Appointments

Rick Callendar has been appointed manager of OARDC's Muck Crops Branch.

Judy A. O'Dwyer has been named director of the Newark Campus Business and Industry Institute.

Randy Wexler has joined OSU Family Medicine and Comprehensive Health-Downtown.

Books

Laura Chrisman, African-American and African Studies, Rereading the Imperial Romance: British Imperialism and South Africana Resistance in Haggard, Schreiner, and Plaatje, (Oxford University Press, 2000).

Howard P. Fink, Arthur F. Greenbaum and Charles E. Wilson, Law, Guide to the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure (Lexis Publishing, 2000).

Leigh Gilmore, English, The Limits of Autobiography: Trauma and Testimony (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2001).

Peter L. Hahn, History, editor, Empire and Revolution: The United States and the Third World Since 1945, co-editor is Mary Ann Heiss (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001).

Luke Wilson, English, Theaters of Intention: Drama and the Law in Early Modern England (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2000).

Grants

Kirk A. Denton, East Asian Languages and Literatures, and Julia F. Andrews, History of Art, $14,000 Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities Grant, and $3,600 International Affairs Interdisciplinary Lectures, Seminars, and Conferences Grant for "Urban Cultural Institutions in Early Modern China."

Dale G. Hoyt, Pharmacology, $70,000 American Heart Association, Ohio Valley Affiliate, Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant for Carleton B. Jones to study integrin modulation of oxidized low-density lipoprotein damage in endothelial cells and its role in atherogenesis, and $35,000 American Lung Association Career Investigator Award Grant to investigate the regulation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) by integrins.

Presentations

Susie Bird-Conliff, Treasurer's Office, and Tricia Privette, Accounting, presented "Accounts Receivable and Accounts Receivable Collection Services" to departmental and college fiscal officers, Dec. 19.

Laura Chrisman, African-American and African Studies, presented "Race, Gender and Postimperial England: Metropolitan Uses of South African Culture" at the New England Workshop on Southern Africa 4th Annual Conference, Vermont, Oct. 28.

Maria Manta Conroy, City and Regional Planning, presented "Planning for Sustainable Development: A Comparative Analysis of Community Planning Processes" at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Atlanta, Nov. 2-5.

Marsha Dickson, Sharron J. Lennon and Catherine P. Montalto, Consumer and Textile Sciences, presented "Competitiveness of U.S. Apparel Products in China" at the International Textile and Apparel Conference, Cincinnati, November 2000, co-presenters were Dong Shen and Li Zhang.

Tom Ewing, Accounting, and Susan Litton, Financial Training and Documentation, presented "Accounting at OSU" to departmental and college fiscal officers, Nov. 28-29.

Stephen Finn, Resource Planning, and Susan Litton, Financial Training and Documentation, presented "Earnings Operations at OSU" to departmental and college fiscal officers, Dec. 11-13.

Jonathan Fox and Suzanne Batholomae, Consumer and Textile Sciences, presented "Case Studies in Women and Money: Development, Implementation and Evaluation" at the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education Conference, November 2000, co-presenter was E. Milligan.

Stephen G. Hall, History, presented "Advancement in Numbers, Knowledge and Power: Historical Writing in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries" at the American Historical Association Conference, Boston, Jan. 6.

Sherman D. Hanna, Consumer and Textile Sciences, presented "Financial Planning in the United States" at five Korean universities and Korean Education Television Cable Channel of the Korea National Open University, October-November, 2000.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, presented "Colorado Potato Beetle Populations and Potato Yields in Open vs. Enclosed Plots" at the Societe d' entomologie du Quebec, the Entomological Society of Canada, and the Entomological Society of America 2000 Joint Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Dec. 3-5, and "Developing and Implemeting Study-Abroad Opportunities" at the Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education Conference, Columbus, Oct. 20-21.

Teena Jennings, Consumer and Textile Sciences, presented "Depictions on 17th Century Dutch Art Pointing to a Textile Industry in Crisis" at The Ars Textrina Annual Conference, University of Leeds, England, and "Spinning Camelid Fiber From a Handcrafting Perspective" at the Camelid Health Conference, Columbus, Dec. 8.

Char Jessie, Financial Training and Documentation, presented "Procurement Card Fiscal Training" to departmental and college fiscal officers, Dec. 15.

Sharron J. Lennon, Consumer and Textile Sciences, presented "Body Image" at the International Textile and Apparel Conference, Cincinnati, November 2000.

Catherine A. Leslie, Consumer and Textile Sciences, presented "The Furns in Our Collection" at the Costume Society of America Region III Symposium, Branson, Mo., October 2000, and "Violence in the Schools: Media Interpretation Concerning the Role of Dress and Appearance" at the International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, November 2000.

Susan Litton, Financial Training and Documentation, presented "Debits & Credits" to the Department of Managed Health Care, Nov. 1, and departmental and college fiscal officers, Nov. 15-16; and "Accounting at OSU" to the Department of Managed Health Care, Nov. 8.

Heather Miller, History, presented "Memoirs of a Pleasure Girl: Pornography or Autobiography?" at the American Historical Association Conference, Boston, Jan. 7.

Amy Shuman, English and Center for Folklore Studies, presented "Artisan's Epistemologies of the Body" at the American Anthropological Association Conference, San Francisco, Nov. 15.

Publications

Derek Alwes, English, "Robert Greene's Duelling Dedications," English Literary Renaissance, Vol. 30, No. 3 (2000), pp. 373-95.

Roger Blackwell, Marketing, "From Tape to Flowers to Travel, OSU Professor Finds Solutions on the Internet," The Daily Reporter, Jan. 10.

Johnson Cheu, English, "When the ADA and Sour Cream Mix," Out of Line (Fall/Winter 2000), p. 23.

Laura Chrisman, African-American and African Studies, "Transnational Production of Englishness: South Africa in the Postimperial Metropole," Scrutiny2: Issues in English Studies in South Africa, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2000), pp. 3-12.

David Citino, English, "Faded Pages Hold Wisdom of the Ages," The Columbus Dispatch, Dec. 3, and "Dead Poets Society: Works Reflect on Three Writers' Contributions," The Columbus Dispatch, Jan. 7.

Marsha M. Dickson, Sharron J. Lennon and Catherine Montalto, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Competitiveness of U.S. Apparel Products in China," Proceedings of the International Textile and Apparel Conference, November (2000), co-authors are Dong Shen and Li Zhang.

Carole Fink, History, "The Problem of Minority Rights and Democracy in Eastern Europe," L'Europe Au Xxe Siecle: Elements Pour Un Bilan, edited by Tomasz Schramm (Poznan, Instytut Historii Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, 2000), pp. 333-47.

Jonathan Fox, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Case Studies in Women and Money: Development, Implementation and Evaluation," Proceedings of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, (November 2000), co-authors are Suzanne Bartholomae and E. Milligan.

F. Garcia-Soriano, L. Virag, P. Jagtap, E. Szabo, J.G. Mabley, L. Liaudet, A. Marton, D.G. Hoyt, K.G. Murthy, A.L. Salzman, G.J. Southan and C. Szabo, Pharmacology, "Diabetic Endothelial Dysfunction: The Role of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Activation," Nature Medicine, Vol. 7 (2001), pp. 108-13.

Loren Geistfeld, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Getting Consumers to Complain," Customer Relationship Management, Vol. 5, No. 4 (December 2000).

Mark Grimsley, History, "Race in the Civil War," North & South, Vol. 4, No. 3 (March 2001).

Bruce Growick, Education, "Transferable Skills Analysis in Vocational Rehabilitation: Historical Foundations, Current Status, and Future Trends," Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, Vol. 14 (2000), pp. 79-87, co-author is Pat Dunn, University of Alabama.

Peter L. Hahn, History, "The Influence of Organized Labor on U.S. Policy toward Israel, 1945-1967," Empire and Revolution: The United States and the Third World Since 1945 (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2001), pp.154-77.

Sherman D. Hanna, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Award-winning Authors," Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2000), pp. iii-iv; "Needs-based Retirement Planning Applied to Client Households. Retirement Income Security: Current Practices and Emerging Issues," Pre-conference of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, (2000), pp. 9-10, co-author is Michael Gutter, University of Wisconsin; and "Estimating the Value of Financial Planning," Proceedings of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, (2000), p. 37, co-authors are Summerset Lovett, Rui Yao, Consumer and Textile Sciences, and Michael Getter, University of Wisconsin; review of M.A. Milevsky, C. Robinson and K. Hos' "How to Avoid Outliving Your Money," pp. 83-84, and D.B. Bernheim, J. Gokhale and L.J. Kotlikoss's "ESPlanner," Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2000).

Jane Hathaway, History, "The Egyptian-Yemeni Symbiosis as Reflected (or unreflected) in Ottoman-Era Chronicles," The Historiography of Islamic Egypt (c. 950-1800), edited by Hugh Kennedy (Leiden: Brill, 2001), pp. 211-220.

Kathryn A. Jakes, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Infrared Spectroscopy of Alpaca Fibers," co-author is Sohie Shim, and "Exploratory Analysis of Alpaca Fibers," Proceedings of the International Textile and Apparel Conference, (November 2000); and Report on the Results of the Camelid Fiber Study" and "Putting It All Together," Fiber Seminars at the Camelid Health Conference, (December 2000).

Carleton B. Jones, Jane McIntosh, Hon Huang, Andrea Graytock and Dale G. Hoyt, Pharmacology, "Regulation of Bleomycin-induced DNA Breakage and Chromatin Structure in Lung Endothelial Cells by Integrins and Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase," Molecular Pharmacology, Vol. 59 (2001), pp. 69-75.

Sandra Kerka, Center for Education and Training for Employment, "Extending Information Literacy in Electronic Environments," New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 88 (Winter 2000), pp. 27-38.

John N. King, English, "Writing Religion," Options for Teaching Early Modern British Women, edited by Susanne Woods and Margaret Hannay (New York: Modern Language Association, 2000), pp. 84-103, co-authors are Frances E. Dolan and Elaine Hobby; and "Traditions of Complaint and Satire," A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture, edited by Michael Hattaway, (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000), pp. 467-77.

Shannon Lennon, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "The Effect of Appearance Schemas and Exposure to Attractive Media Images on Mood and Body Image," co-author is Jae Hee Jung; "Pedagogical Issues in Textiles and Clothing," "A Comparative Analysis Between the Kawabata Instrumental Evaluation and the Subjective Evaluation of Korean and American Consumers: On the Suitability of Selected 1999 Spring/Summer Fabrics for Women's Formal Wear Material," and "Global Market Assessment for Women's Apparel: A Cross-national Comparison of American and Korean Consumers," co-authors are Seung Hee Lee, S. Lim, C.A. Song and Y. Yang, Proceedings of the International Textile and Apparel Conference, (November 2000); and "Product Development in the Textile and Apparel Industry," Fiber Seminars at the Camelid Health Conference, (December 2000), co-author is Nancy Rudd.

Catherine A. Leslie, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Costume Teachers Discuss Web Courses," Costume Society of American News, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2000) and review of M.H. Haddock's "Darning the Wear of Time," Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 92, No. 4 (2000), pp. 11-12.

E.J. Levy, English, "Supernatural Powers," Mid-American Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 90-111.

Stuart Lishan, English, Marion, "Aegisthus After/Some Definitions" and "Firestarter," La Petite Zine, Vol. 5 (Winter 2000); "Body Tapestries," Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics, Vol. 16 (2001); "Dark Ghazal," Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English, edited by Agha Shahid Ali (Hanover, N.H.: Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England, 2000), p. 102; "Frank O'Hara and Lucky Pierre: The Duty to be Attentive," The Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Winter 2000), pp. 111-116.

Lydia C. Medeiros and Margaret M. Sanik, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Performance and Microbiological Growth in Ground Meat Associated with the Use of Thawing Trays," Journal of Food Quality, Vol. 23 (2000), pp. 409-19, co-authors are E.H. Miller, K. McCombs and C. Miller.

Alan Millett, History, "The Forgotten Army in the Misunderstood War: The Hanguk Gun in the Korean War, 1946-53," The Korean War 1950-1953: A 50 year Retrospective, edited by Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey (Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia: Army History Unit, Department of Defense, 2000).

Charles Noel, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Measurement of Alpaca Standard Colors," Fiber Seminars at the Camelid Conference (December 2000).

Ji Hye Park, Consumer and Textile Sciences, "Factors and Post-purchase Evaluation of Apparel Impulse Buying," Proceedings of the International Textile and Apparel Conference, (November 2000).

James Phelan, English, "Narrative Theory: Two Stories," PMLA, No. 115 (2000), pp. 1992-93, co-author is Wayne C. Booth.

Elizabeth Renker, English, "Melville's Poetic Singe," Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2000), pp. 5-31.

Recognitions

Maria Manta Conroy, City and Regional Planning, received the Journal of the American Planning Association's Award for Best Article for 2001, co-recipient was Philip R. Berke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Bruce Growick, Rehabilitation Services, was selected to be a National Rehabilitation Association Switzer Scholar in Rehabilitation for 2000.

Heather Mangine and Catherine Leslie, Consumer and Textile Sciences, received the International Textile and Apparel Association's Graduate Student Fellowship Award.

Service

Chadwick Allen, English, is associate editor of the journal SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literatures.

William Darling, Rehabilitation Services, is on the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council.

Kathy Fagan, English, is a board member of Zoo Press, a new independent publisher of poetry.

Leigh Gilmore, English, is on the Executive Committee of the Division of Autobiography, Biography and Life Writing of the Modern Language Association.

Lisa Kiser, English, is chair of the Program Committee for the 2002 New Chaucer Society Congress.

Michael Meckler, Greek and Latin, is secretary/treasurer of the American Philological Association's Medieval Latin Studies Group.

Robin Moore-Cooper, Rehabilitation Services, is a member of the Ohio Governor's Council on People with Disabilities.

Robert D. Newcomb, Optometry, is president of the American Academy of Optometry and chair of the National Academy of Practice in Optometry.

Mari Noda, East Asian Languages and Literatures, is one of four members of a committee assessing advanced Japanese language programs for the National Foreign Languages Center and Association of Teachers of Japanese.