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Newspaper Page TextCO K U DOS 3 INSIDE MOREHOUSE, APRIL/MAY 2009 Employees Recognized During Staff Appreciation Celebration Twenty-eight Morehouse employees were honored during the Staff Apprecia tion Celebration on April 30 in the African American Hall of Fame for their years of dedicated service to the College. "You represent the spine of this nerv ous system," said President Robert M. Franklin Jr. 75. "You are the foundation for which this House stands." Special recognition also was given to all of the College's professional admin istrative assistants. Each will receive a special pen and pencil set as apprecia tion for their hard work. Recognized for years of service: 30 Years Patricia Jackson Margaret Jackson 25 years Barnetta Green Sterling Hudson Denise Whitely 20 Years Craig Boyd Pamela Heath Sheree Benton Debra Harper 15 Years Henry Goodgame Phyllis Smith Frances Terrell 10 Years Gerald Bowden Allen Carter Christopher Doomes Jenetta Grace-Butler Kimberlyn Gresham Clarence Hollis Andrea Manning Shelia Worthy Diane Alexander Nour Belkeir Kevin Branch Brenda Dodd Walter Frye Derick Nelson Judith Richmond Cedric Strudivant 2008-09 Faculty Publications and Presentations Morehouse faculty members contribute to intellectual scholarly discussion on a range of topics through many venues - journals, books, articles and other publications. Published works in 2008-2009: Ebenezer Aka, professor of political science, book chap ter in Urbanization and Social Development in Africa, 2008. Lawrence Blunter, professor of biology, co-author, "Inter- spective Competition in Bean Beetles," in Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Vol. 30; co-author, "Rapid Loal Adaptation in Bean Beetles," Ecological Society of Amer ica, Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 6. Stephane Dunn, assistant professor of English,"Stand ing Up for Bad Words, Chronicle of Higher Education," March2008; Badd Bitches and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films, (University of Illinois Press, 2008) Alton Hornsby Jr., Fuller E. Callaway Professor of His tory published his 18th book, Black Power in Dixie: Apo litical History of African Americans in Atlanta (University of Florida Press, 2009), a comprehensive and longitudinal study of black politics in Atlanta. Focusing on the mayoral terms of Maynard Jackson '56 and Andrew Young, the book looks at how black Atlanta leaders used their elec toral power to win influence with white leaders and gain concessions in race relations. Daniel Hummer, assistant professor of psychology, co author of the article, "Period Gene Expression in the Diur nal Degu Differs from the Nocturnal Lab Rat," in The American Journal of Physiology, Feb. 2009. David Poyer, associate professor of economics, co-au thor, "Motor Vehicle Output and GDP," Atlantic Monthly Journal, 2008; "The Black Enterprise Magazine Ranking of Colleges for African Americans: A Structural Analysis," The Review of Black Political Economy, Vol. 35. Gregory Price, economics professor and chairman,"Does Religion Constrain the Risky Sex Behav ior Associated with HIV/AIDS," Applied Economics, 2009; "Hurricane Katrina: Was There a Political Economy of Death?" Review of Black Political Economy, 2008; "The Problem of the 21 st Century: Economics Faculty and the Color Line," Journal of Socio-Economics, 2009. Albert Turner, assistant professor of English, book chapter, "At Home on These Mean Streets," in Finding a Way Home: A Critical Assessment of Walter Mosley's Fiction, 2008. Presentations and invited talks in 2008-2009: Joseph Agee, associate professor of Spanish Marcellus Barksdale, professor of history Mary Behrman, assistant professor of English Consuella Bennett, assistant professor of English Subhash Bhatia, assistant professor of chemistry Lawrence Blumer, professor of biology Harold Braithwaite, associate professor of psychology Giles Conwill, associate professor and chairman of history Leah Creque, assistant professor of English Maureen Dinges, associate professor of speech Stephane Dunn, assistant professor of English Parthenia Franks, associate professor of speech Greg Hall, associate professor of political science Triscia Hendrickson, assistant professor of biology Claude Hutto, assistant professor of kinesiology, sport studies and physical education Asha Ivey, assistant professor of psychology Duane Jackson, associate professor of psychology Michael Janis, assistant professor of English Alison Ligon, assistant professor of English Samuel Livingston, assistant professor of history Alexandra Peister, assistant professor of biology Patricia Pogal, associate professor of Spanish David Poyer, associate professor of economics Gregory Price, professor of economics Walter Sharif, assistant professor of biology Lawrence Shipman, assistant professor of chemistry Larry Spruil, assistant professor of history Delores Stephens, professor of English Troy Story, professor of chemistry Robert Wilson, associate professor of kinesiology, sport studies and physical education Lydia Woods, assistant professor of kinesiology, sport studies and physical education Henrietta Yang, assistant professor of Chinese Studies - Information provided by Phyllis Bentley, Director, Academic Operations a Lawrence Edward Carter Sr., dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, delivered the evocation during the inaugural ceremony for new Johnson C. Smith University President Ronald Lee Carter 71. Giles Conwill, chairman of history, was featured in the March 13 edition of The Georgia Bulletin as part of an article about professors who are Catholic priests. Conwill is a priest for the San Diego Diocese. Alvin Darden, dean of the freshman class, was named an honor roll semi-finalist in the "Out standing First-Year Student Advocate" category for the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition's 28th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience in Orlando, Fla. in February. ■ " Alison Ligon, assistant professor of English, k presented a paper titled "Not Everybody's Protest ■ Novel: Reimaging Selected Works of Postcolonial Fiction from Latin America and the Caribbean," at BlUj the 30th Annual Convention of the Southern .S, Conference on American Studies in Charlotte, N.C., on Feb. 12. Toni O'Neal Mosley, director of public relations, has been elected chair of the Atlanta University Center Council of Public Relations Officers. Her term ends in 2011. B For the second year in a row, senior finance major Johnathan Ware finished in the top 10 out of 2,000 worldwide contestants in the 2009 Interactive Brokers of Collegiate Traders Olympiad. Ware ranked eighth and won a $10,000 third place prize for gener ating returns of more than 70 percent in two months. Last year, he won $10,000 when he finished third and became the first student from a historically black college or university to place in the competition. Lance Shipman Young, assistant professor of chemistry, was inducted into the 2008 class of the Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century Network. Project Kaleidoscope is a national network of emerging leaders in undergraduate science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Linda Zatlin, professor of English, has been named the New York University Faculty Resource Network Scholar-in-Residence for the month of June.