Book

John C. Gibbs, Psychology, Moral Development and Reality, Beyond the Theories of Kohlberg and Hoffman (Sage Publications, 2003).

Grants

The African American and African Studies Community Extension Center (AASCEC) and the Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW), $3,000 from the Ohio Humanities Council to partially fund their joint project, "Life Writing and Community History in the Mt. Vernon Avenue African-American Community of Columbus, Ohio."

The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW) and OSU Extension, University District, $5,000 from The Literacy Initiative to offer short workplace literacy courses for residents of the University District and clients of the Godman Guild Association.

Joseph Donnermeyer, Human and Community Resource Development, $50,000 from the Office of Criminal Justice Services for "Development of Evaluations Methodologies for Criminal Justice Programs."

Venkat Gopalan, Biochemistry, $138,785 from the National Science Foundation (NSF), for "CAREER: Characterization of Plant RNase P and Examination of its Utility as a Functional Genomics Tool," April 15, 2003-March 31, 2004.

Victoria Holbrook, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, $19,000 from the American Research Institute in Turkey Fellowship for "Poetry and Politics in the 20th Century Mediterranean," funded by U.S. Department of State, Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Richard Moore, Human and Community Resource Development, $475,000 from the Ohio EPA for "Improving Water Quality and Fostering a Community Vision and Action Through Participating Farmer Groups in the Sugar Creek Headwaters."

Jeff Sharp, Human and Community Resource Development, $53,000 from Kansas State University for "Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases."

Presentations

The following individuals in City and Regional Planning gave presentations at the 34th Environmental Design Research Association Conference, Minneapolis-St. Paul, May 21-25: Ebru Cubukcu and Mert Cubukcu presented "Object Recall and Location Recall Accuracy in Natural and Built-Up Settings"; Ebru Cubukcu presented "Influence of Physical Environmental Factors on Path Choice in Virtual Environments" and "Photo Versus On-Site Surveying to Test Artwork Preference"; Misun Hur presented "Resident and Non-Resident Evaluation of Housing in a Historic Preservation District"; and Jack L. Nasar presented "Cell Phones and Safety Among College Students" with P. Hecht and R. Wener, and "User-Centered Skyline Regulation" with A. Stamps and K. Hanyu.

The following individuals gave presentations at the HTAC 2003 Spring Colloquium: Humanities Computing in the 21st Century, Ohio State, May 2; Scott Banville, English, presented "Can We Talk?: Computer-Mediated Communication in a Classroom Setting"; Brenda Brueggemann and Susan Burch, English, presented "The Flying Words Project: Using WebCT to Build Community, Cross-University, and Interdisciplinary Connections"; Doug Dangler, English, presented "Communication Strategies in Synchronous Online Tutorials"; Scott DeWitt, English, presented "New Media and Documentary Studies"; Jared Gardner, English, presented "Film Studies in the Digital Age,"; H. Lewis Ulman, Humanities and English, presented "From Page to Screen: Creating Electronic Editions of Archival Materials."

The following individuals made presentations at the National School-Age Care Alliance, Salt Lake City, Feb. 27-March 1; K. Jackson and D. Anderson-Butcher, "Adolescents' Out-of-School Time: Using Results from a Statewide Survey"; S.U. Smith, "4-H Afterschool: New Resources for Hours of Extraordinary Learning Opportunities"; and N. Arnett and N.N. McNeely, "Adventure Central: An Innovative Urban Youth Education Center."

Rebecca Bias, French and Italian, presented "The Deborah Tannen Phenomenon — a la Pierre Bourdieu" at the 56th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, The University of Kentucky, Lexington, April 24-26.

Bob Birkenholz, Jim Connors and Gen Swan, Human and Community Resource Development, presented "Professional Development Needs of Ohio Agriculture Teachers" at the North Central Region Agricultural Education Research Conference, Columbus, April 3-5.

John Burhnam, History, emeritus, presented "Unraveling the Mystery of Why There Was No Childhood Lead Poisoning" at the American Association for the History of Medicine Meeting, Boston, May 3, and "How the Twentieth-Century Mental Hospital Became Demonized: The Construction of a Flawed Memory" to the Research Seminar of the Center for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of Manchester (UK), April 29.

Becky Cornett and Judy Gilliam, Medical Center, presented "Moving Beyond Billing Compliance: The Patient Care Compliance Forum" at the Annual Meeting of The Ohio Hospital Association, Columbus, June 9.

Theresa Ferrari, Ohio State University Extension, gave three presentations at the Hours of Opportunity: Positive Youth Development in Out-of-School Time Conference, March 25-26, East Lansing, Mich, and presented "Quality After-School Programs" at the University of Florida, March 20.

Stephen Hall, History, presented "Transatlantic Visions: William Wells Brown and the African Diaspora" at the Collegium for African American Research Meeting, King Alfred's College, Winchester, England, April 15.

Barbara Hanawalt, History, presented "Medieval London Women as Consumers" at the 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 8-11.

Lakesia Johnson, Women's Studies, presented "Who's Afraid of Foxy Brown? Fear, Anger, and Pleasure, in Black Sexploitation Films," Black Women's Studies and the Academy Conference, Purdue University, Feb. 27-March 1.

Renee Lansley, History, presented "Gender on Campus: Coeds, In Loco Parentis, and the Paradox of Femininity" at the New England Historical Association Conference, Waltham, Mass., April 26.

Valerie Lee, English, presented "Double-Dutched Encounters: Black Women's Studies in the Academy," Black Women's Studies and the Academy Conference, Purdue University, Feb. 27-March 1.

Wendy Matlock, English, presented "'Food for Worms': Judging the Flesh in Middle English Body and Soul Debate Poems" at the 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Mich., May 11.

Judith Mayne, French and Italian, presented "Marlene's Lucky Charms" at the Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language & Media, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Ill., March 28; and "Dora, Image-Making, and Henri-Georges Clouzot's Quai des Orfèvres" at the Studies in French Cinema Conference, Institut Français, London, England, April 24.

Publications

Chadwick Allen, English, "Introduction to the Bison Books Edition: His Heritage on Paper," Winter Count by Dallas Chief Eagle, 1967 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003). pp. vii-xv.

Eugene C. Braig and David L. Johnson, Natural Resources, "Impact of Black Bullhead (Ameiurus melas) on Turbidity in a Diked Wetland," Hydrobiologia, Vol. 490, No. 1-3 (2003), pp. 11-21.

David Citino, English, "Weed Killer/Killer Weed," "Ivy, Late Sun, with Fettucine," "Six Stabbed after Argument at Baby Shower," poems, Inertia, Vol. 1., No. 1 (2003); "Spring Surprises Ohio," essay, Columbus Dispatch, March 30: p. D7; review of Jelly Roll: A Blues, by Kevin Young, Columbus Dispatch, April 13, p. G7; "The History of Avian Abduction," poem, Poetry, Vol. 182, No. 2 (2003), pp. 79-80; and Review of Indian Summer: The Forgotten Story of Louis Sockalexis, the First Native American in the Major Leagues, by Brian McDonald, Columbus Dispatch, May 20, p. E8.

Angie Estes, English: "Badinerie," Ploughshares, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 36-37; "Natural History," Mid-American Review, Vol. 23, No. 2 (2003), p. 242.

T.M. Ferrari, Ohio State University Extension, Participation in Boys and Girls Clubs and Relationships to Youth Outcomes," Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2003), pp. 39-53, co-authors were D. Anderson-Butcher and W.S. Newsome; and "Working Hand in Hand: Community Youth Development and Career Development," Community Youth Development: Programs, Policies, and Practices, F.A. Villarruel, D.F. Perkins, L.M. Borden and J.G. Keith, eds., (Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage), pp. 201-223.

Terri Fisher, Psychology, Mansfield, "Truth and Consequences: Using the Bogus Pipeline to Examine Sex Differences in Self-Reported Sexuality," The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 40, pp. 27-35, M.G. Alexander and T.D. Fisher, co-eds.

Wendy Hesford, English, review of On the Winds and Waves of Imagination: Transnational Feminism and Literature by Constance S. Richards, Research in African Literatures, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Summer 2003), p. 232.

Andrew Hudgins, English, "Gospel Villanelle," reprint in Shenandoah: Strongly Spent — 50 Years of Poetry, (Spring/Summer 2003), p. 98; "Heaven," "Ashes" and "We Were Simply Talking," reprint in Are You Experienced? Baby Boom Poets at Midlife, Pamela Gemin, ed., (Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press, 2003), pp. 151-152, 186-187 and 216.

Lisa Kiser, English, "The Garden of St. Francis: Plants, Landscape, and Economy in Thirteenth-Century Italy," Environmental History, Vol. 8 (April 2003), pp. 229-45.

Lee Martin, English, "So You Think You're Smart," Sudden Stories: A Mammoth Anthology of Minuscule Fiction, Dinty W. Moore, ed. (DuBois, Penn.: Mammoth Books, 2003), pp. 66.

N.L.. McCaslin and Darrell Parks, Human and Community Resource Development, "Teacher Education in Career and Technical Education: Background and Policy Implications for the New Millennium," Journal of Vocational Education Research, Vol. 27, No. 1 (2002), pp. 65-103.

Barbara L.. McCombs, Education, "Learner-Centered Principles: A Framework for Teaching," guest editor, special issue of Theory Into Practice, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Spring 2003).

Erin McGraw, English, "Three's Company on their Lavish Estate," review of Elizabeth and Georgiana: The Duke of Devonshire and His Two Duchesses, by Caroline Chapman and Jane Dormer, Raleigh News & Observer, March 30, p. 5-G; and "Meg Wolitzer on the Art of Marriage," review of The Wife, by Meg Wolitzer, Raleigh News & Observer, April 13, p. 5-G.

Alastair Minnis, English, "Material Swords and Literal Lights: The Status of Allegory in William of Ockham's ‘Breviloquium' on Papal Power," in With Reverence for the Word: Medieval Scriptural Exegesis in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Jane Dammen McAuliffe, Barry D. Walfish and Joseph W. Goering, eds., (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003), pp. 292-308; and "Reclaiming the Pardoners," The Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2 (2003), pp. 311-34.

William E. Nelson Jr., African American and African Studies, "Political Consciousness and Empowerment: The Twentieth Century Cognitive Basis of African American Politics," Black Identity in the Twentieth Century, Expressions of the US and UK African Diaspora, Mark Christian, ed., (London: Hansib Press, 2002); and review of The Politics of Empowerment by Robert Weissberg, American Political Science Review, Vol. 96, No. 4 (December 2002).

Recognitions

The following individuals received the First Annual Dean's Awards for Biological Sciences faculty and graduate students, at the Annual College of Biological Sciences Faculty Meeting, April 8: David Horn, Entomology, and Joseph Williams, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology (EEOB) received the Dean's Award for Classroom Teaching for Faculty; Venkat Gopalan, Biochemistry, and David Culver, EEOB, received the Dean's Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring by Faculty; Michael Ostrowski, Molecular Genetics, Roy Stein, EEOB, and Brian Smith, Entomology, received the Dean's Award for Faculty Excellence in Research and Graduate Education; and Kenwyn Craddock, Entomology, Jeremy Groom, EEOB, Mike Haugen, EEOB, Deni Poreji, EEOB, and Hilary Walton, EEOB, received the Dean's Award for Excellence as Graduate Teaching Assistants.

Rebecca Baird, Women's Studies, received a Multicultural Center New Diversity Initiatives leadership award for organizing the "Women in Appalachia" documentary film series completed as a Women's Studies practicum.

Luz Calvo, Comparative Studies, has been awarded a Latino/a Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., for the 2003-04 year.

Jim Connors, Human and Community Resource Development, was recognized with the Price Advising Award in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, including a certificate of recognition and a $500 stipend to be used at his discretion.

Joe Donnermeyer, Human and Community Resource Development, received the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Teaching Award, including a certificate of recognition and a $1,000 stipend, Feb. 6.

William Eveland Jr., Journalism and Communication, received an associate-wide award from the International Communication Association 53th Annual Conference, San Diego, May 23-27.

Mark Grimsley, History, received funding from the Mershon Center for his proposal "The History of War in Global Perspective."

Erin McGraw, English, gave fiction readings at the State University of New York, Oneonta, NY, April 10; Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio, April 22; and The Catlin-Gable School, Portland, Ore., May 1.

Mark Merrick, Allied Medical Professions, was named the 2003 recipient of the Clint Thompson Outstanding Manuscript Award from the Journal of Athletic Training.

The William E. Nelson Jr. Research Grant has been established by the Black Graduate and Professional Student Caucus at OSU.

Dorothy Noyes, English, has been given a residential fellowship at the Camargo Foundation, Cassis, for the fall semester of 2003.

Kaara Peterson, English, visiting faculty member, has received a Short-Term Fellowship (two months) at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. this summer.

Russell Pitzer, Chemistry, received a Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary) degree for service as a trustee, Pitzer College, Claremont, Calif., May 18.

Prasanna Raghavan, Engineering Mechanics, received the 15th annual Robert J. Melosh Medal for the best student paper on finite element analysis, for "Adaptive Multi-Scale Computational Modeling of Composite Materials," sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Cathy Rakowski, Women's Studies and Human and Community Resource Development, has received the 2003 Rodney F. Plimpton Young Teacher Award, the top teaching award offered by the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Jason Randel, Engineering Physics, received a scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for 2003-04.

Dale Van Kley, History, had a session of the 49th annual meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 3-5, "Critical Tribute to the Work of Dale Van Kley," devoted to him.

Galal Walker, East Asian Languages and Literatures and the National East Asian Languages Resource Center, will receive the China Language and Culture Friendship Award, an international award for promoting Chinese language and culture, awarded to six recipients. Walker is the first recipient of the award from the English-speaking world, and has been invited by the Ministry of Education to travel to Beijing, China to attend the award ceremony.

Carla Wilks, Community Extension Center, has been appointed to the African American Advisory Board for the Epilepsy Foundation of Central Ohio.

Sylvia Williams, Pathology, is the College of Medicine and Public Health/Office of Health Sciences Employee of the Month for May.

Jeff Wolverton, Computer and Information Science, won an Academy Award for his work on "The ChubbChubbs" in the category of animated shorts.

Service

Mark Bender, East Asian Languages and Literatures, helped organize and participated in the "East Asia Workshop, 2003" at the Lorain County Community College, May 6.

Lisa Tilder, Architecture, presented the paper "Architecture as Interface" at the Ninth International Bauhaus Colloquium, "Medium Architecture," in Weimar, Germany, April 2003.