Professional Activity Announcements

Compiled by Meredith Moriarty

Here's a look at recent accomplishments of Ohio University faculty and staff.

Sharon Denham David Holben Nancy Nisbett

Recognitions

SANDRA SLEIGHT-BRENNAN, telecommunications, was one of four radio producers chosen by Interworld Radio of London, England, to contribute to their 12-part feature series "Mountain Lives." The series looks at people living in different mountain ranges around the world and the environmental challenges they face. "Mountain Lives" featured stories about mountain communities in the Himalayas, the highlands of Lesotho, Andes, and the Appalachians. SLEIGHT-BRENNAN also contributed a print article on mountaintop removal practices in West Virginia.

ALAN MIDDLETON, business management technology, received the Finance Distinguished Paper Award by the Academy of Finance for his paper "Testing the Theory Underlying the Dogs of the Dow Investment Strategy." MIDDLETON will present this paper in March 2003 at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Business Administration Association in Chicago.

JOE MARTIN retired on Feb. 7, 2003 after 37 years in the engineering department of the Telecommunications Center. MARTIN was honored with a luncheon to wish him well.

JOE BOVA, professor of art, retired from the School of Art. BOVA is a ceramic artist and former director of the Ohio University Art Gallery.

GREG LESTER is the new College Adjustment Program (CAP) coordinator. CAP is a program sponsored by the Academic Advancement Center that provides free tutoring and in-depth academic advising to qualified students. As CAP coordinator, LESTER will be responsible for advising a portion of the program's 275 undergraduate students, supervising undergraduate Peer Advisors, recruiting and selecting CAP participants, and providing support for CAP students on probation. Prior to coming to Ohio University, LESTER worked as a Student Support Services counselor in the University College at Louisiana State University.

JENNIFER HINTON, recreation and sport sciences, and Betsy Kennedy, Old Dominion University, co-coordinated the Higher Education Institute at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) Annual Conference in Keystone, Colo. in September 2002. The full-day institute focused on the current state of therapeutic recreation internships across the country and a plan for internship improvement.

Books

BROOKE HALLOWELL, hearing, speech and language sciences, and John Enderle co-edited "National Science Foundation 2000 Engineering Senior Design Projects to Aid Persons with Disabilities," published by the Creative Learning Press, Mansfield Center, Conn., 2002.

LI XU, hearing, speech and language sciences, John Middlebrookes, Shigeto Furukawa and Brian Mickey co-wrote "Location Signaling by Cortical Neurons," a chapter in "Integrative Functions in the Mammalian Auditory Pathway," published by Springer-Verlag, New York, N.Y., 2002.

SHARON DENHAM, nursing, wrote "Family Health: A Framework for Nurses," published by F.A. Davis, Philadelphia, Penn., 2002. DENHAM, M.A. Toborg and M.G. Meyer co-wrote "A Monograph, Tobacco Cessation Module and Workbook for Use by Adolescents in Tobacco-Growing Communitites," published by the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, M.D., 2002.

Publications

GILLIAN ICE, College of Osteopathic Medicine - social medicine, wrote "AIDS in Africa" in The D.O., Vol. 43, 2002.

ANNE LOUCKS and JEAN THUMA, biological sciences, co-wrote "Luteinizing Hormone Pulsatility is Disrupted at a Threshold of Energy Availability in Regularly Menstruating Women" in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 88, 2003.

TIM RYAN, health sciences, wrote "Industrial Hygiene Laboratory for Distance Education, Part 1: Course Development and Part 2: Course Evaluation" in Chemical Health & Safety, 2002.

RUTH WAIBEL, health sciences, wrote "The Influence of Parental Choice on Appropriate Use of Healthcare Resources for Children" in the International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 21, 2002.

DAVID HOLBEN, human and consumer sciences, wrote "An Overview of Food Security and Its Measurement" in Nutrition Today, 2002; "Selenium Intakes, Absorption, Retention, and Status in Adolescent Girls" in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2002; "Emergency Food Providers" in Today's Dietician, 2002; and "Selenium Content of Venison, Squirrel, and Beef Purchased or Produced in Ohio, a Low Selenium Region of the United States" in the Journal of Food Science, 2002. HOLBEN, ANNETTE GRAHAM, human and consumer sciences, CHRIS SIMPSON, family medicine, and ALFRED PHELEY, social medicine, co-wrote "Food Security and Perceptions of Health Status: A Preliminary Study in Rural Appalachia" in the Journal of Rural Health, 2002.

GREG JANSON, human and consumer sciences, and F. Stelgerwald co-wrote "Conversion Therapy: Ethical Considerations in Family Counseling" in The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2003.

MARGARET MANOOGIAN, human and consumer sciences, S. Bowman and D. Driscoll co-wrote "Working with Rural Employers: An Interagency Partnership to Assist Families with Limited Resources" in the Journal of Extension, 2002. MANOOGIAN, S. Bowman, R. VanWinkle and S. Busler co-wrote "Adult Volunteer Development: Addressing the Effectiveness of Training New 4-H Leaders" in the Journal of Extension, 2003.

SHARON DENHAM, nursing, wrote "Family Routines: A Structural Perspective for Viewing Family Health" in Advances in Nursing Science, Vol. 24, 2002.

BETTY SINDELAR, physical therapy, wrote "Morphologic Changes in the TMJ Following Splint Wear" in The Anatomical Record, 2002.

MATTHEW BROWN and ANDY KREUTZER, recreation and sport sciences, co-wrote "Reducing Risk in Promotion: The Incorporation of Risk Management Principles by Sport Marketers" in Sport Marketing Quarterly, 2002.

DAVID CARR, recreation and sport sciences, and MARK BRANDENBURGH, graduate student, co-wrote "Satisfaction Levels of College Club and Varsity Sport Participants" in Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual, Vol. 17, 2002.

NANCY NISBETT, recreation and sport sciences, Sharon Brown-Welty and Cathy O'Keefe co-wrote "A Study of Ethics Education Within Therapeutic Recreation Curriculum" in Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2002.

SHARON RANA, recreation and sport sciences, wrote "MMG and EMG Responses During Fatiguing Isokinetic Muscle Contractions at Different Velocities" in Muscle and Nerve, 2002. RANA, Kyle Ebersole, Terry Housh, Glen Johnson, Anthony Bull and Joesl Cramer co-wrote "Mechanomyographic and Electromyographic Responses to Unilateral Isometric Training" in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2002.

Presentations

ANN BRIECK and PATRICIA BURNETT, College of Osteopathic Medicine, co-wrote and presented "Turbo-Charge Your Educational Efforts: Harness the Power of Peer Mentors" at the ACCESS Groups Graduate and Financial Aid Conference in Rancho Mirage, Calif. in November 2002; "Peer Mentors Offer Priceless Benefits" at the Professional Development Conference for Financial Professionals for the Association of American Medical Colleges in San Diego, Calif. in January 2003; "Constructing Your Financial Future" at a meeting for the Council of Student Government Presidents in Las Vegas, Nev. in October 2002 and "Waking Up to Financial Awareness" at a meeting of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association in Las Vegas, Nev. in October 2002.

ANNE LOUCKS, biological sciences, wrote and presented "Athletic Amenorrhea" at an international workshop entitled "Hormones, Body Composition and Physical Performances" in Turin, Italy in November 2002.

AMY ALLAIRE and RITA MATHEWS co-wrote and presented "Integration for Computer Technology." DOUGLAS FRANKLIN wrote and presented "Capital Asset Planning and Management." HAFEDH BENHADJ and JIM KASLER, maintenance operations, co-wrote and presented "HVAC Systems and Maintenance for Student Recreation Centers."

TIM RYAN, health sciences, wrote and presented "Virtual Laboratory in IH Sampling and Analysis" at the 2002 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) in San Diego, Calif. in June 2002 and "Exterior Moisture Creates Indoor Humidity, Dewpoint and Bioaerosol Increases in Healthy Building" at Indoor Air 2002 (the 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate in Monterey, Calif. in July 2002.)

RUTH WAIBEL, health sciences, wrote and presented "Non-Traditional Career Paths for Nurses" at a meeting of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) of Greater Kansas City in October 2002; "An Administrator Returns to Practice as a PeriOperative Nurse" at a meeting of the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) in November 2002; and "Nursing...Outside the Box; Healthcare Administration Options for Nurses" at the Tri-State/Regional Conference in 2002.

SHARON DENHAM, nursing, wrote and presented "Appalachia and Hospice Care" and "Appalachian Culture" to the Ohio Hospice & Palliative Care Organization at Cultural Diversity at the End-of-Life in Columbus, Ohio in July 2002.

NANCY NISBETT, recreation and sport sciences, wrote and presented "Making the Service-Learning Connection" at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association's Annual Conference in Keystone, Colo. in September 2002.

Meredith Moriarty is a work study student with University Communications and Marketing.