Presentations

Eunice Doman Myers, associate professor of Spanish, gave the paper "Exploring the Heart of the Tartar, the Depths of Hell: Rosa Montero’s El corazón del tártaro" Feb. 23 at a University of Louisville conference on 20th century literature.

Michael Palmiotto, professor of criminal justice, presented the papers "Criminal Justice Education: Challenge for the 21st Century" and "The Value of Agent-Based Modeling in Developing Models of Police Behavior" at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting March 5-9 in Anaheim, Calif.

Mark Schneegurt, assistant professor, biological sciences, presented the talk "Circadian Rhythms in the Unicellular Diazotrophic Cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142" for the biology department at Oklahoma State University and the biology department at Friends University.

Publications

Kenn Apel, chair and professor, communicative sciences and disorders, has co-authored the chapter "Technology and literacy: Decisions for the new millennium" in the book "Speaking, listening, reading, and writing in children with language disabilities." He also had the article "Serving students with spoken and written language challenges: It’s in the cards" published in The ASHA Leader.

Jeri Carroll, professor, curriculum and instruction, is the co-author of the two chapters "Technology in student teaching and internships" and "Technology in first-year teaching and professional development" published in the book "Preparing teachers to use technology."

Robin Cook, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction, and Marsha Gladhart, Project M3 director, College of Education, wrote the article "A survey of online instructional issues and strategies for post-secondary students with learning disabilities" published in the online journal Information Technology and Disabilities.

Abiola Dipeolu, senior staff psychologist, Counseling and Testing Center," has had her article "The Relationship between Dysfunctional Career Thoughts and Adjustment to Disability in College Students with Learning Disabilities" accepted for publication in the Journal of Career Assessment.

Orpha Duell and Marlene Schommer-Aikens, professors in the department of administration, counseling, educational and school psychology, had their article, "Measures of people’s beliefs about knowledge and learning," published in Educational Psychology Review.

Michael James, professor, curriculum and instruction, was the co-author of the book "From advisory to advocacy: Meeting every student’s needs," recently published by the National Middle School Association.

Michael Rogers, assistant professor of exercise science, co-authored the article "Water-based exercise improves health-related aspects of fitness in older adult women" published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Carolyn Shaw, assistant professor, political science, has had her article, "Limits to Hegemonic Influence in the Organization of American States," accepted for publication in The Journal of Latin American Politics and Society.

Emeriti status

James McKenney, who retired in December as associate professor of political science, was granted emeritus status. Walter Myers, College of Fine Arts dean and music professor, will be granted emeritus status when he retires this spring.

Grants

Mara Alagíc, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction, was awarded $69,981 by the Kansas Board of Regents for the project "TM Math: Teacher Made (Designed) Mathematics."

Don Blakeslee, professor, anthropology, was awarded $7,071 by Midwest Environmental Consultants Co. for the "Project in Harper County, Kansas."

Sandra Emery, assistant professor, curriculum and instruction, was awarded $35,000 by the Kansas Department of Education for the project "Preparing Effective Teachers for Children."

William Hays, associate professor, School of Community Affairs, was awarded $5,000 by the Kansas Area Agency on Aging for the project "Caregiving Campaign."

Frederick Hemans, associate professor, School of Art and Design, was awarded $10,000 by the Joukowsky Family Foundation for the project "Study and Conservation at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia, Greece."

Charles Koeber, assistant professor, sociology, was awarded $7,070 by the city of Wichita for the project "Displaced Worker Instructional Manual."

Michael Long, professor, public health sciences, was awarded $5,610 by the Kansas Joint Replacement Institute for the project "Graduate Research Assistant Support."

Viswanathan Madhavan, assistant professor, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and Dennis Siginer, College of Engineering dean, were awarded $398,751 by the National Science Foundation for the project "Innovation in Aircraft Manufacturing Through System-Wide Virtual Reality Models and Curriculum Integration." Madhavan also was awarded $12,000 by the Kansas Technology Corp. for the same project.

Mark McCain, general manager, KMUW FM-93 was awarded $149,464 by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the project "Radio Community Service Grant-2002."

Michael Papadakis, professor, aerospace engineering, was awarded $85,000 by NASA Glenn for the project "Water Droplet Impingement Program-Phase II." He received $57,258 by Sikorsky for the project "Simulated Ice Flight Test on a Sikorsky Helicopter." He was awarded $50,000 by KTEC for the project "Effect of Critical Ice Shapes on Finite Wing Geometries."

Ravi Pendse, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering, was awarded $60,000 by CISCO Systems for the project "Design and Deployment Issues: Internet-Enabled Automobiles."

Kathleen Perez, associate professor, sociology, was awarded $8,344 by the United Way for the project "Community Indicators Database."

Elia Salas, academic adviser, Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Center, was awarded $7,948 by the University of Kansas Medical Center for the project "Health Careers Pathways Program: Satellite Center-Wichita."

Mark Schneegurt, assistant professor, biological sciences, was awarded $119,011 from Kansas State University/Environmental Protection Agency/EPSCoR/KTEC for the project "Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Assays as Indicators of Toxic Metal Bioavailability in Soils."

Betty Smith-Campbell, assistant professor, School of Nursing, was awarded $10,329 by Health Care Access for the project "Outcome Evaluation Grant."

James Swan, professor, public health sciences, was awarded $3,000 by the Services Employees International Union for the "California State Reimbursement Reform Project."

Juanita Tate, School of Nursing chair, was awarded $20,000 by the Kansas Health Foundation for the project "Faculty Development Funding-Sterling Trust."

Mike Wood, executive director, Media Resources Center, was awarded $800 by the Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation of Kansas for the project "Developing a Benefits Specialist Network in Kansas."

Exhibits

David Hiltner, assistant professor of ceramics, and Kevin Mullins, curator of exhibitions, were jurors for the annual Bethany College Messiah Juried Student Art Exhibition in Lindsborg, Kan.

In the news

Jim Schaus, director of athletics, was quoted in a Feb. 27 Wichita Eagle article, "The athletic director," which was part of the paper’s coverage on Levitt Arena’s last home game Feb. 25. Schaus said he had been at Wichita State probably less than a week when he knew that Levitt Arena needed to be renovated.

Janet Harrah, Center for Economic Development and Business Research director, was quoted in a Feb. 28 Wichita Eagle article, "Wichita’s jobless rate jumps." Harrah said the area’s unemployment rate likely will continue rising through the first quarter of 2002. Harrah also was a source in a March 3 Wichita Eagle article, "Aircraft suppliers try to diversify." Harrah said how much effect the downturn will have on area subcontractors and their employees will depend on how long it lasts.

Ken Ciboski, associate professor, political science, was a source in a March 1 Wichita Eagle article, "AirTran deal passes without public airing." Ciboski said the City Council’s vote to approve the AirTran deal coming to Wichita was troublesome because the issue involved public funds and the public wasn’t given adequate notice about the meeting.

Brian Withrow, assistant professor, criminal justice, was a source in a March 2 Wichita Eagle article, "Deputies to record race of all contacts." Information will be collected for at least a year and will be analyzed by Withrow.

President Don Beggs was listed as one of 11 business and community leaders who have taped testimonials about why they support a downtown arena in Wichita. The article "Arena-induced tax not popular" was in the March 3 Wichita Eagle.

Elizabeth Dunbar, curator, Ulrich Museum of Art, was a source in the March 3 Wichita Eagle article "Your Art-You Choose." Dunbar said a special night for the public to vote on art selections is a way for the museum to highlight what it wants to buy and gauge the public’s opinion and reaction to it.

Dean Headley, associate professor of marketing and co-author of the national Airline Quality Rating, was an expert source in a Los Angeles Times story, ‘"Trusted’ Air Travelers Would Minimize Wait." Headley said that if you can take very frequent fliers and move them out of airport security lines, that changes the dynamics for passenger groups considerably. Headley also was a source in KWCH TV-12 stories Feb. 28 and March 1 on AirTran coming to Wichita.

John Jones, former online managing editor and English instructor, was interviewed for a Feb. 22 KSNW TV-3 story on students who cheat using the Internet. Jones says there are ways to fight Internet cheating.

Scott Miller, professor of aerospace engineering, was a source for a Feb. 28 KSNW TV-3 story on mathematical evidence being used to prove a theory on the BTK and Son of Sam killers. Miller says he doesn’t see mathematical proof of anything after spending several hours going over the theory.

Andra Bannister, associate professor, criminal justice, and director, Regional Community Policing Training Institute, was interviewed in late February by Rolling Stone magazine and USA Today about community policing training.

James Deskins, professor, School of Accountancy, said companies will demand more disclosure by accountants of their activities and that some consulting activities may be curbed in the March 8 Wichita Business Journal article "Local CPAs: Enron scandal will cause internal changes."

John Tomblin, research and development director, National Institute for Aviation Research, was featured in the March 8 Wichita Business Journal article "NIAR research aims to cut cost of certifying composite airplanes."

John Beehler, dean of the Barton School of Business, was quoted on the school’s Business Week activities in the March 8 Wichita Business Journal story "Business week at WSU designed to help students prepare."

President Don Beggs was quoted in a March 8 Wichita Eagle article, "House resurrects research bond bill." Beggs said WSU is looking for the opportunity to compete for federal funds.

Bill Wentz, distinguished professor emeritus and executive director emeritus of the NIAR, was a source in a March 8 Wichita Eagle article "‘Engineer’s engineer’ Stearman dies at 94." Wentz said Stearman loved engineering and flying.

J.C. Combs, professor, and Tom Fowler, associate professor, both of the School of Music, were sources in a March 8 Wichita Eagle article, "Prairie Pines tries jazz." Combs said the Barn at Prairie Pines setting provides the kind of intimacy you can’t get any place else. Fowler said the configuration of the Barn at Prairie Pines makes the hall a great place to hear the jazz combo.

Awards

Printing Services received 20 awards from the Wichita Club of Printing House Craftsmen. The awards included Best of Show for small presses and two international awards. They also received nine first-place awards, six second-place awards, two third-place awards.

New to WSU

Two new employees have joined the WSU Foundation. Jan Guthrie is the development director for the College of Engineering and Beth Chiles Hershberger is communications coordinator.

Jobs

WSU job opportunities can be accessed online at webs.wichita.edu/wsuhr or by calling the 24-hour Job Line, 978-3344.