Newsmakers
The following faculty and administrators were quoted or featured in recent issues of national and international newspapers and magazines:
The following were quoted or featured recently in The Virginian-Pilot: The following were quoted or featured recently in local, state and regional publications: The following were interviewed by the electronic media:
Kevin Gallup, adjunct professor of art, was quoted in a Jan. 9 Chronicle of Higher of Education story about the lion statue he sculpted for the university.
Chuck Thomas, university photographer, recently had two color photos published in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The first, on Nov. 14, was a picture of Amadi Hummings, assistant professor of music, showing a young boy in a Norfolk public housing neighborhood how to play the viola. The second, on Jan. 9, was a picture of the new lion statue being lowered onto its pedestal in the Webb Center fountain.
William H. Crouch, chair of information systems and decision sciences, and James V. Koch, president, were quoted in a December Associated Press story about Old Dominion's COBOL "boot camp."
Melvin H. Williams, professor emeritus of exercise science, physical education and recreation, was quoted in a Dec. 18 USA Today story about the deaths of three college wrestlers and a possible link to the muscle-building dietary supplement called creatine.
Katharine C. Kersey, chair of child study and special education, was quoted in a November-December Childsplay story about teens who swear.
Robert L. Ash, associate vice president for research, economic development and graduate studies, was quoted in a Nov. 27 Newark Star-Ledger story about a NASA "advanced life support" test to understand what it will take to survive on Mars.
Thomas F. Cash, professor of psychology, was quoted in a Dec. 7 New Jersey Sunday Herald story about body image.
Anne Raymond-Savage, associate vice president for academic affairs, F. Richard Whalen, director of military activities, and Jo Ann M. Gora, provost, were quoted in a Dec. 17 story about business courses being transmitted from campus to the USS George Washington in the Persian Gulf.
Gilbert R. Yochum and Vinod B. Agarwal, professors of economics, and J.R. Bullington, director of the Center for Global Business and Executive Education, were quoted in a Jan. 8 story about projections for Hampton Roads' economic growth. Yochum was also quoted in a Jan. 8 Daily Press story.
David R. Basco, professor of civil and environmental engineering, was quoted in a Jan. 2 story about a study done by students in one of his courses about the potential use of Nauticus as a cruise ship terminal.
Dana D. Burnett, vice president for student services, Donald H. Smith, associate professor of sociology and criminal justice, and Matilda W. Cox, instructor of English, were quoted in a Dec. 19 story about a new private research service available to students and implications for the university honor code.
Billie M. Reed, executive director of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority, was quoted in a Dec. 23 story about the U.S. Department of Transportation issuing a launch site operator's license to VCSFA.
Maurice R. Berube, eminent scholar of educational leadership and counseling, was quoted in a Dec. 26 story about then-Gov. Allen's proposed budget.
William A. Drewry, professor of civil and environmental engineering, was quoted in a Dec. 14 story about an EPA-funded study that may lead to the restoration of Bayview, a community on Virginia's Eastern Shore .
Edward S. Neukrug, chair of educational leadership and counseling, was quoted in a Jan. 5 story about tests that will measure progress on the new Standards of Learning.
Francis Adams, assistant professor of political science and geography, wrote an op-ed piece titled "In Defense of Human Rights." It ran Jan. 6.
Walter G. Markham, adjunct professor, wrote an op-ed piece titled "Let Parents Choose Among Public Schools." It ran Dec. 17.
Istvan Ament, director of the Old Dominion University Ballet, was quoted in a Dec. 14 story about three Chesapeake teens who have significant roles in "The Nutcracker."
Scott E. King, director of international student and scholar services, was quoted in a Dec. 16 Daily Press story about international students who spend the holidays with American families.
Sheri Reynolds, assistant professor of English, was cited in a Dec. 21 Daily Press editorial saluting some special people who "made their presences known in positive ways in 1997."
Bonnie Gilliam, TELETECHNET site director at Southside Virginia Community College, was quoted in a Nov. 26 South Hill Enterprise story and a Dec. 3 Charlotte Gazette story about the distance-learning program.
Bruce Hanna, director of the Pretlow Planetarium, was quoted in a Dec. 3 Soundings story about astronomy as a hobby.
Sara A. Morris, associate professor of business management, was quoted in a January Hampton Roads Business Contact story about business strategies for success.
J.R. Bullington, director of the Center for Global Business and Executive Education, wrote his "Thinking Globally" column on a new currency for Europe and Asia's economic crisis and its impact on American business for the December and January issues of Hampton Roads Business Contact.
Roger A. Johnson, associate professor of educational curriculum and instruction, was cited in a Nov. 28 Chesapeake Post story about his research partner, optometrist Joel Zaba.
James V. Koch, president, was quoted in a December Landmark News Service story about Frank Batten turning Landmark Communications Inc. over to his son.
Steve A. Yetiv, assistant professor of political science and geography, was interviewed Jan. 14 by WAVY-TV about Iraq's conflict with the U.N. and U.S. over inspections of weapons of mass destruction.
Carretta A. Cooke, director of multicultural student services, appeared on WVEC-TV's "Dialogue" show Dec. 7 to discuss Kwanzaa.
Charles E. Wilson Jr., associate professor of English, appeared on WHRO-TV's "This Week in Hampton Roads" show in December to discuss Kwanzaa.
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