Grants

Joseph S. Ottobre, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus; Douglas R. Danforth, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Pravin T.P. Kaumaya, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Henry Zerby, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, $91,700 Interdisciplinary Team Research Grant from OARDC to study "Manipulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) to regulate reproductive efficiency," April 2003-March 2005.

Billand Pope and Horacio Cardenas Seijes, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, $225,000 from USDA to study the "Effects of Androgens on Follicular Development in Pigs."

Chris Reynolds, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, $25,000 OARDC Seed Grant to study "Gut Peptides and Intake in Cattle"; $4,500 from the American Jersey Cattle Association to study "Low Fiber Diets and Milk Fat Production in Jerseys -- Do Jerseys Require More Fiber, or

Tolerate Less?"; and $5,400 from the Ohio Milk Producers to study "Production of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Enriched Milk."

Presentations

The following individuals from the Center for Survey Research gave presentations at the American Association for Public Opinion Research 58th Annual Conference 2003, Nashville, Tenn., May 15-18, 2003: Gerald Kosicki, Krisztina Marton and Robert H. Lee, "Response Rates Today: Academic Survey Centers"; Lewis R. Horner, "We Know Where You Live? GIS in a City Satisfaction Survey," poster; Dong Xie, "Training Telephone Interviewers from a Psychological Perspective: An Integration of Interviewer's Emotion, Behavior, and Cognition in Telephone Survey Research," poster; Kana Fuse and Mary Outwater, "Interviewing Uncooperative and Hard-to-Reach Respondents: Is It Worth the Effort?" poster; Yangyang Yuan, "Examining Respondent Refusal as a Form of Panel Attrition," poster; Krisztina Marton, "Interaction Between Learning and Fatigue Effects in Surveys," poster; and Gerald M. Kosicki and Yangyang Yuan, "Changing Foundations of a Governor's Support: Media, Political Trust and the Economy," poster.

Burk Dehority, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, presented "Digestion and Microbial Interactions in the Rumen Ecosystem" at a symposium sponsored by the Petrini Institute, "Rumen: Biochemistry, Modelling and Biotechnology," University of Parma, Parma, Italy, April 12.

Scott DeWitt, English, presented "No Instructor Left Behind: Helping Reluctant Faculty Keep Pace with the Burgeoning Possibilities of Computer-Based Writing Instruction" and "On Becoming Post-Hypertext: Writing in Timed Spaces," and was a respondent for "Understanding Digital Media Composing Processes" at the Computers and Writing Conference, West Lafayette, Ind., May 23.

Jon Erickson, English, was a respondent to J. Ellen Gainor on her book Glaspell in the Context at the Comparative Drama Conference, Columbus, April 26.

Valerie Lee, English, presented "Dig Your Starting Holes Deep" as the commencement address at Clearbrook Middle School, Columbus, June 3.

N.L. McCaslin, Human and Community Resource Development, presented "Developing the Next Generation of Leadership in Work Based Education" at the National Invitational Conference on Vocational Education and School to Work: The Emerging Synthesis, sponsored by The Laboratory for Student Success, The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, Temple University, Philadelphia, February 2003.

Brian McHale, English, presented "Shaper/Mech, or, Varieties of Prosthetic Writing: Mathews, Sorrentino, Acker and Others" at the German-American Conference on Science, Technology, and the Humanities in Recent American Fiction, Paderborn, Germany, May 12.

Linda Mizejewski, Women's Studies, presented "Broadway to Hollywood: Fashioning the American Girl" at the University of Washington, May 2.

William E. Nelson Jr., African American and African Studies, presented "Racial Profiling and Human Rights: What Do We Know and Why Should We Care," Ohio State, April 7.

Dorothy Noyes, English, presented "Festival, Theater, and Democratic Mobilization in Catalonia: La Patum de Berga" at the Inauguration of Seminar, Katalanisches Theater von der Renaixença bis heute. Institut für Romanische Sprachen und Literaturen, J. W. Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, April 28; "Heating Up the Body Politic: From Festival to Constitution in Spain and Europe" at the Meertens Institute, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam, June 5; "Fire in the Plaça: Catalan Festival Politics After Franco" at Identity Matters, and How Conference, Mershon Center, Ohio State, May 31; and "From Festival to Constitution: Organic Solidarity in European Politics" at the Plenary address, Nordisk Etnolog-og Folkloristkongres 2003, Helsingør, Denmark, May 6.

Carla Pestana, History, presented "The English Revolution in the Atlantic World" at the Cleveland Area Medieval and Renaissance Seminar, April 4.

Cathy Rakowski, Women's Studies and Human and Community Resource Development, presented "Women's Movement or Women in Movement? The Case of Feminist Organizing in Venezuela" at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas, March 2003.

Chris Reynolds, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, presented "Effect of Diet Composition on Splanchnic Metabolism in Ruminants" at the Conference on Gastrointestinal Function, Chicago, March 2003; and "Nutritional Considerations for Jerseys" at the Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, Fort Wayne, Ind., April 2003.

Robin Rissler, English, presented "Being There: The Completely Predictable and Wholly Unlikely Resurgence of Realism in the Inter-War Period" at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Space Between, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan., May 30-31.

Robyn Robinson, Women's Studies, presented "Who is Aunt Jemima?: A History of the American Icon" at the Columbus State Community College, Black History Month Lecture Series, Columbus, Feb. 19; and "Transcending the Binary: Black Feminist Thought in Deborah E. McDowell's Leaving Pipe Shop: Memories of Kin" at the College Language Association Conference, Washington D.C., April 23-26.

Thibaut Schilt, French and Italian, presented "The Talented Mr. Michel: Crime and Transgression in Bresson's Pickpocket" at the 56th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, April 24-26.

Jon Schoonmaker, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, presented "Effect of Age at Feedlot Entry on Performance and Carcass Characteristic of Bulls and Steers" at the Great Plains Nutrition Conference, San Antonio, April 3-4.

Ruby Tapia, Women's Studies, presented "Her 'Love Don't Cost a Thing': J. Lo and The Racial Economy of Horror and Comfort in The Cell" at the International Communication Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, May 26; and "Sleep Deprivation Chamber: The Limits of Literacy and Legibility, the Dyes of Racial Inscription" at the Adrienne Kennedy Symposium, Ohio State, Columbus, May 9.

Jennifer Walton, History, presented "Gender and the Cold War: Moral Masculinity and the 1961 Berlin Crisis" at the New England Historical Association Conference, Waltham, Mass., April 26.

Publications

J. Bouton and J.L. Firkins, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, and K.E. Griswold and G.A. Apgar, Southern Illinois University Animal Science, Food and Nutrition, "Effects of Urea Infusion and Ruminal Degradable Protein Concentration on Microbial Growth, Digestibility, and Fermentation in Continuous Culture," Journal of Animal Science, No. 81 (2003), pp. 329-336.

M.J. Cannon and J.L. Pate, Animal Sciences/ Wooster campus, "Expression and Regulation of Interferon G-inducible Proteasomal Subunits LMP7 and LMP10 in the Bovine Corpus Luteum," Biology of Reproduction, No. 68 (2003), pp. 1447-1454.

Jon Erickson, English, "The Body as the Object of Modern Performance," (reprint), Performance: Critical Concepts, 4 Volumes, Philip Auslander, ed., (London and New York: Routledge, 2003), Vol. 2.

K.E. Fike and J.E. Kinder, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, "Frequency of Luteinizing Hormone Pulses in Cattle Influences Duration of Persistence of Dominant Ovarian Follicles, Follicular Fluid Concentrations of Steroids, and Activity of Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins," Animal Reproduction Science, No. 77 (2003), pp. 187-211. Co-authors were F.N. Kojima, University of Missouri; E.G.M. Bergfeld, American Society of Animal Science; M.E. Wehrman, Rocky Mountain Reproductive Services; A.S. Cupp, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; D.V. Mariscal-Aguayo, Universidad Autonoma Chapingo; T. Sanchez-Torres, Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillos Edo; M. Garcia-Winder, International Marketing; D.T. Clopton, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; and A.J. Roberts, USDA-ARS.

Darcy Haag-Granello, Physical Activity and Educational Services, "Assessing the Cognitive Development of Counseling Students: Changes in Epistemological Assumptions," Counselor Education and Supervision, Vol. 41 (2002), pp. 279-293.

S.K.R. Karnati, Z. Yu and J.T. Sylvester, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, B.A. Dehority, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, M. Morrison and J.L. Firkins, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, "Technical note: Specific PCR Amplification of Protozoal 18S rDNA Sequences from DNA Extracted from Ruminal Samples of Cows," Journal of Animal Science, No. 81 (2003), pp. 812-815.

Karen Winstead, English, "Saint Katherine's Hair," Saint Katherine of Alexandria: Texts and Contexts in Medieval Europe, Jacqueline Jenkins and Katherine J. Lewis, eds., (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2003), pp. 171-99.

Carla Pestana, History "A West Indian Colonial Governor's Advice: Henry Ashton's 1646 Letter to the Earl of Carlisle," The William and Mary Quarterly 3d. Series, Vol. LX, No. 2 (April 2003), pp. 383-421.

James Phelan, English, "The Beginning and Early Middle of Persuasion: Or, Form and Ideology in Austen's Experiment with Narrative Comedy," Partial Answers, Vol. 1 (2003), pp. 65-87.

Cathy Rakowski, Women's Studies and Human and Community Resource Development, "Women's Coalitions as a Strategy at the Intersection of Economic and Political Change in Venezuela," International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Spring 2003), pp. 387-405.

Recognitions

Leonard Baird, Educational Policy and Leadership, has been named a Senior Scholar by the American College Personnel Association, at the 79th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, March 31.

Gwen Cartledge, Physical Activity and Educational Services, received an Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching at the 2003 Faculty Awards Ceremony, April 21.

John Curry, Haivan Hoang and Barbara Nowak, History, and Allison Blodgett and Jeffrey Mielke, Linguistics, have received Presidential Fellowships from the Graduate School.

Gloria Eyerly, Humanities, has received the ACADAOS Outstanding Advisor Award (Academic Advising Association of Ohio State) in honor and recognition of her contributions and outstanding service at Ohio State.

Karol Fike, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, received the 2002-03 University Career Services Award in recognition of her efforts in advising and academic programs.

Darcy Haag-Granello, Physical Activity and Educational Services, received the 2003 ACA Research Award for "high-quality original research conducted by an ACA member" from The American Counseling Association.

KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson, English Education, received a scholarship from the Association of Faculty and Professional Women on March 18.

Glen Hoffsis, Veterinary Medicine, was inducted into the Animal Science Hall of Fame, May 20.

Tanya Ivanova, Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, has been awarded an Office of International Affairs International Dissertation Research Travel Grant to support archival work in Greece and Russia. She also received an Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship in support of her dissertation project.

C. Lynn Knipe, Food Science and Technology and Animal Sciences, received the Meat Processing Award at the 56th Reciprocal Meat Conference, University of Missouri, June 18.

Steve Miller, Teaching and Learning, received the 2003 Professional Educator of the Year Award from The Ohio Council for the Social Studies, at the National Council for Social Studies Regional Conference, Cincinnati, April 12.

Service

Barbara Hanawalt, History, was the co-organizer of the Grantsmanship workshop held April 19 at OSU; she was named first vice president at the Medieval Academy of America Meeting, April 9-13, Minneapolis; she presided over a session on women and property in the Middle Ages; and was the external reviewer for the history department of Arizona State University, May 5-6.

Keith Johnson, Linguistics, has been selected to serve as a member of the Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes 3 Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the Department of Health and Human Services of the National Institutes of Health, July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2007.

N.L.. McCaslin, Human and Community Resource Development, served as the director of the National Career and Technical Teacher Education Institute, Pathways to the Future: Preparing and Developing Secondary and Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Teachers, Scottsdale, Ariz., Feb. 3-5.

Chris Reynolds, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, was appointed by the American Society of Animal Science as the 'Special Representative' and liaison to the British Society of Animal Science, April 2003.

Scott Scheer, Human and Community Resource Development, led Extension volunteer training sessions in Carroll County on Feb. 8 and in Scioto County on March 18.

Cynthia Tyson, Teaching and Learning, has been appointed to chair the American Educational Research Association-Division B Affirmative Action and Equity Committee for a three-year appointment, beginning at the end of April 2003.

Recognitions

Forest V. Muir, Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), Emeritus, received the Golden Egg Award from the Ohio Poultry Association at its annual banquet, Feb. 28.

Joy Pate, Animal Sciences/Wooster campus, received the Senior Research Award at the OARDC Annual Conference, Columbus, April 24.

Paul Post, Teaching and Learning, received the Distinguished Service Award from the Ohio Technology Education Association,Toledo, March 2003.

Jacqueline Royster, Humanities and English, was selected as one of two faculty members to present a University Distinguished Lecture during the 2003-04 academic year by the President and Provost's Advisory Committee. The Office of Academic Affairs awards $5,000 for the lecturer to designate to an academic program of his or her choice.

Linda Saif, Food Animal Health Research Program (FAHRP), OARDC, received an honorary doctorate from Ghent University and was honored by being elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) at the Academy's 140th annual meeting, Washington, D.C., April 29.

Susan Sears, Physical Activity and Educational Services, received the Counselor Educator Award from the American School Counselor Association at its annual conference, St. Louis, June 29-July 2.

Pete Spike, Animal Sciences/Columbus campus, was inducted into the Dairy Hall of Service, during the 2003 Buckeye Dairy Club Annual Banquet and Dairy Awards Program, Plain City, April 26.

Shelley Wong, Teaching and Learning, received the Heinle & Heinle Award for Excellence in Teaching at the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Convention, Baltimore, March 28.