Professional achievements Here is a compilation of achievements by Ohio University faculty, staff and students submitted for publication in Outlook. Click here to submit news of an achievement.
Ross County Nurse of the Year
CHARLOTTE SOUERS, nursing, Chillicothe, was recognized as the Ross County Nurse of the Year for 2008 by the Ross District Nurses Association. Criteria for the honor include expertise in her profession, community service and participation in the organization. SOUERS has distinguished herself through her volunteer activities, which have taken her on five international nursing mission trips to two continents and has initiated a study-abroad program with students participating in nursing services. Read a related article from the Chillicothe Gazette.
Compelling Counseling Images: The Best of VISTAS 2008
BARBARA MAHAFFEY and MICHAEL LEWIS, human services technology, Chillicothe, co-authored "Therapeutic Alliance Directions in Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling." The journal article was published in "Compelling Counseling Images: The Best of VISTAS 2008," and a PDF copy is available at http://counselingoutfitters.com/vistas/VISTAS_Home.htm.
Conference of the International Iberoamerican Institute
DANIEL TORRES, modern languages and literatures, presented "Sobre la construcción de una identidad criolla en 'Glorias de Queretaro' (1680) by Sigüenza y Góngora" (On the Construction of a "Creole Identity in Glories of Queretaro") at the 37th conference of the International Iberoamerican Institute. This paper is part of his ongoing research project on the construction of a Creole identity in the poetry of the colonial Mexican savant Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (1645-1700).
Professional achievements · June 2008 Here is a compilation of achievements by Ohio University faculty, staff and students submitted for publication in Outlook. Click here to submit news of an achievement.
Ohio Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association
ANGELA MCCUTCHEON, graduate
studies, was presented with a leadership award by the Ohio Electronic
Thesis and Dissertation Association at this year's conference. The
award recognizes MCCUTCHEON for her work with electronic theses
and dissertations within Ohio.
Avionics Engineering Center 2008 awards presentation
MICHAEL DIBENEDETTO and CARL HAWES received the Avionics Engineering Center Director's Award for their outstanding research supporting the Federal Aviation Administration during the past year. Center founder and Director Emeritus RICHARD H. MCFARLAND was honored for 45 years of service to Ohio University. Undergraduate student DANIEL SHAPIRO received the Richard H. McFarland Scholarship. Doctoral student DEAN BRUCKNER (electrical engineering) received the Avionics Engineering Center Award of Excellence. Center Director Michael Braasch also recognized Bruckner as the 2008 recipient of the Institute of Navigation section-sponsored graduate award. Faculty and staff members CURTIS COHENOUR, CATHY ROMANOWSKI, ANDREY SOLOVIEV, JAY CLARK, KEVIN JOHNSON, SIMBO ODUNAIYA, SHARON CONNER and ZOFIA STARZYK were recognized for their years of service.
American College of Sports Medicine
ANNE LOUCKS, biological sciences, received a 2008 Citation Award from the American College of Sports Medicine. The Citation Award is granted to an individual or group who has made significant and important contributions to sports medicine and/or the exercise sciences. LOUCKS was honored for her work investigating the mechanisms mediating the influences of diet and exercise on menstrual function and dysfunction.
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
GREGORY VAN PATTEN, chemistry and biochemistry, was awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The foundation has several programs that support researchers in all areas of science. This award will support VAN PATTEN's sabbatical stay in Hamburg, Germany, as he studies the possibilities of using semiconductor quantum dots for detection, imaging and diagnosis of cancer.
History News Network
KEVIN MATTSON, history, was named June's Top Young Historian by the History News
Network (HNN) for outstanding contributions to his field through
teaching. Top Young Historians also are regarded as experts in their
fields outside academia and are frequently quoted in the
media. View Mattson's profile on HNN.
American Scientist and The Boundaries of the West African Craton
DAMIAN NANCE, geological sciences, co-authored "Tectonic Plates Come Apart at the Seams." The article appeared in the March/April 2008 edition of American Scientist, v. 96, p. 130-137, and is available to Ohio University network users at this link. American Scientist is the magazine of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society. NANCE also co-authored "Neoproterozoic-early Paleozoic paleogeography of the peri-Gondwananterranes: Amazonian versus West African connections," which appeared in The Boundaries of the West African Craton, Geological Society of London Special Publications v. 297.
New Media Consortium Summer Conference
ANDREA BAKER, sociology-Lancaster, attended the New Media Consortium Summer Conference in Princeton, N.J., June 11-14. The NMC is an international not-for-profit consortium of 260 learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies.
Study of online community
HOWARD WELSER, sociology, is leading five graduate student researchers in a summer study of online community. Funded by Microsoft, the research team will analyze the content of a body of messages sampled from online discussion forums, coding them for behaviors related to social support, provision of expertise and norm enforcement. This project extends Welser's prior research on social roles in online community and will provide graduate students with valuable exposure to methods of content analysis and data management.
Professional achievements · May 2008 Here is a compilation of recent achievements by Ohio University faculty, staff and students submitted for publication in Outlook. Click here to submit news of an achievement.
Honorary Doctorate of Science
JOHN KOPCHICK, osteopathic medicine, was awarded an honorary doctorate of science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where
he completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees. The honorary
degree was awarded at the university's May 10 graduation ceremony,
at which he also served as the keynote speaker. Kopchick has held the Milton and Lawrence H. Goll Eminent
Scholar Professorship in Molecular and Cellular Biology. He directs the
Growth/Obesity/ Diabetes Section of the Edison Biotechnology Institute
at Ohio University and is a professor in the biomedical sciences
department in the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Classified Senate Employee of the Month
DEBBIE SELLERS, housing, was recognized as Classified Senate's Employee of the Month for May.
Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health Program
ALEXANDER SERGEEV, health sciences, received the Outstanding MPH Faculty Award from the Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health (CEOMPH) program. Sergeev was nominated for the Award by the CEOMPH Class of 2006. He joined the program faculty two years ago. Sergeev teaches Epidemiology in Public Health, one of six core courses at the CEOMPH program.
Nature
CHANCE SPALDING, medical student, co-authored an article in Nature
reporting a groundbreaking demonstration of brain-machine interface
technology. Spalding was a member of a team that taught monkeys to use
a mechanical arm to retrieve snacks using technology that they hope in
the future can assist paralyzed individuals. Spalding enrolled in the
College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2001, but has been on academic leave
since 2003 to complete his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh. He
will resume classes on June 23 as a member of the College of
Osteopathic Medicine's class of 2010. The New York Times story on his
research can be found here.
Professional achievements · April 2008 Here is a compilation of achievements by Ohio University faculty, staff and students submitted for publication in Outlook. Click here to submit news of an achievement.
British Women Writers Conference
VEENA KASBEKAR, English -
Chillicothe, presented a paper on "Bride and Prejudice: Austen
Colonized?" at the recent British Women Writers (18th and 19th
centuries) Conference at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
CATHLEEN BATTISTE PRESUTTI, arts
and sciences - Lancaster, wrote a paper titled "Determining Lower
Bounds for Packing Densities of Non-layered Patterns Using Weighted
Templates" that has been published in The Electronic Journal of
Combinatorics, Volume 15 (1), research paper R50.
Northeast Modern Language Association
SCOTT MINAR,
arts and sciences - Lancaster, presented "Poem After the Seven Last
Words: Mark Strand's Converted Poetics," a study of Strand's conversion
of visual art ideology to his poetry, at the Northeast Modern Language
Association Annual Conference in Buffalo.
Ohio School Boards Association
CHARLOTTE MCMANUS, nursing -
Chillicothe, recently received a 2008 Ohio School Boards Association
Award of Achievement. The honor recognizes her commitment to public
education. Of the 3,400 school board members in Ohio, only 101 will
receive this honor in 2008.
Regional Bacchus and GAMMA Peer Health Educators
CHAR KOPCHICK, health promotion, was named outstanding adviser at the Regional Bacchus and
GAMMA peer health educators' annual conference at the University of
Notre Dame. She was nominated for the award by members of POWER
(Promoting Ohio University Wellness Education & Responsibility), a
volunteer organization of student leaders who pride themselves in
educating the campus about risk reduction in regards to critical health
issues impacting college students.
Ohio Foreign Language Association
JORG WALTJE,
modern languages, won the Outstanding Foreign Language Technology Award
2008 from the Ohio Foreign Language Association. OFLA's Web site states
that the organization "is committed to world language study beginning
in the primary grades, so that every learner, from early childhood
through adult, acquires a high level of communicative and intercultural
competence."
Phi Alpha Theta
NATHAN KEFFER, undergraduate
history major, received an award for outstanding scholarship in Latin
American History at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, held on
April 5 at Kent State University. Keffer's paper, "War and Women in
Guatemala: Female Revolutionary Involvement and Related Changes in
Cultural Norms," was part of the program of the Second Annual
Undergraduate History Conference.
Oxford Roundtable on Women
MARY ANN JANOSIK, Lancaster campus dean, presented
"Like a Prayer: Madonna, the Catholic Imagination and Women's
Empowerment in the Music Industry" during the Oxford Roundtable on
Women at Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.
International Congress on Mathematical Education
GREG FOLEY, professor of mathematics, is the newest
Robert L. Morton Professor of Mathematics Education at Ohio University
and he was invited to present his paper, "The Multi-Semiotic Nature of
Mathematical Language and Its Secondary School Classroom Implications,"
at the 11th International Congress on Mathematical Education in
Monterrey, Mexico, on July 6-13, 2008. Foley's work is centered on the
idea that mathematics simply is not about numbers -- it's about
language and representation. Foley's findings will assist in helping
schools focus on quantitative literacy as an important piece of overall
literacy.
Central Health Laboratory
TARIG HIGAZI, biological sciences - Zanesville, will
travel to Khartoum, Sudan, to participate in a needs assessment for
Central Health Laboratory for activities associated with eradicating
river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Northern Sudan. HIGAZI will
join the efforts of the Carter Center and World Health Organization for
the project. He worked toward his doctorate in Abu Hamed, Sudan, and
has been involved in onchocerciasis research since the early 1990s,
publishing articles on the subject. The Carter Center, based in
Atlanta, Ga., has helped to improve the quality of life for people in
more than 70 countries.
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
ANN RUMBLE,
psychology - Chillicothe, presented a paper on varying views of justice
at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Albuquerque,
N.M., in February. She also gave a talk on "Reciprocity: Stumbling
Blocks and Remedies" at the University of Illinois at Chicago in March.
Rumble's research into justice involves the various views that
individuals have of justice based on their cultural, ethnic, religious
or national values. Her ongoing research includes collaboration with
fellow Ohio University - Chillicothe faculty members Hamid Shahrestani
and Nirmal Niroula, and international colleagues.
Association of Virtual Worlds
CHANG LIU,
electrical engineering and computer science, has been selected to serve on
the board of the Association of Virtual Worlds. Liu is the founding
director of the university's VITAL (Virtual Immersive Technologies and
Arts for Learning) Lab. He also helped establish 3immersions.cn, a Chinese virtual worlds development company.
Ohio Association for the Education of Young Children
BARBARA TRUBE, early childhood
education - Chillicothe, served as a panelist for a session titled
"Leading from Within -- Learning from Each Other" at the 2008 Ohio
Association for the Education of Young Children Conference.
Ohio Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association
ANGELA MCCUTCHEON, director of thesis
and dissertation services in the Office of Graduate Studies, received a leadership award at the annual conference of the Ohio
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association (OETDA) last week. The
award recognized her leadership in the Ohio ETD Association and
for promoting the overall success of electronic theses and
dissertations within the State of Ohio.
Professional achievements · March 2008 Here is a compilation of achievements by Ohio University faculty, staff and students submitted for publication in Outlook. Click here to submit news of an achievement.
Journal of Social Work Education
SUSAN SARNOFF,
associate professor of social work, co-edited with Tricia Bent-Goodley of Howard University
a special section in the winter 2008 issue of the Journal of
Social Work Education on the role and status of women in social work
education.
American Scientist
DAMIAN NANCE, professor of
geological sciences, co-authored an article for American Scientist, the
magazine of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. "Tectonic Plates Come Apart at the Seams"
appears in the March/April issue of the magazine.
CASE V 2007
THE GLOBAL AMBASSADOR NETWORK, a program of the Ohio
University Alumni Association, received the Pride of CASE V 2007 Bronze
Award for Best New Alumni Program. The program is an international
student recruitment initiative created in 2005 as a joint venture
between OUAA and Graduate Studies.
Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting
HELMET T. ZWAHLEN, professor of industrial and systems engineering, and ERDINC ONER and KIRAN SURAVARUM,
graduate students, presented a paper titled "Approximated Headway
Distributions of Free-Flowing Traffic on Ohio Freeways for Work Zone
Traffic Simulations," Paper No. 07-1511, at the 86th Annual
Transportation Research Board Meeting, National Academy of Sciences,
in Washington, D.C., Jan. 21-25, 2007. It was published in Transportation Research Record 1999, 2007.
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
BILL READER, assistant professor of journalism, wrote
"Air Mail: NPR Sees 'Community' in Letters from Listeners," an article
on content analysis and interpretive interviews to study the manner in
which National Public Radio implements its "letters from listeners"
segments to portray NPR's audience as actively involved in the
news-making process. It was published in the December 2007 issue of the
Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, a top-tier journal in the JMC field.
Professional achievements · February 2008 Here is a compilation of achievements by Ohio University faculty, staff and students submitted for publication in Outlook. Click here to submit news of an achievement.
Pen Club of Puerto Rico
DANIEL TORRES, professor of modern
languages, wrote the book "Marcionerias: Escritos Desde el Margen"
(On Queerness: Writings from the Margin) which received an honorary
award by the Pen Club of Puerto Rico as one of the best books published
in Puerto Rico during 2006 in the short story category.
Athens City Commission on Disabilities
CATCAB, a division of Transportation and Parking
Services, was recognized on Jan. 18 by the Athens City Commission on
Disabilities for eight years of transportation services to students,
faculty and staff with temporary or permanent mobility impairments.
Ohio Newspaper Association Convention
EIGHT JOURNALISM MASTER'S STUDENTS formed the Student News Bureau
at the Ohio Newspaper Association's 75th Anniversary Convention
held Feb. 13-15 in Columbus. The students covered speeches,
panels and presentations at the convention and produced a special
edition of the ONA Bulletin that will be distributed to ONA members
statewide.
Phi Alpha Theta
PETER LOCASCIO, undergraduate history
major, presented the paper "The Break: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson"
in the Phi Alpha Theta National Convention, held in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, in January 2008. Assistant Professor of History MARIANA DANTAS co-authored the
paper, which examines political relationships during the early Republic
through a study of the Adams-Jefferson friendship. He received
financial support to attend the event from the Department of History,
College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice President for Research.
Phi Alpha Theta
MELISSA LUTHMAN, undergraduate history major,
presented the paper "Gender and Gender Roles in Cherokee and Iroquois Society, 1600-1800" at the Phi Alpha Theta National Convention, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, earlier this January. Luthman's paper explores how Christian missionaries and American legal practices after the Revolution affected gender roles within Cherokee and Iroquois communities. Her participation in the event was sponsored by the Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, and the VP for Research.
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Printing Industries Association Inc.
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRINTING AND GRAPHIC SERVICES
recently received 18 Print Excellence Awards (2007-2008) from the
Printing Industries Association Inc. serving Northern Kentucky and Ohio
(PIANKO). The group received three gold awards, four silver awards and
11 bronze awards. PIANKO holds its Print Excellence Awards Competition
to reward Ohio and northern Kentucky printers that demonstrate
excellence in 33 categories. This year, member companies submitted 631
printed pieces and three out-of-state expert judges ranked them in a
regional competition.
National Field Hockey Coaches Association
NEIL MACMILLAN, field hockey
head coach, was named the 2007 Dita/NFHCA West Region Coach of the Year
by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Under Macmillan, Ohio
has garnered seven All-MAC First Team selections, eight All-MAC Second
Team selections and two MAC Player of the Year honors.
Journal of Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
TARIG HIGAZI,
biological sciences - Zanesville, published "Sequences necessary
for trans-splicing in transiently transfected Brugia malayi" in the
Journal of Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. Higazi pioneered a
transient transfection system in 2003 with colleagues from the
University of Alabama, Birmingham.
International Congress of Vedanta
VEENA KASBEKAR,
English - Chillicothe, chaired a panel on "Vedanta and World
Literature" at the International Congress of Vedanta at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio. The panel investigated the
Vedanta-influenced philosophies
of Emerson, Schopenhauer, Jean Bies and ancient Indian texts.
Association of Internet Researchers (Vancouver)
ANDREA BAKER,
Arts and Sciences - Lancaster, presented "Self-Presentation,
Interaction and Connection: Emerging Patterns in Online
Communities" at a conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (Vancouver) in October.
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