1999 Professional Achievement Honors

Glen Bleske

Glen Bleske, professor of journalism, came to Chico in 1994 after receiving his Ph.D. in mass communication research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Bleske has an admirable record of scholarly publication in refereed journals in his field, including "Polling Effects: Horse-Race Polls and Audience Issue Learning," in the Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics; "Democracy in the Field: The Black Press Takes on White Baseball," in Journalism History; and "Writing the Story" in Journalism 2001. Dr. Bleske has received several prestigious awards and fellowships, including a Freedom Forum Teaching Fellowship, an Institute for Journalism Excellence Fellowship from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, and an Outstanding Journalism Teacher award from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. He continues his professional involvement through memberships in several international, national, and state journalism organizations. Currently, he is serving in the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication as a division head. Dr. Bleske also sits on several editorial boards, attends seminars and workshops, and judges at journalism competitions.

Sam Edelman

Sam Edelman, professor of communications arts and sciences, came to Chico in 1979. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. He is very active on campus, having served as chair of the Academic Senate, and continues to be involved with applying new technologies for course instruction, both on our campus and systemwide. A prolific writer, Professor Edelman has authored forty papers and three books on the Holocaust, Jewish rhetoric, and Arab-Israeli relations, four new books are scheduled for publication this year. He is perhaps one of the campus's most prolific grant recipients, having been funded for thirty-six different projects over the last sixteen years. His most recent achievement is creating and administering the Modern Jewish and Israel Studies Program on campus, which is now being expanded to several other CSU campuses, via electronic technology.

Pamela Johnson

Pamela Johnson, professor of management, came to Chico in 1984 after receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in English. Professor Johnson's publications have identified significant trends in the workplace. From workplace violence and workplace depression to organizational benefits of helping domestically abused employees, her ten articles, five proceedings, and seven conference papers have illuminated the shadow side of organizational life. One of these papers, "Stress and Depression in the Workplace: Two Sides of the Same Coin," won special recognition with a Distinguished Paper Award at the 1996 Allied Academies of Management conference. Most currently, Professor Johnson, a 1997-99 CSU, Chico Master Teacher, shared the insights gained in that program with an international conference in Canada.

Terence Kato

TERENCE KATO, professor of geosciences, came to Chico in 1981. During the last three years, Professor Kato has collaborated with Dr. Mark Martin, of the Isotope Laboratory at M.I.T., geologists from the Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria de Chile, and the Berkeley Geochronology Laboratory at UC Berkeley on field studies combined with Uranium-Lead and Argon asotopic dating of rocks from South America. This research has culminated in major scientific research papers, including one that has been accepted, pending revision, for publication by Tectonics, one of the leading earth science journals. Professor Kato's scientific presentations were well received at the VIII Chilean Geological Congress in Antofagasta, Chile, in 1997, and International Gondwana Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1998. These presentations and related papers provide field geological and radiometric age data to support a new model developed by Professor Kato and others for the events along the western margin of Gondwana (the southern part of the large supercontinent on Pangea, which existed until about 200 million years ago) just prior to the separation of South America from Africa.

Jim Morgan

JIM MORGAN, professor of management, came to Chico in 1981, after receiving his Juris Doctor from UC Davis. He has been chair of the Department of Management and has been extensively involved with the greater Chico community as president of the Greater Chico Chamber of Commerce, the boards of TEAM Chico, North Valley Community Foundation, and Family Service Association. Professor Morgan is on the forefront of research on "outcome assessment," which is currently a priority issue within the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, the organization that accredits business undergraduate and graduate programs nationally and internationally. Dr. Morgan has become a nationally recognized expert on assessment, and currently serves half-time as the director of Assessment Programs for CSU, Chico. He has made local, regional, national, and international presentations related to his assessment research and activities. Dr. Morgan is the principal investigator for a major grant dealing with student assessment and outcomes funded by the CSU Chancellor's office. In addition, he completed a test bank for a leading (17th edition) business law textbook, and he has two law-related manuscripts in the mid-stages of development.

Stuart Van Auken

STUART VAN AUKEN, professor of finance and marketing, came to Chico in 1986. He received his Ph.D. in marketing from the University of North Texas. Professor Van Auken has been chair of the Department of Finance and Marketing and also dean of the College of Business. Professor Van Auken has numerous publications to his credit, either as a principal author or co-author. He has published twenty-six refereed journal articles, thirty national conference proceedings, sixteen regional conference proceedings, and he also has seventy-eight conference and professional seminar presentations to his credit. His most recent publications include "Across- Versus Within-Class Comparative Advertising: Insights Into Prestige Class Anchoring," in the Journal of Psychology and Marketing; "Attribute Upgrading Through Across-Class, Within-Category Comparison Advertising: Issues and Perspectives," in the Journal of Advertising Research; "The New AACSB Accreditation Standards: A Prospect for Tiering," in the Journal of Organizational Change Management; and "Alternative Models of Collegiate Business Education: Their Validity and Implications," in the Journal of Managerial Issues

Juri Brilts, Sponsored Projects