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FacultyStaff, 6-4-09

Posted on | June 2, 2009 | 1,080 views |

Books

John Bennett, Avant Writing Collection/Rare Books & MSS Library, VOCLALO: Poesia en espanol, With Transductions by Jon Cone, (Luna Bisonte Prods., 2009).

J. Marshall Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Role of Contact in the Origins of the Japanese and Korean Languages (University of Hawai’i Press, November 2008).
 

Grant

David Dennis, History, has been awarded an Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) to conduct dissertation research at archives in New York.

Presentations

Kristy Baker, Paul Matherny and Bob Scher, Research Foundation, presented “Being a PI at OSU,” Columbus, April 8.

 

James Bartholomew, History, presented “The Nobel Candidacy of Gen’ichi Kato, 1926-1937″ at the Modern Japan Seminar, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., April 24.

 

Tim Berra, Evolution, Ecology and Organizational Biology, presented “Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man,” on board the Galapagos Explorer II, Galapagos Islands, April 19-20, and at the National Aquarium, Baltimore, Md., May 6.

Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical Engineering, gave the invited institute colloquium, “Nanotribology, Nanomechanics and Materials Characterization Studies and Applications to Bio/Nanotechnology and Biomimetics,” at the Center for Nano Technology (CeNTech) and Physics Institute of University of Muenster, Germany, December 2008.

Philip Brown, History, presented “Japan Sinks! Natural-Human Interactions on the 19th-20th Century Echigo Plain” at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies as part of a panel he helped to organize, “Ditch-diggers, Steel-drivers and the CIA: Border-crossing Perspectives on Asian Environmental History,” Chicago, Ill., March 27.

Kathy Fagan, English, participated in a roundtable discussion “Writing, Editing and MFA Programs,” Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, April 15, and a panel and workshop at the Get Lit Conference, Spokane, Wash., April 18.

 

Brian Edmiston, Education and Human Ecology, and Terry Gustafson, Chemistry, were featured on a faculty panel called “Use of Digital Stories in Education” at the University of Wisconsin’s conference, “Digital Storytelling Across the UW System,” Madison, Wis., November 2008.

 

John Guilmartin, History, presented “The 1517 Jiddah Campaign: A Case Study in Maritime Power Projection,” at The Turkish Sea Power Symposium: The Indian Ocean and the Presence of the Ottoman Navy in the 16th and 17th Centuries, sponsored and hosted by the Turkish Navy, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 7-9.

Mark Headings, Leona Horst and Leslie Morris, Agricultural Technical Institute, presented “Bean Extrafloral Nectaries, Sought by Insects, Exhibit Structural Uniformity Within the Genus Vigna” at the 64th Annual Conference of the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America, St. Louis, Mo., March 15-18.

Casey Hoy, Entomology, presented “The Mellinger Farm, Plans and Context,” College of Wooster, Oct. 3; “Connecting Land and Lifestyle: Understanding the Business Opportunity in Localization of Food Production,” John Deere Inc., Oct. 29; and “Healthy Agroecosystems and the Rise of the Great Lakes Tiger Economy,” Michigan State University, Lansing, Mich., Oct. 30.

Glenn Kranking, History, presented “Preserving the New Ancient Homeland: Memory and Preservation among the Estonian-Swedish Community in Sweden” at the annual Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Conference in Madison, Wis., May 2.

Roman Lanno and Christopher Hurdzan, Entomology, presented “Assessing Exposure of Eisenia Andrei to Chlorinated Benzenes using Body Residues and Solid Phase Microextraction,” SETAC 5th World Congress, Sydney, Australia, Aug. 3-7.

Lucy Murphy, History, presented “‘Damned Yankee Court and Jury:’ Colonization and Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Wisconsin,” for the University of Georgia Early American History Seminar, Athens, Ga., April 24.

Chan Park, East Asian Languages and Literatures, presented with Kathy Foley of UCSC a reading of their original play, “Intertwined Lives: Korean and Western Women,” in the Art-Theatre-Community: Sharing the Stage! Conference, University of California-Santa Cruz, March 7.

Michael Rowland and Alicia Thomas, Dentistry, presented “African Americans and Dentistry: A New Look at an Old Profession?” at First Church of God, Columbus, April 19.

Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, History, presented “Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Peace Activism and Women’s Orientalism” and screened her digital narrative “The Takeover” at the “American Crossroads: Migration, Communities and Race” Conference held at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, April 16.

Publications

Marjorie Chan, East Asian Languages and Literatures, “History of NACCL: The First Two Decades,” Proceedings of the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Vol.1, pp. xiii-xviii; and “Modality Effects Revisited: Iconicity in Chinese Sign Language.” (with Wang Xu), Proceedings of the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Vol. 1, pp. 343-60.

Richard Dutton, English, reviewed The Life and Times of William Shakespeare 1564-1616 by Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel and The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl, Textual Practice, Vol. 22, pp. 330-9.

Theodora Dragostinova, History, “Navigating Nationality in the Emigration of Minorities Between Bulgaria and Greece, 1919-1941,” East European Politics and Societies, Vol. 23, No. 2, May 2009, pp. 185-212.

Kathy Fagan, English, the poems “Progressive Lenses” and “Three, Becoming Spring,” Poetry Northwest, Winter 2009; “Vaster: Wislawa Szymborska & Elizabeth Bishop,” New Ohio Review, Spring 2009; and the poem “Bad Patch,” Northwest Review, Spring 2009.

Andrew Hudgins, English, “Under the Maypole,” The Atlantic Monthly, p. 74, May 2009.

Rattan Lal, Environment and Natural Resources, “Sequestration of Atmospheric CO2 in Global Carbon Pools,” Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 86-100.

William Marras, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and Orthopaedic Surgery, “Loading Along the Lumbar Spine as Influenced by Speed, Control, Load Magnitude and Handle Height during Pushing,” Clinical Biomechanics, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 155-63, co-authors Greg Knapik and Sue Ferguson, Industrial, Welding and Systems Engineering.

Christopher Phelps, History, “Socialist Theories of Strikes,” The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History, eds. Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness (London: M. E. Sharpe, 2009): pp. 28-43.

Tina Sessa, History, “Domus Ecclesiae: Rethinking a Category of Ante-Pacem Christian Space,” Journal of Theological Studies, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 90-108.

Nancy Sundell-Turner and Amanda Rodewald, Environment and Natural Resources, “A Comparison of Landscape Metrics for Conservation Planning,” Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 86, No. 3-4 (2008), pp. 219-25.

Recognition

Thomas Best, Sports Medicine, has been elected president of the American College of Sports Medicine, effective in 2010.

Steve Clinton, Hematology/Oncology and Human Nutrition, was named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow for distinguished contributions to cancer research, nutrition and pharmaceutical agents on etiology, prevention and therapy of genitourinary cancers.

Alan Farmer and Henri Cole, English, were given Faculty Recognition awards by the Order of Omega for their dedication to the academic success of students, Columbus, May 6.

Renee Kopczewski, University Police, was recognized as a Certified Crime and Intelligence Analyst by the Department of Justice, May 2009.

Lincoln Nemetz-Carlson, History, was selected to be a regular member at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens for next year.

Cynthia Roberts, Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, has been elected a Fellow in the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Phoebe Spinrad, English, received the 2008-09 Arts and Sciences Honors Faculty Service Award.

Karen Stedfeld, Optometry, American Optometric Student Association, Staff Member of the Year award.

Service

Alan Beyerchen, History, served as the 2009 Holocaust Scholar in Residence at Bexley High School, teaching classes on anti-Semitism(s) and giving a public lecture entitled “Science, Technology and the Cost of Nazi Racism,” Columbus, April 22-23.

Robert McMahon, History, delivered the keynote address at a conference on the Cold War at the London School of Economics, April 25.

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