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May 14, 2004 Vol. 56, No. 32
Jill Caton Johnson, assistant professor of education, is author of an article recently published in the Journal of Content Area Reading. The article is titled "Why Do I Need a Reading Course? Application of Reading Strategies in Math and Science by Preservice Teachers."
Graham W. Foust, assistant professor of English, has had a poem from his book, titled Leave The Room To Itself, selected by the Academy of American Poets to inaugurate a new feature in its quarterly journal, American Poet. The feature is designed, in the words of the academy, "to highlight adventurous and innovative works." Foust's book was the second winner of Ahsahta Press's Sawtooth Poetry Prize and was published in December.
Ramesh C. Dhussa, assistant professor of geography, and a former Drake student and geography major, Theodore I. Erski, AS'92, have a chapter, "Kipling's Calcutta: Literary Glimpses," appearing in Cultural Geography: Form and Process. Dhussa and Erski's chapter is a contribution to literary geography in which they examine the images of the city of Calcutta found in Rudyard Kipling's City of the Dreadful Night.
David Wellman, visiting assistant professor of religion, is author of a new book published by St. Martin's Press. It is titled Sustainable Diplomacy: Ecology, Religion and Ethics in Muslim-Christian Relations."
Robert Craig, associate professor of art and design, has had one of his works included in the 18th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition on the campus of Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C. The Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition is nationally renowned as a showcase for the best of contemporary American sculpture. Alyson Baker, executive director of the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens, was the juror. The 10 sculptures selected will be exhibited through February 2005. Craig's work also has been chosen by the Quad City Arts selection committee for Sculpture on Second, an outdoor exhibition in downtown Davenport through early December. Seven sculptures are displayed on Second Avenue between Perry and Ripley streets.
Birgit Wassmuth, professor of advertising, organized a panel of experts on "The Role of the Advertising Major in a Convergence Curriculum." They presented their views at the American Academy of Advertising annual convention in Baton Rouge, La., March 28, after Wassmuth provided an in-depth overview of the field in her paper titled "Convergence Curricula: What? Who? Where? How? How Much?"
Brian Sanders, associate professor of psychology, has been appointed to a grant review panel for the national office of the American Heart Association. The study section, titled Behavioral Science, Epidemiology and Prevention, will meet twice a year to make funding decisions on fellowships, scientist development grants, beginning grants-in-aid and grants for established investigators.
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