Campus Notables

Kim Davies, sociology, made a recent poster presentation at the Homicide Research Working Group meetings in St. Louis, Mo., entitled The Socio-Spatial Location of Killings by Women in Three Georgia Counties During the 1990s. The research extends previous research performed by Lori Scott for her Honor's thesis.

Chip Darracott, kinesiology & health science, presented Can Physical Education and Sport Contribute to Moral Development, at the Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Annual Convention at Callaway Gardens. He also co-presented Conducting a Successful Summer Sports Camp, with Shirley Darracott, kinesiology & health science, and collaborated with two other GAHPERD members on a pre-convention workshop entitled Tips for Fitness Testing: Everything You Need to Know for Testing Youth.

Marya Free was named the Phi Kappa Phi Director of Fellowships for 2001-04. Free retired from the ASU English department in December 2000.

Edward Cashin, department of history, was re-elected as president of the Board of Historic Augusta.

Mark Fissel, academic affairs, was elected as a board member for Historic Augusta at their annual meeting.

Jurgen Brauer, college of business, and his son became certified Professional Association of Diving Instructors Divemasters. Brauer and his daughter were also published on novice underwater digital photography.

Bill Nelson, Reese library, presented a workshop on academic libary assessment, ACRL Standards 2000: A Workshop of Practical Solutions for Academic Library Assessment for the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana, and a second presentation Assessing Academic Libraries: Practical Application of the ACRL Standards for College Libraries for the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

Deborah Richardson, psychology, has been named by the Society for the
Psychological Study of Social Issues as the program chair for the August 2003 American Psychological Association Convention. The annual conference will be held in Toronto.

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