Campus Notables

William N. Nelson, library, presented a workshop, Assessing Academic Library Performance in Light of Changing Standards at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Library Association. In addition, Nelson was appointed chair for the Association of Colleges and Research Libraries Committee for 2001-2002. He has served on the committee since 1999.

James Kirkland, physical plant, has been selected as the Employee of the First Quarter for the Physical Plant by his fellow employees. Kirkland has been in the building maintenance shop for 5 years and at Augusta State University for the past 6 years. He and his wife, Mary Edith, have two children, Forest, 4 and Hannah, 2. In his leisure time, Kirkland enjoys hunting and fishing.

Bill Bompart, academic affairs, presented Connections to Applications at the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Spring Conference in Duluth. In addition, Bompart presented Administrator's Views of Faculty at the Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine faculty retreat in Edwardsville.

Several ASU psychology faculty made presentations at the annual Southeastern Psychological Association conference held in Atlanta this past spring. Jane Ellis presented Evolution of the Eminent Women; Steve Hobbs presented Navigating Rough Seas: Guidelines for Handling the Hidden Rocks and Currents of Graduate School; Harold Moon presented Origin of the Eminent Women; Robert Reeves and Jonathan Higgins presented Consuming the Social Sciences: Benefits of Teaching Consumer Behavior; Rebecca Rogers, along with students Anna Robinson and Jennifer Whitford, presented Factors Associated With Patient Non-compliance and Strategies for Change; Rebecca Rogers, Sabina Widner, and student Anna Robinson presented Perceptions of Sex and Race Influences on Physician-Patient Interactions; Sabina Widner, along with students Jennifer Wright and Suzette Rynier, presented Court Ordered Anger Management Courses Effectiveness for Misdemeanor Violent Crime Convicts, and Vickie Williams presented the Influence of Ethnic Identity on Adolescent Behavioral Adjustment.

Mark C. Fissel, academic affairs, published a book entitled English Warfare, 1511-1642. The book, published by the British company Routledge, was released in May.

David L. White, library, made a presentation to the Regents' Academic Committee on Libraries about the eCore project of Planning, Developing and Designing Library Research Modules that would be used to support the core curriculum of GLOBE (Global Learning Online for Business and Education).

Mike Bishku, history and anthropology, participated in a panel discussion entitled Turkey and the West at Villanova (Pa.) University for the annual meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies. Bishku spoke on the subject of Destination European Union? The Politics and Economics of Turkey's Case for Admission.

Maureen J. Akins, computer services, received a certificate in Instructional Systems Design and Technology from the University of Georgia.

Raymond A. Whiting, political science, and Janice E. Williams, fine arts, along with 15 ASU students visited Washington, D.C., as part of a curriculum learning experience. The group visited galleries, museums and government offices.

Saundra J. Reinke, political science, organized a panel for the American Society for Public Administration's 62nd Annual Conference held in Newark titled Servant Leadership and Ethics. She also presented a paper at the 2001 Georgia Political Science Association annual convention and the 24th Annual Teaching Public Administration Conference in Phoenix titled Teaching Teamwork Through Research.

Gwen Wood, political science, chaired a panel discussion titled Intergovernmental Conflicts and Cooperation in Georgia and presented a paper Incentives to Resist Over-development: The Georgia Greenspace Program at the 2001 Georgia Political Science Association annual convention in Hilton Head Island.

Paul Harris, political science, presented Contending Ideologies: Public Choice Theory versus Civic Reform at the Georgia Political Association annual convention in Hilton Head Island and Is Germany an Ethnic Nation? Ethno-National Identity Transformation in Light of Post-War Immigration at the Georgia Association of Historians annual meeting held at Augusta State University. In addition, he co-edited Migration and Immigration Studies and published an article titled Imagined Identity: Immigration, Ueberfremdung, and Cultural Chauvinism in Far Right German Political Discourse in the journal German Policy Studies. Harris also published an article in French, L'immigration juive vers l'Allemagne reunifiee, ou la renaissance d'une Communautee, in the journal Yod: etudes hebraiques et juives modernes et contemporaines.