Edward Dubrovsky, Ph.D., A&S,
associate professor of biology, is co-principal investigator with Igor F. Zhimulev, Ph.D., on "Genetic Analysis of the Drosophila RNase Z Gene, a Homolog of the Human Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene ELAC2," sponsored by the Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF).

Jeanne Flavin, Ph.D., A&S,
professor of sociology, co-wrote “Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women in the United States, 1973-2005: Implications for Women’s Legal Status and Public Health,” in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law and “New Study Shows Anti-Choice Policies Leading to Widespread Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women,” in RH Reality Check.

Paul Kantor, Ph.D., A&S,
professor emeritus of political science, gave a plenary address, “Regulation and Metropolitan Governance,” and presented a paper, “Assessing the Governance of Metropolitan Areas: A Comparative Perspective,” at the Mayor’s Conference on Governing the Metropolis on Nov. 28 and 30 in the Paris City Hall in Paris, France.

Beth Knobel, Ph.D., A&S,
assistant professor of communication and media studies, won an Emerging Scholar grant for 2013-14 from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

John D. Lawry, Ph.D., A&S,
professor emeritus of psychology, published “Searching for the Right Way to Begin Class, Part II,” in About Campus.

Brenna Moore, Ph.D., A&S,
assistant professor of theology, published SACRED DREAD: Raïssa Maritain, the Allure of Suffering, and the French Catholic Revival (1905–1944) (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013).

Roger Panetta, Ph.D., A&S,
visiting professor of history, co-edited a book, On Shattered Ground: A Civil War Mosaic, 1861-1865 (Signet Classics, 2012).

Brian Rose, Ph.D., A&S
professor of communication and media studies, interviewed Matt Damon and Hal Holbrook after a screening of Promised Land for the Screen Actors Guild. He also interviewed NPR journalist and author Brooke Gladstone for a seminar held by the Center for Communication, which was later broadcast on C-SPAN.

 

Michael Baur, Ph.D., A&S,
associate professor of theology, gave a talk, “Natural Law and the Natural Environment: Pope Benedict XVI’s Vision Beyond Utilitarianism and Deontology,” at a conference, “A Catholic Consultation on Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Assessing Pope Benedict’s Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States,” held from Nov. 8 to 10 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth Frost, Ph.D., A&S,
associate professor of English, contributed to an essay, “Splayed Texts, Bodily Words: Handwriting and Seriality in Feminist Poetics,” which was published in The Contemporary Narrative Poem: Critical Crosscurrents (University of Iowa Press, 2012).

David S. Glenwick, Ph.D., A&S,
professor of psychology, and Mark E. Mattson, Ph.D., A&S, associate professor of psychology, presented “The Effect of Transitional Programs on Scholastic and Functional Living Skills in Children With Autism” at the New England Psychological Association annual convention in Worcester, Mass. in October.

D. Frank Hsu, Ph.D., A&S,
Clavius Distinguished Professor of Science, professorof computer and information science,and director of the Laboratory for Informatics andData Mining, received the 2012 IBM Faculty Award in November.

Paul Levinson, Ph.D., A&S,
professor of communication and media studies, was named number thirteen in “Top 100 Web-Savvy Professors 2012,” put out by Best Online Universities.

Christiana Peppard, Ph.D.,A&S,
assistant professor of theology and science, gave a talk, “Commodifying Creation? Benedict XVI’s Vision of the Goods of Creation Intended for All,” at a conference, “A Catholic Consultation on Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Assessing Pope Benedict’s Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States,” held from Nov. 8 to 10 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She also spoke on a panel, “Pride: Flying Cars and Other Broken Promises,” on Nov. 28 at The New York Academy of Sciences.

Thierry Rigogne, Ph.D., A&S,
associate professor of history, published “Entre Histoire et Mythes: Le Premier Siècle des Cafés à Paris, 1660-1789,” in Les Histoires de Paris: De L’âge Classique à la Modernité, XVIIe-XVIIIe Siècle (Hermann, 2012).

Brian Rose, Ph.D., A&S,
professor of communications and media studies, interviewed director Joe Wright and actress Keira Knightley after a screening of Anna Kareninafor the British Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He also interviewed director Sacha Gervasi and actress Helen Mirren after a screening of Hitchcock for the Producers Guild of America.

Laura Stout Sosinsky, Ph.D., A&S,
assistant professor of psychology, published two chapters, “Childcare Markets in the US: Supply and Demand, Quality and Cost, and Public Policy” in Childcare Markets Local and Global (The Policy Press, 2012) and “Measuring the Environments of Early Care, Education and Intervention Programs for Children in Poverty” in The Environment of Human Development (Cambridge, 2012). She was also elected to the steering committee of the University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium.

Lance Strate, Ph.D., A&S,
professor of communication and media studies, co-edited Korzybski And... (Institute of General Semantics, 2012) and authored a chapter, “Korzybski and Marshall McLuhan,” in the book. He also published “Counting Electric Sheep: Understanding Information in the Context of Media Ecology” in Information, “The Fall of Nations: The Fate of Social Systems in the New Media Environment” in English and Portuguese translations in E-compós, and a poem, “Head First,” in Poetica Magazine. In addition, he won the Malahat Review’s Twitter Monostich poetry contest on Aug. 27. Lastly, he gave a workshop on “New Media and Strategic Communication,” and an address, “If Not A, Then E,” at Congreso Internacional En Comunicación Estratégica on Sept. 12 to 13 at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Peubla, in Puebla, Mexico.

Jay C. Wade, Ph.D., A&S,
associate professor of psychology, published “Male Reference Group Identity Disorder, Masculinity Ideology, and Relationship Satisfaction in Men’s Heterosexual Relationships” in Psychology of Men and Masculinity.