(Activities Announced at Faculty Meetings,
May, 2006 - April, 2007)
 

CHRISTOPHER BAILEY recently completed a five-year term as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Hazard Library Association (Poplar Ridge). On April 28, he represented the faculty at the groundbreaking ceremony for Wells College's new Science Center; he gave a short talk on the role of the science faculty in the design process. On April 20, Professor Bailey performed (acoustic guitar) with two students, Stephanie Jones (flute) and Cathy Walker (vocal), at the annual Wells College Talent Show. As part of his January course in Genealogy, Professor Bailey accompanied seven Wells students to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Family History Library holds one of the world's premiere collections of genealogical records. The students received instruction in genealogical methods from Professor Bailey and then made extensive use of the library's collections while developing their own family histories.

Emeritus Professor ARTHUR BELLINZONI lectured at the Rothko Chapel in Houston on May 11 on "The Future of Christianity: Can It Survive?" His Houston lecture coincides with the publication of his book of the same title. This book, The Future of Christianity: Can It Survive, was selected by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance as their July 2006 recommended Book of the Month. You can view it on their website: www.religioustolernace.org and type in Bellinzoni in the Search window. Their site also includes some readers’ reviews of the book as they appear on www.amazon.com Professor Bellinzoni spoke at the Unitarian-Universalist Church in Auburn on February 11, 2007, on the subject "On Naming God."

BRUCE BENNETT gave a reading at the Red Door Coffee House in Groton, New York, on May 6, 2006. He had poems published in three literary journals, REFLECTIONS, Iambs & Trochees, and LIGHT. He also had poems published in five poetry magazines: IAMBS & TROCHEES, KESTREL, Haz Mat Review, Light, and MEASURE. Through the efforts of Professor Bennett, Wells College has been awarded a grant for 2006-07 for the Visiting Writers Series from the New York State Council on the Arts. He read his poetry at Grove Art Gallery in Aurora on September 14. He had poems published in THE HEALING MUSE and read at the publication party for THE HEALING MUSE at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse on October 11. Professor Bennett’s new chapbook, COYOTE’S INTERLUDE WITH LITTLE MISS DARLING, was published by FootHills Publishing. Professor Bennett and four other FootHills authors read from New FootHills books at Wells on November 6, 2006, to celebrate the 20^th anniversary of FootHills Publishing. Professor Bennett read his poetry at Storylines Books & Café, Watkins Glen, October 23, 2006. His students from last spring’s Creative Non-Fiction class gave a reading of their work at the Seneca Falls Public Library on November 9. His new chapbook, Examined Life, a collection of 58 epigrams, was published by Scienter Press. His poem, "The Lady Speaks Again," from his 1992 book, Taking Off, was selected for inclusion on Columbia University Press’s Internet database, Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry. Professor Bennett has had poems published in the poetry magazines, Light and Hummingbird, and online in INNISFREE POETRY JOURNAL. His villanelle, "For Millicent and Giovanni, Who are Going to Need a Bed," was a finalist in the prairie Home Companion "Spring Lyric" contest and was read on the show by Garrison Keillor on March 31 and April 1, 2007. As part of the WSKG’s recognition of National Poetry Month, a portion of an interview with Professor Bennett, recorded in September 2004, aired in an "audio anthology" on OFF THE PAGE on April 3. 

For several years, CATHERINE BURROUGHS has served as one of the editorial advisors to the just-published five-volume series, The Broadview Anthology of Literature. This series is now available for courses in British literature ranging from the Medieval Period to the Twenty-first Century. Her article, "‘If the informing spirit be mine’: Frances Anne Kemble and Theory in Rehearsal," was published this past summer in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research 20.1-2 (2006): 28-33. On September 7, Professor Burroughs was invited to serve as Emory University's representative in the ceremony to inaugurate Cornell University's new president, David Skorton. She has been invited to contribute an essay on elegy and the drama to Oxford Handbook of the Elegy, edited by Karen Weisman. In December, Professor Burrough’s article was published in a special issue of Nineteenth-Century Contexts on "Romanticism and Theater." The article is called "'The Father Foster'd at His Daughter's Breast: Fanny Kemble and The Grecian Daughter" (28.4, 2006: 335-345). She has been invited to be an external assessor for a promotion review at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Her book, Women in British Romantic Theatre: Drama, Performance and Society, 1790-1840 (2000), has just been re-published in paperback by Cambridge University Press. 

CANDACE COLLMER continued work on a collaborative NSF-funded project to develop new Gene Ontology (GO) terms describing biological processes involved in plant-microbe pathogenesis. She and four other members of the PAMGO (Plant-Associated Microbe Gene Ontology) interest group met with two GO Consortium members for a three-day term development jamboree at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Maryland, from July 17-19, 2006. Over 150 newly proposed terms, such as those describing more detailed microbe responses to host defenses, were submitted to the GO Consortium for approval and integration into GO following that meeting. She also attended a reunion at Dartmouth College from August 11-13, 2006, for participants in their summer workshops over the past seven years on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) of the Human Genome Project (HGP). She presented a talk (co-authored with Laura Purdy) entitled "A Multidisciplinary Perspective for Addressing an ELSI-HGP Paradox: 'Race-Based' Medicine," which grew out of their collaborative Wells course, Ethics and the Human Genome Project. This course was created after Professor Collmer's participation in the two-week Dartmouth workshop in the summer of 2001. Professor Collmer is one of the authors on a paper by the Gene Ontology Consortium entitled, "The Gene Ontology (GO) Project in 2006." It was published in the 2006 Database Issue of Nucleic Acids Research, volume 34, pages D322-D326. Also, the work of PAMGO, the Plant-Associated Microbe Gene Ontology interest group of which she is a member, was highlighted in the second issue (August 2006) of the newly created Gene Ontology Newsletter. Professor Collmer made a presentation entitled "Gene Ontology (GO) for microbe-host interactions and its use in ongoing annotation of three Pseudomonas syringae genomes" at the 7^th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars and Related Pathogens (ICPSPRP), held in Agadir, Morocco, from November 12-16, 2006. She attended the Plant and Animal Genome XV Conference in San Diego, California, from January 13-17, 2007, and presented a talk as part of a workshop entitled "Plant-Associated Microbe Gene Ontology (PAMGO): A community resource of Gene Ontology (GO) terms describing gene products involved in microbe-host interactions." The Plant Associated-Microbe Gene Ontology (PAMGO) project, in which Professor Collmer is involved as a Principal Investigator, recently had several hundred newly created and defined terms accepted into the international Gene Ontology (GO) project. These terms describe the various processes involved in a microbe's interactions with its host, either plant or animal, and with either beneficial or pathogenic outcomes. A press release put out by the National Science Foundation about the PAMGO project was picked up by a number of science news outlets around the world.

BEATRICE FARNSWORTH chaired a Russian history session at the Middle Atlantic Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies held at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University on March 31, 2007 in New York City.

DEBORAH GAGNON presented "Masking the Self, Unmasking Identity" as part of a symposium (Tapping the creative: Using self-expressive methods in teaching psychology) with colleagues from MIT, St. Mary's College, and Cabrini College at the American Psychological Association convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 11, 2006. She represented the Wells Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (Xi of New York) as Head Delegate at PBK's Forty-First Triennial Council Meeting, October 26-29, in Atlanta, Georgia. Professor Gagnon participated in REACHING OUT: Best Practices in Teaching Diversity & International Perspectives Across the Psychology Curriculum, held October 13-14, in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology held January 3-6 in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, and presented "What Shall a Diverse Cognitive and Biological Psychology Look Like?" on January 5. 

DEB GAGNON and MILENE MORFEI led a roundtable discussion entitled, "Diversifying the Psychology Curriculum: Lessons Learned" in a Participant Idea Exchange at the National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg, Florida, January 3–6.

WILLIAM GANIS had his review of the group exhibition at C.W. Post's Hillwood Art Gallery, "Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptor’s Guild," published in the September 2006 issue of Sculpture magazine. Another review by Dr. Ganis, "Toshio Iezumi: Glass and Movement," an exhibition at Chappell Gallery, New York City, was published in the Fall 2006 issue of Glass Quarterly. He contributed photographs and an additional article to Glass Quarterly’s "Hourglass" column; "Gardens and Glass" is a critical appraisal of the Dale Chihuly installations currently on view at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. On September 17, Professor Ganis presented a lecture, "The State of Stone Sculpture in the Digital Age," at the Grounds for Sculpture in Mercerville, New Jersey. Dr. Ganis then moderated a panel with artists Jon Isherwood, Lauren Ewing, Michael Rees, Robert Michael Smith and Barry X Ball on this same theme. On October 28 and 29, he chaired two sessions, "Photographs of a Being Before: Now Parts I & II" at the WAPACC Conference, "Constructions of Death, Mourning, and Memory," in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Professor Ganis also presented his paper, "The Black and White Death: Andy Warhol’s Terminal Social Disease," as a part of this conference. On November 15, he delivered a lecture, "Digital Stones and Inkjet Effigies: New Media Sculpture." This talk took place in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the University of Saint Francis as part of the School of Creative Arts "Closer Look Lecture Series." In addition to this lecture, Professor Ganis also addressed the USF SIGGRAPH student chapter and a History of Design class. His book, Andy Warhol's Serial Photography, was reviewed in The Art Book, Volume 13, Issue 3, by Dr. Mark Rawlinson of the University of Nottingham. On November 10-12, Professor Ganis and Melissa Roberts traveled with eight visual arts students to New York City to experience museums including: Dia Beacon, Museum of Modern Art, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Visits to Chelsea galleries and related openings were another feature of the excursion. His review of the "Michael Glancy: Periodic Equilibrium" exhibition at Barry Friedman Gallery, New York City, was published in the Spring 2007 issue of Glass Quarterly. On March 9 Professor Ganis participated as a member of a four-person panel in a themed discussion, "New York Architecture as Global Practice." This panel was a part of the "New York City: Global Village" interdisciplinary conference at the Manhattan campus of the New York Institute of Technology. Professor Ganis had his article about Corning Museum's "Glass for Living" seminar published in the Winter 2006-07 issue of Glass Quarterly. He has also relaunched Iconophilia, an e-anthology of art criticism now in it's eighth year and available at http://home.earthlink.net/~dadaloplop/home.html

NANCY GILBERTSON volunteered with a delegation that went to El Salvador in March 2006 as part of a Sister Community Project in San Pedro, which is facilitated by the Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting. The group takes yearly trips to the rural mountain village of San Pedro in the spirit of cultural exchange. This year the delegation took instruments to the village in response to the community's request. They took an electric piano donated by Erica Letis '06 and various other donated instruments. Ms. Gilbertson, along with musicians Kyle Gilbertson and Cody Gilbertson, spent the time allotted for "music lessons" instructing all who were interested in exploring the instruments. Enthusiasm was high. Perhaps they will have a band together by the next visit. Professor Gilbertson presented a solo piano recital at Wells College on February 24, 2007. Music included on the program was Aaron Copland's Piano Fantasy, two Preludes from Op. 32 by Rachmaninoff, four of the later Chopin Waltzes, and Gavotte and Variations by Rameau.

JEANNE GODDARD and five members of the Wells College Dance Ensemble performed a revised version of her dance, "Forces" in the Ithaca Choreographers' Showcase, at the Community School of Music and Arts on May 13, 2006. She choreographed and danced in a concert of music from the American Civil War at Grace Episcopal Church in Cortland, New York, in May. During June and July, she taught five weeks of modern dance classes at the CRS Barn Studio in Ithaca, New York. In August Professor Goddard attended the annual meeting of the New York State DanceForce in Buffalo, New York, and also choreographed and danced in a concert of British and American music in Cape May, New Jersey, as part of their Access to Art Series.

SIOUXSIE GRADY directed a new theatre piece entitled "Water Haiku" on May 13, 2006, at the Vanishing Point Studio in Lockwood, New York. She created this site-specific piece for inclusion in the "Art on the Water" Festival.  Professor Grady directed Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit." The production won five awards of "Excellence" from the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS), including Excellence in Directing. Regarding the production, TANYS Adjudicator Ruth Legg said, "Under the skillful direction of Siouxsie Grady, the students at Wells College brought Noel Coward's classic "Blithe Spirit" alive with sophistication and professionalism. The warm, inviting set and period costumes took the audience back to the era of the witty, British drawing room comedy. Everyone involved is to be congratulated for a production that captivated audiences." Professor Grady was recently chosen as one of five professors to teach at the Advanced Studies in England program in Bath for the summer of 2009. She will be teaching a course entitled, "Contemporary British Playwrights."

PILAR GREENWOOD presented a paper entitled, "Dictadores novelistas y dramaturgos: Crítica y conciencia histórico-política entre los dominicanos ("Dictators, Novelists, and Playwrights: Critical and Historical Consciousness among Dominicans), a the VI Internacional Congreso of Hispanic Literaturas celebrated in Cancún, México, from March 7-9, 2007. Her paper was part of a panel discussing the role of Latin American writers in shaping political and historical consciousness in post-dictatorship periods. 

SCOTT HEINEKAMP attended three short workshops this past June at Cornell, concerned with the proposed construction and scientific potential of a major new x-ray research facility there, to be called the ERL, or Energy Recovery Linac. He also attended the national meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, held in Syracuse in July.

SPENCER HILDAHL’s review of the book, Media Audiences and Identity: Self-Construction in the Fan Experience by Steve Bailey was published in the July 2006 issue of CHOICE. His review of World Culture: Origins and Consequences, by Frank J. Lechner and John Boli, was published in the June 2006 issue.

JILL HILL, VICTORIA MUÑOZ, and Megan Correia `08 have had their paper titled, "And We Are Still Centering the Margins: Assimilative Pressure, Resistance, and Transformation in Psychology Education," accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, April 9 - April 13, 2007, Chicago. The theme of the annual meeting is, The World of Educational Quality, and the paper will be presented within Division B - Curriculum Studies in Section 2: Critical Perspectives and Practices. 

JILL HILL was the invited lecturer for the Counseling Psychology Colloquium at Teachers College (Columbia University), New York City on November 29, 2006. Professor Hill's lecture was titled, "Decolonizing Personality Assessment and Honoring Indigenous Voices: A Critical Examination of the MMPI-2." Along with her colleagues from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS; Gannett Health Services) at Cornell University, Professor Hill also presented at the 24th Annual Winter Roundtable on Cultural Psychology and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York, on February 16, 2007. The symposium presentation was titled, "Get Out of the Counseling Center! Innovative Approaches to Reaching and Empowering College Students in Distress." Her research, "Cultural Validity of MMPI-2 Empirical Correlates: Is this the best we can do?" has also been accepted for presentation at the 115th Annual American Psychological Convention to be held in San Francisco, California, August 17-20, 2007. APA Division 45, the Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, is the sponsoring division.

At the end of the fall semester, CHRISTINE IAOBUCCI‘s SOC 385 (Gender Differences in Language and Aggression) students participated in a positive school social climate program for middle and high school students in the Lansing Central School District. Hayley Clark-Braverman, Ariel Lawson, Natalie Massulik, Caitrin O'Connell, Pat O'Rourke, Kari Ouderkirk, Isabelle Thonicke, and Sarah Waugh attended a high school mentor training session, a middle school workshop, and a task force meeting with teachers, parents, and administrators where their contributions were greatly appreciated.

ETHEL KING-MCKENZIE presented a paper entitled "Exile and Estrangement in the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies" at theAmerican Conference for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies on April 6-9, 2006, at the University of California, Berkeley. She will be attending the SUNY Geneseo Spring 2006 Teaching & Learning Conference to be held on May 16- 19, 2006, at the SUNY Training Center, Geneseo, New York. Professor King-McKenzie, Susan Talbot, and three final year students Keela Dates, Kirsten Weeks and Christine Bankert-Wray attended the Inclusion Imperatives Conference on April 21 and 22, 2006, at Syracuse University.

KENT KLITGAARD’s article entitled, "Comparative Advantage in the Age of Globalization," was published in the Internal Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability 1(3). His article, co-authored with Cas Hall, "The Need for a New biophysiclly-Based Paradigm in Economics for the Second Half of the Age of Oil," was published in International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research 1(1).

A book co-authored by ANNE LUNDQUIST has just been published by LRP Publications. Titled The Student Affairs Handbook: Translating Legal Principles into Effective Policies, the book addresses current risk management and liability issues involving students in higher education and combines legal and practical advice regarding administrative and key policy issues in student affairs. The book focuses less on theory and more on the realities of student affairs administration. At the same time, the book emphasizes the need for a deliberative, strategic, collaborative and systemic organizational management approach for institutions of higher education.

TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO was invited as part of Wells Lecture Series at the Seneca Falls Library to deliver a lecture on May 11, 2006. The topic of his lecture was "The Political Re-mapping of Africa." He attended the 20th International Political Science Association World Congress, which was held in Fukuoka, Japan, on July 7-14, 2006. The topic of his presentation was, "Japan’s Economic and Political Relations with Africa Since the 1970s and Their Implications for Popular Demands for Democracy in Africa: A Preliminary Reflection." Professor Lumumba-Kasongo also chaired a panel on "The Crisis and Capacity of Democracy in Africa" in the 20th IPSA World Congress. In July 2006, he organized a seminar at Hiroshima University in the Center for International Cooperation in Education (Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan) where he is a Visiting Research Fellow; the topic of his seminar was "Liberal Democracy and Its Critics in Africa." In November 2006, he was invited to deliver a lecture at Wellesley College; the topic was "Contemporary Japanese Politics." Professor Lumumba-Kasongo taught a graduate seminar at Suffolk University, Department of Government, on "Politics of Japan." During his sabbatical leave, Professor Lumumba-Kasongo finalized a research project on "Cheikh Anta Diop’s Political Thoughts as a Scientist, an Historian, and an Egyptologist." This research was accepted in January 2007 and it is forthcoming in the International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences. He also finalized a research project on "Africa’s Third-Term Syndrome: A Trend towards Authoritarianism or a Unique Form of Democracy?" This project was completed in November 2006, and it has been published in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2007, Volume VIII, and Number 1. Professor Lumumba-Kasongo collected the data in various centers and research institutions in Japan and the United States on his ongoing research project on "Japan’s Economic and Political Relations with Africa from the Bandung Conference in 1955 to the Present."

MATTHEW MCCABE accompanied six Wells students on a visit to a number of financial institutions and sites in New York City as part of his Investment Management and Strategies course. Professor McCabe was also a participant in the Eastern Economic Association Conference in New York City on February 24, 2007, as a discussant for a paper entitled "What's Going On With Punitive Damages In Light of Philip Morris USA v. Williams" and as a participant in a roundtable discussion on "The Usual Suspects: What You Do to Rebut Your Common Opponent."

On October 6, LAURA J. MCCLUSKY presented a paper at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the New York State Sociological Association (NYSSA). The title of the paper was "The Limits of Agency: Mopan Mayan Women's Efforts to Escape, Endure and Avoid Domestic Violence." She was also a panel speaker on two other panel sessions of this conference, one on the future of the organization and one which launched the association's new on-line journal, The New York Sociologist. Professor McClusky co-edits this journal with Paul Fuller, Department of Sociology at St. John Fisher's College and Tim McCorry, Department of Sociology at Buffalo State College. 

Professor McClusky presented a paper entitled, "From Understanding Status to Investigating Agency: Studying Domestic Violence Among Maya in Belize" at the 105th annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, California, on November 19, 2006. She was invited to give a campus-wide talk at Nazareth College on March 27. Her talk was titled, "You Studied What?!? Why?!?: Studying Domestic Violence among Maya - Issues and Findings."

On June 14, LESLIE MILLER-BERNAL gave a talk to faculty at Fort Hare University, South Africa, entitled, "Historically Black Colleges in the United States: History and Current Challenges." Her co-edited book, Going Coed: Women's Experiences in Formerly Men's Colleges and Universities (Vanderbilt University Press, 2004), was reviewed in History of Education Quarterly, Fall, 2006. On January 17 and 18, Dean Miller-Bernal traveled to Randolph Macon Woman's College where she gave a talk titled, "Women’s Colleges and Formerly Women’s Colleges: Similarities and Differences" as well as spoke to various groups of faculty, staff, and students about the experiences at Wells and other formerly women's colleges as they made the transition to a coeducational college. Dean Miller-Bernal’s paper, "Women's Colleges Over Time," was the first in a panel, Women's Colleges Respond to the Challenge of Coeducation, presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings in Chicago. The panel itself was based on Dean Miller-Bernal's recent, co-edited book, Challenged by Coeducation: Women's Colleges Since the 1960s. Since Dean Miller-Bernal was unable to attend the meetings due to a family emergency, one of the co-panelists read her paper.

MILENE MORFEI attended the biennial meetings of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, June 22-25. She attended the "Best Practices in Teaching Diversity and International Perspectives Across the Psychology Curriculum" conference in Atlanta, Georgia, October 13-14, 2006. Professor Morfei represented Wells College Chapter Xi of the New York chapter as a delegate to the 41st Triennial Council of the Phi Beta Kappa Society in October 2006. She presented a poster entitled, "We're the Same, Only Different: Connecting Through Diversity in Adult Development and Aging" at the National Institute for the Teaching of Psychology in St. Petersburg, Florida, January 3-6. Yasmine Jaber '07 was second author on the poster.

VICTORIA MUÑOZ presented a paper entitled, "Toward Ethnic Transgender Psychologies: Transgender Men of Color, Gender Identity, Race, Culture, and Sexuality." The paper was sponsored by APA Division 44: The Society for the Psychological Study of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues in the session, "Intersecting Identities: Sexual Orientation, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender." American Psychological Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, August 12, 2006. She was a guest speaker at the Seneca Falls Library in November as part of the "Wells College Lecture Series." A friendly discussion of Puerto Rican culture and a tour of the new library were enjoyed by all. Professor Muñoz has had her paper titled, "Erotic Transitions: Desire, Pleasure, Intimacy, and Sex Changes," accepted for presentation within the session, Sexual Orientation, Transgenderism and Diversity at the 18th World Congress of WAS, the 1st World Congress of Sexual Health, April 16, 2007, Sydney. Professor Muñoz has been invited as a Visiting Scholar by the Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto, fall of 2007. Being a Visiting Scholar will enable Professor Muñoz "to participate generally in the scholarly and scientific life of the University community, and specifically affords the following privileges: library borrowing privileges; office space, Internet, fax, and telephone access; CFR sponsorship of a public lecture." Professor Muñoz has been approved for candidacy on the Fulbright Senior Specialists Roster. "The Roster is a list of all approved candidates who are eligible to be matched with incoming program requests from overseas academic institutions for Fulbright Senior Specialists." The Fulbright Senior Specialist Program is supported by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB), the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State (ECA), and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES).

NIAMH O' LEARY attended a National Science Foundation Workshop at Governors State University, Illinois, in June. The topic of the workshop was "New Approaches and Techniques for Teaching Science: Addressing Environmental Problems to Stimulate Undergraduate Learning." Professor O’Leary co-authored an article that appears in the most recent issue of the peer-reviewed journal, "Hydrological Processes." The article entitled, "The Impact of Storm Events on Solute Exports from a Glaciated Forested Watershed in Western New York, USA," was co-authored by Inamdar, O' Leary, Mitchell and Riley. In addition, Professor O’Leary was invited to attend a Regional Planning Summit for the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. The summit was entitled, "The Economic, Educational and Environmental Benefits of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex." She presented "Variation in stream pH during and between storm events in a base-rich watershed in western New York" at the annual meeting of the American Water Resources Association in Baltimore, Maryland, in November

ERNIE OLSON presented the paper, "Tongan Kava Circles," for the session "Consuming Emblems: Psychoactive Plants" organized by Mathew Tomlinson, Monash University, for the Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference held September 26-29 at the Cairns Campus of James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. 

VICTOR PENNIMAN and the Ruby Gamba (electric viola da gamba) were featured in the cover-story article on Syracuse singer/songwriter Ashley Cox in the Syracuse New Times on May 2. Professor Penniman and Ashley performed on April 21, 2006, at the very popular Lower East Side Manhattan Club, Fat Baby, to a packed house. Ashley Cox's new CD, "Honey By The Pound," which features Professor Penniman, was officially released on May 19. The CD release party was held at Jazz Central (441 E. Washington St.) in Syracuse on May 19.

LAURA PURDY gave a talk entitled "Exporting the Culture of Life," on a panel entitled "Women's Reproductive and Sexual Rights," at the conference, "Is There a Global Bioethics? Moral, Legal, and International Norms in Bioscience," IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics, New York City, April 22, 2006. Her paper, "Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children Be Immoral?" will be reprinted in Bioethics: An Introduction to the History, Methods, and Practice, by Nancy Jecker, Albert Jonsen, and Robert Pearlman, 2nd edition (Jones and Bartlett, 2007). Professor Purdy’s article, "Why 'Religious Literacy' is a Misleading Concept," was published in Free Inquiry, August/September 2006 (vol. 26, no. 5), 32-24. Her article, "Xenotransplantation: The Case Against" was published in Philosophy Now, May/June 06 Issue 55, 9-12. She has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Board, CSER Review. Her review of Stephen Coleman, The Ethics of Artificial Uteruses, was published in Politics and the Life Sciences, Vol. 24, no. 1-2 (March/September 2005). She was a panel member on the session on Religion and Reproductive Freedom, at the American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities, October 29, 2006, Denver Colorado. She was an invited member on a panel entitled, "Watch Out, Roe!" with Toby Schonfeld, Carolyn McLeod, and Suzanne Holland, sponsored by the American Academy of Religion, November 17, 2006. Professor Purdy’s article, "Genetics and Reproductive Risk: Can Having Children Be Immoral?" was reprinted in the 8th edition of Ronald Munson, Intervention and Reflection: Basic Issues in Medical Ethics, Thomson, 2008. She also gave a presentation entitled, "A Religious Basis for Sexual and Reproductive Ethics?" at the First Annual Vivos Moral Symposium, Vivos, Greece, July 15, 2006. 

MELISSA ROBERTS is in a group exhibition called "Waterfall" at Mahan Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, which opened December 2. 

WILLIAM ROBERTS had an exhibition at the Crossgate Gallery of Lexington, Kentucky, and was part of the annual group exhibition at the Fasig Tipton Sales Pavilion in August 2006. Six of his photos, including two cover photos, were published in the Daily Racing Form and approximately 300 of his photos were posted on Horsephotos.Com. Two photos of his Preakness race coverage from Baltimore, Maryland, were published by ABC Sports on their recap of the Triple Crown. Approximately 20 of Professor Roberts’ watercolor sketches were published in the Saratoga Special by ST Publishing, Elkton, Maryland. He recently juried the Rochester Art Club’s Spring Juried Exhibition, May 1-29, 2006, at Wilson Gallery, Harley School, Rochester, New York. Professor Roberts photographed The Jockey Gold Cup, The Vosburgh, The Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, The Beldame and The Flower Bowl Invitational at Belmont Park, New York, on October 7 for Horsephotos.Com. His photograph of Bernardini winning The Jockey Gold Cup appeared on the cover of The Daily Racing Form (Vol.CXII No.283 NY) on October 10. Professor Roberts photographed the Genesee Valley Hunt Cup races in Geneseo, New York, on October 14 for Steeplechase Times and photographed the Breeders' Cup Steeplechase Championships in Far Hills, New Jersey, for the Steeplechase Times on October 27. He photographed The Breeders' Cup World Championships for Horsephotos.Com at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, on November 4. Three of his watercolor sketches were auctioned at Laurel Park, Maryland, to benefit the Maryland Racing Association. His cover photo of McDynamo and Jody Petty winning The Grand National Breeders' Cup Steeplechase at Far Hills, New Jersey, was published in the Daily Racing Form on November 19, 2006, "Jump Racing's Biggest Rivalry" by Jay Hovdey. His photo of jockey Julien Leparoux was published in the Daily Racing Form on November 26,2006, "Decision Fueled by Loyalty, Pragmatism" by Marty McGee. Professor Roberts’ photo of Henny Hughes winning The Vosburgh stakes at Belmont Park was published in Blood-Horse magazine, pp. 5901-5902, October 28, 2006; his photo of Scat Daddy winning the Sanford at Saratoga was published in Blood-Horse magazine, p.4168, August 5, 2006; and his photo of jockey Edgar Prado, originally published in the Daily Racing Form on June 11, 2006, has been nominated for an Eclipse Award in the category of photography 2006. Professor Roberts photographed the Houston Texans vs. the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Boston on December 17, 2006. His photo of Bernardini is included in the Blood-Horse Stallion Registry for 2007. The entry can be accessed using the following link: http://www.stallionregister.com/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=6801271&origin=singlesearch. This photo of Bernardini also appeared in the 2007 marketing catalogue for Darley Ltd., Lexington, Kentucky. Professor Roberts’ photo of Henny Hughes, taken at Saratoga Racecourse, appeared in a full-page ad for Coolmore Racing( Coolmore Stud, established in 1975, is the world's largest breeding operation of thoroughbreds). Four of his photos appeared in the 2006 promotional brochure for the Genesee Valley Hunt Club Races (Geneseo, New York).

JACLYN SCHNURR attended the Ecological Society of America meetings in Memphis and presented a poster titled "Evaluating the impact of TIEE activities on student understanding of science as a process and ecological concepts." Also, she was invited by the ESA student section to participate in a workshop called "How to succeed in Ecology." Professor Schnurr submitted a manuscript to Southeastern Naturalist titled, "Influences on oak and pine establishment with time-since-fire in sandhills longleaf pine forests."

ANDRE SIAMUNDELE chaired a session on Philosophy and Globalization and presented a paper on Senghor and Postcolony at the Conference organized by the University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (Barbados) to commemorate the centennial of Leopold Sedar Senghor's birth. On March 17, 2007, he presented a paper on Niiwam (one of the Senegalese Writer Sembene Ousmane's less known text) at the African Literature Association Conference held in West Virginia University.

On March 13 and 20, THOMAS STIADLE gave a total of five science presentations to fifth and eighth grade classes at Southern Cayuga Middle School. With assistance from students, he demonstrated that the density of an object does not determine whether it floats, thus correcting a common student misconception. He continued with an explanation of buoyancy using Newton's Laws of Motion.

In October, SUSAN WANSOR and SUSAN TALBOT took eight students to Rochester, New York, to attend an Expeditionary Learning Site Seminar and Conference at the Genesee Community Charter School. Professor Talbot made a presentation on Expeditionary Learning at the Forum for Innovation and Learning in Zaragoza, Spain on November 10.

CRAWFORD THOBURN conducted the Wells Choral Ensembles in their annual Spring Concert on May 7, 2006, in Barler Recital Hall. The Concert Choir was accompanied by pianist Nancy Gilbertson in works by J.S.Bach, Ron Nelson and Halsey Stevens. Sharing the program was the new mixed voice choral ensemble, Sine Nomine, which performed Tudor and Elizabethan motets and madrigals, as well as an Afro-American spiritual and a piece by American composer Morten J. Luvaas. Professor Thoburn's arrangement of the 15th century German carol "O Sing to the Babe" for unaccompanied women’s voices was published by Mark Foster Music Press this past summer. On June 3, 2006, he presided and presented the keynote remarks at the dedication of a tree on the campus of Allegheny College, given by alumni singers in memory of their teacher, mentor, and friend, Dr. Morten J. Luvaas. Dr. Luvaas established the music department at the college seventy-five years ago, and was the founder and conductor of the Allegheny Singers for thirty-five years. Professor Thoburn was also the chair of the committee which created the memorial project and raised the money to finance it. Professor Thoburn’s original composition for unaccompanied mixed voices, "'Neath Starlit Skies, Alleluia!" has been accepted for publication by the Abingdon Press. This is the twelfth firm to accept his compositions and arrangements for publication. On October 4, the Wells Choral Ensembles -- Concert Choir and Sine Nomine chamber choir -- presented a luncheon concert in Barler Recital Hall to a large and enthusiastic audience. The program included works by Bach, Brahms, and Mendelssohn as well as American folksongs and spirituals. This was a new venture, being the earliest performance ever by the groups in a fall semester. Professor Thoburn’s choral works have been receiving numerous foreign performances in recent months, such as the following: the Choir of the Anglican Cathedral of St. Michael and All Angels in Kelowna, B.C. Canada has just released a commercial CD including a performance of his arrangement of the Finnish folksong, "In Heavenly Love Abiding" published by Carl Fischer, Inc. for accompanied mixed choir. Overseas, the Reinhold Friedl Chor of Linz, Austria has performed his setting of the African-American spiritual, "Were You There?," published by the Augsburg Fortress Press, while Himmelstoechter, a professional women's a capella trio from Cologne, Germany, has been performing his arrangement of the English folksong, "Scarborough Fair," which is published by Mark Foster Music. During the past summer, an American junior college choir from Overland Park, Kansas, sang his original setting of the old English text "There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue," published by H.W. Gray, at a concert at the Basilica St. Pancrazio in Rome, while on tour in Europe. The Wells Choral Ensembles--Concert Choir and Sine Nomine, conducted by Professor Thoburn, presented a Friends and Parents Weekend concert on November 4 for a large and enthusiastic audience in Barler Recital Hall. The program included works by J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms and Aaron Copland, as well as arrangements of American Folk Songs and Afro-American Spirituals. Featured student soloists were Molly Cichy and Mary Gooding, and NANCY GILBERTSON accompanied the Concert Choir. The college choral ensembles, Concert Choir and Sine Nomine, under the direction of Professor Thoburn, traveled to Auburn on November 18, where they gave two performances of music for the holiday season at the Fingerlakes Mall. They performed at the Bass Pro Shop for the annual lighting of the Christmas tree and then serenaded shoppers from the balcony overlooking the central courtyard in the afternoon. On December 3, the choral ensembles presented their annual Holiday Concert in Barler Recital Hall amidst a traditional setting of pine boughs, lighted trees and candlelight. A large and enthusiastic audience heard traditional selections such as "Lo, How A Rose," "Silent Night," and "Carol of the Bells," as well as the Gustav Holst set of "Four Old English Carols." This was also the first appearance in a holiday concert by the new coeducational singing group "Sine Nomine," which performed arrangements of "The Holly And The Ivy," "Sleep, Sweet Jesus," and "My Dancing Day." Nancy Gilbertson accompanied both ensembles. A generous collection of non-perishable food was donated by the audience, which will be given to the Cayuga Food Pantry in Auburn. Professor Thoburn's published work is being performed widely during the holiday season. Typical are performances of his arrangement for mixed voices of the French carol, "Whence Comes This Lovely Fragrance?" by the San Antonio Choral Society, and of his arrangement for women's voices of the German carol "O Sing To The Babe" which was sung in five performances at Bethel University's 50th Annual Festival of Christmas in Arden, Minnesota. A telecast of this concert by Twin Cities Public TV will be broadcasted on public television outlets throughout the country during the Christmas season. The Albany Pro Musica, a semi professional chorus directed by David Griggs-Janower gave performances of Professor Thoburn’s original composition, "A Lovely Rose Is All My Song, " at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on December 9, and at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Albany on December 10. This work is scored for unaccompanied mixed voices and is published by Carl Fischer Inc.

MUIN UDDIN was an outside examiner for an Honors Project and Thesis in Economics, entitled, "The Development of the Hospitality Industry and its Effects on the Jamaican Economy: An Econometric Study," at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, on April 26, 2006. He was also one of three oral examiners for this thesis and the associated comprehensive examinations. Professor Uddin was an invited delegate at the International Faculty Development Workshop and Conference, entitled "China Confronts New Economic, Diplomatic and Security Issues," jointly sponsored by the National Science Foundation, University of Pittsburgh’s Chautauqua Field Center, Chinese Foreign Affairs University, and Chinese Foreign Ministry, held in Beijing, China, June 11-17, 2006. The meetings covered a variety of significant topics including global economic and business environment and strategy; international relations, politics, diplomacy, and foreign policy; the role of the U.S. and EU in East Asian security; and a host of other contemporary global issues. In addition to his partaking in all meetings, Professor Uddin was a participant and discussant on June 13-14 for two sessions entitled, "International Trade, Commerce and Development in East Asia" and "Global Business Environment, Strategy and Sustainable Development," held at the Chinese Foreign Affairs University in Beijing. On June 15, he participated in sessions and roundtable discussions on "Current Issues in Chinese and International Economy, Politics and Diplomacy" held at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing. On June 21-22, Professor Uddin was a participant at the 2006 South Asian Development Conference entitle, "Government Finances, NGOs and Economic Development," held at the National Institute of Local Governments in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

On April 27, 2006, THOMAS VAWTER participated in a panel presentation to the Onondaga Lake Partnership. Professor Vawter and his colleagues from EcoLogic LLC, presented preliminary results of their project "2020 Vision: Engaging the Public in the Future of a Restored Onondaga Lake." Professor Vawter is co-chair of a joint committee of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Intermunicipal Organization and the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network charged with developing a plan for long-term ecological monitoring of Cayuga Lake and its tributaries. Professor Vawter, together with colleagues from EcoLogic, LLC, submitted to the Onondaga Lake Partnership, the final report entitled, "2020 Vision: Engaging the Public in the Future of Onondaga Lake". This report represents the culmination of Professor Vawter's sabbatical leave project begun (2005-2006) in the summer of 2005, extracting from people of the Onondaga Lake Watershed a vision for a rehabilitated and revitalized Onondaga Lake.

CHRISTINA WAHL gave a talk entitled "Faith in Science and Science Education" at the Wider Parish Lenten series on February 25.  It was held at the Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting House.  An article summarizing some aspects of the talk and discussion appeared in the February 26 issue of the Auburn Citizen. Professor Wahl prepared and photographed a scanning electron micrograph of the developing ferret hindbrain that was published in the monograph "Neural Crest Induction and Differentiation", edited by Jean-Pierre Saint-Jennet, Landes Bioscience and Springer Science + Business Media (2006).  The electron micrograph appeared in Chapter 1, page 8, "Neural Crest Cells and the Community of Plan for Craniofacial Development:  Historical Debates and Current Perspectives" by Drew M. Noden and Richard A. Schneider.

The professional librarians, FRANKIE ANDERSON, HELEN BERGAMO, MURIEL GODBOUT, AND ELSIE TORRES, are participating in Continuous Assessment and Continuous Improvement: A Statewide Series of Workshops 2006-2007. This project is supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds, which were awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The goal of this project is continual improvement of library services for all users. Julie Kabelac and Kim Nolan have been providing support.

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