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Professional Accomplishments
Publications
- Virginia Diehl, psychology, and
co-author C. Mills, published "Procedural text structure
and reader perceptions and performance" in The Journal
of General Psychology, 129, 18-35, (2002).
- Hunt Dunlap and Jeanne Stierman,
library, published "Full Text Frenzy: An Analysis of Periodical
Database Use at Western Illinois University" in the current
issue of the e-journal Illinois Libraries (www.cyberdriveillinois.com).
- Thomas Dunstan, biology, published
the book review "Research Techniques in Animal Ecology:
Controversies and Consequences. Methods and Cases in Conservation
Sciences" in The Quartlerly Review of Biology, University
of Chicago Press. Vol 77 (1). March 2000, Pp. 88-89.
- Won Hurh, sociology and anthropology
published a review on Clair Jean Kim's book, "The Politics
of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City" in the "Journal
of American Ethnic History," Vol 21, No 2 (2002).
- Bill Knight, English and journalism,
had four news features in Midwest magazines this spring: Illinois
Issues magazine in March published Knight's piece on the Illinois
legislature's economic disclosure forms, and in April ran his
profile of 1940s pioneer photojournalist and explorer Ruth Robertson,
an Illinois native. Also in April, Illinois magazine used Knight's
profile of longtime statehouse reporter Bill O'Connell. That
periodical in May is using his essay on passenger train travel.
- N. M. Made Gowda, chemistry, and
co-authors published "Study Using Spectrophotometry,"
in the Journal of Molecular Structure (USA), 606, 147-154, 2002.
- Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, African
American studies, published "Modern African Writers and
the Challenges of Writing in African Languages" in Interlitteraria:
An International Journal of Comparative Literature at University
of Tartu. 6 (2001): 84-95.
- T. K. Vinod, chemistry, and high
school student A.P. Thottumkara published "Synthesis and
oxidation reactions of a user- and eco-friendly hypervalent
iodine reagent," in "Tetrahedron Letters," 569-572,
2002.
Professional Activities
- Chandra Amaravadi, information
management and decision sciences, presented "A Process
View of Organizational Knowledge" at the Third European
Conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities
in Athens, Greece.
- Vin Auger, political science, presented
"UN Secretaries General as International Norm Entrepreneurs"
at the annual meetings of the Midwst Political Science Association
held in Chicago.
- Mark Boley and Doug Franklin,
physics, and seven students attended the 13th Annual Student
Research Conference at Governors State University. Boley,
Franklin and students No Soung Myoung and Michael Baxa presented
"A Comparative Study of the Structural Changes Due to Low
Nickel Doping in a Polycrystalline YBCO Superconductor."
Franklin and Boley also presented "Standardization
of a Capacitive Bridge Device for ‘Bulk' Engineering Magnetostriction
Measurements in Ferromagnetic Materials" with students
Naveen Jha and Jason Wilson. Boley and Wilson presented
"Imaging of a Magnetic Domain Wall Between Regions of Opposite
Circumferential Polarization." Jason Orris, Matthew Tillman,
Thomas Boyle, Wilson and Boley presented "Hysteresis
Measurements and the Effects of Heat Treatment on a 0.30% Nickel
High Speed Steel Sample." Boley and students Tillman,
Orris and Boyle presented "Critical Temperature and Raman
Spectroscopy Measurements of a Magnesium DiBoride Superconductor."
- Belinda Carr, Gwendolyn Brooks
Cultural Center, was elected as the Region 9 Election Committee
Representive for the National Association of College Unions
International. Carr also facilitated the workshop "Stop
the Hate" as part of Higgins Hall Hate Week 2002.
- Richard Chamberlain, Center for
the Application of Information Technologies, and Charalambos
Vrasidas presented "The Differences Between Face-to-Face
and Computer Mediated Interactions" to the American Educational
Research Association in New Orleans. Chamberlain also
presented "Applying Technology to Distance Learning"
at the Semana Cultural de la Facultad de Infromatica at Universidad
Autonoma de Queretaro in Queretaro, Mexico.
- Letha Clark and Amy Betz,
Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, presented
"Exploring Early Math, Science, and Social Studies Concepts
through Technology" at the 2002 Missouri Conference on
the Young Years at Osage Beach, MO.
- David Connelly, political science,
presented "Service and Trust in an E-World" at the
63rd Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
in Phoenix, AZ.
- Carol Fimmen, Global Education,
David Beveridge, College of Business and Technology dean,
Larry Wall, College of Business and Technology associate
dean, and Fred Ebeid, marketing and finance chair, hosted
a one-day summit at the Organization of American States in Washington,
D.C. for education, business and government leaders from the
U.S., Canada and Mexico.
- Doug Franklin and Mark Boley,
physics, and three students attended the Spring Meeting of the
Illinois Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers
at Eastern Illinois University. At the meeting James Gumbart
presented "Using the Adjoint Operator to Solve Fluid-Flow
Stability Problems;" No Soung Myoung, Franklin and
Boley presented "Spectroscopic Studies of the Structural
Changes Associated with Low Nickel Doping in a Polycrystalline
Superconductor;" and Naveen Jha, Franklin and Boley
presented "Standardization of a Capacitive Bridge Device
for the Measurement of Minute Magnetostrictive Displacements."
- Tim Frazer, English and journalism,
was awarded a grant to attend an NEH Institute, "Las Americas
de Jose Marti," at the University of South Florida this
summer.
- Merriam Guzman and Judy Potter,
Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, presented
" I Can Do It - You Can Too! Make the Arts Accessible for
All Children" at the 2002 Missouri Conference on the Young
Years at Osage Beach, MO.
- J.W. Hartman, chemistry and student
G. Lluri presented "Ligands for Platinum(IV) Complexes:
Synthesis of Hydrophilic Cyclopropane Compounds" at the
13th Annual Student Research Conference at Governors State University
in University Park, IL. Hartman also presented "Regiospecific
Platinum(II)-Catalyzed Addition of Cyclic Alcohols to Conjugated
Alkynones" at the conference with L. Sperry.
- William Hoon, communication-broadcasting,
presented "Promising Electronic Media Research from a Multicultural
Perspective" and moderated another panel at the Broadcast
Education Association convention in Las Vegas, NV. Hoon
was also elected as the paper chair of BEA's Multicultural Division.
- J.K. Huang and Lisa Wen, chemistry,
high school student George Huang and WIU students Mushtaq Mahmood,
Sandy Siqueira and Jason McDonald presented "DNA Sequence
Determination of Bovine Eucarytotic Initiation Factor 5A (eIF-5A)
cDNA Clones" at the 13th Annual Student Research Conference
at Governors State University. Haung, G. H. Huang, students
V.C. Sershon, J.C. McDonald, P.G. Gowda, and Lisa Wen
also presented "Molecular cloning of a full-length bovine
eucaryotic initiation factor-5A cDNA" at the 94th Illinois
State Academy of Science Annual Meeting at Southern Illinois
University in Edwardsville. Huang, R.V. Gessner, K.C.
Keudell, biology, and student A.M.Kuhrts, presented "Factor
from Kluyveromyces Marxianus NRRL Y-8281 Enhances Biotransformation
of Oleic Acid to 7, 10-Dihydroxy-8(E)-Octadecenoic Acid by Pseudomonas
Aeruginosa (WIU-JS)" at the Illinois State Academy of Science
Meeting. Huang, Wen and student K. Liudahl presented
"Production of the eucaryotic initionation factor 5A form
of deoxyhypusine in vitro and partial purification of deoxyhypusine
hydroxylase" at the American Society of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Huang, Wen
and student V.C. Sershon also presented "Screening of eucaryotic
initiation factor-5A and deoxyhypusine synthase clones from
a bovine cDNA library" at the meeting in New Orleans. Huang,
Robert Gessner, biology, Kenneth Keudell, biology,
and student Amber Kuhrts presented "Metal ions enhance
the biotransformation of oleic acid to hydroxyoctadecenoic acid
and dihydroxyoctadecenoic acids by Kluyveromyces marxianus and
Pseudomonas seruginosa" at the annual meeting of the Mycological
Society of America in Corvallis, Oregon.
- Miguel Lara, Center for the Application
of Information Technologies, presented "The Use of Databases
Through Websites" at the Semana Cultural de la Facultad
de Infromatica at Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Queretaro,
Mexico,
- Hallie Lemon, Maurine Magliocco
and Alice Robertson, English and journalism, co-chaired
"Versions of Reality: Textual Intersections between Feminine/Feminist
Discourse(s) and the Street," a workshop given at the 2002
CCCC conference in Chicago. Other members of the Department
of English and Journalism who participated in the workshop included
Pearlie Strother-Adams, who presented "Invisible
Giants: Civil Rights ‘Shero' Warriors Tell Their Stories,"
and Christina McCaslin who presented "Nature as
Spiritual Mother: Pantheism in Mary Morris's ‘Nothing to Desire.'"
- Susan Martinelli-Fernandez, philosophy
and religious studies, presented "Reproductive Technology:
Abortion and Quality of Life," at the 30th Value Inquiry
Conference, Center for the Study of Bioethics, Medical College
of Wisconsin.
- James Rabchuk, physics, and Laurie
Pichla, graduate student, presented "A Scientific Approach
to Science Outreach?" At the American Physical Society
April 2002 meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, African
American studies, presented "Making sense of African Literature
Discipline in American Academia: Bernth Lindfors and the RAL
Agenda" at the African Literatures Association meeting
in San Diego. He also gave a public reading from his poetry
collection, "Almajiri: A New African Poetry," at another
ALA session in San Diego.
- Nicholas Pano, history emeritus,
presented "Albania and Balkan Stability" at the Institute
of World Affairs of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
- Susan Philhower, special education,
Rodney Greer, education and interdisciplinary studies, Sara
Simonson, curriculum and instruction, Jennifer Allen,
law enforcement and justice admistration, Barry Witten,
curriculum and instruction, and Gregory Montalvo, educational
and interdisciplinary studies, presented "Cyber-Cerebration:
Edge Happenings at Western Illinois University" at the
13th International Conference for Society for Information Technology
& Teacher Education in Nashville.
- Judy Potter and Terry Carley,
Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, presented
"Look What We Can Do" an all-day workshop sponsored
by Starnet Region II, in Skokie.
- Daniel Swart, chemistry, and student
B. Haschemeyer presented "A feasibility Study of Degenerate
Four Wave Mixing Using a Low-Cost Pulsed Laser System"
at the 13th Annual Student Research Conference, Governors State
University.
- Pamela Terry, community health
and health services management, presented "B.E.S.T. (Better
Emotional Survival Techniques), P.A.S.S. (Parents Assuring Student
Success), M.O.S.T. (More Organizational and Structural Techniques)
and H.E.L.P. (Helping and Enhancing the Learning Plan): Four
Innovative Programs for Skill Development in Students At-Risk
for Violence and Academic Failure" at the American School
Health Conference. Terry also presented "When Violence
Comes to School" and "Transition Room: Creating a
Pathway to Academic Success" at the Improving America's
School Act annual conference.
- Linda Tomlinson, special education,
was an invited participant in the Oxford Round Table on Human
Rights at Lincoln College of Oxford University, Oxford, England.
Tomlinson presented "Administrators and Faculty Diversity
in Higher Education" and was a discussant for "The
Challenges of Disabled Educators."
- T.K. Vinod and Brian Haschemeyer,
chemistry, presented "Tanden Aryne Formation-Nucleophilic
Capture Sequence and Suzuki Coupling Reaction for Expedient
Synthesis of m- Terphenyl Derivatives" at the 13th Annual
Student Research Conference at Governors State University. Vinod
and Cho Cho Khine, chemistry, also presented "Synthesis
and Conformational Aspects of Novel Amide Bridged Cyclophanes"
at the conference. Vinod and Ryan Wright, chemistry,
presented "Novel m-Terphenyl Derivatives as Building Blocks
for Molecular Solids" at the conference. Vinod and
students S. C. McCleary, Lanell M. Rupert, V. C. Sherson, and
R. S. Wright presented "Synthesis of m-Terphenyl Building
Blocks for the Assembly of Molecular Solids" at the 94th
Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Academy of Science, Southern
Illinois University in Edwardsville. Vinod and Haschemeyer
presented "m-Terphenyl Building Blocks for the Construction
of Molecular Solids" at the 2002 St. Louis Undergraduate
Research Symposium at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
Vinod also presented "Oxidation of Allylic and Benzylic
Alcohols in Water Using a Hypervalent Iodine Oxidizing Agent"
at the Department of Chemistry, Culver Stockton College, Canton,
Missouri.
- Audrey Watkins, African American
studies, presented "The Pedagogy of African American Parents:
Learning from Educational Excellence in the African American
Community" at the American Educational Research Association's
annual meeting in New Orleans.
- Bea Wehrly, counselor education
and college student personnel emeritus, is serving on the Governor's
Commission on Women Education Committee.
- Lisa Wen, and J.K. Huang,
chemistry, students Shuhui Tsai, Adrienne Alley and high school
student George Huang presented "DNA Sequence Determination
of Bovine Deoxyhypusine Synthase cDNA Clones," at the 13th
Annual Student Research Conference at Governors State University.
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