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George Blakey (FACET 1989), Professor Emeritus of History at IU East, has received the Indiana Historical Society’s 2006 Jacob Piatt Dunn Jr. Award for the best article to appear in Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History. Blakey’s article, “Morgan’s Raid: Childhood Memories of the Civil War in Indiana,” appeared in the fall 2005 issue. The $500 award honors the article that in the opinion of the editorial board best serves the magazine’s mission. The award is named for a 19th-century Hoosier who helped revitalize the society in the 1880s, worked on a variety of Indianapolis newspapers, campaigned to establish free public libraries, endeavored to preserve the language of the Miami Indians and prospected for minerals in Haiti. Elliott Blumenthal (FACET 1993), Associate Professor of Biology at IPFW, has received the Community Advisory Council Service to Students Award. Karen Clark (FACET 2006), Assistant Professor of Nursing at IU East, has received the Helen Lees Award for Excellence in Teaching. Claude Cookman (FACET 1996), Associate Professor of Journalism at IUB was named Kemp Fellow for the second time. Cookman’s ability to turn his professional experience into education led to his being named the 2007 Gretchen Kemp Teaching Fellow, an honor created through a gift from former journalism professor Gretchen Kemp to reward outstanding teaching in the school. Cookman expects to use award to establish an ongoing scholarship for students in Journalism. Marcia Dixson (FACET 2006), Associate Professor of Communication at IPFW, has received the Friends of IPFW Outstanding Teacher Award for 2007. Chuck Gallmeier (FACET 1999), Professor and Chair of Sociology and Anthropology at IU Northwest, has received a Board of Trustees Teaching Award and was honored with the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Award for Distinction in Service. Linda Gugin (FACET 1991), Professor of Political Science at IU Southeast, and Jim St. Clair (FACET 1994), Professor of Journalism at IU Southeast, are co-recipients of the campus Distinguished Research & Creativity Award for Senior Faculty, 2007. Richard Gunderman (FACET 2003), Director of Pediatric Radiology at IUPUI, has received the 2007 IUPUI Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. This marks the fourth time that a School of Medicine faculty member has won the campus’s highest award for teaching. Kathryn Holcomb (FACET 2007), Associate Professor of Psychology at IU Kokomo, has received a Trustees Teaching Award along with the 2007 Claude Rich Award for Teaching Excellence. The campus selection committee praised Holcomb’s use of student monitoring to improve her teaching and her development of courses in which students apply theoretical knowledge to everyday life issues. John LaMaster (FACET 1994), Senior Instructor of Mathematical Sciences at IPFW, was honored with Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2007). Bob Mucci (FACET 1995), Associate Professor of Anthropology at IU Northwest, has received the Herman Frederic Lieber Memorial Award. Cynthia O’Dell (FACET 2000), Associate Professor of Psychology at IU Northwest, has received the IU Northwest Service Award. Martin O’Donnell (FACET 1998), Professor of Chemistry at IUPUI, named a Chancellor’s Professor by IU Executive Vice President and Chancellor Charles Bantz. Valerie O’Loughlin (FACET 2002), Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at IUB, received AAA’s 2007 Basmajian Award. This award recognizes health science faculty who are in the formative stages of their career, teach human or veterinary gross anatomy, can document excellence in their contribution to the teaching of gross anatomy, and have outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research or scholarship in education. Robert Osgood (FACET 1999), Associate Professor of Education at IUPUI, has received the Thomas Ehrlich Award for Excellence in Service Learning. Bernice Pescosolido (FACET 1989), Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology at IU Bloomington, has received the 2006 Distinguished Faculty Award. Paul Pittman (FACET 1999), Professor of Business Administration at IU Southeast, has received the Frederic Bachman Lieber Memorial Award. T.J. Rivard (FACET 1994), Professor of English at IU East, has received Chancellor’s Honors for taking on the challenge of chairing two divisions this year. Jean Robinson (FACET 1994), Professor of Political Science at IUB, has received the Dean of the Faculties Distinguished Service Award. Robinson was cited as an accomplished administrator, a gifted teacher and a leader in promoting gender equality and the advancement of women, as well as contributions to the development of gender studies nationally and internationally. Dianne Roden (FACET 1997), Professor of Finance at IU Kokomo, has received a Trustees Teaching Award. Kenneth Schoon (FACET 1999), Professor of Education at IU Northwest, has received the W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service. Susan Sciame-Giesecke (FACET 1991), Dean of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Speech at IU Kokomo, has received the IU Kokomo Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award for service to IU Kokomo, the IU Alumni Association, and the Kokomo community. In May she was also honored by her undergraduate institution, Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois and was inducted into their Alumni Hall of Fame. Kenneth Smith (FACET 2004), Associate Professor of English at IU South Bend, has received the W. George Pinnell Award for Outstanding Service. Marilyn Watkins (FACET 1993), Associate Professor of Social Studies at IUE, has received the campus’ 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural and Diversity Enhancement Award. The award is given to either staff or students who have enhanced diversity and multiculturalism on campus and the community. One of Watkin’s colleagues described how she demon-strates what King speaks about in his sermon, “The Drum Major Instinct.” She leads by example, the award committee was told, and she was cited for her gift for bringing the less tolerant closer to understanding, if not appreciation, of multiculturalism, and for enhancing the educations of many regional public school teachers.
Tiff Adkins (FACET 2006), Reference and Information Services at IPFW, has been promoted from Assistant Librarian to Associate Librarian with tenure. Jeff Anderson (FACET 2005), Special Education at IUPUI, transfered to the School of Education on the IU-Bloomington campus, as of August 1, 2007, at which time he assumed the duties of Director of Graduate Programs in Special Education. Keith Anliker (FACET 2007), Chemistry and Chemical Biology at IUPUI, has been promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. Rafael Bahamonde (FACET 2006), Physical Education at IUPUI, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Mary Anne Baker (FACET 1992), Department of Psychology at IU Southeast, retired with the title of Professor Emerita. Elizabeth Bennion (FACET 2004), Political Science at IU South Bend, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. Silvia Bigatti (FACET 2006), Psychology at IUPUI, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. Terri Bourus (FACET 2007), English at IU Kokomo, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. She has also joined the English faculty at IUPUI effective Fall, 2007. Linda Christiansen (FACET 2005), Business Administration at IU Southeast, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. Carl deGraff (FACET 1994), Education at IU Southeast, has retired. Linda Delunas (FACET 2001), Nursing at IU Northwest, has received the additional title of Interim Organizing Coordinator of the proposed College of Health and Human Services. Charles Feldhaus (FACET 2007), Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision at IUPUI, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. Karen Gable (FACET 1996), Health Sciences at IUPUI, has retired. Otis Grant (FACET 2004), Associate Professor of Law & Society at IU
South Bend, has been elected Chair of the Educational Problems
Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).
He will serve a two-year term. Joseph Hollingsworth (FACET 1998), Computer Science at IU Southeast, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Carol Hostetter (FACET 2003), Social Work at IU Bloomington, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. Kathy Johnson (FACET 2002), Psychology at IUPUI, has been appointed as a Faculty Fellow in the Offi ce of Academic Affairs. Linda Kasper (FACET 1990), Clinical Laboratory Science at IUPUI, has retired. Juanita Keck (FACET 1992), Nursing at IUPUI, has retired with the title of Professor Emeritus. Gary Kern (FACET 1997), Business and Economics at IU South Bend, has been named to the new position of academic director of the CTS Center for Experiential Education. Paul Kern (FACET 1994), History at IU Northwest, has received the additional title of Professor Emeritus of History. Amy Kinser (FACET 2005), Operations and Decision Technologies at IU Bloomington, has been promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. Irwin Mallin (FACET 2006), Communication at IPFW, has been promoted from Assistant to Associate Professor with tenure. Anna McDaniel (FACET 1997), Nursing at IUPUI, has received the additional title of Assistant Dean, School of Nursing, for the period January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010. Kim McDonald (FACET 1998), Organizational Leadership & Supervision at IPFW, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Kathleen Murphey (FACET 1999), Education at IPFW, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Dan Olson (FACET 1997), Sociology at IU South Bend, left South Bend to take a position at Purdue in West Lafayette. Vandana Rao Dev (FACET 1998), Economics at IU East, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Jean Robinson (FACET 1994), Political Science at IU Bloomington, has been named Interim Dean of the IU Hutton Honors College. Elaine Roth (FACET 2006), English at IU South Bend, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure. John Rudy (FACET 1989), English at IU Kokomo, has retired. Julie Saam (FACET 2006), Secondary Science Education at IU Kokomo, has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure and received a new administrative appointment as Assistant Dean for Program Review and Graduate Studies. Hedayeh Samavati (FACET 1995), Economics at IPFW, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Scott Sernau (FACET 1995), Sociology at IU South Bend, has been named to the position of Director of International Programs. Karla Stouse (FACET 2007), English at IU Kokomo, has been promoted from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer. Monica Tetzlaff (FACET 2001), History at IU South Bend, has been named Director of the Civil Rights Heritage Center. John Tilley (FACET 1993), Philosophy at IUPUI, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Atilla Tuncay (FACET 1991), Chemistry at IU Northwest, has been elected to continue as the Department Chair for Chemistry for two more years. Jeffrey White (FACET 1998), Public & Environmental
Affairs at IU Bloomington,
has received the additional title of Associate
Vice Provost for Research, Office
of the Vice Provost for Research, for the Eric Wright (FACET 2002), School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor with tenure. Christa Zorn (FACET 2002), English at IU Southeast, has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Enid Zwirn (FACET 1999), Associate
Professor of Nursing at IUPUI, retired
in December. The affair held at
University Place Conference Hotel
brought a multitude of well wishers
from schools across campus.
PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, & OTHER NEWS Karen Ackoff (FACET 2007), Associate Professor of Visual
Arts at IU South Bend, completed her 4-year appointment
to the Board of Directors. She also presented a
lecture, History of Silverpoint, at the Guild of Natural
Science Illustrators Annual Conference 2007, held at
Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana from
July 15 - 21. She did a technique demonstration of the
silverpoint drawing technique at the Technique Showcase,
and taught a workshop on Silverpoint Drawing. David Boeyink (FACET 1993), Associate Professor of Journalism at IU Bloomington, placed third in a national competition for Best Practices in the Teaching of Ethics sponsored by the Ethics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. His winning entry was for a role-playing scenario on the economics of media. He presented his work in a special session on teaching ethics at the AEJMC annual meeting in August. Terri Bourus (FACET 2007), Associate Professor of English
Drama at the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI, Terri was
selected to participate in one of the summer study
opportunities supported by the National Endowment
for the Humanities. She collaborated in the seminar,“The Reformation of the Book: 1450-1700,” that
was conducted in Antwerp, Belgium, and Oxford and
London, England. Scholars who participated in the
summer institutes are working on monographs and
other publications of their own. After the NEH seminar,
Bourus spoke at the Oxford University Round Table Nancy Chism (FACET 2004), Professor of Higher Education at IUPUI, received an International Development Fund grant to work with Moi University in Kenya. She and two colleagues went to Moi University in August and two faculty from the School of Education in Moi came to IUPUI in October. Richard Emery Nickolson (FACET 2003), Professor of
Painting and Drawing at IUPUI, served as Visiting Artist/Professor at the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary
Art in Pont-Aven, Brittany, France during the summer
of 2007. The subject of the course was “The Artist’s
Journal: Drawing from Art History” and it focused on
an exploration of the many historic and cultural sites of
western France through the disciplines of both writing
and drawing. (June 25 through August 5). Included Tanice Foltz (FACET 2000), Associate Professor of Sociology
at IU Northwest, published “Contemporary Women
Drummers and Social Action: Focus on Community
Service.” The South Shore Journal, Vol. 1, pp. 56-68.
Refereed; “Drumming and Re-enchantment: Creating
Spiritual Community” in L. Hume and K. McPhillips,
eds. Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Chuck Gallmeier (FACET 1999), Professor of Sociology at
IU Northwest, was invited to give four keynote addresses
this year: The fi rst was entitled, “Gravers: Deaners,
Nat-Packers, Shieks, and the Civil Religion of Dead
Celebrity Icons,” with Stephanie Shanks-Meile, at the
3rd annual IU Northwest College of Arts and Sciences
Research Conference. In February he gave an address Laura Ginger (FACET 1991), Associate Professor of Business Law at IU Bloomington, is a new member of the Bloomington Faculty Council and Department of Geological Sciences Committee. Otis Grant (FACET 2004), Associate Professor of Law & Society at IUSB, published an article, “Teachers as Learners in the Urban Race Conscious Classroom” in Learning Efficacy: Celebrations and Persuasions (Information Age Publishing). Linda Gugin (FACET 1991), Professor of Political Science, and Jim St. Clair (FACET 1994), Professor of Journalism both at IUS, have collaborated on three books over a 10-year period, most recently as co-editors of “The Governors of Indiana,” published in 2006 by the Indiana Historical Society Press. They are also co-authors of two biographies, “Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography,” by the University Press of Kentucky in 2002, and “Sherman Minton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice,” published in 1997 by the Indiana Historical Society. Richard Gunderman (FACET 2003), Director of Pediatric Radiology at IUPUI, nears authoring 200 scholarly articles. His latest book joining three others, Achieving Excellence in Medical Education (Springer 2006), was highly praised by both the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association, the latter describing it as “an eloquent, quotable, and inspirational book that provides a template for achieving excellence in medical education.” Gunderman regularly teaches courses in radiology, pediatrics, ethics, and leadership. Sharon Hamilton (FACET 1991), Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at IUPUI, launched the campus’ Cutting Edge Lecture Series. She presented “Learning with Hope; Teaching with Joy” in October, at the University Library Auditorium. Magdalena Estevez (FACET 2005), Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Graduate Studies Program at IUS, will head a new fi ve-year grant project, which will provide professional development opportunities for faculty members, classroom teachers, principals, counselors, teachers’ aids and administrative personnel.The School of Education has received a $1,045,000 grant from the US Department of Education. The grant will be used to improve the learning environment and success for English Language Learners by strengthening the teaching process at the local school district level. Jerry Hinnefeld (FACET 2006), Professor of Physics at IU South Bend, presented the annual Faculty Research Award Lecture in January, 2007. His topic was nuclear physics and the structure and interactions of exotic nuclei. He also addressed nuclear reactions that trigger the production of heavier elements in explosive stellar environments such as supernovae and X-ray and gamma-ray bursts. For his research, he has received a number of National Science Foundation grants since 1993. Sara Horton-Deutsch (FACET 2007), Associate Professor of Nursing at IUPUI, has been chosen as one of fi ve nursing faculty in the US to participate in the National League of Nursing (NLN)/Johnson & Johnson Faculty Leadership and Mentoring program. For information on the program: http://www.nlnfoundation.org/leadership_mentoring.htm. Mary Johnson (FACET 2006), Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at IUPUI, held a successful professional development workshop on Electronic Portfolios in Medical Education in June. The guest speakers were both from the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and they had additional Polycom connections to IUSM sites at IUN, IUSB and IPFW for a total of 20 participants. Joan Lafuze (FACET 1993), Professor of Biology at IU East, was featured in the Spring, 2007 edition of Association for Women in Science Magazine. The article is a conversation piece with Lafuze that includes her educational and research background. Lafuze teaches classes at IU East and six other IU campuses. She also conducts medical research on mental illness and mental health services. She serves as a section editor for the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and is the president of the Indiana chapter of AWIS. She also co-directs the Women and Gender Studies Program at IU East. Visit the link at http://www.awis.org/. Irwin Mallin (FACET 2006), Associate Professor of Communication at IPFW, served on leadership team of the Future Faculty Teaching Fellows Institute over the summer. He also presented at the National Communication Association convention, in November in Chicago on “Challenges of Teaching Combined Graduate-Undergraduate Classes.” Ruth Needleman (FACET 1998), Professor of Labor Studies & Women’s Studies at IU Northwest, received a Fulbright Scholar’s Fellowship to teach and study in Brazil. She will teach a graduate class on “Race, Class and Gender” at the Federal University of Ceara in Fortaleza and complete research of innovative adult education through the social movements in Brazil. She will be there from February through May in 2008. Cynthia O’Dell (FACET 2000), Associate Professor of Psychology at IUN, had an article published in Sex Roles (The Professional Lives of Women Psychologists at Small Colleges, by Kim Mooney, Joan Chrisler, Elizabeth Nutt Williams, Ingrid Johnston-Robledo and O’Dell, Sex Roles, 56, 173-182 (2007)); served as the Editor for the fi rst issue of a new academic online journal published by the IUN Center for Regional Excellence and the Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council entitled, “The South Shore Journal.” Link via http://www.nwiqlc.org/ssj/index.php. John Rudy (FACET 1989), Professor of English at IU
Kokomo, published an essay in the February issue of the
online journal, Romantic Circles Praxis Series, sponsored
by the University of Maryland and Loyola University in
Chicago. The site is known for its publication of articles
on Romanticism and its pioneering effort in the field of
scholarly refereed online journals. His essay is titled,“Shelley’s Golden Wind: Zen Harmonics in A Defence
of Poetry’ and Ode to the West Wind.’” Read the essay Mort Seddighin (FACET 2005), Professor of Mathematics at IU East, received an invitation from the International Organizing Committee for the 16th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics. His talk was titled “Applications Aniteigenvalue Techniques in Statistics” and was held in June, 2007 in Ontario, Canada. Holly Stocking (FACET 1993), Associate Professor of Journalism at IU Bloomington, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science due to her outstanding teaching in science writing and journalism ethics, infl uential research on scientific ignorance and uncertainty, and work that has enhanced the scientist/journalist interaction and public understanding of science issues. Sharon Stoten (FACET 2007), Assistant Clinical Professor
of Nursing at IUPUI, presented at the Technology
Integration Program for Nursing Education and Practice
(TIP-NEP), Phase II conference held at the David R.
Thomas Center at Duke University. This is a technology
immersion program sponsored by a HRSA grant. TIP-NEP
is a “three-phase program that provided new information Melinda Swenson (FACET 1998), Professor of Nursing at IUPUI, was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Eric Wright (FACET 2002), Professor and Director of Health
Policy at IUPUI, became a member of a workgroup of
IU experts studying the potential
reforms in health-care delivery. The
formation of this workgroup was
announced in March by Mitch Roob,
Secretary of the Indiana Family and
Social Services Administration. The
workgroup includes representatives
from the schools of Medicine, Law, Christa Zorn (FACET 2002), Professor of English at IUS,
gave two papers related to her current research project,“Cosmopolitanism in World War I”; at the 32nd FSU
Conference on Film and Literature (February, 2007),
Cosmopolitanism: Thinking Beyond the Nation; and“Globalization and Cosmopolitanism in Times of
Crisis: The Public Intellectual and World War I”; at the
International Conference on Consciousness, Literature,
Theatre and the Arts at the University of Wales in Enid Zwirn (FACET 1999), Associate Professor of Nursing at IUPUI, was inducted into Delta Omega, the National Honors Society in Public Health as the Selected Faculty from the Department of Public Health in the School of Medicine. She qualifi ed for Delta Omega 37 years ago when she was an MPH student at The University of Michigan, but wasn’t inducted since the chapter there was undergoing some restructuring. New members of the 2007 Leadership Development Project (LeaD) have been selected. The program, begun last year following a proposal by IU President Adam Herbert to the IU Board of Trustees, is designed to emphasize the importance of leadership development throughout the university and to provide a formal system for identifying potential leaders and building leadership “bench strength” throughout the university. The new class members include: Andrew Gavrin (FACET 2000), Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Faculty Affairs, and Associate Professor of Physics at IUPUI; Kathy Johnson (FACET 2002), Professor of Psychology at IUPUI; Richard Ward(FACET 1995), Associate Dean of Student Affairs, School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI; Jeffrey Watt (FACET 2002), Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Outreach, and Associate Professor of Mathematics at IUPUI; Kumara Jayasuriya (FACET 1998), Chair of the Division of Natural Science and Mathematics at IU East; Dorothy Ige (FACET 1994), Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Communication at IU Northwest, and P.N. Saksena (FACET 2001), Associate Dean, School of Business and Economics at IU South Bend.
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