Professional Announcements

4/19/2004

Marilyn Dudley Flores, Sociology, has had book chapters accepted for publication in a series of four books on the future. They include "Future Tense: War and Peace in 2015," in "America: Moving Ahead" and "Romancing the Clone: The Future of the Family and Related Issues," in "Getting Personal: Staying Ahead", (volumes 2 and 3). They are edited by Arthur Shostak and are set to be published by Chelsea House Publishers in Fall 2004.

Elizabeth C. Martinez, Modern Languages and Literatures, recently presented at the annual conference of the National Association of Chicana/o Studies, held in Albuquerque, N.M. Her paper was titled, "Multiple Perspectives on the Border: How a Curandera Influenced Recent Literature and Theater in the U.S. and Mexico."

Leny Mendoza Strobel, American Multi-Cultural Studies Department, presented a paper, "Contemporary Appropriations of the Filipino Babaylan Tradition: Filipino American Sites," at the Asian American Studies Conference held in Boston, in March. Strobel has also contributed a chapter to the book, "Not Home But Here: Filipino Writings in the Diaspora," and will be reading at the book's launch on May 9 at the San Francisco Public Library at 1 pm.

Greta Vollmer, English, presented a two-day workshop entitled "A Genre-Based Pedagogy for English Language Learners" at a Study Retreat sponsored by the California Writing Project in San Diego, California recently. The retreat brought together secondary level teachers and program administrators from around California to discuss literacy and composition theory relevant to the teaching of language learners.

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Jean Wasp, Editor, 4-2057