January 2006

Kudos!

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

Acknowledgements:

Robert J. Cottrol, professor of law, of history, and of sociology, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law, GWLS, served as chair and commentator for the session, “Representations and Practices of Black Citizenship” at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association on Nov. 3, 2005.

Jennifer Griffin, associate professor of strategic management and public policy, GWSB, discussed “Corporate Responsibility: New Insights, New Ideas” at the Melbourne Institute of the Australian Centre for Corporate Public Affairs (ACCPA). At the Academy of Management Conference, Griffin presented “Cascading Arenas of Resolution: Managerial Implications of the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Debates,” co-authored with Rich McGowan. Griffin also published “The Empirical Study of Public Affairs: A Review and Synthesis” in the Handbook of Public Affairs, July 2005.

Rachelle Heller, associate dean for academic affairs at GW’s Mount Vernon Campus, and professor of computer science, SEAS, delivered the keynote speech “Models of Women’s Leadership,” at the Libyan Women’s Empowerment Workshop: For Women by Women. This was the first workshop of its kind since the 1969 revolution in Libya.

Theresa Jefferson, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, SEAS, presented the paper “An Empirical Study of Software Maintenance of a Web-Based Java Application” at the 21st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 25–30. The paper was co-authored with doctoral student Min-Gu Lee. Jefferson also was an Invited Expert at the European Union Research Commission proposal review for information and communication technology for environmental risk in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 24–28.

Samuel Kotz, senior research scholar, SEAS, recently served as the keynote speaker at the May Conference at Siena, Italy, on income distributions and Lorenz curves. He was also the main speaker at the Virginia Statistical Society meeting in May at the James Madison University. Among his publications in 2005 were: “Reflections on Early History of Official Statistics,” (Journal of Official Statistics, 21, n.2, pp. 139–146); “On the product and ratio of Pearson Type VII and Laplace Random Variables,” Austrian Journal of Statistics, v. 34, n. 1, pp. 11–23; “Characterization of Arnold and Struass Models” in Statistics and Probability Letters, 2005; “On the Linear Combination of Exponential Random Variables” in Entropy, v. 7, n. 2, pp. 161–171; “Reflections on the History and State of Statistical Sciences,” in Defining the Science of Statistics, v. 1, pp. 3–22; and “Sampling Distribution Associated with the Multivariance t Distribution,” in Statistica Neerlandic, v. 59, n. 2, pp. 214–234.

Krishna R. Kumar, professor of accountancy, GWSB, presented a paper entitled “The Value-Relevance of Cash Flows and Accruals: The Role of Investment Opportunities” at the annual meeting of the American Accounting Association.

Lynda Maddox, professor of advertising, GWSB, presented the juried paper, “Do URLs in Advertising Affect Chinese Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Advertisers?” at the International Management Development Association (IMDA) 13th Annual World Business Congress held in Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Peter Raven-Hansen, Earl Weston Research Professor of Law, GWLS, served as reporter and principal author of “Deciding to Use Force Abroad: War Powers in a System of Checks and Balances,” for the War Powers Initiative of the Constitution Project.

Walter Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs, Ethics and Human Behavior, and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, ESIA, was a Bradley Lecturer at the American Enterprise Institute. The lecture titled “The Use and Abuse of Holocaust Memory” was presented Nov. 14.

Julie Ryan, assistant professor of engineering management and systems engineering, SEAS, was invited to speak at the National Defense University Oct. 4 –5, 2005. Ryan presented “Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Paradox of Partnership: A New Paradigm for ‘Jointness’.” Ryan also spoke at the Humanities and Technologies Association conference in Utah, where she presented “Mathematical Models in Information Security,” Oct. 6–8, 2005. She also spoke at the First Annual Information Assurance Workshop at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Oct. 24–25. Ryan’s presentation was entitled “Businesses and Information Warfare: Cares, Concerns, and Cautions.” While at UAF, She also participated in curriculum review for their Information Assurance program.

Moses S. Schanfield, professor of forensic sciences, CCAS, presented a paper “Future of Forensic Testing of Non-Human DNA” at the Fourth European-American Intensive Course in Forensic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Course in Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Sept. 8, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Schanfield was a co-organizer and co-founder of this meeting.

Lawrence Singleton, associate professor of accountancy, GWSB, spoke to approximately 80 members of the American Gas Association on Sept. 15, during the organization’s Strategic Marketing and Public Relations annual meeting.

Amy K. Smith, associate professor of marketing, GWSB, presented “Exploring Customer Rage Spectrum Emotions, Expressions, and Behaviors in Service Failure Encounters: Customer and Employee Perspectives,” at the 14th Annual American Marketing Association Frontiers In Services Conference. She also served as a plenary speaker at the 2005 AMA SERVSIG Doctoral Consortium held at Arizona State University’s Center for Services Leadership prior to the conference. Smith, also co-authored, with Young (Sally) K. Kim, a GWSB alumni, “Crime & Punishment: Examining Customers’ Responses to Service Organizations’ Penalties,” in the Journal of Service Research, v. 8, n. 2, pp. 162–180.

Janet Steele, associate professor of media and public affairs, SMPA, began her second Fulbright in Indonesia on Sept. 10. Steele’s book, Wars Within: The Story of Tempo, an Independent Magazine in Soeharto’s Indonesia, was recently published by the Institute for South East Asian Studies and Equinox Publishing.

George Wang, associate professor of Chinese and International Affairs, CCAS, retired, having served GW for 40 years, joining the faculty in August 1965. He frequently presented papers at national and international conferences and published articles in national and international journals.

Appointments:

David Alan Grier, associate dean for academic programs, associate professor of international science and technology policy ESIA, was appointed to write a regular column in Computer magazine. The column, which deals with issues of technology and society, will start in the January 2006 of the magazine.

Christine Meloni, associate professor emeritus of English as a foreign language, CCAS, was appointed interim editor of Essential Teacher, a publication of international Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Kathryn Newcomer, director of SPPPA and professor of public policy and public administration, CCAS, was selected chair of the Public Administration section of the American Political Science Association at the association’s annual conference in September. She also was named president-elect of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in October 2005, and will then move into the role of president in October 2006.

Pradeep Rau, professor of marketing, GWSB, was appointed to the Advisory Board of E-Healthcare Foundation, New Delhi, India, which is an innovative project designed to improve healthcare services and information among the rural poor in India.

Awards:

Robert Dyer, professor of marketing, GWSB, and Marilyn Liebrenz-Himes, associate professor of global marketing, GWSB, placed first in a national research proposal competition sponsored by the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS). SMPS represents over 5,500 firms involved in the US Building Industry including architectural, design, engineering and construction companies. Dyer and Liebrenz-Himes’ proposal examined “Client Relationship Management for Professional Services Firms in the Building Industry.” They received a $20,000 first-prize award and will be assisted in executing their study during 2005–06 by Hamed Shamma, a PhD student in marketing. The results of their study will appear in SMPS publications as well as during a formal presentation at the association’s National Conference in Los Angeles in August 2006.

Publications:

James N. Rosenau, University Professor of international affairs, ESIA, co-edited “Security and the Nation-State: Paradigms in Transition” (SUNY Press, 2005). He co-authored “On the Cutting Edge of Globalization: An Inquiry into American Elites” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005). Rosenau also published The Study of World Politics, with volume I called “Theoretical and Methodological Challenges” and volume II called “Governance and Globalization” (Routledge, 2005).


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