Appointments

Robert Birkenholz has been appointed chair of the Department of Human and Community Resource Development.

Fritz Graf has been named a professor in the Department of Greek and Latin.

Michael D. Lairmore has been appointed chair of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences.

Bruce Pontious has been named associate vice president for health sciences, and senior director of medical center development and alumni affairs at the Medical Center.

Books

Mark Grimsley, History, editor, Civilians in the Path of War (Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2002), co-editor is Clifford Rogers.

Susan Hartmann, History, guest editor, "Women and the State," Journal of Women's History, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter 2002).

N.L. McCaslin, Human and Community Resource Development, Teacher Education in Career and Technical Education: Background and Policy Implications for the New Millennium (Columbus: Ohio State, National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education, 2002), co-author is D.L. Parks.

James P. Scanlan, Philosophy, Emeritus, Dostoevsky the Thinker (Ithaca, N.Y. and London: Cornell University Press, 2002).

Grants

Brian Ahmer, Microbiology, $198,450 National Institute Alrgy. Inf. Dis. Grant for "Detection of Mixed Microbial Communities by Salmonella."

Ralph Boerner, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, $59,253 Grant for "Evaluation of Recovery Potential and Comparison of Terrestrial Snail Faunas between Strip-Mined Land and Relatively Undisturbed Land."

Trevor L. Brown, Public Policy and Management, $19,261 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Seed Grant to study service delivery practices of local governments in the state of Ohio.

Peter Curtis, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, $111,829 Washington State University Grant for "Development of Instrumentation for Measurement of Biosphere-Atmosphere Fluxes of Carbon and Nitrogen."

Carol Diedrichs, University Libraries, $31,940 Battelle Endowment for Technology and Human Affairs Grant for "Creating Change: The Impact of Technology and Economics on Scholarly Communications," co-recipients are Sally Rogers and Tschera Connell.

Biao Ding, Plant Biology, $55,155 U.S. Department of Agriculture NRICGP Grant for "Cell-to-cell Movement of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid."

Joe Donnermeyer, Human and Community Resource Development, $98,000 Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Grant for "State and Local Preparedness for Agricultural Terrorism."

Hannibal Hamlin, English, Mansfield, $2,000 Frances Bacon Foundation Fellowship Ñ The Huntington Library Grant.

Tina Henkin, Microbiology, $257,323 National Institute of Gen. Med. Sci. Grant for "Regulation of Methionine Metabolism in Bacillus subtilis."

C.W. Hoy, Entomology, $25,000 OARDC RECGP International Collaboration Grant for "Development of Rapid and Sensitive PCR Methods for Detection of the Casual Agent of Stolbur Disease on Potato and Integrated Approaches to Its Management," co-recipient is S.A. Miller.

Hans Klompen, Entomology, $174,433 National Science Foundation Grant for "Evolution of Phoresy and Feeding Associations in the Mite Order Parasitiformes."

Joseph Krzycki, Microbiology, $130,000 National Science Foundation Grant for "Exceptions to the Canonical Genetic Code in a Methanogenic Archaeon."

Iris Meier, Plant Biology, $140,000 Coop. State Res. Education and Extension Service Grant for "Anchoring of Ran-mediated Signal Transduction in Plants."

Richard Moore, Human and Community Resource Development, $475,000 Ohio EPA Grant for "Sugar Creek Watershed TMDL Implementation," 2002-2005.

Mike Ostrowski, Molecular Genetics, $1,334,700 National Cancer Institute Grant for "Molecular Analysis of ras oncogene Activated Gene Expression," 2002-2007.

John Reeve, Microbiology, $38,430 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Grant for "Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in B Cell Activation."

Richard T. Sayre, Plant Biology, $30,681 Phycotransgenics, LLC Grant for "Expression of Foreign Genes in Chlamydomonas."

Brian Smith, Entomology, $77,917 National Center for Research Resources Grant for "Behavioral and Physiological Mechanisms of Olfaction."

Robert Tabita, Microbiology, $592,000 Department of Energy Grant for "The Rhodopseudomonas palustris Microbial Cell Project."

Presentations

Terry Barrett, Art Education, presented "Interpreting Art" at the Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Fla., March 17, and "Art Criticism in the Classroom" at the University of Florida, March 18.

Diane Belcher, English as a Second Language Program, presented "An Editor's Perspective on the Publishing Strategies of Multilingual Writers" at the 53rd Annual College Composition and Communication Conference, Chicago, March 23.

Trevor L. Brown, Public Policy and Management, presented "The Influence of Transaction Costs on Government Service Production Decisions" at the 6th National Public Management Research Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., October 2001, and "Managing Contract Performance: A Transaction Costs Approach" at the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2001.

David Citino, English, presented "An Ohio Poet Speaks (Up)" at the Westminster Thurber Retirement Center, Columbus, March 5.

David Cressy, History, presented "Babylon is Fallen: Reformation and Revolution in England, 1640-1642" at the Friends of History Endowed Lecture, Portland State University, Portland, Ore., Feb. 28.

David A. Culver, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, presented "Crustacean Zooplankton and Dreissenid Mussel Veligers and Adults -- Algae Consumption Versus N and P Excretion in Western Lake Erie," co- presenters were R.A. Pontius, K.M. Weisgerber, M.A. Haltuch and E.M. Haas, and "Vertical Transport of N and P: Zebra Mussel Excretion and Impacts on the Algal Community Relative to Crustacean Biomass," co-presenters were W.J. Edwards and R.T. Heath, at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and American Geophysical Union Ocean Sciences Conference, Honolulu, Feb. 11-15, and "Acid Mine Drainage in a Power Plant Cooling Reservoir: Mitigation through Liming and Fertilization" at the Environmental Sciences Graduate Program Seminar, Ohio State, Jan. 25.

Stephane Dunn, English, presented "A Feminist Aesthetic of Love in Sister Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever" at the 30th Annual 20th-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 23.

Theresa Ferrari, Human and Community Resource Development, made the following presentations at the Positive Youth Development in Out-Of-School Time Conference, Cleveland, Feb. 26-28: "Setting the State: An Extension Program Development Model for Out-of-School Time Programs"; "How to Determine What Your Program is Accomplishing: A Guide to Youth Development Evaluation Tools," co-presenters were Jessica E. Paisley, Cassie L. Turner and Dawn Anderson-Butcher; "Extension Cares: A National Initiative," co-presenter was Sheila Urban Smith; and "Connecting 4-H's Critical Elements to Out-of-School Time Programs," co-presenter was Niki Nestor McNeely.

Robert Greenbaum, Public Policy and Management, presented "The Impact of Violence on Neighborhood Business Activity" at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Atlanta.

P. Grewal, Entomology, made the following presentations at Hosta College, Piqua, Ohio: "Foliar Nematodes: Research Needs and Priorities," March 8; "Foliar Nematodes on Hostas: Should I be Concerned?" March 9; and "Biological Control of Slugs in the Landscape," March 9.

C.W. Hoy, Entomology, presented "Insect Control Update" at the University Extension Muck Crops School, Jan. 18; "Agroecosystems Management Program Research and Education Projects" at the Ohio Association for Sustainable Agroecosystems Seminar, Jan. 23; "Potato Insect Control Update" at the Ohio Vegetable Growers Congress, Feb. 7; and "Coupling Simulation and Geographic Information Systems in Pest and Agroecosystem Management" at the Entomological Society of America's Eastern Branch Conference, March 12, co-presenters were K.P. Vadrevu and J. Cardina.

M. Huelsman, B. Eisley, J. Kovach, J. Jasinsk and C. Young, Entomology, presented "Management of the Multicolored Lady Beetle: A Nuisance Pest in Ohio" at the NC Branch of the Entomological Society of America, East Lansing, Mich., March 25.

M.G. Klein, Entomology, presented "Beetles as Fruit Pests -- A Global Perspective" at the NC Branch of the Entomological Society of America, East Lansing, Mich., March 26.

J. Kovach, Entomology, presented "Putting an Environmental Cost to Pesticide Use" at the IPM Conference, Toronto, Canada, March 25.

Robert Kraut, Philosophy, presented "Legitimate Criticism in the Arts" at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.

Niki Nestor McNeely, Human and Community Resource Development, "Positive Youth Development: Making It Happen at Camp" at the National Camping Institute, Ashley, Ohio, Feb. 15.

Gabriella Modan, English, presented "A Very Narrow Bridge: Zionism, Fearlessness and Urban Identity in Neighborhood Talk" at the American Folklore Society Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, October 2001; and "At the Intersection of Ethnicity and Place: Zionism, Fearlessness and Neighborhood Identity" at the American Anthropological Association Conference, Washington, D.C., December 2001.

Carla Pestana, History, made the following presentations at the Huntington Library: "The English Role in the Mid-17th Century Atlantic World," Feb. 9; "The Compulsion to Remain Connected: The Ties that Bound the Early Anglo-Atlantic Empire," Feb. 16; and "Royalist Rebellions in the Wider Atlantic World, 1649-1651," Feb. 23.

Christopher Phelps, History, presented "The Rise and Fall of Racial Segregation" for Black History Month, Mansfield, Feb. 6.

D. Matthew Ramsey, English, presented " 'A Man Who's Licked, Even When He's Not': Cornell Woolrich, Phantom Lady and the Politics of Noir Masculinity" at the Southwest/Texas American/Popular Culture Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., Feb. 13-17.

Marsha Robinson, History, presented "Tao-ing the Painted Houses of Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Morocco: Interpretations of Gender in Islamic Domestic Space" at the Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, University of Colorado at Boulder, Jan. 26.

Bert A. Rockman, Public Policy and Management, presented "Differing and Contending Approaches to Control of the Bureaucracy in the United States" at Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 11, and "Politics By Other Means: Administrative Reform in the U.S." at the Korean Association for Public Administration Conference, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 11-13.

Gopi A. Tejwani, Pharmacology, presented "Role of Opioid System in Smoking Behavior" at Ohio Northern University, Ada, March 18.

Tom Turner, Animal Sciences, presented "Producing Super Beef and Making a Profit in the Process" at the Australian Angus Society's Industry Seminar Series, Victoria and South Australia, Aug. 27-29.

Dale Van Kley, History, presented "Religion and Popular Riots at the End of the Old Regime: the Case of a Mini Emeute in Paris in September 1789" at the Newberry Library's Fellows' Colloquium, Newberry Library, Chicago, Jan. 30.

Publications

Morris Beja, English, Emeritus, "'A Symposium All His Own': the International James Joyce Foundation and Its Symposia," Joyce Studies Annual 2001 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001), pp. 124-29.

William Childs, History, "State Regulators and Pragmatic Federalism in the United States, 1889-1945," Business History Review, Vol. 75 (Winter 2001), pp. 701-38.

David Citino, English, "Prayer to the Neighbors" and "Astral Omens Over the Olentangy and Scioto," Poetry Northwest, Vol. 42, No. 4 (2002), pp. 7-8.

David A. Culver, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, "Spatial and Temporal Variability of Phytoplankton and Zooplankton in Western Lake Erie," Journal of Freshwater Ecology, Vol. 16 (2002), pp. 435-43, co-author is P.C. Frost; "Preventing the Introduction of Zebra Mussels during Aquaculture and Fish Stocking Activities," Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fŸr Theorestische und Angewandte Limnologie, Vol. 27 (2001), pp. 1809-11, co-authors are W.J. Edwards and L. Babcock-Jackson; and "Estimating Zebra Mussel Impact on Pelagic Food Webs: the Role of Size-specific Grazing Rates," Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung fŸr Theorestische und Angewandte Limnologie, Vol. 27 (2001), pp. 3025-28, co-author is Ruth A. Pontius.

Robert T. Greenbaum, Public Policy and Management, "Selecting the Right Site: Where Do States Locate Place-Based Economic Development Programs?" National Tax Association Proceedings, 93rd Annual Conference, pp. 74-82; "A Spatial Study of Teachers' Salaries in Pennsylvania School Districts," Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Winter 2002); and "An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Politics," Public Policies for the Distressed Communities Revisited, edited by F. Stevens and Terry F. Buss (Lexington Books, 2002), co-author is John Enberg, Carnegie Mellon University.

Kenneth Hinchcliff, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, published the following: "Glycemic Index of a Meal Fed Before Exercise Alters Substrate Use and Glucose Flux in Exercising Horses," Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 92 (2002), pp. 117-28, co-authors are Eduard Jose-Cunilleras and Richard Sams, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Steven Devor, Physical Activity and Education Services, and Jon Linderman, University of Dayton; "Muscle Glycogen Depletion Impairs Anaerobic Capacity of Horses," Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol. 91 (2001), pp. 1782-90, co-authors are Veronique Lacombe, Raymond Geor and Carole Baskin, Veterinary Clinical Sciences; "Listeria Monocytogenes Septicaemia in Foals," Equine Veterinary Journal, Vol. 33 (2001), pp. 519-22, co-author is Eduard Jose-Cunilleras; "High Intensity Exercise Conditioning Increases Accumulated Oxygen Deficit of Horses," Equine Veterinary Journal, Vol. 34 (2002), pp. 9-16, co-authors are Judith Dutson, Raymond Geor and Veronique Lacombe, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Margaret Lauderdale, Physical Activity and Education Services, and Lynn Taylor, Otterbein College; "Vitamin E and Exertional Rhabdomyolysis during Endurance Sled Dog Racing," Neuromuscular Disorders, Vol. 11 (2001), pp. 278-86, co-authors are Richard Piercy, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Paul Morley, Colorado State University, Robert DiSilvestro, Human Nutrition, Gregory Reinhart, The Iams Co., Steward Nelson, Iditarod Trail Committee, Karin Schmidt, Anchorage, Alaska, and Maurie Craig, Oregon State University; "Association between Vitamin E and Enhanced Performance in Sled Dogs," Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Vol. 33 (2001), pp. 826-33, co-authors are Richard Piercy, Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Paul Morley, Colorado State University, Robert DiSilvestro, Human Nutrition, Gregory Reinhart, The Iams Co., Stewart Nelson, Iditarod Trail Committee, Karin Schmidt, Anchorage, Alaska, and Maurie Craig, Oregon State University; and "Effect of Tongue Tie on Upper Airway Mechanics in Normal Horse after Stylohyoidmyectomy," American Journal of Veterinary Research, Vol. 62 (2001), pp. 779-82, co-author is Susan Holcombe, Michigan State University.

Douglas N. Jones, Public Policy and Management, "Regulatory Concepts, Propositions, and Doctrines: Casualties, Survivors, Additions," Energy Law Journal, (Summer 2001).

H.K. Liu, D.W. Long and W.L. Bacon, OARDC and Animal Sciences, "Concentration Change Patterns of Luteinizing Hormone and Progesterone and Distribution of Hierarchical Follicles in Normal and Arrested Laying Turkey Hens," Poultry Science, Vol. 80 (2001), pp. 1509-18.

David Long and Wayne Bacon, OARDC and Animal Sciences, and Michael Kern, OARDC and Biology, "Possible Roles for Corticosterone and Critical Size in the Fledging of Nestling Pied Flycatchers," Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Vol. 74, No. 5 (2001), pp. 651-59, co-author is Richard J. Cowie, Cardiff University, U.K.

Recognitions

Robert Birkenholz, Human and Community Resource Development, received an Association for Career and Technical Education Regional Outstanding Career and Technical Education Award.

Robert J. Gustafson, Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Brian Hajek, Nuclear Engineering Program, received the Midwest Nuclear Training Association's Training Managers Committee Service Recognition Award for 15 years of dedication and service to the Midwest Nuclear Training Association and had the "Brian K. Hajek COSI Charitable Fund" established in his name to provide opportunities for under-privileged students to experience science activities sponsored by the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus.

N.L. McCaslin, Human and Community Resource Development, received an Outstanding Dedication and Service Award from the Association for Career and Technical Education and is a life member of the American Association for Agricultural Education.

Leslie Lenzo McLaughlin and Teri Holder, Marketing and Public Relations, Newark, received the National Newspaper of Admissions Marketing Annual Advertising Award.

Bert A. Rockman, Public Policy and Management, was honored by the American Political Science Association with an award created in his name.

K.C. Ting, Food, Agriculture and Biological Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

The following members of the Human and Community Resource Development Department received awards from Gamma Sigma Delta: Linda Labao, Research Award of Merit; Larry Miller, International Award of Merit; Joe Donnermeyer, Teaching Award of Merit; and Richard Moore, Extension Award.

Service

Robert Birkenholz, Human and Community Resource Development, is vice chair of the NCA-24 committee for Agricultural Education research.

Kathy Boris-Lawrie, Veterinary Biosciences, is editor of Retro-Active News.

Trevor L. Brown, Public Policy and Management, represented the school at the meetings of the U.S. Mexico Consortium of Schools of Public Administration in Mexico City.

David Cressy, History, served as leader of the Phi Alpha Theta Colloquium on "Travesties and Transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England" at Portland State University, Portland Ore., March 1.

Joe Donnermeyer, Human and Community Resource Development, is chair of the NCA-13 committee for chairs of Rural Sociology programs.

Steven Fink, English, taught adult education courses on "Jewish American Immigrant Literature, 1890s-1930s," Oct.-Dec. 2001, and "Contemporary Jewish American Fiction, Feb.-March, 2002, at Congregation Tifereth Israel, Columbus.

Earle Holland, University Relations, served as chair of the Communicating the Future: Best Practices for Communications of Science and Technology to the Public National Conference and was re-appointed to a fourth term to the EurekAlert! National Advisory Committee by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Bert A. Rockman, Public Policy and Management, served three years as chair of the American Political Science Association's Publications Committee.

Alan Woods, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, is the dramaturg for the CATCO production of "Having Our Say."