Bruce W. Hozeski, English, recognized as a feature author for his various books on Hildegard of Bingen (12th century German mystic), Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago.

Publications/Creative Endeavors

Jayne Beilke, Educational Studies, conference review, "Historians in the Heartland: Professional Conference as ‘Safe Space?'" review of Midwest History of Education Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, for H-Education (H-NET).

Jensen J. Zhao, Information Systems and Operations Management, "Technology Content Analysis of the Fortune 500 Corporate Web Sites," Issues in Information Systems.

Presentations

Ronald Dolon, Social Work, "Understanding Sensory Changes: A Hands-On Approach," 21st Annual Baccalaureate Program Directors Conference, Reno, Nev.

Tina Edwards-Willey, Criminal Justice and Criminology, "Community Reintegration of Offenders," Human Services Conference, Brown County.

Bruce W. Hozeski, English, "Hildegard von Bingen: A Universal Teacher ‘Welcomed' with Hostility," Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago.

Robert Fritz, Modern Languages and Classics, "Don't Throw the Baby Out with the Bath Water: Low Tech and High Tech Coexist to Accommodate Differing Second-Language Writing Needs and Student Abilities," Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association, Indianapolis.

George Gaither, Psychological Science (with student), "Psychometric Properties of the Body Image Self-Consciousness Scale," and (with others) "What Did You Just Say? The Effects of Sexuality-Related Characteristics and Behaviors on Perceptions of Words," 45th annual meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Antonio.

Andre Grimblatt, Modern Languages and Classics, "The U.S. in Iraq," Radio Horizonte, Santiago, Chile.

Ken Hall, History, keynote paper/address, "American Literature and Religion in the 18th and 19th Centuries," regional English Studies conference, Universitas Sanata Dharma (Catholic University), Yogyakarta, Indonesia; "Who Are the International Maritime Merchants Doing Business in Southeast Asia, c. 1000-1500?" faculty seminar on early Asian trade, University of Tokyo, Kamakura, Japan; and "Liberating Religion in Contemporary America," Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies, Gajah Mada University, Yogyakarta. Hall is in  Indonesia on a Fulbright Senior Fellowship.

Robert Hall, History, "Voice of the People? Autodidacts and ‘the People' in a Chartist Locality, 1838-1850," Chartism Day 2003, Great Dodford, Worcestershire, United Kingdom. A longer version of this study of the problem of leaders and followers in Chartism will appear in a forthcoming issue of Journal of Social History.

Sue H. Whitaker and Carol Friesen, Family and Consumer Sciences (with student), poster presentation, "Inclusion of a Service Learning Component into a University FCS Core Curriculum," Indiana Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Indianapolis.

Phyllis Zimmerman, History, "The Perils and Pleasures of Crafting the Biography of WWII Marine Raider Evans F. Carlson," Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy, Temple University.

Service

Robert Pritchard, Journalism, national chair-elect, Public Relations Society of America Educators Academy.