R. Bruce Mattingly and Amber J. Murphy ’09
R. Bruce Mattingly, School of Arts and Sciences, and Amber J. Murphy ’09, co-authored an article titled “A Markov Method for Ranking College Football Conferences” that will be included as a theme essay on the Mathematics Awareness Month Web site, sponsored by the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics. Murphy, an adolescence education: mathematics major, was a recipient of a 2008 Undergraduate Research Council Summer Fellowship.
Robert Spitzer
Robert Spitzer, Political Science Department, is the author of a book chapter titled “Gun Control: Constitutional Mandate or Myth?” for a book titled Moral Controversies in American Politics, to be published later this year by M.E. Sharpe.
Jean LeLoup and Robert Ponterio
Jean LeLoup, professor emerita of international communications and culture and United States Air Force Academy, and Robert Ponterio, International Communications and Culture Department, presented a workshop titled, “Lessons in Cultural Perspective: How Can We Get There from Here?” and a session titled “French Video Online: Accessing Authentic Language and Culture” at the annual conference of the Ohio Foreign Language Association held April 8-10 in Columbus, Ohio.
Timothy J. Baroni
Timothy J. Baroni, Biological Sciences Department, recently had two papers published from work he participated in with a team analyzing macrofungal biodiversity in Guyana, South America. “The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana III: New Species of Rhodocybe,” was published in the Dec. 26, 2009, issue of Mycoscience. “The Entolomataceae of the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana IV: New Species of Calliderma, Paraeccilia and Trichopilus,” appeared in the Dec. 21, 2009, issue of MYCOLOGIA. Both articles were written by team members by T.W. Henkel, M. C. Aime, D. L. Largent and T. J. Baroni. The team was funded by grants awarded to Henkel by the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Henkel is from Humboldt State University in Northern California, Baroni's alma mater for his B.A. and M.A. degrees.
A third paper, published in late 2009 in Synopsis Fungorum Fungiflora, was written by L. Ryvarden, Aime and Baroni. “Studies in Neotropical Polypores 26. A New Species of Trametes and Revisitation of an Old,” is the result of National Geographic Funding to Baroni in 2007 to study fungal diversity of the Maya Mountains in Belize.
Ute Ritz-Deutch
Ute Ritz-Deutch, History Department, was a commentator at the annual conference of the German Studies Association held Oct. 8 in Oakland, Calif. She commented on the panel “Wishful Brothers: The Invention of Native Americans in German Literature, Media, and Performance.”
Jenn McNamara
Jenn McNamara, Art and Art History Department, won Best in Show at the Foundry Art Centre’s exhibit “Fiber: Twenty Ten.” She was awarded a solo show that will take place next spring at the Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Mo.
Gretchen Herrmann
Gretchen Herrmann, Library, presented her paper “From Our House to Your House: Economic Utility of the U.S. Garage Sale in the ‘Great Recession’” at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting held March 24-27 in Merida, Mexico. The paper treats the renewed utilization of garage sale shopping and selling to stretch tight budgets, and, for movers and those foreclosed upon, to quickly liquidate belongings for needed ready cash during the current economic downturn.
Luis Columna and Marley Barduhn
Luis Columna, Physical Education Department, and Marley Barduhn, Academic Affairs Office, co-presented a paper on “Integrating Physical Activity into the Lives of Migrant Workers’ Children and Families” at the National Migrant Education Conference held April 11-14 in Anaheim, Calif.
Robert Darling
Robert Darling, Geology Department, co-presented a paper with a former student John-Luke Henriquez ’09, at the Northeast/Southeast Regional Meeting of the Geological Society of America held in March in Baltimore, Md. The title of the paper is “Zircon-clinging, Inferred Analectic Melt Inclusions in Adirondack Garnet.” Henriquez is currently a graduate student at the University of Maryland.
Alexander G. Gonzalez
Alexander G. Gonzalez, English, has been informed that his article, “Annotations for Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow,” has been accepted for publication in ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews.