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Honors

UHCL student publications garnered eight 2004 Columbia Scholastic Press Association Awards for issues published in 2003. The university’s literary magazine, Bayousphere, received six awards and the student newspaper, UHCLIDIAN, received two awards.

David Garrison, assistant professor of physics, was awarded a summer faculty fellowship to work with NASA Johnson Space Center’s Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory during summer 2004.

Paula Griffith, adjunct professor and sixth-grade language arts teacher at Dunbar Middle School in Dickinson Independent School District, received the 2004 Outstanding Middle School Teacher of the Year award from the Texas Council of Teachers of English/Language Arts during the 2004 TCTELA annual convention in Austin, Texas.

Mary Ann Shallberg, executive associate to the president, was recognized as one of Bay Area Turning Point’s 10 honorees at the Men and Women of Heart Gala.

Presentations

Regina Blair, assistant professor of special education, presented options for students with learning disabilities to cope with written language tasks during her lecture, “Technology Support for Written Language Difficulties,” in the Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children conference in Orlando, Fla.

Lisa Jones, assistant professor of education, presented “Teaching Citizenship Through Multicultural Education” at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in Houston.

Dianne Love, associate professor of healthcare administration, served as chairwoman of the finance track, “Financing Healthcare Now and in the
Future,” at the Cardeo Healthcare Conference in Houston.

Publications

Craig White, associate professor of literature, wrote a journal article, “The Praying Indians’ Speeches as Texts of Massachusetts Oral Culture,” which was published in Early American Literature. The article discusses the first Puritan mission to evangelize the American Indians in the 1600s.

Shelly Kelly, archivist, published an essay, “Cutting it close at Hobby,” in the Houston Chronicle’s Texas magazine.

Research

James Dabney, assistant professor of systems engineering, and Tietronix Software Inc.
received a $99,971 award through NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer program. Dabney’s research proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of model-based torque control of piezoelectric ultrasonic motors using a passive inertial load. Practical applications would permit detailed modeling of the space-based robot actuation environment. As the research institution in this partnership, UHCL received $50,985 of the grant.

David Malin, professor of psychology and neuroscience, continues his research on potential treatments for nicotine dependence with a grant from GlaxoSmithKline Inc. for $61,000.

Jeffery Oakley, assistant professor of environmental science – occupational safety, received a $9,346 award from Southeastern Universities Research Association, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, to conduct an environmental health and safety review as well as develop a train-the-trainer class.

Faculty Bookshelf
	Death on Demand; Kim Q. Hill and Dale O. Cloninger; Thomas Horton and Daughters © 2005; Death on Demand is a fictional account of two economics professors on a vacation to Florida’s Gulf Coast that leads them to a murder mystery. The two professors then use economics principles, such as supply and demand, to solve the murder and, hopefully, assist students in learning how economists think. Cloninger is a professor of finance and economics at UHCL.
Accident Investigation Techniques: Basic Theories, Analytical Methods, and Applications; Jeffrey S. Oakley; American Society of Safety Engineers © 2003; Accident Investigation Techniques addresses techniques that companies can use to investigate and analyze the cause of accidents to develop corrective actions that will prevent them from happening in the future. Oakley is an assistant professor of environmental science. Collaborating for Real Literacy: Librarian, Teacher, and Principal; Sharon M. Pitcher and Bonnie Mackey; Linworth Pub Co. © 2004; Collaborating for Real Literacy uses the theories and practices associated with elementary literacy instruction to suggest collaborative ways for educators to support literacy initiatives. Mackey is an assistant professor of early childhood education. Economics for Educators (Texas Edition); Robert F. Hodgin; Texas Council on Economic Education © 2004; Economics for Educators provides educators with a basic explanation of economic concepts and includes applications for economics classrooms. Hodgin is an associate professor of economics and serves as the director of UHCL’s Center for Economic Education. Mastering Simulink®; James Dabney and Tom Harman; Pearson Prentice Hall © 2004; Mastering Simulink® presents an overview of Simulink, a programming language specifically designed for simulating dynamical systems using standard block diagram notation, which explains how to build, edit and run a Simulink model. Dabney is an assistant professor of systems engineering. Harman is a professor and chair of computer engineering and co-director of High Technologies Laboratory. Women of Chiapas: Making History in Times of Struggle and Hope; Christine Eber (Editor), Christine Kovic (Editor); Routledge © 2003; Women of Chiapas presents the concerns, visions and struggles of women in Chiapas, Mexico in the context of the uprising of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Kovic is an associate professor of anthropology.