Notables
W. Michael Ashcraft, associate professor of religion, has coedited a five-volume series titled “Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America,” published by Greenwood Press.
Jon Beck, associate professor of computer science, recently had his paper titled “Forming a Women’s Computer Science Support Group” accepted for publication in the SIGCSE Bulletin. The paper will also be presented at the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education in March 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beck, along with Brent Buckner and Diane Janick-Buckner, professors of biology, and alumna Olga Nikolova (’06), recently had a paper titled “Using Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Undergraduate Research to Recruit and Retain Computer Science Students” accepted for publication in the SIGCSE Bulletin. The paper will also be presented at the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education in March 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tanner Edis, associate professor of physics, and Amy Bix presented a paper titled “Islamic Creationism in Turkey: Historical and Intellectual Perspectives” at the annual meeting of the History of Science Society, Nov. 2-5 in Vancouver, Canada.
Daniel Mandell, associate professor of history, presented a paper titled “Landless Laborers in Farm Town and Seaport: The Two Stoningtons, Connecticut, 1780-1830” at the Mystic Seaport Conference on Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America, in Mystic Connecticut.
Betty McLane-Iles, professor of French and co-adviser of Truman’s chapter of Amnesty International, along with Bethanie Seiglar, a senior philosophy and religion and pre-elementary education double major from La Plata, Mo.; Teresa Kerbawy, a senior biology major from Kansas City, Mo.; and Mike Snodderly, a sophomore political science major from St. Louis; represented Truman’s chapter of Amnesty International at the Amnesty International Midwest Regional Conference, Oct. 27-29 in Chicago. The group participated in the resolutions process of debate and voting at both the levels of working parties and the closing plenary assembly, to determine the AIUSA policy on resolutions to honor victims of humans rights abuses based on gender identity, to raise awareness of the human rights violations associated with the war on drugs, to implement specific work and resources for the protection of children’s human rights, and to create AIUSA staff support for the monitoring of military, security and police transfers.
Several political science students and faculty members presented papers at the International Studies Association-Midwest annual conference in St. Louis, Nov. 3-5. John J. Quinn, associate professor of political science, and Ryan Conway, a senior political science major from Kirksville, Mo., presented their paper titled “The Resource Curse Revisited: What Role Ownership?” John Ishiyama, professor of political science, and Krystal Fox, a senior political science and economics double major from Bellevue, Neb., presented their paper titled “Strength of Partisanship in Sub Saharan Africa.” Kathryn Sanders, a senior political science major from Crestwood, Mo., and Ishiyama presented their paper titled “Foreign Aid and Democratization in Post Conflict Societies.” Nick Cady, a junior political science major from Webster Groves, Mo., presented his paper “State vs. Private Majority Ownership of Industry and Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Also attending the conference were Marijke Breuning, associate professor of political science, and Kyle Hood, a freshman political science major from Lee’s Summit, Mo. At the conference, Ishiyama was installed as president of the International Studies Association-Midwest.
Jon Beck, associate professor of computer science, recently had his paper titled “Forming a Women’s Computer Science Support Group” accepted for publication in the SIGCSE Bulletin. The paper will also be presented at the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education in March 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beck, along with Brent Buckner and Diane Janick-Buckner, professors of biology, and alumna Olga Nikolova (’06), recently had a paper titled “Using Interdisciplinary Bioinformatics Undergraduate Research to Recruit and Retain Computer Science Students” accepted for publication in the SIGCSE Bulletin. The paper will also be presented at the 38th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education in March 2007 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tanner Edis, associate professor of physics, and Amy Bix presented a paper titled “Islamic Creationism in Turkey: Historical and Intellectual Perspectives” at the annual meeting of the History of Science Society, Nov. 2-5 in Vancouver, Canada.
Daniel Mandell, associate professor of history, presented a paper titled “Landless Laborers in Farm Town and Seaport: The Two Stoningtons, Connecticut, 1780-1830” at the Mystic Seaport Conference on Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America, in Mystic Connecticut.
Betty McLane-Iles, professor of French and co-adviser of Truman’s chapter of Amnesty International, along with Bethanie Seiglar, a senior philosophy and religion and pre-elementary education double major from La Plata, Mo.; Teresa Kerbawy, a senior biology major from Kansas City, Mo.; and Mike Snodderly, a sophomore political science major from St. Louis; represented Truman’s chapter of Amnesty International at the Amnesty International Midwest Regional Conference, Oct. 27-29 in Chicago. The group participated in the resolutions process of debate and voting at both the levels of working parties and the closing plenary assembly, to determine the AIUSA policy on resolutions to honor victims of humans rights abuses based on gender identity, to raise awareness of the human rights violations associated with the war on drugs, to implement specific work and resources for the protection of children’s human rights, and to create AIUSA staff support for the monitoring of military, security and police transfers.
Several political science students and faculty members presented papers at the International Studies Association-Midwest annual conference in St. Louis, Nov. 3-5. John J. Quinn, associate professor of political science, and Ryan Conway, a senior political science major from Kirksville, Mo., presented their paper titled “The Resource Curse Revisited: What Role Ownership?” John Ishiyama, professor of political science, and Krystal Fox, a senior political science and economics double major from Bellevue, Neb., presented their paper titled “Strength of Partisanship in Sub Saharan Africa.” Kathryn Sanders, a senior political science major from Crestwood, Mo., and Ishiyama presented their paper titled “Foreign Aid and Democratization in Post Conflict Societies.” Nick Cady, a junior political science major from Webster Groves, Mo., presented his paper “State vs. Private Majority Ownership of Industry and Deforestation in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Also attending the conference were Marijke Breuning, associate professor of political science, and Kyle Hood, a freshman political science major from Lee’s Summit, Mo. At the conference, Ishiyama was installed as president of the International Studies Association-Midwest.
