By a unanimous voice vote the UCSB Faculty Legislature last month saluted Francisco Lomelí, professor of Spanish and Portuguese as well as Chicana/o studies, for his selection as the 2004 Scholar of the Year. The honor was bestowed by the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, but when he accepted it last month the ceremony in Albuquerque was disrupted by a small group of students. The UCSB resolution described the incident as "unfortunate inasmuch as (Lomelí's) contributions to our campus, and particularly to this department, have been extremely important."

HONORS & AWARDS

Nancy Gallagher, professor of history, is president-elect of the international scholarly Association for Middle East Women's Studies. She is also the current acting director for UCSB's Center for Middle East Studies.

Biologist Cristina Sandoval, manager of the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve, last month accepted one of four Wildlife Sanctuary Awards given by the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network for 2004. She was recognized for her work to save the Western snowy plover in the reserve.

PUBLICATIONS

W. Elliot Brownlee, professor emeritus of history, has co-edited, with the late Hugh Davis Graham, "The Reagan Presidency: Pragmatic Conservatism and Its Legacies" (University Press of Kansas, 2003). Among the contents are 15 essays presented at a 2002 UCSB conference on the Reagan legacy.

Barbara Herr Harthorn, assistant research anthropologist and associate director of the Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research,
and Laury Oaks, associate professor of women's studies, have co-edited a new book. It is titled "Risk, Culture, and Health Inequality, Shifting Perceptions of Danger and Blame" (Prager Publishing, 2003).

TRANSITIONS

Akiko Nelson, formerly a staff accountant with the UCSB Foundation, has been promoted to senior financial accountant. Prior to her work with the foundation she was employed in the telecommunications and restaurant industries.

Kelly Stanley, formerly an accountant with the Accounting Services and Controls Department, is now a financial analyst with Campus Conference Services. She has been a UCSB employee for eight years.