2005-2006 sabbaticals announced

Lawrence campus

Academic year
Marilu Goodyear, university libraries/public administration, Aug. 15, 2005, to Aug. 14, 2006, to conduct research to define the type of mentoring that has been successful in bringing women into leadership positions and determine the mentoring profile of women who are potential leaders (Boulder, Colo.; Lawrence).

Maryemma Graham, English, to complete first draft of book, Stealing Literacy: A History of the African Novel, which is the first full-length study of the 150-year history of the African American novel (Augusta, Ga.).

Craig Huneke, mathematics, to conduct research and finish a book on commutative algebra and concerns of the theory of integral closures (Lawrence).

Shigeru Iwata, economics, to conduct research at the International Monetary Fund on International Macroeconomics and Economic Growth (Washington, DC).

Shane Lopez, psychology and research in education, to conduct research on the awareness of, and the use of, human strengths to help college students academically and personally (Omaha, Neb.; Washington, D.C.; Lawrence).

Stephen Randtke, civil, environmental and architectural engineering, to conduct research on chemical fouling of polymeric membranes used for drinking water treatment to develop ways to prevent or minimize such problems (Kansas City).

Sergei Shandarin, physics and astronomy, to learn new techniques in modern astrophysics and cosmology to improve modeling of the large-scale structure of the universe (Toronto; Los Alamos, N.M.).

Fall semester
Elizabeth Asiedu, economics, to compile a panel data of quantitative measures of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) restrictions and incentives for various countries and use the data to analyze the determinants of FDI policies (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

Ronald Aust, teaching and leadership, to conduct an in-depth analysis of instructional design strategies used in designing and producing eLearning resources to empower educators (Seattle, Wash.; San Jose, Calif.; Lawrence).

Philip Barnard, English, to conduct research and write a study edition of Charles Brockden Brown, Edgar Huntly, which synthesizes and extends scholarship on that period (Lawrence).

Diana Carlin, communication studies/Graduate School, Aug. 14, 2005, to Jan. 7, 2006, to conduct research for a book on political debates in emerging democracies to identify how they are being conducted, who participates and the impact of the debates (Washington, D.C.; Lawrence).

Alicia Clair, music and dance, to engage in clinical practice to complete current research on the development of music therapy clinical practice protocols for those in late-stage dementia and their caregivers (Topeka, with travels throughout the United States).

Bartholomew Dean, anthropology, to conduct research on how radio in the Peruvian Amazon simultaneously produces national and regional publics on the one hand, and modes of local disengagement on the other (Loreto, Peru).

Stephen Ilardi, psychology, to conduct research on the use of electrophysiological and related techniques to investigate maladaptive cognitive processes that characterize depression (Providence, R.I.; Durham, N.C.; Lawrence).

Carey Johnson, chemistry, to expand and deepen current research in single-molecule spectroscopy of calcium signaling by applying method of imaging and spectroscopy in living cells (Wurzburg, Germany).

Allard Jongman, linguistics, to complete a new textbook and an accompanying Web site in phonetics (University of Konstanz, Germany).

Stephen Kapp, social welfare, to conduct research for a book addressing techniques for assessing contextual factors to support practitioners in the use of evaluative data (Lawrence).

Elizabeth Kuznesof, history/Latin American studies, to complete a manuscript on the family in colonial Latin America focusing on the dynamics of family structure, ethnicity, gender, location, power and class during conquest and settlement (Lawrence).

Pok-Chi Lau, design, to select, scan and retouch 150 negatives and to compile additional materials to make a photography book on contemporary China (Lawrence).

Gary Minden, electrical engineering and computer science, to consolidate the past five years of research of spectrum management and software defined radios into a monograph and a set of papers or technical reports (Zurich, Switzerland).

Eric Rath, history, to conduct research for a book tracing the development of cuisine and the growth of a modern consumer consciousness in early modern Japan (Lawrence).

Teresa Robertson, philosophy, to conduct research on Quine's argument against essentialism to show that the alleged refutation is in fact far from decisive (Lawrence).

Joan Sereno, linguistics, to conduct research on cross-linguistic representation focusing on the German language (University of Konstanz, Germany; the Netherlands).

Jicong (Jack) Shi, physics and astronomy, to conduct research at four national or international nuclear physics laboratories on the beam-beam effects in particle accelerators (Cornell University; Chicago; Geneva, Switzerland; M.I.T.).

Donald Stull, anthropology, to conduct ethnographic research in western Kentucky on the dramatic decline in tobacco farming since the 1998 master tobacco settlement (Sebree, Ky.).

John Tidwell, English, to conduct research for a book on the life of Sterling A. Brown that will provide the first full-scale biographical treatment of an African-American who achieved considerable renown (Washington D.C.; Lawrence).

Rutherford Turnbull III, special education, to launch a program of faculty and doctoral student exchange with Chinese universities that grant Ph.D. and master’s degrees in special education (Beijing, Shanghai, China; Lawrence).

Spring semester
G. Douglas Atkins, English, to conduct research and complete the writing of a book titled The Glory of the Ordinary: Assaying the Essay (Lawrence).

Thomas Beisecker, communication studies, to conduct research on the development and implementation of the Federal Rules of Evidence to identify and analyze jurors use to render proper verdicts in the courtroom (Lawrence).

John Bricke, philosophy, to complete a book titled Interpretation and Evaluation: A Davidsonian Investigation, addressing the central question in contemporary ethical theory of the truth-evaluability of moral evaluations (Lawrence).

Kathryn Conrad, English, to finish research and begin substantial writing on a book-length project on sexuality and the public sphere in Northern Ireland (Belfast, Northern Ireland; Lawrence).

Joseph Custer, law library, January to June 2006, to write a book, American Libraries and Intellectual Freedom: Selected Issues and the Present Day “Patriot Act,” and to develop a related two-hour class (Lawrence with trip to Library of Congress).

Dietrich Earnhart, economics, to conduct research on the effects of regulatory and community pressure on corporate environmental performance in a transition economy (Prague).

David Ekerdt, sociology/gerontology, to conduct research on older people's management and disposition of possessions when they move to smaller quarters (Columbia, Mo.; Kansas City area; Lawrence).

Estele Gavosto, mathematics, to conduct research in several complex variables and extend visualization techniques to new areas of geometry and holomorphic dynamics (Lawrence; Michigan; Toronto).

A. Susan Gay, mathematics/teaching and leadership, to plan and to conduct two studies in different school settings to explore the effectiveness of the vocabulary/conceptual understanding strategy and its effects on students and teachers (Lawrence).

John Hachmeister, art, to complete a body of artwork and exhibit it in two art centers in the United States and complete another body of art for exhibition at the fifth International Contemporary Cast Iron Art Conference (Ironbridge, United Kingdom; Rochester, Minn.; Kansas City; Lawrence).

Donald Haider-Markel, political science, to conduct research on the influence of a candidate's sexual orientation on the structure and outcomes of campaigns and elections (Lawrence with travel to California, Minnesota, Arizona and New Hampshire).

Siyuan Han, physics and astronomy, to conduct collaborative research with colleagues in Japan and China in superto conducting quibits for scalable quantum computing (China, Japan).

Anita Herzfeld, Latin American studies, to conduct research on linguistic policies in Paraguay focusing on language contact, language loyalty and language prejudice. (Paraguay; Lawrence).

Michael Hoeflich, law, to complete research and write a book on the history and material culture of legal practice in the United States with special emphasis on the period up to 1870 (Lawrence).

William Johnson, geography, Enhancement of expertise in the accurate assessment of stable carbon isotope signals in modern and prehistoric soils of the great plains (Lawrence).

Juliet Kaarbo, political science, to conduct research on the institutional features associated with the effects of the aggressiveness of foreign policy and political instability of parliamentary democracies ruled by coalitions (Grantham, England).

Daniel Katz, mathematics, to conduct research and lecture at the Institute of Math in Hanoi on multiplicities and asympotitic properties of ideas and modules (Hanoi, Vietnam; Lawrence).

Paul Lim, English, to conduct research on Shakespearean fools and write a play set in present day called Fools.com, where fools are called upon to entertain and give advice to American politicians (Lawrence).

Danie Frome Loeb, speech, language and hearing, to conduct research and complete a series of literary-based language intervention units for Native American children with language impairments. (Lawrence, Mayetta and Horton, Kan.).

Craig Lunte, chemistry, to conduct research to develop screen-printed electrodes for use with capillary electrophoresis as amperometric sensors (Dublin, Ireland).

Susan Lunte, pharmaceutical chemistry, to evaluate electrogenerated chemiluminescence as a detection method and develop a microchip electrophoresis system for peptide and neurotransmitter detection (Dublin, Ireland)

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Bangere Purnaprajna, mathematics, to conduct research on degenerations of algebraic varieties and collaborate with mathematicians in Spain, India and Italy (Madrid; Mumbai, India; Rome).

Rodolfo Torres, mathematics, to conduct research on multilinear singular integral operators with applications in several areas of analysis (Spain; Argentina; Lawrence).

KU School of Medicine

Catana E. Brown, occupational therapy, Aug. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005, to co-author a comprehensive mental health textbook for occupational therapy students; develop a measure of sensory features of everyday environments; prepare manuscripts and an RO1 NIH submission.

Steven M.LeVine, physiology, July 1 to Nov. 30, 2005, to research potential intervention for anthrax by screening the toxin sensitivity on the congenic strains of mice in Dr. Kenneth Bradley's laboratory at the University of California, Los Angeles. This sabbatical will strengthen the ability to apply for research funding in the area of bioterrorism, specifically with respect to anthrax threat.

Robert C. Trueworthy, pediatrics, 11 months between Jan. 1, 2005, and April 30, 2007, to work with researchers at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland to study protein expression profiles related to central nervous system leukemia with a goal of identifying the potential markers that may be used to distinguish nonmalignant cerebral spinal fluid from malignant fluid.