April 6, 2004

Kudos!

Recognition of the awards, honors, and recent publications of the GW faculty and staff

Awards:
Donald Dew, professor of counseling, GSEHD, received the Lifetime Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Council of Rehabilitation Education (NCRE) at its national conference in Tucson, AZ, on Feb. 20. The award was presented for his contribution to NCRE and rehabilitation education.

Spencer Overton, associate professor of law, LS, received the 2004 Derrick Bell Award from The Association of American Law Schools Section on Minority Groups. The award is given to the untenured member of the section who exemplifies commitment to outstanding scholarship and community service. Overton also was selected as a finalist in the Carnegie Scholars Program.

Acknowledgements:
Christine Meloni, senior research associate, GSEHD, Susan Willens, assistant professor of English, CCAS, and Larissa Zolotareva, professor of English, Yakutsk State University, Yakutsk, Siberia presented the paper “Communicating in Cyberspace: The US-Siber Dialogue” at the annual conference of the Northeast Association for Language Learning Technology held at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

Patricia Tanner, director of staffing and compensation services, Department of Human Resource Services, was recently certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the Human Resource Certification Institute.

Publications:
Elaine Murphy, lecturer in global health, SPHHS, published “Diffusion of Innovations: Family Planning in Developing Countries,” in Journal of Health Communication’s supplement 40 Years of Diffusion of Innovations: Utility and Value in Public Health, February 2004, published in conjunction with Taylor & Francis and funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Appointments:
Paola Ceccarini was appointed reference and instruction librarian at Gelman Library. Ceccarini comes to GW from New York Public Library where she served as the instructional services librarian for the humanities and social sciences library.

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