Hursh Publishes Book Chapter, Presents Papers
David Hursh, associate professor, published the chapter “Neo-liberalism, Testing, and Accountability in the U.S.: How State and Federal Government Education Policies Perpetuate Inequality,” in Social Justice in These Times (Iap Information Age Pub., December 2004). In addition, Hursh presented two papers at the British Educational Research Association annual conference in Manchester, and one paper at European Educational Research Association conference in Crete.

James-Wilson Presents Session
Sonia James-Wilson, assistant professor, co-presented the session “Improving Educational Outcomes for Children Affected by Poverty” at the 2004 New York State School Boards Association convention in
October.

Guiffrida Publishes Article
Douglas Guiffrida, assistant professor, published the article “How Involvement in African American Student Organizations Supports and Hinders Academic Achievement” in the Journal of the National Academic Advising Association (volume 24, numbers 1 & 2).

Publication Notes Curren’s Journal
The November 4 daily report of The Chronicle of Higher Education reviewed the November issue of the journal Theory and Research in Education: Examining the Premises of High-Stakes Testing, which Randall Curren, professor, edits. Curren’s article, “Educational Measurements and Knowledge of Other Minds” appears in the issue as well.

Santora Presents Paper, Publishes Book Review
Ellen Santora, assistant professor, presented the paper “The Tensions Between Theories of Democratic Education and Their Enactment as Seen in Pre- and In-Service Teachers’ Electronic Portfolios” at the National Council for the Social Studies conference in Baltimore in November. In addition, Santora’s book review of World Class: Teaching and Learning in Global Times (LEA, November 2002) was published in Equity and Excellence in Education, volume 27, number 4, in November.

Curry Publishes Article
Mary Jane Curry, assistant professor, published “Academic Literacy for English Language Learners” in the fall 2004 issue of Community College Review.

B. Rubenstein To Introduce Neilly Series Speaker
Bonnie Rubenstein, associate professor, will give the introduction for Neilly Series speaker, Katherine Ashenburg, author of The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die. The talk, scheduled for February 24 at 5:00 p.m. in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library, will explore the ceremonies of modern mourning in North America.