Summer 2003

Kudos!

Acknowledgements
Reba Carruth, assistant professor of business and public policy and of international affairs, SBPM, ESIA, will present a paper entitled “Socio-Economic Integration in the Global Information Economy: 21st Century Perspectives of Knowledge Transfer, Education, and Training” at the end of June in France for the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics. In addition, Carruth will be included in the “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century” book, which will be published by the International Biographical Center in Cambridge, England. Individuals are nominated and selected on the basis of merit.

Anna Chamot, professor of secondary education, GSEHD, Christine Meloni, associate professor of English as a foreign language, CCAS, and Abigail Bartoshevsky, research associate, GSEHD, presented a paper, “Sailing the 5 C’s,” at the annual Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Washington.

Martin Courtois, librarian, Avril Cunningham, librarian, and Aditya Kapur, Web assistant, all of Gelman Library, produced a Web-based library tutorial that was selected as the May “Site of the Month” by the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Internet Education

William Frawley, dean, CCAS, as part of his ongoing involvement in Chilean higher education reform presented “Competencias Profesionales en el Siglo XXI” at the Salón Pacífico de la Corporación Municipal in Punta Arenas, Chile, May 13-14. He also presented “Experiencias Internacionales de Curriculum Basado en Competencias en la Educación Superior” in Puerto Natales, Chile, at a seminar sponsored by the Universiy of Magellan and various Chilean higher education authorities.

Robert Weiner, professor of international business and international affairs, SBPM, gave a talk, “Speculation and Volatility in Oil Futures Markets,” to faculty and students at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. He also presented “Outlook for Oil Prices and US Energy Policy” to management at Aramco, the world’s largest petroleum company.

Ernie Englander, associate professor of business and public policy, SBPM, presented “An Overview of the National Economy” as the opening night speaker at a National Press Foundation conference for journalists.

Charlene Rivera, research professor and executive director of the Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, GSEHD, served as keynote speaker at the 16th Annual Language Minority Research Institute (LMRI) Conference at the University of California, San Diego in May. Rivera’s presentation, “ ‘Reasonable Accommodations’ for English Language Learners (ELLs) and the Federal Education Law: Making State Assessment Accessible to All,” featured preliminary findings regarding state accommodation policies for ELLs. She also presented the seminar, “Do Accommodations Found in States’ Policies Support English Language Learners?” to LMRI’s Education Policy Center of the University of California at Davis.

Millie Scarlett, adjunct assistant professor of music, CCAS, made her Kennedy Center debut May 9 as the soprano soloist in the world premiere of “Let My People Go!: A Spiritual Journey on the Underground Railroad.”

Omega Silva, professor emerita of medicine, SMHS, was elected to a mastership in the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine. Dr. Silva received her honor at the society’s convocation ceremonies in San Diego in April. Of the 39 newly elected masters, only two were women.

D. Christopher Kayes, assistant professor of management science, SBPM, and Craig Seal an SBPM doctoral candidate, presented “Emotional Intelligence in Self-Managed Work Teams: Predicting Performance Across Tasks” at the Eastern Academy of Management meeting in Baltimore.

Harry William Holt, Jr., an SBPM doctoral candidate, chaired a paper session, “Me, Myself, and Thee: Social Dynamics and Personal Learning,” at the Eastern Academy of Management meeting in Baltimore.

Akos Vertes, professor of chemistry, CCAS, delivered a talk entitled “Phenomenological Models of Laser Ablation” as an invited speaker at the Symposium on Laser Ablation and Related Techniques organized by the Scientific Research Community of F.W.O.-Flanders, Zelzate, Belgium.

Jennifer Griffin, assistant professor of strategic management, SBPM, was an invited speaker for sessions about grassroots political advocacy. The event, held for the Washington Campus program, was part of Washington Week. Her talks draw upon her teaching and research about how the Internet is changing corporate strategies in the public policy arena.

Awards
Donald Hawkins, the Eisenhower Professor of Tourism Policy, SBPM, has been selected to receive the first World Trade Organization Ulysses Prize for individual accomplishment in scientific research and dissemination of knowledge in the area of tourism policy and management. The prize is being awarded to Hawkins for “his scientific contribution to the theory and practice of tourism policy.”

Michael Worth, professor of nonprofit management, SBPM, will receive the 2003 John Grenzebach Research Award for Research in Philanthropy at the CASE International Assembly in Washington.

Publications
Mark Klock, professor of finance, SBPM, published “Is It the Will of the People‚ or a Broken Arrow? Collective Preferences, Out-of-the-Money Options, Bush v. Gore, and Arguments for Quashing Post-Balloting Litigation Absent Specific Allegations of Fraud” in the University of Miami Law Review, v. 57, pp. 401-454 (2003).

Chung-wen Shih, professor emeritus of Chinese language and literature, CCAS, published the multimedia interactive CD and the workbook, “Learn Chinese from Modern Writers” (both by Columbia University Press). The CD project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Yoon-Shik Park, professor of international banking and finance, SBPM, has published “The Korean Bond Market: Post-Asian Crisis and Beyond” with Ismail Dalla (Ronco Consulting Corporation). The book was published by the Korea Stock Exchange.

Krishna Kumar, professor of accountancy, SBPM, published a paper entitled, “The Information Content of the Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance,” in the April 2003 issue of The Accounting Review. The article was co-authored with George Mason University’s Gnanakumar Visvanathan.

Amy K. Smith, assistant professor of marketing, SBPM, published “Striking the Right Balance: Designing Service to Enhance Business-to-Business Relationships” in the May 2003 Journal of Service Research v. 5 pp. 271-291. The article was co-authored by Ruth Bolton (Vanderbilt University) and Janet Wagner (University of Maryland).

Tyra W. Hilliard, assistant professor of tourism studies, SBPM, authored “Whodunit?” in the May 2003 issue of Successful Meetings magazine.

Prabir K. Bagchi, associate dean and professor of operations and supply chain management, SBPM, and T. Skjoett-Larsen, published “Organizational Integration in Supply Chains: A Contingency Approach,” in the Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, v. 3, n. 1, pp. 1-10.

Gregory D. Squires, professor of sociology, published his edited volume “Organizing Access to Credit: Advocacy and the Democratization of Financial Institutions” with Temple University Press.



Kudos is a recognition of the awards, honors, and recent publications of the GW faculty and staff.