Faculty/Academic Staff Forums

Counseling Services

English

Political Science

Psychology

Public Health Professions

Condolences

Faculty/Academic Staff Forums
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will present Faculty/Academic Staff Forums this semester. The programs will be held from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. Wednesdays in the Presidents Room of Davies Center, unless otherwise noted. Bring a brown bag lunch or tray.
    • Oct. 13: Paul Kaldjian, geography and anthropology, "Food Desert!? I Thought You said Dessert: Istanbul and Food Security." (To be held in the Arrowhead Room, Davies Center.)
    • Oct. 20: Karen Pope, McIntyre Library, "Creating a Rich and Vibrant New Story Cloth: Revealing the Life Experiences of a Wisconsin Hmong Refugee Woman."
(To be held in the Alumni Room, Davies Center.)

A list of all Fall 2004 Faculty/Academic Staff Forums can be viewed online.

Counseling Services
Dick Boyum, emeritus, had his article titled "Get the Picture" published in the autumn 2004 issue of Counselink, a publication of the Wisconsin School Counselor Association.

English
Alan Jackson, emeritus, will lead a discussion series titled "Journey into Darkness," which will focus on the depiction of alcoholism in four novels. The series will be held Wednesdays, Oct. 20 and 27, and Nov. 3 and 10 at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire. Participants may select morning sessions from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. or evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Political Science
Stephen Hill will have his second book titled "United Nations Disarmament Processes in Intra-State Conflict" published this month by Palgrave-Macmillan Press.

Psychology
Kevin Klatt, Gregory Madden and 16 students from the psychology department's behavioral psychology emphasis attended the Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis Annual Conference Oct. 1 and 2 in Indianapolis. The top research award went to a poster titled "Comparing Constant Time Delay and Simultaneous Prompting Procedures on Skill Acquisition for Children with Autism" by UW-Eau Claire students Nicole Zeug, Julie Ackerlund, Sara Czekalski and Sarah Tillman. The research was conducted under the supervision of Klatt in the UW-Eau Claire Autism Program. Madden also was elected to be the 2005 MABA president at the conference.

Public Health Professions
Dale B. Taylor, emeritus, presented two sessions titled "Music and Medicine" at the 2004 Wisconsin Representatives of Activity Professionals Capture the Magic conference Sept. 16 at the Plaza Hotel and Suites in Eau Claire. Sarah Kneisler, a UW-Eau Claire music therapy alumna, gave a presentation at the conference, and Kim Lieberman, also a music therapy alumna, received a special Award of Excellence.

Condolences
Condolences to Terry Hartman, Facilities Planning and Management, whose father, Jerome Hartman, died Oct. 2 in Chippewa Falls.