New UW Madison Chancellor former JHR Editor

Our new Chancellor at UW Madison is a The Journal of Human Resources alumna! Rebecca Blank, the Acting Commerce Secretary, will become the UW Madison Chancellor this summer. We’re very happy to note she was on the JHR editorial board from 1995-1997, and was published four times in the journal. Her JHR published work is available on JSTOR. See below for more information and to access.

Work, Health, and Income among the Elderly by Gary Burtless

Review by: Rebecca M. Blank

The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Summer, 1988), pp. 397-411, http://www.jstor.org/stable/145837

The Effect of Medical Need and Medicaid on AFDC Participation

Author(s): Rebecca M. Blank

The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Winter, 1989), pp. 54-87, http://www.jstor.org/stable/145933

When Do Women Use Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Food Stamps? The Dynamics of Eligibility Versus Participation

Author(s): Rebecca M. Blank and Patricia Ruggles

The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter, 1996), pp. 57-89, http://www.jstor.org/stable/146043

What Causes Public Assistance Caseloads to Grow?

Rebecca M. Blank

The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Winter, 2001), pp. 85-118, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069671

For more information on her appointment, see:

“Commerce chief Rebecca Blank to lead University of Wisconsin at Madison”, The Washington Post (http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-18/business/37806171_1_commerce-secretary-john-bryson-university-of-wisconsin-system)

“Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank named UW-Madison chancellor”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/commerce-secretary-rebecca-blank-named-uwmadison-chancellor-lr970mu-198816261.html)

“Rebecca Blank draws on deep experience”, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/blank-draws-on-deep-experience-ph97om6-199049951.html)

"UW-Madison chooses Rebecca Blank as new chancellor”, Wisconsin State Journal (http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-chooses-rebecca-blank-as-new-chancellor/article_e8e6ada6-8ff4-11e2-a4ab-001a4bcf887a.html)

“Regents panel recommends Rebecca Blank as next UW-Madison chancellor” (http://chancellorsearch.wisc.edu/)

SubStance article wins The Schachterle Prize

The SubStance article "Electromagnetic Thought in Balzac, Villiers de l’Isle-Adam and Joseph Breuer"(by Kieran M. Murphy, SubStance, vol. 40 no. 2, p 127-147, http://sub.uwpress.org/content/40/2/127.full.pdf+html) was awarded The Schachterle Prize, in fall 2012. The prize was presented at the SLSA (The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts) conference. Click here for more information http://www.litsciarts.org/decodings.php?eid=1222.

More information about Pierre Cassou-Noguès, please see http://www.sphere.univ-paris-diderot.fr/spip.php?article270&lang=fr.

Luso Brazilian Review to celebrate it's 50th Anniversary

In 2014, the Luso-Brazilian Review will mark 50 years of continued publication as a biannual, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to stimulating and disseminating research on the Portuguese-speaking world. Founded in 1964 by Professor Alberto Machado da Rosa and published by the University of Wisconsin Press, the Luso-Brazilian Review has been edited or co-edited by professors from the University of Wisconsin Department of Spanish and Portuguese since its inception. Over the five decades of its publication, the LBR has benefited from the collaboration a wide range of well-known scholars from throughout the world. It currently enjoys a reputation as the foremost interdisciplinary publication in the field of Luso-Brazilian Studies in the U.S., and one of the journals with the longest uninterrupted publishing history. Read more

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