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Salvador D. Aceves, instructor-school of business and management, has been named associate dean for Executive Education, effective Feb. 1. He will have full directorship responsibilities for the Executive MBA, Professional MBA and Executive Education programs.
 Alexandra Amati-Camperi, assistant professor-fine and performing arts, read her paper “Transgressing the Boundaries of Decent Discourse: Sex in the Early Madrigal” at a meeting of the Northern California chapter of the American Musicological Society held this month at USF. She was also elected president of the Northern California chapter. Additionally, her book, Verdelot: la piu divina musica delli madrigali a sei voci: Six-voice madrigals from Philippe Verdelot’s 1541 book and its reprints, was accepted for publication by the Italian publisher EDT in the collection Studi Musicali Toscani.
John Blackwell, associate professor and chair–exercise and sport science, co-authored a recent article in the Journal of Physical Therapy in Sport titled “Backward Walking Practice Decreases Oxygen Uptake, Heart Rate and Ratings of Perceived Exertion.” In addition, he performed in the Lamplighter’s Musical Theatre production of “The Gondoliers,” held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Dean Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.
James Catiggay, associate director–priscilla a. scotlan career services center, served as co-chair for the 50th anniversary of the Western Association of Colleges and Employers Annual Conference held in Monterey in January. The conference provided an opportunity for career services staff from numerous educational institutions and worldwide employers to share concerns and ideas to promote professional development, networking opportunities, recruiting, and partnerships that will be mutually beneficial for students and employers. Also attending from the USF Career Services Center were Andrew Thomson, director; Stephanie Paramore, associate director; and Gay Breuler, coordinator of employer outreach and regional campuses.
Kevin Chun, assistant professor-psychology, taped an interview in November with PBS affiliate KOCE-TV for a 26-part television series on psychology. He discussed multicultural issues in therapy and treatment for ethnic minority populations. He will be featured along with noted leaders in the field, including Albert Bandura, Paul Eckman, and James Jones.
Joaquin L. Gonzalez III, kiriyama fellow and adjunct professor–yuchengco philippine studies program, center for the pacific rim, recently published Success Secrets to Maximizing Business (Graphic Arts Publishing, Oregon) in the Philippines. It is available from Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
 Ange-Marie Hancock, assistant professor-politics, was featured on Bay TV’s “Take Issue” on Jan. 22 and discussed the inauguration of President George W. Bush. This was her third appearance on the program during the 2000 election. In October she analyzed the California senate race and in November she analyzed the controversial Florida vote count.
Andrew Heinze, associate professor–history, contributed a chapter to the forthcoming Colombia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America. His article, “Clair Boothe Luce and the Jews: A Chapter from the Catholic-Jewish Disputation of Postwar America,” will be published in American Jewish History.
John Higgins, assistant professor–media studies, was elected to the editorial board of the Community Media Review by the national board of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM). The ACM is an organization that represents public, educational, and governmental cable TV access centers and lobbies for community access to media.
Fr. Alberto Huerta, assistant professor–modern and classical languages, gave a talk on poetry as a means of discovering grace and redemption in ordinary life Jan. 26 at St. Dominic’s Church in San Francisco. He also read from his recently published book of Spanish and English poems titled Mexican Howl–Grito Mejicano.
Roberta Johnson, professor–politics, was quoted in front page stories concerning President George W. Bush and his new policy agenda in the Detroit News on Jan. 21 and 23. She also was on “Take Issue” with former Congress member Tom Campbell and Assistant Professor of politics Ange-Marie Hancock. Hosted by Michael Krasny on Bay-TV Jan. 22, the show featured a discussion of the presidential transition.
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Richard Kamler, assistant professor–fine and performing arts, had his new exhibit, “The Waiting Room,” which looks at issues surrounding the death penalty through art, selected for exhibition at the University Art Museum at the University of Memphis from April 21 to May 19. It will then be featured at the McMullen Museum in Boston from June 1 to Sept. 7.
David H. Kim, assistant professor–philosophy, was elected to the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Asians and Asian Americans. At the Eastern Division APA Meeting in December, he organized and chaired the first Asian American panel in the APA’s history, titled “Asian Americans and the Color of Philosophy.”
 Elliot Neaman, associate professor and chair–history, had his book, A Dubious Past: Ernst Jünger and the Politics of Literature After Nazism (California), featured as part of an article in the journal Lingua Franca, in the “Inside Publishing” section. The article can be viewed at online.
Michael O’Neill, professor–cps, will speak on “Giving and Volunteering in California” on Feb. 22 at the Commonwealth Club Nonprofit Study Section series. O'Neill will present the results of a survey of 3,600 Californians conducted by the CPS Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management.
Shalendra Sharma, associate professor–politics, had his book, Development and Democracy in India, selected as a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2000. Royal Book Publishers will release the book in Pakistan. He also had two articles accepted for publication: “Why the Neoliberals were Right: An Interpretation of East Asia's Economic Recovery” was published in the spring 2001 issue of The Cambridge Review of International Affairs, and “Indonesia’s Banking Crisis: Prelude to the Financial Crisis of 1997” will be published in the summer 2001 issue of The Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science.
Carol Silverman, director of research–institute for nonprofit management, cps, has co-authored the report “The Capacity of Religious Organizations in California to Participate in Welfare to Work Programs.” The other participating organizations include the California Council of Churches and the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California. The James Irvine Foundation funded the study.
Colin P. Silverthorne, professor–psychology, had his paper on leadership and personality factors across cultures published in the January 2001 edition of the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences. He also had his abstract, titled “Work Motivation Across Cultures: A Comparison Of Taiwan And The PRC,” accepted for poster presentation at the Seventh European Congress of Psychology.
Jack Treacy, S.J., rector–jesuit community, David Robinson, S.J., director of educational mission/spirituality of learning-cps, and John Savard, S.J., associate director–university ministry, directed a four-day Ignatian retreat for USF faculty and staff at the Jesuit Retreat House in Los Altos, Calif. This was the third year the Jesuit Community has sponsored this retreat.
Xiaoxin Wu, director–ricci institute for chinese-western cultural history, and Stephen Uhally, Jr., distinguished fellow of eds-stewart and kiriyama pacific rim studies chair, center for the pacific rim, recently edited and published a book by M.E. Sharpe Inc. titled China and Christianity: Burdened Past, Hopeful Future. The book was planned in concordance with a major international conference held by USF’s Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History and Center for the Pacific Rim in October 1999. The 21 contributors in the collection include authorities from China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Europe (including Russia and Eastern Europe), and North America.
 Stephen Zunes, associate professor–politics, spoke on U.S. aid to Israel at the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, in Washington, D.C., and on U.S. policy in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the Community Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in January. He was also a guest on Public Radio International’s “To the Point,” where he discussed U.S. policy toward Iraq. He spoke on U.S. foreign aid in the Middle East on the ANA television network’s “Capital View” in late January. Additionally, he has been interviewed at KPFA-FM (Berkeley), KPFK-FM (Los Angeles), and KTKT (Tucson) on recent developments in the Middle East. At the end of January, he was interviewed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the implications on Libya’s international relations in the wake of the verdict on the Lockerbie, Scotland bombing of Pan-Am Flight 103.
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