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Scholarly Activity
Presentations
Conway Saylor, Professor of Psychology, presented two posters at the American Psychological Association meeting in Toronto, Canada August 5-9, 2009.
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, presented a paper entitled "Filial Utopias" and presided over the thirteenth annual Southeast Early China Roundtable.
Lauren A. Rule, Professor of English, presented a paper entitled "Teaching Gatsby's Lessons about Self-Fashioning and Military Dress" at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference in Baltimore, MD.
Kurt Boughan, Assistant Professor of History, presented a paper at the annual conference, sponsored by Vanderbilt University, of the Southeastern Medieval Association, being held in Nashville, TN.
Jack Porter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, attended the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association held in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Porter also presented two academic papers at the conference titled "Can Authoritarian Regimes Apply Tactical Smart Power? South Africa's Counterinsurgency Campaign in Namibia (1966-1989)" and "Smart Power and Counterinsurgency: American Military Policy in the 21st Century."
William Bloss, Professor of Criminal Justice, present the results of research and attended the Southern Criminal Justice Association 2009 annual meeting in Charleston, SC from September 17-19, 2009.
Sara Fernandez-Medina, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, conducted research on Rosa Montero's work in Madrid, Spain from May 20-August 14, 2009.
Mark Del Mastro, Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, recently presented results of research at the 59th Annual Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Conference at Furman University.
Mark Del Mastro, Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures traveled to Madrid, Spain from May 19-27, 2009 to conduct research at the National Library of Madrid.
Scott Lucas, Associate Professor of English, attended the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Annual Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland from May 26-June 1, 2009. While at the conference, Dr. Lucas presented the paper "The Creation of a Conspirator: Thomas Wolsey in Holenshed's Chronicles."
Scott Lucas, Associate Professor of English traveled to England from July 11-25, 2009, where he presented a paper at the Henry VIII and the Tudor Court conference at Hampton Court Palace and following the conference, he conducted research at libraries in Britain.
James Leonard, Professor of English, attended the State of Mark Twain Studies Conference in Elmira, New York August 5-9, 2009. While at the conference, Dr. Leonard presented a paper and chaired a conference.
History Professor Michael Barrett traveled to the USNA 2009 Naval History Symposium in Annapolis, Maryland from September 9-12, 2009, where he presented the paper "The Danube Flotilla in the 1916 Romanian Campaign."
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, gave two lectures as part of the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course at the Special Operations School at Hurlburt Field in Florida May 18, 2009.
David Preston, Assistant Professor of History was an invited speaker at the National Endowment for the Humanities "Landmarks Workshop" at Niagara University and Old Fort Niagara in upstate New York July 13-14, 2009. Dr. Preston presented a lecture on Iroquois diplomacy in the 18th century.
Sarah Tenney, Assistant Professor of Political Science, attended the Ninth International CISS Millennium Conference in Potsdam, Germany from June 11-19, 2009. While at the conference, Dr. Tenney presented a paper.
Psychology Professor and Department Chair Steve Nida attended the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, Illinois from April 29-May 3, 2009. Dr. Nida serves as the organization's Convention Affairs Coordinator. While at the meeting Dr. Nida presented the paper "Ostrasism, Depression, and Adjustment in Children and Adolescents". This article, co-authored with colleagues at The Citadel and MUSC was reviewed in the May 11 edition of the Charleston Post and Courier, accessible at this link.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp attended the Midwest Conference in Chinese Thought in Carbondale, Illinois from April 17-19, 2009. While at the meeting, Dr. Knapp presented the paper "Filial Utopias: Early Medieval Confucian Conceptions of Local Governance".
Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Zane Segle attended the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in Lexington, Kentucky April 15-17, 2009. At the conference Dr. Segle presented the paper "Second Thoughts on Morisco Conversion: Ginés Pérez de Hita’s
Reappraisal of Spanish Hegemony in the Guerras Civiles de Granada".
Associate Professor of History Joelle Neulander attended the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in Lexington, Kentucky April 15-17, 2009. At the conference Dr. Neulander presented the paper "Past Imperfect: Problems in Translation for Cultural Historians in their Historical Writing".
Assistant Professor of French Cathy Jellenik and Assistant Professor of Spanish Sara Fernandez-Medina, both members of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, attended the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference in Lexington, Kentucky April 15-17, 2009. At the conference, Dr. Jellenik presented the paper "Another Death of the Author: Translating L’Événement into Happening." Dr. Jellenik also organized and chaired the French 2: Translation and the Cultural Tightrope Session. Dr. Fernandez-Medina presented the paper "Femineidad, feminismo y otros asuntos de mujeres en la última novela de Rosa Montero Instrucciones para salvar el mundo." Dr. Fernandez-Medina also recently presented research at a conference in Costa Rica from March 7-11, 2009.
Associate Professor of English Sean Heuston attended the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) national conference in New Orleans, Louisiana April 9-11, 2009. While at the conference, Prof. Heuston presented the paper "Superideology: Post-9/11 Superhero Movies and the Global War on Terror" and chaired the Film and Media Studies II: Home Video and Superheroes Session. The PCA/ACA supports the study of popular and American culture.
Professor of Psychology Conway Saylor attended the 2009 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) in Denver, Colorado from April 2-4, 2009. While at the meeting, Dr. Saylor presented her research entitled "Child and Adolescent Concepts of Heroism and Heroic Acts." The SRCD works to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.
Assistant Professor of History, Joseph Renouard, attended a conference in San Diego from April 1-5, 2009 where he presented a paper.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English Christopher Campbell was a presenter at the 2009 College English Association (CEA) Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from March 27-28, 2009. Professor Campbell participated as a presenter in the "Challenges of English Instruction at Military Colleges and Academies" Session at the meeting. The College English Association is a professional society of scholar-teachers, dedicated to the study of language, literature, and the art of the classroom. For 70 years, CEA has sought to celebrate and illuminate the ever-widening discipline of English Studies: from the traditional canon of British and American Literature to the more varied and alternative literatures of our present day, from new critical readings and genre studies to multiple and diverse literary theories, from composition and rhetoric to technical writing and long distance learning.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp attended the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) March 26-29, 2009. At the meeting Dr. Knapp presented the paper "Magistrates and Miracles" and presided over the Southeast Early China Roundtable (SEECR) meeting. The AAS seeks to facilitate contact and an exchange of information among scholars to increase their understanding of East, South, and Southeast Asia. SEECR is a group of scholars from the south Atlantic region who specialize or maintain an interest in the study of China who seek to provide a forum for specialist discussion of all aspects of early China studies through yearly meetings; and to promote the study of early China in the Southeast by sponsoring public non-specialist lectures.
Associate Professor of History Marcus Cox presented the paper "'Take Your Place among the Soldiers of Your Country, A Man among Men': Military Training at Black Colleges in the Late Nineteenth Century" at the 33rd Annual National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia March 19-21, 2009. The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) is the leading organization of Black Studies professionals in the world. For more than 30 years its members have been at the forefront of driving the development of Black/Africana Studies as a respected academic discipline. Members include top scholars, community leaders and students focused on a variety of issues related to the African World experience.
Several faculty members in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures attended the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Philological Association of the Carolinas March 19-21, 2009 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Visiting Professor of German Amy Emm served as chair of the panel "Psychology and Self in Germanic Literature" and presented her paper "The Curse of the Unconscious: Zacharias Werner’s Der vierundzwanzigste Februar". Albert Gurganus, Professor of German and Director of Fellowships, presented his paper "Hedda Gabler and Fräulein Else: Sisters in Delusion." Assistant Professor of French Cathy Jellenik served as chair of the panel "Translation" and presented her paper "Translating translation: From L’Evénement to Happening." Professor of German Katya Skow served as chair of the panel "German Pedagogy and Linguistics" and presented her paper "Dialect in the Regional German Detective Novel."
Three faculty members in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice attended the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) in Boston, MA from March 10-15, 2009. Professor William Bloss presented the paper "Islamist Terrorism and Tactical State Destabilization" in the Culture, Islam and Terrorism Section. Associate Professor Martha Henderson Hurley presented the paper "Mid-Level Management Perceptions of Organizational Functioning and Prisoner Reentry" in the Macro- and Organizational-Level Theory and Theory Integration Projects in Justice Organization and Administration Section. Professor Robert McNamara served as the facilitator of the Field Research and the Classroom Section.
Psychology Professor Conway Saylor presented two papers at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference in Boston, Massachusetts February 24-28, 2009. Assistant Professor of Psychology Lori Fernald also attended the meeting.
Assistant Professor of History, Joseph Renouard presented the paper "Human Rights in American Foreign Policy: On the Problem of Consistency" at the 11th Annual Comparative Literature Conference: The Future of Human Rights: Moral, Legal and Political Cultures, February 26-29, 2009. The conference is an annual an interdisciplinary meeting organized by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of South Carolina.
Jack Porter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, attended the 50th Annual International Studies Association (ISA) Convention February 14-17, 2009 in New York, NY. While at the conference, Porter presented his paper "Smart Power, Counterinsurgency and Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW): American Military Policy in the 21st Century" as part of the panel titled "Challenges in Countering Twenty-First Century Insurgencies". Porter also served as discussant on two panels: "Outsourcing and Private Security" and "Quantitative and Experimental Modeling of Foreign Policy Processes".
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp presented lectures on East Asian religion and the histories of Japan and Mongolia as part of the USAF Special Operations School's Asia-Pacific Orientation Course at Camp Smith in Hawaii January 24-27, 2009.
Associate Professor of English Scott Lucas delivered the paper "Edward Hall's Influence on Holinshed's Chronicles" at an invitation-only academic workshop at Jesus College, Oxford University on January 6, 2009. Lucas will use this paper to form the basis for his chapter in Oxford University Press's forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Holinshed, a new, multi-author study of the massive sixteenth-century historical work Holinshed's Chronicles, the text which served as Shakespeare's most important source for the historical material in his plays.
Associate Professor of Psychology Timothy D. Matthews traveled to St. Pete Beach, Florida to attend the 31st Annual Conference of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology January 3-6, 2009. The organization assists teachers of psychology at two- and four-year colleges, universities, and high schools, who wish to explore new ideas that will enhance and broaden their teaching skills.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp recently presented lectures on East Asian religion and the History of Japan and Mongolia in the Asia-Pacific Course at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan from December 15-23, 2008.
Assistant Professor of English Lauren Rule recently presented her paper "Natasha Trethewey's Native Guard and the Reimagination of American Landscape" at the American Literature Association Poetry Symposium in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The American Literature Association is a coalition of societies devoted to the study of American authors. The Poetry Symposium took place December 15-19, 2008.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp presented the paper "The Contours of Chinese Ritual" at the 12th Annual Southeast Early China Roundtable (SEECR) November 14-16, 2008 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida. Professor Knapp is the current chair of the SEECR. Founded in 1997, SEECR is a group of scholars from the south Atlantic region who specialize or maintain an interest in the study of China, from the earliest period through the Tang dynasty. The group provides a forum for specialist discussion of all aspects of early China studies through yearly meetings and promotes the study of early China in the Southeast by sponsoring public non-specialist lectures.
From November 12-15, 2008, Political Science Associate Professor Terry M. Mays attended the annual meeting of the African Studies Association in Chicago, Illinois. Professor Mays served as the chair for the Peacemaking: Institutions and Programs Panel and also presented his paper "The African Union's African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM): Why Did it Successfully Materialize Following the Failure of the IGAD Peace Support Mission to Somalia (IGASOM)?." The African Studies Association's mission is to bring together people with a scholarly and professional interest in Africa. The ASA also provides information and support services to the Africanist community.
Assistant Professor of English Tom Horan delivered the paper "Tinkering with Orwell: Sarah Kane's Cleansed as a rebuttal to George Orwell's 1984" at the South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas, November 6-8, 2008. Horan's presentation examined the ways in which the late British playwright appropriated specific details of setting, theme, and even dialogue from 1984 to politicize her own work.
Eloy Urroz, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures presented research at the Coloquio Cervantino Internacional in Guanajuato, Mexico, November 4-8, 2008. The meeting brings together renowned scholars to discuss Cervantes, the most important author of the Spanish Golden Age.
Associate Professor of English Scott Lucas presented the paper "Edward Hall's Two Chronicles" at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference in St. Louis, Missouri October 22-26, 2008. He also organized and chaired the discussion panel "The Spenser Roundtable," a yearly session devoted to the work of the English poet Edmund Spenser.
Amy Emm, Visiting Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures presented the paper "More than One Way to Skin a Greek: Kleist's Penthesilea" at the Women in German Conference, October 18-21 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The coalition of Women in German, "WiG", promotes feminist and Gender Studies approaches to German literature and culture, and actively strives for equality and openness in the teaching profession.
Psychology Professor Conway Saylor presented the paper "Perceived Heroism of Parents Predicts Psychosocial Outcomes and Appraisal of Heroic Acts" at the annual meeting of the Society for Developmental and Behavior Pediatrics (SDBP) in Cincinnati, Ohio from October 17-21, 2008. The SDBP is an international professional organization and subspecialty society member of the International Pediatric Association that attracts hundreds of professionals of multiple disciplines to its annual meetings and publishes the premier professional journal in the field, The Journal of Developmental and Behavior Pediatrics.
English Professor James S. Leonard presented the paper "No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger: The Final Soliloquy of a 'Littery Man'" at A Centennial Symposium on Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger October 10-11, 2008 at the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies in Elmira, New York. Established in 1983, the Center for Mark Twain Studies awards internationally-renowned scholars Quarry Farm Fellowships, hosts "The Trouble Begins at Eight" lecture series, and offers a graduate certificate in Mark Twain Studies. The Center also hosts a quadrennial Mark Twain Conference and publishes the Quarry Farm Paper series.
Kurt Boughan, Assistant Professor of History, presented the paper "Cognition's Corporal Consequences: Tommaso Del Garbo on the species in anima as Cause of Physical Change" at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) October 2-4, 2008 at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. SEMA's mission is to promote the study and enjoyment of the Middle Ages by students at every level of expertise. Professional and independent scholars from various branches of medieval studies--history, arts, science, philosophy, archaeology, paleography, theology, language, and literatures--make the Association's annual meeting a forum for scholarly and pedagogical growth within those disciplines as well as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration. Members publish their research in the Association's refereed journal Medieval Perspectives.
Amy Emm, Visiting Assistant Professor of German in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures presented the paper "Misbuilt: Heinrich von Kleist's Camera Obscura and the Correction of Form" at the German Studies Association (GSA) annual conference held in St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2-5, 2008. The GSA is an educational organization which promotes research and study of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It is a multi- and interdisciplinary association of scholars in German, Austrian and Swiss history, literature, culture studies, political science and economics. The GSA publishes the scholarly journal German Studies Review.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp presented the paper "The Exemplary Everyman" at the Collective Biographies Conference at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia from September 8-10, 2008. This multi-disciplinary conference, sponsored by the ANU Research School of Humanities, included any aspect of collective or group life writing such as networks; families; artistic, political or academic groups; communities; institutional history and prosopography.
History Assistant Professor David Preston gave a public lecture as part of the "Hinge of History" program at the Fort Pitt Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 13, 2008. The seminar entitled "Prelude to Victory: Grant's Defeat" focused on the Forbes expedition of 1758, which ended with the French being driven from Fort Duquesne and the Forks of the Ohio being renamed Pittsburgh. The lecture and other program events are described in this article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jack Porter, Assistant Professor of Political Science presented his paper "The 'Diplomat-Warrior': the United States' Projection of Power and the Fungibility of the American Soldier" at the 2008 Annual Conference of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in Boston, Massachusetts August 27-31, 2008. Prof. Porter also participated on the "Issues in Civil-Military Relations" panel. The APSA is the leading professional organization for the study of political science.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp presented the lecture "The First Emporer's Family Values" at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, CA on July 27, 2008. The lecture was in conjunction with their exhibit of the Qin Dynasty's Terra Cotta soldiers entitled "Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor." Knapp's lecture discussed Qin Dynasty attitudes towards the family and domestic life of Qin commoners.
Psychology Professor and Department Chair Steve Nida attended the American Psychological Association's (APA) National Conference at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington from June 22-27, 2008. The conference participants gathered to discuss the future of undergraduate education for every student, from those who take just one introductory psychology course to those who pursue a bachelor's or advanced degree in psychology.
On June 17, 2008, Associate Professor Scott Lucas of the English Department delivered the paper "An Atlas to Set Under his Shoulder: William Baldwin and the Struggle to Produce A Mirror for Magistrates, 1554-1563" at a special colloquium at the University of Newcastle, Great Britain.
In June, 2008 in Beijing, China, History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp presented a paper at the fourth international meeting of the Society for East Asian Archaeology (SEAA). At the conference’s end, the group toured the archaeological sites of China’s earliest dynasties, which are found in Henan province in central China.
History Professor Kathy Grenier presented two conference papers in Great Britain. "The Holy Calm of the Sabbath: Tourism and Sabbatarianism in Nineteenth-Century Scotland" was presented at "Tourism and Cultural Exchange in Ulster and Scotland: Historical Perspectives" in Derry on June 28 and "The Sacred Island: Iona and Nineteenth-Century Tourism" was presented at "Travels in Britain and Ireland, 1880-Present" at The Open University on May 30. While in Great Britain, Dr. Grenier also spent time in the British Library in London and the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Publications
Les Miroirs, the French translation of an anthology of short stories by Mexican author Inés Redondo was just published by Les Fondeurs de Briques. Dr. Eloy Urroz wrote the introduction.
Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Juan Bahk's translation into Korean of Alfredo Pérez Alencart's Spanish poetry was published in Goodbye Mr. President in January 2009 by Betesda Ediciones (Salamanca, Spain).
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp's article "Early Confucianism Reconsidered" was published in Religious Studies Review.
The Palmetto State: The Making of Modern South Carolina will be published in February 2009 by the University of South Carolina Press. The book is co-authored by Citadel Fellow Jack Bass and Scott Poole Associate Professor of History at The College of Charleston.
Selfless Offspring: Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval China by History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp was recently translated into Japanese: Mushi no kôshi: Chûgoku chûsei ni okeru kôshi to shakai chitsujô 無私の孝子: 中国中世における孝子と社会秩序 [Selfless Offspring: Filial Children and Social Order in Medieval China], translated by Kuroda Akiko 黒田彰子. Volume four of Kaigai yôgaku kenkyû 海外の幼学研究 [Studies from Abroad on Juvenile Literature]. Kyoto: Yôgaku no kai, 2008.
Zane Segle, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, recently published his book review on Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish Stage in the December 2008 issue of Hispania. Hispania, the official journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), features articles on literature and language, book reviews, theoretical and applied linguistics, professional and Hispanic/Luso-Brazilian World news, media and computers.
Psychology Professor Al Finch is the co-editor of the forthcoming book Becoming Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). In addition to providing a brief description of the history and mission of ABPP, the book offers step-by-step information concerning the 'where, what and how' of the board certification process. Dr. Finch is the past Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences as well as a past president of the ABPP. The book is co-edited by ABPP past presidents Christine Maguth Nezu and Norma P. Simon.
Katya Skow, Professor of German in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, recently published her article “Medieval Powerfrauen in Popular German Literature,” in The Year's Work in Medievalism, 2005 and 2006, ed. Gwendolyn Morgan (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2007). The Year's Work in Medievalism, based upon but not restricted to the Proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism, also publishes bibliographies and book reviews.
With Julia Karolle-Berg, Dr. Katya Skow, Professor of German in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, co-authored "From Frauenliteratur to Frauenliteraturbetrieb: Marketing Literature to German Women in the Twenty-First Century," which has been published in German Literature in a New Century. Trends, Traditions, Transitions, Transformations, eds. Katharina Gerstenberger and Patricia Herminghouse. New York and Oxford: Berghan Books, 2008. 220-36.
Juan Bahk, Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures published his article "La Influencia del Jaiku Oriental en la Literatura Hispánica" in the Italian literary journal Studi Ispanici of Milan, Italy.
Eloy Urroz, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures published his article "Max Beckmann y el expresionismo en El tañido de una flauta, de Sergio Pitol" in the November 2008 issue of Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos.
Other Travel
Doug Miller, Professor of English, travelled to Miami, Florida, to participate in a tournament with the Mock Trial Team.
Nancy Lefter, Professor of History, recently took a Chorale trip to Miami, Florida, to sing for Alvah Chapman Tribute.
David Preston, Assistant Professor of History, attended the Omohundro Institute for Early American History's conference on "The Seven Years' War in Global Perspective," at Niagara University, New York and Brock University, Canada.
Associate Professor of History, Joelle Neulander, served as Secretary for the annual conference for the Western Society of French history.
Katya Skow, Professor of German in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, recently accompanied cadets to the College of Charleston's Addelston Library to attend a talk by Dr. Krick-Aigner on Ingeborg Bachmann.
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, participated in the workshop "Contesting Boundaries: Environments and Interdependence in Asian Perspectives." While in Nashville, Professor Knapp lectured a class on Asian philosophy at Belmont University.
James Leonard, Professor of English, attended the American Literature Association Conference as Vice President of the Mark Twain Circle of America in Boston, Massachusetts from May 20-24, 2009.
James Hutchisson, Professor of English, attended an NCTE/NCATE Program Review Workshop in Newberry, South Carolina in May 7, 2009.
Assistant Professor of Spanish Sara Fernandez-Medina traveled to Madrid, Spain from May 19-July 16, 2009 to oversee the study abroad program conducted there. Associate Professor of English Sean Heuston traveled to London, England from May 12-June 29, 2009 to direct and teach in The Citadel Summer in London program.
David Preston, Assistant Professor of History, conducted research for his book project "From Braddock's Defeat to the Siege of Boston: Personal Transformations on the Road of Revolution" at libraries and archives in Boston, Massachusetts and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from May 18-31, 2009.
Michael Barrett, Professor of History, attended the 8th International Conference on Military Geosciences in Vienna, Austria from June 15-19, 2009. While at the conference, Dr. Barrett presented a paper.
Psychology Professor Al Finch atteneded the annual convention meeting of the American Psychological Association in Toronto, Canada from August 4-9, 2009.
Kerry Taylor, Assistant Professor of History, attended the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) in Chicago, Illinois May 26-31, 2009. While at the meeting, Dr. Taylor chaired the Urban Slums and Desperate Workers panel and participated in the Oral History and Labor History workshop. Following the meeting, Dr. Taylor spent time in Chicago conducting research.
Psychology Professor William Johnson participated in a Multivariate Statistical Analysis Workshop at the American Psychological Association Convention in Toronto, Canada from August 5-8, 2009.
Joseph Renouard, Assistant Professor of History, attended the 2009 Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) Annual Meeting in Falls Church, Virginia from June 24-27, 2009 where he presented the paper "Universal Standards or Special Interests?: The Ethnic Effect on Human Rights Policy Making." Prior to the meeting, Dr. Renouard conducted research for a book manuscript and an academic article at Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library and New York University's Tamiment Library.
Katherine Grenier, Professor of History, participated in a workshop at the North American Victorian Studies Association/British Association for Victorian Studies Joint Meeting in Cambridge, England from July 12-15, 2009. Dr. Grenier conducted research in the National Library of Scotland, Thomas Cook archives and British Library during her travels from July 6-18, 2009.
Kyle Sinisi, Professor of History, attended the Historicon conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from July 14-18, 2009.
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, participated in the China's Northern Frontier On-site Seminar July 12-August 10, 2009. Through a trip organized by the Silk Road Foundation, the group traveled through China's northern provinces and visited archaeological and historical sites and heard lectures from Western and Chinese experts.
William Bloss, Professor of Criminal Justice, attended the 2009 Annual Meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium in Skopje, Macedonia from June 7-15, 2009.
Jack Porter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, traveled to NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium in order to conduct research on counterinsurgency and stabilization operations in Afghanistan, the Balkans, and Iraq, paying special attention to the role of the German armed forces in the context of wider NATO alliance operations, at the NATO HQ library from May 28-June 23, 2009.
From Jun 11-14, 2009, English Professor James Hutchisson conducted research in Chicago, Illinois.
Psychology Professor William Johnson conducted site visits and program reviews at Assumption College in Worchester, Massachusetts and Boston University in Boston from April 19-21, 2009.
Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Sara Fernandez-Medina, conducted research on Rosa Montero from May 7-11, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
English Professor James Hutchisson conducted research in Boston, Massachusetts from May 1-4, 2009 and attended a conference and workshop in Newberry, South Carolina from April 24-25, 2009.
History Professor Michael Barrett conducted research in Vienna, Austria and Munich, Stuttgart and Freiburg, Germany during his sabbatical leave from January 15 to April 1, 2009.
History Professor Kyle Sinisi escorted cadets to the Honor Conference at the US Merchant Marine Academy April 1-4, 2009.
Associate Professor of History, Jennifer Speelman attended the Society for Military History (SMH) Annual Meeting in Murfreesboro, Tennessee April 1-5, 2009. Dr. Speelman serves as a trustee for the organization. The SMH is devoted to stimulating and advancing the study of military history. Its membership (today more than 2400) has included many of the nation's most prominent scholars, soldiers, and citizens interested in military history.
Thomas Thompson, Associate Professor of English, attended the South Carolina Writing Project director's meeting in Aiken, South Carolina on March 28, 2009.
From March 21-28, 2009, Assistant Professor of History Kurt Boughan conducted research at the Wellcome Library of the Wellcome Institute in London, England. The Wellcome Library is a premier center for the study of the history of medicine. Professor Boughan was researching later medieval manuscript materials.
From March 20-27, 2009, Eloy Urroz, Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures conducted research in the Czech Republic at the Municipal Library of Prague. The purpose of the research was to gather information for Prof. Urroz's book on Luis Cernuda.
From March 16-22, 2009, Criminal Justice Professor William P. Bloss attended the International Meeting on Crime Observatories in Santiago, Chile. The meeting was co-hosted by the Chilean Interior Ministry, the National Observatory of Crime & Delinquency, and the Canadian International Centre for the Prevention of Crime.
From March 13-15, 2009, Sarah Tenney, Assistant Professor of Political Science, escorted cadets to Spartanburg, South Carolina, where they participated at the Model Arab League Conference.
Associate Professor of English, Thomas Thompson attended the 2009 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) in San Francisco, CA from March 11-16, 2009. The CCCC is the world's largest professional organization for researching and teaching composition, from writing to new media. Dr. Thompson is the Director of the Lowcountry Writing Project.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lloyd Taylor attended the American Psychological Association (APA) State Leadership Conference in Washington, DC from February 28 - March 1, 2009. This meeting is APA's venue for providing state psychological associations with updates on cutting edge trends in the field of psychology. This is also the time when state psychological associations get a chance to meet with their legislative state representatives to the US capital and request support for positive legislative action for the field of psychology at the state and national levels.
Several members of the Psychology Department recently attended the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts, February 25-28, 2009. In attendance were Timothy Hanchon, Kerry Lassiter, Michael Politano, and Conway Saylor. The National Association of School Psychologists is the premier source of knowledge, professional development, and resources, empowering school psychologists to ensure that all children and youth attain optimal learning and mental health. NASP represents school psychology and supports school psychologists to enhance the learning and mental health of all children and youth.
From February 18-22, 2009, Mark P. Del Mastro, Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, attended the Annual Meeting (Workshop) of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) in Phoenix, Arizona. ACHS hopes to build a visibly cohesive community of national and international honor societies, individually and collaboratively exhibiting excellence in scholarship, service, programs, and governance.
Psychology Professor and Department Chair Steve Nida attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), as a member of its Executive Committee, from February 18-22, 2009, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of SEPA is to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare by stimulating the exchange of scientific and professional ideas across the diverse areas of psychological inquiry and application.
From February 4-15, 2009, Associate Professor of Political Science, Terry Mays, traveled to Munich, Germany at the request of the US State Department to meet with US officials of Africa Command and military personnel from US embassies in Africa to discuss African-mandated peacekeeping. Following the series of meetings, Dr. Mays was allowed to stay and conduct peacekeeping research at the Marshall Center, NATO's top think tank and academic center.
History Professor and Department Chair Keith Knapp acted as a questioner at Damien Chaussende's defense of his doctoral thesis entitled "Legitimation du pouvoir politique en Chine au Ill siecle de notre ere" at the Sorbonne November 27-30, 2008.
From December 1-7, 2008, Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro, Professor and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures, attended a one-week educational workshop in Spain as a guest of Eduespaña and the Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade. During the workshop, Professor Del Mastro met with representatives from 24 different Spanish language institutes and visited six different facilities in central and northern Spain to learn about the various programs available to U.S. undergraduates.
History Associate Professor Jennifer Speelman conducted research at the National Archives Public Records Office in Kew, England November 20-29, 2008. The National Archives is the United Kingdom government's official archive, containing 900 years of history with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived web sites.
Yan Cao, Adjunct Professor of Chinese in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures attended the 2008 Annual Convention and World Languages Expo sponsored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in Orlando, Florida November 21-23, 2008. The ACTFL is the only national organization dedicated to the improvement and expansion of the teaching and learning of all languages at all levels of instruction. The organization focuses on issues that are critical to the growth of both the profession and the individual teacher.
English Associate Professor Thomas C. Thompson attended the 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Writing Project (NWP) in San Antonio, Texas November 20-22, 2008. Professor Thompson is the site director of the Lowcountry Writing Project, an affiliate of the NWP. The Lowcountry Writing Project seeks to improve learning in Lowcountry schools by improving the way teachers teach writing and use writing as a tool for learning.
Psychology Professor and Department Chair Steve Nida attended the annual meeting of the Association of Heads of Departments of Psychology in Atlanta, Georgia November 13-15, 2008.
History Associate Professor Joelle Neulander traveled to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada to attend the annual meeting of the Western Society for French History (WSFH) from November 6-8, 2008. Prof. Neulander serves as the WSFH Secretary. The WSFH seeks to promote the study of French and Francophone history. Its international membership includes university faculty and graduate students, independent scholars and amateur historians in the general public from across the United States and Canada, as well as from France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and many other countries.
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, attended the "Trading Tastes: Islam, the Indian Ocean and the Asia-Africa Interchange" workshop in Charleston, South Carolina November 6-8, 2008. The workshop was sponsored by the East-West Center. Based in Honolulu, HI, the East-West Center is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The center serves as a hub for cooperative research, education, and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States. The workshop explored the history, economics and cultural exchanges that followed the spice routes between Indonesia and East Africa, well before European exploration.
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, attended the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) in Chicago, Illinois November 1-3, 2008. Knapp serves as the co-chair of the Confucian Traditions Group. At the meeting, he conducted the business meeting, presided over a panel and attended the chairs' business meeting. The AAR seeks to promote reflection upon and understanding of religious traditions, issues, questions and values through excellence in scholarship and teaching in the field of religion.
Keith Knapp, History Professor and Department Chair, attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri October 2-4, 2008. As a member of the SMA Executive Council, Knapp attended the executive council and general business meetings. He also chaired the Economics/Bodily Exchanges panel. SEMA's mission is to promote the study and enjoyment of the Middle Ages by students at every level of expertise. Professional and independent scholars from various branches of medieval studies--history, arts, science, philosophy, archaeology, paleography, theology, language, and literatures--make the Association's annual meeting a forum for scholarly and pedagogical growth within those disciplines as well as a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration. Members publish their research in the Association's refereed journal Medieval Perspectives.
Catherine Burton, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, attended the Southern Criminal Justice Association (SCJA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA October 1-4, 2008. Professor Burton serves as the Secretary-Treasurer for the SCJA. The SCJA is a regional organization affiliated with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. The organization serves criminal justice educators, researchers, practitioners and students committed to the ongoing development of criminal justice science and practice. Member states include Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The 2009 Annual Meeting will be held in Charleston, South Carolina.
Psychology Professor and Department Chair Steve Nida attended the American Psychological Association's Education Leadership Conference in Washington, DC September 6-9, 2008. Participants representing perspectives of scientists, educators, practioners, and public policy specialists in psychology focused their attention this year on the theme "Internationalizing Psychology Education."
Psychology Professor Alfred J. Finch, Professor William G. Johnson and Assistant Professor Lloyd A. Taylor attended the American Psychological Association (APA) 116th Annual Convention in Boston, Massachusetts August 14-17, 2008. Dr. Finch ran the Governance Meeting and the Convocation and chaired the Past-Presidents Meeting. Dr. Johnson attended the Multivariate Statistical Analyses Workshop. The APA is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists worldwide. Its mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives.
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