Washington College Magazine
Faculty/Staff Achievements
ERIN ANDERSON, assistant professor of sociology, co-authored the article "Advertising What Lies Behind the Academic Door: Occupational Identity Displays," published in The Social Science Journal.
KEVIN BRIEN, professor of philosophy and religion, presented the paper "Humanistic-Marxism and the Transformation of Reason" at the 6th Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue, held this July in Helsinki, Finland.
Tom Cousineau, professor of English, co-directed "Présence de Samuel Beckett," a French-language scholarly conference that was held for ten days this summer at the chateau of Cerisy-la-Salle in Normandy.
DIANE COUSINEAU, lecturer in English, is co-editor, with Magda Salvesen, of Artists' Estates: Reputations in Trust, a portrait of the art world from the vantage point of heirs and professionals responsible for artists' legacies. It is published by Rutgers University Press.
LISA DANIELS, associate professor of economics, completed a book review of African Economic Development by Emmanuel Nnadozie for the African Studies Review journal.
MELISSA DECKMAN, associate professor of political science, presented a talk on her book, School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics, at St. Mary's College of Maryland. She also appeared on WYPR Radio's popular Marc Steiner Show broadcast from Baltimore to comment on the U. S. Senate and the compromise on the judicial filibuster. She published an online op/ed, "Does It Matter If The Anti-Evolution Rightwingers Win In Kansas?" via the History News Network.
A paper, co-authored by IRV DEGRAW, assistant professor of business management, "Initial Public Offerings: CFO Perceptions, Rationale for Going Public, Perception Stationarity, and After-Market Returns," was presented at the Front Range Finance Conference in Fort Collins, CO.
PEGGY DONNELLY, assistant professor of education, gave two peer-reviewed presentations: "Celebrating Diversity through Children's Literature" at the Inclusive & Supportive Education Congress of the International Special Education Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, and "Piloting Action Research in the PDS" at the Research Conference of the Maryland Professional Development School Network in Towson, MD. She also delivered a workshop, "Social and Emotional Growth Through Children's Literature and Readers Theatre," at Centreville School in Centreville, DE.
THOMAS FINNEGAN, professor of physical education, published an article, "Dr. Dudley Sergeant's Summer at Chautauqua," in New York History: The Magazine of the New York State Historical Association.
SANDRA HIORTDAHL, lecturer in English, presented a paper titled "Anglo-Saxon Parameters in Grendel and Gardner's Modern-Moralist Twists on Beowulf" at the John Gardner Society's annual conference.
Washington College's ACS Student Affiliates Chapter received a special recognition award from the American Chemical Society Committee on Education (SOCED) this fall. The chapter is supervised by ANNE MARTEEL-PARRISH, assistant professor of chemistry.
KATHERINE MAYNARD, assistant professor of French, gave a presentation titled "Satire in Ronsard's 'Remonstrance au peuple de France'" at the Annual Conference of the Renaissance Society of America in Cambridge, England. She also wrote a book review of Comme un souci aux rayons du soleil by Véronique Denizot for Sixteenth Century Studies and an article about religion, literature and nation featured on the website of the Folger Institute's Web Project "Religious Toleration and the Early Modern World."
KATHRYN MONCRIEF, assistant professor of English, presented the paper "Literature and Culture in the Undergraduate Classroom: An Approach to Teaching with Early English Books Online" at the (De)materialising the Early Modern Text: Early English Books Online in Teaching & Research Conference held in Bath, England. She presented the paper "'Show me a child begotten of thy body that I am father to': Pregnancy, Paternity, and the Problem of Evidence in Shakespeare's All's Well that Ends Well" at the Renaissance Society of America Conference in Cambridge, England. Dr. Moncrief also chaired the panel "New Perspectives on Maternity and Performance in Early Modern England" at the same conference.
SEAN O CONNOR, professor of education, attended the 12th International Learning Conference for Faculty of Educational Sciences held at the University of Granada, Spain, in July. He delivered a paper titled "Through a Portal of Poetry: Education for Social, Personal, and Knowledge Transformation—The Problem Set Process," and facilitated a Conference Talking Circle on "Student Learning, Learner Experiences, and Learner Diversity."
COREY OLSEN, assistant professor of English, delivered a paper on William Langland's Piers Plowman, titled "Grace, Unity and the Ideal Community in the Vita of Dobest," at the 40th Annual International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo, MI.
ANDREW OROS, assistant professor of political science and international studies, cowrote with Steve Clemons, Director of the Japan Policy Research Institute, the article "Betting on a Bolder Japan" for The Japan Times, Japan's largest English language newspaper.
The National Career Development Association has recognized VICKY SAWYER as a Master Career Counselor, a special membership status for those with certain levels of achievement in education, training and experience. An active NCDA member, she holds a master's degree from East Carolina University and maintains the National Certified Counselor and statelicensed Professional Clinical Counselor credentials. She is past president of the Maryland Career Development Association and the current legislative chair of the Maryland Association for Counseling and Development.
CHRISTINE WADE, assistant professor of political science and international studies, co-authored the revised and updated edition of Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion and Regime Change, a seminal instructional text and academic reference covering the history of Latin American politics. She also recently co-authored with Thomas Walker the chapter titled "Central America: From Revolution To Neoliberal Reform," which appeared in Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise, Fourth Edition, by Jan Knippers Black.
TED WIDMER, Director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, reviewed Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens for The New York Times.
MICHELE VOLANSKY, assistant professor of drama, served as the dramaturg for the inaugural season of PlayPenn, a national conference for new work held annually in Philadelphia. She was also named the University Caucus Chair for the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas, responsible for planning and facilitating conversations on dramaturgy in education in the U.S. and Canada. At the Association of Theatre in Higher Education conference held in San Francisco, she chaired and moderated the discussion "When Dramaturgs Come Knocking: Collaboration and the Liberal Arts."
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