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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, Compositions/Arrangements, Degrees, Exhibitions, Performances, Papers/
Presentations and Publications. Announcements will appear on a space-available basis in the order received. Submissions may be e-mailed (sdaniel@odu.edu), mailed (Courier Editor, 100 Koch Hall) or faxed (683-5501).


Appointments/Elections
NINA W. BROWN, eminent scholar of educational leadership and counseling, selected as a fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association.

MOLLY DUGGAN, assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling, appointed to the editorial review board for The Journal of Interactive Online Learning.

RENEE S. DUNMAN, director of equal opportunity/affirmative action, elected president of the American Association for Affirmative Action.

VISHNU K. LAKDAWALA, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, reappointed to a four-year term on the Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission by Gov. Tim Kaine.


Awards/Honors
FRANK D. DAY, eminent scholar of biological sciences, the President’s Service Award at the annual meeting of the international Society of Wetland Scientists.

HIROYUKI HAMADA, associate professor of exercise science, sport, physical education and recreation, the Merit Silver Medal and Cheverly Order for exceptional service in human collectivity through martial art education in France from Merite et Devouement Francais.

LUISA A. IGLORIA, associate professor of English, the 2006 Richard Peterson Poetry Prize for four poems, which will be published in the fall/winter issue of Crab Orchard Review. She was also a semifinalist for the 2006 Rattle Poetry Prize for the poem “Circle of Cranes,” which will appear in the summer 2007 issue of Rattle.

NORA NOFFKE, assistant professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, named winner of the 2007 James Lee Wilson Award of the Society of Sedimentary Geologists. The award recognizes excellence in sedimentary geology by a young scientist.

ANDREAS TOLK, associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, an international award for Outstanding Papers on Simulation Interoperability


Books
JOHN A. ADAM, University Professor of mathematics, the paperback publication of his book “Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World” (Princeton University Press).

ROD L. EVANS, adjunct assistant professor of philosophy and religious studies, “The Gilded Tongue: Overly Eloquent Words for Everyday Things” (Writer’s Digest Books).

DAVID METZGER, professor of English, and PETER SCHULMAN, associate professor of French and international studies, editors, “Chasing Esther: Jewish Expressions of Cultural Difference” (Santa Monica/Haifa: Kol Katan Press, 2006).

EVELYN M. THOMSON, senior lecturer of dental hygiene, “Exercises in Oral Radiography Techniques,” second edition (Prentice Hall). Also, with Orlen N. Johnson, University of Nebraska Medical Center, “Essentials of Dental Radiography for Dental Assistants and Hygienists,” 8th edition (Prentice Hall).


Papers/Presentations
JOHN A. ADAM, University Professor of mathematics, “Patterns in Nature” to the Great Bridge Rotary Club.

AMY ADCOCK, assistant professor of educational curriculum and instruction, and MOLLY DUGGAN, assistant professor of educational leadership and counseling, “Project CATHIE: Developing a Web-based Environment to Teach Essential Communication Skills” at the annual conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technologies in Dallas.

SALIM AZZOUZ, doctoral student, and CHUH MEI, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering, “Finite Element Time Domain – Modal Formulation for Nonlinear Flutter of Composite Curved Panels,” at the 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference in Newport, R.I.

WILLIAM BROWNLOW, SOPHIA KYRIACOU and PRAKASH NALLATHAMBY, graduate students; V. PRAVODELOV, undergraduate; Y. SONG and T. HUANG, postdocs; and X. NANCY XU, associate professor, chemistry and biochemistry, “Design of Single Nanoparticle Optics for Probing Living Cellular Function: Efflux Pump Machinery” at the Virginia Nanotech meeting in Newport News.

MICHELE L. DARBY, eminent scholar of dental hygiene, three presentations at the 20th Jordanian Dental Congress in Amman, Jordan: “Periodontal Risk Assessment,” “Ultrasonic Debridement Therapy – Evidence-based Clinical Applications” and “Evidence-based Strategies for Controlling Childhood Caries – Moving from Restoration to Prevention.”

JOHN R. HOLSINGER, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Biodiversity in Caves and Subter-ranean Waters” at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Also, with Y. Ranga Reddy, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, and Mohammed Messouli, University of Cadi, Morocco, “A new family of Crangonyctoid Amphipods from Kotumsar Cave in India and the First African Species of the Genus Crangonyx (Crangonyctidae) from Subterranean Groundwaters in Western Morocco: Systematics and Biogeographic Implications” at the 18th International Symposium of Biospeleology in Cluj, Romania.

RADHA HORTON-PARKER, associate professor of educational leadership and counseling, “Facilitating Healing Through Creative Counseling” at the Mental Health Counselors Association Conference.

LUISA A. IGLORIA, associate professor of English, “The (Al)lure of Story: Working with Narrative in Poetry” for the annual meeting of the southeastern chapter of the Poetry Society of Virginia in Virginia Beach.

GARRETT MCAULIFFE, professor of educational leadership and counseling, “Teaching Counselors to Work with Lesbian and Gay Youth: Religious and Ethnic Dimensions” and “Key Culturally Alert Interventions: Teaching Counselors What to Do” at the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision in Orlando, Fla.

GAYLE MCCOMBS, associate professor of dental hygiene, a presentation at the International Association of Dental Research 84th General Session & Exhibition in Brisbane, Australia. Also, a talk on clinical research findings at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association annual session in Orlando, Fla.

SUEANNE E. MCKINNEY, assistant professor of elementary education, with co-presenter CHARLENE FLEENER, associate professor of reading education, “A Comparison of Urban Teacher Characteristics” at AERA in San Francisco. Also, with Carolyn Harper, assistant principal for Norfolk Public Schools, “Developing Teachers for High Poverty Schools” to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Anaheim, Calif.

CHUH MEI, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering (third author); Jean-Michel Dhainaut, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; and Guangfeng Cheng, design engineer, Jefferson Lab, “Response of Plates Under Uniform Random Loads Unsynchronized in Time” at the 47th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference in Newport, R.I. Also, “Response of Beams Under Uniform Random Loads Unsynchronized in Time” at the 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Dynamics, Institute of Sound & Vibration Research, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Mei also served as chair for the Aerodynamics and Flutter session.


Publications
JOHN A. ADAM, University Professor of mathematics, “A Simplified Model for Growth Factor Induced Healing of Wounds” in vol. 44 of Mathematical and Computer Modelling. Co-authors are F.J. Vermolen and E. van baaren, Department of Applied Mathematics, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

MICHELLE BOPP (M.S. ’02), MICHELE L. DARBY, eminent scholar, and KARIN C. LOFTIN, research assistant professor, dental hygiene, and Sharon Broscious, associate professor of nursing, Troy University-Atlantic region, Norfolk, “Effects of Daily Oral Care with 0.12 Percent Chlorhexidine Gluconate and a Standard Oral Care Protocol on the Development of Nosocomial Pneumonia in Intubated Patients: A Pilot Study” in vol. 80, issue 3 of Journal of Dental Hygiene.

VALERIAN J. DERLEGA, professor of psychology, XIUSHI YANG, professor of sociology; and H. Luo, Ynnan Normal University, China; “Misconceptions About HIV Transmission, Stigma and Willing-ness to Take Sexual Risks in Southwestern China” in vol. 17 of International Journal of STD & AIDS.

JOHN R. HOLSINGER, eminent scholar of biological sciences, “Two New Genera and Two New Species of the Subterranean Family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Groundwaters in Northern Oman, with Notes on the Geographic Distribution of the Family” in no. 1208 of Zootxa. Co-authors are Valentina Iannilli and Sandro Ruffo of the Civic Museum of Natural History Verona and Ronald Vonk of the University of Amsterdam. Also, “Annotated Checklist of the Amphipoda of Arkansas with Emphasis on Groundwater Habitats” in vol. 59 of the Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences. Co-authors are G.O. Graening and Michael Slay of the Arkansas Field Office of the Nature Conservancy.

JEN-KUANG HUANG, chair of mechanical engineering, “Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Free Vibrations of Composite Plates Using Piezoelectric Actuators” in vol. 44, no. 6 of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal. Co-authors are QINQIN LI, master’s student of aerospace engineering, THONCHAI PHAIROH, doctoral student of mechanical engineering, and CHUH MEI, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering.

FREDERICK A. LUBICH, chair of foreign languages and literatures, “‘Sog nischt kejnmol ...’: Klezmer Revival in Contemporary Germany” appeared in DAVID METZGER and PETER SCHULMAN’S (editors) “Chasing Esther: Jewish Expressions of Cultural Difference (Santa Monica/Haifa: Kol Katan Press, 2006). Also, a cycle of four poems titled “Vita somnium breve est - Cantilena Dell’Acqua” in Johann-Friedrich Huffmann’s (editor) “Reise, reise” (Berlin: Frieling, 2006).

GARRETT MCAULIFFE, professor of educational leadership and counseling, “A Six-factor Assessment of Confidence in Career Planning Skills” in vol. 43 of Journal of Employment Counseling. Co-authors are JILL C. JURGENS, associate professor of ELC; J. WORTH PICKERING, director of university assessment; JAMES C. CALLIOTTE, director of counseling; Steve Zerwas of UNC-Greensboro; and ANTHONY A. MACERA, research associate for assessment.

SUEANNE E. MCKINNEY, assistant professor of elementary education, “Managing Student Behavior in Urban Classrooms: The Role of Teacher ABC Assessments” in vol. 79, no. 1 of The Clearing House. Co-authors are G. Campbell-Whately and K. Kea of the the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Also, “I’ll See You in Court” in vol. 8, no. 7 of Classroom Leadership. Co-author is Lynne Barrett.

CHUH MEI, eminent scholar of aerospace engineering, “Nonlinear Random Response of Laminated Composite Shallow Shells Using Finite Element Modal Method” in vol. 67, no. 10 of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Co-authors are Xinyun Guo of Daniel Webster College and Yiu-Yin Lee of City University of Hong Kong. Also, “Nonlinear Response and Fatigue Life of Isotropic Panels Subjected to Nonwhite Noise” in vol. 43, no. 4 of Journal of Aircraft. Co-author is Jean-Michel Dhainaut of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Also, “Application of Aeroelastic Modes on Nonlinear Supersonic Panel Flutter at Elevated Temperatures” in vol. 84, no. 24-25 of Computers and Structures. Co-author is X. Guo.

MOHAMMAD NAJAND, chair of finance, “The Conditional CAPM and Time Varying Risk Premium for Equity REITs” in vol. 12, no. 2 of Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management. Co-author is C.Y. Lin of Eastern Illinois University. Also, with DOUG ZIEGENFUSS, chair of accounting, and T. Xu of Wachovia Securities (lead author), “Intra-Industry Effects of Earnings Restatements Due to Accounting Irregularities” in vol. 33 of Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

JEFFREY J. STECKROTH, lecturer of mathematics and statistics, “TI-SmartView: Revolutionizing Representations in Mathematics” in vol. 100, no. 2 of Mathematics Teacher.

X. NANCY XU, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Design of Single Nanoparticle Optics for Molecular Imaging Single Living Cells” in Proceedings of the 232nd ACS National Meeting (Physical Chemistry Division, San Francisco). Co-authors are PRAKASH NALLATHAMBY, graduate student; Y. SONG and T. HUANG, postdocs; V. PRAVODELOV, undergraduate; H. XU, postdoc; and W. BROWNLOW, graduate student. Also, “Development of Single Nanoparticle Optics for Single Living Cell Imaging” in Proceedings of Pittcon 2006 (Orlando, Fla.). Co-authors are Pravodelov, Brownlow, Xu and Song. Nancy Xu also served as a reviewer for a National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Review Panel on Nanotechnology and for a Study Section on Microscopic Imaging.