March 30, 2001

Eileen Cleere, assistant professor of English, moderated two panels and delivered a paper titled "Brown Studies: Painting and Pestilence in Victorian Fiction" at the International Society for the Study of Narrative Literature conference in Houston, March 9-12.

Damian Hinojosa, assistant visiting professor in the Department of Modern Languages, delivered his study titled "El Ars poˇtica de la Bella mujer en la Poes’a de Cancionero (1370-1450)" at the International Colloquium about Latin American and Caribbean Women, which took place at the Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba, Feb. 19-23.

Laura Hobgood-Oster, assistant professor of religion and philosophy, presented a paper titled "Kant as Cultural Thinker: The Womanist Turn on Kant's Theory of Race" at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Annual Meeting in Dallas, March 17-18.

Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology and anthropology, University Scholar, and Brown Distinguished Teaching Professor, had a book chapter titled "Family" published in "Social Problems: A Case Study Approach" edited by Norman A. Dolch and Linda Deutschmann (General Hall, 2001).

La Vonne I. Neal, assistant professor of education, had a paper titled "African American Women's Decisions to Become Teachers: Sociocultural Perspectives" accepted for publication by the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Neal described sociocultural and school-related factors that influenced African American women's perceptions of teaching and decisions to teach. The study involved life history interviews of six preservice teachers from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

The Southwestern University Opera Theatre took a performing and recruiting tour to Chicago over Spring Break. There were six separate performances with a total audience of approximately 1000 individuals. Performances included music by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Mozart, Puccini, and Menotti. The SU Opera Theatre, under the direction of Bruce Cain, assistant professor of music, was accompanied on tour by Kiyoshi Tamagawa, associate professor of music. The rehearsal accompanist was David Utterback, instructor of music. Plans are being made for an on-campus performance.

March 16, 2001

La Vonne I. Neal, assistant professor of education, and Scott T. Bridgest, senior, were "Invited Speakers" at the 53rd Annual Conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) in Dallas on Friday, March 2. During their workshop, attended by Deans of Education, they presented their research, the effects of African American movement styles on teachers' perceptions and reactions. They highlighted the need for teacher preparation programs to develop curriculum that helps students become culturally responsive teachers.

Jimmy Smith, associate professor kinesiology, was recently selected to be the president of the Texas Chapter of The American College of Sports Medicine. He will serve a one-year term until the next annual meeting of the chapter, which will be held at Southwestern University in February 2002. The central theme of the meeting will be new perspectives on the effects of exercise on aging, and will feature lectures by several renowned researchers in that field.

March 2, 2001

Mary Hale-Visser, associate professor of art, was invited to give a workshop for the 2001-A Clay Odyssey workshop series sponsored by the Sedona Art Center of Sedona, Ariz. This workshop covered techniques and processes for large-scale mural tile design work. Visser's artwork also will be on exhibit in the art center gallery with internationally known artists Don Rietz and Biz Littell from Feb. 14-April 2, 2001.

Eric Selbin, associate professor of political science, had his article "Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean at the Millennium" published in the latest Latin American Research Review, vol. 36, no. 1 (February 2001).