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Faculty News - Winter 2009

Goldberg Presents Seminar at Colgate for Public School Teachers

February 28, 2009
Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg in collaboration with Melissa Davies, education director of the Picker Art Gallery at Colgate University, conducted a daylong seminar, "Understanding Traditional and Modern China through New Media," for public school teachers in Central New York.  More ...

Yao Delivers Lecture at Northwestern University

February 27, 2009
Associate Professor of English and Associate Dean of Faculty for Diviersity Initiatives Steven Yao gave a lecture on Feb. 26 at Northwestern University. Invited as part of the "Reading World Literature" lecture series hosted by the Program in Comparative Literary Studies, Yao presented a talk titled "On Gaps, Gradients, and (Pacific) Rims: Rethinking the Space of Comparative Literature."  More ...

Lehmann Presents at International Studies Association Conference

February 26, 2009
Assistant Professor of Government Ted Lehmann presented "Petroleum and America's Position: Stasis or Decline?" at the International Studies Association annual conference on Feb. 17. Lehmann's presentation drew upon his research on the present
position of the United States. He pointed out, among other things, that the Iraq War can no longer be said to be unrelated to oil.  More ...

Cafruny Presents at International Studies Association Convention

February 25, 2009
Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, presented "State, Capital, and the Transatlantic Security Order: Limits of European Autonomy" at the International Studies Association Annual Convention on Feb. 18.  More ...

Goldberg Presents Paper at University of Maryland

February 23, 2009
Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg presented a paper titled "Oh Father, Where Art Thou? A Bakhtinian Reading of Luo Zhongli's Father" at An Interdisciplinary Conference: The Status of Theory in Contemporary Chinese Film and Visual Culture held at the University Maryland on Feb. 20.  More ...

Elgren Presents Lecture, Leads Session at Conference on Applied Learning

February 23, 2009
Tim Elgren, professor of chemistry, presented an invited plenary lecture at the 4th Annual Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education, held at Missouri Western State University on Feb. 21. The title of his plenary was "Integrating Applied Learning: Forging Direct Links to the Curriculum." He also led a break-out session titled "Research as Teaching: The Teaching of Research."
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DiMezza to Exhibit Installation at Johnstown Gallery

February 18, 2009
Materials Technician in Art J. Anthony DiMezza will be exhibiting an installation at the Tiffany Smith Gallery in Johnstown, N.Y. The installation, "May serendipity be a guiding star," is considered by Dimezza to be a physical manifestation of Murphy's Law. The exhibition will run from Feb. 20 - March 13, with an opening reception on Feb. 20 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.  More ...

Isserman Book Praised by The Atlantic

February 17, 2009
Fallen Giants A History of Himalayan Mountaineering From the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, co-authored by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman and University of Rochester professor Stewart Weaver, received yet another glowing review, this time from The Atlantic in its March issue. The reviewer described the book as a "comprehensive account, a vacuum-filling history (the first of its kind in five-plus decades) and an enormously engaging addition to the climbing-lit canon."  More ...

Briggs Delivers PEN Lecture

February 17, 2009
Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature Emeritus, spoke on James Joyce at the Belles Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on Feb. 3. Attended by an audience of more than 200, the lecture was delivered on behalf of the scholarship program of PEN International.  More ...

Nieves Publishes Essay

February 17, 2009
Angel David Nieves, associate professor of Africana Studies, contributed an essay, "Place of pain as tools for social justice in the 'new' South Africa: Black heritage preservation in the 'rainbow' nation's townships," in William Logan & Keir Reeves (eds.), Places of Pain and Shame: Dealing with 'Difficult Heritage' (London: Routledge, 2009).  More ...

Lehmann Article Explores U.S. Entry in WWII

February 17, 2009
Assistant Professor of Government Ted Lehmann wrote an article that appeared in the January issue of Security Studies, a leading international relations theory and security journal. The article "Keeping Friends Close and Enemies Closer: Classical Realist Statecraft and Economic Exchange in U.S. Interwar Strategy," sheds new and original light on our entry into WWII and the origins of Japanese oil dependency on the United States.  More ...

Tewksbury Work in Instructional Technology Reviewed and Published in MERLOT

February 16, 2009
Scholarly work in instructional technology designed by Barb Tewksbury, the Upson Chair for Public Discourse and Professor of Geosciences, and Heather Macdonald of the College of William and Mary, has been peer-reviewed and published in Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT).  More ...

Almanas Work Published in Toronto Life Magazine

February 16, 2009
Artwork by Visiting Professor of Art Kathryn Parker Almanas was published in Toronto Life magazine, Superbugged: p.58-59, 61, 62: March 2009. Her work accompanied an article about Superbugs by Stephanie Verge. The writer contracted a superbug (MRSA) while she was in the hospital and the piece is about her terrifying experience. The photos were from Almanas' series "Medical Interior" that deals with similar themes of patient perspective and the tempestuous environment of the hospital where life and death, comfort and fear coexist.  More ...

Jake Muirhead '86 Receives Award in Exhibition

February 12, 2009
Prints created by Hamilton professors Bruce Muirhead and William Salzillo and alumnus Jake Muirhead '86 have been selected for the 22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Jake Muirhead, who has two etchings in the show, was awarded a purchase prize for one titled "Daybreak."  More ...

Klinkner Paper Referenced by Baltimore Sun

February 11, 2009
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, was referenced in a Feb. 10 Baltimore Sun article, "Steele's rise shows how Obama has altered landscape." The article discussed Michael Steele's recent election as Republican National Committee chairman and how President Obama has fundamentally changed U.S. electoral politics in 2008 by building two new multiracial coalitions.  More ...

Guttman Publishes Poem in Stone Canoe

February 11, 2009
Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman published the poem "After Hours" in the third edition of Stone Canoe: A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York, published by Syracuse University. This spring Guttman is a humanities scholar in the New York Council for the Humanities' program, "Together -- Book Talk for Kids and Parents," which offers a unique forum for parents and children aged 9-11 to talk about books and ideas.  More ...

Oakes Publishes in Social Cognition

February 10, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark A. Oakes has published an article, "Implicit and Explicit Self-esteem: Measure for Measure," in the latest volume of Social Cognition (Vol. 26, 2008). In the article, Oakes and his two co-authors (Jonathon Brown from the University of Washington and Huajian Cai from Sun Yat-Sen University in China) presented findings from their analysis of implicit and explicit measurements of self esteem.  More ...

Li Presents at Yale Law School

February 10, 2009
William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li, who has recently been promoted to Director of Research at the Brookings Institution's China Center, spoke at Yale University Law School's China Law Center on Tuesday, Feb. 10.  More ...

LaDousa Presents at South African Conference

February 9, 2009
Chaise LaDousa gave a paper, "Constriction of the Mother Tongue: School and Language Ideology in Northern India," at a conference hosted by the International Association for the Integrational Study of Language and Communication. The conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa, in December. Conference participants hailed from Abu Dhabi, Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Reunion, Russia and South Africa.  More ...

Hamilton Students, Staff Attend Media Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Presentation

February 5, 2009
Two Hamilton students were among participants at a Media Scholarship in the Liberal Arts presentation at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., on Feb. 2. Kira DesJarden '10 and Kelsey Rice '10 participated in panel discussions at the workshop with Professor of English Vincent Odamtten and Instructional Technologist Janet Simons. The session was developed by Simons and David Baird of Colgate University.  More ...

Goldberg Publishes Essay on Modern Woodcuts and Chinese Avant-garde

February 3, 2009
Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg published an essay, "Modern Woodcuts and the Rise of a Chinese Avant-garde," in Modern China, 1937-2008: Towards a Universal Pictorial Language, ed. by Jaochim Hormann, with an interview with Xu Bing and contributions by Stephen J. Goldberg, Renee Covalucci and Leslie Eliet.  More ...

Murtaugh Artwork Included in Stone Canoe III

January 30, 2009
Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh has two artworks published in Stone Canoe III: A Journal of Arts and Ideas. She is also exhibiting the work "Seeing Stars" in the exhibition at Delavan Art Gallery in Syracuse that accompanies the publication. The exhibition is free and open the public until February 28.  More ...

Owen interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition and American Public Media's Marketplace

January 29, 2009
Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed by National Public Radio business reporter Jim Zarroli for a Morning Edition segment, "Fed Could Buy Up Long-Term Treasury Bonds," that aired on Jan. 29. American Public Media's Marketplace reporter Jeremy Hobson also interviewed Owen for a segment, "Fed digs into toolbox for more solutions," that aired on Jan. 28.  More ...

Cannavo Op-ed Appears in The Seattle Times

January 28, 2009
Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo co-authored an opinion piece titled "Some ideas for President Obama's call to sacrifice" which appeared in The Seattle Times during the week of Jan. 23. Written with University of Washington Associate Professor of Political Science Karen Litfin, the op-ed asks "Can the 80 percent of humanity living in developing countries ever hope to live the American dream as we have known it?"  More ...

Larson is Panel Presenter at 2008 MLA Convention

January 27, 2009
Associate Professor of English Doran Larson spoke on a panel titled, "Where We Teach and Learn Now," on teaching outside the academy, at the 2008 Modern Language Association Convention in San Francisco in December. In addition, Larson's short story, "Cha Cha," published in the summer 2008 issue of New Madrid, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  More ...

Carpan Writes Book on History of Girls' Series Books

January 27, 2009
Carolyn Carpan, director of public services in the Burke Library, recently penned a history of girls' series books titled Sister, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America, published by The Scarecrow Press. The book is the first study of American girls' series books to examine the entire genre from its beginning in the 1840s to present day.  More ...

Simons and Siniscarco Panelists at Educause Conference

January 27, 2009
Faculty Support Specialist Janet Simons and Instructional Technology Specialist Krista Siniscarco were among panelists at the Educause Learning Initiative Annual Conference, Jan. 20-22, in Orlando, Fla. The panel was titled "Lights, Camera, Action... Analysis and Creative Expression: Improving the Quality of Student Media Scholarship."  More ...

Owen and You '04 Publish in Review of Development Economics

January 27, 2009
Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen and Rongling You '04 published "Growth, attitudes towards women, and women's welfare," in the February issue of Review of Development Economics. Using a large cross-section of countries, this research provides evidence that as per capita income rises within a country, attitudes towards women become more progressive. This paper also demonstrates the importance of progressive attitudes towards women in generating growth and shows the existence of a gender-equity poverty trap when people do not devote enough resources to educating women.  More ...

Williams '54 Article Featured on Bible and Interpretation Web Site

January 26, 2009
A new essay by Jay Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion, is the featured article on the Bible and Interpretation Web site. In the article, "Mark, the gospel of radical transformation," Williams proposes a somewhat new interpretation of the ancient gospel based upon a literary rather than an historical meaning of the text.  More ...

Cryer Performs 99 Questions at Penn State-Erie

January 23, 2009
Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer performed his one-man show, 99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African American But Were Too Afraid to Ask, at Penn State - Erie on Jan. 22.  Cryer created the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City to arrive at the questions.  More ...

Raybeck Quoted in CNET/CBSnews.com Article

January 23, 2009
In an article appearing on CBSnews.com and CNET that took a look back at the iconic Apple Super Bowl television ad of 1984, Anthropology Professor Emeritus Douglas Raybeck said, "It's probably the most explicit statement of, basically, a cultural revolution. This is what they're saying--that this is new and really different and revolutionary."  More ...

Smythe Conducts Fieldwork in Tobago

January 22, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Ashleigh Smythe spent one week in January on the southern Caribbean island of Tobago (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) collecting marine nematodes. Her work was sponsored by the Buccoo Reef Trust, a non-profit agency whose goal is to promote research and education about Caribbean coral reefs and marine habitats.  More ...

Aguilar Makes Presentations in the Philippines

January 22, 2009
Delia D. Aguilar, the Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies, gave presentations in the Philippines during the winter break.  She spoke at Ateneo de Manila University about the ways in which contemporary U.S. feminism departs from the women's liberation movement of the 70s.  At the University of the Philippines, Aguilar and noted Filipino scholar E. San Juan were invited to address the currently pressing subject of global crisis, war, and the academy. 
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Simon Elected Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Forum

January 21, 2009
Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, was elected board vice president for the Forum for the Scholarly Study of Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education. The election took place at the recent convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in Washington, D.C.  More ...

Murtaugh Exhibiting Work at University of West Florida

January 21, 2009
Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is currently showing her work titled "To Mark a Significant Space in the Living Room" in the exhibition "Paperworks" at the University of West Florida Gallery. The show was curated by artist Molly Smith and explores the art of paper. It highlights 24 artworks and artists from the United States, Croatia, New Zealand and Poland. The show opened on Jan. 15 and runs until Feb. 6.

Salzillo Work Included in Top Printmaking Exhibition

January 20, 2009
An etching and an aquatint created by Professor of Art William Salzillo were selected for the 22nd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition at the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. This annual exhibition and its fully illustrated catalog are focal points for the nation's top printmakers. This month-long exhibition features more than 120 prints, each with no dimension exceeding 18 inches. The show opened on Sunday, Jan. 18, and continues through Thursday, Feb. 19.  More ...

Gries Presents at Joint Mathematics Meetings

January 19, 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Daniel Gries spoke at the annual Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America held in Washington, D.C., in January. In his talk, Gries presented web-delivered instructional materials that he programmed in Adobe Flash.  More ...

Hall's Novella All The Day's Sad Stories Wins Caketrain Chapbook Competition

January 19, 2009
Assistant Professor of English Tina Hall's novella, All the Day's Sad Stories, won the 2008 Caketrain Chapbook Competition and will be published by Caketrain this spring.  More ...

Woods Honored By Mohawk Valley Frontiers Club With Community Service Award

January 19, 2009
Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods was honored with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Outstanding Community Service by the Mohawk Valley Frontiers Club at a luncheon on Jan. 19. The club sponsors or contributes to many community service programs in the Mohawk Valley.  More ...

Isserman Discusses Those Preceding Obama in Atlanta Journal Constitution

January 19, 2009
"The face of America today is the face of Barack Obama, an epochal change, whatever happens in the next four or eight years of an Obama administration," said Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, in an article appearing in the Monday, Jan. 19, edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution.  More ...

Klinkner Blogs on Huffington Post on Inauguration Experience

January 19, 2009
Government professor Philip Klinkner, who is attending the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, will be blogging about his observations on Huffington Post beginning on Monday, Jan. 19, and continuing on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at the publication's Obama Inauguration Coverage site. He will also be using Twitter to record his experiences at pklinkne.  More ...

Kantrowitz Lectures at Joint Mathematics Meetings

January 18, 2009
Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz '82 was a speaker in the session on Mathematics and Sports at the annual Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America held in Washington, DC, in January.  More ...

Briggs Chairs MLA Panel

January 17, 2009
At the request of the International James Joyce Foundation, Austin Briggs, Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature, emeritus, organized and chaired a panel, "Joyce and Memory," at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association of America in San Francisco in December.

Martin and Klinkner Participate in League of Women Voters Panel on Voting Process

January 16, 2009
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, and Robert Martin, associate professor of government, will join New York State Senator Joseph Griffo in presenting "Considering the National Popular Vote (NPV) Compact." The League of Women Voters is hosting this panel discussion regarding the Electoral College, the NPV Compact and the implications of a constitutional amendment.  More ...

Klinkner Discusses Obama Election and Presidency

January 16, 2009
In an interview on central New York's public radio station WRVO-FM, Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, spoke about the voting patterns that emerged in the presidential election and the role played by race. During the interview with news director Chris Ulanowski on Jan. 16, Klinkner also discussed the parallels between the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt and an Obama presidency.  More ...

Williams Publishes Lead Article in Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society

January 14, 2009
Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology, published the lead article in the latest issue of the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 62(4):177-188. The article, "Monarch butterfly clusters provide microclimatic advantages during the overwintering season in Mexico," was coauthored by collaborators from Sweet Briar College and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and was based on field work in Mexico during February 2007 and January 2008.  More ...

Chung Presents Paper at RCAPS Conference

January 14, 2009
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was invited to give a paper, "Mapping the Invisible: Ethnic Passing and Feminized Male Labor in the Nightclubs in Japan," at the 2008 RCAPS Conference: The Asia Pacific in the Emerging World System at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in December 2008.  More ...

Music Department Hosts International Conducting Workshop

January 14, 2009
The Hamilton music department is hosting the International Academy of Advanced Conducting after Ilya Musin, a conducting workshop with two renowned teachers who studied with the 20th century Russian pedagogue Ilya Musin, from Jan. 21 to Jan. 25.
The Hamilton Orchestra will act as the host ensemble playing for the workshop. The final performance  will take place at noon on Sunday, Jan. 25, in Wellin Hall and is free and open to the public.  More ...

Klinkner Publishes Analysis of 2008 Election in The Forum

January 14, 2009
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, co-authored "LBJ's Revenge: The 2008 Election and the Rise of the Great Society Coalition" in the election issue (Vol. 6, Issue 4) of The Forum - A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics published by Berkeley Electronic Press. This article presents a distinctive overview of the 2008 election contest focused on its coalitional underpinnings.  More ...

Williams Presents at SLAC Annual Meeting

January 13, 2009
Sharon Williams, director of the Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center, presented a talk at the annual meeting of the Small Liberal Arts Colleges Writing Program Administrators at Lafayette College on Jan. 10. Her talk was titled "Sustaining a successful writing center program across time."

Yao Elected to MLA Delegate Assembly

January 12, 2009
Associate Dean of Faculty for Diversity Initiatives and Associate Professor of English Steve Yao has been elected to the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association, the largest professional organization focusing on the study and teaching of the humanities and the status of the language and literature in the U.S.  More ...

Irons Participates in Invited Panel on Anti-Civil Rights Violence

January 12, 2009
Assistant Professor of Sociology Jenny Irons participated in an invited panel on anti-civil rights violence in the south at the Southern Political Science Association Meetings, Jan. 8-10, in New Orleans. The interdisciplinary panel brought together scholars from law, political science and sociology to discuss their work on white violence against civil rights activists and black southerners during the civil rights era.  More ...

Jin Presents Paper and Chairs Panel at International Conference

January 9, 2009
Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin presented a paper and chaired a panel at the 9th International Conference of Chinese Scholars Association on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language in December. Her paper was titled "Task complexity and its effect on triggering negotiation of meaning" and the panel she chaired was on Second Language Research and Pedagogical Innovation.  More ...

Wu Presents Paper at American Economic Association

January 9, 2009
Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Wu presented "Lost in Translation: The Economics Ph.D. Pipeline for U.S. and Foreign Applicants" in a session on "Research in Economic Education" at the American Economic Association meetings in San Francisco on Jan. 4.  More ...

Isserman Presents at American Mountaineering Museum

January 8, 2009
Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, will join Everest pioneer Tom Hornbein, author of Everest: The West Ridge, for a presentation on the history of Himalayan mountain climbing on Thursday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum in Golden, Colorado.  More ...

Guyot-Bender Contributes Article to German Journal Lendemains

January 7, 2009
Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender contributed "'Les belles images': 'Sottisier,' roman prémonitoire ou récit universel?" to a special issue of German journal of French Comparative Studies, Lendemains, in honor of the 100th anniversary of Simone de Beauvoir's birth in 2008. The article examines the social content of Les belles images (1967), one of de Beauvoir's least-appreciated novels which was, at the time it was published, rebuked by critics and readers and somewhat ridiculed by de Beauvoir herself.  More ...

Chung Gives Paper at University of Tokyo

January 7, 2009
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was invited to give a paper at the Contemporary Anthropology Workshop at the University of Tokyo in November. She presented the paper "Deconstructing the Notions of 'Korean' 'Nightclub' 'Hostesses' in Japan and Proposing 'Labor Participant Observation'" in Japanese.  More ...

Peter J. Rabinowitz Gives Paper at MLA Convention

January 7, 2009
Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz delivered a paper, "Inside the Text, Outside the Classroom: The Ethics of Narrative Ethics," during a special session at the MLA Convention in San Francisco on Dec. 28.  More ...

Klinkner Quoted on FDR in Wall St. Journal

January 6, 2009
Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, spoke with Wall Street Journal reporter Naftali Bendavid for an article on how President-elect Barack Obama's first term may or may not mirror that of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In "FDR's Popularity Helped Power New Deal," which appeared in the paper's Jan. 6 issue, Klinkner commented that Roosevelt established a connection with the electorate unlike that of any previous president.  More ...

Anechiarico Interviewed for Baltimore Sun About City Hall Corruption Case

January 5, 2009
Frank Anechiarico, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, was interviewed for a Baltimore Sun article about Baltimore city hall corruption allegations (1/4/09). The article noted that a grand jury examining charges of corruption in Mayor Sheila Dixon's administration will expire this week. Anechiarico who has written extensively on such investigations, described the length of the Baltimore probe as "almost record-breaking."   More ...

Owen Presents Paper at American Economic Association Meeting

January 5, 2009
Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen presented "Grades, gender, and encouragement: A regression discontinuity analysis" at the American Economic Association meetings in San Francisco on January 4. In this paper, Owen found evidence that female students who receive an "A" for a final grade in an introductory economics class have a meaningfully higher probability of majoring in economics.  More ...

MacDonald Serves as Film Festival Juror

December 30, 2008
On Dec. 19 and 20, Professor of Comparative Literature Scott MacDonald served as a juror at the Black Maria Film Festival. The Black Maria, named for Thomas Edison's original filmmaking studio in New Jersey (it was covered in black tar paper), specializes in independent cinema, particularly on short documentary, experimental and animated films.  More ...

Stewart Part of MLA White Paper Panel

December 29, 2008
"Coherence, Literature, Languages," an article that appeared in the Dec. 23 issue of InsideHigherEd, reported on a white paper released at the recent meeting of the Modern Language Association (MLA) that addressed "new ways of organizing English and language programs within the general parameters of a liberal arts education." The article referenced the panel that wrote the report including its leader, Yale professor and former MLA president Michael Holquist, and Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart.  More ...

Chung Presents Paper at University of California, Berkeley

December 29, 2008
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung presented a paper at the Wenner-Gren Workshop on Translational Migration in East Asia at the University of California, Berkeley, in November. She illustrated the crucial role of the nightclubs for the development of a Korean migrant community in Japan.  More ...

Ellingson Publishes Article About Megachurches in Sociology Compass

December 29, 2008
Associate Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson published an article titled "The Rise of the Megachurches and Change in Religious Culture" in the online journal Sociology Compass on Dec. 12. 
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Plate Publishes Two Online Articles

December 25, 2008
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez Plate recently published the online articles, "Dreaming of Oz in Mumbai" for the NYU-based Revealer, and "Is Religion a Game?" for the Ford Foundation-funded Religious Dispatches.  More ...

Fallen Giants Listed on St. Petersburg Times Recommended Sports Books

December 22, 2008
Fallen Giants : A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, a book co-authored by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman and University of Rochester Professor Stewart Weaver, was included in a list of recommended books for sports enthusiasts by the St. Petersburg Times. Reporter Tom Jones wrote, "Isserman and Weaver, through painstaking research, detail many other pioneers in Himalayan mountain climbing, including never-before-heard-of expeditions from the late 1800s. Not only do Isserman and Weaver provide the details of the climbs, they analyze how each expedition changed mountaineering."  More ...

Brown '04 Has Work Accepted in International Juried Show

December 22, 2008
A work by Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and alumna Jackie Brown '04 titled "Accretion" has been accepted into the 23rd International Juried Show at the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. The show runs from February 13 to March 27. Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, juried the show.  More ...

Rabinowitz Presents Talk at The Other Side in Utica

December 19, 2008
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented a talk titled "The Medea Project: Performing Greek Myth in Prison," at The Other Side in Utica on Dec. 17.  The talk focused on the power of myth to transform minds and spirits even, in the case of incarcerated women, while the body remains in prison.  More ...

Wilson Elected Co-Chair of American Academy of Religion Group

December 18, 2008
Professor of History Thomas Wilson was elected co-chair of the Confucian Traditions Group of the American Academy of Religion after its recent annual conference. At the conference, Wilson was a respondent on the panel "For the Exploration, Criticism, and Development of René Girard's Mimetic Theory," Colloquium on Violence and Religion.  More ...

Jin Presents Papers at American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Convention

December 17, 2008
Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature, presented two papers at the annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Convention in Orlando on Nov. 19-23. 
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O'Neal Invited to Speak in Norway

December 15, 2008
The Norwegian research group "A l'ombre des Lumières" invited Professor of French John C. O'Neal to speak at a colloquium in Norway, Dec. 4-5. Held at the University of Trondheim, 500 kilometers north of Oslo, the colloquium hosted a group of international scholars on 18th century literature, all of whom made separate presentations in a plenary format. O'Neal made his presentation on the pedagogical writings of Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his uses of the visual.

Plate Publishes Book, Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World

December 15, 2008
S. Brent Rodriguez Plate, visiting associate professor of religious studies, recently published the book, Religion and Film: Cinema and the Re-Creation of the World, with the London-based film studies press, Wallflower (distributed in the U.S. via Columbia UP). The book is one of the first truly interdisciplinary works on the topic, investigating religions via film studies, and film via religious studies.  More ...

Briggs Publishes Review in James Joyce Broadsheet

December 14, 2008
Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English emeritus, published a review of Joycean Murmoirs: Fritz Senn on James Joyce, Christine O'Neill (ed.), (Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2007) in the October, 2008, issue of James Joyce Broadsheet (University of Leeds, UK).

Gold Presents Lecture at University of Massachusetts-Amherst

December 12, 2008
Barbara Gold, the Edward North Professor of Classics, gave an invited lecture at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on Dec. 4. The title of the talk was "Inhuman She-Wolves and Unhelpful Mothers in Propertius's Elegies: A Consideration of Roman Mothers and Some Remarks on their Colonial American Counterparts." The last segment of the talk arose from an Emerson grant that Gold did last summer with Hamilton senior Casey Green, who is a classics and history major.  More ...

Krueger Contributes Essay to Book on French Women Poets

December 12, 2008
Roberta L. Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French, contributed an essay, "The Middle Ages and the Renaissance: from Marie de France to Marie de Romieu," in Norman Shapiro, transl., French Women Poets of Nine Centuries: The Distaff and the Pen (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).  More ...

Omori Invited Speaker at University of Sydney

December 11, 2008
Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori spoke at a University of Sydney, Australia, workshop on December 3-4. The workshop focused on a Japanese vernacular modernist magazine, Shinseinen (New Youth). Shinseinen enjoyed its heyday in the 1920s-30s by providing youth with (occasionally experimental) detective fiction, photographs, illustrations, and essays on the latest cultural phenomena.  More ...

Owens-Manley Delivers Keynote Address at St. Lawrence University

December 10, 2008
Levitt Center Associate Director of Community Research Judith Owens-Manley was the keynote speaker at the Civic Engagement Conference at St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, Dec. 10. Owen's remarks, titled "Civic Engagement: Connecting College and Community," were delivered to faculty, administrators, students and community partners at this conference sponsored by the university's Center for Civic Engagement.  More ...

Jin Presents Lecture, Workshop in Hong Kong

December 10, 2008

O'Neal Elected to Board of Directors of ASFAP

December 9, 2008
Professor of French John C. O'Neal has been elected to the board of directors of the American Society for French Academic Palms (ASFAP), a group of scholars who have received recognition from the French government for their teaching and research. An officer in the Order of the French Academic Palms since February 2008, O'Neal will chair the committee for the ASFAP's scholarship fund.  More ...

Conover Presents at Inter-American Development Bank Conference

December 8, 2008
Assistant Professor of Economics Emily Conover was invited to attend and present at a conference held Dec. 6-7 at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. The conference convened a group of economists to present and discuss their work on assessing productivity levels, dispersions and growth in different Latin American countries. The work Conover presented used firm level data to assess productivity levels in Colombia.

Springer Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

December 4, 2008
Jane Springer, visiting assistant professor of English, has been awarded a 2009 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship for poetry. The NEA is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established, bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.  More ...

Terrell Publishes Paper in Studies in Philology

December 4, 2008
Katherine H. Terrell, assistant professor of English, published a paper on the Middle English poem "Pearl" in the fall 2008 issue of Studies in Philology. Titled "Rethinking the 'Corse in clot': Cleanness, Filth, and Bodily Decay in 'Pearl,'" the article argues that the poem's examination of death, grief, and Christian consolation hinges upon the symbolic opposition and resolution of the images of pearl and corpse.

Lehmann Awarded Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award

December 4, 2008
Having been nominated by enthusiastic students earlier this fall and vetted by a committee of past teaching award recipients, Assistant Professor of Government Timothy (Ted) Lehmann was awarded a 2008 Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award on Dec. 2. The Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award was established in 1988 by members of the class on the occasion of their 25th reunion. This award recognizes a Hamilton junior faculty member, in a tenure-track position, or tenured in the last year, who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to and skill in teaching. The Lehmann announcement was made at the monthly Hamilton faculty meeting.  More ...

Latrell Publishes Article in TDR: The Drama Review

December 3, 2008
Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell's article "Exotic Dancing: Performing Tribal and Regional Identities in East Malaysia's Cultural Villages" has been published in TDR:The Drama Review, Winter 2008. The article, based on research conducted over the past several years, concerns the way tourist shows in Southeast Asia contain coded statements about cultural ownership, tribal relations to the state, and the state's relation to international tourist markets.  Latrell's research was supported by funds from the Mellon Foundation and the Christian Johnson Foundation.

Elgren Lectures at University of Wisconsin-Madison Biochemistry Department Series

December 3, 2008
Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren presented a lecture titled "Harnessing the Power of an Enzyme: Catalytically Active Biomaterials" on Dec. 1 as part of the University of Wisconsin - Madison Biochemistry Department's seminar series focused on Biofuels. Elgren presented the work of several of his Hamilton undergraduate collaborators, including Trevor Pedrick '10, Sydney Fasulo '09, Christina Clark '10, Nick Berry '09, and Amy Barrows '08, who have contributed to their ongoing efforts to trap enzymes in functional materials.  More ...

Murtaugh Work Featured in Metro UK

December 2, 2008
Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh had artwork featured in the Metro UK November 26 edition. Sophie Freeman authored the article which featured three photographs from the installations "To Mark a Significant Space."  Metro UK is Britain's first urban national newspaper, which is distributed to more than 1.3 million readers in 16 of Britain's major cities.

Peck Presents Paper at Middle East Studies Association Conference

December 2, 2008
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Anjela Peck attended the Middle East Studies Association Conference held in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22-25. She presented a paper titled "Of Prophets: Exploring Christian-Muslim Spaces in Early Modern Spanish Muslim Texts." The paper looked at the anonymous 16th-century Muslim-authored text, "The Hadith of the Death of Muhammad," written in aljamiado (Spanish transliterated through the Arabic alphabet and seasoned with Arabic words and phrases).  More ...

Kantrowitz '82 Article Studies Weighted Composition Operators

December 2, 2008
An article by Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz '82 was recently published in the Mathematical Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Volume 108, Issue 2, 2008). In the paper, "Approximation by Weighted Composition Operators on C(X)," Kantrowitz and co-author Michael M. Neumann of Mississippi State University investigate bounded linear operators between Banach algebras of continuous functions.  More ...

Vaughan Presents Paper at Psychonomic Society Meeting

December 1, 2008
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Jonathan Vaughan presented a paper at the Psychonomic Society meeting on Nov. 15 in Chicago. The paper was titled "Planning Complex Limb Trajectories" and was based on research conducted at Hamilton. Co-authors included Hamilton students Julia Brandt '07, Drew Lindsey '08, Ann Dickson '09, and Deborah Barany, '11, all of whom participated in the research project during the academic year and summer months.  More ...

MacDonald Lectures at UC Berkeley Pacific Film Archive

December 1, 2008
Scott MacDonald made four presentations in the Bay Area during the week of Nov. 17 in conjunction with his new book Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times. He lectured on Canyon Cinema and then presented films by filmmakers crucial to the 50-year-old Bay Area institution on Friday and Saturday evenings at Canyon Cinema's screening room in San Francisco, on Sunday evening at the San Francisco Cinematheque and on Tuesday evening at the Pacific Film Archive at the University of California at Berkeley.