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- Rene Revis Shingles was honored by the Michigan Athletic
Trainers’ Association for her efforts in promoting diversity
in the sports medicine field. Shingles, a member of the
sports medicine faculty, has served as an athletic trainer
at several international competitions, including the 1996
Summer Olympics.
- Jeffrey Inungu, a member of the School of Health Science
faculty, is monitoring HIV/AIDS worldwide trends using
information from the World Health Organization, the United
Nation’s AIDS Council and the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control. He is developing a database that will provide
valuable information for researchers and health care
providers worldwide.
- Kathryn Atkinson-Goward, clinical supervisor in CMU’s
speech-language pathology department, coordinated the
collection of more than 150 pounds of textbooks in the field
of speech and hearing that were donated to a speech-language
clinic in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after a flood destroyed that
community’s library.
- Chemist Donald Tomalia, a lead scientist at CMU’s Center
for Applied Research and Technology, is a world-renowned
molecular researcher and the creator of dendrimers. He is
listed as the inventor of more than 100 U.S. patents and
author and co-author of more than 175 peer-reviewed
publications and more than 150 papers focused on dendrimers.
- Faculty biologist Bradley Swanson assists state, federal
and non-governmental agencies to discover the cause of
animal deaths. Swanson directs CMU’s Applied Technology in
Conservation Genetics Lab, which identifies species from
scat, tissue, blood and other materials based on DNA
sequencing, enzyme analysis, sex assignment, and individual
genotyping.
- CMU geographer Mark Francek was selected the 2002
Michigan Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching for the way he influences
the lives and careers of his students. In addition to
teaching in the geography department, Francek serves as
academic director of the College of Science and Technology
Residential College.
- CMU professor Suzanne Shellady of the counseling and
special education department teaches a pioneering course on
“Disability Policy: Leadership for the 21st Century” for
students with disabilities to learn leadership skills. The
pilot project, which may become a model for other
institutions, was funded by a U.S. Department of Education
grant.
- Teacher education faculty members Timothy Brannan and
Marguerite Terrill are recipients of J. Edwin Towle
Professorships to promote international student teaching and
education technology. Brannan offered a summer program in
Ireland for students who want to take classes in education
technology. Terrill is evaluating international student
teaching experiences.
- David Whale, a faculty member in the educational
administration and community leadership department,
challenges schools to evaluate teachers on their knowledge
and use of technology. In his study of Michigan public
schools, he found fewer than one-fifth of teachers were
evaluated for technology skills.
- In light of terrorist attacks, two logistics management
faculty members developed a disaster-preparedness book to
help companies and organizations plan for crises. Omar Keith
Helferich and Robert L. Cook co-wrote the book Securing
the Supply Chain.
- CMU faculty economist Yongil Jeon, who was taught by
Nobel Prize winners Clive Granger and Robert Engle, has
published more than nine research articles with Granger in
the areas of economic modeling and forecasting.
- Kevin Love, an industrial psychologist in the College of
Business Administration management department, has devoted
much of his career to designing assessment centers, which
have been accepted widely by the Michigan State Police and
other organizations as the most effective method for
personnel selection and performance appraisal.
- Alexandra Mascolo-David, a faculty member in the School
of Music, is gaining international attention for her
performances and recordings. A concert pianist who performed
at Carnegie Hall in New York City in May 2004, she
specializes in the music of composers from Portugal and
Brazil.
- When the Carter Center worked to resolve conflicts
between Sudan and Uganda, its efforts resulted in the 1999
Nairobi Peace Agreement. Michael Papa, chairman of the
speech, communication and dramatic arts department, is
developing a formal evaluation plan to determine why the
Sudan-Uganda peace project was successful. He met with
former President Jimmy Carter in July 2004.
- Rick Sykes, a member of the broadcast and cinematic arts
department faculty, is adviser to award-winning Moore Hall
Television and News Central. For three consecutive
years, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters named the
twin BCA television operations as College Television Station
of the Year.
- Psychologist Gary Dunbar was honored with a lifetime
achievement award from the Faculty for Undergraduate
Neuroscience, an international association of neuroscience
educators. He has published several articles on
pharmacological treatments of disease that case brain
damage, including Huntington’s disease and Alzheimer’s
disease. He was named the 1997 Michigan Professor of the
Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching.
- Harry Mika, an internationally recognized researcher and
consultant on restorative justice initiatives, was awarded a
Fulbright scholarship to help pinpoint settings that might
serve as case studies for ways in which sectarianism,
ethnicity and culture contribute to violence, war and
societal disruption. Mika is a faculty member in the
sociology, anthropology and social work department.
- Ari Berk reaches deep into the world of myth, wonder and
imagination in his book “The Runes of Elfland.” Berk, a
member of the English faculty, collaborated with well-known
artist Brian Froud to produce the 112-page illustrated book
that examines an ancient runic alphabet and folklore.
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