Clinical sciences
David Anderson presented "Troponin," "Biosecurity," "Pain/Stress" and "Standards of Surgery," American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Sept. 24-27.
Greg Grauer presented "Staging and Management of Feline Chronic Kidney Disease, Part I and Part II," "Proteinuria Lecture and Lab," "The Importance of Hypertension and Proteinuria in Feline CKD, Part I and Part II," and also was one of the speakers for the seminar "Medical Imaging of the Urinary Tract: An Internist's Perspective," American Association of Feline Practitioners meeting, Sept. 20-23, Atlanta, Ga.
Economics
E. Wayne Nafziger presented "Inequality, Conflict, and Human Development," Human Development & Capability Association Third Annual Conference, Sept. 10-13, New Delhi, India.
Nafziger has been appointed editor of the Journal of African Development.
Geography
The following K-State faculty members presented at the 2008 meeting of Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Division, Association of American Geographers, Sept. 12-13, Grand Forks, N.D.:
John Harrington Jr. and students, "Visualizing Geographical Practices."
Kendra K. McLauchlan, Harrington and students, "Trees as Sentinels of Environmental Change: A Tool for Ecological Forecasting."
Harrington and student, "Detecting Change in the Onset of Spring: An Analysis of Growing Degree Days for the Central U.S."
Richard Marston and students, "The Spatial Extent and Causes of Channel Incision in the Black Vermillion Watershed of Northeastern Kansas."
Bimal K. Paul and student, "Hazard Warning and Response to Evacuation Orders: The Case of Bangladesh's Cyclone Sidr."
Doug Goodin; Diego Maldonado, mathematics; and student, "Malaria Occurrences in Paraguay: Correlating Malaria and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index."
Lisa M.B. Harrington, Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Regional Councilor, gave a report at the luncheon on activities and initiatives in the AAG.
Marcellus Caldas and colleagues published "Road Networks and Forest Fragmentation in the Amazon: Explanations for Local Differences with Implications for Conservation and Development," Journal of Latin American Geographers, Vol. 7, No. 2.
Grain science and industry
David Wetzel presented "Exploiting the Power of Near-IR Focal Plane Array Imaging for Practical Purposes," and was one of the original organizers of the International Diffuse Reflectance Conference, Aug. 3-8, Chambersburg, Pa.
Institute for Academic Alliances
Dawn Anderson presented "Best Practices in Distance Education Program Selection," 24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning, Aug. 5-8, Madison, Wi.
Modern languages
Maria Martinez-Ortiz presented "Globalising Terror: A Film Analysis on the Commodification and Consumption of the Feminicide in Juarez, Chihuahua," Transnational Cinema in Globalising Societies: Asia and Latin America, August 2008, Puebla, Mexico.
Claire Dehon published the second edition of "Le Roman camerounais
d'expression française," Spring 2008.
Multiple departments
The following K-State faculty presented at the Kansas International Educators statewide meeting, Sept. 22, Manhattan:
Maria Beebe and Stacey Bailey served as the local arrangement chairs.
Young-ok Yum, communication studies, theater and dance, presented, "Do You Speak American?: Ways to Reduce Barriers in Intercultural Interactions."
Elizabeth Ward, study abroad, presented, "Health and Safety in Study Abroad."
Mary Ellen Barkley, career and employment services, presented "Resources for Assisting International Students with Interviews, Resumes and Job Searching."
Ketty Rebbert and Chen Hua Wu, English language program, presented "Helping International Students with Cultural Adjustment."
Physics
Chii-Dong Lin and colleagues published "Theory of High-Order Harmonic Generation From Molecules By Intense Laser Pulses," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 41.
Psychology
Richard Harris, student and former students published "Social Movie Quoting: What, Why, and How?" Ciencias Psicologicas, Vol. 2, No. 1.
Gary Brase published "A Field Study of How Different Numerical Information Formats Influence Charity Support," Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, Vol. 20, No. 1.
James Shanteau presented "The Gold Standard Illusion: The Elusive Search for Perfection in Health Care," Health4Life Conference: Judgment, Assessment & Decision Making in Health & Social Care, Sept. 3-4, Dublin City University, School of Nursing.
Shanteau and colleagues published "Quantitative Method of Medication System Interface," Computers, Informatics, Nursing, Vol. 25, No. 4.
Shanteau and colleagues published "Diagnosis of Difficult Decisions," The Essential Edwards, Eds. Weiss, D. J., Shanteau, J., & Weiss, J. W., NY: Oxford University Press.
Shanteau and colleagues published "Cognitive Work Analysis of an Inpatient Medication System," Computers, Informatics, Nursing, in press.
Shanteau and former student published "Medical Expertise," "Expert Medical Systems" and "Subjective Expected Utility Theory," Encyclopedia of Medical Decision Making to be published by SAGE Publications.
Ron Downey and students presented "Factor Analysis and Construct Validity for a Vigorous Well-Being Measure," Third International Conference on Occupational Health, Sept. 1-4, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Kimberly Kirkpatrick and colleague presented "Changing the Value of Food Reinforcement Retards Learning about a Shift in the Time of Delivery," annual meeting of the Psychobiology Section of the British Psychological Society, Sept. 3-5, Windermere, UK.
Women's Studies
The following K-State faculty presented at the 29th Annual National Women's Studies Association Conference, June 19-22, Cincinatti, Ohio:
Shireen Roshanravan, "Navigating Racial & Sexual Subjectivity Against Colonial Legacies."
Angela Hubler, "Representations of Rape & Sexual Abuse of Female Adolescents"
Michaeline Chance-Reay, "First Day Feminism: Effective Strategies to Introduce Feminism."
Valerie Carroll, Torry Dickinson, Rhonda Janke and student, "Reclaiming the Civil Commons: Feminist Pathways to Global SocialJustice and Environmentalism."