Campus Notes

Presentations, Conferences, and Lectures

In November, the College of Public and Community Service’s Luis Aponte-Parés and Marie Kennedy served as panelists for the session “Four Decades of Radical Urban Planning” at the annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Kennedy also served as a panelist for the sessions “Community-University Partnerships” and “Combining the Passions of Teaching, Research, and Practice in Your Career.”

Gonzalo Bacigalupe, associate professor of the Graduate College of Education, published the chapter “Las Terapias Colaborativas Como Prácticas Interculturales y Poscoloniales (Collaborative Therapies as Intercultural and Postcolonial Practices)” in the text Psicoterapia Familiar y Pareja: Modernidad y Posmodernidad.

Sara Baron, director of the Instructional Technology Center and coordinator of Library Instruction, was an invited speaker at the Massachusetts School Library Media Association Conference, held in Sturbridge on October 28. She presented “Preventing Plagiarism and Ensuring the Ethical Use of Information by Students” to over 100 high school librarians from around the state.

In November, Lois Biener, senior research fellow at the Center for Survey Research, served as co-chair for the National Tobacco Monitoring, Research, and Evaluation Workshop. She also presented a poster and the paper “Television Viewing Patterns and Youth’s Exposure to Anti-Tobacco Television Advertisements” at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting.
The Center for Survey Research’s Lois Biener, Amy Nyman, and Catherine Flynn presented papers and posters at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health, held in San Francisco in November.

James Bierstaker, assistant professor of accounting and finance, presented his co-authored paper “The Interaction Between Documentation Format and Experience on Auditors’ Internal Control Evaluation: A Comparison of Narratives and Questionnaires” at the Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations Conference held in October.

In the fall, Lawrence Blum of the Philosophy Department delivered presentations entitled “Can Blacks Be Racist?” at Colby College and “‘I’m Not a Racist, But...’” at the University of Louisville, Bryn Mawr College, and Guilford College. He participated in a panel on Spike Lee’s film “Bamboozled” at the University of Louisville and a panel on civic education at the Association for Moral Education in Chicago.

Eleanor Breen, Elizabeth Kiniry, Elizabeth Newman, and Eric Proebsting, graduate students in the Historical Archeology Program, presented papers at the annual meeting of the Council for Northeast Archaeology, held in October. Breen’s paper, “Whose Trash Is It Anyway: A Ceramic and Stratigraphic Analysis of the South Grove Midden,” won a student paper competition and will be published in Northeast Historical Archaeology.

Gerontology Institute director Frank Caro served as co-chair for the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific conference, held in Boston November 22 through 26. Nina Silverstein and Nancy Goldin served as volunteer coordinators, and many Gerontology faculty, student, and alumni took part in paper sessions, symposia, poster sessions, and a task force.

Reyes Coll-Tellechea, associate professor of Hispanic studies, presented her paper “Todas las Mujeres de Lázaro de Tormes” at the XIII Conference of Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hispánica, held in the Dominican Republic, October 24 through 27.
In November, Carol Cosenza of the Center for Survey Research presented the paper “Not Your Grandparent’s Cognitive Testing: Exploring Innovative Methods in Cognitive Evaluation of Questions” at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation, and Testing.

Urban Harbors Institute’s Director Richard Delaney and Associate Director Jack Wiggin served on the Steering Committee of the Northeast Beaches Conference, held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from October 23 through 26. Delaney delivered a plenary panel presentation on the value of beaches, and Wiggin moderated and participated in panels on increasing public access to the shoreline. The Urban Harbors Institute co-sponsored and published the proceedings of the conference.

On October 9, Lou DiNatale, director for the Center for State and Local Policy, was the guest speaker at the 43rd Anniversary Dinner Meeting of the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission in Amesbury, MA.

Janet DiPaolo, reference instruction librarian, presented “Build It and They Will Come: Establishing a New Learning Community for UMB First Year Students” at the annual conference of the New England Library Association in Sturbridge, MA.

Jacqueline Fawcett, professor of nursing, presented the keynote address, “Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory: Actual and Potential Sources of Evidence,” at the 7th International Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory Conference, held in Altanta in November.

In October and November, Dwight E. Giles, Jr., senior associate of NERCHE and professor of higher education administration, gave keynote speeches for the New York State Campus Compact’s Inaugural Faculty Development Workshop and the National Organization of Human Service Educators annual conference. He also co-presented “The Next Generation of Service-Learning Research” and “The Cycle of Service-Learning Action And Reflection” for the Campus Compact National Summit, held in Providence, RI.

The College of Management, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Management Mohsin Habib, fielded both undergraduate and MBA teams at the October National Association of Black Accountants case competition in Boston. The teams presented “Corporate Scandals and Governance: The War at Home.”

Mary Jo Marion, associate director of the Gastón Institute, presented her research “The Economic Implications of the Growing Immigrant Population in Mass-achusetts” at a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston conference held on October 8.

On November 19, David Matz, director of the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution, chaired the panel “Evaluating People-to-People (i.e. Jews and Arabs) Programs” at the Fourteenth International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, held in Jerusalem.

Cheryl Nixon, assistant professor of English, gave a paper on “Storytelling or Accounting? Guardianship Accounts in Eighteenth-Century Chancery Court Records” at the Northeast Conference on British Studies, held at Yale University.

Susan Opotow, associate professor in the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution, presented her paper “The Psychology of Impunity and Injustice: Implications for Social Reconciliation” at the Dialogue Series sponsored by the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University.

The College of Management’s Sherry Penney, professor of leadership, and Vicki Milledge, program manager of the Emerging Leaders Program, presented the paper “Collaborative Leadership: A Test Case” at the annual International Leadership Associationn.

Gautam Premnath, assistant professor of English, gave a seminar presentation on “Modernist Literary History and the Problem of Documentary” at the annual meeting of the Modernist Studies Association at the University of Wisconsin.

On November 13, Barbara Robinson of the Institute for Learning and Teaching and Alan Girelli of the Instructional Technology Center presented “Community Profiles Projects” at the Massachusetts Computer Using Educators conference held in Sturbridge.
Professor Lorna Rivera of the College of Public and Community Service presented her paper “Future Directions for the Education of Massachusetts Latinos” at the Network 2002 Massachusetts Adult Education annual conference, held in Marlborough, MA.

Marta Sierra, assistant professor of Hispanic/Latin American studies, chaired a session and presented the paper “De Caníbales, Piratas y Polígrafas: Escritura, Obscenidad y Mutilación en Alejandra Pizarnik” for the XIII Conferencia de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura Femenina Hispánica.

On October 22, Mitchell Silver of the Philosophy Department spoke at the Israel Forum Lecture series held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nina Silverstein, associate professor of gerontology, presented her paper “Dementia and Wandering Behavior: Why Families and Professionals Should Be Concerned” at the18th Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference, held in Barcelona.

In October, Peter Taylor of the Critical and Creative Thinking Program spoke on “Reconstructing Unruly Ecological Complexities” in Leipzig and Paris. In November, he spoke at the Society for Social Studies of Science on his research “Genes, Gestation, and Life Experiences: Complexities of Environment and Development in the Age of DNA.”

In October, Andrés Torres, director of the Mauricio Gastón Institute, presented the paper “Nuyorican Signs: Fragments from a Memoir” at the 5th Annual Conference of the Puerto Rican Studies Association. He also chaired and was discussant on the panel “Boricua/Latino Political and Social Action.”

Publications

The article “Have You Seen These Instructional Resources,” coauthored by James Bierstaker of the College of Management, was published in The Auditor’s Report.

Avery Faigenbaum, associate professor in the Exercise Science and Physical Education Department, published the article “Resistance Training for Adolescent Athletes” in Athletic Therapy Today.

Susan Haussler, associate professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, published a co-authored article, “A Collaborative Model: Twenty Healthcare Agencies Academic Institutions Share Resources to Educate Preceptors” for the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development.

Richard Horsley, distinguished professor of liberal arts and study of religion, published his new book, Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder, with Fortress Press.

Defining and Designing Multiculturalism: One School System’s Efforts, a new book by Pepi Leistyna, assistant professor of applied linguistics, was published by SUNY Press.

Shooting the Rat: Outstanding Poems and Stories by High School Writers, co-edited by Mark Pawlak of Academic Support Services, will be published by Hanging Loose Press.

The College of Nursing and Health Science’s Laurel E. Radwin and Jaqueline Fawcett published “A Conceptual Model-Based Programme of Nursing Research: Retrospective and Prospective Applications” in November’s Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Candice Rowe of the English Department has had her poem “Bad Poet’s Epitaph” accepted for publication in Bryant Literary Review.

Marta Sierra, assistant professor of Hispanic/Latin American studies, will publish the article “Fragmento, Recolección y Nostalgia: la Figura del Artista en la Literatura de Vanguardia Hispanoamericana” in Confluencia. Revista de Cultura y Literatura Hispánica.

In September, Mitchell Silver of the Philosophy Department published “Reflections on Determining Competency” in a special issue of Bioethics devoted to psychiatric ethics.

The article “La Femme Dans la Chanson Francaise” by Brian Thompson, professor of French, was published in the special issue of Women in French Studies.

Oxfam America published the report “Cuba, Social Policy at a Crossroads: Maintaining Priorities, Transforming Practice” by Miren Uriarte, CPCS and Public Policy faculty and research associate at the Gastón Institute. The report is available on Oxfam’s website.
James Willis, assistant professor of sociology, co-authored the article “Self, Surveillance, and Society,” which was published in November’s The Sociology Quarterly.

Exhibits, Readings, Performances

Professor Danny Gidron of the Theatre and Dance Department directed Mike Leigh’s “Smelling a Rat” at Boston Playwright’s Theatre.

Mark Pawlak, director of academic support, gave a poetry reading of his work at the Bedford Free Public Library’s Community Writers’ Series held on November 6.

Lloyd Schwartz, Troy Professor of English and Creative Writing, gave poetry readings at the Concord Festival of Authors on November 2, which also featured work by UMass Boston visiting writer Joyce Peseroff, and at Salem State College on November 7.

Appointments and Honors

Alan Clayton-Matthews, professor of public policy, has been named co-editor of Massachusetts Benchmarks, the leading economic journal in Massachusetts. He will co-edit the publication with Lynne Brown, vice president and chief economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

On October 9, Dwight E. Giles, Jr., senior associate of NERCHE and professor of higher education administration, was a visiting distinguished scholar at Johnson and Wales University in Providence, RI.

Raymond Liu, associate professor of marketing, received the Best Paper Award for “The Integrated Process Model for Learning Organization” from the Journal of International Business & Economics.

Askold Melnyczuk, director of the Creative Writing Program, was honored for his 30-year association with the literary magazine Agni at a gala celebration at Boston University.

Andrés Torres, director of the Mauricio Gastón Institute, was recognized by Telemundo Boston, WTMU-TV 32, for his contributions to the Hispanic Community, as part of Hispanic Heritage month.

Grants and Research

Pat Monteith, general manager for WUMB Folk Radio, participated as a grant peer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Public Telecommunications Facilities Program.

The College of Management’s Career Center, under the direction of Maryellen Brett ’90, received a grant from Target Corporation to support the center’s career education and placement goal. Target and the Career Center will work jointly to bring internships and co-op opportunities to students, as well as sponsoring other career related initiatives.

WUMB Folk Radio received two grants totaling nearly $140,000 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. WUMB just completed the most successful on-air fundraiser in its history, bringing in over $141,000 from over 1,400 listeners in one week.

Dissertation

Lee Rosenthal of the Ph.D. in Public Policy Program successfully defended her dissertation “The Sustainability Dance: Lessons to Learn for an Emerging Force in Community Health: Community Health Workers” on November 14.

In the News

An article in the Education section of the Boston Sunday Globe on November 3 cited Elsa Auerbach, professor of English and authority on family literacy, on the subject of bilingual parents.

Lou DiNatale, director for the Center for State and Local Policy, provided analysis of the final gubernatorial debate for WBUR-FM, which aired on October 30, and was featured for his election analysis on WFXT-TV on November 4.

From October 15 to November 15, Carol Hardy-Fanta, director for the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, provided post-debate and election analysis for WFXT-TV 25, WCVB-TV 5, New England Cable News, Sunday Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Patriot Ledger, Women’s Enews, and Deseret News. Her op-ed “The Impenetrable Glass Ceiling” appeared in the November 9 Boston Globe.

Alan Clayton-Matthews, professor of public policy, spoke of a nine-year low in consumer confidence for WBZ-AM on October 30. He also interviewed with Business 1060AM on November 6.

The Emerging Leaders Program in the Center for Collaborative Leadership was profiled on WHDH-TV 7’s “Urban Update” on November 17.

The results of a poll conducted by the Gastón Institute and UMass Poll examining how Latino voters voted on Ballot Question 2 appeared in the Boston Globe and Boston Herald.

Correction

Maurice Cunningham was identified as chair of the Political Science Department in the November issue. Rusty Simonds is currently chair of that department.

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