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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.

The Kirkland Project at Hamilton College will sponsor a conference, "Making Change: Working for Social Justice," on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5, on the Hamilton campus. The keynote address will be delivered by Robert Moses '56, founder of the national math literacy program, the Algebra Project. His talk, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel, will be followed by a series of panel discussions related to social change. The conference is free and open to the public.

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."

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.

Hamilton College Life Trustee will Richard Couper '44 will be honored by the Oneida County Historical Society on Thursday, Sept. 5, at Harts Hill Inn. The Historical Society has renamed its "Living Legends" award in honor of Couper. The award will be called the Richard W. Couper Living Legend Award in honor of Couper, who "has not only worked long hours on behalf of the Society, but also as a volunteer for many non-profit organizations," said Kevin Marken, of the Historical Society.

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.

Religious Studies Professor Richard Seager was interviewed for a Wichita Eagle article about a new Buddhist temple in Wichita that is hoping to attract people of all faiths and races. Seager, the author of Buddhism in America (Columbia, 1999), said the new temple is similar to those created by other ethnic Buddhist groups in America. As a group attracts non-Asians, a parallel congregation often forms. "You begin to get people who like the chanting, and the monks do classes in seated meditation because that's what a lot of Americans like." "You get this other congregation going who really doesn't know about Vietnamese holidays."

Monk Rowe, musician and director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, has been chosen as a recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Popular Music Survey Award. This is the sixth consecutive year that Rowe has won this award, which is created for composers/performers who play their own work, was not aired on the radio. According to ASCAP, the awards are based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the society.

Government Professor and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li was interviewed by the British magazine, The Economist, for an article about China's new leaders (June 15, 2002). He argues that a younger group of leaders -- the fourth generation -- "are likely to have been influenced by their experience of the ideologically inspired violence of the Cultural Revolution, making them more cynical about ideology, more open-minded and less confrontational than their predecessors in dealing with factional politics and social unrest."

As Hamilton's class of 2006 arrives on the Hill, 43 orientation leaders are doing everything from helping the first-year students move into dorm rooms to answering questions about the book store, computer connections and on-campus events.