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Assistant Professor of Sociology Christine McKenna has been accepted to the 2008-09 Early Career Scholars Program, which is sponsored by the Sloan Center for Work and Family. The affiliation will connect her with a network of researchers and professional development opportunities as she continues to study childcare subsidiaries in the United States. Assistant Professor of Education Corinne R. Merritt had her article, “Urban Catholic High Schools and Disadvantaged Females,” accepted by Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Notre Dame. The article focuses on the narratives and life experiences of five young women and how their Catholic secondary education met their academic, emotional, social and spiritual needs. Associate Professor of History Melanie Murphy participated in the 2007 Classical Association of New England Summer Institute at Dartmouth College from July 9th –14th. The theme of the convention was “Beyond Antiquity: The Legacy of the Classical World.” During the six day event, Murphy took part in two mini-courses, “The British Poets of World War I and the Classical Tradition” and “Ovid in the Renaissance.” She also attended performances and lectures on such subjects as “Edward Gibbon,” “The Iliad as an Ideal-Type Honor Society” and “Classical Lessons for Political Reconciliation.” Professor of Political Science Marie D. Natoli presented a paper entitled “Terrorism, Rhetoric, and the Imperial Presidency” at an international conference on “Interdisciplinary Analyses of Aggression & Terrorism,” in Madrid, Spain in September. The conference was co-sponsored by the Coloquios Internationales Sobre Conflicto Y Agresion (CICA) and the Society for Terrorism Research (STR). Assistant Professor of English David Palumbo presented a paper entitled “Re-thinking Empiricism: Sensible Decay in Stella’s Birthday Poems” at the Southeastern American Society for 18th-Century Studies at Auburn University in February. In March, he will also present his work “Sensing Inequality: The ‘Fair Defect’ in Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” in Portland, Oregon at the American Society for 18th-Century Studies.
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Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education Kimberly Santucci Sofronas’ article entitled “An Examination of the Knowledge Base for Teaching among Mathematics Faculty Teaching Calculus in Higher Education” recently appeared in Volume 14 of CBMS Issues in Mathematics Education. Additionally, in October, she and a group of approximately 30 students and faculty formed a team to participate in the 2007 Light the Night fundraiser walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, raising $3,596 towards the fight against cancer. This was the third consecutive year a team from Emmanuel has participated in the walk, with Dr. Santucci Sofronas planning to continue the tradition next year as well. Assistant Professor of Performance Arts Tom Schnauber’s work for a capella choir called Winter Soul premiered on December 8th and 9th by the Cambridge Madrigal Singers as part of their winter concert series in Boston. He also had arias from his comic opera With Such Friends… performed in New York by the opera troupe, Opera On Tap, as part of its Oktoberfest fundraiser on October 26th. The performance was a preview of the work, which is due to be performed in its entirety in 2008. In addition, Schnauber has been commissioned to write a song for soprano and string orchestra by The Chamber Orchestra Kremlin (Moscow), setting a poem entitled “The Rain Has Flown” by Vladimir Nabokov as part of its Nabokov Song Project. In midDecember, the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin also performed his work for string orchestra called Night of the Transfigured Dead, which they commissioned last year, as part of its “Christmas at the Kremlin” festival series. Associate Professor of Management Diana Stork presented two works at the Eastern Academy of Management Annual Meeting and Proceedings in New Brunswick, NJ last May. The title of her papers were “Donor Decisions and Choice: Sustaining Charitable Organizations” and “Contemporary HR Roles: Emotional Intelligence and Effectiveness.” In addition, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Eastern Academy of Management. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Jon Paul Sydnor made two presentations at the American Academy of Religion conference in November. His first presentation addressed the practice of comparative theology by an Indian theologian, Abraham Varghese Kunnuthara. The second compared an Indian work of art, “The Dancing Shiva,” with Picasso’s 1930 “Crucifixion.” In addition, he recently published an article in the International Review of Mission on the theology of religions of Jacques Dupuis, S.J.