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Faculty News - Winter 2002Adair on NPRFebruary 25, 2002Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Vivyan Adair was featured in a segment on "Weekend All Things Considered" on NPR on Feb. 23. Adair had been interviewed for the segment on TANF welfare reauthorization while she was in Washington earlier this month. She argues for the need to expand higher education opportunities for welfare recipients. Bartle Publishes Article in Romantic RussiaFebruary 25, 2002Associate Professor of Russian John Bartle published "An Annotated Bibliography of Dissertations on Russian Romanticism, 1995-1999" in the journal Romantic Russia vols. 3-5, 1999-2001. Adair Publishes Article in SignsFebruary 22, 2002Vivyan Adair, assistant professor of women's studies, published an article in the winter 2002 issue of Signs, Journal of Women in Culture and Society (University of Chicago Press). Adair's article is titled "Branded With Infamy: Inscriptions of Poverty and Class in the U.S." Li Interviewed by LA TimesFebruary 22, 2002Professor of Government Cheng Li was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times(Feb. 22) for an article about Hu Jintao, China's vice president who is considered the likely successor to president Jiang Zemin. "It would be unwise for Hu Jintao to be in the spotlight too much or to express his opinions too openly while his boss, Jiang Zemin, is still in charge," said Li. Klinkner Reviews Book for The NationFebruary 22, 2002Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner reviewed Pat Buchanan's book, The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization, in The Nation. According to Klinkner, The Death of the West harks back to the xenophobic jeremiads of the early 20th century, such as Madison Grant's The Passing of the Great Race, Lothrop Stoddard's The Rising Tide of Color, Houston Stewart Chamberlain's The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century and Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West. Values and Change Over Thirty YearsFebruary 20, 2002Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck presented "The Quincunx of Kelantan: Values and Change over Thirty Years" (with Victor de Munck) at the 30th annual meeting of The Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Feb. 20-24, in Santa Fe, NM. Herold's Research Guide RepublishedFebruary 19, 2002Library Systems Manager Ken Herold's 1994 research guide, "Tibet and the United States of America: An Annotated Chronology of Relations in the 20th Century," 2nd ed. has been republished on the Internet by Tibet Justice Center. Guttman Publishes Poems and Gives ReadingFebruary 19, 2002Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman published two poems,"Real Living" and "Autumn Song," in the fall issue of GSU Review. She also gave a poetry reading at the Syracuse YMCA as a part of the "Writer's Voice" series in February. Guttman Publishes in The Environmental Tradition in English LiteratureFebruary 19, 2002Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman published "Ecofeminism in Literary Studies," which appeared as a chapter in the book The Environmental Tradition in English Literature, edited by John Parham and published in England by Ashgate. Ravven Publishes Paper, Serves as Guest EditorFebruary 12, 2002Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven co-edited and contributed to Philosophy & Theology, Volume 13 Number 1 (2001), which was a special issue on Spinoza's biblical hermeneutics. Ravven wrote "The Garden of Eden: Spinoza's Maimonidean Account of the Genealogy of Morals and the Origin of Society" and wrote a piece for the guest editors' page with co-editor Lee Rice of Marquette University. More ... Briggs Presents Paper on James JoyceFebruary 12, 2002Austin Briggs, Tompkins Professor of English Emeritus, attended the James Joyce birthday conference, "JJ on the Bay," held at the University of South Florida, Sarasota/Manatee, in February. At a session he chaired, he delivered a paper, "James Joyce, J.M. Coetzee, and Elizabeth Costello." The conference was dedicated to the memory of the late John Henning Brown, Hamilton '68. Redfield Speaks at Tulane, LSU and HoustonFebruary 12, 2002Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Robert Redfield spoke on "Lattice-Ordered Algebraic Extensions of Totally Ordered Fields" at Tulane University and at Louisiana State University. During the same month Redfield also spoke on "Ordering Subsets of the Real Numbers" at the University of Houston - Clear Lake (NASA campus). Kodat's Essay PublishedFebruary 12, 2002Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat's essay, "Writing a Fable for America," has been published in the collection "Faulkner in America: Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha 1998," published by University Press of Mississippi. Kodat Review Published in Modern Fiction StudiesFebruary 12, 2002A book review by Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat about a recently published study of the fiction of Toni Morrison was published in the Winter 2001 issue of the quarterly journal Modern Fiction Studies. Vaughan Kicks Off Faculty Lecture SeriesFebruary 11, 2002The first talk in the Spring Faculty Lecture Series was given by Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan. His topic was "Toward a Model of Action Planning: Pass the Salt, But Don't Spill the Milk." He described work on a computational model of how we select, from among the myriad alternatives that are always available to us, one specific action that achieves a particular goal. Peter Rabinowitz Writes for Dictionary of Literary BiographyFebruary 8, 2002Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz's article "Rats Behind the Wainscoting: Politics, Convention, and Chandler's The Big Sleep," was reprinted in "Raymond Chandler: A Documentary Volume" Dictionary of Literary Biography. The article was originally published 1980 and this volume was edited by Robert F. Moss (The Gale Group, 2002). Keller Publishes Article in Central Eurasian Studies ReviewFebruary 8, 2002Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller published, "Teaching the Silk Road," in Central Eurasian Studies Review,(Winter 2002). This is the inaugural issue of the journal of the Central Eurasian Studies Society. Diggins Publishes Article in Journal of Great Lakes ResearchFebruary 7, 2002Thomas Diggins, visiting assistant professor of biology, published "A Seasonal Comparison of Suspended Sediment Filtration by Quagga (Dreissena bugensis) and Zebra (D. polymorpha) Mussels" in the Journal of Great Lakes Research. More ... Borton Presents Paper at Psychology ConferenceFebruary 5, 2002Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton co-presented a paper, "Does Action Identification Mediate Underperformance Following Stereotype Threat," with Nikisha Williams '01 at the 3rd annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Savannah, Ga., held Jan. 31 - Feb. 2. Seager Returns from Year-Long LeaveFebruary 5, 2002Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Seager returned from a year-long leave devoted to researching the history of Soka Gakkai, a Japan-based, global Buddhist movement. His research was sponsored by the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century. More ... Muirhead Exhibits in BostonFebruary 5, 2002Professor of Art Robert B. Muirhead has several paintings included in The Copley Society of Boston's invitational show, "Landmarks & Icons: New Views of Old Places." The exhibition continues through March 9. More ... Sharon Williams Gives Writing WorkshopFebruary 5, 2002In January, Lecturer in English Sharon Williams presented a workshop for middle and high school faculty at the Clinton Central Schools on challenges faced by new college writers. Williams is director of Hamilton's Writing Center. John O'Neill Presents Paper at Conference on Literature and FilmFebruary 5, 2002At the 27th Annual Conference on Literature and Film at Florida State University, Talahassee, in January, Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English John O'Neill presented a paper titled "'One of Her Own Sex': Female Homosocial Relations in Jane Austen's Novels and Their Film Treatments." Rubin Delivers Paper at the American Jewish Studies ConferenceFebruary 5, 2002Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Henry Rubin delivered a paper titled "Exodus and Death: Metaphors and Models of Jewish Suburbanization in New Haven, Conn.," to the American Jewish Studies Conference in Washington. Rubin contributed a piece on date rape on the Hamilton campus to the newsletter of the Sexual Behaviors, Politics, and Communities Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. As SPBC division chair, Rubin is also organizing five panels for the annual meetings in Chicago this August. Gold Attends Annual Meeting of the American Philological AssociationFebruary 5, 2002Professor of Classics Barbara Gold attended the annual meeting of the American Philological Association in January where she presided over one panel (on "Gender in Latin Literature") and gave a paper at another panel on "Classics, Educational Institutions and Diversity." The paper was titled "From the Administrator's Swivelling Chair: What Can Classicists Contribute to Diversity?" These papers will be published in a special journal issue. More ... Classics Professor Shelley Haley Takes Class to Field MuseumFebruary 4, 2002Professor of Classics Shelley Haley took the 23 students in her Ancient Egypt class to Chicago's Field Museum to view the traveling exhibit "Cleopatra: One Woman, Many Faces" in November. The Field Museum was the only North American stop for the exhibit, which featured many artifacts from Cleopatra's time. Haley and the students also visited the permanent collection of Ancient Egyptian artifacts housed in the museum. Raybeck Presents Paper at CONTACT ConferenceFebruary 4, 2002Douglas Raybeck, professor of anthropology, attended the Sixteenth Annual CONTACT Conference and presented his article, "What We Don't Know: Problems in Extraterrestrial Communication." Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz Publishes VolumeFebruary 4, 2002Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz has published a co-edited volume titled "Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World," with an introduction and essay by her. She has presented new work on Greek vase painting at the Barnard Feminist Art History Conference, "Doing Gender with Clothes in Attic Vase Painting," and at the Open University (UK) conference on the Clothed Body in the Ancient World, "Is My Bum Big in This?: Constructing Bodies in Greek Vase Painting." Lauralyn Kolb Releases CDFebruary 4, 2002Lecturer in Music Lauralyn Kolb's new compact disc was released by New World Records, Inc. The CD, "Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke," with pianist Tina Toglia, is part of New World Records' Recorded Anthology of American Music. Jay Williams Publishes BookFebruary 4, 2002Religious Studies Professor Jay Williams published a new book, The Way of Adam, which is now available through 1st Books (December, 2001). It tells the story of Adam, a child born of Heaven and Earth who leaves his cavern home and eventually leads a company from the great city on a quest for the secret that will end the woes of the City of Man. The text draws upon a variety of Biblical, astrological, numerological, mythological and Daoist symbols. Rabinowitz Published in The Cambridge Companion to Tom StoppardFebruary 1, 2002Peter J. Rabinowitz, professor of comparative literature published, "Narrative Difficulties in Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon," in The Cambridge Companion to Tom Stoppard, edited by Katherine E. Kelly (Cambridge University Press, 2001). Cryer 's Play "99" DebutsFebruary 1, 2002A new play, "99 questions you've always wanted to ask a black person," written by Mark Cryer, assistant professor of theatre and dance, debuted on Jan. 24 in Minor Theater. Cryer worked on the play with a student, Jared Johnson, who conducted interviews of people in New York City during the summer to arrive at the questions. Cryer calls the play "timely, interesting and entertaining, and an educational tool that is a positive answer to a problem that plagues our community and society as a whole." He hopes to take it to other colleges and theaters. McEnroe Publishes Review on Minoan ArchitechtureFebruary 1, 2002Associate Professor of Art John McEnroe published a review of Louise A. Hitchcock's Minoan Architecture: A Contextual Analysis in the January issue of the American Journal of Archaeology. McEnroe Gives Paper at Archaeological InstituteFebruary 1, 2002In January, Associate Professor of Art John McEnroe gave a paper titled "Sir Arthur Evans and the Popular Press" at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Philadelphia. Simon Edits Guide to Political and Social PhilosophyFebruary 1, 2002Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon is the editor and contributor of an Introduction in The Blackwell Guide to Political and Social Philosophy. The guide is produced by Blackwell publishers and was released February 2002. More ... Ravven Named Head of Jewish Philosophy for AARFebruary 1, 2002Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven has been named head of the Jewish Philosophy section of the American Academy of Religion, a position that entails determining the programs in Jewish Philosophy at the AAR for at least the next four years. McEnroe and Pokinski Co-edit Critical Perspectives on Art HistoryJanuary 29, 2002John McEnroe and Deborah Pokinski, art history associate professors, co-edited Critical Perspectives on Art History (Prentice Hall, 2002). The book presents essays with conflicting points of view on specific issues and themes in art history and focuses the reader on critically evaluating the differences in interpretations and approaches More ... Art History Associate Professor John McEnroe Edits EncyclopediaJanuary 29, 2002Associate Professor of Art History John McEnroe is co-editor of Artists, Writers, and Musicians, An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed The World (Oryx Press), a multicultural reference tool that examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world. More ... Dan Chambliss Interviewed, Study Referenced in The Christian CenturyJanuary 29, 2002Sidney Wertimer Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss was interviewed for an article titled "Mundane Excellence" in The Christian Century (Jan. 2-9, 2002). Chambliss' essay, "The Mundanity of Excellence," a report on a three-year empirical study of excellent swimmers, is referenced. Chambliss concluded that the major difference between swimmers who win Olympic medals and those who don't is not talent, but the care and consistency with which Olympic swimmers engage in the mundane activities that prepare them for competition. Patricia O'Neill Presents Paper Conference on Literature and FilmJanuary 25, 2002Professor of English Patricia O'Neill presented a paper, "Patricia Rozema's Mansfield Park," at the 27th Annual Conference on Literature and Film, Jan. 25, 2002. Supercomputer Acquired for Student/Faculty ResearchJanuary 24, 2002As part of the Undergraduate Chemistry Supercomputer Research Consortium project, funded by the National Science Foundation, the chemistry department at Hamilton College has acquired a supercomputer for student and faculty research. The supercomputer is an SGI Origin 300 with 32 processors, 32 gigabytes of memory and nearly a terabyte of disk space. More ... Luciano Organizes Panel, Gives Paper at MLA ConferenceJanuary 21, 2002Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano organized a panel for a special session focusing on Melville's novella, Benito Cereno, at the recent MLA convention. The panel, titled "Benito Cereno and the Problem of Interpretation," was held on Dec. 30 at the Modern Language Association's annual convention in New Orleans. Luciano's paper was called "Benito Cereno and the End(s) of Race." Luciano also served as respondent for a panel at the Future of Minority Studies conference at Stanford University, October 19-20, 2001. Gant Exhibits in NYCJanuary 17, 2002"polarities undone," a collaboration between Hamilton Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant and Cultural Theorist/Designer Kyle Kyrnitszke, is on view as part of the Reactions show at Exit Art in New York City. Exit Art, a cultural space near the World Trade Center site, mounted this international, invitational show to "interpret or translate the feelings of a larger community into a collective expression of analysis" following the events of September 11. More ... Rosolowski to Curate Show at Munson WilliamsJanuary 9, 2002Hamilton College Scholar in Residence Tacey Rosolowski has been asked to curate Material Explorations: Wearable Objects of Non-traditional Materials, an international juried exhibition opening at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute School of Art Gallery on March 29. More ... Elgren Chairs Review PanelJanuary 8, 2002Tim Elgren, associate dean of the faculty, travelled to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, to chair a review panel for Merck and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, who jointly sponsor an Undergraduate Science Research Program. More ... Li Contributes to China Leadership MonitorJanuary 8, 2002Cheng Li, acting chair and professor of government, serves as a commentator and contributes analysis to the quarterly journal, China Leadership Monitor. The new on-line version of the journal may be found at http://www.chinaleadershipmonitor.org/ and is administered by the Hoover Institute at Stanford University. Rubino Travels to CubaJanuary 8, 2002Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino travelled to Cuba in January to participate in Complexity 2002-Havana, Philosophical, Methodological and Epistemological Implications of Complexity Theory. Rubino presented a paper about complexity and society. Ravven Chairs Panel at Assoc. for Jewish Studies MeetingJanuary 1, 2002In December, Heidi Ravven, professor of religious studies, chaired a panel on Spinoza and Scripture at the Association for Jewish Studies annual meeting in Washington, DC. Rabinowitz Contributes to International Record ReviewJanuary 1, 2002Peter Rabinowitz contributed a back-page piece, "Too Many Records" to International Record Review 2, No. 10 (January 2002). Gentry Publishes in TransformationsJanuary 1, 2002An article, "Teaching about Controversy," by Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies Margaret Gentry was published in the journal Transformations, Fall 2001. Shields Awarded NYS GrantDecember 31, 2001George Shields, professor and chair of chemistry, has been awarded a two-year grant from the New York State Department of Health for the "Design of Molecules that Inhibit Human Breast Cancer." More ... Gane Presents Papers at MLA ConferenceDecember 30, 2001Assistant Professor of English Gillian Gane presented two papers at the Modern Language Association conference held in New Orleans in December, "Deterritorializing English: Othering, Anti-Language, Interrillumination" and "The Peculiar English of Postcolonial Literature: Teaching Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions." Gane is also on the executive committee of the MLA Discussion Group for Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture. Thickstun Publishes in Milton Quarterly.December 30, 2001Professor of English Margaret Thickstun published an article on Paradise Lost, "Raphael and the Challenge of Evangelical Education," in the December 2001 edition of Milton Quarterly. Ravven Publishes Article in ANIMUSDecember 24, 2001Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven has published "Spinoza's Intermediate Ethics for Society and the Family," in the online philosophy journal ANIMUS: A Philosophical Journal for Our Time. Cheng Li Speaks in Shanghai at Fudan UniversityDecember 18, 2001Government Professor Cheng Li gave a public lecture on the impact of the September 11th attack on U.S.-China relations at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University in Shanghai, Dec. 18. Kodat Presents Paper in New OrleansDecember 10, 2001In December Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat presented a paper titled, "'From viewers like you': Arts Patronage and the State of/in Ken Burns's Jazz" at the annual Modern Language Association conference in New Orleans. Katheryn Doran Presents Paper at Auburn UniversityDecember 10, 2001Associate Professor of Philosophy Katheryn Doran gave an invited paper at Auburn University on December 7, 2001 called "The Consequences of Contingency." Ambrose Writes for Georgetown Law JournalDecember 10, 2001Douglas Ambrose, associate professor of history, wrote an article for the Georgetown Law Journal titled "Sowing Sentiment: Shaping the Southern Presbyterian Household, 1750 - 1800." Shields Receives Grant from ACSDecember 5, 2001George Shields, professor of chemistry, received a $50,000 grant from the American Chemical Society to support "Accurate Calculation of pKa Values." He has published five papers on the topic, all of which are co-authored by Hamilton undergraduates. Li Addresses U.S. Government Officials on Chinese LeadershipDecember 5, 2001Government Professor Cheng Li gave a speech at the Naval Anaylsis Center in Washington, D.C. on Chinese leadership sucession on Dec. 4. More than 100 officials from various U.S. government agencies, as well as academics, attended the talk titled, "Poised to Take the Helm: Rising Stars and the Transistion to the Fourth Generation." Cheng Li Speaks at Center for Naval AnalysisDecember 5, 2001Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke at the conference on "China's Leadership Transition," sponsored by the Center of Naval Analysis Dec. 3-4. Frechette Presents Paper at American Anthropological Association MeetingDecember 3, 2001Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies and assistant professor of anthropology, presented a paper at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in December. The paper, "The Concept of Democracy among Tibetans in Exile," was part of a panel on "Cultural Representations East and West." The paper is based on research Frechette conducted among Tibetans in India in 1994 and Nepal in 1995. Raybeck Presents Paper on "Systems Theory"December 3, 2001Douglas Raybeck, professor of anthropology, presented a paper at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in December. The paper is titled, "Reclaiming the Whole: Systems Theory, Levels of Analysis and Process." Jay Williams Publishes Book Reviews in The QuestDecember 2, 2001Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams published two book reviews in The Quest. He reviewed Tenzin Gyatso, Kalachakra Tantra: Rite of Initiation (The Quest July/August), and Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (The Quest, Sept/Oct 2001). Williams also published a poem, "Ar Werth" in the October issue of Y Drych. Williams Publishes Article in The TheosophistDecember 1, 2001Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams published an article, "The Sheng Ren and the Nabi," in the November 2001 edition of The Theosophist(India). This was originally given as a paper at the New York State Asian Studies Association. Grant Presents Paper at Conference on British StudiesDecember 1, 2001Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant presented a paper, "The Imperial Origins of International Labour Law," at the North American Conference on British Studies, in Toronto, November, 2001. |
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