Presentations

July 2008

At the end of May, Mitchell E. Avila, Philosophy, addressed attendees at the 8th International Conference of Human Rights, “Right to Knowledge and Information in a Heterogenic Society” in Olsztyn, Poland. Avila spoke on “Maximizing Social Minimums: Questions About International Patents.” In June, Avila traveled to Athens, Greece, to present “Human Rights as Criteria for Toleration” at the 3rd International Conference on Philosophy; to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland to discuss “Cosmopolitanism and the Question of Stability” at “Thinking (With)Out Borders: International Political Theory in the 21st Century”; and to the University of Surray, England, to speak on “Citizenship and Political Stability” at the Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism conference “Nationalism, Ethnicity and Citizenship: Whose Citizens? Whose Rights?”

In June, Dmitry Khanin, Management, presented “Between Proteus and Prometheus, Between Apollo and Athena: Devising an Appropriate Flexibility Strategy” at the Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference. That same month, Khanin and department associate Raj Mahto delivered “Family Business Survival: Member Intention to Continue Business” at the 2008 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The duo also read “Family Firms: The Deferral Option vs. the Growth Option” at the April 18 Family Enterprise Research Conference at Marquette University, Milwaukee.

James A. Santucci, Comparative Religion, delivered a talk on “Heaven, Hell and Purgatory” Aug. 2 at the Dharma Seal Temple in Rosemead, presented “The Conception of Christ in the Theosophical Tradition” at the 2008 International Conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions at the London School of Economics in April and “The Afterlife: Attempts to Understand the Phenomenon” at the Theosophical Society in America, Long Beach branch in May. Since January, Santucci has been giving a monthly lectures at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. Among the presentations: “Personal Immortality and Post Mortem Survival,” “Concepts and Definitions (Pertaining to the Afterlife),” “The Soul,” “Conceptions of the Jewish Tradition,” “The Christian Tradition” and “The Islamic Tradition.”

Benjamin J. Hubbard, Comparative Religion, spoke on “Dealing With Religious Diversity in a Multicultural Marketplace” at the June 11 San Jose Rotary Club meeting.

May 2008

Brent M. Foster, Jeff Brody and Thomas N. Clanin, all Communications, spoke April 19 at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim. Foster discussed “Radio News in a Convergent World,” Brody address “The News About Newspapers” and Clanin conducted an ethics workshop.

Clanin joined fellow department associates Beth Evans and Genelle I. Belmas at the April 3-5 Journalism Association of Community Colleges statewide convention in Los Angeles. Evans, who was the convention’s broadcast chair, organized judging of mail-in broadcast entries and speakers for the 20 broadcast sessions. She also judged the on-the-spot broadcast news writing competition, arranged a tour of KABC-TV for students, set up a teleprompter room for students and gave tutorials on “Broadcast News Writing” and “Tips for Getting Starting in Broadcast News.” Belmas conducted workshops on “Media Law Update 2008” and “Know Your Reporter Rights: Privilege, Freedom of Information and More,” while Clanin conducted a workshop on “Attracting Readers With Sharp Headlines” and judged community college scholarship applications.

Also presenting at the April 3-5 Journalism Association of Community Colleges statewide convention in Los Angeles was Gloria Sims, Career Center, who delivered “Getting Hired! Series: Resume and Cover Letter Workshop.”

Mark Latonero, Communications, co-authored a paper on “Ethics Remixed: How Today’s Media Consumers Evaluate the Role of Creative Reappropriation,” that he will present in May during the 58th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Montreal, Canada. In addition, Latonero was recently selected for membership to the Pacific Council on International Policy.

Lea Beth Lewis, Health and Human Development, co-presented “On Course in Career Exploration Classes” at the third National On Course Conference in Los Angeles. The May 2 presentation was made with Karen H. Kerr of Cal State Long Beach.

Cheryl B. Zimmerman, Modern Languages and Literatures, delivered “Steering Students Towards Independent Word Learning” at the April CATESOL 2008: Growing Democracy conference in Sacramento.

James Santucci, Comparative Religion, discussed the afterlife at a May 16 Theosophical Society of America meeting in Seal Beach.

March 2008
Brent M. Foster, Communications, recently had his video, “Crossed Wires,” accepted for presentation at the March 13-15 conference “The Image of the Outsider,” sponsored by Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery and held at Colorado State University. The slice-of-life documentary tells the story of Tyler Morgan, a 38-year-old female-to-male transsexual, and the difficulties she has faced in her life.

Elahe Amani, Student Affairs, was a co-presenter of “New (And Old!) Technology You Can Use” and Kandy Mink Salas, Dean of Students, presented a session on “Charting the Course to Successful Student and Academic Affairs Partnerships” at the March 8-12 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference in Boston, MA.   Mink Salas also recently completed a two-year term as the membership coordinator for NASPA Region VI. In addition, Amani was a panelist discussing career choices and challenges at the 10th annual Women & Careers Conference March 14 at Cal State Long Beach.

Kuen-Hee Ju-Pak and Guohua “Mark” Wu, both Communications, and alumna Serena Yi-Jun Lin co-presented “Exploring the Drivers of Building Web Equity: A Conceptual Framework” at the American Academy of Advertising 50th anniversary conference in San Mateo March 27-30.

Tony Fellow, Communications, was chair of the February Southern California Water Utilities Association Program in Pomona.

Heather Osborne-Thompson, Radio-TV-Film, delivered “From ‘Reluctant Action Hero’ to Cyborg: The Return of ‘The Bionic Woman’” at the March 6-9 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference in Philadelphia. At the Console-ing Passions 2008: International Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media & Feminism, Osborne-Thompson will chair a panel session on “Spiritual, Charitable, Diplomatic and Heroic TV” and read “Wombs for Rent in India: Oprah, ‘Soft’ Journalism and Cultural Diplomacy.” The April 24 conference will be held at UC Santa Barbara.

Elizabeth Holster, Art, is one of 21 artists from 11 states and Canada participating in Reader’s Art 8 at the Susan Hensel Gallery in Minneapolis. The show — opening March 14 and continuing through April — will feature artists books and book objects created from handmade paper and “the work of the hand.”

Paul Lester, Communications, demonstrated how he uses Second Life, a social networking site, to teach a section of his communications class to attendees at a Social Networking Symposium March 5 at the University of Missouri. Lester delivered his presentation from California.

Tom Clanin, Communications, conducted workshops on headline writing and copy editing at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Newspaper Convention in San Francisco Feb. 29-March 1. During the convention, Clanin also met with students from other university newspapers to critique their work. Feb. 23, Clanin helped judge the Journalism Education Association’s Orange County competition at El Toro High School.

“Tanks. Tide Pools. And Other Bottomless Ponds,” an exhibit of work created by Bruce Barton, Communications, was exhibited at the James Gray Gallery in Santa Monica from Feb. 9 through March 8.

February 2008
Zair Ibragimov, Mathematics, delivered a talk on “Symmetric Product of Metric Spaces” as part of a “Workshop on Complex Analysis and Special Functions” at the 7th annual Red Rain Mini Symposium Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Ibragimov also gave a talk on “Diametrically Maximal Spaces” as part of the Cal State Northridge Department of Mathematics Colloquium Series Sept. 26.

Angel R. Pineda, Mathematics, co-presented “Cramer-Rao Bounds for Chemical Species Separation in Magnetic Resonance Imaging” at the October SIAM Conference on Mathematics for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers held in Philadelphia.

Paul M. Lester, Communications, was a member on a panel discussing “Convergence Journalism: Multitasking in a Multimedia World” at a meeting of the greater Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Joining him was Eric Leonard of KFI-AM, Joseph Pimentel of the Asian Journal, and Raul Reis of Cal State Long Beach.

Barbara Stone, Emeritus Political Science, analyzed the Feb. 5 California primary during a Feb. 13 meeting of the Thousand Oaks Republican Women Federated.

Jule Selbo, Radio-TV-Film, presented a paper on “Analysis of the Balance of Genres in Films: The Western” while Communications faculty Henry Puente chaired a session on “Chicana/Chicano: Literature, Film, Theory II: Trajectories of Market and Language Across Media” and Christine “xtine” Hanson, chaired a session on “Communication and Digital Culture V: Transgressions” and Sally Romotsky, Emeritus English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics, delivered “‘Off, Off, You Lendings!’ Apparel and Self in King Lear and Hamlet” at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference March 19-22 in San Francisco.

Edward J. Fink, Radio-TV-Film, read a paper on “Illegal Downloads May Cost Music and Movie Industries 37.7 Percent of Estimated Revenue Loss” at the March 13 National Broadcasting Society Convention.

John D. Ibson, American Studies, presented “Snapshots at Sea: A Half Century of Shipboard Culture in American Sailors’ Photos” at the November Symposium on the Art of the American Snapshot at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

Raj Mahto, Management, discussed the types of business services Cal State Fullerton can provide at the Feb. 13 Fullerton Chamber Wednesday Morning Coffee Club.

Marie Loggia-Kee, Communications, chaired a session on “Theoretical Issues in Horror” and presented a paper on “Stephen King’s Constant Reader: An Insider’s Perspective” at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Southwest/Texas region Feb. 13-16 in Albuquerque, N.M. At the same conference, Matthew Haskins, American Studies, chaired three sessions on popular music; and Stephen J. Mexal, English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics, gave a paper on “Performing Wilderness: Rap, ‘Wilding’ and the Central Park Jogger.”

Diane Witmer and Dennis Gaschen, Communications, will conduct a roundtable discussion on their study on service-learning public relations courses March 8 at the California State University’s Third Annual Conference on Community-Based Teaching & Research “From Local to Global Perspectives” at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel.

At the November National Communication Association convention in Chicago, a number of Communications and Human Communication Studies faculty members took part in presenting papers or organizing sessions. They included: Jeanine Congalton organized the session on the International Forensics Association; Robert Gass presented a short course on “Teaching the Persuasion, Compliance Gaining, and/or Social Influence Course at the University Level”; Christine Hanson delivered “The Web 2.0: Response to a Social Crisis”; Dean C. Kazoleas and Jason J. Teven gave “Public Relations and Organizational Credibility: Refining the Definition, Measurement and Assessment of Organizational Trust” during a session on “Faith, Trust and Distrust in Organizations: An Examination and Discussion of Recent Research Trends and Practices Focusing on Organizational Trust” that Kazoleas chaired and organized; Cynthia King presented “The Role of Cultural Orientations as Moderators of the Effects of Fear Appeals”; Bernd Kupka delivered “Home, Sweet Home — Assessing Trainees’ Intercultural Self-Awareness for International Assignments With the Intercultural Self-Awareness Scale”; and Peter S. Lee read “Family Communication Patterns and Conflict Management Styles in Dating Relationships.” Also at the convention: Patty C. Malone gave a paper on “Communicative Responses to Malicious Envy at Work” and delivered “Internal World Views: Employee Trust in Organizations and Perceptions of the Violation of Psychological Contracts”; Gary L. Ruud chaired a session on “Virtues, Values and Spirituality at Work”; Jason J. Teven read “Teacher Temperament: Correlates With Teacher Caring, Burnout and Organizational Outcomes”; and Stella Ting-Toomey, Human Communication Studies, presented “Family Communication Patterns and Conflict Management Styles in Dating Relationships.”

Nancy Snow, Communications, is among the discussants at “Why Does it Matter if the World Hates Us?” Citizen Diplomacy Summit March 7 in Pasadena. The program is sponsored by the International Visitors Council of Los Angeles.

On Feb. 20, Lawrence de Graaf, History Emeritus, was one of three authors who discussed African American life and experience in Orange County at the Santa Ana Historical Society’s “A Night at Barnes & Noble,” in Costa Mesa. De Graaf is the author of “Seeking El Dorado: African Americans in California.”

January 2008
Tony Fellow, Communications, spoke to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles lunch-mixer Dec. 12.

Sculpture created by Nobuhito Nishigawara, Art, is currently on exhibit at the See Line Gallery in Los Angeles. The “Dichotomies” exhibit, which runs through Jan. 19, also features the works of alumna Hiromi Takizawa (B.A. art ’05, M.A. art-crafts ’07).

Lea Beth Lewis, Health and Human Development, and Elizabeth Zavala, Career Development Center, presented “Did You Visit the Career Center? No, It Was Too Far to Walk!” at the 24th annual International Career Development Conference Nov. 9 in Sacramento.

Sandra Sutphen, emeritus, Matthew Jarvis and Stephen J. Stambaugh, all Political Science, were panelists discussing the upcoming California primary Jan. 15 at the Fullerton Public Library. J. Vincent Buck, Political Science, moderated the panel discussion.

Anil K. Puri, Business and Economics, discussed “Economic and Policy Challenges for Our Region” at the Jan. 25 State of the City Luncheon in Fullerton. The annual function, which includes an address by the mayor, was held in the Titan Student Union.

The upcoming presidential election and initiatives was the subject of two presentations by Barbara Stone, emeriti Political Science. She spoke before the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Greater Los Angeles on Jan. 26 in Rosemead and Jan. 16 to the Whittier Republican Women Federated in San Gabriel.

Several Cal State Fullerton faculty members took part in the 20th annual CSU Biotechnology Symposium held Jan. 10-13. Katherine Kantardjieff, Chemistry and Biochemistry, was part of the organizing team for the session on “Interfacing Computer Science and Biotechnology,” provided the introduction for two speakers and gave p presentation that provided perspective on cyberinfrastructure, defined a complex and nuanced operational term and what it means in terms of contemporary scientific scholarship. She also presented the preliminary results of an online survey examining the existing cyber resources in the CSU, specifically with regard to high performance computer. Robert A. Koch, Biological Science, was among responders to a presentation on a professional science master’s degree — what is it, what is its role in California and what are the keys to success of these innovative degree programs in the sciences. Spiros H. Courellis, Computer Science, was an organizer for a session on cyberinfrastructure in the CSU, and Nilay Patel, Biological Science, was a panelist in a discussion on “Real World Curriculum: Stem Cell Laboratories.” Marcelo Tolmasky, Biological Sciences, introduced the announcement and presentation of the Glenn Nagel Undergraduate Student Research Award.

Mardell Azimi, American Language, delivered “Pump up the Listening Subjectwide” Oct. 27 at the 2007 Los Angeles Regional CATESOL Conference in Long Beach and at the 2008 Northern California Regional Conference in Livermore Nov. 3.

December 2007
Kenneth H. Ravizza, Kinesiology, discussed the “Mental Game of Coaching” at the 19th annual South Lake Tahoe Baseball Coaches Clinic Nov. 16-17.

Debra J. Rose, Kinesiology and Center for Successful Aging, was one of the keynote speakers at “Fall Prevention: Implementing What Works,” an Oct. 23 program sponsored by Hawaii’s State Department of Health, Injury Prevention Program, Neurotrauma Supports and Office of Health Care Assurance and held at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. Rose discussed “Aging Successfully: The Role of Physical Activity.”

Gordon M. Bakken, History, was the commentator/discussant on a three paper session titled “Making Places, Making People: The Legal History of the Southwest” at the Oct. 26 American Society for Legal History convention in Tempe, Ariz.

Allen Zeltzer, emeritus Theatre and Dance, performed with the Palmia Players Nov. 1 in Mission Viejo.

In May, Grady D. Bruce, emeritus Marketing, presented “Ethics Education in Business: Effectiveness and Effects” at the Global Conference on Business and Finance in San Jose, Costa Rica. The paper won a conference Outstanding Research Award and will be published in the March 2008 issue of the International Journal of Management and Marketing Research. That same month, Bruce also gave a paper on “Exploring the Effects of School Culture in Graduate Business Programs” at the 7th annual Hawaii International Conference on Business. In August, Bruce also read a paper on “Exploring the Likelihood and Reality of MBA Alumni Donations” at the national meeting of the Academy of Management in Philadelphia.

Robert A. McLain, History, spoke on “The Final Drive in the Pacific, 1945” as part of the Fullerton Main Library’s “Town and Gown” lecture series Nov. 11.

Michael Steiner, American Studies, read a paper on “The Politics of Place in Thirties America: Forging Radical Regional Traditions in California and the Midwest” at the 32nd annual International American Studies Conference Nov. 8. The conference was sponsored by the American Studies Association of Turkey and the U.S. Embassy and held in Ankara, Turkey.

Terry L. Snyder, American and Liberal Studies, delivered the paper “‘To Seeke for Justice’: Mastery, Gender and the Law in Early Modern Virginia” at the “Early Modern Virginia: New Thoughts on the Old Dominion” symposium Aug. 17-18 at the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, Charlottesville, Va. She returned to Virginia Oct. 31-Nov. 2 to give a paper on “Gender, Race and Indentured Servitude in Early Virginia” during the annual meeting of the Southern History Association in Richmond. In April, Snyder delivered a paper on “Listening to Suicide in the Early Modern Anglo-American World” at the “Making Books, Shaping Readers” conference at the University of Cork, Ireland.

Lea Beth Lewis, Health and Human Development, and Elizabeth Zavala-Acevez, Career Development Center, presented “Did You Visit the Career Center? No, It Was Too Far to Walk!” at the Nov. 9 EUREKA Consortium meeting in Sacramento.

October 2007
Beth Evans, Communications, presented a program on “Video Storytelling and Editing Workshop” as part of “Multi-Platform News: The How-To Guide for Frontline Editors” seminar from the American Press Institute. The Oct. 22-24 seminar was held at the Kellog West Conference Center on the grounds of Cal Poly Pomona.

In July, Sue Fisher, Environmental Health and Instructional Safety, delivered “Small Program, Big Needs,” a paper on the essential elements of running a radiation safety program at a university that emphasizes undergraduate research, at the Health Physics Society annual meeting in Portland.

Jochen Burgtorf, History, spoke on the general history of the Knights Templar, at the Oct. 11 “Remembering the Templars: 700 Years of Mystery and Myth” program at California University of Pennsylvania.

September 2007
Jesse F. Battan, American Studies, delivered “Writing the Self, Writing a Revolution: Personal Correspondence and the Transformation of Private Life in Late 19th-Century America” at the June 22 international conference on “Writing the Self in the Americas: Diaries, Letters, Life Stories” sponsored by the American Studies Research Center at the University of Versailles, France. In July, Battan also gave a talk on “Love in America: Exploring the History of the Emotions” at the Deutsch-Amerikanische Institute in Tübingen, Germany. The event was co-sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Tübingen.

Ofir Turel, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, presented “User Acceptance of Hedonic Information Technologies: A Perceived Value Perspective” at the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems held in August in Keystone, Co. The paper was co-authored by Alexander Serenko of Lakehead University, and Nick Bontis of McMaster University.

Michael LaCour-Little, Finance, discussed recent developments and outlook for mortgage markets as the featured speaker at the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California luncheon meeting in Pomona.

Scott J. Spitzer, Political Science, gave a paper on U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson titled “Responding to Racial Dynamics in the War on Poverty: LBJ and the Demise of a Universalist Social Policy” Sept. 1 at the American Political Science Association’s annual meeting in Chicago.

August 2007
Patty Malone, Human Communication Studies, presented “Coworker Backstabbing: Strategies, Motives and Responses” at the May 24-28 International Communication Association Conference in San Francisco.

Robert Wheeler, Communications, delivered “Experiential Learning: Impact of Two Instructional Methods on Student-Instructor Interaction, Critical Thinking and Course Evaluations” at “Building Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century: Fulfilling the Mission of Marketing Education,” the Marketing Educators’ Association April 28-30 conference in San Antonio, Texas. The paper was published in the conference proceedings.

Douglas Eernisse, Biological Science, gave an April 6 seminar on “Phylogeny and Tempo of Speciation of the Chiton Genus Mopalia in the North Pacific” to the Marine Science Program at the University of South Carolina.

Guohua “Mark” Wu, Communications, read “The Synergy Effect of Print and Web Advertising: A Field Experiment” and Nancy Snow, Communications, served as a panelist on “Brand America: Can Advertising Help Improve America’s Image Abroad” during the 2007 annual conference of the American Academy of Advertising in Burlington, Vt. The annual event was held in April.

In July, Mohinder Grewal, Electrical Engineering, presented a graduate short course on “Kalman Filtering Theory & Practice” at the University of Calgary Department of Geomatics.

During the April 2007 meeting of the Association of American Geographers in San Francisco, Matthew Kirby, Geological Sciences, delivered a talk on “Insolation Forcing of Holocene Climate Change in Southern California” with Steve Lund of USC, Michael Anderson of UC Riverside and Broxton Bird of the University of Pittsburgh.

John Reinard, Human Communication Studies, read “Use of Multiple Messages in Persuasive Communication Research: Evidence of a Methodoogical Trend or General Avoidance?” at the 78th annual Western States Communications Association Convention Feb. 17-29 in Seattle.

Jule Selbo, Radio-TV-Film, gave a seminar at the Intercontinental London School for Film on July 19 and delivered a paper on “The Precode Screenwriters who Shaped the Film Female in America and Their Struggle With Censorship” at the April joint meeting of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association in Boston.

In April, HyeKyeung Seung, Human Communication Studies, co-presented a poster session on “In-Home Training for Fathers of Children with Autism: A Four-Year Continuation” at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting in Boston.

On April 11, Brandon Browne, Geological Sciences, delivered a seminar on “Relating Phenocryst Textures to Magma Mixing and Ascent During Volcanic Eruptions: Examples From Alaska and California” to the Geology Department at UC Davis.

Geological Science Department associate, Adam Woods co-presented Paleokarst Evolution of the Ordovician Pogonip Group Near Beatty, NV” and “Anatomy of Anachronistic Carbonate Platform: The Lower Triassic Moenkopi Platform of the Southwestern United States” at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists April 1-4 meeting in Long Beach.

Christian Hill, Art, gave “The Comic Art Prof Show: How to Create Successful Comics Page Layouts” July 27 at Comic Con International in San Diego.

June 2007
Armando Martinez-Cruz, Mathematics, joined five Buena Park High School teachers attending the March 21-24 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Atlanta, Georgia, to share motivational classroom strategies to entice students learn mathematics. The group presented two sessions: one, a combination of history, technology and geometry; and one involving Latino students, language and mathematics. Both sessions demonstrated applications for Geometer’s Sketch Pad, a software program that enables students to construct objects and diagrams to explore mathematical properties and relationships. Martinez-Cruz and teachers Greg Love and Paul Sexton also delivered “Show Me the Math: Learning Through Representation.”

In May, Marcelo E. Tolmasky, Biological Science, co-delivered “Antisense External Guide Sequences Targeting aac(6’)-lb Reverse Amikacin Resistance” at the 107 general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Toronto. 

Raman Unnikrishnan, Engineering and Computer Science, spoke on “The Future of Engineering Education” before the Orange County Engineers Council June 14 in Orange.

On June 16, Gordon M. Bakken, History, delivered an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecture, “The American West and the American Indian: A Vast Winter Count of New Questions” to the Advance Placement History Readers in Louisville, Ky.

May 2007
Henry Puente, Radio-TV-Film, read “The Marketing and Distribution of Independent U.S. Latino Cinema to the Hispanic Hollywood” at the March Society for Cinema & Media Studies conference in Chicago.

Jeanine Congalton, Human Communication Studies, was international liaison for the 17th annual International Forensic Association Tournament in Buenos Aires March 13-14.

Elahe Amani, Student Affairs, was a panelist on “Stop Stoning Forever Campaign” and “Protecting Women’s Human Rights in the Time of Terror” during the 51st session of the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women Feb. 26 through March 9 in New York.

In March, HyeKyeung Seung, Human Communication Studies, presented a poster on  “In-Home Training for Fathers of Children With Autism” at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Boston.

Pam Caldwell, Communications, delivered “Assessing Internships” at the California Cooperative Education and Internship Association/California Placement Association joint conference March 7-9 in Bakersfield.

Also in March, Ying-Chiao Tsao, Human Communication Studies, presented a poster on “The Clinical Application of Diadochokinetic Tasks” at the California Speech-Language and Hearing Association Convention in Long Beach.

Anthony Fellow, Communications, was a panelist on “Media Exposure and Fans” at the 5th annual International Media in Transition Conference April 27-29 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Andi Stein, Communications, served as moderator and department associate Beth Evens was a panelist on “Taking Charge: Women in Management” at the April Broadcast Educators of America Convention in Las Vegas. Also participating in the program was Ed Fink, Radio-TV-Film, as a discussant for the Writing Division Meeting and Philippe Perebinossoff, Radio-TV-Film, was a panelist on “Ethical Issues in Entertainment Television.”

Also from Communications, Genelle Belmas moderated a panel on “The Politics of Privacy, Information and Speech,” was a panelist on “Teaching Tips and Assessment Ideas for New Faculty and Graduate Students” and presented “A Middle Ground on Gay Marriage in Colorado: An Urban-Rural Divide” with Christopher Burnett of Long Beach State at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Midwinter conference in Reno. Belmas, along with department associate Gail Love and student Paul Saiedi delivered “Such Filth on the Public Airwaves: Indecency Complaints Denied by the FCC in 2004.” Andi Stein served as a panelist on “The Emerging Field of Entertainment Studies: Research Issue and Trends” at the same event.

April 2007
Nancy Snow, Communications, discussed her latest book “The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why It’s Our Duty to Dissent” at USC’s Center on Public Diplomacy March 22. The program was aired on C-Span. She also was a panelist on “Brand America: Can Advertising Help Improve America’s Image Abroad?” at the Academy of Advertising Conference April 14 in Burlington, Vt.

Alan S. Kaye, English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics, presented “Cultural Ingredients in Arabic Lexical Paris” and chaired a session on “English and Multilingualism” at the March International Gulf Linguistics Conference at the University of Qatar in Doha. That same month, Kaye also discussed “The Semantics of Arabic and English” at the International Symposium on Linguistics  and Translation at Sultan Qaboos University.

Fred Johnson, Emeritus Physics, spoke on the origins of life during a March 20 dinner party sponsored by the SoCal Science Café in Anaheim.

Michael Trueblood, Marketing and Communications, discussed how the Family Business Council can help businesses during a March 28 Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Coffee Club meeting.

Christine Hansen, Communications read a paper on “Internet Culture” at the Popular Culture Association/America Culture Association’s April 4 national conference in Boston. Hansen also delivered “Couches, Coffee and Jam: Using the Internet to Act Locally” at the 5th annual International Media in Transition Conference April 27-29 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joining her were department associates Mark Latonero, who served on a panel discussing “Problematizing Piracy” and gave a co-authored paper on “Remix Goes Mainstream: Emerging Attitudes About the Reappropriation of Media Content” and Henry Puente, who presented a paper on the ABC hit “Ugly Betty.”

Mohinder Grewal, Electrical Engineering, gave tutorials on “Fundamentals of Kalman Filtering for GPS/INS Integration” and “Fundamentals of SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems) Design” as part of the Institute of Navigation’s September GNSS Tutorials in Fort Worth, Texas."

March 2007
Toya Wyatt, Human Communication Studies, spoke on “Larry P. and Best Practices for Assessing African American Students” at the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association state convention March 10 in Long Beach.

In March, Alan S. Kaye, English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics, presented a special series of lectures on his recently published linguistic research at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Raphael Sonenshein, Political Science and Criminal Justice, discussed “Grass Roots Democracy in Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future” March 6 as part of Scripps College’s Humanities Institute Spring 2007 series “L.A. Palimsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities.”

Nancy Snow, Communications, gave a March 1 talk titled “If Karen Hughes Can Speak About America, So Can We” at the Camarillo Democratic Club.

Dmitry Khanin and Rajankumar V. Mahto, both of Management, delivered a paper on “The Process of Venture Capital Investment and VC’s Decision-Making Criteria: Literature Review and Assessment,” with J. Robert Baum of the University of Maryland and Charles Heller of the Annapolis Capital Group, at the San Francisco-Silicon Valley Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference March 28-31 in San Francisco.

On March 28, Mike Trueblood, Family Business Council/Marketing, spoke on the College of Business and the Family Business Council before the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce.

February 2007
Robert Emry, Human Communication, and Owen Homes, Public Affairs and Government Relations, presented “West Fullerton Project: Student Civic Engagement and Facilitating Change in a Diverse Community” at the CSU Second Annual Conference on Community-Based Teaching & Research Feb. 23-24 in San Jose.

Also speaking at the February CSU Conference on Community-Based Teaching & Research were Julie Stokes, Lezlee Hinesmon-Matthews and Gloria Bogdan, all Afro-Ethnic Studies. Stokes discussed “Exploring African American & Chicana/o College Student Development Through Service Learning”; Bogdan delivered “Truth Equals Consequences” in the Working with Diverse Communities track; and Hinesmon-Matthews spoke on “African American Families and Community-Based Responses to Hurricane Katrina: A Profile on Faculty and Student Research Collaboration.” Sora P. Tanjasiri, Kinesiology, also participated in the CSU conference by co-presenting “Community-Based and Community-Participatory Research Project in the Asian and Pacific Islander Communities in California” with Young Son and Evaon Wong-Kim of CSU East Bay.

Robert Michaels, Economics, was a panelist speaking on “Will Competition Keep the Lights on in Texas?” at the Texas Public Policy Foundation fifth annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature Feb. 7 in Austin, Texas. The two-day orientation features presentations on a wide range of topics, including higher education, health care, taxes and appropriations. Keynote speakers at the event included 20/20 co-anchor John Stossel, former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and Texas Governor Rick Perry.

On March 23, Nancy Snow, Communications, will take part in a City of West Hollywood’s Women’s Advisory Board panel discussion following the screening of the Barbara Kopple-directed film “Shut Up and Sing!” about the Dixie Chicks. The free program begins at 7 p.m. at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Earlier this month, Snow gave the keynote address on propaganda and political leadership to the Southern California regional meeting of Junior State of America at the Woodland Hills Marriott. Prior to that, Snow presented five lectures on “Becoming a Woman of Influence” during December 2006 and January 2007 as a guest resident/faculty author at the Greenhouse in Arlington, Texas. Snow also was a keynote speaker at the October 2006 student symposium on truth at Hastings College in Hastings, Neb., and in September 2006 delivered “Public Diplomacy and American Power” at Cliveden House in Berkshire, United Kingdom.

In December, Davina Ling, Economics, co-presented “Birth Order Effects and Children’s Health in China” with Andrew Gill, Economics, and delivered “Is Having Children your Best Bet to Old Age Security in China?” at the All China Economic Conference at the City University of Hong Kong. Ling also read papers on “Do Richer People in China Get Healthier? A Look at Income Disparities and Implications” and “Birth Order Effects and Children’s Health in China” at the Western Economic Association International’s 2007 Pacific Rim Conference held in January at Beijing University’s Guanghua School of Management.

Raphael Sonenshein, Political Science, presented “How Does City Government Foster or Inhibit the Vitality of Civic Engagement?” during a Jan. 24 program sponsored by CORO LA and held in Hollywood.
 
John Bock, Anthropology, has organized a session “Using Evolutionary Anthropology to Understand the HIV/AIDs Pandemic” at the Feb. 15-19 American Association for the Advancement of Science meetings in San Francisco. During the session, Bock will deliver “AIDS, Risk and Lie History Among Men in Botswana,” co-authored by Sara Johnson, Anthropology.

January 2007
Alan S. Kaye, English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics, gave a lecture on “The Semantic Structures of Arabic and English: The Arab Mind” to the United Arab Emirates Natural History Group in December.

December 2006
John Q. Patton, assistant professor of anthropology, organized and chaired a session on “Current Trends and Directions in Evolutionary Studies of Cooperation” at the Nov. 15-19 American Anthropological Association meeting in San Jose. Included in the session was the presentation by the paper “Children’s Cooperative Play: Developmental Program or Costly Signal?” by John Bock, assistant professor of anthropology, and Sara Johnson, assistant professor of anthropology, as well as Patton’s paper on “Large Scale Cooperation in a Small Scale Society: Adaptive Solutions to the Free Rider Problem.”

Pamela Fiber, Political Science and Criminal Justice, discussed “Women, Elections and Politics” during a Nov. 29 general meeting of the Women’s American ORT, Fullerton/North Orange County chapter.

Raphael Sonenshein, Political Science and Criminal Justice, spoke before the Long Beach City Council Nov. 27, discussing proposed charter changes. An authority on city charter reform, Sonenshein provided a comparison between the Long Beach and Portland, Oregon, which, like the Southern California city, is undergoing charter review.

In November, Alan S. Kaye, English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics, presented “Germination in English” for the English Department faculty and students at Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman, and “New Ways of Teaching Linguistics” for the Department of Foreign Languages at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar.

November 2006
Elahe Amani, Dean of Students, presented “When Extremism Overcomes Faith and Reason, Cases From Iran and Afghanistan” at the 18th annual Conference of Southern California Mediation Association Nov. 4 at Pepperdine University in Malibu…Barbara Stone, emerita Politics, Administration and Justice, spoke at an Oct. 27 lunch meeting of the Whittier Republican Women Federated in Whittier….Raphael Sonenshein, Politics, Administration and Justice, discussed “Los Angeles Government in the 21st Century” Oct. 25 at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy in Los Angeles.

In August, Jochen Schenk, Biological Science, co-presented “Hydraulic Redundancy in Shrubs: The Overlooked Drought Adaptation” at the Ecological Society of America meeting in Memphis, Tenn.…Also in August, Mori Jamshidian, Mathematics, read the paper “Testing Equality of Covariance Matrices When Data are Incomplete” at the Joint Statistical meetings in Seattle….Greg Childers and Murtadha Khakoo, Physics, delivered posters on “Electron Impact Ionization of Molecular Hydrogen” and “Electron Impact Ionization of Helium” at the May American Physical Society meeting in Knoxville, Tenn. Khakoo and student Shiyang Wang co-presented the poster “Electron Impact Excitation of Several Rydberg-Valence Series in Molecular Nirtrogen” at the same conference. Childers also gave “Low-energy Electron Scattering From Fundamental Atoms and Molecules” July 13 at the T-4 Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory….Heidi Fearn, Physics, presented a poster on “Faster-Than-Light Signals in Vacuua” at a five-day conference on “Coherent Control of Fundamental Processes in Optics and X-Ray Optics” July 13 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

Raman Unnikrishnan, Engineering and Computer Science, participated in a round-table discussion at the U.S.-India Investment Seminar and Business Expo Aug. 22 in Los Angeles….Bruce H. Weber, Chemistry and Biochemistry, James R. Hofmann, Liberal Studies, and Craig M. Nelson, Comparative Religion, served as panelists in a May 12 discussion on intelligent design at Biola University in La Mirada.

James Santucci, Comparative Religion, discussed the origins of Buddhism May 6 at the Dharma Seal Temple in Rosemead.

Janet L. Eyring, Modern Languages and Literatures, gave an April 8 presentation at the California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Conference in San Francisco and at the American Educational Research Association Convention April 11 in San Francisco.In March, Nancy Snow, Communications, was invited to speak on “Public Diplomacy: Key Challenges and Priorities” at the Wilton Park Conference in Sussex, N.J.In May, Davina Ling, Economics, discussed how uninsured children suffer as part of a community forum panel at the Fullerton Library….In November, Grady Bruce, emeritus Marketing, presented two papers at the European Academy of Management Conference in Oslo, Norway.

Raphael Sonenshein, Political Science, spoke on urban coalitions at the Clark Davis Memorial Seminar May 12 at USC.

Anil Puri, Business and Economics, was the keynote speaker at the Indian Heritage Awards May 7 in Cerritos.

Nancy Snow, Communications, served as the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Youth Conference on Political Activism April 22 at the Putney School in Putney, Vt. She also discussed "Media and Social Change" March 28 at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C.

In March, Gina Garcia, Dean of Students, presented "Adjustment to College, Social Support and Campus Climate for Latina Students" at the ACPA College Student Educators International annual convention in Indianapolis, Ind.

In February, Linda Patton, Grants and Contracts, Mohinder Grewal, Electrical Engineering, Hossein Moini, Mechanical Engineering, and Gerald Bryant, McNair Scholars Program, spoke at the Minority Serving Institutions Research Partnership Conference at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, Texas.

Stella Ting-Toomey, Human Communication Studies, delivered "Intercultural Conflict Competence: Facework Theory in Practice" at the 2006 Knapp Chair Lecture April 19 at the University of San Diego.

Gerald Corey, emeritus Human Services, gave a one-day continuing education workshop on group counseling to the Kansas Counseling Association Oct. 17 in Lawrence, Kan. He also presented “Combining Didactic and Experiential Approaches in Teaching Group Counseling" and "Approaches to Teaching Ethics Courses in Counseling Programs" at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Oct. 21 in Pittsburg, Penn.

Chiara Gratton-Lavoie, Economics, discussed the paper "Evaluating Compulsory Economic Education in California: Differences by Race, Ethnicity and Gender" at the 75th annual Conference of the Southern Economic Association in Washington D.C.

In December, David Bowman, Geological Science, gave a lecture on the December 2004 Sumatra earthquake and associated seismic hazards in other areas of India at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
Grady Bruce, emeritus Marketing, delivered "School Brand Images and Brand Choices in MBA Programs" at the American Marketing Association "Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education" Nov. 14 in Chicago.

Ellen Kottler and Helen P. Taylor, both Secondary Education, discussed “Utilizing the Learning to Teach Continuum to Develop Highly Qualified Mathematics Teachers” at the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment/Intern 2005 State Directors Conference Nov. 9 in Sacramento.

Greg Robinson, Social Science Research Center, co-presented the results of a return-on-investment study on 'universal access' users of the Santa Ana WORK Center Jan. 13 in Santa Ana.

Barbara Stone, emeritus Political Science, spoke to the Republican Club of Laguna Woods Jan. 27.

In January, Maria C. Linder, Chemistry and Biochemistry, delivered "The Importance of Mentoring to Women’s Careers" at the 40th Western Regional American Chemical Society meeting in Orange. At the same event, felloe department faculty Katherine Kantardjieff, presented "Sustaining Crystallography in the 21st Century: Education Policies for the Physical and Life Sciences" and "Ionic Strength Effects on Structure and Stability of Cytochrome C' from Rhodobacter Sphaeroides"; Fu-Ming Tao, gave lectures on "Theoretical Study of Microsolvation and Proton Transfer of Acetic Acid-Ammonia in Small Water Clusters," "Theoretical Predictions of pKa Values of Substituted Acetic Acids Using Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes with Ammonia" and "Molecular Structure and Proton Transfer in Small Clusters of Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid With Water Molecules"; Chandra Srinivasan discussed "Caenorhabditis Elegans Lacking a Form of Manganese SOD (SOD-3) are Thermo-Sensitive." Richard Lodyga, Science Education, also spoke at the conference on chemistry instruction at the high school, community college and college/university level.