Three
awarded endowed professorships
Three
faculty members have been awarded endowed professorships. They
are:
* John S. Akin, Austin H. Carr distinguished professor of economics;
* Mark N. Lang, Thomas H. Hudson Jr./Deloitte
& Touche LLP distinguished professor of business; and
* Peter Ornstein, F. Stuart Chapin distinguished professor of
psychology.
Akin
The
department chair, Akin teaches courses on health and development,
health economics and public economics.
He is an adviser to the World Bank and to governments of developing
countries on health reform and funding.
In addition to studying how the health of specific Chinese subpopulations
have been affected by social and economic changes, Akin evaluates
the impact of factors such as distance and fees on the utilization
of health care in developing countries.
In 1987, Akin was a World Bank representative to the World Health
Organization's World Health Assembly in Geneva. Closer to home,
he is on the board of the Southern Economic Association.
The jogger who once held the half-mile record for Georgia, golfer
and gardener earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan.
The Austin H. Carr Distinguished Professorship was established
in the College of Arts and Sciences in 1998 by Frank Borden Hanes
Sr., advertising executive, Carr's former roommate and lifelong
friend. The Carr building is named after his grandfather.
Lang
A
past recipient of the MBA Teaching Award, Lang teaches financial
reporting and a Ph.D. research colloquium. His areas of interest
include stock market valuation of accounting information, voluntary
disclosure, international taxation and employee stock options.
Among other topics, Lang has published on information distribution
within firms and corporate disclosure policy and analyst behavior.
He is chair of the MBA Core Coordination Committee and on several
editorial boards. Last year, he received the Best Paper Award
of the "Journal of Accounting and Economics" Conference.
A graduate of the University of Chicago, Lang enjoys training
for triathlons, but seldom races. He is a native of West Africa.
The Thomas W. Hudson Jr./Deloitte & Touche LLP Distinguished
Professorship of Business, established in 1997, is awarded to
a faculty member whose interest is in finance or accounting.
Ornstein
Ornstein
became department chair in 1999 after directing the graduate program
in developmental psychology.
He has taught child development and cognitive and memory development,
including specialized seminars in areas such as the use of children
as witnesses in legal settings.
His $3 million, longitudinal study here and in Chicago will look
at ways parents socialize their children's memory and cognition
from infancy through the transition to school.
This year Ornstein became a member of the Council of Representatives
of the American Psychological Association.
After graduating from college, Orstein got seaman's papers and
worked his way across the Atlantic. He went on to earn his Ph.D.
from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A leader in local Jewish
and service organizations, Ornstein and his wife enjoy hiking
and wilderness canoeing.
The F. Stuart Chapin Distinguished Professorship is one of the
Margaret and Paul A. Johnston Professorships in the College of
Arts and Sciences that honors retired faculty members. A member
of the Department of City and Regional Planning for 40 years,
Chapin was the research director of the Center for Urban and Regional
Studies, which he founded in 1962.
Odum
Institute welcomes leading survey expert
The
Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences and Research
Triangle Institute (RTI) have announced that Paul P. Biemer will
have a joint appointment at the two institutions.
Biemer, who serves as chief scientist for survey methodology research
at RTI, also will be associate director for Survey Research at
the Odum Institute. Among his responsibilities at Odum, Biemer
is teaching a graduate course in the Joint Program on Survey Methods,
a National Science Foundation-funded program started by the University
of Michigan and the University of Maryland.
Biemer also will look for opportunities for research grant applications
that not only involve Odum staff and RTI, but also collaboration
with other faculty at Carolina.
Biemer has more than 24 years of postdoctoral experience in survey
methods and statistics. He specializes in the design and analysis
of studies to evaluate alternative survey methods. He is expert
in the statistical modeling, analysis and interpretation of the
results of methodological studies and has published widely in
these areas. Biemer earned his Ph.D. in statistics from Texas
A&M University in 1978. He has been at RTI since 1991.
For more information about the Odum Institute, see www.odum.unc.edu.
Decorations & Distinctions
Denise
Brewster
Regional
program coordinator for the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Brewster
was recognized by the N.C. Society for Public Health with the
Outstanding Health Educator Award for 2002 for her work training
black women in five North Carolina counties as lay health advisers
to encourage breast cancer screening and mammograms.
Jo
Anne Earp
Professor
and chair of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
and head of the N.C. Breast Cancer Screening Program, Earp received
the Kathy Kerr Outstanding Health Education Project Award for
2002 from the N.C. Society for Public Health and Lineberger Comprehensive
Center for significantly increasing the screening rate of low-income
black women.
William
R. Ferris
Professor
of history and senior associate director of the Center for the
Study of the American South, Ferris has been named a fellow of
the American Folklore Society for significant contributions to
the field.
Donald
G. Mathews
Professor
of history and American studies, Mathews was honored at the Southern
Historical Association meeting in Baltimore with a panel discussion
celebrating the 25th anniversary of his book, "Religion in the
Old South."
Michael
McFee
Bowman
and Gordon Gray distinguished professor
of English, McFee was the featured honoree
of the 21st Annual Literary Festival at Emory & Henry College
in Emory, Va. Other writers and scholars gave presentations on
McFee's work, and Chapel Hill poet Michael Chitwood interviewed
him for "The Iron Mountain Review."
Royce
W. Murray
Kenan
professor of chemistry, Murray was honored at the annual Ralph
and Helen Oesper Banquet and Symposium at the University of Cincinnati
for advancing the invention of measurement tools and strategies
and associated design of new molecular assemblies that give access
to interesting chemical phenomena.
Rita
O'Sullivan
Associate
professor of educational assessment and evaluation in the School
of Education, O'Sullivan received the Robert Ingle Award for service
to the American Evaluation Association.
Star Heels
Employees
Services suggests the holiday season would be a good opportunity
for departments to recognize their "Star" employees during holiday
parties and receptions.
The Star Heels Award Program is a University-wide recognition
program sponsored by TIAA-CREF that allows all departments the
flexibility to determine the timing and criteria of the awards.
Recipients choose a $20 gift certificate from either A Southern
Season, UNC Student Stores/UNC One Card, Lowe's Home Improvement
or University Mall. Names of winners are printed in the "Gazette."
All University employees may submit nominations. Recipients are
selected on a departmental level and then submitted to the Employee
Services Department for award distribution. June 1, 2003 is the
deadline for nominations.
For more information on the Star Heels Program, contact Employee
Services at 962-1483.
The following employees have received recognition as Star Heels
through the month of October.
Stephanie
Benefield, Pediatrics
Dixie
Bloom, School of Public Health
Jennifer
Cole, Technology Development
Lynn
Davis, Friday Center for Continuing Education
Amy
Dunlap, University Registrar
Robert
Fox, Dramatic Art
Vonda
Garner, Ophthalmology
Deborah
Hines, North Carolina High School Athletic Association
Pat
Lowe, Dental Faculty Practice
Jonathan
Moore, Environment, Health & Safety
Timothy
M. Moore, Housekeeping Services
Suzette
Morand, Cell and Molecular Physiology
Christine
Reynolds, Political Science
Kim
Sieler, University Registrar
Kay
Walker, Ophthalmology
Ramona
Womble, School of Public Health.
Staff
Promotions/Reclassifications
Information
provided by Human Resources with employees' permission.
Monica
F. Alston, Student Services Assistant IV, Admissions
Arnet
D. Baker, Social Research Associate I, Comprehensive Cancer
Center
Frank
Bermel, Accountant II, School of Law
Demetris
D. Blake, Accounting Technician IV, School of Nursing
Abigail
D. Brooks, Accounting Technician II, Art
Danielle
P. Catoe, Administrative Assistant I, Pediatrics
Catherine
B. Coleman, Social Research Assistant I, Center for Developmental
Science
Sandra
G. Elmore, Laboratory Research Specialist, Pathology &
Laboratory Medicine
Jacqueline
D. Haney, Accounting Technician II, Payroll Services
Vickie
M. Hayes-McGee, Social Research Associate I, School of Medicine
Administration
James
R. Hutchins, Laboratory Research Specialist, Cystic Fibrosis
& Pulmonary Research
Darren
M. Kwiatkowski, Warehouse Manager I, Student Stores - Textbook
Department
Michelle
C. MacFadden, Accounting Technician III, Payroll Services
Savitri
Maddileti, Research Technician III, Pharmacology
Corrie
E. Mimms, Staff Development Technician II, Human Resources
David
J. Nelson, Information & Communications Specialist III,
School of Medicine Administration
Catherine
G. Perry, Accounting Technician IV, Computer Science
Doni
M. Posey, Personnel Technician I, Facilities Services Division
Doris
S. Robeson, Student Services Assistant V, Graduate School
Sherrie
L. Rogers, Administrative Assistant I, Kenan-Flagler Business
School
Kathryn
A. Sadler, Administrative Assistant II, Kenan-Flagler Business
School
Kendra
D. Sale, Processing Assistant IV, NC High School Athletic
Association
Satsuki
L. Scoville, Social Research Associate I, FPG Child Development
Institute
Seletha
L. Shaw, Student Services Manager I, Allied Health Sciences
Kim
R. Sieler, Administrative Assistant I, University Registrar
Jerrilyn
O. Sifford, Research Technician III, Pediatrics
Kalila
A. Spain, Social Research Associate II, NC Institute for Public
Health
Thomas
A. Smither, Administrative Assistant I, Romance Languages
Karen
D. Thompson, Student Services Assistant V, University Career
Services
Abigail
U. Ukwuani, Information & Communications Specialist I,
Epidemiology
Patricia
B. Upton, Research Analyst II, Environmental Sciences &
Engineering
