Books

Mahdi Alosh, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Ahlan wa Sahian: Functional Modern Standard Arabic (Yale University Press, 2000).

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, editor, Directions in Person-Environment Research and Practice, (Avebury, 2000), co-editor is W.F.E. Preiser.

Grants

G.E. Billman, Physiology and Cell Biology, $75,000 Hoechst, Marion, Roussel Grant for"The Effects of Novel ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Antagonists on Ischemically Induced Ventricular Fibrillation," 2000-2001.

Maria Palazzi, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, $28,585 Battelle Endowment for Teaching and Human Affairs Grant for"Summer Design + Technology: A Mentoring Program For Young Women," 2001.

K.A. Stone, Adult Health and Illness Nursing, $100,000 National Institute for Nursing Research Shannon Director's Award Grant for"Interventions to Promote Weaning from Mechanical Ventilator," 1999-2000, co-investigators are S. Frazier, D. Moser, E. Schertel and R. Hamlin.

A.R. Strauch, Physiology and Cell Biology, $1,438,177 National Institutes of Health (Heart, Lung and Blood Institute) Grant for"Transcriptional Basis of Cardiac Allograft Remodeling," 1999-2004.

D.D. Vandre, Physiology and Cell Biology, $10,000 American Federation of Aging Research, Ohio Affiliate Grant for"Alzheimer's Disease Tau: Determination of the MPM-2-Reactive Phosphoepitope."

M.E. Wewers and E. Haynes, Adult Health and Illness Nursing, $17,000 Ohio Department of Human Services, Ohio Board of Regents, Medical Technical Assistance and Policy Program Grant for"Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Intervention Supported by Medicaid in Ohio," 1999-2000.

Presentations

Terry Barrett, Art Education, presented"Studio Critiques, How They Are and How They Could Be" and"Teaching Art Interpretation" at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Ark., March 1.

Diana Belcher, English as a Second Language Programs, presented "Helping Linguistically Diverse Students Write Across the Curriculum" at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Feb. 10.

G.E. Billman, Physiology and Cell Biology, presented"Enhanced in vivo and in vitro Contractile Responses to B2-Andrenergic Receptor Stimulation in Animals Susceptible to Ventricular Fibrillation," co-presenters were M.S. Houle, T. Nakayama and R.A. Altschuld, and"Ischemically-Induced Changes in the T-Wave and Susceptibility to Sudden Death: Evidence that Activation of the ATP Sensitive Potassium Channel May Contribute to Ventricular Fibrillation," co presenters were M.S. Houle, U. Gerlach, H.C. Englert and H. Goegelein, at the American Heart Association 72nd Scientific Session, Atlanta, Nov. 7-10.

Nicholas Breyfogle, History, presented"Empire and Identity: Ethnicity, Religious Affiliation and State Service Among Russian Settlers in Transcaucasia, 1830-1900" at the Advanced Study Center of the International Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 9;"Rethinking the Origins of the Doukhobor Arms Burning, 1887-1893" and"Exploring the Doukhobor Past in the New Millennium" at the Doukhobor Centenary: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective on their Unity and Diversity conference, University of Ottawa, Oct. 23.

David Cressy, History, presented"Rails, Veils, Seemliness and Discipline" at the On Religious Grounds: From Discipline to Disciplinarity in Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., Jan. 29.

Frank Darwiche, English, presented"For a Phenomenological Reading of Beowulf" at the 25th Literature and Film Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 29.

J.D. Donnermeyer and S.D. Sheer, Human and Community Resource Development, presented"Where Does Rural Make a Difference? An Examination of Rural-Urban Differences in Adolescent Substance Use in the U.S." at the Southern Rural Sociological Association Annual Conference, Lexington, Ky., Feb. 1.

David Fanning, English, presented"What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Giacomo Joyce" at the 14th Annual James Joyce Birthday Conference, Miami, Feb.3-5.

Steven Fink, English, presented"AfterWords" at the Theatre Department, Feb. 17.

Barb Helfer, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, presented"Interdisciplinary Research and Development Environment in Emerging Technologies" at the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Conference, San Francisco, Jan. 13; and"Rethinking the New Media Center Structure" at the New Media Center Annual Conference, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Donald C. Hubin, Philosophy, presented"From Children's Interests to Parents' Rights" at the Paying Attention to Children: Philosophical Reflections on Child Welfare, Parents' Rights and Justice in the Family Conference, University of Western Ontario, March 4.

Gerasimus Katsan, English, presented"On the Western Edge of the East: Postcolonial Configurations of Modern Greek Literature" at the Cross-Currents in the Humanities Conference, University of California, Riverside, Calif., Feb. 5.

Sebastian Knowles, English, presented"Joyce and Numismatics: The Case of the George De Saulles Florin" at the 14th Annual James Joyce Birthday Conference, Miami, Feb. 3-5; and presented guest lecture,"Orality Effects" in English 770.01, Ohio State, Feb. 17.

Irene Masing-Delic, Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, presented"Survival of the Superfluous: Doubling and Mimicry in Nabokov's Podvig-Glory" at the Emigration and Exile From Eastern and Central Europe Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Toronto, Feb. 24-26.

Ben McCorkle, English, presented"Moving Towards the Tunnel: A Defense of American Psycho" at the 25th Annual Literature and Film Conference, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., January 2000.

Anna Mudukuti and Lijuan Zhai, Human and Community Resource Development, presented"Leading Solutions for Equality and Justice: Report on the 8th American Women in Development International Forum" at the American Women in Development International Forum, Jan. 25.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning, presented"The Evaluative Image of the City" at the 46th Annual Keep America Beautiful Conference, Washington, D.C., Dec. 9-12.

Maria Palazzi, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, presented"Synthetic Actors and Digital Environments" at the Women in Technology International Conference, Columbus, Feb. 23.

Matthew Romaniello, History, presented"Monastic Colonization on the Russian Frontier: Urban Networks in the Volga-Ural Region, 1552-1682" at the Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction Conference, St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 19.

Smriti Srinivas, Comparative Studies in the Humanities, presented "Civic Performance and the Transformation of Public Space in Globalizing Bangalore" at the Convivencia: Performance and Democracy in Plural Societies Conference, Columbus, Feb. 23.

Lisa Tatonetti, English, presented"Double Voices, Double Narratives: The Ghost Dance as Conformity and Resistance in From the Deep Woods to Civilization and Black Elk Speaks" at the Southwest and Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 9-12.

Chelsea Voulgares, English, presented"Queer Girl: Kathleen Hannah and Punk Performance" at the Southwest and Texas Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 9-12.

Julia Watson, Comparatives Studies in the Humanities, presented "Disappearing Acts: Francesca Woodman's Photographic Performance" at the American Comparative Literature Association Conference, Yale University, Feb. 25-27.

Edwin Williams, English, presented"Charlton Heston - The Last Man on Earth" at the 25th Annual Film and Literature Conference, Florida State University, Jan. 27-31.

Matthew Williams, English, presented"Queer World Circuit: The Queering Power of Webcams" at the Southwest and Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 9-12.

Karen Winstead, English, presented"Fear and Hagiography" at the 6th Annual ACMRS Conference, Tempe, Ariz., Feb. 19.

The following members of the Department of Adult Health and Illness Nursing gave presentations at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Conference, Arlington, Va., Feb. 2000: K. Ahijevych, "Racial and Ethnic Difference in Nicotine Metabolism and Smoking Behavior"; T. Wood, K. Ahijevych and J. Groner,"A School-Based Pharmacological and Behavioral Intervention for Adolescent Smokers"; K. Ahijevych, R. Dhatt, K. Kihm, R. Tyndale and H.G. Weed,"Intraindividual Variation and CYP2A6 Geriotype and Cotinine Elimination in Women Smokers"; and M.E. Wewers, K.L. Ahijevych, P. Kuun and K. Kihm,"Tobacco Use Characteristics Among Rural Ohio Appalachians."

The following individuals gave presentations at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Fourth annual conference, Charlotte, N.C., Feb. 10-12: Sigrid Wagner, Hea-Jin Lee and S. Asli Ozgun-Koca, Math, Science and Technology Education,"A Comparative Study in the United States, Turkey and Korea of Attitudes and Beliefs of Preservice Mathematics Teachers Toward Mathematics, Teaching Mathematics, and Programs"; Diana B. Erchick, Math, Science and Technology Education, Chris Warner, Integrated Teaching and Learning, and Terry Higgins,"Interacting with the Content: Preservice Teachers Enacting a Process to Analyze Data"; Kelly M. Costner, Sigrid Wagner and Douglas T. Owens, Math, Science and Technology Education,"Content-Responsive Program Evaluation: An Integrated Preservice Example"; Michelle K. Reed, Jeffrey P. Smith, Mary Swarthout, Math, Science and Technology Education, Robert B. Brown, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and Terese A. Herrara, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse,"An Ellipse of Change: Describing Reform in Mathematics Education"; Bert K. Waits, Mathematics and Physical Sciences,"Possible Math Curriculum Changes Caused by Computer Symbolic Algebra (CSA)"; Steven J. Pape, Math, Science and Technology Education,"Preservice Teachers' Use of Mathematics Within an Integrated Unit"; and Terese A. Herrera, Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, "Facilitating Change in K-12 Mathematics Teachers: A Free Resource from ENC for Classroom and Workshop."

Publications

Jan. S. Adams, International Studies, emeritus,"The U.S.-Russian Face-Off in the Caspian Basin," Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 47, No. 1 (January/February 2000), pp. 49-58.

G.E. Billman, Physiology and Cell Biology,"Experimental Studies on Antiarrhythmic and Antiseizure Effects of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acides in Excitable Tissues," Journal of Nutr. Biochem., Vol. 10 (1999), pp. 440-48, co-authors are A. Leaf, J.X. Kang, Y-F Sizo and R.A. Voskuyl;"Antiarrhythmic Efficacy of Selective Blockade of the Cardiac Slowly Activating Delayed Rectifier Current Iks in Canine Models of Malignant Ischemic Ventricular Arrythmia," Circulation, Vol. 100 (1999), pp. 1917-23, co-authors are J.J. Lynch, M.S. Houle, G.L. Stump, A.A. Wallace, D.B. Gilberto, H. Jahansouz, G.R. Smith, A.J. Tebbens, N.J. Liverton, H.G. Selnick and D.A. Claremon;"The Antiarrhythmic and Anticonvulsant Effects of Dietary n-3 Fatty Acids," Journal of Membrane Biology, Vol. 172 (1999), pp. 172-1-11, co-authors are A. Leaf, J.X. Kang, Y-F Xiao and R.A. Voskuyl;"Enhanced in vivo and in vitro Contractile Responses to §2-Andrenergic Receptor Stimulation in Animals Susceptible to Ventricular Fibrillation," Circulation, Vol. 100, Supplement I (1999), p. I-274, co-authors are M.S. Houle, T. Nakayama and R.A. Altschuld; and"Ischemically-Induced Changes in the T-Wave and Susceptibility to Sudden Death: Evidence That Activation of the ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel May Contribute to Ventricular Fibrillation," Circulation, Vol. 100, Supplement I (1999), pp. I-51-I-52, co-authors are M.S. Houle, H.C. Englert and H. Goegelein.

J.F. Buckley, English-Mansfield,"Herman Melville," Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures, Vol. 2, edited by George Haggerty (Garland Publishing Col, 2000).

Jaime X. Castillo and Jamie Cano, Human and Community Resource Development,"The Principle Components of the Motivator-Hygiene Theory of Ohio Agriculture Education Teachers," Proceedings of the 26th National Agricultural Education Research Conference, Vol. 26 (1999), pp. 308-20.

David Citino, English,"Neanderthal, with Help from Cave and Bear, Invents the Flute," Poetry Daily: Today's Poem," online (Feb. 4, 2000);"25 Hurt in Tent Collapse,""Nomen est Omen: A Name Is Destiny," "Stamping Out the Past" and"A Gunman Destroys the World Again," all in The Centennial Review, Vol. 43, No. 3 (1999), pp. 517-20;"The Death of a Friend Lucky Enough to Believe in God," River City, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2000), pp. 60-61; and"Reading the Graves," Columbus Dispatch, Feb. 13.

Marsha A. Dickson, Consumer and Textile Sciences,"Social Responsibility in the Global Market," Fair Trade of Cultural Products (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage, 2000), co-author is M.A. Littrell.

Bogac Ergene, History,"Subaltern School, Postcolonial Critique and the Issue of Knowledge and Subject in History: New Lessons for Ottoman History Writing?" Toplum ve Belim, Winter (1999-2000), p. 83.

Jon Erickson, English,"The Mise-en-Scene of the Non-Euclidean Character: Wellman, Jenkin, and Strindberg," SIRS Mandarin Renaissance Database, (February 2000).

Timothy Furnish, History,"Mahdism in the Sunni Arab World Today," International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World Newsletter, (April 1999).

Joseph Gliem and Rosemary Gliem, Human and Community Resource Development,"Using Multivariate Analysis Techniques to Identify Factors Influencing FFA Membership in High School Agricultural Education Programs," Proceedings of the 26th National Agricultural Education Research Conference, Vol. 26 (1999), pp. 136-56.

Rosemary Gliem, Human and Community Resource Development,"Factors Influencing an Extension Agent's Choice of Pursuing Either the Faculty or the Administrative and Professional Career Track," Proceedings of the 26th National Agricultural Education Research Conference, Vol. 26 (1999), pp. 43.

J.A. Groner, K.A. Ahijevych, L.K. Grossman and L.N. Rich, Adult Health and Illness Nursing,"The Impact of a Brief Intervention on Maternal Smoking Behavior," Journal of the Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, Vol. 106 (2000), pp. 267-71.

Nicholas Howe, English,"Scullionspeak," a review of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf, The New Republic, (Feb. 28, 2000), pp. 32-37.

Hsiung Hsu, Electrical Engineering,"Numerical Analysis of Nonlinear Interactions," Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, Vol. 8 (November 1999), pp. 455-59.

Valerie Lee, English and Women's Studies,"Women Reading Women Writing: Self-Intervention," Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (Autumn, 1999), pp. 175-79.

Anthony Libby, English,"Film Noir" and"Far from Lowell," Notre Dame Review (Winter 2000), pp. 119-21.

John C. Lippold, Welding Engineering, and Michael J. Mills, Materials Science and Engineering,"Nature and Evolution of the Fusion Boundary in Ferritic-Austrenitic Dissimilar Weld Metals, Part l Ð Nucleation and Growth," Welding Journal, Vol. 78, No. 10 (October 1999), pp. 329s-37s, co-author is Tracy W. Nelson.

Julian Markels, English,"The Representation of Class in the Realist Novel," RETHINKING MARXISM, Vol. 11, No 3 (Autumn 1999), pp. 20-35.

Timothy McNiven, Greek and Latin and History of Art-Marion,"Fear and Gender in Greek Art," Reading the Body, edited by Alison Rautman (Penn State Press, 2000), pp. 124-31.

Patrick Mullen, English,"Race and Ethnographic Allegory," Fabula: Journal of Folktale Studies, Vol. 40 (1999), pp. 17-25.

Jack Nasar, City and Regional Planning,"Design Review Reviewed: Administrative Versus Discretionary Methods," Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 65, No. 4 (1999), pp. 424-33, co-author is P. Grannis; and"Regional Variations in Preference for Vernacular Housing," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2000), pp. 41-66, co-author is A. Devlin.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil, English,"Arachne,""One Bite," and"Speak," Chelsea, Vol. 67, pp.150-52.

Patrick Payne, Human Resources,"Targeting Workplace Violence," Campus Law Enforcement Journal, Vol. 19, No. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1999), pp. 23-29.

Smriti Srinivas, Comparative Studies in the Humanities,"Inhabiting the Body of the Goddess: Urban Form Within the Festival of Draupadi in Bangalore," The Resources of History. Tradition, Narration and Nation in South Asia, Paris and Pondicherry: Ecole Fran�aise d' Extreme-Orient and Institut Fran�ais de Pondicherry, edited by Jackie Assayag, (1999), pp. 347-59;"Remembering Sai Baba: The Production and Transmission of Written and Oral Traditions in a Modern South Asian Religious Movement," Diogene, No. 187 (July-September, 1999), pp. 114-30; and"Recalling the City: The Incarnation of the Goddess and the Boundaries of the Metropolis," Possession in South Asia. Speech, Body and Territory, edited by J. Assayag and G. Tarabout, (Purusartha, No. 2l, Paris: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1999), pp. 357-82.

David Stebenne, History,"The Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower," The Reader's Companion to the American Presidency, Alan Brinkley and David Dyer, editors, (Houghton Mifflin, 2000).

Beth Sutton-Ramspeck, English-Lima,"Shot Out of the Canon: Mary Ward and the Claims of Conflicting Feminisms," Victorian Women Writers and the Woman Question, edited by Nicola Diane Thompson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), pp. 204-22.

C.L. Tishler and L.B. Gordon, Psychology,"Managing the Violent Patient: A Guide for Psychologists and Other Mental Health Professionals," Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000), pp. 34-41, co-author is L. Landry-Meyer; and"Parameters of Challenge Studies Inducting Psychosis with Ketamine, Ethics and Behavior, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2000), pp. 211-17.

James N. Upton, African American and African Studies,"From Civil Rights to National Rights: the Development of Race as a Nationality Concept," Ethnicity and Housing: Accommodating Differences, edited by Frederick W. Boal (Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2000), pp. 73-83, co-author is Rebeka Maples.

Service

Wayne Carlson, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, served as robotics competition advisor for"Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology," Grandview Heights High School, March 2000; and is a member of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce Task Force on Information Technology Work Force Development.

Pete Carswell, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design, served as video advisor and production assistant for"Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology" at Grandview Heights High School, March 2000.

Dennis Minahen, French and Italian, is a member of the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly, 2000-03.Recognition

David Shetlar, University Extension and Entomology, received the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation Professional Excellence Award, 1999.