UWF PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Kristina Behan, Clinical Laboratory Sciences, published "Teaching Research Design and Practice One Bite at a Time in the MT/CLS Curriculum" in the October issue of "LabMedicine." *****

Lynne Lauderdale, Music, was selected to perform on the College and Independent Teachers Recital at the Florida State Music Teachers Annual Conference held Oct. 19 in Boca Raton. She will represent UWF and District 1 of the Florida State Music Teachers Association, which is affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association. *****

Debra Vinci and Melissa Howard, Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, and Robert Philen, Anthropology, were invited to present the following research at the Symposium on Addictive and Health Behaviors Research at Amelia Island Sept. 24 and 25. Philen and Vinci presented "Analysis of students' cultural models of drinking and related contexts and activities." Howard presented "Diversion of prescription drugs for non-medical use among high school seniors." The conference is sponsored by the University of Florida Addictive and Health Behaviors Research Institute in partnership with the American Academy of Health Behavior. *****

Julie Ann Williams, Management/MIS has published an article in the "International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing," Vol 20 No 8. December 2007, 773-780. entitled " A review of research towards computer integrated demanufacturing for materials recovery." *****

Brendan Kelly, Communication Arts, delivered a paper, "The Tale of Two Jimmy's: A Re-examination of Aristotle's Ethos in the Narrative Persona of Jimmy Carter," Nov. 16 at the annual convention of the National Communication Association in Chicago. He also served as a respondent to presentations in a session titled "Argumentation Theory and Debate: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice." *****

Laura Koppes, Psychology, has accepted an invitation to be part of the editorial board of the journal "Psychology of Human Resources." The journal is recognized by the National Center of Scientific Research in Romania and is also indexed by PsychInfo. The main objective of the journal is to increase the scientific level of psychological interventions of romanian psychologists. The journal publishes papers in Romanian, English and French. *****

Joe Lepo, Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, received a sub-award of $70,559 for Year 1 of a three-year study from the University of South Florida and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a project titled "Validation and Field Testing of Microbial Source Tracking Methods in the Gulf of Mexico." In collaboration with colleagues from the University of South Florida and the University of Southern Mississippi, Lepo will conduct research on methods of identifying, tracking and testing microbial pollution sources within the Gulf of Mexico. The anticipated outcome of this work is that risk assessment for microbial pollution of environmental waters will be more accurate, which in turn will result in better protection of fisheries, consumers of seafood and recreational water users. *****

John Phillips, Archaeology Institute, was awarded $21,818 from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation for a project titled "Falling Waters State Park Archaeological Survey." This project is an archaeological survey of Falling Waters State Park in Chipley, Fla. The project is designed to identify archaeological sites and features, evaluate their significance and tender cultural resource management recommendations for any potentially significant or significant archaeological deposits encountered during the survey. Data generated during the project will be utilized to develop a historic preservation plan and provide direction for future public. *****

Phyllis Pooley, Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development, was awarded $40,000 from the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization for her project titled "Inland Port Intermodal Terminal Feasibility Study." The project will produce a study of the feasibility and potential economic impact that will result from the construction of an inland port facility in the Pensacola region.

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