Stanley Engerman, economic historian and John H. Munro Professor of Economics and professor of history, received the Award of Distinguished Fellow from the American Economic Association in January. Engerman's studies of economic growth in the Americas, especially on the history of slavery, have been acknowledged internationally. He has authored, coauthored, or coedited more than 18 books and another 100 articles. His forthcoming book, coauthored with Lance Davis, is
titled Naval Blockades in Peace and War: An Economic History of Naval Blockades since 1750 to be published by Cambridge University Press. Engerman will be spending the 2006 spring semester at Harvard University as one of 19 W. E. B. Du Bois Institute Fellows, who were selected for their achievements in the fields of African and African-American studies. He will continue research on a book based on a series of lectures he delivered earlier this year on "Slavery, Emancipation, and Free Labor in World Perspectives."
Patricia Herminghouse, the Karl F. and Bertha A. Fuchs Professor Emerita of German Studies, and Elias Mandala, professor of history, have each been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants to support research, study, and teaching in other countries.
A historian of southern Africa, Mandala is teaching a course and delivering several lectures at the University of Zambia. In addition, he will be conducting archival and oral research in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Mandala will spend most of his research time on the social history of the Magololo servants of the famous missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
Herminghouse was a member of a group of American Fulbright scholars who participated in a seminar on "Recent Trends in Contemporary German Literature" in June and July. The seminar group traveled to Berlin, Leipzig, and Hamburg to meet with German publishers, critics, writers, theater professionals, academics, and other members of the country's artistic and cultural communities. Herminghouse is arranging a series of follow-up panels, composed of both German and American seminar participants, for the 2006 annual conference of the German Studies Association. A former president of the German Studies Association, Herminghouse is currently researching the status in German literature of works written by the youngest generation of writers who were born in East Germany and how these authors are taking on the role of "public intellectual" to speak on contemporary social and political issues.
Man Kit Ng, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a $200,000 award from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to explore ways to create functional organic materials for use in light-emitting diodes, radio frequency identification tags, photovoltaic solar cells, and chemosensors and biosensors. NYSTAR supports the development and commercialization of technology to create jobs and spur economic growth in New York.
Lee Pollan, associate professor of dentistry, was elected vice president of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) during the Association's 87th Annual Meeting, Scientific Sessions, and Exhibition held in Boston. Pollan has been on the AAOMS board of trustees representing the oral and maxillofacial surgeons of District I since 2001. He is the director of the oral and maxillofacial surgery residency program at the Eastman Department of Dentistry. His special areas of interest include trauma care, temporomandibular joint, dentoalveolar surgery, dental implants, and reconstructive surgery.
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FYI--Faculty/Staff News
everal faculty members represented the University at the 35th Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine in San Francisco January 7 to 11. Both Sanjeev Chhangani, associate professor of anesthesiology, and Christopher Lentz, associate professor of surgery, were elected fellows of the American College of Critical Care Medicine; David Kaufman, associate professor of surgery, spoke on ICU design; Peter Papadakos, professor of anesthesiology, was a moderator, lecturer, and presenter; and Timothy Quill, professor of medicine, gave an address on end-of-life ethical issues.
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