Glenda Carl, associate professor of modern languages, gave a presentation at the annual meeting of the South Central Association for Language Learning Technology (SOCALLT) in Plano, Texas, Feb. 25. The theme of the conference was “Teaching and Technology; All Languages, All Levels, All Institutions.” Carl’s presentation was titled “The REALIA Project: A Collaborative Resource for Teaching Languages.” More information about the REALIA Project may be found at http://realiaproject.org.

M. Cristina Alcalde, assistant professor of anthropology, presented a paper titled “Discrimination and Violence Across Borders: A Preliminary Comparison of Battered Women’s Experiences in Peru and the U.S.” at the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies Conference in Albuquerque, N. M., March 1-4. Research for her paper and travel to the conference were funded in part by a Sam Taylor Fellowship. 

Erika Berroth, associate professor of German, presented her research at an international conference “Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts” in Bowling Green, Ohio, March 25. Her paper was titled “Postmemory and Creative Imaginaries in Monika Maron’s German-German Memory Work” and contributed to the panel titled “The Holocaust and Evolving Cultural Discourse in Germany and Israel.”In October 2005, Berroth presented her paper titled “Rumjana Zacharieva:Negotiating Identities in Post-Communist Bulgaria and Germany” on a panel titled “Disappearing Nations in German (Language) Literature” at the German Studies Association 29th annual conference (GSA), in Milwaukee, Wis.In July 2005, Berroth presented her paper “Writing Post-Communist Identities in Bulgaria and Germany” at a conference titled “The New Europe at the Crossroads IX,” at the Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poznan, Poland.A review of Berroth’s recent book on the German classic Heinrich von Kleist appeared in the journal Monatshefte.

Aaron Prevots, assistant professor of French, had several pieces accepted for publication in the journal Archipel: Cahier international de littérature. For a special volume on jazz, he submitted an article titled “Poésie, swing et Jacques Réda,” about jazz influences in the French poet’s work. Also included will be three poems by Prevots, all written in French and English versions: “À Jacques Réda / To Jacques Réda,” “Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison’ and “Ugly Beauty/Belle Moche.” In addition, he presented a paper on “Fighting Words in Louise Labé's Sonnets” at the annual conference of the Modern Language Association in Washington, D.C., for a special session regarding “How to Teach Pre-Revolutionary French Literature to Undergraduates and Why We Still Should.”

March 24, 2006

Katy Ross, assistant professor of Spanish, had her article, “Carmen de Icaza: Novela Rosa as Feminist Discourse?” accepted for publication in the academic journal Letras peninsulares.  It also was submitted to Brown Working Papers.

State University of New York Press has just released Associate Professor of History Elizabeth Green Musselman's first book, Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain. The book discusses 18th- and 19th-century British scientists’ surprisingly frequent bouts with nervous disorder, and argues that scientists used their ability to transcend these bodily problems as an argument for the sciences becoming a more authoritative, central part of public life in industrial Britain. More information about the book can be found at http://www.sunypress.edu/details.asp?id=61237.

March 2, 2006

David Tabb Stewart, assistant professor of religion, has been named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers for a second time. Nominated both times by Southwestern students, he will next appear in the 10th edition. Stewart also presented two papers at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature in November 2005. "The Parturient's Ritual for a Girl: The Puzzle of Double Pollution" is slated to appear in Feminist Hermeneutics, Gender and Biblical Law in 2007. "Does the Priestly Purity Code (Leviticus 11-15) Domesticate Women?" will appear in Perspectives on Purity and Purification in the Bible in 2006.

Eric Selbin, professor of political science, presented a paper titled "Whither Revolution: Stories of Resistance, Rebellion, and, Yes, Revolution in the Neo-Liberal Age" at the annual meeting of Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies.

Janel E. Owens '03 and Emily D. Niemeyer, associate professor of chemistry, have published an article "Analysis of chemical contamination within a canal in a Mexican border colonia" in the most recent issue of Environmental Pollution. Their study examines industrial and urban pollution levels within Derechos Humanos, a colonia popular in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico.