Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table recently published a paper by English and Communication Studies instructor Francesca Coley, Ph.D. The title of the paper is "And God Wants Us to be Equal: Why Gender Matters in Feminism."

Historian and new faculty member, Teresa Van Hoy, Ph.D., reports that her book is out. "The Social History of Mexico's Railroads: Peons, Prisoners, and Priests" arrived at the St. Mary's bookstore in March 2008.

Van Hoy thanks the University for its great support, such as the archive trip funded in summer 2000, index help from history work study students, UT dissertation committee service from Dr. Poyo and a book-signing celebration sponsored by Women's History Month and Dean Janet Dizinno, Ph.D.

Below are some recent journal publications by the Bill Greehey School of Business faculty:

Cory, S.N., Kerr, D., and Todd, J., "Student Perceptions of the Insurance Profession," Risk Management and Insurance Review, Spring 2007, 10 (2) pp. 371-376.

Cory, S.N. and Pickard, A.D., "Certification Relevance," Journal of Accounting for the 21st Century, 7 (1) Fall/Winter 2007.

Cory, S.N., Ward, S., and Shultz, S., "Managing Human Resources in a Small Firm: Motivation through Performance Evaluation," The CPA Journal, October 2007, pp. 62-65.

An essay by Richard Pressman, Ph.D., (English and Communications Studies) has been accepted for publication by the Mark Twain Circle of Ameria. The essay, "The Man Who Confused Hadleyburg (and Everybody Else)," will appear in the forthcoming Mark Twain Annual for 2007.

Languages professor Eva P. Bueno, Ph.D., presented a paper in the women's studies sessions at the Southwest Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in February.

Bueno's paper examines how the figure of the mother is presented in the series "Alien" and in the science fiction movie "The Matrix." The discussion uses these filmic texts and other relevant theoretical texts to explore how the replicative power of the machine opposes/counters the reproductive power of the mother. After the presentation, Bueno was invited to submit her paper for publication in an upcoming book focusing on women's studies.

Eva P. Bueno, Ph.D., published a comprehensive examination of the work of women writers from all Latin American countries. "Latin American Women Writers: An Encyclopedia" is a collaborative effort of more than 150 scholars from Latin America, the U.S., Canada, England, Spain and Germany. Bueno began the project in 1997, edited the encyclopedia, and wrote several entries.

The University Press of America has published "Kidwatching in Josie´s World: A Study of Children in Homelessness" by Associate Professor of Education Neva Ann Metcalf Davenport, Ph.D.

"Over twenty years of work and research with homeless children comes together in a scholarly work that puts a real face on the issue of homelessness, especially for children. Most people do not realize that children are among the thousands that are homeless and are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. The public tends to think about the ‘bum’ on the corner with the cardboard sign or those sleeping under the bridges who accost them for a handout. They do not realize that homelessness has an enormous and negative impact on growth, development, and learning for children."

-From the University Press of America's book flyer

Ruben Candia, Ph.D., Professor of Languages, has published International Internships: Preparing for the Challenge, in the Fall 2007 issue of "Global Business Languages," a publication of the Purdue University Center for International Business and Research.

In addition, Candia's Intertextualidad exoliteraria en el humor de Sabine Ulibarrí, has been accepted for publication by Texas Tech´s "Céfiro."

Arthur D. Hanna, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, and Pamela K. Fink, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science, attended a product demonstration of FogBugz 6.0, a software project management system, in Austin, on Oct. 18, 2007. The demonstration was hosted by Joel Spolsky, author of Joel on Software, a software development blog, and CEO of Fog Creek Software, the developers of FogBugz 6.0.

Pamela K. Fink, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Science, and Arthur D. Hanna, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, co-presented their paper An Example of Using Critical Thinking Questions to Teach Computer Programming in an Operating Systems Course at the 2007 Association for Computer Educators in Texas (ACET) annual conference held in San Antonio in early October. Their presentation highlighted the critical thinking questioning approach they use in all their computer science courses. The presentation also briefly described the S16 computer simulation developed by Fink and Hanna in support of their CS2320 Operating System undergraduate course.

Computer simulation S16 was formally introduced to the computer science academic community when Fink and Hanna co-presented their paper The Use of a Computer Simulation to Support the Teaching of Operating Systems Concepts at the 2007 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education annual conference held in San Antonio in March.

During the first two weeks of September, Telemundo newscaster Yolanda Vasquez interviewed Alejandro Velez, Ph.D., professor of economics, twice for Telemundo´s 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts.

The first interview focused on the impact of recession on small business owners, particularly in San Antonio. During this interview, Velez advised small business owners to renegotiate the terms of any debts as well as the terms and prices from suppliers. He also recommended that employees evaluate their employees so that if they have to let people go, they keep the most valuable and productive employees.

The second interview focused on how the country and the region have changed. Velez observed several changes, including greater security and delays at most venues, such as airports, games, and concerts; increased prejudice towards immigrants and Latinos; and cooler relations with Mexico. He also noted the act of erecting a fence across the United States-Mexico border as well as greater anxiety about a future terrorist attack, particularly on a city like San Antonio which has four high profile military installations.

On Sept. 16, Eva Bueno, Ph.D., associate professor of languages, participated in a panel discussion "One Hundred Years of Solitude: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Gabriel Marquez´s Masterpiece." The discussion, hosted at the Central Library, also included Eduardo Jiminez, Ph.D., a professor a The University of Texas at San Antonio, and author Carmen Tafolla, Ph.D. A reception followed the panel discussion.

This past July at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference(ATHE)in New Orleans, Bernadette Hamilton-Brady,M.F.A., associate professor of drama, was elected to serve as the Theatre as a Liberal Art focus group´s Conference Planner for the 2008 conference in Denver. This six-year appointment means that Hamilton-Brady will serve as Conference Planner/Chair Elect for two years, then Chair for two years, and finally as immediate Past Chair for two years. As Chair, she will serve as the focus group´s representative to ATHE´s Governing Council.

In a session focusing on Teaching in the 21st Century, Hamilton-Brady presented her use of Macromedia Breeze in her Voice and Diction class for projects and testing. Her session was pod cast for access on the ATHE Web site. The Electronic Technology Committee Chair reported that her presentation inspired the committee to pursue applications for Acting and Voice not accessible currently in course management options such as Blackboard and WebCT.

The People to People Ambassador Program has chosen Neva Davenport, Ed.D., associate professor of education, to be one of 35 literacy and reading professionals to go to Cairo, Egypt, this fall.

People to People Citizen Ambassador Programs provide foreign educational travel experiences for professionals and unique access programs for selected avocations. Through meetings, seminars, humanitarian efforts, and cultural activities, participants connect with people with similar interests or professions while overseas.

The mission of People to People Citizen Ambassador Programs, according to its parent organization, is "Joining common interests in uncommon places through journeys that enrich the world, one person at a time."

During participants' two-week visit to Egypt, the delegates will be meeting with professionals as well as visiting schools and teacher training institutions in Cairo. The delegates will be discussing international standards for reading, the training of classroom teachers and reading specialists to improve reading teaching, and the impact of standardized testing on children´s reading achievement, especially their critical reading skills.

Davenport will also be presenting some of the methods she used during her summer school program with children who came on St. Mary´s campus to use their reading skills to study earth science. Davenport is excited about this opportunity to grow and learn more about her specialty in reading education.

Mike Lecocke, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, spent this past June and July at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (D.E.B) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Collaborating with other bioinformaticians and principal investigators at the UTHSCSA, he worked on a couple of bioinformatics-related projects, both involving the analysis of high-dimensional gene expression clinical data. In July, he also gave an invited talk titled "Gene Set Enrichment Analysis: A Glimpse", as part of a Bioinformatics and Statistical Genetics Seminar at the D.E.B.

Daniel Thompson, Ph.D., associate professor of theology as well as Department of Theology Chair and Director of Graduate Theology, has published "Being Catholic in Times of Crisis: Lessons from History for the Contemporary Church," in The Seminary Journal, Spring 2007: 37-55.

Tom Hoffman, Ph.D., professor of political science, presented "A Spiritual Journey" at the Vine Deloria Jr. Indigenous Studies Symposium this past July. The symposium was held at Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Indian Reservation in Bellingham, Wash. Hoffman´s essay details what a non-Indigenous person can learn from American Indians regarding spirituality and the holy.

"Understanding the Bible: A Basic Introduction to Biblical Interpretation," a book by the Rev. George Montague, S.M., S.Th.D., has been published in a second and considerably expanded edition.

Montague´s work treats the history of biblical interpretation from the time of the Bible through the Church Fathers, the Middle Ages, the Reformation, the Enlightenment to today. He then analyzes various contemporary approaches to interpretation such as textual criticitism, historical-critical, narrative, rhetorical, socio-cultural, deconstruction and the major voices in philosophical interpretation. Montague also provides a running commentary on Vatican II´s "Dei Verbum, The Constitution of Divine Revelation."

Eva P. Bueno, Ph.D., associate professor of languages, coordinated a special issue on "Language, Territory and Identity" for the June 2007 magazine "Revista Espaço Acadêmico." Bueno contacted specialists on language in several countries for the special issue of articles on the language of the Southwest United States, the Catalan in Spain, the Portunhol in the frontier between Brazil and Uruguay, the Portuguese Caipira in Brazil, and the Portuguese language in the United States.

St. Mary´s University´s, Antonia Castaneda, Ph.D., retired professor of history, and Mark Lokensgard, Ph.D., associate professor of languages, also contributed articles to this issue. Besides editing and translating the texts, Bueno introduced the special issue with a reflection on how and why a language disappears. Her essay will be used as class material in a course on language and pedagogy at the Universidade de Maringa, in Brazil. The articles are available at http://www.espacoacademico.com.br/073rea.htm

Professor Bueno has also published "The Importance of Being Sandra (Cisneros)," in Companion to U.S. Latino Literature. [Ed. Carlota Caulfield. Woodbridge (UK),Rocherster (NY): Tamesis Books, 2007.]

In Revista Espaço Acadêmico, she has published:"A destruição do nosso patrimônio histórico: o caso das estações de Maringá" (July 2007); "Aventura na catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória" (May 2007); "Igrejas, política, turismo e arte" (April 2007); "O enterro da sardinha: o carnaval na Espanha" (March 2007); "Ruminações arqueológicas" (February 2007); and "Ocasiões e cerimoniais natalinos" (January 2007).

Glenn Hughes, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, has spent five years editing a book of poetry, "Taos Mountain," published in 2007. The unrevised manuscript was left to Hughes to edit from a 370 page unrevised manuscript by his poetry mentor, Robert Sund, who died in 2001.

The limited edition of 500 copies includes poetry and 16 paintings by Sund. This past summer, Hughes gave bookstore readings from "Taos Mountain" in western Washington State and Taos, N.M.

TAOS MOUNTAIN by Robert Sund Edited and with an Afterword by Glenn Hughes May 1, 2007 / $60.00 / 112 pages / 7¼ x 11" / ISBN: 0-9786905-0-8 Published and distributed by Poet´s House Press. /www.poetshousetrust.org

Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology´s Associate Professor Ray Leal, Ph.D., has had an essay accepted for publication by Syracuse University Press, a top publisher in the field of conflict resolution. Conflict resolution is one of Leal´s fields of expertise. His essay "Tres Culturas: A Case Study of School Peer Mediation with Three Cultures in a Texas Middle School" will be included in an anthology project of Practitioners Research and Scholarship Institute (PRASI), slated for publication next spring.

Gwendolyn Diaz, Ph.D., professor of English and director of St. Mary´s Graduate English Literature and Language Program, has published "Women and Power in Argentine Literature: Stories, Interviews, and Critical Essays." This collection of interviews, essays, selected works and critical commentary, published by the University of Texas Press, focuses on Argentine women´s experience of power.

Each chapter of the book begins with Diaz´s personal impressions of each author formed through hours of interviews with the authors anthologized. A biographical essay and critical commentary follow with emphasis on the work included in the anthology.

In her introduction to the anthology, Diaz explains, "My observation, after years of research and reflection, is that the women writers of Argentina have excelled in mirroring the many faces of women vis-à-vis power because they have been driven by the desire to understand themselves and their place within the family, the workplace, and society, much like women writers anywhere else. Yet, what makes the case of Argentine women writers unique is a certain ethos of being Argentine that generates a paradoxical self-questioning...I have been struck by the depth of thought, the intellectual seriousness, the artistic merit, and the courageous sincerity of . . . these writers. I have also been disappointed by the lack of recognition they have experienced within the literary and cultural life of Argentina and abroad."

According to Diaz, her book is an attempt not only to bring the work of these Argentine writers to a wider readership, but also to further the project of rethinking and rewriting the dynamics of power from the perspective of women who choose to speak their truth, regardless of the consequences.

Paul Uhlig, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics and a 1990 alumnus of St. Mary's, received the 2007 Marianist Heritage Award for faithfulness to our Marianist heritage and contributions to the Mission of the University.

Uhlig also is a Marianist Educational Associate and the University Ministry liaison to the School of Science, Engineering and Technology.

Antonia Castañeda. Ph.D., associate professor of history at ST. Mary's, is the 2007 Scholar of the Year for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies. This distinction reflects Castañeda´s lifetime of scholarly achievements, longstanding commitment to NACCS and its future development, unwavering dedication towards undergraduate students, graduate students, young scholars and colleagues.

At St. Mary´s, Castañada has mentored Chicana/o students to present their work at national conferences and encouraged the development of Chicana/o studies for several decades. Through her scholarly writings, she has challenged and transformed the fields of Chicano/a Studies, California history and western history by focusing on issues of sexuality, gender, and conquest.

In 1972, Castañeda co-edited (with Joseph Sommers and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto) one of the first foundational texts in Chicana/o Studies "Literatura Chicana: Texto Y Contexto/Text" and "Context: Chicano Literature." This text was groundbreaking for its early transnational, comparative, and decolonial approach to the study of Chicanos and Chicanas.

Castañeda's more recent works are theoretically rich and sophisticated by challenging taken-for-granted categories and constructs and raising epistemological, methodological, analytical, and interpretive questions about regions, migration, nationalism, empire, colonization, and resistance. Castañeda was also a cofounder of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) and is currently the editor of a Chicana Studies Journal and Book Series for the University of Texas Press.

Castañeda has worked tirelessly in front and behind the scenes developing Chicana Studies within the NACCS organization. Without her trenchant critiques of male biases in Chicano Studies and NACCS and without her advocacy on behalf of Chicana Scholars, NACCS would still have only one "C."

Castañeda has be selected to receive the 2007 NACCS Award in recognition of her mentorship and scholarship, her commitment to Chicana/o and Chicana/o scholarship and NACCS, as well as the many roads she has opened through her work, and many doors open for students and young scholars.

Writer-in-Residence Diane Gonzales Bertrand has published her first bilingual novel through Houston´s Arte Publico Press.

"The Ruiz Street Kids/Los Muchachos de la calle Ruiz" was written for intermediate readers and is set in San Antonio´s West Side. Loosely based on her own friends on Texas Avenue and her father´s friends on Ruiz Street, the story involves the readers in a humourous mystery about the new kid in the neighborhood named David.

Bertrand's book has earned very positive reviews in both the School Library Journal and Today´s Catholic newspaper. She will participate in several literary events in Ohio and Texas during the spring to promote her book, as well as at the Texas Library Convention in April.

Diane Dowdell, visiting assistant professor of marketing at the Bill Greehey School of Business, has received the 2007 Hormel Meritorious Teaching Award from the Marketing Management Association. Dowdell was recognized at the association´s conference in Chicago in March. Way to go, Professor Dowdell!

St. Mary´s Spanish professor Ruben Candia, Ph.D., professor of languages and a Fulbright Scholar who is teaching American Studies in Spain this spring semester, recently had his article "Influencias del ingles en el español fronterizo de los Estados Unidos y Mexico/Influences of English on United States–Mexico Border Spanish," published in Hispanic Horizons´ 25th anniversary issue on Jan. 31, 2007. The journal is published by the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.

The Conference on College Composition and Communication invited Camille Langston, Ph.D., associate professor of English, to speak in March at the CCCC´s 2007 annual convention in New York.

Langston, who specializes in rhetoric and 19th-century American women writers, presented "Hilary Rodham Clinton and Silence as Rhetorical Strategy" during a session titled "Post 9/11 Political Rhetoric: War, Comedy and Hilary."

Each year, the CCCC Convention draws college faculty members from around the world. They gather to hear award-winning keynote speakers, attend presentations by colleagues on the latest innovations in education and network with peers to gain knowledge of the best practices being used in the field.

Carol Luckhardt Redfield, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, presented a talk on artificial intelligence (AI) to the Spring Seminar Series put on by the Office of Undergraduate Research and the vice president for Academic Affairs.

On Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, about 45 people were in attendance in Garni 109 to see "Computers in Fiction: Can we do the AI?" Hal, Data, R2D2, C3PO, Rosie and Johnny 5 were just some of the characters used from books, TV and movies to discuss current capabilities for trying to make computers do smart things.

H. Palmer Hall, Ph.D., recently had his story, "Strung Out in Suburbia," published in the September/October issue of the North American Review.

In December, Mizna: the Journal of Arab American Culture featured his poem, "The Monument."

Hall also served as a judge for the Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for the Best Book of Poetry, sponsored by the Texas Institute of Letters and the poetry competition being held by the Poetry Society of Austin.

Hall is director of the Louis J. Blume Library and teaches English and communications classes.

Bill Greehey School of Business students reap the benefits of the latest research as faculty are active in their disciplines. The following are some recent publications or conference presentations by our faculty:

• Padmanabhan, P., and Brooke Envick, "A 21st Century Model of Entrepreneurship Education: Overcoming Traditional Barriers to Learning", Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, Volume 9, 2006, 45-52.
• Padmanabhan, P., Paul San Miguel, and Tom Madison, "Real Beneficiaries of Outsourcing Activities: The Case of Targets" Proceedings, Fifth Annual Smart Sourcing Conference, Los Angeles, Calif., September 2006.
• Padmanabhan, P., and Shailendra Palvia, "Global ITO and BPO: Issues and Opportunities for Displaced Professionals," Editorial Preface, Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, Volume 8, Number 3, 2006, 1-10.
• Eileen A. Wall and Leonard L. Berry, "The Combined Effects of the Physical Environment and Employee Behavior on Customer Perceptions of Service Quality," Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Volume 48, Number 1, February 2007.
• Padmanabhan, P. served as Session Chair, The Fifth Annual Smart Sourcing Conference, Los Angeles, Calif., September 2006.

English and Communication Studies visiting instructor Francesca Coley, Ph.D., has been invited to Oxford University July 21-27, 2007, to deliver a paper as part of the Oxford Round Table. The title of the paper is "God Wants Us to be Equal: Christian and Islamic Views of Feminism."

In January, Political Science Professor Larry Hufford, Ph.D., attended a meeting of the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative in New York. The group spent time at the United Nations learning about the activities of UN-affiliated religious non-governmental organizations.

This past November, at the invitation of international relations faculty at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), Larry Hufford, Ph.D., professor of political science, conducted a two day workshop/simulation on international conflict resolution for 25 students from universities across Mexico at the ational Model United Nations.

Larry Hufford, Ph.D., professor of political science, just completed a five year term as president of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, during which time he presided over the organizations's annual international conferences in both Wollongong, Australia and Manila, Philippines.

Larry Hufford, Ph.D., professor of political science and director of the graduate international relations program, recently co-edited a book titled Educating for a Worldview.

Hufford's essay in the book, A Personal Journey to Peace Education, was a keynote address at the 11th World Conference on Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) held in Wollongong, Australia.

Another essay is one by Konai Thaman, Ph.D., titled Education and Globalization: A View from Oceania. Konai holds the UNESCO chair in Teacher Education and Culture at the University of South Pacific.

Rose Wu, Ph.D., director of the Hong Kong Christian Institute, is a leader of the grassroots democracy movement in Hong Kong. She is also the leading feminist theologian in Hong Kong. Her essay is titled A Pedagogy for Building a Justpeace Global Civil Society.