Guodong Liu, assistant professor of analytical chemistry, was awarded $340,000 from the National Institutes of Health. The two-year project aims to develop a hand-held monitor for detecting cancer biomarkers. The technology utilizes nanoparticles for electrochemical rapid detection of biological molecules produced in blood when a patient has cancer. Rapid and facile detection of cancer at an early stage is crucial for long-term prognosis.
Gary Liguori, assistant professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, was selected to represent the American College of Sports Medicine at the 15th annual Japanese Fitness Association meeting in Tokyo in October. He will give two presentations and oversee a health fitness specialist workshop. Liguori also was named senior editor of the American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Specialist textbook.
Hardy Koenig, assistant professor of theatre, had his book review published in the fall 2010 issue of Southern Theatre magazine. Koenig reviewed the book, “Get the Callback: The Art of Auditioning for Musical Theatre,” by Jonathan Flom. The review can be found at www.setc.org/publications/docs/st_2010_fall.pdf.
Kara Wolfe, associate professor of apparel, design and hospitality management, and Joyce Hwang, assistant professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa, had their paper, “Implications of using the electronic response system in a large class,” accepted for publication in the Journal of Teaching in Travel & Tourism. Wolfe also was elected to the U.S. Central Federation of the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Educators as the director of research.
Marvin D. LeNoue, doctoral candidate, and his adviser, Ronald Stammen, professor emeritus in the School of Education, had their peer-reviewed manuscript, “Blending In: Moving Beyond Categories in Digitally-Mediated Learning," accepted as Chapter XII in the book, “Blended Learning Across Disciplines: Models for Implementation.” The book was edited by Andrew Kitchenham, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, and published by IGI Global, Hershey, Pa.
Julie Garden-Robinson, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, gave two research presentations at the Society for Nutrition Education conference in Reno, Nev. The first presentation, "Examining the Prevalence of Self-Reported Foodborne Illness and Food Safety Risks Among International College Students in the United States," was co-written with Agnes Ngale Lyonga, postdoctoral program assistant, and Myron Eighmy, associate professor in the School of Education. The second presentation, "Folic Acid Every Day Intervention Improved Awareness, Knowledge and Self-reported Behavior," was co-written with Kim Beauchamp, doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication.
Kristen Benson and Beth Blodgett Salaria, assistant professors of human development and family science, gave a poster presentation, “Relationship Status and Contraception Use in College Women,” at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy conference in Atlanta. Blodgett Salafia also co-wrote, with colleagues from the University of Notre Dame, “Maternal Knowledge and Maternal Behavior Control as Predictors of Preadolescent Behavioral Competence,” a recently published paper in the Journal of Early Adolescence. Blodgett Salaria’s paper, “A Four-Year Longitudinal Investigation in the Processes by Which Parents and Peers Influence the Development of Adolescent Girls’ Bulimic Symptoms,” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Early Adolescence, and she was invited to review Adolescence: Social and Personality Processes panel submissions to the Society for Research in Child Development conference.
Joel Hektner, associate professor of human development and family science, presented his paper, “Effects of the Early Risers Skills for Success Program on Children with Adjustment Problems and Their Well-adjusted Peer Mentors,” at the Biennial International Congress of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development in Lusaka, Zambia.
Angie Hodge, assistant professor, School of Education and Department of Mathematics, and Christina Weber, assistant professor of sociology, presented their research, "Helping Students Succeed by Engaging Them in the Mathematics Classroom," at Mathfest in Pittsburgh. Hodge also co-emceed the Legacy of R.L. Moore Conference in Austin, Texas, in June. In July, she attended a Math Teacher's Circle workshop with Marian Bocea, assistant professor of mathematics, and two local middle school mathematics teachers, Kurt Skari and Josh Dunnell. The American Institute of Mathematics sponsored their attendance.
Cynthia Torges, assistant professor of human development and family science, is part of a symposium that has been accepted to present research at the Gerontological Society of America in New Orleans.
Ardith Brunt, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, presented two posters at the Annual Conference of the Society for Nutrition Education. The first poster presented results of Kirsten Minnerath's graduate research titled "Effects of a Multi-level School Based Intervention in 5th and 6th Grade Students." Co-authors were Donna Terbizan and Julie Garden-Robinson. The second poster used the NHANES database to determine the relationship between carbonated beverage intake and chronic disease markers. Co-authors were Yeong Rhee, associate professor, and graduate research assistants, Paul Fisk and Amanda Kosel-Middaugh.
Kristen Hetland, Concordia College, and Brad Strand, professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, had their article, "A Descriptive Analysis of Undergraduate PETE Program in the Central District," published in the ICHPER-SD Journal of Research in Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance.
Pam Hansen, associate professor of health, nutrition and exercise sciences, was named to the national governing body of the Commission for Accreditation for Athletic Training Education. Hansen is one offive Board of Certification Certified Athletic Trainers on the commission.
Katherine Bertolini, doctoral candidate in the School of Education, and Kenneth Bertolini, assistant professor of construction management at Minnesota State University Moorhead, will have their conference proceedings paper and their conference presentation, “Humanizing the Digital Natives,” published at the National Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering in Panama City Beach, Fla., in October.