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Karen Campbell, associate professor of sociology, has been invited to
serve on the editorial advisory board of the "Encyclopedia of Survey Research"
(Academic Press). Campbell is an experienced social survey researcher who recently
completed a four-year term on the Board of Overseers of the General Social Survey, which
is conducted by the National Opinion Research Center and is based at the University of
Chicago. It is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.
During her term, she chaired a committee of scholars who wrote a set of questions about
gender attitudes included on the 1996 General Social Survey.
Lynn S. Fuchs, professor of special education, has been appointed to
the editorial advisory board of School Psychology Review, the official journal of the
National Association of School Psychologists.
Charles Myers, professor of social studies education, has been
appointed to chair the executive board of the Coalition of Organizations for the
Professional Preparation of Educators. The coalition is a national body of the specialty
organizations that are members of the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
Education.
Myers also was selected for membership in the Social Science Education Consortium. The
consortium is an educational leadership organization consisting of approximately 150
members from throughout the United States.
Janice M. Livengood, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of
anesthesiology in the Vanderbilt Pain Control Center, was invited to speak at the World
Foundation for Pain Relief and Research meeting Dec. 10-12 in New York City. The annual
meeting is titled "Current Concepts in Acute, Chronic and Cancer Pain
Management." Livengood will address "How Society Seduces Physicians" on the
panel of the John Bonica Memorial Lecture.
Bill Purcell, director of the Child and Family Policy Center at the
Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, served as moderator of a Nov. 20-21
conference in Kansas City, Mo., titled "In the Interest of Minds _ The Power of Early
Childhood Development," hosted by Gov. and Mrs. Mel Carnahan and members of the
Family Investment Trust. The conference, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, brought together
state and community leaders, policy makers and representatives from the early care and
education field to discuss research on brain development and its implications for policies
and practices that will benefit young children.
Purcell, former House Majority Leader for the Tennessee General Assembly, was one of
several national speakers from medical, science and policy arenas who shared their
first-hand knowledge about brain development and how nature and nurture interact. His
efforts in the Tennessee Legislature put him at the forefront of a host of reforms in
education, criminal sentencing, healthcare and workers' compensation.
Larry Soderquist, professor of law and director of the Corporate and
Securities Law Institute, chaired a seminar in November on securities law in San
Francisco. He also lectured on the history of securities laws, the professional
responsibility of securities lawyers, how securities are legally resold and what
constitutes a security.
Jerold P. Bauch, professor of education, was invited to Bielawa,
Poland, for a week in late September for the first national conference on parent
involvement in schools in that country. The meeting was an outgrowth of discussions
started in Copenhagen the previous year, with Bauch as the only invited guest from the
United States. The conference, "Education Is Dialogue," focused on making
interaction between parents and teachers an example of how a democratic society works.
Bauch's presentation was titled "Dialogue and Communication between School and
Home."
While visiting Bielawa, Bauch was hosted by the vice-mayor for education and conducted
workshops for local teachers and parents on the Transparent School Model, which utilizes
voice mail to promote communication between teachers and parents. Local school officials
are exploring the possibility of setting up the voice mail model as a pilot project.
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