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Center for Advanced Study associates and fellows named
John Loos, News Bureau
217-333-1085; johnloos@illinois.edu
3/4/04
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Twenty-two UI faculty members were selected
as associates or fellows of the Center for Advanced Study for the 2004-05
academic year.
The appointment grants one semester of release time for creative work
on self-initiated programs of scholarly research or professional activity.
The center’s annual competition culminated with 13 professors
and associate professors receiving an associate appointment and nine
assistant professors receiving a fellow appointment.
Two associates and four fellows also received Beckman appointments.
Named for U. of I. alumnus and benefactor Arnold O. Beckman, the additional
appointments recognized outstanding younger candidates who have made
distinctive scholarly contributions.
U. of I. faculty members named associates, including those who received
a Beckman appointment, and the research they intend to pursue:
- Beckman
associate: Scott Althaus, speech communication and political
science, “Public Deliberation and Popular Sovereignty in the
Choice Between War and Peace.”
- Sandy Burgener, medical-surgical nursing, “Optimizing Quality
of Life Outcomes in Persons With Dementia.”
- Janet Gaffney, special education, “High-Impact Late Intervention
in Reading and Writing.”
- Lauren Goodlad, English, “Liberal Internationalism: Victorian
Literary Encounters With the South.”
- James Imlay, microbiology, “Disruption of Sulfur Metabolism
by Oxidative Stress.”
- Chang Liu, electrical and computer engineering, “Flexible Sensitive
Skin: Large Area Electronics and Sensor Integration.”
- Michael Palencia-Roth, comparative and world literature, “Acompañado
por Gabo: Las Pasiones Otoñales de Gabriel García Márquez
(Living with Gabo).”
- Elizabeth Pleck, history and human and community development, “Changing
Attitudes and Public Policy Toward Cohabitation, 1968-1990.”
- Fazal Rizvi, educational policy studies, “Identities ‘On
the Move’: Student Mobility and Uses of International Education.”
- Taher Saif, mechanical and industrial engineering, “Deformation
Mechanisms in Nano Grained Metal Films.”
- Beckman associate: Edmund Seebauer, chemical and biomolecular
engineering, “Directed Self-Assembly of Nanostructures From
Amorphous Semiconductors.”
- Mats Selen, physics, “An Experimental Study of Nuclear Forces
Using Charmed Quarks.”
- Alexandru Zaharescu, mathematics, “Billiards and Farey Fractions.”
Assistant professors named fellows, including those who received a Beckman
appointment, and the research they intend to pursue:
- Adrian Burgos Jr., history, “The Latins From Manhattan: Latinos,
Black Baseball, and Making Urban Communities.”
- Debra Hawhee, English, “At the Edges of Language: Kenneth Burke’s
Theories of the Body.”
- Paul Hergenrother, chemistry, “Using Small Molecules to Identify
Novel Anti-Cancer Targets.”
- Elizabeth Hsiao-Wecksler, mechanical and industrial engineering, “Prevention
of Falls in Older Adults: Assessment and Models of Human Balance.”
- Beckman fellow: Ilia Kapovitch, mathematics, “Genericity in
Group Theory.”
- Silvina Montrul, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, “Understanding
the Long-Lasting Effects of Early Linguistic Input in Bilinguals.”
- Beckman fellow: Daniel Pack, chemical and biomolecular engineering,
“Design and Construction of Single-Shot DNA Vaccines.”
- Beckman fellow: Scott Silverman, chemistry, “DNA as
a Catalyst for Chemical Reactions.”
- Beckman fellow: Benjamin Wandelt, physics and astronomy, “Probing for New Physics in Cosmological Data.”
