July 6, 2001 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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CARRIE AUSBROOKS, assistant professor of teacher education and administration, presented "How Equal is Access to Charter Schools?" at the American Educational Research Association conference, April 10-14 in Seattle. She also presented "Charter Schools and Equal Access: Policy Implications for Magnet Schools" at the Magnet Schools of America International conference, April 23-28 in St. Louis.

JAMES BAIRD, associate professor of English, presented "Robinson Jeffers and Mary Austin" at the annual meeting of the Robinson Jeffers Association, April 29 in Taos, N.M.; He also published an essay titled "Jeffers, Vonnegut and Pynchon: Their Philosophies and Fates" in Jeffers Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, winter 2000.

Poetry by BRUCE BOND, professor of English, was published in Passages North, vol. 22, and Verse, vol. 18, no. 1. The poems are titled "Monument," "Toccata" and "The Shine."

PEGGY BRANDT BROWN, grant writer for the division of student development, presented "Yipes! I've Got to Write my First Grant!" at the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence sponsored by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, May 28 in Austin.

An article by PATRICIA CUKOR-AVILA, associate professor of English, was published in the Journal of Sociolinguistics, vol. 5, no. 2, May 2001. The article is titled "The Effects of the Race of the Interviewer on Sociolinguistic Fieldwork."

JAMES DUBAN, professor of English, published a book titled The Nature of True Virtue: Theology, Psychology and Politics in the Writings of Henry James Sr., Henry James Jr. and William James, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press and Associated University Presses, 2001.

RICHARD GALLIAN, associate professor of teacher education and administration, completed a yearly recertification training course to continue as a National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education reviewer, served as a member of the Teacher Educator Research Committee Little red schoolhouse e and the Publication Committee and chaired presentations on "Manipulative Materials and Learning," "The Language of Guidance and Management" and "Gang Graffiti: What Is Being Said To You" at the Association for Childhood Education International conference, April 5-8 in Toronto. He also presented "Transmogrification of Aberrant Socio-Psychological Behavior Through Preceptor-Community Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Meta Socio-Psychological Theories Correlated With Dissent Behavior of Adolescents With Possible Dissociative Disorders" and served as a member of the executive and editorial boards at the National Social Science and Technology Association conference, April 18-20 in Las Vegas.

NOREEN L. GOGGIN, associate professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, was recently elected as publications director for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. She will serve a two-year term, which ends June 2003. In addition, she presented "Falls in the Aging Population: Problems, Prevention, Suggestions and Interventions" at the NASPSPA meeting, June 7-10 in St. Louis.

ARMINTA L. JACOBSON, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "Parenting and Child Adaptation in Kindergarten" at the Society for Research in Child Development conference, April 19-20 in Minneapolis.

LEE MARTIN, associate professor of English, participated in a roundtable discussion, "Editors Who Write, Writers Who Edit," at the Associated Writing Programs conference, April 19 in Palm Springs, Calif. He was also a visiting writer at California State University at Chico, where he gave a reading from his work and taught a master's class, April 12-13.

ALICE MATHEWS, lecturer of English, presented "The Fallen in Chaos: Imagery of Displacement and Mutability in Paradise Lost" at the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association meeting, May 24-26 in Fort Collins, Colo. Barbara Rodman

A personal essay by BARBARA RODMAN, associate professor of English, was published in Talking River Review, summer 2001. Her essay is titled "Namesake."

JOHN "HAJ" ROSS, professor of English, lectured on "The Viral Causes of the Theory of Islands" to a class in syntax, Centrum fur Informations – und Sprachveravbertury, University of Munich, May 31 in Munich, Germany.

ANNE SCHOOLFIELD, lecturer of English, created a new layout and oversaw printing of Rialto (an undergraduate newsletter), May 2001.

BERNARD L. WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, spoke on the topic "Evaluating Successful Economic Development Programs" at the 41st annual meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce Research Association, June 8 in Austin.

BERT HAYSLIP, Regents Professor of psychology, is quoted in the June 9 Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the issues of loss and grief facing the Arlington police department after the accidental shooting of an officer by an officer.

RONALD E. MARCELLO, professor of history, comments on the impact of the GI bill on the World War II generation in the May 27 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BARBARA STEIN, professor of library and information sciences, discusses whether reading programs that reward children with prizes are a good idea in the June 10 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TANDRA TYLER-WOOD, associate professor of technology and cognition, was interviewed by WFAA Channel 8 news and discussed the Bringing Up Girls in Science program. The interview aired June 28.

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JESSE A. YATES, 83, of Denton died June 12 at the Longmeadow Care Center in Justin. He was employed as golf course superintendent at UNT from 1971 to 1985.

He was born Jan. 2, 1928, in Bryan County, Okla., and attended high school near Durant, Okla. On Nov. 18, 1950, he married Johnnie Ruth Witherspoon.

Survivors in addition to his wife include two sons, Jerry and Justin Yates of Denton; two sisters, Betty Henkes of Humble and Mary Ellen Randolf of Mount Pleasant; three brothers, Lennis and Tommy Yates of Durant, Okla., and Anthony Yates of Krum; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services were held June 15 in the chapel of DeBerry Funeral Directors. Graveside services followed at Highland Cemetery in Durant, Okla.

Family members of MAJ GEN. OLINTO MARK BARSANTI, a decorated U.S. Army officer, donated artifacts and created an endowment in his memory at UNT to advance the study of military history.

The Barsanti Collection, housed in the UNT Archives, contains correspondence, printed material, publications, photographs, scrapbooks and artifacts of the career Army officer, who served from 1940 to 1971. The artifacts include military flags, banners, caps, insignias and medals. The collection will be ready for use by researchers by the end of June.

The family established the Barsanti Memorial Endowment with initial gifts totaling $35,000. Each year the endowment will fund one Barsanti Scholar, a graduate student with a concentration in military history. It is anticipated that as additional gifts are made to the endowment, it will fund a lectureship, a professorship and ultimately an endowed chair.

See a full listing of events at www.unt.edu/events

Annual Faculty Exhibition. School of Visual Arts faculty exhibit recent work in all media. July 9-Aug. 2, UNT Art Gallery.

Freshman Orientation. Three-day sessions run July 11-Aug. 3.

Matt Ebert Mixed Media Exhibit. Opening reception 3-5 p.m. July 16, Union Gallery. Exhibit runs through Aug. 3.

Summer Blood Drive. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. July 17-18, Golden Eagle Suite, University Union.
Summer Commencement. General convocation 12:30 p.m. Aug. 11, UNT Coliseum.