Christopher Martin, Communication Studies, had a chapter published, "Writing Off Workers; The Decline of the U.S. and Canadian Labor Beats," in "Knowledge Workers in the Information Age" (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008) p. 19-35. Martin also had an essay, "Labor in the Media," published in the newly released International Encyclopedia of Communication (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008), a 12-volume International Communication Association project.

Christopher W. Larimer, Political Science, co-authored an article that appears in the February issue of American Political Science Review.

Jim O'Loughlin, English Language and Literature, published the critical article "Uncle Tom's Cabin as Dominant Culture" in The Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance. His short story, "A Part of Her," was awarded an honorable mention in a contest held by Write Around the Block. His poem, "As It Appears," appeared in Bent Pin Quarterly.

Katherine van Wormer, Social Work, has published an edited book "Restorative Justice Across the East and the West," ( Hong Kong: Casa Verde, 2008).

Dawn Rothe, Christopher Mulllins, and Kent Sandstrom, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, published "The Rwandan Genocide: International Finance Policies and Human Rights," in Social Justice, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2008).

Reza Lahroodi, Philosophy and Religion, published two papers: "Evaluating Need for Cognition: A Case Study in Naturalistic Epistemic Virtue Theory" in the journal Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 20, and "Collective Epistemic Virtues" in the journal Social Epistemology, Vol 21.

Chris Ogbondah, Communication Studies, published research papers in the book, "Freedom of the Press 2007: A Global Servey of Media Independence," January 2008.

William Clohesy, Philosophy and Religion, had an article, "Democracy as Trust in the Public Discourse" published in the current issue of Forum on Public Policy Online.

Rheta DeVries, Center for Early Developmental Education, and Christina Sales, Price Lab School, conducted a one-week pre-conference workshop for the Asian OMEP (World Organization for Preschool Education), Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 16-20, 2007.  DeVries was a keynote speaker for OMEP on  "Physics in Early Education," on Nov. 21, in Bangkok, Thailand. In December DeVries delivered the keynote address at the International  Conference on Mentoring Preschool Teachers, "Mentoring Preschool Teachers in Constructivist Early Education," in Tokyo, Japan. DeVries spoke to Tokyo University faculty on "Physics in Preschool Education: Ramps and Pathways."

Dean Kruckeberg, Communication Studies, presented the Annual Walker Fund Lecture Nov. 19 at the University of Northern Illinois, discussing "21st Century Challenges for Public Relations in a Global, Multicultural Society." He was a guest speaker in the Public Relations Writing class in the Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University, Nov. 20. Kruckeberg was a presenter at the pre-conference on Public Relations Pedagogy at the National Communication Association conference Annual Convention Nov. 14 in Chicago.

Juan Carlos Castillo, Modern Languages, will present his paper "The Other Basque Subversives: Athletic de Bilbao and Global Sport" at the Global Studies Conference in Chicago, May 16-18.

Harry Brod, Philosophy and Religion, delivered the keynote address at the Feb. 19 kickoff event for The Big Read: Waukee Reads: "The Shawl." The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.

Anne Lair, Modern Languages, presented "France: Examples of Food Court During the Second Empire" at the Seventh European Social Science History Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, in late February.

Erica Duffy, Art, participated in a group exhibition, "Phenomena I" running January through March at Spaces Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio.

Chris Ogbondah, Communication Studies, received a fellowship from the American Press Institute in Reston, Va., for a week-long residency program.

Melissa Beall, Communication Studies, presented "The Cognitive Connection: When You Want More Critical Thinking in Public Speaking" at the Western States Communication Association Convention in Denver, Colo., Feb. 18.

Jim O'Loughlin, English Language and Literature, received an honorable mention award for his short story "Demon Lover," in a contest held by Minnetonka Review.

Mary DeSoto and Robert Hitlan, Psychology, researched data linking mercury levels to autism and were published in the November edition of the Journal of Child Neurology, which was recently listed as the top hidden jewel by Faculty 1000 Biology. F1000 Biology is an index complied by 1300 biology researchers reviewing the most important papers published in biology. The top 10 list they appeared on was the one for "all of biology."

Candice York, UNI Child Development Center, has been appointed to The National Coalition for Campus Children’s Centers (NCCCC) Board of Directors for a three-year term.


Tom Schellhardt, Admnistration and Finance, has been appointed chair of the 2008 Annual Meeting Program Committee of the Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO). Schellhardt also will serve on the Annual Meeting host committee.

Dean Kruckeberg, Communication Studies, has been elected as one of the three U.S. Council representatives of the International Public Relations Association and is serving a two-year term beginning January 2008.

Martha J. Reineke, Philosophy and Religion, has been appointed to the publications committee of Imitatio, Inc., a new research and publications group focused on Rene Girard's mimetic theory.

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