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 Christin Anderson, Wellness/Fitness Coordinator–Human Resources, appeared in the July 2001 issue of Delicious Living Magazine, in an article titled “Move your Body, Shape Your Mind.”
Joan Avis, Professor–Education and Susan Evans, Professor–Education, are the authors of The Women Who Broke All the Rules: How the Choices of a Generation Changed Our Lives (Sourcebooks, 1999), now ranked No. 3 on the Amazon.com bestseller list of books about women’s issues. The Women Who Broke All the Rules is the featured book in Amazon.com’s fall catalog.
Mary Anne Brady, Lecturer–Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, and H. Leonard Fisher, Assistant Professor–Master of Science in Information Systems, will present their paper, “Where are the Models for IS Majors to Learn about the Future?” at the Information Systems Education Conference 2001 in Cincinnati in November.
Marvin Brown, Leturer–Philosophy, presented a paper, “Corporations and Cities: An Ethical Approach,” at the Western Humanities Conference at UC Davis in Oct. 19.
Francis J. Buckley, S.J., Professor–Theology and Religious Studies, gave the keynote address at the annual international convention of UNDA, Association of Religious Broadcasters, in San Antonio, Texas on Oct 19.
Peter Campion, Lecturer–Expository Writing, published an article on David Ferry’s translation of “Horace’s Epistles” in the journal, Raritan. He also has an article on the poetry of Gail Mazur in the journal, Agni, and an article about the poetry of Lloyd Schwartz in the journal, Salmagundi. Two essays on idiom in American poetry are forthcoming in The PN Review, a journal in Great Britain.
Thomas Cavanaugh, Associate Professor–Philosophy, published “Covering Up: To Acknowledge?” as a chapter on the ethics of physicians’ disclosure of iatrogenic mishaps to patients in Ward Ethics, Dilemmas for Medical Students and Doctors in Training, 2001, Cambridge University Press.
 Roger Chen, Associate Professor–Business, has been invited by the School of Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to make a presentation next summer on recent developments in e-commerce and management practices.
Jane Vincent Corbett, Professor–Nursing, presented a six-hour continuing education workshop on “Nursing Implications of Laboratory Tests” to RNs at Stanford University Hospital on Oct. 16. She presented the same workshop—related to the sixth edition of her book on laboratory tests—at 11 other locations this year.
Mary Lou DeNatale, Associate Professor–Nursing, co-authored an article in the July/August 2001 issue of Nurse Educator titled “Online Critical Thinking: A Case Study Analysis.” The article describes an Internet journal assignment that helped students think critically about a clinical situation and recognize the importance of peer communication.
Andrew Heinze, Associate Professor–History, Director–Swig Judaic Studies Program, published two opinion pieces in the San Francisco Examiner in September, “Anti-Semitism Haunts Durban Conference” and “A New Year, A New American.” He also organized an academic panel on “Jews and Images of Self and Society” for the annual convention of the Association for Jewish Studies.
Virginia Kelsh, Librarian, Professor–Law, and Lee Ryan, Senior Reference Librarian–Law, spoke at a meeting of the Northern California Association of Law Libraries. Kelsh spoke on the “Law Librarian’s Role in Space Planning.” Ryan spoke on “Planning the Law Library Collection Move.”
Barbara MacKinnon, Professor–Philosophy, was interviewed in August on “The Danny Glover Show,” on KFTK-FM out of Saint Louis, on human cloning and stem cell research. She was also part of a conference panel on human cloning held at Santa Clara University on Oct. 12. The title of the conference was California Cloning: Responses to the Draft Report of the State Advisory Committee on Human Cloning.
 Esther Madriz, Associate Professor–Sociology, had her book Nothing Bad Happens to Good Girls: Fear of Crime in Women’s Lives published in Spanish by prominent Latin American publishing house Siglo XXI. The title of the Spanish edition is Nada Malo le Pasa a las Niñas Buenas. She was also quoted in The Christian Science Monitor in an article related to the fear of crime.
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Anne Mairesse, Associate Professor–Modern and Classical Languages, was invited to give a paper and conduct a seminar at Johns Hopkins University on “Valèry, Anthropologist of Our Modern Times.” She also presented a paper at the 19th Century French Studies conference, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison on Oct. 19. Mairesse was granted summa cum laude the Habilitation à Diriger la Recherche post-doctoral diploma by the University of Paris in June 2001. She co-organized the annual 21st Century French Studies International conference at UC Davis in April and presented a paper at the Mediterranean Studies conference in Aix-en-Provence in May.
 Robert Makus, Associate Professor–Philosophy, had his article “Ethics and Internet Health Care: An Ontological Reflection” published as the lead article in the spring issue of the Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics. The article subsequently received recognition by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities. His article “Existential Phenomenological Reduction in Critical Decision Making” was accepted for publication in Practical Philosophy. His review of Philosophical Counseling appeared in the August edition of Philosophy in Review and his review of Beyond Nietzsche and Hegel was accepted for publication by Metapsychology. During the annual meeting of the Far Western Philosophy of Education Society, Makus presented a paper titled “The Loss of Being in a Technological Education.”
Carol Miller, S.N.D., Associate Director–CPS, presented a paper, “Historical Horizons: Noetic Dimensions of Human Ontology,” at the 13th World Congress of Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy in Dallas this summer.
Myrtis Mixon, Lecturer–Communication Studies, was awarded a Fulbright grant to lecture in Slovakia. She will be a lecturer at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica. The U.S. State Department sent Mixon to the University of Zadar, Croatia earlier this year to be a teacher-training consultant.
Locke Morrisey, Head, Collections, Reference and Research Services–Gleeson Library/Geschke Center, was appointed for a two-year term to the ethnic and racial diversity committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
 Darrell G.H. Schramm, Coordinator–Expository Writing, presented his paper “Reading Texts of Immersion, Writing Texts of Social Justice: A Rhetorical Marriage” on May 12th at the Pedagogy in Practice conference at San Francisco State University. In July, his three poems, “The Owl at Night,” “Ben Franklin Addresses the Conestoga Massacre,” and “Custer Courthouse Riot, 1973,” were published in Peace Review.
Shalendra D. Sharma, Associate Professor–Politics, Director of the Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies, had his article, “The Political Economy of Thailand’s Financial Crisis,” accepted for publication in Crossroads: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. His article “Weak Banks, Bad Debts and Failing SOE’s: Why China Survived the Asian Financial Crisis” has been published in Revista de Economía Politica: Brazilian Journal of Political Economy. His book review “Reinventing India” will be published in the forthcoming issue of Contemporary Sociology. This winter Sharma will be part of a team organized by the International Monetary Fund assessing reforms in the Brazilian economy.
Peter H. Simon, Associate Athletics Director–External Relations, has been named head of the NCAA financial aid committee for the I-AAA Athletic Directors Association, a new group within the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
David Stump, Associate Professor–Philosophy, co-taught a graduate level course in July at the University of Vienna, Austria, on unity and plurality in science. He also presented a paper titled “Conventionalism: an Ideal way to Maintain Unity and Plurality in Science” at the International Conference on the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism, in Vienna, prior to teaching the course.
Carolyn Weber, Assistant Professor–English, will present a paper titled “John Donne’s ‘Metempsychosis,’ Lord Byron’s ‘Don Juan,’ and the Progress Paradox” at the Central New York Language and Literature Conference on Oct. 30.
Patty Yancey, Director–Arts and Education, has been appointed to the ARTS Ed advisory council, an initiative of the East Bay Community Foundation. ARTS Ed supports partnerships between arts organizations, colleges, government agencies, and schools to create vital, innovative approaches to improving learning for youth in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Stephen Zunes, Associate Professor–Politics, had his article, “Foreign Policy by Catharsis: The Failure of U.S. Policy Toward Iraq,” published this fall in Arab Studies Quarterly. He also co-authored “The Failure of U.S. Policy Toward Iraq and Proposed Alternatives,” which appears in the current issue of Middle East Policy.
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