Faculty Activities

2003-2004

April 2004

Kay Brimijoin

Presentations:

• Completed Planning Sessions for a Five-Year Professional Development Model in Differentiating Instruction: Clarke County Schools, Athens, GA (2004, January).
• Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Differentiate Curriculum and Instruction: Annual Conference of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), New Orleans, LA (Supported by a faculty grant) (2004, March).
• Supporting Staff Development on Differentiation for Teachers: A Session for Administrators in Henry County Schools, Martinsville, VA. (2004, April).
• Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction: Reaching the Minds We Teach: Three Keynote Speeches, Hilliard City Schools, Columbus, OH (2004, April).

 
Claudia Chang

• Presented a paper, "The Ethnoarchaeology of Sedentism and Mobility among Pastoralists Reconsidered: In Honor of Susan Kent" in a symposium "In honor of Susan Kent" held at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings on April 1, 2004.
• Claudia Chang and Perry A. Tourtellotte presented a paper, "Sheep are not just good to eat: Iron Age animal symbolism in South-eastern Kazakhstan" in a symposium on "Animal Symbolism on the Eurasian Steppe" held at the Society for American Archaeology Annual Meetings on April 1, 2004.
• Claudia Chang, Irina Panyushkina (UArizona, Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research), Nikolai Bykov (Barnaul State University, Russian Federation), and Angela Clemens (UA Lab for Tree-Ring Research) submitted an article, "Pastoral transhumance during the early to mid-Andronovo period (ca. 1800 B.C. to 1300 B.C. in Southeastern Kazakhstan: Excavations and Dendrochronology at Asi 2" for publication to The Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.

 
Holly Gould
Presentations:

• February, 2004. Current Issues in Gifted Education: No Child Left Behind. (Invited Lecturer). Contemporary Issues in Education Class. Curry School of Education, University of Virginia.
• February, 2004. Differentiating Instruction at the Middle School Level. St. Charles Parish Schools, Luling, Louisiana.
• January, 2004. Differentiating Instruction: Reaching the Students We Teach. Mentor Teacher Training, Nelson County, Virginia.
• January, 2004. Strategies for Differentiating Instruction, Grades 6-12. Thornton Friends School Retreat, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
• October, 2003. Teaching Future Teachers to Differentiate for Elementary and Secondary Students. National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• October, 2003. Academic Engagement of High Potential, Poor, and Minority Students. Marketplace Session. National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.

David Orvos

• Attended the 65th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists in Memphis, TN, on April 14-18.  Together w/ Jeff Janovetz, we accompanied nine SBC students who gave a total of five presentations.  Four of these were from environmental studies --
  -Chilton, R. and D.R. Orvos.  2004. Bioaccumulation of mercury in lichen (Hypogymnia physodes) near a coal-fired power plant.  Southeastern Biology  51(2):95.
  -Hackler, M., S. Smith, R. Chilton, R. Ambers, and D.R. Orvos.  A comparison of aquatic macroinvertebrates and fishes in dam-regulated and unregulated streams. Southeastern Biology  51(2):152.
  -Bragg, J., C. Michaels, L. Reedy, C. Thomas, and D.R. Orvos.  2004. Chemical and biological evaluation of the Buffalo River watershed, Amherst County, Virginia.  Southeastern Biology  51(2):P61.
  -Smith, S., M. Hackler, R. Chilton, R. Ambers, and D.R. Orvos.  2004. Determination of heavy metals in biosolids applied to agricultural fields in Appomattox County, Virginia. Southeastern Biology  51(2):P65.
• On April 20-21, I attended the Houston Campaign Kickoff for Development and gave two talks on the program and sciences in general.
• Reviewed five manuscripts in my role as Editor of Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics and reviewed one manuscript for the journal Reproductive Toxicology.
• Appointed to the Greenways Task Force for Region 2000, a local economic development group attempting to preserving habitat.

Barbara Perry

• Published "Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The University of Michigan Cases" in Creating Constitutional Change, Gregg Ivers and Kevin McGuire, eds.
• Organized the Sixth Annual Henry J. Abraham Lecture, featuring New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Linda Greenhouse, at the University of Virginia Law School
• Delivered the Pi Sigma Alpha Lecture at Catholic University Law School, on "The Priestly Tribe: The Supreme Court's Image in the American Mind"
• Presented an Alumnae College at the Campaign for Her World Event in Dallas, on "One Nation Under God? Exploring Church/State Issues in the Pledge of Allegiance Case"
• Served as a judge for the Virginia "We the People" Competition in Richmond

Raina Robeva and Tim Loboschefski

* Published the paper: Robeva, R., Penberthy J.K., Loboschefski, T., Cox, D & Kovatchev, B.K.  (2004) Combined Psycho-Physiological Model of ADHD: A Pilot study of Bayesian Probability Approach to ADHD Appraisal. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1-18.

March 2004

Rebecca Ambers

• Along with David Orvos took four environmental science students to the Northeastern/Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America meeting in Tysons Corner, Virginia, on March 25-27, 2004. Two presentations were given: (1) "A Small Dam With a Big Impact: Geomorphology and Ecology of Two Second-Order Streams in Central Virginia" by Rachael Chilton (speaker), Medora Hackler, Shannon Smith, David Orvos, and Rebecca Ambers and (2) "Where Did All the Topsoil Go? Soil Formation and Erosion in Central Virginia" by Medora Hackler (poster presenter) and Rebecca Ambers.

Matthew Calarco

Books to appear in print in 2004:

• Completed monograph On Levinas (Wadsworth; to appear in June 2004)
• Completed Levinas and Buber: Dialogue and Difference (Duquesne UP; co-edited with Maurice Friedman and Peter Atterton; to appear in July 2004)
• Completed Animal Philosophy (Continuum Publishing; co-edited with Peter Atterton, foreword by Peter Singer; to appear June 2004)

Books Under Contract:

• The Politics of Sovereignty and Life. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005 (volume co-edited with Steven DeCaroli)
• Radicalizing Levinas. Albany: SUNY, 2005. (volume co-edited with Peter Atterton)

Refereed Journal Articles and Refereed Book Chapters:

• "Reading Derrida's 'Own Conscience': From the Question to the Call," Philosophy & Social Criticism, accepted and forthcoming
• "Deconstruction Is Not Vegetarianism: Humanism, Subjectivity, and Animal Ethics," Continental Philosophy Review, accepted and forthcoming
• "What Remains of Anthropocentrism?," Human Studies, accepted and forthcoming
• "Agamben's Ethics," Postmodern Ethics (Routledge; Hugh Silverman, editor)

Book Chapters/Invited Essays/Translations:

• "Heidegger's Zoontology," and "The Animal Question in Continental Philosophy," in Animal Philosophy
• "The Recovery of Humanism in Buber and Levinas," and "Editor's Introduction," in Levinas and Buber: Dialogue and Difference
• Translation of Emmanuel Levinas, "The Meaning of Religious Practice," Modern Judaism, forthcoming

Book Reviews:

• Review of Dale Jamieson's Morality's Progress (forthcoming in International Studies in Philosophy)
• Review of Ted Toadvine's Eco-Phenomenology (forthcoming in International Studies in Philosophy)
• Review essay of Animal Rites and Zoontologies, by Cary Wolfe, in Electronic Book Review, special issue on "Critical Ecologies."

Book Manuscript Reviews:

• Review of manuscript on globalization by Mihai Spariosu for MIT Press
• Review of manuscript on university and deconstruction by Dawn McCance for SUNY Press
• Review of manuscript on animal ethics by Ralph Acampora for U of Pittsburgh Press
• Review of Applied Ethics Case Studies manuscript for McGraw Hill

Scholarly Service:

• Elected to editorial board for Journal of Animal Liberation Philosophy and Policy Manuscript referee for several articles for this journal

Jill Granger

* On Monday March 8th, Jill Granger presented three hands-on teacher development workshops on inquiry-based teaching in science education at the Lynchburg City Public Schools' "Best Practices Conference".  

Rob Granger

• Recently reviewed the following manuscript for publication...Phytoremediation of Lead by Solidago Rugosa and Spirea Latifolia:  Stacie M. Gowdy* and Michael P. LabareÝ.  Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 47, (2) 2004.

Jonathan Green

• Recently completed: a clarinet sonata, "An Exaltation of Larks;" a set of women's choir pieces, "Four Flower Madrigals;" and an arrangement of "Sometimes I feel Like a Motherless Child" for women's choir and piano.
• Presided over the annual conference of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting of the College Music Society where he chaired a plenary session entitled, "Curricular Change: Why does it take so long?"

Sarah Lischer

* Was a guest speaker at a panel presentation on "Security in Humanitarian Crises," Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Feb. 12, 2004.

* "US Military Interventions and the Humanitarian "Force Multiplier" and "Teaching Humanitarian Crises in International Relations." Papers presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. Montreal, Canada, March 17-20, 2004.

David Orvos

• Along with Rebecca Ambers took four environmental science students to the Northeastern/Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America meeting in Tysons Corner, Virginia, on March 25-27, 2004. Two presentations were given: (1) "A Small Dam With a Big Impact: Geomorphology and Ecology of Two Second-Order Streams in Central Virginia" by Rachael Chilton (speaker), Medora Hackler, Shannon Smith, David Orvos, and Rebecca Ambers and (2) "Where Did All the Topsoil Go? Soil Formation and Erosion in Central Virginia" by Medora Hackler (poster presenter) and Rebecca Ambers.

February 2004

John Beck

* Performed a professional review of a paper submitted to the journal Tetrahedron for work on ligustilide dimers.

Claudia Chang

* Gave three lectures on the Kazakh-American Talgar Archaeological Project as part of the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Lectures series in October 2003. These lectures were given at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, The Annenberg Auditorium at Stanford University, and at the Archaeology Facility at the University of California-Berkeley.

* Gave a public lecture at the Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institute, "Digging the Eurasian Steppe: The Kazakh-American Archaeological Expedition 1994 to 2003" –February 27, 2004.

Jason Gallaher

* His work was discussed in a recent article, "A 'Balanced' Approach" in Poolside, the newsletter of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.

Eugene Gotwalt

* Presented the paper, "The Relationship Between Tenure and Instructor Classroom Performance," at the Eastern Economic Association's annual conference in Washington, DC. At this conference he also chaired one session and served as a discussant for two others.

Rebecca Massie Lane

• Will serve as a grant reviewer for the Museums for America program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC

Cheryl Mares

* Presented a paper entitled "Woolf and the American Imaginary" at the 13^th International Virginia Woolf Conference, which was held at Smith College. The paper was subsequently selected for inclusion in the refereed electronic publication Woolf in the Real World: Selected Papers from the Thirteenth International Conference on Virginia Woolf, ed. Karen Kukil [(Bakersfield: California State University, 2004) http://www.csub.edu/woolf_center/publications].

* Attended the Woolf sessions and the Irish Studies sessions at the MLA Convention and the four-day conference at UVA on "Re-imagining Ireland."

* Participated in a week-long seminar on "Peace and Conflict in Northern Ireland," which was held at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, followed by tours of Belfast, Derry, County Donegal, County Sligo, and Galway.

* These experiences, combined with earlier work at the National Library in Dublin and a course on modern Irish literature at the UC-Berkeley Oxford Summer Program, have contributed to a proposed new course for Spring 2005 on modern and contemporary Irish literature and culture

Martha Elena Rojas

* Published "Insults Unpunished: Barbary Natives, American Slavery, and the Negotiation of Liberty," in Early American Studies.

January 2004

Rob Alexander

Publications:

* Alexander, R. R. and D. W. Shields. 'Using Land as a Control Variable in Density-Dependent Bioeconomic Models.' Ecological Modelling, 170(2-3), 2003.

* Fleming, C. M. and R. R. Alexander. 'Single Species Versus Multiple Species Models: The Economic Implications.' Ecological Modelling, 170(2-3), 2003.

John Goulde

• Presentation: The Ummah in History: A Unity or a Diversity? for the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies Teacher's Workshop: Islam in Context: 7th Century Arabia to 21st Century America,  University of Florida, Gainesville, January 17, 2004.

Jill Granger

• "INTRODUCING SPECTROPHOTOMETRY IN GRADES 6-12 USING A COLLEGE-BASED SPECTROPHOTOMETER LOAN PROGRAM," will be published in the undergraduate issue of Spectroscopy Letters, Volume 37 (2) to be published in April 2004.

Rob Granger

• Completed the following textbook review:
  SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY: Ed by Somenath Mitra.  Wiley Inter-Science Publishing New Jersey, 2003.
  Reviewed for publication in CHOICE, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 2004.

Jonathan Green

• Conducted the Wright Centennial Festival Ensemble in the premiere of his "Riding the Winds of December," as part of the official celebration of the Centennial of First Flight in Kitty Hawk on 16 December with Amanda Wright Lane, great niece of the aviation pioneers, narrating. A second performance was given that evening for in Kill Devil Hills for the residents of the Outer Banks
• Adjudicated the MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) southeastern composition contest
• Attended the annual conference of the Conductors Guild, where he presided over the publications committee's portion of the annual meeting of the membership. His "Shards of Beauty," which was composed for and premiered by Sweet Briar students in 2000, was presented there by Dr. Lyn Schenbeck, director of ensembles at Agnes Scott College, as part of the New Music Project.
• Presided over the fall board meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the College Music Society.

Ron Horwege

• Executive Committee Meeting of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia
  in Richmond (Sept, 2003)
• Annual Meeting of the Foreign Language Association of Virginia in Richmond (October 23-25, 2003)
  --Participant in FLAVA board meeting
  --Member of Panel discussing: Co-curricular Diversity: Opportunities for German Students
  --Presentation: German Films and Films in German: "Sonnenallee"
  --Presider at Business Meeting and Luncheon for the Virginia Chapter of the American
  Association of Teacher of German
  --Panel Moderator: The Future of German Instruction in the United State, Why German?
  --Recipient of FLAVA Award for Excellence in Teaching.
• Organizer and Administrator of German Teachers Immersion Weekend at
  Sweet Briar College (November 14-16, 2003)
• Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
  Languages and the American Association of Teachers of German in Philadelphia, PA (Nov. 20-23, 2003)
  --AATG Chapter Presidents Council
  --Board Meeting of Delta Phi Alpha (German Honor Society)
  --Recipient of AATG-Goethe-Institut of America Certificate of Merit

Sarah Lischer

• "Political and Military Implications of Humanitarian Assistance," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. New Orleans, LA, Jan. 8-10, 2004.

December 2003

Rob Alexander

* CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) held a workshop in Geneva, Switzerland on Economic Incentives in Trade Policy and used a paper from his web site on 'The Role of Economics in Wildlife Conservation' as an introduction to the topic for the delegates.  This workshop was attended by some of the world's leading conservation biologists.

Steve Bragaw

Publications:

• "Unenumerated Rights." Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court. Edited by David Schultz. New York: Facts on File, Inc. (forthcoming 2004).

Conference Activities

• "Civic Education and Technology" Panel Chair and discussant, International Conference of Civic Education Research, New Orleans, LA, November 18, 2003.
• "Building a Law-Related Education Center" Roundtable organizer and participant, International Conference of Civic Education Research, New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2003.
• Attended the Project Citizen State Coordinators Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 18-21, 2003.
• Attended the Youth For Justice/Law-Related Education state directors annual meeting, Washington D.C., September 11-13, 2003.

Other:

• "The Rivalry that Shaped America" Presentation to the Alumnae Club of New Orleans, November 15, 2003.
• "Sunday Conversation" Guest, WNRN, October 12, August 24, May 25.

Kay Brimijoin

• Reviewed the manuscript "The Feasibility of High End Learning in a Diverse Middle School" to be published by the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Presentations:

• Brimijoin, K. (2003, October). Planning a Five-Year Professional Development Model in Differentiating Instruction: Administrators in Clarke County Schools, Athens, GA
• Brimijoin, K. (2003, October). Supporting Differentiation for Teachers: A Session for Administrators in Baltimore City Schools, Baltimore, MD.

Book under contract:

• One School's Journey in Differentiating Instruction: Lessons Learned  with ASCD (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development), slated for publication September 1, 2004. In collaboration with Dr. Carol Tomlinson (UVA) and Dr. Lane Narvaez (Principal, Conway School, St. Louis, MO).

Rob Granger

• Had a paper "Synthesis of Pt(dpk)Cl4 and the Reversible Hydration to Pt(dpk-O-OH)Cl3.H-phenCl; X-Ray, Spectroscopic, and Electrochemical Characterization" accepted for publication in the Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.

Sarah Lischer

• Sarah Lischer's manuscript, Catalysts of Conflict: Refugees, Rebels, and Humanitarian Aid, has been accepted for publication in the Security Affairs Series of Cornell University Press.

Ella Magruder

• Taught two weeks of master classes, in dance and on the interrelationships of the arts, to talented and gifted children ages 6-14 in Augusta County Public Schools in Staunton, VA June 16-27, 2003.
• Presented a paper " Respond, Respect, and Understand the Reality: Three R's for Teaching Dance in a Multicultural Society" at dance and the Child international (daCi) conference in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil, July 29-August 9, 2003. Paper was selected by blind review and published in the proceedings, Dialogos Possiveis, from the conference.
• Attended the National Dance Education Organization conference (NDEO) in Albuquerque, New Mexico Oct. 13-19, 2003. Called sound and light cues for two dances during the faculty performance, Mark Magruder's solo, and a solo by Judith Nelson, a professor from Auburn University in Alabama.

Mark Magruder

• Taught a series of master classes at the Virginia School for the Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia during the months of Jan. and Feb. 2003.
• Presented a master class in advanced modern dance at the Mid-Atlantic Regional American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA) conference held at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. March 12-15, 2003. Eight SBC students participated in performances of the two student choreographed works that were adjudicated.
• Taught a master class in modern dance at Potomac High School in Northern Virginia in June 2, 2003.
• Presented a workshop called "Building Trust Through Movement" at the dance and the Child international (daCi) conference in Salvador, Bahia in Brazil July 29-August 9, 2003. Workshop selected by blind review. Conference hosted by the Faculdade Social da Bahia at the university in Salvador.
• Taught a weeklong series of dance workshops at Amherst County High School for the show choirs - the Amerechos, and the Belles of Amherst – August 11-15, 2003.
• Performed a solo, Janos, in the juried faculty concert at the National Dance Educators Organization (NDEO) conference at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque October 13-19, 2003. Material for the content of the dance came from sabbatical research in Hungary, made possible by a faculty grant in 2000.

Joe Malloy

• As a member of the VIVA ILL-Subcommittee hosted the third "VIVA Interlibrary Loan Forum" at UVA in Charlottesville, Virginia, July 2003.
• Organized an Old-time Music Presentation for the Otter Creek Campfire event on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Memorial Day, May 26, 2003.
• Was featured on WCVE 88.9 FM (Public Radio) in Richmond, VA, introducing the 2003 State Fair of Virginia Fiddle Contest winner. The story also included an interview with the first place winner and featured contest music as well historical recordings, October, 2003.

Barbara Perry

Published

• "William H. Rehnquist and the Conservative Counterrevolution," in Leaders of the Pack: Polls and Case Studies of Great Supreme Court Justices, Peter Lang Publishing, 2003.
• "Franklin Roosevelt and the Supreme Court: A New Deal and A New Image," with Henry J. Abraham, in Franklin Roosevelt and the Transformation of the Supreme Court, M.E. Sharpe, 2004.
• "J. Harvie Wilkinson III," with Henry J. Abraham, in Great American Judges: An Encyclopedia, ABC/CLIO, 2003.
• Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States, 8^th ed., with Henry J. Abraham, University Press of Kansas, 2003.
• "The Media and Civil Rights and Liberties," in Media Power, Media Politics, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

Spoke at

• Two teachers' institutes sponsored by the Center for Civic Education, at James Madison University, on "The History of Church an State in America" and "First Amendment Rights."
• A teachers' institute, sponsored by the Ohio Law-Related Education Center and the Center for Civic Education, at Ohio State University, on "The History of Church and State in America."
• A teachers' institute, sponsored by the Bill of Rights Institute, at George Mason University, on "The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment."
• Sweet Briar Alumnae Colleges, on "Affirmative Action: America's Constitutional Dilemma," Washington, DC, Short Hills, NJ, and Philadelphia, PA.

Served as a consultant for and led seminars at

• The Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers, sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society and Street Law, at Georgetown University and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chaired a panel, served on a roundtable, and/or attended

• "Thomas Jefferson: His Life, Times, and Legacy," a conference sponsored by the International Lincoln Center for American Studies, at LSU-Shreveport.
• International Conference on Civic Education, New Orleans.
• Annual meeting of directors of State Law-Related Education Centers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice's Youth for Justice Program, Arlington, Virginia.

Provided interviews for

• Public Radio International, Wisconsin Public Radio, KKAR (Omaha), KPKF (Los Angeles), KMOX (St. Louis), Time, Newark Star-Ledger, USA Today, Lynchburg News and Advance

Lynn Rainville

• Has been appointed Assistant Director of the Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Project.

October 2003

John Goulde

• Paper presented: Korean Modern Art at the End of the 20^th Century, 11th Annual Korean Studies Conference, Richard L. Walker Institute for International Studies, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC May 23-25, 2003
• Classes presented: Chinese Conversation and Culture, 1^st Annual Kids in College Program, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA June 23-27, 2003
• Adult Education classes presented: Islam and the Modern World: Religious and Political Perspectives. The Catholic Diocese of Richmond Youth Convention, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA July 12, 2003
• Seminar presented: On the Origins of the Japanese and The Development of Aristocratic Culture in the Heian Period, Freeman Foundation In-Service Teacher Education Program, Japan Society, New York City August 4, 2003
• Seminar presented: The Role of Traditional Religions in Korea, and The Role of Religion in Globalized Korea. Freeman Foundation In-Service Teacher Education Program, Korea Society, New York City, August 7-8, 2003
• Panelist for: The Role of Korean Americans in U.S - Korean Relations: Social and Cultural Perspectives, International Council on Korean Studies 2003 Conference on: The U.S.-Korean Alliance: Continuity and Change, Arlington, VA August 23-24, 2003
• Papers presented: Art and Architecture in North and South Korea and The Status of Religion in North and South Korea, The Korea Economic Institute and Freeman Foundation Colloquium on Contemporary Korea, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, October 2, 2003
• Volunteer Actor, The Merry Wives of Windsor, SBC Theater Arts Department. October 16-19, 2003

Jonathan Green

• Attended the fall board meeting of the Conductors Guild in Chapel Hill, 6-7 September
• Panelist: "What Can You Do with a Music Degree Outside of Teaching and Performance" National Conference of the College Music Society, Miami, 2-5 October; also represented the Mid-Atlantic Chapter at the Presidents' Council at the same conference
• Edited volume 25 of the Journal of the Conductors Guild, which will appear in January
• Arranged "Halicha L'Kesirya" for women's choir, which was performed by the SBC choir during Families' Weekend
• Composed a "Tantum ergo" for SATB choir

Joe Malloy

• Served as a member of the Tour Directory Advisory Panel for the Virginia Commission for the Arts in Richmond, Virginia, May 2003.
• Performed with the Bramble & Rose String Band (Including Professor Laura Pharis) and taught the "Virginia Reel" to seniors at the Valley View Retirement Community, Lynchburg, Virginia, July, 2003.
• Coordinated the Third Annual State Fair of Virginia Fiddle and Banjo Contests at the State Fair's Heritage Village in Richmond, Virginia, September 2003.

Raina Robeva

• Published (with Loren D. Pitt, Department of Mathematics, UVA) the following paper in The Annals of Probability, Vol. 31, No.3 (2003) 1338-1376: On the Sharp Markov Property for Gaussian Random Fields and Spectral Synthesis in Spaces of Bessel Potentials.

September 2003

John Beck

* A paper "Synthesis of Benzylidenephthalide Derivatives," was just accepted for publication in the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research. The authors of the paper are:
Molly C. Everngam, Nausheena Baig, Jaime L. Heimbegner, Michelle L. Poore, and John J. Beck

Kay Brimijoin

* Keynote Speaker, "Differentiating Instruction: Beginning the Journey", Special Education Conference, Burlington, Kentucky, June 12.

· Coordinated and presented at a two-day Mentor Teacher Institute at Sweet Briar for 65 teachers and administrators from Amherst County Schools and faculty from the Education Department at Randolph-Macon Woman's College, June 17-18.

· Keynote Speech, "Reaching the Minds We Teach: Translating Multiple Intelligences Theory into Best Practice",

following Dr. Howard Gardner at the Copenhaver Institute, Roanoke College, June 23.

Presented three sessions - "Differentiating Instruction: Beginning the Journey", "A Roadmap for Differentiating Professional Development", and "Instructional Strategies" – at the ASCD (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development) National Conference on Differentiation, Chicago, Illinois, June 28-30.

Presented two sessions – "Using Contracts to Differentiate" and "Professional Development In Differentiation: Walking the Talk" – at the Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, University of Virginia, July 15-16.

Presented a two-day workshop for 30 teachers in Fayette County Schools, Fayetteville, Georgia, "Differentiating Instruction: Beginning the Journey", August 12-13.

Holly Gould

* Attended week-long Multicultural Institute at the University of Virginia, June 16-20, 2003.

* Presentations:
Gould, H.C. (2003, September). Differentiating Instruction: Low Prep Strategies, K-12. Granville School District, Granville, Ohio.

Gould, H.C. (2003, July). Instructional Strategies: Tiered Assignments. University of Virginia's Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Gould, H.C. (2003 July). Low-Prep Strategies for Differentiation. University of Virginia's Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Gould, H.C. & Brimijoin, K. (2003, July). Learning Contracts for Grades K-6. University of Virginia's Summer Institute on Academic Diversity, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Gould, H.C. (2003, June). Differentiating for Cultural, Ethnic, and Gender Diversity. Association for the Supervision of Curriculum Development Conference, Chicago, Illinois.

Rob Granger

* Publications: SYNTHESIS OF Pt(dpk)Cl₄ AND THE REVERSIBLE HYDRATION TO Pt(dpk-O-OH)Cl₃·H-phenCl; X-RAY, SPECTROSCOPIC, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION. Submitted to Inorganic Chemistry 18 September 2003.

Note! Inorganic Chemistry is the Flagship publication in my field of chemistry

* Presentations: The following two talks have been accepted for presentation at the next regional meeting of the American Chemical Society:

o A VIABLE HOMOGENEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYST: THE FORMATION OF COMPLEX MOLECULES USING CO₂ AS THE CARBON SOURCE. Ana Ciric; Nicole Crowder; Emma Kate Payne and Robert M. Granger, II. South East Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Atlanta Georgia. Nov. 16-22 2003

o ANALYSIS OF THE MICRONUTRIENTS COPPER AND ZINC IN A COMMERCIAL ORCHARD AND VINEYARD BY ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY. Katherine Wilson and Robert M. Granger, II. South East Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society Atlanta Georgia. Nov. 16-22 2003.

* Reviews: The following two textbooks have been reviewed for CHOICE Current Reviews for Academic Libraries – a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries:

* Handbook of Aqueous Solubility Data CRC Press by Samuel H. Yalkowsky and Yan He. Reviewed for publication in CHOICE, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 2003.

* Chemical Kinetics and Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms 2^nd ed.; Reviewed for publication in CHOICE, Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 2003.

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Allen Huszti

* Conducted the Canticum Novum Choir and was guest soloist in the Cantate Choir's Spring concert in Lynchburg (May 4).
* Interim organist and choir director at First Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg for twelve weeks (May to August).
* Substitute accompanist for the glee club and chapel organist at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg during May.
* Served as organist and choir director for the Alumnae Reunion church service in May.
* Was a guest vocal soloist for a violin recital in Lynchburg on May 18.
* Attended an Alexander Technique Workshop at Seven Oaks (near Madison, Virginia) in June.
* Served as organist for the Presbytery of the Blue Ridge meetings at Sweet Briar College on June 7.
* Was the student recital accompanist and taught harpsichord, fortepiano and organ lessons at the Central Virginia Suzuki Institute July 20 to August 1.
 

Sarah Lischer

* "Collateral Damage: Humanitarian Assistance as a Cause of Conflict," International Security, 28, 1, (Summer 2003).

* Reviewed the book "Aiding Recovery? The Crisis of Aid in Chronic Political Emergencies" in Global Social Policy, 3, 2 (Summer 2003), 245-246.

* Presented a paper on the panel "Terrorists, Criminals, and Aid Workers: The Role of Non-State Actors in International Security," at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA., Aug. 30, 2003.

* "Political and Military Implications of U.S. Humanitarian Policy." Policy briefing given at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Washington, D.C., May 14, 2003.

August 2003

Rosalia Ascari

* Rosalia Ascari and Marie-Therese Killiam's book "America in Our World," is being considered by Éditions Balland, Paris.

John Beck

* Attended the 38^th National Organic Symposium (NOS) held at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, June 8^th-12^th where he presented the progress of his research group at a poster session. The NOS is one of the premier meetings of professional organic chemists in the nation. The poster he presented featured the work of four Sweet Briar Chemistry undergraduates (Nausheena Baig, Molly Everngam, Jaime Heimbegner, and Michelle Poore), in addition to his wife; all of whom were authored on the poster.

Jonathan Green

* In June, he received a seventh consecutive Annual Standard Panel Award for music composition from ASCAP.
* His "Specious Counterpoint" for violin and clarinet was commissioned for and premiered at a concert of American music at the Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd College on 27 July.
 
Marie Therese Killiam
* Rosalia Ascari and Marie-Therese Killiam's book "America in Our World," is being considered by Éditions Balland, Paris.