Appointments

Dana Booth, Humanities, appointed as director of stewardship.

Jannelle Simmons, Humanities, appointed as director of development for the Colleges of Arts and Sciences.

Books

Reuben Ahroni, Melton Center, Jewish Emigration from the Yemen 1951-1998: Carpet Without Magic, (Curzon Press, 2002).

Richard Jagacinski, Psychology, Control Theory for Humans: Quantitative Approaches to Modeling Performance, (Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2003), co-author is John Flach, Wright State University.

Mary Kay Mitchell, Human Nutrition, Nutrition Across the Life Span, 2nd ed., (New York: W.B. Saunders Company, 2003).

Adena Tanenbaum, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Contemplative Soul: Hebrew Poetry and Philosophical Theory in Medieval Spain, (Etudes sur le Judaisme Medieval, 25) (Leiden/Boston/Koln: Brill Academic Publishers, 2002).

Grants

Jinkook Lee, Consumer & Textile Sciences, $4,125 from the Credit Union National Association for “Who Uses Credit Unions? A Bench Marking Study,” 2002; $44,500 from the Filene Research Institute for “Intergenerational Wealth Transfers,” 2002-03; $22,105 from the Center for Credit Union Research for “Marketing Analysis of Uninsured Share Accounts for Credit Unions,” 2001-02; and $5,000 from Georgia Gerontology Consortium for “An Examination of the Impact of Health on Wealth Depletion of the Elderly,” 2001-02.

Joyce R. McDowell, OSU Extension, $2,245,322.85 from USDA Midwest Region Food & Nutrition Service, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, for “Ohio Family Nutrition Program,” Oct. 1-Sept. 30, 2003.

Joseph B. Williams, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, $18,700 from the National Geographic Society Grant for “Ecophysiology of Ungulates in Saudi Arabia”; and $255,000 from the National Science Foundation for “Skin Lipids and Cutaneous Water Loss among Larks along an Aridity Gradient,” 2002-2005.

Presentations

Brian Ahmer, Microbiology, presented “Pheromone Detection and Regulatory Networks in Salmonella Pathogenesis” at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Oct. 17.

Mahdi Alosh, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, presented “Developing Proficiency through Task-based Instruction” at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Nov. 23.

Terry Barrett, Art Education, presented “Principles for Interpreting Photographs” to the European Society for the History of Photography, Maastricht, Holland, Nov. 12; and conducted individual critiques of artists’ works at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK), Antwerp, Belgium, Nov. 14-16.

Nina Berman, Germanic Literatures and Languages, presented “Modernizing Egypt: A Turkish-German Development Project” at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Sept. 12; and presented “Kenya in Contemporary German-language Autobiographies: Internalist Interpretations of the Situation of Women” at the annual meeting of the Society of Research on African Cultures, Montclair University, New Jersey, Nov. 7-9.

Tim M. Berra, Evolution Ecology & Organismal Biology, Emeritus, Mansfield, presented “Chasing Nursery Fish and Avoiding Crocodiles in Australia’s Northern Territory and Charles Darwin: The Man” to Biological Science, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., Nov. 7-8.

Susan W. Brooks, Human Ecology, presented “Implementing Service-Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education” at the Corporation for National and Community Service, Learn and Serve American, 2002 Grantee Meeting, Potomac, Md., September 2002, co-presenters were M. Brugh and D. Rice.

Mark L. Failla, Human Nutrition, presented “Trace Metals and Host Defense ­ Recent Advances and Continuing Challenges” at the 11th International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animal, June 2002; and “Copper, Cytokine Gene Expression, and NFkB” at the Symposium on Trace Elements and Immune Function at the 6th Conference of the International Society of Trace Element Research in Humans, Quebec City, September 2002.

Gosia Gabrysia, English, presented “Szymborska’s Poetry: The Risk of Questioning” at the Southern Comparative Literature Association Conference, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Oct. 12.

Ronald B. Hammond, Entomology, presented “Assessment of Yield Loss Due to Thrips Tabaci on Tomatoes in Central Uganda,” co-presenters were E.L. Kagezi, S. Kyamanywa and M.C. Akemo; “Effect of Management Practices on the Incidence of Pests on Tomatoes in Central Uganda,” co-presenters were E. L. Kagezi, S. Kyamanywa and M.C. Akemo; and “A Survey of Beneficial Insects in Cowpea and Groundnut IPM Field Trails,” co-presenters were G. Epieru, J. Alupo, S. Kyamanywa and E. Adipala, all at the Integrated Pest Management Conference for Sub-Saharan Africa, Kampala, Uganda, Sept. 8-12; “Field Insect Update” at the Morrow County Field Day, Mt. Gilead, Aug. 20; and “Leafhopper Resistant Alfalfa” at the Forage Crops Field Day, Wooster, Sept. 5.

Susan Hanson, English, presented “The Production and Performance of Place in the Suburbs” at the American Folklore Society Annual Conference, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 18.

Mark Headings, Agricultural Technical Institute, presented “The Nutritional Value of Mopane Worms, Gonimbrasia belina (Lepidoptera: Saturnidae) for Human Consumption” at the Annual Conference of the Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 17-20.

Golden Jackson, Consumer & Textile Sciences, presented “Factors that Motivate and Deter Faculty Use of Service-learning,” co-presenters were E. Abes and S.R. Jones; and “A Comprehensive Assessment of Service-learning: What are the Outcomes for Students, Faculty, and Community Partners?” both at the Advances in Service-Learning Research: The 2nd Annual International Conference on Service-Learning Research, Nashville, Tenn., October 2002, co-presenters were S.R. Jones and Y. Wang.

Kathryn Jakes, Consumer & Textile Sciences, presented “Comparison of Dyed and Charred Fibers with Infrared Spectroscopy,” co-presenter was A. Thompson, and “Colors of the Past,” co-presenter was C. Baldia, at the Midwest Archaeological Conference, Columbus, October 2002; and “Comparison of Dyed and Undyed, Charred and Uncharred Fibers with Infrared Spectroscopy” at the International Textile and Apparel Association National Meeting, New York, Aug. 9, co-presenter was A. Thompson.

Susan C. Jones, Entomology, presented “Termite Biology” at the Western Pennsylvania Pest Control Association Annual Conference, Monroeville, Pa., Aug. 29.

John N. King, English, was organizer and respondent for a session on “John Foxe I: Past Appropriations of the Book of Martyrs” and “John Foxe II: Present Appropriations of the Book of Martyrs” at the Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, San Antonio, Oct. 24-27.

B.L. Kirkpatrick, Nursing, presented “Use of Exit Examinations to Improve Education Outcome” at Mosby’s Faculty Development Institute, Toronto, August.

Jinkook Lee, Consumer & Textile Sciences, presented “Intergenerational Wealth Transfers; Inter Vivo Transfer & Bequest Intention” at the Credit Union Research Council, Las Vegas, Oct. 12; “An Examination of the Impact of Health on Wealth of the Elderly” at a Symposium on New Advances in Gerontology Research, Athens, Ga., April 19; “How Consumers Choose a Financial Institution: Decision-making Criteria and Heuristics,” co-presenter was Julia Marlowe, and “The Effects of Health Status on Wealth Depletion of Elders,” co-presenter was Hyung-Soo Kim, at the Annual Conference of American Council on Consumer Interests, Universal City, Calif., April 4-5; and “Intergenerational Transfers of Wealth and Informal Care” at the Georgia Association of Economics and Finance, 30th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, March 14, co-presenter was Hyung-Soo Kim.

Joyce R. McDowell, OSU Extension, FCA, and Lydia C. Medeiros, Human Nutrition, presented a poster exhibit “Keep Food Safe Curriculum” at the USDA’s Thinking Globally ­ Working Locally Food Safety Education Conference, Orlando, Fla., Sept. 18-20.; and “Courts Partnering with OSU Extension: Diversion Program Opportunities” at the Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial College, Oct. 18, co-presenter was Jeff King.

Berl Oakley, Molecular Genetics, presented “New Functions for y-tublin” at the Gordon Research Conference on the Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton, Proctor Academy, Andover, N.H., Aug. 12.

Martha Sims, English, presented “Everything Old is New Again: DJs Create Aural Patchworks,” American Folklore Society Annual Conference, Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 18.

Allison A. Snow, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, presented “A Bt Transgene Reduces Herbivory and Enhances Fecundity in Wild Sunflowers” at the EAS Meeting, Aug. 8; and “Ecological Effects of Pest Resistance Genes that Disperse into Weed Populations” at the 7th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, Peking University, Beijing, China, Oct. 13.

Gayle Strege, Consumer & Textile Sciences, presented “Merry Hull’s Finger Free Gloves” at the Costume Society of America Region III Annual Symposium, St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 4-5.

Publications

Marthy A. Belury, Human Nutrition, “Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid in Health: Physiological Effects and Mechanisms of Action,” Annual Review of Nutrition, Vol. 22 (2002), pp. 505-531; and “Inhibition of Carcinogenesis by Conjugated Linoleic Acid: Potential Mechanisms of Action,” Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 132, No. 10 (2002), pp. 2995-2998.

Nina Berman, Germanic Languages and Literatures, “Defining Religious Identity in Modern Germany: Two Case Studies,” Islam and the West: Judgements, Prejudices, Political Perspectives, Werner Ruf, ed., (Munster: Agenda-Verlag, 2002), pp. 95-109.

Helen M. Chamberlin, Molecular Genetics, “Multiple Regulatory Changes Contribute to the Evolution of the Caenorhabditis lin-48 ovo gene,” Genes & Development, Vol. 16 (2002), pp. 2345-2349, co-authored by X. Wang.

David Citino, English and Creative Writing, “The Invention of Secrecy,” poem, The Poetry Anthology, 1912 2002: Ninety Years of America’s Most Distinguished Verse Magazine, Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young, eds., (Chicago: Ivon R. Dee, 2002); and “Willard Scott Makes It to the Next Century,” poem, Witness 16.2 Special Issue, Aging in America, pp. 140-141.

Ignacio Corona, Spanish and Portuguese, and Beth E. Jorgensen, eds., “The Contemporary Mexican Chronicle: Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre,” (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2002).

Peter Curtis, Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, “Plant Reproduction Under Elevated CO2 Conditions: A Meta-analysis of Reports on 79 Crop and Wild Species,” New Phytologist, Vol. 156 (2002), pp. 9-26, co-authors are L.M. Jablonski and X. Wang; “Biometric and Eddy-covariance Based Estimates of Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Five Eastern North American Deciduous Forests,” Agricultural and Forest Metorology, Vol. 113 (2002), p. 319, co-authors are P.J. Hanson, P. Bolstad, C. Barford, J.C. Randolph, H.P. Schmid and K.B. Wilson; “Below Ground Carbon Allocation in Forests Estimated from Litterfall and IRGA-based Soil Respiration Measurements,” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 113 (2002), pp. 39-51, co-authors are E.A. Davidson, K. Savage, P. Bolstad, D.A. Clark, D.S. Ellsworth, P.J. Hanson, B.E. Law, Y. Luo, K.S. Pregitzer, J.C. Randolph and D. Zak; and “A Meta-analysis of Elevated (CO2) Effects on Soybean (Glycine max) Physiology, Growth and Yield,” Global Change Biology, Vol. 8 (2002), pp. 695-709, co-authors are E.A. Ainsworth, P.A. Davey, C.J. Bernacchi, O.C. Dermody, E.A. Heaton, D.J. Moore, P.B. Morgan, S.L. Naidu, H.S.Y. Ra, S.G. Zhu and S.P. Long.

Mark L. Failla, Human Nutrition, “Might Oral Zinc Protect Pancreatic Beta-cells Against Oxidative Insults?” Experimental Biology and Medicine, Vol. 227 (2002), p. ix.

Helen Fehervery, Melton Center, “Anna Seghers: The Mythic Dimension,” (University Michigan Press), Vol. 21.

S.K. Frazier, D.K. Moser, J. L. O’Brien, B.J. Garvin, A.K. Kim and M. Macko, Nursing, “Management of Anxiety After Acute Myocardial Infarction,” Heart & Lung, Vol. 31, No. 6 (2002), pp. 411-420.

Stephen M. Gavazzi, Human Development and Family Science, “The Role of Father Participation in the Treatment of Childhood Mood Disorders,” Family Relations, Vol. 51, No. 3 (2002), pp. 230-237, co-authors are A. Schock, M.A. Fristad and J. Goldberg-Arnold.

Ronald B. Hammond, Entomology, “Interaction Between Flooding or Drought Stress and Potato Leafhopper Injury in Alfalfa,” Plant Health Progress, www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/php/research/leafhopper, (2002), co-authors are A.L. Barta, R.M. Sulc and J.J. Ogle; “Agriolimacid and Arionid as Pests Slugs in Conservation Tillage Soybean and Corn Cropping in North America,” Molluscs as Crop Pests, G.M. Barker, ed. (CABI Publishing, 2002), pp. 301-314, co-author is R.A. Byers; and “Strategy,” Encyclopedia of Pest Management, D. Pimental, ed. (Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001), pp. 802-804, both print and Web site available at www.dekker.com/servlet/product/productid/E-EPM for encyclopedia; www.dekker.com/servlet/product/DOI/101081EEPM100000510/pdf/100000510.pdf for chapter.

Sherman D. Hanna, Consumer & Textile Sciences, “Citations and Scholarly Research,” Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2001), pp. iii; “Research Esoterica,” Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 13, No. 1 (2002), pp. iii-vi; “Theoretical Bases for Financial Ratio Guidelines,” Consumer Interests Annual, (2002), p. 48; “A Measure of Risk Tolerance Based on Economic Theory,” Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2002), pp. 53-60, co-authors are M.S. Gutter and J.X. Fan; “Financial Ratio Analysis of Korean Households: Guidelines Appropriate in Korea?” Consumer Interests Annual, (2002), p. 48, co-authors are S.J. Moon and Y. Yuh; “Implications of Variations in Willingness to Pay to Reduce the Risk of Death,” Proceedings of the International Household & Family Research Conference 2002: Consumers and Families as Market Actors, National Consumer Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland, (July, 2002), p. 60, co-author is M.S. Gutter; “Credit Use and Financial Stress of College Students,” Proceedings of the International Household & Family Research Conference 2002: Consumers and Families as Market Actors, National Consumer Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland, (July, 2002), p. 91, co-authors are W.-Y. Jeong and E.-H. Hong; and “Risk Tolerance and Financial Satisfaction,” Proceedings of the International Household & Family Research Conference 2002: Consumers and Families as Market Actors, National Consumer Research Centre, Helsinki, Finland, (July, 2002), p. 59, co-author is W.-Y. Jeong.

Jane Hathaway, Melton Center, “Rebellion, Repression, Reinvention: Mutiny in Comparative Perspective,” (August 2002).

Kathryn A. Jakes, Consumer & Textile Sciences, “Effect of Pressing on Single Fiber Infrared Spectra,” Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 56, No. 5 (2002), pp. 646-650, co-author is R. Chen; “Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning,” Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 831 (2002), pp. 1-7; and “Morphology and Microstructure of Marine Silk Fibers,” Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 831, (2002), pp. 128-150, co-author is R. Srinivasan.

Susan C. Jones, Entomology, “Ohio Termite (Isoptera) Survey: Methodology and Pest Management Industry Involvement,” pp. 476-478, co-author is Andrew B. Nuss, “Invertebrate Fauna Associated with Mulch in Urban Environments,” pp. 87-94, co-author is Kyle K. Jordan, and “Reticulitermes Flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) and Drosophila Melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Share Developmental Gene Sequence,” (Abstract), p. 480, co-authors are Tracie M. Jenkins, Tea Meulia, Brian T. Forschler and Saskia A. Hogenhout, all published in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Urban Pests, (Charleston, SC: July 2002); Susan C. Jones, Jing Zhai and William H. Robinson, eds., (Blacksburg, Va.:Pocahontas Press, Inc., 2002); “Biology of Subterranean Termites in the Eastern United States,” University of Georgia Extension & Ohio State University Extension Bulletin, Vol. 1209 (2002), p. 8, co-authors are Daniel R. Suiter and Brian T. Forschler; and “Know Your Stingers,” Pest Control, Vol. 70, No. 8 (2002), pp. 28-30.

B.L. Kirkpatrick, Nursing, “CD ROM Review,” Clinical Nursing Skills, Prentiss-Hall CD ROM.

Charles Klopp, French and Italian, “Francesco De Filippo. Una Storia Anche Diamore,” World Literature Today, Vol. 76 (2002), pp. 215.

Janet Laster, Human Development and Family Science, “Family and Consumer Sciences Education,” Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd ed., (Macmillan Reference, NY: 2001); “Family and Consumer Sciences,” Curriculum Handbook, (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, Va.: 2001), co-author is J. Johnson.

Jinkook Lee, Consumer & Textile Sciences, “A Model of Individual-level Adoption of Services Innovation: An Application to Market Segmentation,” Frontiers in Services Proceedings, Vol. 96 (2002); “Life-Cycle Marketing for Credit Unions: All Households,” (Madison, Wis.: Filene Research Institute, 2002), co-author is William Kelly Jr.; “Life-Cycle Marketing for Credit Unions: the Elderly Households,” (Madison, Wis.: Filene Research Institute, 2002), co-author is William Kelly Jr.; “Life-Cycle Marketing for Credit Unions: the Mid-Age Households,” (Madison, Wis.: Filene Research Institute, 2002), co-author is William Kelly Jr.; “Interested in Adopting Online Trading? Predicting Future Adopters of online Trading,” 2002 American Marketing Association Winter Educator’s Conference Proceedings, p. 250-256, co-authors are Mickey Y. Li and Brenda Cude; “Comparison of Consumer Decision-Making Criteria for Financial Services,” 2002 Eastern Family Resource Management Association Conference Proceedings, co-author is Julia Marlowe; “Promoting Financial Literacy: Public Policy Initiatives and Grass Roots Movement,” The Proceedings, Marketing & Public Policy Conference, (2002), pp. 139-140; “The Poor in the Financial Market: Changes in the Use of Financial Products, Institutions, and Services from 1995 to 1998,” Journal of Consumer Policy, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2002), pp. 203-231; “A Key to Marketing Financial Services: The Right Mix of Products, Services, Channels, and Customers,” Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 16, No. 3 (2002), pp 238-256; and “The Influence of Communication Source and Mode on Consumer Adoption of Technological Innovations,” Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 36, No. 1 (2002), pp. 1-27, co-authors are Eun-Ju Lee and David Schumann.

Valerie Lee, English, “Andrea’s Third Shift: The Invisible Work of African American Women in Higher Education,” in This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation, Gloria Anzaldua and Analouise Keating, eds., (New York: Routledge, 2002), pp. 403-415.

Barbara A. Lehman, Teaching & Learning, Mansfield, “Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K-Grade 6,” (Urbana, Ill.: National Council of Teachers of English, 2002), pp. 73-92, co-authors are E.B. Freeman and P.L. Scharer.

Sharron Lennon, Consumer & Textile Sciences, “The Distribution Channels for Foreign-brand Apparel in China: Structure, Government’s Role, and Problems,” Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 2 (2002), pp. 167-180, co-authors are L. Zhang and M.A. Dickson.

M.S. Lilburn, OARDC/Animal Sciences, “The Ontogeny of Fatty Acid-binding Protein in Turkey (Meleagridis gallopavo) Intestine and Yolk Sac Membrane during Embryonic and Early Posthatch Development,” Poultry Science, No. 81 (2002), pp. 1065-1070, co-author is S.T. Ding, National Taiwan University, and “Growth of the Femur and Tibia of a Commercial Broiler Line,” Poultry Science No. 81 (2002), pp. 1289-1294, co-author is T.J. Applegate, Purdue University.

Stuart Lishan, English, Marion, “Zoo (Coral Reef Exhibit),” Arts & Letters/Journal of Contemporary Culture 8, (Fall 2002), pp. 143; “Eurydice & Lover Boy,” Posse Review 14, (Autumn 2002), (http:webdelsol.com/inPosse/lishan14.htm); “An Awakening,” ForPoetry.com, (Fall 2002), (www.ForPoetry.com); and “Sense Tenses,” “Fever Revisited,” “Sounding Down,” “First Yahrzeit” and “From East Shure,” (collaboration with Stanton Swihart), The Muse Apprentice Guild, (October 2002), (www.muse-apprentice-guild.com/stuartlishan/home.html.)