ProFacts welcomes post-announcements from faculty and staff on matters relating to professional achievements. Items may be submitted for the following categories: Appointments/Elections, Awards, Books, Certifications, Commissions, Degrees, Exhibitions, Papers, Performances, Presentations and Publications. Announcements will appear on a space-available basis in the order they are received. Submissions may be mailed (Courier Editor, 100 Koch Hall), faxed (683-5501) or e-mailed (sdaniel@odu.edu).

RICHARDEAN BENJAMIN-COLEMAN, associate professor of nursing, as chair of the School of Nursing.

GILBERT R. YOCHUM, University Professor of economics, appointed by Gov. Mark Warner to the Governor's Advisory Board of Economists.

MICHELE L. ZIMMERMAN, associate professor emeritus of psychiatric nursing, appointed to a second term on the Advanced Practice Task Force of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association in Alexandria, Va.

ROBERT FENNING, vice president for administration and finance, the first Dr. Wolfgang Pindur Award for Distinguished Service in Academia and Practice, from the Hampton Roads chapter of the American Society of Public Administration.

OTTO B. MARTINSON, associate professor of accounting, the R. Lee Brummet Award for outstanding teaching from the Institute of Management Accountants.

YIN XU, assistant professor of accounting, the 2002 Vangermeersch Award from the Academy of Accounting Historians. The award recognizes the achievements of new faculty in historical research of the accounting field.

JOHN A. ADAM, University Professor of mathematics, "A Mathematical Model of Wound Healing in Bone: The Critical Size Defect" at a Mathematical Modeling of Cancer workshop organized by the math department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.

JOHN L. ECHTERNACH, eminent scholar of physical therapy, "Carpel Tunnel Syndrome in Geriatric Patients: A Series of 10 Cases," "Loss of Ulnar Nerve Function Following Total Elbow Arthoplasty" and "Electrophysiologic Findings in a Crush Injury of the Forearm" at the combined sections meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Boston.

FRAN HASSENCAHL, assistant professor of communication, "The Sevres Syndrome in Orhan Pamuk's 'My Name Is Red' and 'The New Life'" at the 16th International Conference on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Translation at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan. She also chaired a panel on "Images of America in Literature."

ISAO ISHIBASHI, professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Liquefaction Resistance and Its Relation to Wave Velocities" at the 12th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference in Kitakyushu, Japan.

DONALD L. KUNZ, associate professor of aerospace engineering, "Analysis of Prop-Rotor Whil Flutter: Review and Update" and "Numerical Simulations of Cantilever Beam Response With Saturation Control and Full Piezoelectric Coupling" at the 43rd AIAA/ASME/ ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference in Denver. Co-authors of the second paper are SAYAM SAGUANRUM, graduate student of aerospace engineering, and Hanafy M. Omar, graduate student at Virginia Tech.

GARRETT J. MCAULIFFE, associate professor of educational leadership and counseling, and Karen Eriksen, "Moral Development, Ego Development and Intellectual Development as Predictors of Counseling Skill" to the Society for Research in Adult Development in New York, N.Y.

CHUH MEI, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering, three papers at the 43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference in Denver: "Flow Angle, Temperature and Aerodynamic Damping on Supersonic Panel Flutter Stability Boundary" (co-authors are GUANGFENG CHENG, graduate student of aerospace engineering, and RAYMOND Y. LEE, Ph.D. graduate of aerospace engineering and currently on the faculty at City University of Hong Kong); "Using Aeroelastic Modes for Nonlinear Panel Flutter at Arbitrary Supersonic Yawed Angle" (co-author is XINYUN GUO, graduate student of aerospace engineering); and "Sonic Fatigue Design and Nonlinear Panel Response to Flight Nonwhite Pressure Fluctuations" (co-authors are J. MICHEL DHAINAUUT, Ph.D. graduate of aerospace engineering, and S. Mike Spottswood and Howard Wolfe of Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio).

JENNIFER MORROW, assistant professor of psychology, "First-year Students' Satisfaction With College and Sense of Belonging: A Comparison of Learning Community and Non-learning Community Students" and "Positive Influences in Dealing With Adversity: A Qualitative Investigation of Trauma Survivors" at the Virginia Academy of Science Convention at Hampton University.

DUC T. NGUYEN, professor, and LAURA J. HARRELL, assistant professor, civil and environmental engineering, "Optimal Design of Engineering Systems Using Genetic Algorithms" at the 9th International Conference on Numerical Methods and Computational Mechanics at the University of Miskolc in Hungary. Co-authors are S.D. Rajan of Arizona State University and M.D. Deshpande of NASA Langley Research Center.

AHMED NOOR, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering, "Thermomechanical Response Variability of Composite Panels With Continuous and Terminated Stiffness" at the 43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference in Denver. Co-authors are James H. Starnes of NASA Langley Research Center and JEANNE M. PETERS, IT specialist with the Center for Advanced Engineering Environments.

ERIN A. PLASDEN, master's student, and ROBIN J. LEWIS, professor, psychology, "Gay Men and Lesbians: Sex Differences, Stress, Social Support and Depression" at the Virginia Psychological Association Convention in Virginia Beach.

ABDEL M. AGAMI, professor of accounting, "Could the 'Old' Financial Reporting System Provide the Information Needs of Stakeholders in the 'New' Economy?" at the Critical Perspectives on Accounting Conference at Baruch College, City University of New York.

MICHELE DARBY, eminent scholar of dental hygiene, a workshop, "Taking Dental Hygiene to the Next Level: Advanced Degrees in Dental Hygiene" at the annual session of the American Dental Hygienists' Association in Beverly Hills, Calif. Co-presenters were associate professors of dental hygiene Rebecca Wilder, University of North Carolina, and Cynthia Amyot, University of Missouri at Kansas City. Also at the session, a poster presentation, "Sulfur Byproduct: A Potential Indicator of Early Dental Plaque-Induced Gingival Disease." Co-authors are HUI ZHOU, a former graduate student, GAYLE MCCOMBS, associate professor of dental hygiene, and KENNETH MARINAK, adjunct associate professor of dental hygiene.

JOHN L. ECHTERNACH, eminent scholar of physical therapy, "Vision 20/20 and the DPT: What Does It Mean for Current and Future Physical Therapy Practice?" and "Educating the DPT Student" at the Virginia, District of Columbia Clinical Education Consortium meeting in Charlottesville.

BETTY ROSE FACER, director of the Language Learning Center, "Online Foreign Language Lab and Database" at the Mid Atlantic Association for Language Learning Technology Conference at ODU.

LARRY FILER, assistant professor of economics, "Are There Consumption Smoothing Benefits to Filing for Personal Bankruptcy?" for the American Law and Economics Association at Harvard Law School.

ABHA GUPTA, director of the Reading Center, "Teachers' Voices" and, with Eileen Oboler of Spring Hill College, Mobile, Ala., "Changing Teachers' Roles" at the International Reading Association in San Francisco.

ISAO ISHIBASHI, professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Lateral Earth Pressures on Retaining Walls: Classics Theories With New Challenge" and "U.S. Higher Education System" at Kyushu Sangyo University, Fukuoka, Japan.

FREDERICK A. LUBICH, chair of foreign languages and literatures, "Jewish-German Culture in Argentina" at the 3rd Multi-ethnic Studies in Europe and the Americas Conference in Padua, Italy.

ALICIA PHILLIPS, graduate student of international studies, and REGINA ROOT, assistant professor, and RINA VILLARS, lecturer, Spanish, "Voices of Latin American Women Across Race and Ethnicity" at Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach.

PATTY RAPP, ROBIN MILLER and MATTHEW KAEISER, lecturers, English Language Center, "Developing and Maintaining a Successful Bridge Program" at the international TESOL conference in Salt Lake City.

REGINA ROOT, assistant professor of Spanish, "Lessons From the Past: The Guiding Fictions of the Southern Cone" at the Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University.

GAYLE RUBINO, former graduate student of dental hygiene, "A Scanning Electron Microscopy Comparison of the Effects of the Arkansas Stone and the Ida-hone Ceramic Stone on Curet Sharpness and Root Smoothness" at the annual session of the American Dental Hygienists' Association in Beverly Hills, Calif. Co-authors are DEBORAH BAUMAN, associate professor, LYNN TOLLE, professor, and Jerry Garnick, former adjunct associate professor, of dental hygiene.

ARACELI SUZARA, director of the Filipino American Student Cultural Center, a panel presentation on "Understanding the Cultures of Families" at the Strategies for Building Success With Diverse Populations workshop, organized by Virginia Beach City Public Schools and held at Regent University.

ROY L. WILLIAMS, professor emeritus, and MARK ELLIOTT, associate professor, chemistry and biochemistry, "Phytoestrogens in Beer and Wine" at the 61st annual meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, chemistry section, at Hampton University.

MICHELE L. ZIMMERMAN, associate professor emeritus of psychiatric nursing, "The Parental Alienation Syndrome: Treatment Strategies" at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association annual meeting in Reno, Nev.

JOHN A. ADAM, University Professor of mathematics, "The Effect of Surface Curvature on Wound Healing in Bone: II. The Critical Size Defect" in vol. 35 of Mathematical and Computer Modelling.

CRAIG A. BAYSE, assistant professor of chemistry, "Theoretical Study of the Reaction of Yttrium Atoms With Formaldehyde" in vol. 106 of Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

THOMAS F. CASH, professor of psychology, "Women's Psychosocial Outcomes of Breast Augmentation With Silicone Gel-Filled Implants: A 2-Year Prospective Study" in vol. 109, no. 6 of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Co-authors are Lois A. Duel and Laura L. Perkins.

JIE CHEN, associate professor of political science, and Yang Zhong, "To Vote or Not to Vote: An Analysis of Peasants' Participation in Chinese Village Elections" in the August issue of Comparative Political Studies.

WILLIAM G. CUNNINGHAM, professor, and TIFFANY D. SANZO, graduate student, educational leadership, "Is High-stakes Testing Harming Lower Socioeconomic Status Schools?" in the June 2002 issue of National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin.

ROBERT F. DIAS, assistant professor of biogeochemistry, "d13C of Low Molecular Weight Organic Acids Generated by the Hydrous Pyrolysis of Oil-prone Source Rocks" in vol. 66, no. 15 of Geochimica Cosmochimica et Acta. Co-authors are Kate Freeman of Penn State University, Mike Lewanof the USGS in Denver, and Steve Franks a consultant with RockFluid Systems.

LISA A. DRAKE, research assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, "Microbial Ecology of Ballast Water During a Trans-oceanic Voyage" in no. 233 of "Marine Ecology Progress Series." Her five co-authors include FRED DOBBS, associate professor of OEAS.

JOHN L. ECHTERNACH, eminent scholar of physical therapy, and Robert Dyer, assistant professor of physical therapy, Hampton University, "The Effects of Managed Care on Professional Physical Therapists' Education: Attitudes and Perceptions of Program Directors" in vol. 15, no. 4 of Journal of Physical Therapy Education.

LARRY FILER, assistant professor of economics, "A Structural Decomposition of Business Cycles in Taiwan" in vol. 13, no. 1 of China Economic Review. Co-authors are Yung-Hsiang Ying of National Sun Yat-Sen University and Koyin Chang of Ming Chuan University.

ISAO ISHIBASHI, professor of civil and environmental engineering, "Liquefaction Resistance and Its Relation to Wave Velocities" in the proceedings of the 12th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference in Kitakyushu, Japan. Co-author is OMER F. CAPAR, former Ph.D. student and currently an assistant professor at Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Turkey.

ROGER A. JOHNSON, associate professor of educational curriculum and instruction, and Rose J. Blair, a sixth-grade teacher at St. Pius X School in Norfolk, "The Visual Screening of a K-8 Catholic School" in a recent issue of The Journal of Optometry.

MICHELLE L. KELLEY, professor of psychology, and William Fals-Stewart of State University of New York at Buffalo, "Couples- Versus Individual-Based Therapy for Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Effects on Children's Psychosocial Functioning" in vol. 70, no. 2 of Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

FREDERICK A. LUBICH, chair of foreign languages and literatures, "Thomas Mann, German Novelist and Essayist, 1875-1955" in Derek Jones' (ed.) "Censorship, A World Encyclopedia" (London and Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001).

RENEE OLANDER, director of interdisciplinary studies, "Walking Around, Trying to Breathe," a poem, in vol. 5, no. 3 of HEArt - human equity through art.

REGINA ROOT, assistant professor of Spanish, "Tailoring the Nation: Fashion Writing in Nineteenth-Century Latin America" in Wendy Parkins' (ed.) "Fashioning the Body Politic: Dress, Gender and Citizenship" (Berg Publishers). She also did a translation, "Modelando a Nacao," in "Fashion Theory Brazil."

PETER SCHULMAN, associate professor of French, "Eccentricity as Clinamen: Jules Verne's Error-Driven Geniuses" in vol. 16, nos. 1-2 of Excavatio.

BARBARA A. WINSTEAD and VALERIAN J. DERLEGA, professors of psychology, and four co-authors, "Close Relationships as Sources of Strength or Obstacles for Mothers Coping With HIV" in vol. 7 of Journal of Loss and Trauma.

MICHELE L. ZIMMERMAN, associate professor emeritus of psychiatric nursing, and eight co-authors, "Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses: State of the States, 2001" in vol. 8 of Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.