2008-2009 Archive

8/27/09 Schloss' first book examines the final years of slavery in Martinique - Assistant History Professor Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss’ first book, Sweet Liberty: The Final Days of Slavery in Martinique (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), chronicles Martinique’s social, political, and cultural dynamics during the French colony‘s final years of slavery.

8/21/09 Africana Studies Program hosting open house, Sept. 4th - The Africana Studies Program (AFST) will host an open house from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, in Anthropology 312. The event is an opportunity to showcase the program’s new location and celebrate its fifth anniversary. Students, faculty, staff and members of the general public are invited to join AFST faculty, staff and students for refreshments and information about the minor in Africana Studies.

8/17/09 Almeida receives ASA's 2008 Distinguished Scholarly Article Award - The American Sociological Association (ASA) recognized Paul Almeida, associate professor of sociology, with the 2008 Distinguished Scholarly Article Award in its Labor and Labor Movements Section on Aug. 8th in San Francisco during the 104th Annual Meetings of the ASA.

8/13/09 Newsom receives collegiate conference and events professional certification -

Jennifer Newsom, college relations coordinator in the College of Liberal Arts, has earned the Collegiate Conference and Events Professional Certification by the Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors – International (ACCED-I).

8/3/09 Focus on core values can bolster self-control, says Assistant Psychology Prof - Drop the donut. Stave off the cravings to smoke. Cold-shoulder the cocktail. These and other tests of self-control will become easier if folks keep their eyes on their own moral codes, Brandon Schmeichel, a Texas A&M University assistant professor of psychology contends in a paper in the “Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,” distributed by the American Psychological Association.

8/3/09 Distinguished Sociology Professor explains Manson's violence - Howard Kaplan, Distinguished Professor of Sociology who directs the Laboratory for Studies of Social Deviance, says the Charles Manson-directed murders seemed to set new standards of violence at the time in America “because of their brutality.”

7/23/09 Cocaine's effects on decision making - Barry Setlow, a professor in the Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychology, has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine the relationship of cocaine and its effects on choices. What is learned from the laboratory rats exposed to cocaine could change the way health care experts look at treatment methods for humans who are battling addiction to the drug.

7/23/09 James R. Rogers appointed head in political science -

James R. Rogers, associate professor of political science and interim head, has been appointed head of the Department of Political Science, effective Sept. 1, 2009.

7/20/09 The College of Liberal Arts Recognizes 2009 AFS College-Level Teaching Award Winners -

Four liberal arts faculty have been selected for the 2009 Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Award. They are Norma Arizpe, senior lecturer of Hispanic studies; Tom Green, associate professor of anthropology; Michael LeBuffe, associate professor of philosophy; and Michelle Taylor-Robinson, associate professor of political science.

7/16/09 Fourteen Liberal Arts faculty members awarded for teaching excellence -

Fourteen Liberal Arts faculty members were among 54 Texas A&M University faculty honored with the 2009 Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE).

7/13/09 The College of Liberal Arts Recognizes 2009 Faculty Research Award Winners -

College of Liberal Arts presented 2009 Faculty Research Awards to Stephen H. Daniel, professor of philosophy, and Larry J. Reynolds, professor of English.

7/13/09 Pappas awarded second grant to develop electronic journal - Associate Philosophy Professor Gregory F. Pappas was awarded a second research grant to develop the Inter-American Philosophic Review (IPR), an electronic journal dedicated to promoting philosophical change throughout the Americas.

7/13/09 Seipp’s first book focuses on how World War I ended rather than how it began - Assistant History Professor Adam Seipp’s first book, The Ordeal of Peace: Demobilization and the Urban Experience in Britain and Germany, 1917-1921 (Ashgate, 2009) examines the challenges of postwar transition after World War I.

7/6/09 Dubriwny dedicates career to study of medicine and rhetoric - Fifty years ago, women's health topics were rarely discussed in popular media. Postpartum depression, cervical problems or something on breast cancer? Not likely. But now with ample public information available on women's health, Texas A&M educator Tasha Dubriwny wants to know how issues are being portrayed and what it is that's being said.

06/24/09 Texas A&M professor takes research across borders - Since becoming one of the University's first communication professors, author Charles R. Conrad has been published many times, but just recently his research has gone north. On family vacations in the western part of Canada, Conrad rode ferries from one island to another talking to locals about their culture and comparing it to life in the U.S., and many times the conversation would turn to health care.

6/11/09 "Social Inequality and Social Movements" panel recieves special recognition at LASA Conference - Paul Almeida, associate professor of sociology, co-organized one of eight panels chosen for the 2009 Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference, “Rethinking Inequalities” in Rio de Janerio, Brazil.

6/10/09 Library collections profiled in Times Literary Supplement - On May 8, 2009, the Times Literary Supplement (London) ran a profile on the various collections that Texas A&M University has accumulated and now houses in Cushing Memorial Library and Archives. Four collections have a relationship to the College of Liberal Arts: the Cervantes Project, Donne Variorum, French literature and history collection of Robert L. Dawson, and the J. Lawrence Mitchell Literature Collection.

6/8/09 To the Line of Fire! wins the 2009 Robert A. Calvert Book Prize - The Department of History and the Texas A&M University Press Faculty Advisory Committee awarded the 2009 Robert A. Calvert Book Prize to José A. Ramírez, author of To the Line of Fire! Mexican Texans and World War I (Texas A&M University Press 2009).

6/2/09 Glasscock Center Names Internal Faculty Fellows - The Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research has named the Internal Faculty Fellows for the 2009-2010 academic year. The recipients of this year’s 5th Annual Glasscock Internal Fellowships are David McWhirter, Nancy Plankey Videla, Neha Vora and Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss.

6/2/09 Vaught awarded McFarland-SABR award - History Professor David Vaught was recently awarded a McFarland-Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Award for his book chapter, “Our Players Are Mostly Farmers: Baseball in Rural California, 1850-1890” in Baseball in America and America in Baseball (Texas A&M University Press, 2008).

6/1/09 Ethics and Analysis wins the 2008 Gradiva Book Award - Luigi Zoja’s Ethics and Analysis: Philosophical Perspectives and their Application in Therapy (Texas A&M University Press, 2007), the 13th book selection in the Carolyn and Ernest Fay Lecture Series in Analytical Psychology, has received the 2008 Gradiva Book Award™ in the clinical category from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP).

6/1/09 Texas A&M hosts Czech heritage conference - Texas A&M University is hosting the 2009 regional conference of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) on June 5-7, 2009 in the Memorial Student Center.

5/13/09 Archaeology Debate Team wins 6th Annual Ethics Bowl - The archaeology debate team at Texas A&M University won the 6th Annual Ethics Bowl at the 2009 Society for American Archaeology (SAA) meetings held April 22-26, 2009. The team consisted of five anthropology graduate students Jessi Halligan (captain), Laura Gongaware, Laura Short, Marilyn Cassedy and senior anthropology major Christopher Bartek.

5/13/09 Professor and student awarded Diversity Awards - James M. Rosenheim, professor of history and director of the Melbern. G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, was awarded the Phyllis Frye Advocacy Award. Vanessa E. Delgado, senior psychology major and president of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Aggies, was awarded the Rainbow Award.

5/13/09 Waters representing North American geoarchaeology at conference in England -

Michael R. Waters, professor of anthropology and geography, represented North American geoarchaeology and delivered a keynote address at the Geoarchaeology 2009 conference held at the University of Sheffield, England on April 15-17, 2009. The conference was titled “Geoarchaeology: From Landscape to Laboratory and Back Again.”

5/8/09 Women’s Studies recognizes student winner and two runners-up for 2009 Jameson Prize -

The Women’s Studies Program has named Calli Baldwin this year’s Henry Jameson Prize winner, along with runners-up Allison Weaver and Natasha Lagoudas. The award recognizes the selection of the best undergraduate papers addressing women’s lives and roles.

5/8/09 Philosophy department honors Stadelmann’s 42 years of service -

The philosophy department at Texas A&M University will honor Associate Professor Richard Stadelmann for his 42 years of service to the university. The event will be held in the press box at Kyle field on Thursday, May 21 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

5/6/09 Liberal Arts Names Four Cornerstone Fellows -

Four liberal arts faculty have been named Cornerstone Faculty Fellows for 2009. They are Albert Broussard, professor of history; William Bedford Clark, professor of English; Jane Sell, professor of sociology; and Eduardo Urbina, professor of Hispanic Studies.

5/5/09 May awarded Fellowship at Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute -

Reuben A. Buford May, associate professor of sociology, was awarded a fellowship at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. May will be in residence at Harvard University for the fall 2009 semester for his project "Race, Class, Culture and Urban Social Space.”

5/5/09 English and history double major named University Outstanding Junior by Phi Kappa Phi - Paige Ibanez, English and history double major, was named the 2009 University Outstanding Junior by Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) during an awards ceremony held April 19. She was awarded $1,000 and a plaque. Nine additional students were selected as “Outstanding Juniors” from each college within the university.

5/1/09 Graduate student awarded George W. Kunze Prize - The College of Liberal Arts is pleased to announce that Phillip Gable, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded the George W. Kunze Prize.

4/30/09 Liberal Arts To Offer Digital Humanities Support Fellowships -

The College of Liberal Arts announces a new initiative to provide technical support for faculty working on digital humanities projects. The College’s Digital Humanities Support Fellowships will provide liberal arts faculty with up to 150 hours of dedicated technical consultation for one or two semesters, with the option to reapply for additional support as needed.

4/30/09 Philosopher Offers Tips For Righting Wrongs -

Linda Radzik, associate professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, explores such questions of reparation in her new book “Making Amends.” (Oxford, February 2009). Radzik, who has been teaching at Texas A&M since 1997, poses a critical question in her book: What do you have to do when you have done something wrong?

4/29/09 Puller appointed fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research -

Steven Puller, associate professor of economics, has been appointed a faculty research fellow for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) program on Environmental and Energy Economics. The program studies all aspects of the energy sector and the environment, with particular interest in their interdependence.

4/29/09 Race & Ethnic Studies Institute to host symposium on new media - The Race & Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI) at Texas A&M University will host a symposium on Race, Ethnicity, and (New) Media from April 30-May 2. Most sessions will be held in Rudder Tower.

4/28/09 Interruptions In Chatter No Laughing Matter -

Heather Bortfeld, an associate professor of psychology at Texas A&M, currently is working with one of her graduate students to learn more about how infants tune to their auditory environment across the first year of life, examining how they adjust to their native language and how they attend to other aspects of their environment.

4/28/09 Philosophy’s Davenport Lecture and Awards Ceremony slated for April 30th - The philosophy department’s Davenport Lecture and Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 30th beginning at 3:30 pm in MSC 292. A student awards ceremony will precede the lecture.

4/24/09 Texas A&M Economist On New York Times Panel - Thomas R. Saving, director of the Private Enterprise Research Center and Distinguished Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University, has been selected by The New York Times to be featured on the paper’s on-line panel offering observations about 401(k) retirement savings plans.

04/22/09 Hispanic Poetry Review celebrates 10th anniversary - Hispanic Poetry Review (HPR), a journal dedicated solely to the criticism and review of poetry written in Spanish, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2009.

4/20/09 Rosenheim awarded fellowship at the Huntington Library -

James Rosenheim, professor of history and director of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, was named an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at the Huntington Library in San Marion, California. Rosenheim will spend two months in residence at the Huntington to focus on his next book project, “Singular Subjects: Unmarried Men in England, 1650-1775.”

4/16/09 Donnalee Dox appointed Director of Religious Studies Program - Donnalee Dox, associate professor in the Department of Performance Studies, has been appointed director of the Religious Studies (RELS) program, effective September 1, 2009. Dox will oversee the RELS undergraduate minor, curriculum, and student advising. She will also serve as chair of the Religious Studies Program Review Committee and as a representative on the college’s Interdisciplinary Council.

4/15/09 Colloquium hosts talk on the effects of childhood malnutrition on aging - The first in a series of colloquium on population studies and disparities studies will begin this Friday, April 17 at 12:00 pm in Academic 326. “Long Term Consequences of Childhood Malnutrition for Cognitive Impairment in Old Age” will be presented by Mark D. Hayward, professor of sociology and director of the Population Research Center at the University of Texas - Austin. Sandwiches and drinks will be provided.

4/9/09 Kim awarded fellowship to conduct research for book project in Japan - Assistant History Professor Hoi-eun Kim was awarded a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for a 16-month research stay in Japan.

4/9/09 Patricia A. Hurley appointed Associate Dean - Dean Charles A. Johnson is pleased to announce the appointment of Patricia A. Hurley as associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts, effective June 1, 2009. Hurley, professor of political science, has served as interim associate dean since August 2008.

4/3/09 Two Performance Studies students place top in guitar festival -

Isaac Bustos’ guitar students Sam Hearn and Diego Hernando, placed second in the Brownsville International Guitar Festival last Friday, March 27. The students competed in the college level duo category where they presented 20 minute varied ensembles.

4/2/09 Adam Seipp awarded fellowship to study at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - Adam Seipp, assistant professor of history, has been awarded a Jack and Anita Hess Fellowship at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C. Seipp will continue his research on refugees in post World War II Germany as a resident fellow in summer 2009. The fellowship is linked to the Hess Faculty Seminar, which brings scholars to the USHMM to discuss research and pedagogy about the Holocaust and/or genocide-related topics.

4/2/09 Two history faculty members awarded grants to conduct research in Germany - Assistant History Professors Hoi-eun Kim and Adam Seipp both received Faculty Research Grants from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). DAAD is an independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany that helps students, researchers, and faculty in the U.S. and Canada travel to Germany to study abroad and conduct research.

3/31/09 Gregory F. Pappas awarded APA grant to develop new electronic journal - Gregory F. Pappas, associate professor of philosophy, was awarded an American Philosophical Association (APA) grant to develop the Inter-American Philosophic Review (IPR), an electronic journal dedicated to promoting philosophical exchange throughout the Americas.

3/30/09 Africana Lecture Series presents Black Artemis -

Africana studies will present a film screening and a lecture on April 6-7 as a part of lecture series by Black Artemis, the pen name of Sofia Quintero, writer, activist, educator, speaker and comedienne. The lecture series is tentatively titled, “Cinderella in Blackface: A Critique of Hustle and Flow.”

3/30/09 Women's studies degree approved - Claudia Nelson chuckled at an Eagle headline from April 27, 1963. The large print read, "A&M Admits Girls, Girls, Girls." The board of regents had just decided to allow women into graduate programs and veterinary medicine. Nelson, Texas A&M University's director of women's studies, was pleased at another board decision Thursday, when, 20 years after approving a women's studies minor program, regents unanimously voted to establish a bachelor's degree program in women's and gender studies.

3/26/09 Kate Carte Engel awarded Franklin Fellowship for new project on the American Revolution and Protestantism - Kate Carte Engel was honored with an American Philosophical Society Franklin Fellowship, which will allow her to conduct research the United Kingdom in summer 2009. The Franklin Fellowship will support Engel’s work on her new project “Breaking Ties: The Protestant International and the American Revolution,” focusing on the interplay of religion and society.

3/26/09 Five Liberal Arts Graduate Students Garner AFS Teaching/Research Awards -

Five liberal arts graduate students – two in psychology and three in communication – received awards for research and teaching from the Association of Former Students.

3/26/09 Parker wins Bernath Book Prize for recently published book - Jason Parker, assistant professor of history, was awarded the Bernath Book Prize for his recently published book, Brother’s Keeper: The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean, 1937-1962 (Oxford University Press, 2008).

3/25/09 Think Having A Baby Will Help Your Marriage? Think Again, Prof Says - So you think that having a baby will improve your marriage? Don’t buy that box of Pampers just yet, according to the results of an eight-year study at Texas A&M University. More often than not, the arrival of that first baby can be damaging to a marriage and create problems that neither the father nor the mother anticipate, says Brian Doss, a professor of psychology who studies relationships.

3/25/09 Diego von Vacano awarded Stanford University Fellowship to continue research on immigrant identity - Assistant Political Science Professor Diego von Vacano has been awarded a Fellowship with the Stanford University Center for the Advanced Behavioral Sciences (CASBS). The CASBS aims to improve contributions to the behavioral sciences and their interdisciplinary fields by applying them to real world issues.

3/24/09 Crawley Family Foundation funds scholarship for liberal arts students - The Crawley Family Foundation from Oklahoma City, Okla. has funded a student scholarship in liberal arts through a gift to the Texas A&M Foundation. The Oklahoma-based foundation is funding a five-year non-endowed gift at $10,000 per year for a “special opportunity” scholarship that will assist with a study abroad, internship or undergraduate research program.

3/12/09 Ten Liberal Arts faculty members awarded for teaching excellence -

Ten Liberal Arts faculty members were among 46 Texas A&M University faculty honored at a reception on March 6 with, the 2008 Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE). The College of Liberal Arts had the largest amount of award winners than any other college on campus. Texas A&M University System awarded money to professors and lecturers based on the quality of instruction they give to students in a survey-based evaluation system.

3/11/09 Nationally renowned Imani Winds to perform at Texas A&M - Imani Winds, a nationally renowned classical wind quintet, will be performing at Rudder Theatre from Mar. 23-25.

3/10/09 Machann awarded 2008 Cernin Palace Bronze Memorial Medal - English Professor Clinton Machann was awarded the 2008 Cernin Palace Bronze Memorial Medal for his contributions in preserving and promoting relations between the Czech Republic and the U.S.

3/6/09 Texas A&M doctoral candidate awarded Gilder Lehrman Fellowship - Jared Peatman, a doctoral candidate in history at Texas A&M University, was awarded a research fellowship by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Peatman will conduct research at the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library in New York City for his dissertation, “The Gettysburg Address, 1863-1965.”

3/4/09 Africana Studies program hosts research symposium -

The Africana Studies program will host a research symposium, highlighting faculty scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of Africana Studies on Monday, March 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place in the Whitley Suite, room 106 of Evans Library.

3/4/09 Aggies celebrate successes from second year at the Model Arab League - Twelve Texas A&M University international studies and Arabic language students took top honors at the Model Arab League (MAL) which was held at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Feb. 6-8.

3/3/09 Vaught to speak at 2009 University Distinguished Lecture -

David Vaught, professor of history, will deliver the 2009 University Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. His lecture is titled, "Abner Doubleday Revisited: Baseball in Rural America."

3/2/09 Lecture featuring Former Black Panther Party Member and Law Professor Kathleen Cleaver to be rescheduled to April - The Kathleen Cleaver lecture, scheduled for Thursday March 5, 2009 at 6 p.m. has been postponed until April.

3/2/09 Ancient Shipwreck's Stone Cargo Linked to Apollo Temple - For a few days back in July 2007, it was hard for Texas A&M Univeristy assistant professor of archaeology, Deborah Carlson, to get any work done at her site off the Aegean coast of western Turkey. She was leading an underwater excavation of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck, but the Turkish members of her crew had taken time off to vote in national elections. So things were quiet at her camp on an isolated cape called Kızılburun.

2/26/09 Engel’s new book explores why religion changed (and didn’t change) in 18th century America - Katherine Carté Engel’s new book, Religion and Profit: Moravians in Early America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009), covers the impact of Moravians, a Protestant sect based in Germany, on politics, society, and economy in Pennsylvania from the 1740s to the 1790s.

2/25/09 Urbina selected as the Fallon-Marshall Lecturer for 2009 -

Eduardo Urbina, professor of Hispanic studies, has been chosen to deliver the 2009 Fallon-Marshall Lecture in the College of Liberal Arts on Wednesday, April 15, at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. The lecture is titled “Humanities Research in the Digital Age: Recovering the Illustrated History of the Quixote,” and details the creation of an online digital archive of the illustrations of the Quixote published in thousands of editions during the last 400 years, a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

2/19/09 Professors discuss economic crisis - Texas A&M economics professors Kishore Gawande and Dennis Jansen fielded questions on the economic crisis Wednesday in the Robert H. and Judy Ley Allen Building. The professors were participants in the A&M Economics Society's Financial Crisis Panel Discussion.

2/19/09 Performance Studies presents concert by Kathryn Woodard and Brooklyn Rider - Community Chamber Concerts and the Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies present a Sonic Crossroads Faculty Recital featuring Assistant Music Professor Kathryn Woodard and string quartet, Brooklyn Rider. It will be held on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public.

2/18/09 Pianist features Latin American folk music - Pianist Alejandro Cremaschi will perform compositions based on Latin American folk music in his concert "Art Music of Argentina," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Rudder Theatre. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for general admission and are available at the MSC Box Office.

2/17/09 Radzik’s new book addresses the question, “Can wrongs be righted?” - Linda Radzik’s new book, Making Amends: Atonement in Morality, Law, and Politics (Oxford University Press, 2008), argues that while wrongdoers cannot change the past, it is never too late to redeem themselves within the community.

2/16/09 Palestinian-American poet presents lecture Feb. 26 -

Suheir Hammad, Palestinian-American poet, author and political activist, will present a lecture on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7:00 p.m. Her lecture, titled “Meditations on Blackness: An Evening with Author and Spoken Word Poet, Suheir Hammad,” will be presented in 601 Rudder. This event is co-sponsored by the Africana Studies Program, the Carter G. Woodson Black Awareness Committee and the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research.

2/16/09 'More an actor than a teacher' - On Jan. 27, Brooks died, heavily sedated in his sleep, at age 52 in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he was receiving treatment. A memorial service is scheduled for the Shakespearean scholar Friday at Texas A&M University. Students who said their lives were changed by Brooks will make the journey back to College Station.

2/9/09 Journalists-in-Residence teach prospective writers the tricks of the trade - The three Journalists-in-Residence for spring 2009 are Angelique Gammon, editor and publisher, Insite Magazine; Thomas Koetting, deputy managing editor- local news, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; and John Kelly, metro columnist, The Washington Post.

2/6/09 Seipp awarded German Historical Institute Fellowship - Adam Seipp was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the German Historical Institute (GHI) in Washington, DC.

2/04/09 Shipwrecks, Treasure Hunters Don’t Mix, Says Bass -

The recent discovery of “HMS Victory,” a British warship that sank in the English Channel in 1744 and was considered the most powerful ship of its era, should be a time of celebration but not for profit, says a Texas A&M University researcher and world-renowned underwater archaeologist. George Bass, who was instrumental in the establishment of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M in the early 1970s and is a leader in underwater excavations, says the historical significance of a shipwreck should be a priority, not monetary gain that could be realized from such a find. The Victory reportedly was carrying up to $1 billion in gold and silver, although none of it has been found.

1/28/09 Hopper receives Houston’s Mastermind Award for Nova Arts Project -

The Houston Press recognized Amy Hopper, assistant lecturer in theatre arts and a founding director of Nova Arts Project with the 2009 Mastermind Award for creativity on Saturday, Jan. 24.

1/28/09 Harner's research guide named a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year - The fifth edition of the Literary Research Guide (Modern Language Association, 2008), written by James L. Harner, Samuel Rhea Gammon Professor of Liberal Arts and professor of English, was named a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year.

01/27/09 An Evening with Dámaso Rodriguez- Feb. 29 -

The Texas A&M University Department of Performance Studies will host “An Evening with Dámaso Rodriquez ‘96” in the Fallout Theatre, Blocker 140 on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m.

1/27/09 Mothers who breastfeed are less likely to neglect their children - Joan Wolf, assistant professor in the Women’s Studies Program, cautions readers to be careful about interpreting the findings that mothers who breastfeed are less likely to neglect their children, according to the study by the Baylor College of Medicine.

1/26/09 Women’s Studies 20th Anniversary continues with spring events - Events include lectures in sociology, communication, and philosophy presented by the Women’s Studies 20th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series; and concerts featuring music by women composers.

1/26/09 Robert Gooding-Williams to speak on Feb. 9 -

Dr. Robert Gooding-Williams, Ralph and Mary Otis Isham Professor of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago, will present a lecture on Monday, Feb. 9 at 3:30 p.m. His lecture, titled “Contributions to the Critique of White Supremacy,” will be presented in 311 Glasscock. The event is being co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Africana Studies Program.

1/22/09 Dunning's new co-edited volume presents essays in Russian history - History Professor Chester Dunning co-edited and contributed an essay in the newly published volume, Rude & Barbarous Kingdom Revisited: Essays in Russian History and Culture in Honor of Robert O. Crummey (Slavica Publishers, 2008).

1/21/09 Jason Parker awarded Choice book award - Jason Parker’s new book, Brother’s Keeper: The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean (Oxford University Press, 2008), has been named an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine.

01/21/09 Texas A&M College of Liberal Arts Receives ASHE Award -

The College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University was recently selected as the recipient of the inaugural Award for Outstanding Service by an Institution from the American Society of Hispanic Economics (ASHE).

1/20/09 Books spur discussion, sharing - Assistant professor in creative writing, Angie Cruz, encourages the community to read as coordinator of Brazos Valley Reads, which is sponsored by the Department of English.

01/20/09 Emily Raboteau to speak on campus Feb. 5th -

Emily Raboteau, an award-winning writer and faculty member in English at the City College of New York, will present a lecture on Thursday Feb. 5, 2009, 7 p.m in the Stark Gallery (MSC). Her presentation, titled “Searching for Zion,” details Raboteau’s search for black Jews in Israel. This event is sponsored by the Africana Studies Program.

01/15/09 Liberal Arts staff recognized for service - Five professional staff members in the College of Liberal Arts were recognized Dec. 18, 2008, with a CLASS award during the college’s Staff Appreciation Reception.

1/12/09 When the woolly mammoth ran out, early man turned to roasted vegetables -

Long before early humans in North America grew corn and beans, they were harvesting and cooking the bulbs of lilies, wild onions and other plants, roasting them for days over hot rocks, according to a Texas archaeologist. The evidence for this practice has long been known of in fire-cracked rock piles found throughout the continent, but archaeologists have tended to ignore it "because a new pyramid or a Clovis arrow point is much sexier," said archaeologist Alston V. Thoms of Texas A&M University.

01/08/09 Cooke appointed editor of new journal called Gulag Studies - Olga Cooke, associate professor of Russian, is serving as editor of a new scholarly journal called Gulag Studies. The first issue of the journal appeared in November 2008. Cooke says “the journal is published annually and embraces an international and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas on the Gulag, serving as a meeting place among diverse disciplines.”

12/16/08 Ralph Schoolcraft Receives Kirby Prize for Best Article - Ralph Schoolcraft, associate professor of French, has been awarded the 2008 Kirby Award for best article in the South Central Review, the journal of the South Center Modern Language Association. Schoolcraft won for the article “Scenarios of Desire in the Fiction of Pascal Bruckner” that appeared in the vol. 24, no. 2, summer 2007 issue.

12/2/08 Christine Granados' short story featured in TCU Press anthology - A short story by Christine Granados, lecturer in the Department of English, will be included in Literary El Paso, an anthology published by the TCU Press.

12/01/08 Three Sociologists Release New Book on Same-Sex Partners -

A new book by sociologists from Texas A&M University, the University of Houston, and the University of New Orleans, examines the little known characteristics of same sex couples. Texas A&M Sociologist Dudley L. Poston Jr., Amanda K. Baumle, University of Houston, and D’Lane Compton, University of New Orleans, will release their new book, Same-Sex Partners: The Social Demography of Sexual Orientation this month.

11/25/08 Earhart Named New Executive Council Member of NINES -

Amy Earhart, assistant professor of English was named a member of the Executive Council of the Networked Infrastructure for Nineteenth-century Electronic Scholarship (NINES). NINES serves as a scholarly organization in British and American 19th century studies supported by new computer software that is specifically for use in digital scholarship. There are numerous tools in development that allow for browsing, reading, collecting, and editing.

11/25/08 Grant recipients announced for Common Ground reading initiative -

Five liberal arts faculty have been awarded grants to implement learning activities associated with the College of Liberal Arts’ freshman reading initiative called Common Ground. The book selected for 2008-2009 is Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. The author describes the book as being “about rapid cognition, about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye.”

11/20/08 Burk Receives Grant to Study Contemporary Race Relations in U.S. Army -

James Burk, professor of sociology, received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to study contemporary race relations in the U.S. Army. Specifically, Burk’s research considers whether institutional reforms, made in the 1970s and 1980s to curb race-based discrimination, are still effective in an era of increasing diversity.

11/19/08 Troy Bickham's new book presents the impact of British press in the American Revolution -

Assistant Professor of History Troy Bickham’s new book, Making Headlines: The American Revolution as Seen through the British Press (Northern Illinois University Press, 2009) analyzes the British press as a whole and its role in the American Revolution.

11/18/08 Anthropologist Discovers Long-Lost Primate -

A team led by a Texas A&M University anthropologist has discovered a group of primates not seen alive in 85 years. The pygmy tarsiers, furry Furby/gremlin-looking* creatures about the size of a small mouse and weighing less than 2 ounces, have not been observed since they were last collected for a museum in 1921.

11/14/08 Reuben A. Buford May named co-winner of 2008 Book of the Year Award -

Reuben A. Buford May, associate professor of sociology, has been named the co-winner of the Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS) 2008 Book of the Year award for his book Living through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream (New York University Press, 2008).

11/13/08 Two Texas A&M Sociologists Release Book on Asian Americans Facing Racism -

Sociologists Rosalind S. Chou and Joe Feagin examine racial stereotyping and discrimination faced by Asian Americans in their new book The Myth of the Model Minority (Paradigm Publishers 2008). Their data is based on field interviews about the experiences Asian Americans face in schools, colleges, the workplace and public discourse.

11/12/08 Bustos to deliver special classical guitar performance -

Isaac Bustos, an assistant lecturer in music and director of the performance studies’ guitar studio, will perform a classical guitar concert on Friday, Nov. 14th, at 6:30 p.m. in the J. Wayne Stark Galleries. The event is free and open to the public.

11/12/08 Team of Sociologists Awarded PIMSA Grant -

A team of sociologists and demographers from two Texas universities and two universities in Mexico have received a grant to study the health and aging of Mexican migrants living in selected cities in the two countries. The Programa de Investigación en Migración y Salud (PIMSA) awarded $37,000 to the team consisting of Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University; Verónica Montes de Oca, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Jacqueline Angel and Ronald Angel, University of Texas at Austin; and Telésforo Ramírez, El Colegio de México.

11/11/08 Five Texas A&M Professors Named Fullbright Scholars -

Five Texas A&M University professors – Paul Douglas Almeida, Jonathan Coopersmith, Wilford D. Gardner, Dennis Jansen and Brian Linn – have been named Fulbright Scholars and will lecture and conduct research abroad, according to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES).

11/11/08 Judith Hamera wins NCA Ethnography Division Book of the Year Award -

Judith Hamera, professor and head of the Department of Performance Studies, is being presented with the National Communication Association (NCA) Ethnography Division Book of the Year Award for her book Dancing Communities: Performance and Culture in the Global City (Palgrave Macmillan 2007).

11/11/08 James Arnt Aune named NCA Distinguished Scholar -

James Arnt Aune, professor of communication and Cornerstone Faculty Fellow, will be named a National Communication Association (NCA) Distinguished Scholar on Monday, Nov. 24 in San Diego, Calif. He will be presented with NCA’s highest award for lifetime achievements in scholarship.

11/11/08 Ives Appointed Director of Digital Humanities Program -

Maura Ives, associate professor of English, has been appointed Director of the Digital Humanities Program in the College of Liberal Arts. As director, she will work with liberal arts faculty to secure funding for research projects and promote faculty accomplishments to the appropriate audiences.

11/06/08 Three Performance Studies Students Selected for 60x60: Midwest Minutes Program -

Compositions by three performance studies students have been selected for 60x60: Midwest Minutes program curated by the New York organization, Vox Novus. In the fall of 2007, Music major Mary Beth Farmer (who passed away in May 2008) along with BJ McGeever and Grant Pittman each submitted compositions that were selected by a jury.

11/05/08 Snyder to be honored for Programmatic Research on Marital Assessment and Marital Therapy -

Texas Psychological Association (TPA) will honor Douglas K. Snyder, professor of psychology and director of clinical training at Texas A&M University on Nov. 21. He will be commended with an Outstanding Contribution to Science Award for programmatic research on marital assessment and marital therapy.

11/5/08 Retirement Plans Under Triple Threat - Those highly popular 401(k) savings plans are coming under three-prong pressure that could have some short-term benefits but create long-term problems, contends a prominent Texas A&M University economist with a long history of studying the financial aspects of retirement- and health-related government policies.

11/04/08 In a Political-Blog Course, Students Sort the Spin -

In the final weeks of the presidential election, as pundits burn up the political blogosphere, 16 students from Texas A&M University at College Station have been separating reality from rumor and stimulating discussions of their own.

11/03/08 Texas A&M Anthropology Professor scheduled to give lectures at Metropolitan Museum of Art -

Cemal Pulak, associate professor of anthropology at Texas A&M University is scheduled to give two lectures and a symposium talk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) as a part of an exhibition titled “Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.” between Nov. 18 and March 15, 2009.

11/03/08 Aggie Players Perform Comedy- Lend Me a Tenor -

Aggie Players’ will perform Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor, a comedy directed by Assistant Theatre Arts Lecturer Amy Hopper on Nov. 13-16 and Nov. 20-23 in Rudder Forum.

11/03/08 Rick Street selected to co-direct research core for Eisenberg Center -

Richard L. Street, professor and head of the Department of Communication at Texas A&M University will co-direct a $17.4 million grant as part of a team with the Baylor College of Medicine.

10/23/08 Journalist Instructs One Political Blog At A Time -

Newspaper veteran, Dale Rice instructs students about the good, the bad, and the ugly of political blogging in new course at Texas A&M University

10/30/08 El Paso, not so self-contained or cliched as people would have us expect -

In the September issue of Harper's Magazine, the Sun City is front and center in a short story by acclaimed El Paso author Dagoberto Gilb. The second oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (the oldest being Scientific American), devotes eight pages to a fictional piece titled "Willows Village" about an El Pasoan named Guillermo, a working class man surviving in America. The story is a historical snap shot of this time in history and the difficulties the uneducated working class face in today's economy.

10/29/08 Dr. Serge Ricard, professor at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), to visit Texas A&M University -

Texas A&M University will host Dr. Serge Ricard, professor of American studies and U.S. History at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), from Nov. 2-16, 2008.

10/27/08 American Studies lecture to focus on transnationalism and the impact of disease -

The 2008 American Studies Program Distinguished Lecture Series will feature John Carlos Rowe, associates chair in humanities and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity from the University of Southern California. His lecture “Disease, Transnationalism, and Culture in the Americas” will take place on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Stark Galleries.

10/23/08 Philosophy hosts South Central Seminar -

The Texas A&M University Department of Philosophy is hosting the 10th meeting of the South Central Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy, Oct. 23-25th on the A&M campus. The seminar, which originated at Texas A&M, is described as an informal group of scholars who meet to discuss topics in the history of early modern philosophy (17th and 18th century philosophy). All sessions will be held in the philosophy department’s seminar room, Bolton 213.

10/21/08 Contemporary music compositions selected for concert in Italy -

Adam Gusme and Blake Samperi both music majors, Victor Hugo Villarreal, and the MUSC 316 course instructor, Dr. Jeff Morris’s compositions were selected for Festival di Nuova Musica on Oct. 11 in Italy and broadcasted from Taukay Web radio.

10/20/08 Professor of political science speaks at faculty forum on importance of writing -

Dr. Kim Quaile Hill, Cullen-McFadden Professor in Political Science at Texas A&M University, discussed the writing and related substantive knowledge goals for his writing intensive course, Introduction to Political Science Research (POLS 209), at a faculty forum held last Thursday. In addition, Hill shared his frustrations and concerns about the success of these efforts.

10/17/08 Texas A&M professors in this month's APA Psychological Science Agenda -

Texas A&M University professors Mary Meagher and C. Jane Welsh investigate the effects of social stress on multiple sclerosis in this month's APA Psychological Science Agenda.

10/14/08 Russian cinema triple-threat, Sergei Miroshnichenko, to present film -

Writer, director, and producer Sergei Miroshnichenko will present film “Born in the USSR: 21 and Up” on Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Evans Library Annex room 410. The film will be followed by a question and answer period and reception.

10/13/08 Economic issues affecting Hispanic American communities -

Texas A&M University will host a conference on economic issues affecting Hispanic communities on Saturday, Oct. 25 in 1002 Allen building. Researchers from universities throughout Texas will discuss labor market outcomes, human and social capital, immigration and economies of Latin America.

10/08/08 Ghanaian percussionist Bernard Woma to perform Oct. 22 -

Virtuoso Ghanaian percussionist Bernard Woma will perform on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theatre on the Texas A&M University campus.

10/6/08 Dr. Fadwa El Guindi plans upcoming visit for book signing and lecture -

Anthropology professor from the University of Qatar, Dr. Fadwa El Guindi will be at Texas A&M University on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 3 p.m. in Rudder 301 for a lecture on women of the Arabian Gulf titled, “Do we finally have a matriarchy?”.

10/2/08 Africana Studies Lecture Series -

Dr. Manning Marable, professor from Columbia University, will present lecture on "Living Black History: How Re-imagining the African-American Past Can Re-make America's Future."

10/1/08 Department of Performance Studies Announces Its Fall Performance Schedule -

The Department of Performance Studies at Texas A&M University is pleased to announce its fall 2008 performance schedule.

09/30/08 Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito presented National Award of Excellence in Mentorship -

The National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse recognized Dr. Antonio Cepeda-Benito, professor of psychology at Texas A&M University, with the National Award of Excellence in of Mentorship.

09/29/08 The College of Liberal Arts recognizes faculty at fall reception -

The College of Liberal Arts recognized six faculty with awards at their 2008 Fall Reception held last Friday, Sept. 26 in The University Club.

09/29/08 Dr. Kathryn Woodard appointed Crawley Family Foundation Endowment in music -

Kathryn Woodard, an assistant professor of music at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the Crawley Family Foundation Faculty Development Endowment in Music.

09/23/08 - Skylab Astronaut Present Scholarship to Aggie Psychology Major -

Skylab astronaut Joe Kerwin is scheduled to present Texas A&M senior Susan Koons '09, with scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation during presentation and ceremony Tuesday, September 30 at 11:30 a.m. in MSC 201.

09/22/08 - Women's Studies celebrates 20th anniversary with Distinguished Speaker Series -

The Women's Studies program at Texas A&M celebrates their 20th anniversary with a Distinguished Speaker Series.

09/15/08 - Stjepan Mestrovic’s new book now available in stores -

Sociology Professor Stjepan Mestrovic’s new book, Rules of Engagement? was released to book stores earlier this week. The book explores American war crimes committed during Operation Iron Triangle in Iraq.

09/10/08 - Donne Variorum Project receives further NEH funding -

The Donne Variorum Project at Texas A&M University recently received a three-year award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The award provides $160,000 in outright funds and $40,000 in federal matching funds.

09/02/08 Law Professor To Speak On Ethics - A professor from the University of Houston Law Center will present a lecture on Sept. 22 titled “Is College Finance Ethical?”

09/05/08 Nine Faculty Named Distinguished Professors - Texas A&M has a select group of faculty members who hold the prestigious title of distinguished professor. This designation denotes a faculty member who is recognized as being in the top five percent of their field by peers throughout the world.

09/05/08 Palin Preps For Political Frontiers - Sarah Palin must quickly shift from her honeymoon phase into stringent preparation for the vice presidential debate with Joe Biden, contends Sarah Fulton, a Texas A&M University political science professor who specializes in women in politics.

09/04/08 - Sarah Gatson appointed interim director of Race and Ethnic Studies Institute -

Sarah Gatson, associate professor of sociology, has been appointed interim director of the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI) at Texas A&M University for a one year period, effective Sept. 1, 2008. Gatson served as ad hoc associate director for the institute last year, working closely with past interim director, Associate Professor Dr. Joseph O. Jewel.

09/02/08 - Four Cornerstone Fellows selected for 2008-2009 -

James Aune, professor of communication; Winfred Arthur, Jr., professor of psychology; Claudia Nelson, professor of English; and Steven Oberhelman, professor of European and classical languages and cultures, have been honored with Cornerstone Faculty Fellowships for 2009-2012.

08/25/08 Three faculty appointed Rothrock Fellows for 2008-2009 -

Dean Charles A. Johnson is pleased to announce the appointment of three Ray A. Rothrock Fellows in the College of Liberal Arts. They are Paul Almeida, sociology; Heather Bortfeld, psychology; and Federica Ciccolella, European and classical languages and cultures All three have been promoted to associate professor with tenure, effective Sept. 1, 2008.