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November
21,
2003 Vol. 56, No. 21
President David
Maxwell published
a response to an article by June Phillips in The Modern Language Journal in which
she provided an overview of foreign language
education policies in the last decade. Dr. Maxwell's response, titled "The
Leadership Vacuum," appeared in the Perspectives section of the Winter 2003
edition of the journal. He identified three troublesome themes that emerge when
examining the relationship between policy at various levels and the behavior
of the foreign language profession (and its various organizations) in the last
decade. The themes are: (1) Foreign language is an afterthought in most policy
making; (2) There are disconnects at almost every level; and (3) The profession
has a history of responding to policy initiatives, rather than taking a leadership
role.
R. Dean Wright, the
Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of sociology, and co-author William DuBlois,
published an article titled "What is Humanistic Sociology?" in
a special issue of The American Sociologist (Winter 2001).
Luz M. DeAlba, the
Windsor Professor of Science and professor of mathematics and computer science
is co-author of the paper "The (weakly) sign symmetric
P-matrix completion problem."The paper appears in volume 10 of the Electronic
Journal of Linear Algebra.
Law School Associate Dean and Professor David
McCord has been appointed to a
three-year term on the Committee of Sections and
Annual Meetings of the Association of American Law Schools, effective immediately.
Jerry E. Honts, associate
professor of biology, published an article titled "Evolving
Strategies for the Incorporation of Bioinformatics Within the Undergraduate Cell
Biology Curriculum," in the winter issue of the journal Cell Biology Education.
In the same issue, Srdan Kobsa, AS'03, published a complementary article titled "A
Student's Perspective on Programming a Simple Bioinfor-matics Application in
Perl."
Martin Begleiter,
professor of law, has been selected as an adviser to the reporter of the Restatement
(Third) Trusts and a member of the Members Consultative Group
for the Restatement (Third) Property (Wills and Other Donative Transfers). His
article, "The Gambler Breaks Even: Legal Malpractice in Complicated Estate
Planning Cases," has been accepted for publication in the Georgia State
University Law Review.
Sally Beisser, associate
professor of education, recently gave a presentation
titled "Service Learning: Project Ideas and Electronic Resources" at
the annual meeting of the Iowa Council for the Social Studies in Des Moines.
She also joined Marilynn Buxton of the Waverly Shellrock school district in presenting "They're
Not Just Gifted from 1-2 on Tuesdays" at the 2003 Midwest Regional Middle
Level Conference in October in Ames, Iowa.
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