Welcome New Asian Faculty and Staff!

Nirma Raja, Associate Lecturer, Visual Arts Xianwei Van Harpen, Lecturer, Mathematical

Sciences Aki Roberts, Assistant Professor, Sociology Navroz Daroga, Sr. Development Specialist,

Social Welfare Kimberly Mueller, Associate Student Services

Coordinator, Union Diem Phuong Do, Associate Professor, Public

Health Yue Xiong, Assoc Adm Prgm Specialist, Financial

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Brenda Athreya, Research Specialist, Freshwater Sciences

Iskandar Arifin, Visiting Lecturer, Finance Sudeepto Mukherji, Lecturer, Honors College Priya Nambisan, Assistant Professor, Health

Care Admin David Klingbeil, Associate Professor,

Educational Psychology Thu Anh Than, Lecturer, Linguistics Zhihui Lou, Professor, Health Care Admin

Tue Trinh, Assistant Professor, Linguistics Lei Wang, Assistant Professor, Mathematical

Sciences Wei Wei, Assistant Professor, Mathematical

Sciences Sarah Kroeger, Assistant Professor, Economics Soohyung Joo, Adjunct Instructor, Information

Studies Chiang-Ching Huang, Associate Professor, Public

Health Jean Yang, Assoc Adm Prgm Specialist, Financial

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Recent Accomplishments

Woosup Choi, Geography Choi, W., U. Galasinski, S. Cho and C. Hwang,

(2012). “A spatiotemporal analysis of groundwater level changes in relation to urban growth and groundwater recharge potential for Waukesha County, Wisconsin,” Geographical Analysis, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 219-234, 2012

Kult, J., W. Choi and A. Keuser, (2012). “Snowmelt runoff modeling: Limitations and potential for mitigating water disputes,” Journal of Hydrology, vol. 430-431, pp. 179-181, 2012

Madhusudan Dey, Biological Sciences Mannan, M. A., Shadrick, W.R., Biener, G., Shin, B-

S., Anshu, A., Raicu, V., Frick, D. N., Dey, M. An Ire1-Phk1 Chimera Reveals a Dispensable Role of Autokinase Activity in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response (2013). Journal of Molecular Biology (in press).

Dey, M., Velyvis, A., Li, J., Chiu, E., Chiovitti, D., Kay, L., Sicheri, F., Dever, T. E. Requirement for kinase-induced conformational change in eIF2restricts phosphorylation of Ser-51 (2011). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 108 (11), 4316-21.

Chuan Goh, Economics S. C. Goh (2012): Design-adaptive

nonparametric estimation of conditional quantile derivatives, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, 24:3, 597-612

Anjali Rameshbabu, Doctoral Student, Psychology Rameshbabu, A., Reddy, D., Fleming, R. (2013)

Correlates of Negative Physical Health among Call Center Shift Workers. Applied Ergonomics, 44, 350-354.

Weon Shik Han, Geosciences Chen, H. Ding, G., Han, Weon Shik, Kim, K.-Y.,

Park, E., 2012. Multispecies transport coupled to a first-order reaction network in a double-domain medium, Water Resources Research, 48, W09601, doi:10.1029/2011WR011351.

Han, Weon Shik, Kim, K.-Y., Park, E., McPherson, B.J., Lee, S.-Y., Park, M.-H., 2012 . Modeling of spatiotemporal thermal response on CO2 injection in saline formation: Interpretation for monitoring, Transport in Porous Media, 93(3), 381-399.

Hur-Li Lee, Information Studies Smiraglia, R. P., & Lee, H.-L. (2012). Rethinking

the authorship principle. Library Trends, 60(1), 35-48.

Lee, H.-L. (2012). Epistemic foundation of bibliographic classification in Early China: A ruclassicist perspective. Journal of Documentation, 68(4), 522-540.

Pradeep Rohatgi, Materials Grigorios Itskos, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, Angeliki

Moutsatsou, John D. DeFouw, NikolaosKoukousaz, Charalampos Vasilatos, Benjamin F. Schultz, (2012).“Synthesis of A356 Al-high-Ca fly ash composites by pressure infiltration technique and their characterization,” J. Mater. Sci., 47, pp.4042-4052. 2011.

Pradeep L. Menezes, Michael R. Lovell, M.A. Kabir, C. Fred Higgs III, Pradeep K. Rohatgi, (2012). “Green lubricants: Role of additive size,” Green Tribology, Springer, 265-286.

Na Jin Seo, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Shim, J.K., Karol, S., Kim, Y.-S., Seo, N.J., Kim, Y.H.,

Kim, Y., Yoon, B. (2012). Tactile feedback plays a critical role in maximum finger force production, Journal of Biomechanics, 45 (3) 415-20.

Hur, P., Motawar, B.R., Seo, N.J. (2012). Hand Breakaway Strength Model - Effects of glove use and handle shapes on a person’s hand strength to hold onto handles to prevent fall from elevation, Journal of Biomechanics, 45 (6) 958-64.

Jun Kim, Director of Orchestral Activities, Asst. professor recently awarded second prize at the Orquesta

de Cordoba Conducting Competition. This international competition was held July 8-19, 2013 in Spain. As part of the prize, Kim will return next season as a guest conductor.

Manu Sobti, Architecture Sobti, M. (Forthcoming). Beyond Persepolis and

Pasargade; New Reflections on the Palimpsest of Persian Urbanities in Erich Schmidt Flights over Ancient Cities of Iran, International Journal ofIranian Studies.

Sobti, M. (2011). The Hues of Paradise -Examining Color Design in the Islamic Garden, in Sheila Blair & Jonathan Bloom (eds.) Color in Islamic Art and Culture (Yale University Press).

Nan Kim, History received a research fellowship as a Visiting

Scholar at the International Center for Korean Studies at Korea University during Spring 2014.

accepted an invitation to join the international research project, "Beyond the Korean War," which focuses on the intersections between social history and international history. Including scholars from Korea, Europe and North America, "Beyond the Korean War" is one of the initiatives for the Globalization of Korean Studies sponsored by the Academy of Korean Studies.

Kyoung Ae Cho, Art and Design Residency Award for A Site-specific Project at

Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC Invitational Group Exhibitions:

Unbound: Artists and Quilters Redefine the Quilt, Babson College, Babson Park, MA

0 to 60: The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Chia Youyee Vang, History “America’s Most Loyal Allies: The Hmong and

the War,” in John Tully, Brad Austin, and Matthew Masur (eds). 2013. Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War.Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

Aneesh Aneesh, Sociology The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives,

editors: Daniel Sherman, Ruud van Dijk, Jasmine Alinder, and A. Aneesh. Indiana University Press (2013).

Jacqueline Nguyen Frameworks and Ethics for Research with

Immigrants: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Aki Roberts, Sociology a grant (with John Roberts) from National

Institute of Justice ("Multiple imputation for the Supplementary Homicide Reports: Evaluation in unique test data").

Get to know AFSA!

Mission StatementThe Asian Faculty and Staff Association (AFSA) seeks to advance the scholastic and civic interests of its members by providing opportunities to: work collaboratively across disciplines to plan and

conduct research; promote partnerships with community-based

organizations for research and evaluation activities;

serve as consultant to the UWM community on academic; sociocultural; and faculty, staff and student recruitment and retention issues;

encourage and reward the scholastic achievement and community participation of UWM Asian students; and

network and socialize.

Steering Committee

Co-Chairs: Chia Youyee Vang

Aparna Datey

Members: Swarnjit AroraPatricia GoemanLinda HuangSusie LambornDawn Lee-VueGwat-Yong LieKaren MiyoshiChanny RasavongParu ShahVipavee ThongpriwanHanh Trinh

How to get involved: Visit https://www4.uwm.edu/afsa/ Talk to a steering committee member

The AFSA Award

AFSA Award The Asian Faculty and

Staff Association (AFSA) Award Program was established in spring 2004. It recognizes outstanding Asian and Asian American students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for their academic excellence, as well as their commitment and contribution to the Asian community in the greater Milwaukee area.

The Program offers two $500 awards to currently enrolled Asian and Asian American students. Both graduate and undergraduate students may apply. The recipients will be selected in Spring Semester for the following academic year.

Application CriteriaA student can apply or be nominated for the award. The applicant/ nominee must: Be a student of Asian origin. Be currently enrolled as a full time student at

UWM. Demonstrate a 3.25 or higher GPA for two

consecutive years at the undergraduate level or 3.5 or higher GPA for one year at the graduate level.

Demonstrate a commitment to the Asian community.

Demonstrate personal achievement through participation in community service, extracurricular and other activities.

Application ProcessThe applicant/nominee must submit: A cover letter. Two letters of recommendation, one

preferrably from a UWM faculty, and the other from a community leader. (To be sent directly to committee chair at email address below.)

An essay that addresses your qualifications and reasons why you should receive the award.

A UW-Milwaukee transcript.

Application Deadline: March 30. For more information, contact Paru Shah

at shahp@uwm.edu or 414-229-3979.