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Fall 2002

The quarterly report of Hamilton College faculty members' scholarly activities is available in PDF format: Fall 2002.  Current activities appear by date below.  
 

Faculty News - Fall 2002



Helfant Defends Dissertation at University of Amsterdam

November 29, 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Astrid H. Helfant successfully defended her dissertation titled "The Saccharomyces cerevisiae spindle pole body (SPB) and its importance in maintaining genomic stability via SPB duplication and nuclear positioning," at the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

Owen's Paper Published in Contributions to Macroeconomics

November 27, 2002
"Finance and Macroeconomic Volatility," a paper by Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen, was published in Contributions to Macroeconomics. The paper was a joint work with Murat Iyigun at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Cevdet Denizer at the World Bank.

Subramaniam Publishes Paper

November 27, 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ram Subramaniam published a paper, "Cellular oxidant stress and advanced glycation endproducts of albumin: caveats of the dichlorofluorescein assay" in Archives Biochemistry and Biophysics. His co-authors are Xing-Jun Fan, Vincenzo Scivittaro, Jianqi Yang, Chung-Eun Ha, Charles Petersen, Witold Surewicz, V. Bhagavan, Miriam Weiss, Vincent M. Monnier, at al.

Kanipe Selected for Humanities Program

November 26, 2002
Esther Kanipe, Marjorie and Robert W. Ewen Professor of History, was selected for the Speakers in the Humanities Program of the New York Council on the Humanities for 2003-2005. She will offer two lectures: "What is Disability Studies?" and "The Disabled Veteran in the 20th Century: The Wages of Sacrifice." Kanipe will speak about five times per year to various groups around the state.

Miller Re-Elected to Sigma Xi Directorship

November 26, 2002
Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller has been elected to a second term as director of the Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group of Sigma Xi, the international scientific research society. This allows her to continue on the board of directors as well as her service as chair of the committee on Grants-in-Aid of Research. Grants in-Aid of Research is a highly competitive 75-year-old program that awards small grants to graduate and undergraduate students.

Day Presents Paper About 1960s Petersburg

November 25, 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Jennifer Day presented a paper, "Home on the Outside: Self and Space in 1960s Petersburg," at the November 2002 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Pittsburgh.

Brewer Publishes in Journal of Crystal Growth

November 25, 2002
Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer had a paper, "Low temperature metalorganic chemical vapor deposition growth of InP using the new precursors pentamethylcyclopentadienylindium(I) and white phosphorus" published in the Journal of Crystal Growth. This paper is a result of collaboration several years ago with O.T. Beachley, Jr. (Chemistry, SUNY-Buffalo) and H. J. Haugan of the research group of B.D. McComb (Chemical Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo).

Eugene Domack Receives Grant from CNYRPB to Study Oneida Lake

November 25, 2002
Professor of Geology Eugene Domack received a grant from the Central New York Regional Planning Board to study the depositional history and environmental consequences of the Oneida Creek delta in Oneida Lake. With Scott Ingmire of the Madison County Planning Office, Domack will begin a year-long investigation of the depositional processes and accretion rates of the delta in order to understand the relative role of wave action versus flood activity across the eastern shoreline of the lake. This is part of a larger effort supported by the CNYRPB in development of the Oneida Lake watershed plan, one of the largest watershed districts in New York State.

Domack gave an invited paper at the 9th Annual West Antarctic Ice Sheet symposium held in Sterling, Va., and a talk at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in November. In addition, he has recently published three papers in Marine Geophysical Researches, Geology and Paleoceanography.  More ...

Wheatley Publishes Article in Disability Studies Quarterly

November 25, 2002
Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley has published an article titled "Blindness, Discipline, and Reward: Louis IX and the Foundation of the Hospice des Quinze-Vingts" in the Fall 2002 issue of Disability Studies Quarterly. The article is available on line at  www.cds.hawaii.edu/dsq.

Martin Presents Paper at APSA Conference

November 25, 2002
Assistant Professor of Government Robert Martin presented a paper titled "Stigmatizing Dissent: The Democratic Societies of the 1790s and the Failure of the Deliberative Model" at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference in September. The paper was part of a panel Martin organized, "Political Problems and Social Agony: The Failures of Deliberative Democracy."

Yao's Book Published

November 25, 2002
Assistant Professor of English Steven Yao authored a book, Translation and the Languages of Modernism: Gender, Politics, Language (Palgrave/ St. Martins, 2002), which demonstrates the central importance of translation as a mode of literary production in the development of Anglo-American Modernism. In addition, Yao organized and presided over the seminar "World Modernisms" at the fourth annual Modernist Studies Association Conference. The seminar sought the broaden the scope of the investigation into Modernism beyond the limits of Anglo-Euro-American culture.

Yordan Publishes Articles, Reviews and Op-eds

November 25, 2002
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs published Visiting Instructor of Government Carlos L. Yordan's essay "Resolving the Bosnian Conflict: The Past Failures of American and European Solutions" in its Winter 2003 issue. In addition, his review of John Mearsheimer's oft-cited book, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, is in the Journal of International Relations and Development. Yordan published an op-ed in the Syracuse, N.Y. Post-Standard on Oct. 10, titled "Winning the Public Relations War Before Defeating Saddam." The Utica, N.Y. Observer-Dispatch published another op-ed, titled "NATO Needs Realignment to Maintain Clout," on Nov. 17. He also published an article on the future of the trans-Atlantic alliance on the Canadian Institute of International Affairs publication Institute Affairs (November 2002). The article was titled "Recasting NATO for the Post 11 September World."

Larson Publishes Paper in Columbia Journal of American Studies

November 25, 2002
Associate Professor of English Doran Larson has published a paper titled "Taylor-Made Girls: Eroticizing Scientific Management in SISTER CARRIE," in the Columbia Journal of American Studies.

Omori Presents Paper

November 25, 2002
Instructor of Japanese Kyoko Omori presented a paper, "Detecting Modernism in Interwar Japanese Literature," for the World Modernisms Seminar at the annual conference of the Modernist Studies Association held in October in Madison, Wisconsin. The MSA conferences draw more than 500 participants from various parts of the world. Her article, "Merican-Jap and Modernity: Tani Jôji's Popular Negotiation of the Foreign," has appeared in Japan from Somewhere Else: The Proceedings of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies, West Lafayette: AJLS, Purdue University, Autumn 2002.

Adams Speaks at Symposia

November 25, 2002
Visiting Professor of Rhetoric and Communication John C. Adams gave a talk, "Epideictic rhetoric and its cultured reception: In memory of the firefighters," at the Symposia on the Rhetoric of Display, Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire.

Wilson Discussant for America Academy of Religions

November 24, 2002
Asian Studies Chair and Professor of History Thomas A. Wilson was a discussant for a panel at the annual meeting of the America Academy of Religions in Toronto on Nov. 24. The panel was titled "Innovation and Transmission in Confucian Traditions."

Bass Reviews Arthur Levitt Book for New York Times

November 24, 2002
Visiting Professor of American Studies Thomas Bass wrote a review of former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt's new book, Take on the Street, What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know: What You Can Do to Fight Back, for the New York Times (11/24/02). Bass writes, "Levitt and his journalist co-author Paula Dwyer have written a first-rate financial primer. The description of how stock markets actually trade stocks and his lessons on how to read financial statements are worth the price of admission alone."

Keller Speaks at Colgate and at AAASS Convention

November 21, 2002
Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller delivered two talks at Colgate University, courtesy of the Colgate Russian and Asian Studies programs. The first was called "The Silk Roads: Binding Asia, Europe and Islamic Lands in Ancient Times." The second was "Central Asian Islam from Stalin to Karimov: What is the U.S. Getting Into?" In November she attended the national convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Pittsburgh. Keller presented a paper titled "Milliilashtirish Creating a Nation." She also chaired a panel on "War's Impact on Inter-Ethnic Relations in Soviet Lands, 1939-1945: Propaganda and Reality."

Blackwood Appointed to Conduct Pakistan Studies Contest

November 20, 2002
Russell Blackwood, the John Stuart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and a long-time trustee of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, has been appointed by the institute to conduct a national undergraduate essay contest in Pakistan Studies. Contest winners will receive a financial prize and publication of abstracts of their papers in Pakistan Studies News.

Adair is Panelist at Higher Education and Welfare Reform Conference

November 20, 2002
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Vivyan Adair, who is director of the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College, was a panelist at a higher education and welfare reform conference in New York City on Nov. 18. The conference, "Bridging the Gap: Higher Education and Career-Centered Welfare Reform," was sponsored by Metropolitan College of New York, Medgar Evans College (CUNY), National Urban League, National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the College Board. Adair participated in a panel, "Programs and Models That Work," where she described the ACCESS Project. ACCESS is a demonstration educational, social service and career program that assists profoundly low-income parents in Central New York in their efforts to move from welfare and low-wage work to meaningful and secure career employment through higher education. The program provides a fully supported introduction to a liberal arts education coupled with social services, family and career support.

Hagstrom Presents Research Results in Washington D.C.

November 19, 2002
Associate Professor of Economics and Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center Director Paul Hagstrom presented a preliminary report on his research on food stamp participation by refugees and immigrants.  More ...

O'Neal Book, Changing Minds, Published

November 19, 2002
Professor of French John O'Neal is the author of a new book, Changing Minds, The Shifting Perception of Culture in Eighteenth Century France, published by University of Delaware Press. According to the publisher's Web site, "In this study of the epistemological underpinnings of cultural changes in the French Enlightenment, O'Neal shows how many of the cultural changes brought about by eighteenth-century French thinkers arise from the different forms of knowledge and experiences they pursued. They derived these different forms of knowledge and experience from a new view of sensibility, which in turn depended on humans' perceived proximity to or distance from nature and the categories normally associated with this concept."

Stevens Discusses Homeschooling on Channel One News

November 18, 2002
Associate Professor of Sociology Mitchell Stevens appeared in a news segment about homeschooling that aired on Channel One News. Channel One News is a daily 12-minute newscast that is beamed via satellite to 12,000 U.S. middle schools and high schools. Stevens spoke on camera with news anchor Errol Barnet. Stevens is the author of Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement (Princeton University Press, 2001).  More ...

Bradfield Gave Alpha Delta Phi Lecture

November 18, 2002
James A. Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, gave a lecture, "Economic Consequences of a War with Iraq," as part of the Alpha Delta Phi Lecture Series.

"Doc" Woods Plays Blue Note Jam Session

November 15, 2002
Associate Professor of Music and bassist Michael "Doc" Woods played in a jam session at New York City's famed Blue Note Jazz Club on November 8 and 9. Woods had attended a performance at the club, then joined an open jam session when the host group asked for a volunteer bass player.

Grant Publishes Essay in Critiques of Capital in Modern Britain and America

November 15, 2002
Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant published an essay, "Trust and Self-Determination: Anglo-American Ethics of Empire and International Government," in Critiques of Capital in Modern Britain and America, edited by Mark Bevir and Frank Trentmann (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003).

Cheng Li Publishes Scholarly Articles

November 15, 2002
Professor of Government Cheng Li, who is currently a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, wrote three scholarly articles: "The Sixteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party: Paths to Membership and Balance of Power," in Ding Shufan (ed.) Challenges for the Hu Jintao Era. (Taipei: Xinxinwen Publishing House, 2002); "Poised to Take the Helm: Rising Stars and the Transition to the Fourth Generation" in David M. Finkelstein and Maryanne Kivlehan (eds), China's Leadership in the 21st Century: The Rise of the Fourth Generation (Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2002), pp. 21-44; and "The Mishu Phenomenon: Patron-Client Ties and Coalition-Building Tactics," China Leadership Monitor (Stanford University), No. 4 (Fall, 2002).

Major Lectures at University of Toronto

November 14, 2002
Assistant Professor of Physics Seth Major presented a lecture, "Life without Lorentz Invariance: Good, Worthwhile, or Merely Crazy," at the Perimeter Institute/CITA (University of Toronto) Mini-Workshop Oct. 30. The work, some of which is joint work with Tomasz Konopka '02 and Dan Heyman '03, relates to the intriguing recent claims that Einstein's theory of special relativity may require modification.  More ...

Klinkner Delivers Swarthmore's Gilbert Lecture

November 13, 2002
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, delivered the Swarthmore College annual Charles E. Gilbert Lecture on Nov. 14. The Gilbert Lecture is sponsored by the Center for Social and Policy Studies and the department of Political Science. Klinkner's topic was "Is the Old Racism Really Dead? An Analysis of Anti-Miscegenation Referenda in Alabama and South Carolina." Previous lecturers include Charles O. Jones of the University of Wisconsin and Theda Skocpol and Robert Putnam of Harvard University. All are past presidents of the American Political Science Association.

Sharpley-Whiting Interviewed in Toronto Star

November 12, 2002
Hamilton College Professor of Africana Studies and French Tracy Sharpley-Whiting was interviewed for a Toronto Star article about racial profiling in popular movies. In the article, titled "Hip Hop Diplomacy," Sharpley-Whiting said, "It's presented oftentimes in funny ways, and oftentimes people are quite angry about it. But it's there, it's part of our culture. And in some ways, we have to laugh about it, because it's the only way you can survive it."

Students Get Polling Training at Zogby

November 12, 2002
Director of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and Associate Professor of Economics Paul Hagstrom is leading a group of students in an independent study on immigration. The students have been researching immigration issues and creating a survey to measure current attitudes and stereotypes across the nation. The polling will be done by Zogby International once the students have finished running their own pilot tests. Seniors Paul P. Jones, Amanda Chase, Keith Foster, Lauren Goldblatt, Aaron Migdol, Katie McKeon and Jimmy Li; junior Brian Alward, and sophomore Erin Smith made the pilot calls. Hagstrom conducts research on the economic impact of immigrant populations.

Gane Publishes Article

November 12, 2002
Assistant Professor of English Gillian Gane has published an article titled "Unspeakable Injuries in Disgrace and David's Story" in a special double issue, "South Africa: Post-Apartheid," of Kunapipi: Journal of Post-Colonial Writing (Vol. XXIV, Nos. 1 & 2 [2002]: 101-13).

Brewer Speaks at SMU and TCU

November 12, 2002
Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer was the invited speaker in the Chemistry Department Seminar Series at Texas Christian University and at Southern Methodist University. Her talk was titled "Rare Earth-Doped Sol-Gel Glasses: Synthesis, Processing and Spectroscopy" and she discussed the most recent results of her collaborative work with Ann Silversmith, professor of physics, and Dan Boye, professor of physics, Davidson, and several Hamilton students.

de Swaan's Image Used for McCartney CD

November 11, 2002
An image by Lecturer in Art Sylvia de Swaan, originally used as a poster for a Paul McCartney album,(Venus & Mars, 1975) has been reprinted in the CD and included in a book "Wingspan" published by Bullfinch Press. In addition, a selection of de Swaan's "Return" project was featured this fall on www.centropa.org out of Vienna. The site was reviewed in the Sunday New York Times by photography reviewer Vicki Goldberg (9/15/02)and de Swaan got a favorable mention. She is also a finalist (24 out of 500) for a book prize in photography, sponsored by The Center for Documentary Studies in conjunction with the Honickman Foundation. The winner's book will be published by Duke University Press.  More ...

Barbara Tewksbury Named AGI President-Elect

November 6, 2002
Barbara Tewksbury, Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Geology, was named president-elect of the American Geological Institute. AGI is a nonprofit federation of 40 geoscientific and professional associations that represent more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in the geoscience profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in mankind's use of resources and interaction with the environment. Tewksbury will be president of AGI during 2003-04.  More ...

Li Quoted in Time

November 5, 2002
In a Time Magazine Asia (Nov. 4) article on the Chinese Communist Party's strategy to appease the middle class, Cheng Li, a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and a professor of government said, "These people have vivid memories of the uprising in Tiananmen Square, and have come to see it as a dead end, a revolution that went nowhere." He continued, "The middle class has sided with the government."

Li Speaks in Paris

November 5, 2002
Professor of Government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li gave a speech in Paris to the Centre d'Études et de Reacherches Internationales, on Oct. 28. Li spoke on the leadership changes and institutional development in the China's 16th Party Congress meeting.

Major and Konopka '02 Publish Paper in New Journal of Physics

November 5, 2002
Assistant Professor of Physics Seth Major and Tomasz Konopka '02 had a paper, "Observational Limits on Quantum Geometry Effects," published in the New Journal of Physics. (4 (2002) 57)

Gold Publishes Article

November 5, 2002
Professor of Classics Barbara Gold had an article, "Accipe Divitias et Vatum Maximus Esto: Money, Poetry, Mendicancy and Patronage in Martial," published in Flavian Rome: Culture, Image and Text, edited A.J. Boyle and W.J. Dominik (Leiden: Brill, 2003) and released Nov. 2002. She is also president of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States and presided over the semi-annual meeting in New Brunswick, N.J., in October.

Seager Gives Paper at American Academy of Religion Convention

November 4, 2002
Associate Professor in Religious Studies Richard Seager participated in a panel discussion and delivered a paper, "Teaching Asian/American/Religions in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Setting," under the auspices of the Asian North American Religions, Culture, and Society Group at the annual convention of the American Academy of Religion in Toronto.

Rubino Chosen for Speakers in the Humanities Program

November 4, 2002
Classics Professor Carl Rubino has been chosen as a presenter in the New York Council for the Humanities' "Speakers in the Humanities program. Rubino's topic is "Rome Outside the Beltway: Gladiator and the History of Roman Films in America."  More ...

Isserman's Essay on Fort Ticonderoga Published

November 1, 2002
Maurice Isserman, William R. Kenan Professor of History, wrote an essay on Fort Ticonderoga, "The Vagaries of Memory" which was published in A Certain Somewhere: Writers on the Places They Remember (New York: Random House, 2002). The essay originally appeared in Preservation magazine, March/April 2000.

Goldberg Gives Public Lectures

November 1, 2002
Associate Professor of Art Steve Goldberg gave a lecture titled "The Tacit Dimension of Classical Chinese Thought and Traditional Chinese Painting" at the National Endowment for Humanties-sponsored public lecture series held at the University of Alabama, Huntsville on Nov. 1. He also gave a lecture titled "Remapping Identities: Globalization and Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture" at Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn.

Gant's Work Part of Permanent Collection of The Library of Congress

November 1, 2002
"polarities undone," a collaborative piece created by Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant with Kyle Kyrnitszke, was on exhibit at the Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., as part of Exit Art's exhibition "Reactions." "Reactions" has become part of the permanent collection of The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Selections from "Reactions" were shown Sept. 7 - Oct. 26 in The Library of Congress' Great Hall exhibition, "Witness and Response: September 11th Acquisitions at The Library of Congress" in Washington, D.C.  More ...

Rowe Named Joe Williams Director of Jazz Archive

October 31, 2002
Monk Rowe was named the Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive at Fallcoming. Williams was instrumental in the founding and growth of the jazz archive and received the first honorary degree given by Hamilton to jazz artists in 1989. Rowe, a saxophone instructor, has conducted most of the 200+ video interviews of jazz greats that are in the archive.

Rabinowitz Writes Editorial

October 31, 2002
Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz wrote the (guest) editorial that opens the November issue of International Record Review.

Klinkner Quoted in the Los Angeles Times

October 30, 2002
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, is quoted in a Los Angeles Times article titled "The New Age of the Grown-Ups," in which he cautions against making too much of age as an asset. "It didn't help Bob Dole," he notes of the GOP presidential candidate who, at 73, was handily defeated by President Clinton in 1996.  More ...

OSU Series Publishes New Book Co-Edited by Rabinowitz

October 30, 2002
Another book has been published in the Theory and Interpretation Series that Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz co-edits with James Phelan at Ohio State University Press. The book, Politics, Persuasion, and Pragmatism: A Rhetoric of Feminist Utopian Fiction, is written by Ellen Peel.

Luciano and Paap Speak at Colgate

October 30, 2002
Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano and Assistant Professor of Sociology Kris Paap, with Marianne Janack, and Meika Lowe of Colgate University, served on a panel at Colgate titled "What Makes a Man? Intellectual Investigations into Manhood, Masculinities, and Men." This panel was a repeat of the Kirkland Project's opening panel, given at Hamilton on Sep. 5 and also featured Gil Whiting.

Pillow Presents Paper at National Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

October 29, 2002
Professor of Philosophy Kirk Pillow presented a paper, "Hegel and Homosexuality," at the national meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy held in Chicago in October.

Four Hamilton Faculty Present at AAC&U Conference

October 29, 2002
Four members of the Hamilton College faculty recently returned from the Association of American Colleges and Universities 4th Biennial Diversity and Learning Conference, where they presented. Jinnie Garrett, Chandra Mohanty, Susan Sanchez-Casal, and Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz all participated in the conference, Diversity and Learning: Education for a World Lived in Common, held Oct. 24 - 27, in St. Louis, Missouri.  More ...

Tichenor Gives Invited Paper at Sorbonne

October 28, 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Veronica Tichenor was invited to give a talk at Le Centre du Recherche Sur Les Liens Sociaux at the Sorbonne in Paris in October. She presented a talk titled "Unraveling Money, Gender, and Power: Issues and Conceptualizations." She also presented a paper at the American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting in August titled "Maintaining Men's Dominance: Gender and Power Performances in Couples Where She Earns More."

Lauralyn Kolb CD Reviewed in Journal of Singing

October 28, 2002
Lecturer in voice Lauralyn Kolb has released a CD Just Spring: Art Songs of John Duke (New World Records) that was reviewed in Journal of Singing (Sept-Oct.). The review notes "(Kolb) brings a bright and colorful soprano voice to the proceedings, along with crystal-clear diction and rock-solid musical instincts."

Haley Named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Washington University

October 28, 2002
Professor of Classics Shelley Haley has been chosen Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Washington University (St. Louis). She will spend the week of Nov. 2-8 on the St. Louis campus, where she will lecture and meet with students and faculty. On Monday, Nov. 4, Haley will participate in a colloquium, "Was Dido a Blond(e)?" On Wednesday, Nov. 6, Haley will give a public lecture, titled "Against All Odds: Black American Women Classicists in the Nineteenth Century." Haley will conclude her visit with a faculty seminar, "Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classics Classroom," on Thursday, Nov. 7. Known as the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Program, the initiative is designed to support the future recruitment and retention of minority faculty and students at the university and to broaden the university's visibility in the minority community nationwide.

Sanchez-Casal, Rabinowitz and Garrett Are Panelists at AACU Conference

October 27, 2002
Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies Susan Sanchez-Casal, Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Rabinowitz, who directs the Kirkland Project, and Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett presented a panel at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Diversity and Learning Conference. The title of the panel was "Multicultural Literacy/Excellence in the Liberal Arts: Transforming a Traditional Liberal Arts College." The panelists addressed the challenges and opportunities facing faculty committed to critical multicultural education at Hamilton College. Sanchez-Casal's paper discussed curriculum and pedagogy in the first-year seminar College 130, "Coming of Age in America: Narratives of Difference." She scrutinized how this course contributes to the diversification of institutional curricula at Hamilton.  More ...

Mohanty Plenary Speaker at AAC&U Annual Conference

October 26, 2002
Professor of Women's Studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty was Plenary Speaker, "Global Citizenship and Transglobal Identities," at AAC&U Annual Conference on "Diversity and Learning," in St. Louis, Oct. 24-26, 2002.

Trivedi Presents Paper at University of Michigan Conference

October 24, 2002
Assistant Professor of History Lisa N. Trivedi presented the paper,"Rituals of Time: Khadi Flags and the Nationalist Calendar in India, 1920-1945" to a conference held to honor Romila Thapar, the most eminent historian of ancient India, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, October 24-26.

Haley Attends Classical Association of Atlantic States

October 23, 2002
Professor of Classics and Africana Studies Shelley Haley attended the Classical Association of the Atlantic States conference in New Brunswick, NJ, in October, where she introduced the luncheon speaker, Martha Southgate. Southgate is a novelist who wrote The Fall of Rome, which features as one of three protagonists a black classicist at an elite prep school in New England.

Nesecan Balkan Edits Two Books

October 22, 2002
Nesecan Balkan, lecturer in economics and women's studies, has co-edited two books with Dr. Sungur Savran. The first book, "The Politics of Permanent Crisis: Class, Ideology and State in Turkey" (New York: Nova, 2002), is a collection of 10 essays on current political and ideological issues in Turkey covering a wide range of topics including the Kurdish question, the recent rise of nationalism, relations with the European Union, the question of political Islam in Turkey and the Cyprus issue. Each essay touches on historical developments related to the specific topic it explores, thus providing accessible background information to uninformed readers. The first chapter is a comprehensive analysis of the 20th-century Turkish political economy.

The second book, "The Ravages of Neo-Liberalism: Economy, Society and Gender in Turkey" (New York: Nova, 2002), a collection of 14 essays on economic, social and gender-related issues, is the companion volume to "The Politics of Permanent Crisis: Class, Ideology and State in Turkey." Essays in this book focus on issues including the impact of structural adjustment programs imposed by the IMF, the decline of the social security system, privatization of education, Turkey's military spending, the capital accumulation process in Turkey, recent developments in the labor market, problems of women in labor unions and gender and employment relations in Turkey.

The goal of this collective effort by writers from Turkey is to offer a depiction of and solutions to various problems using critical and non-mainstream approaches.  More ...

Hamilton College to Create an Intensive Summer "Bridge" Research Program

October 22, 2002
Hamilton College Professor and Chair of Chemistry George C. Shields received a grant from the National Science Foundation to build a program that will increase the number of students participating in the sciences who are normally underrepresented in these fields. "The program centers around an intensive summer research program that aims to create an environment that retains women and minority science majors and increases the number of Hamilton College science graduates who go on to graduate programs," Shields said.  More ...

Ortabasi Presents Paper at Japanese Literary Studies Conference

October 21, 2002
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Ortabasi presented a paper, "Sketching Out the Critical Tradition: Yanagita Kunio and the Reappraisal of Realism," at the Association of Japanese Literary Studies Annual Conference, held at Purdue University on October 4-5. She also organized a panel on the topic of "Imag(in)ing the Real Japan: Representations of Japan in Postwar Film" for The New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2002 Annual Meeting, held at Skidmore College on October 25-26. The paper she presented as part of that panel was titled "Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited Away: Escaping Japan?"

Mohanty Presents Workshop at Future of Minority Studies Conference

October 19, 2002
Professor of Women's Studies Chandra Talpade Mohanty presented a workshop with M. Jacqui Alexander on "Globalization, State Practices, and the Challenges for Transnational Feminism," at the Future of Minority Studies Conference on "Feminism, Internationalism, Multiculturalism," at The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Oct. 19, 2002.

Shields Presents Research at Pfizer

October 18, 2002
Professor of Chemistry George Shields, Matthew D. Liptak '03 and Dreyfus Fellow Steve Feldgus presented a poster, "Absolute pKa Determinations for Protonated Nitrogen Compounds," at the Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, held in Groton, Conn. In addition, Shields gave a lecture titled "Basic Research and Drug Design: Computational Chemistry at Hamilton College" at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Rowe Interviews Two Prominent Jazz Musicians for Archive

October 18, 2002
Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, traveled to Buffalo with AV Director Tim Hicks to interview two prominent jazz musicians, pianist Al Tinney and saxophonist Bobby Militello. Tinney, who is 82 years old, played an active role in the formation of bebop jazz. He was the house pianist at Monroe's Cafe in New York City, where much of the experimentation by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie took place. Tinney also appeared as a child actor in the original production of Porgy and Bess. Bobby Militello is currently playing saxophone with the Dave Brubeck Quartet. He is also the owner of the Tralfamadore Cafe, Buffalo's hottest jazz club and was able to offer a unique perspective on the current jazz scene.  More ...

Simon Participates in Trinity Conference

October 17, 2002
Bob Simon (Philosophy) was one of three speakers at a conference held at Trinity College, titled "The Game of Life and the Liberal Arts College." The conference examined the claims of the widely discussed book The Game of Life, about the effects of intercollegiate athletics on academics at selective liberal arts colleges.

Latrell Gives Papers on Intercultural Theatre and Asian Theatre

October 17, 2002
Last summer Craig Latrell (Theatre and Dance) chaired two panels and presented three papers on intercultural theatre and teaching Asian theatre at the annual conferences of the Association for Asian Performance and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. At the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, he chaired a panel called "Performing the State: Images of State Power and National Identity in Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Pacific." For that panel, he presented a paper on Singapore's new performing arts center as an image of the state. A portion of Latrell's article "After Appropriation" appears in Richard Schechner's new book Performance Studies: An Introduction, published by Routledge. Latrell was also elected by the Association for Asian Performance, the national association for Asian performance scholars, to serve a second term as president. In addition, Latrell's review of Robert Yeo's Singapore Trilogy appears in the current issue ofAsian Theatre Journal.

Sanchez-Casal Presents Paper at Puerto Rican Studies Association

October 17, 2002
Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies Susan Sanchez-Casal presented a paper at the Puerto Rican Studies Association in Chicago, in early October. The paper was titled "Abraham Rodriguez's Spidertown: Repositioning Race and Gender in the Internal Colony."

October 17-20, with her co-author Amie Macdonald, Sanchez Casal headed a panel dedicated to critical anthology 21st Century Feminist Classrooms: Pedagogies of Identity and Difference (2002) at the University of Michigan conference "Redefining Identity Politics-Internationalism, Feminism, Multiculturalism" (the conference was sponsored by the national Project for the Future of Minority Studies). The title of the panel was "21st Century Feminist Classrooms: Feminist Pedagogy and Racially Integrated Education." The panel was primarily focused on the theoretical introduction of Sanchez-Casal's book, co-authored with Macdonald, titled "The Pedagogical Relevance of Identity." This antiracist, feminist anthology, 21st Century Feminist Classrooms: Pedagogies of Identity and Difference has been identified by this national project on minority studies as central to the future of minority studies. This conference was the fourth in an ongoing series of bicoastal conferences; previous conferences have been held at Cornell, Stanford and Binghamton Universities.  More ...

Sharpley-Whiting Authors Book

October 15, 2002
Professor of Africana Studies and French Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting is the author of Negritude Women, published by University of Minnesota Press. According to the publisher's Web site, "The Negritude movement, which signaled the awakening of a pan-African consciousness among black French intellectuals, has been understood almost exclusively in terms of the contributions of its male founders: Aimé Césaire, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Léon G. Damas. This masculine genealogy has completely overshadowed the central role played by French-speaking black women in its creation and evolution. In Negritude Women, T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting offers a long-overdue corrective, revealing the contributions made by the women who were not merely integral to the success of the movement, but often in its vanguard."

Jin and Xu Awarded Grant from National Science Council

October 15, 2002
Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin and Associate Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu have been awarded a grant from the National Science Council (NSC) in Taiwan to work with colleagues in the Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at National Taiwan Normal University during 2002 and 2003. The grant provides about $32,000, which will support Jin's and Xu's research and living expenses for 10 months in Taiwan to work on two projects: a book on teaching Chinese as a second language and experimental studies of multimedia effects on language acquisition.

Pillow Presents Paper

October 14, 2002
Kirk Pillow (Philosophy) presented a paper, "Hegel and Homosexuality," at the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy National Meeting in Chicago in October.

Briggs Gives Paper at Conference

October 14, 2002
In June, Austin Briggs, Tompkins Professor of English, Emeritus, delivered a paper--"Saucy Sources for 'Circe'"--on a panel he organized for the International James Joyce Symposium held in Trieste, Italy; clips from the panel were broadcast on Italian television, and Briggs was interviewed by an Irish TV team that is producing a program on Joyce. Briggs also delivered a lecture--"Asymmetry and Comedy in Joyce"--at the Joyce Summer School sponsored by Joyce's alma mater, University College, Dublin. Briggs' "James Joyce/J.M. Coetzee/Elizabeth Costello" appeared in the Spring issue of the James Joyce Literary Supplement; the essay is based in part on Coetzee's visit to Hamilton last November.

Cheng Li to Lecture at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University

October 14, 2002
Professor of Government Cheng Li will speak on "China's Road Ahead: Will the New Leaders Make a Difference?" at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University on Thursday, Oct. 17, 4-6 p.m. in 220 Eggers Hall.

Helfant Publishes Article in Genetics

October 14, 2002
Genetics published an article this month by Visiting Instructor of Biology Astrid H. Helfant titled "Mutational analysis reveals a role for the C terminus of the proteasome subunit Rpt4p in spindle pole body duplication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."

In this paper, Helfant, in conjunction with two other scientists and two Colgate undergraduate students, focuses on the proteasome component Rpt4p in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This protein is believed to promote degradation of a substrate(s), whose decreased concentration triggers yeast centrosome duplication. The centrosome is an organelle found in fungi (including yeast) and in most animal cells and is known to play a key role in maintaining the genomic stability of the cell. The mutational analysis presented in the paper involved creating more than 50 different mutations in the RPT4 gene (which encodes for the Rpt4 protein). For more information on Helfant's research, go to: Helfant Research

Helfant is teaching Biochemistry this fall (Bio346F) and will be teaching Genes and Genomes (Bio248S) this coming spring semester.

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Xu and Jin Publish Books, Xu Gives Talk

October 13, 2002
Associate Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu and Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin published two books, Crossing Paths: Living and Learning in China, and Shifting Tides: Culture in Contemporary China, Cheng & Tsui Company, Boston, 2002. In addition, Xu's talk "Pedagogical Issues in Teaching Classical Chinese" was selected in the proceedings of "Reflecting on the Future of Chinese Language Pedagogy: A Conference Honoring the 40-year Career of Professor George Chih-ch'ao Chao", that was held at University of Chicago, Oct. 11.  More ...

Hamessley Presents Paper at Women in Appalachia Conference

October 2, 2002
Associate Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley presented a paper at the Fourth Annual Conference "Women in Appalachia: Their Heritage and Accomplishments" held at Ohio University, Zanesville. The talk, "The Coon Creek Girls and the Construction of an Appalachian Image," examined this first all-girl string band, led by Lily May Ledford of Pinchem Tight Holler, Ky. Their story is illustrative of the way that music producers created an Appalachian identity for their acts through decisions about music, instrument choice, dress, demeanor, and the group's name. These representations of the "hillbilly gal," with its humorous intent, were popular with audiences, but quite problematic for the band members.

Ravven Publishes Paper

October 2, 2002
Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven published a paper, "Spinoza's Individualism Reconsidered: Some Lessons from the Short Treatise," in Spinoza (Ashgate: Aldershot, 2002).

Jensen Presents Paper at Duke University Conference

October 2, 2002
Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen co-authored a paper with Jean R. Sternlight, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, titled "Using Arbitration to Eliminate Consumer Class Actions: Efficient Business Practice or Unconscionable Abuse?" The paper will be presented at a conference called "The Coming Crisis in Mandatory Arbitration: New Perspectives and Possibilities" at Duke University School of Law on Oct. 4-5.

Rabinowitz Contributes Article to International Piano

October 2, 2002
Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz contributed a "back-page" op-ed piece to International Piano 6 (No. 23) (September/October 2002).

Medina Publishes Article in Spanish Journal

October 1, 2002
Jeremy Medina, the Burgess Professor of Romance Langauges and Literature, published an article in the January-June issue of Acotaciones: Revista de Investigación Teatral (the journal of the Spanish Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) on the study of structure in an important play of Nobel Prize winning Spanish dramatist Antonio Buero Vallejo: "Dualidades estructurales de En la ardiente oscuridad de Antonio Buero Vallejo."

Kolb Performs with Utica Symphony

October 1, 2002
Lecturer in Voice Lauralyn Kolb was featured in the opening concert of the Utica Symphony Orchestra's 2002-2003 season. Joining the orchestra for Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," a work for soprano and orchestra, the concert also included a tribute to Richard Rogers which Kolb performed with baritone Richard White. Her latest compact disc "Just-spring: Art songs of John Duke" (New World Records) has been very favorably reviewed in the September/October issue of the Journal of Singing.

Gelles Gives Paper

October 1, 2002
In September, Soledad Gelles, visiting assistant professor of Spanish, presented a paper titled "Ficciun y finanzas: gÈnero, prensa periÛdica y modernidad en el Per™, 1870-1890," at the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis.

Stevens' Book Nominated for C. Wright Mills Award

October 1, 2002
Earlier this summer, Mitchell Stevens' book, Kingdom of Children was nominated as a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Stevens also presented two papers: "Love, Numbers and the Social Organization of Value in Higher Education," at the University of Arizona last spring; and "Rankings as Symbols: U.S. News and World Report Rankings of Colleges and Law Schools," at the American Sociological Association annual meetings in August.

Keller Participates in Israeli-Palestinian Crisis "Teach-in"

October 1, 2002
Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller participated in a national "Teach-in on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," sponsored by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, at Temple Emanu -El, Utica, NY, Sept. 30.  More ...

Li Lectures at Princeton University and Heritage Foundation

October 1, 2002
Professor of Government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li was invited to lecture at Princeton University and at the Heritage Foundation. At Princeton, Li addressed China's political succession as part of Princeton's China Seminar Series which provides a forum for debating major issues relating to China and its transformation from a totalitarian state to a liberalizing one. At the Heritage Foundation, Li and other China experts discussed the Bush-Jiang Summit in Crawford, TX., and the future of Chinese political developments.

Cafruny Publishes Article in The International Spectator

October 1, 2002
Alan Cafruny, Henry Blatt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, wrote, "Transatlantic Trade and Monetary Relations: The Nature and Limits of Conflict," which appeared in The International Spectator Vol. 37, No. 3 Sept. 2002.

Wheatley Publishes Essay in Exemplaria

September 30, 2002
Associate Professor of English and Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Edward Wheatley's essay "'Blind' Jews and Blind Christians: Metaphorics of Marginalization in Medieval Europe" appears in the Autumn 2002 issue of Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. It is the first published chapter of his cultural studies project on blindness in medieval Britain and France.

Luciano Publishes Article in Henry James Review

September 30, 2002
Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano's article, "Invalid Relations: Queer Kinship in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady," was published in the Henry James Review 23.2 (Spring 2002). Luciano also gave a paper, "Benito Cereno as Counter-Monumental Narrative," at the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature's conference in April.  More ...

Williams Publishes Article in American Butterflies Magazine

September 30, 2002
Professor of Biology Ernest Williams published an article titled "Harris' Checkerspot: A Very Particular Butterfly" in the summer 2002 issue of the magazine American Butterflies. Also, through The Nature Conservancy, he received a grant to study the Frosted Elfin butterfly in the Rome, N.Y. sand plains. Three students assisted in the field work last May and June, with one student being supported by the grant.

Gold Lectured at Pacific Rim Latin Seminar

September 29, 2002
Professor of Classics Barbara Gold gave a lecture at the Pacific Rim Latin Seminar titled "Martial and Money: Poetry, Begging and Patronage in Flavian Rome" at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand in June. She also chaired a session at the conference. At the Fall meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, of which she will serve as president for the next two meetings, she will preside over and be the facilitator for a workshop, "Editorial Workshop: Transforming an Oral Presentation into a Publishable Article," and the presidential roundtable on "Classical Studies Curricula Now and Then: Some Global and Local Perspectives." This roundtable will include classicists from South Africa, England, Ireland, New Zealand and Germany.

Viscomi Receives NCAA Grant

September 27, 2002
Associate Professor of Physical Education Sue Viscomi received a $5,000 NCAA Division III Initiative Grant (the maximum award) in the category of student-athlete welfare. Her proposal was titled "The Nutrition and Performance Connection." Viscomi is the senior woman administrator for Hamilton College's athletics department.  More ...

Miller Chairs Sigma Xi Committee

September 27, 2002
Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller served as chair of the Audit Review Committee for the Board of Directors of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society.

Li Speaks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

September 26, 2002
Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke at a day-long session organized by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, National Committee of U.S.-China Relations and by Center for Strategic and International Studies. Li participated in a session on "Challenges to Legitimacy: The Party in Transition," chaired by former U.S. Ambassador to China James Sasser.

Li Interviewed for Christian Science Monitor

September 26, 2002
Professor of Government and China expert Cheng Li commented in The Christian Science Monitor about Jiang Zemin. He said, "Jiang must decide whether to become the Leonid Brezhnev of China or its George Washington." Brezhnev held on to power for 17 years in the Soviet Union as the country declined. Li and other China experts agree that Jiang will step down from his posts like George Washington.

Festin Awarded National Cancer Institute Grant

September 25, 2002
Stephen Festin, assistant professor of biology, was awarded a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to research the fundamental molecular mechanism of alphafetoprotein peptides. Alphafetoprotein (AFP) is a known antiestrotrophic agent with the potential to be used as therapeutic agents against breast cancer.  More ...

Owen Publishes in Economics Letters

September 25, 2002
Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen published an article in the September issue of Economics Letters (Vol. 76 (3) (2002) pp. 345 - 349) titled "Menu Costs, Firm Strategy and Price Rigidity." The article was co-authored with David Trzepacz '00.

Borton Publishes in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

September 25, 2002
Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton published an article, "Suppression of Negative Self-referent and Neutral Thoughts: A Preliminary Investigation," in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. Borton's co-author was former student Lee Markowitz '01.

Adair Op-ed In Newsday

September 23, 2002
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Vivyan Adair wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Sept. 22 edition of Newsday. "A Debate Around Morality" discusses welfare reform and the need to provide educational opportunities for welfare recipients.

Frechette Presents Paper at Asian Studies Conference

September 21, 2002
Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies Ann Frechette presented a paper titled "State Building without a State" at an International Institute for Asian Studies conference on "Revisiting the Asian State," Leiden University, The Netherlands, June 28-30, 2002. In addition Frechette was asked to serve on the selection committee for the Social Science Research Council's International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Program (IDRF) in September.

Can the Left and the Right Find Anything to Agree on About the Sixties?

September 19, 2002
Members of the Hamilton community gathered for a debate titled "Can the Left and the Right Find Anything to Agree on About the Sixties?" Maurice Isserman, William R. Kenan Professor of History and co-author of America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s, and David Horowitz, conservative activist and co-author of Destructive Generation, Second Thoughts about the Sixties, debated the legitimacy and legacy of the radical movements of the 1960s. Dean of the Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs David Paris introduced the speakers and moderated a question and answer follow-up session.  More ...

Herold Receives Correspondent Position with the IEG

September 13, 2002
Director of the Library Information Systems Ken Herold will participate as a correspondent with the Information Ethics Group (IEG), a research association and joint collaboration between Oxford University and the Università degli Studi di Bari. The area of research of the IEG is the philosophy of information, the theoretical field concerned with the critical investigation the conceptual nature and basic principles of information, including its dynamics, utilization and sciences, and the elaboration and application of information-theoretic and computational methodologies to philosophical problems.

Wilson Selected as Faculty Consultant for ExEAS

September 7, 2002
Professor of History Thomas Wilson has been selected as a consultant for Columbia University's Expanding East Asian Studies (ExEAS) program. This initiative explores new curricular approaches to integrating East Asia in American undergraduate education.  More ...

Eugene Domack Quoted in Science magazine

September 5, 2002
Professor of Geology Eugene Domack is quoted in a Science magazine article (August 20, 2002) on the demise of the Antarctic Peninsula's ice shelves, in particular the Larsen B ice shelf. In 1999, Domack's team, working on the U.S. National Science Foundation's Nathaniel B. Palmer collected ice cores in waters where a section of the Larsen B broke off. Based on the age of the glacial till under Larsen A, said Domack, "the erstwhile Larsen B was at least 11,000 years old, implying that the breakup [of the ice shelf] is now extending farther south than ever before in the Holocene." These findings suggest that ice shelves break up faster than anyone thought before, and global warming may be an important factor in this region.  More ...

Carter Invited to Speak in Germany at Award Ceremony of Schinkel Prize

September 5, 2002
Professor of Art Rand Carter was invited by the Karl Friedrich Schinkel Gesellschaft to speak on the occasion of this year's awarding of the annual Schinkel Prize. The award ceremony and the accompanying colloquium was held in Neuruppin, Germany (Schinkel's birthplace). The subject was "Schinkel und die Gegenwart." The lecture will be published by the Schinkel Gesellschaft.

Rabinowitz's OSU Series Publishes New Book

September 4, 2002
Another book has been published in the Theory and Interpretation Series that Professor Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz co-edits with James Phelan at Ohio State University Press. The book, Telling Tales: Gender and Narrative Form in Victorian Literature and Culture, is by Elizabeth Langland.  More ...

Sharpley-Whiting "Rising Superstar" Among Black Intellectuals

September 4, 2002
Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, professor of French and chair of Africana studies, was named as a "rising superstar" among black intellectuals in a Chicago Sun-Times article (Aug. 27, 2002) by Michael Eric Dyson. Dyson calls Sharpley-Whiting "one of the country's most brilliant and prolific racial theorists." He said, "In an era when interdisciplinarity is lauded, Sharpley-Whiting's immense intellect and huge curiosity make her an ideal example."  More ...

Sharpley-Whiting Appointed Chair of MLA Advisory Committee on Foreign Languages

September 3, 2002
Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting, professor of French and chair of Africana studies, was appointed chair of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Languages by the executive committee of the Modern Language Association. The appointment is effective July 2002-June 2003.

Chambliss Appointed to Middle States Commission

September 1, 2002
Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss has been appointed to fill an unexpired term as a member of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education through Dec. 31. He will also stand for election to a full term which would run until Dec. 31, 2005. Chambliss was nominated by Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin.  More ...

Cafruny Presents Paper

September 1, 2002
Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny presented his paper titled "Assessing the Transatlantic Relationship: Implications of Trade and Monetary Conflicts for the International Political Economy" in Rome, Italy, at the Istituto Affari Internazionali Conference on New International Challenges: Reassessing the Transatlantic Partnership.  More ...

Grant Publishes Article in Journal of British Studies

September 1, 2002
Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant published an article, "Bones of Contention: The Repatriation of the Remains of Roger Casement," in the Journal of British Studies, July 2002, pp. 329-353. He also published an essay titled, "The Post-Cold War Era, 1988-2002," in John Grayson Kirk (ed.), The History of the World. (World Publications, 2002). He presented a paper on the subject of "Trusteeship, Empire, and International Government," at the Anglo-American Conference of Historians in London in July.

Dunsmore Presents Research at Conference

September 1, 2002
Assistant Professor of Psychology Julie Dunsmore presented a paper, co-authored with Megan Robinson '00, at the conference of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development in Ottawa. The presentation, "Parental socialization of empathy and altruism and children's reasons for prosocial behavior," was part of a symposium chaired by Sophie Havighurst titled, "The socialization of children's emotional regulation." The conference was held in Ottawa, ON.

Jin Receives Research Grant for Sabbatical

September 1, 2002
Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin received a research grant from the National Science Council in Taiwan in August, 2002. She is currently working with colleagues at the Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at National Taiwan Normal University. The grant is a prestigious research grant from the Taiwan government, which provides support for Jin's research and living expenses for ten months in Taiwan. While there, she plans to collect data and necessary materials for her two books: 1. The Role of Classroom Interaction in Second Language Acquisition; 2. Experimental Studies of Multimedia Effects on Chinese Language Learning. Jin is also visiting different Chinese programs in Taiwan and giving lectures on topics of Chinese language pedagogy.  More ...

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