Achievements

Publications

Raymond “Jay” Bogiatto, Biological Sciences, and former student John D. Karnegis published “The Use of Eastern Sacramento Valley Vernal Pools by Ducks” in California Fish and Game, Vol. 92, No. 1.

Sara E. Cooper, Foreign Languages and Literatures, had the entries “Women in Cuban Revolution,” “Mariana Grajales,” “Celia Sánchez,” “Vilma Espín,” “Haydee Santamaría,” and “Melba Hernández” published in Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006). She also wrote reviews of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries: Being and Blackness in Latin America: Uprootedness and Improvisation by Patricia D. Fox, Cosmopolitanisms and Latin America: Against the Destiny of Place by Jacqueline Loss, and Remembering Maternal Bodies: Melancholy in Latina and Latin American Women’s Writing by Benigno Trigo.

Rony Garrido, Foreign Languages and Literatures, finished revisions for his book El humor como principio organizador de la obra de Agusto Monterroso, forthcoming from Editorial Cultura in Guatemala City, and made a video on Guatemala to accompany Vistas Spanish textbook for Pearson Press.

Troy Jollimore, Philosophy, published a review of Timothy Leary: A Biography by Robert Greenfield in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 9.

Ira Latour, professor emeritus Art and Art History, had “Preserving Photographic History Through Portraits” published in B&W: Black & White Magazine for Collectors of Fine Photography, No. 45, September 2006. He also had his photography featured in a 12-page “Spotlight” by Randell Elkins in B&W: Black & White Magazine for Collectors of Fine Photography, No. 46, October 2006.

Char Prieto, Foreign Languages and Literatures, authored No More the Weaker Sex: Spanish Women Writers in the New Millennium (No más sexo débil), forthcoming from Alicante University Press.

Patrick Willey, Anthropology, co-authored two articles, “Preservation of Prehistoric Footprints in Jaguar Cave, Tennessee,” published in Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, Vol. 67, No. 1, and “Prehistoric Footprints in Jaguar Cave, Tennessee,” published in Journal of Field Archaeology, Vol. 30, No. 1.

Awards and Activities

Antonio Arreguín-Bermúdez, Foreign Languages and Literatures, taught Latin American culture in Costa Rica and gave teaching methodology workshops to university professors in Heredia and Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Patricia Black, Foreign Languages and Literatures, presented “The Transformation of the Knight in the Moniag Guillaume” at the International Conference Societé Rencesvales in Connecticut. She did also research at the Music Library of Oberlin College for two papers on medieval lyric poetry.

Obdulia Corona, Foreign Languages and Literatures, traveled in Baja and interviewed 97-year-old Rubén Macías (her father) for an oral narrative project on his experiences during the Cristero uprising and with the Bracero project.

Mike Graf, Child Development Program, presented the children’s story hour at the annual Alleghany Authors/Poets/Artists Gathering in Downieville on May 21.

Kimihiko Nomura, Foreign Languages and Literatures, visited the University of West Florida to observe the on-campus Japanese House and strategize on fund-raising. He also gave lectures to language instructors.

Ann Pierce, professor emerita, Art and Art History, was the judge for the summer show of the Nevada Artists Association.

J. Marvin Pratt, Environmental Health & Safety, has successfully achieved professional certification as a certified hazardous materials manager.

Char Prieto, Foreign Languages and Literatures, attended EnAct (Ensuring Access through Collaboration and Technology) Summer Institute at Sonoma State University.

Robert Ross, Political Science, was questioned in July by the defense attorney in the change-of-venue motion in the trial of Scott Dyleski for the murder of Pamela Vitale, wife of Daniel Horowitz. Ross did an analysis of media coverage of the case.

Masami Toku, Art and Art History, was invited as a keynote speaker to participate in the Japan Arts in Latin America program supported by the Japan Foundation New York, and the Consulate General of Japan in South America. She will give a lecture on “Worldwide Phenomenon of Japanese Pop-Culture” in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela in late October and mid-November.

Grants

Jack Brown and Lorraine Dechter, KCHO, received a grant totaling $10,000 from KQED Public Radio for the project The California Report’s Health Dialogues, in which youth from the Mien and Native American community help brainstorm ways to tell the stories about the topics being covered by the Health Dialogues statewide.

Kathy Fernandes, Academic Technologies, and Dave Abbott, Instructional Media Center, received $9,930 from the California Department of Education to develop a Web-based infant nutrition course for USDA’s Child Nutrition Program sponsors responsible for providing care to infants in their child care agencies.

Richard Holman, Construction Management, received a $20,000 contract to analyze the feasibility of increasing the storage capacity of Shasta Lake. He also received a $5,000 contract to analyze the cost and feasibility of performing underwater spillway repairs to Priest Rapids Dam in Eastern Washington, a $7,500 contract to participate in constructability review of a temperature control device on Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona, a $10,000 contract to evaluate the construction cost of implementing fish screens on the Sacramento River for Meridian Farms, and a $5,000 contract to provide an estimate for a feasibility study for the South Diversion Fish Screen on the Yuba River.

Susan Place, Graduate, International, and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Diana Parks, International Programs, received $99,069 from the Academy for Educational Development for a three-week “Impact of Standards on Curriculum and Assessment” training program for an additional 17 Egyptian teachers, supervisors, and Ministry of Education middle managers.

Jennifer Rotnem, Natural Sciences, received $68,040 from the University of Maryland to participate in a project to identify macroinvertebrates from 180 bioassessment samples and provide a complete species list for each sample.

Masami Toku, Art and Art History, received $25,000 and travel expenses from the Japan Foundation for the development of a U.S. touring exhibition and related symposia, “Power of Shojo Manga (Girls’ Comics): The Value and Contribution to Visual Culture and Society.”

In the News

Thomas Fahey, Exercise Physiology, was quoted in an article on lactic acid in the Bend Bulletin on June 29.

Michael Magliari, History, was quoted in the Paso Robles Press June 30 on the possible demolition of the Farmers Alliance building in Paso Robles.