Dave Hoing, Rod Library, will have his short story, "Till Human Voices Wake Us," published in Short Story magazine, Vol. 11, #2, in fall 2004.

Katherine van Wormer, Social Work, has published "Confronting Oppression, Restoring Justice: From Policy Analysis to Social Action," (2004), Alexandria, VA: Council on Social
Work Education.

Samuel Gladden, English Language & Literature, had his article, "Dracula’s Earnestness: Stoker’s Debt to Wilde," accepted for publication in English Language Notes.

Jim O'Loughlin, English Language & Literature, had an excerpt of the article "Articulating Uncle Tom's Cabin," originally published in New Literary History, republished in A Routledge Literary Sourcebook on Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

William Clohesy, Philosophy & Religion, had an article, "Interrogating Human Rights: What Purpose? Whose Duty?" published in Business and Society Review 109:1(April 2004): pp 43-65.

Mary Frisbee Johnson, Art, had a project description and student illustration published in the new drawing textbook 100 Creative Drawing Ideas published in 2004.

Kenneth Atkinson, Philosophy & Religion, had published the book, Judaism (Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004), as part of a series intended for high schools and other non-academic audiences.

Harry Brod, Philosophy & Religion, authored the article, "The Passions of the Right: The Politics of Mel Gibson's ‘The Passion of the Christ.’" It is posted at the Web site of Tikkun magazine, www.tikkun.org, under the heading "Gibson's Passion as Subversion of Christianity."

Harry Brod, Philosophy & Religion, was a speaker at the Prevent Child Abuse Nebraska Conference (in a co-presentation with Karen Mitchell, Communication Studies) and the White Privilege Conference at Central College in Pella, Iowa.

Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure, English Language & Literature, made two presentations, "'Jazz Moments in Gayl Jones's Mosquito: 'Freedom of Movement--Spatial, Temporal, and Imaginative'" and "The Problematic Post-Colonial Discourse in V.S. Naipaul's Half a Life," at the National Association of African American Studies National Conference in February, Houston, Texas. At the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies National Conference on Feb. 19, in Houston, he presented "May Rwanda Always Have Seeds of Cattle and People: The Poetics of the Cow in the Ninth Path of Rwandan Court Rituals of Ubwiru" and "Women with the Music Inside: Feminist Aesthetics in Dolores Prida's Beautiful Senioritas."

Melissa L. Beall, Communication Studies, presented, "Mentoring Graduate Students and Junior Faculty," on April 1 at the Central States Communication Association. The week of May 24-28, she will present two workshops at the Russian Communication Association in Rostov-on-Don, Russia: One on Intercultural Communication and the second on Teaching Listening. Beal served as a respondent/critic for the First Annual Undergraduate Communication Scholars Research Conference at the recent Western States Communication Association. In addition, she was a speaker on a panel, "Widening Our Author's Circle: Textbook Authors Discuss Their Motivation and Work" and presented a session, "Teaching Listening in K-12 and University Classrooms."

Dean Kruckeberg and Marina Vujnovic, Communication Studies, presented "A Reconceptualization of the Construct of the 'Public' Within a Global Context and From an Interpersonal Theoretical Perspective," March 13 at the 7th Annual Interdisciplinary Public Relations Research Conference, in South Miami, Fla. At the same conference, Kruckeberg co-presented "A Composite Index by Country of Variables Related to the Likelihood of the Existence of 'Cash for News Coverage,'" and he was a presider for Research Discussions II. At the April 2 annual convention of the Central States Communication Association in Cleveland, he co-presented "Cash for News Coverage and Freedom of Press." Kruckeberg participated on a panel of professionals, in an ethics project presentation and in a Media Criticism class March 31 at Wartburg College, Waverly.

Mary Frisbee Johnson, Art, had a sterling silver brooch titled "Egypt," selected for exhibition in the June Crafts National 38 at the Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University. As part of the Anti-War Medal Exhibition, her medal also will be exhibited at the Electrum Gallery in London in May.

Chris Ogbondah, Communication Studies, was the featured author, drummer and folk storyteller at a three-day book-signing event, "Voices and Rhythms of Africa," at University Book & Supply, April 27-29.

Mary Bozik and Melissa Beall, Communication Studies, were panelists in a session, "Teaching Styles and Strategies: A Discussion Prompted by Trigger Lessons," at the April Central States Communication Convention.

Samuel Gladden, English Language & Literature, presented a paper titled, "Unacknowledged Legislation: Women’s Rights and the Vanishing Points of Patriarchy," to the Oxford Round Table. He also delivered responses to two other papers presented to the roundtable.

Robert Washut, Music, performed with Orquesta Alto Maiz at the Madrid Theater in Kansas City, Mo. on March 26. He presented a jazz arranging clinic and served as adjudicator at the Reno, Neb. Jazz Festival, April 23-24.

Betty DeBerg, Philosophy & Religion, has been appointed to the American Academy of Religion's Task Force on Religion in the Schools, charged with expanding and improving the teaching of religion in K-12 curricula.

Grant Tracey, English Language & Literature, had a short story, "Come On, You're Dead," nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the award-winning writer Robert Garner McBrearty. The story originally appeared in Green Hills Literary Lantern (Summer 2003).

Susan Rochette-Crawley, English Language & Literature, won the "Editor's Choice Award" for her poem, "Separation," in the online publication, Poetry.Com.

The Northern Iowan (NI), the UNI student newspaper, placed first in two categories at the College Newspaper Business & Advertising Managers Inc. (CNBAM) conference March 23 - 28 in Seattle.

Cate Palczewski, Communication Studies, received the George Ziegelmueller Outstanding Debate Educator Award at the National Debate Tournament held at Catholic University. The award recognizes an individual who has distinguished him or herself in the communication profession while coaching teams to competitive success.

Christopher Martin, Communication Studies, received the book award for Best Single Author Work in Popular Culture Study for 2003 from The Popular Culture Association at its meeting in San Antonio for his recent book "Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media," (Cornell University Press).

Teresa Hilbert, Maucker Union won the 2003 ACU-I Region 10
Siggelkow-Starr award for outstanding contribution to and exhibited exceptional leadership within Region 10.

Melissa Beall, Commuication Studies, was elected by the Western States Communication Association Executive Council to serve on the WSCA 2004-2005 nominating committee.

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