November 7, 1997

Faculty/Staff Footnotes

Ralph Adamo was a winner in the William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. He was chosen to receive the Faulkner Society's first-ever 1997 Marble Faun Poetry Prize. The award is funded by Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin in memory of her father, the late William B. Wisdom.

John Biguenet, professor of English, had his story "Lunch with My Daughter" selected for inclusion in the annual list of 100 distinguished stories chosen by the editors of The Best American Short Stories 1997. Under the auspices of Granta magazine, he gave a reading of his short fiction at Barnes & Noble bookstore. He recently conducted a series of creative writing workshops at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. In addition, he presented a talk on ethics in higher education at Metairie Park Country Day School.

Kurt R. Birdwhistell, associate professor of chemistry, published an article with Loyola alumnus J. Lanza, titled, "Simple Synthesis and Use of a Nickel Alkene Isomerization Catalyst: An Advanced Lab in Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry" in the May issue of Journal of Chemical Education.

Rogene A. Buchholz and Sandra Rosenthal spoke to the Fifth Annual Conference of the Ethics Officer Association on the subject of "Restructuring Business Ethics Theory" at the Marriott River Center in San Antonio, Texas, in October. Buchholz also spoke to an environment class at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in October.

Michael Cowan, associate professor in City College, and Bernard Lee, professor in City College, recently published Conversation, Risk & Conversion: The Inner and Public Life of Small Christian Communities (Orbis Books).

Barbara Kirshner Darcey was hired as a processing/binding assistant in the law library.

Jean M. Dellucky was hired to be a preschool assistant teacher in the Whelan Children's Center.

Rene M. Ducote was hired as a mechanic in physical plant.

Stephen Duffy, professor of religious studies, was selected by the National Conference of Catholic bishops to enter a three-year cycle of dialogues with representatives of the Southern Baptist Convention. He will join a team of Catholic theologians from around the country.

Timothy K. Gandy was hired to be a police officer in public safety.

Robert Gnuse, professor of religious studies, addressed members of Aurora Methodist Church in Algiers on the topic "Understanding the Book of Revelations."

Elisa M. Hensley was hired as an administrative assistant in the Office of Admissions.

Marcelle Highstreet joined the Division of Institutional Advancement as the director of prospect research. Highstreet received her Juris Doctor from Loyola's law school and completed her master's and undergraduate degrees at UNO. Most recently, she was a planned giving officer for the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation.

Christie Claire Holland joined the law school's Institute for Continuing Education as an administrative assistant.

Gerald Johnson was hired in the Office of Information Technology. He will serve as a microcomputer service technician in the PC Service and Repair division of the Loyola Microcenter.

Evonne S. Kelly joined the main library as a circulation assistant.

Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Antonio M. Lopez, Jr.'s paper, "Analogy, Logic Programming, and Metacognition," was published in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education. Also, Lopez refereed three articles submitted to Mathematics and Computers and an article on Fibonacci sequences submitted to the Mathematics Teacher.

Larry Lorenz, professor of communications, published "The Joseph Medill Patterson Papers: A Publisher's View of the Early 20th Century" and a review of the book A Chronology and Glossary of Propaganda in the United States, by Richard Alan Nelson, in American Journalism.

Charlene A. Lupo was hired as an assistant director in Public Safety.

Gina and Andrew MacDonald had articles accepted to be published in Creative Scriptwriting. They are titled "Rewriting Jane Austen's Emma for Film: Style and Diction in Clueless," and "Rewriting Shakespeare for Film: Devore/Zeffirelli's Hamlet versus Branaugh's Hamlet." They have also written on the film Cool Hand Luke. Andrew has written on Andrei Codrescu's "Telyric" for the Salem Press publication Masterplots II, Poetry, and Gina has written on the Renaissance poem "Sir Walter Raleigh to the Queen" for the same publication.

Paulina Bazin and Gina Macdonald have written two articles for Reader's Guide to Women Studies, "Tsvetaeva, Marina" and "Akhmatova, Anna."

Lisa Martin, full-time instructor in the Department of Communications, has produced a documentary on Congressman Hale Boggs which aired on WLAE-TV.

Associate professor of law, Isabel Medina, appeared before the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights Louisiana Advisory Committee and spoke on the subject of civil rights issues facing the Hispanic community in Louisiana in September. She appeared on a panel at the law school as part of the First Monday in October Conference on immigration. She will also serve as commentator for one of the papers to be presented at the law school's conference on "Judicial Usurpation and the End of Democracy . . . Once Again." Medina also will speak to the Women's Studies Center in November and will present a paper at the 11th Annual International Conference of Women in Higher Education in January.

Brenda H. Owens, associate professor in City College, wrote a chapter titled "Medication Administration" for the 1998 edition of Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice.

Michael Pearson, professor of marketing, conducted a seminar on marketing the small business through the Small Business Development Center.

Kakeisha R. Ruffin was hired as a part-time receptionist in student affairs.

Herbert L. Sayas, Jr., associate professor in the drama and speech department, attended the 23rd Annual Congress of the Civil War Round Table Associates in Washington, D.C.

Director of the Small Business Development Center, Ronald H. Schroeder, presented a case study, "Pricing Strategies for a Farmer's Market: A Case Study," to the International Conference of Allied Academies in Maui, Hawaii. The study was the result of research of the Crescent City Farmers Market through interviews, hands-on contact, and surveys of participants. The project was conducted with Business Professor Ronald Christner and is one of three presentations at the conference from the College of Business this year.

Kenneth St. Charles resigned from the university effective October 30 to become the regional director of development for the United Negro College Fund. He was the senior development officer for the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Music, and City College.

Carolina Thompson-Trapani, financial aid counselor, was elected vice president of the New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation. The foundation provides an organized and directed effort in cultivating and promoting the Hispanic heritage of the New Orleans and Southern regions.

Professor of law Keith Vetter concluded his term at the annual congress held this year in Calabria, Italy, and Messina, Sicily. He was on the three-person Comite Directeur of the Societe Internationale Pour l'Histoire des Droits d'Antiquite. Vetter served with Dean Peter Pieler of the University of Vienna Law School and Professor Peter Birks, Regius professor of civil law at Oxford University. Vetter's paper "The Surprising Role of Roman Law in the Role of Jazz" will be published in legal journals in France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, and Israel.

Erik Vogt, assistant professor of philosophy, has become editor of the new philosophical book series Neue Amerikanische Philosophie. He translated, edited, and introduced Auschwitz Galaxy. He is finishing translating, editing, and introducing Kontinentalphilosophie aus Amerika: 22 photogrammische Portrats. Also, he completed the article "What are Poets for in Austria after Auschwitz?" He translated an essay on Merleau-Ponty for Zeitschrift fur Phanomenologie and has completing two essays on Sartre for Enzyklopadieder Phanomenologie. Lastly, he completed "Austria's Heading(s)" for Contemporary Portrayals of Auschwitz.

Lathalia M. Walker was hired as a police officer in public safety.

Assistant professor in City College, Roger White, will publish an article titled "The Problem of Pessimism in the Ontology of Jean-Paul Sartre" in the upcoming issue of International Studies in Philosophy.

Augusta Rose Yrle joined the Office of Admissions as a processing and records specialist.