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The following faculty achievements were compiled by the Provost Office from faculty
submissions
PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITS
Charles L. Baube, Associate Professor of Biology,
published Rowe, M.P., Baube, C.L., Lowe, E.R., and Phillips, J.B.
2004, “Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Should
Use Separate Information Channels to Identify and Discriminate
Among Male Belly Colors” in Journal of Comparative Physiology,
Part A 190: 241- 256.
Roarke Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Biology,
published Donnelly, R., and J.M. Marzluff. 2004, “Importance of
reserve size and landscape context to urban bird conservation,”
Conservation Biology 18:733-745.
Rebecca Hyman, Assistant Professor of English, published
the following articles: "Medea of Suburbia: Andrea Yates,
Maternal Infanticide and the Insanity Defense,” in Women's
Studies Quarterly (32: Fall/Winter 2004) and "Full Frontal
Offense: Taking the Abortion Fight to the Tees" Bitch
Magazine, Winter 2005 (Reprinted in Las Vegas Weekly, Orlando
Weekly and Alternet. Selected as one of the top ten articles in
progressive writing by LiP Magazine; reprinted on Infoshop, San
Francisco Indymedia and other internet sites.)
Elizabeth Johnson, Assistant Professor of Psychology,
published Johnson, E. & Carton, J. (May, 2005), “Introductory
psychology without the big book” in: D. Dunn & S. Chew (eds.)
Best Practices for Teaching Psychology (Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates: Mahwah, NJ).
Joseph M. Knippenberg, Professor of Politics, published
“A President, Not a Preacher” in the Claremont Review of
Books (Fall, 2004) and “Religion and the Limits of Liberal
Pluralism,” in Peter A. Lawler, ed., Democracy and Its
Friendly Critics: Tocqueville and Political Life Today (Lanham,
Maryland: Lexington Books, 2004). He published two reviews: Review
of Steve Bruce, Politics and Religion, in Political Studies Review
II (April, 2004), and Review of Hugh Heclo and Wilfred McClay,
eds., Religion Returns to the Public Square: Faith and Policy in
America, in Society XLI (March/April, 2004). He published numerous
columns on the website www.ashbrook.org: “Bush’s Second
Inaugural Address and Its (Dis)Contents,” “‘Theocracy’ on
Trial: The Faith-Based Initiative in the Courts,” “Surviving
the Blue Academy: A Modest Proposal,” “Off Target with the
Salvation Army,” “Gay Marriage and the Ground Game,” “George
W. Bush’s Unfinished Revolution,” “The Normality of Bush’s Faith,”
“John Kerry’s Consistency,” “Sleep Well, Liam,” “The
Long and Winding Road: George W. Bush and the African-American
Churches,” “I Love Dick Cheney,” “Kerry Needed a
Debate Home Run, But Only Got a Single,” “John Kerry’s
‘Diplomacy,’” “What’s Love Got to Do with It: George Bush
and the Religious Left,” “Bill Clinton and the Bully Pulpit,”
and “Have the Democrats Gotten Religion?” He published a
version of that last piece in the Marietta Daily Journal as well
as an editorial, “Max Cleland, Meet Michael Moore.”
Alan Loehle, Assistant Professor of Art, had two solo
exhibitions of his drawings and paintings: Marcia Wood Gallery,
Atlanta Georgia; Schoolhouse Gallery, Croton Falls, New York,
March 2005. His work was included in the following group
exhibitions: "AAF Contemporary Art Fair,” New York; "Art
on Paper,” Weatherspoon Museum, UNC, Greensboro; "Live Art",
Space 301, Mobile, Alabama; "Striking Comparisons: From the
MOCA GA Permanent Collection", MOCA GA. His exhibits were
reviewed in
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Dark Night of the Soul"
by Jerry Cullum; in Creative Loafing, "Paint it Black" by
Felicia Feaster; and in New American Paintings, curated by Carrie
Przyblla, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of
Art, Volume #52.
Jay Lutz, Professor of French, Frances I. Eeraerts ’76
Professor of Foreign Language, published a review of Todd Nichol,
ed., Interpreting the Promise of America: Essays in Honor of Odd
Sverre Lovoll in the Swedish-American Historical Quarterly
(LIV:4), October 2003; and “Cross-cultural communication and
exchange” in The United States in Global Contexts: American
Studies after 9/11 and Iraq, ed. Walter Grünzweig, (Münster: Lit
Verlag, 2004).
Alexander M. Martin, Associate Professor of History,
published two essays: “The Invention of ‘Russianness’ in the
Late 18th—Early 19th Century,” in Ab Imperio 3/2003; and “Precarious
Existences: Middling Households in Moscow and the Fire of 1812,”
in Extending the Borders of Russian History: Essays in Honor of
Alfred J. Rieber, ed. Marsha Siefert (Budapest, New York: Central
European University Press, 2003).
John Orme, Professor of Politics, published The
Paradox of Peace, (Palgrave, 2004).
Anne A. Salter, Director of the Weltner Library,
published a children’s book, The Appleby Ghosts. A Moving
On Book. England: (Robert Dawson/ Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group,
2004).
Wm. Bradford Smith, Associate Professor of History,
published two articles: “Friedrich Förner, the Catholic
Reformation, and Witch Hunting in Bamberg,” Sixteenth Century
Journal 36/1 (2005); and “Germanic Pagan Antiquity in Lutheran
Historical Thought,” The Journal of the Historical Society 4/3
(2004). He also published two book reviews: a review Buona
Amicitia? Die Römisch-Savoyischen Beziehungen Unter Paul V.
(1605-1621). Tobias Mörschel. (Munich: Verlag Philip von Zabern,
2002) in Sixteenth Century Journal 35/4 (2004); and a review of Im
Auftrag des Kaisers. Die kaiserlichen Kommissionen des
Reichshofrats und die Regelung von Konflikten im Alten Reich
(1637-1657). Eva Ortlieb. Quellen und Forschungen zur Höchsten
Gerichtsbarkeit im Alten Reich. vol. 38. (Köln/Weimar/Wien: Böhlau
Verlag, 2001) in Sixteenth Century Journal 35/1 (2004).
Jason Wirth, Associate Professor of Philosophy,
published Schelling Now: Contemporary Readings of Schelling,
edited by Jason M. Wirth (Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
2004). He published three articles: “Nietzsches Fröhlichkeit:
Gibt es etwas, über das nicht mehr gelacht werden darf?”
Nietzscheforschung: Antike und Romantik bei Nietzsche (Jahrbuch
der Nietzsche-Gesellschaft, volume 11), edited by Volker Gerhardt
and Renate Reschke (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2005); “Animalization:
Schelling and the Problem of Expressivity,” in Schelling Now:
Contemporary Readings of Schelling; and “Alone with Trees:
Rilke and Worpswede,” Masterpieces from European Artist
Colonies, 1830-1930, edited by Francisca van Vloten (Vlissingen,
Holland: Den Boer and De Ruiter, 2005). He also published a review
of Kyriaki Goudeli’s Challenges to German Idealism: Schelling,
Fichte and Kant, in Philosophy in Review 24: 3 (June 2004).
Alan Woolfolk, Professor of Sociology and Director of
the Core Curriculum, published the following: “Democracy,
Patriotism, and Virtue: Notes Toward a Cultural Theory of Nations
and Nationalism,” in Democracy and the Quest for Justice:
Russian and American Perspectives, ed. by William Gay and T.A.
Alekseeva (Amsterdam-New York: Rodopi Press, 2004); “Impossible
Counter Cultures,” Society, Vol. 41, No. 4 (May/June 2004); “The
Dubious Triumph of the Therapeutic: The Denial of Character,”
chapter in Therapeutic Culture: Triumph and Defeat, ed. by
Jonathan Imber (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2004); and
“Philip Rieff,” in Encyclopedia of Social Theory: Volume II
(Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 2005). He also
published a review of Liberals and Cannibals: The Implications of
Diversity, by Steven Lukes, in Society, Vol. 42, No. 2
(January/February 2005).
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Charles L. Baube, Associate Professor of Biology,
presented “River Rendezvous in the Peachtree & Nancy Creek
Watershed: Creating an event that appeals to volunteers of all
knowledge levels” in the symposium Understanding your
Watershed at the Georgia River Network Conference, The Land-Water
Connection, Milledgeville, GA. Working with colleagues, he made
two other presentations: M.P. Rowe, C.L. Baube, J.B. Phillips, G.H.
Jacobs, “Functional Substitution of Photopigments: A Method for
Exploring Color Vision in Non-Human Animals,” ARVO; and M. A.
Patterson, C.L. Baube, G.E. Staines, “The River Rendezvous in
the Peachtree/Nancy Creeks Watershed 2000-2003,” at the
Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference, Atlanta.
Cassandra Copeland, Assistant Professor of Economics,
presented a paper, “The Link between Wages and Prices of
Exports and Imports in the U.S.,” at the Oxford Roundtable on
International Trade and Banking, Oxford University, England.
Roarke Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Biology,
presented two papers: “Beyond Island Biogeography Theory:
Housing for people and birds,” at the School of Forestry
Resources Seminar, University of Georgia; and “Can we build
developments for birds and people?” Environmental Studies
Seminar, Emory University.
Lynn Gieger, Assistant Professor of Education, presented
two papers: “Using the Internet to Conduct Focus Group
Interviews in Qualitative Education Research” at the Annual
Meeting of the Georgia Education Research Association, Savannah;
and “Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Fundamental
Mathematics Among Preservice Elementary Teachers” at the Joint
Mathematics Meetings of the American Mathematical Society (AMS)
and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), Atlanta.
Rebecca Hyman, Director of Women's and Gender Studies
and Assistant Professor of English, presented a paper, "Issues
and Challenges in Global Feminism" at the Gender Symposium,
Lewis and Clark University.
Elizabeth Johnson, Assistant Professor of Psychology,
presented the following paper: “Psychopharmacology: This is
your brain on drugs” Advanced Placement National Conference,
Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Joseph M. Knippenberg, Professor of Politics, served as
discussant on the panels “Fantasy vs. Reality: Politics Through
a Variety of Cultural Prisms,” and the Roundtable on John
Seery’s America Goes to College, at the American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Chicago. He was co-chair of the panel
on “Strategies for Recruiting and Preparing Candidates,”
National Association of Fellowships Advisors Regional Workshop,
Atlanta; and he presented the paper, “Leadership and the
Liberal Arts,” at the Association for Core Texts and Courses
Annual Meeting, Dallas.
Jay Lutz, Professor of French, Frances I. Eeraerts ’76
Professor of Foreign Language, presented three papers: “Karl
Gerhard’s 1940 Political Cabaret in Stockholm” at the Society
for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study in Redondo Beach,
California; “The Notorious Horse From Troy: Karl Gerhard And
His 1940 Political Cabaret” at The Swedish Program of Columbia
University, New York; and “Boulanger in America: Writing
Narrative Political Discourse in 1880s France” at the
Nineteenth Century French Studies Colloquium, Washington
University, St. Louis.
Alexander M. Martin, Associate Professor of History,
presented a paper, “The Middle Strata of Moscow and the Napoleonic
Invasion of 1812” International Conference of the Study Group on
18th Century Russia, Wittenberg, Germany.
John C. Nardo, Associate Professor of Mathematics,
presented a paper, "Encouraging Artistic Expression via
Mathematical Exploration in the Core Curriculum" at the
National Joint Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and
the Mathematical Association of America in Phoenix.
Viviana Plotnik, Associate Professor of Spanish,
presented three scholarly papers: “The Dissolution of
Individual and National Identities: Texts from Argentina’s
Neoliberal 1990s” (in Spanish) at the XXV International
Congress of the Latin American Studies Association in Las Vegas; “Sex,
Drugs, and Hunger: The City as Picaresque Space in Pedro Juan
Gutierrez’s The King of Havana” (in Spanish) at the Conference
on Spanish and Latin American Literature, Montclair State
University, New Jersey; and “Traces of Impunity: Argentina’s
Post-dictatorship Novel” (in Spanish) at the Fourth Conference
on Latin American Literature and Film, Florida International
University, Miami.
Anne A. Salter, Director of the Weltner Library,
presented “Rare Books and Physics” at the Georgia Institute
of Technology.
Wm. Bradford Smith, Associate Professor of History,
presented the following papers: “Images of Food and Deception
in the Discourse on Heresy and Witchcraft in Bamberg, 1560-1630”
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, “Feast,
Famine, and Fasting: Food and Material Consumption in Medieval and
Renaissance Culture,” Tempe AZ; “The Theological
Foundations of the Territorial Church and Resistance Theory in
Hohenzollern Franconia,” at the Sixteenth Century Studies
Conference, Toronto; and “Poetic to the Core: Medieval
Historiography in the 21st Century Classroom,” at the
Historical Society Conference, Boothbay Harbor, ME.
Dean Tucker, Mack A. Rikard Chair of Economics and
Business Administration, participated in a roundtable discussion
of pedagogical methods for teaching direct and interactive
marketing at the Annual Meeting of the Direct Marketing
Association Educator’s Conference in New Orleans.
Jason Wirth, Associate Professor of Philosophy,
presented the following papers: “Georges Bataille is a Born
Liar: On Thanotic Sociology,” International Conference on
Truth and Mendacity in Literature and the Visual Arts, State
University of West Georgia; “The Dog Days of Milan Kundera,”
The 29th Annual European Studies Conference, University of
Nebraska-Omaha; “Caught Looking: Philosophy and the Provocation
of Milan Kundera,” The Mike Ryan Lecture Series, Kennesaw
State University; “The Perversity of the Good: Schelling’s
Essay on Human Freedom,” a course comprised of three public
lectures, Time, Freedom, and Nature: Collegium Phaenomenologicum,
Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy; “The Abject Root: Kant and
the Problem of Representing Evil,” Kant: Making Reason
Intuitive [Kant: Λόγος και Εποπτεία], Symposium at the University
of Patras, Patras, Greece; “The Universe of the Novel: Milan
Kundera and Philosophy,” The Tenth Annual Conference of the
Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC), Dallas; “On
Andrew Buchwalter’s ‘Hegel’s Idea of a Civil Religion for Modern
Societies’,” and “On Kyriaki Goudeli’s Challenges to German
Idealism: Schelling, Fichte and Kant,” Society for German
Idealism, in conjunction with The Seventy-eighth Annual Meeting of
the American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Division,
Pasadena. He was also a respondent to the Book Session on his
Conspiracy of Life: Meditations on Schelling and His Time, at The
Forty-third Annual Meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and
Existential Philosophy, University of Memphis.
Alan Woolfolk, Professor of Sociology and Director of
the Core Curriculum, “Camus’ Discourse on Rousseau,”
Association for Core Texts and Courses Annual Meeting, Dallas.
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Charles L. Baube, Associate Professor of Biology Guest
Speaker, Roswell Kiwanis Club, “How Clean is my Creek? Insights
on local stream quality from the Peachtree Creek & Nancy Creeks
River Rendezvous 2000- 2003.” Dr. Baube was appointed Visiting
Research Scientist, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Canada,
in the laboratory of Dr. Craig W. Hawryshyn last summer.
Roarke Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Biology,
received the award for Best 2003-2004 Research Fact Sheet,
University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources, “Conserve
native birds in residential neighborhoods by managing neighborhood
forest and limiting surrounding development.”
Lynn Gieger, Assistant Professor of Education, worked as
a volunteer supervisor of a weekly after-school math club for 3rd
graders at John Hope Elementary School in Atlanta. She also
received (along with John Nardo) a grant from the
Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and their Preparing
Mathematicians to Educate Teachers (PMET) program for a project
titled “Developing Geometry Course Materials for Future High
School Mathematics Teachers.”
Rebecca Hyman, Assistant Professor of English, serves as
a volunteer at Cafe 458.
Joseph M. Knippenberg, Professor of Politics, was named
an Adjunct Fellow of the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at
Ashland University, Ashland, OH. He presented “The Case for War
with Iraq Revisited,” at the North Dekalb Rotary Club, and “Religion,
Politics, and the Bush Administration,” at The Bicker Club in
Atlanta. He gave a talk, “Church, State, and ‘Compassionate
Conservatism’: President Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative in the
Courts,” at Table Topics, Oglethorpe University.
Alan Loehle, Assistant Professor of Art, participated in
the Hambidge Center Artists' Colony fundraiser, donating a work of
art for their annual exhibition and auction.
Alexander M. Martin, Associate Professor of History,
spent spring 2004 doing research in Moscow on a grant from the
National Council on Eurasian and East European Research.
Holly Middlemis, Lecturer of Accounting, volunteers at
Café 458 and assisted members of the Accounting Society in
contributing time there as well.
John C. Nardo, Associate Professor of Mathematics,
serves as Coordinator of mathematics tutoring (ongoing) and an
arts program (new) for the Lynwood Park Community Center. He is
co-principal investigator (with Lynn Gieger) on a grant from the
Mathematical Association of America "Preparing Mathematicians to
Educate Teachers" focusing on our new Geometry course.
W. Irwin Ray, Jr., Director of Musical Activities was
appointed Associate Professor of Music: Conducting Adjunct at
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music at Shenandoah University in
Winchester, VA and will supervise and adjudicate their conducting
doctoral candidates living or working in the metropolitan Atlanta
area.
Anne A. Salter, Director of the Weltner Library,
presented “Caring for your family treasures” at Table
Topics at Oglethorpe University. She taught a continuing education
class at Emory University on the same topic. She also served as
Newsletter Editor, Gypsy Vanner Banner, Gypsy Vanner Horse
Society, 2004-05, and was a regular contributor to the Equine
Journal. Anne served as a board member of the Georgia Archives
Institute. She participated in the Paideia School Third Grade Oral
History Project on the history of Emory Village. She received a
GPALS grant to fund half of the LibQual survey and a State GHRAB
Award from the Governor for the organization of the Oglethorpe
Archives, 2004.
Daniel L. Schadler, Professor of Biology, served as
Horticultural Judge at the North Carolina Chrysanthemum Show in
Asheville, NC. He also serves as associate editor of The
Chrysanthemum, the journal of the National Chrysanthemum Society
of the United States.
Wm. Bradford Smith, Associate Professor of History wrote
copy for a poster on the life of James Edward Oglethorpe, produced
by the Admission office for distribution to primary schools in
Georgia.
Dean Tucker, Mack A. Rikard Chair of Economics and
Business Administration, spoke at the Roswell Optimist’s Club on “Environmental
Problems Facing the Galapagos Islands” and presented a
Teaching Topics discussion with Holly Middlemis entitled “Group
Work to Increase Student Learning” at Oglethorpe University.
Ginger Williams, Lecturer in Education and Director of
Field Experiences, serves on the Board for the Georgia Directors
of Field Experiences.
Jason Wirth, Associate Professor of Philosophy, serves
on the Board of Directors and as Curator of Asian Art at the
Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.
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