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Dr. Ronald Modras (theological studies) has been chosen through student nominations for the 1998 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.
Dr. Patrick Welch (economics) has published the sixth edition of Economics: Theory & Practice. The edition, co-authored with his wife, Gerry, includes the main text, study guide, instructor's manual and test book. It has been adopted by Michigan State University and UCLA.
From the School of Law: Richard Amelung is a member-at-large of the AALL BBX/TS Joint Research Grant Committee that reviews proposals and awards grants annually from funds contributed by the Online Bibliographic and Technical Services Special Interest Sections of AALL. John Dunsford published an article, "The Case for Retention of Remedial Jurisdiction in Labor Arbitration Awards," in the Georgia Law Review. Tom Greaney co-organized, spoke at and served as a panel member at a program on antitrust and health care at the School of Law. Greaney also published a commentary in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch titled, "Judiciary Has Become Hostile to Antitrust Law." He will chair a committee on physician integration for the Health Care Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section. Roger Goldman spoke on "Young People and the Police" at the Living Constitution Conference held at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, for teachers and students of grades 1-12. Joel Goldstein has written a chapter, "More Agony than Ecstasy: Hubert H. Humphrey as Vice President," that appeared in At the President's Side, published by the University of Missouri Press. He spoke on "The Hughes Court and Constitutional Consultation" before the Supreme Court Historical Society in Washington, D.C. Sandra Johnson was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics. She spoke at a meeting of the New York State Public Health Council to advise the council on legislative initiatives to improve pain management. Johnson also spoke at a conference of the American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics in Boston on Children, Parents, Professionals and the State. She spoke at an ABA Appellate Judges Seminar in Ashville, N.C., to a group of 70 judges on end-of-life decision-making. Johnson's article, "Removing Legal Constraints on Effective Pain Relief," was published in Bioethics Bulletin, a publication of the ABA coordinating group on bioethics and the law. Matthew Mirow participated in the 13th British Legal History Conference on "Learning the Law" held in Cambridge, England. His paper, "The Ascent of the Readings: Some Evidence from the Readings on Wills," will be included in a published book of the conference. In Legal History Review Mirow published book reviews of Landowners, Capitalists, and Entreprenuers, Essays for Sir John Kabakkuk, edited by F.M.L. Thompson; and of Marriage, Debt, and the Estates System: English Land Ownership 1650-1950 by H.J. Habakkuk. Mirow also published a chapter titled "La Codification Del Derecho Comercial in los EE.UU" in the book Evolucion Del Derecho Comercial (Medellin, 1997). Carol Moody coordinated and moderated a session on "Covering the Waterfront on Statistics" at the American Association of Law Libraries annual meeting in Baltimore. Peter Salsich delivered a 1997 Arts and Sciences Endowed Chairs Lecture titled "Toward a Property Ethic of Stewardship: A Religious Perspective" at the Knights' Room of Pius XII Memorial Library. His article, "Welfare Reform: Is Self Sufficiency Feasible Without Affordable Housing?" was published in the Michigan Law & Policy Review. Christine Szaj published an article, "Building Bridges and Connecting Dots: Easing the Transition from Law School to Law Practice," in the St. Louis Lawyer. She was interviewed by the National Jurist for an article titled, "Diary of a Law Student." Stephen Thaman published an article, "Waiting for the Verdict on System," in Voir Dire, a publication of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He visited in Spain from May through July to perform comparative studies of jury systems. He was invited by Juan Ortego, president of the Court in Palma de Mallorcra, to observe one of the first three trials under the new Spanish law. While in Palma de Mallorca he was interviewed by wire services and quoted in El Pais and El Mundo and in the local Barcelona papers concerning the first trial. He also spoke to lawyers and judges of Palma. He later lectured in Castellon at the University of Juame I, on the Asor Derrick Bell. Donald King co-authored four law casebooks in commercial law, sales law, negotiable instruments and payment systems, and secured transactions, as well as a textbook on purchasing law.
From the department of marketing: Dr. Brian D. Till co-wrote a paper, "Matching Endorsers with Products: Attractiveness Versus Expertise," which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Marketing. Dr. Brett Boyle was a guest lecturer for a second time at Dublin (Ireland) City University in early March.
From the department of modern and classical languages: Dr. Reinhard Andress has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to attend a four-week seminar in Germany this summer on "Deutschland and Mitteleuropa" (Germany and Central Europe). The doctoral dissertation of Dr. Claudine Jomphe, Les theories de las dispositio et la Franciade, has been accepted for publication by the French Honore Champion. The dissertation deals with rhetorical and poetical theories of arrangement in the antiquity and the Renaissance, and with epic poetry.
Dr. Hongxing Zhao (international business) and Tan Kong Yam published a paper, "Relationship Between Imported Technology and Indigenous Technological Capability: Evidence from Four Asian Economies," in The Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business and Government.
Dr. Ik-Whan Kwon (decision sciences/MIS) co-wrote an article, "The Complete Blood Count and Differential in Preterm Infants," for The Journal of Neonatal Nursing.
Dr. Michal Rozbicki's (history) new book, The Complete Colonial Gentleman: Cultural Legitimacy in Plantation America, has been published by the University Press of Virginia.
Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong, SJ (University professor emeritus) has just appeared in Greek translation. This is the 10th foreign language translation of this work. Portuguese and Chinese translations are forthcoming in the next year. A fourth volume of Ong's essays, Faith and Contexts: Further Essays, is scheduled to be published soon. A letter from the publishers to the editors states, "We believe that Father Ong is one of the great intellects of our time and are proud to give his essays a broader hearing than they might otherwise have."
From the department of political science: Dr. Ken Warren served as associate editor for the Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration, published recently by Westview Press. Warren contributed articles on "Administrative Searches and Seizures," "Adjudication," "Agency," "Primary Jurisdiction," "Reviewability," "Ripeness Principle" and "Standing." Under his editorship, three of his colleagues were assigned key articles for publication: Dr. Jean-Robert Leguey-Feilleux published articles on "Absolute Immunity," "Official Immunity," "Qualified Immunity" and "Sovereign Immunity." Dr. Wynne Moskop published "Bill of Attainder," "Original Intent" and "Separation of Powers." Dr. Steven Puro published "Executive Agreement," "Executive Order" and "Executive Privilege." Puro also co-published with colleague Roger Goldman (School of Law) a refereed article titled "Police Decertification: Changing Patterns Among the States: 1985-1995," in Policing, an international journal of police strategies and management. He also published eight book reviews. These included a review of Scott R. Bowman's The Modern Corporation and American Political Thought in Perspectives on Political Science, and a review of Robert Meier's Victimless Crime?: Prostitution, Drugs, Homosexuality, and Abortion in The Law and Politics Book Review. He published six other reviews in the Library Journal. Dr. Ellen Carnaghan is in Russia on Fulbright and IREX Fellowships to conduct original survey research. In November, an article by Dr. Tim Lomperis, "Fact, Fiction, and the Vietnam War," was published in Revista Canaria de Estudios Inglesis. In December he gave two lectures on his book, From People's War to People's Rule: one to the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs in New York, and the other to the Olin Social Science Colloquium at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Dr. Emmanuel Uwalaka recently returned from a sabbatical leave in Nigeria, where he was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of African Studies of the University of Nigeria at Nsukka. While there, he presented a paper on "Igbo Peoples' Attitudes Toward the Proliferation of Traditional Titles."
Drs. Maria Lynn and James Korn (psychology) gave two presentations on collaborative learning groups and teams at the 10th Southeastern Conference on the Teaching of Psychology held in Atlanta in February. Korn also was elected to Fellow status in division one of the American Psychological Association.
Scott Belobrajdic (undergraduate admission) has been named to the National Association of Admission Counseling's six-person advisory committee for National College Fairs. For the next three years, he will work with the organization's executive board regarding marketing and operational guidelines for the 33 national college fairs. He was named to the committee after serving as the chairman for the St. Louis National College Fair, which brought more than 200 colleges, 5,000 students and their parents to Saint Louis University in October. Belobrajdic also has been notified that the fair will be held on SLU's campus again this fall. Only two of the 33 fairs are held on four-year college campuses.
Dr. John J. Stretch (social service) was selected among 75 AAUP leaders across the country to attend "Critical Issues in University Governance." It was held in Washington, D.C., in February.
From the department of English: Dr. Ellen Carol Jones presented a paper on "Migrant Lines" at the Miami Joyce Conference at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. Keith Jones presented a paper, "'Ah! That's a Foul Fault': Responsibility and Henry V, 'the Mirro of all Christian Kings,'" at the South Central Conference on Christianity and Literature at Mississippi College in February. He will deliver a paper, "'Choosing Forms of Worship from Poetic Tales': 'Orthodoxy' and 'Heterodoxy' in William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell," at the Midwest Christianity and Literature Conference at Taylor University in April. Dr. Thomas Moisan published "Antique Fables, Fairy Toys: Elisions, Allusion, and Translation" in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays, edited by Dorothea Kehler (New York: Garland, 1998). Victoria Carlson has published a prose poem titled "Self-Examination" in volume 4 of Quarter After Eight: A Journal of Prose and Commentary. Her review of Diane Glancy's creative non-fiction collection The West Pole appeared in Readerly/Writerly Texts.
Dr. Brian Betker (finance) has published a paper, "The Security Price Effects on Public Debt Defaults," in the Journal of Financial Research. He also published "The Administrative Costs of Debt Restructurings: Some Recent Evidence" in Financial Management.
Dr. Richard Dees (philosophy) published "Trust and the Rationality of Toleration" in Nous.
Al Agresti, SJ (associate dean, Arts and Sciences) has had two papers accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in August in San Francisco. The papers are titled "Religious Diversity and Professional Training: The Null Environment" and "Clinical Supervisors' Multicultural Training." Both papers are co-authored with former graduate students from Loyola University of Chicago. He also had a manuscript titled "Responding to Therapists' Sexual Abuse of Adult Incest Survivors: Ethical and Legal Considerations" accepted for publication in the journal Psychotherapy, the official journal of the division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association.
From the department of earth and atmospheric sciences: Dr. Yeong-Jer Lin has been elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Brian Mitchell was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. The AGU is the world's most prestigious geophysical society and limits the number of new Fellows to no more than 0.1 percent of the membership in any year..
From the department of aerospace and mechanical engineering: Dr. Amy Lang attended the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics conference in San Francisco and presented a talk titled "Experimental Study of the Wake behind a Surface-Piercing Cylinder for a Clean and Contaminated Free Surface." She attended the ONR Workshop of Free Surface and Bubbly Flows Feb. 26-28 at Caltech. She presented the same paper at the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Conference in San Franciso. Dr. Marty Ferman has had an article about acoustical scaling accepted for publication by the Journal of Sound and Vibration. Dr. David Manor visited West Virginia University as an ABET team member. Dr. Bellur L. Nagabhushan has been elected a Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India in recognition of his outstanding contributions and service to the aeronautical profession during the past 25 years. He was reappointed as associate editor of the Journal of Aircraft, published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also serves as the chairman of the international board of editors of this journal. Dr. Patricia Benoy attended the first World Tribology Congress in London. She also participated, along with Paul Czysz and Dr. Sridhar Condoor, in the Academy of Science Future Trek: Careers in Math and Science program at the St. Louis Science Center. She talked with approximately 200 sixth graders about careers in tribology and engineering. She also has agreed to become a participant in the Academy of Science Speakers for Science program. Condoor attended the ASME Mechanical Engineering Congress and led a four-member team of senior design students to fourth position in the whole ASME region (includes Canada and Mexico). Condoor also presented a paper, "Management of Coupling," at a conference in Orlando, Fla. The paper was co-authored and published in the book Management of Technology, Sustainable Development and Eco-efficiency. Czysz presented papers titled "Testing Requirements for Hypersonic Combined Cycle Propulsion" and "A Hypersonic Demonstrator Concept" at the International Symposium for Air Breathing Engines in Chattanooga, Tenn., in September. He participated in the 23rd Congress of the International Astronautical Federation and in the planning meeting of the International Program Committee as member and past chairman of the Space Propulsion Committee. He chaired one session on hypersonic and combined cycle propulsion and co-chaired one session with Jean-Francois Lieberherr on space transportation technology. Czysz also was an AIAA observer for aerospace engineering for an ABET accreditation team visiting Boston College. He participated in the jointly sponsored "A New World View of Space Propulsion for the Next 40 Years" workshop sponsored by the International Aeronautical Academy, European Space Agency and the Aerospace Corporation. Czysz was invited to be a member of the National Research Council, as requested by Dan Golden (NASA administrator) to define the long term research and development goals in aeronautics and space transportation technology. The workshop was held at National Academy of Science facilities in Washington, D.C. At the invitation and sponsorship of Japan's National Aerospace Laboratory and the space launch organization, Czysz visited their hypersonic engine test facilities at Kakuda near Sendai, Japan, Feb. 24-28. He presented a lecture to engineering students at Tohoku University, gave a keynote address at a national aerospace meeting in Sendai and visited the test facilities and discussed the future possibilities for space launcher propulsion developments. Dr. Swami Karunamoorthy presented a technical paper on "Extension of Dynamic Wake Models for Moderate to High Reduced Frequencies" at the fourth international Symposium on Fluid-Structure Interactions, Aeroelasticity, Flow-Induced Vibration and Noise, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Dallas in November. He has been elected president of the American Helicopter Society for the St. Louis section chapter. He also visited Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as an ABET program evaluator to evaluate their aircraft technology program in November in Daytona Beach, Fla. He served as judge in the Midwest regional contest of the Lichten Award, organized by the American Helicopter Society (AHS). Dr. Joe Londino presented a paper titled "Turbulent Natural Convection in Enclosures" at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition held during November in Dallas. Londino also continued to work at Boeing as a consultant on the development and construction of a test platform to fault isolate a refrigeration system used in navigational infrared systems.