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April 21, 1997

Recently/soon to be published

.....Bill DiBrito, institutional research-published an invited book review, "An Assessment in Student Affairs," by Lee Upcraft & John Schuh, in the March/April issue of the Journal of College Student Development.

.....James G. McCullagh, social work-authored "Jane Day - First Visiting Teacher: You Did a Noble Work and Did it Well," in February issue of Iowa Journal of School Social Work.

.....Roy R. Behrens, art-authored the articles "O Pioneer: Lester Beall: Trailblazer of American Graphic Design," in the March/April issue of Print magazine; and "Eyed Awry: The Ingenuity of Del Ames," in the March/April issue of The North American Review.

.....Bonnie Litwiller and David Duncan, mathematics-co-authored "Probabilities on the Tangram: An Example of Linking Mathematical Ideas," in the March issue of Ontario Mathematics Gazette, and "Tracking Baseball Trends: Analyzing Historical Data," in the winter issue of Wisconsin Teacher of Mathematics.

.....Fred Rees, music, and Michael Fanelli, PLS-co-wrote "Using Interactive Televised Instruction to Extend our Work in String Education," in the spring issue of Stringendo, the journal of the Australian String Teachers' Association.

.....William A. Ausmus, communications-had "Pragmatic Uses of Metaphor: Models and Metaphors in the Nuclear Winter Scenario," published in the Communication Monographs journal.

.....Florence Guido-DiBrito, educational leadership, counseling and administration-co-authored "Traditional and New Paradigm Leaders: The Gender Link" in Initiatives, the journal of the National Association for Women in Education.

Presentations/lectures/ exhibitions

Most of the faculty in the Department of Geography attended the national meeting of the Association of American Geographers April 1-5 in Fort Worth, Texas. C. Murray Austin participated in a panel discussion on "Justice and the Geography of School Finance." Other faculty presented papers as follows: Dennis Dahms presented "Late Pleistocene-Holocene Moraine Stratigraphy of Stough Creek Basin, Wyoming." Dahms also co-authored the presentation "Clay and Carbonate Content in Soil Catenas, Whiskey Basin, Wyoming." Thomas Fogarty presented "The Russian Federation: Constitution and Territory." James F. Fryman presented "Patterns and Efficiency of College Student Migration, 1994." David May presented "Landforms and Sediments in the Upper Wapsipinicon River Valley on the Iowa Erosion Surface in Northeastern Iowa." Philip Suckling presented "Spatial Characteristics of Solar Radiation for Selected Regions in the United States." Kay Weller presented "Preservice Model for General Education Geography Courses."

.....Renee Romano, Maucker Union, Bill DiBrito, institutional research, and Florence Guido-DiBrito, educational leadership, counseling and administration-presented their research on "Student Perceptions of Learning Outside the Classroom" at the annual joint conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators & the American College Personnel Association March 21 in Chicago. Bill DiBrito also presented "UNI Graduating Student Survey, Spring 1995: Academic Advising, Writing in the Disciplines, Learning in Student Activities, and Satisfaction with Computing Resources," and Guido-DiBrito co-presented "Gender and Leadership: Theory and Practical Implications" at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting in San Diego, Calif.

.....Robert Washut, music-conducted the Maryland All-State Jazz Ensemble March 14-16 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Washut also performed Jan. 13 at the conference of the International Association of Jazz Educators with Orquesta Alto Maiz.

.....Fred Rees, music-presented the roundtable session, "Letting the Dog Wag the Tail: Formulating a Coherent Research Tradition for Music Education," at the American Educational Research Association conference March 24-28 in Chicago.

.....Roy R. Behrens, art-was a guest presenter at the Department of Art, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he lectured on "The Poetry of Sight."

.....Chris W. Ogbondah, communication studies-presented the paper, "Communication and Democratization in Africa: Legal Provisions for the Media," March 2-4 at the 1997 Carter Lecture Series on Africa at the invitation of the University of Florida, Gainesville.

.....Kevin C. O'Kane, computer science-will present "Web Scripting in M" at the M Technology Association Annual Conference and Data Base & Client/Server World Conference May 19 in Boston.

.....Norris M. Durham, sociology, anthropology and criminology-presented "History and Future of Dermatoglyphics," at the annual meeting of the Human Biology Association in St. Louis. Durham was recently elected president of the American Dermatoglyphics Association. He has also been invited to a Dermatoglyphics Workshop and Seminar July 27-31 at Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece.

.....Jennifer Simmons and Michael Broshears, department of residence-presented "Bridging Perceptions and Reality: Examining Popular Culture's Effects on College Students," at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators/American College Personnel Association conference in Chicago.

.....Suzanne McDevitt, social work-presented "Social Work in Community Development: Trends in the U.S. and the U.K.," at the Council on Social Work Education annual meeting in Chicago.

.....Linda F. Quinn, teaching-presented two papers at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting March 24-28 in Chicago: "Mentor Teacher Recommendations to Principals for Facilitating or Improving Induction," and "Talking, Listening, and Learning: Discourse in the Student Teaching Seminar," with Joane W. McKay.

.....Elana Joram and Anthony Gabriele, educational psychology & foundations-co-authored the paper "Preservice Teachers' Prior Beliefs: Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities," presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28, in Chicago.

.....Beth D. Kivel, HPELS-served as an invited discussant for the panel, "Gendering Leisure," at the 24th annual Spring Symposium, April 3-5, sponsored by The Center for African Studies and the Department of Leisure Studies at the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign.

.....Syed Kirmani, mathematics-was a presenter at the IMS and Biometric Society March 23-26 in Memphis, Tenn.

.....Kent Macomber, physics, Ed Rathmell, Russell Campbell, and John Longnecker, mathematics-were presenters at the Conference of Teaching Mathematics to Undergraduate Students March 29 at UNI.

.....Dean Kruckeberg, public relations-was a guest speaker March 24 at the Wartburg College Society of Collegiate Journalists banquet.

.....Walter De Oliveira, HPELS-presented the following papers at the 1997 Meeting

of the Midwest Sociological Society April 3-6 in Des Moines, Iowa: "The Subculture of the Streets: A View from Brazilian Street Youthworkers," "Character Development in the New Paradigm: Sociology in the Era of Information," "Ethnography as a Transformational Pedagogy: Hermeneutic Phenomenological Interviews," "Examining Realities of Oppression: Street Social Educators Practice in Social Changes."

.....Tom Davis and Walter De Oliveira, HPELS- were co-presenters of the paper: "Health Attitudes and Behavior of College/University Students: A Comparative Study - Macau and the United States," March 24-28 at the V Congress of Physical Education and Sport Sciences of Portuguese Speaking Countries, Maputo, Mozambique.

.....Joseph Smaldino, communicative disorders-presented "Sound Field Amplification: Theory and Practical Considerations" March 14 at the Scott and White Clinic/Baylor College of Medicine, Temple, Texas.

.....Clifford Highnam, Valerie Schnekloth and Linette Hinton, communicative disorders-presented "Navigating Narrative Analysis" March 27 at the Iowa Conference for Communicative Disorders in Cedar Falls.

Awards/honors/service

.....Julie Thompson, university health services-was recently selected as a Center Associate for the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention. Thompson will help develop training curriculum and provide technical assistance and consultative services to colleges and universities throughout Iowa and Minnesota.

.....Christopher Edginton and Susan D. Hudson, HPELS-were named Senior Fellows in the American Leisure Academy at the Annual Conference of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in St. Louis.

.....Debra J. Jordan, HPELS-received the Outstanding Achievement Award of the American Association for Leisure and Recreation at its annual meeting in St. Louis. She was also acknowledged as the Advisor to the Undergraduate Student Literary Award winner.

.....Sam Barr, financial aid office-has been selected by the U.S. Department of Education as one of ten campus representatives to attend a meeting in Arlington, Virginia. The purpose of the meeting is to define enhancements for the 1998-99 Electronic Data Exchange Technical Reference.

.....Mary Bozik, communications-was recently appointed to the Educational Policies Board of the National Communication Association, a 7,000-member organization of communication professionals. This board is responsible for creating and implementing educational initiatives. She also co-authored the paper "In Their Own Words: The Distance Education Classroom Experience from the Students' Perspective," which was selected as one of the "Top Three Papers in Communication Education" for the Central States Communication Association Convention April 11 in St. Louis.

.....Florence Guido-DiBrito, educational leadership, counseling and administration-was appointed to the Editorial Board of the American College Personnel Association's Journal of College Student Development. She was also appointed to the Advisory Board (Chair-Research and Professional Development), National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Region IV-East.

.....Dean Kruckeberg, public relations-was a judge at the national Silver Anvil Award competition at the Public Relations Society of America March 21-22 in Los Angeles.