Prof. Esther Torrego of the Hispanic Studies Program has written a book, The Dependencies of Objects, Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 34, published by MIT Press.
Gerontology Institute Director Francis G. Caro is co-author of Personal Assistance: The Future of Home Care, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in October.
Communications and Theater Arts Prof. Diane Almeida's essay on Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55" appears in Masterplots Poetry Supplement published by Harper Collins in October.
English Prof. Vincent Petronella's article, "Robert Browning, Julia Wedgewood, and the Neo-Classical Style," has been published in volume 14 of Ars Ceramica. Petronella is also the author of "Shakespeare's Dramatic Chambers," which will be published in the upcoming volume of essays honoring Professor Emeritus G. Blakemore Evans of Harvard University, editor of The Riverside Shakespeare.
Psychology Prof. David Lisak and Paul Miller, M.A., Adam Conklin, M.A., and Leah Altschuler, M.A., all students in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, and Jim Hopper, Ph.D., a graduate of the program, presented a panel discussion, "Causal Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence," at the the Annual Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 21. Evidence presented by the panelists, based on data from nine studies of over 2,000 subjects, links childhood physical and sexual abuse with the perpetration of interpersonal violence.
Joel Grossman, coordinator of the Health Promotion Program, attended a conference, "Education as Transformation: Religious Pluralism, Spirituality, and Higher Education," at Wellesley College in September. Grossman made two presentations: "The Role Student Affairs Can Play in Student's Spiritual Life," and "Joy and Spirit," a group participation in comedy improvisation.
History Prof. Malcolm Smuts delivered a paper, "Peace and Politics of the Early Stuarts as Reflected in Court Culture," at an international conference in Osnaebruck, Germany, "Peace and the Reconstruction of a European Vision." The conference commemorated the 350th anniversary of the Treaty of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years War.
English Prof. Lloyd Schwartz read his poetry at the North East Popular Culture Association conference held in Boston on Nov. 6. He also participated in the Robert Lowell reading at the Blacksmith House in Cambridge on Nov. 9.
English Prof. Vincent Petronella presented a paper, "George Bernard Shaw's Late Victorian View of the Philanthropist-Recipient Relationship," at the Northeast Conference on British Studies, held at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., in October. He also presented a lecture, "Robert Browning and Bernard Shaw," at the New York Browning Society, and will address the Wedgewood Society of Boston on "Shakespeare in the Age of Wedgewood," in the near future.
Harold Horton, associate director of the Trotter Institute and member of the Graduate College of Education faculty, spoke at Rhode Island College on Nov. 10 on the topic of "Lessons Learned: Testing Teachers & Education Students in Massachusetts and New York."
Officer Richard Lee of the Department of Public Safety presents a talk at the Massachusetts Neighborhood Crime Watch Commission's conference in Worcester on the topic of crime prevention and community policing in a university setting, on Dec. 2.
Nursing doctoral student Margaret Singer, MS, RN., spoke at the Third Annual Northeast Regional Psychiatric Nursing Conference on "A Creative Technique for Promoting Interdisciplinary Patient Education" on Nov. 6.
ECOS Prof. Jack Archer presented an invited paper at the "Law of the Sea/Ocean Governance" meeting at the sixth annual meeting of the Ocean Governance Study Group at the University of California at Berkeley, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1. His paper discussed the various ocean bills considered in the 105th Congress. Prof. Archer also attended a meeting in Richmond, Va., of the U.S. and European partners in an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education and the European Community. UMass Boston is one of six U.S. and European universities taking part in the program. Through it, three ECOS students will participate in internships and training programs in Europe this Spring.
The Gerontology Institute held a "Student Town Meeting on Social Security Reform" on Nov. 16. James Roosevelt, associate commissioner for retirement policy of the Social Security Administration, presented the keynote address. Other speakers were Kenneth Steiner, vice president for pension and social security studies at the American Academy of Actuaries, and Yung-Ping Chen, Frank J. Manning Eminent Scholar's Chair, Gerontology Institute and Program.
John Henry, a play by Prof. Emeritus Louis E. Roberts of the Division of Communications and Theatre Arts, will have its American Premiere at the McCormack Theatre on Dec. 4. A portion of the proceeds from the performances will go to the Little People's Research Foundation. The play is supported in part by Labor for the Arts.
Music Prof. Peter Janson, director of the University Jazz Band, was the performing musician at the recent memorial service for Prof. Edward Strickland, which was held Nov. 6 in Healey Library.
Prof. Lena Sorenson of the College of Nursing has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar position at the University of Tromsø in Norway for the Fall 1998 semester.
History Prof. Spencer DiScala will edit a new series of books on Italian and Italian American Studies from 1700 to the present, for Praeger Publishers.
The Office of Public Safety has been awarded a second hiring grant from the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program. The $150,000 grant will allow the hiring of two full-time officers.
Prof. Donaldo Macedo of the ESL/Bilingual Graduate Studies Program, has been awarded three new grants totalling over $1 million: the World Languages Center Parent English Literacy Training program has received over $795,000 to train 30 teachers per year for five years; an ESL Training Grant provides $131,674 for 30 scholarships for ESL teachers to pursue masters degrees in ESL studies; and a $118,000 Bilingual Teachers Training Grant will train 30 bilingual teachers to meet the needs of students in bilingual programs in Massachusetts.
Gerontology doctoral student Lona H. Choi has been awarded a 1998 Andrus Minority Predoctoral Leadership Development Fellowship by the Gerontological Society of America.
ECOS Profs. William Robinson and Robert Chen have been chosen as members of the newly constituted Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel (OSMAP) by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. The committee will review studies conducted in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay related to the new outfall pipe, for possible environmental effects.
GCOE Prof. Linda Eisenmann of the Higher Education Adminstration Doctoral Program has been named to a three-year term as associate editor of the History of Education Quarterly.
Sociology Prof. Russell Schutt has been nominated for the presidency of the Eastern Sociological Society by its nominating committee.
English Prof. Lloyd Schwartz read two poems about his mother, "Two Horses" and "He Tells His Mother What He's Working On," followed by a conversation about visiting her in a nursing home, on the National Public Radio show "Fresh Air" on Nov. 4. His radio essay on Judy Garland aired on "Fresh Air" on Nov. 6.
History and Africana Studies Prof. Julie Winch was one of several on-camera authorities who spoke on a variety of topics for the PBS series, "Africans in America" which broadcast in October. Students Raymous Mitchell and Kareem Wade appeared as actors in the series.
Carol Hardy Fanta of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy and Regina Rodriquez-Mitchell of the Trotter Institute wrote an op-ed, "Boston councilors out of step on minority hiring" which appeared in the Boston Globe on Nov. 10.
If you have lost something on campus,The Office of Public Safety would like to remind you to contact them. From August to October of this year, the Office of Public Safety returned 42 items, worth a total of $1,291.05 to their owners.
Clinical Psychology doctoral candidate Gemima Remy-St. Louis will defend her dissertation, "Ethnicity and Identity Formation in Haitian Adolescents: A Cultural-Developmental Approach to Psychosocial Functioning," on Dec. 9 at 10 a.m., in the Provosts Conference Room, 8th floor, Healey Library.
Because of a reporting error in last month's issue, a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project, "Genetic Variation in Widely Distributed Deep-Sea Molluscs: The Role of Oceanographic and Topographic Features," was incorrectly attributed. The grant was awarded to Biology Professors Michael Rex and Ron Etter.
The Learning Center has entered into a partnership with the Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT) Group, the technology affiliate of the American Association for Higher Education(AAHE). During this academic year,TLT Group President Steven Gilbert and Vice President Stephen Ehrmann will conduct workshops on campus for faculty interested in using technology to support teaching and learning. The Learning Center is being promoted nationally by the TLT Group, as a model for professional development at higher education institutions.