Associate Professor of Psychology Mindy Erchull recently presented a number of posters at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science in San Francisco. She presented “Women’s experiences of sexual objectification and justifying beliefs predict fear of rape and rape avoidance behavior” with Leanna Papp ’14. She presented “Is everybody doing it? Sex in the college freshman male population” with Alexandra Zelin ’11. She also presented “Exploring the sexual double standard through ‘slut-shaming’ on Facebook” with her colleagues Miriam Liss, Leanna Papp ’14, Michelle Gnoleba ’13, Charlotte Haggerman ’14, Caitlin Robertson ’13, and Haley Miles-McLean ’13.
Rochelle Presents at Conference
Warren Rochelle, professor of English, presented “Many Beauties, Many Beasts: Retelling and Reimagining as Rhetoric in Robin McKinley’s Fiction,” at the annual conference of the Science Fiction Research Association in Madison, Wis., this May. He also gave a reading from a novel-in-progress at WisCon, the annual feminist speculative fiction conference, held jointly this year with SFRA in Madison.
Aminrazavi Publishes Encyclopedia Articles
Mehdi Aminrazavi, professor of philosophy and religion, published eight articles in “The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam.” The articles are on Islamic philosophers and one school of philosophy: Ishrāqiyyūn (Illuminationists). These medieval philosophers wrote commentaries on Plato and Aristotle and introduced new ideas of their own to create a rapprochement between eastern and western philosophical thought. Here is the list of articles and their locations:
1. Mīr Dāmād, pages 35-38
2. Suhrawardī, pages 294-298
3. ʻUmar Khayyām, pages 444-448
4. Afḍal al-Dīn Kāshānī, pages 436-438
5. Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī, pages 250-253
6. Sabziwārī, pages 213-215
7. Nāṣir Khusraw, pages 71-74
8. Ishrāqiyyūn (Illuminationists), pages 409-415
Richardson Participates in Leadership Symposium
Lynne Richardson participated in a panel discussion, “Tips for Leaning In,” at the NCAA/NACWAA Women’s Leadership Symposium on May 21 in Charlotte, N.C. Other participants were the athletic directors at Salem College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. NACWAA is the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators. Lynne was invited in her dual roles as UMW’s faculty athletics representative and Dean of the College of Business.
Martinette Presents at International Conference and Publishes Articles
Louis A. Martinette, associate professor in the College of Business Department of Management and Marketing, presented “The Role of Innovation In The History Of Commerce: Toward A College Course” at the International Conference of The Association of Global Management Studies being held at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom on May 20 and 21. The paper is authored by Martinette, Todd Coates, a 2014 UMW MBA graduate, and Michael T. Lehman. The paper will be published in the proceedings.
In addition, Martinette, Alice Obenchain-Leeson, Gladys Gomez, and Jessica Webb’s article “Relationship Between Learning Orientation And Business Performance And The Moderating Effect Of Competitive Advantage: An Accounting Services Firm’s Perspective,” will appear in the July/August issue of the International Business & Economics Research Journal.
Henselt in Context at 26th Annual Feuchtwangen Piano Festival
Henselt and Kraus
Pictured here with the commemorative statue of Adolph von Henselt in von Henselt’s home town of Schwabach, Germany, Adjunct Piano Instructor Andrew Kraus presented a recital, Henselt in Context, in the “Stadt Kasten” as a featured soloist in the 27th Annual International Feuchtwanger Piano Festival in Feuchtwangen, Germany on April 23. The program featured 17 pieces pairing works by Adolph von Henselt with those by better known composers including Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and Liszt.
Kraus is recognized for the warmth and “heart” in his playing. In the words of one of the Feuchtwangen attendees, “…I had the feeling that [name redacted] plays very well, but without a heart, and at your concert, my heart was happy…”.
The venue for the series was the Stadt Kasten, a half timbered structure located in the main church square of the city, originally built in 1565 as a barn. Today, the building is used for concerts, plays and other cultural events year round.
Kraus plans on presenting this recital to the UMW community during the next academic year.
Srivastava Organizes International Conference
Mukesh Srivastava is organizing the fifth International Conference of the Association of Global Management Studies at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford in the United Kingdom on May 20 and 21, 2014 with John Saee, of the ESB School of Business, Reutlingen University in Germany. The theme of the conference is “Global Management and Innovation across Businesses.”
This conference will provide a platform to discuss challenges pertaining to the contemporary issues in global management and will foster an environment for multidisciplinary global research involved in the development of theoretical and practice knowledge of all business and related fields by researchers, educators, developers, and practitioners.
Global Participation of Scholars
Of 93 papers submitted, 31 were selected for presentation at the conference and publications in the ICAGMS 2014 Proceedings; selected quality papers are slated to be published in the International Journal of Global Management Studies or International Journal of Global Management Studies Professional. Three UMW College of Business professors — Louis Martinette, Mukesh Srivastava and Xiaofeng Zhao — will also present their research papers.
Academics from nine countries including Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, UK and the U.S. will present their scholarly research work on global management study.
The two keynote speakers include Michael Barrett, professor of the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge in UK. He will discuss contemporary global collaborative innovation, and Sundeep Sahay, professor of Global Infrastructure, University of Oslo in Norway, will speak on frugal health information systems.
Kashef Majid Awarded UMW 2014 Innovative Digital Pedagogy Fellowship Award
Kashef Majid, Assistant Professor of Marketing in the College of Business, received a UMW 2014 Innovative Digital Pedagogy Fellowship Award. Majid is interested in developing a course in social media marketing/analytics.
Woody Richardson and Rachel Graefe-Anderson’s Article Accepted for Publication
Associate Professor of Business Woody Richardson and Assistant Professor of Business Rachel Graefe-Anderson’s article “Evaluating Retirement Planning: The Proper Mix of Investments?” has been accepted in the Journal of Applied Case Research, forthcoming in electronic format.
Anna Billingsley to Participate in Senior Leadership Program
Anna B. Billingsley, Associate Vice President for University Relations, has been selected from a statewide pool of nominees to participate in the Virginia Network for Women in Higher Education 2014-2015 Senior Leadership Seminar. Initiated in 1987, the Senior Leadership Seminar series provides a forum to bring together emerging women leaders with established leaders in higher education in the Commonwealth. The Senior Leadership Seminar focuses on three core areas: personal development, professional development, and trends in higher education. During each meeting, speakers and guests join the group to discuss critical issues facing higher education from a variety of perspectives. The mission of the American Council on Education Women’s Network is to identify, develop, advance, and support women in higher education at the national, state, and local levels. Participants include administrators from public and private sectors, two-year and four-year institutions, and a wide-variety of functional roles.