People, Papers, Presentations

People, Papers, Presentations

Michael Barlow, assistant professor,
Dept. of Linguistics, was a keynote speaker at the Seoul
International Conference on Language and Computation held
at Korea U. He presented two one-hour papers: “Corpus
Linguistics: A Usage-Based Approach to Language” Aug.
10 and “Words and Constructions” Aug. 11. He also
gave a paper titled “Exploiting Parallel Corpora” Aug. 12 at the Center for Electronic Texts, Korean Cultural
Institute in Seoul, Korea.

Jane Chance, professor of English,
delivered a paper on “The Legend of the Roman Virgin-Saint
Agnes as Physician: Healing the Diseases of Leprosy and
Paganism in Hrotsvit of Gandersheim’s Gallicanus”
at the International Interdisciplinary Conference on “Medieval
Medicine: Texts, Practices, Institutions” organized
by the Dept. of Cyrillo-Methodian Studies, U. of Sofia,
Bulgaria; Institute of History, Croation Academy of Sciences,
Zagreb, Croatia; and Orthodox Theologian Faculty at the
University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria, and sponsored by
the Open Society, Rila Monastery, Bulgaria, Aug. 30. She
also presented a plenary lecture at the 10th annual congress
of the Texas Medieval Association, at Baylor U., Sept. 9
on “The Castration of Saturn and the Abuse of Kingship
in Chaucer.”

M. Alejandro Chaoul-Reich, graduate
student, Dept. of Religious Studies, presented a paper at
the International Association for the History of Religions,
18th quinquennial congress, in Durban, South Africa, Aug.
7: “Tracing the origins of chö (gcod) in the Bön
tradition: a dialogic approach cutting through sectarian
boundaries.”
Greg Donner, preparator for the Rice U. Art Gallery, is
one of the four artists included in “Punch!,” the current exhibition at ArtScan Gallery at Vine Street
Studios, 1113 Vine, Houston. The exhibition continues through
Sept. 30.

Kevin J. Foyle, senior director
of development, has been awarded the professional designation
of Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by the CFRE Professional
Certification Board. Individuals granted the CFRE credential
have met a series of standards set by the CFRE board, which
include tenure in the profession, education, professional
achievements and a commitment to service to not-for-profit
organizations. They have agreed to uphold a code of ethics
and the “Donor Bill of Rights.” Additionally,
candidates must pass a written examination testing the knowledge,
skills and abilities required of a fund-raising executive.

George Marcus, professor, Dept.
of Anthropology, gave a series of seminars and lectures
during the month of September at Danish and Norwegian universities
on the role of the Rice anthropology department in reshaping
the direction of social anthropology during the 1980s and
1990s and on its more recent efforts to define new models
of research on contemporary change. He gave a daylong seminar
at the Center for Cultural Analysis, U. of Aarhus, in the “Styles of Enquiry” program, and he was a guest
professor in the Institute for Ethnography and Social Anthropology
at the U. of Aarhus. At the U. of Bergen, Norway, he gave
a seminar to the media studies program and addressed the
anthropology department there on the implications of multisited
research in ethnography. Finally, at the Institute of Anthropology,
U. of Copenhaven, Marcus gave a retrospective lecture on
the 1980s critique of anthropology and its current effects.

Gerald McKenny, associate professor
and chair, Dept. of Religious Studies, presented a talk
on “Human Gene Therapy Research in the Developing World:
Ethical Principles and Problems” at the First International
Conference on Gene Therapy in Mexico in Guadalajara, Mexico,
Sept. 8.

Joyce Palumbo ’98, recruiting
coordinator for the Career Services Center, represented
Rice at Texaco’s annual Recruiting Summit for its nationwide
recruiting team Sept. 11. She presented at the keynote workshop
of Texaco’s human resources and recruiting personnel.
Topics discussed were best practices in recruiting undergraduates,
current salary statistics, retention of entry-level hires
and interview skills.

Doug Schuler, associate professor,
Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, presented “Information and Social Decisions: Reworking the Corporate
Social Performance-Corporate Financial Performance Model,” co-authored with Michele Daley, assistant professor in the
Jones School, at the annual meetings of the Academy of Management
in August in Toronto.

Rick K. Wilson, professor, Dept.
of Political Science, was awarded a National Science Foundation
grant from the Office of Polar Programs for his project
titled “Collaborative Research on Ethnicity and Transition
in Russia.” The grant is effective from Aug. 15 through
July 31, 2001. Wilson presented “Whom to Trust? Choice
of Partner in a Trust Game” at the annual meetings
of the International Association for Research in Economic
Psychology, held in Baden/Vienna, Austria in July.

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