FACULTY AND STAFF
Professor Sam Havens delivered his ‘farewell’ speech at a retirement party held in May. Havens has taught drama and directed plays since 1969. Though officially retired, the professor emeritus will continue to teach this semester. Born and raised in Beaumont, Texas, Havens received the BS and MS in Speech from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. As a playwright, Havens has released such productions as Hotel Pickel and The Nick of Time Christmas Show, and has written two new plays, The One With Olives and Curves.
Cameron School of Business Dr. Natalya Delcoure presented “Testing for Periodic Integration and Cointegration of the Stock Prices of the G7 Countries,” SOBIE, in April 2009; and “ETFs: Watching the weight,” “Testing for Periodic Integration and Cointegration of the Stock Prices of the G7 Countries,” and “Periodic Integration and Cointegration of the U.S. Stock Prices, Dividends, and Interest Rates: A New Test of the Present Value Model,” SWFA, in February 2009. Communication In January 2009, Professor Nicole Casarez delivered a presentation on the handling and coverage
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of high-profile pro bono litigation at the 23rd Annual Law & the Media Seminar at South Texas College of Law, co-sponsored by the Houston Bar Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Houston Press Club; and directed the University of Houston Law Center’s Summer Prelaw Institute in June 2009. Education Dr. Rita Coombs Richardson presented “Classroom Interventions for Students with Behavior Disturbances in Inclusive Science Instruction” at the annual conference of the Association for the Science Teacher Education, Hartford, Conn.; Teaching Social Skills in Early Childhood with G. England, Oxford Round Table, Oxford, UK; and “A University
School Partnership to Prepare Special Educators in Culturally/ Linguistically Diverse Schools” at the Annual Conference of the Council for Exceptional Children, Seattle, Wash. Center for Faith and Culture Alumnus Dr. Adam G. Martinez ’86 returns to UST as associate director of the Center for Faith and Culture. In 2001, he worked in the University’s Office of Institutional Advancement as director of major gifts. History Dr. Irving Kelter presented “Ecclesiastes 1:4: The History of a Biblical Passage and the Struggle over Copernicanism,” SouthCentral Renaissance Conference Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, AR, in March 2009; and chaired session
on “Aspects of Renaissance Science,” Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Calif., March 2009. Philosophy Rev. Anthony E. Giampietro, CSB, presented “The Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the United States of America,” Houston Chapter of Legatus, April 2009; “The Church and Contraception: Why Not Change?” Saint Dominic’s Center, Houston, March 2009; “Whose Justice, Which Rationality? Whose Faith, Whose Values? Why can’t we all just get along?” Saint Anne’s Parish, Houston, March 2009; and “Happiness,
Freedom and Virtue,” Saint Michael’s Parish, Houston, January 2009. Political Science In March, Dr. Jon R. Taylor presented “Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: Grassroots Democracy with Chinese Characteristics” with Adjunct Political Science Professor Carolina E. Calvillo at the Shanghai International Conference on Grassroots Democracy and Community Governance, sponsored by Shanghai Normal University, and “Choices for Chinese Political Science: Methodological Positivism or Methodological Pluralism?” at the