Book

Barbara Lehman, Teaching and Learning, Global Perspectives in Children's Literature (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2001), co-author is Evelyn B. Freeman.

Grants

Michael K. Chan, Biochemistry, $1,022,000 National Institutes of Health Grant for "Probing the Mechanisms of Me-transfer and acetyl-CoA Synthesis," 2000-04, co-recipient is J. Krzyski; $400,000 National Science Foundation Career Award Grant for "Developing the Chemistry of Metallobisbenzimidazoles," 2000-05; and $20,000 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship Grant for "Developing the Chemistry of Metallobisbenzimidazoles," 2000-02.

David A. Culver, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, $92,342 Ohio Division of Wildlife/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grant for "Lower Trophic Level Impacts on Fish Recruitment"; $5,000 Ohio Sea Grant College Program and Hubei Provincial Aquaculture Institute Grant for "Evaluation of Inorganic Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization Techniques for Carp Aquaculture in China"; $100,000 National Science Foundation Grant for Bicomplexity Incubation Proposal for Lake Erie," co-recipients are Joel L. Morrison, Jeffrey M. Reutter, Keith W. Bedford and Alan J. Randall; and $12,025 Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs Grant for "Impacts of Science on Society: A National Workshop and On-Line Resource for Scientists and Science Educators," co-recipients are Michael H. Jones and Lissa Leege.

George A. Marzluf, Biochemistry, $244,949 National Institutes of Health Grant for "Regulation of Gene Expression in Neurospora," 2000-01.

Douglas A. Nelson, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, $5,000 National Science Foundation Grant Supplement for Research Experience for Undergraduates.

Presentations

Brian Ahmer, Microbiology, presented "Detection of Bacterial Pheromones by Salmonella typhimurium" at Miami University, Oxford, Sept. 6.

Chadwick Allen, English, presented "The Dys-passion of Tonto" at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Nov. 10.

Janice Aski, French and Italian, presented "Effective Integration of Reading in the Communicative Italian (FL) Classroom" at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Conference, Boston, Nov. 17-19.

Caroline Bicks, English, presented "Teaching Non-Literary Texts in the Literature Classroom: The Case of Louis Bourgeois" at the Attending to Early Modern Women: Gender, Culture, Change Conference, College Park, Md., Nov. 9.

Richard Bradley, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, presented "Venomous Spiders, Spider Bites and Spider Safety Issues" at the Athens Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service, Sept. 7.

David A. Culver, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, made the following presentations at the 3rd World Fisheries Congress, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Oct. 31-Nov. 3: "Evaluation of Inorganic N and P Fertilization Techniques for Carp Ponds," co-presenters were Lin Wu, Jiaxi Wang, Lei Gu, Lin Zhang and Hui Li; "Artificial Propagation of Yellow Perch," co-presenters were Jiaxi Wang, Changzheng Wang, Shaohua Hu, Lin Wu, Aihua He, Jiang Chang and Min Guan; "Protein and Amino Acid Content of Yellow Perch Meat," co-presenters were Jiaxi Wang, Lin Zhang, Shaohua Hu, Changzheng Wang, Lin Wu, Min Guan, Jiang Chang and Aihua He; "Pond Culture of Yellow Perch in Central China," co-presenters were Changzheng Wang, Jiaxi Wang, Shaohua Hu, Min Guan, Lin Wu, Aihua He, Lin Zhang and Jiang Chang; "Long-Term Monitoring of the Rainbow Trout Fishery in the Lee's Ferry-Glen Canyon Portion of the Colorado River Ecosystem" at the Technical Work Group of the Adaptive Management Program for the Colorado River/Grand Canyon, U.S. Department of Interior Conference, Phoenix, Sept. 20; and "Impacts of Science on Society: A Discussion for Researchers and Educators" at the Annual Ecological Society of America Conference, Snowbird, Utah, August 2000, co-presenters were Michael H. Jones and Lissa Leege.

Donald H. Dean, Biochemistry, presented "Site-direct Spin labeling of CrylAa and CrylAb for Analysis of Membrane Insertion into Manduca sexta BBMV" at the Society for Invertebrate Pathology's Insertion of Bt Insecticidal Toxins into the Membrane Symposium, Guanajuato, Mexico, Aug. 13.

Jon Erickson, English, presented "From Theatricality to Performance to Performativity in Social Thought: Expanded Field or Loss of Focus?" at the American Society for Theatre Research Conference, New York, Nov. 11.

Jill Fehleison, History, presented "Reform and Resistance in the Monastery at Talloires, 1572-1624" at the Western Society for French History Conference, Los Angeles, Nov. 8-11, and "Cure and Community: The Parish Priest in the Diocese of Geneva-Annecy, 1580-1630" at the 16th Century Studies Conference, Cleveland, Nov. 2-5.

Carter Findley, History, presented "A Misnamed Book by a Misnamed Author: 18th Century Europe's Best Source on the Ottoman Empire" at the 12th Annual Southeast World History Association Conference, Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 18.

Carole Fink, History, presented "The European Court of Human Rights: Protecting Freedom of Expression, 1959-1999" at Miami University, Oxford, Nov. 7.

Linda Harlow, French and Italian, presented "Intermediate-Level Curriculum: Matching Student Needs with Instructional Materials and Activities" at the Annual American Association of Teachers of French Conference, Paris, July 20.

Mary Anne Harsh, French and Italian, presented "An Alternate Look at Surrealism: Through the Eyes of Female Francophone Authors" at the 25th Anniversary West Virginia University Colloquium on Literature and Film, Morgantown, W.Va., Oct. 12-14.

Char Jessie, Financial Training, presented "Procurement Card Fiscal Training" to department and college fiscal officers, Sept. 15; and "Working with the Office of Accounts Payable" to department and college fiscal officers, Aug. 23-24, co-presenters were Paul Meden, Accounts Payable, and Jennifer Nutter, University Architect's Office.

Susan Litton, Financial Training, presented "Accounting Concepts" to department and college fiscal officers, Aug. 16; "Debits & Credit" to department and college fiscal officers, Aug. 28-29; "Accounting at OSU" to departmental and college fiscal officers, Sept. 11-12; and "Financial Stewardship" to departmental and college deans and chairs, Sept. 6 and 14, co-presenters were Al Rodack, Treasurer's Office, and Lee Walker, RPIA.

John McCombe, English, presented "Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill and the Limits of British National Identity" at the Midwest Modern Language of American Conference, Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 2-4.

Allan R. Millett, Military History, presented "Missing in Action: The Korean People in the Korean War, 1945-1954" at the Korean War Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, Oct. 21, and Wittenberg University, Springfield, Oct. 26; "Fighting the Next War: Coalition Leadership in the Cold War: Korea, 1945-53" at the Army War College, Sept. 28; "American Strategy in the 19th Century," "The Asia-Pacific War," and "The Korean War" at the National Institute of Defense Studies, Tokyo, Sept. 4-9; "American Defense Policy and the Election of 2000" at the Korean National Defense University, Seoul, Sept. 18; "The Forgotten Army in the Misunderstood War: The South Korean Army at War, 1945-1953" at the Chief of the Australian Army's Annual Military History Conference, Canberra, July 19; and "The Significance of the Korean War in the History of Warfare" at the Korean Association of International Studies and the Korean Research Institute for Strategy's 50 Years After the Korean War Conference, July 14.

Linda Mizejewski, English, presented "Illusive Evidence: Patricia Cornwell and the Body Double" at the South Central Modern Language of America Conference, San Antonio, Nov. 9-11.

Douglas A. Nelson, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, presented "Ecological and Phylogenetic Effects on Vocal Dialect Formation in Songbirds" at the American Ornithologist's Union Meeting, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Aug. 14-19, co-presenter was Heather Handley.

Karlis Recevskis, French and Italian, presented "The Temporal Dimensions of'Rameau's Nepher': Evolution vs. Lived Experience" at the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies Conference, New Orleans.

Jennifer Terry, Comparative Studies, presented "Credit Baiting for Sexual Rights, or when Revlon Meets the U.N." at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Nov. 6.

Publications

Mark Bayer and John N. King, English, "Edmund Spenser," Reformations, Protestant and Catholic, 1500-1620, edited by Jo Carney (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2000), pp. 330-32.

David A. Culver, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, "Isolation and Characterization of Microcystins, Cyclic Heptapeptide Hepatotoxins, from a Lake Erie Strain of Microcystis aeruginose," Journal of Great Lakes Research, Vol. 26 (2000), pp. 241-49, co-authors are S.M. Brittain, J. Wang, L. Babcock-Jackson, W.W. Carmichael and K.L. Rinehart; "Intensive Culture of Walleye Larvae Produced out of Season and During Regular Season Spawning," North American Journal of Aquaculture, Vol. 62 (2000), pp. 219-24, co-authors are K. Dabrowksi, S. Czesny, S. Kolkovski, W.E. Lynch and P. Bajer; "Prevention of the Spread of Zebra Mussels During Fish Hatchery and Aquaculture Activities," North American Journal of Aquaculture, Vol. 62 (2000), pp. 229-36; and "Can Zebra Mussels Change Stratification Patterns in a Small Reservoir?" Hydrobiologia, Vol. 431 (2000), pp. 175-84, co-author is N. Yu.

Donald H. Dean, Biochemistry, "Bivalent Sequential Binding by Two Domains of a Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin to Gypsy Moth Aminopeptidase-n Receptor," Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 275 (2000), pp. 14423-31, co-authors are J.L. Jenkins, M.K. Lee and A. Curtiss; "Exploring the Mechanism of Action of Insecticidal Proteins by Genetic Engineering Methods," Genetic Engineering, Principals and Methods, edited by J.K. Setlow (New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, 2000), co-author is J.L. Jenkins; and "Enhanced Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry3A delta-endotoxin in coleopterans by Mutagenesis in a Receptor Binding Loop," FEBS Letter, Vol. 473 (2000), pp. 227-32, co-authors are S.-J. Wu, C.N. Koller, D.L. Miller and L.S. Bauer.

Charles W. Good, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, "Reconstructing the Pennsylvanian-age Fillicalean Fern Botryopteris tridentata (Felix) Scott," International Journal of Plant Science, Vol. 161, No. 3 (2000), pp. 495-507, co-author is Gar W. Rothwell.

Lee Johnson, Molecular Genetics, "Transcriptional Control Elements and Complex Initiation Pattern of the TATA-Less, Biodirectional Human Thymidylate Synthase Promoter," Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 77 (2000), pp. 50-64, co-authors are Shanghong Dong and Laura Lester; "Murine Cytomegalovirus Stimulates Cellular Thymidylate Synthase Gene Expression in Quiescent Cells and Requires the Enzyme for Replication," Journal of Virology, Vol. 74 (2000), pp. 4979-87, co-authors are Giorgia Gribaudo, Ludovica Riera, David Lembo, Marco De Andrea, Marisa Gariglio, Thomas Rudge and Santo Landolfo; "Transcriptional Control Elements of the Rat Thymidylate Synthase Promoter: Evolutionary Conservation of Regulatory Features," Exp. Cell Res., Vol. 258 (2000), pp. 53-64, co-author is Yuandan Lee; and "Inhibition of the Mammalian Transcription Factor LSF Induces S-Phase Dependent Apoptosis by Downregulating Thymidylate Synthase Expression," EMBO Journal, Vol. 19 (2000), pp. 4665-75, co-authored by Christina M.H. Powell, Thomas L. Rudge, Quan Zhu and Ulla Hansen.

Gerasimus Katsan, English, review of Stratis Doukas's "A Prisoner of War's Story (University of Birmingham: Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, 1999), Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2 (2000), pp. 256-57.

John N. King, English, "Religious Dissidence in Foxe's Book of Martyrs: Humanism or Heresy?" Religion and Literature, Vol. 32, No. 2 (2000), pp. 141-56; and "John Foxe," Reformations, Protestant and Catholic, 1500-1620, edited by Jo Carney (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2000), pp. 143-44.

Allan R. Millett, Military History, "Harry's Police Force on Call: Truman and the Marine Corps, 1950-52," Military History Quarterly (Summer 2000) and "U.S. Interventions Abroad, 1798-1999," Strategic Review, Vol. 28 (Spring 2000), pp. 28-38.

Berl Oakley, Molecular Genetics, "The Use of beta-D-glucanase as a Substitute for Novozym 234 in Immunofluorescence and Protoplasting," Fungal Genetics Newsletter, Vol. 47 (2000), pp. 65-66, co-authors are M. Katherine Jung, Y. Ovechkina, N. Prigozhina and C.E. Oakley; and "The g-tubulin Gene Family in Humans," Genomics, Vol. 67 (2000), pp. 164-70, co-authors are Dawnne O. Wise and R. Krahe.

Geoffrey Parker, History, "Still'Philipizing' After All These Years: A Review of Publications in Honour of the Quatercentenary of Philip II's Death, 1598-1998," The Court Historian, Vol. 5, No. 1 (May 2000), pp. 29-38; "The Artillery Fortress as an Engine of European Overseas Expansion, 1480-1750," City Walls: The Urban Enciente in Global Perspective, edited by J.D. Tracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp. 386-416; and "Los archivos espanoles vistor desde la sala de los invesigadores," De la Brujula al Internet, Los archivos estatales espanoles, edited by Paloma Florez Plaza (Madrid: El Viso, 2000), pp. 15-18 and 299-301.

Tony Pasquarello, Philosophy, Emeritus, "Accurate Atheism: The Alzheimer Annals," American Atheist Journal (Autumn, 2000).

Aaron Retish, History, "Sotsial'nye konflity v srede viatskogo krest'ianstva v khode provedeniia zemel'noi reformy v 1918 g (Social Conflicts Among the Viatka Peasantry During the Implementation of the Land Reform in 1918), Nauchnyi vestnik Kirovskogo filiala Moskovskogo gumanitarno-ekonomicheskogo instituta. NauchnoÑmetodicheskii zhurnal, No. 5 (Kirov, Russia, 2000) pp. 81-85; and "Statisticheskie istochniki I ikh znachenie pri izuchenii viatskogo krest'lanstva, 1914-1921 gg. (Statistical Sources and their Significance in the Study of the Viatka Peasantry, 1914-1921) 165 let gosudarstvennoi statisike v Kirovskoi oblasti: Etapy stanovleniia I razvitiia. Mataerialy mezhregional'noi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii 18 maia 2000 g (Kirov, Russia 2000), pp. 90-92.

David E. Somers, Plant Biology, "Cloning the Arabidopsis Clock Gene TOCI, an Autoregulatory Response Regulator Homolog," Science, Vol. 289, No. 5480 (2000), pp. 768-71, co-authors are C. Strayer, T. Oyama, T.F. Schultz, R. Raman, P. Mas, S. Panda, J.A. Kreps and S.A. Kay.

Recognitions

Rudine Sims Bishop, Education, received the National Council of Teachers of English Distinguished Service Award for her leadership in the field of English language arts.

David Citino, English, received the 2000 Ohio Humanities Council's Bjornson Award for contributions to the humanities in the state.

Drew Jones, English, received the English Association's Beatrice White Award for 2000 for his book, Aelfric's Letter to the Monks of Eynsham (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998).

Allan R. Millett, Military History, received a Letter of Commendation from the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense for meritorious service rendered to the Republic of Korea by publication of the English version of the Korean War History.

Service

Richard Bradley, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, conducted a slide show and outdoor spider observation/collecting workshop, Blendon Woods Metro Park, Columbus, Sept. 9.

Marjorie Chan, East Asian Languages and Literatures, is president of the Chinese Language Teachers Association.

David A. Culver, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, was chair of the Rainbow Trout Monitoring Protocol Evaluation Team, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, USGS, Flagstaff, Ariz., May-September, 2000.

Carter Findley, History, is president of the World History Association.

Robert Gillespie, Music, is publications chair of the American String Teachers Association with the National School Orchestra Association.

Barbara Lehman, Pat Scharer and Evie Freeman, Education, have been named editors of Bookbird, A Journal of International Children's Literature by the International Board on Books for Young People, Switzerland, beginning in 2001.

Harald Vaessin, Molecular Genetics, is program director for developmental neuroscience (IBN) at the National Science Foundation, 2000-01.

Notables

Lake Erie Award

The Ohio Sea Grant College Program was recently awarded the 2000 Ohio Lake Erie Award, presented by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission. Ohio Sea Grant was commended for its outstanding contributions to Lake Erie at the Ninth Annual Ohio Lake Erie Conference in Sandusky.

The Ohio Sea Grant College Program was founded in 1977 at Ohio State as part of a National Sea Grant network, and has since become a premier program of its kind. Ohio Sea Grant is committed to excellence in each of its three missions: research, education and extension services.

The James

Constantino Benedetti, director of cancer pain and palliative medicine at the Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, was honored with the 2000 Quality of Care Award from Pfizer Inc. at a recent dinner at the Columbus Museum of Art.

The Quality of Care Award is given to healthcare professionals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, integrity and community service. Benedetti was honored for his lifetime contribution to the field of pain control and palliative care, his work establishing the Bonica Clinic for pain control for economically disadvantaged patients, and his professional efforts creating a professional meeting devoted solely to advocacy of pain control, palliative care and pain care education among physicians.

Extension fellowship

Peggy Schear, district specialist for community development, OSU Extension, Southwest district, has been named a National Association of Counties (NACo) Extension Fellow.

The position, to be held through July, is a cooperative arrangement between NACo, the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CREES), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and OSU Extension.

Schear works with CREES/USDA staff as a liaison between the Cooperative Extension System and Counties at the national level; coordinates and maintains the Rural Development Clearinghouse, a Web-based resource for rural communities; and represents CREES and NACo to a number of different organizations and groups.