Publications + Presentations

People often assume that experiencing something horrific automatically leads to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In contrast, though, most people are actually resilient in the aftermath of trauma. Understanding the principles that underlie such resilience is the focus of a new book. Facilitat...

Noelle Giuffrida, assistant professor of East Asian art, recently published two essays. Her essay titled “Paintings, Politesse, and Petromania: Sherman E. Lee and of the Art and Archaeology Delegation Trip to China in 1973” appears in the fall issue of the Archives of American Art Journal. It focus...

Two members of Case Western Reserve University’s Department of English, Joshua Hoeynck and Megan Jewell, contributed to a volume of poetry titled The New American Poetry: Fifty Years Later, edited by John Woznicki (Lehigh University Press). The new volume is a collection of essays reflecting on the...

Melvyn C. Goldstein, the John Reynolds Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet, published A History of Modern Tibet, Volume 3, 1955-1957: The Storm Clouds Descend" (University of California Press). This third volume in Goldstein’s award-winning series on the his...

Case Western Reserve University community volunteers met with U.S. Sen. Rob Portman on Friday, Dec. 6, in Adelbert Hall to thank him for his support for equality in marriage and in the workplace. The group also discussed suicide-prevention efforts for teens and young adults and related federal grant...

Juscelino F. Colares, professor of law, presented “Climate Change-Related Litigation: Signal or Noise?” at the University of Tennessee’s College of Law Sept. 20 and “The Limits of WTO Adjudication: Is Compliance the Problem? A 2013 Update,” at the University of Arizona on Sept. 26. He also gave th...

Leon Gabinet, the Coleman P. Burke Professor of Law, had an updated version of his article, which appeared in Volume 30 of The Journal of Taxation of Investments, republished in the fall 2013 issue (Volume 31) of the journal. The updated article's title is "Taxation of Same-Sex Married Couples After...

Richard Romaniuk, instructor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently wrote an article for the National Association of Social Workers' Ohio Chapter, titled "Jambo Bwana, Habari Gani? Mzuri Sana!" The article is available in full on the NASW website. Romaniuk...

Elina Gertsman, assistant professor of medieval art, will give a lecture titled “Imagining Death in Medieval Art” on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. in the main gallery of the Sculpture Center, as a part of the Dirt on Death Lecture Series. The series is presented by the Sculpture Center and the Ohio Hum...

Kalle Lyytinen, associate dean for research and faculty director of the Doctor of Management program, recently published a book, The Power of Customer Misbehavior, with Mike Fisher and Martin Abbott. The Power of Customer Misbehavior explores the importance of customer-driven innovation for top- an...