Faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point receive sabbaticals

Twelve faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are recipients of academic sabbaticals during the 1998-1999 academic year. They are spending time doing research projects on specialized subjects in their fields.

The sabbaticals are:

Larry Ball, associate professor of art and design, will spend the year writing a monograph about Nero’s palace in Rome, which is called the Domus Aurea ("Golden House").

Richard Barker, associate professor of foreign languages, will spend the spring semester completing research for and writing of a manuscript entitled, "Castilleja del Campo Remembers the Spanish Civil War."

Mark Boyce, Vallier Chair of Ecology and Wisconsin Distinguished Professor, will spend the year working with David Macdonald at Oxford University to develop a simulation model to explore the dynamics of bovine TB and the probable role of badgers in the perpetuation and spread of the disease.

Karlene Ferrante, associate professor of communication, will spend the spring semester expanding a theoretical model that will result in expanded understanding of what it means to experience, label and negotiate around or beyond boredom in a foreign cultural setting.

Edward Gasque, professor of biology, will spend the spring semester designing and creating a Web site for his molecular cell biology lab manual, develop a workshop in electrophoresis and blotting, and develop a workshop in the uses of Wisconsin Fast Plants in primary and secondary education.

Thomas Johnson, professor of philosophy, will spend the year investigating the range of Native American enrollment regulations, and help to arrive at a better understanding of who is Native American and how enrollment continues to shape Native American identity.

Erlinda Reyes, professor of education, will spend the spring semester preparing supplementary course materials applicable for students with severe reading disabilities and write activities for pre-service teachers and reading teachers using adaptations of standard reading methods and specialized remedial approaches.

Jon Roberts, professor of history, will spend the year preparing a manuscript on the interaction of psychology and American Protestant theology from 1870 to 1940 and the effect of that interaction in shaping views of selfhood in the United States.

Ed Sontag, professor of education, will spend the year conducting policy analysis of the influence of political agendas on educational movements. Specifically, he will study public policy embraced by the nation’s governors that emerged out of the 1980s.

Robert Stowers, associate professor of art and design, will spend the year in Krakow, Poland. He will research and develop additional technical skills in computer animation, as well as teach computer animation at the Jagiellonian University.

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