August 25, 2000

Kathleen Juhl, associate professor of theatre, participated on a panel titled "Feminist Teachers in the Trenches" at the Women and Theatre Program (WTP) Conference in Washington, D.C. on July 31. She also is the newsletter editor for WTP, an international organization that supports the academic and artistic work of feminist theatre teachers, scholars and practitioners. At the Association for Theatre in Higher Education conference, also held in Washington, D.C. in August, Juhl chaired a panel titled "American Performance: Politics and Praxis" and participated on a panel chaired by SU colleague John Ore, assistant professor of theatre, titled "From Tyrants to Visionaries, Hierarchy to Anarchy: Director/Designer Processes Exposed and Explored."

August 22, 2000

Lois Ferrari, associate professor of music, received a top 8% ranking in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annual Nicholl Screenwriting competition. Her romantic comedy, "On the Fence," was entered along with 4,100 other scripts. Ferrari is managed by Catherine Freericks of Freericks Talent Representation.

Florence Gould, professor of political science, visited universities and women's centers in Slovakia over the summer and spoke to a group of graduates in Political Science and Diplomacy at Mateja Bela University on the topic of political transitions in the U.S. and in Central Europe.

Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology, participated in a panel on Integrating Research Training into the Undergraduate Sociology Curriculum at the Undergraduate Program Directors Conference at this year's American Sociological Association meetings in Washington, D.C., Aug. 12-16. At these same meetings, he presided at a roundtable session on Educational Challenges in Imparting Sociology, and participated in training sessions for the Department Resources Group, a set of consultants who do program reviews. In July, he prepared a paper titled "Institutional Context and Implementation of 'Study in Depth' in Sociology" for a research workshop on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. This workshop was supported by ASA and the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Maria Lowe, associate professor of sociology, and Clint Morris, sociology senior, presented their co-authored paper "Academic Agitators in Mississippi: Advancing the Cause of Racial Equality at Millsaps College and Tougaloo College" at the August 2000 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Madeline Pizzo, Southwestern alumna (class of 2000), was the paper's third author.

Ken Roberts, professor of economics and business, received a grant from the Ford Foundation to study the effects of migration on rural women in China. He will work with colleagues from Peking University, the Chinese Population and Information Research Center, and Bowdoin College. While in China this summer preparing for the rural survey, he gave a presentation in Beijing sponsored by the Research Center for the Rural Economy of the Ministry of Agriculture to scholars from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Ministries of Agriculture and Labor, the State Family Planning Commission and the Ford Foundation titled "Rural Labor Migration, Women's Status, and Fertility in China."

Eric Selbin, associate professor of political science, presented two papers and chaired an informal workshop in teaching revolution at the recent annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. The first paper was on one of the conference's Thematic panels and was titled "Myth, Memory and the Future(s) of Revolution: Some Notes and Thoughts Towards Theses on Revolution and Revolutionary Processes." The second paper was part of an Author Meets Critics session and was titled "It Ős the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine): Some Thoughts on and Appreciation for John MarkoffŐs' The Abolition of Feudalis."

Kimberly Smith, assistant professor of art history, published her article titled "Egon Schiele's Treescapes. Work and World: Unframing the Autonomous Landscape" in the July 2000 issue of "Art History," the journal of the Association of Art Historians (AAH), Great Britain's professional organization for art historians.

August 18, 2000

La Vonne Neal, assistant professor of education, presented two papers at the 81st Annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference in New Orleans, in April. The first paper, "The New Faces of African American Teachers: Characteristics, Experiences, and Motives for Teaching," highlighted African American women's motives for teaching. The second paper, "Something in the Way He Moves: Teachers' Perceptions of African American Males' Behavior and School Achievement," highlighted the effects that African American males' walking styles have on teachers.

Barbara Boucher Owens, associate professor of mathematics and computer science, was a reader (grader) of Advanced Placement Examinations in Computer Science at Clemson University for the sixth year in June. She also attended the National Educational Computing Conference in Atlanta. In July, Owens presented a peer reviewed workshop titled "Javascript for Educators and Students" at the 5th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education in Helsinki, Finland. That month she also was a panelist in Washington, D.C. for peer review of proposals submitted to the Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program of the National Science Foundation.

Eric Selbin, associate professor of political science, gave a public lecture in May at Ohio University titled "Future Prospects for Revolution in Latin America." That same day he also was interviewed for an hour on WOUB Radio's "AM Athens" program about his career and work and taught a graduate seminar on ideology and revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Shannon Winnubst, associate professor of religion & philosophy and Chair of Women's Studies, presented an invited paper, "Vampires, Anxieties & Dreams: Race & Sex in Contemporary U.S.," at the annual meeting of the International Association of Philosophy and Literature at SUNY-Stony Brook, in May 2000.

At the annual conference of the Texas Association for College Admission Counselors in May, Southwestern University staff members were recognized in significant ways. Beverly Henry Wheeler, associate director of admission, was voted as president-elect of the association. She will serve in this role for the 2000-2001 school year, become president in 2001-2002 and serve as past president the following year. This recognition will also put her in the national spotlight as the state president when the national association has its annual meeting in San Antonio in 2001. The national conference has not been in Texas in 20 years.

Also, James Gaeta, director of financial aid, continues to serve as the treasurer of the association for the coming year. Scott Sandoval, associate director of admission, was elected to a three-year term as a delegate from Texas to the National Association for College Admission Counselors.

Vice-President for Enrollment Management John Lind was given the TACAC Founders' Award, which recognizes members whose contributions to the association and the profession are "above and beyond the call of duty" and exemplary of exceptional talent and devotion to students. In the 20-year history of TACAC, Lind is the 14th recipient of this recognition.