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Fall 2006

David Aborn, biological and environmental sciences, chair of Host Committee, 2008 Annual Meeting of Society of Conservation Biology; Non-consumptive Use Representative, Sandhill Crane subcommittee, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) Mississippi Flyway Council; board member, Tennessee Wildlife Heritage Trust; (In Press) Abundance, density and diversity of Neotropical migrants at the Lula Lake Land Trust, GA. Southeastern Naturalist. 

Jooyong Ahn, music, served as a juror for the 6th Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition with four other international conductors. The competition was held on the campus of UTC and at the Tivoli Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee, August 27-September 1, 2006.
Previously held in Ukraine, the event was held in the United States for the first time; 24 conductors from 14 countries competed.

Neslihan Alp, engineering, was invited to participate in the summer workshop for Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) sponsored by Educational Testing Service (ETS) recently in Princeton, New Jersey.   The workshop introduced the newly revised Graduate Record Examination (GRE) with its greater emphasis on higher cognitive skills and advanced use of technological and psychometric design, which will be implemented in September 2007. 

Deborah Arfken, graduate school, was elected president of the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools for 2006-2007.  The Conference of Southern Graduate Schools is the professional association that represents the 200 graduate schools in fifteen states of the southern region. The conference's purpose is to consider topics relating to graduate study and research which are of mutual interest and concern to the member institutions. The conference serves as a liaison with other national and regional educational bodies on behalf of the institutional members.

Beni Asllani, Parthasarati Dileepan, and Larry Ettkin, business management, developed a point of distribution (POD) simulation for the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Health Department.

J. Ronald Bailey, engineering and computer science, served as a proposal review panelist for the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program. Bailey was named 2006 Engineer of the Year at the awards banquet to celebrate Engineers Week.  The event is sponsored by American Society of Civil Engineers—Chattanooga Chapter, Chattanooga Engineers Club, East Tennessee Grading, Sherman Dixie, Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers—Chattanooga Chapter, Tennessee Valley Authority, Volkert & Associates, Inc.

Robert Boyer, fine arts center, was recently elected president of the board of directors for the newly formed Tennessee Presenters, a member-based resource network organization which provides members with opportunities for cooperative booking, educational services, performing arts showcases, collaborative marketing and creative communication.

Richard C. Becherer, marketing, was inducted into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a successful entrepreneur and his contribution to UTC's entrepreneurship programs.

Fran Bender, English, has been named Mildred Rout Professor.

Beverly Brockman, marketing, was invited to attend the PriceBabson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators, the premier program for educators in the entrepreneurship area.

Richard Brown, finance and operations, has been appointed to The Southern Association of College and University Business Officers (SACUBO) 2006-2007 Comprehensive College and University Committee.

Chad Burdyshaw, computational engineering, received the Ph.D. from UTC in Computational Engineering and was promoted to Assistant Research Professor.
C. Burdyshaw, “Achieving Automatic Concurrency Between Field Solver and Adjoint Sensitivity Codes,”  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2006.

Roland Carter, music, was awarded National Honorary Membership by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity.  Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is the nation’s oldest and largest music fraternity. National Honorary Membership is bestowed upon male musicians who have achieved outstanding success at furthering music and preserving musical heritage. Carter’s arrangement of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” recorded by the New Galveston Heritage Chorale, was used as the wakeup call for the astronauts aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in summer 2006.

Ethan Carver, biology, with Murray, S.A., T. Gridley has written “Generation of a
Snail1 (Snai1) conditional null allele.”  Genesis  44:7-11.

J.R. Clark, finance, was elected Secretary / Treasurer of the Southern Economic Association, one of the oldest, largest, and most prestigious organizations of professional Economists in the United States. The Probasco Chair will serve as the national headquarters for the association and publish the Southern Economic Journal, which is the eighth oldest American scholarly journal in economics.

Sandy Cole, Twyler Boykin, Cynthia Wallace, Nancy Geren, Melinda Posey and Rocklyn Endfinger, Center for Community Career Education, were selected as Board Examiners for the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence.  The CCCE has received the Level 1 Quality Award from Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence.

Linda Collins, biology, reviewed 8 chapters of the book Biology, McGraw Hill, Brooker.  Collins was named to the Board of Directors, Bachman Community Center.

Hill Craddock, biology, named to Board of Directors, The American Chestnut Foundation; Craddock also serves on the Science Cabinet of ACF, and directs the Tennessee state-wide chestnut breeding program.  Craddock was invited to present  “Restoration of the American Chestnut”  to Tellico Village Woodworkers, Loudon, TN, 2 March 2006, and  “The Chattanooga Chestnut Tree Project” to the Tennessee Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation Winter Meeting, Bridgestone-Firestone Warren County Plant, McMinnville, TN, 28 January 2006.

George Cress, art, has published a book of paintings and drawings featured in George Cress: Paintings and Drawings, 1953-2005.  Proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the Friends of the Cress Gallery, located in the UTC Fine Arts Center.

Terry Denniston, chancellor’s office, received the 2006 Association of Student Advancement Programs (ASAP) CASE District III Outstanding Advisor Award.

Helen Eigenberg, criminal justice, has been selected as the new editor of Feminist Criminology, a journal that is dedicated to research related to women, girls, and crime within the context of a feminist critique of criminology. Published quarterly by Sage Publications.  Eigenberg has also been appointed to the Victims of Crime State Coordinating Council.

Lucien Ellington, Asia Program, education, continued to lead in the development of East Asian curriculum by conducting a study tour of Japan for four UTC faculty members:  Stephen Lewinter, art; Craig Laing, Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography; Sandy Watson, Teacher Preparation Academy; and Alice Tym, Sociology, Anthropology and Geography.   Ellington was also interviewed by ED Week, A Chicago paper and CNN about what educators should be teaching about the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

Ignatius Fomunung, engineering, has been selected to serve as a proposal review panelist for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) grant program. Through the GK-12 program, NSF provides funding to graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to acquire additional skills that will prepare them for professional and scientific careers through fellowships in K-12 education.

Tim Gaudin, biology, was invited to make the presentation, “What on earth is a pangolin?  The evolution of a very odd order of mammals,” Department of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, February 9, 2006.  With R. J. Emry and  B. Pogue.  2006.  “A new genus and species of pangolin (Mammalia, Pholidota) from the late Eocene of InnerMongolia, China.”  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology  26(1):146- 159. With Smith, M.B., (2006). “Noteworthy small mammal records from Graham County, North Carolina.”  Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science. (accepted) Carrano, M. T., Gaudin, T. J., Blob, R. W. & Wible, J. R. (eds.). 2006.  Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 547 pp.

Greg Grant, chemistry, with Daron E. Janzen,a Ketankumar N. Patel and Donald G. VanDerveer, published “Synthesis and structure of a platinum(II) molecular square incorporating four fluxional thiacrown ligands: The crystal structure of [Pt4([9]aneS3)4(4,49-bipy)4](OTf)8” in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal, Chemical Communications.  The paper describes an unusual molecular square that is formed by self-assembly.

Matt Greenwell, art, working in collaboration with local design firm Widgets & Stone, Greenwell's commissioned design work for the Hunter Museum of American Art was one of 279 entries recognized in HOW Magazine, 2006 International Design Annual. Jurors: Peleg Top of Top Design Studio, LA, Jenn Visocky of Kent State Univ. and Steve Hartman of Creativille Inc., St. Louis.

Mark Guhne, athletics, received Coach of the Year honors from the Southern Conference for Men’s Golf.

Stephen Halperin, biology, was selected to serve on a proposal review panel for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program.

Bryan Hampton, English, has been named Coordinator of the Humanities Program.

Nicholas Honerkamp, sociology, anthropology and geography, and Norma J. Harris have published “Unfired Brandon Gunflints From the Presidio Santa Maria de Galve, Pensacola, Florida” in Historical Archaeology 39(4):95-111.  Honerkamp also contributed “Architectural Sequencing at the Samuel Doak Plantation (40GN257), Greeneville, Tennessee” to Tennessee Archaeology 2(1):71-93. Honerkamp’s  “Review of Forging America: Ironworkers, Adventurers, and the Industrious Revolution,” by John Beliz-Selfa appeared in the Journal of Southern History 71(4):869-870, and “Native American Religions: Pre-Contact Period,” was included in Encyclopedia of Religion in the South, Revised Edition, edited by Samuel S. Hill and Charles H. Lippy, pp. 542-545. Macon: Mercer University Press.

Christopher S. Horne, political science, public administration, and nonprofit management, published the article “Charitable Choice Implementation: What Public Managers Should Know About Public Opinion and the Potential Impact of Government Funding on Private Giving” in the Intl Journal of Public Administration, 29: 819–836, 2006, Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, ISSN 0190-0692 print / 1532-4265 online DOI: 10.1080/01900690600770538. 

Deborah Ingram, physical therapy, has been elected by the UT Board of Governors as the President-Elect of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association, making her the first faculty member and the first physical therapist to hold this office.  She will assume the role of president in June 2007, and serve as the National Chair of Annual Giving for the UTNAA beginning June 2008.  Ingram is a graduate of both the Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses.

Mike Jaynes, English, was awarded a creative writing fellowship from Predator Press to attend the San Juan Writer's conference.  Jayne’s academic and creative publications have appeared in the U.S. --Contemporary Southern Poets of 1998, Eureka Studies for Teaching Short Fiction, the Central California Poetry Journal and in Europe in Aalst magazine, England, no longer in print.  

Joseph Kizza, computer science, was invited to serve as a proposal review panelist for the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Phase 1 program.  It was the second review panel Kizza served on at NSF in 2006.

William R. Lee, music, accepted an invitation to speak to faculty, undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Reading in Great Britain on the structure and content of American music education in historical context.  Lee was asked to review the graduate program at the University of Reading, where he spoke with individual professors.  Lee was also invited to speak at the Salt Lake City Conference of the National Association of Music Educators in spring, 2006, where he spoke on the growth of music education in American schools from 1907 to 1933.

David Levine, physical therapy, has written scientific papers:  Adamson C, Kaufmann M, Levine D, Millis D: “Assistive Devices, Orthotics, and Prosthetics.”  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.  WB Saunders, St. Louis, MO. 35 (6):1441-1451; 2005; Levine D, Millis DL, Marcellin-Little DM: “Introduction to Veterinary Physical Rehabilitation.”  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.  WB Saunders, St. Louis, MO. 35 (6):1447-1454; 2005; Gross-Saunders D, Walker JR, Levine D: “Joint Mobilization.”  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.  WB Saunders, St. Louis, MO. 35 (6): 1287-1316; 2005; Steiss JE, Levine D: “Physical Agent Modalities.”  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.  WB Saunders, St. Louis, MO. 35 (6):1317-1333; 2005; Marcellin-Little DJ, Levine D, Taylor R: “Rehabilitation and Conditioning of Sporting Dogs.”  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice.  WB Saunders, St. Louis, MO. 35 (6):1427-1439; 2005. Books and book chapters:  Levine D, Marcellin-Little DM, Millis DL, Taylor RA (eds).  Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.  WB Saunders, St. Louis, MO.  Hardcover, November 2005; Book Chapters:  Hanks J, Levine D: Geriatric Rehabilitation Manual (ed Kaufmann T). “Chapter 20: Pathokinesiological Manifestations and Therapeutic Intervention: Musculoskeletal Involvement; Rheumatic Conditions.” Churchill Livingstone, In press

Charles Lippy, philosophy and religion, has edited and written an essay for Faith in America: Changes, Challenges, New Directions, a three-volume set, to be published in October, 2006 by Praeger.

Bento Lobo, finance, and four UTC students published an article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press titled "Uneasiness grows as dollar feels debt strain."

William McClay, humanities, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholar Award to spend a semester engaged in scholarly activities in Italy. McClay will spend the spring semester of 2007 at the University of Rome in Italy, where he will teach graduate and undergraduate courses in American Studies.  McClay will offer lectures on literature, history, social criticism, political theory, and other aspects of American intellectual history.  McClay was also interviewed on National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition.  The topic was an essay on modesty, published in a recent issue of In Character.

Melanie McCoskey, accounting, served as faculty advisor for the "Low-Income Tax Clinic" at the Brainerd Recreational Complex.  It was operated by nine students; a total of 339 tax returns were prepared, and the team generated over $600,000 in refunds.

Jonathan McNair, music, has received a commission to write a piece for the Choral Arts of Chattanooga. His work will be the first presentation in the Choral Arts concert season opener, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The event will be held on Sunday, October 29, 3 p.m. at First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 419 McCallie Avenue. For more information, visit www.choralartsofchattanooga.org.

Wes Moore, athletics, received Coach of the Year honors from the Southern Conference for Women’s Basketball.

Sarla Murgai, library, has published "Reference Use Statistics: Statistical  Sampling Method Works," The Southeastern Librarian 54#1, 45 – 59 and she presented “Staffing Needs of the Reference Desk: A Statistical Approach,” Conference Issue TLA/SELA Joint Conference, April 5-7.

Marcia Noe, English and women's studies, has written a book with Junia Alves called O Palco e a Rua: A Trajetória do Teatro de Grupo Galpão (Belo Horizonte: PUC Minas 2006), which discusses the theatre practice of the Brazilian street theatre company Grupo Galpão, who will celebrate their 25th anniversary next year.

Joseph Owino, engineering, was selected to serve on a proposal review panel for the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant program.

David Pittenger, academic administration, served as a proposal review panelist for the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program.

Oralia Preble-Niemi, foreign languages, was recently in Guatemala City, to attend the combined 10th International Book Fair of Central America and 4th International Book Fair of Guatemala.  There she delivered a keynote speech on the state of poetry in Guatemala following ten years of cultural recovery since the signing of the peace accords in 1996.  She was also honored in a ceremony celebrating the publication of her latest book, titled Cien años de magia: ensayos críticos sobre la obra de Miguel Angel Asturias, a collection of essays on Miguel Angel Asturias, the Guatemalan winner of the Novel Prize of Literature in 1967.  Her significant contribution to the recovery of Guatemala’s literary heritage through her publications which have revived interest in established and well-known authors, as well as to brought to light the poetic works of women in Guatemala, was also recognized in a full-page interview published on August 12, in the cultural supplement of “La Hora,” Guatemala City’s premier newspaper.

Verbie Prevost, English, has been named George Connor Professor of American Literature.

Irven Resnick, philosophy and religion, is spending Fall semester 2006 as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow, in residence at the University of London (Queen Mary). Resnick will have his most recent book in print, Petrus Alfonsi’s Dialogue Against the Jews, Fathers of the Church, Medieval Continuation, 8 (Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2006)  ISBN 0-8132-1390-8.

Sean Richards, biological and environmental sciences, was invited to serve on a Federal Scientific Advisory Panel to consult the EPA on scientific issues regarding: Event MIR604 Modified Cry3A Protein Bt Corn - Plant-Incorporated Protectant.  Richards was also appointed co-chair of platform session at the international Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry annual meeting.  2006 Publications include Developmental Toxicity of Thirteen Pharmaceuticals to Xenopus Laevis with S. Cole, Ecotoxicology; and Ecotoxicology: Teratogenesis. In (ed) B. Ronan, Encyclopedia of Ecology. Invited Submission, with J. Conley, 2007, Publisher: Elsevier, Oxford, UK.; 2006 Presentations include: PAH exposure assessment of small mammals inhabiting Chattanooga Creek, presented at the Chattanooga Creek Environmental Research and Community Action Conference, Sep 22nd, 2006 -
 Invited Presentation; Rapid Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method For The Determination Of Pharmaceuticals In Aquatic Matrices, with J. Conley, S. Kindelberger, and Professor S. Symes; and, Exposure Assessment Using Small Mammals as Surrogates for Human Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Metals with M. Campbell. Both works will be presented at the international Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists in Montreal, Quebec, Nov 5-9, 2006. 

Michelle Rigler, Office of Student Disabilities, was awarded the 2006 Donna Sparger professional services award for education, service and advocacy in the disability services field at The Tennessee Association on Higher Education and Disability.

M.D. (Peggy) Roblyer, graduate studies, has published the articleEducating educators for virtual schooling: Communicating roles and responsibilities,” Electronic Journal of Communication, 15(3).  Roblyer was elected President of the Education and the WWW Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association (AERA’s SIG-WWW), effective April 2007.  She will present the keynote speech at the 2006 Oregon Technology in Education Network (OTEN) Conference in Portland, Oregon. It is entitled: "Do You See What I See? Five Ways Technology is Transforming Teaching."

Clint Schmitt, music, performed with the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra last spring.  Schmitt was also the soloist for the Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra, by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Both performances were at the Tivoli Theatre.

Mark Schorr, biology, and  J.C. Backer, 2006,  have written “Localized effects of coal
mine drainage on fish assemblages in a Cumberland Plateau stream in Tennessee” for
Journal of Freshwater Ecology  21:17-24.

Kaye Sheridan, accounting, finance, was appointed to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Tax Policy and Legislation Committee.

Cathie Smith, physical therapy, was among invited faculty asked to present three sessions at the 14th Annual Conference for the Young Child with Special Needs: A National Conference addressing Issues in Early Development – Birth to Five Years; Contemporary Forums  May, 2006 – Denver, CO:  Developmental and Behavioral Challenges with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Graduates, Enhancing Positive Neural Adaptability in Young Children with Movement System Disorders and Improving Functional Performance of Children with Postural Control Disorders.   She was also among invited faculty asked to present two sessions at 21st Annual Developmental Interventions in Neonatal Care; Contemporary Forums; New Orleans, LA; November 9-11, 2005:  Techniques for Positioning:  Bedside Caregiving for High Risk Newborns,  Enhancing Neuromotor Competencies in NICU Infants. 

Henry Spratt, biological and environmental sciences, has been appointed to the Hamilton County Coalition for Mathematics and Science Excellence, Biological Treatment Committee for the Agriculture Center, Bradley County, TN, Board of Directors, Tennessee River Gorge Trust, Executive Committee, Southeast Water Resources Institute.  Guest Editorial, Chattanooga Times-Free Press, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006.

Robert Stanley, foreign languages, attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Teachers of French in Milwaukee.  There he presented a paper entitled "Escapist Entertainment or Political Resistance?  Marcel Carné's and Jacques Prévert's "Les Visiteurs du soir" (1942)."

Stephanie Stokes-Eley, theatre and speech, achieved ABD status May 2006 towards doctorate of education degree. Dissertation topic: The effects of the GEAR UP program on the academic achievement of black males.

Felicia B. Sturzer, foreign languages, presented a paper on “The Dialectic of Marriage à la Marivaux and Riccoboni” at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association conference, November 10 - 12, 2006 in Charlotte, NC. She also served on the Editorial Board of Women in French Studies and XVIII New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century.

Larry Tillman, physical therapy, and June Hanks, physical therapy, wrote a book chapter:  Tillman, Larry J and J Hanks. “Wound Healing,” in Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders: Physical Therapy Principles and Methods, Darlene Hertling, editor, 4th edition, JB Lippincott, Philadelphia, October 2005;  Tillman, Larry J and N Chasan. “Properties of Dense Connective Tissue and Inflammation,” in Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders: Physical Therapy Principles and Methods, Darlene Hertling, editor, 4th edition, JB Lippincott, Philadelphia, October 2005.

John Tucker, biological and environmental sciences, appointed to Board of Advisors of the Center for Governmental Responsibility (CGR), University of Florida College of Law; Chattanooga-Hamilton County Land Use Advisory Committee; Public Health Review Committee, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department; Desirable Community Forum initiative, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency; Chattanooga Tree Protection and Resource Management Advisory Committee.  “Water Management in the Southeast United States,” presented by Tucker at the IV Seminário Internacional das Águas, hosted by state of Parana’s Federal University, Public Ministry, and Institute of Engineering on Water, held at Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, May 23, 2005.

Rick Turpin, accounting, served as faculty advisor to Beta Alpha Psi, which was recognized as a "Superior Chapter" by the national organization.

Randy Walker, physical therapy, elected member of the Nominating Committee, American Physical Therapy Association, 2004, 2005.  Appointed to the Board of Occupational and Physical Therapy Examiners, State of Tennessee, elected chair of the Physical Therapy Committee.  Publication:  Saunders DG, Walker R, Levine D.  “Joint Mobilization,” in Veterinary Clinics, Small Animal Practice, Levine D, Millis D Marcellin-Little D, Taylor R, guest editors. 35; 1287-1316, 2005

James Ward, history, published The USA from a Chevrolet, Scenes from a Forty-Year Drive in a ’65 Biscayne, published by McFarland.  ISBN 0-7864-2588-1

Thomas Ware, English, has written the article “Rites of Passage: Cinema and Emancipation in Max Wright’s ‘Told in Gath,’” published in the current issue of Nua: Studies in Contemporary Irish Literature. In October, Ware’s article entitled “Camping Out With Theodore O’Hara; A Voyage of Discovery,” will appear (with photos) in the quarterly journal of The Kentucky Humanities Council.   Another long article will appear in the next issue (Vol 42. 1-2) of The James Joyce Quarterly.  Ware’s essay on E. L. Doctorow’s novel The March , entitled “‘It Ain’t Over Though It’s Over’:  Fiction Still Fights the Civil War,” has been accepted for presentation at the Fall Symposium on the 19th Century Press, The Civil War, and Free Expression, to be held at UTC.

Robert Webster, computational engineering, co-authored an AIAA meeting paper that was named AIAA Best Paper by the AIAA Air Breathing Propulsion Technical Committee.  Chen, J.-P., Webster, R. S., Hathaway, M. D., Herrick, G. P., and Skoch, G. J., “Numerical Simulation of Stall and Stall Control in Axial and Radial Compressors,” AIAA-2006-0418, January 2006.

Tom Wilson, biology, named long-range planner, Chelonian Advisory Committee, Tennessee Aquarium, and SEPARC Research Coordinator, State of Tennessee.  He was invited to present “Impacts of urbanization on spotted turtles inhabiting small, isolated wetlands: The conservation puzzle and prospects for the future,” annual meeting of the southeastern section of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. With Akre, T.S.B., he wrote: 2007.  “Alternative methods for sampling freshwater turtles in difficult Habitats,” M. Foster (ed.) Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for reptiles.  Invited Submission. Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press.