January 2007

Kudos!

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

Acknowledgements:

Jocelyne Brant, assistant professor of French, and Christine Meloni, associate professor emeritus of English as a foreign language, presented “Discover the Future of L2 Writing through Blogs and Wikis” at the 49th annual convention of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Nashville, Tenn. Meloni also presented “Culture Club: A Resource for Teachers of Spanish” with Sheila Cockey of King George County Public Schools.

Jonathan Chaves, professor of Chinese and Columbian professor, gave a bilingual reading from his new book, Cloud Gate Song: The Verse of the Tang Poet Zhang Ji, and served on a panel discussing literary translation as part of the fourth annual D.C. International Poetry Festival sponsored by WordFest/Chapters Bookstore. He also delivered a paper to the Washington Area Traditional China Colloquium
at Georgetown University and the 2006 Rose Susan Hirschhorn Behrend Memorial Lecture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Kavita Daiya, assistant professor of English, presented a paper titled “Global Culture, Religion and Identity in South Asian Media” as part of a panel on “Emerging Positionalities: South Asia and its Diasporas in Ethnographic, Historical, and Literary Perspective” at the 35th Annual International Conference on South Asia at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Lynn M. Gangone, visiting assistant professor of higher education, recently discussed a report by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings’ Commission on Higher Education, Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education, at the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program.

Cynthia Holt, science and engineering librarian at the Gelman Library, presented on “Wikis, Blogs, and More: New Keys That Unlock New Possibilities” at the National Conference on Science, Technology, and the Law in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Emmet Kennedy, professor of European history, gave a paper on the Abbe Sicard and the French Revolutionary Origins of Deaf Education at the Western Society for French History in Long Beach, Calif.

Natalie B. Milman, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction, will appear in the 2007 edition of Who’s Who in America in recognition of her expertise as a professor, presenter, researcher, and practitioner in instructional technology and teacher education.

Ronald Palmer, professor emeritus of the practice of international affairs, spoke to the executive committee of the National Council of Negro Women on problems and prospects of contemporary U.S. foreign policy. This summer, he lectured on Malaysian identity at an NSA-sponsored conference, participated in an Asia Pacific roundtable in Kuala Lumpur, and represented Children’s Hospice International in planning sessions for their Singapore World Congress.

Jeffrey Stephanic, associate professor of design, had work included in Atlantic Gallery’s Annual Small Works Holiday Invitational in New York. Ten percent of the show’s proceeds went to Seeds of Peace, an organization dedicated to empowering young leaders from areas of conflict with skills in reconciliation and coexistence.

Appointments:

Christopher L. Cahill, associate professor of chemistry, was re-elected to the United States National Committee for Crystallography. The committee furthers the interests of the U.S. crystallography community in the International Union of Crystallographers and promotes the community’s intellectual vigor and diversity.

Cayo Gamber, assistant professor of writing, was accepted for the 2007 Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar on Literature and the Holocaust, designed for professors who are teaching or preparing to teach courses with a Holocaust literature-related component. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies conducted the seminar.

Sharon A. McDade, associate professor of higher education administration, was promoted as a founding member of the editorial board of the Journal on Women in Higher Education, which will publish its inaugural issue in fall 2007.

Tjai M. Nielsen, assistant professor of management, was recently elected to the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior.

Ronald Palmer, professor emeritus of the practice of international affairs, was elected to the board of the National Fulbright Association.

Linda Cotton Perry has been appointed assistant vice president for external relations in the Division of Advancement. She will oversee communications, events and stewardship activities for the division. Cotton Perry most recently served as senior director at the Optical Society of America, where she led a team responsible for fund raising as well as stewardship and education programs for an international membership base. Prior to that, Cotton Perry served as executive director of the Independent College Fund of Maryland. In that role she oversaw fund raising, stewardship, events, and marketing communications.

Awards:

Donald W. Dew, professor of counseling and research professor of psychiatry and behavioral science, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of State Administrations of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Distinguished Service Award from the National Consortium of State Operated Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centers, the R.C. Thompson Hall of Fame Award from the Maryland Rehabilitation Association, and the Commissioner’s Award from the Rehabilitation Services administration, all honoring a lifetime of dedicated academic and leadership service.

Elaine El-Khawas, professor of education policy, received the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals who bring visibility and support to the field of higher education.

Publications:

Emmet Kennedy, professor of European history, published a book, Secularism and its Opponents from Augustine to Solzhenitsyn, through Palgrave Macmillan.
Nicholas Kyriakopoulos, professor of engineering and applied science, edited Verifying Treaty Compliance: Limiting Weapons of Mass Destruction and Monitoring Kyoto Protocol Provisions with Rudolf Avenhaus, Michel Richard, and Gotthard Stein.

Jim Mason, assistant baseball coach, published the article “Bench Coaching” in the autumn 2006 edition of Coaching Digest, the annual publication of the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Tjai M. Nielsen, assistant professor of management, published “A Strategic Contingency Model of Team Leadership” in Inspiring Leaders, and “Developing Leaders: A Multilevel Perspective” in The Human Resources Revolution.

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president and professor of public administration, published Write Me a Letter: The Wit and Wisdom of Stephen Joel Trachtenberg through The New Yorker Magazine, Inc., and its Cartoon Bank. Trachtenberg also published “No Magic, Little Sleep, and Lots of Luck: Reflections from a Long-Serving University President” in the fall 2006 issue of The Presidency, a publication of the American Council on Education.


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