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News Archives Ekaterina Haskins Wins Everett Lee Hunt Award for Outstanding Scholarship - 05.03.2005 LL&C Assistant Prof. Ekaterina Haskins recently received notice that she has won this year's annual Eastern Communication Association (ECA) Everett Lee Hunt Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the discipline for her book Logos and Power in Isocrates and Aristotle (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 2004). The award will be presented on April 30, 2005, at the general business meeting of ECA in Pittsburgh, PA. The Hunt Award is bestowed upon those who have provided "a major contribution to the understanding of rhetoric and communication as a human function in the contemporary world; a means of explaining and realizing public responsibilities beyond the discipline of communication; and/or an intellectual and humane instrument for merging diverse fields of knowledge in a way that infuses them with moral purpose and public significance." For more information on the ECA and the Hunt Award, visit: http://www.ecasite.org/
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James Watt Featured in New York Times: B.S. in Game Sciences and Arts - 05.02.2005 Professor James Watt, Chair of LL&C, was one of several Rensselaer faculty featured in a New York Times article on April 24. The article describes the new B.S. in Game Sciences and Arts major that the School of Humanities and Social Sciences will begin offering in 2006, pending final approval. The article can be read online at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/education/brenna24.html
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Antoine Harrison Recognized for Outstanding Community Service by Capital District YMCA - 04.29.2005 LL&C Technical Coordinator Antoine Harrison has just been recognized by the regional YMCA as one of the outstanding individuals to provide community service to the youth in the Capital District. His name will be added to a nationwide list of recipients to receive the Achievers Recognition Award for 2005. Basketball Hall of Fame star and former Head Coach of the Boston Celtics, Bill Russel, will be presenting this award at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Albany, NY, on June 17, 2005. For more information on the Capital District YMCA and award presentation, please visit: Basketball Great Bill Russel to Address Capital District YMCA
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Cheryl Geisler Publishes Chapter in Ambient Intelligence for Scientific Discovery - 04.28.2005 LL&C Prof. Cheryl Geisler has published a chapter, "Computer Support for Genre Analysis and Identification", in Ambient Intelligence for Scientific Discovery, edited by Yang Cai and published by Springer.
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Ellen Esrock Participates in Science Workshop in Berlin, Germany - 04.28.2005 LL&C Associate Prof. Ellen Esrock was an invited participant in the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin's Image Science Workshop held in Berlin, Germany, on March 2-6, 2005. She presented her paper titled "Touching Art: Neuroscience and the art of embodiment" at the interdisciplinary workshop of scientists and scholars.
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James Watt Responds to Initial Findings of Pew Foundation Internet and American Life Report - 04.28.2005 LL&C Prof. James Watt delivered a response to the initial findings of the new Pew Foundation Internet and American Life report, "The Internet Goes to College", in a presentation at the University at Albany on April 6, 2005. Steve Jones, U. of Illinois and principal author of the report, presented the results which were published in late April. The program was sponsored by the UAlbany libraries.
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June Deery Wins Russell Nye Award - 04.28.2005 LL&C Associate Prof. June Deery has won the 2004 Russell Nye Award, which carries a $500 prize, for the best article published in the Journal of Popular Culture during the year 2003. Deery's article appeared in the November 2003 issue (Vol. 37, Issue 2, Page 161) and was titled "TV.com: Participatory Viewing on the Web".
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Ken Denberg Publishes Two Essays in Main Street News - 04.20.2005 LL&C Adjunct Prof. Ken Denberg has published two new essays: "Talking Dirty: The Garbage and Recycling of Washington County," Main Street News. Vol. 2, #16; and "The Batten Kill: If A Trout Could Talk," Main Street News. Vol. 2, #18.
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David Seelow Reviews Book on Twentieth-Century Irish Drama - 04.14.2005 LL&C Adjunct Prof. David Seelow has written a book review of The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Irish Drama, edited by Shaun Richards. The book includes a chapter written by John Harrington, Dean of Rensselaer's School of Humanities and Social Sciences, titled "Samuel Beckett and the Counter Tradition." The review was published in the April 2005 issue of CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Read the book review: Irish Theater For more information on CHOICE, visit: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/choice/
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Chris Boese Named Professor at UM - 04.13.2005 LL&C alumnus Chris Boese '98 (Ph.D., Communication and Rhetoric) has been named the University of Montana School of Journalism's fifth T. Anthony Pollner Distinguished Professor. Chris has been a writer at CNN Headline News since 2001. Prior to that, she was on the faculty at Clemson University. More information and a profile of Chris' career and pioneering work in blogging are available at: http://www.umt.edu/journalism/news_pages/archives/April/April05/pollner.html
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March Rosenbluth Presents on the Role of Fate in Online Collaborative Narrative - 04.11.2005 LL&C graduate student March Rosenbluth (M.S./Ph.D.) presented "The TinyPlot Thickens: The Role of Fate in Online Collaborative Narrative" at the Narrative Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, held April 7-10, 2005.
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Ekaterina Haskins Presents at Symposium on Revisionist Classical Rhetorics in Pittsburgh - 04.08.2005 LL&C Assistant Prof. Ekaterina Haskins was one of eight leading scholars in rhetoric who recently presented at the symposium on "Revisionist Classical Rhetorics: Contemporary Practices and Pedagogies", organized by the departments of English and Communication at the University of Pittsburgh (April 1-3, 2005). The scholars offered lectures on the implications of their work in classical rhetoric for research and teaching in rhetoric. Details may be found at: http://www.pitt.edu/~djh32/symposium.htm
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Students to Participate in Boston Cyberarts Festival 2005 - 03.31.2005 LL&C Ph.D. student Amy Scarfone and iEAR students Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg, Olivia Robinson, and Bettina Escauriza's collaborative interactive installation project, "Knock Knock", has been selected for the prestigious Boston Cyberarts Festival. "Knock Knock" evokes contemporary communications networks using a network of suspended cardboard boxes, linked by contact microphones that function both as pickups and drivers, transmitting sound across the network through cardboard filters. The Boston Cyberarts Festival is an international biennial festival of art and technology in all media. Its mission is to demonstrate how artists throughout the world are using computers to advance traditional artistic disciplines and create new interactive worlds. The Festival takes place April 22 through May 8, 2005, and there will be an opening reception for "Knock Knock" at the Vertext Building at Kendall Square on Friday April 22nd from 6 - 9 pm.
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David Seelow Publishes Book on Radical Modernism and Sexuality - 03.23.2005 LL&C adjunct professor David Seelow announces that his book, Radical Modernism and Sexuality: Freud/Reich/D.H. Lawrence & Beyond, has been published by Palgrave Macmillan in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Debbie Rowe: Applying Text-to-Speech Programs to Writing Process - 03.14.2005 LL&C M.S./Ph.D. student, Debbie Rowe, will present her work-in-progress "Leveling the Playing Field: Applying Text-to-Speech Programs to the Writing Process" at this year's Research Network Forum at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) in San Francisco March 16-19, 2005. Rowe notes, "For years, students have been directed to read their papers aloud to their tutors in Writing Centers, permitting said students to recognize many of the errors in their writing on their own. This idea allows tutors to better manage the session with the students, helping them with problems that they cannot identify. It also empowers the student to know that there are issues in their writing that they can correct themselves. However, too much time is being spent in the session with these students discovering the mistakes they could have rectified prior to meeting with the tutor." The RNF is an opportunity for published researchers, new researchers, and graduate students to discuss their current research projects and receive responses from new and senior researchers. This year’s plenary speakers include Gail Hawisher, University of Illinois-Urbana; Keith Gilyard, Penn State; Eleanor Kutz, University of Massachusetts-Boston; and Cindy Selfe, Michigan Technological University. For more information on the Research Network Forum, visit: www.rnfonline.com
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Jason Waite to Present at Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, San Francisco - 03.14.2005 LL&C doctoral student Jason Waite will be presenting a poster at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) Conference in San Franciso on March 16, 2005. The poster is entitled "How to Wash Clothes in an Iron Pot: What Can We Learn From the Vernacular Technical Writing of the Foxfire Movement in Southern Appalachia". Jason Waite has also had a paper accepted for presentation at the 19th annual Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition/Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, July 10-12, 2005. The focus of the conference is "Kenneth Burke and His Circles", and the paper is entitled "A Locus of Motives: Foxfire and the Formation of Self and Community."
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Junho Choi Lectures on Impact of Globalization on Media - 03.14.2005 Junho Choi, Assistant Professor of Language, Literature, and Communication, delivered a lecture at the Doane Stuart School in Albany on January 20, 2005. The lecture was a part of lecture series, Globalization and Humanities, for 9-12 graders at the school. The topic of Choi's lecture was "The Impact of Globalization on Media."
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Shaun Slattery: Composing Processes of Technical Writers - 03.14.2005 LL&C doctoral student Shaun Slattery will present "The Relationship of Techne and Technology in Technical Communication" at the conference for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) on March 16, 2005 in San Francisco. The presentation describes Slattery's dissertation research into the composing processes of technical writers.
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David Seelow Makes Radio Appearance on WROW - 03.04.2005 LL&C adjunct professor David Seelow appeared on local radio station WROW's "The Dr. Joe Parisi Show" on January 29, 2005, to talk about the role of dissnet in contemporary culture. For more information on the radio show, please visit: www.wrow.com/djs/weekend.shtml
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Ekaterina Haskins Publishes Article in Rhetoric Society Quarterly - 02.11.2005 LL&C Prof. Ekaterina Haskins' article, "Philosophy, Rhetoric, and Cultural Memory: Rereading Plato's Menexenus and Isocrates' Panegyricus," appears in the Winter 2005 issue (Volume 35, Number 1) of Rhetoric Society Quarterly, the journal of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA). Prof. Haskins is currently serving as the Book Review Editor for the journal.
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