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Alma Flor Ada, Professor—Education, had two books published in November: A Magical Encounter: Latino Children’s Literature in the Classroom, and The Quetzal’s Journey, or El Vuelo del Quetzal, coauthored and released in English and Spanish.
John Blackwell, Associate Professor—Exercise and Sport Science, recently had his paper, “Effect of Type 3 (Oversize) Tennis Ball on Serve Performance and Upper Extremity Muscle Activity,” published in the journal Sport Biomechanics.
Mary Burns, Lecturer—Communication Studies, received USF’s Outstanding Lecturer Award in May for the 2001-02 academic year.
John Campion, Lecturer—Rhetoric and Composition, completed another libretto with his brother, composer Edmund Campion. The work, a French commission titled “ME,” will premier at the Manca festival this month in Nice, France.
Raymond Dennehy, Professor—Philosophy, debated abortion Oct. 7 with embryologist and physician Malcolm Potts of the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley in front of 700 students.
Toni E. Fogarty, Associate Professor—Human Resources and Organization Development, will speak about business continuity planning at the 2002 Nonprofit Risk Management Institutes, hosted in October by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC) in Washington, D.C. She was also appointed “special advisor” by the center and will assist in peer review of articles, books, and technical materials published by the NRMC.
James Forcier, Lecturer—Economics, and business and economics chair of the Commonwealth Club of California, spoke at the Bay Area Speakers Service at the Concord Hilton Oct. 19. His topic, “Presentation Marketing in an Era of Information Overload,” was about the diminishing role oral presentations play in vetting current issues, the loss of civility in public discourse, and the role of the Commonwealth Club in keeping oratory alive.
Jay Gonzalez, Assistant Professor—Politics, went to Japan in September as part of an expert panel on Asian and Latin American experiences with fiscal decentralization. He presented a paper, “Citizen Participation through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in an Emerging Multi-Centered Region: The Direction of Governance Reforms in Asia,” which will be published as a book chapter on Asian and Latin American development. He also chaired the first San Francisco Summit on Immigrant Rights at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Sept. 14. More than 200 participants from community-based organizations, government, and private businesses attended as well as 25 USF students from Gonzalez’s international environmental politics class.
Marco Jacquemet, Assistant Professor—Communication Studies, presented a workshop in June, “Communication and Virtual Geographies,” at the School of Architecture at the University of Milan in Italy.
 Roberta Johnson, Professor—Politics, will have her book, Whistleblowing: When It Works—And Why, published in mid-November. She has been invited to do book signings in November at the Harvard Club in San Francisco, Barnes & Noble in Oakland, and in January at Cody’s in Berkeley.
Kathleen Feeney Jonson, Associate Professor—Education, presented a session in October on early literacy at the Reading Association of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland.
Sunnie D. Kidd, former Assistant to the Dean—Education, had five of her articles, “A Phenomenological Amplification Of The Capacity For Communication,” “The Teaching Tree,” “The Language Of Counseling,” “Rhythmic Patterns Of Energetics,” and “Montage: The Cosmic Dynamic Rhythmic Interplay,” published posthumously on superdirector.com this month.
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 M. Theresa Moser, R.S.C.J., Assistant Dean—Arts and Sciences, wrote an article, “A Warm Heart and a Clear Eye: Ex Corde Ecclesiae and the University,” to be published in the fall 2003 issue of Conversations in Jesuit Higher Education.
Maurice Penner, Professor—College of Professional Studies, recently had his article, “Physician Office Access for the Uninsured: An Observational Study,” published in Research in the Sociology of Healthcare.
Stephen A. Privett, S.J., President, delivered the convocation address at Seattle University in September, and spoke Oct. 25 at Gonzaga University about free speech at Catholic universities.
Kathy Rosebrock, Lecturer—Education, was recently named Marin County Teacher of the Year.
 Darrell Schramm, Course Coordinator—Rhetoric and Composition, recently received a request from the state of North Dakota for permission to quote from one of his published articles. The quotation will appear on two historical markers for turnouts on North Dakota’s Highway 1806, commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Shalendra D. Sharma, Associate Professor—Politics, published three articles this fall: “Beyond ASEAN and APEC: Towards a New Asia-Pacific Economic Regionalism” for East Asian Review, “Beyond the IMF Medicine: Thailand’s Response to the 1997 Financial Crisis” for International Area Review, and “Korea’s Economic Reforms under Kim Dae-Jung: An Assessment” for Korea Observer: A Quarterly Journal.
John T. Sullivan, Professor—Biology, presented a seminar Oct. 10 to the biology department at Dominican University titled “Immune Responses in a Pathogen-Transmitting Snail.”
Johanna Thomashefski, Director—Xavier Residence Hall, recently graduated with a master’s degree in sport management from USF. She presented her non-profit research Oct. 11 at the 14th National Dropout Prevention Network Conference in San Diego at the request of USLacrosse. She is a member of the national Motivational Lacrosse Committee for USLacrosse, the governing body for lacrosse in the United States, and the co-director of Lacrosse for LIFE (Leadership, Integrity, Friendship, and Education).
Maureen White, Assistant Director—Advising, Sacramento Regional Campus, won an essay contest sponsored by www.ibosswell.com. Her essay, “A Boss That I Learned Much From,” was published Oct. 16, National Boss Day.
Bruce Wydick, Assistant Professor—Economics, and Craig McIntosh, Visiting Lecturer—Economics, are part of a research team with professors from UC Berkeley and Latin America that received a grant of $297,000 from the United States Agency for International Development to study financial market information systems in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Peru, and understand ways the rural poor in developing countries can have better access to credit via the formal financial system.
Stephen Zunes, Associate Professor—Politics and Chair—Peace & Justice Studies Program, received the first “Peace Scholar of the Year Award” at the annual meeting of the Peace & Justice Studies Association Oct. 5 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He also had his book, Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism, published by Common Courage Press.
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