Kharlamova A. and Aarts N. 2007. A review of past and present hair cell regeneration techniques. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 34, 134-144.

COMMITTEES:

Reappointed as a member to the American Academy of Audiology Honors Committee.

Reappointed as a member to the American Academy of Audiology Publications Committee.

GERARDO CARFAGNO (VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Carfagno G.L.F., Heske E.J. and Weatherhead P.J. Does mammalian prey abundance explain forest-edge use by snakes? Ecoscience, 13(3): 293-297, 2006.

Carfagno G.L.F. and Weatherhead P.J. Intraspecific and interspecific variation in use of forest-edge habitat by snakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84(10): 1440-1452, 2006.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Use of forest edges by ratsnakes and racers in southern Illinois: thermal ecology or prey availability? Wildlife Society annual meeting, 2005, Madison, WI.

Effects of energy requirements on home range size: a test with two snakes species. Joint Meeting of Ichtyologists and Herpetologists annual meeting, 2007, St. Louis, MO.

SUSAN D. CLAYTON (WHITMORE-WILLIAMS PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Published a review of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in PsychCritiques. Article in the Journal of Environmental Psychology on "Domesticated nature: Motivations for gardening and perceptions of environmental impact."

PRESENTATIONS:

Was an invited speaker at the American Psychological Association 2006 conference, where she spoke about "How and why people care for nature." Also gave presentations at the Cleveland Zoo, Oberlin College, and the Society for Human Ecology Conference in Bar Harbor, ME.

EDITORIAL BOARDS:

Was named to the editorial boards of the Journal of Social Issues and Environmental Communication, while continuing on the boards of Human Ecology Review and the Journal of Environmental Psychology.

OTHER:

Currently president of the Society for Population and Environmental Psychology.

CATE PICHON FENSTER (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Fenster C.P., Fenster S.D., *Leahy H., Kurschner C., Blundon J.A. 2007. Kv4.2 K+ Current Modulation by Interactions with Neuronal Interleuken-16, a Multi-PDZ Domain Protein Expressed in the Hippocampus and Cerebellum. Brain Research 1162:19-31.
* Indicates undergraduate researcher (COW BMB major, Class of 2007)

A figure from this publication was selected for the cover of the journal, Brain Research Vol. 1162.

PRESENTATIONS:

Invited speaker: Wooster Area Molecular Biology Association (WAMBA), Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (March 23, 2007) "Interleuken-16: A Cytokine with Immune System and Nervous System Functions."

Invited speaker: Ashland University Biology Departmental Seminar Series (Nov. 30, 2006) "Neuronal Interleuken-16: A Protein Found that Regulates Multiple Aspects of Neuronal Function."

EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH:

Workshop leader and primary faculty content lecturer for a four-day life sciences teaching workshop. Funded through HHMI project titled "Expanding Connections in Science Education." August, 2007.

Organized "Expanding Your Horizons" workshop for sixth grade girls in which women in science and technical fields provided hands-on interactive sessions for girls. April 28, 2007.

DONALD T. JACOBS (VICTOR J. ANDREW PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS)

PUBLICATIONS:

Article "Universality in 8-Arm Star Polystyrene and Methylcyclohexane Mixtures Near the Critical Point" to be published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. Investigation using two independent experimental approaches on several molecular mass samples of a star polystyrene in the solvent methylcyclohexane at low concentrations. Four years of research funded by the Petroleum Research Fund and NSF-REU grant. Student co-authors: Clinton Braganza, Andy Brinck, Mark Lightfoot, Christopher Locke, Sarah Suddendorf, Henry Timmers, Angela Triplett, Nithya Venkataraman, and Mark Wellons from Wooster, and Adam Cohen from Bucknell.

"Heat Capacity of the Liquid-Liquid Mixture Nitrobenzene and Dodecane Near the Critical Point" co-authored by Nathan Utt '07 and colleague Susan Lehman. Being published in the Journal of Chemical Physics. Reports research into the thermodynamic behavior of an n-alkane of a particular chain length. Compares results to other measurements with a different number of carbon atoms. Discusses discrepancy in the literature and suggests a resolution. Supported by the Petroleum Research Fund and NSF-REU grant.

GRANTS:

Co-PI on a successful NSF-MRI equipment grant for an Isothermal Titration Calorimeter with Paul Bonvallet and Mark Snider in the Chemistry Department.

KENT KILLE (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE)

PUBLICATION:

Editor of The UN Secretary General and Moral Authority: Ethics and Religion in International Leadership. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007. In the volume authored the Introduction, Chapter 1 "Moral Authority and the UN Secretary General's Ethical Framework," and Chapter 10 "The Secular Pope: Insights on the UN Secretary General and Moral Authority".

In The UN Secretary General and Moral Authority, contributors provide case studies of all seven former secretaries general, establishing a much needed comparative survey of each office holder's personal religious and moral values. From Trygve Lie's forbearance during the UN's turbulent formative years to the Nobel committee's awarding Kofi Annan and the United Nations the prize for peace in 2001, the case studies all follow the same format, first detailing the environmental and experiential factors that forged these men's ethical frameworks, then analyzing how their "inner code" engaged with the duties of office and the global events particular to their terms.

JEFFREY S. LANTIS (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE)

PUBLICATION:

Lantis J.S. and Moskowitz E. Article The Return of Imperial Presidency, published in Contemporary Cases in United States Foreign Policy, Congressional Quarterly Press, 2008.

RICHARD M. LEHTINEN (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Lehtinen R.M., Nussbaum R.A., Richards C.M., Cannatella D.C. and Vences M. 2007. Mitochondrial genes reveal cryptic diversity in plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar (Anura, Mantellidae, Guibemantis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:1121-1129.

PRESENTATIONS:

Lehtinen R.M., Hailey A. and Wojtowicz E.A.* Species delimitation in allopatric taxa: An example from Caribbean frogs. Presented at the 2007 Joint Ichtyology and Herpetology Meeting. St. Louis, Missouri. July 11-16, 2007.

Wojtowicz E.A.*, Fraga D. and Lehtinen R.M. Mitochondrial genes support the existence of two poison dart frogs (Mannophryne, Aromobatidae) from Trinidad and Tobago. Presented at the Ohio Academy of Science annual meeting, Cleveland, OH. April 21, 2007. (poster)

Steiner S.*, Fraga D. and Lehtinen R.M. Is chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) present in declining populations of Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)? Presented at the Ohio Academy of Science annual meeting, Cleveland, OH. April 21, 2007. (poster)

Lehtinen R.M. and Lipps G.J. Jr. Declining amphibians in agroecosystems: A landscape level analysis. Presented at United States Geological Survey Workshop "Understanding Agriculture's Effects on Amphibians and Reptiles in a Changing World." St. Louis, MO. February 6, 2007.

* Indicates undergraduate student

MARILYN D. LOVELESS (HORACE N. MATEER PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Co-author on modeling study to be published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management. Examines the ecological and genetic consequences of current logging practices (in the Amazon) and concludes that the frequency and intensity of logging, as currently practiced, is unsustainable. Makes recommendations for policy changes to reduce the ecological and genetic impacts of timber extraction.

PRESENTATIONS:

Presented the aforementioned modeling study on logging practices at the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation in Morelia, Mexico, in late July.

OTHER:

Continues to serve as a member of the Editorial Board for Silvae Genetica, an international journal of forestry and forest management.

ERIC MOSKOWITZ (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE)

PUBLICATION:

Lantis J.S. and Moskowitz E. Article The Return of Imperial Presidency, published in Contemporary Cases in United States Foreign Policy, Congressional Quarterly Press, 2008.

PETER C. MOWREY (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MUSIC)

PUBLICATIONS:

Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, One with Everything. Live CD. November 7, 2006. Three arrangements ("Fooling Yourself," "Too Much Time on My Hands," "Crystal Ball").

Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, One with Everything. DVD. November 21, 2006. Five arrangements ("Lorelei," "Just Be," "Crystal Ball," "Too Much Time on My Hands," "Fooling Yourself").

PERFORMANCES:

Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Blossom Music Center. May 25, 2006. Seven arrangements ("Lorelei," "Just Be," "Crystal Ball," "Too Much Time on My Hands," "Fooling Yourself," "Grand Illusion," "Come Sail Away").

Contemporary Youth Orchestra, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University. March 10, 2007. Four orchestral arrangements ("Overture, Curtain, Lights," "Jonny Quest," "Hanna-Barbera Medley," "That's All, Folks!").

JEFFREY K. MYERS (VISITING PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Mobley C.K., Myers J.K., Ellis C., Hadzilemovic A., Sanders C.R. 2007. Expression, purification, and initial structural characterization of human peripheral myelin protein 22, a tetraspan membrane protein implicated in peripheral neuropathy. Biochemistry, in the press.

ROBERT R. SANDS (VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

"Ethical Ethnography: Epistemology and the Ethics of Good Intentions" will appear in the forthcoming volume (2007), Tribal Play: Sport Subcultures and Countercultures, Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young (eds), Elsevier Press.

APPLIED EXPERIENCE:

2007 concluded the final year of filling the position of environmental manager for the environmental support contractor at Edwards AFB. Managed one of the top environmental programs in the DoD which married environmental stewardship and mission support for the premier research, development and testing facility in the nation. Utilizing a staff of 90 and an annual budget of $10 million, led a state of the art program that included cultural and natural resources, environmental quality and restoration, an award winning community relations program, and a cutting edge GIS program. In 2006 and 2007, also worked to establish relationships with local primary/secondary schools to advance environmental awareness, as well as with regional colleges and universities to provide environmental opportunities for internships and first-time employment following graduation.

ALISON H. SCHMIDT (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION)

PRESENTATIONS:

"Digital Stories: Integrating Technology into Literacy Methods Education" at the International Reading Association conference.

"E-Portfolios, Digital Stories, and Podcasts, Oh My!: Integrating E-Learning Opportunities into a Teacher Education Program" at the World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education.

"Digital Stories to Reflect on Learning to Read" at the Ohio Council of the International Reading Association conference.

OTHER:

Spent 2006-07 on sabbatical working with elementary-aged children and their classroom teachers in public and private schools in Wooster, OH; Hill City, SD, and New York City.

Completed training at the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley, CA, with hopes of providing a digital storytelling workshop for elementary-aged children during the summer of 2008.

DEBRA SHOSTAK (PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH/CLASSICAL STUDIES)

PUBLICATIONS:

"Roth and Gender." The Cambridge Companion to Philip Roth. Ed. Tim Parrish (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007), pp. 111-26.

"Under the Sign of Moon Palace: Paul Auster and the Body in the Text." Forthcoming, Critique 32.1 (Winter 2008).

PRESENTATIONS:

"The Body and the Postmodern: Paul Auster's Moon Palace," Conference on Literature Since 1900, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, February 2007.

"Roth and Gender," invited lecture, University of Cordóba, Cordóba, Spain, sponsored by PRESHCO, March 2007.

"Hybridity, History, Hermaphrodite: Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex," American Literature Association Conference, Boston, May 2007

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Consulting Editor, Philip Roth Studies

CLAUDIA THOMPSON (ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY)

PRESENTATIONS:

Presented three research posters on Cebus apella monkeys at the national meetings of the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, DC, in late May, 2007.

VIRGINIA B. WICKLINE (VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY)

PRESENTATIONS:

Wickline V.B. May 25, 2007. Acculturation, stress, and nonverbal communication predict international students' cultural adjustment. Poster presented for the annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science in Washington, DC.

Wickline V.B. and Fleming A. May 26, 2007. Socioeconomic status predicts international students' cultural adjustment (social, psychological, and academic). Poster presented for the annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science in Washington, DC.

AWARDS:

Emory University Humanitarian Award, 2005.

Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA), Special Topics Graduate Student Research Award: Cross-Cultural, 2006.

MARK A. WILSON (LEWIS M. AND MARIAN SENTER NIXON PROFESSOR OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND GEOLOGY)

PUBLICATIONS:

Curran H.A., Wilson M.A. and Mylroie J.E. 2007. Fossil palm frond and tree trunk molds: occurrence and implications in Bahamian Quaternary carbonate eolianites. Proceedings of the 13th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas: Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas.

Ernst A., Taylor P.D. and Wilson M.A. 2007. Ordovician bryozoans from the Kanosh Formation (Whiterockian) of Utah, USA. Journal of Paleontology 81: 1001-1011.

McLaughlin P.I., Brett C.E. and Wilson M.A. 2007. Hierarchy of sedimentary discontinuity surfaces and condensed beds: Implications for sequence stratigraphy on the craton. Dynamics of Epeiric Seas: Sedimentological, Paleontological, and Geochemical Perspectives; Geological Association of Canada Special Volume.

Taylor P.D. and Wilson M.A. 2007. Morphology and affinities of hederelloid "bryozoans." International Bryozoology Association Conference Proceedings. Boone, North Carolina.

Wilson M.A. 2007. An online bibliography of bioerosion references. In: Wisshax M. and Tapanila L. (eds.). Current developments in bioerosion. Erlangen Earth Conference Series.

Wilson M.A. and Palmer T.J. 2006. Patterns and processes in the Ordovician Bioerosion Revolution. Ichnos 13: 109-112.

PRESENTATIONS:

Gave several professional talks during the 2006-07 academic year, including presentations at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting and at the quadrennial meeting of the International Bryozoology Association. Student co-authors included Erica Clites '06, Monica Umstead '06, Jeff Bowen '06, and Elyse Zavar '07.