Thomas Howe, professor of art, was an invited keynote speaker at a symposium in February at the University of Texas in Austin in honor of the late Lucy Shoe Merritt. He spoke on "From Athens to Austin: the Grammar of Ornament from Ancient to Post-Modern." The following week he spoke to the School of Architecture of the University of Maryland on "Past and Future: the Archaeological Park at Stabiae." Howe also conferred with colleagues from the Smithsonian Institution and delivered the script and design for an exhibit of original Roman frescoes from Stabiae, which is to open April 26. Howe is senior co-curator and designer of the exhibit and co-editor of the catalogue, which is being organized by the Superintendency of Archaeology of Pompeii.

Eileen Cleere, assistant professor of English, has had an article accepted for publication in the journal "Dickens Studies Annual." The essay, "'Implicit Faith in the Deception:' Misanthropy, Natural History, and 'The Old Curiosity Shop,'" was originally presented by invitation at the 2003 Dickens Project (an annual conference) in Santa Cruz, Calif.

La Vonne I. Neal, assistant professor of education, was the keynote speaker for a middle school conference in Indianapolis, Ind., on Feb. 11, 2004. The conference was sponsored by the Washington Township Schools Foundation in Indiana. Her keynote address focused on culturally responsive pedagogy.

February 12, 2004

La Vonne I. Neal, assistant professor of education, was the conference keynote speaker for the "Turning Points" National Conference in San Antonio on Feb. 5. Turning Points is a middle- school organization in Boston, Mass., and the conference theme was equity in our middle schools.