…Allison Stringer, HPELS, published an article titled “Both
Promise and Peril: Information Technology and Experiential Education” in
The Journal of Experiential Education, (Fall, 1999). Vol. 22(2). Pp. 61-70.
…The findings from Sue Joslyn’s, HPELS, article titled “Racial
Differences in Breast Carcinoma Survival” published in CANCER were featured
in the Tuesday, Feb. 22 issue of the Health and Fitness section of The New York
Times. This article presented information regarding information focused on African-American
women and breast cancer.
…Patricia L. Sitlington, Special Education, is lead author of a
recently published textbook titled Transition Education and Services for Adolescents
with Disabilities (3rd ed.), published by Allyn & Bacon.
…Mike Klassen, Marketing, will publish an article, “At the
Intersection of Demand Creation and Demand Fulfillment: Which Schools are Getting
There First and Why?” in the Journal of Marketing for Higher Education.
…Steve Thorpe, Economics, had two papers accepted for publication:
“Automobile-Related Environmental Policies in a Spatial Model: Lessons
from Theory,” is forthcoming in the Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy;
and “Fuel Economy Standards versus Taxes as Environmental Policy Instruments,”
is forthcoming in the Journal of Economics.
…Dan McDonald, HPELS, and Terri McDonald, Malcolm Price Laboratory
School, published an article titled “Festival and Event Management: an
Experiential Approach to Curriculum Design” in Event Management. Vol. 6(1).
Pp. 5-13.
…Donna Thompson, HPELS, published an article in March titled “Playing
Safe on School Playgrounds?” in Iowa Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development: Iowa Educational Leadership, vol. 2:6, pp. 2-3.
…Donna Thompson and Susan D. Hudson, HPELS, authored a chapter
titled “Reducing ‘Risk’ on Playgrounds” in Guddemi, M.,
Jambor, T., & Skrupskelis, A., Play in a Changing Society, Little Rock Arkansas:
Southern Early Childhood Association, pp. 61-62. Hudson and Thompson also published
an article in March titled “How Safe is Your Playground” in the Journal
of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, vol. 71(3), pp. 19.
…Donna Thompson, Susan D. Hudson and Mick Mack, HPELS,
authored an article titled “The In’s and Out’s of Designing Play
Areas for Early Childhood Settings” in Early Childhood News: The Journal
of Professional Development, March/April, vol. 12(2), pp. 6-8, 10-13. The three
authors also published articles titled “Planning Playgrounds for Children
of All Abilities,” in School Planning & Management, pp. 35-40; and
“Making Playgrounds Safe” in Children and Families: The Magazine of
the National Head Start Association, vol. 15:2.
…Charline Barnes, Curriculum and Instruction, co-authored (with
Floyd Bumpers, UNI alumnus) a photohistorical book titled Iowa’s
Black Legacy. The book was featured in the Des Moines Register, Waterloo-Cedar
Falls Courier and Burlington’s The Hawkeye newspapers.
…Roy R. Behrens, Art, has published an essay titled “Legs,
Logos and Ethology: So Just How Graphic Is Graphic Design?” in editor Steven
Heller’s, Sex Appeal: The Art of Allure in Graphic and Advertising Design
(New York: Allworth Press, 2000).
…Chris W. Ogbondah, Communication Studies, has had an article, “The
tribulations of the Nigerian press under General Abacha’s dictatorship,”
accepted for publication in Afrika Spectrum, an international journal.
…Roy R. Behrens, Art, has been invited to teach a course this summer
on “Artists, Inventors and Visionaries: Making Surprising Connections in
Art, Science and Daily Life” at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
…Linda Walsh, Psychology, presented “Use of a ‘Walking
Tour’ Library Scavenger Hunt to Introduce Freshmen to the Library and Psychology
Resources,” at the Midwest Institute for Teachers of Psychology in Glen
Ellyn, Ill., March 3-4.
…Angeleita Floyd, Music, was a guest artist at Middle Tennessee
State University Flute Festival on Feb. 20, where she presented a master class
and directed the Festival Honors Flute Choir.
…Mike Klassen, Marketing, presented a paper, “Promotional Images
of Higher Education: Are We Misleading Students?” at the American Marketing
Association Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education in New Orleans.
Klassen, with Mohammed Rawwas, Marketing, also presented a paper at the
Academy of Business Disciplines in Ft. Myers: “Verbal and Nonverbal Information
of American, Japanese and European Auto Advertisements in the U.S.”
…Celia Renner, Accounting, and Janet Rives, Economics, presented
a paper at the National Business and Economics society meetings in San Diego
titled, “The Significance of Gender in Explaining Executive Pay Variations.”
…Carey Kirk, Management, and Allan Rappaport, Finance, presented
a paper at the National Business and Economics society meetings titled, “The
Economics of Shifting Fraud Induced Losses to Innocent Third Parties: A Case
Study of the Winner-Take-All Character of the American Legal System.”
…Celia Renner, Accounting, will present a paper, “Educating
Future Accountants: Alternatives for Meeting the 150-Hour Requirement,”
at the International Applied Business Research Conference in Puerto Vallarta.
…Dick Followill, Finance, is presenting a paper, “Analyzing
the Points/Contract Rate Choice: A Wealth Maximization Model,” at the International
Applied Business Research Conference in Puerto Vallarta.
…Leslie Wilson, Management, presented “Launching the Team Project:
A Space Station Exercise to Simulate Common Project Management Problems,”
written with Roberta
M. Roth, Dale Cyphert and Rex A. Karsten, Management, at the
Annual Meeting of Midwest DSI.
…Steve Corbin, Marketing, presented a paper titled, “Six Classroom
Projects to Assess Students’ Skill in Analysis and Critical Thinking and
Students’ Skill in Synthesis and Creative Thinking,” at the Marketing
Management Association Fall 1999 Educators Conference.
…Matthew Kollasch, Education, presented “Slovakia 1994 -2000:
Professional and Personal Observations,” at the National Czech and Slovak
Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 28. He presented slides and discussed
his work in both the Orava Project and SK-Libris: The Slovak Free Flow of Information
Project.
…Ann Vernon, Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Postsecondary
Education (ELCPE), recently presented a workshop on REBT with Adolescents in
Tokyo, Japan.
…Cynthia Herndon and Kathleen Kerr, HPELS, and graduate teaching
assistant Ranae Keane, HPELS, presented lectures and master classes in
dance at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, Feb. 14-18 and consulted with
administration about a possible Masters Degree program in Dance Education at
that institution.
…Kathleen Kerr, HPELS, directed a performance of traditional Bosnian
dance by the UNI International Dance Theatre at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison on Jan. 29.
…Michelle L. Swanson and Barbara A. Heitzman, Malcolm Price
Laboratory School, presented “Expressive Arts in the Elementary Classroom”
at the annual national conference of NALS (National Association of Laboratory
Schools), in Boca Raton, Fla., in March. They discussed introductory activities
as well as focus lessons integrating the arts into the curriculum.
…Charline Barnes, Curriculum and Instruction, presented “More
Strategies for the Language Arts Classroom: A Hands-on Approach & On-line
with Adolescents: The E-mail Literacy Conversational Project” with UNI
students at the Iowa Reading Association Conference on April 7.
…Gloria Kirkland Holmes, Curriculum and Instruction, presented “Positive
Thinking: Stirring Joy,” and Kathryn Guzman, graduate assistant
in Curriculum and Instruction, presented “Stepping Outside of the Boundaries:
Choosing Careers in Technology” at the Fifth Annual Iowa African-American
Women’s Conference held March 17-18, in Waterloo.
…Kenneth Atkinson, Philosophy and Religion, presented a paper titled
“Dancing at Qumran? Women and Worship at the Dead Sea” at the Society
of Biblical Literature-American Schools of Oriental Research Regional Meeting,
April 2, in Kansas City, Mo.
…William W. Clohesy, Philosophy, presented his paper, “Seeking
Altruism in Kant’s Practical Philosophy,” at the Ninth International
Kant Congress, held March 26-31 in Berlin.
…Mohammad Z. Iqbal, Earth Science, along with students Keri B.
Drenner, Kelly M. Knight and Craig A. Welsh, will be presenting
their research “Geochemical Transformation and Residence of Inorganic Ions
in Two Small Lakes in Iowa,” at the annual meeting of the North central
Section of the Geological Society of America, April 6-7, in Indianapolis, Ind.
…Christine Macfarlane and Patricia Sitlington, Special Education,
are serving as mediators for the Iowa Department of Education. They have been
trained to mediate and resolve issues in regard to appropriate educational services
for students with disabilities.
…Dave Hakes, Economics, has been named a recipient of the prestigious
Regents Faculty Excellence Award. This award is given by the Regents to recognize
faculty who have “sustained records of excellence across the spectrum of
faculty endeavors (teaching, scholarship/creative activity, and service.”
…Steve Thorpe, Economics, chaired a session on the economics of
controlling water pollution during the Southern Economic Association Meetings
in New Orleans.
…Steve Corbin, Marketing, was selected to serve for a three-year
term of office on the Marketing Management Association Board of Directors.
…Ann Vernon, Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Postsecondary
Education (ELCPE), will be awarded the 2000 Professional Leadership Award for
the American Association of Counselor Education and Supervisors.
…Charline Barnes, Curriculum and Instruction, was appointed chair
of the International Reading Association Teacher as Researcher Committee for
2000-2001, her second year on the committee. She also served on the Waterloo
Planning Committee for the Fifth Annual Iowa African-American Women’s Conference
held March 17-18, in Waterloo.
…Faculty from the Department of Communication Studies have received
the following awards:
The Iowa Journal of Communication, Spring 1999, vol. 31, no. 1, won a State
Journal Award from the Central States Communication Association (CSCA). The
editor of the journal is Sarina Chen, and the associated editor is Susan
Cusmano-Reans.
“Need Help ASAP!!!! A Call for the Development of Online Research Guidelines
and Protocols” (Iowa Journal of Communication, vol. 31, no. 1, 1999) by
G. Jon Hall and Douglas J. Frederick, a UNI alumnus and doctoral
student at the University of Iowa, won a State Journal Manuscript Award.
The awards will be presented at the CSCA Convention Business Meeting in Detroit
on Friday, April 14.
…Dean Kruckeberg, Communication Studies, was a senior judge for
the national competition of the 2000 Public Relations Society of America Silver
Anvil Awards March 24 and 25 in Minneapolis. He also was co-respondent for the
top three competitive papers at the Public Relations Society of America Educators
Academy conference in Miami on March 31.
…Jill Uhlenberg, coordinator of the UNI Child Development Center,
will take office as president-elect of the National Coalition for Campus Children’s
Centers at the organization’s annual conference in Chicago, April 12-15.
Uhlenberg has been a board member for seven years, including two years as secretary
and one year as treasurer. She will serve one year each as president-elect,
president, and past-president.
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