ByGeorge!

Sept. 21, 2004

Kudos!

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


Acknowlegements:
Kavita Daiya, assistant professor of English, CCAS, presented “Violence and Belonging, History and Literature in a Transnational World,” at the second International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, in Prato, Italy.

Douglas Frechtling, professor of tourism studies, GWSB, presented “Tourism Policy and Destination Management: Conference Implications and Next Steps,” at a World Tourism Organization conference. He also presented “The Washington, DC, Response and Recovery from the Sept. 11, 2001, Attacks” at the International Conference on Destination Risk Management.

Glenn W. Geelhoed, professor of surgery, international medical education, microbiology and tropical medicine, SMHS, completed the Inaugural International Visiting Professorship in the International Natural Science and Healing Conferences in Nanhua University in Southern Taiwan. This inaugural series of lectures, which initiated the international agreements with the faculties of Nanhua University and GW, was organized by Yuth Nimit, affiliated with GW, the National Institutes of Health and chair of the Graduate Institute of Natural Healing Science at Nanhua University.

Christine F. Meloni, associate professor emeritus of English as a foreign language, CCAS, presented the keynote address, “Developing Linguistic and Cultural Competence in Cyberspace: A Russian-American Experience,” at the first annual conference of Yakut TESOL in Yakutsk, Siberia, Russia. She also conducted the workshop on “Using E-Mail and the World Wide Web to Teach Writing to Learners of English.”

Susan Phillips, dean and professor of finance, GWSB, discussed her corporate and organizational board experiences at “Into the Pipeline ... Preparing Women and Minorities for Corporate Board Service,” a seminar hosted by Boardroom Bound.

Appointments:
W. M. Kim Roddis, professor of civil and environmental engineering, SEAS, has been appointed chair of SEAS’ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Roddis comes to GW from University of Kansas where she was a member of the structural engineering faculty in the civil, environmental and architectural engineering department.

Awards:

Kim J. Hartswick, associate professor of art history and archaeology, CCAS, received an NEH summer fellowship to participate in a five-week seminar in Rome, Italy, entitled “Archaeology and Ideology in Modern Rome.” While in Rome Hartswick also presented a lecture on his recent book, The Gardens of Sallust (University of Texas 2003) inside an ancient Roman structure that was originally part of these ancient gardens and is currently occupied by the Unione delle Camere.

Erik K. Winslow, professor of behavioral sciences and outgoing chair of the Department of Management Science, GWSB, and Margaret L. Vann, executive associate, Office of Special Events and Information Services, GWSB, received the ninth annual awards for outstanding dedication to the School of Business, awarded to one faculty member and one staff member, from the business school’s Board of Advisors.

Publications:
Lori Brainard, assistant professor of public policy and public administration, SPPPA, co-published “Toward Nonprofit Organization Reform in the Voluntary Spirit: Lessons from the Internet” with Patricia D. Siplon, in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, v. 33, n. 3, pp. 435–457.

Jennifer Brinkerhoff, associate professor of public administration, of international business, and of international affairs, SPPPA, published “Lost in Cyberspace: Shedding Light on the Dark Matter of Grassroots Organizations,” in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, v. 33, n. 3 Supplement, pp. 32S-53S.

Paul Butler, professor of law, GWLS, published the article “Much Respect: Toward a Hip-Hop Theory of Punishment,” in The Stanford Law Review.

Arturo Carrillo, visiting associate professor of clinical law, GWLS, published the article “Bringing International Law Home: The Innovative Role of Human Rights Clinics in the Transnational Legal Process,” in the spring 2004 edition of the Columbia Human Rights Law Review.

George Jabbour, professor of finance, GWSB, co-wrote The Option Trader Handbook: Strategies and Trade Adjustments (John Wiley & Sons, May 2004) with Philip Budwick.

Cynthia Lee, professor of law, GWLS, published the article “But I Thought He Had a Gun: Race and Police Use of Deadly Force,” in Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal.

Mirghani Mohamed, assistant director, Data Center ISS, co-published “Applying Knowledge Management Principles to Enhance Cross-Functional Team Performance” with Michael Stankosky, associate professor of systems engineering, SEAS, and Arthur Murray, in the Journal of Knowledge Management, v. 8, n. 3, pp. 127–142.

Kathryn Newcomer, professor of public policy and public administration and chair, SPPPA, published The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004).

Jerrold Post, professor of political psychiatry, international affairs, psychology and behavioral science, and of engineering management, ESIA, published Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World: The Psychology of Political Behavior (Cornell University).


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