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January 26, 1998

Recently/soon to be published

.....Ann Marie Basom, modern languages-published an article on Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina in the Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta (The Herald of Moscow University), one of the most prestigious Russian journals for language and literature.

.....Roy Behrens, art-authored an article on the life and illustrations of UNI alumnus Gary Kelley in the January issue of Illustration magazine.

.....Robert Ward, English-had his poem "Oh, Fond, Fine Boy" published in the Sparrowgrass Poetry Forum's Sparrowgrass: Ten Years of Excellence.

.....Roxanne Conrad, purchasing services-authored "Process Innovation: A Practical Approach" in the National Association of Educational Buyers Bulletin.

.....Jean Kimball, English-published the essay "Eros and Logos in Ulysses: A Jungian Pattern" in the anthology Gender in Joyce.

.....Catherine Farris, anthropology-had the paper, "Cross-Sex Peer Conflict and the Discursive Production of Gender in a Chinese Preschool in Taiwan," accepted for publication in the Journal of Pragmatics in 1998.

.....Jay Lees, history-authored Anselm of Havelberg: Deeds into Words in the Twelfth Century.

.....Kevin O'Kane, computer science-co-authored "A Case Study of a MUMPS Internet Patient Record" in the Journal of the Health Care Information and Management Systems Society.

.....Nasir Omar, Rod Library-published a book review of Information Systems Outsourcing Decision Making : A Managerial Approach in the Journal of Government Information.

.....Jennie Wang, English-published the book Novelistic Love in the Platonic Tradition: Fielding, Faulkner, and the Postmodernist. Wang also published "An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim" in Speaking of the Short Story: Interviews with Contemporary Writers.

.....Chris Ogbondah, communication studies-authored "Communication and Democratization in Africa" in the Gazette: The International Journal for Communication Studies.

.....Katherine von Wormer and Mary Boes, social work-have published "Social Work with Homeless Women in Emergency Rooms: A Strengths-Feminist Approach" in the winter issue of AFFILIA. von Wormer also authored "Substance Abusing Women and Eating Disorders" in Gender and Addictions, Men and Women in Treatment.

.....Roy Behrens, art-authored articles on "Wally, Bucky, and Frankie: Morman Brosterman's Inventing Kindergarten" and "Rudolf Arnheim: The Bauhaus in Dessau" in the November/December issue of Print magazine.

.....Ernest Raiklin, economics-will have two articles published in the International Journal of Social Economics. Raiklin has two books being published in Russia: Macroeconomics: GDP and the Business Cycles (the Classical, New Classical and New Keynesian Approaches), and Macroeconomics: Unemployment and Inflation. Raiklin's paper, "On the Relativity of the Concepts of Needs, Wants, Scarcity and Opportunity Cost" published in the International Journal of Social Economics received a citation of excellence and was judged to be "of the highest quality" by ANBAR Electronic Intelligence.

.....Albert Gilgen, psychology-recently co-authored and published the book Soviet and American Psychology During World War II.

Presentations/lectures/exhibitions

.....Dean Kruckeberg, public relations-presented three papers at the national convention of the National Communication Association Nov. 19-21. The papers were: "Public Relations as Community: Embracing Internationalism"; "Multicultural Perspectives in Public Relations Ethics: An Attempt at Building Consensus"; and "Application of Public Relations Community Building in Middle East-Arab Culture." Kruckeberg also presented "Testing Your E.Q.-Ethical Quotient" at the monthly meeting of the Siouxland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America Dec. 11 in Sioux City.

.....Chris Ogbondah, communication studies-had his paper "Human Rights and Public Relations: The Nigerian Military Government's Damage Control Campaign to Win Back International Support" accepted for presentation at the annual conference of the International Academy of Business Disciplines April 2-5 in San Francisco.

.....Ann Vernon, educational leadership & counseling-recently conducted two workshops in Canada on applications of rational-emotive behavior therapy with children and adolescents. She also presented materials from her soon-to-be-published counseling curriculums on developmentally-appropriate counseling interventions for children and adolescents at the Iowa Counseling Association meeting.

.....Anthony Gabriele, educational psychology & foundations-presented "Learning From Skilled Peers: The Effects of Motivational Goal Orientation on Low Achievers' Collaborative Problem-Solving" at the Iowa Educational Research and Evaluation Association annual conference Dec. 5 in Cedar Rapids.

.....Kathleen Kerr, HPELS- presented workshops in international dance and a lecture on folklore and dance of the Balkans Nov. 14-16, at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

.....Bob Lee, teaching-presented "Track-by Yourself" at the IAHPERD State Convention Nov. 13 in Des Moines.

.....Linda Quinn, Merrie Schroeder and Judy Beckman, teaching-co-presented the paper "Achieving Excellence in Professional Development Partnerships" at NAU's Center for Excellence in Education Partnership Conference .

.....Michael Fanelli, teaching, and Fred Rees, music-presented, "Using Interactive Televised Instruction to Extend Curricular Goals" Nov. 21-22 at the Iowa Music Educators Conference in Ames. Rees also co-presented the clinic "New Teachers for a New Era: Implementing Change," and presented a session with UNI graduate music education students titled "A Showcase of Iowa Educators' Projects Using HyperStudio, PowerPoint, and the Web."

.....Archana Daya Shankar, communication studies-presented three papers, "The Foreign-Born Instructors in American Classrooms"; "Speech Accommodation of the Foreign-Born Students for Oral Communication Classrooms"; and "International Perspective on Public Relations in Multinational Corporations" Nov. 23-27 at the National Communication Conference in Chicago.

.....Leigh Zeitz, teaching-presented a session on "Developing Critical and Creative Thinking through Technology" Jan. 14 at the North Iowa Technology Fair at the North Iowa Area Community College. Zeitz also presented "Integrating the World Wide Web into Your Curriculum" at the University of Bath in England, and was an invited speaker at the South East Asian Teacher and Counselor Conference Organization (SETCCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He presented three sessions in Malaysia: "Making Sense of It All: Using Technology to Help Students Organize Information"; "Integrating the World Wide Web into Your Curriculum"; "Introduction to HyperStudio." After the conference, Zeitz presented "Introduction to HyperStudio" workshops at three campuses of the Institute of Technology of Malaysia.

.....Michele Yehieli and Susan Koch, HPELS-co-authored three papers presented at the European Conference of the International Union of Health Promotion and Education Nov. 9-12 in Herzliya, Israel. The papers were: "Attitudes and Beliefs About Breastfeeding Among American College Students: A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study"; "Breastfeeding Knowledge and Infant Feeding Resources Among Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel: Lactation Promotion Strategies for Resettled Refugees"; and "The University of Northern Iowa Global Health Corps: Building Domestic and International Alliances for Health Promotion and Sustainable Human Development."

.....Jeffery Byrd, art, recently presented a performance art piece at New York City's Greenwich House as part of the OneMany Performance/New Music Festival.

Awards/honors/service

.....Dean Kruckeberg, public relations-was elected academic co-chair of the Commission on Public Relations Education. The commission will make curricular guidelines and recommendations for public relations education in the United States that will be in effect for the next decade.

.....Bob Lee, teaching-received the Northeast Iowa District 1A cross country coach of the year award Dec. 13 at the Iowa Association of Track Coaches Awards Banquet in Ames.

.....Rick Vanderwall and Don Darrow, teaching-received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for their Ernest L. Boyer Technology Summit World Wide Web project, Rural Urban Shakespeare Team Iowa Chicago. The project connects Price Laboratory School and The Whitney Young School of Chicago in a study of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

.....Mohammed Rawwas and K.N. Rajendran, marketing-their manuscript, "The Influence of Nationalism and World-Mindedness on Consumer Perceptions in Evaluating Domestic and Foreign Products," received a citation of excellence and was judged to be "of the highest quality" by ANBAR Electronic Intelligence.