Category: Professional Notes

Xiaofeng Zhao, assistant professor in the College of Business, chaired a session and presented two papers at the Decision Sciences Institute 2011 Annual Meeting in Boston. The papers, “The Effects of the Variation on Queuing Systems in Supply Chain Management” and “Understanding Process Flow and Waiting Time Variance: A Spread Sheet Approach,” are published in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings.

“Estimating the Variance of Waiting Time in the Delivery of Healthcare Services,” a paper co-authored by Zhao, has been accepted by the International Journal of Decision Sciences.

Charles J. Shields, associate director of the Chappell Great Lives Lecture Series, is featured in the Sunday, Nov. 27 edition of The New York Times Sunday Book Review. The article, “How It Went,” is a review of Shields’ book, And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life.

Esther Yook, director of the Speaking Center and the Korean Program, received the Top Paper Award at the National Communication Association in November 2011 for her manuscript “Communication Centers and Retention in Higher Education:  Is There a Link?”

She also co-presented a short course on establishing communication centers and chaired a Korean American Communication Association session on challenges for Korean American scholars in academia.

The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library is pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Jarod Kearney as curator following a national search that yielded more than 100 applicants. Kearney was curator of the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum from 2007 to 2011.  He also has held curatorial and administrative posts with the Rye Historical Society and Hallockville Museum Farm and Folklife Center, both in New York, and the Greensboro Historical Museum in North Carolina.  In addition to extensive experience with exhibits and collections management, Kearney has a strong background in museum education and theater.

The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library is the largest repository in the country of artifacts and documents related to the fifth president of the United States.  The museum is a National Historic Landmark owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and administered by the University of Mary Washington.

Chad Murphy, assistant professor of political science, was featured on CBS-6 (WTVR, Richmond, Va.) on Wednesday, Nov. 9. During the interview, Murphy discussed the results of the Virginia Senate 17th district election. The news segment aired during the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. broadcasts.