Faculty Research and Creative Activity
2007-08
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Hoyt, Fred (Business Administration) presented his research comparing the marketing strategies
of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America at the 6th International Colloquium on Nonprofit,
Social & Arts Marketing in London, England.
– Presented a paper, "The Ten Commandments of Engaging Students in Class," at the
Fall Conference of the Marketing Management Association in St. Louis. A past MMA president,
Hoyt is currently president of the MMA Foundation and a board member of the Association.
– Was selected to participate in a Faculty Development in International Business Program
in New Delhi, India. The program, sponsored by the University of Connecticut's Center
for Business Research, provided participants with information about the Indian economic
system, plus opportunities to tour businesses and visit government officials.
– Presented "Generating Class Participation and Engaging Students" at the 2007 Marketing
Management Association Educators' Conference.
– Attended the Marketing Management Association meeting in Chicago, where he served
on a panel about sabbaticals, chaired a session on branding universities and critiqued
a paper on student attitudes toward counterfeits.
Trimble, Carrie (Business Administration) attended the Fall Conference of the Marketing Management
Association in St. Louis. She is co-editor of Marketing Insights, the organization's newsletter.
Also:
– With Bill Walsh, published "Family Medical Leave Act Coverage Claims and Arbitration
of Employee Grievances," in the Proceedings of the North American Management Society (March 2008).
– Attended the Marketing Management Association meeting in Chicago, where she chaired
a panel on service industries.
– With Lynda Duke (The Ames Library) and Jean MacDonald (The Ames Library), authored
a research manuscript titled "Collaboration between Marketing Students and the Library:
An Experiential Learning Project to Promote Reference Service," which been accepted
for publication in the College & Research Libraries journal.
Walsh, Bill (Business Administration) published "Employee Bereavement Leave: A Survey of Arbitration
Cases," in the Journal of Collective Negotiations (Vol. 31, #4).
Also:
– With Carrie Trimble, published "Family Medical Leave Act Coverage Claims and Arbitration
of Employee Grievances," in the Proceedings of the North American Management Society (March 2008).
– Published "Is Incarceration a Good Enough Excuse for Missing Work? A Survey of Arbitration
Decisions," in the Journal of Collective Negotiations (Vol. 32, Issue #2).
English
O’Gorman, Kathleen (English) published “’The music that is silence’: Carole Maso’s Ava and Samuel Beckett’s
Voice.” English Studies Forum 3.1 (Fall - Winter, 2007). http://www.publish.bsu.edu/esf/3.1/O’Gorman.htm.
O'Gorman also was selected by the Institute for the International Education of Students,
one of Illinois Wesleyan's study abroad affiliates, to participate in a Faculty Development
Seminar on contemporary theatre in London and Dublin.
Sainsbury, Alison (English) was selected nationally from schools in the Council of Independent Colleges to participate in a State Department-funded seminar on “Teaching Islam and the Middle East” in Amman, Jordan. Read more.
Terkla, Daniel (English) was named to the Council of the Society for the History of Discoveries.
Read more.
— Published "Ocular Pilgrimages: Teaching with the Hereford Map." Geotema: Organo Ufficiale dell'Associazione Geografi Italiani. Itineraria, Carte,
Mappe: dal reale al virtuale. Dai viaggi del passato la conoscenza dell’oggi. 27 (2007): 203-18.
— Published short articles on Marco Polo, William of Rubruck, and Ludovico de Varthema
for The Oxford Companion to Exploration. Ed. David Buisseret. New York: OUP, 2007.
— Chaired a conference session: "Reading Between the Threads: New Research on the
Bayeux Tapestry." Sponsor: Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies. 42nd International
Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI, May 2007.
— Co-organized conference: The BT @ the BM: New Research on the Bayeux Tapestry. An
International Conference on the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum, London, 15-16
July 2008.
— Gave a talk at The BT @ the BM: "From Hastingus to Hastings and Beyond: Inexorable
Inevitability on the Bayeux Tapestry."
— Chaired two sessions at The BT @ the BM: "Patronage" and "Modern."
— Received two research awards: The J.B. Harley Fellowship in the History of Cartography
and a Newberry Library/British Academy Fellowship for Study in Great Britain, Fall
2008.
— Published "Informal Catechesis and the Hereford Mappa Mundi." The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel. Ed. Robert Bork and Andrea Kann. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate, 2008. 128-41.
— Published short articles on the following: pilgrimage as metaphor, imaginary pilgrimages,
and the Palestine Pilgrim's Text Society for The Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage. Ed. Larissa Taylor. Leiden: Brill, 2008.
Theune, Michael (English) published:
– Structure & Surprise: Engaging Poetic Turns. New York, New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 2007.Read more.
– “Building Dwelling,” American Poet: The Journal of the American Poets. Vol. 32 (2007): 14.
– “Mr. Del Elsworth, a Claims Adjuster, Lived in North Dakota, Where He Tried To Figure
Out the Meanings of Some Well-Known Haiku,” Pindeldyboz. (Spring, 2007): 11.
– “The Vow.” Pindeldyboz. (Spring, 2007): 13.
-–“Poetic Structure and Poetic Form: The Necessary Differentiation,” American Poet: The Journal of the Academy of American Poets. Vol. 32 (Spring, 2007): 9-12.
Hispanic Studies
Isabelli-Garcia, Christina (Hispanic Studies) with Donna Hartweg (Nursing) published "Health Perceptions of Low-Income, Immigrant Spanish-Speaking Latinas in the United States," in Hispanic Health Care International (Vol.5 , No. 2, 2007). Hartweg also presented their findings at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) in Yokohama, Japan. Read more.
Nadeau, Carolyn (Hispanic Studies) published La vida del Buscon, a critical edition of the 17th century Spanish novel by Francisco de Quevedo, under
Cervantes & Co. Read more.
– Awarded a $3,500 grant for Feeding Between the Lines: the Social Significance of Food in Early Modern Spanish
Literature from the Program for Cultural Cooperation Grants, Spanish Ministry of Culture, 2007.
Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
Balina, Marina (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures):
• Received a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue her pioneering work with
Soviet and post-Soviet children’s literature.
• Published the book, Russian Children's Literature and Culture (co-edited with Larissa Rudova) Routledge: London/New York, 2007. Read more.
• Published the following articles and book chapters:
– “Ancient Rome for Little Comrades: The Legacy of Classical Antiquity in Soviet Children's
Literature” in Sites of Rome, Diana Spencer and David Larmour, eds., Oxford University Press, 2007.
– “Iz opyta buratinologii: sovetskie” 70-e (On the Culture of Stagnation: the 1970's
in Soviet Russia) in Neprikosnovennyi zapas, (3) 52, Moscow: NLO.
– Razlozhenie etiketa: transformatsiia putevoi prozy v russkoi literature 1960-1980x
(Violating the Soviet Canon: Russian Travel Prose of the 1960's-1980's) in Sovremennaia russkaia literature: problemy izucheniia i prepodavaniia. Sbornik statei. (Marina Abasheva, ed. Perm': Perm' State Pedagogical University, 2007), p. 103-114
– Seven articles on Russian Children's Literature, Socialist Realist Classics, Konstantin
Paustovsky, Russian Museum, Smol'ny, Foreign Literature in Translation, and Soviet
Historical Novel in Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture (Tatiana Smorodinskaya, Karen Evans-Romaine and Helena Goscilo, eds.) Routledge:
London, 2007
• Gave presentations:
– In May 2007, presented at the International Colloquium on Poetics of Memory in Sweden,
Lund University on Russian-Jewish Childhood Recollections.
– In July 2007, participated at the International Colloquium, “Pisatel' i vlast'”
(Writers and Power) in Germany at the University of Konstanz, presenting a paper on
Soviet children's literature as an ideological institution in the 1920's-30's.
– In August 2007, presented at ICCEES Regional European Congress in Berlin, Germany
on post-Soviet memoir writing.
Callahan, Christopher (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures) published:
– “Tracking Robin, Marion and the Virgin Mary: Musical/Textual Interlace in the Pastourelle
Motet.” In K. Fresco and W. Pfeffer, eds. “Chançon Legiere a Chanter”. Studies on Old French Literature in honor of Samuel N.
Rosenberg. Birmingham, AL: Summa Publications, 2007, 293-308.
– “Christine de Pizan’s Dit de la pastoure, Pastoral Poetry, and the Poetics of Loss.” Le Moyen Français 59:2 (2007), 23-34.
Fritzsche, Sonja (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures) "Gender, Utopia, and Ostalgia: the Pre-and Post-Unification Visions of East German Science Fiction Writer Alexander Kroger," The Journal of the Society for Utopian Studies. Vol.17, No. 3 (2007): 441-464.
Sultan, Nancy (Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures) presented "Jacqueline Kennedy &
the Classical Mode," for panel on "Classics and the Kennedys," Classical Association
of Atlantic States. Washington, DC. October 2007.
Authored two 10-minute play productions:
– Pas de Deux. Winner, 2007 Heartland Theatre 10-minute Play Festival Competition. Directed by Lori
Adams. June-July 2007, Normal, Illinois.
– Money Matters. Produced by Heartland Theatre's "Young at Heartland Senior Acting Workshop." Summer
2007
Philosophy
Gillett, Carl (Philosophy) has been awarded a John Templeton Foundation Grant to write about his new approach to debates over ‘reduction’ and ‘emergence’ within the sciences and philosophy. Read more.
Religion
Hatcher, Brian A. (Religion) published Bourgeois Hinduism, or the Faith of the Modern Vedantists. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2008. Read more.
Also published:
– “Bourgeois Vedanta: The Colonial Roots of Middle-Class Hinduism,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. 75, No. 2 (2007): 298-323.
– “Sanskrit and the Morning After: The Metaphorics and Theory of Intellectual Change,”
Indian Economic and Social History Review. Vol. 44, No. 3 (2007): 333-361.
Myscofski, Carole (Religion) published "Imagining Cannibals: European Encounters with Native Brazilian Women," in the journal History of Religions, Volume 47, Nos. 2 & 3 (November 2007/Feburary 2008), 142-155. Her article, based on research supported by a Senior Faculty Research Award from IWU during the Spring Semester of 2002, was included in a special festscrift edition of the journal honoring University of Chicago Professor Jonathan Z. Smith.
Brown, Robert E. (Religion) discussed his work on Cotton Mather's "Biblia Americana" at the 13th Annual Conference of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Brown is one of seven editors collaborating to produce the first-ever critical edition of Mather's massive biblical commentary, written between the years 1696-1728.
Stephanie Davis-Kahl (The Ames Library) and Banks, Kira Hudson (Psychology) were selected for the first-time
presentation venue for the American Library Association conference. Their work done
with images and racism can be viewed at http://eye2i.wordpress.com/virtual-poster-sessions/analyzingdynamics/.
– A Webcast presentation by Davis-Kahl entitled "Analog, Digital and In-Between: Managing
Transitions in the Media Center" was accepted for the Association of College and Research
Libraries/Library Administration and Management Association Spring Virtual Conference
in April 2008.
Duke, Lynda (The Ames Library) co-authored "How To Develop a Marketing Plan for an Academic Library" with Toni Tucker, assistant to the dean of ISU's Milner Library, in Technical Services Quarterly, Volume 25 Issue 1 (2007).
Miller, Sarah Elizabeth (The Ames Library) with Lauren Jensen published "Connecting With Students Where They
Are: On Facebook." Marketing Library Services. 21(5), September/October 2007.
– Awarded by the EBSCO Company (an international subscription and database provider)
a $1,000 scholarship to attend the American Library Association annual conference
in Anaheim, Calif., in June 2008. This is a competitive award given to librarians
early in their careers to inspire and advance their professional development.
– A presentation regarding Miller's research with the beta-test of the tagging product
TWINE was selected by a review panel for the upcoming Coalition of Networked Information
meeting in Minneapolis in April.
Schmidt, Karen (The Ames Library) published an article in the November issue of College & Research
Libraries entitled "Feast and Famine: A Statewide Science Serial Collection Assessment
in Illinois." Her co-authors included Chew Chiat Naun from the University of Minnesota
and Tina Chrzastowski and Michael Norman from the University of Illinois.
– Invited to speak at the Elsevier "Connect" Seminar in Chicago on Nov. 29, on the
topic of present and future opportunities and challenges for academic libraries.
– Appointed to the Praeger Publishing Advisory Board. Praeger's publishing line focuses
on scholarly and professional books in the social sciences and humanities, with special
strengths in modern history, military studies, psychology, business, current events
and social issues, international affairs, politics, visual and performing arts, and
literature.
A paper by Marcia Thomas (The Ames Library), "John Wesley Powell: White Water to White City," presented at the Second Grand Canyon Historical Symposium in 2007, also appears in the symposium proceedings, entitled Reflections of Grand Canyon Historians: Ideas, Arguments, and First-Person Accounts, edited by Todd R. Berger (Grand Canyon Association, 2008.)
Wessel, Sarah George (The Ames Library) presented at the Association of College & Research Libraries /
Library Administration & Management Association Joint Spring Virtual Institute. Her
work, "Failure, Doubt, and Missed Opportunities," focuses on understanding the experiences
of failing and succeeding, taking risks and being creative.
Also:
– Spoke at the Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference at the Georgia Institute
of Technology. Her paper, "User-centered Technical Support of E-resources," establishes
effective guidelines for library support of licensed digital content.
– Elected to the Executive Board of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG).
NASIG is the leading professional organization for serials librarians in the United
States and Canada, promoting communication, information, and continuing education
about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication.
– Awarded the 2008 Frank B. Sessa Scholarship for Continuing Professional Education,
sponsored by the library and information science honorary society, Beta Phi Mu.
Chemistry
Hoffman, Stephen (Chemistry) co-authored "Strong Colloidal and Dissolved Organic Ligands Binding Copper and Zinc in Rivers," Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 41, No. 20, 2007.
House, James E. (Chemistry) published the book, Principles of Chemical Kinetics, 2nd ed., Academic Press/Elsevier, Amsterdam (2007).
House, chemistry, also published Inorganic Chemistry, Academic Press/Elsevier (2008). This 850-page book is designed for use as a text
in the senior level course taught at most universities.
Mohan, Ram (Chemistry) received a $380,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue
his work on green chemistry.
– Co-authored a review of the reactivity of ionic liquids for the journal Tetrahedron. The article "Reactivity of Ionic Liquids" was recognized as one of the "Top-50 most
cited articles" published in Tetrahedron between 2005 and 2008.
– Also honored by Tetrahedron during the American Chemical Society national conference in Boston in August 2007
for a co-authored article on bismuth compounds, which was named one of the most cited articles for the journal from 2004-2007.
– Co-authored "Platform technology for dienone and phenol–formaldehyde architectures,"
published in the journal Green Chemistry.
Roesner, Rebecca A. (Chemistry); Korendovych, I.V.; & Rybak-Akimova, E.V. "Molecular Recognition of Neutral and Charged Guests Using Metallomacrocyclic Hosts," Advances in Inorganic Chemistry. eds. Van Eldik, Rudi & Bowman-James, K. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007. 109-173.
Computer Science
Tiede, Hans-Jorg (Computer Science) & Moss, Lawrence S. “Applications of Modal Logic in Linguistics,” Handbook of Modal Logic. eds. Blackburn, P. et al. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007.
Mathematics
Dancs, Mike (Mathematics) published:
– "An Euler-Type Formula for zeta (2k+1)" (with Tian-Xiao He), Journal of Number Theory, 118 (2006), no. 2, 192--199.
– "Numerical Approximation to zeta (2n+1)'' (with Tian-Xiao He), Journal Computational and Applied Mathematics, 196( 2006), 150-154.
He, Tian-Xiao (Mathematics) published:
– "Construction of biorthogonal B-spline type wavelet sequences with certain regularities,''
Journal of Applied Functional Analysis, 2(2007), No. 4, 339--360.
– "Fourier Transform of Bernstein-Bézier Polynomials,'' (With C. K. Chui and Q. Jiang),
Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 325 (2007), 294-304.
– "Symbolization of Generating Functions, An Application of Mullin-Rota's Theory of
Binomial Enumeration,'' (With L. C. Hsu and P. J.-S. Shiue), in Comp. & Math. with Applications, 2007, 54 (2007), 664-678.
– "An Euler-Type Formula for zeta (2k+1)," (with Mike Dancs), Journal of Number Theory, 118 (2006), no. 2, 192--199.
– "The Sheffer Group and the Riordan Group,'' (with L. C. Hsu and P. J.-S. Shiue),
in the refereed journal Discrete Applied Mathematics, (155) 2007, 1895-1909.
– "Numerical Approximation to zeta (2n+1)'' (with Mike Dancs), Journal Computational and Applied Mathematics, 196( 2006), 150-154
Physics
Cunningham, Beth (Provost and Dean of Faculty) shared in a National Science Foundation grant for a national proposal to develop leaders in science education. Read more.
French, Linda (Physics) was asked by NASA's Office of Informal Education to give a talk, "What's
In A Name? On Comets, Asteroids, and 'Dwarf Planets,'" to three NASA-trained groups
of educators. The Museum Alliance is a network of about 400 informal science educators
at about 250 museums, science centers, and planetariums worldwide. The Solar System
Ambassadors (of whom there are currently about 525) are competitively selected volunteers
from across the nation. Last year they reached about 1 million people directly and
many more indirectly through radio, TV, and print efforts. The Solar System Educators
(currently about 70) are competitively selected K-12 master teachers to whom NASA
provides extra training and materials, and who commit to training other teachers at
conferences or their own local events.
French also:
– Gave an invited talk entitled "A Comet in Asteroid's Clothing" at the Royal Observatory
Edinburgh (Scotland).
– Was awarded seven nights of observing time at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory
in La Serena, Chile, in September 2008. Physics major Kundan Chaudhary '11 will accompany
her to work on the project, entitled "Phase Curves of Jovian Trojan Asteroid."
Spalding, Gabe (Physics) published "Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV," Proceedings SPIE 6644, edited by K. Dholakia, G. C. Spalding (SPIE, Bellingham, WA 2007).
– “Colloidal Sorting in Dynamic Optical Lattices,” with Smith, R.L.; Dholakia, K.;
Macdonald, M.P. in Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics. Vol.9 (2007): S1-S5.
– "Holographic Optical Trapping," with J. Courtial, R. Di Leonardo, in Structured Light and its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and
Nanoscale Optical Forces, edited by D. L. Andrews, Elsevier Press.
– "Force Measurement and Optically Assisted Particle Separation in an Optical Standing
Wave," with W. Mu, Z. Li, L. Luan, P. West, H. Kyriazes, G. Wang, A. Feinerman, J.
B. Ketterson Proceedings SPIE 6644, 66440R (2007).
– "Force measurement on microspheres in an optical standing wave" was selected for
publication in the June, 2008 issue of the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics.
• Gave the following invited talks:
– 81st American Chemical Society Colloids & Surface Science Symposium.
– "ATOM 3D" (Advanced Technologies for Optical Micromanipulation), Cambridge, UK.
– American Physical Society, March Meeting, Denver, CO.
– Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, FSB Seminar.
– European Science Foundation Research Conference, "Trends in Optical Micromanipulation,"Alpine
Center of Obergurgl in Tirol, Austria.
– The "Charles Lindbergh Lecture" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His talk
was titled "Small Masses Require Small Forces: Micro-mechanical Control via Transfer
of Optical Momentum."
• Was elected president of the national Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPHA),
2007-2009.
• Delivered a short course on optical trapping at the SPIE Optics & Photonics conference.
• Co-Chaired (with K. Dholakia), "Optical Trapping and Optical Micro-Manipulation
V," an annual research conference, in San Diego, Calif., Aug 10-14, 2008
Wilson, Ray (Physics Emeritus) guided a 90-minute workshop dealing with Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
titled "Missing from Your Curriculum?" for the International Institute on Peace Education
at their 25th Anniversary Celebration and Symposium at UN Headquarters in New York
on Aug. 9, 2007.
His essay of the same title is posted in the Peace and Conflict Monitor of the University for Peace, March 19, 2007 http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=416.
It is similar to his paper, "Missing from Your Physics Curriculum?" presented at the
Illinois Section Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers at Western
Illinois University (March 30-31, 2007). Abstract at http://helios.augustana.edu/isaapt/s07/details-15.html
Wilson also:
– Conducted an invited workshop, "A Natural – Nuclear Physics, Nuclear War. Is It
Missing from Your Physics Curriculum?" at the Fall Meeting of the Illinois Section
of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) at Lincoln Land Community College
in Springfield, Ill. on Oct. 12.
– Presented a workshop, "Hiroshima and Nagasaki for Teachers," at the University of
Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, San Juan, on April 9, for the Seventh Conference: Science,
Environment and Society, "La Ciencia al Servicio de la Paz y los Derechos Humanos"
("Science in Service of Peace and Human Rights"). Wilson was invited as a result of
a presentation he made at a U.N. conference in New York in August 2007.
Psychology
Banks, Kira Hudson (Psychology) published:
– "The Influence of Racial Identity Profiles on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination
and Depressive Symptoms" in the August issue of Journal of Black Psychology. Her presentation with Stephanie Davis-Kahl was selected for the first-time presentation
venue for the American Library Association conference. Their work done with images
and racism can be viewed at http://eye2i.wordpress.com/virtual-poster-sessions/analyzingdynamics/.
– With Kohn-Wood, L. (2007). The Influence of Racial Identity Profiles on the Relationship
Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Black Psychology, 33(3), 331-354.
With Chang, E. C. (2007). The color and texture of hope: Some preliminary findings
and implications for how theory and counseling among diverse ethnic groups. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 13(2), 94-103.
Countryman, Renee (Psychology) published:
– "Time-Course of Fos expression in rat hippocampus and neocortex following acquisition
and recall of a socially transmitted food preference" in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory 88: 65-74; and
– "Rapid Forgetting of social transmission of food preferences in aged rats: relationship
to hippocampal CREB activation" in Learning & Memory, 14(5): 350-358.
French, Doran (Psychology) presented research on "Islam and Peer Relationships and Competence in Indonesian Adolescents" at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Read more.
Banks, Kira Hudson (Psychology) and Stephanie Davis-Kahl (Ames Library) were selected for the first-time presentation venue for the American Library Association conference. Their work done with images and racism can be viewed at http://eye2i.wordpress.com/virtual-poster-sessions/analyzingdynamics/.
Pretz, J.E. (Psychology) with Totz, K.S., published: “Measuring Individual Differences in Affective,
Heuristic, and Holistic Intuition,” Personality and Individual Differences. Vol.43, No.5 (2007): 1247-1257.
Also published:
– (2007). The interaction of strategy use and experience in intuitive and analytical
problem solving. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1397-1402). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
– (in press). Intuition versus analysis: Strategy and experience in complex everyday
problem solving. Memory and Cognition.
Sheese, Brad (Psychology) published:
– With Posner, M. I., Rothbart, M. K., & Tang, Y. (2007). The anterior cingulate gyrus
and mechanisms of self-regulation. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 7, 391-395.
– With, Voelker, P. M., Rothbart, M. K., & Posner, M. I. (2007). Parenting quality
interacts with genetic variations in Dopamine Receptor D4 to influence temperament
in early childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 1039-1046.
– With Rothbart, M. K., & Posner, M. I. (2007). Executive attention and effortful
control: Linking temperament, brain networks, and genes. Child Development Perspectives, 1, 2-7.
– With Graziano, W. G., Bruce, J., & Tobin, R. M. (2007). Attraction, personality,
and prejudice: Liking none of the people most of the time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 565-582.
– With Graziano, W. G., Habashi, M., & Tobin, R. M. (2007). Agreeableness, empathy,
and helping: A person X situation perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 583-599.
– With Posner, M. I., & Rothbart M. K. (2007). Attention genes. Developmental Science, 10, 24-29.
Smoak, Natalie (Psychology) and co-principal investigator Kerry Marsh of the University of Connecticut were awarded a $1.2 million National Institutes of Health AIDS division grant to study safer sex decision-making practices using virtual reality environments. This five-year grant will allow for the purchase of virtual reality equipment, computer programming, research participant incentives, and paid research assistants as Smoak completes this research within the psychology department. Read more.
Williams, Joseph (Psychology) was awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $100,000 toward purchasing an electroencephalography machine to expand research within the Psychology Department. (2007). Read more.
Professional Schools
School of Art
Bair, Miles (Art) displayed works in Chicago's Mary Bell Galleries in an exhibit running July-August.
School of Music
Garrett, Roger (Music) published “Clarinet Mouthpiece Design and How it Impacts Learning & Performing.”
Western Illinois University, IL.
– “Clarinet Mouthpiece and Design and How it Impacts Learning & Performing.” Ball State
University, IN.
– “Clarinet Mouthpiece and Design and How it Impacts Learning & Performing.” University
of Kentucky, KY.
– “Clarinet Mouthpiece and Design and How it Impacts Learning & Performing.” University
of North Carolina-Greensboro, NC.
Performances:
– Principal clarinetist in “8 Subscription Series Concerts” with the Peoria Symphony
– Principal basset hornist in the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra (Greensboro),
featured in a performance of the Gran Partita No. 10, K. 36 by Wolfgange Amadeus Mozart.
Streeter, Tom (Music) with Miles, Richard, and Carter, Ronald, published "Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz", GIA Publications, Inc., 704 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638, Copyright 2008.
Tucker, Todd (Music emeritus), performed a program in Asahikawa, Japan, on June 9, 2007, as part of the Sister City 45th anniversary celebration. The program included five classic American rags and arrangements of Simple Gifts and America the Beautiful.
Vayo, David (Music) compositions:
– "Fantasia Lirica" was published in the Italia Guitar Society series, issued by Berben.
– "Fantasia Lirica" was performed at the Region V Conference of the Society of Composers,
Inc., at Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa.
– "Music for Violin" was performed by Kia-Hui Tan at Ohio State University on Feb.
18, and at the University of Louisiana/Lafayette on Feb. 29. Tan also performed the
work in a guest recital at IWU on March 27.
– "Berceuse," a composition for classical guitar, was premiered on May 30 in Brookline,
Mass. by Aaron Larget-Caplan in a concert at St. Paul's Church. Vayo's composition
is part of Larget-Caplan's New Lullaby Project.
Vayo also:
– Received a Composer Assistance Award from the American Music Center. The grant will
support the preparation of the performance score and parts for "Moon and Sun," a work
premiered in November by the Orchid Ensemble of Vancouver and the IWU Collegiate Choir.
– Was a guest composer at the Thailand Composition Festival, held on July 20-22, 2007,
at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok. His "Wings" for cello and piano (with the
composer at the piano) and two movements from "Three for Two" for two clarinetists
were performed during the festival, and Vayo performed free improvisations along with
pianist Kit Young. He also gave a masterclass for young Thai composers, and a presentation
on his music.
– Attended the Iowa Composers' Forum Festival of New Music at St. Ambrose University
in Davenport, Iowa, on Nov. 3-4. Vayo's composition "Wings" for cello and piano was
performed during the festival by the Murasaki Duo, the Ensemble-In-Residence at Luther
College. The Duo also performed the composition on March 27 at Iowa State University,
and on April 5 at Grinnell College. .
– Attended the World Music Days festival of the International Society for Contemporary
Music, which took place in Hong Kong. As part of a festival concert on Nov. 30, he
conducted faculty performers from the Sichuan Conservatory of Music in a performance
of his composition "Awakening of the Heart."
– Was guest composer at Elmhurst College on Feb. 28. He gave a talk on his music,
critiqued student compositions, and took part in an evening concert of his compositions
and piano improvisations. The concert included the world premiere of "Tell Me What
You Think Of Me: A Monodrama in Twenty-Six Letters," performed by Natalie Berg '02.
– Returned in 2008 as a guest composer for the second year in a row at the Thailand
Composition Festival, this time held at Burapha University in Chonburi. During the
festival, Vayo gave a talk on his music and a workshop in improvisation for young
Thai composers. Festival concerts included his "Study in Carmine and Coral" for piano,
"Berceuse" for guitar and voice, and a spontaneous piano improvisation.
– Offered a composition master class and a workshop in composition and improvisation
to students at Payap University Chiang Mai in northern Thailand.
School of Nursing
Dennis, Connie (Nursing) was awarded a Nurse Educator Fellowship by the Illinois Board of Higher
Education. Read more.
attended Boot Camp for Nurse Educators: An International Conference for Evidence-Based
Nursing Education, held in August in Albuquerque, N.M. She gave poster presentations,
"Using Non-Linear Computerized Presentations in the Classroom," and, with Kathryn
Ambur Scherck (Nursing), "Collaboration Reduces Students' Frustrations."
Folse, Victoria N. (Nursing) published:
– “Managing Quality and Risk,” Leading and Managing in Nursing. 4th Ed. (2007): 389-406.
– “Self Concept and Sexuality,” Basic Nursing Essentials for Practice. 6th Ed. (2007): 557-576.
– “The Family Experience with Eating Disorders Scale: Psychometric Analysis,” Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. Vol. 21(4) (2007): 210-221.
Hartweg, Donna (Nursing) and Christina Isabelli-Garcia (Hispanic Studies) published "Health Perceptions
of Low-Income, Immigrant Spanish-Speaking Latinas in the United States," in Hispanic Health Care International (Vol.5 , No. 2, 2007). Hartweg also presented their findings at the International
Council of Nurses (ICN) in Yokohama, Japan. Read more.
Hartweg received the Robah Kellogg Alumni Award from the University of Illinois at
Chicago College of Nursing's Peoria Regional Graduate Program. The award honors an
individual who is distinguished in the field of nursing, a leader in the community,
serves as a role model in nursing and has a continued relationship with UIC. Hartweg
earned her master of science in nursing from UIC's College of Nursing in 1982.
Jarvis, Carolyn M. (Nursing) published: “Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Mitabolic Syndrome in Alcohol-
and Nicotine-Dependent Men and Women.” (With Hayman, Laura, Braun, Lynne, Schwertz,
Dorie, Ferrans, Carol Estwing and Piano, Mariann), in The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. (2007), Vol. 22, No. 6, pp 429-435.
– Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 5th edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Saunders Elsevier, 2008. Read more.
Jesek-Hale, Sheila (Nursing) attended Boot Camp for Nurse Educators: An International Conference for Evidence-Based Nursing Education, held in August in Albuquerque, N.M., where, with Sharie Metcalfe (Nursing), she gave the poster presentation "Enthusiasm for Research Through Active Participation."
Kerber, Cynthia (Nursing) will attend the Public Health and Liberal Education Faculty Development
Workshop to be convened in Washington, D.C. on July 9-10. She was selected, along
with Laurine Brown (Environmental Studies, Nursing), to participate in a series of
education events to enhance the teaching of undergraduate public health education,
part of the first joint education collaboration of the Association of American Colleges
& Universities (AAC&U) and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR).
Read more.
Published:
– With Black, DW, Buckwalter, K. (in press). Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders Among
Older Adult Recovering Pathological Gamblers. Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
– With Dyck, MJ, Culp, KR, Buckwalter, K (in press). Antidepressant treatment of depression
among rural nursing home residents. Issues in Mental Health Nursing.
Metcalfe, Sharie (Nursing) received a Nurse Educator Fellowship Award from the Illinois Board of Higher
Education. Read more.
Attended Boot Camp for Nurse Educators: An International Conference for Evidence-Based
Nursing Education, held in August in Albuquerque, N.M., where, with Sheila Jesek-Hale
(Nursing), she gave the poster presentation "Enthusiasm for Research Through Active
Participation."
Scherck, Kathryn A. (Nursing) attended Boot Camp for Nurse Educators: An International Conference for Evidence-Based Nursing Education, held in August in Albuquerque, N.M., where, with Connie Dennis (Nursing), she gave the poster presentation "Collaboration Reduces Students' Frustrations."
Social Sciences
Educational Studies
Epstein, Irving (Educational Studies) edited The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide, published by Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. Read more.
The book was listed by the
Library Journal
as one of the best reference works of 2007.
– Participated in a four-person external review panel, assessing the programs within
the Department of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota.
– Presented "Whiteness, Postcolonial Theory and Comparative Education: Prospects for
Expanding the Field" at Loyola University. Read a report from the Loyola student newspaper, The Phoenix.
Also published:
– Recapturing the Personal: Essays on Education and Embodied Knowledge in Comparative
Perspective. Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing, 2007.
– " Education, Comparison and the Challenges of an Embodied Perspective," Epstein,
Irving ed. Recapturing the Personal: Essays on Education and Embodied Knowledge in Comparative
Perspective. (2007): 1-22.
– "Whiteness, Postcolonialism and Embodiment in Comparative Perspective,” Epstein,
Irving ed. Recapturing the Personal: Essays on Education and Embodied Knowledge in Comparative
Perspective. (2007): 57-86.
– "Recapturing the Personal Through the Visual: Images of Children and Schooling in
Chinese Film," Epstein, Irving ed. Recapturing the Personal: Essays on Education and Embodied Knowledge in Comparative
Perspective. (2007):195-238.
– "Standardization and its Discontents: The Standards Movement and Teacher Education
in the Liberal Arts College Environment," in Taking Teaching Seriously, Chris Bjork, D.Kay Johnston, and Heidi Ross, eds., Boulder, Co: Paradigm Publishers,
2007, pp. 31-49.
– “Teaching 911,” Journal of the Illinois Council for the Social Studies. Vol. 67 (Fall, 2007): 19-26.
Evans-Winters, Venus (Educational Studies) published:
– "Urban African American girls and educational resiliency" in Teaching city kids: Understanding and appreciating them. J. Kincheloe & K. Hayes (Eds.), New York: Peter Lang. (2006)
– With Esposito, J. (2007). "Contextualizing critical action research: Lessons from
urban educators." Educational Action Research, 15(2).
History
Horwitz, Gordon J. (History) published GHETTOSTADT: Łódź and the Making of a Nazi City, Harvard University Press, May 2008.
Lutze, Thomas (History) traveled with five students to China under an ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty
Fellows grant, to study aspects of city planning in the years following the 1949 Chinese
Revolution. Read more.
– Published China's Inevitable Revolution: Rethinking America's Loss to the Communist. Palgrave-Macmillan (New York). Read more.
Gómez Albarello, Juan Gabriel (Political Science) with Rodríguez, Juan Carlos. 2007. “Competencia Electoral en Grandes Circunscripciones: El caso del Senado Colombiano.” (“Electoral Competence in Large Electoral Districts: The Case of the Colombian Senate.”) Hoyos, Diana (ed). Entre la Persistencia y el Cambio: Reconfiguración del Escenario Partidista y Electoral en Colombia. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario, 49- 83.
Political Science
Rincker, Meg E. (Political Science) will publish "Masculinized or Marginalized: Decentralization
and Women's Status in Regional Polish Institutions," in a forthcoming Journal of Women, Politics & Policy (formerly Women & Politics).
– Was awarded a $3,500 grant from the American Political Science Association to study
women's organizations in Pakistan. Read more.
– With her co-author Candice Ortbals, received the 2007 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize
for Research on Women and Politics from Iowa State University for their book project
Relocating Feminist Policy, on women's empowerment in Spain, Chile, Poland and Pakistan.
Read more.
– Chaired a panel on "Sex, Gender, and Field Research: Tales and Advice" at the Midwest
Women's Caucus for Political Science.
Shaw, Greg M. (Political Science) published: The Welfare Debate. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut and London, 2007. Read more.
– With Shapiro, Robert Y.; Veghte, Benjamin. “Social Policy Preferences, National
Defense and Political Polarization in the United States,” Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State. Chapter 7. 145-168, October 2007.
Sociology
Rundblad, Georganne (Sociology) attended an International Faculty Development Seminar in Spain and Morocco offered by the Council on International Educational Exchange, an IWU study abroad affiliate.
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