Robert Cray of History served as a manuscript referee for the Journal of American History and the William & Mary Quarterly. He also wrote a book review of Ruth Wallis Hearndon's Unwelcome Americans: Living on the Margin in Early New England, University of Pennsylvania Press, for the American Historical Review. His essay, "The Death and Burial of Captain James Lawrence: Wartime Mourning in the Early Republic," will be published in the Spring 2002 issue of New York History.
Ada Beth Cutler of Education and Human Services was a keynote speaker at Gov. James E. McGreevey's Education Summit on April 30. Cutler spoke about professional practice standards for teachers.
Adam Mayer of Career Development had an article, "Interview Dining Etiquette," published on monsterTRAK.com. The article provides etiquette guidelines for dinner interviews.
Avram B. Segall of Legal Studies had an article, "So You
Want to Be a Real Estate Magnate," published in the April issue of
The Educator, a national publication of the American Association
for Paralegal Education. The theme of the issue was "Classroom Techniques
Prepare Students for Success" and Segall's article focused on techniques
he
employs in teaching a course on real estate law.
Susana Sotillo of Linguistics recently presented a paper, "Political Discourse in Cyberspace and Outcomes in Real Time," at an international conference on socio-political discourse and ideology at Koblenz University, Landau campus, Germany. The paper was published by the Linguistic LAUD agency, Series A (General and Theoretical Papers), by Universitat Essen.
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"Seniors have to be very conscientious about their job search because it's highly competitive out there. We're emphasizing the importance of being ready even more this year by critiquing resumes and letting students know they need to be more assertive. They can't just sit back and expect a job to come." --Carolyn Jones of Career Development in an April 12 article in The Record headlined "Finding Jobs will be Work for Grads: Toughest Market in Decade Expected."
"Among the weighty topics in the issue is a historical essay on class struggles in suburbia, written by Joel Schartz of Montclair State. Referring to the baby boom after World War II, Mr. Schwartz said: 'For many homeowners, the suburban way had become a Ponzi scheme with a desperate reckoning: home prices hinged on a constant stream of buyers -- the very hordes from the city, whose children would crowd schools and drive property taxes sky high.' " -- From an April 21 article in The New York Times headlined "Word's Out. New Jersey's In: To Self-Appointed Cognoscenti, a 'Weird Petri Dish' of Influences."
"These instruments never lived in an ideal setting since Partch had them, because he often lived in a laundromat or had them in an old chicken coop." --Dean Drummond of Music in am April 12 Herald News article about composer Harry Partch and his instrument collection headlined "A Very Different Music Man: Composer/Instrument Maker's Legacy Inspires Students."