Jan. 15, 2002
Kudos!
Acknowledgments
Elizabeth Fisher,
professor of classics, CCAS, presented, “A Translator and His Readers:
Planoudes’ Autograph Manuscript of Ovid’s Metamorphoses,”
at the 20th International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Paris, France.
David
D. Gow, Baker Professor of the Practice of Anthropology and International
Affairs and director of the master’s program in international development
studies, CCAS/ESIA, presented a paper entitled, “Mas Alla del Cemento
y el Ladrillo: Plan de Vida, Plan de Desarrollo, Plan Alterno,”
at the Vll Coloquio de Geografia, held in Popayan, Colombia, in November.
Young-Key Kim-Renaud,
professor of Korean language and culture and international affairs,
CCAS, gave a talk on Nov. 26 entitled, “Les unités linguistiques
représentées par le système d'écriture coréen”
at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Maison
des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris. Kim-Renaud also presented a paper
entitled, “Morphologie et lexique dans l’orthographe du coréen,”
at the Colloque international et interdisciplinaire: “Ecritures
et sens linguistiques,” at the Université Marc Bloch –
Strasbourg 2, Nov. 29–30.
Appointments
Cornelius Bennhold,
associate professor of physics, CCAS, was selected to chair the Eighth
International Conference on Hypernuclear and Strange Particle Physics.
The conference will be held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News, VA, in
October 2003.
Carol
C. Darr has been appointed as the new director of GSPM’s
Democracy Online Project. Darr served as acting general counsel to the
US Department of Commerce during the first Clinton-Gore Administration
and was general counsel to the Democratic National Committee in the
1992 election.
Marianne Oliva was appointed
as the new associate director of public affairs for the Elliott School
of International Affairs. Oliva most recently managed academic outreach
for The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC), where she was
responsible for the organization of workshops and seminars and the development
and maintenance of the NPEC Web site.
Donna
Scarboro has been appointed assistant vice president for special
academic programs. Scarboro, a member of the GW English department
since 1983, has been the director of summer, special, and international
programs since 1989. In her new position, Scarboro will continue to
oversee summer sessions on the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses;
special and international programs, including the International Programs
Advisory Group, new international program development, and the Office
of Study Abroad; and the Office of University Students. She will take
on new responsibilities for the Academic Integrity Office and the University
Art Galleries.
Awards
Jean Folkerts, professor
of media and public affairs and interim dean, CCAS, was named 2001 Kansan
of Distinction by the Topeka Capital-Journal. Folkerts is among eight
recipients of this year’s Kansan of Distinction award. The paper
annually recognizes a Kansan of the Year as well as several Kansans
of Distinction for their efforts in fields such as business/philanthropy,
sports, arts, education, youth, and entertainment.
Mary
H. Futrell, professor of education and dean, GSEHD, received
the Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Shaping of Teacher
Education Policy at the State and National Level, presented by the American
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
Frank
X. Lee, assistant professor of physics, CCAS, was awarded, along
with Professors Liu and Draper at the University of Kentucky, a grant
by the US Department of Energy under the Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research. The project is entitled, “Lattice Calculation
of Hadron Physics,” received $450,000 over three years to find
out how the fundamental quark interactions determine the properties
of the nucleons found in atomic nuclei.
David Liban,
assistant professor of media and public affairs and director of the
electronic media program, CCAS, won the “Best of Festival Award”
in the documentary category in the Berkeley Video and Film Festival
for his film, “Voices from Dupont Circle.”
Cynthia
J. McSwain, professor of public administration, SBPM, received
the Elmer B. Staats Public Service Award for her career commitment to
inspiring students to public service careers. The award, presented annually
by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration,
was established in 1989 to honor Staats, a former comptroller general
of the United States.
Anthony Rocco-Grande,
University Police Department, received a community service award from
the Second District of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department
for UPD’s efforts in co-sponsoring the area’s National Night
Out event, as well as working jointly with MPD to promote several programs
during 2001.
Publications
Aseem Prakash, assistant
professor of strategic management and public policy, SBPM, co-authored
with Kelly Kollman (doctoral candidate, political science), “Green
by Choice? Cross-National Variations in Firms’ Responses to EMS-based
Environmental Regimes,” in World Politics, V. 53 (April, 2000),
pp. 399–430. Prakash also published an article, “Grappling
with Globalization: Challenges for Economic Governance” in The
World Economy, 2001, V. 24, N. 4, pp. 543–565.
Walter
Reich, Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Professor of International Affairs,
ESIA, reviewed “The Hidden Hitler” by Lothar Machtan for the
Dec. 16 book review section of The New York Times.
Stephen
C. Smith, professor of economics and international affairs, CCAS/ESIA,
published, “Investment, Exports, and Output in South Korea: A VAR
Approach to Growth Empirics,” with Ed Feasel and Yongbeom Kim,
in the October 2001 edition of Review of Development Economics, V. 5,
N. 3, pp. 421–432.
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