New Delhi, India. The conference, co-sponsored by the Human Development & Capability Association and the Institute for Human Development, brought together international scholars, activists, and policy makers to meet, explore, and strategize on the relationships between inequality, exclusion, and human development. More ... Woods Receives ASCAP AwardSeptember 16, 2008Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods has been awarded funding from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) for 2008-09. Woods received the award in the jazz and popular music division. Isserman Offers Booksigning and Talk on Himalayan MountaineeringSeptember 15, 2008Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College's James L. Ferguson Professor of History, will discuss Fallen Giants - A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 4:15 p.m. at the Glen House on Hamilton's campus. Isserman, who co-authored the book, will also sign copies. Published by Yale University Press last month, the book has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. More ... Chang Presents at NSF CCLI ConferenceSeptember 15, 2008To promote informatics literacy, Hamilton was awarded with a NSF Class Curriculum & Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant to establish and to improve its bioinformatics curriculum. Assistant Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang presented Hamilton's five years outcome and achievements at the conference, which was sponsored by AAAS and NSF. He joined other grant awardees from more than 200 U.S, colleges and shared the experience of teaching bioinformatics at small liberal arts institutions. The conference was held in August in Washington, D.C. Boutin Gives Talk at Denmark ConferenceSeptember 11, 2008Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin presented a talk titled "The Cost of 2-Distinguishing" at a graph theory conference at Sandbjerg Manor, Denmark. In her talk, Boutin described a set of vertices that can be used to disrupt all symmetries in a network and presented her results on how small these sets of vertices can be in some well-known network families. Klinkner Analysis Appears on Huffington PostSeptember 10, 2008"Media Myths: Palin and Women," an analysis of voter preferences and how they may have changed with the introduction of Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate, appeared on Huffingtonpost.com on Sept. 10. In writing the piece, Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, analyzed Gallup tracking poll numbers before and after the Palin announcement that revealed that McCain's surge came equally from men and women. More ... Marcus Leads AAPT Conference Workshop; Publishes Article in Facta PhilosophicaSeptember 8, 2008Russell Marcus, the Chauncey Truax Post-Doctoral Fellow in Philosophy, led a workshop at the 17th annual International Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy, run by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT). The workshop was titled "Adjudicating the Objections and Replies: A Cooperative Lesson Using the Objections and Replies to Descartes's Meditations." Also, his article, "Structuralism, Indispensability and the Access Problem," was published in August in the Swiss journal Facta Philosophica. More ... Murtaugh Presents Lecture at Virginia CommonwealthSeptember 8, 2008Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh presented a visiting artist lecture titled "Play" at Virginia Commonwealth University on Sept. 4. She discussed her artworks conceived and exhibited over the past seven years, including the new series "The Sweetest Battle." In her work, she used diverse formats and media to create works that are both intellectually and visually seductive, such as using Post-it Notes to transcend the use of everyday objects. While at VCU she also visited with graduate students in the Craft and Material Studies Department, who sponsored the lecture. Muirhead and Salzillo Exhibit at Delavan GallerySeptember 6, 2008"Five Years at Delavan," opens on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Delevan Art Gallery featuring prints by the Atelier Four, a group which includes alumna Amy Georgia Buchholz '80, Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead, alumnus Jake Muirhead '86 and Professor of Art William Salzillo. A reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. The gallery is located at 501 W. Fayette Street, Syracuse. The exhibition is open through Oct. 25. More ... Calvert-Minor Publishes Paper in the Journal PhilosophiaSeptember 4, 2008Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Chris Calvert-Minor has published a paper, "Commonsense Realism and Triangulation," in the journal Philosophia. Calvert-Minor takes a pragmatist line of thought to defend commonsense realism. He supports the position through an interpretation and application of Donald Davidson's notion of triangulation, the triangle composed of two communicators coordinating and correcting their responses with a shared causal stimulus. Domack Presents Keynote Lecture at 33rd Annual International Geological CongressSeptember 4, 2008Eugene Domack, the J.W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, gave an invited keynote talk at the 33rd Annual International Geological Congress meeting in Oslo, Norway, in August. His talk was titled "Chronologic Constraints on Deglaciation of the Antarctic Continental Shelf, A Review of Radiocarbon Methods and Applications." For nine days 6,000 scientists from 113 countries took part in lively discussions within almost every conceivable aspect of geology. The abstract text of Domack's talk follows. More ... Walker '62 Op-ed Appears in The Boston GlobeSeptember 3, 2008Edward S. Walker, Jr., '62, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates and Hamilton's Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, co-wrote an opinion piece in The Boston Globe on Tuesday, Sept. 2, titled "A US role in Syrian-Israeli peace." More ... Kantrowitz Lectures in DenmarkSeptember 3, 2008Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz '82 was a speaker at the Conference on Banach Algebras and Local Spectral Theory held in August at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. Kantrowitz's talk, titled "Approximation by Operators that Preserve Disjointness," centered around bounded linear operators on Banach algebras of continuous functions, and the extent to which they are approximable by weighted composition operators. Smythe Conducts Field Research in PanamaSeptember 2, 2008Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Ashleigh Smythe spent 10 days in August at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Bocas del Toro field station on the Caribbean coast of Panama. She collected tiny marine worms called nematodes, which are the focus of her research. Nematodes are found in all types of sediment, terrestrial and aquatic. More ... |
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