Scholars in Residence
Summer 2008

Summer Research Seminar

Medieval Manuscript Studies and Contemporary Book Arts:
Extreme Materialist Readings of Medieval Books June 2-13, 2008

Seminar Director
Jonathan Wilcox (English, The University of Iowa)

Participants
Timothy Barrett (Center for the Book, The University of Iowa)
Constance Berman (History, The University of Iowa)
Jennifer Borland (Art, Oklahoma State University)
Patrick W. Conner (West Virginia University Press, West Virginia University)
Elsi Vassdal Ellis (Art, Washington University)
Gary Frost (Library Administration, The University of Iowa)
Karen Gorst (Center for the Book Arts, New York)
Matthew Hussey (English, Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Cheryl Jacobsen (The University of Iowa)
Karen Louise Jolly (History, University of Texas at Austin)
Kathleen Kamerick (History, The University of Iowa)
Jesse Meyer (Pergemena, New York)
Martha Rust (English, New York University)
Elaine Treharne (English, Florida State University)

Interdisciplinary Research Grants

Mary Campbell (Sociology, The University of Iowa)
Mary Noonan (Sociology, The University of Iowa)
Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Law, The University of Iowa)
Making the Grade: An Examination of Professor Richard Sander’s Theories Regarding the Connection Between Law School Grades and Law Firm Success for Racial and Ethnic Minorities
(May 27-June 20, 2008)

Eunjin Jung (Computer Science, The University of Iowa)
Faiz Currim (Management Sciences, The University of Iowa)
RSQL: Automatic Query Rewriting for Access Control in a Large-scale Database
(June 2— June 27, 2008)

Tracy Gunter (Psychiatry, The University of Iowa)
Nicolas Terry (Law, Saint Louis University)
Consumers as Patients or Patients as Consumers? An Interdisciplinary Inquiry into the Evolving Relationship between Healthcare Providers and their Customers
(July 2— August 1, 2008)

Individual Scholars

Diana Cates (Religious Studies) is readying her book, “Religious Ethics and Emotion”, for publication and thinking imaginatively about future directions for research, most likely focusing on the concept of human dignity. Arts and Humanities Initiative Grant

Alice L. Davison (Linguistics) is finishing a journal manuscript on Hindi Long-distance agreement as well as revising a journal manuscript on infinitival clauses in Hindi.

Ed Folsom (English) is directing the Walt Whitman Archive (www.whitmanarchive.org). National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access

Lawrence E. Gelfand (History) is writing a book, “Democracy and Tyrannies: The United States and the Rise of the Modern Dictatorships, 1919-1933,” and an article on “The Problem of the Eastward Movement in U.S. History, 1850-1930.” Emeritus Faculty

Bruce Gronbeck (Communication Studies, POROI) is working on the Presidential Campaign and also finishing a book chapter.

Carolyn Hartley (Social Work) is working on an experimental design study of a statewide subsidized guardianship program for youth in long-term foster care. She is also starting a new pilot project with Iowa Legal Aid to examine the long-term effects of civil legal services for battered women.

Robin Hemley (English) will be working on essays.

Ralph Keen (Religious Studies) is completing a book-length project on early-modern Catholicism.

Johna Leddy (Chemistry) is writing papers related to magnetic modification of electrodes for facilitated electron transfer rates and also proposals on sonoelectrochemistry.

Christopher McKee (Grinnell College Libraries) is writing a book, “Ungentle Goodnights: Life in a Home for Elderly Naval Sailors, 1831-1895.” Grinnell Senior Faculty Status

Roberta Montemorra Marvin (Center for Italian-American Opera Studies, University of Chicago) is editing volumes in the series The Works of Giuseppe Verdi and directing the Institute for Italian Opera Studies, the Iowa branch of the CIAO. Roberta Marvin has also just been appointed as editor of a new book series titled "Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera." She is also writing an article on the iconography of female opera singers in Victorian London as part of a research network based at the University of Leeds and writing a book titled Verdi and the Victorians. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant

Peggie Smith (Law) is working on two book projects.

Rachel Williams (Art Education) is writing a book on “Arts and Education in Juvenile Facilities,” based on her research project with the Iowa Juvenile Home and the State Training School. She is also completing two graphic novels.