Applause – March 17, 2009

Education Professor Peter McLaren and his revolutionary pedagogy are the centerpiece of the recently released "Peter McLaren, Education and the Struggle for Liberation” (Hampton Press), a new book of essays about the teachings and activism of one of the world’s most respected critical educators and activists. Edited by Mustafa Yunus Eryaman, president of the International Association of Educators, the book offers a contemporary look at the recent debates within critical pedagogy and aspires to serve as a resource for students in educational foundations, social studies education, contemporary issues in education, comparative education, and the philosophy and sociology of education.

 

The Semiconductor Industry Association presented Electrical Engineering Professor Kang Wang with the University Researcher Award at its annual conference in Washington, D.C., on March 12. Wang was recognized for his direction of research projects on silicon carbide nano devices, self-assembly of quantum structures, spintronics materials and devices, and other basic research to develop technologies that should enable continued progress in semiconductor technology when the limits of conventional microelectronics technology are reached.

 

Greg Pottie, professor and associate dean of research and physical resources in the Department of Electrical Engineering, has been named a Fulbright Scholar. The Fulbright Program, the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government, is designed to “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” Pottie will make a sabbatical visit to the University of Sydney this July through October. Pottie's research focuses on communication systems and information theory, with applications to wireless sensor networks and other autonomous systems.

 

Professor of Information Studies Beverly Lynch has been honored by the University of Wisconsin School of Library and Information Studies with the Distinguished Alumna Award. Lynch has also been honored this year by the Association of College and Research Libraries, International Relations Committee for her contributions to international librarianship.

 

 

 

Ariella Herman, research director of the UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Institute (HCI) at UCLA Anderson School of Management, presented the "HCI model" before the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, earlier this month. The HCI model is a proven health literacy education program developed at UCLA Anderson. Herman was one of two academic researchers from the U.S. invited to speak at the European Life Science Circle conference on Health Education.

 

 

Professor of Physics Sudip Chakravarty was one of two recipients for the 2009 ACIPA Distinguished Scholar Prize from the American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association. He was recognized for his “wide-ranging contributions to condensed matter physics, in particular to strongly correlated systems.”

 

 

 

 

The UCLA Anderson Finance Ph.D. Program was cited as “the best at training scholars” in the February 2009 edition of “The Financial Review.” The program was recognized in the paper, "Pedigree or Placement? An Analysis of Research Productivity in Finance." According to the paper's abstract, the study observed what it called a "a pedigree effect," a higher concentration of publication in the top three finance journals by authors with degrees from "elite" institutions. The paper included a variety of rankings; UCLA Anderson was well-considered across the board and ranked No. 1 among institutions considered "the best at training Ph.D. students to publish in the top three finance journals."