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Message From the Dean

Congra tu la t ions and we lcome to a l l newgradua te and p ro fess iona l s tuden t s . Moreover,we lcome back to a l l o f ou r r e tu rn ing s tuden t s . Themiss ion o f the Of f i ce o f Gradua te S tud ies i s toadvance the qua l i ty and in t eg r i ty o f g radua teeduca t i on .

The Off ice o f Gradua te S tud ies :

• Ass i s t s F lo r ida S ta t e Unive r s i ty g radua tes tuden t s by p rov id ing adv ice on genera l academicmat te r s , un ive r s i ty -wide degree r equ i rement s , and

in fo rmat ion on the ava i l ab i l i ty o f f inanc ia l a s s i s t ance ,inc lud ing as s i s t an t sh ips , f e l lowsh ips , and

scho la r sh ips ; by g ran t ing approva l fo r theses and d i s se r t a t ion ; andby fos t e r ing the deve lopment o f the i r sk i l l s and knowledge to succeedas l eade r s in a g loba l communi ty ;

• In te rac t s wi th the Of f i ce o f the Dean o f the Facu l t i e s and the Gradua tePo l i cy Commi t t ee to e s t ab l i sh and p rov ide ove r s igh t o f po l i c i e sa f fec t ing g radua te educa t ion a t t he Unive r s i ty ;

• Col labora te s wi th F lo r ida S ta t e Un ive r s i ty un i t s such as theIn te rna t iona l Cen te r, Caree r Cen te r, and Hea l th Cen te r to addressg radua te s tuden t needs ; and

• Works wi th na t iona l o rgan iza t ions such as the Counc i l o f Gradua teSchoo l s , t he Na t iona l Assoc ia t ion o f Sta t e Unive r s i t i e s and LandGran t Co l l eges , and the Na t iona l Resea rch Counc i l t o p romote theimpor tance o f g radua te educa t ion .

The en ro l lmen t o f pos t -bacca lau rea te s tuden t s con t inues to g row a tF lo r ida Sta t e Un ive r s i ty, wh ich I t h ink i s an ind ica t ion o f the qua l i ty o f theprograms we o f fe r and the impor tance o f advanced degree work to your ca ree ra sp i r a t i ons .

Wi th the s ta r t o f the 2006-2007 academic year we a re in i t i a t ing two newef fo r t s to fos t e r the p ro fess iona l deve lopment o f a l l FSU gradua te andprofess iona l s tuden t s . New Gradua te S tuden t Or ien ta t ion was expanded to a2 -day fo rmat to a l low fo r the p resen ta t ion o f four workshops : Se lec t ing andWork ing Success fu l ly wi th Your Major P ro fessor and Commi t t ee ; Fund ingYour Gradua te Degree ; Us ing Blackboard © (Bb) a t FSU, a Tu tor ia l ; andConduc t ing Resea rch and Crea t ive Endeavors Respons ib ly. A l l o f thesess ions were we l l a t t ended sugges t ing a need fo r these types o f workshops .The Pro fess iona l Deve lopment Workshop Ser i e s ( seewww.grads tud ies . f su . edu /workshops ) , wh ich i s be ing coord ina ted byAssoc ia t e Dean Judy Dev ine , w i l l con t inue th i s e f fo r t t h roughou t theacademic yea r. P resen te r s a t t he workshops wi l l be f acu l ty and g radua tes tuden t s f rom ac ross campus , a s we l l a s s t a f f f rom key un i t s such as theCareer Center and Librar ies .

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VOLUME 2ISSUE 1Fall 2006

The Grad ConnectionThe Newsletter of the Florida State University Office of Graduate Studies

In this issue...

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Office of Graduate StudiesStaff Spotlight

Message From the Dean,continued from page 1

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2006-2007 ProfessionalDevelopment WorkshopSeries

Accolades

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Humanities Student DigsTuscany

Follow the Money...SchoolFinance Seminar

Writing a Mosaic

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To Aid and Encourage:Dissertation Support Group

Accolades

Noteworthy

Did You Know

Dates to Know

Nancy Marcus

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Not on ly does she he lpgradua te s tuden t s , bu t Ms . Zapa tai s a g radua te s tuden t he r se l f . Shewas r ecen t ly admi t t ed to themas te r ’s p rogram in In tegra tedMarket ing Communicat ion .Because she i s an ac t ivepa r t i c ipan t in the o rgan iza t ion o fGradQues t , the FSU Gradua teSchoo l Open House , a imed a t

r ec ru i t ing and as s i s t ing g radua tes tuden t s , she wi l l be ab le to l end

her p ro fes s iona l touch to th i s even t . She a l sohe lps coord ina te the Doc to ra l Recep t ion , an even ttha t honors the accompl i shments o f g radua t ingdoc to ra l s tuden t s each semes te r.

The Wesco t t Bu i ld ing i s no t the on ly p laceon campus tha t Ms . Zapa ta can be spo t t ed . Inadd i t ion to t ak ing c l a s ses , she i s an av id foo tba l land spor t s f an . A Nole a t hea r t , she d id he runderg radua te s tud ies he re a t F lo r ida S ta t eUnive r s i ty a s we l l . A l so , congra tu la t ions a re ino rde r fo r he r r ecen t engagement to Mr. Car losUr ru t i a , a p rogram ass i s t an t in the Of f i ce o fAdmiss ions and Records .

Ms . Zapa ta can be mos t eas i ly r eached v iae -mai l a t dzapa ta@admin . f su .edu o r t e l ephone a t(850) 644-0045. She wi l l be able to he lp graduates tuden t s wi th ques t ions conce rn ing supe rv i so rycommi t tees o r the manuscr ip t p rocess . Nex t t imeyou see Ms . Zapa ta on campus , f ee l f r ee to t e l l he rthanks , because she ’s work ing fo r you .

In format ion abou t pub l ica t ions , Q&Asess ions , and even t s can be found on l ine a t t heOff ice o f Gradua te S tud ies webs i t e a twww.grads tud ies . f su . edu .

S tuden t s wr i t ing a thes i s o rd i s se r t a t ion wi l l wan t to mee t DanaZapa ta . Th i s i s because she i sre spons ib le fo r the manusc r ip tc l ea rance p rocess fo r the Of f i ce o fGradua te S tud ies . Ar rang ing“Manuscr ip t Q&A Sess ions ,”announc ing week ly co l loqu ia anddefenses in The Week Of , andof fe r ing va r ious workshops to a s s i s ts tuden t s wi th th i s p rocess a re pa r t o fhe r da i ly rou t ine .

I t i s f a i r ly apparen t tha t Ms . Zapa ta ’s focusi s on he lp ing s tuden t s th roughou t the i r g radua tecareers . She i s what Malcolm Gladwel l would ca l l a“Maven” – one who l ikes to ga the r andd i s semina te the bes t and es sen t i a l i n fo rmat ion too the r s ; Ms . Zapa ta en joys in fo rming and he lp inggradua te s tuden t s o f the mos t impor tan tin fo rmat ion in the bes t poss ib le ways . Forexample , she has d ig i t i zed commonly used formsfo r g radua te s tuden t s and a l l o f he r pub l i ca t ionsa re ava i l ab le on l ine , eas i ly accessed by mos ts tuden t s . In f ac t , she was ins t rumen ta l i n theconvers ion o f ha rd cop ies o f theses /d i s se r t a t ionsto e l ec t ron ic ve r s ions .

In add i t ion to he r ro l e a s Manusc r ip tClea rance Advi so r, Ms . Zapa ta deve loped andmain ta ins the Graduate & Pro fess iona l S tuden tHandbook , wh ich p rov ides a comprehens iveoverv iew o f un ive r s i ty po l i c i e s and i s a use fu lre source fo r cu r ren t g radua te s tuden t s . And mos trecen t ly, d rawing f rom her exper iences as a pub l i cre l a t ions r ep resen ta t ive and newspaper r epor t e r,she se rves a s ed i to r o f The Grad Connec t ion .

Off ice of Graduate Studies Staff Spot l ight

Submissions of ideas and articles, as well as noteworthy publications, presentations, awards or grants are welcome and shouldbe sent to dzapata@admin.fsu.edu

The Deadl ine for inc lus ion in the Spr ing 2007 edi t ion i s Thursday, November 30 , 2006.

re spons ib i l i t i e s o f f acu l ty a t i n s t i tu t ions r ang ingf rom Research Extens ive un ivers i t i e s tocommuni ty co l l eges . More in fo rmat ion abou t bo thof these p rograms can be found on the OGSwebs i t e (g rads tud ies . f su . edu) .

We wish you a success fu l yea r and a sa lways we lcome your f eedback on how we canbe t t e r your educa t iona l exper i ence .

Sincerely,

Nancy Marcus

The o the r e f fo r t i s be ing spea rheaded byDr. Bruce St i f t e l , a P rofessor o f Urban andReg iona l P lann ing and our new Assoc ia te Dean o fGradua te S tud ies . The Prepa r ing Fu tu re Facu l typrogram, fo rmer ly assoc ia ted wi th the Program forIns t ruc t iona l Exce l lence wi l l now be coord ina tedby the Of f i ce o f Gradua te S tud ies . The goa l o f thePFF p rogram i s to educa te and be t t e r p repa regradua te s tuden t s who asp i re to an academicca ree r abou t the d i f f e r ing miss ions and

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Dana Zapata

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Accolades...The Cen te r fo r In t e rna t iona l Di sas t e r In fo rmat ion awarded f i r s t p l ace , and $7 ,500 , in i t s “L igh t s ,

Camera , Ac t ion” Pub l i c Se rv ice Announcement con tes t to Evan McNary, mas te r ’s s tuden t in the Co l l egeof Mot ion P ic tu re , Te lev i s ion and Record ing Ar t s . Evan’s en t ry, “Cans ,” dep ic t s the wor ld i f cans werethe ma in source o f cu r rency and demons t ra t e s the d i f f i cu l t i e s o f t r anspor t ing and us ing cans in a va r i e tyof s i tua t ions inc lud ing pay ing fo r g roce r i e s . The PSA emphas ized the impor tance o f cash dona t ions ove rin -k ind g i f t s , a s canned goods may no t be wha t d i sas te r v ic t ims ac tua l ly need o r wan t . The PSA premie redon mtvU and b roadband channe l mtvU Über a t mtvU.com in June (FSU News , June) .

2006-2007 Profess ional Development Workshop Ser ies

Behaviora l Sc iences (SBS) , and Ar t s andHumani t ies (AH) d isc ip l ines wi l l o f fe r t ips forde te rmin ing a top ic fo r the d i s se r t a t ion / thes i s tha twi l l keep one ’s in t e res t t h rough seve ra l yea r s o fre sea rch , wr i t ing and the f ina l de fense .Facu l ty fac i l i t a to r s : Nancy Marcus , Se th Beckman,Mary Ann Moore

FEBRUARY 14, 2007:GRANT WRITINGFacu l ty f rom the Sc ience , Techno logy,Engineer ing , and Mathemat ics (STEM), Soc ia l andBehav iora l Sc iences (SBS) , and Ar t s andHumani t i e s (AH) wi l l d i scuss the s t eps inp roposa l wr i t ing , fund ing sources , t he ma jo r s t epstha t shou ld occur p r io r to wr i t ing the p roposa l ,the na r ra t ive and budge t sec t ions , e f f ec t ivewr i t ing t echn iques , and the FSU Off i ce o fCon t rac t s and Gran t s and Of f i ce o f SponsoredResea rch .Facu l ty fac i l i t a to r s : Joe McEl ra th , Rob Cont re ras ,Laur ie Mol ina

MARCH 14, 2007:RESUMES, CURRICULUM VITAE and LETTERSOF RECOMMENDATIONThe FSU Caree r Cen te r wi l l d i scuss how to p repareresumes and cu r r i cu lum v i t ae tha t a re t a i lo red to ap rospec t ive pos i t ion . To whom one reques t s al e t t e r o f r ecommenda t ion and how to make thosereques t s wi l l be inc luded in the ses s ion .

APRIL 4, 2007:INTERVIEWING SKILLSThe FSU Caree r Cen te r wi l l d i scuss p repar ing anddress ing fo r an in te rv iew, and wi l l desc r ibe wha ttypes o f ques t ions to expec t du r ing the in t e rv iewas wel l .

OCTOBER 11, 2006:WRITING RESEARCH ARTICLESFSU facu l ty wi l l d i scuss p lann ing and o rgan iz ingresea rch a r t i c l e s , u s ing and c red i t ing sources , andwi l l p rovide d isc ip l ine-spec i f ic examples andsugges t ions . Ed i t ing and the use o f g rammar wi l la l so be inc luded in the d i scuss ion .Facul ty fac i l i t a to rs : Bruce Bick ley, Anne This t le

OCTOBER 18, 2006:RESEARCH RESOURCES and THE UNIVERSITYLIBRARIESThis workshop wi l l focus on es sen t i a l r e sourcesfo r scho la r ly r e sea rch , inc lud ing e lec t ron icda tabases , c i t a t ion management so f tware , andpr imary source mate r i a l s , a s we l l a s r esea rchconsu l t a t ions , d ig i t a l con ten t c rea t ion , and o the rse rv ices des igned to suppor t g radua te s tuden tre sea rch and p ro jec t s .Faci l i ta tors : Glor ia Colvin , Ted Chaff in

NOVEMBER 8, 2006:MAKING ORAL PRESENTATIONSFacu l ty f rom the Sc ience , Techno logy,Engineer ing , and Mathemat ics (STEM), Soc ia l andBehav iora l Sc iences (SBS) , and Ar t s andHumani t i e s (AH) d i sc ip l ines wi l l d i scuss theprepa ra t ion , o rgan iza t ion and de l ive ry o fsuccess fu l p resen ta t ions . The d i scuss ion wi l l a l soinc lude deve lop ing e f fec t ive v i sua l a ids andcop ing wi th s t age f r igh t .Facul ty fac i l i ta tors : Paul Cot t le , Pamela Carro l l ,Cadence Kidwel l

JANUARY 17, 2007:SELECTING A THESIS/DISSERTATION TOPICFacu l ty f rom the Sc ience , Techno logy,Engineer ing , and Mathemat ics (STEM), Soc ia l and

Dur ing the 2006-07 academic year, the Off ice o f Gradua te Stud ies , f acu l ty, admin is t ra to rs , and the CareerCen te r wi l l conduc t month ly p ro fess iona l deve lopment workshops in the Askew Studen t L i fe Bu i ld ing ,Room 101A, f rom noon un t i l 1 :30 p .m. S tuden t s a re encouraged to b r ing the i r lunches to the workshops .Desse r t w i l l be p rov ided .

Reg i s t e r fo r one o r more o f the 2006-07 p ro fess iona l deve lopment workshops a t the Of f i ce o f Gradua teStud ies web s i t e : www.grads tud ies . f su . edu /workshops .h tml .

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Humanit ies Student Digs Tuscany

Under the superv i s ion o f Dr. Nancy deGrummond , g radua te s tuden t Manue la Da l Borgo ,In te rd i sc ip l ina ry Program in the Humani t i es , hadthe p r iv i l ege to pa r t i c ipa te a s a Gradua te Resea rchAss i s t an t on the excava t ion o f Ce tamura in TuscanI ta ly, f rom May 10 to June 20 . Ce tamura i s anEt ruscan s i t e loca ted in the Nor the rn r eg ion o fE t ru r i a , be tween the c i t i e s o f F lo rence and S iena .

“ In the f ina l daysof th i s yea r ’sprogram, deGrummond and hers tuden t s unea r thedwha t she ca l l s ‘ themost thr i l l ing’ f indshe has seen in 23years a t Ce tamura .”[FSU News, June2006] The mosts ign i f ican t f ind

was tha t o f a vo t ivep i t wh ich con ta inedapproximately 10

vesse l s - wh ich were r i tua l ly b roken as g i f t s fo rthe gods - two d r ink ing cups , a min ia tu re vo t iveof fe r ing , and 10 i ron na i l s , p robab ly used tosymbol i ze the sea l ing o f f a t e . “ I t i s a b i t ee r i e tohave excava ted someth ing so cen t ra l to my ownl i f e long in te res t in the myth , r e l ig ion and r i tua l s o fthe E t ruscans ,” de Grummond sa id . “Wi thou t adoub t , t h i s i s one o f the mos t exc i t ing o f thed i scover ies I have exper ienced .” (FSU News , June)

Manuela Da l Borgo a t a DigS i te in Tuscan I ta ly

In 2004, over $826 bi l l ion or 7 .5% of thegross domes t i c p roduc t (GDP) was spen t oneduca t ion in the U .S . O the r coun t r i e s , bo thdeve loped and deve lop ing , spend an even h ighe rsha re o f the i r GDP on educa t ion . So , to fo l low themoney…where do these resources come f rom?Where do they go? How a re they used? Whodec ides? Who pays? Who benef i t s? Wha t i s t he65% so lu t ion? In the Spr ing 2006 semes te r theDepar tment o f Educa t iona l Leadersh ip and Po l i cyS tud ies in t roduces a spec ia l t op ics cour se to he lps tuden t s answer those ques t ions and more a s theylea rn to “Fo l low the Money.”

Professor Pa t r i ce I a t a ro la , Ph .D. l eads th i sg radua te seminar fo r doc to ra l and advancedmas te r ’s s tuden t s des igned to p rov ide thetheore t i ca l and empi r i ca l g round ing fo r s tuden t sto conduc t r e sea rch r e l a t ed to schoo l f inance andresource a l loca t ion and use . Top ics cove redinc lude – gene ra l and educa t ion spec i f i c pub l i cf inance theory and p rac t i ce ; g loba l pe r spec t iveson schoo l f inance ; equ i ty and adequacy ; K-12f inance ; cap i t a l fund ing ; r e tu rns on inves tmen t sin educa t ion ; a l t e rna t ive r evenues ; and ,budge t ing and f inanc ia l dec i s ion mak ing .

For more informat ion contac t Dr. Pa t r iceIa ta ro la v ia e -mai l , I a ta ro la@coe . f su .edu , o r bycalling (850) 644-8162.

Fol low the Money. . .

Through the combina t ionof d ive r se wr i t t en e lements ,Michae l M. B lack , has composed amosa ic . A doc to ra l s tuden t inHigher Educa t ion , Michae l ’sre fe rence work , A Mosaic o fPeop le and Even t s in the His toryo f Va ldos ta Sta te Univers i t y ’sBus iness Opera t ions , 1906 to

2006 , p rov ides a b r i e f accoun t o f thebus iness ope ra t ions o f Va ldos ta S ta t eUniversi ty (VSU).

Emphas iz ing the pas t andpresen t employees in the Div i s ion o fF inance and Admin i s t r a t ion , there l ease o f the book co inc ides wi th theVSU Centennia l ce lebra t ion . Through270 pages , and more than 300 p ic tu res ,the work concen t ra t e s on s t a f f anddepar tmen ta l h i s to ry a s we l l a s

employee reco l l ec t ions abou t the i r exper i ences ,the i r depa r tmen t s , and the i r coworker s . “Theseind iv idua l s have no t on ly con t r ibu ted t echn ica land p ro fes s iona l expe r t i se , t hey have g iven o fthemse lves in ways which have en r i ched and l e f tl a s t ing impress ions on fe l low employees , s tuden t sand facu l ty, ” sa id Michae l .

A na t ive o f Va ldos ta , Georg ia ,Michae l ea rned a bache lo r degree and two mas te r ’s

degrees a t VSU before en te r ing FSU’sDepar tment o f Educa t iona l Leadersh ipand Po l i cy S tud ies l a s t Augus t .Michae l ’s academic in te res t s inc ludeh igher educa t ion f inance , h ighe reduca t ion h i s to ry, mul t i cu l tu ra l i sm,and aux i l i a ry se rv ices . He p lans toapp ly h i s exper i ence wi th h ighereduca t ion f inance to h i s fu tu re ca ree ras a h ighe r educa t ion admin i s t r a to r.

Writ ing a Mosaic

Michae l B lack she lv ingh i s book a t the VSU

L i b r a r y .

School Finance Seminar

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The Grad ConnectionVol. 2, No. 1

www.gradstudies.fsu.edu

Editor in ChiefDana Zapata

The Grad Connection, anewsletter for the student bodyat Florida State University, ispublished each semester, and isavailable in alternate format.

The deadline for theSpring 2007 edition is

Thursday, November 30, 2006.

Office of Graduate StudiesFlorida State Univeristy408 Westcott Building

Tallahassee, FL 32306-1410Tel: 850.644.3500Fax: 850.644.2969

Through in fo rmal g roupcounse l ing exper i ences theDisse r t a t ion Suppor t Group o f fe r sFSU doc to ra l s tuden t s theoppor tun i ty to d i scuss the i rd i s se r t a t ion p rocess in a suppor t iveand sa fe env i ronment . Led by JoshGross , Ph .D. , and Nikki Pr i tche t t ,Ph .D. o f The Unive r s i ty Counse l ingCen te r pa r t i c ipan t s a re encouragedto sha re the i r p rogress (o r l ackthe reof ! ) and b ra ins to rm c rea t ive

so lu t ions . Top ics inc lude an t ido testo p roc ras t ina t ion , l e t t i ng go o fper fec t ion ism, t ime management andre la t ionsh ip i s sues tha t may beba r r i e r s to p rogress . Sess ions a rehe ld the f i r s t and th i rd Wednesdaysof each month f rom 11 a .m. – 12Noon a t The Unive r s i ty Counse l ingCenter, Student Li fe Bui ld ing , Sui te201. For more informat ion contac tJosh Gross o r Nikk i P r i t che t t a t(850) 644-2303.

Dates to Know:

S e p t e m b e r

19 – ETD Q&A Sess ion ,9 a .m .20 – ETD Q&A Sess ion ,3 p .m.24 – Final date for enrol lmentfor University-sponsored HealthI n s u r a n c e

October

11 – ETD Q&A Session, 9 a.m.12 – ETD Q&A Sess ion ,3 p .m.25 – ETD PDF Conver s ionWorkshop , 3 p .m.26 – ETD PDF Conver s ionWorkshop , 3 p .m.

November

6 – ETD format approval deadline13 – ETD f ina l submiss iondeadl ine

December

15 – Fa l l Doctora l Recept ion ,3 :30 p .m.

For more informat ion on these dates , contactthe Office of Graduate Studies at 850.644.3500.

To Aid and Encourage: Disser tat ion Support Group

AwardsJoana Car l son (Ph .D . cand ida t e , H i s to ry )was awarded a Fu lb r igh t Fe l lowsh ip fo r t he2006-2007 academic yea r.

Terence Mi l s tead (Ph .D . cand ida t e , Urbanand Regional Planning) was awarded a Fulbr ightFe l lowsh ip fo r t he 2006-2007 academicy e a r .

Chris Moss (Compute r Sc ience ) was awardedthe Na t iona l Phys i ca l Sc i ence Consor t iumFel lowship in the amount o f $16 ,000 beg inn ing2 0 0 7 .

Shani Ster l ing (Mas te r ’s cand ida te , Dance )was awarded a Fu lb r igh t Fe l lowsh ip fo r t he2006-2007 academic yea r.

Presentat ionsGenev ieve Brack ins (Human i t i e s ) p re sen tedthe p ro j ec t “Mat r i l i nea l Turned Misogyn i s t i c :Trauma as Transformation,” at the 4th InternationalConference on New Directions in the Humanities,Tun i s , Tun i s i a , Ju ly.

Thomas Phi lbeck (Human i t i e s ) p re sen tedthe pape r “Co lo r and P igmen t i n An t iqu i ty :Phenomeno log ica l Oppor tun i t i e s i n S tudy ingthe Re la t ion o f P igmen t Sources and Cu l tu ra lMean ings , ” a t t he C las s i ca l Assoc ia t ionof the MidWes t and Sou th .

PublicationsGinger Assadi (Ph .D . cand ida t e ,Human i t i e s ) wro te t he sho r t s to ry “TheBoy Who Forgo t Arab ic , ” to be pub l i shedin the Tampa Rev iew.

Jean Burns (Ph .D . cand ida t e ,B io log ica l Sc i ence ) wro te the a r t i c l e“Re la t edness and Env i ronmen t Af fec tTra i t s Assoc ia t ed wi th Invas ive andNoninvas ive In t roducedCommel inaceae , ” pub l i shed in Eco log ica lApp l i ca t ions , 16 (4 ) , Augus t .

Susanna Diaz , Melissa Reddick , and KatherynWright (Humanities) produced the documentaries“The Tango ,” “Hi s to ry : Fac t o r F i c t i on?”and “The P r inc ip l e s o f F i lmi Ph i lo sophy.”

Thomas Philbeck (Ph.D. candidate, Humanities)wro te the r ev iew “Ar i s to t l e Eas t and Wes t , ”pub l i shed in The Br i t i sh Jou rna l fo r t heHis to ry o f Ph i lo sophy, May.

Thomas Philbeck (Ph.D. candidate, Humanities)wi l l pub l i sh the r ev i ew “The Pur su i t o fCompara t ive Aes the t i c s , ” i n The Br i t i shJourna l fo r Aes the t i c s , J anua ry 2007 .

Nicho las Ruiz (Ph .D . cand ida t e , Human i t i e s )wro te the e s say “La Conch i t a , ” to be pub l i shedin the In t e rna t iona l Jou rna l o f Baudr i l l a rdStud ie s , 1 (4 ) , J anua ry.

N o t e w o r t h y

Accolades...Docto ra l mus ic s tuden t Hol ly Wiss l e r has been awarded a Fu lb r igh t

Hays Doc to ra l Di s se r t a t ion Resea rch Abroad Award to conduc t r e sea rch inPeru fo r one yea r. The $24 ,000 award wi l l enab le Hol ly to conduc t r e sea rchfo r he r d i s se r t a t ion abou t the mus ica l t r ad i t ion o f the Quechuas . An Andeanmus ic exper t , Ho l ly wi l l be conduc t ing r e sea rch in Cusco as we l l a s theQuechua communi ty o f Q’e ros r ecord ing , t r ansc r ib ing and t r ans la t ing the

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