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For the Record, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024

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University of Delaware community reports new presentations, publications, honors, training, appointments

For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent presentations, publications, honors, training and appointments include the following:

Presentations

On Oct. 25, 2024, Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, was an invited participant in the online Autumn Symposium, "At the Helm: Spotlight on Special Collections and Teaching for the Liberal Arts." This was organized by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, a nonprofit scholarly organization based at Princeton. The first event of the day was a multimedia lecture by Mark Samuels Lasner, senior research fellow, UD Library, Museums and Press, titled "The Past Was Present in the Past: Victorians and Their Medieval Connections in the Mark Samuels Lasner Collection." It featured images of and information about some of the important holdings in that collection at the UD Library, including manuscript material related to the Victorian art critic John Ruskin, the poet and painter D. G. Rossetti, and the designer, writer and founder of the Kelmscott Press William Morris. 

Publications

Rudi Matthee, John and Dorothy Munroe Distinguished Professor of History, had his coedited book Russians in Iran: Diplomacy and the Politics of Power in the Qajar Ear and Beyond (2018) come out in a second Persian translation: Rusha dar Iran. Diplumasi va qodrat  dar ‘asr-e Qajar va pas az an, trans. Mohsen Askari Jahaqi (Tehran: Entesharat-e Negah, 2022).

Harold B. White, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry; Robert W. Lake, retired UD extension entomologist, now deceased; Michael C. Moore, retired professor of biological sciences; and James F. White, retired Delaware Nature Society and instructor in entomology and wildlife ecology, published an article, "Status of Odonata on the Delmarva Peninsula" in the journal Bulletin of American Odonatology. Their article describes the current knowledge of the 138 species of dragonflies and damselflies known from the Delmarva Peninsula, of which nine species were observed for the first time since 2011. Their collaboration includes seven coauthors: James D. Brighton of the Maryland Biodiversity Project; Rick Cheicante, biologist, Bel Aire, Maryland; John H. Gillespie, professor emeritus of evolution, University of California, Davis; William J. Hubick, Maryland Biodiversity Project; Richard Orr, entomologist, Columbia, Maryland; Aaron Reb, entomologist, Frederica, Delaware; and Steven M. Roble, senior entomologist, Virginia Division of Natural Heritage.

Heinz-Uwe Haus, professor of theatre, published in the recent issue of Lumina Lina (An.XXIX/Nr. 4, Octombrie-Decembrie 2024, New York) an article "Transcultural theater andidentity: four notations." Haus summarizes: “The direction of the ‘Europeanization’ of thenations of Europe since the reunification of the continent is clear: ‘Drawing on the cultural, religious and humanist heritage of Europe,’ it says literally in the preamble to the Treaty on European Union (TEU). One of the most important objectives is for the community to ‘safeguard the richness of its cultural and linguistic diversity’ and ‘ensure the protection and development of Europe's cultural heritage’ (Article 3 TEU). This political view of the essence of intercultural and transcultural cooperation should encourage theatremakers to bring the tragedies and comedies that have shaped the history of European drama to a contemporary audience.”

Honors

Chandra L. Reedy
Chandra L. Reedy

On Oct. 9, Chandra L. Reedy, professor in the Biden School of Public Policy and Administration, director of the Center for Historic Architecture and Design and affiliated faculty member in art history, anthropology and Asian studies) was presented the Anna O. Shepard Award by the Art, Archaeology and Conservation Science Division of the American Ceramic Society at the Materials Science and Technology 24 meeting in Pittsburgh. The award is given to one person every other year to honor outstanding contributions to materials science applied to art, archaeology, architecture or cultural heritage. After the award presentation, she gave an invited talk titled “1954 to 2024: Endurance and Innovation in Anna Shepard’s Thin-Section Petrography Approach for Archaeological Ceramics Analysis.” Full details of the Anna O. Shepard Award are available online on the society’s website.

Training

Master Cpl. Alaina Battle and Master Cpl. Richard Leary graduated from the 19th Leadership Development Program hosted by Delaware State Police on Oct. 25, 2024. This program spends three weeks developing police supervisors to be able to understand and apply modern leadership theories and study intensive case applications. The goal of this program is to develop leaders that will improve motivation, satisfaction and performance within their agencies to better serve their communities.  

 Appointments

UD alumnus William D. Crotty has been named the new superintendent of the Delaware State Police. His appointment as the 27th colonel of the state police marks a distinguished 27-year career of dedicated service. Over the years, he has held a wide range of operational and leadership positions, preparing him to lead the agency, and he has been recognized nationally for his contributions to community policing. Crotty earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology at UD in 1996.

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