Nov. 19, 2002

Kudos!

Acknowledgements
Howard Eisner, distinguished research professor and professor of engineering management and systems engineering, SEAS, presented a half-day tutorial “Systems Engineering, Architecture, and Business Process Engineering (BPR)” at the 12th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering in Las Vegas, NV.

Maliha Haddad, assistant professor of management science, SBPM, presented “Additional Costs and Risks in Software Acquisition Projects” at the International Business and Economics Research Conference held in Las Vegas, NV. Haddad also presented “Customer Risk Classification” at the World Customer Service Congress in Arlington, VA.

Donald Hawkins, Eisenhower Professor of Tourism Policy, SBPM, presented “Protected Areas Ecotourism Competitive Cluster Approach to Biodiversity, Conservation, and Economic Growth in Bulgaria” at the Forum on Ecotourism, Mountains, and Protected Areas Partners in Prosperity, in Sophia, Bulgaria. Hawkins also presented “Sustainable Tourism Competitiveness Clusters: Application to World Heritage Site Network Development in Indonesia” at the Regional Workshop on Using Networks of World Heritage Sites in Tour Design in Indonesia.

Mark Klock, professor of finance, SBPM, presented “Are Waste and Flamboyance Really Virtues? Use and Abuse of Economic Analysis” at the Financial Management Association Meeting in San Antonio, TX. The paper is set to be published this fall in the University of Cincinnati Law Review, V. 71, N. 1.

Mary Faith Pankin, librarian, Gelman Library, presented the paper “The Yale Scientific Expedition of 1871 Through the Eyes of a Participant,” at the Western History Association Annual Conference, Oct. 19.

Geralyn M. Schulz, chair and associate professor of speech and hearing, CCAS, presented “Speech Therapy for Parkingson Dysarthria and for Cerebellar Ataxic Dysarthria: A Speech Motor Control Perspective” at Centro de Especializacao em Fonoaudiologia Clinica, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Schulz also published “The Effects of Speech Therapy and Pharmacological Treatments on Voice and Speech in Parkson’s Disease: A Review of the Literature” in the Journal of Current Medicinal Chemistry, V. 9, pp. 1241–1253.

Stuart Umpleby, professor of management science, SBPM, presented “Using a Quality Improvement Priority Matrix in a University Department” at the World Customer Service Congress in Arlington, VA. Umpleby also presented “How to Regulate the Global Economy” at a conference of the International Atlantic Economic Society in Washington, DC.

Robert Weiner, professor of international business, SBPM, presented “Managing Petroleum Fiscal Volatility” at the Sixth African Oil and Gas Trade and Finance Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon, and “Oil Price Volatility: Supply, Demand, and Speculation” at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

George Wang, associate professor of Chinese and international affairs, CCAS, ESIA, presented the paper “New Directions in Teaching Beginning Chinese in American Universities: Materials and Pedagogy.” The paper, co-authored with Joseph Wang, was presented at the International Conference for Improving Chinese Language Teaching in Beijing July 20–22.

Appointments
Elizabeth Fisher, professor of classics, CCAS, was elected secretary of the Governing Board of the United States National Byzantine Committee.

Awards
Jennifer Brinkerhoff and Lori Brainard, assistant professors of public administration, SBPM, received the 2002 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize from the Independent Sector for their co-edited special journal article “Government-Nonprofit Relations in Comparative Perspective,” Public Administration and Development, V. 22, N. 1.

Publications
Charles Craver, Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law, Law, published the book, The Intelligent Negotiator (Prima Venture, 2002).

Dennis W. Johnson, associate dean, GSPM, published a chapter “Communication with Congress: Citizens, E-Mail, and Web Sites,” in James A. Thurber’s book Congress and the Internet (Prentice-Hall, 2002).

Linda Bland-Stewart, associate professor speech and hearing, CCAS, co-published “Phonological Development in African-American Children Prenatally Exposed to Cocaine” with Tempii Champion and Yvetter Hyter, in the Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, V. 20, pp. 37–50. Bland-Stewart also presented “Acquiring the Unique Features of African American English” at the International Child Language Symposium, Madison, WI.

Gordon Dehler, associate professor in organizational sciences, CCAS, co-wrote the chapter “The Experience of Work: Spirituality and the New Workplace” with M.A. Welsh, to be published in the forthcoming book The Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance, by R.A. Giacalone & C.L. Jurkiewicz. Dehler also published “Product Development Tensions: Exploring Contrasting Styles of Project Management” with M.W. Lewis, M.A. Welsh, and S.G. Green, in the Academy of Management Journal, V. 45. He also co-published “Critical Pedagogy in the ‘New Paradigm’: Raising Complicated Understanding in Management Learning” with M.A. Welsh & M.W. Lewis in the journal Management Learning, V. 32. This past August, Dehler was appointed associate editor of Management Learning after two years in a similar position with the Journal of Management Education.

Bernard Demczuk, assistant vice president for District of Columbia affairs, published the articles “Society Plans Monument to Douglass,” “Changing the Fate of America: Values Found in History on Special Day in Talbot County,” and “Eastern Shore History and Pride: The Roberts Family,” in The Star Democrat.

William Frawley, dean and professor of anthropology and psychology, CCAS, presented “Ampliando los Limites de la Education: Nuevos Estudiantes, Nuevo Curriculo” at the Seventh International Seminar on Higher Education in Santiago, Chile.

Natalie B. Milman, assistant professor of educational technology, GSEHD, co-wrote Digital Teaching Portfolio Handbook, The: A
How-To Guide for Educators, with Clare R. Kilbane, University of Massachusetts (Allyn & Bacon, 2003).

Ronald Weitzer, professor of sociology, published Current Controversies in Criminology, Prentice-Hall, 2003.

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