ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH
ANNUAL REPORT 1998-1999
Members 1998-1999
- Carol Pitts Diedrichs, chair
- Lucy Caswell, past chair
- Jose Diaz, secretary
- Marge Murfin, AP&T liaison
- Ted Riedinger, Faculty Forum Coordinator
Funding
- Carryforward from 1997-1998 $ 2,245.00
- College Direct Research Support 106.00
- Department Direct Research Support 200.00
- College Base Allocation 2,702.00
- Support from the Director of Libraries $10,000.00
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING $15,253.00
Research Grants
Monographs
- Marti Alt -- Library Instruction in Religion $ 500.00
- Tom Heck -- Picturing Performance $1,000.00
- Quoqing Li -- Feng Shen Yen I $1,000.00
- Dorothy Auchter -- Dictionary of Literary and Dramatic Censorship in Tudor and Stuart
England $1,000.00
- Marguerite Weibel -- Readings for Adult New Readers $ 300.00
Journal Articles
- Sally Rogers -- Impact of Full Text Journals $ 500.00
- Larry Hinman -- Testing Bias in Scholarly Book Reviews $ 500.00
- Meri Meredith -- Doing Business Internationally $ 500.00
- Beau Case -- Foreign Language Approval Plans $ 500.00
International Travel
- Beau Case -- Travel to Moldava $ 750.00
- Quoqing Li -- Travel to Beijing $ 750.00
- Marge Murfin -- Travel to Northumbria $ 750.00
Equipment/Software Purchases
- Noelle Van Pulis -- EndNote software $ 170.00
TOTAL DISBURSED $8,200.00
BALANCE $7,033.00
Special Research Assignments
- Dorothy Auchter Dictionary of Literary and Dramatic Censorship in Tudor and Stuart
England January 1-March 12, 1999
- Magda El-Sherbini "The Future of Metadata in the Electronic World" January 11-March 12,
1999 [extended]
- Jose Diaz "Guardhouses, Gallows, and Graves: The Experience of Captivity During the
American Civil War" March 29-June 4, 1999
- Larry Hinman "Determining the Number of Gays and Lesbians in the United States" and
"Applying Content Analysis Theory to Book Reviews in the Humanities" March 29-June 4,
1999
- Quoqing Li "An Authoritative Modern Edition of Feng Shen Yan I" June 21-Sept. 5, 1999
- Jim Bracken "British and American Writers Internet Companion" June 21-Sept. 5, 1999
- Linda Krikos Medicine/Health chapter for Women's Studies: A Recommended Core
Bibliography, 1986-1998 June 21-Sept. 5, 1999
- Beau Case Three peer-reviewed articles July 5-Sept. 26, 1999
- Leta Hendricks "Le Hip-Hop: A Review of French Rap Music" content approved; dates to be
reevaluated with supervisor
Faculty Professional Leave
No requests for Faculty Professional Leave were received in 1998-1999.
Candidate Interviews
At least one member of ACR participated in the faculty candidate interviews conducted during
the period of this report.
Faculty Forums
Winter Quarter Forum -- March 18, 1999
Ted Riedinger organized the Spring Faculty Forum and worked with AP&T to design and
present a workshop (Listening to AP&T) in Winter Quarter in lieu of the forum. Listening to
AP&T: The Enactment of an AP&T Meeting
Spring Quarter Faculty Forum -- June 8, 1999
Meri Meredith presented "Getting an Article Published in the Journal of Management
Education." Ted Riedinger presented "Using the New Bibliotheque Nationale de France for an
Article on Research Resources in Paris for Brazilian Studies"
Committee activities
The Application for Libraries Research Funds was revised and reviewed at the Faculty Meeting
in February 1999. This revision included a policy recommendation on the use fo ACR funds to
purchase library materials and software.
Unfinished business
None.
Prepared by Carol Pitts Diedrichs, chair
June 22, 1999
