On Campus - Faculty and Staff News
September 7, 2001 - Vol. 54, No. 14
Vibeke Rutzou Petersen, associate professor of women's studies, saw her book, Women and Modernity in Weimar Germany: Reality and Its Reflection in Popular Fiction, published in June by Berghahn Books. Petersen will present a paper entitled "Are they Represented? Working Class and Science Fiction" at the annual German Studies Association meeting in Washington, D.C., in October.
Karl R. Schaefer, associate professor of librarianship, published an article titled "Eleven Medieval Arabic Block Prints in the Cambridge University Library" in the July issue of the journal Arabica.
Bruce Campbell, professor emeritus of English, has had a book, Performing and Processing The Aeneid, published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc., as a volume in the Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics series.
Anne Murr, coordinator of the School of Education's Adult Literacy Center, had an invited article, "Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory," published in the August 2001 issue of Focus on the Basics, from Harvard's National Center for the Study of Adult Literacy and Learning. She also presented a workshop, "Sound Tapping - Links to Literacy Learning," on July 19 at the annual Iowa Adult Basic Educators' Institute.
Angela Battle, assistant professor of art, was accepted into the Bi-State Annual Juried Exhibition at the Davenport Museum of Art in Davenport, Iowa. The show ran from July 7 through Aug. 12. In addition, she was accepted into the ArtShow2001 Annual Juried Exhibition at the Hearst Center for the Arts in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The show opened Aug. 12 and runs through Oct. 7. She received a Director's Award for her work in the Hearst Center exhibition.
Jack Gerlovich, professor of education, and Dennis O'Brien, professor emeritus of geology, recently were recognized by Iowa Public Television for their contribution to the science content team that created "Earth Trails: Mississippi River." Designed for grades 6-8, "Earth Trails" is an interactive multimedia program that requires students to research, plan, and compose multimedia presentations based on content and issues related to the Mississippi River. Through authentic interaction, students examine regional differences, past and present commercial industries, cultural artifacts, and geological and biological characteristics that make the river unique. To date, over 500 of the CD-ROM packages have been requested by Iowa teachers. They are now available at no cost to Iowa schools through their local Area Education Agency and to the general public through public libraries across the state.