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COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ACHIEVEMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

September 2015

Summary Sheet Jason Konek, Philosophy, had his article “Probabilistic Knowledge and Cognitive Ability" accepted at Phil Review. Phil Review is the top generalist journal in philosophy. This kind of achievement that is rare: most don’t ever publish in such a prestigious venue, and only a very few leading lights do this more than once. This is Jason’s first, and he is in his first year with the K-State Philosophy Department. Five Geography graduate students received awards at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Andrew Marshall, a 6th year Psychological Sciences graduate student in Dr. Kimberly Kirkpatrick’s laboratory, was presented with the University Distinguished Professors Graduate Research Award. Michal Zolkiewski, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, received a K-INBRE Bridging Grant for "Molecular chaperones of Ehrlichia chaffeensis,” $52,000, 9/1/15 - 4/30/16. B.K. Sandercock, Division of Biology, named Honorary Life Member, Cooper Ornithological Society, 2015. Award made for outstanding service as Series Editor for Studies in Avian Biology. The Physics Department hosted a well-attended public viewing of the lunar eclipse September 27. Large telescopes and binoculars were set up on the west side of Cardwell Hall on the K-State campus to view the lunar eclipse.


September 2015

Arts & Humanities

Art Publications: Andy Casto was featured in an article in the October edition of New Ceramics Magazine Glen Brown had 2 articles published: "Wendy McAllister: Worldly Geometry." Ornament Magazine, v. 38 no. 2 (2015): 32-37, and "Chris Ramsay: Collection, Composition, Contemplation." Metalsmith Magazine, v. 35 no. 3 (2015): 44-51. Geraldine Craig had a review published: “Santa Fe, New Mexico: Jane Lackey – Center for Contemporary Art,” in Sculpture, vol. 34 no. 7, (September 2015): 73-74. Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Mervi Pakaste has a Poster featured in the exhibition Questioning the Bomb, History and Non - Proliferation University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD, 9.2.–10.23.2015 Assistant Professor Shreepad Joglekar received the Second Place award in the National Juried Exhibition Re-Picturing Photography, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. Nancy Morrow has had a Painting accepted into permanent collection of the Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA She was also awarded a Two Coats of Paint Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY, September 25-October 3 Carlos Castellano’s Dissertation Symbiogenic Experience and the Emergent Arts: Cybernetics, Art and Existential Phenomenology was selected as one of the top-ranked dissertations for 2015 by Leonardo journal Matt Garcia participated in a Residency/Exhibit Alter Studio, at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris France. Lead by Nicolas Bourriaud, Simon Critchley, Mark Dion. Curated by Kathy Alliou, Head of the department of cultural and scientific development of the Beaux-Arts and Sarina Basta Gulbenkian curator associated to the Beaux-Arts.


Rebecca Bahlmann made a peer reviewed presentation at the Universities Art Association of Canada, hosted by Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, for the Panel “ Collaborations and Co-creations as Cultural Practice”, Halifax, Canada (November, 2015) She also participated in a group exhibition, juried by Russel Lord, New Orleans Museum of Art, at the Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (July 17- Oct 4th) Dan Hunt had a Solo Exhibition Magically Suspicious, at the Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA. September 11-October 18, 2015. He also participated in the group show FIRED: Iron, at The Arvada Art Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO. September 17-November 15, 2015. Geraldine Craig had work shown in The Book as Art 3.0: No Jacket Required a national juried show and catalog, July 24 – September 18, 2015, Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur with Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur, GA Amy Santoferraro had work shown in the group shows Scratching the Surface at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN and Midwest Life Vest: Recent artwork by Andrew Casto, Joanna Powell, Jesse Ring and Amy Santoferraro at the Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Kearny, NE Research: Grants: Awards: Other:


Modern Languages Publications: Maria Depaoli’s article "Mexico and its Movement into Narrative Film: Mexican Women Writers" was published on September 30 in Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Edited by Jill Nelmes and Jule Selbo and published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. The KSU Editorial Board of the open access journal Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, headed by Editor Laura Kanost, published Vol. 39, Issue 2. It is a special issue titled "Testimonies of Environmental Injustice in the Global South," guest edited by Erin Finzer of UALR. STTCL has approximately 55,000 full-text downloads this year. http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/ Doug Benson, Emeritus in Spanish, collaborated on two articles by Carmen Tomás, editor of the online journal Generación M: Revista cultural especializada en la figura de la mujer, with Sylvia Sherno from UCLA and Margaret Persin from Rutgers University. The articles are: "Mujer de verso en pecho: la poética adulta de Gloria Fuertes" and "Gloria Fuertes y el postismo." Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Earl Brown presented a poster entitled "Frequency effects on /f/ reduction in Modern Spanish: A reprise of a previous sound change?" at the annual Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, held this year at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, September 24 - 27, 2015. The poster is based on a co-author project that Earl is working on with Matthew C. Alba at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Benjamin McCloskey presented his paper, "Persian Antagonists: Xenophon's Cyrus Reconsidered," accepted by a double-blind peer review process, at the International Conference on the Ancient Novel V, in Houston, TX, which ran from September 30th to October 4th. Research: Grants:


Awards: Other: Claire L. Dehon reviewed an article for French Review. Laura Kanost and Adelia Peña Clavel of UNAM (Mexico City) matched 29 KSU students with UNAM Spanish/English conversation partners. The students speak via Skype and share their language and culture expertise. This is the 9th year of this exchange. Doug Benson worked all summer with a graduate student from Ecuador in K-State's Teaching and Learning Center to update our Tilford Group web site (tilford.ksu.edu) on multicultural curriculum transformation. The site was originally the project for Benson's Coffman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching Scholars (2009-2010) and contains teaching resources for faculty and staff just beginning their diversity journey as well as for more advanced diversity practitioners. School of Music, Theatre, and Dance Publications: Sally Bailey (2015) Behavioral Health Protocols and Treatment Plans for Recreational Therapy (2nd ED) by Karen Grote and Sara Warner. Activities, Adaptation & Aging, 39:3, 265-266, DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2015.1068078. (a review of the book). History of Rock and Roll: In Historical Perspective. Steven Maxwell and Thomas Larson. Published by Kendall Hunt Publishing. ISBN-9781465277084 / / Sonata No. 1, Op. 26 for tuba and piano by Josiph Bodin de Boismortier. Arranged by Steven Maxwell. Published by Cimarron Music Press. / / Military Round Table, the International Tuba and Euphonium Association / Journal, Spring 2015 / Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: David Littrell: Cello soloist on K-State Orchestra concert, September 15, McCain Aud. Haydn: Symphonie concertante. Other soloists for the Haydn: Cora


Cooper violin, Nora Lewis oboe, Susan Maxwell bassoon, Paul Hunt conductor. Slawomir Dobrzanski: Lecture about Polish piano music, piano masterclasses and a piano recital at the School of Music, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Sept. 22-24. Amy Rosine: Faculty Recital, Kansas State University, Sept. 10 - collaborated with 9 faculty members from the Music Program to present a 90 minute vocal recital. Program notes and translations for each piece were presented by Power Point. / / Guest soloist, Veterans' Peace Memorial Concert, Manhattan, September (Sept. 26) Julie Pentz: Tap To Togetherness presentations Tueday September 1st and 15th / Cindrella Choreography for Chapman High School September 12th / National Associate of Schools of Dance (NASD) Conference September 16th - 20th / Beach Museum Gala September 25th K-State Tap Dance Ensemble performance "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the Music Classroom: Supporting the Development of Cultural Competence and Sociopolitical Consciousness in Future Music Educators" Research session presented by Ruth E. Gurgel at 2015 National Symposium on Music Teacher Education, Society for Music Teacher Education, National Association for Music Education Bryan Pinkall - Manager of Digital Production, Papal Mass, World Meeting of Families, Philadelphia, PA Research: Sally Bailey: Designed costumes, props, and set for "Anansi the Spider" a play for children being toured to local elementary schools this fall by the Growing Tree Theatre Company, an outreach arm of the SMTD Theatre program. Amy Rosine: DSP Scholar Mentor to sophomore Music Education major Sharon Wilson for Spark Week: The Importance of Teaching Classical Spanish Song to Singers. Also submitted to Kansas Music Educators for the Winter In-Service Conference. Grants:


Awards: Frank Tracz: The Sudler Trophy for Outstanding Marching Band in the USA. Sept. 19, 2015. Other: Sally Bailey: arranged, planned, marketed, hosted, and facilitated weeklong visit of Randy Mulder and Village Playback Theatre. They performed and led workshops across campus for Community Cultural Harmony week, they performed at the Topeka Juvenile facility, they led a diversity workshop on the Salina Campus for business leaders in the Salina Community, and they taught a Playback Theatre class to the graduate students in the MA in Drama Therapy program. The Playback Theatre class presented two performances at the end of the course: one at the Topeka Women's Prison and one at the First Presbyterian Church. Amy Rosine: Music Director, Legally Blonde, Columbian Theatre, Wamego (ongoing from August-October) / Vocal Director, K-State Musical, A Christmas Carol (ongoing from September-November) / Philosophy Publications: "Probabilistic Knowledge and Cognitive Ability", accepted at Phil Review, Jason Konek. Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: "Homeschooling: A Dual-use Dilemma?" September 2nd. MANCEPT Workshops in Political Philosophy, University of Manchester, MAnchester, UK, Rosa Terlazo. "The Moral State" 03-06 September 2015 Kant on Religion and Politics, UK Kant Society Annual Conference Keele University, Donald Wilson. "Murder and Violence in Kantian Ethics", Nature and Freedom, 12th International Kant Congress, University of Vienna, 21-25 September. Donald Wilson.


‘Against the Right to Know: Autonomy, harm and food labelling” Centre for Ethics, Values and Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, 21 September 2015, Jonathan Herington. ‘Global Public Health Emergencies’, Oxford Global Health and Bioethics Conference, University of Oxford, 28-29 September 2015, Jonathan Herington. “Spaces, places, and sounds in performance arts,” at the 2015 meeting of the Theatre and Performance Research Association – Performance and Philosophy Working Group Worcester, UK September 10, 2015, James R. Hamilton. Research: Grants: Awards: Other:


Social & Behavioral Sciences Geography Publications (*graduate students): Chin, A., An, L., Florsheim, J.L., Laurencio, L.R., Marston, R.A., Solverson, A.P., Simon, G.L., Stinson, E., and Wohl, E. 2015. Investigating feedbacks in human-landscape systems: Lessons following a wildfire in Colorado, USA. Geomorphology, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.07.030 Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions (*graduate students): Allen, M.* 2015. Using GIS to assess flood risk in Boulder County, Colorado. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Brooks, M.* 2015. The relationship between crime and public transit in Denver, Colorado: A spatial perspective. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Chatterjee, S.* and Paul, B.K. 2015. Migration as an adaptation strategy to climate change: A literature review. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Cirnu, L.* and Harrington, J.A., Jr. 2015. High levels of tropospheric ozone linked to the advection of southerly wind for the Konza Prairie in Kansas. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Hann, D.G. 2015. Embedded themes of human-environment interaction in children’s literature. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Harrington, J.A., Jr., Tabor, L.K., and Larsen, T.* 2015. Ideas to expand geography awareness activities in your community. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Harrington, L.M.B. 2015. Agriculture and the countryside in the U.S: Alternative and virtual rurality. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October.


Horner, M.* and Hunninghake, J.* 2015. Effects of the Rock Island Railroad on Kansas towns. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Hutchinson, J.M.S., Jacquin, A., Pockrandt, B.*, and Hutchinson, S.L. 2015. Time series analysis of vegetation phenometrics for military and non-military lands using moderate resolution satellite imagery. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Jean, C.R.* 2015. Hydrological transitions: A story of Kansas watersheds. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Larsen, T.B.* 2015. Progress report: Geo-progressions and sense of community among Kansas third graders. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Marston, R.A. 2015. Using ecoregion analysis to test whether ‘place matters’ in physical geography. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Murphey, H.C.* 2015. Learning how to communicate climate change adaptation in rural communities. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Orsi, F. 2015. Using transportation to manage the geographical distribution of visitors across protected areas: An agent-based modelling approach. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Paul, B.K. 2015. What type of region is the Flint Hills? A review of students’ response. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Ramekar, A.* 2015. Spatial and aspatial access to primary healthcare facilities in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Safaee, S.* 2015. Environmental catastrophe in Iran: Lake Urmia. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October.


Smith, J.S. 2015. Exploring the place component within place attachment research. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Wang, J., Sheng, Y., Song, C., Urano, T.*, Satori, P.J., and Ford, S.J.* 2015. Progress of global inventory of lake water resources. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Wetherholt, W.* 2015. Articulating rural sentiment in the central Great Plains through grounded theory. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Research (*graduate students): Grants (*graduate students): Awards (*graduate students): Other (*graduate students): Livia Cirnu* placed first in the undergraduate student paper competition at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Mitchell Horner* and Joseph Hunninghake* placed second in the undergraduate student paper competition at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Matthew Allen* placed second in the graduate student poster competition at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Thomas Larsen* tied for second in the graduate student paper competition at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October.


Bimal K. Paul chaired a paper session at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. Jida Wang chaired a paper session at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. John A. Harrington, Jr. organized and chaired a paper session and organized and chaired a panel session at the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Kearney, Nebraska, October. The Beta Psi Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, the international geographic honor society, earned an Honors Chapter Award for 2015. This honor recognizes the superior scholarship of K-State geography students and the first-rate activities of the group to celebrate and promote geography on campus and in the local community. Political Science Publications: Dr. Sabri Ciftci, associate professor, “Globalization, Contact, and Religious Identity: A Cross-national Analysis of Interreligious Favorability” was accepted at Social Science Quarterly. The paper was coauthored with security studies PhD student Asif Nawaz (K-State) and recent undergraduate student Tariq Sydiq (K-State). Dr. Brianne Heidbreder, associate professor, Manuscript “Organized Interests and Administrative Rulemaking: The State of Wisconsin’s Lobbyists and Coalitions” was accepted in The Journal of Public Affairs. Co-authors Nathan Grasse (Carleton University, Ottawa) and Brett Curry (Georgia Southern). Dr. Emizet Kisangani, professor, “The Human Consequences of Foreign Military Intervention” was accepted to Defence and Peace Economics. Co-author Jeffery Pickering (K-State).


Dr. Jeffery Pickering, professor, “The Human Consequences of Foreign Military Intervention” was accepted to Defence and Peace Economics. Co-author Emizet Kisangani (K-State). Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Research: Grants: Awards: Other: Psychological Sciences Publications: Zyphur M. J., Li W.-D., Zhang Z., Arvey R. D., & Barsky, A. P. (2015) Income, personality, and subjective financial well-being: the role of gender in their genetic and environmental relationships. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1493 (1-16). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01493 Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Young, M.E. (2015, September). Experiencing delays and their consequences during game play. Symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Denver, CO.


Research: Grants: Awards: Andrew Marshall, a 6th year graduate student in Dr. Kimberly Kirkpatrick’s laboratory, was presented with the University Distinguished Professors Graduate Research Award. Other: Sydney Edmisten, a junior psychology major who is doing research in Dr. Kimberly Kirkpatrick’s laboratory, was appointed as an OURCI ambassador. Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Publications: Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Research: Steinmetz, K. F. & Kurtz, D. L. (2015). Initial evaluation of Riley County’s Probation 180 program. Final report submitted to Riley County Community Corrections. Grants: Awards: Other:


Natural & Quantitative Sciences Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Publications: Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Lawrence Davis served with Larry Erickson as the program committee for the 12th International Conference of the International Phytotechnologies Society in Manhattan, KS, Sept 27-30. More than 200 people, representing over 25 countries were in attendance. About 80 posters and more than 150 oral presentations were made. Davis was involved with 2 posters entitled "Boron uptake is regulated in sunflowers" and "Beneficial effects of trees at the Riley county landfill", in addition to a platform presentation "Perennial phytotechnoloy for sustainable land management at the former military sites in Slovakia and Ukraine." Tim Durrett presented two posters at the 12th International Phytotechnologies Conference Sept 27-30, Manhattan, KS: “Elucidating the Regulation of Storage Lipid Synthesis in Developing Seeds” by Durrett and Karanbir Aulakh (graduate), which won second place at the poster competition; and “Progress in the production of improved biofuels: Enhancing the production of acetyl-TAGs in a transgenic oil seed crop” by Durrett, Catherine Kornacki and Tam Tran-Nguyen (graduates). Karanbir Aulakh and Catherine Kornacki (graduates, Durrett) were PhytoScholars at the12th International Phytotechnologies Conference Sept 27-30, Manhattan, KS, which was a competitive program for graduate students to receive funding to attend the conference. Tim Durrett chaired the session on “Genetic Modification Studies” at the 12th International Phytotechnologies Conference (Sep 27-30, Manhattan, KS). Mark Boatwright (graduate, Tomich) represented the department as he participated in the student poster competition session of the annual meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (SciX 2015) in Providence, RI, September 27, 2015. Research:


Grants: Michal Zolkiewski received a K-INBRE Bridging Grant for "Molecular chaperones of Ehrlichia chaffeensis,” $52,000, 9/1/15 - 4/30/16. Awards: Randi Wise and Yue Qi (graduates, Zolkiewska) received Arts & Sciences Research Travel Awards to go to the Tumor Metastasis meeting held in November in Austin, TX. The award is $800 per student. Other: Anna Zolkiewska became a member of the Faculty Senate for the 2015-2018 term. Anna Zolkiewska was invited to serve as a permanent member of an NIH study section (Molecular Oncogenesis) for the 2016-2022 term. Biology Publications: Rhodes, A., & Rozell, T. (2015). A constructivist approach to e-text design for use in undergraduate physiology courses. Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education, 39, 172-180. De Silva, B., Adams, J., and Lee, S.Y. (2015) Proteolytic processing of the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis related lysosomal protein CLN5. Exp Cell Res. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.08.021. [Epub ahead of print] A. G. Hope, E. Waltari, J. L. Malaney, D. C. Payer, J. A. Cook, and S. L. Talbot 2015. Arctic biodiversity: increasing richness accompanies shrinking refugia for a cold-associated tundra fauna. Ecosphere 6:art159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00104.1 Brown, S.P. and Jumpponen, A. 2015. Phylogenetic diversity analyses reveal disparity between fungal and bacterial communities during microbial primary succession. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 89: 52-60.


Xie SQ, Nie P, Wang Y, Wang H, Li H, Yang Z, Liu Y, Ren J, Xie Z*. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Oct 3.. [Epub ahead of print] RPFdb: a database for genome wide information of translated mRNA generated from ribosome profiling. Yang Z*, Moss B. Oncotarget. 2015 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print] Decoding poxvirus genome. (*Corresponding author) Riecke, T.V., W.C. Conway, D.A. Haukos, J.A. Moon, and C.E. Comer. 2015. Baseline blood Pb levels of black-necked stilts on the upper Texas coast. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination 95(4):465-469.

Winder, V.L., K.M. Carrlson, A.J. Gregory, C.A. Hagen, D.A. Haukos, D.C. Kesler, L.C. Larsson, T.W. Matthews, L.B. McNew, M.A. Patten, J. C. Pitman, L.A. Powell, J.A. Smith, T. Thompson, D.H. Wolfe, and B.K. Sandercock. 2015. Ecological correlates of female space use in ten populations of prairie chickens. Ecosphere 6(9):166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00536.1 Taylor, C.M., D.B. Lank, and B.K. Sandercock. Using local dispersal data to reduce bias in apparent survival and mate fidelity. Condor 117:598-608. Winder, V.L., K.M. Carrlsson, A.J. Gregory, C.A. Hagen, D.A. Haukos, D.C. Kesler, L.C. Larsson, T.W. Matthews, L.B. McNew, M.A. Patten, J.C. Pitman, L.A. Powell, J.A. Smith, T. Thompson, D.H. Wolfe, and B.K. Sandercock. 2015. Factors affecting female space use in ten populations of prairie chickens. Ecosphere 6:art166. Regna K, Harrison, RM, Heyse SA, Chiles TC, Michel K, Muskavitch, MAT. Journal of Visual Experimentation; Manuscript number JoVE53738R2. In press Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: A. Veach and L. H. Zeglin. Microbial mechanisms of drought tolerance and the implications for grassland soil carbon storage. 2015. Long-term Ecological Research Program All-Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, CO. L. H. Zeglin and V. Floyd. Fire and nitrogen addition affects seasonality of soil microbial activity. 2015. Long-term Ecological Research Program All-Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, CO.


Plumb, R.R., J.M. Lautenbach, S.G. Robinson, J.D. Kraft, D. Sullins, D.A. Haukos, J.C. Pitman, C.A. Hagen, and D. Dahlgren. 2015. Lesser prairie-chicken space use response to anthropogenic structures. Biennial meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Nevada, Missouri. Lautenbach, J., and D. Haukos. 2015. Effect of pyric herbivory on vegetation composition with management implications for lesser prairie-chickens. Biennial meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Nevada, Missouri. Sullins, D.S., D.A. Haukos, and B.K. Sandercock. 2015. Regional demographic variability for lesser prairie-chickens in Kansas and Colorado. Biennial meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Nevada, Missouri. Kraft, J.D., J. Lautenbach, D. Haukos, J. Pitman, and C. Hagen. 2015. Female lesser prairie-chicken response to grazing in western Kansas grasslands. Biennial meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Nevada, Missouri. Nichter, A., T. Lipp, D. Haukos, and A. Gregory. 2015. Effects of anthropogenic noise on male lesser prairie-chicken lek attendance. Biennial meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Nevada, Missouri. Lipp, T., A. Gregory, and D. Haukos. 2015. Influence of sound on nest placement and success of the lesser prairie-chicken. Biennial meeting of the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, Nevada, Missouri. Brown, S., D. Mizrahi, V. Loverti, R. Porter, J. Rausch, B.K. Sandercock, S. Schulte, P. Smith, E. Weiser, B. Winn, S. Yezerinac, R. Lanctot, C. Gratto-Trevor, M. Bldenow, R. Bentzen, M.-A. Giroux, E. Kwon, D. Lank, N. LeComte, and J. Liebezeit. Determining migratory connectivity for Semipalmated Sandpipers. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015. Grond, K., R.B. Lanctot, A.M. Jumpponen, and B.K. Sandercock. Gut microbiota of arctic shorebird chicks: microbial colonization and succession of shorebird guts from embryo to fledgling. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015. Kwon, E., D. Lank, R. Lanctot, S. Brown, and B.K. Sandercock. Temporally mediated geographic effects on the intensity of phenological mismatch. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015.


Lanctot, R., S. Brown, and B.K. Sandercock. Arctic shorebird demographics network. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015. Lank, D., C. Xu, S. Brown, R. Ydenberg, R.I.G. Morrison, C. Gratto-Trevor, P. Hicklin, B. Harrington, B.K. Sandercock, E. Kwon, P. Dunn, and P.A. Smith. Continent-wide change in wing length of Semipalmated Sandpipers: a response to predation danger? Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015. Weiser, E., B.K. Sandercock, R. Bentzen, J. Bety, M. Boldenow, S.C. Brown, W. English, S. Franks, R. Gates, L. Koloski, E. Kwon, J.-F. Lamarre, R.B. Lanctot, D. Lank, J. Liebezeit, L. McKinnon, E. Nol, J. Rausch, S. Saalfeld, N.R. Senner, and D. Ward. Drivers of adult survival in arctic-breeding shorebirds: insights from coordinated research. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015. Weiser, E., B.K. Sandercock, P.F Battley, R. Bentzen, J. Bety, M.A. Bishop, M. Boldenow, S.C. Brown, B. Casler, J.T. Coleman, J.R. Conklin, W. English, R. Gates, O. Gilg, M.A. Giroux, K. Gosbell, C. Hassell, J. Helmericks, K. Koivula, E. Kwon, J.-F. Lamarre, R.B. Lanctot, J. Lang, D. Lank, J. Libezeit, V. Loverti, L. McKinnon, C. Minton, D. Mizrahi, E. Nol, V.-M. Pakanen, R. Porter, J. Rausch, J.W.H. Reneerkens, N. Rhonka, B. Sittler, P. Smith, K. Sowl, A. Taylor, D. Ward, and S. Yezerinac. Effects of geolocators on return rates in arctic-breeding shorebirds. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group (6th), Wallops Island, Virginia. September 2015. Herse, M.R., V.L. Winder, L.M. Hunt, A.J. Gregory, L.B. McNew, and B.K. Sandercock. Timing of incubation breaks and predation risk for nesting Greater Prairie-Chickens. International Grouse Symposium (13th), Reykjavik, Iceland. September 2015 (poster). Sandercock, B.K., A.J. Gregory, L.B. McNew, and V.L. Winder. Effects of wind power and rangeland management on Greater Prairie-Chickens. International Grouse Symposium (13th), Reykjavik, Iceland. September 2015. Winder, V.L., K.M. Carrlson, A.J. Gregory, C.A. Hagen, D.A. Haukos, D.C. Kesler, L.C. Larsson, T.W. Matthews, L.B. McNew, M.A. Patten, J.C. Pitman, L.A. Powell, J.A. Smith, T. Thompson, D.H. Wolfe, and B.K. Sandercock. Factors affecting female space use in ten populations of prairie chickens. Prairie Grouse Technical Council (31st), Nevada, Missouri. September 2015.


Winder, V.L., L.B. McNew, and B.K. Sandercock. Demographic and movement responses of Greater Prairie-Chickens to patch-burn grazing on private lands. Prairie Grouse Technical Council (31st), Nevada, Missouri. September 2015. K.Michel, Session chair at the 2015 Hydra Meeting, International Workshop, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, Germany, 11.09. -14.09.2017 Research: Grants: 2015-2020 W.Dodds, Collaborative Research: Hierarchical Functioning of River Macrosystems in Temperate Steppes - From Continental to Hydrogeomorphic Patch Scales. National Science Foundation, $371,669 to KSU (Co-PI project, lead PI KSU). Awards: D. Haukos, Hamerstrom Award – Prairie Grouse Technical Council, 2015 for contributions to conservations of prairie grouse. Dr. David Hartnett was awarded the 2015 James R. Coffman Honor Council Award. (K-State Today, September 3, 2015) Other: B.K. Sandercock, Honorary Life Member, Cooper Ornithological Society, 2015. Award made for outstanding service as Series Editor for Studies in Avian Biology. Physics Publications: I. Ben-Itzhak, B. D. Esry, et al (2015), “Quantum control of photodissociation using intense, femtosecond pulses shaped with third order dispersion,” Journal of


Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 48, 20, 201001 Fast Track Communications – Published 4 September 2015. http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/48/i=20/a=201001 Qing Liao and Uwe Thumm (2015), "Attosecond time-resolved streaked photoemission from Mg-covered W(110) surfaces" Phys. Rev. A 92, 031401 - Published 08-September-2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.031401 D. Rolles, A. Rudenko, et al, Ultrafast Isomerization Initiated by X-Ray Core Ionization, Nat. Commun. 6, 8199 (2015 – Published 10 September 2015.). http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150910/ncomms9199/full/ncomms9199.html Daniel Rolles, Artem Rudenko, et al(2015), “Strongly aligned gas-phase molecules at free-electron lasers,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 48, 20, 204002 – Published 16 September 2015. http://stacks.iop.org/0953-4075/48/i=20/a=204002 Paul W. Irving and Eleanor C. Sayre (2015), Becoming a physicist: The roles of research, mindsets, and milestones in upper-division student perceptions, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 020120 – Published 23 September 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020120 Eleanor C. Sayre and Paul W. Irving (2015), Brief, embedded, spontaneous metacognitive talk indicates thinking like a physicist, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 020121 (2015) - Published 23 September 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020121 Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Carlos Trallero presented “Exploring the Frontiers of Knowledge and Imagination. Fostering Interdisciplinary Networking” at the Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous on 9/10/15 in Manhattan, KS. Dean Zollman, Raiya Ebini and Ulas Ustun presented “An Interactive On-line Course in Contemporary Physics” at the Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning Conference on 9/10 in Munich, Germany. Dean Zollman presented an invited workshop on “Creating Interactive, Online Concept Maps using Free Software” at the Multimedia in Physics Teaching and Learning Conference on 9/11 in Munich, Germany.


Itzik Ben-Itzhak, Kevin Carnes, Bret Flanders, Vinod Kumarappan, A.T. Le, Chii-Dong Lin, Daniel Rolles Carlos Trallero and Uwe Thumm attended the Nebraska EPSCoR Research & Innovation Conference “Symposium on Ultrafast Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Nanonstructures” on 9/29/15 in Lincoln, NE. Vinod Kumarappan presented a talk “Angle-resolved Measurements Using Rotational Wavepackets in Asymmetric Top Molecules” at the Nebraska EPSCoR Research & Innovation Conference “Symposium on Ultrafast Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Nanonstructures” on 9/29/15 in Lincoln, NE. Uwe Thumm attended the Nebraska EPSCoR Management Meeting (9/28) and the Research & Innovation Conference “Symposium on Ultrafast Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules and Nanonstructures” on 9/29/15 in Lincoln, NE. The following posters were presented at the 2015 Nebraska Research & Innovation Conference: Symposium on Ultrafast Dynamics of Atoms, Molecules & Nanostructures

Attosecond time-resolved streaked photoemission from Mg-covered W(110) surfaces Uwe Thumm, Q. Liao.

Attosecond plasmonic streaking from gold nanospheres Uwe Thumm, Jianxiong Li. An Atomic Photoionization Experiment by Harmonic Generation Spectorscopy, Jan Tross, M.V. Frolov, T.S. Sarantseva, N.L. Manakov, K.D. Fulfer, B.P. Wilson, X. Ren, E.D. Poliakoff, A.A. Silaev, N.V. Vvedenskii, Anthony F. Starace, C.A. Trallero-Herrero. Probing vibrating SF6 with inner-shell photoelectron diffraction Ngoc Ty Nguyen, Anh Thu Le, Chii-Dong Lin. Investigation into the difference between incoherent and pulsed white light absorption by nanoparticles in solution, Brandin Davis, J. Powell, S. Zigo, Y. Qin, C. Sorenson, C. Trallero-Herrero. Electron Dynamics in Nanoparticles Under Intense Laser Fields Jeffrey Powell, S.J. Robatjazi, A. Vajdu, V. Makhija, X. Li, M.F. Kling, C. Sorensen, A. Rudenko. Development of flexible electron time of flight for ultrafast pulse characterization, Pratap Timilsina, P. Mundine, C. Trallero-Herrero.


State-selective photoexcitation and molecular dissociation using XUV pump – Near-infrared probe, Kanaka Raju Pandiri, Y. Malakar, W. L. Pearson, B. Kaderiya, Xiang Li, D. Trabert, F. Wilhelm, Wei Cao, I. Ben-Itzhak, A. Rudenko. Multiphoton dissociative ionization of CS^+ , Jyoti Rajput, Bethany Jochim, M. Zohrabi, K. J. Betsch, U. Ablikim, Ben Berry, T. Severt, Peyman Feizollah, A. M. Summers, Kanaka Raju P., G. S. J. Armstrong, B. D. Esry, K. D. Carnes, I. Ben-Itzhak. Velocity-map imaging and streaked photoelectron emission from metallic nanostructures, Erfan Saydanzad, Uwe Thumm. Progress Towards Large Flux High-Order Harmonic Generation Driven by Two-Color Laser Fields, Travis Severt, J. Tross, P. Timilsina, S. Buczek, C. Trallero-Herrero, I. Ben-Itzhak. Strong-field dissociation dynamics of molecular dications, Bethany Jochim, T. Severt, M. Zohrabi, U. Ablikim, Ben Berry, B. Gaire, K. J. Betsch, F. Anis, K. D. Carnes, B. D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak. Carrier-envelope phase control over fragmentation of H2+ and D2 Bethany Jochim, M. Zohrabi, B. Berry, Nora G. Kling, Bethany Jochim, T. Severt, U. Ablikim, K. J. Betsch, S. Zeng, F. Anis, Z. Wang, M. F. Kling, K. D. Carnes, B. D. Esry, I. Ben-Itzhak. A 600 MW light source at 7 micrometer center wavelength as a path to strong field science in the far infrared, Derrek Wilson, Carlos Trallero-Herrero. Study of Nuclear Wave Packet Dynamics in Strong-Field Ionized Iodomethane and Diiodomethane, Yubaraj Malakar, Balram Kaderiya, Wright Lee Pearson, Kanaka Raju Pandiri, Mohammad Zohrabi, Farzaneh Ziaee, Itzik Ben-Itzhak, Daniel Rolles, Artem Rudenko. Bond rearrangement and hydrogen migrations in small hydrocarbons through strong-field induced interactions, Wright Lee Pearson, Yubraj Malakar, Artem Rudenko.

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Grants: Awards: Other: Lado Samushia was selected to be a lead for large-scale structure catalogue in DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) collaboration. Statistics Publications: Lugs, Y., M. J. Vandehaar, D. M. Spurlock, K. A. Weigel, L. E. Armentano, C. R. Staples, E. E. Connor, Z. Wang, N. M. Bello and R. J. Tempelman*. 2015. “An alternative approach to modeling genetic merit of feed efficiency in dairy cattle”. Journal of Dairy Science 98(9): 6535-6551.

Kivettgs, J. M., R. A. Cloyd* and N. M. Bello. 2015. “Insecticide rotation programs with entomopathogenic organisms for suppression of Western flower thrips (Thysanoptera thripidae) populations under greenhouse conditions”. Journal of Economic Entomology 108(4): 1936-1946. DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov155.

Gardhouserd, S. M., D. Eshar*, N. M. Bello and D. Mason. 2015. “Venous blood gasanalytes during isoflurane anesthesia in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)”. Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association 247(4): 404-408.

DeHenaugs, C., M. W. Becker, N. M. Bello, S. Liu and L. Bix*. 2015. "Tallman lettering as a strategy for differentiation in look-alike sound-alike drug names: the role of familiarity in differentiating drug dopplegangers" Journal of Applied Ergonomics 52:77-84.

Cullgs, C. A., D. G. Renter*, N. M. Bello and A. H. Babcock. 2015. “Performance and carcass characteristics of commercial feedlot cattle from a study on vaccine and direct-fed microbial effects on E.coli O157:H7 fecal shedding”. Journal of Animal Science 93: 3144-3151.


Johnson*, L., J. T. Olsenug, H. Tetreaultgs, R. K. Goad, M. M. Mendola, A. DeLaCruz, H. Bryant, T. Morgan, M. Knapp, N. M. Bello, S. Baer* and B. Maricle*. 2015.“Intraspecific variation of a dominant grass and local adaptation in reciprocal garden communities along a US Great Plains’ precipitation gradient: Implications for grassland restoration with climate change”. Evolutionary Applications 8:705-723. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12281.

Higbierd, C. T., D. Eshar* and N. M. Bello. 2015. “Evaluation of three point-of-care meters and a portable chemistry analyzer for measurement of blood glucose concentrations in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)”. American Journal of Veterinary Research 76(6): 532-539.

Horne*, E. A., S. Foulksus, N. M. Bello. 2015. "Visual display in Blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi)". The Southwestern Naturalist 59(3): 409-413. Presentations, Lectures, Conferences & Exhibitions: Eshar*, D., S. Gardhousers, N. M. Bello and D. Mason. “Evaluation of changes in blood gas analytes during isoflurane anesthesia in black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)”. 2015 ExoticsCon: Building Exotics Excellence: One City, One Conference. San Antonio, Texas. August 29 – September 2, 2015. Johnson*, L., M. M. Graygs, P. St. Amand, M. Galliartgs, J. Alsdurfgs, S. Brown, J. Poland, A. Smith, K. Garret, E. Akhunov, N. M. Bello, T. Morgan, H. Tetreault, S. G. Baer and B. Maricle. “Genetic differentiation and local adaptation of dominant prairie grass Andropogon gerardii along the climate gradient of the US Midwest: Implications for climate change” Invited oral presentation at 2014 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland. August 9-14, 2015. Ougs, Z., R. J. Tempelman, J. P. Steibel, C. W. Ernst, R. O. Bates and N. M. Bello*. “Breeding implications of heteroskedastic whole-genome prediction of genetic merit”. Abstract for poster presentation at the 2015 Joint Annual Meetings of the American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science. Orlando, Florida. July 12-16, 2015. Lugs, Y., M. J. Vandehaar, D. M. Spurlock, K. A. Weigel, L. E. Armentano, C. R. Staples, E. E. Connor, Z. Wang, M. Coffey, R. F. Veerkamp, Y. deHass, N. M. Bello and R. J. Tempelman*. “Hierarchical Bayesian inference on genetic and non-genetic components of partial efficiencies determining feed efficiency in dairy cattle”. Abstract for oral presentation at the 2015 Joint Annual Meetings of the


American Dairy Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science. Orlando, Florida. July 12-16, 2015. Delphgs, K., E. G. Davis*, N. M. Bello, K. Hankins, M. J. Wilkenson and C. Ewen. “Comparison of immunologic responses following intranasal and oral vaccination with a USDA-approved, live-attenuated Streptococcus equi vaccine”. 2015 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. Indianapolis, IN. June 4-6, 2015. Professional Workshop on Mixed Models. Co-instructor, jointly with faculty from land-grant Universities under the USDA-sponsored Multi-state NCCC-170 on “Recent Advances in Agricultural Statistics”. Workshop delivered in conjunction with the Annual ADSA/ASAS National Meetings as a venue for continuing education for researchers affiliated with the American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Sciences. Workshop focus: Application of general and generalized linear mixed models to research problems in the animal and food sciences. Approximately 100 participants per workshop. Duration 1.5 d. July 2015. Cen Wu. Invited Talk, Recent Advances of Big Data in Genomics. Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Kansas State University. Sept. 23, 2015. Wei-Wen Hsu. Invited seminar speaker. Department of Statistics, University of Missouri- Columbia. September 9, 2015 Title: A sup-score test for the cure fraction in mixture models for long-term survivors. Michael Higgins. Invited talk in the undergraduate mathematics seminar on September 21st. Title: The large problem of big data: Finding solutions to practical problems by combining Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. Research: Grants: Active Grants (ongoing): U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (USDA - AFRI) Foundational Program A1221 $ 498,500. Nora Bello, Co-PI. Grant proposal: "Risk Management Strategies to Reduce the Impacts of Bovine


Respiratory Disease Complex in Commercial Feeder Cattle". Principal Investigator: David Renter, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University. Timeline: 2014-2018. Nora Bello: Morris Animal Foundation $ 41,446 – Awarded June 2013. Grant proposal: “The effects of ophthalmic prednisolone and diclofenac on diabetes mellitus regulation in dogs”. Principal Investigator: Amy Rankin, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University. Role: Co-investigator. Timeline: 2/1/14-1/31/16 Nora Bello: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) - Foundational Program A1201 $677,108 Grant proposal: "Statistical Methods And Bioinformatics Tools For Multiple Trait Whole Genome Precision Selection For Heterogeneous Environments". Principal Investigator: Robert Tempelman, Michigan State University. Role: co-PI. Timeline: 2011-2016. Award #2010-04538 Global Food Systems Innovation Grant Program $ 45,415 Kansas State University Grant proposal: Development of a National Genetic Evaluation system for feet and leg conformation in beef cattle. Principal Investigator: Robert Weaber, Dept. Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University. Role: co-PI. Timeline 2015-2016. Haiyan Wang. Collaboration Grant Proposal on Methods for High Dimensional DataAward Number: 246077. The Simons Foundation. 09/1/12 to 08/31/17. Role: PI. Total amount: $35000 Awards: Other: Haiyan Wang: Associate Editor for Journal of Nonparametric Statistics. Nora Bello: Associate Editor for the Journal of Biological, Agricultural, and Environmental Statistics. Weixing Song: Associate Editor, Journal of Statistics and Probability Letters.

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