Professional Activity Announcements

Compiled by Jennifer Seemann

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

John Kopchick Janice Wright

Recognitions

DANIEL J. MARAZON, College of Osteopathic Medicine, served as medical director for the 2002-2003 National American Club Hockey Championships held at Ohio University in February 2002. Twelve teams from across the U.S. competed. He also has served as commentator for eight nationally broadcast games.

Books

MARY KAYE JORDAN, Ohio Program of Intensive English, and LIA PLAKANS co-wrote "Reading and Writing for Academic Success," published by University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Mich., 2003.

LAURA LYNN WINDSOR, Alden Library, published "Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia," published by ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, Calif., 2003.

Publications

JOHN KOPCHICK, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and E.C. Stevens co-wrote "Growth hormone receptor antagonists: discovery, development, and use in patients with acromegaly" in Endocrine Reviews, Vol. 23, 2002. KOPCHICK also wrote "Antioxidant Enzymes, free-radical damage, and response to paraquat in liver and kidney of long-living growth hormone receptor/binding protein gene-disrupted mice" in Hormone and Metabolic Research, Vol. 34, 2002; "Gene expression patterns in calorically restricted mice: Partial overlap with long-lived mutant mice" in Molecular Endocrinology, Vol. 16, 2002; "Impact of growth hormone Resistance on female reproductive function: New insights from growth hormone receptor knockout mice" in Biology of Reproduction, Vol. 67, 2002; "In vitro mutagenesis of the Growth Hormone Gene" in GH and Growth Factors, Current Medical Literature, Vol. 17, 2002; and "Puberty is delayed in male growth hormone receptor gene disrupted mice" in Journal of Andrology, Vol. 23, 2002.

Presentations

BRIAN MCNAMARA, physics and astronomy, wrote and presented "Magnetic Bubbles in Galaxy Clusters" at a meeting of the Carnegie Observatories Centennial Symposium, "Clusters of Galaxies: Probes of Cosmological Structure and Galaxy Evolution" in Pasadena, Calif., in January 2003.

LENA WRIGHT MYERS, sociology and anthropology, presented "Pushed Beyond the Boundaries of Human Endurance: African American Women in White Academia" at a Woman's Studies Conference at Purdue University in Lafayette, Ind., in February 2003.

SYLVIA HAWRANICK, social work, and Virginia Majewski of West Virginia University, presented "Infusing Service Learning into the Social Work Curriculum" at a meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in Atlanta, Ga. in February 2003.

JANICE M. WRIGHT, hearing speech and language sciences, presented "On Becoming A Culturally Competent Professional" at The Cleveland Democratic and Human Rights Committee - Cleveland Teacher's Union, Cleveland, Ohio, February 2003 and "Issues of cultural diversity in clinical supervision: On becoming a culturally competent clinical supervisor" at the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association 57th Annual Convention, in Columbus, Ohio, in March 2003.

Jennifer Seemann is a work study student with University Communications and Marketing.