Summer 2009

Mohammad Ahmadi, management, has published the following journal articles and other work in 2008.

1. “An Exponential Smoothing Model for Predicting Traffic in the Library and the Reference Desk,” The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, Volume 21, Number 2, 2008. This paper was chosen as an Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2008. (Co-Authors: Dileepan, Murgai, Roth)

2. “Online Teaching and Problem Solving Skills: A Performance Oriented Investigation,” International Journal of Management in Education (IJMIE), Volume 2, Number 2, 2008. (Co-Authors: Asllani, Roth, C. White)

3. “Technologies in Support of Mass Customization Strategy: Exploring the Linkages between E-Commerce and Knowledge Management.” Computers in Industry, Volume 59, Number 4, April 2008. (Co-Authors: Ettkin, Helms, and Jih)

4. Test Bank to Accompany Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, Fifth Edition, Cengage Publishing. (2008).

Nesli Alp, engineering management, attended the Linden Washington Program to visit embassies and agencies for international students to develop pipelines and recruit more international students to UTC. She was also selected as an Executive Board Member for Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE) of East Tennessee and North Georgia Mentorship Program, which assists high school students in pursuit of careers in the construction industry with mentoring and scholarships.

Tom Bissonette, Counseling and Career Planning Center, published the book, “Peace Outings - How to End the Sex War” this spring. The book offers a framework for frank discussion between men and women; allowing a much deeper understanding of each other. It exposes how we are set up by our culture and economic system to be natural enemies. With the help of this book we can discover how to bridge the gender gap by stripping away the facade and opening ourselves to discover the wonder of the humanity we have in common. Healthy relationships and sexuality are also defined. The book addresses the darker side of human sexuality as well; when relationships descend into conflict and violence.

Janetta F Bradley, TPA, completed course work and practicum requirements for the English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement and participated in a Spanish Immersion Program in Costa Rica.

Awarded State of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Mediation Certification

Served as a panel member, U.S. Department of Education, Safe Schools/Healthy Schools Federal Grants for Public School Programs, Washington D.C.

Publication:
Watson, S. & Bradley, J. F. (2009) Modeling Secondary Instructional Strategies in a Teacher Education Class. Education. (in press)

Professional Presentations:
Rutledge, V., Bradley, J.F., Smith, L. (2008). University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ESL Summer Institute Program. Poster presented at the Southeastern Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (SETESOL) conference, September, 2008, Birmingham, AL.

Bradley, J.F., Warren-Kring, B., Mitchell, J., & Levine, J. (2008). RTI in Action: Reading intervention in a Professional Development School Setting. Presentation accepted to the Teacher Education Division of Council of Exceptional Children National Conference, November, 2008, Dallas, TX,.

Scheduled Presentations and Professional Paper Submissions:

Bradley, J. F., & Bentz, J. (2009). Using Technology to Broaden Horizons in Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs.

July, 2009, International Learning Conference, Barcelona, Spain
July, 2009, International Association of Special Educators Conference, Alicante, Spain

Bradley, J. F., & Bentz, J. (2009). Using technology to broaden horizons in special education teacher preparation programs. Submitted to IASE conference proceedings publication.

Ethan Carver, biological and environmental sciences, attended two meetings and was part of three poster presentations, including:

Poster presentation: (Awarded 1st place in Cell and Molecular Biology group)
“Characterization Of The Tnxb Gene In Zebrafish.” authored by Cofer, M.R.*, Bramblett, J.*, Culiat, C., and Carver, E.A. at the Tennessee Academy of Science, 118th Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee. November, 2008.
* denotes student authors

Poster Presentation: “Dead Elvis Zebrafish Motility Mutation-Mapping and Phenotype Characterization” at the The Southeast Regional Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama. March 27-29, 2009.

Poster Presentation: “Dead Elvis Zebrafish Motility Mutation-Mapping and Phenotype Characterization” at the Celebration of Faculty Scholarship located at UTC-University Center Atrium. April 16, 2009.

Chris Cunningham, industrial-organizational psychology, secured the following peer-reviewed publications, referred conference presentations, and chaired several graduate student theses to defense since January 2009. The details on these accomplishments are as follows:

Cunningham, C. J. L. (2009). Keeping work in perspective: Work-nonwork considerations and applicant decision making. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 21, 89-113.

O’Leary, B. J., Durham, C. R., Weathington, B. L., Cothran, D. L., & Cunningham, C. J. L. (2009). Racial Identity as a Moderator of the Relationship between Perceived Applicant Similarity and Hiring Decisions. The Journal of Black Psychology, 35(1), 63-77.

Biderman, M. D., & Nguyen, N. T., & Cunningham, C. J. L. (2009, April). Common method variance in NEO-FFI and IPIP personality measurement. Poster presented at the 24th annual conference of The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Dorio, J. (co-chair), Cunningham, C. J. L. (co-chair), Bandelli, A., Greene-Shortridge, T., Kessler, S., & Schmidt, G. (2009, April). Beginning the Journey: Peer mentoring for individuals starting their careers. Panel discussion presented at the 24th annual conference of The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Owens, J., & Cunningham, C. J. L. (2009, April). Examining the relationship between proactive personality and career success. Poster presented at the 24th annual conference of The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Ghorbani, N., Watson, P. J., Rezazadeh, Z., & Cunningham, C. J. L. (2009, February). Self-Control and Integrative Self-Knowledge: Relationships with Muslim Religious Commitment and Experience in Iran. Paper presented at the Second Conference of the International Association of Muslin Psychologists, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Cheng, J.-M. (2009). Modeling the relationships among stressors, Big Five personality traits, and strains within a sample of Chinese respondents. Unpublished master’s thesis, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Owens, J. (2009). Further examination of the relationship between proactive personality and career success. Unpublished master’s thesis, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Patel, S. (2009). Work-family balance and religion: A resource-based perspective. Unpublished master’s thesis, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN.

Leroy Fanning, health and human performance, has been selected by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) to construct and present the AAU Girl’s Basketball Complete Athlete Seminars at the 13: Under through 16: Under Girl’s Basketball National Championships. Dr. Fanning will present information to approximately 12,500 student athletes covering the role of the student athlete in the community, in the classroom and on the basketball court. The seminar centers around Competitive Greatness in each area as well as NCAA and University eligibility requirements for collegiate basketball.

Angelina Forde, criminal justice, was been appointed to the Academic Advisory Board for McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Learning Series-TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views in Adolescence and TAKING SIDES: Clashing Views on Social Issues.

William Harman, philosophy and religion, presented a talk during the second semester to the UTC Council of Scholars on his research on dynamics in the Sri Lankan civil war. He presented an overview of India Studies in the Introduction to Asia Conference sponsored by UTC in February. His article, “Laughing Until it Hurts…Somebody Else — The Pain of a Ritual Joke,” will appear late summer in a volume edited by Corinne Dempsey and Selva Raj entitled Levity in South Asian Ritual Traditions, to be published by SUNY Press. He delivered three addresses as the keynote speaker at the Lyman Coleman Memorial Religious Studies Lecture Series, Lafayetee College, April 6-8, 2009. His article, “Goddesses and Illness in Southern India,” has been accepted for publication in Fabrizio Ferrari’s edited volume Disease, Possession and Healing: Negotiating Health in South Asia, forthcoming with Rougledge Press circa 2010.

Gale Iles, criminal justice, article “The Effects of Race/Ethnicity and National Origin on Length of Sentence in the United States Virgin Islands” is accepted for publication in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Forthcoming in May 2009).

Gale Iles, criminal justice, entry on the United States Virgin Islands will appear in the Crime and Punishment Around the World Encyclopedia (Vol. 2) (Forthcoming in Fall 2009).

David Eichenthal and Gale Iles prepared a report on “Crime and Public Safety in the Chattanooga Region.” Report was written as part of the 2008 State of Chattanooga Report.

Gale Iles and Vic Bumphus presented the paper “Assessing the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Female Offenders: Does Treatment Participation Impact Recidivism” at the November 2008 American Society of Criminology Annual Conference.

Rowan Johnson, English. “You float” Wordriver Literary Review. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Apr. 2009.

Bryon Kluesner, Office for Students with Disabilities, was elected as Vice Chair for the Chattanooga’s Mayor’s Council for Disability on May 4, 2005. He will serve one year in the position.

Sydney Roberts, theatre and speech, was recently named an Associate Artist with Georgia Shakespeare in Atlanta. She has designed with them for 8 seasons, most recently, A Midsummer Night’s Dream: http://www.accessatlanta.com/music/content/entertainment/stories/2009/06/15/georgia_shakespeare_dream.html

Valerie Rutledge, education, and Linda Johnston, education, contributed to Michele Valadie’s December 2008 article published on CYC-Online entitled, “Are Early Childcare Providers Ready for Inclusion?”
http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cyconline-dec2008-valadie.html

Valerie Rutledge, Kim O’Kelley, education and Mrs. Linda Rivers, Children’s Center, presented at the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities in Cincinnati, Ohio, in October 2008. The presentation was entitled “A Partnership of People, Places, and Possibilities.”

Rutledge was recently appointed to a three year term as a member of the Tennessee State Board of Examiners (BOE) for Teacher Education. The BOE is comprised of representatives from higher education, P-12 education, state-level personnel and participates in joint accreditation visits with NCATE as they review teacher education programs throughout the state.

Erika Schafer, music, performed on trumpet with the Bob Schulz Frisco Jazz Band as part of the Chattanooga Jazz Festival held from May 1-3.

Rebecca St. Goar, music, served as a judge for the 2009 Grace Moore Memorial Scholarship Auditions for vocal performance. They took place at MTSU in April, awarding $2000 for singers in the Young Artist and Student categories.

Victoria Steinberg, foreign languages, has been asked to review the Praxis examination, required for licensure in French, by the Tennessee Department of Education for ETS (Educational Testing Service).

Jim Tucker, graduate studies, along with Eleanor Cooper, a doctoral student from the Learning and Leadership program, presented an invited address to the regular assembly of the Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio, March 18, 2009. The title of the presentation was “The Chattanooga story and the Center for Whatever It Needs to Be.

Jim Tucker, graduate studies, was named ad-hoc reviewer for the peer-reviewed journal, Preventing School Failure

Jim Tucker, graduate studies, continues as co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. His recent editorial in that journal was entitled “Commentary: Forgotten practices and sins of omission. Ethical human psychology and psychiatry, 10(3), 133-135.

Randy Walker, physical therapy, earned the privilege of being named a Certified Mulligan Practitioner in April 2009 by passing the required written and practical examinations. Walker is one of four physical therapists from Chattanooga who have earned this advanced clinical practice recognition.

Thomas Ware, English, had two articles published during the Spring 2009 term.
“Fiction Still Fights the Civil War: ‘It Ain’t Over Though It’s Over.’” War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities 20: 1 & 2 (2009): 329-338.

“The Remarkable Spring of 1945: A Memoir.” Kentucky Humanities (April 2009): 20-26.

In the Spring Session of The English Department Annual Series “Works In Progress,” he read an essay, “The Irony of Disintegration in Ann Enright’s ‘The Gathering’; Or ‘What It Takes to Win a Man Booker Award These Days.’”

March 20-22, he served as The Official Host of The Southern Regional Meeting of
The American Conference for Irish Studies in Chattanooga

Sandy Watson, education, was awarded Outstanding Teaching/Advising Award: College of Health, Education and Professional Studies.

She was also named as an NCATE Program Reviewer.

Her presentations so far this year: Society for Values in Higher Education (Chicago, IL). University as Wal Mart: Consumerism in Academia.

Articles published or in press in 2009:

Watson, S. & Miller, T. (2009). Classification and the dichotomous key: Tools for identification. The Science Teacher, 76(3), pp. 50-54.

Watson, S. & Bradley, J. (2009) Modeling Secondary Instructional Strategies in a Teacher Education Class. Education. (in press)

Watson, S. (2009) Teaching Science Investigation with Discovery Bottles. Science and Children, 45(9).

Invited Book Chapter:
Watson, S. (2009). Telementoring in Teacher Education: IGI Global Communications Publishing Co.

Edited Book: Johnston, L. & Watson, S. (Eds). (2009). PDS: A Beginning to Education in a Diverse Society: Pearson Custom Publishing: Boston, MA.

Spring 2009

Mohammad Ahmadi, management, Parthasarati Dileepan, management, Sarla R. Murgai, library and Wendy Roth, business. An exponential smoothing model for predicting traffic in the library and at the reference desk. Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances. 21#2, 2008.

Nesli Alp, engineering, successfully represented UTC at the Linden International Recruitment Fair in India, organized in Kolkata, Bangalore, Cochin, Hyderabad, and Chennei in September 2008. She has also attended to the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) Conference hosted by the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY in November 2008.

Deborah Elwell Arfken, Strategic Planning and political science, published an article, “Gifford Pinchot: American Forester,” in Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century, edited by Robert F. Gorman.

Deborah Elwell Arfken, Strategic Planning and political science: public administration, was elected to serve a two-year term from 2009 to 2011 as a director of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga.

Gwendolyn Spring Atkinson, English, published “Of Cabbages and Kings: On Reading Food Culture and Other Compositions.” From Hip Hop to Hypertext: Teaching About Culture in the Composition Classroom. Ed. Joanna Paul. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008. 96-111.

Sybil Baker, English, published a story in MOTIF: Writing by Ear (MotesBooks), an anthology. Her novel The Life Plan will be published by Casperian Books in early March 2009.

Sybil Baker, English. She gave a reading in Chicago at an event on Feb. 12 in conjunction with The Associated Writing Programs Conference. Her short story “Tempo,” will appear in an anthology published by MotesBooks forthcoming in early 2009. Her novel The Life Plan (Casperian Books) will be available March 2.

Thomas Balazs, English. His short story, “A Ghost Story,” is scheduled to appear February in the literary journal Turnrow. Another story, “The Music Man,” has been accepted by the Southern Humanities Review.

Boris Belinskiy, mathematics, wrote:
The paper “Existence Criteria for Solutions of Linear Stochastic Differential Equations with Skew-Symmetric Differential Operator and Additive Fractional Brownian Noise” (with P. Caithamer), accepted at Stochastics and Dynamics.

The paper “On Controllability of an Elastic Ring” (with S.A. Avdonin and S.A. Ivanov), accepted at Applied Mathematics and Optimization.

The paper “A Double Sum with the Gamma Function” (with O. Saleh and T. Walters), published at The College Mathematics Journal, 1, , Vol. 40, 59-60 (2009)

Prepared a referee report for Applied Mathematics & Computations.

Prepared two reviews for Mathematical Reviews.

Hinsdale Bernard, education, was invited to present “The Three Dimensional Periodic Spiral of the Elements: Thinking Outside the Box” to the Chattanooga Engineers Club, September 29, 2008.

Lisa Burke, management. Burke, Lisa A. & Rau, B. The research-teaching gap in management. Academy of Management Learning & Education. (forthcoming)

David Carrithers, political science, has published “Montesquieu and Tocqueville as Philosophical Historians: Liberty, Determinism, and the Prospects for Freedom,” in Rebecca Kingston,. ed., Montesquieu and His Legacy (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008), pp. 149-178. His edited volume, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (International Library of Essays in the history of Social and Political Thought, pp. 598) will be published by Ashgate Publishing in London, England in April, 2009. His paper “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Montesquieu’s Views on the Jansenist Controversy in Eighteenth-Century France” will be delivered at the annual national meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies in St. Louis, Missouri in March, 2009.

Stylianos Chatzimanolis, biological and environmental sciences, has published the following in 2008-2009:

Caterino, M. S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2009. Conservation genetics of three flightless beetle species in southern California. Conservation Genetics 10: 203-216.

Chatzimanolis, S. and M. S. Caterino. 2008. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of California coastal terrestrial communities: A comparative study using three beetles. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1: 222-232.

Chatzimanolis, S. and M. S. Caterino. 2008. Phylogeography of the darkling
beetle Coelus ciliatus in California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(5): 939-949.

Chatzimanolis, S. 2008. A revision of the neotropical beetle genus Isanopus
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). Journal of Natural History 42(25-26): 1765-1792.

Rokas, A., and S. Chatzimanolis. 2008. From Gene-scale to genome-scale
phylogenetics; the data flood in but the challenges remain. In Murphy, W.L. (ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology Series: Phylogenomics. Humana Press; Totowa, NJ, pp 1-12.

Steve Cox, library, was elected in November 2008, president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists for the upcoming year. He also presented a paper “Under the Sod and Dew: Rhyme, Reconciliation, and the Birth of Memorial Day” at the 2008 Symposium of the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression at UTC in November. He also had an article, “The Lookout Inn: Lookout Mountain’s Grand Hotel” published in the Winter 2008 Chattanooga Regional Historical Journal.

Ken Dryden, WUTC-FM, recently completed nineteen sets of liner note biographies for the Italian jazz CD label I Miti Del Jazz. Each release will feature music selections from throughout the career of one of the greats of jazz. Some of the artists include Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane and Dave Brubeck. Ken has been a jazz journalist since 1988 and currently contributes to All Music Guide, Coda, All About Jazz New York and Hot House.

Joe Dumas, computer science and engineering, received two equipment grants from Sun Microsystems, Inc. with a total value of over $27,000. The donated equipment represents the state-of-the-art in high-performance servers and will be used to support undergraduate and graduate classes as well as academic research. Dr. Dumas was assisted in obtaining these grants by Alan Morris, the Southern Education Territory Manager at Sun Microsystems’ regional office in Hendersonville, TN.

Obi N. I. Ebbe, sociology, published GLOBAL TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN, Bota Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis Publishing Group, 2008. At an invitation of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council (ISPAC) of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programmes, participated in a Symposium on “Organized Crime of Arts and Antiquities” held in Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy, from December 12-14, 2008.

Presented “Trafficking in Women and Children in Africa and Asia” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences held in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 11 -15, 2008.

Presented “The Correlates of International and Domestic Trafficking in Women” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology held in St. Louis, MO, from November 12-15, 2008.

Presented “An Approach to Security in Imo State of Nigeria” at the IMO STATE CONGRESS OF AMERICA held in Nashville, TN from 18-19, October 2008.

Obi N. I. Ebbe was a member of Program Committee for the 2008 Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology held in St. Louis, MO from November 12-15, 2008.

David Edwards and Stephanie Bellar, political science, public administration and nonprofit management, completed the evaluation of WhykNOw Abstinence’s Comprehensive Abstinence and Road to Excellence programs. This is the fourth year of their evaluation work for the nonprofit organization. Edwards and Bellar also received a grant of $35,240 to continue the WhykNOw program evaluation for a fifth year.

Helen Eigenberg, criminal justice, received the CoraMae Richey Mann “Inconvenient Woman of the Year” Award on November 13 at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC). This award “recognizes the scholar/activist who has participated in publicly promoting the ideals of gender equality and women’s rights throughout society, particularly as it relates to gender and crime issues,” according to the selection committee.

She also published a book chapter with a collegue: Eigenberg, H. and Garland, T. (2008). Victim Blaming: Is it “Your Fault” if you are a Victim of Crime? In L. Moriarty (Ed.), Controversies in Victimology, 2nd Ed. Cincinnati: Anderson.

Lucien Ellington, education and UTC Asia Program, was an invited speaker at the Core Knowledge national meeting in Anaheim, CA in November 2008. Ellington’s topic was “Interactive Asia: Geography, Economics, and History.” Ellington edited two issues of the Association of Asian Studies teaching journal, Education About Asia (Vol. 13: 1 & 2, Fall and Winter 2008). Ellington also published “Asia in World History: Notes on Pedagogical Scholarship” in the Southeast Review of Asian Studies (Vol. 30, 2008). Ellington chaired a panel entitled, “Teaching East Asia in World History” at the annual meeting of the Southeast Conference for Asian Studies at Emory University in January 2009. Ellington was awarded a total of $218,675 in external funds for 2009 Asia-related publications and seminars. In late October 2008, Ellington, in a cooperative venture with Columbia University, served as study tour leader for 19 Tennessee and Mississippi teachers who visited Aichi Prefecture in Japan. A major objective of the one week visit was the creation of US-Japan digital exchange projects.

Jason Griffey, library, was named Chair of the Library Information Technology Association Program Planning Committee, and Co-Chair of the Blog and Wiki Interest group of the ALA.

He also published his first book, Library Blogging, co-authored with Karen Coombs from the University of Houston.

He was also published in Library Journal and ALA Techsource Library Technology Review. He is a regular columnist for the ALA TechSource blog.

William Harman, philosophy and religion, published three chapters in a volume he co-edited with Selva J. Raj, entitled Dealing With Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia,released in paperback by State University of New York Press in 2007. He also published “A Miracle (or Two) in Tirucchi,” in Dempsey, Corinne (ed.), The Miracle as Conundrum in South Asian Religions., SUNY Press, 2007. He presented “The Sacred Body of the Tamil Female Suicide Bomber,” at the Conference for the Study of Religion in India, Albion College, September, 2007 and “La bombe humaine devient une d’esse: femmes sacrificielles dans la guerre civile de Sri Lanka,” at the annual meeting of the Centre d’études sur les nouvelles religions, June 2007 at l’ Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux, France. He received an Open Research Grant from the American Academy of Religion to interview the families of female martyr-bombers among Sri Lankan diaspora communities in Toronto, Paris, India, and Sri Lanka.

During his recent sabbatical he presented a series of talks in Tamil on Canada Tamil Talk Radio (98.1 FM in Toronto) on the relation between Tamil classic religious literature and themes of the Sri Lankan civil war. In Columbo, Sri Lanka he did research on the civil war and presented a major convocation address at the International Institute of Ethnic Studies which was later published on the website “Transcurrents,” a source of information about the civil war. See http://transcurrents.com/tc/2008/10/the_martyr_bomber_becomes_a_go.html .

George Helton and Barbara Ray, education, presented a paper entitled Administrative pressures to practice unethically: Research and suggested strategies at the Mid-South Conference on Psychology in the Schools, Chattanooga, TN, Oct., 2008.

Christopher Hensley, criminal justice, co-wrote the following journal article that was published in 2009: “Childhood and adolescent animal cruelty methods and their possible link to adult violent crimes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24(1), 147-158.

Linda Hill, nursing, has been selected to serve as a grant reviewer for the HRSA-09 Advanced Education Nursing (AEN) Program. AEN Program grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects to prepare advanced education nurses through the enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice.

Linda Hill, nursing. Smith, J., Wakim, J., & Hill, L. (in press). Nurse anesthesia program requirements for esophageal/precordial stethoscope earpieces: A demographic report. AANA Journal.

Linda Hill, nursing. Hernandez, J., Secrest, J., & Hill, L. (Jan/Feb 2009). Scientific Advances in the Genetic Understanding and Diagnosis of Malignant Hyperthermia. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing.

Linda Hill, nursing. Bruns, A, Norwood, B., & Hill, L. (in press). AANA Journal Course: Cerebral oximeter: What is the efficacy? AANA Journal.

Linda Hill, nursing. Lindgren, Kay (Principal Investigator) & Hill, Linda (Project Director). Tennessee and Mississippi (TEAM) CRNA Partnership, HRSA AEN Grant Awarded July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2011, $898,700.

Julie Hobbs, music, presented a clinic entitled “Fixing the Front Row: Troubleshooting Your Flute Section” at the 2008 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. The conference is the largest of its kind in the United States, and her clinic was attended by almost 1,000 band and orchestra conductors from across the country.

Julie Hobbs, music, has been selected to present a lecture at the 2009 National Flute Association’s Annual Convention in New York City. Her topic will be “The Crumb Code: Finding the Hidden Symbolism in George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae” in honor of composer George Crumb’s 80th Birthday. The conference will be attended by thousands of flutists from around the world.

Christopher Horne, political science, published “Teaching what we know: Describing and challenging the neglect of management science methods in Master of Public Administration programs” in Journal of Public Affairs Education, Fall 2008. He presented “Teaching quantitative analysis skills that more public administrators will use” at the 2008 Teaching Public Administration conference and has had “Adding value with an expanded evaluand: A grounded model to strengthen formative evaluation of contracted social service programs” accepted for presentation at the 2009 Southeast Evaluation Association conference.

Debbie Ingram, physical therapy, and three UTC DPT students provided a research presentation on the ‘Effect of Physical Therapist Attire on the Trust and Confidence of Patients’ at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Ingram is currently serving on the Development Council and the Alumni Legislative Council of the University of Tennessee and as the National Chair of Annual Giving for the University of Tennessee Alumni Association.

Mike Jaynes, English, continues to contribute to the fields of humanities, animal advocacy, Earth advocacy, ecofeminism and animal behavioral studies with the following two conference speaking invitations, lectures, fourteen articles, and two interviews by national and international outlets:
-He has been invited to speak at the 2009 Summit for Elephants conference hosted by the Performing Animal Welfare Society and to chair a panel on elephant behavior and advocacy.
-He has also been invited to speak on behalf of captive and performing elephants at the upcoming 2009 Minding Animals international animal conference at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
-His ecofeminist article “Animal Defense, Earth Defense: Compassionate Bedfellows” has been accepted for 2009 publication by the Earth First! Journal
-Has been invited to participate in a panel on the Canadian radio talk show “Animal Voices” as part of an upcoming “Elephant Week” in 2009
-His article “From War Elephants to Circus Elephants: Humanity’s Abuse of Elephants” has been accepted for 2009 publication in the Journal of Critical Animal Studies
-He delivered the lecture “For the Animals’ Sake: From Factory Farming to Deep Vegetarianism” on November 8th, 2008, by invitation of the Chattanooga Institute for Noetic Science.
-His article “The Ethical Disconnect of the Circus: Humanity’s acceptance of Performing Elephants” was published in California Polytechnic University’s Between the Species: A Journal for the Study of Philosophy and Animals
-Having been named an animal advocacy expert by the heavily reviewed About.com, the following four articles have been/will be published by About.com: “Descartes and Kant: Self-Proclaimed Lords of Nature and Fathers of Animal Abuse,” “Elephant Biology, Sociology, and Psychology,” “Ringling Brothers: Disgraceful Animal Abusers,” and “Granting Moral Consideration to Nonhuman Species: Elephant Sanctuary.”
-His article “Social Free(ak)dom: Dragoncon 2008” is forthcoming from UFO Magazine
-All Creatures have published the following articles: “Farm Animal Manifesto,”
“Elephants Never Forget: Never Forget Elephants,” “Animal Destruction During the Holidays,” and “The Hippies Were Right”
-His article “For the Animals’ Sake: From Factory Farming to Deep Vegetarianism” was published by the media center of the Animal Liberation Front.
-He was also interviewed by the Animal Liberation Front
-His article, “Fearless Hunters Kill Ducks at Duck Pond near Chester Frost Park” appeared on Chattanoogan.com
-Delivered the lecture “The Saddest Show on Earth: Elephant (Ab)use in Traveling Circuses” at the Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association conference in Cincinnati Ohio. Served as panel chair.
- Delivered the lecture “From Achilles to House: The Social Freedom of not Giving a Flying Rip (and Being Good Enough) at the Midwest Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Served as panel chair.
-Paper “An examination of the Irish and British Animal Liberation movement: the Global Social, Moral, Political, and Legal Impact of the Animal Liberation Front” has been accepted at the upcoming 2008 Ireland on the Move conference to be hosted in Chattanooga.

John Lynch, chemistry. Paper presented at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society:

“Development of Algorithms for Automation of Spectrophotometric Titrations,” William M. McGee, John A. Lynch, Paper Number 671, The 60th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nashville, TN, Noverber 14, 2008.

Paper published in Microchemical Journal:

“Development of Algorithms for Automated Spectrophotometric Titrations,” Ivan P. Zubkow and John A. Lynch, Microchemical Journal, 90, 13-18 (2008).

Tony Lease, health, education and professional studies, published three articles in fall issues of periodicals as follows: “School Reform – A Team Effort” in Academic Exchange Quarterly, “Improving Teacher Effectiveness Through Focused Graduate Education” in Action In Teacher Education, and “Performance Pay – Déjà vu All Over Again” in the Professional Studies Review. A fourth article, “The Art of Delegation” is scheduled for publication in The American School Board Journal this spring.

David Levine and Larry Tillman, physical therapy, presented “Comparison of Selected Stretch Positions of the Piriformis Muscle Using Computerized Tomography and Biomodeling: A Pilot Study” at the Annual American Physical Therapy Association Meeting.

Nandini Makrandi, art history, curated the exhibition and national tour ofI Heard A Voice: The Art of Lesley Dill for the Hunter Museum of American Art. The exhibition will travel to six institutions from 2009 to 2011, and is the first nationally touring exhibit organized by the museum in its 57 year history. Makrandi has published an essay, Vision, Touch, Voice, in the accompanying exhibit catalog.

Darrell Meece, education, published the article “Show your interest in children through reflections” in the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s publication Teaching Young Children. Darrell Meece also published an accompanying training guide in NAEYC’s NEXT: The Teaching Young Children Staff Development Guide. The citation is:

Meece, D. (2009). Show your interest in children through behavior reflections. Teaching Young Children, 2 (3) 8-10.

Catherine Meeks, English, was named news editor for the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment’s quarterly newsletter, ASLENews.

Gregory O’Dea, English and The University Honors Program, designed, directed, and served as scholar-in-residence for two multi-day workshops for Tennessee and Georgia physicians on “”Literary Images of the Physician.” He also delivered the 2008 Ellie Magnuson Lecture on Literature and Science at Kentucky Wesleyan College, entitled “Alter Ego: Science and Monstrosity in Nineteenth-Century Literature.”

Kim O’Kelley and Darrell Meece, education, presented:

O’Kelley, K. & Meece, D. (2008, November) Providing diverse opportunities
for pre-service teachers. Presented at the Annual Conference of the
Southeastern Association of Teacher Educators, Myrtle Beach, SC.

O’Kelley also wrote:
Ridgley, R. & O’Kelley, K.E. (June, 2008). Providing Individually Responsive
Home Visits. Journal of Young Exceptional Children.

Dennis Plaisted, philosophy and religion, presented his paper, “Professional Ethics and The Verdict,” at the 10th International Conference of the Society for Ethics across the Curriculum on November 15, 2008 in Baltimore, MD. He also presented, “God and the Appropriation of Evil,” at the 60th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on November 21, 2008 in Providence, RI.

Craig Pressley, social work, has completed the terminal professional licensure for clinical social work practice(LCSW)in January 2009. This extensive professional licensure process involves completing 3,000 hours of clinical social work practice under the supervision of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and passage of a national examination through the Association of Social Work Boards. Craig joined the Department of Social Work here at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in July of 2008.

Susan Faye Ritz, UTC Center for Applied Social Research, received her Ph.D. in psychology (concentration: multiculturalism) from the University of Rhode Island in December 2008. She also co-authored two papers:

Bowleg, L., Brooks, K., & Ritz, S. F. (2008). Bringing home more than a paycheck: An exploratory analysis of Black lesbians’ experiences of stress and coping in the workplace. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 12, 69-84.

Quinlin, K., Bowleg, L., & Ritz, S. F. (2008). Virtually invisible women: Women with disabilities in mainstream psychological research and theory. Review of Disability Studies, 4(3), 4-17.

Linda Rivers, UTC Children’s Center, was selected as one of the recipients of the Siskin Children’s Institute’s Circle of Scholars Research Awards. She will be investigating the effects of incidental teaching on the engagement of preschool children with disabilities in an inclusive site.

Tom Rybolt, chemistry, published the following article: Thomas R.Rybolt, Christina E. Wells, Howard E. Thomas, Craig M. Goodwin, Jennifer L. Blakely, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 325 (2008) 282-286. Binding energies for alkane molecules on a carbon surface from gas-solid chromatography and molecular mechanics.

Erika Schafer, music, was selected to direct the second All-Middle Tennessee High School Jazz Band in Murfreesboro from January 15-17, 2009. The finest high school musicians from middle Tennessee were selected for this group by audition. Erika rehearsed the group on January 15th and 16th for a concert which took place on the 17th.

Katie Schwartz, theatre and speech, has just published a down-loadable book, Portable Parent, for college students. The book on practical subjects relating to starting college and living in a first apartment, offers “instant information - with a parent’s insight - 24/7″. Parents are invited to add their wisdom to this book before giving it to their children. The book can be found at http://www.portableparent.com. Katie is also the author of three books for professionals in her field.

Booker T. Scruggs, II, sociology, anthropology, and geography, was recipient of the “Honors of the Executive Board” for meritorious service and outstanding contributions to the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP). This recognition was presented at the 37th Annual SAEOPP Conference held at The Peabody in Memphis, January 26, 2009, and was given for his generating over $10,000 for student scholarships through the sales of his musical CD, “A Salute to The Duke.” SAEOPP is a non-profit regional organization of persons who are professionally involved in providing means by which students can enter and successfully complete a college or university. Scruggs is a retired director of UTC’s Upward Bound Program, which is one of the TRIO Programs affiliated with SAEOPP.

Cathie Smith, physical therapy, will co-present two posters at the national American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting in February entitled: “Use of Neuroprosthesis to Correct Gait Deviation in a Patient with an Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury” (co-presenters Alexandria Deimling and Joy Friley) and “Association Between Trunk and Lower Extremity Flexibility and X-Factor During the Golf Swing in Young, Skilled Golfers” (co-presenter Jeremiah Tate).
In March, Smith will present outcomes of the May, 2008 international faculty/student exchange that she directed to Romania, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to the Chattanooga district of the Tennessee Physical Therapy Association. Jeannette Beach, Daniel Earl and Zoe Walls–recent graduates of the post-professional DPT concentration who participated in the exchange program–will assist with the presentation.

Ron Smith, mathematics, published the paper “The Positive Definite Completion Problem Revisited”, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 429 (2008) 1442-1452; he also published the paper “On Acyclic and Unicyclic Graphs whose Minimum Rank Equals the Diameter” (with Francesco Barioli and Shaun Fallat), Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 429 (2008) 1568-1578.

Clinton W. Smullen III, Academic and Research Computing Services and Stephanie A. Smullen, computer science and engineering:

Clinton W. Smullen III, Stephanie A. Smullen, “Agnostic AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and Data”, XTech 2008 Proceedings, Dublin, Ireland, May 2008

Clinton W. Smullen III, Stephanie A. Smullen, “Agnostic AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and Data”, Presentation at XTech 2008, Dublin, Ireland, May 2008

Janet Spraker, facilities planning and management. This year I am marking my 20th year as a licensed professional engineer in the state of Tennessee.

Felicia B. Sturzer, foreign languages, has a review forthcoming in the April 2009 issue of Eighteenth-Century Fiction on Mme Riccoboni: Romanci`ere, Epistoli`ere, Traductrice. La Republique des Lettres 34. Leuven: Peeters, 2007 by Jan Herman, Kris Peeters and Paul Pelckmans, eds. She will also be the respondent in a session on “French Letters: Real and Fictional” at the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference in Charlotte, NC on March 6 - 8, 2009. She is on the Editorial Boards of XVIII New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century and Women In French Studies.

Bonnie Warren-Kring, education, was accepted to the IRA’s Research Poster Session held during IRA’s 54th West Annual Convention in Phoenix, AZ on February 23, 2009. Presentation is titled, “Adolescents’ Comprehension and Content Area Education Students’ Dispositions Benefit from One-On-One Tutoring.”

Co-director of UC Foundation Strategic Planning grant 2008-2009 “Partnering to Increase Reading Comprehension & Math Skills at Orchard Knob Middle School through UTC Student Tutors” for $18, 320.

Received TNE (Teachers for a New Era) Learning Network grant 2007-2008 for
$9, 720 for assistance in my content area reading courses for supplying trade books and implementing tutoring for middle and high school students.
Asked by NCATE to be an Advisory Board member for the Urban Teacher Residency Project, Washington, D.C.

Bart Weathington, psychology, published the following articles:

Amos, E.A. & Weathington, B.L. (2008). An Analysis of the Relationship between Employee-Organization Value Congruence and Employee Attitudes. The Journal of Psychology, 142, 615-631.

Burke, L.A. & Weathington, B.L. (2008). Health insurance and job lock: Proposed consequences. Employee Benefit Plan Review, 63(2), 23-25.

Cunningham, C.J.L., Weathington, B.L., & Burke, L.A. (2008). Riding the Wellness Wave: Implications for Organizations. Employee Benefit Plan Review, 63(4), 7-9.

O’Brien, R.S., Smithson, J.N., Weathington, B.L., & Booher, L.R. (2008). Big Five Personality Characteristics and Commitment Levels in Romantic Relationships. Modern Psychological Studies, 13, 110-125.

Weathington, B.L. (2008). Income Level and the Value of Non-Wage Employee Benefits. Employee Responsibilities and Right Journal, 20, 291-300.

Weathington, B.L. & Moldenhauer, H.A. (2008). Gender Role and Personality as Predictors of Peer and Self Leadership Evaluations. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 4(1), 7-14.

Danny West, facilities planning & management, has earned the U. S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional (AP) status. The LEED Green Building Rating System is designed to encourage energy and resource conservation in the construction and operation of buildings.

Anne Wilkins, accounting, was the featured speaker at an all day tax seminar sponsored by the Tennessee Society of CPA’s and Surgent McCoy, LLC in January, 2009 on the Complete Guide to Preparing Limited Liability Company, Partnership, and S Corporation Federal Income Tax Returns. She was appointed to the board of the Chattanooga Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Li Yang, computer science and engineering, published “SecCMP: Enhancing Critical Secrets Protection in Chip-Multiprocessors”, International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 54-66, October-December 2008 (co-author: Lu Peng, and Balachandran Ramadass); “Integrating Trust Management into Usage Control in P2P Multimedia Delivery”, Proceedings of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE08), July 2008 (co-author: Raimund Ege); “Network Intrusion Detection Based on Bayesian Networks”, Proceedings of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE08), July 2008 (co-author: Alma Cemerlic and Joseph M. Kizza,); “Teaching Database Security and Auditing”, Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Chattanooga TN, March 2009, accepted; “Extracting Value from P2P Content Delivery:, Proceedings of The Fourth International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications (ICSNC), IEEE Xplore, France, March 2009, accepted (co-author: Raimund K. Ege and Richard Whittaker); “DoS Network Intrusion Detection through Multi-layer Features”, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security, IEEE Xplore, March 2009, accepted (co-author: Ran Tao, Lu Peng, Bin Li, Alma Cemerlic);” Discovering Latent Topics from Dark Websites”, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Cyber Security, IEEE Xplore, March 2009, accepted (co-author: Feiqiong Liu, Joseph M. Kizza, and Raimund K.Ege); secured $20,000 from Odor Wheeler on “Sustainable and Scalable Wireless Sensor Network to Monitor Chemical Concentration (with Mina Sartipi and Joseph Kizza)in 2008-2009; $62, 279 from Department of Defense (DoD) IASTP, UTC Information Assurance Scholarships Program, (with Joseph Kizza and Kathy Winters) in 2008-2009.

Fall 2008

Valarie Adams, library, 2008/2009 President of the Chattanooga Area Library Association Member of the Tennessee Library Association Board of Directors

Jooyong Ahn, music, served as a juror for Techers del Norte-Pianists del Sur competition in Buenos Aires, Argentina August 25-September 2, 2008 along with the faculties from The Juilliard School, Eastman School of Music and former faculty from University of Utah. Ahn hosted 35 high school music students from Kangwon Arts High School, Gangnung, Korea, for master classes, attending classes, private study, rehearsals and concerts September 8-September 12, 2008.

Nesli Alp, engineering management and graduate programs, received $150,000 from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of East Tennessee to establish the first four-year Construction Management program in the state of Tennessee. The program began in fall 2008 as a concentration in the Engineering Technology Management (ETM) program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Alp successfully represented UTC at the Linden International Recruitment Fair in India, organized in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. She was also invited to speak at the UT Nuts and Bolts Conference. There, Alp discussed the partnership between the Internal Medicine Department of the UT Medical School at Erlanger and the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UTC, developed to improve patient safety. She was invited as a panelist to discuss Engineering Management Education at the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) Conference.

Sybil Baker, English. Her recent publications include a short story, “The Cape of Good Hope” in upstreet and an essay, “In Defense of Telling: How to put ideas in your short fiction” in Segue Writers on Writing, available at http://www.mid.muohio.edu/segue/wow/baker-defense.pdf.

Her short story “Dog House” will be published by Casperian Books this fall in an anthology titled And Now for a Story. Her essay titled “Earl Braggs: Poet of Place” will also appear this fall in Alehouse.

In September she will present at the Tennessee Council of Teachers of English Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Her presentation is titled “The Pinwheel Approach: How to Organize Small Groups and Develop Writing Projects for Maximum Learning and Interaction.”

Boris Belinskiy, mathematics, published the paper “The Energy of the Stochastic Wave Equation Driven by a Fractional Gaussian Noise” (with P. Caithamer), Random Operators and Stochastic Equations, 15, 303-326 (2007); had the paper “The Schwarz Reflection Principle for Harmonic Functions in R2 Subject to the Robin Condition” (with T.V. Savin) accepted at J. Math Analysis and Applications; prtesented a paper “On Stochastic Wave Equation” at Vanderbilt Univ., April 2008; refereed a paper for SIAM Undergaradfuate Research.

Tom Buchanan, sociology, published two articles. “Race and Gender Differences in Self-efficacy: Assessing the Role of Gender Role Attitudes and Family Background?” was published in June 2008 issue of Sex Roles: A Journal of Research (with Nikesha Selmon) and “The Same Sex Referent-Work Satisfaction Relationship: Assessing the Role of Distributive Justice Perceptions” in May 2008 issue of Sociological Focus.

Tom Buggey, education, and Grace Hoomes, Research Graduate Assistant presented Video Self-Modeling Applications with Children with Autism at the Annual Autism Society of America Conference in Orlando in July.

Tom Buggey, education, delivered the keynote address “The Magic of RTI” at the Annual Beyond Access Conference in Memphis on Sept. 26

Susanne Burgess, Southeast Center for Education in Arts, presented a conference session for the International Society for Music Education in Bologna, Italy: An Integrated Approach to Music and Reading -Building Expressive Readers and Singers

Andy Carroll, Academic and Research Computing Services, has been certified as a GIS Professional by the GIS Certification Institute (GISCI). He joins the ranks of 35 other GIS Professionals (GISP) actively practicing in the state of Tennessee.

Sandy Cole, Center for Community Career Education, has served on two federal grant panels this year: The Department of Labor’s Community-Based Job Training and the Department of Education’s Smaller Learning Communities.

The Center for Community Career Education was also mentioned in the April 2 USA Today issue as a winner in the national Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility competition.

Marisa Colston, health and human performance, submitted a 1,600 page self-study over the summer for continued accreditation by the Committee on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. The accreditation site visit is scheduled for October 5-7, 2008.

Rebecca Cook, English, published poems in Diode and Poet Lore. She also published a short story in New England Review. A piece of her creative nonfiction is due in October in Northwest Review.

Gloria Deml, nursing, received master’s degree in Christian Counseling in 2008.

Ken Dryden, WUTC-FM, the University’s public radio station, recently published liner notes for two new Jazzed Media CDs, including vocalist/lyricist Lorraine Feather’s Language and guitarist Jeff Barone’s Open Up.

In addition to his duties soliciting business support for WUTC-FM, Dryden has been a free lance jazz journalist for over 20 years, writing reviews, articles, liner notes and press bios. He is a regular contributor to All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), All About Jazz New York, Hot House and Coda. Dryden is a member of the Jazz Journalists Association.

Leroy Fanning, health and human performance, was invited Keynote Speaker for the Baltimore County Schools Health, Physical Education and Dance teachers. The title of his keynote address was “Think change: Adapt and Thrive or Fall Behind.” In addition, the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR) elected Fanning to its 2008-09 Board of Directors. His responsibilities will be the development of a Market Driven Strategy and increasing membership for AAPAR.

Kevin Ford, music, presented a session on “Fund raising for Community Based Choral Organizations” at the Southern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Lousiville, KY.

Kevin Ford, music, was elected as the College Representative for the East Tennessee Vocal Association.

Kevin Ford, music, presented a literature reading session and also directed the UTC Master Chorale in a concert during the Tennessee state conference of the American Choral Directors Association.

Kristi Gibbs, education, co-authored “Sanding in Supervision.” In A. Drews & J. Mullen (Eds.), Supervision Can Be Playful: Techniques for Child and Play Therapist Supervisors. Published by Jason Aronson. This work was co-authored with Eric Green from Johns Hopkins University.

Greg Grant, chemistry, served as guest co-editor on a special issue of the journal Main Group Chemistry which was devoted to the chemistry of sulfur and selenium. Grant also published a paper in the issue entitled: “Contrasting Arsine and Phosphine Coordination Behavior: Heteroleptic Palladium(II) Complexes with Triphenylarsine and a Crown Thioether.” UTC chemistry student Desiree Biggers appeared as a co-author. Grant recently published a second paper in the journal Polyhedron. The paper was titled “Hg(II) and Cd(II) Complexes with Mixed Donor Macrocyclic Thioethers: The Oxophobicity of Mercury(II)” and UTC chemistry graduates Makiel Botros and Jared Hassler appear as co-authors on the paper.

Diane Halstead, marketing and entrepreneurship, has published the following journal articles in 2007-2008:

Halstead, Diane, Michael A. Jones, Vance P. Lesseig, and Thomas I. Smythe (2008), “Customer Orientation of Financial Advisors,” Journal of Financial Services Marketing, in press.

Becherer, Richard C., Diane Halstead and A.J. Taylor (2008), “Auction Characteristics and Outcomes: An Empirical Examination of eBay,” Journal of Internet Commerce, 7 (3), 1-22.

Brockman, Beverly K., Melissa E. Rawlston, Michael A. Jones and Diane Halstead (2008), “An Exploratory Model of Interpersonal Cohesiveness in New Product Development Teams,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, in press.

Halstead, Diane, Michael A. Jones, and April N. Cox (2007), “Satisfaction Theory and the Disadvantaged Consumer,” Journal of Consumer Satisfaction, Dissatisfaction and Complaining Behavior, 20 (December), 15-35.

Bryan Hampton, English, humanities, “‘new Lawes thou see’st impos’d’: Milton’s Dissenting Angels and the Clarendon Code, 1661-65.” Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books: Essays on the 1667 First Edition. Eds. John Shawcross and Michael Lieb. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2007. 141-58.

“Infernal Preaching: Participation, God’s Name, and the Great Prophesying
Movement in the Demonic Council Scene of Paradise Lost.” The Uncircumscribed Mind: Reading Milton Deeply. Eds. Kristin A. Pruitt and Charles W. Durham. Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press, 2008. 91-112.

Awarded UC Foundation Assistant Professorship, 2008

June Hanks, physical therapy, achieved two certifications: Certified Wound Specialist and Certified Lymphedema Therapist. She also led a team of physical therapy department graduates on a two-week cultural immersion experience to Les Cayes, Haiti where the team worked in a rehabilitation clinic & brace shop, conducted a three-day seminar for persons with stroke, and held rehabilitation clinics in the countryside. The team worked alongside the Haitian staff and expatriate staff that June directs as part of the Advantage Program, an assistance program for persons with disabling conditions in Haiti.

Colleen Harris, library, will present two sessions at the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, California in October 2008. She will co-present a preconference workshop title “Dance, Dance, Library Evolution” focused on how libraries are utilizing new technologies to reach their communities, as well as a program titled “2.0 Learning and 1.8 Users: Bridging the Gap” with Rudy Leon (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), addressing how academic libraries can bridge the skill gap between underskilled students and the newest research technologies.

Karen Henderson, theatre and speech, performed in two productions at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre this year - SEE ROCK CITY (Main Stage) and WONDER OF THE WORLD (Circle Series).

Debbie Ingram, physical therapy, is the 2008-09 Past President and Chair of Annual Giving for the University of Tennessee Alumni Association. She and three UTC PT graduate students were recently notified of the acceptance of a research study presentation at the upcoming American Physical Therapy Association meeting in Las Vegas.

Richard Jackson, English, had his edition of Alexsander Persolja’s book of poems from the Slovene, Potovanje Sonca (Journey of the Sun) published by the Slovene Cultural Association. Jackson’s own poems have appeared recently or will soon appear in Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, Cave Wall, Ecoline, Asheville Review, Crab Orchard Review, Poems and Plays, Rattle, Atlanta Review, 101 Odes and several anthologies. His poems were translated and appeared recently in journals in Finland, India and Slovenia. He has recently given readings and presented workshops at the University of Iowa, the Prague Summer Programs, the Vermont College Slovenia Program, the American School at Leysin Switzerland, Austin Peay University, and the Vermont Writers’ Conference, and will appear soon at Durango (CO) Community College, Bridgewater College (VA), Cleveland (OH) State University, and other venues. He will appear on a panel on Slovene Literature in New York in September, and recently chaired a panel and participated in another at the annual Associated Writing Programs Conference in New York. He recently edited an edition of Poetry Miscellany, and has written an essays for Literary Encyclopedia (London) and a book on Weldon Kees for the University of Nebraska. In May he led a group of UTC students to Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia where they conducted workshops, presented readings and participated in UTC workshops held by himself and Prof. Sybil Baker. He is directing the UTC Meacham Writers’ Workshops this October and March.

Mike Jaynes, English, continues building a national reputation in the animal rights and advocacy field. Already an internationally published animal advocacy writer, he continues to contribute to the humanities as well with the following twelve essays, interview, and four speaking appearances placing publications in national outlets such as ABCNews.com, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, and Dissident Voice:
*Essay “I believe elephants are worthwhile” published by National Public Radio’s(NPR) historic This I Believe essay series
*Controversial essay “Life as a Cog” Published in Dissident Voice
*Editorials on shark finning and elephants appeared in ABCNEWS.com
*Essay “Whale Sharks and Callous Anthropocentrism” published by the Animals’ Voice.
*Essay “Aggressive Posturing does not Create Vegetarians” published by the award- winning The Vegetarian Site.com / August 14, 2008
*Essay “Elephants Never Forget: Never Forget Elephants” published by The U.S. of Oz
*Essay “Fear and Leading in the Classroom: The Contemporary Gay Male University Student and His Success” forthcoming from Bent Magazine issue 7, September 2008
*Essay “Humanity’s Enslavement of Nonhuman Animals: Why Human Nature is not Inherently Flawed” appeared on the peer-reviewed About.com. He was also permanently added as a guest writer and contributing expert to About.com
*Essay “I am no better than a Pig” forthcoming from Paragon Magazine
*Essay “Cultural Traditions Engendering Abuse: Elephant Crushing and Street Elephants in Thailand” featured on animalwritings.com
*Essay “University Apathy Toward Dog Fighting: Some Brief Facts” published by Saving Animals Via Education (S.A.V.E.)
*Essay “Longline Fishing in the World’s Oceans” published by All-Creatures
*Essay “The Inhumanity of Humanity: Historical Human Abuse of Elephants” published by All-Creatures
*Interviewed by The Washington Post on the plight of performing elephants
*Lectured on behalf of performing elephants and the abuse of animals in western humanities at the National Animal Rights Conference in Washington D.C. in August of 2008
*Will deliver the lecture “The Finning of Sharks: The Failure of Humanity” in conjunction with the first annual Lewis-Jaynes Awake and Engage(d) Documentary Film Series in October of 2008
*Invited lecture on behalf of Farm Animals during Farm Sanctuary’s activities for World Farm Animals’ Day in Chattanooga by invitation of Saving Animals Via Education
*Will be presenting the invited lecture “Porn and Meat: An EcoFeminist Perspective on Connected Cruelty” by invitation of UTC Womens Studies in early October.

Sagar Kapadia, engineering, presented a paper titled, “Sensitivity Analysis of Three-Dimensional Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Model” at the 6th International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering & Technology Conference, Denver, June 16-18, 2008.

Bryon Kluesner, Office for Students with Disabilities, received funding for and organized the implementation of Braille/tactile UTC campus maps. Maps will be unveiled October, 2008.

Kluesner was elected Education Chair for the Tennessee Association on Higher Education and Disability (TN-AHEAD).

Kluesner received his Assistive Technology Applications Certification through California State University, Northridge Center on Disabilities.

David Levine, physical therapy, presented “Assessment of Impulse Duration Thresholds for Electrical Muscle Stimulation” at the Fifth International Symposium on Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. This paper is accepted for publication in the American Journal of Veterinary Research, and was a collaborative study between UTC, The University of Lyon (France), and North Carolina State University.

John Lynch, chemistry, together with student Ivan Zubkow, had the paper: “Development of Algorithms for Automated Spectrophotometric Titrations,” published in the Microchemical Journal, in August 2008.

Darrell Meece, education, co-authored a publication resulting from an inter-disciplinary examination of correlates of informal child care among low-income families with Ellen Kossek and Shaun Pichler of Michigan State University, and Marguerite Barratt of George Washington University. This research, funded by the Gerber Foundation, reflects collaboration of management, labor and industrial relations, early childhood education, and family and child social policy perspectives. Data from interviews conducted with 187 family, friend and neighbor child care providers receiving public subsidies indicated that, even after controlling for familial status or household income, caregiver perceptions of higher quality care were associated with higher education levels, greater attachment to child care as a job; and lower provider depressive symptoms. Further, findings from the study suggest that mothers who have providers with whom they have good caregiving interactions may experience positive social support and psychological crossover dynamics associated with mother well-being. The reference for the publication is:

Kossek, E. E., Pichler, S. M., Meece, D., & Barratt, M. E. (2008). Family, friend and neighbour child care providers and maternal well-being in low-systems: An ecological social approach. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 81, , 369-391.

Additional findings from this study also were presented this fall:

Kossek, E. E., Pichler, S. M., Meece, D., & Barratt, M. E. (2008, August). Child Care Providers and Maternal Well-Being: The Missing Link in Work-Family Research. Presented as part of the symposium “Low wage work and families” at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim.

Vicki Petzko, education, will have an article published in the September 2008 volume of the quarterly research journal of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The article, “The Perceptions of New Principals Regarding the Knowledge and Skills Important to their Initial Success”, was based on research conducted with a national sample of principals and assistant principals in the first 3 years of their appointment as a school leader.

Oralia Preble-Niemi, foreign languages and literatures, was elected President of the the Phi Beta Kappa Association during the summer meeting of the Association.

Lynn Purkey, foreign languages and literatures. “Spanish Pacifist and Soviet Civil War Prose” will appear in the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Vol. 85. Issue 5, 2008), and “Anarchists as Ethical Models in Valle-Inclán’s Ruedo ibérico” has been accepted for publication by España Contemporánea (forthcoming).

Lynn Purkey, foreign languages and literatures, will present two papers in the fall, “Alberti and Mayakovsky: Subverting Religious Emblems of the Medieval Mystery Play” as part of “Comparative Literature and World Literature: Textual, Visual, Aural Interconnections and Interfaces” in Auburn, Alabama, and “Mothers and Daughters in the Social Prose of the Second Republic,” in “18th Conference of the International Association of Hispanic Women Writers,” Atlanta, Georgia, accepted/forthcoming (Oct. 16-18, 2008). In addition, “Spanish Pacifist and Soviet Civil War Prose” will appear in the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Vol. 85. Issue 5, 2008), and “Anarchists as Ethical Models in Valle-Inclán’s Ruedo ibérico” has been accepted for publication by España Contemporánea.

Irven M. Resnick, Chair of Excellence in Judaic Studies, philosophy and religion, has published (with Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr.) Albert the Great’s Questions Concerning Aristotle’s ‘On Animals’, Fathers of the Church, Medieval Continuation 9 (Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2008). On June 23, 2008 he presented a lecture, “Mark of Distinction: Circumcision in medieval Jewish-Christian Debate,” at Trinity College (Dublin) and from 9 July-12 August 2008 he co-directed (with Professor Jeremy Cohen of Tel Aviv University), a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Faculty, “Holy Land and Holy City in Classical Judaism, Christianity, and Islam,” at Oxford University’s Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

Sydney Roberts, theatre and speech, designed costumes this past summer for Georgia Shakespeare’s production of AS YOU LIKE IT. She also worked on the designs for the Chattanooga Bicycle Club’s new kits and event t-shirts.
Upcoming projects include an original adaptation of Sophocles’ ANTIGONE at Georgia Shakespeare and the world premiere of Andre Benjamin’s new children’s play CLASS OF 3000 LIVE at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Visit her website at http://web.mac.com/sydneylenoir

Carolyn Schreeder, nursing, published dissertation “Chief Nurse Executive Perceptions of Leader Practices and Organizational Factors on Organ Donation” in UMI ProQuest, July, 2008.
Lead facilitator for Research Council at Erlanger. Accomplishment:Implementation of Culture of Safety Program at Erlanger with preliminary data registered with the Tennessee Hospital Association in conjunction with the AHRQ and Johns Hopkins

Janet Secrest, nursing, Secrest, J. (2008). Rehabilitation and rehabilitation nursing. In, K. Mauk (Ed.), The specialty practice of rehabilitation nursing: A core curriculum. 5th Ed. Glenview, IL: Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

Janet Secrest, nursing, Matthews, S., Secrest, J., & Muirhead, L. (2008) The Interaction Model of Health Behavior: A model for advanced practice nurses. Journal of the Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20, 415-422.

Janet Secrest, nursing, Secrest, J. (2008). Tool development in an Orem curriculum. Self-Care, Dependent-Care & Nursing, The Official Journal of the International Orem Society. 16(2),

Janet Secrest, nursing, Wildman, S., Secrest, J., & Keatley, V. (2008). A concept analysis of control in the perianesthesia period. Journal of Perianesthia Nursing

Janet Secrest, nursing, 2008 Implementation of an Orem-based Nursing Curriculum: The Role of Tool Development. (Paper presentation). Vancouver, BC, Canada. International Orem Society World Congress

Chris Smith, nursing, is serving as a reviewer for Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing, a peer reviewed journal for advanced practice nurses. She has recently published “Traveling to Developing Countries. Understanding The Risks For Malaria For Your Patients” in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners> This article is based on her travels to Haiti as part of a medical mission team for the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti. She has accompanied Dr. Mitch Mutter and other providers on three trips this year providing medical care to residents of outlying villages. She is currently working with the Dean of the School of Nursing, Hilda Alcindor, in Leogane, Haiti to provide course content for their BSN program. The goal is to begin a Nurse Practitioner concentration at some point in the near future.

Ed Smith, UTC Counseling and Career Planning Center, says the Center is hosting the 45th annual Southeastern Conference of Counseling Center Personnel (SCCCP)Nov. 5-7. This conference is made up of psychologists, social workers, professional counselors and other mental health professionals whose primary responsibilities involve providing individual and group counseling/psychotherapy to students on campuses throughout the Southeast. UTC was previously the host institution in 1988 and 1991. Smith is the Chair of the Conference Committee and Conference Coordinator.

Felicia Sturzer, foreign languages, delivered a paper on “The Subversive Dynamics of Myth, Gender, and Sexuality–The Fairy Tales of Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy” at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, November 7 - 9, 2008. She is also on the Editorial Board of XVIII New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century and Women In French Studies. She reviewed articles for both journals.

Alice Tym, sociology anthropology & geography, was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame as a player and a coach on September 19, 2008 in Williamsburg, VA.

Shela Van Ness, sociology, served on the selection committee for the outstanding paper award for the Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting in Boston. She also presented a paper titled “Shifting the Paradigm: Blending Restorative Justice in Community-Managed Corrections”.

Judith H. Wakim, nursing, journal contributions from Summer 2007- Present:

Smith, J. Wakim, J. Hill, L, “Evaluation of esophageal/precordial stethoscope earpeice use by anesthesia providers.” AANA Journal, accepted for publication January 2009.

Ramsey, J, Hill, L. Wakim, J. “Therapeutic induction of mild hypothermia post cardiac arrest.” Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, submittted

Thompson, C.P. Wakim, J. , Keatley, V. “Factors affecting the bispectral index monitor.” Anesthesia and Analgesia submitted.

Langford, R. Wakim, J., Hill, L. “A state of the science study on the Perioperative use of dexmedetomidine for coronary artery bypass graft.” AANA Journal submitted.

Lambert, K.G., Wakim, J., Lambert, N. “Reduction of PONV in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery who receive preoperative fluid boluses.” AANA Journal , accepted for publication, January 2009.

Nunley, C., Wakim, J., Guinn, C. “The effects of stimulation of acupressure point P 6 on postoperative nausea and vomiting: A review of literature.” Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing 23, (4) 247-261.

Kiser, M. , Wakim, J., Hill, L. “The accuracy of fingerbreadth measurement for thyromental distance estimates.” AANA Journal, submitted.

Hickam, D., Wakim, J., Monterde, S. “Total intravenous anesthesia on an efgg allergy patient.” AANA Journal, submitted.

Humphreys, C., Wakim, J., Monterde, S. “Airway management of the pediatric patient with Treacher Colllins Synddrome and/or Pierre Robin Sequence:A case report.” AANA Journal, submitted.

Broome, M., Wakim, J., Hill, L. “The appropriate timing for discontinuing angiotensin converting Enzyme-inhibitors prior to induction ,” AANA Journal, submitted.

Smith, S., Wakim, J., Guinn, C. “The efficacy of music therapy on anxiety levels in clinical settings where anesthesia is provided.” Journal of Perianesthia Nursing , submitted.

Other Written Work

Prentice Hall – Study questions for Nieswiadomy R. Foundations of Nursing Research – Listed as contributor – 2007
Jones & Bartlett – Review questions for Houser, J. Using Research: Reading, Using and Creating Evidence – Listed as contributor - 2007

Sandy Watson, education, presenter: Asian Studies Conference (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina). Teaching about Japan. Japan In-service/Pre-service Teacher Module
-Presenter: ESL Summer Institute, UTC: Diversity and Equity Issues
-Presenter: THEC workshop (Dr. Kay Cowan): Differentiating Reading Across the Curriculum (science).
Authored articles:
-Watson, S. & Bradley, J. (2008) Modeling Secondary Instructional Strategies in a Teacher Education Class. Education. (in press)
-Watson, S. (2008) Teaching Science Investigation with Discovery Bottles. Science and Children, 45(9).
-Miller, T., Watson, S. & Rutledge, V. (2008). Message Tees and Hidden Curriculum. Education Research and Perspectives, 34(2), pp. 91-103.
Other accomplishments/honors:
-Institutional Representative for American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
-Council of Scholars

Dan Webb, human resources, taught Model-Netics at Daystar University in Nairobi, Kenya, during first two weeks of June,2008, under the auspices of UTC Continuing Education. Course materials were provided by grant from Chancellor’s Office. Model-Netics is a comprehensive management program in use on all UT campuses for nearly 30 years. MN presents a broad range of organizational and managerial concepts through models which function as guides to individual thought and action.

Kim Wheetley, Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, has been selected to serve on the College Board’s National Task Force on the Arts in Education. The purpose of the Task Force is to articulate a vision for arts education in the United States, which the College Board will use to launch a national discussion about the role of the arts in education and the meaning of citizenship.

Kim Wheetley, Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, has been invited to serve on Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga’s new Arts Education Cabinet. Focus group meetings will explore the areas of In-School Arts Programs, Out-of-School Arts Programs, Adult Learning, and Hamilton County Department of Education Support.

Gary Wilkerson, health and human performance, received the designation of “Fellow” from the Research and Education Foundation of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association at the organization’s annual meeting in St. Louis. He delivered a presentation entitled “Evaluation and Management of Ankle and Subtalar Joint Instability” at the same meeting. He was also the lead author of a research report that was recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine entitled “Health-Related Factors Associated With the Healthcare Costs of Office Workers.”

Li Yang, computer science and engineering, Teaching Database Security and Auditing, submitted.

Li Yang, Managing Secure Database Systems, Readings and Cases in MoIS, Vol II, book chapter, accepted.

Li Yang, Lu Peng, and Balachandran Ramadass, SecCMP: Enhancing Critical Secrets Protection in Chip-Multiprocessors, International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, accepted.

Hong Qin, Li Yang, Detection of changes in transitive associations by shortest-path analysis of protein interaction networks integrated with gene expression profiles, The International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), IEEE publisher, Hainan, China, May, 2008.

Li Yang, Raimund Ege, Lin Luo, Aspect-Oriented Analysis of Security in Object-Oriented Distributed Virtual Environments, Handbook of Research on Information Assurance and Security, Information Science Reference, ISBN: 978-1-59904-855-0, 2008.

Li Yang, Chang Phuong, Andy Novobilski, and Raimund Ege, Trust-based Usage Control in Collaborative Environment, International Journal of Information Security and Privacy, Volume 2, Issue 2, April-June 2008.