Assistant Professor of French Adam John presented a paper, "Overseeing the Intellectual Field in Overseas France: Writers and the Mass Media in Contemporary Martinique," during the 22nd annual meeting of the Association of Caribbean Studies, July 26-28, in Guadeloupe, French West Indies.

Associate Professor of Economics Antonin Rusek attended the NATO Symposium "Future of the North Atlantic Security: Emerging Strategic Imperatives," held in Reykjavik, Iceland from September 6-7th. The symposium was attended by 300 Flag officers, generals and political representatives and ambassadors from all 19 NATO countries. Rusek also presented the paper, "Economic Growth, Exchange Rate Policy and Balance of Payments Constraint," at the Fiftieth International Atlantic Economic Conference in Charleston, S.C., on October 17.

Assistant Professor of Accounting Rick Davis co-wrote an article with Dennis Gaffney, professor of accounting at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, and Maureen Smith, a consultant in Okemos, Michigan. The article was entitled, "Taxpayers Face New Burdens In Overcoming 482 Reallocations By The Service," and was published in the August edition of Journal of Taxation. He also had an article published in the November 27 issue of Tax Notes. The article, entitled "Must Taxpayers Practice Zen To Use The Cash Method?," was co-authored by Dennis J. Gaffney, Ph.D., CPA; Richard P. Weber, Ph.D., CPA, a professor at Michigan State University; and James E. Wheeler, Ph.D., CPA, emeritus professor at the University of Michigan.

An opinion piece by Assistant Professor of History George Wei about the "Ironies of Sino-American History" appeared in the Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star, Roanoke (Va.) Times, and Sunday Times (Central Contra Costa, Ga.). His 1999 article, "The Cold War and Taiwan's Reconstruction: The Changing Economic Policy of the Economic Cooperation Administration of the U.S. toward the Nationalist Government" (in Chinese), appeared in The Theses on Taiwan by Chinese Historians in the United States, Hong Kong: Asian Press for Science.

Professor of English Gary Fincke's essay "The Canals of Mars" has been awarded a 2001 Pushcart Prize for nonfiction and will appear in the annual Pushcart volume --which recognizes the best nonfiction, fiction, and poetry published each year. The essay appeared originally in the magazine Shenandoah. During the summer, Fincke's opinion piece on the Bobby Knight controversy was broadcast nationally on more than 60 radio stations through the syndicated show, The Best of Our Knowledge. He also recorded three personal narrative essays for broadcast over National Public Radio through WITF-FM, its Harrisburg affiliate.

Other Voices, the literary magazine of the University of Illinois at Chicago, has accepted Assistant Professor of English Tom Bailey's short story, "The Archaeological Society of Dancing Rabbit Creek," for publication in its spring 2001 issue. Tom holds the Winifred and Gustave Weber Professorship in the Humanities.

Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Cyril M. Stretansky recently served as music liturgist and cantor for the Eucharistic Celebration sponsored by the Slovak Catholic Federation of the United States and Canada at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. This event, celebrating the new millennium, was attended by well over 800 American and Canadian citizens from throughout both countries whose ancestors came from Slovakia.

Assistant Professor of Communication and WQSU station manager Rod Metts presented a paper, "The Embodied Camera, Spectator, and Videographer: Toward an Existential Aesthetic," at the National Communication Association's convention in Seattle, Wash., on November 10. Another paper, "Scriptwriting, Video Production, and Everyday Life: Toward a Semiotic Phenomenology," appeared in the fall issue of Feedback, one of the journals published by the Broadcast Education Association.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Jeffrey P. Whitman recently had a paper, "Civil Society and Government: A Dispatch From the Frontlines., accepted for early 2001 publication in The Public Affairs Quarterly.

Assistant Professor of English Laurence Roth has signed an advance contract with Rutgers University Press to publish his book, Inspecting Jews: American Jewish Detective Stories. The book is scheduled for publication in 2002. He also presented an excerpt from the book's first chapter in a paper, "Taking American Jewish Detective Stories Seriously," at the Association for Jewish Studies conference in Boston on December 19.

Assistant Professor of Political Science Andrea M. Lopez presented a paper, "Intervention and Legitimacy: Military Intervention in Civil Wars," on November 9 at the Joint Conference of the Northeast Political Science Association and International Studies Association-Northeast held in Albany, New York.

A manuscript entitled, "Benchmarks for Evaluating the Research Productivity of Accounting Faculty," co-authored by Tressler Professor of Accounting Ed Schwan, James Hasselback (Florida State University), and Alan Reinstein (Wayne State University), was accepted by The Journal of Accounting Education.

The most recent publication of Assistant Professor of Sociology Simona Hill entitled, "All I Can Cook Is Crack On A Spoon: A Sign For A New Generation Of Feminists," will be released by Routledge in October 2001 in the forthcoming second edition of This Bridge Called My Back, 20 Years Later, an anthology. She also presented at the American Studies Association annual conference held in Detroit, Mich. on October 12-15. The roundtable discussion was entitled, "Where Do We Go From Here? Entering the New Millennium," with This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color.

In October, Visiting Assistant Professor of History David Imhoof delivered a paper entitled "Old and New, Local and International: Interwar German Culture in the City of Goettingen" at the Annual German Studies Association Conference. This past weekend, he delivered a paper entitled "Guns of Tradition, Guns of Change: Sharpshooting Clubs in Interwar Germany, The Example of Goettingen" at the Fifth Congress of the History of Sport in Europe in Madrid, Spain. At this international conference, he was also awarded the Junior Scholar Award for best paper presented.