Karen I. Adsit, Walker Teaching Resource Center, (March 2008). iPods in Paris - Learning French culture in an authentic environment. Presentation at the West Tennessee Technology Symposium, Martin, TN.
Jooyong Ahn, music, has debuted his Italian opera conducting in Milan, Italy, to celebrate Giocomo Puccini’s 150th birthday. He conducted two performances of La Boheme in Milan and Masate, Italy, May 24th and 29th, 2008, with singers from the Accademia Donizetti and the Lirico sinfonica provincia di Lecco.
Deborah Arfken, The Graduate School, served as a SACS site reviewer for two universities during spring 2008. She served on the substantive change team for Georgia State and was the lead reviewer for substantive change at The University of Texas Brownsville/Texas Southmost College.
J. Ronald Bailey, engineering, presented two papers and chaired a session at the international Electric Vehicle Symposium held in Anaheim, California. He has also been named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal: World Electric Vehicle Association which consists of the World Electric Electric Vehicle Association of the Asia Pacific, the Association for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (Europe) and the Electric Drive Transportation Association (US).
Bailey was elected President of the Chattanooga Engineers’ Club for 2008.
Thomas P. Balázs, English. His short story, “Sea of Faith,” appears this summer in the literary journal RiverSedge. Along with his wife, Merav, he has recently translated into English poems from Hebrew for Ambassador Reda Mansour, poet and consulate general in Atlanta for Israel. The translations appeared along with other works at an exhibition of Middle Eastern poetry at the Jewish Community Federation in Chattanooga December 2007, and more recently, May 2008, at a reading given by Ambassador Mansour at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, North Carolina.
Barbara Webb, IT Specialist, graduated with an MS in Criminal Justice in May 2008.
Lisa Burke, management, has the following publication forthcoming: Burke, Lisa A., & Hutchins, H. A study of best practices in training transfer and proposed model of transfer. Human Resource Development Quarterly.
Lisa Burke, management, was awarded the 2007-2008 Professor of the Year Award by the UTC Student Government Association (SGA), April.
Toni Carter, library, Reaching Your Millenials: A Fresh Look at Freshman Orientation. Tennessee Libraries 57.2 (2007) (co-author Beverly Simmons)
J.R. Clark, Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise, had four articles published in the 2007-2008 academic year, “Economic Freedom, Entrepreneurship, Migration, and Economic Growth” Clarion Business and Economic Review Journal, “To Whom Does Wealth Belong? An Economic Perspective” Journal of Lutheran Ethics, “Freedom, Barriers to Entry, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Progress” Review of Austrian Economics, and “The Politics of Poverty and the Poverty of Politics” Journal of Private Enterprise. A fifth article, “Government Transfers and Inequality: An Anatomy of Political Failure,” co-authored with Dwight R. Lee, has recently been accepted for publication in the journal of Public Finance and Management. Clark was also selected to serve as judge for the Atlas Foundation’s Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award, an international award that recognizes the single publication for 2008 that made the greatest contribution to world understanding of a free society. Clark serves as Secretary/Treasurer for both the Association of Private Enterprise Education and the Southern Economic Association, organizing both associations’ annual international conferences and publishing their respective professional journals. The 2008 APEE conference, featuring keynote speakers Arnold Harberger and John Stossel, of ABC’s 20/20 News, attracted record attendance. Clark also serves on the board of directors of the Mont Pelerin Society and organized academic sessions for its international conferences in Kenya and Japan.
Susan Davidson, nursing, had an abstract accepted to the 19th International Nursing Research Congress: Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, which will be held in July of this year in Singapore.
Gene Ezell, health education, was inducted into the North American Society of Health and Physical Education in April 2008. The award represents a lifetime of achievement in the fields of health and physical education. Ezell was the only health educator honored from all of Canada and the United States.
Ezell has co-authored “Teaching Today’s Health, Ninth Edition” for Benjamin Cummings Publishing, San Francisco, California. This book is due to be published in January 2009.
Lisa Pinckney Flint, business, has been promoted to Assistant Dean in the College of Business.
Tim Gaudin, biological & environmental sciences, published a paper entitled “A new pangolin (Mammalia: Pholidota) from the Pliocene of Langebaanweg, South Africa” in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology in collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Botha, a colleague from South Africa [Botha, J. and T. J. Gaudin. 2007. J. of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27(2):484-491.]. He also co-authored a chapter in a book entitled “The Biology of the Xenarthra” recently published by the University of Florida Press, in collaboration with Dr. Greg McDonald of the U.S. Park Service [Gaudin, T.J. and H.G. McDonald. 2008. Chapter 3. Morphology-based investigations of the phylogenetic relationships among extant and fossil Xenarthrans. Pp. 24-36 in: J. Loughry and S. VizcaÃno (eds.), The Biology of the Xenarthra, University of Florida Press, Gainesville, FL]. He published a brief taxonomic note in collaboration with a UTC adjunct faculty member, Matt Smith, and departmental colleague Tom Wilson [Smith, M.B., T.J. Gaudin, and T.P. Wilson. 2007. Geographic distribution. Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander). New County Record, Hamilton Co., TN. Herpetological Review. 38:347]. This past summer Dr. Gaudin was invited to give a presentation in a symposium entitled “Recent Advances in Xenarthran Studies,” organized by Drs. Gerry DeIuliis (University of Toronto) and Greg McDonald (Curator of Natural History, U.S. National Park Service), and held at the 8th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology in Paris, France [Gaudin, T.J. 2007. Xenarthran phylogeny and relationships to non-xenarthran placentals. Journal of Morphology 268(12): 1076]. He also presented a poster at the conference in collaboration with a UTC Adjunct faculty member [Bramblett, J.L. and T.J. Gaudin. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of extant armadillos (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) based on postcranial data. Journal of Morphology 268(12): 1053].
Christopher Hensley, criminal justice, co-wrote the following peer-reviewed journal article that was published in 2008:
The effect of inmates’ self-reported childhood and adolescent animal cruelty motivations on the number of convictions for adult violent interpersonal crimes. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 52(2), 175-184.
Julie Hobbs, music, published the following article: “Adding Theory to Private Lessons” Flute Talk Magazine, May 2008.
Debbie Ingram, physical therapy, co-authored “Generic Inabilities and the Use of a Decision-Making Rubric for Addressing Deficits in Professional Behavior” published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Journal of Physical Therapy Education. This work was completed with university faculty from Shenandoah,Wichita State, Duke and Virginia Commonwealth Medical College of Virginia.
Mike Jaynes, English, is emerging as a new voice in the animal rights world and has recently published several articles and creative pieces on various topics.
His paper “From Achilles to House: The Social Freedom of Not Giving a Flying Rip (And Being Good Enough)” has been selected for inclusion in Midwest Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference to be held in Cincinnati this October.
His paper entitled “The Saddest Show on Earth: Elephant (Ab)use in Traveling Circuses” has also been selected for the MPCACA conference and he has been asked to serve as Panel Chair for the Plants and Animals in Pop Culture panel.
His article “The Rhetoric of Hunting and Whaling: Sustainable Abuse” has been selected for publication by Abolitionist Online out of Sydney, Australia.
His freelance magazine article “The Suffering of Animals: The Public’s Hatred of Animal Rights Activists.” was selected as Cover Story of the forthcoming Summer 2008 issue of the nationally circulated award winning The Animal’s Voice Magazine.
His freelance article “Anthropormophism and Sentimentality: Flawed Rhetoric Harming Animals” appeared on the animal rights media site All Creatures.
His freelance magazine article, “The Logos of Abduction: A Logical Defense of Abductees” is forthcoming in the May 2008 issue of nationally circulated and industry leading UFO Magazine.
His article “Avoid Factory Farms at All Costs” was published by All Creatures.
His freelance magazine article, “Holding Fast: A Southeastern Tattoo Icon Tells it Like it is” was selected for publication forthcoming this summer by Prick Magazine, the world’s only free tattoo and body piercing lifestyle magazine.
His essay “A Braver, Newer World.” was published by the Animal Liberation Front on their Worldwide News and Information Resource about the A.L.F. (March 22, 2008)
An excerpt from his essay “Vegeveganism: A Call for the Unification of the Animal Rights World.” was published by the Animal Liberation Front on their Worldwide News and Information Resource about the A.L.F. (March, 2008)
Interviewed as featured guest by Chattanooga,Tennessee, radio personality Jeff Styles during his acclaimed F.R.E.D. the show (WGOW 102.3 FM) regarding animal rights issues regarding mass confinement factory farming on Earth Day, 2008. 4-22-08 11:00 a.m.
Abolitionist Online (Sydney, Australia) will be interviewing him regarding several facets of the Animal Rights world this summer.
His guest editorial “No ‘Green’ Eggs and Ham: Another Way to not Destroy the Earth While Saving Animals” appeared in the April 17th, 2008 edition of the University Echo: Student newspaper of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga summer edition.
His article “Teaching Alice Walker’s ‘Everyday Use’: Employing Race, Class, and Gender, with An Annotated Bibliography. ” with Marcia Noe was published in “Alice Walker: New Edition” released by Bloom’s Modern Critical Views Infobase Publishing: New York, 2007
His essay “A Case for Shelter Adoption: Sir Brutus Maximus, Eater of the Treats, King of all Romp.” was published in March, 2008 on The Animal Rescue Site.com
His essay “A Coyote and Coy Dog Defense” was published in April, 2008, in All Creatures and all-creatures.org
His creative non-fiction piece “A Small Grey Ghost” was published by the Animal Liberation Front on their Worldwide News and Information Resource about the A.L.F. (April, 2008)
He was interviewed by a member of UTK’s Marketing Ph.D. program regarding “Going Green” in contemporary society. Interview will be included in a published project in a Marketing industry peer reviewed journal.
His previously published article “A Braver, Newer World” was translated into Portuguese and published by a Brazilian animal rights organization called Red Pill Vs. Blue Pill.
His previously published articles “A Braver, Newer World”,”Vegeveganism: A Call for the Unification of the Animal Rights World”, and “A Small Grey Ghost” were picked up for distribution by the official website of the Animal Rights Militia.
He has also published various editorials in online media sites regarding animal rights, direct action animal groups, university student apathy regarding the Michael Vick dog fighting case, Speciesism, the suffering of circus elephants, mass confinement factory farming operations, and free speech issues regarding the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA).
Jaynes has also been invited to speak at the nation’s largest Animal Rights conference. His presentation is on the plight and suffering of performing circus elephants. AR2008 will take place in Washington D.C. on August 14-18.
Wes Moore, athletics, was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year for Women’s Basketball in March, 2008. He led the Lady Mocs to the Southern Conference regular-season and tournament titles and the NCAA Championships.
Chris Bono, athletics, was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year for Wrestling in March, 2008. He led the Mocs to their 23rd SoCon Championship.
Nora Kile, music, has had two more of her flute choir arrangements published this spring, one by ALRY Publications, Inc. in Charlotte, N.C., and the other by Falls House Press in Nashua, New Hampshire. This brings to a total of 15 works for various combinations of instruments, published by three different publishers. She was also the guest clinician at the recent Flute Choir Workshop of the Upper Midwest Flute Association in Minneapolis, MN. She is finishing up a five-year appointment as Exhibitors Concert/Exhibitors Showcases Coordinator for the National Flute Association.
David Levine, physical therapy, published the article “The Canine Shoulder: Selected Disorders and Their Management with Physical Therapy” in Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice, 22:171-182; 2007. Also published was “The Effects of the Five Ballet Positions on Posture of the Lumbar Spine, Pelvis, and Hip” in the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 2008:38(1);A54 with Debbie Ingram and Randy Walker from Physical Therapy.
John Lynch, chemistry, presented the paper “Automation of Spectrophotometric Titrations” at the 59th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 3, 2008. The “Pittcon” is the premiere conference for the subspecialty of Analytical Chemistry. This paper was coauthored by students William M. McGee and Ivan P. Zubkov.
Darrell Meece, education, was named to the editorial board of the journal Early Child Development and Care, an international, peer-reviewed journal focusing on early childhood education. He presented results of two research projects in April:
Meece, D., (2008, April). One state, two state, red state, blue state: Education funding accounts for outcome differences. Presented to the biennial meeting of the Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis.
Meece, D., & Mize, J. (2008, April). Father-child interaction: Associations with self-control and aggression among 4.5 year olds. Presented to the biennial meeting of the Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis.
Andy Novobilski, computer science and engineering, served as a proposal reviewer for the ICT and COPD health care research program of the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw).
Oralia Preble-Niemi, foreign languages & literatures, read a scholarly paper titled, “Meditaciones ante el cadaver de un desconocido” at the annual meetings of the Congreso Internacional de Literatura Centroamericana (International Conference on Central American Literature), in Nicoya, Costa Rica, April 16-18, 2008.
Cairon Reagan, UTC Educational Talent Search Project, has been named Eastern Representative of the Tennessee Association of Special Programs. TASP is dedicated to addressing barriers to postsecondary education opportunity for its low-income, first generation students. Reagan serves as Education Specialist to participants demonstrating potential for success in several area inner-city schools.
Valerie Rutledge, education, was named to the Tyner Academy Hall of Fame (formerly Tyner High School) as a part of the 100 year anniversary celebration of this institution. Rutledge, a 1970 graduate, was honored along with 14 other individuals as a member of this initial group.
Valerie Rutledge, Linda Johnston and Ted Miller, education, along with Alvena Kaffman presented on the topic “Response to Intervention” at the annual Statewide Reading First Meeting held in Nashville. The presentation consisted of implementation at both the local education agency and higher education levels related to implementation of Response to Intervention for the identification of students with a Specific Learning Disability.
Felicia Sturzer, foreign languages, evaluated an article for Women in French Studies and New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century. She is on the Editorial Board of both journals.
Jim Tucker, education, has been named co-editor of Ethical Human Psychiatry and Psychology, the peer-reviewed journal of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology. Tucker has also been appointed to the advisory board of the Early Learning Success Initiative, Early Learning Foundation, Brighton, MI. Tucker’s recent publications include:
Norm reference as it applies to abilities and disabilities: Reflections of a former
state-government official. Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, 9(3).
School psychology in a land of blended professions: The ultimate flavor of effective response. NASP 2007 Distinguished Lecture. Communique, 35(8), 48-52.
(with R. Sornson) One student at a time; one teacher at a time: Reflections on the use of instructional support. In Jimerson, S. R., Burns, M., & Van Der Heyden, A. (Eds.). Handbook of response to intervention: The science and practice of assessment and intervention. New York: Springer
Tucker’s recent professional presentations include the following:
The normal child: Creating abnormality through educational processes. Presentation at the annual conference of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, Arlington, VA, October 14, 2007
Instructional support and Response to Intervention: Critical connections and profound differences. Keynote presentation, Superintendent’s Conference Day, Mahopac Central School District, Mahopac, NY, November 6, 2007.
Tucker is currently serving as an expert witness in two cases in Federal Court: 1) Expert for the plaintiffs in Linda Finch, as Next Friend of Johnny Ebert vs. Texarkana School District No. 7 of Miller County. 2) Expert for the plaintiffs in Jamie S., et al., v. Milwaukee Public Schools, et al.
Kim Turner and John Fulmer, business, have an article forthcoming in The National Accounting Journal. The article is entitled, “Code of Professional Conduct and Professional Advice in an Introductory Accounting Course.”
Debbie Archambeault, Rick Turpin, and John Fulmer, business, published an article in the March-April edition of The Commercial Lending Review. The article is entitled “The Changing Components of the Corporate Annual Report; An Update.”
Bart Weathington, psychology, published the following articles:
Hoiness, A.R., Weathington, B.L., & Cotrell, A.L. (2008). Perceptions of Female Athletes Based on Observer Characteristics. Athletic Insight, 10(1), 43-54.
O’Leary, B.J., Vande Walle, H.A., & Weathington, B.L. (2008). Series Sweeps in Competitive Situations: The Line between Can and Can’t. Athletic Insight, 10(1), 55-65.
Trumpeter, N.N., Watson, P. J., O’Leary, B. J., & Weathington, B.L. (2008). Self-Functioning and Perceived Parenting: Relationships of Parental Empathy and Love Inconsistency with Narcissism, Depression, and Self-Esteem. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 169, 51-71.
Cecelia Wigal, engineering. In April, Wigal completed a year as President of the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education. She is now serving as Immediate Past President.
Cecelia Wigal, engineering. In April 2008 Wigal received the Outstanding Paper Award for the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference for her paper titled “The Use of Engineering Design Projects for Student Understanding of Engineering’s Societal Impact and Global Responsibility.”
Wayne K. Williams, geology, has participated in two school job fair presentations this year. The first was at Hixson High School’s first ever job fair and the second was at CSAS. These presentations were to promote jobs in the geosciences as well as recruitement for the UTC Geology Department. Several hundred students were exposed to the possibility of seeking a career in the geosciences at each of these fairs.
Alma Cemerlic, Li Yang, Joseph M. Kizza, computer science, Network Intrusion Detection Based on Bayesian Networks, Proceedings of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE06), July 2008, accepted.
Li Yang, Raimund Ege, Integrating Trust Management into Usage Control in P2P Multimedia Delivery, Proceedings of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE06), July 2008, accepted.
Li Yang, Kathy Winters, Joseph M. Kizza, Biometrics Education with Hands-on Labs, Proceedings of ACM Southeast Conference, ACM Digital Library, March, 2008.
