• Dr. Carol Jean Nicholson, professor of philosophy, presented her paper, "A Philosophical View of the Clash of Civilizations," at an international conference on philosophy sponsored by the Athens Institute for Education and Research on June 3. She will give a paper on "New Directions in Political Philosophy: Global Justice Beyond Rawls" at a conference on New Directions in the Humanities in Paris in July 2007.
• Dr. Pearlie Mae Peters, professor of English, has had an article, “Frederick Douglass: The Nantucket Connection,” published in Robert Johnson’s 2006 anthology, “Nantucket’s People of Color: Essays on History, Politics and Community.” The anthology is the culmination of more than 10 years of scholarly research on the culture and history of the African population on Nantucket Island. In 1999, Peters conducted her research on Douglass on Nantucket Island under the auspices of the James Bradford Ames Fellowship Program established by the Africana Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Another version of Peters’ Douglass article appeared in the literary journal, “Zora Neale Hurston Forum” in 2003.
• Dr. Maury R. Randall, department chair and professor of finance, presented a paper, "Population Trends: The Disparate Impact of the Growth of the World’s Largest Economies," at the Association of Global Business Conference in Newport Beach, CA, November 17. Dr. David Y. Suk, associate professor of finance, is co-author of the paper.
• Dr. Reed A. Schwimmer, assistant professor of geological, environmental and marine sciences, presented a paper, "Concept Maps Illustrate the Integrated Nature of Earth System Science," at the annual Geological Society of America meeting in Philadelphia on October 25. This presentation was in part a product of his individual project for BRIDGE, in which he participated last year. He also participated in a field trip through southern New Jersey that examined the landforms and shoreline features that developed over the past 200,000 years.

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