Steven Abell, professor of psychology, and Barry Dauphin, assistant professor of psychology, authored the article, "The Perpetuation of Patriarchy: The Hidden Factor of Gender Bias in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Children," recently published in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 14 (1).

Libby Balter Blume, professor of psychology, presented "The cultural nature of identity process and content: perspectives from narrative psychology and autoethnography" at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation in Asolimar, Calif. Blume also co-chaired the special session.

Nancy Calley, associate professor of counseling & addiction studies, authored the article, "Comprehensive program development in mental health counseling: design, implementation and evaluation," which was published in the January 2009 Journal of Mental Health Counseling.

Barry Dauphin, assistant professor of psychology, wrote the article, "Psychoanalysis: Science? Humanity? Do we want a place or a palace?," published in The Psychoanalytic Review, vol. 96 (6).

Roy E. Finkenbine, professor of history, and four UDM students (Lauren Dreger, Katherine Mingle, Mary Mansour, and Michael McGarry) presented the session, "Contextualizing Obama: The Idea of a Black Man (or Woman) in the White House," at the annual Africana Studies Colloquium at Bowling Green State University, March 20. The session grew out of team projects in the Historical Methods class. He also published the article, "The Idea of a Black President," in the February 2009 OAH Newsletter, a publication of the Organization of American Historians.

John C. Freeman, professor of English, presented the paper, "Woman, interrupted: a kit-basher's search for Hedy Lamarr," at Harvard University before the American Comparative Literature Association, March 27.

Mary-Catherine Harrison, assistant professor of English, presented her paper, "How narrative relationships overcome empathic bias," at the Northeast MLA conference in Boston. The paper was part of a panel that she organized and chaired, "New Psychological Approaches to Literature."

Heather Hill-Vásquez, associate professor of English, facilitated a public discussion as part of Ferndale Public Schools' Diversity Film Night, March 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ferndale High School Auditorium. The discussion followed an exhibition of the film, Iron Jawed Angels, based on suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.

Justin Kelly, S.J., associate professor of religious studies, hosted the Michigan Chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Feb. 8 at Lansing-Reilly Hall. His presentation was followed by the discussion, "Paradoxes of Love in Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice.'"

David Koukal, associate professor of philosophy, discussed Plato's allegory of the cave with a group of Third Level students at the Roeper School in Birmingham, Mich. on March 3. He also presented his paper, "Stranger in the house: a report on philosophy in a Jesuit university," at the Jesuit Summit Conference, a summit on the role of philosophy in Jesuit higher education, April 17 at Seattle University.

Martin Leever, associate professor of philosophy, co-authored the book, Ethics in Action: A Case-based Approach, published this month by Blackwell. Leever also presented a paper on ethics and cultural competence in nursing at Yale University in July.

Isaiah McKinnon, associate professor of education, participated in the discussion, "The Sixties: A Decade That Defined a Generation,", March 8, at the Macomb Cultural Center. McKinnon's topic was "Ashes to Hope: Overcoming the Detroit Riots."

Gail Mitchell, associate professor of Performing Arts, performed as soprano soloist for Haydn's Stabat Mater on Good Friday, April 10 and for Schubert's Mass in C on Easter Sunday, April 12. Both services were at Old St. Mary's in Greektown.

Sheri Pickover, assistant professor of counseling, gave the presentation, "A developmental approach to anger management: the emotional skills building curriculum," at the annual American Counseling Association conference in Charlotte, N.C., March 21.

Gregory Sumner, professor of history, attended the workshop, "Soul of a People," on the WPA Federal Writers Project of the 1930s, Feb. 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the National Endowment of the Humanities, the event was in connection to a program that will be presented this fall at the Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, Mich.

James Tubbs, professor of Religious Studies, is author of the new book, A Handbook of Bioethics Terms, published by Georgetown University Press.

Joseph A. Weglarz, economics instructor, delivered the paper, "William Douglass: sound-money theorist of the American colonial period," at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference in Auburn, Alabama, March 14.

Mike Witkowski, associate professor of sociology & criminal justice, was interviewed on the TV show, West Bloomfield 911, recorded March 25. The topics were border crime, ranging from drug and gun smuggling to human trafficking and the Detroit/Windsor bridge and tunnel. The show also presented segments from the documentary, Illicit Exchanges, in which Witkowski appears.