Campus Notes

Presentations, Conferences, and Lectures

On December 4, Gonzalo Bacigalupe, associate professor in the Graduate College of Education, presented the poster “How Do Latinos Overcome Barriers to Health Care in Massachusetts?" for the Global Health Research Forum 7, held in Geneva.

On November 22, Fiora Bassanese, professor of modern languages, delivered the paper “Projecting Morality: The Writings of Tullia D’Aragona, Courtesan" at the annual joint meeting of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages/American Association of Teachers of Italian, held in Philadelphia.

James Bierstaker of the Accounting and Finance Department presented the co-written paper “Strategic Assessment During Business Risk Audits: How Auditors’ Mental Representations Influence the Halo Effect on Risk Assessments" at the 2004 Auditing Mid-Year Conference.

Lawrence Blum, professor of philosophy, recently presented the addresses “Can African-Americans Be Racist?" at the College of Charleston and “Racial Discrimination and Color Blindness" at Centenary College of Louisiana.

Professors Caroline Brown of the English Department and Alexia Pollack of the Biology Department presented the workshop “Reconstructing the Paradigm: Teaching Across the Disciplines" at the Sixth Annual Multi-Cultural Conference and Curriculum Resource Fair, held on November 15 in Rhode Island.

In December, three assistant professors in the English Department delivered papers at the national meeting of the Modern Language Association:  Caroline Brown presented “Menstruation and the Assertion of Agency in the Novels of Jamaica Kincaid and Michelle Cliff"; Betsy Klimasmith presented “’Down the Inverted Telescope’: De-situating History in Edith Wharton’s Age of Innocence"; and Gautam Premnath presented “Cosmopolitanism and Nostalgia in Amitav Ghosh."

The Gerontology Institute and the Massachusetts Legislative Caucus on Older Citizens’ Concerns sponsored the state house forum “Living on the Edge: Older Homeowners in Massachusetts" on December 11. Ellen Bruce, associate director of the institute, led welcoming remarks.

Jacqueline Fawcett, professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, presented “The Evolution of the Science of Unitary Human Beings: Focus on Language" and co-presented “An Interpretive Study of Martha Rogers’ Conception of Pattern" at the Society of Rogerian Scholars Conference “Emerging Patterns in a Changing World," held in Savannah, Georgia, on November 15.

Kathleen Golden McAndrew, executive director of University Health Services and associate adjunct professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, presented “The Impaired Worker: New England Substance Abuse Trends" at the New England College of Occupational Medicine and the Massachusetts Association of Occupational Health Nurses joint annual conference.

Kevin Murphy of the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy and the Office of Institutional Research presented the paper “Exploring Diversity at Public Urban Four Year Institutions by Using National Databases" at the North East Association for Institutional Research’s 30th Annual Conference, held in Rhode Island in November.

In November, Marc Prou, assistant professor of Africana Studies, delivered the lecture “The Dying Caribbean Nation: Haiti, History, and Globalization" at Siena College in Albany, New York. He also participated as a panelist in the session “L’Utilisation du Creole dans l’Enseignement en Haiti et à Boston" at the Annual Conference on Creole, held in Montreal.

Ester Shapiro, senior research associate of the Gastón Institute, presented “Crossing Borders/Cruzando Fronteras with Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas: A Transnational Collaboration Linking Latina Health Promotion and Social Change" at the Women of Color Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights National Conference, held on November 13.

Miren Uriarte, professor in the College of Public and Community Service, gave the keynote address “Latino Diversity and Its Implications for Service Delivery" at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Latino Heritage Celebration and presented “Social Policy and Structural Reforms: Cuba at the Start of the 21st Century" for the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Alan Waters, lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, presented the paper “The Rastafarian Representation of Africa" at the annual meeting of the African Studies Association, held in Boston on November 2.

In November, James Willis, assistant professor of sociology, presented his paper “COMPSTAT and Organizational Change in Three Police Departments: A Comparative Analysis" at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, held in Denver, Colorado.

Publications

Yung-Ping (Bing) Chen, the Frank J. Manning Eminent Scholar in Gerontology, wrote the foreword for The Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance, which was published in November 2003 by Greenwood Publishing Group. Professor Yung-Ping also co-authored the chapter “Reverse Mortgages" in the encyclopedia.

An article by the Institute for Community Inclusion’s Allison Cohen, Jaimie Timmons, and Sheila Fesko, “The Workforce Investment Act: How Policy Conflict and Ambiguity Affect Implementation," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Disability Policy Studies.

An article co-written by Jacqueline Fawcett, professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, “The Science of Unitary Human Beings: Analysis of Qualitative Research Approaches," was published in Visions: The Journal of Rogerian Nursing Science. She also co-wrote “Measuring Function" for Instruments for Clinical Health-Care Research.

Two speeches by Jon Mitchell, chair of the Performing Arts Department, “Imogen Holst’s ‘The Unfortunate Traveller’" and “Early Performances at Kneller Hall of British Band Classics," were published in the Kongressberichte Bad Waltersdorf Steiermark 2000/Lana Sudtirol 2002 by the International Society for the Promotion and Investigation of Wind Music.

Mary Oleskiewicz, assistant professor of music, published the article “Quantz’s Quatours and Other Works Newly Discovered" in the November 2003 issue of the journal Early Music.

Susan Opotow, associate professor in the CPCS Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution, co-edited Identity and the Natural Environment: The Psychological Significance of Nature, which was published by MIT Press.
Laurel E. Radwin, assistant professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, published “Cancer Patients’ Demographic Characteristics and Ratings of Patient-Centered Nursing Care" in the winter 2003 issue of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship.

Miren Uriarte, professor in the College of Public and Community Service, published the article “Holding to Basics and Investing for Growth: Cuban Education and the Economic Crisis of the 1990’s" in Pedagogy Pluralism and Practice.

On November 12, the McCormack Graduate School hosted a book-signing for senior fellow and philosophy professor Ajume H. Wingo in celebration of his book Veil Politics in Liberal Democratic States, published by Cambridge University Press.

Exhibits, Readings, Performances, Shows

John Conlon, director of theatre programs, recently served as a Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival respondent to the Bridgewater State College production of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Professor Daniel Gidron of the Performing Arts Department recently directed William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar for the Shakespeare Now! Theatre Company.

Liz Marran, assistant professor of art, exhibited her work from the “Trust Me" series, a portfolio of photo-etchings, in a group show at the OHT Gallery in Boston from December 2 through 20.

Mary Oleskiewicz, assistant professor of music, appeared as principal flutist and soloist in a performance of Hector Berlioz’s oratorio L’Enfance du Christ, given by the Boston Chorus Pro Musica at the Mission Church on December 11 in Boston.

Professor Laura Schrader of the Performing Arts Department recently appeared in the musical She Loves Me with the Theatre Company of Saugus.

Appointments and Honors

James Green, professor in the College of Public and Community Service, began his two-year term as president of the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA). In November, Green signed a contract with Duke University Press to make LAWCHA the official sponsor of a new quarterly journal, Labor: Studies of Working Class History in the Americas, of which Green is the associate editor for contemporary affairs.

Oscar Gutierrez, associate professor of management science and information systems in the College of Management (CM), was honored for his commitment in and out of the classsroom with the CM Commonwealth Award.

Grants and Research

Joan Arches, professor in the College of Public and Community Service, and Robert Beattie, professor in the College of Science and Mathematics, were awarded a Community Outreach Partnership Center Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for their proposal “New Directions for Columbia Point."

The Gerontology Institute’s Lillian Glickman and Ellen Birchander, senior fellows, and Frank Caro, director, are co-investigators for a project contracted by the Executive Office of Elder Affairs to help raise awareness about aging resources through publications, conferences, and regional forums.

Oscar Gutierrez of the Management Science and Information Systems Department and John McGah of the Center for Social Policy completed the report “IMPACT – Information Management, Public Access, Community Transformation: Third and Final Evaluation" for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program.

The Institute for Community Inclusion is a partner in the Massachusetts Youth Partnership for Transition State Alignment grant. The project helps local areas map their resources to aid youth with disabilities succeed in post-secondary education and on the job.

Miscellaneous

Sandy Blanchette, assistant dean at the McCormack Graduate School, attended the 2003 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award dinner on November 5. The award, organized by the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State University, is given annually to honor a successful campus-community partnership. UMass Boston will host the award competition, the first ever held in Massachusetts, in September 2004.

Pat Monteith, general manager of WUMB, raised $1,400 in a December fundraising drive for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In the News

Gissell Abreu, outreach coordinator for the Gastón Institute, was interviewed on WHDH-TV’s Revista Hispana on December 7. She spoke on the institute’s Latino Leadership Opportunity Program, an academic enrichment program for UMass Boston Latino students.

On November 17, the Patriot Ledger quoted Randy Albelda, professor of economics, at a forum organized by Milton for Peace on the significant effects the war has had on the U.S. economy.

On December 3, Paul Atwood of the Joiner Center and American Studies Program appeared on Brookline Access Television’s program “War Forum" to discuss the current war in Iraq, the role that anti-war veterans can and are playing, and the possibilities of a future draft.

Arindam Bandopadhyaya, associate professor of finance, was quoted on New England’s asset-management niche in a November 9 Boston Globe article.

Alan Clayton-Matthews, professor of public policy, was quoted in the Boston Herald on November 22 on the Bay State’s current economic forecast.

Professor William Holmes of CPCS was featured at a news conference hosted by the John Hope Settlement House in Providence, Rhode Island, on the release of the final evaluation of the Family Renewal Initiative of John Hope.

The University Health Services’ sponsorship of several programs during domestic violence month was featured in the American College Health Association’s College Health in Action.

Kyle McInnis, professor of exercise science, was quoted in the Washington Post on November 25 on the benefits of moderate walking. McInnis’s research on the use of defibrillators in health clubs was featured in HealthDay.Com and the New York Times on November 11. McInnis presented both studies at the American Heart Association’s annual conference.

On December 7, the Boston Sunday Globe featured UMass Boston’s efforts to foster positive experiences for its students living in the Harbor Art apartment complex.

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