Doug Allen, professor of philosophy, is the author of “Gandhi after 9/11: Creative Nonviolence and Sustainability,” published by Oxford University Press in India in January. The book will be published in the U.S. in February. This is Allen’s 15th book. Allen also spoke at Dirigo Pines in Orono on Jan. 31 on topics relevant to […]
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Dan Sandweiss, professor of anthropology and climate studies, co-wrote a short monograph on the analysis of animal remains and climate change from Siches, an early-to-middle Holocene fishing site he excavated in northern Peru. “Fishing on the Frontier: Vertebrate Remains from Amotape, Siches, and Honda Phase Occupations at Sitio Siches (Pv 7-19), Perú,” is in the […]
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The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) presented Renee Kelly, University of Maine assistant vice president for innovation and economic development, with the Arthur A. Comstock Professional Service Award on Jan. 25 at its Annual Awards Dinner. The award embodies Comstock’s generous spirit for donating expertise over an extended period of time to the chamber […]
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Rebecca MacAulay, assistant professor of psychology, recently received the National Academy of Neuropsychology Clinical Research Trial Grant Award, as well as the 2019–2020 CLAS Pre-Tenure Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship Award.
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Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, assistant professor of psychology, has been elected vice chair of the American Psychological Association Ethics Committee for the 2019 term. She will serve as chair in 2020.
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Elizabeth Allan, professor of higher education, spoke at Summit Internacional de Educación held in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 7–11. Allan discussed building community and dialogue in universities at the conference, held at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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“Viscous Flow Environments in Oceans and Inland Waters,” a textbook by Professor Emeritus Pete Jumars, has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Jumars says understanding how water moves is fundamental to the biology, chemistry and geology of oceans and inland waters. And while small-scale fluid dynamics is taught primarily in graduate engineering programs, Jumars says […]
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Bridie McGreavy was honored for co-editing a book that addresses significant questions about the relationship between communication and the environment, and has potential to influence research in the field. The University of Maine assistant professor of environmental communication received the National Communication Association’s Tarla Rai Peterson Book Award in Environmental Communication in November in Salt […]
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Rhea Cote Robbins, academic adviser and success instructor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, participated in “Who Gets to Tell Story?” telling or hearing story while conscious of the human ecology — listening to story justly with social consciousness of equality, at the Waterville Opera House, Oct. 24, in conjunction with the Colby College […]
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Sandra Caron, professor of family relations and human sexuality, and Deborah Mitchell, retired UMaine police sergeant, presented their research, “A qualitative analysis of interviews with women who experienced sexual assault and who told no one,” at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality in Montreal, Nov. 8–11. Their research is […]
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