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WALDECK E. MAINVILLE JR., professor of mathematics, had the third edition of his "College Algebra" book published by the Pearson Education Company.

JOHN A. MARSHALL, assistant professor of industrial technology, presented three research papers at the National Association of Industrial Technology's (NAIT) annual convention held in Panama City, Florida last November. The topics of Marshall's presentations were: "Programmable Logic Controlled Mobile Robots"; "Rheological Fluid Power Automation"; and "Understanding Internet E-mail Delivery." Marshall has contributed research presentations at this convention for the past fifteen years, and has also served on the NAIT Accreditation Board.

JULIEN S. MURPHY, professor of philosophy and associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences, had her review of Labelle MacWhorter's "Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization" for The Journal of Speculative Philosophy is forthcoming. Her review of "The Debate Between Sartre and Merleau-Ponty" edited by Jon Stewart will appear in Ethics: International Journal of Social Political and Legal Philosophy. She reviewed "Facing It: AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author" by Ross Chambers for the Winter 2000 issue of Biography, An Interdisciplinary Quarterly. The International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (Fall 1999), published her review of "Leaky Bodies and Boundaries: Feminism, Postmodernism, and (Bio)Ethics," by Magrit Shildrick; and The Journal of Homosexuality (Vol. 37, No. 3, pp.154-159) published her review of "Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism," by Pat Califia. Murphy reviewed "To Relieve the Human Condition: Bioethics, Technology, and the Body" by Gerald P. McKenny, for Ethics: International Journal of Social Political and Legal Philosophy (Vol. 109, No.1, 1998). In December, she was session chair for "Issues in Identity and Ethics and Epistemology of Passing" at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division Meetings in Boston last December. In addition she has been elected to the Board of the Maine Bioethics Network (1999-2002).

CHRISTOPHER A. O'CONNOR, assistant director of Portland Student Life for Portland Hall, was recently recognized as Maine's "Outstanding New Professional" in the field of student affairs by the Maine Association of Student Affairs Professionals at the annual MASAP Conference last October, at the University of Maine at Farmington.

THOMAS PARCHMAN, associate professor of music, performed in the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C. last summer, as well as acting as the orchestra manager, performing in chamber orchestra concerts, and conducting backstage for the operas. Last summer he also performed as the "campana" player in Puccini's "Suor Angelica"; in "La Bohme" with the Portland Opera Repertory Theater; in Mozart's "The Magic Flute"; and in Carlyle Floyd's "Susanna with Opera North." He also performed as a recitalist and guest clinician at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, last November.

RICHARD L. PATTENAUDE, president, was elected to the AASCU Board of Directors at the association's annual meeting held in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, last November. His book chapter, "Administering the Modern University," appears in "Higher Education in Transition."

SCOTT REEVES, associate professor of music, is on leave for the 1999-2000 academic year and will be playing and teaching in New York, including concerts with bassist Ron Carter and pianist James Williams. He has completed the manuscript for the third edition of "Creative Jazz Improvisation" to be published by Prentice Hall. He guest conducted the District VI, N. Y. High School Jazz Festival in Plattsburg last November. He presided over a panel discussion at the International Association of Jazz Educators convention in New Orleans in January.

ROBERT J. RUSSELL, professor of music, led the USM Chamber Singers on a tour of Vienna, Venice, and Paris. The Chamber Singers also sang in November at Maine Music Society's Battle of the Blends. He conducted the world premiere of Dan Locklair's "Gloria" with the Choral Art Society in December. This spring he will guest conduct the All-Aroostook Festival Chorus and the Maine High School Masterworks Chorus in Gorham.

CHRISTINE SADY, coordinator, Nutrition Network Project, Muskie School, was invited to present at a meeting at the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, on December 14 in Alexandria, Virginia, at which she gave an overview of the first year of the Maine Nutrition Network's social marketing campaign, "Eat Smart: It's a Healthy Start!"

MARY SEXTON, reference/government documents law librarian, was one of a few U.S. librarians invited to participate in a European Union training session held in Brussels. The Law Library is an E.U. depository.

WAYNE St. PETER, women's tennis coach, received the 1999 USTA/New England Jack Lynch Junior Tournament of the Year Award, for hosting the USM Junior Championships last summer, at the USTA/NE's awards luncheon last December in Dedham, Mass.

LEONARD J. SHEDLETSKY, professor of communication, was notified that his article, "A Lot of Teachers Who Can, Don't," will be reprinted in "Selections from the Speech Communication Teacher, 1996-1999" (McGraw-Hill). He organized the panel, Publishing On-Line, and presented his paper, "Co-editing a New On-Line Publication: Communication Teacher Resources On-Line" at the National Communication Association (NCA) last November in Chicago. Also at the NCA, he organized the panel, "The Internet and Pedagogy," and co-presented "Teaching an Intrapersonal Communication Course Collaboratively," and organized and co-presented "Teaching Communication Courses with the World Wide Web: Cognitive Technology." He has been named managing editor of Communication Teacher Resources Online (CTROnline), a new publication of the NCA (http://www.natcom.org/). His research, "Cognitive Style, Family Handedness, and Degree of Laterality Account for Inconsistent Sex Differences in Direction of Gaze," which appeared in "Replication Research in the Social Sciences," (Sage, 1991) was discussed as an exemplar of replication research in "Investigating Communication: An Introduction to Research Methods" (second edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2000).

KIMBERLY B. SINCLAIR, coordinator, Office of International Programs, was one of five panelists who presented a workshop, "Making Low Tech and High Tech Communication Decisions for the International Office," at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Regional Conference in Newport, Rhode Island, last November.

MARK W. STEEGE, associate professor of school psychology, made two invited presentations at the National Association of Dual Diagnosis conference in Columbia, South Carolina last December. Steege's presentations were titled "Analyze This" and "Show Me The Data," both emphasizing his current research in the application of behavioral assessment methodologies with persons with developmental disabilities.

FRED WALKER, assistant professor of technology, received the Rudolph G. Woodward award as the "1999 Maine Quality Professional of the Year," from the American Society of Quality (ASQ). Walker has been nominated for and elected to the Margaret Chase Smith Maine State Quality Association Board of Directors. He also worked with NANCY ARTZ, associate professor of business administration, as co-principal investigators on a study of "Quality Inhibitors" funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

NANCY WANDERER, director of legal writing and research program, and instructor of law, had her article, "Culture and Crime: Kargar and the Existing Framework for a Cultural Defense" published in the Buffalo Law Review (Vol. 47, No.2).

MARGO WOOD, associate provost for graduate studies and research and professor of literacy education, is the author of "Reaction Papers and Breakthroughs: Teaching and Learning in a Graduate Program," published in the January 2000 New England Reading Association (NERA) Journal.

JENNIFER WRIGGINS, associate professor of law, presented a paper, "Marriage, Duty, Morals, and Couples of the Same Gender" at the International Society of Family Law's North American Regional Conference, "A More Perfect Union? Marriage and Marriage-Like Relationships in Family Law" in Albuquerque, last June. Wriggins has been asked to be a reviewer for the National Science Foundation's Societal Dimensions of Engineering, Science, and Technology Program. Her article on lead poisoning, "Genetics, IQ, Determinism, and Torts: The Example of Discovery in Lead Exposure Litigation," published in the Boston University Law Review, was cited by a Massachusetts judge of the Northeast Housing Court in his decision in the case "Hafford v. Ravgiala."

FENGGANDG YANG, assistant professor of sociology, received an International Travel Stipend for a trip to China. The Penn State Press has nominated his book "Chinese Christians in America" for the 1999 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award in American Immigration History sponsored by The Immigration and Ethnic History Society. He received a planning grant for a research project of "The Chinese Protestant Ethic and China's Transformation Toward a Market Economy and Democratic Society."

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