Appointments

Ralph Lach, Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine, has been named to the UniversityÕs Heart Center at Stoneridge Internal Medicine in Dublin.

David Powell has been appointed to the Department of Otolaryngology.

Book

Mitchell L. Henry, Surgery, Vascular Access for Hemodialysis VII (Precept Press, 2001).

Grants

The College of Medicine, $70,000 Columbus Medical Association Foundation Grant for ÒCommunity Capacity Building to Prevent Secondary Complications of Traumatic Brain Injury.Ó

Dale G. Hoyt, Pharmacology, $1,353,725 National Institutes of Health and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant to study integrin regulation of chromatin in lung endothelium.

C.K. Sen, Surgery, $10,000 Department of Surgery Seed Grant for ÒNovel Neuroprotective Properties of Vitamin E: A DNA Microarray Study,Ó 2001-02.

Julianne Serovich, Human Development and Family Science, $1,300,000 NIMH Grant for ÒWomenÕs Disclosure of Their HIV Status.Ó

David Somers, Plant Biology, $125,000 National Science Foundation Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Grant for ÒMolecular and Genetic Analysis of ZEITLUPE Function in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock.Ó

Performance

Judy Reuter, Office of the President, musician, Columbus Early Music Ensemble The Early Interval, at the Historical Harp Society Conference, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, July 23.

Presentations

Karen Barnes, University Development, and Susan Litton, Financial Training, presented ÒStewardship of Endowment and Gift FundsÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on Feb. 26, co-presenters were Al Rodack, Office of the Treasurer, and Diane Town, University Development; ÒStewardship of Endowment and Gift FundsÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on March 13 and June 14, co-presenters were Gary Leimbach, Office of the Treasurer, and Diane Town, University Development; and ÒStewardship of Endowment and Gift FundsÓ to the College of Education on April 25, co-presenter was Al Rodack, Office of the Treasurer.

Paul R. Berger, Electrical Engineering, presented ÒEpitaxial Si-Based Tunnel DiodesÓ at the European Materials Research Society Spring Conference, Strasbourg, France, 2001, co-presenters were Phillip E. Thompson, Karl D. Hobart, Sean L. Rommel, Roger Lake, Alan Seabaught, Peter H. Chi and David S. Simons.

Deborah Bohanan, TreasurerÕs Office, and Tricia Privette, Accounting, presented ÒAccounts Receivable and Accounts Receivable Collection ServicesÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers, June 7.

Richard Bradley, Entomology, presented ÒComparing Spider Assemblages Among HabitatsÓ at the American Arachnological Society Annual Conference, Keene State College, Keene, N.H., July 9.

Kathy Edwards, University Press, presented ÒDebits & CreditsÓ to college and departmental fiscal officers, Jan. 9-10 and April 10-11, co-presenter was Stephen Finn, Resource Planning, and ÒDebits & CreditsÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on Feb. 7-8 and May 1-2, co-presenter was Liz Hart, Ohio Supercomputer Center.

Brian Etheridge, History, presented ÒBerlin in Hollywood: From World War to Cold WarÓ at the Annual Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations Conference, American University, Washington, D.C., June 14.

Tom Ewing, Accounting, presented ÒAccounting at OSUÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers, May 10-11.

Stephen Finn, Resource Planning, and Susan Litton, Financial Training and Documentation, presented ÒEarnings Operations at OSUÓ to department and college fiscal officers on March 5-8, the College of Education March 28 and April 5 and 7, and departmental and college fiscal officers on May 21-23.

Parwinder Grewal, Entomology, presented ÒMass-production of Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Quality Demand and SupplyÓ at the 7th International Biological Control Symposium, Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, June 3-7.

Char Jessie, Financial Training, presented ÒProcurement Card Fiscal TrainingÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on Feb. 20 and May 18; ÒWorking with the Office of Accounts PayableÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on Feb. 1-2, co-presenter was Jennifer Nutter, University ArchitectÕs Office; ÒWorking with the Office of Accounts PayableÓ to department and college fiscal officers on April 26-27, co-presenter was Paul Meden, Accounts Payable; ÒProcurement Card System ReconciliationÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on Feb. 20, co-presenter was Peggy Schmidt, Purchasing, Receiving and Stores; and ÒProcurement Card System ReconciliationÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on May 18, co-presenters were Nanci Edgington and Chris Penn, Purchasing, Receiving and Stores.

Susan Litton, Financial Training and Documentation, presented ÒAccounting at OSUÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on Jan. 24-25, Feb. 13-14, March 29 and April 18-19, and to the College of Education on March 15 and 23; ÒDebits & CreditsÓ to the College of Education on Feb. 23 and March 1; ÒAccounting ConceptsÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on June 27; and ÒFinancial StewardshipÓ to departmental deans and college chairs on Feb. 22, co-presenters were Al Rodack, Office of the Treasurer, and Lee Walker, RPIA.

Glen Needham, Entomology, presented ÒDust Mites, Asthma and Environmental InterventionÓ at Duke Medical School, July 11.

Jason Palmer, Public Policy and Management, presented ÒPerformance Incentives, Teachers and Students: Estimating the Effects of Rewards-and-Sanctions Policies on Instructional Practice and Student AchievementÓ at the American Education Finance Association Conference and the Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Spring 2001.

Tricia Privette, Accounting, and Lee Wurster, TreasurerÕs Office, presented ÒAccounts Receivable and Accounts Receivable Collection ServicesÓ to departmental and college fiscal officers on March 21.

Michael Rowland, Dentistry, presented ÒAfrican-Americans and the Self-Help Revolution: The Missing Link in Adult EducationÓ at the Adult Education Research Conference, Michigan State University, June 1-3.

Scott Scheer, Human and Community Resource Development, presented ÒExploring the Connection between Healthy People and Emotional IntelligenceÓ at the National Health Extension Conference, Dallas, May 21-25.

Dave Shetlar, Entomology, presented ÒNew Insecticide Technology and Its Impact on IPMÓ at the 9th International Turfgrass Research Conference, Toronto, Canada, July 17.

Erik Stewart, Center for Survey Research, presented ÒValidity Issues in Web Derived Survey DataÓ at the 56th Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 19, co-presenter was Kaiya Liu.

Jeremy Wilson, Public Policy and Management, presented ÒProblem-Solving in the Columbus Division of PoliceÓ at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction 5th Ohio Criminal Justice Research Conference, April 2001.

Judy Wu, History, presented ÒPerpetual Aliens and Model Minorities: How do Asian Americans Fit into the American Racial Landscape?Ó at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, Columbus, June 3.

Jack Zakin, Chemical Engineering, presented ÒSome Recent Developments in Surfactant Drag ReductionÓ at the 2nd Symposium on Smart Control of Turbulence, Tokyo, Japan, March 2001; ÒMixed Surfactant SolutionsÓ at Kobe University, Japan, March 2000; and ÒSome Important New Experimental Observations on Surfactant Drag ReductionÓ at the International Seminar on Friction Reducing Additives in District Heating and Cooling Systems, Sweden, May 2001.

The following members of the College of Education made presentations at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference, Seattle, April 10-14: Francis Bangou, ÒMe, Myself and PROFSÓ; Mary Benedixon-Noe, Newark, and Carmen Giebelhaus, Education Testing Service, ÒMentoring: Enhancing the Professional Development of Beginning TeachersÓ; Kam-Chi Chan, ÒTeacher Education and Embodiment: Reconceptualizing Body, Culture and Knowledge in Preparing Teachers for Cultural DiversityÓ; Elizabeth Esterly, ÒExploring the Relationship of Epistemological Beliefs, Self-Beliefs and Achievement in Mathematics Among African American AdolescentsÓ; Joy L. Gaston, ÒFor Us, By Us: The Educative Life Experiences of People of Color and Programs That WorkÓ and ÒFactors Relating to Student AthletesÕ Motivation Toward Academic and Athletic Achievement,Ó co-presenter was Bruce Tuckman; Mark Gooden, ÒChanging the Face of Leadership in Educational Administration: The Role of PROFSÓ; Ambika Gopalakrishnan, ÒRe-Situating Oneself within the Margins of Education ResearchÓ; Joyce F. Long, ÒInterest and Academic Achievement in African American AdolescentsÓ; Jill Lynch, ÒTowards an ÔEthnography of BecomingÕ: Research and Post-Colonial Theory in EducationÓ and ÒDo You Have to Be One to Know One? Researching Teachers and the Teaching Profession,Ó co-presenters were Randy Schelble, University of Utah, and Judith Perkins, University of Wisconsin; H. Richard Miller, ÒStanding on the Shoulders of Giants to Get Through the Academy: The Role of Cultural Vicarious Efficacy for Scholars of ColorÓ; Robin Morseo-Cooper, ÒFlying Without Wings: The PROFS ConnectionÓ; P. Karen Murphy, ÒMaking It in the Academic Community: The Voices of Young ScholarsÓ; Stephen Pape and Chuang Wang, ÒMiddle-School ChildrenÕs Conceptions of Learning Influences on Achievement, Strategies and Problem-Solving BehaviorsÓ; Jeong-eun Rhee, ÒRe/searching Identities on the BorderlineÓ; Dafina Lazurus Stewart, ÒEnabling ÔWhole-SightÕ: Putting Words to a MelodyÓ; Nicole M. Stephens, ÒKnocking Doors Down, Working Overtime with Support from Above: The Graduate School Experiences of a Black Woman Educator/Doctoral StudentÓ; Binaya Subedi, ÒDecolonization: Reading the Ruins of Global Village as Post-Colonial Curriculum InquiryÓ; Sharon Subreenduth, Ò(Re)constructing Identity and ResearchÓ; and Cynthia Tyson, ÒTrajectory from Classroom Teacher to a University Professor.Ó

Publications

Paul R. Berger, Electrical Engineering, ÒEpitaxial Si-Based Tunnel Diodes,Ó Thin Solid Films, Vol. 380 (2000), pp. 145-50, co-authors were Niu Jin, Electrical Engineering, and P.E. Thompson, K. D. Hobart, M.C. Twigg, S.L. Rommel. R. Lake, A.C. Seabaugh, P.H. Chi and D.S. Simons; and ÒA P-on-N Si Interband Tunnel Diode Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy,Ó Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, Vol. 19 (2001), pp. 290-93, co-authors were K.D. Hobart, P.E. Thompson, S.L. Rommel and T.E. Dillon.

Jean Bussell, Reading Recovery Council of North America, ÒTeacher Leadership: A Key Factor in Reading RecoveryÕs Success,Ó Literacy Teaching and Learning: An International Journal of Reading and Writing, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2001).

D.L. Denlinger, Entomology, ÒInterrupted Development: The Impact of Temperature on Insect Diapause,Ó Environment and Animal Development: Genes, Life Histories and Plasticity, edited by D. Atkinson and M. Thorndyke (Oxford: BIOS Scientific Publishers, 2001), pp. 235-250.

E.J. Dotseth and N.F. Johnson, Entomology, ÒRevision of the Neotropical Genus Acanthoscelio (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 133 (2001), pp. 4878-507.

Carter Findley, History, ÒMouradgea dÕOhsson and His Tableau general de lÕEmpire othoman: Redefining the Self by Defining the Other,Ó Making Sense of Global History, edited by Volvi Sogner, (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2001) pp. 169-88.

G.E. Flores, Entomology, ÒTaxonomic Placement of the Andean Tenera Praocidia Fairmaire and Pilbaloderes Kulzer (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Praocini),Ó Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 109, No. 1 (2001), pp. 171-78.

G.J. Gallivan, G.A. Surgeoner and J. Kovach, Entomology, ÒPesticide Risk Reduction on Crops in the Province of Ontario,Ó Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 30 (2001), pp. 798-813.

Tony Pasquarello, Philosophy, Emeritus, Mansfield, ÒSteverinoÕs Closet Window,Ó American Atheist, Summer, 2001.

J.P. Rinehart, R.A. Cikra-Ireland, R.D. Flannagan and D.L. Denlinger, Entomology, ÒExpression of Ecdysone Receptor is Unaffected by Pupal Diapause in the Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga crassipalpis, While Its Dimerization Partner, USP, Is Downregulated,Ó Journal of Insect Physiology, Vol. 47 (2001), pp. 915-21.

Michael L. Rowland, Dentistry, ÒLift Every Voice and Sing,Ó Journal of Arts and Learning, Vol. 17 (2001), pp. 176-96.

Leila J. Rupp, History, ÒThe Making of International WomenÕs Organizations,Ó The Mechanics of Internationalism: Culture, Society and Politics from the 1840s to the First World War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), pp. 205-34.

Judy Wu, History, ÒWas Mom Chung 'A Sister LesbianÕ? Asian American Gender Experimentation and Interracial Homoeroticism,Ó The Journal of WomenÕs History, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring 2001), pp. 58-82.

Bing Zhang, Public Policy and Management, ÒConvergence Meets Regulation: Implication for the Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure,Ó Journal of Telematics and Informatics, April 2001, and ÒAccessing the Impact of the WTO on ChinaÕs Telecommunications Regulatory Reform and Liberalization,Ó Journal of Telecommunications Policy, April 2001.

Recognitions

Robert Bahnson, Christopher Ellison, Ronald Ferguson, Scott Melvin and Robert Michler, Surgery, Albert Clairmont and Samuel Colachis, Physical Medicine, Larry Copeland, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jean Hubble and Jerry Mendell, Neurology, Thomas Mallory, Orthopaedics, David Schuller, Otolaryngology, Charles Shapiro, Internal Medicine, and Gary Rogers, Ophthalmology, are listed in the book, AmericaÕs Top Doctors.

Allan Millett, History and Mershon Center, received an honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Depauw University, Greencastle, Ind., May 19.

Eric Serrano, Family Medicine, received the College of Medicine and Public HealthÕs Ambulatory Care Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award.

David Stebenne, History, received the U.S. Army ROTC CommanderÕs Award for Public Service in recognition of his Òoutstanding leadership in support of the Army ROTC program.Ó

The following faculty received the College of Medicine and Public HealthÕs Distinguished Educator Award: Richard Fertel, Pharmacy; Sheryl Pfeil, Internal Medicine; and Daniel Cohen, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at ChildrenÕs Hospital.

The following members of the Fisher College of Business have received CIBER Global Competence Awards: Anil Makhija, Finance; Martha Cooper, Marketing, Rob Heneman, Jeff Reuer, Mona Makhija and Mike Peng, Management and Human Resources, and P.C. Chu and Eric Spires, Accounting and Management Information Systems.

Service

Raquel Diaz-Sprague, Biochemistry and Allied Medicine, is vice president of The Columbus Technical Council.

Joen Iannucci Haring, Dentistry, serves on the Board of Directors of the Organization for Safety and Asepsis Procedures.

Douglas N. Jones, Public Policy and Management, chaired a panel on ÒEconomic Theory Meets Reality: Crisis in Competitive Market DevelopmentÓ at the National Regulatory Research Institute Market Power Conference Ð Straight Talk on Market Power in the Electric Industry, Columbus, April 10-11, and was a member of the Delft University of Technology Scientific Advisory Board at the Conference on Critical Infrastructures, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 2001.

Sven Lundstedt, Public Policy and Management, serves as an expert reviewer to the U.S. Government Review of the Draft Synthesis Report as part of the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Robert Peterson, Environmental Health and Safety, is on the executive council and treasurer of the Buckeye (Central Ohio) Chapter of the Health Physics Society.

C.K. Shum, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Chris Jekeli, Geodetic Science, served as featured scientists on the National Public Radio program, ÒEarth and Sky.Ó

Douglas W. Stone, University Laboratory Animal Resources, is president of the Council on Accreditation, Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care-International.

The following have been elected to offices on the medical staff at University Hospitals East: Richard E. Schlanger, chief of the medical staff; Stephen L. Houff, chief-of-staff elect; and T. Wynn Smith, courtesy medical staff representative.