July 2009 Faculty Focus

Anthropology

• Ellen Miller
  received funding from the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation for her proposal, “Paleontological Exploration at Buluk, Northern Kenya.”

• Ken Robinson
  received funding from the Randolph Electrical Membership Corporation for his proposal, “Archaeology Survey, Power Poles on Federal Lands, Montgomery County, N.C.,” and from Joppa Cemetery Inc. for his proposal, “Archaeology Ground Penetrating Radar Study, Joppa Cemetery, Davie County, N.C.”

• Steve Whittington
  received funding from the North Carolina Preservation Consortium for his proposal, “Museum of Anthropology Painted Hide Conversation.”

Biology

• Susan Fahrbach
  received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Illinois for her proposal, “Muscarinic Regulation of Plasticity in the Brain.”

• Kathleen Kron
  received funding from the National Science Foundation for her proposal, “Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic, Biogeographic and Monographic Studies in the Wintergreen Group.”

Chemistry

• Rebecca Alexander
  received funding from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center for her proposal, “Biotechnology Partners Fellowship Program.”

• Ulrich Bierbach
  received funding from the National Institutes of Health for his proposal, “Novel DNA-Metalating Hybrid Anticancer Agents.”

• Christa Colyer
  had a paper, “HNO Generates Unique Chemical Markers,” in Vol. 87 No. 24 of Chemical and Engineering News, p. 26.

• Bruce King
  received funding from the National Institutes of Health for his proposal, “Novel DNA-Metalating Hybrid Anticancer Agents.”

Communication

• Mary Dalton
  is a guest editor of Vol. 61 No. 2 Journal of Film and Video (Summer 2009), a special issue devoted to primetime animated sitcoms.

• Steve Giles
  co-presented two papers, “The Differential Impact of Teacher Delivery Skills on Outcomes for Low- and High-Risk Adolescents in a Universal Prevention Program” and “The Relationship Between Teacher Communicator Style and Student Outcomes in a Substance Use Prevention Program,” at the International Communication Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

• Mike Hazen
  published a paper, “Thoughts on the Development of the Communication Discipline in the United States and Russia,” in Vol. 28 of the Russian Journal of Communication (2009), 455-475. He co-presented a paper, “Hypotesting Windt: Nixon’s Crisis Rhetoric and the 1972 Presidential Election,” chaired a panel, “The Effects of Stereotyped Portrayals,” and chaired and responded to a panel, “Symbols & Paradoxes We Live By: Understanding Culture and Society,” at the International Communication Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

• Marina Krcmar
  presented a paper, “Can Repeat Exposure and Social Relevancy Help Infants and Toddlers Learn from Television?” at the International Communication Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

• John Llewellyn
  presented a paper, “Urban Legends and the Precautionary Principle: Public Benefits When Utility Trumps Truth,” at the annual convention of the Eastern Communication Association in Philadelphia, PA.

• Allan Louden
  received a Provost Excellence Grant to host the National Developmental Debate Conference held in Winston-Salem. He was one of five inaugural inductees into the Wyoming Debate Hall of Fame in Laramie sponsored by the University of Wyoming’s Department of Communication and Journalism and the Wyoming Speech and Debate Union.

• Ananda Mitra
  participated in a panel, “India and Communication Studies,” at the International Communication Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

• Max Negin
  received an Archie Grant for a film documenting a trip to Vietnam this summer by students and faculty in the Social Entrepreneurship Program.

• Randall Rogan
  received funding from an Archie Grant and presented a paper, “Democracy is an Apostate Religion: A Frame Analysis of al-Qaeda’s Doctrine for Jihad and War Against Democracy,” at the annual convention of the Eastern Communication Association in Philadelphia, PA. He received a Top Paper Award from the Applied Communication Division.

• Alessandra Beasley Von Burg
  presented a paper, “Free to Move But Nowhere to Go: The Roma Population in the European Union,” and responded to a panel, “Individual Rights Protection and the European Union,” at the European Union Studies Association Conference in Los Angeles, CA, partially sponsored by an Archie Grant.

Computer Science/Physics

• Jacque Fetrow
  received funding from the National Institutes of Health for her proposal, “Computational Modeling of Dendritic Cell Maturation.” She received funding from Wake Forest University Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health for her proposal, “Analysis of Redox Modulated Signaling Networks in Response to Ionizing Radiation.”

Health and Exercise Science

• Gary Miller
  received funding from NutraFood Nutrient Inc. for his proposal, “Hydration Performance Plus: Acceptance, Tolerance, and Effectiveness Studies.”

Mathematics

• Jennifer Erway
  received funding from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities for her proposal, “Optimization Methods for Solving the Einstein Constraint Equations.”

Music

• Susan Borwick
  has been elected to the board of the International Alliance for Women in Music. Her arrangements for brass quintets, “We Gather Together” and “Joy to the World,” have been published by MorningStar Music Publishers.

• Dan Locklair
  had his organ music, “Salem Sonata,” performed at the Religious Arts Festival at Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC, and his “Glory and Peace (A Suite of Seven Reflections for Organ) performed as part of the Anglican Association of Musicians National Conference in Los Angeles.

Physics

• Jed Macosko
  was a co-recipient, along with two Wake Forest alumni, of an award from the MacArthur Foundation for their project, “CellCraft: Exploring the Cell through Computer Games,” in the 2009 Digital Media & Learning competition.

• Timo Thonhauser
  received funding from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities for his proposal, “Ab-initio Materials Modeling Including Van Der Waals Forces.”

• Richard Williams
  received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and The Regents of the University of California for his proposal, “FS Laser Studies of Scintillation Processes and Materials–High Excitation Density, Transient Absorption Probes, and Role of Carrier Diffusion.”

School of Law

• Jennifer Collins
  was selected by the third-year class to receive the Student Bar Association’s Jurist Excellence in Teaching Award.

School of Medicine

• Alain Bertoni
  received the Teaching and Educational Service Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Robert Byington
  received the Professional and Community Service Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Jeffrey Carr,
  clinical research, radiologic sciences, internal medicine-cardiology and public health sciences, has been inducted as a fellow in the American College of Radiology at the 86th ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington.

• Laura Coker
  received the Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Ralph D’Agostino
  received the Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Claudine Legault
  received the Faculty Mentoring Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Linda Porrino
  has been named chair of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.

• Scott Rushing
  received the Institutional and Divisional Service Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Erin Sutfin
  received the Outstanding Early Career Faculty Research Award from the Division of Public Health Sciences.

• Gretchen Wells,
  internal medicine, has been named associate dean for medical school admissions.