Fall 05 (pdf) - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

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UW OSHKOSH MAGAZINE
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UW OSHKOSH MAGAZINE
William Wresch, professor, management information systems, coauthored with
J. Ben Arbaugh, professor, management, wrote “International Online Management
Education Courses: A Study of Participation Patterns” in The Internet and
Higher Education, spring 2005.
Awards and Honors
James Alderson, technical director, theatre, was elected vice president of the
Midwest section of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, May
2005.
Bryan L. Bain, assistant director, undergraduate advising resource center, was
elected Council Member to the Oshkosh Common Council, April 2005.
Karen Bowen, student academic affairs officer, Letters and Science, was elected
to third term of the State Superintendent’s Charter School Advisory Committee
by the state superintendant, fall 2005.
Laurence Carlin, assistant professor, philosophy, won the Colin and Ailsa
Turbayne International Berkeley Essay Prize Competition sponsored by the
International Berkeley Society, fall 2005.
Sharon Chappy, assistant professor, nursing, won the Writer’s Contest Award
in the research category from the Association of PeriOperative Registered
Nurses (AORN), New Orleans, La., spring 2005.
Martin Gruberg, professor, political science, was a delegate at the Biennial
Convention of the American Civil Liberties Union, New Orleans, La., summer
2005.
Robert Hayashi, assistant professor, English, was elected to the panel on
“Innovations in Stewardship: What Stories Do We Tell?” at the National Park
Service Pacific West Region General Conference, Portland, Ore., summer 2005.
Daniel Lehrmann, professor, geology, awarded the SNC Manufacturing, Inc.
endowed professorship, Oshkosh, fall 2005.
Marie Martin, office operations associate, University Relations, was elected vice
president for programs, American Association of University Women, Oshkosh
branch, May 2005.
William Mode, professor, geology, was appointed to the Joint Board of Professional
Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists of the State Department of
Regulation and Licensing by Governor James Doyle, spring 2005; he also was
appointed a member of the Mapping Advisory Committee of the Wisconsin
Geological and Natural History Survey by State Geologist James Robertson, fall
2004.
Gail Panske, professor and department chair, art, had her piece “Templum:
Sequences” accepted for exhibition at Bakalar Gallery, Boston, Mass., fall 2005.
Kelli Saginak, assistant professor, counselor education, was elected vice president
elect of post-secondary education by the Wisconsin School Counseling
Association, 2005.
Burk Tower, professor, management and entrepreneurship, was named a Wisconsin
Idea Professor by the UW-System, fall 2005; also was given the American
Association for Leisure and Recreation Tommy Wilson Award, fall 2005.
Robert Weber, associate professor, kinesiology and health, was awarded the
Tommy Wilson Award for outstanding contributions to recreational programming
for individuals with disabilities at the American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Convention, Chicago, Ill.,
spring 2005.
Presentations
James Alderson, technical director, theatre, presented “Tricks and Tips for
Teaching Stagecraft” at the annual meeting of the United States Institute for
Theatre Technology, Toronto, Ontario, spring 2005.
J. Ben Arbaugh, professor, management, presented “Nature or Nurture? Testing
the Direct and Interaction Effects of Entrepreneurial Orientation, National
Culture and Growth Strategy on Value Creation” at the annual Babson Kauffman
Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Wellesley, Mass., summer 2005.
Michael Ford, associate dean, Education and Human Services, presented “Successfully
Reaching All Readers: Differentiated Instruction in Literacy Programs”
at the Rearden Literacy Professional Development Workshop, Dubai United
Arab Emirates; “Are You Listening? Listening Comprehension as the Missing
Link to Reading Comprehension” at the International Reading Association
annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas., spring 2005; “Learning from Exemplary
Teachers” and “Success For All Readers: Differentiating Instruction through
Flexible Grouping,” at the annual NESA International School Teacher Conference,
Istanbul, Turkey, summer 2005.
Michael Godfrey, assistant professor, operations management, presented
“Teaching Supply Chain Coordination with Excel Solver” at the 16th Annual
Production and Operations Management Society, Chicago, Ill., spring 2005.
Martin Gruberg, professor, political science, presented “Lessons from Disasters”
and “Lenny Bruce and Howard Stern: The Politics of Being Offensive”
at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting; “Death from the
Air” at the Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago, Ill.,
spring 2005; “Whither James Jeffords?: The Politics of Bolting” at the American
Political Science Association annual meeting, Chicago, Ill.; and “Faulty Intelligence”
at the annual American Political Science Association, Washington,
D.C., fall 2005.
Martin Gruberg, professor, political science, co-presented “People’s Choice
and Legislative Proscription” at the Wisconsin Political Science Association,
Milwaukee annual meeting, fall 2005.
Willis Hagen, professor, business law, presented “Theory and Techniques
for the Distribution of Income for Taxation of Multinational Enterprises” at
American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences annual meeting, Las
Vegas, Nev., winter 2005; “Let’s Change the Alternative Minimum Tax” at the
North Atlantic Regional Business Law Association annual meeting, Boston,
Mass., spring 2005.
Marilyn Hart, professor, operations management, presented “Can I Trust the
Accuracy of Statistical Results from the Computer? How To Test the Accuracy
of SPC Software” at the Wester Decision Science Institute, Vancouver, Canada,
spring 2005.
Marianne Johnson, associate professor, economics, presented “Charitable
Organizations as a Substitute for Government: A Comparative Survey of the
U.S. and Estonia” at the annual Tartu Conference on North American Studies,
Tartu, Estonia, spring 2005.
Judy Lambert, professor, reading education, presented “Conceptually Driven
Assessment Implemented Throughout an Advanced Graduate Reading Program”
at the International Reading Association annual meeting, San Antonio,
Texas; and “Raising Literacy Standards: A Team Approach” at the annual Silver
Lake College Special Education Conference, Manitowoc, spring 2005.
Michael Lizotte, director, Aquatic Research Laboratory, presented “Exopolymer
Production in Arctic Sea Ice Diatoms” for the American Society for
Limnology and Oceanography annual meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain,
summer 2005.
Ronald Marks and Stanley Sibley, professors, marketing, “Distance Education
and Learning Styles: Some Interesting Results” at the International Applied
Business Research Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, winter 2005.
William McConkey, director, marketing and community relations for Lifelong
Learning and Community Engagement, presented “Professional Interpersonal
Communication in the Workplace” and “In Teams We Are All Leaders: Principles
of Leadership, Leading People and Leading Changes” at Lutheran Social
Services, Appleton; “Bringing Out the Best in Other People” to Wisconsin
Funeral Directors Association, Sturgeon Bay; “Office Politics of Professional
Communication” to Mercury Marine executives, Green Lake, summer 2005;
and “Staying Positive” for Project Management Institute, Kimberly, fall 2005.
Susan McFadden, professor, psychology, presented “Dementia, Creativity and
the Defiant Power of the Human Spirit” at the First International Conference
on Creative Expression, Communication and Dementia, Vancouver, British
Columbia, spring 2005.
Jennifer Mihalick, associate professor, chemistry, presented “Thermochemistry
in Environmental/Biogeochemical Research: Metal Binding by Polysaccharides”
twice at the American Chemical Society annual meeting; once to the general
assembly and once to the Division of Physical Chemistry, San Diego, Calif.,
spring 2005.
William Mode, professor, geology, co-presented “A Sedimentary Record of
Late Glacial Events in the Fox River Lowland, East-Central Wisconsin” and
“A Diatom-Based Paleolimnological Study of Rush Lake, Wisconsin” at the
North-Central Section of the Geological Society of America annual meeting,
Minneapolis, Minn., spring 2005.
Soo-Young Moon, associate professor, marketing, presented “An Exploratory
Investigation on the Impact of Price in the Retail Grocery Market” at the Fifth
Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business, Honolulu, Hawaii,
spring 2005.
Jan Norton, director, Center for Academic Resources, presented “13 Ways
of Looking at a Learning Center” at the National College Learning Centers
Association Summer Institute for Directors of Tutorial Programs and Learning
Centers, Kenosha, summer 2005.
Jean Peterson, lecturer, mathematics, presented “Using an Animated Power-
Point Presentation to Teach Transformations of Functions” at the annual
Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Honolulu, Hawaii, winter 2005.
Kenneth Price, associate professor, mathematics, presented “Math Majors in
Jeopardy!” at the Joint Meetings of the Mathematical Association of America
and American Mathematical Society, Atlanta, Ga., winter 2005; and “Generic
Lie Color Algebras” at Groups, Rings and Algebras: A conference in honor of
Donald S. Passman’s 65th birthday, Madison, spring 2005.
Barbara Rau, human resources and interim associate vice chancellor for Academic
Affairs, presented “Student Expectations and Preferences for Internship
Experiences: A Cross-Functional Analysis of Human Resources Versus Other
Business Majors” at the Fourth Conference on Innovative Teaching in Human
Resources and Industrial Relations, Salt Lake City, Utah, spring 2005.
Kelli Saginak, assistant professor, counselor education, presented “Support for
Transforming Your Program” and “Leadership with Administration: Securing
Administrative,” at the American School Counseling Association annual meeting,
Orlando, Fla., 2005.
James Simmons, professor, political science, co-presented “The Social Architecture
of Political Segmentation” at the Midwest Political Science Association
annual meeting, Chicago, Ill., fall 2005.
Joan Naomi Steiner, assistant professor, and Joan Lea Simmons, associate
professor, reading education, along with public school representatives, presented
“Reading Professionals as Change Agents: Practical Implications of PI 34 and
Educator Standards” at the Wisconsin State Reading Association annual meeting,
February 2005.
Robert Stelzer, assistant professor, biology and microbiology, and student Tara
Kent, presented “The Effects of Deposited Fine Sediment on the Growth and
Behavior of Physa Snails” at the North American Benthological Society annual
meeting, New Orleans, La., spring 2005.
Burk Tower, professor, management and entrepreneurship, and Susan
Schierstedt, director, Wisconsin Family Business Forum, presented “Do Family
Meetings Really Matter? Their Relationship To Planning and Performance
Outcomes” at the United States Association for Small Business and Enterprise
annual conference, Palm Springs, Calif., winter 2005.
James Tsao, professor and chairman, journalism, presented “Predictors for
Internet Usage of Adolescents” at the United States International Association for
Media and Communication Research annual meeting, Taipei, Taiwan, fall 2005.
Michael Umlor, assistant professor, physics and astronomy, presented “Magnetic
Anisotropy Induced by Deposition Angle” for the American Physical
Society annual meeting, Los Angeles, Calif., spring 2005.
Dana Vaughan, associate professor, biology, presented “Methanol Retinotoxicity
in the Cone-Dominant Ground Squirrel Retina,” “Effect of a Y9944 on
the Cone-Dominant Ground Squirrel Retina” and “Vulnerability of Rods and
Cones to Oxidant Stress May Be Related to Low Levels of Glutathione” to the
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting, Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla., spring 2005.
Elizabeth Wade-Sirabian, associate professor, foreign languages and literatures,
presented “Deviled Eggs: In the Kitchen With a Late-Medieval Student of the
Darker Arts” at the 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies annual
meeting, Kalamazoo, Mich., spring 2005.
Robert Weber, associate professor, kinesiology and health, presented “Fishing:
A Lifetime Leisure Transitional Skill for Participants and an Opportunity for
University Students To Learn Administrative Skills” and “Kinematic Analysis
of the Jumping Pattern of a Female With Maple Syrup Urine Disease: A
Case Study” at the International Symposium on Adapted Physical Activity,
Verona, Italy, summer 2005; “Fishing: A Lifetime Leisure Activity That Has
NO Boundaries,” “Kinematic Analysis of the Jumping Pattern of a Male With
Sanfilippo B Syndrome” at the 34 th Midwest Symposium on Therapeutic
Recreation and Adapted Physical Activity, Springfield, Ill., spring 2005;
“Engagement: Student Learning While Serving Leading to Research” at the
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
National Convention, Chicago, Ill., spring 2005.
Peter Westort, associate professor, accounting, presented “The Impact of
Tax Preparers on Horizontal Equity” at the annual Western Region American
Accounting Association Meeting, Sacramento, Calif., spring 2005.
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William Wresch, professor, management information systems, presented
“I.T. Foundations for E-Commerce: A Survey of Executives in Five Carribean
Countries” at the 11th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems,
Omaha, Neb., summer 2005.
Grants
The grants listed began between Dec. 31, 2004 and June 1, 2005, and represent
those projects that have received funding for $5,000 or more. They are listed by
project director.
Stephen Bentivenga, biology/microbiology, Plants and Soil Microbes, Year 2,
$21,695, National Science Foundation/University of Pennsylvania.
Lori Carrell, communication, UW System Office of Professional and Instructional
Development (OPID) Teaching Forum, $5,000, UW System OPID.
Rebecca Cleveland, nursing, Wisconsin Youth in Nursing, $7,400, Northeast
Wisconsin Area Health Education Center.
Rocio Cortes, foreign languages and literatures, Mexica-Tenochca Projections
and Reflections in the Colonial Period, $7,000, UW System-Institute on Race
and Ethnicity.
Craig Fiedler, special education, Refugee Teacher Training, $25,000, Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction.
Michael Ford, Education and Human Services, UW System PK-16 TQI,
$19,304; Accelerated Licensing Program for Early Childhood Professionals,
$10,000, UW System.
Muriel Hawkins, division of Academic Support, PreCollege Programs,
$157,000, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
Toivo Kallas, biology/microbiology, Redox Regulation and Function-Quinone
Reductase Site, $119,826, National Science Foundation.
Stephen Kercher, history, Teaching American History, $55,982, CESA 6.
Greg Kleinheinz, biology/microbiology, Door County Beach Contamination
Project, $39,720; Door County Soil and Water Conservation Department;
$56,000, Door County Health Department; Transient Non-Community Well
Testing, $28,480, Vilas County Public Health Department; $5,280, Ashland
County Health Department; Beach Monitoring of Kewaunee, Ashland, Bayfield,
$33,450, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Richard Krueger, Center for Community Partnerships, UW Extension Small
Business Development Center, $84,556, UW Extension/Small Business Administration/
Small Business Development Center.
Mark Lattery, physics/astronomy, Modeling Physical Science, $56,702, UW
Systems/Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title II.
Michael Lizotte, biology/microbiology, Training Citizens for Self-Help Monitoring
of the Winnebago Pool, $11,866, Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources.
Byron Malsin, $102,708, Fox Valley Workforce Development Board;
$939,573, Wisconsin Division of Workforce Development; $46,000, Oshkosh
Area School District; $36,857, Milwaukee County Department of Health and
Human Services; $30,000, Kimberly-Clark; $55,501 and $18,500, Winnebago
Department of Health and Human Services; $67,521, Winnebago County;
and grants in the amounts of $16,000, $134,000, $1,852,636, $37,238 and
$1,338,620 from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
Susannah Sandrin, Women and Science, Children’s Literature and Science
Program, $66,899, UW System–Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Todd Sandrin, biology/microbiology, MentorNet Training Meeting, $5,622,
National Science Foundation/Wisconsin Alliance Participation.
Todd Sandrin and Lisa Dorn, biology/microbiology, Understanding Viruses:
The Next Generation Undergraduate Virology Textbook, $75,000, National
Science Foundation.
Jennifer Wenner, geology, Teaching Quantitative Skills-Geosciences, $5,725,
Carleton College/National Science Foundation.
Leona Whitman, nursing, Living Healthy Community Clinic, $13,747,
Oshkosh United Way; $130,000, Winnebago County Human Services;
$160,000, Mercy Foundation.
Robert Wise, biology/microbiology, Monitoring Leaf Temperature Dynamics
During Stress, $14,368, U.S. Department of Agriculture.