A Publication for the faculty, staff, administrators and friends of California State University, Chico
March. 10, 2005 Volume 35 / Number 5

Publications

Dalen Chiang, Accounting, and Ru-fang Chiang, Management Information Systems, published "Service Quality, Perceived Value, Customer Satisfaction and Purchase Intentions: An Empirical Assessment" in California Journal of Operations Management, Vol. III, No. 1, February 2005.

Troy Jollimore, Philosophy, published "Thinking about the mind, a review of Mind: A Brief Introduction", by John R. Searle, in the San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 19.

Kristen Mahlis, English, published "A Poet of Place: An Interview with M. NourbeSe Philip" in Callaloo: A Journal of the African Diaspora, Summer 2004.

James Matray, History, had "The Iraq War in Historical Perspective" published in Passport, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2004 and "Formosa Resolution" and "Henry Cabot Lodge" in The Fifties in America, Salem Press (2005). He had a review of Separated at Birth: How North Korea Became the Evil Twin, by Gordon Cucullu, published in the Winter 2005 issue of History: Reviews of New Books and a review of Leadership in the Crucible: The Korean War Battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni, by Kenneth E. Hamburger, published in The Historian, December 2004. Matray also published a review of Flashpoint North Korea: The Pueblo and EC 121 Crises, by Richard A. Mobley, in a delayed 2003 issue of Korean Studies.

Graham Thurgood, English, published a review of Bert Remijsen's "Word-prosodic systems of Raja Ampat languages" in Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 42, No. 2.

Aiping Zhang, English, had ÒThe Invasion of Discourses: The Negotiation of Body, Soul, Self and God in East-West Literary EncountersÓ published in Asia and West: The Body and the Gods, edited by Lina Unali (Lago del sole e della luna, University of Rome, 2004).

Grants

The Center for Economic Development received $1,049,431 from the U.S. Small Business Administration to establish, manage, and oversee a Small Business Development Center in the Sacramento District Office Area.

Lisa Churchill, Professional Studies in Education, received $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to fund "Connections: Partnership to Recruit and Retain Teachers for Children with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders," a program that prepares special education personnel to serve children with high-incidence disabilities.

Kristin Cooper-Carter, Engineering, Computer Science, and Construction Management, received $18,587 from the Great Valley Center for the North State Renewable Energy project to develop its strategic plan and to provide education in the deployment of solar energy technologies.

Teresa Curiel, MESA, received $2,500 from the Giants Community Fund to support Shadow Day, personal statement training, college entrance exam preparation, and a college tour.

Bill Fisher and Jorgen Berglund, Mathematics, received $21,600 from the University of California PresidentÕs Office for the No Child Left Behind 2003Ð2004 California Mathematics Project. The funds support activities to improve mathematics teaching in public schools.

Jim Fletcher, Recreation and Parks Management, received $108,103 from Lassen National Forest to develop a profile of the characteristics of visitors to Lassen National Forest, using survey data.

Tom Fox, English, received $36,800 from Marysville Joint Unified School District for the Northern California Writing Project to conduct two leadership institutes for 46 Marysville elementary and secondary teachers.

Karen Hafenstein, Art and Art History, received $70,000 in No Child Left Behind funding from the University of California PresidentÕs Office for the Northern California Art Project to provide services to teachers in Northern California.

Steve Hannigan-Downs and Rebecca Lytle, Physical Education, received $244,936 from the U.S. Department of Education to provide stipends for students to receive degrees in low-incidence disabilities special education training.

Terry Janicki, Education Services Center, and Debra Barger, Continuing Education, received $349,196 from the California Postsecondary Education Commission to continue the Northeastern California Teacher Education Collaborative. The project improves teacher preparation through a 12-county professional development partnership.

Mike Kotar, Education, received $112,500 from the Shasta County Office of Education for the Northstate Consortium for Alternative Certification to manage the Shasta County Department of Education credential program.

Jennifer Lillibridge, Nursing, received $2,750 from Caring Choices to research the effectiveness of telemedicine technology for HIV/AIDS clients in rural areas.

Antoinette Martinez and Amy Huberland, Anthropology, received $14,500 from Sierra Pacific Industries to search company records in the Stirling District and Feather Falls Tract.

Susanne Rossi, Area Agency on Aging, received $860,048 from the California Department of Mental Health for Passages to continue to provide support services through the Mountain Caregiver Resource Center to persons caring for brain-impaired adults.

Michael Scott, Communication Arts and Sciences, received $31,773 to evaluate the National Cancer InstituteÕs Go Sun Smart program.

Dale Steiner and Jennifer Metherd, History, received $50,000 from University of California PresidentÕs Office to staff the North State History-Social Science Project. Steiner and Metherd received $60,000 from the University of California, Los Angeles for the Academic Literacy Program to arrange classroom visit follow-ups to the summer 2004 History-Literacy Institutes and to also establish a year-round literacy partnership in Glenn County and possibly Siskiyou County. Steiner and Metherd also received $114,840 from Chico Unified School District for the Department of History and the Northstate History-Social Science Project to assist district teachers in teaching American history.

Awards and Activities

Laird Easton, History, travelled to Berlin to be interviewed for a documentary on the life of Count Harry Kessler, titled "Harry Graf Kessler Der Mann, der alle kannte" (Count Harry Kessler "The Man Who Knew Everyone"). Easton presented "The Great Ennui: Boredom and Culture" on a panel he organized at the 119th annual meeting of the American Historical Association held in Seattle in January.

Paul Lopez, Sociology and Chicano Studies, was elected to a two-year council position for the Pacific Sociological Association, Central Region.

Kristen Mahlis, English, presented ÒThe Revolution Will Not Be Novelized: History and Memory in the Matter of Haiti at the International Conference on Caribbean Literature in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in November. The panel commemorated the 200th anniversary of Haitian independence.