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BENJAMIN BERTRAM, associate professor of English,
published a new book, "The Time is Out of Joint: Skepticism
in Shakespeare's England" (University of Delaware Press).
JANET WHATLEY BLUM, assistant professor of sports
medicine, presented a poster on "Prevalence of Overweight
High School Students Based on Self-reported Versus Measured
Height and Weight" at an international conference of the North
American Association for the Study of Obesity, held November
14-18, 2004, in Las Vegas.
KAREN CROTEAU, associate professor of sports medicine,
presented the paper, "Every Step Counts: Using Pedometers
to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health," at the
annual New England fall conference of the American College
of Sports Medicine on November 11-12, 2004, in Providence,
R.I.
BONITA A. DALY, assistant professor of accounting,
had her article, "The Influence of Nationality and Gender
on Ethical Sensitivity: An Application of the Issue-Contingent
Model," accepted for publication in the Journal of Business
Ethics. The article can be viewed at www.usm.maine.edu/~gramlich/sbpubs/daly2004jbe.pdf.
PHYLLIS HEALY, associate professor of nursing, and
MARIANNE RODGERS, chairperson and associate professor
of nursing, presented a poster titled "Evidenced-Based Practice:
Transitioning the Baccalaureate Curriculum" at the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Education
Conference on November 11-12, 2004, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
RITA HEIMES, director, Technology Law Center, School
of Law, spoke at the Copyright, Scholarship and the Case for
Open Access: A Conference on the Intellectual Commons, held
at the University of Maine in November. Her presentation was
titled "Copyright and Alternatives to Copyright: Why and How?"
Heimes and the Technology Law Center also host the "Patents"
section of the popular Website ChillingEffects.org.
ANNE B. KEITH, associate professor of nursing, co-authored
two presentations, "Evaluating a State's Preparedness for
Public Health Emergencies: Reporting Data From a Logic Model
Methodology," and "Dual Use: Problems and Opportunities for
Using Emergency Preparedness to Build Public Health Infrastructure,"
presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health
Association in Washington D.C. last November.
WIL KILROY, associate professor of theatre, performed
in the new play, "Gray," at the conference for the Association
of Theatre in Higher Education in Toronto, Canada, last August.
At the conference, he also presented the workshop "Character
Creation: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach." In November, he
was co-planner for the New England Theatre Conference, where
he presented a 10-hour master class for drama teachers. Also
in the fall, he was a spokesperson for an L.L. Bean industrial
film, and an actor for the "No Smoking" Maine TV campaign.
In December, he reprised his role as Dr. Coppelius in a production
of "Coppelia" for the State Ballet of Rhode Island where he
is an alumni guest artist.
SAMANTHA J. LANGLEY-TURNBAUGH, associate professor
of environmental science, took two USM students to the annual
meeting of the Soil Science Society of America in Seattle
last October. At the conference Langley-Turnbaugh and students
GEMMA VAN EPPS and PETER DOWNHAM presented posters
of their research on the phytoremediation gardens they established
in Portland to help eliminate environmental toxins in soil
funded by an Environmental Protection Agency grant.
MARK B. LAPPING, professor of public policy and management
and director of the Ph.D. program in public policy and management,
Muskie School, took part in a study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's
Center for Great Plains Studies (www.unl.edu/plains)
that looked at policies to cope with urbanization pressures
employed by counties across the United States.
VICTOR LIBERI, lecturer of sports medicine, presented
on "Equipment Removal for Airway Access in Helmeted Athletes"
at the Maine Athletic Trainers Association, held in Biddeford
in November, 2004. He published an article, "Toohey Toe Plate:
Turf Toe Management," in the July 2004 issue of National Athletic
Trainer's Association News.
LOIS R. LUPICA, professor of law, was an invited speaker
at the 29th annual Bankruptcy Conference sponsored by Judge
Alexander Paksay in Clearwater, Fla. The topics for her presentation
and related papers were "The Intersection of Revised Article
9 and Bankruptcy" and "Bankruptcy Ethics."
SUBHASH C. MEHTA, professor of marketing, is the co-author
of an article, "Technology and its CRM Implications in the
Shipping Industry" recently published in the International
Journal of Technology Management. The article can be viewed
at www.usm.maine.edu/~gramlich/sbpubs/mehta2004ijtm.pdf.
LINDA MEYER, chairperson and associate professor of
recreation and leisure studies, was featured in the fall 2004
issue of One in Five, an Alpha One publication that provides
information of interest to persons with disabilities, their
families and professionals in the rehabilitation field.
NANCY RICHESON, assistant professor of recreation
and leisure studies, has an article, "Recreation Therapy as
a Non-Drug Approach to Pain Management for Older Adults with
Dementia," in the December 13, 2004 issue of American Journal
of Recreation Therapy.
CHRISTOPHER B. SCOTT, assistant professor of sports
medicine, wrote articles on "Dietary Induced Thermogenesis:
Analysis of Three Isocaloric Meal Replacement Shakes" for
the Journal of Nutrition, and "Direct and Indirect Calorimetry
of Lactate Oxidation: Implications for Whole-body Energy Expenditure"
for the Journal of Sports Science.
JUDY SPROSS, associate professor of nursing, received
a Book of the Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing
in Advanced Nursing Practice for Advanced Practice Nursing:
An Integrative Approach (Third Edition, Philadelphia: Elsevier
Publishing).
VALERIE STANFILL, visiting clinical professor and
acting director, Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, was on the faculty
of a Litigation Institute sponsored by the U.S. Justice Department
held in Houston, Tx., last November. She presented seminars
and skills training on evidence, cross-examination and closing
argument. In December, Stanfill was a panelist on "Ethical
Considerations in Handling Medical Issues" at a CLE seminar
on Medicine for Trial Lawyers sponsored by the Maine Trial
Lawyers Association.
DEBORAH TUERKHEIMER, associate professor of law, had
her article, "Building and Remedying the Harm of Battering:
A Call to Criminalize Domestic Violence," published in The
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Northwestern University
School of Law (Vol. 94, No. 4).
TRAVIS WAGNER, assistant professor of environmental
science and policy, and ROBERT SANFORD, associate professor
of environmental science and policy, had their book, "Environmental
Science: Active Learning Laboratories and Applied Problem
Sets" published by John Wiley & Sons (New York: 2005).
THOMAS WARD, professor of law, gave a presentation
to the annual meeting of the Commercial Finance Committee
in Philadephia last November. His topic was "Guarding Against
Double-Debtor Problems When Financing Technology Transfers."
RICHARD WEST, professor and chair of communication
and media studies, has recently been elected vice-president
of the Eastern Communication Association (ECA). West will
organize ECA's annual convention in Providence, R.I., in 2007.
West was also appointed director of the Educational Policies
Board of the National Communication Association and in that
role, will serve on the executive committee of the Association
until 2008. West was also appointed to serve on the new editorial
boards of Communication Studies, Communication Education,
Communication Research Reports, Qualitative Research Reports
in Communication, and the Journal of Family Communication.
KATHLEEN J. WININGER, associate professor of philosophy,
published a 3,000 word entry on "Nietzsche" in "Sex from Plato
to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia" ( Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 2005). She was chair of the Concerned Philosophers
for Peace meeting at the American Philosophical Association,
Eastern Division Meeting in Boston last December, for the
session "Iraq and the War on Terror: An Update." Wininger's
paper, "Dreams of Wholeness and the Limitations of the Self
in Bessie Head," was presented at the African Studies Association
meetings on the theme of "The Power of Expression: Identity,
Language and Memory in Africa and the Diaspora" in New Orleans,
La. Last June she presented "Incorporating Gender Issues from
African Philosophy in the Law" to the University of Zimbabwe
faculty of law, and participated in the external evaluation
of the University of Zimbabwe's Southern and Eastern African
Regional Center for Women's Law.
MELVIN ZARR, professor of law, led a discussion of
sentencing hypotheticals with a panel of judges, prosecutors
and defense counsel, and presented a lecture on the "Federal
Sentencing Guidelines" at the triennial Maine Sentencing Institute
held in Augusta last December.
DONALD ZILLMAN, Godfrey Professor of Law, has been
asked to serve as independent counsel to the Maine House of
Representatives Standing Committee on Elections, reprising
a role he played in 2000 and 2002.
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