Salute to Faculty Scholarship 2006
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 19, 2006, from noon - 2 pm at the Lurie Conference Room,
Higgins University Center,
we will salute:
Books and Creative Works, 2005 - Present
(alphabetical by Clark author, editor or artist)
Rock, Michael and David Angel. 2005. Industrial Transformation in the Developing World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Bassett, John. 2006. Sherwood Anderson: An American Career. Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press.
Chaison, Gary. 2006. Unions in America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Conybeare, Yvonne. 2005. Director of "Inheritors," a 1921 play by Susan Glaspell, at the Metropolitan Playhouse of Manhattan, NYC, November 11 - December 11.
Ewick, Patricia and Susan Sibley. 2005 (Chinese translation; original published in 1998). The Common Place of Law: Stories from Everyday Life. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Fernando, Jude. 2006. Microfinance: Perils and Prospects. UK: Routledge Press.
Geoghegan, Jacqueline and Wayne Gray, eds. 2005. Spatial Aspects of Environmental Policy. Hants, UK: Ashgate/Dartmouth.
Gould, Harvey, Jan Tobochnik and Wolfgang Christian. 2007. 3rd edition. An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods: Applications to Physical Systems. San Francisco, CA: Addison Wesley.
Graham, Lea. 2005. Calendar Girls. Ottawa: above/ground press.
Grier, Beverly. 2006. Invisible Hands: Child Labor and the State in Colonial Zimbabwe. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Jalbert, Kirk. 2005. "Illusion/Ellusion," an interactive video installation based on Atari 2600 video-game systems, on display at the Tufts University Art Gallery, May 3-22, 2005.
Korstvedt, Benjamin. 2005. New critical edition CD of the 1888 version of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, released by Delta Classics of Japan. The concert took place on July 5, 2005 in Tokyo with the Tokyo New City Orchestra conducted by Akira Naito.
Pakaluk, Michael. 2005. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: An Introduction. NY: Cambridge University Press.
Cheffers, Mark and Michael Pakaluk. 2005. A New Approach to Understanding Accounting Ethics: Principles-based Accounting, Professionalism, Pride. Manchaug, MA: Allen David Press.
Payaslian, Simon. 2005. United States Policy toward the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide. New York, NY: Palgrave/Macmillan.
Rudolph, Lee. 2006. A Woman and a Man, Ice-Fishing. Huntsville, TX: Texas Review Press.
Shary, Timothy. 2005. Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen. London, UK: Wallflower Press and Columbia University.
Tapply, William. 2005. Nervous Water: A Brady Coyne Novel. New York, NY: St. Martin's Minotaur.
Vaughan, Virginia. 2005. Performing Blackness on English Stages, 1500-1800. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Walker, Sarah. 2006. Solo exhibition. Sarah Walker: Small Paintings, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA.
Walker, Sarah. 2006. Solo exhibition. Sarah Walker. Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA.
Walker, Sarah. 2006. Group exhibitions. Subverting the Status Quo, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA; Paramnesiac Landscapes, New York Center for Arts and Media Studies, New York, NY; New American Paintings: Northeast Edition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA.
Walker, Sarah. 2005. Group exhibitions. American Obsessive Drawing, Volcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany; Op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, MA.
Jesse, Neal and Kristen Williams. 2005. Identity and Institutions: Conflict Reduction in Divided Societies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Wright, Walter, translator. 2005. The Science of Knowing: J. Fichte's 1804 Lectures on the "Wissenschaftslehre". Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
To acknowledge and honor other important faculty accomplishments, portfolios celebrating scholarship and creative activity were presented by the following departments:
· Department of Biology
· Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
· Department of Economics
· Department of English
· Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
· Graduate School of Geography
· Department of Government and International Relations
· Department of International Development, Community and Environment
· Graduate School of Management
· Department of Philosophy
· Physics
· Department of Psychology
· Sociology
· Department of Visual and Performing Arts
New Grant Awards
(including renewals and supplemental funding)
February 15, 2005 to April 1, 2006
Michael Addis, Men's Service Use for Anxiety and Depression, National Institutes of Health.
Charles Agosta, Novel Superconducting States in Actinides and Other Anisotropic Superconductors, U.S. Department of Energy
Yuko Aoyama, The Geography of Cultural Production in the Age of Globalization, National Geographic Society
Daeg Brenner, Nuclear Structure Research, U.S. Department of Energy
Halina Brown, Emergence of an Institution for Sustainable Development: Cross-Country Study of Global Reporting Initiative, National Science Foundation
John Brown and Daniel Bernhofen, Empirical Tests of Neoclassical Trade Theory Using a Natural Experiment: The Case of Japan, National Science Foundation
Smita Srivastava, advisor Nancy Budwig, Making of Transitivity in Two-Year Old Hindi-Speaking Children, Language Learning Journal
Sarah Buie, William Fisher, Encouraging Discourse across Differences, The Ford Foundation
Esteban Cardemil, Prevention of Depression in Latino Parents, National Institutes of Health
Thomas Del Prete, Clark-Worcester Curriculum and Knowing Project to Improve Teacher Quality, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Thomas Del Prete, Partnerships for College Success, supporting the ClarkUniversity/University Park Campus School Partnership, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Thomas Del Prete, Teaching Fellows and Professional Development School Coordinators, through the Hiatt Center for Urban Education, William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Timothy Downs, Laurie Ross, Robert Goble, Halina Brown, and Octavia Taylor, Strengthening Vulnerable Communities in the Worcester Built Environment, National Institutes of Health
J. Ronald Eastman, Land-Use Modeling and Prediction for Biodiversity Conservation in the Andes, Conservation International
J. Ronald Eastman, Gypsy Moth Risk Mapping for Uninfested Portions of the United States, U.S. Department of Agriculture
J. Ronald Eastman, Species and Biodiversity Modeling for the Andean Region, Conservation International
Susan Foster, Todd Livdahl, Deborah Robertson, David Hibbett, Complementary Curricular Networks: Tools for Enhancement of Education in Biology, Keck Foundation
Susan Foster and John Baker, Ancestral Plasticity and Mating System Evolution in the Stickleback Radiation, National Science Foundation
Robert Goble, Dale Hattis, Roger Kasperson, and Seth Tuler, Highly Uncertain Risks for Improved Assessment and Management, National Science Foundation
Abbie Goldberg, Lesbian Mother's Mental Health, Relationship Quality, and the Work Family, American Psychological Foundation
Wayne Gray, Why Do Plants Comply with Environmental Regulations? The Importance of Enforcement Activity, Abatement Costs, and Community Pressure, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wendy Grolnick and Elaine Reese, Enhancing Low-Income Children's Emergent Literacy, National Institutes of Health
Dale Hattis, Quantitative Analysis of Empirical Data on Age-Related Susceptibility to Carcinogenesis from Non-Mutagenic Carcinogens, Environmental Protection Agency
David Hibbett, Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life, National Science Foundation
Manfred Binder and David Hibbett, Toward a Global Phylogeny of the Boletales, National Science Foundation
Andrew Wilson, advisor David Hibbett, Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Ecology of Calostoma, National Science Foundation
Lene Arnett Jensen, Why We are Engaged in Civil Society: In the Words of Immigrant Youth, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
Alan Jones, NMR Studies of Micro-Structured Polymeric Membrane Systems, U.S. Army Research Office
Roger Kasperson, Sustainability Science and Technology Project: Vulnerability Partnership Team, Packard Foundation
Arshad Kudrolli, Particle Diffusion and Mixing during Silo Drainage, National Science Foundation
Arshad Kudrolli, Flow and Strength of Cohesive Granular Materials, Petroleum Research Fund/American Chemical Society
Todd Livdahl and Deborah Robertson, Ecology of Large and Small Scale Mosquito Invasions, National Institutes of Health
Robert Gil Pontius, Summer Support for Plum Island Ecosystems, National Science Foundation through Marine Biological Laboratory
Virinda Kalia, advisor Elaine Reese, Exploring the Oral, Narrative, Symbolic and Literacy Development of Indian Bilingual Preschool Children, Language Learning Journal
Deborah Robertson, Nitrogen Assimilation in Marine Algae: Evolution, Physiology, and Educational Opportunities, National Science Foundation
Stephen McCauley, advisor John Rogan, Species Distribution Modeling Using Land-Use Variables in Support of Habitat Conservation for Reptiles and Amphibians, National Science Foundation
Laurie Ross and Esteban Cardemil, Evaluation of Programming Addressing the Self-esteem and Safety of Middle School Girls in Worcester, Fred Harris Daniels Foundation
B.L. Turner II, John Rogan, and J. Ronald Eastman, Landscape Vulnerability - Resilience in the Southern Yucatan Peninsular Region, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jacob Brenner, Alex Pulsipher, and Paul Foley, advisor
B.L. Turner II, Graduate Research Fellowships, National Science Foundation
Timothy Currie, advisor B.L. Turner II, doctoral dissertation research on Weathered Livelihoods: The Influence of Climate Change and Market Forces on Agricultural Practices and Land-Use/Cover Change at the Altitudinal Limit of Cultivation in the Andes, Environmental Protection Agency
Stentor Danielson, advisor B.L. Turner, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement grant for research on Discourses about Wildfire in New Jersey & New South Wales, National Science Foundation
Honors and Awards
April 2005 - Present
Gauvin Bailey was awarded the 2005 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.
Judith DeCew was appointed by the Board of Officers to the American Philosophical Association's National Committee on Philosophy and Law, for a three-year term beginning on July 1, 2006.
Gino DiIorio's play, "The Hard Way" won First Place in the BBC International Playwrights' competition in October, 2005.
Gino DiIorio's play, "Are you the Wife of Michael Cleary?" will premiere in Ireland's Abymill Theatre in May, 2006 and will be directed by Tipperary resident James Power.
Duncan Earle was appointed by the U.S. Library of Congress as the new editor of Mesoamerican Ethnology in the Social Science section of the Handbook of Latin American Studies.
Patricia Ewick and Susan Sibley won the American Sociological Association Section on the Sociology of Law Distinguished Article Award, in August, 2005, for "Narrating Social Structure: Stories of Resistance to Legal Authority" published in the American Journal of Sociology, 2003, Vol 108:1328-72.
Rachel Falmagne was elected as President of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, in 2005.
Rachel Falmagne received the Lee Gurel/John E. Bell endowed student/faculty achievement award from Anneke Mueller, class of '05. This award is given by a student recipient to the Clark faculty member who had the most influence on him or her.
Jude Fernando was appointed in January 2006 as a director of the International Center for Ethnic Studies and the editor of their journal, Ethnic Studies Report.
Anne Geller won the 2005 International Writing Centers Association Outstanding Scholarship Award for her essay, "Tick, Tock, Next: Find Epochal Time in the Writing Center," which appeared in The Writing Center Journal, Volume 25, Issue 1 (Spring 2005).
Jacqueline Geoghegan was elected to Board of Directors of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association in 2005.
Wayne Gray was appointed to the Science Advisory Board for the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in December 2005.
Wayne Gray was appointed to membership in the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth in February, 2005. Membership is open to those who have made significant contributions to the field of economic measurement.
Wayne Gray was appointed in February 2005 to the National Research Council Committee on Changes in New Source Review Programs for Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants.
Janette Greenwood was elected to the Board of Trustees at Old Sturbridge Village for a three-year term.
Susan Hanson received the Alumni Achievement Award, Middlebury College, in April, 2006.
Amy Richter and John Rogan were awarded Edward Hodgkins Junior Faculty Fellowships for personifying the Clark ideal of excellence in research and in teaching.
Deborah Robertson was selected to receive the Outstanding Teacher Award by the graduating class of 2005.
Paul Ropp was chosen as the Andrea B. and Peter D. '64 Distinguished Professor for a four and one-half year term. This endowed chair was established in 2000 to recognize and honor distinguished scholarship, teaching and service by Clark faculty members.
Valerie Sperling was chosen as Outstanding Academic Advisor for the 2004-05 academic year.
Mark Turnbull was awarded the 2005 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.
B.L. Turner II was appointed to the Advisory Board, Task Force on Hurricane Katrina and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast, Social Science Research Council, in March, 2006.
Sarah Walker won the 2005 Rappaport Prize, given in recognition of her significant achievement and creative potential. It is the largest public annual award to an individual artist in Massachusetts.