| Publications, Presentations, Service, and Honors |
| William Avilés (Political Science) |
entry on Colombia in the Encyclopedia of Human Rights edited by David Forsythe, published by OUP in 2009 |
| John Bauer (Geography) |
“The Official Automobile Blue Book: 1901 – 1929: Precursor to the American Road Map” published in Cartographic Perspectives 62: 4-27, 2009 |
| Vijay Boken (Geography) |
“Improving a drought early warning model for an arid region using a soil-moisture index” published in Applied Geography, 29(3): 402-408, 2009 |
| Vijay Boken (Geography) |
co-authored with G. Hoogenboom and G.L. Easson: “Applying pattern recognition to satellite data for detecting irrigated lands: a case study of Georgia” published in Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security, CRC Press (Taylor and Francis), 2009 |
| Karl Borden (Finance) |
"The Need for Development of a Lexicon of Terms in Common Use in the U.S. Charge Card Industry" published in the Journal of Global Business Development |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
"Introduction to Globalization: Extending the Market and Human Well-Being" published in The Freeman |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
"Microenterprise Lending at the Grameen Bank: Effective Lending Rates on a Sample Loan Portfolio" published in B>Quest |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
"An Economic Reassessment of the New Deal: How Misguided Economics and Political Uncertainty Combined to Lengthen the Great Depression" presented at the Missouri Valley Historical Society in March 2009 |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
"Content Detail of Stand-Alone Courses in Working Capital Management/Short Term Finance" presented at the Finance Education Association Conference in May 2008 |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
"Mortgage Loan Revenue-Source Risk Management: Lessons from Corporate Finance Applied to the Mortgage Loan Market” presented at the National Social Science Conference in March 2009 |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
"The Need for Development of a Lexicon of Terms in Common Use in the U.S. Charge Card Industry" presented at the Global Business Development Institute in March 2009 |
| Karl Borden (Accounting/Finance) |
keynote speaker at the Nebraska Historical Society Phi Alpha Theta luncheon |
| Wayne Briner (Psychology) |
appointed to the editorial board of the journal Toxins |
| Wayne Briner (Psychology) |
“Effects of Depleted Uranium on Mouse Midbrain Catecholamines and Related Behavior” published in the Internet Journal of Toxicology |
| Kim Carlson (Biology) |
co-authored with C.E. Gilling: “The effect of OTK18 upregulation in U937 cells on neuronal survival” published In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Animal 2009, 45: 243-251 |
| Kim Carlson (Biology) |
selected for inclusion in the 64th Edition of Marquis Who’s Who In America, to be published in 2010 |
| Kim Carlson (Biology) |
co-presented with Joshua Bauer, Becky Fusby: "Changes in OTK18 mRNA levels using RNAi and qRT-PCR" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
Kim Carlson and
Darby Carlson (Biology) |
co-presented with Kylee Gardner, Anjeza Pashaj, Fang Yu, James Eudy, Lawrence Harshman: "Gene changes associated with longevity in large caged populations of Drosophila melanogaster" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009
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Kim Carlson and
Darby Carlson (Biology) |
co-presented with Ben Klein, Cami Stoner, Lawrence Harshman: "Characterization of microbes in frass from two populations of Drosophila melanogaster" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
Kim Carlson,
Darby Carlson,
Brad Ericson (Biology) and
Frank Kovacs (Chemistry)
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co-presented with Becky Fusby, Joshua Bauer: "Purification of OTK18 for determination of promoter element binding" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
Scott Darveau
and Chris Exstrom (Chemistry) |
"Self-organized Nanostructures of Vapor-phase Grown CuGaS2 Thin Films" presented at the 34th IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference in Philadelphia in June 2009 and |
Scott Darveau
and Chris Exstrom (Chemistry) |
co-authored with Laura Slaymaker and Ashley Vandeventer (UNK students): “Raman Spectroscopy Studies of CuIn1-xAlxSe2 Thin Film Growth" at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington, DC in August 2009 |
| Roger Davis (History) |
"The Villasur Massacre of 1720 and the Phantom Frenchmen" presented at the Platte County Museum on August 16 |
| Roger Davis (History) |
served as an NEA delegate to the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in Paris and was an invited delegate and discussion facilitator to the UNESCO-Microsoft Educational Leaders Forum at the Pasteur Institute in July 2009 |
Bruce Elder (Accounting/Finance),
Cynthia Houlden (Nebraska Safety Center),
Frank Tenkorang (Economics) |
co-authored with Dr. Stephen King and Bruce Schanbacher: "Immediate Knowledge Gain from Agricultural Transportation Safety Workshops" published in the National Social Science Journal |
Bruce Elder (Accounting/Finance),
Cynthia Houlden (Nebraska Safety Center),
Vani Kotcherlakota (Economics,
Frank Tenkorang (Economics) |
"Multi-Facet Of Regional Agricultural Truck Transportation: History, Tonnage, And Law” published in the Journal of Business Case Studies |
Krista Forrest (Psychology)
and Wyatt Hoback (Biology) |
“Using novel experiences in introductory psychology: Insects 101” published in Education 129: 625-634 |
| Keith Geluso (Biology) |
co-authored with K.A. Kugler: “Distribution of the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana campestris) in southern Nebraska” published in Western North American Naturalist 69: 175-179, 2009 |
| Keith Geluso (Biology) |
co-authored with M.R. Serbousek: “Bats along the Republican River and its tributaries in southwestern Nebraska: distribution, abundance, and reproduction” published in Western North American Naturalist 69: 180-185, 2009 |
| Mary Harner (Biology) |
co-presented with N. Opitz, K. Geluso, K. Tockner, and M.C. Rillig: “Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on developing islands within a dynamic river flood plain: An investigation across successional gradients and soil depth” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, NM in August 2009 |
| Mary Harner (Biology) |
co-presented with J.J. Follstad Shah and T.M. Tibbets: “Flood regime versus plant species effects on soil nitrogen cycling in semiarid riparian forests” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, NM in August 2009 |
| Mary Harner (Biology) |
co-presented with T.M. Tibbets: “Sustainability of riparian forests: Responses of cottonwoods to natural and anthropogenic disturbances along the Rio Grande, NM (USA) ” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, NM in August 2009 |
| Mary Harner (Biology) |
co-presented with B.O. Bouwer, J.K. Caves, M.R. Morris, J.A. Stanford, B.K. Ellis: “Successional changes in soil and hyporheic nitrogen fertility on an expansive alluvial flood plain: Implications for riparian vegetation” at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, NM in August 2009 |
| Allison Hedge Coke |
Blood Run and Off-Season City Pipe on the Poetry Foundation’s bestseller list for the week of August 30, 2009 |
| Wyatt Hoback (Biology) |
co-authored with M.L. Brust: “Hypoxia tolerance in adult and larval Cicindela tiger beetles varies by life history but not habitat association” published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102: 462-466, 2009 |
| Wyatt Hoback (Biology) |
co-authored with M.L. Brust and R.J. Wright: “A review of the genus Chortophaga (Orthoptera: Acrididae) among Nebraska populations: questioning the validity of Chortophaga australior Rehn and Hebard” published in Journal of Orthoptera Research 17: 101-105, 2008 |
| Wyatt Hoback (Biology) |
co-authored with M.L. Brust and R.J. Wright: “A synopsis of Nebraska grasshopper distributions” published in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81: 208-255, 2008 |
| Wyatt Hoback (Biology) |
co-authored with N.J. Fryda and K.D. Koupal: “Abundance and cove fidelity of adult crappies during spawning seasons in a Nebraska irrigation reservoir” published in the Proceedings of the Fourth Reservoir Symposium 62: 587-594, 2008 |
| Nyla Ali Khan (English) |
Islam, Women and Violence in Kashmir: Between India and Pakistan published by Tulika Books: New Delhi in 2009 |
| Katherine Kime (Mathematics) |
"Effect of the Spatial Extent of the Control in a Bilinear Control Problem for the Schroedinger Equation" published in the Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference and gave a presentation of the paper at the MSDNC (Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control) conference in San Diego, CA |
| Mike Larsen (Physics) |
co-authored with A.B. Kostinski: “Simple dead-time corrections for discrete time series of non-Poisson data” published in Measurement Science and Technology 20 095101, 2009 |
Mike Larsen (Physics) and
Aaron Clark (Mathematics) |
co-presented with A. Steele: “Direct simulation of radiative transfer through a 3-dimensional correlated medium” at Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH in July 2009 |
| Janet Lear (Economics) |
participated in an elite leadership training conducted by NEXUS at the Nebraska State Business Education Conference in June 2009 |
Richard Meznarich and
Ron Shava (Industrial Technology) |
co-authored with Stan Lightener: "A Curriculum Model: Engineering Design Graphics Course Updates Based on Industrial and Academic Institution Requirements" published in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), an engineering design graphics journal, spring 2009 |
| Rick Miller (Psychology) |
“The Early History of Undergraduate Research in Psychology” poster presented at the American Psychological Association Convention in Toronto |
| Rick Miller (Psychology) |
received the American Psychological Association Robert S. Daniel Teaching Excellence Award - the APA gives this teaching award once a year at the APA Annual Meeting to one faculty member in the U.S. |
| Mike Mosher (Chemistry) |
co-authored with X. Han, C. Li, K.C. Rider, P. Zhou, R.L. Crawford, W. Fusco, A. Paszczynski, N.R. Natale: “Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Novel Class of Anticancer Agents: Anthracenylisoxazole Lexitropsin Conjugates” published in J. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 2009, 17, 1671-1680; doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.12.056 |
| Mike Mosher (Chemistry) |
co-authored with M. Gajewski, H. Beall, M. Schnieder, S.M. Stranahan, K.C. Rider, N.R. Natale: “Bis-anthracenyl Isoxazolyl Amides have Enhanced Anticancer Activity” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2009, 19, 4067-4069; doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.06.019 |
| Mike Mosher (Chemistry) |
co-authored with A.L. Norman, K.A. Shurrush: “5-Bromomethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles” Tetrahedron Lett., 2009, 50, 5647-5648; 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.07.106 |
| Yozan Mosig (Psychology) |
five articles on Hannibal and the Punic Wars published on HistoryTimes.com:
"Demonizing Carthage: Propaganda Wars in the Ancient Mediterranean”
“The Kriegsschuldfrage In the Punic Wars”
“Of Rivers and Elephants”
“A Question of Hatred?”
“A Problem of Sources" |
| Yozan Mosig (Psychology) |
"The Barcids at War: Historical Introduction" published in Ancient Warfare, 3:4, August/September 2009 |
Deborah Mowry (Biology)
and Peggy Abels (Health Sciences) |
“An Approach to Development of a Public Health Minor” published in Peer Review Vol. 11, No.3/Summer: 23-26, 2009 |
| Steve Rothenberger (Biology) |
The UNK Herbarium (which houses dried specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, and related plants) recently gained a listing in the International Index of Herbaria (Index Herbariorum) which is maintained by the New York Botanical Garden. UNK is now included in the international index along with hundreds of herbaria worldwide. The index be accessed at the New York Botanical Garden's website: www.nybg.org. The HERBARIUM CODE for the UNK site is NEBK. |
Julie Shaffer (Biology)
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"What makes hyperalkaline-saline lakes so productive?" presented at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
| Julie Shaffer (Biology) |
co-presented with Andrew Block, Cory Shield: "Isolation of bacteriophage from hyper alkaline-saline lakes in Western Nebraska" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
| Julie Shaffer (Biology) |
co-presented with Bill Shaffer, Zach Brown: "Collection and purification of potentially antimicrobial proteins from Nicrophorus marginatus" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
Dawn Simon (Biology)
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"A broad-scale phylogenetic analysis of group II intron RNA and intro-encoded reverse transcriptases" presented at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
| Dawn Simon (Biology) |
co-presented with Travis Kirchner, Jacob Thomas: "Compilation and evolutionary history of group II introns in strains of closely related bacteria" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
| Dawn Simon (Biology) |
co-presented with Jay Cecrle: "Coevolution of class CL group II intron-encoded proteins and ribozymes" at the 8th Annual BRIN/INBRE Meeting in Grand Island in August 2009 |
Theresa Wadkins and
Rick Miller (Psychology) |
co-authored with Alumnus Marty Demoret: “Promoting student engagement in the classroom” published in Teaching psychology around the world, Volume 2. , Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Bill Wozniak
and Rick Miller (Psychology) |
“Techniques for overcoming students' beliefs in pseudoscience and the paranormal” published Teaching psychology around the world, Volume 2, Cambridge Scholars Publishing |