Salute to Faculty Scholarship 2008
Once a year the Clark community comes together to celebrate the
scholarly publications and creative projects authored by Clark faculty over the
previous year. On April 16, 2008, from noon - 2 pm at the Lurie Conference Room,
Higgins University Center,
we will salute:
Books and Creative Works
(alphabetical by Clark author, editor or artist)
April 2007 - Present
Addis, Michael and Christopher Martell. 2008. Published in Danish as Overvind Depression et skridt ad gangen: Ved at ændre vaner kan du forbedre dit liv. Originally published in 2004 as Overcoming Depression One Step at a Time: The New Behavioral Activation Approach to Getting Your Life Back. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.
Andersen, Roy. 2007. Three Minutes Off Okinawa: The Sinking of the Radar Picket Destroyer, The U.S.S. Mannert L. Abele by Japanese Kamikaze Aircraft. Worcester, MA: The Jana Press.
Armstrong, Frank. 2007. Back Roads - Images from the Rural Landscape. Self-published.
Bamberg, Michael, Anna de Fina and Deborah Schiffrin, eds. 2007. Selves and Identities in Narrative and Discourse. Philadelphia, P.A.: John Benjamins.
Müller, Ulrich, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Nancy Budwig, Bryan Sokol, eds. 2008. Social Life and Social Knowledge: Toward a Process Account of Development. New York, N.Y.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Dempsey, James. 2007. The Court Poetry of Chaucer, a side-by-side translation. Lewiston, N.Y.: The Edwin Mellen Press.
de Rivera, Joseph, and Darío Páez, eds. 2007. Journal of Social Issues: Emotional Climate, Human Security, and Culture of Peace, vol 63, no. 2. Sponsored by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Dolgon, Corey. 2007. The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise. New York: NYU Press.
Dwork, Deborah. 2008. Introduction and annotation of The Terezín Album of Mariámka Zadikow. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
FitzGibbon, Katherine. 2008. Historicism and Nationalism in the German Requiems of Brahms, Reger, and Distler. DMA Dissertation, Boston University.
Grolnick, Wendy and Kathy Seal. 2008. Pressured Parents, Stressed-out Kids: Dealing with Competition While Raising a Successful Child. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books.
Hanson, Susan and M. P. Kwan, eds. 2007. Transport. London: Ashgate Publications.
Hohenemser, Christoph, 2007. The Path of My Life. Self-published.
Johnson, Fern. 2008. Imaging in Advertising: Verbal and Visual Codes of Commerce. New York, NY: Routledge.
Little, Douglas. 2008. American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945. 3rd edition. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press.
McGinn, John. No Escape, for woodwind quartet, three horns, percussion, piano and strings. 2008. This new work will be the centerpiece of a May 2008 concert by the Inscape Chamber Music Project of Bethesda, MD.
Merrill, Deborah. 2007. Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law: Understanding the Relationship and what makes them Friends or Foe. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Michaels, Sarah, Shouse, A., & Schweingruber, H. 2008. Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
Miller, Mark, ed. 2009. Exploring Judicial Politics. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.
Peet, Richard. 2007. Geography of Power: The Making of Global Economic Policy. London: Zed Press.
Berger, Iris, Indrani Chatterjee, Barbara Alpern Engel, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Asuncion Lavrin, Cahna Kai Lee, Paul S. Ropp, Bonnie Smith (Senior Editor), and Judith E. Tucker, eds. 2008. Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, 4 vols. New York: Oxford University Press.
Note: Contributions to the above by present and past Clark faculty members Michiko Aoki, Betsy Huang, Nina Kushner, Deborah Merrill, and Simon Payaslian.
Valsiner, Jaan. 2007. Culture in Minds and Societies: Foundations of Cultural Psychology. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications.
Valsiner, Jaan and Alberto Rosa, eds. 2007. The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press.
Kaufman, Joyce and Kristen Williams. 2008. Women, The State, and War: A Comparative Perspective on Citizenship and Nationalism. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Spiegel, Steven, Elizabeth Matthews, Jennifer Taw and Kristen Williams. 2009. World Politics in a New Era. Fourth Edition. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press.
To acknowledge and honor other important faculty accomplishments, the following departments today present portfolios and posters celebrating scholarship and creative activity:
- Biology
- Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Economics
- English
- Government
- Graduate School of Geography
- International Development, Community, and Environment
- Graduate School of Management
- Mathematics and Computer Science
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Hiatt School of Psychology
- Sociology
- Visual and Performing Arts
New Grant Awards
(including renewals and supplemental funding)
March 15, 2007 to April 1, 2008
Charles Agosta, Novel Superconducting States in Actinides & Other Anistropic Superconductors, Department of Energy
Yuko Aoyama, Organizational Dynamics of the U.S. Logistics Industry, National Science Foundation
Thomas Del Prete, Curriculum and Knowing Program, (Main South Curriculum) Massachusetts Board of Health Education
Thomas Del Prete, Worcester Math Initiative, EMC Company
Thomas Del Prete, Hiatt Center Secondary School Collaborative, Davis Foundation
Timothy Downs, Strengthening Vulnerable Communities in the Worcester built Environment, National Institutes of Health
Debórah Dwork, Doctoral Student Support, Claims Conference
J. Ronald Eastman and Robert Pontius, Building Carbon Baselines, Conservation International
J. Ronald Eastman, A Climate Teleconnection-Based Early Warning System for Food, Health and Ecosystem, Moore Foundation/Google Foundation
Ziying Jiang, advisor J. Ronald Eastman, Empirically Parameterized Road Extension Model for the Support of Land Cover Change Modeling, National Science Foundation
William Fisher, Looking to the Future: Social Drivers and the AIDS Epidemic, UNAIDS
William Fisher, UNAIDS 2031, UNAIDS
Jack Foley and Sema Kustanovich, Neighborhood Music Program, Amelia Peabody Foundation and Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Jack Foley and Sema Kustanovich, Neighborhood Music Program, Bank of America
Susan Foster and John Baker, Ancestral Plasticity and Mating System Evolution in the Stickleback Radiation, National Science Foundation
Matthew Wund, advisor Susan Foster, the Genetic Basis of Boldness in Stickleback Fish, National Institutes of Health
Karen Frey, Impacts of Sea Ice Variability and Polynya Formation on Biological Productivity in the Northern Bering Sea, National Science Foundation
Karen Frey, The Polaris Project: Rising Stars in the Arctic, National Science Foundation
Wayne Gray, Linking Census and EPA Data, Environmental Protection Agency
Frederick Greenaway, Inhibitors of Copper-Containing Quinoprotein Amine Oxidases, Nuclea Biomakers
Wendy Grolnick and Esteban Cardemil, In Search of Structure: A Theory-Based, Mixed Methods Examination of Parental Structure in Families of Young Adolescents, William T. Grant Foundation
Li Han and Lee Rudolph, Practical Parameterization and Efficient Motion Planning of Linkage Systems, National Science Foundation
Susan Aragon, advisor Susan Hanson, Doctoral Dissertation Research, National Science Foundation
Anna Cieslik, advisor Susan Hanson, Emigration of Young Professionals in Polish Cities, National Science Foundation
Dale Hattis and Robert Goble, Use of Biomarkers and Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Modeling in Risk Analysis for Developmental Effects of Chlorpyrifos, Environmental Protection Agency
Kristina Gonzales, advisor Linda Kennedy, Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
Arshad Kudrolli, Physics of Channelization: Theory, Experiment, and Observation, Department of Energy
Arshad Kudrolli, Statistical & Dynamical Properties of Spherical and non-Spherical Granular Materials, National Science Foundation
Stefanie Toise, advisor James Laird, The Efficacy of Adapted Yoga in Managing Psychosocial Risk in ICD Patients, National Institutes of Health
Noel Lazo, Biophysical Chemistry of the Islet Amyloid Polypeptide, American Diabetes Association
Timothy Lyerla, Lung Fibrosis in an HPS Mouse Model, National Institutes of Health
Timothy Lyerla, Establishment of HPS Mouse Cell Lines, Nuclea Biomarkers
Laurence Marsh, Clark Small Business Development Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Deborah Martin, Legalizing Community: Lawyers and Citizens Activism in Neighborhood Disputes, National Science Foundation
Colin Polsky and Robert Pontius, Suburbanization, Water Use, Nitrogen Cycling and Eutrophication in the 21st Century: Interactions, Feedbacks and Uncertainties in a Massachusetts Coastal Zone, National Science Foundation
Colin Polsky and John Rogan, Human Environment Research Observatory (HERO) Program, Thoreau Foundation
Laurie Ross, Action Research to Prevent and Reduce Youth and Gang Violence in Worcester, Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Laurie Ross, City of Worcester Weed and Seed, U.S. Department of Justice
Luis Smith, Solid State NMR Studies of Transition Metal Oxides: Correlation of Local Structure with Physical Properties, National Science Foundation
Luis Smith, Determining the Effect of Local Structure on Acidity in High Surface Area Oxides, Petroleum Research Fund
Jennie Stephens, Carbon Management Technologies: Socio-political Dimensions of Innovation, Harvard University
B.L. Turner, Landscape Vulnerability-Resilience in the Southern Yucatan Peninsular Region, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kristen Barrett, advisor B.L. Turner, Graduate Research Fellowship, Environmental Protection Agency
Jacob Brenner and Lily Ray, advisor B.L. Turner, Graduate Research Fellowships, National Science Foundation
Zachary Christman, advisor B.L. Turner, Graduate Research Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rebecca Dickson, advisor B.L. Turner, Graduate Research Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Honors and Awards
April 2007 - Present
Michael Addis (Psychology) appeared in a National Geographic Channel documentary, "Fight Club: No Limits," which aired in January, 2008. In it he comments on a group called "Dog Brothers," a kind of real world "Fight Club," the topic of a 1999 movie.
Michael Addis was elected president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity, a division of the American Psychological Association.
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett (Psychology) received the Lawrence W. Green Paper of the Year award for his paper titled, "The Myth of Peer Influence in Adolescent Smoking Initiation," presented November, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
Michael Bamberg (Psychology) was chosen as Outstanding Academic Advisor for the 2006-07 academic year.
Adria Bernardi (English) was awarded the 2008 Raiziss/de Palchi Traveling Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, awarded to a U.S. citizen for the translation of modern Italian poetry into English. Bernardi will reside in Rome and complete translation of work by the Italian poet Rafello Baldini.
Patrick Derr (Philosophy) was awarded the 2007 University Senior Faculty Fellowship, presented to an outstanding senior faculty member who personifies the Clark ideal of excellence in teaching and excellence in research, scholarship, or creative work.
Corey Dolgon's (Sociology) new book, The End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America's Paradise, published by NYU Press, won the American Sociological Association's Marxist Section book award for 2007.
Gino DiIorio's (V&PA) play, Are You the Wife of Michael Cleary?, premiered at the Irish Arts Center in New York City on January 15, 2008. The play was produced by the Stagemad Theatre Company of Waterford, Ireland.
Cynthia Enloe (Government emerita and IDCE, research professor) was selected as this year's recipient of the Susan
S. Northcutt Award, established in 2003 by the Women's Caucus for International Studies (WCIS) to honor the Caucus' founder, Susan S. Northcutt. The award recognizes a person who actively works toward recruiting and advancing women and other minorities in the profession, whose spirit is inclusive, generous and conscientious and who has made significant contributions through service and competence in the profession of international studies and to the International Studies Association.
Patricia Ewick (Sociology) was awarded the Seymour N. Logan Faculty Fellowship for 2007-09 for her proposed new upper level seminar course and symposium, both titled "Punishment, Politics and Culture."
Rachel Falmagne (Psychology) was re-elected President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology for a second term.
Susan Foster (Biology) was elected to the Presidential office for the Animal Behavior Society. She will serve as President Elect until summer 2009, as President for one year, then Past President for an additional year.
Abbie Goldberg (Psychology) and James Murphy (Geography) were awarded Edward Hodgkins Junior Faculty Fellowships for personifying the Clark ideal of excellence in research and in teaching.
Abbie Goldberg received the Outstanding Paper Award in 2007 from the National Council on Family Relations for her paper, "Lesbian mothers' ideas and intentions about male involvement across the transition to parenthood," which appeared in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Harvey Gould (Physics) and his collaborators received the 2007 Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences award from the Krell Institute, honoring innovation, educational impact and breadth in the development and implementation of educational materials for CES.
Liza Grandia's (IDCE) expert affidavits (on behalf of the Maya peoples of the Toledo district of Belize, who were pressing a case to defend their customary land rights) were quoted extensively by the Chief Justice of the Belize Supreme Court. This is an historic victory that sets precedence for indigenous people in other Commonwealth countries with similar claims.
Susan Hanson (Geography) became Chair, Section 64, of the National Academy of Sciences, in 2007.
Scott Hendricks (Philosophy) was selected to receive the Outstanding Teacher Award by the graduating class of 2007.
Lene Arnett Jensen (Psychology) was appointed to serve on the board of directors of Children's Friend for a three-year term. Children's Friend was established in 1849 as a charity caring for orphaned, abandoned and neglected children in Worcester.
Lisa Kasmer (English) was awarded a visiting fellowship at Chawton House Library in Hampshire, England during Spring 2008 to complete research on her book project, "Novel Histories, British Women Writing History, 1760-1840."
Matthew Malsky (V&PA) again received the ASCAPlus Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, in recognition of a number of commissioned works and other activities.
John McGinn (V&PA) premiered a new solo piano work, Without a Net, in a series of concerts with Andrew List and Margaret McAllister at Boston College and Old South Church in Boston, as well as at Clark University.
John McGinn served as music director and pianist for The Shakespeare Concerts in its second appearance at Boston's Jordan Hall in March.
Sarah Michael's (Education) new book, Ready, Set, Science!: Putting Research to Work in K-8 Science Classrooms, is a finalist for the Educational Publisher's Association's Distinguished Achievement Award.
Mark Miller (Government) was named the Thomas Jefferson Distinguished Chair, Fulbright Scholar to the American Studies and History Programs at Leiden University, the Netherlands, for spring 2008.
John Rainey (Small Business Development Center) was named Massachusetts Star Performer for 2007 by the Association of Small Business Development Centers. The award was presented in Denver in September, 2007.
Dianne Rocheleau (Geography) contributed a chapter to an edited volume that won the Lourdes Arizpe Award in Environmental Anthropology in 2007, given by the American Anthropological Association. The book is Brosius, et al. 2005. Communities and Conservation: Histories and Politics of Community Based Natural Resource Management. Altamira Press.
John Rogan (Geography) was awarded the 2007 Oliver and Dorothy Hayden Junior Faculty Fellowship, presented to an outstanding junior faculty member who personifies the Clark ideal of excellence in teaching and excellence in research, scholarship, or creative work.
John Rogan won the 2008 Best Paper Award for Early Career Scholars in Remote Sensing from the Association of American Geographers Remote Sensing Specialty Group.
Laurie Ross (IDCE) received the second annual William Meinhofer Award for Faculty Excellence on March 11 from the Worcester UniverCity Partnership at a ceremony held here at Clark. Ross shares the 2008 award with WPI's Robert Krueger. The award is given to a college or university faculty member who enables students to engage in the kind of community-based work that was important to the award's namesake, William Meinhofer, who served as director of the Donelan Office of Community-based Learning at the College of the Holy Cross.
Robert Ross (Sociology) was nominated to be secretary-treasurer of the American Sociological Association's section on Labor and Labor Movements. The election is to be held in April, 2008.
Kate Shepard (Education) was presented the American Stars of Teaching Award for the state of Massachusetts in October, 2007. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, this award recognizes and honors superior teachers who raise student achievement, use innovative classroom strategies and make a difference in their students' lives.
Inshik Seol (Graduate School of Management) received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2008-09. He will lecture at the Sogang University in Seoul, Korea beginning in summer 2008, on comparative accounting practices between Korean and U.S. systems.
Bill Turner (Geography) was selected as Fellow, Massachusetts Academy of Sciences, 2007 (inaugural class).
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