Appointments

Susan Stieve has been appointed curator of the Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center.

David Tay has been appointed director of the Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center.

Books

Robert Davis, History, The Jews of Early Modern Venice (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001), co-editor is Benjamin Ravid.

Walter Davis, English,"Deracination: Tragic Imperative (Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2001); and The Holocaust Memorial: A Play About Hiroshima (Bloomington, Ind.: First Books Press, 2001).

Mineharu Nakayama and Charles Quinn, East Asian Languages and Literatures, co-editors, Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Volume 9 (Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information, 2000).

Bill Roorbach, English, Big Bend (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2001) and editor, Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truth (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Grants

Robert Parker, Mechanical Engineering, $500,000 Defense-University Research Instrumentation Program Grant and Ohio Board of Regents Grant for his work on the dynamics, vibration and stability of mechanical systems with particular focus on high-speed machinery.

Christopher Phelps, History, Mansfield, $9,000 Ohio State University Competitive Research Seed Grant to advance his research in the comparative history of ideas.

Scopas S. Poggo, African American and African Studies, Mansfield, $9,000 Ohio State University Competitive Research Seed Grant to begin investigative research for his book, The Oral History of the Kuku People of the Southern Sudan, 1860-1960: Political, Economic and Social Institutions.

David Zartman, Animal Sciences, $1,200 Bob & Jewel Evans Foundation Field Trip Travel Grant for the Animal Science 340 class on management intensive grazing.

Presentations

Alex E. Blazer, English, presented"Convolution, Cataclysm, and Conspiracy: The Crying of Oedipa Maas"at the 20th Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 22-24.

Brenda Jo Brueggemann, English, presented"Interpreting Women: The Gendered Authority of Sign Language Interpreters"at the Institute for Research on Women's Gender and Disability Studies Conference, Rutgers University, March 3.

Peter Curtis, Plant Biology, presented"Climate Change, Forest Ecosystems, and American Energy Use: Will Trees Keep Us Driving SUVs?"at Ashland University, Nov. 9;"The Carbon Sink Potential of North American Forests and Its Likely Response to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide"at the Energy Modeling Forum, Snowmass, Colo., Aug. 2;"Comparison of Biometric and Eddy-covariance Based Estimates of Annual Net Ecosystem Production in a Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem,"co-presenters were C.S. Vogel, H.P. Schmid, H.-B. Su, B.D. Bovard and A.E. Hartley;"The Impact of Nitrogen Availability on Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Deciduous Forests of the Great Lakes Region,"co-presenters were A.E. Hartley, D.W. Kicklighter and J.M. Melillo;"Elevated CO2 Effects on Plant Respiration: Empirical and Meta-analytical Results,"co-presenter was X. Wang; and"Environmental Controls on Rhizosphere and Non-rhizosphere Respiration in a Northern Hardwood Forest,"co-presenters were B.D. Bovard and C.S. Vogel, at the Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Snowbird, Utah, Aug. 6;"Temporal and Spatial Variability of Turbulent Characteristics Over a Deciduous Forest"at the American Meteorological Society Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence Conference, Aspen, Colo., Aug. 7, co-presenters were H.-B. Su, H.P. Schmid, C.S.B. Grimmond and C. Vogel;"Correlation and Structure Function Analyses in the Quality Assessments of Long-Term Eddy-Covariance Measurements of Carbon and Water Fluxes over A Deciduous Forest"at the American Meteorological Society Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Davis, Calif., Aug. 14, co-presenters were H.-B. Su, H.P. Schmid, C.S.B. Grimmond and C. Vogel; and"Nightime Turbulence Statistics and Trace Gas Exchange in a Mixed Deciduous Forest"at the American Meteorological Society Boundary Layer and Turbulence Conference, Aspen, Colo., Aug. 7, co-presenters were H.P. Schmid, H.-B. Su, C.S. Vogel and B. Bovard.

Ronald B. Hammond, Entomology, presented"Soybean Aphids and Slugs"at the Top Ohio Growers Conference, Columbus, Jan. 13;"Slug Management"at the Shelby County Agronomy Day Conference, Shelby County, Jan. 15; and"Slugs, Soybean Aphids, and Other Pests"at the National No-Till Conference, Cincinnati, Jan. 11.

Martin Jamison, University Libraries, presented"The Handheld Electronic Book in Historical Perspective"at the American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Conference, Chicago, Nov. 16.

Linda Mizejewski, English, presented"Ziegfeld Girl"at the University of North Texas Radio Television Film Department, Denton, Texas, Feb. 23.

Galey Modan, English, presented"Virtual Spaces, Virtual Limits: Constructions of Cultural Identity and Interaction in Computer-assisted Language Learning"at the American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Conference, St. Louis, Feb. 23-27, co-presenter was Jennifer Leeman, University of Pittsburgh.

Andrea K. Newlyn, English, presented"Forays into the ÔForbidden' Self, Or, Finding out You're Black: Sinclair Lewis's Kingsblood Royal"at the 20th Century Literature Conference, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 23-25.

Lisa Tatonetti, English, presented"History and Literary Mediation: Simulations of Survivance in S. Alice Callahan's Wynema: A Child of the Forest"at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference, San Antonio, Feb. 14-18.

Susan Williams, English, presented"Picturing the Author: Technologies of Illustration and the Iconography of Women Writers in Antebellum America"at the Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference, San Antonio, Feb. 15.

Andrea D. Wolfe, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, presented"Pattern and Process of Evolution in Penstemon"at the American Penstemon Society Conference, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom, July 11;"Assessment of ISSR Band Homology by Southern Hybridization with Implications for Data Analysis and Microsatellite Development,"co-presenter was S.L. Datwyler;"In the Trenches: Scientific Outreach from the Perspective of a Working Scientist";"Phylogeography and Character Evolution of the Genus Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae),"co-presenters were C.P. Randle and S.L. Datwyler;"Evolutionary and Biogeographic Relationships Among the Wooly-Anthered Penstemons,"co-presenter was S.L. Datwyler;"Population Genetics of the Endemic Species, Penstemon caryi Pennel,"co-presenter was A.W. Lutz; and"Biosystematics of Harveya Hook (Orobanchaceae): Preliminary Studies,"co-presenter was Christopher P. Randle, at the Botany 2000 Conference, Portland, Ore., Aug. 6-10.

Jacques Zakin, Chemical Engineering, presented"State-of-the Art Use of Cationic Surfactants as Turbulent Drag Reducers"at the European Community Working Party Expert's Meeting on Flow Induced Corrosion, Paris, Dec. 15, and"Some Recent Developments in Surfactant Drag Reduction"at the 2nd Symposium on Smart Control of Turbulence, Tokyo, March 5.

David Zartman, Animal Sciences, presented"Seasonal Dairying"at the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Conference, Penn State University, Feb. 9-10; and"Extending the Grazing Season"at the Great Lakes International Grazing Conference, Shipshewana, Ind., Feb. 12-13.

The following members of the English as a Second Language Programs department made presentations at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Conference, St. Louis, Feb. 27-March 3: Diane Belcher,"Cybercomposing and Evolving Notions of Authorship"; Joel Bloch,"Intellectual Property in the L2 Classroom"; Edwina Carreon,"Transitioning from EFL Learner to Language Teacher"; Edwina Carreon, Ludmila Marchenkova and Suzanne Panferov,"Whatever! Improving ESL Student Engagement in Writing"; Michael Green,"Legal Issues in ITA Training Programs"; Alan Hirvela,"Episodes in EAP Reading/Writing/Technology Connections"and"Listservs and L2 Writing Instruction: Issues and Opportunities"; Ludmila Marchenkova,"Bakhtin's Thought and Mediating Intercultural Understanding"; Suzanne Panferov,"Comparisons of Immigrant Family Literacy Development"; Kathleen Romstadt, Kathryn Moon, Lori Sandholdt and Brad Van Den Elzen,"Accommodating Low-proficiency At-risk IEP Students"; Lori Sandholdt and Brad Van Den Elzen,"Raves for Caves and Waves"; Susan Sarwaark,"Design, Curriculum, and Assessment in ITA Programs,""Implications of Diversity in ITA Developer Backgrounds,""Issues of New ITA Trainers and Programs"and"Revisiting Issues of Funding, Staffing, Equipment, and Space"; and Elizabeth Specker,"Making Video Projects on the Internet Using Non-scary Technology."

Publications

Lee Abbott, English, review of Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang, Miami Herald, Jan. 14.

James Bartholomew, History,"Overcoming Marginality in the Japanese Scientific Community,"Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol. 6 (December 2000), pp. 91-102.

Carole Baskin and Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and Robert DiSilvestro, Human Nutrition,"Effect of Dietary Antioxidant Supplementation on Oxidative Damage and Resistance to Oxidative Damage in Sled Dogs during Prolonged Exercise,"American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 61 (2000), pp. 886-91, co-authors are Gregory Reinhart, Michael Hayek and John Burr, The Iams Co., Boon Chew, Washington State University, and Richard Swenson, Alaska.

E.J. Behrman, Biochemistry,"An Improved Synthesis of Guanosine 5'-monothiophosphate,"Journal of Chemical Research, (2000), pp. 446-47.

Ralph E.J. Boerner, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology,"Vegetation and Ground Water Alkalinity of Betsch Fen, a Periglacial Remnant Fen in Southcentral Ohio,"Castanea, Vol. 65 (2001), pp. 195-206, co-author is Devi N. Choesin; and"Effects of Fire on the Ecology of the Forest Floor and Soil of Central Hardwood Forests,"Proceedings, Conference on Fire, People, and the Central Hardwood Landscape, U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report NE, edited by D.A. Yaussy, Vol. 274 (2000), pp. 56-63.

Peter Curtis, Plant Biology,"Genotypic Variation in Physiological Responses to CO2 Enrichment by Populus tremuloides,"Tree Physiology, Vol. 20 (2000), pp. 1019-28, co-authors are X. Wang, K.S. Pregitzer and C.R. Zak;"Atmosphereic CO2 and Mycorrhiza Effects on Biomass Allocation and Nutrient Uptake of Nodulated Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Plants,"Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 51 (2000), pp. 1931-38, co-authors are M.E. Gavito, T.N. Mikkelsen and I. Jakobsen;"The Kinetics of Nitrogen Uptake by Populus tremuloides Grown Under Experimental Atmospheric CO2 and Soil N Availability Treatments,"Tree Physiology, Vol. 20 (2000), pp. 2165-70, co-authored by D.E. Rothstein, D.R. Zak and K.S. Pregitzer.

Clara Fenger, Kenneth McKeever, Kenneth Hinchcliff and Catherine Kohn, Veterinary Clinical Sciences,"Determinants of Oxygen Delivery and Hemoglobin Saturation during Incremental Exercise in Horses,"American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 61 (2000), pp. 1325-32.

Raymond Geor and Kenneth Hinchcliff, Veterinary Clinical Sciences,"Effects of Warm-up Intensity on Kinetics of Oxygen Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Production during High Intensity Exercise in Horses,"American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 61 (2000), pp. 638-45, co-author is Laura McCutcheon, University of Guelph; and"Effects of adrenergic Blockade on Glucose Kinetics and Substrate Utilization in Horses during Graded Exercise,"Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 89 (2000), pp. 1086-98, co-author is Richard Sams.

John D. Harder, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology,"Evidence for Spontaneous Postlactational Estrus in Gray Short-tailed Opossums (Monodelphis domestica), Biology of Reproduction, Vol. 62 (2000), pp. 1823-27, co-author is L.M. Jackson;"Matses Indian Rainforest Habitat Classification and Mammalian Diversity in Amazonian Peru,"Ethnobiology, Vol. 20 (2000), pp. 1-36, co-author is D.W. Fleck;"Urinary Progesterone in Free-ranging Red Howler Monkeys (Alouatta seniculus): Preliminary Observations of the Estrus Cycle and Gestation,"American Journal of Primatology, Vol. 51 (2000), pp. 257-63, co-author is J. Herrick; and"Male Choice by Intact and Ovariectomized Female Gray Short-tailed Opossums (Monodelphis domestica),"Hormones and Behavior, Vol. 38 (2000), pp. 187-92, co-authors are B.H. Facem, D.R. Dziadosz and L.M. Jackson.

J. Ivanicic and W.P. Weiss, OARDC and Animal Sciences,"Effect of Dietary Sulfur and Selenicum Concentrations on Selenium Balance of Lactating Holstein Cows,"Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 84 (2001), pp. 225-32.

H.L. Keller, D.C. Borger and L.B. Willett, OARDC and Animal Sciences,"Uptake and Excretion of Organochlorine Compounds in Neonatal Calves,"Journal of Animal Science, Vol. 79 (2001), pp. 156-66.

Rick Livingston, Comparative Studies,"Global Knowledge: Agency and Place in Literary Studies,"PMLA, Vol. 116, No. 1 (January 2001), pp. 145-57.

Michael Meckler, Greek and Latin,"Carnal Love and Priestly Ordination on 6th-Century Tiree,"Innes Review, Vol. 51 (2000), pp. 95-108.

Dorothy Noyes, English,"Halkbilim Arastirmalarinin Toplumsal Tarihi: Amerika Birlesik Devletleri …rnegi (The Social History of Folklore Research: The U.S. Case),"Folklor/Edebiyat, Vol. 6 (2000), pp. 69-80.

Richard Piercy, Kenneth Hinchcliff and Carole Baskin, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, and Robert DiSilvestro, Human Nutrition,"Effect of Antioxidant Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Alaskan Sled Dogs,"American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 61 (2000), pp. 1438-45, co-authors are Gregory Reinhard, Michael Hayek and John Burr, The Iams Co., Boon Chew, Washington State University, and Richard Swenson, Alaska.

Bill Roorbach, English,"Big Bend,"The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 287, No. 3 (March 2001), pp. 60-67;"Books are their Bag,"Newsday, Jan. 21, 2001, p. B12; and"Fog,"Another Chicago Magazine, Vol. 37 (Fall 2000), pp. 172-81.

Lelia Rupp, History,"Is Feminism the Province of Old (or Middle-Aged) Women?"Journal of Women's History, Vol. 12 (Winter 2001), pp. 164-73.

J. Marshall Unger, East Asian Languages and Literatures,"Reconciling comparative and Internal Reconstruction: The Case of Old Japanese /ti ri ni/,"Language, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Fall 2000); and"Layers of Words and Volcanic Ash in Japan and Korea,"Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Winter 2001).

Recognitions

Angie Estes, English, received the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay Di Castagnola Prize for 2000 for her book, Voice-Over.

L.S. Fan, Chemical Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his leadership and contributions to research and education in the field of fluidization and particle technology.

Audeen W. Fentiman, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, received the Franklin County Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers' Outstanding Engineering Education Award for her contributions and dedicated service to the engineering students, and her support of the highest standards in engineering education.

David Zartman, Animal Sciences, received the Great Lakes Grazing Network's Grazier of the Year Award for his work for and advocacy of grazing principles and their application to farming systems.

Song Chun Zhu, Computer and Information Science and Center for Cognitive Sciences, has received the National Science Foundation Career Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2001 Sloan Research Fellowship and the U.S. Office of Naval Research 2001 Young Investigator Award.

Service

Andrea D. Wolfe, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, organized and moderated a symposium on"Scientific Outreach for the Next Millennium"at the Botany 2000 Conference, Portland, Ore., Aug. 6-10.