IFACULTYI


New WID Collection at UF Library

The UF Library has recently established a collection on Women in
 Development (WID). Several prominent Latinamericanists at UF
have worked in this area, notably Helen I. Safa, Professor Emerita of
. Il. I. .. ....I_ L- AS, who has donated all her primary research materials
to the collection. This collection will be digitized, making it available on
the web to scholars worldwide. Joining Dr. Safa in this effort is Anita
Spring, another UF anthropologist who specializes in women and
development in Africa. Anne Chaney recently donated her sister Elsa's
documents, research materials and books, which will constitute the
initial, important resource for this collection. Mary Elmendorf's papers,
given to the library in the 1980s and already catalogued, will be linked to


this collection.
 To facilitate the process of digitization and cataloguing of this
material, Dr. Safa has made an outright gift of $10,000 to the UF library,
and has established another $15,000 in a challenge grant to be matched
by contributions of $500 or more. Anne Chaney has already donated
$1000 to this challenge grant. The Library welcomes other research
contributions to make this a truly outstanding collection. Requests for
information on adding to this collection or making a donation should be
directed to the director of development at the UF Library, at
(352) 273-2505.


Faculty News and Publications


EAndres Avellaneda (RLL), Politica y
literature: Antes y despues de Cortizar. Revista
del CELEHIS, 13(16) 2006: 121-134; El
discurso de represi6n cultural (1960-1983).
Escribas, 3 2006: 31-44; Cabecitas y oligarcas:
Literature argentina de los 40. Hispamerica:
Revista de literature, 104 2006: 111-119.

*Florence Babb (Women's Studies) gave a
seminar on "Antropologia y turismo: El caso de
Peru" at Universidad Nacional de Ancash
Santiago Antunez de Mayolo, Huaraz, Peru in
July 2007. In September, she gave a guest
lecture on "Feminismo, Identidad,
Didspora-Un comentario sobre las pricticas
transnacionales," for the art exhibition Cara a
Cara/Face to Face: Diilogos y Confrontaciones
Fronterizas, Narraciones de G6nero, Raza,
Inmigraci6n y Didsporas at the Centro
Cultural Espanol in Miami.

EEmilio Bruna (WEC/LAS) delivered an invit-
ed paper on "Top-down Effects in Neotropical
Savannas" in July at the Annual Meeting of the
Association for Tropical Biology &
Conservation in Morelia, Mexico. Publication:
Changes in Tree Reproductive Traits Reduce
Functional Diversity in a Fragmented Atlantic
Forest Landscape (with L. C. Girao, A. V. Lopes,
and M. Tabarelli). PLoS ONE, 9 2007: e908.

ECarmen Diana Deere (LAS/FRE) served as
the Chair of LASA's 2007 Nominations
Committee and continues as a member of
LASA's Finance Committee. She is also serving
on the Advisory Board for the University of
Wisconsin BASIS/AMA CRSP project of the


US Agency for International Development, and
served as consultant for the World Bank
project on Collecting Data on Individual
Assets. Publication: Agrarian Reform and
Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Brazil (with
L. Medeiros). In H. Akram-Lodhi, J. Borras
and C. Kay, eds., Land, Poverty, and Livelihoods
in an Era of Globalization: Perspectives from
Developing and Transition Countries. London:
Routledge, 2007.

*Kitty F. Emery (FLMNH) presented papers
on Mesoamerican zooarchaeology at the
Annual Chacmool Conference, Calgary, Alberta
(with L. Brown, E. Anderson, E. Thornton, and
M. LeFebvre) in November 2007 and at the
Annual Meetings of the Society for American
Archaeology, Austin TX (with L. Brown) in
April 2007. Publications: Assessing the Impact
of Ancient Maya Animal Use. Journal of Nature
Conservation, 15(3) 2007:184-195; Bone Tool
Manufacturing in Elite Maya Households at
Aguateca, Guatemala (with K. Aoyama).
Ancient Mesoamerica, 18(2) 2007:69-89; Soil
Carbon Isotopes at Motul de San Jose (with E.
Webb, H. Schwarcz, C. Jensen, R. Terry, and M.
Moriarty). Geoarchaeology, 22(3)
2007:291-312; Soil Resources of the Motul de
San Jose Maya: Correlating Soil Taxonomy and
Modern Itzi Maya Soil Classification within a
Classic Maya Archaeological Zone (with C.
Jensen, M. Moriarty, K. Johnson, R. Terry, and
S. Nelson). Geoarchaeology 22(3) 2007:
337-357.

EFrancisco Escobedo (SFRC) presented a
paper on the variability of ecosystem services


along urban gradients in Chile at the Emerging
Issues along the Urban/Rural Interface II
conference in Atlanta in April 2007.
Publication: Analyzing the Cost-Effectiveness
of Santiago, Chile's Policy of Using Urban
Forests to Improve Air Quality (with J. Wagner,
D.J. Nowak, C.L. de la Maza, M. Rodriguez, and
D.E. Crane). Journal of Environmental
Management, 86 2008: 148-157.

*Joan Frosch (Theatre & Dance) won the
2007 UF International Educator of the Year
Award in the Senior Faculty category.

*David Geggus (History) spoke on recent
research on Toussaint Louverture at an
international colloquium on the French
Atlantic at FSU in November 2007.
Publications: Print Culture and the Haitian
Revolution: the Written and the Spoken Word.
In Liberty, Egalite, Independencia: Print Culture,
Enlightenment, and Revolution in the Americas,
1776-1838. Worcester, MA: American
Antiquarian Society, 2007; Toussaint
Louverture and the Haitian Revolution. In R.
W. Weisberger, ed., Profiles of Revolutionaries in
Atlantic History, 1750-1850. New York:
Columbia University Press, 2007; Toussaint
Louverture avant et apres le soulevement de
1791. In F Midy, ed., Memoire de revolution
d'esclaves a Saint-Domingue. Montreal:
CIDHICA, 2006.

E Susan D. Gillespie ( .nil....!..1.. )
presented an invited paper entitled, "El modelo
de las'casas' en la estructura political maya" at

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