Steven Bogaerts, assistant professor of computer science, whose own publicly distributed case-based reasoning framework, IUCBRF, is used by researchers and instructors worldwide, recently collaborated with colleague David Leake of Indiana University on a paper titled “Using AI Frameworks for a Compelling Introduction to Computer Science,” which the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Spring Symposium 2008 at Stanford University is considering.


Sally Brannan, assistant professor of education and director of licensure, and Brian Yontz, director of student teaching and teacher placement, presented “Facing the Challenge: Preparing Candidates to Impact Student Learning” at the Ohio Confederation of Teacher Education Organizations Fall 2007 conference. Yontz was also elected 2007-08 co-president of the Ohio Field Directors Forum.

Donald Busarow, professor of music, played and led a Festival of Hymns for the 125th anniversary of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Columbus, June 24. In July, at the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians’ national conference in Houston, he served as organist for worship services along with his grandson, Jonathan, who played the French horn. He also has two commissions from Augsburg Publishing House forthcoming in 2008.

Kristin Cline, associate professor of chemistry, attended the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference, Nov. 1-3, at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where she presented “Electron transfer at 4-nitrophenyl and 4- carboxyphenyl modified carbon surfaces as a function of surface coverage and pH,” which included results from collaborative research with Amanda Reno ’07, Alison Stalzer ’08 and Dawn Lockwood ’08.

Robert Davis, professor of English, was included in the 2008 edition of Who’s Who in America. He also spent the spring semester as a visiting faculty member at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., and is now writing a book called Visions of Grace in American Poetry. As part of that project, he presented a lecture at Berkeley on the poetry of Thomas Merton, which has since become an article slated for publication in The Thomas Merton Annual.

The ceramic artwork of Scott Dooley, associate professor of art, appeared in two international juried exhibitions this fall. His work received the honorable mention award at the VIII Biennial International Artistic Ceramics – Aveiro 2007, Parque de Exposicoes de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. It was also chosen for the Prix de la Ville de Carouge 2007: International Ceramic Competition – The Pitcher, Musee de Carouge, Carouge, Switzerland. An article written by Dooley was also included in a new book, Throwing and Handbuilding: Forming Techniques.

Keith Doubt, professor of sociology, completed the second year of publication of Duh Bosne/Spirit of Bosnia, a quarterly bilingual online publication, with colleague Omer Hadziselimovic, and Doubt’s book, Understanding Evil: Lessons from Bosnia, was recently well reviewed in Human Rights Quarterly.

Ray Dudek, associate professor of chemistry, was excited to learn that his post-doctoral research adviser, Gerhard Ertl, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in October. Dudek worked with Ertl at the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin Germany from 2002 to 2004, where they investigated the structure of water layers on Ruthenium metal surfaces. Their work was published in Chemical Physics Letters.

Trudy Faber, professor of music, headed on a European tour, May 13 – June 9, where she performed on the organ throughout Germany, including Wittenberg, as well as The Netherlands. Her tour was featured extensively in the Springfield News-Sun, and reviewers in Europe noted that “each number on the program demonstrated consistently her temperament – warmhearted and varied but respectful [showing humility] for the work and the place.”

Associate Professors of Physics Elizabeth George, Paul Voytas and Dan Fleisch joined seven students, the largest group of undergraduates to participate from the department, in attending the fall meeting of Ohio-Region section of the American Physical Society at Miami University of Ohio. Three of the students,Matt Kowalski ’10, Yuru (Louise) Niu ’10 and Joe Fritchman ’08 presented posters on their research.

Corwin Georges, professor of theatre and dance, serves on the eight-member National Leadership Committee of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network. He also continues to serve on the boards of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, and is serving as an assessment consultant for The Infusion Campus and after-school arts program, and for Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse.

Kristen Gibson, reference librarian and assistant professor, presented a poster titled “Patron-Driven Collection Development using LibraryThing” at the Academic Library Association of Ohio.

Horton Hobbs, professor of biology, has published a number of co-authored papers with colleagues, including “Water exchange pertaining to host attachment sites and stream preference in crayfish-associated branchiobdellids, Cambarincola fallax and Cambarincola ingens (Annelida: Clitellata)” in Hydrobiologia. He also completed a paper his late father began more than 10 years ago titled “A comparative study of functional morphology of the male reproductive systems in the Astacidea with emphasis on the freshwater crayfishes (Crustacea: Decapoda)” in Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.

James Huffman, professor emeritus of history, received the Jackson and Caroline Bailey Public Service Award during the annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, held at Washington University in St. Louis in October. This award, given James Huffman, professor emeritus of history, received the Jackson and Caroline Bailey Public Service Award during the annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, held at Washington University in St. Louis in October. This award, given

Thomas Martin, professor of health, fitness and sport, has published Sailing is a Breeze: Learning to Sail a Laser, Sunfish, or Other Small Boat. He also recently appeared on CBS affiliate KMEG 14 in Sioux City, S.D., on a story related to highpointing, and he passed his international board certification exam to become a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist by the American College of Sports Medicine.

Olga Medvedkov, professor of geography, has published a chapter titled “Upscale Housing in Post-Soviet Moscow and its Environs” in the book The Post-Socialist City.

Rochelle Millen, professor of religion, coedited a volume titled Testimony, Tensions, and Tikkun: Teaching the Holocaust in Colleges and Universities, which also included a co-authored chapter with Tim Bennett, associate professor of languages. In addition, Millen wrote a chapter titled “Response to The Third Word” in The Ten Commandments for Jews, Christians, and Others, and she contributed another chapter titled “‘Her Mouth is Full of Wisdom:’ Reflections on Jewish Feminist Theology” in Women Remaking American Judaism.

Terry Otten, professor emeritus of English, recently had his commissioned essay, “Arthur Miller,” published in the Encyclopedia of American Jewish History.

Adam Parker, assistant professor of mathematics, received course development funds f rom the Wit tenberg DOE Computational Science Grant to develop and teach a new topics course in Computational Algebraic Geometry, which will make use of Mathematica® and other computational software. In addition he presented talks at the Ohio Project NExT conference for young math faculty and at the University of Dayton.

Don Reed, professor of philosophy, authored 10 encyclopedia entries for the Encyclopedia of Moral Development, including “Plato; Republic, The; Metaethics; Moral obligation; Moral objectivism and subjectivism; Justice; Courage; Honesty; Honor; and Vice.” He also presented a paper titled “Stages in action: A complex example from a politician’s life” at the 33rd annual meeting of the Association for Moral Education at New York University, Nov. 16.

Pamela Schindler, professor of management, recently completed the 10th edition of her Business Research Methods textbook, which publisher McGraw-Hill launched at the Decision Sciences meeting this fall.

Matthew J. Smith, associate professor of communication, served as moderator for the keynote debate at the Ohio Communication Association conference in Boardman, Ohio, Oct. 6. He also attended the triennial Festival of Cartoon Art at Ohio State University, Oct. 25-27.

Michael Zaleha, associate professor of geology, attended the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting where he presented “Implications of an alternative interpretation of the lowermost Brassfield Formation, southwestern Ohio: a record of falling sea level during the Early Silurian.”