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September 2001

 

See Naples and Die: Two Heroines' Italian Journeys

Professor of English George Bahlke presents paper at conference on D.H. Lawrence

In June, Professor of English George Bahlke presented a paper at the eighth international D.H. Lawrence Conference, "D.H. Lawrence and Literary Genres," in Naples, Italy. His paper, "'See Naples and Die': Two Heroines' Italian Journeys," focused on E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread and D.H. Lawrence's The Lost Girl. Bahlke also chaired a panel on D.H. Lawrence's poetry.

Samuel and Helen Lang Prize Awarded to Archeaology Professors

The Leonard C. Ferguson Professors of Archaeology Charlotte Beck and Tom Jones receive teaching prize

The Leonard C. Ferguson Professors of Archaeology Charlotte Beck and Tom Jones received the Samuel and Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching this spring at Class and Charter Day. They are the third recipients of this award, given annually to a senior, tenured faculty member for superior teaching and having made a significant and positive impact on students. Beck and Jones have spent the past 16 summers in eastern and central Nevada teaching an archaeological field school and involving undergraduates in field and lab research.

Importance of Similarity Between Clients and Volunteers in Long-Term Helping Relationships

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton presents paper at Toronto Conference

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton presented a paper in June at the 13th annual meeting of the American Psychological Society in Toronto. "Importance of similarity between clients and volunteers in long-term helping relationships" was co-authored with colleagues from the University of Minnesota and Claremont Graduate School.

Semi-Direct Products of Graphs of Groups

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin Presents Paper at Algebra Seminar

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin presented a lecture titled "Semi-Direct Products of Graphs of Groups" at the SUNY Albany Algebra Seminar in April. The work gives a new construction to study auto-morphisms of free groups and was done in collaboration with Tom Stiadle of Wells College.

Professor Teaches at Summer School in Italy

Professor of English Emeritus Austin Briggs Lectures about James Joyce

In July, Tompkins Professor of English Emeritus Austin Briggs taught at the week-long fifth annual James Joyce Summer School sponsored by the University of Trieste in the Italian city where Joyce wrote most of Dubliners, composed A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and began Ulysses. Briggs taught one of the three courses offered by the school (a seminar on Dubliners) and delivered the first in a series of 15 lectures by scholars from Europe and the United States, an address on "The Brothel as the Setting for the 'Circe' Episode of Ulysses." A recent review in the James Joyce Literary Supplement of the June 2000 Joyce Symposium held in London singled out Briggs as one of the three funniest Joyceans going; he notes that given the competition, this is much harder than being the funniest Miltonist.

Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss Speaks at Midwest Sociological Society

Chambliss Elected to American Sociological Association Committee on Nominations

Sidney Wertimer Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss recently gave two talks at the meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society in St. Louis —"Strategies of Macro-Teaching" and "Routine Activities, Everyday Life and Health." He also spoke on "The Cascade Strategy: An Approach to Transforming a Department's Intellectual Culture" at the meetings of the American Sociological Association in Anaheim, CA. Chambliss was recently elected to the ASA's Committee on Nominations and serves on the association's Task Force on Journal Diversity.

Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Mark Cryer Awarded John R. Hatch Class of 1925 Excellence in Teaching Award

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance Mark Cryer received The John R. Hatch Class of 1925 Excellence in Teaching Award this spring at Class and Charter Day. The award supports an annual prize for a tenure-track faculty member who has been employed by the College for fewer than five years, and who has demonstrated superior teaching, high-quality scholarly research and a significant and positive impact on students.

A Study of the Aquatic Insects of the Polluted Buffalo River

Thomas Diggins Publishes Article in Proceedings of the International Society for Theoretical and Applied Limnology

Thomas Diggins, visiting assistant professor of biology, published a paper, "Cluster analysis of the Chironomidae of the polluted Buffalo River, New York, USA," in the Proceedings of the International Society for Theoretical and Applied Limnology (Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol.) This December issue was released September 2001.

Invading Species

Diggins Presents Research at International Conference

In June, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Thomas Diggins presented one talk and co-authored two others at the International Association for Great Lakes Research, in Green Bay, WI. He presented, with six co-authors, "Niche partitioning between dreissenid species, with an epiphytic refugium for the zebra mussel." Co-authored papers included "Experimental analysis of sport fish predation on the round goby" and "Diet choice by the exotic round goby as influenced by prey motility and environmental complexity."

The Ecology of Muskrat Consumptions on Freshwater Clams

Thomas Diggins publishes paper in International Review of Hydrobiology

Thomas Diggins, visiting assistant professor of biology, published a paper, "Evidence of large change in unionid mussel abundance from selective muskrat predation, as inferred by shell remains left on shore." The paper, co-authored with K.M. Stewart of SUNY Buffalo, appeared in the December 2000 issues of International Review of Hydrobiology.

Networked Microscopy Classroom

Geology Department Receives National Science Foundation Support

Professor of Geology Eugene Domack, Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Geology Barbara Tewksbury and Associate Professor of Geology David Bailey were awarded $75,399 from the National Science Foundation's CCLI program to support a networked microscopy classroom in the Geology Department. Domack also received a $25,000 grant from the National Science Foundation supporting an international conference examining global warming and geologic changes in the Antarctic Peninsula. This grant will be matched 1:1 by Hamilton's Environmental Studies Program.

Government Professor Travels to Brazil

Carol Drogus to Complete Research for Co-Authored Book

Associate Professor of Government Carol Drogus will travel to Brazil to complete research on a co-authored book, thanks to a Fichter Research Award from the Association for the Sociology of Religion. She also has been named by the Institute for International Education for a three-year term on the country selection committee (Brazil and Southern Cone) for Fulbright-Hayes grants. The committee selects nominees whose names are forwarded to host countries for finalization. Fulbright-Hayes funds doctorate and some master's-level research. Earlier this month, Drogus' co-authored paper, "National Alliances: Catholic Activists and Grassroots Feminist Organizations in Brazil and Chile," was presented by her co-author at the Latin American Studies Association meeting in Washington, DC. More ...

Pyschology Professor Receives Class and Charter Day Honor

Julie Dunsmore Given Excellence in Teaching Award

Assistant Professor of Psychology Julie Dunsmore received The Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award at Class and Charter Day this spring. The award recognizes one Hamilton faculty member each year who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to teaching.

Chemistry Professor Travels to Italy

Tim Elgren Presented at Conference in Florence

Earlier this month, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren presented "Catecholase Activity Associated with Cu-S100B" at the 10th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry in Florence, Italy. In addition to Elgren, co-authors included SueAnn Senior (laboratory supervisor), Heather VanGuilder '02, Elizabeth Guancial '01, Laura Mans '00 and Kimberly Kelly '96. The abstract was published in the Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (2001) 86, 210. In addition, Elgren and Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Robin Kinnel have been awarded a $25,000 grant from the Dreyfus Scholar/Fellowship Program for their project, "An Integrative, Investigative and Advanced Chemistry Laboratory."

Steven Feldgus and George Shields Research Published

Paper Will Appear in Chemical Physics Letters

An article, "An ONIOM Study of the Bergman Reaction: A Computationally Efficient and Accurate Method for Modeling the Enediyne Anticancer Antibiotics," by Steven Feldgus, Dreyfus Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow of Chemistry, and George Shields, professor and chair, has been accepted for publication in Chemical Physics Letters. More ...

Economics Professor Lectures at International Conference

Christopher Georges Presents Paper at Yale University

Associate Professor of Economics Christopher Georges presented a paper titled "Learning Dynamics in an Artificial Currency Market" at the 7th International Conference of the Society for Computational Economics at Yale University in June.

Artist Fellowship Awarded

Naomi Guttman honored by New York Foundation for the Arts

Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman was awarded an Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts for work on her current manuscript, Galactopoiesis. Her poem, "Ultrasounds," will be published soon in the e-book anthology, Sad Little Breathings & Other Acts of Ventriloquism, edited by Heather McHugh and published by PublishingOnline (PublishingOnline.com). Two poems from the cycle Galactopoiesis, "Breather" and "Ward," appeared in the latest edition of the journal River Styx (#60). This past summer Guttman mentored Emerson Summer Collaboration Award recipient Meghan Lynch '02 on a poetry project, a series of monologues and lyric poems based on the history of the Merrimack River Valley.

Economics Professor Receives Grant

Paul Hagstrom Awarded Grant from Institute for Research on Poverty

Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Levitt Center Paul Hagstrom received a grant from the Institute for Research on Poverty for $12,130 for his research project titled "Food Stamp and Program Participation of Refugees and Immigrants: Measurement Error Correction for Immigrant Status."

Library Systems Manager Published

Ken Herold's Paper in Library Philosophy and Practice

Library Systems Manager Ken Herold published "Librarianship and the Philosophy of Information," a peer-reviewed article, in the Spring 2001 issue of Library Philosophy and Practice.

East Asian Languages Receives Grant

Money Awarded to Support New Assistant Professor of Japanese

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin and Visiting Instructor in Japanese Natsu Sato were among those instrumental in receiving a two-year $80,558 commitment from the Japan Foundation to support a new tenure-track assistant professor in Japanese.

Economics Professor Receives Two Grants

Derek Jones Researching Determinents of Business Performance During Reform

The Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek Jones contributed the chapter "Economic Performance in Transitional Economies: the Role of Ownership, Incentives and Restructuring" in Transition and Institutions: The Experience of Gradual and Late Reformers, edited by Giovanni Andrea Cornia and Vladimir Popov, Oxford University Press, September 2001. He also received two grants — one from the Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan for $35,000 and a second for $40,000 from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research. These grants are for support of Jones' research project titled "The Determinants of Business Performance During Reform: A Panel Study of Bulgarian Establishments."

Mathematics Professor Published

Rob Kantrowitz's Paper in Glascow Mathematical Journal

Associate Professor of Mathematics Rob Kantrowitz's paper, "Disjointness preserving and local operators on algebras of differentiable functions," co-authored with Michael M. Neumann of Mississippi State University, was published in the May 2001 issue of the Glasgow Mathematical Journal.

History Professor's Book Published

Shoshana Keller Publishes Book, "To Moscow, Not Mecca: The Soviet Campaign Against Islam in Central Asia"

Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller's book, To Moscow, Not Mecca: The Soviet Campaign Against Islam in Central Asia, 1917-1943 was published by Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, 2001.

Chemistry Professor Travels to Japan

Robin Kinnel Attends International Symposium in Okinawa

In June, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Robin Kinnel attended the Tenth International Symposium on Marine Natural Products in Nago, Okinawa. He also supervised four students in research this summer, including a Cornell University student who worked with him under the auspices of the New York Science Education Program. The students made presentations at CHOG, the Colgate-Hamilton Organic Group, which Kinnel initiated and established with Colgate colleagues four years ago.

Government Professor Nominated by APSA

Phil Klinkner has been Selected as Co-Chair of the Politics and History Program for the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner authored the chapter "Democratic Party Ideology in the 1990s: New Democrats or Modern Republicans?" in John Kenneth White and John C. Green, eds., The Politics of Ideas: Intellectual Challenges Facing the American Political Parties (SUNY Press, 2001). In addition, his book, The Losing Parties: Out-Party National Committees, 1956-1993 (Yale University Press, 1994), was cited by Lingua Franca as one of the "best recent books about U.S. political parties." Klinkner has been selected as co-chair of the Politics and History Program for the 2002 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

English Professor Attends American Literature Conference

Catherine Kodat Presented Paper Titled, "Faulknerian Homotexuality: The Saming Change in Go Down, Moses"

In May, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies Catherine Kodat attended the American Literature Association's annual conference in Cambridge, MA, where she presented her paper, "Faulknerian Homotexuality: The Saming Change in Go Down, Moses." In June, she attended the annual conference of the Society for Dance History Scholars at Goucher College in Baltimore, where she presented the paper "The Figure in the Carpet: George Balanchine and the Cold War."

Theatre Professor Travels to Southeast Asia

Craig Latrell Studied Translation of Euripides' Alcestis utilizing the West Sumatran theatre form "randai."

Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance Craig Latrell traveled to Southeast Asia with Emerson Scholar Carter Cox '03, where they worked on an adaptation of Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Rabinowitz's translation of Euripides' Alcestis utilizing the West Sumatran theatre form "randai." In addition, Latrell presented the paper "Ethnographic Theory in Intercultural Performance" at the Association for Asian Performance Conference at Northwestern University on August 1. As president of the Association for Asian Performance, he helped to coordinate both that conference and the organization's activities at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education annual conference in Chicago.

Cheng Li Writes Three Articles

Li also gave a number of briefings and interviews during the summer months

Professor of Government Cheng Li has written three articles: "China's Political Succession: Four Myths in the U.S.," published in Foreign Policy in Focus (May 2001); "China's Political Succession" published in Asia Program Report (June 2001); and "From Red to Green? The Chinese Communist Party at 80" (also translated into Russian, French, Spanish and other foreign languages) published in Project Syndicate (July, 2001). More ...

Seth Major Attends Banach Workshop on Quantum Gravity

Assistant Professor of Physics presents the talk, "New Results for Quantum Geometric Operators."

In June, Assistant Professor of Physics Seth Major attended the 3rd Banach Workshop on Quantum Gravity in Warsaw, Poland, where he presented the talk "New Results for Quantum Geometric Operators." He also traveled to the GR16 conference in Durban, South Africa, in July, where he spoke on "Discrete Geometry — Possible Tests: GZK Threshold, Cerenkov Radiation and Atomic Energy Levels."

Robert Martin Publishes The Free and Open Press

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government gives invited lecture

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Robert Martin published a book, The Free and Open Press: The Founding of American Democratic Press Liberty, 1640-1800 (New York University Press). In March he gave an invited lecture as part of the Social Science Speakers' Series at Union College titled "The Public Sphere of the Early Republic: Alexander Hamilton versus William Manning." More ...

McEnroe Completes 10-Year Architecture Project

Pseira, Crete Excavations

Associate Professor of Art John McEnroe has published 35 reports in "Pseira IV. Minoan Buildings in Areas B, C, D, and F." (The University Museum Press) to culminate his 10-year project as architect for the Pseira, Crete excavations. McEnroe also published his third book this fall. Artists, Writers, and Musicians, An Encyclopedia of People who Changed the World (Oryx Press, 2001)was co-edited with Michel-Andre Bossy of Brown University and Thomas Brothers of Duke University.

Professor of Biology Elected Chair of Committee

Sue Ann Miller will head Sigma Xi committee

Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller has been elected to chair the committee that administers the grants-in-aid research program of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society.

David Nalbone Presents to American Psychological Society

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology presents two posters at annual meeting

In June, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology David Nalbone presented two posters at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society in Toronto: "Differences between high-level and low-level introductory psychology textbooks" and "Attitudes toward abortion: One, two, or more dimensions?" The later was co-authored with Hansmann Scholar Elizabeth Muenk '02.

John O'Neal Has Chapter Published

Professor of French Writes for Art and Culture in the Eighteenth Century: New Dimensions and Multiple Perspectives

Professor of French John O'Neal's chapter "Nature's Culture in Du Bos's Réflexions critiques sur la poésie et sur la peinture" was published in Art and Culture in the Eighteenth Century: New Dimensions and Multiple Perspectives, ed. Elise Goodman (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2001), pp. 15-27.

Steve Orvis Awarded $3,000 International Visitors Award

As part of the award, Kanyinga will speak at Hamilton

Associate Professor of Government Steve Orvis, along with Dr. Karuti Kanyinga, has been awarded a $3,000 International Visitors Award by the African Studies Association to bring Kanyinga to the United States for a lecture tour culminating in attendance at the ASA annual meeting. As part of the award, Kanyinga will speak at Hamilton on November 8. At the ASA meeting in November, he will take part in one of two panels Orvis has organized on "Succession Politics in Kenya."

Heidi Ravven Publishes Four Articles

Ravven also gave several presentations at the Labor Day Renaissance Weekend at the Aspen Institute in Colorado

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven has published the following: "Some Thoughts on What Spinoza Learned from Maimonides about the Prophetic Imagination," Part II, Journal of the History of Philosophy (July 2001); "Spinoza's Rupture with Tradition: On Ethics V p39s," in IYYUN: Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly (July 2001); Republication of "Spinoza's Individualism Reconsidered: Some Lessons from the Short Treatise" in Spinoza. Yirmiyahu Yovel and Gideon Segal, eds.(Ashgate: Aldershot, 2001); and Republication of "Creating a Jewish Feminist Philosophy" in The Jewish Philosophy Reader, ed. by Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman (Routledge, 2000). Ravven also attended and gave several presentations at the Labor Day Renaissance Weekend at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. The institute gathers together prominent people in business, government, education, the arts, health and other areas to brainstorm about pressing issues facing the nation. She spoke on a panel about higher education, one on the role of character in government and also gave a class on a biblical text dealing with the intersection between character and public life.

Douglas Raybeck Returns From Malaysia

Field Trip to Kelantan, Malaysia to Reprise Past Study

Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck recently returned from a three-month field trip to Kelantan, Malaysia where he reprised a study carried out several years ago. The results were both qualitative and quantitative, and should enable him to make some fairly precise statements about cultural change in Kelantan, and in general.

Mathematics Professor Published

Robert Redfield's Paper in Mathematical Journal

Robert Redfield, Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics, had his paper titled,"Subfields of lattice-ordered fields that mimic maximal totally ordered subfields" published in the Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal (volume 51 (126), 2001, pp 143-161).

Patrick Reynolds Presents Work All Over the World

Reynolds and Hamilton graduates present three posters for viewing in Vienna, South Africa, and Iceland

In August, Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Reynolds presented the poster, "Latitudinal species diversity and range-size gradients in the Scaphopoda," co-authored with Nathan Gray '01 and Luke Hilpert '00, at the World Congress of Malacology in Vienna. He was also invited as co-chair of "Plasticity and Diversity in the Evolution of Marine Invertebrate Larvae." at the 9th International Congress on Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, in July. Also in July, Reynolds also presented the poster, "Characterization of polychaete-dominated assemblages off the western Antarctic Peninsula: Palmer Deep and Andvord Bay" at the Seventh International Polychaete Conference in Reykjavík, Iceland. This work was co-authored with Daniel Catlin '01, Sara Paley '01, Courtney Zimmer '00 and Laura Steinmann '00.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein Presents Work

Rosenstein Presents Work Co-authored by Hamilton Graduates

In May, Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein's chapter, "Radical Fragmentation Reactions," appeared in Radicals in Organic Synthesis (Wiley-VCH). In June, he, along with Jamie McCabe '01, Chris Steed '01 and Beth Vogel '01, attended the 37th National Organic Symposium in Bozeman, MT. Together they presented two posters: "Stereoselective Allylation of Tertiary, Electrophilic Radicals: Ester versus Amide Chiral Auxiliaries," co-authored by McCabe, Steed and Dreyfus Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Chemistry Steve Feldgus, and "Probing for Electronic Effects in the Transition State of the Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical Ring Opening Reaction," co-authored by Vogel. In July, Rosenstein attended the Gordon Research Conference on Free Radical Reactions in Holderness, NH, where he chaired a session on "Radicals in Organic Synthesis" and presented a poster, "Ester versus Amide Chiral Auxiliaries for Reactions of Tertiary, Electrophilic Radicals," co-authored again by Steed, McCabe and Feldgus.

Carl Rubino Presents His Fifth Annual Alumni Seminar at Hamilton

This year's topic was "Power, Morality and Integrity"

Together with Mary Bernardine Dias '98 of the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino presented his fifth annual Alumni Seminar at Hamilton in July. This year's topic was "Power, Morality and Integrity." In August, Rubino organized and was one of the leaders of a workshop sponsored by the VRoma project and the Classical Association of the Empire State on the use of digital technology in the Latin classroom. The workshop, held at Hamilton, was attended by 10 K-12 teachers from New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Also, Rubino published a book chapter: "Ordre : Chaos :: Parole : Silence?" Méditations sur une équation ouverte aux questions," Ilya Prigogine (ed.), L'Homme devant l'incertain (Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob, 2001), pp. 325-336.

Carol Rupprecht Invited to Teach in the C.G. Jung Foundation's Summer Study Intensive Program

Professor of Comparative Literature taught a seminar on "Sex, Gender and Dreams"

Professor of Comparative Literature Carol Rupprecht was invited to teach in the C.G.Jung Foundation's Summer Study Intensive Program in New York City in July. She taught a seminar on "Sex, Gender and Dreams" in the week devoted to archetypal images in dreaming. Rupprecht also investigated all the research and publication on archetypal thought done over the past 8-10 years since she was asked by the editors to update her entry, "Archetypal Theory and Criticism," in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. The considerable success of the one-volume reference work since its completion in 1992 has led to preparation of a new edition.

George Shields Receives $782,220 Grant From the National Science Foundation

The Grant involves a consortium of six northeastern liberal arts institutions

Professor of Chemistry George Shields received a $782,220 grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation grant program. The grant allows a consortium of six northeastern liberal arts institutions to acquire a supercomputer for various computational chemistry research projects.

Ann Silversmith Presents Two Posters at Dynamic Processes Conference in Lyon, France

Posters co-authored by Hamilton graduates and students

Associate Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith presented two posters, co-authored with David Shaye '02, Bryan Smith '02, Jessie McComb '03, Rachael Anderman '01, Linwood Rumney '04 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer, at the Dynamic Processes Conference 2001 in Lyon, France. (DPC is an international conference and only one other small college presented.) Titles and authors are: A.J. Silversmith, D.M. Boye, R.E. Anderman and K.S. Brewer "Fluorescence line-narrowing and decay dynamics in sol-gel glasses containing Eu3+" and D.M. Boye, A.J. Silversmith, J. Nolen, L. Rumney, D. Shaye, B.C. Smith, J. McComb and K.S. Brewer, "Red-to-green upconversion in Er-doped SiO2 and SiO2/TiO2 sol-gel silicate glasses."

Mitchell Stevens' Book Published by Princeton University Press

Stevens also presented a panel at the National Association of College Admission Counselors in San Antonio, TX

Assistant Professor of Sociology Mitchell Stevens' book, Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, was published in September by Princeton University Press. The book's cover features children's art selected from submissions to a national contest he conducted for homeschooled young people. Stevens has been quoted recently in homeschooling stories in Education Week and Time magazine. In collaboration with Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Rit Fuller, he presented a panel, "Homeschool 101: What Admission Officers and Guidance Counselors Should Know," at the National Association of College Admission Counselors in San Antonio, TX, in September.

Nathaniel Strout Publishes Article

Associate Professor of English Publishes Article in Studies in English Literature

Associate Professor of English Nathaniel Strout's article, "As You Like It, Rosalynde, and Mutuality," was published in Studies in English Literature 41(2001), pp. 277-296.

Bonnie Urciuoli's Chapter Appeared in Cultural Diversity in the U.S.

Professor of Anthropology Publishes Chapter

Professor of Anthropology Bonnie Urciuoli's chapter, "The complex diversity of language in the United States," appeared in Cultural Diversity in the U.S. published by Blackwell (2001).

Jonathan Vaughan Receives $138,125 Grant

Professor of Psychology receives grant from the National Institute of Health

Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan received a grant from the National Institutes of Health for $138,125 to support his research on a three-dimensional model of movement planning.

Edward Wheatley Presents Paper at the Conference of the Early Book Society

The Paper is Titled, "'Luther's Pestiferous Virus:' An Angry Jesuit Remaps the Nuremberg Chronicle."

In July, Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley presented a paper titled "`Luther's Pestiferous Virus:' An Angry Jesuit Remaps the Nuremberg Chronicle" at the conference of the Early Book Society in Cork, Ireland. The presentation examined Hamilton College's copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle, published in 1493, to which a Jesuit added anti-Protestant marginalia in 1616. More ...

Ernest Williams Gives Lecture at the Draper Museum of Natural History

Williams led a field trip afterward to look at the behavior of butterflies in the field

In August, Professor of Biology Ernest Williams gave a lecture titled "Exploring Butterflies" at the Draper Museum of Natural History, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY, and afterward led a field trip for the museum to look at the behavior of butterflies in the field. Also this summer he published a non-technical article, "Gillett's Checkerspot: Life in a Mountain Meadow," in the summer issue of American Butterflies 9(2), pp. 6-13.

Hamilton College Receives $1,171,500 Grant Under the Leadership of Thomas Wilson

Four-year grant from the Freeman Foundation will provide funding for two new tenure-track faculty positions

Under the leadership of Associate Professor of History Thomas Wilson and drawing on the expertise of other members of the Asian Studies Program, the College received a $1,171,500 four-year grant from the Freeman Foundation, which will provide funding for two new tenure-track faculty positions — one in Japanese languages and literature and another in Japanese social science. The grant will also enable the College to establish a new post-doctoral teaching fellows program to augment the breadth of its course offerings on Asia, and will provide funding for intensive short- and long-term student-faculty research collaborations both abroad and on campus.

De Bao Xu Invited as the Keynote Speaker at the 2001 East Asian LLEEP Conference

De Bao Xu gave the talk, "Multimedia Templates for Chinese and Japanese Instruction."

Associate Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu was invited as the keynote speaker at the 2001 East Asian LLEEP Conference at Ohio State University this spring. He gave the talk "Multimedia Templates for Chinese and Japanese Instruction." Xu was also invited by the president of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics to present his first personal linguistic book display at the association's 10th annual conference in June at the University of California, Irvine. The display consisted of his 12 books in generative linguistics and Chinese linguistics (textbooks not included). More ...

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