Achievements

Publications

Antonio Arreguin-Bermudez, Foreign Languages and Literatures, had his novel Miel Quemada—and its translation, Burnt Honey, by Sara Cooper, Foreign Languages and Literatures and Multicultural & Gender Studies—released in summer 2008 by Linus Publications.

Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, Geological and Environmental Sciences, had her Geologic Map of the Southeastern Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona (CM-08-A) published by the Arizona Geological Survey May 2008.

Sara Cooper, Foreign Languages and Literatures and Multicultural & Gender Studies, had “Who Laughs Last?: Re/Configurations of Family in Contemporary Cuban Comics” come out in summer 2008 in Letras femeninas, 34.1.

Morgan Geddie, Recreation and Parks Management, wrote Chapter 19, “Luxury Hotels,” for Hospitality: An Introduction, 13th ed, Kendall/Hunt, 2008.

Duane Knudson, Kinesiology, co-authored a chapter titled “Analysis of Sports Performance” in Applied Anatomy and Biomechanics in Sport, second edition, 2009, Human Kinetics.

Michael Perelman, Economics, had “The Corrosive Qualities of Inequality: The Roots of the Current Meltdown" published in Challenge, Vol. 51, No. 5 and “How to Think about the Crisis” published in Radical Notes Oct. 7, 2008.

Awards and Activities

Rob Burton, English, presented a paper titled “The Enduring Legacy of Bandung, Non-Alignment and Richard Wright” at the Multiculturalism: Conflict and Belonging conference in Oxford, UK, in September 2008.

Cara Deleon, Communication Design, had her film aurora shown at The 2008 Milk Bar International Live Film Festival in September in Oakland. It was also shown later in the month at the Squeaky Wheel Silent/Sound Outdoor Festival, Buffalo, New York. Deleon also had a solo exhibition as part of the Moving Images series at the Sioux City Arts Center in Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 1 through Sept. 30.

Sarah Fry, development director, Communication & Education, was one of 30 people chosen in 2008 to train as subject-matter experts to develop new questions for the Certified Fund-Raising Executive exam.

Mike Graf, Child Development, had his children’s book Grand Canyon: Tail of the Scorpion chosen as one of the six 2009 ONEBOOKAZ for Kids nominees.

Anthony Graybosch, Philosophy, presented a paper on Thoreau, civil disobedience, and Thoreau’s support for John Brown in Brno, Czech Republic, in May 2008 at the Central European Pragmatist Forum.

Bruce Grelle, Religious Studies, presented a paper titled “Worldview Education and the Competition of Global Ethics” at the biannual meeting of the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, Ankara, Turkey, July 2008.

Duane Knudson, Kinesiology, presented a paper titled “International Prestige of Sports Biomechanics Serials” at the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports conference in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2008.

Amy Lance, Business, presented “Peer Advisors Rise to the Challenge of Academic Advising” during the 2008 National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 1–4.

Eileen Macdonald, Art and Art History, had the work of three of her students—Aaron Hoerber, Sterling Silver, and Max Infeld—featured in the exhibition Art of Democracy: Voices From Students Nationwide at Monterey Peninsula College in October 2008.

Shekhar Misra, Finance and Marketing, was a visiting scholar at the Indian Institute of Forest Management during his sabbatical in spring 2008, researching the use of marketing information systems in sustainable development.

Neil Schwartz, Psychology, presented a paper titled “Spatial Ability and Metacognitive Skill as Cognitive Load” at the third annual meeting of the Cognitive Load Conference in Wollongong, Australia, in February 2008. In July he presented an invited colloquium at the University of Dresden, Germany, and “Learning from Graphics” in Berlin at the 29th International Congress of Psychology. He was the invited discussant for the paper session titled “Distributed Cognition” at the congress. He also presented two papers at the bi-annual meeting of the division of learning and instruction with computer of the European Association for Learning and Instruction in Salzburg, Austria.

Jason Tannen, Art and Art History, curator, University Art Gallery, had his film The Pressman Negatives selected for screening in the Darkness Looms category at the international Moving Image Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 5–9.

Tony Waters, Sociology, taught graduate courses in communications and cultural management at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in the fall and spring semesters of 2007–2008.

Grants

Eric Bartelink, Anthropology, received $93,578 from the National Science Foundation (with Jelmer Eerkens, UC Davis) for funding of paleodietary research through isotopic analysis of human skeletal remains from prehistoric California.

Ann Bykerk-Kauffman, Geological and Environmental Sciences, received $17,377 from the National Science Foundation as part of the six-campus GARNET (Geoscience Affective Research Network) project to examine the connection between student motivation and learning outcomes in geoscience courses.

Ann Schulte, Debbie Summers, and Maggie Payne, Education, received a $1,000 Equity grant from the National Network for Educational Renewal to look at our recruitment and retention of diverse faculty.

Mike Ward, Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management, and Nick Repanich, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering, and Manufacturing Technology, received $299,808 from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop an inspection robot for use in hazardous environments.

In the News

Turhon Murad, Anthropology, was quoted in the Wired Blog entry “Bone Fragment Might Not ID Fossett” Oct. 3.

Richard Narad, Health and Community Services, was quoted in the Oct. 7 San Francisco Chronicle article “S.F. Health Chief Looks to Private Ambulances.”

Michael Perelman, Economics, was interviewed in September on the KPFK Los Angeles radio show Ian Masters’ Background Briefing and Oct. 4 for the Internet show Realnews on the Real News Network (member-supported television news).

Sheri Simons, Art and Art History, was featured in NEA ARTS, 2008, Vol. 3, the National Endowment of the Arts newsletter. The article “Making Art Outside the Box” was about the work that grew out of her six-month U.S./Japan Creative Artists’ Program fellowship in 2006.