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Faculty Notes

Have you always wondered what happened to your favorite professor?  Have they retired, changed positions or had any of their work published?  Scroll down to read updates from current and former SIUE professors.

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School of Business

• H. Lynn Beck, Dept. of Economics & Finance, traveled to Moldova, Russia, over the holiday break to work with area farmers to create production plans.
• Robyn A. Berkley, Dept. of Management and Marketing, was a panelist for the Professional Organization of Women in St. Louis. She also presented two co-authored papers at the OBTS/OB Teaching Conference in Malibu, Cal. - “Practicing What We Preach: Teacher Self-Reflection Using VARK to Enhance Student Learning” and “Bringing Mindfulness and Presence to our Daily Lives to Enhance Teaching.” In addition, she presented “E-mail Sexual Harassment: The Impact of Lean Communication Media on Perceptions of Sexual Harassment,” at the International Conference of the Association on Employment Practices and Principles.
• Bijoy Bordoloi, Dept. of CMIS, recently returned from India after completing a six-month Fulbright Scholarship teaching program at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science on the Pilani campus in Ragasdhan, India.
• Dr. Thomas J. Douglas and Dr. George W. Watson, Jr., Dept. of Management and Marketing, presented "Patterned Moral Behavior" at the International Association for Business and Society's Annual meeting last summer in Florence, Italy.
• Radcliffe (Pug) G. Edmonds, Jr., Dept. of Economics and Finance, retired in July 2007. He was a member of the SIUE School of Business faculty since 1979.
• Rik Hafer, Dept. of Economics & Finance, was promoted to Distinguished Research Professor of Economics and Finance.  The promotion was based on his quality of research publications, extent of grant activity, student mentoring and other scholarly initiatives.
• Arthur "Art" Hoover, Emeritus Management Professor, passed away on December 11, 2007, at his home in Madison, Wis.  He was 86.  Joining the SIUE faculty as a professor of business administration, Hoover was later named chair of the Department of Business Administration.  He subsequently directed SIUE's off-campus MBA program and then became director of the MBA program for the SIUE School of Business.  He retired in 1984.
• Dr. Jack Kaikati, Retired, Dept. of Management & Marketing, retired in 2003 after teaching at SIUE for more than 25 years.  However, he returned to SIUE as a professor emeritus and teaches one or two classes a semester, including the Advanced Marketing Management class, which is the last class marketing students take before graduation.  In addition to teaching, Kaikati travels with his wife of nearly 35 years to exotic destinations around the world.
• Ramana K. Madupalli, Dept. of Management and Marketing, presented “An examination of the effects of facets of job satisfaction on salesperson’s propensity to leave,” at the National Conference for Sales Management.
• John B. Meisel, Dept. of Economics and Finance Department, serves as the NCAA representative for SIUE.
• Dr. Gil Rutman, Retired in 1999.  He is currently a member of the SIUE Foundation Board of Directors and has been appointed to the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  To help remember his father and leave a lasting legacy at SIUE, Rutman created the Abraham E. Rutman Forum Fund within the School of Business.  The purpose of the fund is to provide a forum on vital business and economic issues of the time.  This year, the fund helped bring economist Steve Forbes to campus as part of the SIUE Arts & Issues Series.
• Madhav N. Segal, Dept. of Marketing and director of the Master of Marketing Research (MMR) Program, presented “Exploring marketing research operations in China: A qualitative analysis” at the Conference of the Society for Marketing Advances.
• Dr. Yuk-Chow (Jacky) So, former chair of the Dept. of Economics & Finance, is the dean of Texas A&M International University's College of Business Administration.  He was selected to be the first Laredo National Bank/BBVA Group Distinguished Professor of International Finance.
• Laura Wolff, Dept. of Economics & Finance, was named to the NASBITE International Board of Governors.
• Susan Yager, Dept. of CMIS, was awarded the Boeing Welliver Faculty Fellowship for the summer of 2007.  The Fellowships seeks to provide faculty with a better understanding of the practical industry application of engineering, information technology and business skills.

College of Arts and Sciences

• Dr. Ralph Donald, Dept. of Mass Communications, has published the second edition of his textbook, Fundamentals of Television Production.  For this edition, Riley Maynard of the Mass Communications Department signed on as his co-author.  Chair of the Mass Communications Department from 1997 to 2003, Dr. Donald has taught broadcasting, journalism and film at the college level for 35 years.  He is currently a Professor and Coordinator of Internships for the department.  He and his wife, Dr. Karen MacDonald, reside in Edwardsville and have eight children and eight grandchildren.
• Lana Hagan, Dept. of Theater and Dance, was inducted into the Educational Theatre Association Hall of Fame in September 2007 in New York City.  Lana is currently the Director of Theater Education for the University.
• Dr. David Kauzlarich, Dept. of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies, is the recipient of the 2009 Paul Simon Teacher-Scholar Award.  He was also the recipient of the 2008 William and Margaret Going Endowed Professorship.
• Leah O'Brien - Dept. of Chemistry, received the 2009 Distinguished Research Professor award.
• Dr. Margaret Simons, Dept. of Philosophy, received the 2009 Distinguished Research Professor award.  She was a recipient of the 2007 William and Margaret Going Professorship.
• Brett Stamps, Dept. of Music, has a new CD recording out with SIUE alumni trombonist Jim Owens entitled Bad To The Bone for Victoria Company.  The CD features alumni/faculty Reggie Thomas (piano), Rick Hayden (guitar), Miles Vandiver (drums), Zeb Briskovich (bass), Jim Martin (bass trombone) and Cody Henry (trombone).  It can be purchased from Brett by contacting his directly, or online at CD Baby or Victoria Company.  Brett is also performing across the country with the jazz band Cornet Chop Suey.  Their web site lists the performance schedule.  Brett is currently the Director of Jazz Activities for the University.
• Dr. Biz Zhou, Dept. of Geography, and Dr. Tom Lavallee, Dept. of Foreign Language and Literature, traveled to China with 14 SIUE students this summer.

School of Dental Medicine

• Dr. Keith W. Dickey was elected President of the Illinois State Dental Society (ISDS), a professional association of over 7,000 member dentists. He was installed into office at the ISDS Annual Session in Oak Brook, Illinois in September, 2007. During his year as president, Dr. Dickey’s responsibilities include serving as an official representative of the Illinois State Dental Society in its contacts with government, civic, business and professional organizations.
• Dr. Robert Froemling, Assistant Professor in the Department of Restorative Dentistry, Section of Fixed Prosthodontics. The Odontographic Society of Chicago, an affiliate of the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, recently awarded Dr. Froemling the William P. Schoen, Jr. Memorial Teaching Award for his innovations in dental education and his dedication to students. The prestigious award was presented to Dr. Froemling by Dr. Thomas Schneider, the President of the Odontographic Society of Chicago and the grandson of Dr. William P. Schoen, Jr. for whom the award is named.
• Dr. Tad J. Steinhauer, the SIU Board of Trustees ratified his appointment as a tenured member of the SIU School of Dental Medicine faculty. The Board also ratified his promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. Dr. Steinhauer serves the Department of Restorative Dentistry as Section Head for Removable Prosthodontics.

School of Education

• Dr. Melissa Bergstrom received the Early Career Scholar Award from the Society of the Study of School Psychology.
• Drs. Kathy Bushrow, Gloria Reading, Stephanie McAndrews, and Ralph Cordova received a grant from SIUE Graduate School, Research Equipment and Tools Program (2008).
• Dr. Steffany Chleboun in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders and Dr. Christopher Rosnick from the Department of Psychology were selected to the Clinical Research Training Center Postdoctoral Program through Washington University.
• Dr. David DeWeese has been elected as the President of the Illinois Association of Teacher Educators.
• Dr. Eva Ferguson was named as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley.
• Dr. Jeremy Jewell received the Urban Scholar Award from SIUE’s Institute for Urban Research.
• Dr. Andy Pomerantz published the book, Clinical Psychology: Science, Practice, and Culture in January of 2008.
• Drs. Elizabeth Sherwood, along with Robert Williams and Robert Rockwell, recently published the book, Science Adventures: Nature Activities for Young Children.
• Dr. Victoria Scott, Dept. of Special Education and Communication Disorders, accepted the position of Director of Assessment for the University starting July 1, 2007.  Dr. Scott moved from the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders where she served as a professor and program director.  In her new position, Dr. Scott is responsible for providing leadership in the development, innovation and implementation of an ongoing assessment system to support continuous improvement for all programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

School of Engineering

• Brad Cross, Dept. of Civil Engineering, received the prestigious 2006-07 SIU Paul Simon Outstanding Scholar Award.
• Christopher Gordon, Dept. of Construction, was awarded the Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation (CETI) Outstanding Mind Award for Fully Integrated and Automated TECHnology (FIATECH).  Gordon was recognized at the CETI Awards Gala in Washington D.C. in April.  Gordon was nominated for his doctoral work in developing computational approaches to support decisions about a full range of inspection approaches that may be implemented on construction sites.
• Steve Klein, Dept. of Computer Science, received the 2006-07 Teaching Distinction Award.
• Albert C.J. Luo, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, was awarded the Fellow Grade of ASME.  He is one of two researchers elected as Fellow for 2007 by the Technical Committee of Vibration and Sound.
• Dr. Majid Molki, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, was the recipient of the Omar Khayyam Award from Scientia Iranica, the International Journal of Science and Technology.  The award was given in recognition of his valuable service and endeavor to promote the journal and to enhance its credibility worldwide.
• Brad Noble, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recognized as the Outstanding Teacher of the School and also recognized for winning the SIUE Teaching Excellence Award for 2006-07 at the School of Engineering Awards Banquet.
• Dianne Kay Slattery, Dept. of Construction, was elected to a 4-year term on the Board of Trustees of the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) at the group's annual meeting July 18-21, 2001 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Jacob Van Roekel has stepped down after serving eight years as associate dean for the School of Engineering.  Van Roekel was resume his duties as professor in industrial and manufacturing engineering and plans to retire in May 2008.  The School now has two half-time associate deans: Dr. Oktay Alkin for research and development and Dr. Brad Noble for academic affairs.
• Jerry Weinberg & William Yu, Dept. of Computer Science, received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create a "Brain Pack" for walking robots. 

School of Nursing

• Laura Bernaix and Cindy Schmidt, won the Association of Women's Health Obstetrical and Neonatal Nursing Outstanding Research Paper award for their study of the influence of instruction on breastfeeding.
• Kay Gaehle, Assistant Professor, was one of 15 nurses in the state of Illinois to receive a $10,000 IBHE Nurse Educator Fellowship.  Gaehle is further developing her expertise in oncology.
• Dr. Louise Flick was awarded $4 million of a $26 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to participate in the National Children's Study.  Dr. Flick's $4 million award is the largest grant that has ever been awarded to a faculty member at SIUE.  The National Children's Study will follow a representative sample of 100,000 children from before birth to age 21.  The study seeks information to prevent and treat some of the nation's most pressing health problems, including autism, birth defects, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
• Frank Lyeria, Dept. of Primary Care/Health System, received a $10,000 competitive Nursing Educator Fellowship Award from the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  Lyeria, who was one of 15 nurses throughout the state to receive the fellowship, will use the money to further his studies in nursing informatics, a specialty the integrates nursing science, computer science and information sciences.  He plans to become the School of Nursing's Informatics expert.
• Dean Marcia Maurer and Lorraine Williams, Associate Professor, launched the Student Nurse Achievement Program (SNAP) in fall 2007.  Through a five-year road to success program, SNAP gives Metro East students from disadvantaged backgrounds the tools they will need to realize their full potential.