November 30, 2007

Ben Pierce, professor of biology and holder of the Lillian Nelson Pratt Chair, published an article in the November 2007 issue of The American Biology Teacher titled "Illustrating Probability in Genetics with Hands-On Learning: Making the Math Real."

President Jake B. Schrum contributed to a new book titled "Leading from within - Poetry that sustains the courage to lead." Schrum wrote a reflection to accompany a poem by Marge Piercy titled "The seven of pentacles." Schrum used that poem to close his inaugural address in 2000.

Eric Selbin, professor of political science, published a chapter "Stories of Revolution in the Periphery," in John Foran, David Lane and Andreja Zivkovic, eds., Revolution in the Making of the Modern World: Social Identities, Globalization and Modernity. Selbin also published an article "Making the World New: Latin American Studies After the Washington Consensus," in the Latin American Studies Forum. The article can be read online here.

November 16, 2007

Southwestern voice students and music faculty participated in the annual National Association of Teachers of Singing, Texoma Region, convention and vocal competition, held this year at Southern Methodist University Nov. 8-10. Five student singers received "excellent" ratings and were thus advanced to the semifinal round of competition in their respective age categories. These singers were first year women Brooke Lyssy and Morgan Mingle, junior Erin McHugh and senior women Emily Price and Dolores Noel. Lyssy is a student of Oliver Worthington, assistant professor of music, while Mingle, McHugh, Price and Noel are students of Carol Kreuscher, assistant professor of music. All singers were accompanied by Kiyoshi Tamagawa, professor of music.

Professor of Art Mary Visser delivered the opening remarks for the SCULPTURE NUMÉRIQUE ET BIOMORPHISME conference held in Nancy, France, where she also presented her research in sculpture for the SCULPTURE NUMÉRIQUE ET BIOMORPHISME and SCULPTURE ET MATHEMATIQUES held in Paris and Nancy, France, for the "Scientifique Artistes du Symposium 2007 et de la 5ème DSC.” Professor Visser also had four sculptures in the exhibition SCULPTURE NUMÉRIQUE ET BIOMORPHISME held at the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle 48, rue du Sergent Blandan, 54000 Nancy, Lorraine, France. The artwork in this exhibition can be viewed at here.

November 9, 2007

Aaron Prevots, assistant professor of French, presented a paper titled "Transcribing Sacred Moments: The Writer as Watchperson in Jacques Réda's Europes" at the 105th annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference. Prevots also has added MP3s and articles to his educational web-site, "French through Songs and Singing" (http://www.southwestern.edu/~prevots/songs/), which had 42,000 user "hits" in October.

Carl Robertson, assistant professor of Chinese, has had an article accepted by the Tamkang Review, a comparative literature journal published in Taipei, Taiwan, titled, "Untangling the Allegory: The Genuine and the Counterfeit in Xiyou zhengdao shu (The book to enlightenment of the journey west)" to be published in December. Roberston also was recently elected as board member of CLTA-TX (Chinese Language Teachers Association - Texas), facilitating language teaching in public, private and higher education in the state of Texas. Board members serve for two years. Robertson also recently participated in the ACS China Initiative Meeting held at Rollins College in Florida on Oct. 20 to discuss ways in which China-related programs can be coordinated among ACS schools, including ideas for a China Center with services for faculty, students and alumni.

November 2, 2007

Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology, served on the site review team for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Gettysburg College Oct. 22-24. Other members of the review team were from Bowdoin College, Hamilton College and North Carolina State University.

Mary Grace Neville, assistant professor of business and Paideia® professor, presented a paper titled "No Student Left Behind: Rethinking Our Approach to Management Education" at the 15th annual Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management conference. At the same conference, Neville was awarded the organization's "Best
Reviewer" commendation for pre-conference participation in the blind, peer review process leading to the selection and development of conference papers.

Suzy Pukys, coordinator of civic engagement, received an award for education at the 5th annual Hope Alliance Leadership Luncheon. In addition, student Kathryn Haskin received an award for the Hope Alliance Volunteer of the Year. The Hope Alliance of Williamson County is a program dedicated to preventing and raising awareness about domestic violence.

Michael Wolfe, part-time assistant professor of English, has written a story that will be featured in the current issue of Menda City Review. His story is titled “I’ll Pay You Back When I Get Home.” Read the story at http://www.mendacitypress.com/11.2007Wolfe.html.

This October issue of Teaching Sociology includes an article co-authored by a Southwestern faculty member and three alumni from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. The article is titled “Sociology in Two-Year Institutions.” The article reports on analyses of college catalog listings at over 100 two-year institutions across the United States. It is co-authored by Edward L. Kain, professor of sociology, Alexandra O. Hendley '06, who is in the Ph.D. program in sociology at UC-Santa Barbara, Lauren R. Contreras '07, who is an Americorps member at College Forward in Austin, and Krystal K. Wyatt-Baxter '06, who is in the Ph.D. program in sociology at The University of Texas at Austin.