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Faculty & Staff, 11/19/09

Posted on | November 18, 2009 | 1,107 views |

Books
Rudolph Alexander Jr., Social Work, Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Macro, National and International Perspective, December 2009 (Newbury Park, Calif.: SAGE Publications Inc.).

Jesus Lara, Landscape Architecture, wrote a chapter, “Sustainable Phoenix: Lessons from the Dutch Model,” in Visualizing Sustainable Planning, by Gerhard Steinebach, Subhrajit Guhathakurta and Hans Hagen, August 2009 (Springer Berlin Heidelberg – Publishing Co. Inc.).

Grants
Stan Ernst, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, received a $2,252,008 USDA CSREES Organic Research Extension Initiative grant for “Mental Models and Participatory Research to Redesign Extension Programming for Organic Weed Management,” along with

Doug Doohan, Robyn Wilson, Deb Stinner, M. Tucker, K. Gibson, E. Gallandt, R. Smith.

Sandy Velleman, Animal Sciences, received a $25,000 grant from the Midwest Poultry Research Program for her research project “Regulation of the Growth of Poultry Skeletal Muscle.”

Presentations
Toni Ansley, Psychiatry, presented “How Do You Stack-Up? Benchmarking Administrative Salaries in Academic Medical Centers” and “Preparing a Comprehensive Survey to Benchmark a Psychiatric Hospital/Department,” at the Administrators in Academic Psychiatry fall meeting, New Orleans, La., Nov. 5-6.

John Brooke, History, presented “Patriarchal Magistrates, Energetic Improvers and Jealous Monitors: Visions of Self-Government in the Early American Republic, 1760-1840,” at the Conference on State and Citizen in British America and the Early United States, 1763-1865, Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain, April 17-18; and “Malthus Refuted, or Qualified? World History and the New Science of Abrupt Climate Change,” at the Department of History Lecture Series, State University of New York, Binghamton, N.Y., May 7.

Jill Clark and Elena Irwin, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, presented “Exurban Farming in the Current Market: Past Effects, Future Possibilities,” at the Baldwin Center Inaugural Symposium, Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 16.

Steven Fink, English, presented “The Wide World of Jewish Graphic Novels: A Conversation with Steve Sheinkin,” at the Columbus Jewish Community Center, Columbus, Nov. 10; and “Changing Perceptions about Jewish American Holocaust Literature,” at Congregation Beth Tikvah as part of a two-part mini-course, Columbus, Nov. 8 and 22.

Claudio Gonzalez, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, gave the keynote lecture on “Financing Rural Development and Food Security,” at the Latin American Seminar on Food Security, Rural Finance and Development, Cuetzalan, Mexico, Aug. 26; and presented “Opportunities and Risks for Development Banks in Promoting Greater Financial Inclusion,” at FIRA, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 27.

Leila Heil, Music, presented “Strategies for Developing Tone in the Vocal Jazz Rehearsal,” at the 2009 American Choral Directors Association national conference, Oklahoma City, Okla., March 3-6.

Daniel Herms, Entomology, presented “Ohio’s Forests Under Siege: The Clear and Present Danger Posed by Invasive Insects,” at the Fireside Garden Club, Wooster, March 2; “Management Options for Emerald Ash Borer: Green Industry Professional Perspective,” at the OSU Extension Greene County Update, Xenia, March 4; “Confronting a Hidden Enemy. Managing Wood Borers in the Urban Forest,” at the Minnesota Shade Tree Short Course, Minneapolis, Minn., March 18; and “The Emerald Ash Borer Invasion: How Can a Secondary Pest Threaten the Existence of an Entire Genus?” at the 60th Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Spokane, Wash., March 25.

David Huron, Music, gave a keynote address, “Why is Rubato So Important? Empathy, Embodied Cognition and the Role of Animacy Cues in Music Performance,” at the Symposium on Performance and Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 20; and gave the keynote address “The Art of Listening: Music Scholarship in an Age of Fragmentation,” at the joint regional meetings of Music Theory Mid-West and the Midwest chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Minneapolis, Minn., May 16.

Jesus Lara, Landscape Architecture, presented “Sustainable Urban Design Approaches for Phoenix through the Transfer of Knowledge of Best Practices” at the American Collegiate School of Planning annual conference, Reinvesting in America: The New Metropolitan Planning Agenda, Crystal City, Va., Oct. 1-4; and presented “Global Perspectives for Urban Sustainability: Toward Responsive and Adaptive Environments that Focus on People and Place,” at the School of Architecture/Landscape Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Te Aro Wellington, New Zealand, Aug. 13.

Klaus Lorenz, Environment and Natural Resources, presented “Carbon Sequestration in Forest Soils Disturbed by Coal Mining and Urban Land Use in Ohio,” (co-author Rattan Lal, Environment and Natual Resources) at the 5th International Conference of Soils in Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining and Military Areas, New York, N.Y., Sept. 21-25.

Kevin Tavin, Art Education, gave a keynote address at a Creativity, Innovation, Culture and Youth Conference in Brussels, Belgium, sponsored by the Flemish and Dutch Ministries of Culture and Education. Twenty-five countries were represented in this gathering of EU policymakers, March 12-13.

Roger Williams, Environment and Natural Resources, presented a series of lectures on forest management and forest products trade with China at Guangxi University and Guangxi Forest Research Institute, Nanning, China, June 23-July 1.

Publications
Vesta Daniel, Art Education, “Self-Definition: Is It Still a Racial Matter in Art Education?” NAEA News, April 2009.

Jane Hathaway, History, “Representations of an Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuch: El-Hajj Beshir Agha (term 1717-46),” Abdeljelil Temimi, ed., Melanges en l’honneur du Prof. Dr. Suraiya Faroqhi, Tunis, Publications de la Fondation Temimi pour la Recherche Scientifique et l’Information, 2009, pp. 169-87.

Lee Martin, English, “Drunk Man,” Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture, Vol. 22 (2009), pp. 72-81.

Danielle Pyun, East Asian Languages and Literatures, “Curricular Models for Heritage Korean Learners in US Colleges,” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Korean Language Education, Seoul, Korea, pp. 343-59; and reviewed “Teaching Chinese, Japanese and Korean Heritage Language Students: Curriculum Needs, Materials and Assessment,” The Modern Language Journal, Vol. 93, No. 2, pp. 319-21.

Amanda Rodewald, Environment and Natural Resources, “Urban-associated Habitat Alteration Promotes Brood Parasitism of Acadian Flycatcher,” Journal of Field Ornithology, 2009, Vol. 80, pp. 234-41.

Douglas Southgate, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, “Population Growth, Increases in Agricultural Production and Trends in Food Prices,” Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Summer 2009), pp. 41-48.

Elizabeth Weiser, English, ”Who Are We? Museums Telling the Nation’s Story,”  International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, Vol. 2.2 (2009), pp. 29-38.

Recognition
Steve Boyles, Animal Sciences, received the Plimpton Outstanding Young Teacher Award which recognizes and encourages faculty who exemplify excellence in and commitment to teaching.

Robert Ladislas Derr, Art, had his work exhibited in “Playing the City,” curated by Matthias Ulrich at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfort, Germany, April 20-May 6.

Maurice Eastridge, Animal Sciences, received the Outstanding Service to Students award at the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences annual recognition banquet. This award is given by the CFAES Student Council to recognize a faculty or staff member who shows outstanding support to students and their activities.

Bill Meezan, Social Work, was named chairman of the Publications Committee of the National Association of Social Workers. During his four-year term, Meezan will lead the committee in making recommendations on all programs related to the NASW Press, publishing and general communications.

Marilyn Page, Allied Medical Professions, received the 2009 Retired Educator’s Commendation from the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Service

Katherine Borst Jones, Music, was guest artist for the Luther College Dorian Festival, in Decorah, Iowa. She presented a master class for Luther College flute students, conducted the Dorian Festival Flute Choir in performances, performed “Silhouettes” by OSU graduate Roger Cichy with the Luther College Concert Band and gave clinics for band directors. More than 600 students from four states participated in the festival, Feb.28-March 2.

Kathy Fagan, English, judged the 2008 Georgia Author of the Year Awards (poetry), Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga., 2009.
Sydney Walker, Art Education, served on an external program review team for the art department at Northern Iowa University in Cedar Falls. She also is a curriculum consultant for the Bradley Bourbannais School District in Bradley, Ill., in 2009.

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