| Assistant Professor of Film Amy Gerber-Stroh will release her latest documentary film, My Grandfather Was a Nazi Scientist: Opa, von Braun and Operation Paperclip this fall. The film has already been officially selected for the 17th Annual Independents' Film Festival in Florida. She has also been invited to screen her film and speak at The National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the German-American Heritage Museum in Washington, D.C., where the film will be introduced by Michael Neufeld, von Braun historian and curator of the National Air and Space Museum. My Grandfather is also scheduled for broadcast on The Education Channel in December 2010. |
| Associate Professor Susan Thomas, director, gender and women's studies, and associate professor of gender and women's studies, and political science, has been named vice president of The Institute for Critical Animal Studies (ICAS). The ICAS, founded in 2001, is the first interdisciplinary scholarly center in higher education dedicated to establishing and expanding the field of Critical Animal Studies (CAS). Professor Thomas will oversee publication of the peer-reviewed The Journal for Critical Animal Studies (S.U.N.Y) and the CAS book series (Stanford), and will manage both the domestic and international CAS conferences, among other responsibilities. Also, Professor Thomas served as guest editor of the Fall 2010 special issue of JCAS "Women of Color and Animal Liberation." Among the contributors to this special issue is Victoria Crump '06, now a Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University. Crump's essay is entitled, "Women/Meat/Homo: Creating a Queer Ecofeminist Phenomenology." |
| Three student papers from Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Vladimir Bratic's "Peace, Conflict and Media" class have been accepted for presentation at "Cultivating Peace: A Symposium for Violence Prevention," which will take place at Virginia Tech November 12-14, 2010. The symposium will be held in conjunction with Va. Tech's International Summit on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Violence Prevention. Dr. Bratic and the students (Hannah Smith '10, Maria Salivanovna '10, and Cynthia Everitt '10) will present at the conference. |
| Associate Professor of English Michelle Abate's article, "From Christian Conversion to Children's Crusade: The Left Behind Series for Kids and the Changing Nature of Evangelical Juvenile Fiction," appears in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. In June 2010, she gave a paper, "'Plastic Makes Perfect': My Beautiful Mommy, Cosmetic Surgery, and the Medicalization of Motherhood," at the Children's Literature Association's Annual Conference, held this year in Michigan. At the same conference, she organized the session "Writing a Biography of a Children's Author: Projects, Processes, and Problems." Panelists were Philip Nel (Kansas State University), who is writing a biography of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss; June Cummins (San Diego State University), who is working on the life of Sydney Taylor; and Michael Patrick Hearn (Simmons College), who is researching a biography about L. Frank Baum. |
| "Roanoke Pastorale," a poem by Distinguished Visiting Professor of Creative Writing David Huddle, is featured in the May 31, 2010, issue of The New Yorker. |
| Jeanne Larsen, professor of English, is one of 15 distinguished faculty from private colleges in Virginia to be awarded the Maurice L. Mednick Memorial grant. Administration of the Mednick Memorial Fund is vested in the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges to encourage the professional development of college teachers and improve their academic competence through fellowships for research and advanced study. |
| Honors Convocation offers Hollins the occasion to announce those faculty members whose exceptional work and dedication have earned them special academic designation. Two faculty members were recognized during Honors Convocation, held May 4, 2010. The Berry Professor in the Liberal Arts was awarded to Associate Professor of English T.J. Anderson. The Berry Professor in the Liberal Arts is awarded for a three-year term to a full-time associate professor or full professor in any academic discipline who demonstrates excellence in teaching and in the use of literature in all academic courses. The Paula Pimlott Brownlee Professorship is awarded to a professor or associate professor from the departments of biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, or psychology in recognition of distinguished achievements in teaching and scholarship, and in support of continued excellence in both domains. The recipient of this year's Paula Pimlott Brownlee Professorship is Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Studies Renee Godard. |
| Assistant Professor of Art Christine Carr has been invited to exhibit five images in "Shoot'n Southern: Women Photographers Past and Present" at the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama. The exhibit runs through July 18, 2010, and includes the noted photographers Eudora Welty, Pinky Bass, Bea Nettles, Alida Fish, Deborah Luster, Maggie Taylor, Willie Ann Wright, and Sally Mann. |
| Jeanne Larsen, professor of English, will attend the National Endowment for the Humanities' Summer Institute on "The Silk Roads: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural Identities." Larsen will study with top names from a number of disciplines, looking at Chinese history, society, and culture from earliest times through the 21st century, as a model of global interactivity. This work dovetails with her long-term research interests and will enable her to bring new perspectives and information to her courses at Hollins. Larsen's new book of poetry, Why We Make Gardens (& Other Poetry), will be out in September 2010. |
| LeeRay Costa, associate professor of anthropology and associate professor and director of gender and women's studies, was elected Secretary of the Southeastern Women's Studies Association (SEWSA), the regional arm of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA). She will serve a two-year term beginning in April 2010. |
| Michelle Ann Abate, assistant professor of English, was elected to the Executive Board of the Children's Literature Association (ChLA). ChLA is an international professional organization that is dedicated to encouraging "high standards of criticism, scholarship, research, and teaching in children's literature." The Board seat is for a three-year term, beginning in June 2010. |
| Professor of English Cathy Hankla's poem, "Bee Tree," was awarded the James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry from Shenandoah magazine. The $1,000 prize is for the best poem published by Shenandoah in a volume year (2009). The judge was Brendan Galvin. |
| Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Vladimir Bratic's article, "Media Effects During Violent Conflict," was republished as a chapter in the book Readings in Peace Journalism by Wilhelm Kempf (ed.), Berlin: Regener. |
| Assistant Professor of English Pauline Kaldas's story, "A Game of Chance," was published in the recent issue of Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters (vol. 32, no. 4), which focused on Middle Eastern and North African writers. |
| The Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA) will honor University Fellow Lawrence Becker's distinguished academic career at its One Hundred Seventh Annual Meeting in Chicago, February 17-20, 2010. The conference’s main program will feature a session sponsored the APA Committee on Public Philosophy entitled "Lawrence Becker on Justice, Reciprocity, and Eudaimonistic Health." The session includes two panels, "Stoicism, Property, and Agency" and "Justice, Habilitation, and Health Care," and Dr. Becker will serve as a commentator for both (Associate Professor of Philosophy Michael Gettings will also be a commentator for the latter panel session). Presentations will include "Becker on Justice and Health" by Peter Vallentyne of the University of Missouri-Columbia and "Becker on Reciprocity and the Tough Crowd" by Anita Silvers of San Francisco State University. |
| The Mathematical Association of America has published The Calculus Collection: A Resource for AP and Beyond, co-edited by Professor of Mathematics Caren Diefenderfer. The book consists of 123 articles, each of which focuses on engaging students who are meeting the core ideas of calculus for the first time. The Calculus Collection is a resource for calculus teachers at the high school, community college, or two- and four-year college and university levels. |
| A monograph chapter co-authored by Assistant Professor of Physics Marshall Bartlett has been published: "Surface warming inferred from borehole temperatures: results from Utah and comparisons with the Northern Hemisphere," Climate Warming in Western North America: Evidence and Environmental Effects, edited by F.H. Wagner, University of Utah Press, 2009. |
| Professor of Political Science Ed Lynch has received a letter of intent from Global Academic Publishing (Binghamton University) to publish his book on President Ronald Reagan's Central America policy. This is his second book contract in as many months. The research for the book was generously supported by Hollins, including a Cabell Award. |
| Associate Professor of English T.J. Anderson's collection of poetry, River to Cross, has been published by The Backwaters Press. |
| Abrina Schnurman-Crook and Jill Hufnagel, executive director and assistant director, respectively, of the Batten Leadership Institute, were the featured guests recently on the Internet radio program "College Admission Confidential," produced by LA Talk Radio. They talked about the institute's philosophy and how it is helping Hollins students identify and hone their leadership skills. To listen to the program, go to http://www.latalkradio.com/College.php, scroll down to the Archives section, and click on the August 16, 2009 show date. |
| Associate Professor of Religious Studies Darla Schumm's article, "Rethinking Christian Missions: Said's Orientalism and Christian Missionary Responses to Prostitution in Thailand," was published in the October 2008 issue of Missiology: An International Review. Missiology is one of the leading peer-reviewed journals in the field of missiology and mission studies. Professor Schumm's co-authored article, "From Superman to Super Jesus: Constructions of Masculinity and Disability on the Silver Screen," was in the spring 2009 peer-reviewed journal, Disability Studies Quarterly (DSQ) |
| Assistant Professor of English Pauline Kaldas was one of the speakers on the panel Containing Multitudes: A Conversation with Arab American Writers, which was part of the festival Arabesque: Arts of the Arab World, held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. |
| Professor of Biology Renee Godard helped conduct a workshop at the 20th annual Virginia Environment Symposium called "Getting to Zero Waste - It Pays." |
| Professor of Art Bob Sulkin has been awarded a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship for 2009-10. He was one of 14 professional artists to be honored this year, and was recognized by the Virginia General Assembly. |
| Lawrence Becker, a Fellow of Hollins University and a polio survivor, was among the interviewees in The Polio Crusade, a new one-hour documentary that aired on PBS's American Experience. Based in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky, The Polio Crusade blends the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of New York lawyer Basil O'Connor, who rallied the American public to fight a war against polio through the establishment of the March of Dimes. |
| Professor of French Annette Sampon-Nicolas has been named Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques) by France's Ministry of National Education for her exceptional record of teaching, publication, and promotion of French culture through a multitude of activities. The award was originally established in 1808 by Napoleon Bonaparte to honor eminent members of the University of Paris. Today, nominees are presented to the Prime Minister of France, who, if she or he is in agreement, issues an official proclamation designating recipients. Sampon-Nicolas, who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and specializes in 20th century French and post-colonial Francophone literature, has been a member of the Hollins faculty since 1985, and is the current Elisabeth Lineberger Ramberg Chair in Modern Languages. Along with teaching a wide variety of French literature and culture courses, she has published books and articles on contemporary French literature, gastronomy, and international affairs. She is currently working on a study of the relationships between landscapes, cultures, and identities in the works of François Cheng, the first Chinese-French member of L'Académie française. |
| A chapter, "Connections and Correspondences," from Professor of English Rick Trethewey's memoir in progress, Walking Home, has just been accepted for publication by The Antioch Review and will appear in the fall issue. A short story, "By the Wolf," has just been accepted by Southern Humanities Review. Another essay, "Keep Your Pecker Up," was runner-up for the William Allen Creative Nonfiction Prize at The Journal, Ohio State University. Several of his poems - "Homesteading," "Garbage," "Fools and Horses," "What Remains," and "Antecedents" - have just been published in the anthology, Yet at a Distance: Father Poems from the Maritimes, Borealis Press. And the poem "Fools and Horses" has just been published in another anthology, Cadence of Hooves: a Celebration of Horses, published by Yarroway Mountain Press. His poem "Reading the Signs," originally published in the Breadloaf Anthology, Poems for a Small Planet: American Nature Poetry, has just been republished by Cold Mountain Review in their autumn Nature of Nature issue. Two of his poems, "Learning the Future" and "The Stream," along with his commentary on the poems have been included on CanLit Poets, a Web site sponsored by the journal Canadian Literature. The site is designed to be helpful to high school student poets. |
| Professor of English and Director of the MFA and Undergraduate Program in Creative Writing Jeanne Larsen and Hollins alumnae Heather Davis '89 and Mattie Quesenberry Smith '85 will each read from their recently published works on Friday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at Studio Eleven in Lexington, Virginia. |
| "European Central Bank: Monetary Policy and Economic Growth," a paper by Associate Professor of Finance & Economics Casimir Dadak, appeared in Arcana No. 78, pp. 52-69 (in Polish). |
| Associate Professor of Philosophy Michael Gettings' essay, "Tolstoy's Favorite Choir," appeared in The Grateful Dead and Philosophy. Another piece he wrote, "The Fake, the False and the Fictional: The Daily Show as News Source" appeared in the Daily Show and Philosophy. Each of these books consists of 15 or more contributions by philosophers and are intended to bring philosophical insights and approaches to a wider audience. |
| Bansi Kalra, professor of chemistry, and Professor David Lewis of Connecticut College have been awarded a research grant from the National Science Foundation. Their research will involve the investigation of the chemical mechanism of various important classes of organic chemical reactions. The broader impacts of this research involve the training of the next generation of scientists; in particular, this research is being carried out with undergraduate students. A Hollins student will be given a paid summer research position at Connecticut College for the next three summers (2008-2010). |
| Morgan Wilson, associate professor of biology, has had a paper accepted for publication in The Condor, an international journal of avian biology published by the Cooper Ornithological Society. The paper is entitled "Are nestlings the cue for reduction of the adrenocortical response to stress in male Yellow Warblers breeding at high latitude?" and is co-authored with Rebecca L. Holberton, University of Maine. |
| Rick Michalski, assistant professor of psychology, has agreed to serve as associate editor for the journal Evolutionary Psychology. He has authored two chapters for the edited volume Evolutionary Family Psychology. He is the first-author on one chapter on sibling relationships and is the second-author on the other chapter on grandparental relationships. He also is the first-author on a chapter to be published in the Handbook of Personality Testing and Measurement on evolutionary personality psychology. In addition to these chapters, he has one manuscript recently published in Human Nature titled "Upset in Response to a Sibling's Partner's Infidelities." Two additional manuscripts on siblicide have been accepted for publication in the journals Homicide Studies and Journal of Forensic Sciences. In addition to these publications, he has co-authored manuscripts with three Hollins University students. With these students he is the co-author of a contribution that is in press in the Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law on the psychology of homicide, a manuscript that is currently under review, and a manuscript that will be submitted for publication consideration shortly. |
| These Gardens is a collaborative book consisting of 29 poems about gardens by Professor of English Jeanne Larsen and 26 still-life flower drawings by Professor of Art Jan Knipe. Professors Larsen and Knipe were assisted by three students: Jessi Lawson, who helped bind the limited edition of 30 copies; and Ashley Miller and Melissa Miller, who helped design and print the books. Larsen's latest book is Willow, Wine, Mirror, Moon: Women's Poems from Tang China (BOA Editions, Ltd.) |
