Vol. 38, No. 18

1-19-2005
By: Von Vargas

Faculty and staff 1/20/05

POLICY — “Faculty & Staff” entries must be typed in onCampus style as it appears in this section. Entries that follow guidelines are published as soon as space permits and in the order in which they are received. Von Vargas compiles “Faculty & Staff,” and questions can be directed to her at 292-8455.
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Appointment
Georgina Dodge, African American and African Studies Community Extension Center, has been appointed vice chair of the OSU Multicultural Center Advisory Council.

Books
John M. Bennett, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, The Forks Forked, a chapbook including surrealist “hacks” of the poems by Reed Altemus (Portland, Maine: Tonerworks, 2004), co-author is Reed Altemus.

Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach, Spanish and Portuguese, editor, La semántica de los indefinidos (Madrid: Visor Libros [Colección Gramática del Español], 2004); and Semantics: Critical Concepts, 6 volumes (London: Routledge, 2003), Vol. I: Foundational Issues, Vol. II: Generalized Quantifiers and Scope, Vol. III: Noun Phrase Classes, Vol. IV: The Semantics of Predicates and Inflection, Vol. V: Operators and Sentence Types and Vol. VI: Discourse and Dynamics.

Donna Reseigh Long and Janice L. Macián, Spanish and Portuguese, Amistades (Cincinnati: Thomson, 2004); and De Paseo, 3rd ed. (Boston: Heinle, 2004).

Laura Podalsky, Spanish and Portuguese, Specular City: Transforming Culture, Consumption, and Space in Buenos Aires, 1955-1973 (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004).

Jennifer Rathbun, Spanish and Portuguese, editor, Canto a una ciudad en el desierto. Encuentro de poetas en Ciudad Juárez (1998-2002) (México, D.F.: La Cuadrilla de la Langosta, 2004), co-editor is Juan Armando Rojas.

Ileana Rodríguez, Spanish and Portuguese, Transatlantic Topographies. Islands, Highlands, Jungles (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004).

Abril Trigo, Spanish and Portuguese, editor, Memorias migrantes. Testimonios y ensayos sobre la diáspora uruguaya (Rosario/Montevideo: Beatriz Viterbo Editora/Ediciones Trilce, 2003); and editor, The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004), co-editors are Alicia Ríos and Ana Del Sarto.

Jianqi Wang, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Tell It Like It Is!  Natural Chinese for Advanced Learners (Yale University Press).

Jill Welch, Spanish and Portuguese, Puntos de vista: Redacción (Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2003).

Grants
Ohio State and Wilberforce University, $375,000 Department of Energy grant to establish a collaborative nuclear engineering program to provide new educational opportunities for undergraduate engineering and science students at Wilberforce.

S. Cobey, Entomology, $600 Critical Difference for Women Professional Development grant for photos and graphics for instrumental insemination instruction manual.

Alison Efford, History, SSHA-Rockefeller Graduate Student Travel Award to present “‘Unswerving Honesty, Industry, and Frugality’: Local Debt Litigation and German-American Community in the Rural Midwest, 1859-1877.”

D.A. Herms, Entomology, $20,000 USDA-ARS grant for the characterization of variation and mechanisms of resistance and susceptibility of Asian and North American ash species to emerald ash borer, 2004-05; $20,000 Tree Research and Endowment Fund grant for evaluation of resistance and susceptibility of ash species to emerald ash borer, 2004-05, co-recipients were D.R. Smitley and P. Bonello; and $64,950 USDA CSREES Smith-Level Special Needs Program grant for an outreach program for homeowners, policymakers and green industry on the status of the emerald ash borer threat to their communities, co-recipient was D.R. Smitley.

Presentations
The following members of the Department of Entomology presented during the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Salt Lake City, Nov. 14-17: A. Alumai presented “The Effect of Turfgrass Management Practices on Natural Populations of Entomopathogenic Nematodes”; S.R. Bucheli presented “North American Flat-Body Moths (Elachistidae: Depressariinae: Depressaria Haworth): Morphological Evolution and Host-Plant Selection”; R.M. Caesar presented “DNA Taxonomy and Conservation Biology”; L.A. Cañas and R. Cloyd organized the symposium “Integrated Pest Management of Ornamentals and Turfgrass: Have We Learned from the Past, and What Does the Future Hold?”; L.A. Cañas presented “Effects of Nematode Biological Control on Fungus Gnats”; J.D. Dombrowski and S.C. Jones presented “Impact of Orphaning on Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Incipient Colonies: a Preliminary Report”; N.T. Gallagher and S.C. Jones presented “Field Efficacy of Imidacloprid as a Perimeter Treatment against Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)” and “Perimeter Treatment Using Fipronil for Control of Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)”; P. Grewal presented “Building and Ecosystem Approach to Turfgrass Management”; K.K. Jordan and S.C. Jones presented “Arthropod Diversity in Novel and Established Urban Landscaping Mulch Ecosystems”; A. Smith, D.A. Herms and R. Long presented “Does Community Structure Influence Forest Susceptibility and Response to Emerald Ash Borer?”; J. Kim and H. Song presented “Quo Vadis Post-doc”; H. Song and S.R. Bucheli presented “Phylogenetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Insect Genitalia”; J.W. Wenzel presented “Natural History: Abandoned, Yet the Sine Qua Non of Systematics”; C. Yoder presented “Evasive and Aggressive Behavior of White Grubs Against Entomopathogenic Nematodes”; and H. Song organized the symposia “Future of Orthopteran Science” and “Future of Korean Entomology.”

Leslie Alexander, History, presented “Reflections on African American Place-Making and the Struggle to Claim Space” at the American Studies Association, Atlanta, Nov. 11-14.

Terry Barrett, Art Education, conducted a series of workshops on teaching art criticism to teachers in the Anchorage School District, Alaska, Nov. 11-13.

John M. Bennett, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, participated in a panel discussion on artists’ multiples at the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Nov. 19.

Eric Berg, Music, presented “Entrainment to Non-Periodic Rhythms? Analyses of Tapping Responses to North Indian Alap and Jor” at the conference “Musical Entrainment,” United Kingdom, Oct. 15-18.

Nina Berman, Comparative Studies and Germanic Languages and Literatures, presented “Postcolonial German Literature: History, Concepts, Archive” at the Black Atlantic Conference at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Nov. 13.

Wes Boomgaarden, University Libraries, presented a series of papers at the seminar “Preservation Options in a Digital World” for the National and University Library of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Nov. 1-5.

R.A. Bradley, Entomology, presented “Spider Natural History” at the Columbus Horticultural Society, Nov. 11.

Brenda Brueggemann, English, was chair of the conference “Narrating Deaf Lives: An International Conference on Biography, Autobiography, and Documentary” at Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-5; presented “Think-Between: A Theory for Deaf Studies and Disability Studies” at Muhlenerg College, Allentown, Penn., Nov. 10; and presented “Global Deaf Studies: Faces and Places” at “Signs and Voices: Language, Arts and Identity from Deaf to Hearing” at Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges, Philadelphia, Nov. 11-14.

Katherine Burkman, English, did a staged reading of Mary Martin’s Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein, St. Louis, Nov. 5.

S. Cobey, Entomology, presented “Honey Bee Selective Breeding: Constraints and Opportunities” and “Queen and Drone Rearing and Tests to Determine Their Quality” at the North Dakota Beekeepers Association, Bismarck, N.D., Oct. 15; the Wisconsin Honey Producers Association, Manitowoc, Wisc., Nov. 5-7; and the Empire State Honey Producers Association, Owego, N.Y., Nov. 12-13.

D.L. Denlinger, Entomology, presented “Escape in Time: the Biology of Overwintering” at the University of Arizona, Nov. 5; and “Escape in Time: a Molecular Approach to Insect Overwintering” and “Cool Genes” at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nov. 12.

Jared Gardner, English, was the chair of and respondent to “Graphic Memory” at the American Studies Association meeting, Atlanta, Nov. 12.

Kenneth Goings, African American and African Studies, presented “Black Collectibles and American Stereotyping” at the OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program, Salisbury House History Series, in Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 10.

Harvey Graff, English, chaired the round table “Neoliberalism, Fundamentalism, and K-12 Social Studies Standards Debates, a Presidential Session” and was the chair and panelist for “Author Meets Critics: Sherry Ortner, New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of ’58 (2003)” and was the chair and panelist of the round table “Teen Chicago at the Chicago Historical Society: Chicago Teens Learning, Researching, and Exhibiting the History of Adolescents and Transforming Museums and Historical Societies” at the 2004 Social Science History Association meeting, Chicago, Nov. 18-21.

D.A. Herms, Entomology, presented “The ABC’s of Emerald Ash Borer” at the 2004 OSU Farm Science Review, Gwynne Conservation Area, Mary Caren Farm, Sept. 21; “The Emerald Ash Borer Threat to Ohio” at the 9th Annual Inniswood Weekend “An Affair of the Hort,” Inniswood Metro Gardens, Westerville, Sept. 25; “Current Status of the Emerald Ash Borer Invasion and the Program to Eradicate It” and “Host Impact of the Birch Leafminer:  Chronic Effects of Low-level Herbivory on Bud Demography and Branch Architecture Decrease Leaf Area and Growth of Paper Birch” at the 14th Ornamental Workshop on Diseases and Pests, Hendersonville, N.C., Sept. 27-30; “Interspecific Variation in Ash Resistance/Susceptibility to Emerald Ash Borer,” co-presenters were D.R. Smitley, E. Rebek, P. Bonello, and D. Cipollini, and “Effects of Community Composition on Forest Susceptibility and Response to Emerald Ash Borer,” co-presenters were A. Smith and R. Long, at the 2005 USDA Emerald Ash Borer Research Review, Romulus, Mich., Oct. 4-5; “The Emerald Ash Borer Invasion: OARDC Research Response” at Leadership Wooster Agriculture Day, Wooster, Nov. 3; and “Plant Stress and Wood-Boring Insects: Implications for Research and Management” at the USDA Southern Region Pest Management Center Workshop on Wood-Boring Insects, Orlando, Fla., Nov. 4-5.

Linda Mizejewski, Women’s Studies, presented “The Woman Detective: Challenging the Conventions of Gender and Genre” and “Prime Time Women Investigators” as part of the Illinois Humanities’ Council program “Uncommon Detectives: Gender, Multiculturalism, and Detective Fiction,” Chicago, Oct. 28; and gave a reading at the Women and Children First bookstore in Chicago.

James Phelan, English, presented “Narrative Judgments and the Rhetorical Theory of Narrative: Bierce’s ‘Crimson Candle’ and McEwan’s Atonement” at Case Western Reserve University, Nov. 12.
Stephanie Shaw, History, gave the Emma Lou Thornbrough annual lecture at Butler University, Nov. 5.

Alexander Stephan, Germanic Languages and Literatures, organized the symposium “Japan and Germany: Two Successful Models of Americanization?” at the German East Asiatic Society, Tokyo, November 2004, co-organizer was Thomas Pekar; and presented “’… wirklich, ich lebe in finsteren Zeiten.’ Leben und Schreiben im Exil 1933 bis 1945” at Gakushuin University, Tokyo, November 2004.

Sara Webb-Sunderhaus, English, presented “Higher Learning: Literacy Practices and Beliefs of Appalachian College Students” at the Women of Appalachia Conference, Zanesville, Oct. 29.

Udo Will, Music, presented “Does the Brain Get Entrained to Music? How are Musical Stimuli and Brain Responses Related?” at the conference “Musical Entrainment,” United Kingdom, Oct. 15-18.

Publications
James Battersby, English, “A Prologue After, Not By, Samuel Johnson,” Johnsonian News Letter, No. 55 (2004), pp. 55-58.

C. Magbaily Fyle, African American and African Studies, “The Yoruba Diaspora in Sierra Leone’s Krio Society,” The Yoruba Diaspora in the Atlantic World, Toyin Falola and Matt D. Childs, eds. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004).

Harvey Graff, English and History, is the consulting editor of Chicago History, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2004), co-editor is Joy Bivins; and “Coming of Age in Chicago,” Chicago History, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2004), pp. 12-31.

D.A. Herms, D.G. McCullough and D.R. Smitley, Entomology, “Under Attack: the Current Status of the Emerald Ash Borer Infestation and the Program to Eradicate It,” American Nurseryman, Vol. 200, No. 7 (2004), pp. 20-27.

Stuart Lishan, English, “Real Language” and “Backdrop and Foreground,” forpoetry.com (November/December 2004), www.forpoetry.com.

Jeredith Merrin, English, “John Clare for the Twenty-First Century,” The Southern Review, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Autumn 2004), pp. 829-841.

Tony Pasquarello, Philosophy, Mansfield, program notes on the music of Puccini, Rossini and Tchaikovsky for concerts of the Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, Nov. 6-7.

Walter Rucker, African American and African Studies, “The African and European Slave Trades” and “African Americans and an Atlantic World Culture,” The Blackwell Companion to African American History, Alton Hornsby Jr., ed., (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2005), pp. 48-66, 235-253.

M.K. Thayer and F.F. Purrington, Entomology, “Bledius beattyi Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae), New to the United States, and Co-occurrences of Some Bledius Leach and Dyschiriodes Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae) Species in South Florida,” Coleopterists Bulletin, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 439-442.

Recognitions
Kevin Boyle, History, won the National Book Award for his book Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age. His book was one of five finalists in the non-fiction category. Each finalist received a bronze medal and a $1,000 cash award, and each winner received $10,000 and a bronze statue.

Robert Burkholder and Jin-Fa Lee, Electrical and Computer Engineering, have been named fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Rob Coleman, Chemistry, received a 2004 Harlan Hatcher Memorial Award for Academic Excellence from the Executive Dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences.

Jacquelin Holland, James Cancer Hospital, received the President’s Award and the Mentorship Award from the Columbus chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society.

Stephanie Shaw, History, was awarded the 2004 Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award for the best article published in The Journal of Southern History in the years 2002 and 2003 for her article “Using the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives to Study the Impact of the Great Depression,” published August 2003. She received the award at the Southern Historical Association meeting, Memphis, Nov. 4.

Fernando Teixeira, Electrical and Computer Engineering, received the 2004 URSI Booker Fellowship, the highest award given by the USNC, International Union of Radio Science, to a scientist under the age of 35.

Donald Winford, Linguistics, received a 2004 Harlan Hatcher Memorial Award for Academic Excellence from the Executive Dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences.

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