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CHRISTINE GALBRAITH, associate professor of law, had her article, "Access Denied: Improper Use of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to Control Information on Publicly Available Internet Web sites," accepted for publication by the University of Maryland Law Review. It is expected to be published in the next few months.

BARRY H. RODRIGUE, assistant professor of art and humanities, Lewiston-Auburn College, co-presented "The Globe, the World, and Le Monde: Revolution in the 19th and 21st Centuries," at the Great Falls Speakers Forum in Lewiston last May. At the second International Research-Practical Conference on The Anti-Totalitarian Left: Past and Future that was sponsored by the Praxis Centre and the State University of Moscow, Rodrigue presented "Globalization, Cultural Diversity, and Change in the United States."

R. BRUCE THOMPSON, assistant professor of psychology, co-presented the following four conference papers in April: "Social Loafing in Preschoolers: Exploring Theory-of-Mind as a Mechanism for Change in Collaborative Effort," was presented with BILL THORNTON, professor of psychology, and USM students Alice Hallett, Jessica Carter, Sarah Dugas, Andrea Davis, Marissa Smith, and Kyle Bernier, at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference held in Tampa, Fla. The paper also was presented at the Maine Psychological Association, Colby College and at USM Poster Day.Ê"From Social Welfare to Psycholinguistics: Re-visiting Video Data from 265 Low Income Families to Explore the Development of Preschoolers' Problem-Solving Discourse," was presented with USM student Jessica Carter, at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, as well as the Maine Psychological Association Conference and the USM Poster Day. "Gender Differences in the Use of Collaborative Speech Among Parents and Adolescents," was presented with USM student Stacie Arsenault at the Maine Psychological Association Conference and USM Poster Day. Thompson co-presented "Picture-Driven vs. Piece-Driven Strategies in the Completion of Jigsaw Puzzles: An Investigation of Preschool Spatial Performance" at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference in Tampa, Fla.

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