Inaugural Article Research Articles

Toward a Global Vision of Counseling Psychology

Boston CollegeWith this Major Contribution to The Counseling Psychologist (TCP), weseek to move the discourse about international issues within our field to amore central place in the conceptualization, scholarship, and practice ofcounseling psychology. We believe that the current multiculturalism move-ment shaping our country needs to take place at two levels. On the first level,wearecomingtorecognize,learnabout,andappreciatetheculturaldiversitywithin our country and among the racial, ethnic, and cultural groups thatmake up the population of the United States. On the second level, we alsoneedaglobalperspectivethatrecognizesandisopentootherculturesinothercountries, whether on this continent or across the oceans, on the other side ofthe world. The five articles that are presented here, when considered collec-tively, depict an ever-increasing global movement in counseling psychologywherein the fundamental ideas, premises, and counseling interventions arebeing revisited and, at times, redefined.THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVEAs Pedersen and Leong (1997) noted in their inaugural article that servedto reinvigorate the International Forum of TCP, “The most dangerousassumption of all is to assume that we already know all of our fundamentalassumptions”(p.119).Inourview,someofthemostdangerousassumptionsabouttheinterfaceofhumanbehaviorandculturehavebeencreatedoutofaninsulationorisolationamongcounselorsandresearchers.Forexample,argu-mentsandpositionsimplyingthatallgoodandusableknowledgeinpsychol-ogyemergesfromNorthAmericaand/orthatallknowledgeisuniversalhaveincreasingly been critiqued from a variety of vantage points (e.g., Cushman,

Inaugural article in the structure note format

In the early days of protein crystallography, each new structure was both a Herculean achievement and a great addition to our knowledge of protein structure and function. Today, structure determination has become much more routine. Modern techniques for gene cloning and efficient protein expression have provided a wealth of new targets for crystallization. At the same time, new technologies, such as synchrotron radiation and MAD phasing, have greatly simplified the process of structure solution. The result is the flood of new protein structures that we have all witnessed. The simplified technology has also enabled laboratories to undertake the determination of structures that are of limited general interest. For example, there are probably hundreds of structures of Fab's in the PDB and proprietary databases combined. As a consequence, the editors of Proteins see numbers of manuscripts that describe highly professional protein crystal structure determinations, but that contain too little new information to be worthy of publication as a full-length article. The new short format of Structure Notes (see Instructions to Authors) is designed to provide brief accounts of such structures. The article by Whitby and Phillips in this issue represents the initial publication in this format; we welcome additional submissions.

Role of the technologist in nuclear cardiology

Welcome to the new Technologists' Section of the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology! This section has been designed to provide a forum in which to exchange information and ideas on all aspects of nuclear cardiology that affect technologists. It is our hope that many technologists will take an active role in shaping the content of this section and, by so doing, share in its success. In this section we plan to cover topics in each issue, such as gated SPECT imaging, cardiac drugs, PET imaging, correlative modalities, attenuation correction, reimbursement, strategic planning, marketing your department, and our responsibility as teachers. It is our desire that all technologists become involved in the selection and writing of the topics that will be covered. In this, our inaugural article, we will outline what we believe to be the most important responsibilities of the technologist in 1998 and provide sources of information for each responsibility.

Eve, Not Edie: The Queering of Andy Warhol

Eve, Not Edie: The Queering of Andy Warhol Christopher Sieving (bio) Jennifer Doyle, Jonathan Flatley, and José Esteban Muñoz, eds., Pop Out: Queer Warhol. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1996. In a year that marks the eleventh anniversary of his death, Andy Warhol—artist, filmmaker, icon—continues as a cultural force to be reckoned with. His profile within the Pop culture imaginary swelled in 1996 and 1997, fueled by the release of three films: Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat, and Susanne Ofteringer’s Nico Icon. (Screen bios of Edie Sedgwick and Holly Woodlawn are also, reportedly, on their way.) Warhol’s celebrated serial-image technique continues to be appropriated in dozens of ways throughout contemporary graphic design. The end of the century will undoubtedly spawn many more testimonials to the Warhol oeuvre, such as the one offered in a 1997 Chicago Tribune piece, which names Warhol as one of the 20th century’s five artists “that anyone seeking an understanding of modern and contemporary art will have to come up against and, if possible, accept” (G5). Arts scholars and academics have come up against Warhol many, many times prior to the publication of Pop Out: Queer Warhol. Whereas 1996 constituted a mini-revival of popular interest in the artist, 1989 (the year of MoMA’s massive retrospective) represents the most recent revival of widespread critical interest. That year saw an explosion of publications on Warhol: not just the commercially accessible portraits by David Bourdon and Victor Bockris (and Warhol himself, via his Diaries), but critical anthologies from Michael O’Pray, Gary Garrels, and Kynaston McShine. Add the stalwart Warhol texts by John Coplans, Rainer Crone, Peter Gidal, Stephen Koch, Carter Ratcliff, et al., and there can be little doubt as to the sheer tenacity of Warhol scholarship. So, one may reasonably wonder: do we really need more critical and analytical treatises on the work and world of Andy Warhol? Pop Out answers with a resounding “yes.” The book’s subtitle—Queer Warhol—announces a political agenda made explicit in its introduction: Pop Out’s collected essays, according to editors Jennifer Doyle, Jonathan Flatley, and José Esteban Muñoz, “call out and combat the degaying of Warhol” (2). The term “degaying” comes from Simon Watney, whose inaugural article “Queer Andy” condemns the critical tradition (exemplified by many of the previously named texts) that “refus[es] to engage with the most glaringly obvious motif in Warhol’s career—his homosexuality” (21). Doyle, Flatley, and Muñoz argue for the recovery of a queer “social or symbolic context” (the context of Pop Art) in order to understand and appropriate Warhol and Popism (7). Recent analyses have largely failed at this task. Watney perhaps exaggerates the denial of sex (“let alone queer sex”) and sexuality by critics of the Warhol films (20); as Doyle et al. rightly acknowledge, film scholarship has done more to foreground the sexiness of Warhol’s art than any other critical discipline (16n). But Watney’s larger point is well taken by Pop Out’s twelve contributing essayists, each of whom sets out to reclaim Warhol as a decidedly queer artist and cultural figure. It would be a mistake, however, to equate a discursive “queer Warhol” with the real-life gay Warhol. While the artist’s homosexuality is the jumping-off point for a number of essays (most notably, Watney’s “Queer Andy,” Thomas Waugh’s “Cockteaser,” and Michael Moon’s “Screen Memories, or Pop Comes from the Outside”), part of Pop Out’s larger project is to complicate binarisms like “gay/straight.” This point comes through most eloquently in a passage in Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s essay “Queer Performativity.” Queerness, for Sedgwick, does not simply equal “gayness,” although there is significant overlap. Rather, it is more productive to think of shyness and shame as primary indicators of queerness—which may or may not later manifest itself with regard to sexual orientation (138). Sedgwick locates the crucial site of the formation of a “shame-delineated place of identity” (138) within childhood; parenthetically, she remarks “on how frequently queer kids are queer before they’re gay” (137; original emphasis). Accordingly, the theme of queer childhood...

Targeting Technologies—The Expanding Patent Literature

Progress in the development of drug targeting technologies is advancing at an ever-increasing rate as we hurtle toward the new millennium. Examination of just the past three years of the drug delivery technology patent literature suggests that what was previously thought impossible may now be a reality. As one goes through this literature, the breadth and ingenuity of many of these approaches are obvious. As in the inaugural article, I have grouped information gathered from this search into areas of mucosal targeting, organ and/or tissue targeting, tumor targeting and focal delivery. The patent applications described in this article represent a sampling of the work in these areas, with particular attention being paid to a few of the more novel or intriguing claims.The patent literature provides unique insights into the direction(s) taken by industrial and academic scientists in their efforts to provide better and more effective targeted drug delivery systems. The need for novel and innovative delivery designs continues to grow with the discovery of new potential therapeutics which will only realize a clinical benefit if delivered selectively to a site of action by a targeting technology. The ingenuity and creativity of those attempting to meet these challenges with novel targeting technologies is rather striking. In general, though, the pharmaceutical industry, has been slow to incorporate many of these less traditional approaches in designing formulations and products. The rationale behind this conservative approach is probably multifaceted but most likely based to a large degree on the perceived comfort level of regulatory agencies with these novel targeting technologies. Since many of the potential new drug entities in the pipeline of pharmaceutical companies will require targeting technologies, it will be interesting to see how open the industry, as a whole, will be to utilize some of these novel delivery approaches and make the effort to convince regulatory agencies of their safe and effective application.

The Political Economy of Mind-Body Health

This new section on Health will focus on the emerging body of research and clinical findings indicating the profound interaction between mind and body. Beyond the biological research are the economic and political consequences of these new approaches to developing a true care system. To introduce this complex area, I asked Charles R. Halpern to write the inaugural article, which is titled Political Economy of Mind-Body Health. Mr. Halpern has served as the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nathan Cummings Foundation since 1989. He has also had a distinguished career in public interest law and legal education. The Nathan Cummings Foundation has devoted a major portion of its resources to addressing health issues, including making health and well-being accessible to millions of Americans who are currently denied adequate care, the emerging field of mindbody medicine, and innovative approaches to cancer treatment. The next issue will include a review article on Health: Research, Clinical, and Policy Applications by me and Steven Locke. Subsequent issues will include original research, commentaries, and additional reviews. -Section Editor: Kenneth R. Pelletier

CanMus Documents 1 - Hymn Tunes in Canada, John Beckwith, ed. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1987. 165 pp. 0-7727-8550-3 CanMus Documents 2 - Hello out There!, John Beckwith and Dorith Cooper, eds. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1988. 197 pp. 0-7727-8551-1 CanMus Documents 4 - Three Studies. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1989. 194 pp. 0-7727-8554-6

CanMus Documents 1 - Hymn Tunes in Canada, John Beckwith, ed. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1987. 165 pp. 0-7727-8550-3 / CanMus Documents 2 - Hello out There!, John Beckwith and Dorith Cooper, eds. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1988. 197 pp. 0-7727-8551-1 / CanMus Documents 4 - Three Studies. Toronto: Institute for Canadian Music, 1989. 194 pp. 0-7727-8554-6. Un article de la revue Canadian University Music Review / Revue de musique des universités canadiennes (Volume 11, numéro 2, 1991, p. 1-164) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit.