July 5, 2008
Professional Activities
John Leipzig, director of the Center for Responsible
Leadership, is the author of "Developing Global Cooperation Through
University Leadership Programs" in Proceedings from the 9th Annual Conference (Leadership: Impact, Culture & Sustainability),
International Leadership Association, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, CD-ROM, May 27, 2008. He also was the author of "The State of
Leadership in the States: What Businesspeople Say They Value" in Proceedings, Conference on Corporate Communication 2008, June 6, 2008.
Robert Vivian, associate professor of English, is the author of
two essays about Turkey. "The Mouth of the Lion" and "The Prejudice of
Teeth" have been accepted for publication by ACM, Another Chicago Magazine. He also is the author of “The Art of Change In The Personal Essay,” which has been accepted for publication by Review Americana.
Catherine Fobes, associate professor of sociology/anthropology, Kate Blanchard, assistant professor of religious studies, and Carol Gregg,
chaplain, with Jennifer Ayres and Deborah Kapp of the McCormick
Theological Seminary, are the recipients of an external grant,
"Globalization and Food: Society, Theology and Ethics," from the
Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities, effective 2009.
Catherine Fobes, associate professor of sociology/anthropology,
with Tara Hefferan, presented "Educating Students for a Global Future:
Using Praxis Projects to Teach About Women in the Global South" to the
North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 28-31,
2008. Fobes also is the author of "Searching for a Priest or a Man?
Using Gender as a Cultural Resource in an Episcopal Campus Chapel" in
the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 40, Number 3:87-98, 2001.
Melvin A. Nyman, with John S. Berry and Douglas A. Lapp, is the
author of "Using Technology to Facilitate Reasoning: Lifting the Fog
from Linear Algebra" in Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, Volume 27, Number 2, pages 102 -111, June 2008.
Edward Lorenz, professor of history and political science,
presented “Applied Learning on the Border” as part of the "The Other
Side of the Border" workshop at the Western Social Science Association
meeting in Denver, Colo., April 26, 2008. The presentation was part of
a half-day workshop on the history and current challenges of
U.S.-Mexico border relations and policy.
Posted: Thu, June 26th, 2008 at 9:12AM
