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Faculty & Staff, 12/8/11

December 7, 2011

Book

Ali Keyhani, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Design of Smart Grid Renewable Energy Systems (Wiley, 2011).

Grants

Jeffrey Bons and Ali Ameri, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have received a US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory grant of $497,223 to conduct advanced turbine technology research for the clean and efficient operation of turbines using fuels derived from coal and containing high amounts of hydrogen. The Ohio State project is called “Effects of Hot Streak and Phantom Cooling on Heat Transfer in a Cooled Turbine Stage Including Particulate Deposition.”

Glenn Daehn, Materials Science and Engineering, and Anthony Luscher, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a $400,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation through Ohio State’s Institute for Materials Research in support of innovative design and manufacturing technologies that will enable the creation of lighter, more environmentally friendly vehicle structures.

Marcelo Dapino, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, received a $1.5 million award from the Ohio Third Frontier Wright Project Program to develop an advanced manufacturing technology for fabricating novel smart materials and structures. The project title is “Integrated Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing and Laser Machining for Realization of Novel Smart Structures.”

Samir Ghadiali, Biomedical Engineering and Internal Medicine, received a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant for “Biomechanical Mechanisms of Oncogenic Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition,” with Doug Kniss, Biomedical Informatics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, and Patrick Nana-Sinkham, Internal Medicine. This proposal will utilize a combination of biophysical, molecular biology and quantitative engineering tools to investigate the biomechanical mechanisms that govern cancer metastasis with a goal to develop quantitative biomechanical markers that can be used to more accurately grade tumors and metastatic potential.

Nicole Luthy, Ohio Resource Center, received $1 million from the Ohio Department of Education for the pilot project “Formative Assessment in Middle School (FAMS),” to help teachers develop assessment strategies aligned to the new Ohio standards in English language arts and mathematics.

Bob Mahlman, Center on Education and Training for Employment, received a $466,313 grant from the Ohio Department of Education for “Automated Materials Joining Technology Curriculum Development.”

Helen Malone, Physical Activity and Educational Services, received $48,606 from the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities to advise Buckeyes Behavior Analysis Services, a multi-disciplinary initiative with Ohio State, Columbus Public Schools and Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Monadine Mattey, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, received $15,000 from the Scioto County Family and Children First Council for “Systematic Training for Effective Parenting.”

Presentations

Bhavik Bakshi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, presented “Coal Gasification by Conventional versus Calcium Looping Process – A Life Cycle Energy, Global Warming, and Water Assessment,” with L.S. Fan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Berrin Kusun and Shwetha Ramkumar, and “Comparing Resource Consumption in the US Economy for 1997 and 2002 via Eco-LCA: A Case Study on Biofuels,” with Erin Landers and Shweta Singh, at the at the International Society of Industrial Ecology conference, Berkeley, Calif., June 7-9.

Tim Berra, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, emeritus, presented “Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man,” at Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Oct. 25; “Chasing Nurseryfish and Avoiding Crocodiles in Northern Australia,” at the Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, N.T. Australia, Oct. 28 and at Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Nov. 9.

Jerry Dannemiller, Wexner Center, served on the panel “Think Tank: Unlocking Strategy with Marketing Masters,” at the National Arts Marketing Project Conference, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 12.

Martin Feinberg, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Mathematics, presented “Thinking about Chemical Reaction Networks” and “Thinking About Chemical Reactors,” as the Richard H. Wilhelm Lectureship in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., Oct. 3-5.

Rick Freuler, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Cliff Whitfield, Engineering Education Innovation Center, presented “An Overview of Highly Successful First-year Engineering Cornerstone Design Projects,” at the International Conference in Engineering Education, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug. 22-26, with Elizabeth Riter, Engineering Scholars, and Yosef Allam, First Year Engineering Program.

Harvey Graff, English and History, chaired and participated in sessions on “Problems of Sources and Methods in the History of Childhood” and “The Existential Problem of Urban Studies,” at the annual meeting of the Social Science History Association, Boston, Mass., Nov. 17-20.

Richard Gumina, Cardiovascular Medicine, presented “A Novel Transgenic Pig Overexpressing Ectonucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase 1 (ENTPD-1/CD39) Demonstrates Reduced Myocardial Injury,” at the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Fla., Nov. 17.

Sherman Hanna, Consumer Sciences, presented “Using Real Clients in a Capstone Financial Planning Class,” at the CFP Board Registered Program conference, Washington, DC, August 2011, with Michael Gutter.

Beth Kattelman, University Libraries, presented “Lying in the Archives: Magicians, Charlatans and the Economy of Deception,” at the annual conference for the American Society for Theatre Research, Montreal, Quebec, Nov. 19.

Barbara Lehman, Teaching and Learning, presented “NCTE Authors – A Master Class in Children’s Literature: Trends and Issues in an Evolving Field (Children’s Books as Bestsellers),” at the National Council of Teachers of English annual convention, Nov. 19.

Abdel Mohammad, Geriatric Dentistry, presented “Oral Systemic Connection-Diagnosis and Managment as Part of the Health Team,” to the Greater New York Dental Meeting on behalf of the American Academy of Oral Medicine and the American Association of Hospital Dentistry/ Special Care Dentistry Region II Program for their 66th annual meeting.

Oded Shenkar, Business, participated in a free public discussion of how imitation, or a combination of imitation and innovation, what he calls “immovation,” can lead to greater profits than innovation alone, at Ohio State Marion, Nov. 17.

Publications

Becky Cornett and Tina Latimer, Medical Center, “Managing Hospital Readmissions:  An Overview of the Issues,” Journal of Health Care Compliance, Vol. 13, No.6,
pp. 5-14.

Russel Mikkelson, Instrumental Conducting and Ensembles, with former students Lisa Galvin, Brian Sze and Zachary Roberts, jointly composed a work for concert band titled Songs from the Heartland, (Daehn Publications, 2011).

Recognition

Bharat Bhushan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kragujevac in Serbia for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of engineering sciences and bio/nano technologies as well as his contribution to the development of the faculty of mechanical engineering in Kragujevac.

Mary Juhas, Engineering, was named to the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame for her extraordinary commitment to excellence, achievement and service to others. The Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame recognizes the many outstanding contributions Ohio women have made to their state and nation.

Minnie McGee, Minority Engineering Program, has been selected as a 2011 “University Rep Unsung Hero” by GEM, the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, in recognition of her commitment to the GEM Mission.

Umit Ozkan, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. Fellows are named for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession and the society.

Scopas Poggo, African and African American Studies, received the Excellence in Diversity Award at the inaugural Diversity Dinner sponsored by Ohio State Mansfield’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.

The Wexner Center Design Department was awarded Best of Show for a collection of publications entered (including gallery guides, brochures, a catalogue and the calendar), Best of Category (Print) for the Pipilotti Rist catalogue, Awards of Merit (Print) for the Paula Hayes gallery guide and the Joe Dante retrospective brochure and an Award of Merit (Campaign) for the calendar of events, at the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts’ Creative Best awards ceremony, Nov. 17.

Service

Ada Demb, Educational Policy and Leadership, serves on the editorial board for the NACADA Journal.

Belinda Gimbert, Educational Policy and Leadership, and Patty Hanna, Melissa Dudley and Leslie Scott, Project KNOTtT, trained 50 teachers in the Clark County School District, Nevada, June 16-17.

Jackie Goodway, Physical Activity and Educational Services, has been reappointed to Ohio State’s Institutional Review Board to ensure the safety and welfare of subjects in research projects and clinical trials.

Faculty & Staff, 11/17/11

November 16, 2011

Books

Amanda Boetzkes, Art History, The Ethics of Earth Art (Minn.: University of Minnesota Press, 2010).

Christian Kleinbub, Art History, Vision and the Visionary in Raphael (University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania University Press, 2011).

Patricia Lather, Educational Policy and Leadership, is author of Engaging Science Policy: From the Side of the Messy, which received a 2011 Critics Choice Book Award from the American Educational Studies Association.

Hari Sharma, Center for Integrative Medicine, emeritus, and Christopher Clark, Ayurvedic Healing (London: Singing Dragon, 2012).

Grants

Gulsah Akar and Steve Gordon, City and Regional Planning, have been awarded a $136,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation to support their project linking land use, transportation and travel behavior in Ohio.

Gil Bohrer, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received a $45,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program for “Improving Process-Level Understanding of the Factors Underlying Long-Term Trends and Year-to-Year Variability in Carbon Sequestration of Northeastern Forests.” He also received two grants from from the US Department of Energy program for Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Research: $1.03 million for “Forecasting Carbon Storage as Eastern Forests Age: Joining Experimental and Modeling Approaches at the Umbs Ameriflux Site,” with Peter Curtis, Evolution, Ecology and Organizational Biology, Chris Gough and Knut Nadelhoffer; and $263,140 for “Effects of Disturbance on Carbon Sequestration in the New Jersey Pine Barrens,” with Karina Schafer, Ken Clark and Nick Skowronski.

Cynthia Buettner, Human Development and Family Science, received $197,707 from the Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism for OSU Kid Corps 2011-12, to continue the multi-component program to increase literacy and social skills among at-risk preschoolers.

Ann Clutter, Tony Nye and Brad Bergefurd, OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences, received a $3,000 2011 Neighborhood Mini-Grant Award, 2010.

Belinda Gimbert, Center on Education and Training for Employment and Educational Policy and Leadership, received a $50,000 school improvement grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Tomorrow Center, 2011.

John Huntington, Art History, received a Research Enhancement Grant from the Division of Arts and Humanities to conduct research on Buddhist and Himalayan art during the 2011-12 academic year.

The Kirwan Institute Global Justice Program’s Food Justice Program was awarded a Seed Grant Target Award by Ohio State’s Food Innovation Center. The grant will support the launch of Kirwan’s Large Scale Land Acquisitions Mapping Project, which will examine the impact of foreign investors’ acquisition of millions of hectares of arable land in Africa since 2001. Among other factors, the project will study the benefits and impacts of foreign land investments on specific communities and countries in terms of food security, as well as social and ecological-biophysical impacts.

Bill Loadman, Educational Policy and Leadership, emeritus, received $100,000 from the Ohio Department of Education for “Theory-based Measurement” and $178,657 from the Ohio Department of Youth Services to evaluate the Striving Readers program, 2011-13.

Kris Paulsen, Art History, has been awarded a grant from the Getty Research Institute to conduct research on her forthcoming book, Mass Medium: Artists’ Television 1965 to the Present.

Presentations

Tim Berra, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, presented “Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man,” at the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct. 4, and at Embiggen Books, Melbourne, Oct. 13;  and “The Role of Environmental Scientists in Shaping Public Opinion and Policy,” “Life History of the Australian Grayling, Prototroctes maraena, or Why Does a Fish Smell like a Cucumber?” and “Chasing Nurseryfish and Avoiding Crocodiles in Northern Australia,” at the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct. 11-14.

Carla Curtis, Social Work, presented “Prevailing Risk Assessment Protocols: Are They Culturally Responsive to African American Children and Families?” at the 15th annual Council on Social Work Education annual program meeting, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27-30, with Ramona Denby Brinson.

Tamara Davis and Mo Yee Lee, Social Work, presented “Concept Mapping for Curriculum Development: Advancing Stakeholder Engagement through Technology,” at the 15th annual Council on Social Work Education annual program meeting, Curriculum Workshop, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27-30.

Elsadig Elsheikh and Wendy Ake, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, presented “Can Africa Survive Land Deals?” at the Food Innovations Seminar Series, Columbus, Nov. 11.

James Genova, History, presented “’Y’En A Marre!’ (We’ve Had Enough): Senegal in the Season of Discontent,” at Ohio State Marion, Nov. 16.

Joe Guada, Social Work, presented “Perceptions toward Mental Illness among African American Adolescents with Psychiatric Disorders,” at the 15th annual Council on Social Work Education annual program meeting, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27-30, with D. Kranke and J. Floersch.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, presented “Perceived Physical Characteristics of Streets for Walkability,” at the 2011 annual meeting and expo of the American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 30-Nov. 2.

Susan Saltzburg, Social Work, presented “Teaching LGBTQ Culturally Relevant Practice: Helping Students Unpack Heterosexist and Gender Conventions,” at the 15th annual Council on Social Work Education annual program meeting, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27-30.

Publications

Hojjat Adeli, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Biomedical Informatics, Neuroscience and Neurological Surgery, co-edited “Advanced Communication and Networking,” a compilation of the refereed proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Advanced Communication and Networking, Brno, Czech Republic, June 2011, with  T.-h. Kim, R.J. Robles and M. Balitanas.

Becky Cornett, Medical Center, “The Physician Documentation Integrity Imperative: A Commentary,” Journal of Health Care Compliance, Vol. 13, No. 5,
pp. 21-6, 62.

Jay Kandampully, Consumer Sciences, “Generation Y as Hospitality Industry Employees: An Examination of Work Attitude Differences,” Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, with and David Solnet and Anna Hood.

Caezilia Loibl, Consumer Sciences, and David Kraybill and Sara Wackler DeMay, Agricultural Economics, “Accounting for the Role of Habit in Regular Saving,” Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 4 (August 2011), pp. 581-92.

Recognition

Donna Brown, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, was welcomed into the Farm Science Review Hall of Fame for sharing human ecology presentations for 20 years and serving as a member of the Farm Science Review Program and Policy Committee.

Susan Huntington, Art History, emerita, has been named a Fellow at the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton for the 2011-12 academic year. During her fellowship, Huntington will be working on her book on the early Buddhist art of India.

Amy Sturm, Human Genetics and Genetic Counseling, received the 2011 Outstanding Volunteer Award from the National Society of Genetic Counselors at the society’s annual national conference, San Diego, Calif. Sturm was recognized for her volunteerism toward the progress of various committees, task forces and specific projects aiming to advance multiple roles of genetic counselors in health care by promoting education, research and public policy to ensure the availability of quality genetic services.

Yuliang Wang, Precision Measurement and Control Laboratory, has been selected as a 2011 Pelotonia Postdoctorial Fellow. Wang has extensive experience in micro/nanoscale imaging and mechanical property measurement with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). His research focuses on application of AFM and vision sensing techniques on mechanical property measurement of cancer cells.

Service

Patricia Enciso, Teaching and Learning, is a member of the Literacy Research Association board of directors, 2011-14.

Darcy Haag Granello, Physical Activity and Educational Services, headed a 40-member team from the Counselor Education Program that raised more than $3,000 in the Columbus Out of the Darkness Community Walk, Oct. 23, to support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the OSU Campus Suicide Prevention Program, making it the number one team in fundraising for Central Ohio.

Josh Hawley, Physical Activity and Educational Services and Glenn School, completed a Fulbright Senior Specialist assignment teaching a PhD course on longitudinal research at the State University-Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, 2011.

Susan Zies, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Lucas County, was chosen to participate in the 2011-12 Staff Leadership Series conducted by The Women’s Place at Ohio State.

Board of Trustees, 11/17/11

November 16, 2011

Enrollment is up, so is quality

The first year of Ohio State’s plan to increase its overall enrollment has gone pretty much according to plan, OSU’s vice president for enrollment services told the Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee Nov. 3.

Dolan Evanovich told the committee the total university enrollment for this year is 64,429, an increase of 352 students, or 0.5 percent from last year. It’s the first year in a five-year enrollment plan that aims to boost that figure to 7,100 by 2015.

The plan also includes goals that address regional campus enrollment, new freshman numbers and quality, diversity and retention.

This year’s incoming freshmen, for example, had higher composite ACT and SAT scores and more were among the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes. The enrollment plan calls for new freshmen to have an average 29 on their ACT and have 60 percent rank in the top 10 percent of their classes by 2015.

Evanovich also said Ohio State has maintained its 92.8 percent first-year retention rate from last year, aiming for 95 percent by 2015, and said both the four- and six-year graduation rates climbed as well, to 58.4 percent and 79.7 percent, respectively. The aims for those numbers are 62 percent and 83 percent by 2015.

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved a variety of personnel, fiscal and construction-related matters at its meeting Nov. 4.

Charter trustee appointed

The board appointed Corbett Price as a charter trustee of the university, for a three-year term beginning Nov. 5. Price, who earned a master’s degree in health administration at Ohio State in 1975, is CEO of Kurron Capital LLC, a healthcare private equity firm. He also is chairman of Kurron & Co. Inc., a management consulting firm that manages health care companies in the US and abroad.

Price has been deeply involved in service to Ohio State, and in 2008 was honored with an Ohio State University Distinguished Service Award for his contributions to society and academics and his dedication to the university. Price joins Charter Trustee Gilbert Cloyd, who was appointed in October 2009.

New affiliate authorized

The board authorized the university to establish OSU India Gateway LLC as an affiliated entity and the newest Global Gateway office. The India Gateway, expected to open in Mumbai in April 2012, will provide opportunities for Ohio State alumni to network and organize events, a portal for study abroad programs and a base for faculty conducting research in India. In addition, the India Gateway will provide a site for recruitment of Indian students, a classroom facility to allow for academic programming and professional education and training programs for employees of Ohio-based and Indian businesses.

The new entity furthers Ohio State’s strategic commitment to become a top global university and establish a presence for the university in strategic locations. Ohio State opened its first gateway office in Shanghai, China, in 2010.

Comprehensive Breast Center named

The board approved the naming of the Comprehensive Breast Center as the Stefanie Spielman Breast Center. The naming honors the significant contributions Stefanie and her husband, Chris Spielman, have raised for the Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute.

Football Complex spaces named

The board approved the naming of spaces inside the Les Wexner Football Complex at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center:

• The Players Private Entrance will be named the Buckeye Private Entrance in recognition of significant contributions to the Woody Hayes Athletic Center made by Kenneth Carpenter in the names of Keith and Brenda Carpenter and Kenneth and Robin Carpenter.
• The practice football field and the Super Bowl Wall will be named The Harold Schumaker Family Football Field and The Super Bowl Wall in recognition of significant contributions to the Department of Athletics by Tina and Byron Trott through the Trott Family Foundation.

Art gallery re-named

Trustees approved re-naming the Farmer Family Art Gallery at Ohio State Lima as the Farmer Family Gallery. The gallery recognizes Martha Farmer, who started the theater program at Ohio State Lima in the 1970s. The new name provides more flexibility for the gallery to include a variety of forms of art.

Building re-named

Trustees approved re-naming the John A. Prior Health Sciences Library as Prior Hall, since the building is no longer used exclusively for a health sciences library.

Personnel actions

The board approved the following personnel appointments:

• Herb Asher has been named senior vice president for Government Affairs, through Sept. 30, 2014.
• Christopher Fairman has been named professor and holder of the Moritz College of Law Alumni Society Designated Professorship in Law in the Moritz College of Law, effective Dec. 1 through Nov. 30, 2016.
• Peter Larsen has been named professor and holder of the Dr. Larry J. Peterson Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the College of Dentistry, through Sept. 31, 2015.

Reappointments

• Casey Hoy has been reappointed professor and holder of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair in Ecological Management in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, through June 30, 2016.
• Bobby Moser has been reappointed executive dean of the professional colleges, through June 30, 2012.
• Keith Smith has been reappointed professor and holder of the George R. and Genevieve B. Gist Endowed Chair in Ohio State University Extension in OSU Extension, through June 30, 2016.

Resolution in memoriam

The board adopted resolutions in memoriam for:

• William Ploughe, associate professor emeritus in the Department of Physics, who died Sept. 9.
• William Shaw, assistant professor emeritus in OSU Extension, who died Aug. 28.
• Donald Young Sr., assistant professor emeritus in OSU Extension, who died Oct. 13.

Pediatric Faculty Practice approved

Trustees approved the creation of the Pediatric Faculty Practice Plan at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. In April, the board approved Faculty Group Practice for physician faculty at Ohio State. The new Pediatric Academic Association Inc. will serve as the faculty practice plan for the faculty physicians who practice at Children’s.

Expression of appreciation

The board expressed appreciation for the work of physician leadership in creating the Faculty Group Practice, the new entity which employs the physician faculty of the College of Medicine.

Construction projects approved

The board authorized the university to enter into professional services contracts for the following project:

Replacement of an Ag Engineering building that was heavily damaged by the September 2010 tornado at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. Total project budget is $13.8 million to be provided by general funds and insurance.

The board authorized the university to enter into or increase construction contracts for the following project:

Construction of a chilled water plant to support the projects and facilities on south campus, including those that are part of the Medical Center Expansion. The facility will have a total chilled water capacity of 17,500 tons and the ability to expand to an additional 12,500 tons. The construction amount is being increased from $72.5 million to $77.3 million, an increase of 6.6 percent, in order to add a seventh chiller to the project to support the Radiation/Oncology facility, the Cancer and Critical Care Tower and other facilities in the Medical Center Expansion Project. Funding for the project comes from university bond proceeds.

Property sale approved

The board authorized the university to sell approximately 17.7 acres of vacant land located on the south side of Eiterman Road, Dublin, to the City of Dublin for a purchase price of $100,500 per acre.

Property accepted

The board authorized the university to accept a gift of 2.5 acres of improved property located at 456 Partridge Bend in Powell. The property, owned by Steven and Barbara Fishman, has been appraised at values of $850,000 and $880,000. The university has agreed to use the property as transitional housing for faculty and staff until it is sold in approximately three years.

Retirement plans amended

In order to comply with the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable laws, regulations and administrative authority and to make certain administrative changes, trustees approved resolutions to:

• Amend and restate the Ohio Public Higher Education Institutions’ Alternative Retirement Plan.
• Amend the University’s Alternative Retirement.
• Amend The Ohio State University Supplemental Qualified Retirement Plan, renamed The Ohio State University Retirement Continuation Plan.

Self-Insurance Board reappointments approved

Trustees approved the reappointments of Reed Fraley, Dimon McFerson, Hagop Mekhjian and Gary Katz to the Self-Insurance Board, for terms ending April 30, 2013.

Newly established funds

The board accepted the University Foundation Report as of Sept. 30, which included the establishment of two professorships as well as
11 named endowed funds, totaling more than $1.6 million in private gifts to the university.

• Dr. Larry J. Peterson Endowed Professorship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, $766,212.

• Moritz College of Law Alumni Society Designated Professorship in Law, $42,500 per year, five years.

• Marjorie Fawcett Scholarship Fund, $150,000.

• Novice Fawcett Scholarship Fund, $150,000.

• Advanced Studies in Gerontology Nursing Fund, $125,000.

• Dr. William R. Williams Endowed Fund for the Improvement of Teacher Education, $103,837.

• John W. Villacres Scholarship Fund to Honor SGM Robert Smith and Georgia Ann Smith, $101,288.

• Charles and Barbara Webb Family Scholarship Fund, $71,232.

• Robert J. Freedy, MD, and Lucy R. Freedy, MD, Endowed Cardiovascular Education Fund, $50,000.

• Dr. Walter G. Venzke Endowed Scholarship Fund, $29,975.

• Utzinger Memorial Garden Fund, $25,895.

• Peter W. Spike Dairy Judging Endowment Fund, $25,055.

• The John F. Schuller Scholarship Fund, $25,000.

Leslie Lockett, Department of English

November 16, 2011

Leslie Lockett is an associate professor in the Department of English. She specializes in Old English literature and teaches Medieval Latin and Manuscript Studies for the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

What are your five favorite books and why?

Nine Innings by Daniel Okrent. I read a lot of baseball books in grade school and high school, but this one taught me the most, both about the intricacies of baseball and about the psychology of baseball players.Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh and The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I love these two books for many of the same reasons. Each novel plays out in a richly, intimately detailed setting populated with characters who are both alluring and repellent at the same time, which makes for a very engaging experience of reading. These books are so absorbing that their images, their turns of phrase and their tensions stay present in my mind for weeks after I read them.

Goat Song by Brad Kessler. My most passionate hobby for the past few years has been cheese; Kessler provides a poetic and vivid account of the work and the pleasures he experienced while starting up a goat farm and cheesemaking operation in a picturesque Vermont setting in the shadow of a Cistercian monastery.

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild. When I was a 7-year-old aspiring ballet dancer, I envied the three sisters’ thrilling lives on the London stage; every detail of their meals, their clothes and their lessons was exotic and mesmerizing. I still read this beloved book once every year or two.

Who is your favorite character (villain or hero) in literature?

The unnamed Whiskey Priest in Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory. He’s hero, villain and victim all at once.

What is the last book you’ve bought?

Artisan Cheese Making At Home by Mary Karlin.

What’s your guilty pleasure — a book you love but don’t often talk about because it’s not serious literature?

Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons. I always have a good cry when I read the scene in which the heroine opens an amazing present sent by her sweetheart.

What books have helped you most in your career?

For research: Michael Lapidge, The Anglo-Saxon Library. A magisterial study of the Latin literature known and taught in England during the early Middle Ages. For teaching: Paul Elie, The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage. A biography of four American Catholic authors: Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Flannery O’Connor and Walker Percy.

Stephen Mangum, Management and Human Resources at Fisher College

November 16, 2011

How is unemployment measured?

Labor force measures such as the unemployment rate are drawn from the Current Population Survey, a monthly, nationally representative survey of some 60,000 US households. To be counted as unemployed, an individual in a sampled household must be 16 years of age or older, without work, willing to work and have actively sought work in the four weeks preceding the survey. That the definition includes a search requirement implies that the reported unemployment figure underestimates joblessness because, for example, it does not include “discouraged workers” who have stopped active search due to frustration over a lack of opportunities.

Why has unemployment been high recently?

There are two primary views of our current high unemployment. One view is that the bursting of the housing bubble and the accompanying financial crisis resulted in a loss of household wealth that led to sharp cutbacks in consumer spending. These cutbacks, along with the rise of uncertainty incumbent in the economic downturn perceived as different from prior recessions, led to a pronounced decline in business investment. That and the decline in consumer spending produced significant job losses.

The second view argues that structural change in the world economy results in significant dislocation of workers and jobs. Among the structural arguments are that globalization and technology have altered the geographical and skill distribution of employment, leading to rising numbers of geographic and skill mismatches. It seems reasonable to believe that elements of both cyclical — jobs that should return as demand for goods and services returns to a normal growth path — and structural unemployment are found in today’s current high unemployment.

What are some potential government strategies to reduce unemployment?

We need to make judicious use of expansionary monetary and fiscal policy tools to build confidence and spur demand. Expansionary fiscal policy financed through deficit spending should be job creation-focused and targeted on infrastructure and other investments that lead to greater long-term growth potential. That the initial stimulus package did not sufficiently adhere to these principles should not dissuade us from doing better.

Where documented structural mismatches exist, targeted efforts to provide appropriate skills training should be actively pursued, with strong participation from employers who will use these human resources once trained.

In addressing the unemployment of today we cannot lose sight of long-term realities. In a world of globalized product markets, the market for productive resources (human and otherwise) that produce goods and services is also global. To competitively produce that which can alternatively be produced in other countries, our workers need to be able to compete against the best of the world. In other words, if we do not want our citizens working at the relatively low wages that workers in other parts of the world are willing to accept, our citizens need to be sufficiently skilled such that US productivity per worker justifies higher hourly wages than elsewhere.

While relative productivity is key to competing effectively in the market for established goods and services, a companion route to expanding employment opportunities is through the creation of new products and services, the creation of ideas and things not yet existing or even envisioned. Here again the key to competitiveness lies in the productive capacity of our workforce, in seeding and nurturing innovation, research and development, and entrepreneurial activity. Public policy can play a positive role in nurturing such activities.

Top 3 on 2, 11/17/11

November 16, 2011

Why did you choose to work at Ohio State? This Ohio State position had previously been created, and it was recreated to be a shared service position. So I was originally hired to work for Ophthalmology and Neurology, and Psychiatry is a department that we just took on this year. Part of why I was hired for this position may be because I had previously worked as vice president for human resources for 25 years in private industry, so I was used to the concept of shared services. I feel fortunate to be at Ohio State because my previous company was sold. So it was a time when I never expected to be unemployed, and yet I was.

What do you like about your job?
I think what I like the best is working with the staff members, residents and physicians and seeing their work and accomplishments, which are just amazing to me. I also love working with students and help them along their path. This job is much different than my previous experience, so it’s all kind of new and exciting to me.

What are some staff-oriented activities you participate in? One of the things that I noticed when I first started working here was that the overall Ohio State staff recognition program is fabulous. But what I thought was missing was team building within my department. So what we started doing was having potlucks at lunchtime. We bought crockpots and started dreaming up what we would put in them. We started with baked potatoes and would have people bring toppings, a main course and appetizers. We don’t really have any big agenda, but we have our potlucks in order to get to know each other.

How do you apply the ‘One University’ concept? The new OSU shared services initiative started a few years ago, so it’s been interesting thinking about One University. I live that every day. I have employees that are part of the

Medical Center, part of the university and part of OSU Physicians. As part of such a large group, you have to really accept that you’re not always going to get your own way. People are used to functioning in their own silos. Now all of a sudden it’s a bigger view. Now we have to work together for a bigger outcome, and we’re all going to have to give in a little bit.

Of what honor or recognition are you most proud?
What really is amazing to me and what I love about my job is that people seek me out for advice and problem solving. I guess I just feel like it’s a real honor to be trusted and be sought out like that.

To nominate a staff member for an upcoming issue, e-mail oncampus@osu.edu.

Ohio State qualified seven bidding groups after receiving 10 responses to its Request for Qualifications for its potential parking concession (visit osu.edu/news/newsitem3293 to see the qualifiers). The university is considering entering into a long-term lease for the operations and maintenance of its parking systems. It is part of a comprehensive look at OSU’s non-core assets to see how they could be leveraged to generate additional revenue to support Ohio State’s academic mission.

“We are pleased that we received such a large number of responses. We will continue the selection process by interviewing the qualified bidders and inviting them to come to campus to conduct diligence,” said Geoff Chatas, senior vice president and CFO. “The number of bidders likely will be reduced after the interview process and, assuming we decide to proceed, we will issue the final RFP in the first quarter of 2012.” The bidding process is expected to conclude by spring 2012.

Faculty Recognition Program 2011/12 Honorees

November 15, 2011

Doreen Agnese
Associate Professor - Clinical
Surgery
College of Medicine

Ola Ahlqvist
Associate Professor with Tenure
Geography
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ann Allen
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Educational Policy and Leadership
College of Education and Human Ecology

Dawn Anderson-Butcher
Professor
College of Social Work

John Arnold
Associate Professor with Tenure ATI
Agriculture and Engineering Technologies
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Irina Artsimovitch
Professor
Microbiology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Candice C. Askwith
Associate Professor with Tenure
Neuroscience College of Medicine

VM (Bala) Balasubramaniam
Professor
Food Science and Technology
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Lei Bao
Professor
Physics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Franco Barchiesi
Associate Professor with Tenure
African-American & African Studies
College of the Arts and Sciences

Gerene S. Bauldoff
Professor - Clinical
College of Nursing

M. Bednarski
Professor
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine

Tanios Bekaii-Saab
Associate Professor with Tenure
Internal Medicine
College of Medicine

Mikhail Belkin
Associate Professor with Tenure
Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Paul E. Bellair
Professor
Sociology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Janet Best
Associate Professor with Tenure
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Julie Bishop
Associate Professor - Clinical
Orthopaedics
College of Medicine

Elizabeth L. Black
Associate Professor with Tenure
University Libraries

Stanley E. Blake
Associate Professor with Tenure
History
College of the Arts and Sciences

Amy Bonomi
Tenure
Human Development and Family Science
College of Education and Human Ecology

James R. Borchers
Associate Professor - Clinical
Family Medicine
College of Medicine

Stephen Boyles
Professor
Animal Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Bear F. Braumoeller
Associate Professor with Tenure
Political Science
College of the Arts and Sciences

Stephanie Brown
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Mirel Caibar
Associate Professor with Tenure
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Cynthia Callahan
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Helen I. Cannella-Malone
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Physical Activity & Educational Services
College of Education and Human Ecology

Esperanza J. Carcache de Blanco
Associate Professor with Tenure
College of Pharmacy

Dawn S. Chandler
Associate Professor with Tenure
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Caroline T. Clark
Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
College of Education and Human Ecology

Nancy Clelland
Professor
College of Dentistry

Graham R. Cochran
Associate Professor with Tenure
OSU Extension
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Robert A. Cook
Associate Professor with Tenure
Anthropology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Cooksey
Professor
Sociology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Lucia Helena S. Costigan
Professor
Spanish & Portuguese
College of the Arts and Sciences

Rodica Costin
Associate Professor with Tenure
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Cowley
Professor
Knowlton School of Architecture
College of Engineering

Wallace Crandall
Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

J. Mac Crawford
Associate Professor - Clinical
College of Public Health

Clifford L. Cua
Associate Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics College of Medicine

Holly Dabelko-Schoeny
Associate Professor with Tenure
College of Social Work

Christopher Daddis
Associate Professor with Tenure
Psychology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Jerry D’Agostino
Professor
School of Educational Policy and Leadership
College of Education and Human Ecology

Marcelo Dapino
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering

Tamara S. Davis
Associate Professor with Tenure
College of Social Work

Emily de los Reyes
Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Michael Dekay
Tenure
Psychology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ana Del Sarto
Associate Professor with Tenure
Spanish & Portuguese
College of the Arts and Sciences

Frank Donoghue
Professor
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Brian Edmiston
Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
College of Education and Human Ecology

Michael C. Edwards
Associate Professor with Tenure
Psychology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ron Emoff
Professor
School of Music
College of the Arts and Sciences

Elizabeth Erwin
Associate Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Joseph Francis Fahey
Associate Professor with Tenure
Theatre
College of the Arts and Sciences

Alan B. Farmer
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Harold A. Fisk
Associate Professor with Tenure
Molecular Genetics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Francis L. Fluharty
Research Professor
Animal Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Danielle Fosler-Lussier
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Music
College of the Arts and Sciences

Mandy Fox
Associate Professor with Tenure
Theatre
College of the Arts and Sciences

Mark Galantowicz
Professor - Clinical
Surgery
College of Medicine

Dorinda J. Gallant
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Educational Policy and Leadership
College of Education and Human Ecology

Wondwossen Abebe Gebreyes
Professor
Veterinary Preventive Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine

Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg
Professor
Anthropology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Nathan C. Hall
Associate Professor with Tenure
Radiology
College of Medicine

Patrice P. Hamel
Associate Professor with Tenure
Plant Cellular & Molecular Biology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Kai Hammermeister
Professor
Germanic Languages and Literatures
College of the Arts and Sciences

Christopher M. Hans
Associate Professor with Tenure
Statistics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ayesha Hasan
Associate Professor - Clinical
Internal Medicine
College of Medicine

Tom Hawkins
Associate Professor with Tenure
Greek & Latin
College of the Arts and Sciences

Andrew Heckler
Associate Professor with Tenure
Physics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Derek Heng
Associate Professor with Tenure
History
College of the Arts and Sciences

John Michael Herbert
Associate Professor with Tenure
Chemistry
College of the Arts and Sciences

Wendy S. Hesford
Professor
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Gloria C. Higgins
Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Andrew Hillier
Professor
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine

Robert Hughes
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

W. Garrett Hunt
Associate Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

John P. Hunter
Associate Professor with Tenure
Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Lawrence W. Inks
Associate Professor - Clinical
Management and Human Resources
Fisher College of Business

Pranav Jani
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Christopher P. Jaroniec
Associate Professor with Tenure
Chemistry
College of the Arts and Sciences

Sabine Jeschonnek
Professor
Physics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Johnson
Associate Professor with Tenure
Astronomy
College of the Arts and Sciences

Susan E. Johnson
Professor
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine

Christine (Cricket) Keating
Associate Professor with Tenure
Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies
College of the Arts and Sciences

Daryl W. Kinney
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Music
College of the Arts and Sciences

Maryanna D. Klatt
Associate Professor - Clinical
School of Allied Medical Professions
College of Medicine

Moira Konrad
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Physical Activity & Educational Services
College of Education and Human Ecology

Tom Koontz
Professor
School of Environment & Natural Resources
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
Professor
College of Pharmacy

Chang Won Lee
Associate Professor with Tenure
Veterinary Preventitive Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine

John J. Lenhart
Associate Professor with Tenure
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science
College of Engineering

Gustavo Leone
Professor
Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics
College of Medicine

Chenglong Li
Associate Professor with Tenure
College of Pharmacy

Leslie Lockett
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Caezilia Loibl
Associate Professor with Tenure
Consumer Sciences
College of Education and Human Ecology

Linda K. Lord
Associate Professor with Tenure
Veterinary Preventive Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine

Gerard Lozanski
Associate Professor - Clinical
Pathology
College of Medicine

Deborah Lynn
Professor - Clinical
Neurology
College of Medicine

Eric MacGilvray
Associate Professor with Tenure
Political Science
College of the Arts and Sciences

John Maharry
Associate Professor with Tenure
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

David Lester Marrison
Associate Professor with Tenure
OSU Extension
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Elizabeth Marschall
Professor
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Paul Martini
Associate Professor with Tenure
Astronomy
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ben McCorkle
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Leon McDougle
Associate Professor with Tenure
Family Medicine
College of Medicine

Lee J. McEwan
Professor
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Lara McKenzie
Associate Professor with Tenure
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Anne J. Gemensky Metzler
Professor - Clinical
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine

Carla Miller
Tenure
Human Nutrition
College of Education and Human Ecology

Bernadette Minton
Professor
Finance
Fisher College of Business

William F. Miser
Professor
Family Medicine
College of Medicine

Koritha Mitchell
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Steven J. Moeller
Professor
Animal Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Susan Dianne Moffatt-Bruce
Associate Professor with Tenure
Surgery
College of Medicine

Mark Mosely
Associate Professor - Clinical
Emergency Medicine
College of Medicine

Hayat Mousa
Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Linda James Myers
Professor
African-American & African Studies
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ann A. O’Connell
Professor
School of Educational Policy and Leadership
College of Education and Human Ecology

Wendy Panero
Associate Professor with Tenure
School of Earth Sciences
College of the Arts and Sciences

Janet S. Parrott
Associate Professor with Tenure
Theatre
College of the Arts and Sciences

Santiago Partida-Sanchez
Associate Professor with Tenure
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Hiren Patel
Associate Professor - Clinical
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Pasha A. Lyvers Peffer
Associate Professor with Tenure
Animal Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Martin Joseph Ponce
Associate Professor with Tenure
English
College of the Arts and Sciences

Lee Potter
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Vinay Prasad
Associate Professor - Clinical
Pathology
College of Medicine

Subha V. Raman
Professor
Internal Medicine
College of Medicine

Ronald M. Reano
Associate Professor with Tenure
Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Brady Reynolds
Associate Professor with Tenure
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Jennifer L. Rodis
Associate Professor - Clinical
College of Pharmacy

Paul Rose
Associate Professor with Tenure
Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Christina M. Roup
Associate Professor with Tenure
Speech & Hearing Science
College of the Arts and Sciences

Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar
Associate Professor
Surgery
College of Medicine

Matthew Saltzman
Professor
School of Earth Sciences
College of the Arts and Sciences

Abdoul G. Sam
Associate Professor with Tenure
Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Robert Scharff
Associate Professor with Tenure
Consumer Sciences
College of Education and Human Ecology

Nimish A. Shah
Professor
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Tao Shi
Associate Professor with Tenure
Statistics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Orlando P. Simonetti
Professor
Internal Medicine
College of Medicine

David Somers
Professor
Plant Cellular & Molecular Biology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Rocki Strader
Associate Professor with Tenure
University Libraries

Daniel R. Strunk
Associate Professor with Tenure
Psychology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Xiaodong Sun
Associate Professor with Tenure
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering

Alan P. Sundermeier
Associate Professor with Tenure
OSU Extension

Fernando Lisboa Teixeira
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering

Andrew M. Thomas
Associate Professor - Clinical
Internal Medicine College of Medicine

Todd Alan Thompson
Associate Professor with Tenure
Astronomy
College of the Arts and Sciences

Amanda Ewart Toland
Associate Professor with Tenure
Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics
College of Medicine

Frederick A. Villamena
Associate Professor with Tenure
Pharmacology
College of Medicine

Laura Wagner
Associate Professor with Tenure
Psychology
College of the Arts and Sciences

Joel Wainwright
Associate Professor with Tenure
Geography
College of the Arts and Sciences

Jeffrey J. Walline
Associate Professor with Tenure
College of Optometry

Yusu Wang
Associate Professor with Tenure
Computer Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Raul Weiss
Professor - Clinical
Internal Medicine
College of Medicine

Randell K. Wexler
Associate Professor with Tenure
Family Medicine
College of Medicine

Michael W. White
Associate Professor with Tenure
Linguistics
College of the Arts and Sciences

M. Susie Whittington
Professor
Human and Community Resource Development
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Ian A. G. Wilkinson
Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
College of Education and Human Ecology

Jessica O. Winter
Associate Professor with Tenure
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering

Yiying Wu
Associate Professor with Tenure
Chemistry
College of the Arts and Sciences

Zhengrong Wu
Associate Professor with Tenure
Biochemistry
College of the Arts and Sciences

Ronald Xu
Associate Professor with Tenure
Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering

Jing Yang
Associate Professor with Tenure
Pediatrics
College of Medicine

Donald Yau
Associate Professor with Tenure
Mathematics
College of the Arts and Sciences

Henry Zerby
Professor
Animal Sciences
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Bruce Zimmer
Associate Professor with Tenure
OSU Extension
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Ozeas Costa, School of Earth Sciences

November 2, 2011

How are nutrients circulated in the ocean?

Nutrients — such as nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon and iron — reach the oceans primarily as a result of runoff from continental regions. For example, in 2010, the Mississippi River contributed more than a million metric tons of nitrogen to the Gulf of Mexico. Some of this nitrogen started its journey right here in Ohio. Atmospheric deposition also is a major pathway for nutrient delivery to marine environments. Once nutrients reach the ocean, they are consumed by phytoplankton (microscopic organisms at the base of the marine food chain). Through photosynthesis, phytoplankton combine these nutrients with carbon dioxide and water to produce the carbohydrates, proteins and fats that sustain the rest of the ocean’s biological community. Once marine organisms die, the organic material from which they are made undergoes bacterial or other decomposition processes that convert organic remains into usable forms of nutrients — which can again be used by phytoplankton to re-start the cycle. However, not all the organic material is recycled back into usable nutrients. About 10 percent of the phytoplankton biomass produced in the euphotic — or sunlit — zone of the ocean sinks into deeper water, where all but about 1 percent is decomposed by other groups of bacteria living in the deep ocean. The organic matter that is not decomposed accumulates in the ocean-floor sediments. This process of removing organic material from the euphotic zone and accumulating it in the ocean floor is called biological pump because it “pumps” nutrients (and CO₂) from the upper ocean and concentrates them in the deep ocean.

What is the importance of these nutrients to ocean life?

Nutrients are essential for the distribution of life in the world’s oceans. Marine populations reach their greatest concentrations in places where physical conditions supply large quantities of nutrients. Since the continents are the major source of nutrients to the oceans, the greatest concentration of marine life is found along continental margins. Conversely, marine life is scarce in the open ocean, which is relatively poor in nutrients. Because increasing the amounts of nutrients in the oceans will result in increased generation of phytoplankton biomass — and,  similarly, an increase in the biological pump transferring CO₂ to the deep ocean — some scientists have proposed artificially adding nutrients to the ocean (the so-called ocean fertilization) as a potential solution to global warming. However, recent discoveries have suggested that increased phytoplankton production from ocean fertilization will also lead to increased decomposition of organic matter (which releases CO₂ back into the ocean and atmosphere).

Are there any potential threats from the circulation of ocean nutrients?

Over the last century, human activities — such as the production and use of nitrogen fertilizers; the burning of fossil fuels in automobiles, power generation plants and industries; soil loss from erosion and weathering intensification — have considerably altered the natural flow of nutrients from land to the oceans. Increased nutrient inputs to coastal areas (also called coastal eutrophication) promote a complex array of symptoms, including the excessive growth of algae — some of which release powerful toxins in the water, killing millions of fish every year as well as causing intoxication of humans — and the development of hypoxia, which occurs when oxygen concentrations fall below the level necessary to sustain most animal life. And this problem is not limited to US coastal waters. In recent decades, eutrophication symptoms have been reported globally.

Kristin Stanford, OSU’s Stone Lab

November 2, 2011

Kristin Stanford is the outreach and education coordinator for OSU’s Stone Laboratory.

What are your five favorite books and why?

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv. One of the most important books in the past decade. Every parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or person who cares about our next generation needs to read this book.

Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches by Marvin Harris. I’ve read a few books by Harris, but I love how this one points out all of our societal hypocrisies. If you’re interested in human societal behaviors, you should know this author!

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. Unbelievably ridiculous, funny and smart! I love everything by Tom Robbins, but this one is probably my favorite.

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. I read this at a time when I was contemplating my career goals as an undergraduate and it really solidified my desire to do something that allowed me to enjoy the outdoors. It’s poetry in story form.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Best dark love story ever. Also, it was one of the first “classic” novels I read in high school. I remember being somewhat pessimistic about books that were dubbed “classics.” But after finishing this I remember thinking, “Wow, that really was a great story!”

What is the last book you’ve bought?

Incognito by David Eagleman. I’m about half through this book, and it may be bursting into my top five! Super interesting!

What “important book” have you not read and why haven’t you read it?

I haven’t read the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. It’s a book that I have had on my shelf for more than a decade but just have never really been able to get into it.

What classic novel was a disappointment to you?

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Sorry to all James Joyce fans, but this was horrible. I’ve never had to struggle so much to get through a novel. Yuck!

What genre of literature do you prefer to read and why?

I mix it up a lot depending on my mood at the time and the parts of my brain I’ve had to exercise recently. If I’m feeling too mentally taxed, witty fiction novels appeal to me. If I’m feeling inquisitive, non-fiction books strike a chord.

What books have helped you most in your career?

Definitely the snake ecology series, edited by Richard Seigel, Joseph Collins and Susan Novak.

For my specific research focus, there also are a few demographic modeling books that have been a necessity: Model Selection and Multimodel Inference by Ken Burnham and David Anderson, Model Based Inference in the Life Sciences by David Anderson, Population Viability Analysis by eds. Steven Bessinger and Dale McCullough and Analysis of Vertebrate Populations by Graeme Caughley.

Faculty & Staff, 11/03/11

November 2, 2011

Books

Christopher Bedford, Wexner Center, contributed essays to Elliott Hundley: The Bacchae (Columbus: Wexner Center, 2011) to accompany the exhibition on view in the Wexner Center’s galleries, and David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy (DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2011), published on the occasion of a touring exhibition.

Brad Bolon, Clinical Veterinary Pathology,   Fundamental Neuropathology for Pathologists and Toxicologists: Principles and Techniques (Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley and Sons, 2011), with M. Butt.

Grants

Tim Berra, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, received $15,300 from the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, where he was Visiting Senior Scientist, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oct. 1-14; and $10,000 from the Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, where he was University Professorial Fellow, for “Strontium Isotope Analysis of Nurseryfish Otoliths,” October-November 2011.

Jiyan Ma, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, is the principal investigator on a study that received a $1.7 million award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for infectious disease transmission research. Ma and colleagues are observing what causes a particular group of infectious agents, or proteins, to transmit disease. Specifically, the scientists are studying what causes the prion protein to form different strains that lead to the development of prion disease, a condition that affects the nervous system and impairs brain function.

Presentations

Charles Atkinson, Musicology, presented “The Anonymous Vaticanus in Speculo,” for Notarum figura, L’écriture musicale et le monde des signes au IXe siècle, an international conference, Auxerre, France, June 2011; and “The Anonymous Vaticanus and the Paleofrankish Script,” for the 16th meeting of the IMS Study Group Cantus Planus, Vienna, Austria, August 2011.

Vernon Baisden, Public Safety, Bob Armstrong, Emergency Management, and Greg Ferrell, OSU Police, presented “Disaster Response and Recovery: Reviewing, Reflecting and Sharing Lessons Learned on How Safety Forces Responded to the EF-2 Tornado which Struck the OSU Wooster Campus on Sept. 16,” at the 2011 Ohio Attorney General Law Enforcement Conference, Columbus, Oct. 13.

David Huron, Music Theory, was a respondent at the National Endowment for the Humanities’ “Digging Into Data Challenge,” Washington, DC; and was a faculty member for the “Exploring the Mind through Music” symposium, Rice University, June 2011.

Jesus Lara, Landscape Architecture, presented “Patterns and Forms of Latino Cultural Landscapes,” at the Latino Urbanism: Defining a Cultural Urban Form Symposium, Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory, Arizona State University, Phoenix, May 4-5; and “Lessons From Southwest Detroit: A Cultural Touch for Incremental Re-adaptive Uses,” at the 52nd annual conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning ENVISION, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 12-16.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, presented “Perceived Aspects of Streets and Children’s Physical Activity,” with Dina Abdulkarim, City and Regional Planning, and “Save that House! An Examination of Demolition Ordinances,” with Victoria Morckel and Jennifer Evans-Cowley, City and Regional Planning, at the 53rd Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 13-16.

Jean Pitman, Wexner Center, presented a video about teen classes and workshops at the Wex at “Real Life Remixed: A National Convening for Teens in the Arts,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Mass.,
Aug. 10-12; and “Being the Bridge: Engaging Families and Youth through Contemporary Art,” at the 76th annual meeting of the Western Museum Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. 23-26.

Paul Robinson, Orchestral Instruments, performed and presented master classes at the summer Masterworks Festival in Winnona Lake, Ind., and the Lancaster Festival, Ohio; presented “The Double Bass in Small Ensembles,” with Tango Telectric, at the International Society of Bassists convention, San Francisco, Calif., June 2011;  presented “Successful Preparation for a Career in Music” and performed at the Richard Davis Double Bass Conference, Madison, Wis., April 2011; and presented “What I Learned When I Broke My Arm:  Bowing Exercises That Make You Want to Practice,” for the American String Teachers Association national conference, Kansas City, Mo., March 2011.

Kia-Hui Tan, Orchestral Instruments, presented a lecture-recital on “Isang Yun’s Li-Na im Garten for solo violin,” at the international conference of the College Music Society, Seoul, Korea, July 2011.

Publications

Audrey Begun, Social Work, “Using a Lifecourse Context for Exploring Alcohol Change Attempts and Treatment Efforts among Individuals with Alcohol Dependency,” Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 101-23, with Lisa Berger and Trina Salm Ward.

Tamara Davis, Social Work, “Measuring Family Caregiver Perceptions of Support in Caring for Children and Youth With Mental Health Concerns,” Journal of Social Service Research, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 500-15, with Stephen Gavazzi, Human Development and Family Science, Scott Scheer, Il An Kwon, Alexandra Lammers, Mary Fristad and Reena Uppal.

Joe Guada and Victoria Venable, Social Work, “A Comprehensive Analysis of the Quality of Online Health-related Information Regarding Schizophrenia,” Health and Social Work, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 45-53.

Jinhyun Kim and Virginia Richardson, Social Work,“The Impact of Socioeconomic Inequalities and Lack of Health Insurance on Physical Functioning among Middle-aged and Older Adults in the United States,” Health and Social Care in the Community, published online July 6.

Tim Leasure, Trumpet, edited and adapted the Tom S. Wotton Dictionary of Music and Handbook of Orchestral Instruments (orig. 1907) for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Rene Olate, Social Work, “Youth Volunteer Service as Positive Youth Development in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 33, No. 1 (2011), pp. 34-41, with A. McBride and E. Johnson.

Hari Sharma, Center for Integrative Medicine and Pathology, “Ayurvedic Concept of Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus,” pp. 549-52, with H.M. Chandola, “Prameha in Ayurveda: Correlation with Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Mellitus: Part 1 – Etiology, Classification and Pathogenesis,” pp. 491-96, with H.M. Chandola, and “Prameha in Ayurveda: Correlation with Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Diabetes Mellitus: Part 2 – Management of Prameha,” pp. 589-99, with H.M. Chandola, Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 6 (2011); and “Quantum Healing: Maharishi Ayurveda,” Vital Healing, ed. M.S. Micozzi (London: Singing Dragon, 2011), pp. 100-20.

Bette Speziale, Social Work, “Diagnosis and Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury among Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars: Implications for Social Work,” Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol. 9, No. 4, with Sarah Kulbago and Amy Menter.

John Vaughn and Roger Miller, Student Health Services, “Update on Immunizations in Adults,” American Family Physician, Vol. 84, No. 9 (2011), pp. 1015-20.

Recognition

Karen Ahijevych, Nursing, was the recipient of the 2011 Mildred E. Newton Distinguished Educator Award from the College of Nursing Alumni Society.

Zia Ahmed, Dining Services, was recognized as the NACUFS Midwest Region President’s Award winner. The National Association of College and University Food Service organization consists of approximately 550 institutions of higher education in North America, providing benchmarking, best practices and educational programming for its members. The Regional President’s Award recognizes those who’ve made outstanding contributions to the food service industry and to the association.

Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, Social Work, was selected to participate in a workgroup meeting with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is a division of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of the meeting was to identify and prioritize content to include in the new NCHS biennial National Survey of Long-Term Care Providers.

Bill Horrigan, Wexner Center, was asked to contribute to the second volume of the book Andy Warhol Screen Tests: The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, ed. John Hanhardt (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press), to accompany a Warhol retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2016.

Jodi McDaniel, Nursing, received the Investigator Award for her poster presentation at the National Institute of Nursing Research’s 25th anniversary meeting in Washington, DC.

Amber Moodie-Dyer, Social Work, is a member of the Steering Committee and a co-chair of the Parents and Families Theme Group for the National Child Care Policy Research. CCPRC is comprised of grantees and contractors who have worked on research projects and partnerships funded by the Administration for Children and Families. It works with ACF to increase national capacity for sound child care research, identify and respond to critical issues and link child care research with policy and practice.

Barbara Polivka and Rosemary Chaudry, Nursing, received the Ohio Department of Health Achievement Award for their outstanding achievement in healthy homes and working to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, at the Tri-State Healthy Homes Conference, Cincinnati.

Service

Russel Mikkelson, Instrumental Conducting and Ensembles, conducted the High School and Middle School Honor Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Summer Music Clinic, June 2011.

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