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COLLEGE OF
ARTS
SCIENCES
ANNUAL REPORT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This Annual Report is a collective effort of many people, including each
Department Chair, each Director of a College Research Center, each faculty
member in the College as well as each secretary in every Department. The Dean’s
Office of the College of Arts & Sciences also wishes to thank the following people
for their help with this Annual Report: Ms. Alma Hoffman of the Department of
Visual Arts for her inventive cover design; Dr. Crystal Thomas, Manager, A & S
Instructional Support and Development, for her organization of all Department
Faculty Activity Reports; Ms. Nadia Bush, Senior Instructor in the Department of
Chemistry, for helping to prepare much of the document. We especially thank the
faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences whose accomplishments are
reflected in this report.
Message From Dean Andrzej Wierzbicki
2014-2015 was a remarkable year in the College of Arts & Sciences for a host of
reasons. The new Native American Studies Program hit the ground running with
courses and lectures for the public. The College celebrated the $1 million
endowment provided by Fanny and Bert Meisler to the Jewish Studies Program.
In addition to such philanthropic windfalls, the College continued to rack up
impressive external grant funding through the efforts of faculty members. These
included Assistant Professor of Biology, Dr. Glenn Borchert. He is co-principal
investigator with Dr. Mark Gillespie and Dr. A. B. Al-Mehdi on a $1,893,438.00
USA College of Medicine and NIH grant. Many other faculty members from across
the College also have been selected for major national grant awards. For example,
in the Department of Marine Sciences, faculty members averaged directed
extramural grant expenditures of approximately $300,000 per person. A & S
students were also garnering awards. For instance, the College’s student chapters
of the Public Relations Student Society of America, the Public Relations Council of
Alabama, and the Southern Public Relations Federation received the Award of
Excellence at the 2015 Public Relations Council of Alabama State Conference for
producing College’s Fall/Winter 2014 Newsletter. The Department of
Communication also held its sixth annual High School Public Speaking Contest.
Faculty members Ms. Megan Sparks, Ms. Nekita Huling, Dr. April DuPree Taylor
and Ms. Katherine Rigsby were organizers of the event which involved five area
high schools, 62 high school students, and over 40 USA students, faculty and
alumni volunteers and local professionals. This event was funded by the
Department, the Mobile County Commission, Pearson Education, and the Arts
and Sciences Dean’s Office.
In the Department of Chemistry, faculty members had 41 submissions published
oraccepted in peer-reviewed publications. Ten of these had undergraduate
students from the Department as co-authors. Graduate students in the
Department of Psychology presented the results of 31 research studies at
professional conferences and authored or co-authored 8 peer reviewed
publications. These graduate students also have 10 manuscripts under review in
peer reviewed journals. In the Department of English, Dr. Sue Walker’s Negative
Capability Press published 14 books; Dr. Pat Cesarini and Dr. Becky McLaughlin
co-chaired the annual meeting of the Association of College English Teachers of
Alabama at USA’s Baldwin County campus; and, through the auspices of the
Center on War and Memory, its director, Dr. Steven Trout, along with his
associate directors, Dr. Cris Hollingsworth and Dr. Susan McCready, organized a
symposium titled “The Civil War in History and Memory: 1865-2015.” Dr. Nader
Entessar, Chairperson for the Department of Political Science/Criminal Justice,
had more than thirty interviews with the Voice of America, BBC, Public Radio
International, as well as printed interviews in several newspapers. Phi Sigma Iota,
the student Honor Society in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
(faculty mentor, Dr. Zoya Khan), brought esteemed Cornell University scholar and
creative writer Dr. Edmundo Paz Soldán to the USA campus for a lecture on
Technology and Literature. Dr. Paz Soldán also taught some classes in creative
writing and literature in the Departments of English and Foreign Languages and
Literatures during his campus visit. Also in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Dr.
Mihaela Marin received a grant from the French Consulate to show six French
films on the USA campus in the spring 2015 semester. The Tournées Film Festival,
which included introductory lectures and panel discussions along with the film
screenings, was a great success. In the Department of Music, some of the
academic year’s highlights include: the sixth season of performances by the
Jaguar Marching Band, which included a performance at the 2014 Raycom Media
Camellia Bowl; the USA Concert Choir performed Brahms’ Schicksalslied with the
Mobile Symphony Orchestra; talented vocal students performed with the Mobile
Opera in their productions; and there were numerous faculty member gigs as well
as nationally and internationally recognized guest artist performances. Other
highlights in the College include the two annual lectures in the Department of
History: the Stallworth Lecture in the fall and the Howard Mahan Lecture in the
spring. Dr. James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of History and Graduate School
Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,
delivered the Stallworth lecture entitled “Self-Emancipation.” Dr. Rae Yang,
Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Dickinson College, in Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, delivered the 14th annual Howard Mahan Lecture entitled
"Contested Memory of the Cultural Revolution."
In other important College news, the Department of Marine Sciences serves as
the administrative home for the newly established Center for Environmental
Resiliency, an interdisciplinary organization designed to develop solutions to
pressing environmental problems within the context of creating resilient and
sustainable communities and ecosystems. The Center was made possible by a gift
from Dr. and Mrs. Stokes. Students and faculty members in the Department of
Sociology/Anthropology/Social Work were engaged with the community in widely
varied projects on health inequality, disasters, child welfare, juvenile crime and
delinquency, poverty and homelessness, healthy aging, archaeological exploration
of the history of Mobile and the region’s Native people, and forensic evaluation of
unidentified skeletons. The Department of Theatre and Dance produced four
shows—two in the fall, the musical The Addams Family and Oscar Wilde’s classic
comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest—and two in the spring, the
contemporary relationship drama, The Shape of Things and Mary Zimmerman’s
award-winning adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In the Department of Visual
Arts, Mr. Tony Wright organized a group of students to produce work and assist
with the annual Art Soup Soup-A-Thon fundraiser and demonstrations at Arts
Alive; Ms. Rene Culler donated a piece of glass art to serve as the raffle prize at
Art Soup. Culler also had eighteen works in fifteen juried shows, and she won a
Best in Show Award, a Merit Award, and an Honorable Mention. In conjunction
with the English Department, the Department of Visual Arts also published the
Oracle Fine Arts Review, and the department has been especially involved with
the Southeastern College Art Conference, the second largest conference for
academic and professional art scholars in the United States. Faculty members
Alma Hoffmann and Diane Gibbs presented papers at the annual meeting, and
Department Chair Mr. Jason Guynes began his first of three years of service to
the organization as its President. Guynes’ other honors include being named
Artist of the Year at the Greater Mobile Arts Awards, sponsored by the Mobile
Arts Council, and again being named Artist of the Year by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society at the University of South Alabama.
Once again, the faculty members were very productive in terms of published
scholarship. Six peer-reviewed books were published:
Daley, M. (2015). Rural social work in the 21st century. Chicago, Illinois: Lyceum
Books.
DeVore, Donald E. (2015). Defying Jim Crow: African American Community
Development and the Struggle for Racial Equality in New Orleans, 1900-1960.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State U P.
Kozelsky, Mara and Frary, Lucien. (2014). Russian-Ottoman Borderlands: the
Eastern Question Reconsidered. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin U P.
Meeker, Kevin. (2013). Hume’s Radical Scepticism and the Fate of Naturalized
Epistemology. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Poston, Ted (2014). Reason & Explanation: A Defense of Explanatory
Coherentism. Palgrave.
Yet, L. (2015). The olefin ring-closing metathesis reaction. In Organic Reactions.
New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
For 2014-2015, the faculty did an outstanding job of professional development.
Indeed, the 2014-2015 numbers far surpass those of 2013-2014. For example,
faculty members published 255 peer-reviewed articles, far surpassing the 219
peer-reviewed articles published by the faculty in the previous year. In 20142015, faculty members also published 50 peer-reviewed book chapters as
compared with only 33 peer-reviewed book chapters in 2013-2014. Also in 20142015, the faculty of the College delivered 459 presentations, surpassing the
previous year’s total of 430 presentations at conferences. In 2014-2015, the
faculty published 114 abstracts—again surpassing the total from 2013-2014. They
also wrote 99 book reviews, topping the 75 published in the year prior, and
faculty serveed on 52 editorial boards—twenty more than in 2013-2014. 23
faculty members served as either editors of books or journals in 2014-2015. To
help promote scholarly productivity, the College awarded sabbaticals to ten
faculty members for 2014-2015.
Faculty members were also highly productive in hosting and making presentations
at numerous conferences, professional meetings, and colloquia held in the Mobile
area in 2014-2015: Some of these include: the South Alabama Conference on
Teaching and Learning, the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant
Biologists, the American Advertising Federation, the Mobile Bay National Estuary
Program, ACETA (Association of College Teachers of Alabama), the USA Center for
the Study of War and Memory, the Hispanic American Business Association of the
Gulf Coast, the N. Jack Stallworth Lecture, the Howard Mahan Lecture, the Mobile
Bay National Estuary Program, the RESTORE Act Council, the Generational
Resiliency Conference, the Gulf Coast Conference on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the
Mid-South Sociological Association, the the Orange Beach Epistemology
Workshop, and a Symposium: The Civil War in History and Memory, 1865- 2015.
As they do every year, Arts & Sciences faculty members generously volunteered
their help in community service. For 2014-2015, faculty members donated over
11,000 hours in community and other civic service. The worthy causes faculty
members embraced with their time and effort include the Mobile Regional
Science and Engineering Fair, Weeks Bay Restoration/ Management Committee,
Museum of Mobile, James T. Strickland Youth Center, Mobile County Public
School System, Boy Scouts of America, Ronald McDonald House, Breast Cancer
Awareness Walk, NOAA Sea Level Rise Sentinel Site Cooperative, Downtown
Mobile Kiwanis Club, Dog River Clearwater Revival, USA Odyssey Program, Art
Soup, MLK Day of Service, Historic Mobile Preservation Society Board/Exec.
Board, NAACP/Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Selma, Alabama, Africatown 155th
Anniversary Observance Committee, Southern Literary Trail, Society Mobile-La
Habana, Mobile Philharmonic Orchestra, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brother/Big
Sister, Nature Conservancy, Mobile Mathematics Circle, Southwest Alabama
Regional School for the Deaf & Blind, India Association of Greater Mobile, Mobile
Symphony Orchestra, Port City Men's Chorus, League of Women Voters, Rape
Crisis Center, L’ Arche Mobile, Mobile County Health Department, Penelope
House, Sickle Cell Educator/Counselor Training Program, DHR Quality Assurance
Committee, Mobile Medical Museum, Gulf Coast Exploreum, 15 Place, One
Mobile, Mobile Opera, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and
the American Heart Association.
College Mission Statement
The College of Arts and Sciences is the intellectual center of the University of South Alabama
and is the foundation for establishing the University’s quality academic programs. In the College
of Arts and Sciences, students receive broad exposure to all areas of academic inquiry, as well
as in-depth knowledge in their chosen field of study. The College provides all undergraduate
students at the University, regardless of major, with the fundamentals of a liberal arts
education to enhance their knowledge and create an atmosphere in which they develop their
communication and critical thinking abilities.
The College also provides all undergraduates with additional academic training necessary to
carry out independent inquiry. Such an education promotes a heightened sense of intellectual
curiosity and an appreciation of the values and accomplishments of the arts and humanities,
the sciences, mathematics, and the social sciences. The overall effect on students is a greater
awareness of their responsibilities for the well-being of their society.
In achieving these educational goals, the College of Arts and Sciences will: (1) offer a full range
of subjects in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, mathematics, and the natural sciences;
(2) encourage breadth of learning and training in the fundamentals of scholarship; (3)create
and apply knowledge in the arts and sciences through dedicated research, teaching,
scholarship, and creative works; (4) foster educational exchange within the University, the
Mobile community, and society as a whole; (5) maintain a community of scholars and teachers
devoted to the preservation and discovery of knowledge and its transmission to students and to
the public; (6) promote lifelong learning and open and free inquiry; (7) encourage and support
the application of knowledge in service to the University, the Mobile metropolitan area, and the
wider society; (8) promote diversity, tolerance, and mutual understanding among all members
of the University community and society as a whole; (9) emphasize the regional uniqueness of
southwest Alabama, including its cultural heritage, its natural environment, and its strategic
location as a port city on the Gulf of Mexico; (10) prepare students to participate in the larger
world beyond the region by giving them an awareness of the complexity of global issues and
contexts; (11) and, prepare students for meaningful and productive careers so that they are
part of an educated work force responsive to the needs of the region.
A Vision For The College
The College of Arts & Sciences is the intellectual foundation for academic enterprise at
the University of South Alabama. With more than 240 full-time faculty members, over
3,400 undergraduate majors, and almost 200 graduate students, the College is one of the
largest academic units in the university. More importantly, through the liberal arts general
education curriculum, the College plays an integral role in educating every undergraduate
student at USA.
As the University has evolved since 1963, its mission has expanded to emphasize not only
teaching and service but also significant research. Indeed, research and scholarship are
essential to the teaching mission of the College, and A & S faculty members eagerly engage in
cutting-edge research. As the University has grown and new faculty members have joined its
ranks, research has increasingly defined the University of South Alabama, helping distinguish it
from other colleges and universities in the Gulf Coast region and the state of Alabama.
The College of Arts & Sciences has played an integral role in sustaining the new direction
of the University. Indeed, the A&S faculty members are second only to the College of
Medicine in the level of extramural funding received, but that is only one measure of the
scholarship that has become an expected part of every faculty member’s professional
responsibility. Much of the research, scholarship, and creative work faculty members produce
receives little or no extramural funding, yet it contributes significantly to the intellectual climate
and to enhancing the reputation of the University of South Alabama as a leading research
institution in the Southeastern United States.
The College of Arts & Sciences’ rich intellectual climate is driven by a vision of excellence, a
vision shared by our students, faculty, and administrators alike. This vision
aligns research and scholarship with teaching and service to foster not only further
improvements in classroom instruction but also improvements in the quality of life in our
community.
The Dean’s Office Staff
Administration
Dr. Andrzej Wierzbicki
Dr. S. L. Varghese
Dr. Eric Loomis
Dr. Bob Coleman
Dr. Donald DeVore
Dean
Associate Dean
Associate Dean
Assistant Dean
Assistant to the Dean
Administrative Staff
Dr. Crystal A. Thomas
Krista Foley
Carla Martin
Manager, A & S Support and Development
Administrative Assistant
Financial Operations Specialist
Advising Center Staff
Dr. Nancy Howell
Shylonda Stewart
Kelly Taylor
Director, Academic Advising
Academic Advisor
Academic Advisor
Grants and Contracts Staff
Charlene Lamonte
Financial Operations Specialist
Technical Staff
Daniel Miller
Jill Showers-Chow
Management Systems Specialist II
PC Applications Specialist
The Dean’s Leadership Council
Ms. Gigi Armbrecth, Chair
Ms. Armbrecht is AT&T’s regional director in southwest Alabama. She currently serves as
immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of the Deep South Council, the
Mobile Area Education Foundation and the United Way of Southwest Alabama. Gigi has a BS
degree from the University of Alabama and two MAs from the University of South Alabama. She
is a graduate of Leadership Mobile, Leadership Alabama and the WK Kellogg National
Leadership Program, Class V. Gigi is a member of the Rotary Club of Mobile – Sunrise and is on
the Board of Advisors for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce and the Advisory Board for
Envision Coastal Alabama. Armbrecht has served on a number of community boards and
commissions. At present, she sits on the boards of the Mobile Area Education Foundation,
United Way of Southwest Alabama and the University of South Alabama National Alumni
Association. She is a past chair of Envision Coastal Alabama and sits on the Building Authority
for the Alabama School of Mathematics.
Dr. M. Allam Baaheth
Dr. Baaheth is the owner of Baaheth Environmental Consultants. His work in analytical and
environmental chemistry as well as in engineering, for government and industry, is impressive.
He has set up and run two advanced environmental and testing labs, and his Baaheth
Environmental Consultants is located in USA’s Research Park. In his career, Dr. Baaheth has 16
process chemistry patents and has managed more than 357 Federal projects and administered
environmental and civil engineering-oriented projects. In addition, to his work in chemistry and
engineering, he is a strong supporter of the arts at USA; indeed, he has donated a Steinway
piano to the Department of Music and has performed recitals at Laidlaw.
Dr. Sarah (Sally) D. Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell is an educational consultant, working with school districts and state educational
agencies. She is the evaluator on federally funded research and development projects in
character education in Missouri, Illinois, Alabama and South Dakota. She earned her B.A.
degree in history from the University of Alabama, her M.Ed. from University of Hawaii, and her
doctorate in school administration from the University of Missouri – St. Louis. She is the
daughter-in-law of the late James F. Caldwell one of the founding executives of USA.
Mr. Gerald Friedlander
Mr. Friedlander is a University of South Alabama alumnus, earning his Certificate in
Gerontology in 2008. In the Mobile area for the past three decades, he has been very active in
civic and commercial organizations, serving as Board Chair for the United Way of Southwest
Alabama, as a business owner and member of the Board of Directors for the Mobile Area
Chamber of Commerce, and as president of the Mobile Association of Retarded Citizens, MARC.
He was co-owner and served as president of Mobile Rug and Shade Company, Inc., from 1980
to 2002. He owned the company from 2003 until August 2006 and then sold his business. Prior
to coming to Mobile, Mr. Friedlander served as an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, from 1964 to
1980, focusing primarily on business and commercial litigation, bankruptcy, and creditors
rights. He received his law degree from Harvard, attended the Wharton School of Economics at
the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.S. in Economics, and he also attended
Georgia Tech prior to the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Woody Hannum
Dr. Hannum retired from the University of South Alabama in April of 2009. He began working at
USA as a part-time instructor in 1969, and he was hired as a tenure-track assistant professor of
History in 1972. He went on to gain the ranks of associate professor and full professor; and, he
served as Associate Dean of the School of Continuing Education at USA from 1989 until his
retirement. Woody was active in Study Abroad, regularly teaching summer classes for USA in
London. He served on numerous University committees; and, he has continued to be actively
involved in community service in Mobile. He received his B.A. in History from the University of
the South in 1965; he received his M.A. in History from the University of South Carolina in 1968,
and he received his Ph.D., from the same school in 1972.
Dr. Paul Helminger
Dr. Helminger served as a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of South
Alabama from1973 to 2012. He earned his Ph.D. from Duke University and his undergraduate
degree from North Carolina State University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Helminger was
very active in the USA Honors Program and in promoting undergraduate research. He also was
active in research at the Ohio State University, where he worked with colleagues every summer
as a visiting scholar from 1991 to 2009. In addition, Dr. Helminger served as a leader, between
1994 and 2012, in the Alabama Science in Motion project that continues to bring a mobile
science lab to Alabama schools that lack full science instruction capabilities.
Mr. John McCall
Mr. McCall joined the law firm of Starnes, Davis, Florie, LLP, in 2002, and he is now a partner
and practices law out of the firm’s Mobile office. His work has often focused on healthcare and
professional medical liability but has also included professional liability, complex commercial
litigation, construction litigation, intellectual property, collegiate sports, labor and employment,
and telecommunications. In 2011, Alabama Super Lawyers® magazine named John a Rising Star
for the state of Alabama. John was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1999 after completing law
school at the University of Alabama that same year. He earned his B.A. from Millsaps College in
1994. He is active in the Mobile community, serving on the Boards of the Friends of the
Museum of Mobile and the Mobile Arts Council. Moreover, his family donated the Doy Leale
McCall Collection, a gift appraised at some $3.1 million that features historical documents
related to Alabama and the Black Belt.
Ms. Patricia McCrory
Ms. McCrory graduated from Davidson High School in Mobile in 1970 and the University of
South Alabama in 1974 with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in English. She worked for
the Merchants National Bank (now Regions) for 7 years in customer service and commercial
loans. After a brief stay at home with her daughter, she went to work at Kiker Corporation, a
commercial roofing and sheet metal contracting company owned by her husband R. Bruce
McCrory and his brother, both USA alumni. This was to be a temporary, part-time job. She is
now in her 26th year and serves as Controller, handling all of the financial operations of the
company. Patricia is a member of Christ United Methodist Church and has served on the
Administrative Board, Chairman of the Worship Committee and volunteered in many areas of
the children's ministry.
Mr. William Oppenheimer
Mr. Oppenheimer is CEO of Enveloc, Inc., a software development company which specializes in
backup and restoration software and services. His previous business experience includes an
export management company, specializing in agricultural machinery, founded in 1977.
Oppenheimer Exports, Inc., grew to include two overseas sales offices and dealers in over sixty
countries. He merged this company with the original family business, OPICO, in 1988, and
continues to serve as an officer and board member. His present and past civic involvements
include the Mobile Rotary Club (past- president and Paul Harris Fellow), Family Counseling
Center (past-president), Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Habitat for
Humanity, Dumas Wesley Community Center, Coastal Conservation Association, and the
National Wild Turkey Federation. An elder at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, he is also an avid
hunter and fisherman and enjoys playing blues piano. Oppenheimer, a native of Mobile,
received a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1975. He and his wife Nancy have two grown
children, Nancy and Harris, and reside in Mobile.
Ms. Rickie Voit
Born in Williamson, West Virginia, Ms. Voit attended Ohio University, and she graduated from
the University of Alabama in 1972 with a B.A. in Education. She is a former teacher of 23 years
for the Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Mobile County, Alabama, public schools. She is married to
Lawrence B. Voit, an attorney with Silver, Voit, and Thompson in Mobile. They have three adult
children and two grandchildren. She is active in, or a board member of, the following
organizations: Ahavas Chesed Synagogue, Mobile Area Jewish Federation, Jewish Family
Services of Mobile, Alabama State Holocaust Commission, Gulf Coast Center for Holocaust and
Human Rights Education, Mobile Jewish Film Festival, Christian-Jewish Dialogue, Hillel at UA,
Mobile Chamber Music Society, and South Alabama United Way Emergency Food & Shelter
Committee.
Faculty Awards And Announcements
Interim Chairperson
Faculty Member
Justin Sanders
Department
Physics
New Faculty (Tenure & Non-Tenure Track)
Faculty Member
Department
Cody Armond
Mathematics and Statistics
Samuel Baker
Philosophy
Joel Borden
Biology
Melanie Brady
Physics
Laxmi Chataut
Adam Chupp
Biology
Shibasish Dasgupta
Kip Franklin
Music
Doris Frye
English
Scott Glaberman
Biology
Michael Hollingsworth
Political Science/Criminal Justice
M. Delwar Hossain
Communication
Paul Hurley
Theatre and Dance
Paul Jones, II
Scott Liebertz
Christopher Lin
Timothy Lombardo
History
David Meola
History
Andreas Michaelides
LTC Erwin Carl Morris, III
Military Science – Chair
Elena Pavelescu
Andrei Pavelescu
Mira Rosenthal
English
Armin Straub
Steven Schultze
Earth Sciences
Resignations
Faculty Member
Karma deGruy
Christine Norris
Chad Shafer
Yuriy Bulka
Martin Azevedo
Department
English
English
Earth Sciences
Visual Arts
John Sellers
Alice Ortmann
Kara Tyson
Fulton Burns
Timothy Slattery
Communication
Marine Sciences
History
Theatre and Dance
Psychology
Promotions
Faculty Member
Larry Beason
Jenny Faile
Donald DeVore
Ted Poston
Position
Professor
Senior Instructor
Professor
Professor
Retirements
Faculty Member
John Freeman
Victoria Rivizzigno
Miriam Fearn
Linda Payne
Sue Walker
Ethan Fishman
Francis Jellett
Alvin Rainosek
Xin-Min Zhang
John Coker
Susan Youngblood
R. Kent Clark
S.L. Varghese
Department
Biology
Dean’s Office
Earth Sciences
English
English
Philosophy
Philosophy
Physics
Physics/Dean’s Office
Deceased
Faculty Member
John Coker
Department
Philosophy
Department
English
Foreign Languages and Literatures
History
Philosophy
Summer Professional Development Awards
Faculty Member
Department
Huybrechts Bindele
Kara Burns
Visual Arts
Nemanja Kosovalic
Luis Rivera
Music
Support and Development Awards
Faculty Member
Department
Alex Beebe
Earth Sciences
Jacob Burress
Physics
Claire Cage
Ylenia Chiara
J. Feldvoss/C. Pillen
Lesley Gregoricka
Juan Mata
Hosik Min
Rebecca Mindock
Francis Mujica
Luis Rivera
History
Biology
Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Biology
Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Music
Earth Sciences
Music
Faculty Awards
Faculty Member
Brian Axsmith
Lesley Gregoricka
Ronald Nelson
John Halbrooks
Zohair Husain
Patricia Mark
Frances Mujica
Karen Peterson
Department
Biology
SY/AN/SW
PSC/CJ
English
PSC/CJ
Communication
Earth Sciences
English
Award
Dean’s Lecture
Junior Faculty
Academic Advising
Teaching Excellence
Teaching Excellence
Teaching Excellence
Teaching Excellence
Outstanding Service
Sabbaticals
Faculty Member
Martha Jane Brazy
Isabel Brown
Philip Carr
David Forbes
Carolyn Haines
Juan Mata
Elizabeth Rivenbark
Harry Roddy
Justin St. Clair
Rebecca Williams
Department
History
FLL
SY/AN/SW
Chemistry
English
Biology
Visual Arts
FLL
English
History
Award
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Fall 2014/Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Fall 2014/Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Changes
Faculty Member
Eric Loomis
Justin Sanders
Nicholas Gossett
Susan McCready
Milorad Stojanovic
Christine Rinne Eaton
Kimberly Pettway
Change
Promoted to Associate Dean
Promoted to Interim Chair of Physics
Promoted to 9 month/non-tenure track/continuing
Resigned as Director of International Studies
Promoted to 12 month/non-tenure track/continuing
Appointed Director of International Studies
Appointed Director of the Center for Academic Service Learning
and Civic Engagement
One-Year Only Reappointments
Faculty Member
Department
Heather Wilkins
English
Diane Sturm
Earth Sciences
Christopher Peck
Theatre and Dance
Williams Holmes
History
Sridevi Chilukuri
Student Scholarships
Arts & Sciences Scholarships
Earl P. Andrews Scholarship
Jan-Dominique Santos
Aurora Herriott
A. Therres
Aliyah Kennedy
John S. Keebler Scholarship
Aliyah Kennedy
Bruce and Patricia McCrory Scholarship
Young Lee
Albert Schweitzer Memorial Scholarship
Young Lee
Frederick Palmer Whiddon Scholarship
Jance Mosley
Tommie Owens
MeriBeth Shorter
Brianna Whitfield
Cameron Young
Ella and Cody Wims Scholarship
Aurora Herriott
Mobile Bay Heritage Award
Dr. Steve Trout
James and Ivel Caldwell Scholarship
Cynthia Anderson
Nowlin-Caldwell Scholarship
Katherine Sweet
AHEPA 310 Senior Housing Scholarship
Mary King
Abigail McHenry
Winslow Green MD Scholarship
Aliyah Kennedy
Spirit of Odyssey Scholarship
Rebecca Bruhl
Malinda Goins
Elana Mastrilli
Chemistry
Chemistry Department Scholarship
Bonnie Baker
Forrest Edhegard
Jeffrey Hendrich
Thien Hua
Genevieve Mullen
Samantha Otzenberger
Kaitlyn Roberts
Katie Strickland
Kang Rui Xiang
Catherine Zivanov
T. G. Jackson Endowed Scholarship
Paul Cheyanne
Williams Phillips Van Hook Chemistry Scholarship
Keiana James
Wizerbicki-Salter Endowed Scholarship
Jeffrey Hendrich
Thien Hua
Communication
Hanna Memorial Scholarship
Destiny Bliss
Jaclyn LeBatard
English
Angelia and Steve Stokes Scholarship
Meghan Brewer
Karie Fugett
Joseph Kees
Rachel McMullen
Katie Pope
Shelley Memorial Scholarship
Bailey Hammond
Taylor Kingrea
Jean McIver Scholarship
Ashaunte’ Gaillard
Katherine Lawrence Richardson Memorial Scholarship
Scarlet Stringfellow
Dr. Patricia Stephens Memorial Scholarship
Katie Pope
Lloyd Dendinger Memorial Scholarship
Bailey Hammond
English Department Undergraduate Essay Contest
Daniel Ballard
English Department Graduate Essay Contest
Bailey Hammond
English Department Endowed Scholarship
Dana Johnson
Bobby Holmes Memorial Scholarship
Joseph Kees
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Graciela Blanco Spanish Scholarship
Amy Chiou
Sarah Meeker
Patricia Lane Dyess Scholarship
Charles Gilchrist
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Kayley Edwards
David Hutto
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Gamma Theta Upsilon Award
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Glenn Sebastian Award
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Geographic Information Science Award
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Wiggs Paleontology Award
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Mobile Rock & Gem Society Post-Field School Award
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Victoria Rivizzigno Award
Tracy McClure
Eugene Wilson Award
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Desk and Derrick Award
Scott Darling
ExxonMobil Scholarship Award
Austin Clark
Denmark/Isphording Award
Bethany Cobb
Jordan Hollinghead
Mobile Rock & Gem Society Pre-Field School Award
Scott Darling
Tyler Hayaski
Aaron Roppoli
K. Elliott Hagler Award
Jaime Ellis
Ty Engler
Faggard Award
William Clark
Scott Darling
Michelle Labelle
Dr. Bill Williams Endowment Scholarship
Danielle Bobbin
Scott Elmore
Nicholas Grondin
Adam Olivier
Kaia White
Cameron Young
Powersouth Energy Cooperative Endowed Scholarship
Kashawn Sinkler
History
Macy Wims Reid Scholarship
Morgan Everett
Montgomery Carlton Stallworth Scholarship
Marye Newman
Minnie Lee Wilkins Stallworth Scholarship
Christopher Thurber
Mathematics & Statistics
Sushila Mishra Memorial Award
Alice Wise
S. Blanco Award
Miles Forbes
Nash Award
John Faulke
Thien Hua
Phiwat Klomkaew
Mathematics and Statistics Professorship Award
Chad Austin
Kevin Ingles
Thien Hua
Music
Cody Adams - Bari Sax/Alto Sax
Brandon Adnams - Percussion
Garrick Aimaro - Trumpet
Tyler Aquirre - Trombone
Shanarrous Barlow – Voice/Manager
Christina Barnett - Clarinet
Alexys Baxter - Clarinet
Rodney Bayhi – Euphonium/Baritone
Courtney Beck – Horn/Mellophone
Jake Bemis – Bassoon/Alto Sax
Collin Bemis – Euphonium/Baritone
Adrianna Bennett – Flute/Piccolo
Bryant Benson - Tenor Sax/Alto Sax
David Bilbrey - Alto Sax
Andrew Bishop - Alto Sax/Teaching Assistant
Alicia Bobbin – Flute/Piccolo
Anna Boehme - Alto Sax
Sydney Bolt – Bassoon/Alto Sax
Emily Booth – Flute/Piccolo
Stephanie Brandon – Clarinet/Manager
Myler Briggins-Pollard – Guitar/Alto Sax
Ryan Brock – Euphonium/Baritone
Cesric Brown - Percussion
Samuel Buchler - Trombone
Dillon Buckalew - Trumpet
Tiffany Burgess – Oboe/Alto Sax
Jessica Bush – Horn/Mellophone
Steven Byrd - Alto Sax
Jessica Caine - Bassoon
Charles Cannon – Horn/Mellophone
Molly Carithers – Oboe/Percussion
Destin Carrion - Trombone
Averi Chapman - Tuba
Elizabeth Chestang – Flute/Teaching Assistant
Sierra Chisholm - Clarinet
Ashley Chow - Clarinet
Christopher Clancy – Euphonium/Baritone
Christopher Cobar - Tuba
Dustin Collier – Horn/Mellophone
Cody Collins - Trumpet
Paige Corbett - Trumpet
Rodik Cox - String Bass/Mellophone
Steven Crook - Tenor Sax/Alto Sax
Justin Crosby - Alto Sax
Jeremy Daniels – Euphonium/Baritone
Taylor Daniels – Flute/Piccolo
Bryant Dankovic – Percussion/Teaching Assistant
Rebecca Daughterty – Flute/Piccolo
James Davis - Trumpet
William Davis - Trombone
Joshua Davis - Percussion
Nathaniel Davis – Trumpet/Teaching Assistant
Nicholas de Jong – Euphonium/Baritone
Colby Denison – Horn/Mellophone
Timothy (Luke) Dennis - Percussion
Todd Diaz – Oboe/Color Guard
Natalie Dobbins – Flute/Piccolo
Natalie Dowdy - Trumpet
Heather Drake – Flute/Piccolo
Michaela Dunn - Trumpet
Alyssa Elliott - Clarinet
Charles Ellison - Percussion
Patrick England - Trombone
Erick Evers - Trumpet
Ashton Ezell - Trumpet
Jonathan Fee - Trombone
Shawn Formichella – Trumpet/Mellophone
John Fowler - Percussion
Brie Franklin - Voice
Timothy Franklin - Voice
Jaylon Frazier - Voice
Elizabeth Fresne - Piano
Elizabeth Gainey - Voice
Vicktoria Gann - Violin
Ryan Gapud - Percussion
Gabrielle Garver - Piano
Dylan Gilles - Voice
Janie Gilmore - Voice
Olivia Hamlin - Voice
Katherine Harris - Voice
Lorenzo Harrison - Voice
Anna Hayden - Voice
Adam Henderson - Trumpet
Ciara Henrikson - Voice
Alana Hicks - Voice
Peter Hinkel - Piano
Maria Hipsher - Voice
Tracy Holmes - Piano
Tracy Holt - Voice
Evan Hoole - Voice
Janetta Hudson - Voice
Jenetta Huggins - Trumpet
William Hughes – Voice
Ivan Hughes - Flute
Gabriela Humphries – Voice/Manager
Monica Johnson - Piano
Tobin Johnson - Piano
Tobin Jones - Cello
Sarah Jones - Voice
Timothy Keller – Piano/Percussion
Desire Kelley - Voice
Sarah Kennedy - Piano
Kaitlyn Kerrigan- Trumpet
Sean Kilpatrick – Voice/Trumpet
Dawson Knowles - Voice
Brianna Kohrman - Flute
Jabria Kraljevic - Voice
Joshua Larson - Piano
Andrew Lassitter - Voice
Emily Leatherwood - Percussion
Morgan LeBatard - Horn
Lance Linton - String Bass
Laurie Longo - Voice
Samantha Lowe - Voice
Kayla Luck - Piccolo
Kaylie Mank - Piccolo
Caleb Mank - Tuba
Michael Marriott - Tuba
Juliana Martin - Piccolo
Steven Martin - Alto Sax
Danielle Matchett - Color Guard
Madison Mazur - Alto Sax
Meredith McCants - Clarinet
Megan McCrary – Flute/Piccolo
Hayley McFarland - Clarinet
Tony McGee - Tuba
Kiah McKinney - Alto Sax
Joseph McLaughlin - Alto Sax
Gabriella McLellan - Mellophone
Stephen "Lee" Meckley - Trumpet
Ethan Melancon - Trombone
Lowell Meredith - Tuba
Aaron Merriweather - Trumpet
Brittney Merz - -Alto Sax
Mary-Kathryn Miller - Clarinet
Joshua Miskel - Tuba
Margaret Mitchell - Alto Sax
Taylor Mitta - Clarinet
Sabrina Morgan - String Bass/Percussion
Dalton Morrison - Tuba
Laykan Murray - Trumpet
Schyler Navarro - Alto Sax
Brian Nelson - Trumpet
Olivia Nelson - Clarinet
Kiante Nelson - Alto Sax
Alexander Newsome - Trombone
Breanna Nolan - Piccolo
Brittney Odom - Alto Sax
Gannon Overlaur – Euphonium/Baritone
Myles Pace - Voice
Greg Parker - Baritone
Clifford Parkes - Alto Sax
Malcolm Patrick - Baritone
Casey Pearson - Clarinet
Jonathan Pement - Trumpet
Samuel Perryman - Trombone
Ernest Phillips - Alto Sax
Zachery Phillips - Trombone
Ahmod Phillips - Trombone
Matthew Poirier - Alto Sax
Miles Poiroux - Trombone
Kayla Pope - Alto Sax
Zorrya Prince - Piccolo
Brannon Ramey - Trumpet
Jonathan Reinhardt - Tuba
Stephen Rhome - Alto Sax
KellyRickey - Baritone
Trent Robertson - Alto Sax
Thomas Rogers - Trombone
Daniel Rosati - Tuba
Alex Rowell - Clarinet
Anastacia Rowell - Piccolo
Virginia Rutledge - Clarinet
Will Selete - Baritone
Courtney Sellers - Piccolo
Patrick Sessions - Alto Sax
Dabney Shadix - Alto Sax
Ruben Shelton - Tuba
Abigail Sherman - Trumpet
Micah Shoaf - Trumpet
Charles Silva-Mays - Baritone
Taylor Simpson - Feature Twirler
Phillip Sims - Trumpet
Anniestacia Smith - Clarinet
Chandler Smith - Clarinet
Rebecca Smith - Piccolo
Stephen Smith - Clarinet
Joseph Smith - Alto Sax
Allison Spaulding - Clarinet
Soren Stanley – Percussion/Teaching Assistant
Blake Steadham - Trumpet
Robert Stehr - Trumpet
Benjamin Stephens - Baritone
Jonah Stephenson - Trumpet
Kyle Stewart - Office Assistant
Randa Stokley - Clarinet
Ariel Stuart - Color Guard
Terry Sturgill - Trombone
Joshua Talley - Alto Sax
James Taylor - Trombone
Matthew Taylor - Tuba
Ryan Thomson - Percussion
Emily Thorpe - Clarinet
Zachary Tiller - Trombone
Davandre Trinh - Alto Sax
Benjamin Vanstraten - Tuba
Jeremiah Varner - Trombone
Daeshen Vaughn - Alto Sax
Luke Vaughn - Trombone
Justin Waters - Trombone
Jon Watson - Alto Sax
Lennon Weaver - Alto Sax
Amelia Weaver - Clarinet
Eric Weidenbach - Trumpet
Dominick Weiskopf - Trumpet
Joshua Wheat - Trumpet
Carmon White - Clarinet
Christopher Whitehurst - Tuba
Noah Wicklund - Trumpet
Deanna Wilkins - Piccolo
Jest Wilkinson - Tuba
Shelby Williams - Alto Sax
Cole Williams - Baritone
Carson Williams - Drum Major
Krista Wilson - Clarinet
Aric Wilson - Trumpet
Gregory Wilson - Baritone
India Wimberly – Euphonium/Baritone
Allison Wright - Alto Sax
Kaitlan Wright - Trombone
Adam Wyatt - Trumpet
Meredith Yaun - Clarinet
Kaitlyn Zahasky - Clarinet
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McGlothren Scholarship
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Jean & Julius Marx Scholarship V
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Physics
Helminger Undergraduate Research Fellowship
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PH Faculty Honors Fellowship
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USA Foundation Scholarship
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Promising Student Award
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David L. Horton Memorial Award
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Criminal Justice Outstanding Student Award
Aspen Schlesser
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Jennifer Boutwell
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Psychology
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Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
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Outstanding Graduate Student Award
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Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
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USA Foundation Scholarship in Anthropology
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USA Foundation Scholarship in Social Work
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RESEARCH CENTERS IN THE
COLLEGE OF ARTS
& SCIENCES
Coastal Research and Resiliency Center
Under the leadership of Dr. Steve Picou and Dr. Keith Nicholls, the Coastal Resource and
Resiliency Center (CRRC) has undergone significant expansion, acquired additional funding and
added new staff. Having recently been awarded $1.1 million in a consortium with the Rand
Corporation, the Louisiana Public Health Institute, Tulane University, and Louisiana State
University, CRRC now administers $7.4 million in grant-funded projects. To fulfill these grant
responsibilities, CRRC has expanded staff to include eight full time employees, two graduate
assistants, and three student workers.
The Center’s primary focus is the Community Health Worker Training Project, a 5-year, $4
million grant awarded to Dr. Picou by the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program with funds
from the Deepwater Horizon Medical Settlement. The grant provides training for Community
Health Workers (CHWs) who will serve in coastal areas affected by the oil spill. The overall
objective of the project is to build social capital by improving primary and behavioral healthcare
capacity and health literacy, especially among disadvantaged and underserved populations.
Trained CHWs serve as a link between their communities and the healthcare system,
disseminating health information, promoting healthy lifestyles and preventive care, and
assisting community members in gaining access to needed healthcare services. Two initial
training sessions were held in the summer of 2014 and two additional sessions are planned;
one for August, 2015, in Mobile, and another for March, 2016, in New Orleans. Once these
trainings are completed, we will have trained approximately 100 CHWs from communities in
the target area extending from southeastern Louisiana through the Florida panhandle. To
facilitate networking and continuing education for program participants, CRRC maintains an
interactive website (www.coastalresourcenter.org). In addition, we maintain a social media
presence with a Facebook page where we post news, announcements, and photos and videos
of training activities:
https://www.facebook.com/UsaCommunityHealthWorkerTrainingProject?fref=ts.
In addition to the basic training for CHWs, CRRC has developed two additional lay health worker
training projects with a $2.3 million grant from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF). The
first is an advanced training in Chronic Disease Management (CDM) designed for
paraprofessional clinical staff and other interested health workers. This training will build
competency in preventing and managing chronic diseases among minority and underserved
populations. The inaugural CDM training was held July 12-17, 2015, in Mobile, and the second
session is planned for September, 2015, in New Orleans, Louisiana. In addition to the CDM
training, the BRAF grant funds a Peer Health Advocate (PHA) program to train community
volunteers. PHA training focuses primarily on developing peer listening skills, enhancing general
health literacy, promoting healthy lifestyles, and identifying healthcare resources. Once trained,
the PHAs will use their skills not only to improve health literacy and health outcomes across the
target area, but also to build social capital and enhance post-disaster resilience and recovery in
their communities. As of this writing, CRRC has conducted six training sessions and graduated
approximately 160 trainees.
CRRC's participation in the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities is funded by the Gulf of
Mexico Research Initiative. This grant provides not only for the training of Community Health
Workers, but also for the placement of six trainees in clinics and community-based
organizations in three target communities, one in Alabama (Bayou La Batre) and two in
Louisiana. Process planning for logistics, curriculum, and subcontracting procedures has been
ongoing over the past year; training and placement activities are scheduled for 2016.
Using data generated from these multiple grant activities, Drs. Picou and Nicholls continue to
publish peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Social Science Quarterly, International Journal
of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, and Natural Hazards. Their most recent publication, "The
Utility of Community Health Workers in Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resiliency"
appeared in the Journal of Applied Social Sciences. In addition, both Dr. Picou and Dr. Nicholls
have actively participated in numerous professional institutes, workshops, and conferences.
Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and Resiliency Center
The mission of the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and Resiliency Center
(GCBHRC; [email protected]) is to facilitate wellness, promote integrated health care,
and improve the quality of life for coastal inhabitants. The Center provides best-practice
training and educational programs and mental and behavioral health services for communities
along the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, the GCBHRC is tasked with conducting and
disseminating up-to-date research and engaging in scholarly endeavors regarding these
activities.
In line with our mission of facilitating integrated care at federally qualified health centers
(FQHC), the GCBHRC continues to advance the Triple EEE (Engage, Establish, Embed; L-R, 2015)
model of Engaging with our clinic sites and staff; Establishing Behavioral Health (BH) services
and providers into the workflow and daily operations of the clinic; and Embedding BH practice
as part of an enduring and fully operational integrated health team. During this last year, the
FQHCs have demonstrated an ever-increasing acceptance of Behavioral Health Providers (BHP)
on the primary care teams in conjunction with a greater utilization of the services that BHPs
make available to traditionally underserved populations. GCBHRC Field teams made significant
service delivery advances including: providing bilingual BH services; offering BH services to
primary care patients with diabetes (both individual and group services facilitated by the use of
electronic disease registries, chart reviews, and daily huddles); launching a therapy group for
patients with insomnia; and establishing a standardized suicide risk assessment protocol. We
are also building mental health capacity as, starting July 1, 2015, three USA child psychiatry
fellows, funded through the GCBHRC, will begin providing mental health services at various
locations within the community. Perhaps the greatest evidence of our success in establishing
and embedding BH services and providers is that both FQHCs with which we are working,
Franklin and Mobile County Health Department, have embraced the need for a full time, on-site
Behavioral Health Director. Dr. Alice Luang joins the staff of the GCBHRC and the Mobile County
Health Department in August of 2015.
GCBHRC staff members also provide consultation on best practices to help establish enduring
change within the FQHCs. In the Spring of 2015, the focus was on full, effective, and timeefficient use of the EHR. GCBHRC’s Evaluation and Assessment Coordinator Cory Wornell has
helped sites explore current BH capabilities, standardize current EHR use, and determine
desired features for moving forward. In preparation for coding changes mandated for the Fall of
2015, Dr. Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling began providing presentations on Behavioral Health,
the DSM-5, and the ICD10 CM to BH providers, graduate students, and staff.
Drawing on the Center’s experience in integrating mental and behavioral health services, Dr.
Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohing, Cory Wornell, Keri Johns, Candice Selwyn and Dr. John Friend
wrote a book chapter, The nuts and bolts of developing integrated healthcare in underresourced primary care settings: Challenges & lessons learned, for the book Integrated
psychological services in primary care which will be published late 2015. Other research
projects are in full swing; multiple manuscripts were submitted this summer.
A critical component of enhancing the mental and behavioral health capacity of Lower Alabama
is offering educational programs which cross the spectrum of the community. The GCBHRC
offers four levels of educational programming, namely: mental health literacy programs for the
general public; mental health crisis response training for initial points of contact within the
community (for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis) such as school teachers and first
responders; instruction in evidence-based interventions for behavioral health and primary care
providers and finally enrichment opportunities for mental health graduate students outside the
classroom.
By partnering with various national, regional and community organizations, the GCBHRC
expanded the scope of its mental health literacy and crisis response programs. The GCBHRC
partnered with the Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project – Florida (MBHCP-FL), the
National Council for Behavioral Health, AmeriCorps and AltaPointe to expand the dissemination
of the international program, Mental Health First Aid. Studies of Mental Health First Aid (which
is listed in the SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices) show
that the program saves lives, improves the mental health of the individual administering care
and the one receiving it, expands knowledge of mental illnesses and their treatments, increases
the services provided and reduces overall stigma by improving mental health literacy. By
successfully obtaining two Youth Mental Health First Aid AmeriCorps members, the GCBHRC
was able to jump start interest in the program and host a Youth Mental Health First Aid
instructor course in this area. This train-the-trainer event concluded with 26 newly certified
YMHFA instructors who are embedded within various community organizations. With the help
of these instructors, in the Spring of 2015, we trained 122 administrators, teachers, counselors,
and social workers. In addition, AltaPointe and the GCBHRC collaborated on offering two pilot
courses in MHFA for Public Safety to police officers with the goal of establishing MHFA as a
basic training requirement for all officers in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
In conjunction with the USA Center for Generational Studies and University of West Florida’s
Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project (MBHCP-FL) and the Center on Aging, the
GCBHRC hosted another Generational Conference in Point Clear, Alabama. The 2014 theme,
Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, was highlighted by Dr. Julee Waldrop’s keynote address
“Exercise as an Instrument for Achievement and Health.” Almost 150 professionals and
members of the community attended the conference which encompassed general interest
topics such as Healthy Eating on a Budget, Fitness Technology Aids and Caring for a Loved One
with Dementia as well as CE sessions for professionals on the Assessment and Treatment of
Sleep Disorders, Art and Music Therapy, and Alzheimer’s Disease. GCBHRC staff are planning
for the 2015 Conference, October 27th and 28th at the Battlehouse. The 2015 theme is Survive
and Thrive!
Graduate psychology students in the USA Clinical and Counseling Psychology Ph.D. Program
follow the scientist-practitioner model. As such, all the Psychology doctoral graduate students
supported by our project (5! – Keri Johns, Adrianne McCullars, Candice Selwyn, Selena Jackson,
and Caitlin Anderson) deliver evidence-based clinical services in our sites and conduct followups; they also develop and enact research related to the MBHCP-AL mission. This year the
GCBHRC graduate students have conducted research on topics such as the impact of urban
versus rural environments on perceived psychological stressors and mental health symptoms;
indicators of integration; providers’ perceptions of mental health care needs in primary care
patients; and gender and ethnicity-specific expressions of suicidal behavior. GCBHRC research
has been presented at a variety of professional conferences including the American
Psychological Association, American Public Health Association Conference, the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and the American Association for Suicidology. The Center’s
graduate students have also had opportunities to participate in some unique training
opportunities including a NIH/NIEHS pilot course for clinicians on post-disaster resiliency hosted
by the GCBHRC at South.
Center for Archaeological Studies
The Center for Archaeological Studies (CAS) completed its 24th year of archaeological research,
teaching, and public service in the north-central Gulf coast region (Dr. Greg Waselkov, Director,
and Dr. Phil Carr, Associate Director). In 2014-2015 our faculty, staff, and students engaged in
active research on the prehistoric and historical sites of coastal Alabama. Teaching is closely
integrated with CAS research, most prominently by the involvement of students in field and
laboratory projects, including hundreds of in-service training hours for students enrolled in
Carr’s AN101 course supervised by CAS staff member Ginny Newberry and by students in
Waselkov’s field methods courses, AN335 and AN440, assisted by Bonnie Gums. Public
educational outreach remains a priority, as well, with visits by school groups to CAS and the
USA Archaeology Museum.
Some highlights of 2014-2015 include 40 new research projects, with a total budget of
$468,997, and completion of several multi-year projects. Gums and Waselkov directed a largescale excavation in downtown Mobile, for the Alabama Department of Transportation, which is
planning changes to I-10 west and south of the Wallace Tunnel. This project uncovered
substantial domestic remains from the 18th and 19th centuries and received a great deal of
local news coverage. Staff archaeologist Lucinda Freeman directed field work at the White Oak
Creek site in Dallas County, a collaborative project with archaeologists from the University of
Alabama and Auburn University at Montgomery, funded by a grant from the Alabama Power
Foundation. Bonnie Gums directed a reconnaissance at the site of Fort Sidney Johnston, one of
the major fortifications encircling Mobile during Civil War, for the Alabama State Port Authority.
Remote sensing and historical research relocated the fort site and revealed new information
about its construction, as one of the most advanced defensive earthworks created by
Confederate military engineers. The National Park Service asked Waselkov to lead a
collaborative study of the lower Alabama River area to assess the state of knowledge and
condition of the region’s natural and cultural resources; that project is about half complete and
will result in a report to the NPS and a book manuscript to be submitted to the University of
Alabama Press. In addition, Waselkov continues to work closely with Dr. Alexandra Stenson
(USA Department of Chemistry) on a search for archaeological traces of Black Drink, a
caffeinated tea made from leaves of yaupon holly. Several students have participated in this
project, involving mass spectrometry of food residues preserved in ancient pottery sherds.
Dr. Carr initiated a new cooperative project with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to survey
portions of De Soto National Forest for archaeological sites. This project, and another one with
the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), results from USA’s involvement with
CESU. Center faculty and staff were instrumental in adding the University of South Alabama to
the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network, a national consortium of federal
agencies, tribes, academic institutions, state and local governments, nongovernmental
conservation organizations, and other partners who work together to support informed public
trust resource stewardship. USA is now part of Gulf Coast-CESU. We have renewed the USFS
and NRCS partnerships and are discussing similar partnerships with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Waselkov’s National Park Service project is also administered through CESU. All of
these CESU project involve students in meaningful research.
Carr and Newberry have been working in close coordination with the cultural staff of the
Poarch Band of Creek Indians on two tribal ancestry research projects. Center staff and faculty
are extremely active in the community, hosting or presenting at numerous public outreach
events. Bonnie Gums and retired Center staff member George Shorter organized volunteer
laboratory and excavation opportunities at several area sites, including Old St. Stephens Park,
Fort Mims Park, and the site of French colonial Old Mobile. Volunteer were instrumental if
locating and identifying the ca. 1890 Apache village on Searcy Hospital grounds in Mount
Vernon. Center staff and faculty gave public lectures all over Alabama on topics ranging from
Mississippian period archaeology to French colonial Old Mobile. Other activities included
leading a tour of the Bottle Creek mound site in the Mobile-Tensaw delta to help support
Historic Blakeley Park, a state park with inadequate state funding. Along with the USA
Archaeology Museum, the Center helped host public lectures on campus.
Gregory A. Waselkov, Director
Philip J. Carr, Associate Director
USA Archaeology Museum
The word is spreading about The Archaeology Museum! Since our grand opening on October
14, 2012, over 17,000 visitors have come to see the museum.
The museum staff, which includes Dr. Philip Carr, Director, Dr. Gregory Waselkov, Professor of
Anthropology and Director of the Center for Archaeological Studies, Barbara Filion, Associate
Director, and USA students Chelsea Fisher, Jennifer Grainger, Kathleen Scott and Campbell
Walker, continue to advance the museum’s mission to be a resource and asset for the people of
Alabama while making archaeology matter on the Gulf Coast. By developing innovative
programming that engages students of all ages and the public at large, the museum is bringing
the Gulf Coast’s rich past to life. Here is an overview of what we have been doing to realize our
mission:
School Programs
The museum continues to bring large volumes of students from elementary and high school to
campus. Students mainly come from Mobile and Baldwin Counties and include public, private
and home school groups. We continue to expand our school programs and develop new
offerings that align with the State of Alabama curriculum. This year we offered a new Rock and
Mineral Lab and we are presently developing a new Osteology Lab for classes this fall. Further,
students can now do a career-focused campus tour.
This year the museum partnered with the Mobile County Public School System, to create and
launch our first ever graphic novel, Jean-Paul’s Daring Adventure: Stories from Old Mobile. The
graphic novel is based on the real-life story of the LeSueur family who travelled 2,500 miles
across the continent, from Canada to Mobile, by birchbark canoe to settle in Mobile, capital of
La Louisiane, the first French colonial town in what would become the United States. The epic
story is told through the eyes of young Jean-Paul LeSueur as he starts his new life in Mobile in
the early 18th century. The book is an excellent way to connect young readers with an
important part of Alabama’s history.
A series of multi-disciplinary lesson plans have been developed to accompany the graphic
novel, in accordance with the most recent curriculum standards. The lesson plans are geared
towards the fourth grade, but are flexible and can be adapted to a range of grade levels from
third to seventh grade. They are rooted in literacy and numeracy and utilize a holistic approach
so that the graphic novel can be applied across disciplines and not just when teaching history.
As part of the launch for the graphic novel and lesson plans, the museum offered two
professional development sessions for teachers, one in collaboration with the Mobile County
Public School System and one in collaboration with South Alabama Research and In-Service
Center (SARIC). Both were very well received. Over 75 teacher attended and more than 500
copies of the graphic novel and lesson plans were distributed as a result.
The museum also hosted a special Teacher Night to raise awareness about the museum’s
school visits programs and classroom resources.
This community outreach benefits the University in many ways, especially as a recruitment tool
to attract future students.
University Connections
The Archaeology Museum is fulfilling its mission to serve the USA community by offering a
quality meeting space where departments hold functions and talks. We are also a resource to
enhance classes taught on campus. The museum lends itself to a wide array of disciplines and
we creatively craft tours and programs that enable the faculty to use the museum as a resource
for their classes. Professors from Art History, Education, English, Biology, Museum Studies,
Anthropology, History, Foreign Languages & Literatures and Graphic Design have incorporated
the museum into their classes as well as numerous CAS 100 classes.
Special Programs
The Museum developed, led and/or participated in a number of special programs including:
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Programming for 4-H Club Groups, Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts – The Archaeology Museum
hosts and develops tailored programs to fit the needs of various groups such as 4-H clubs and
the Scouts.
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Bishop State Teen Summer Program – Participated in Bishop’s State Career Ready teen
summer program.
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Mobile Arts Council Sketch Crawl – Hosted a sketch crawl in partnership with the Mobile
Arts Council.
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International Leisure Conference – Participated in events held on campus for the
International Leisure Conference.
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Teacher Night – Hosted a Teacher Night for Mobile and Baldwin Counties public and
private schools to raise awareness about the School Visits Program and new classroom ready
resources.
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Engaging Youth in Engineering (EYE) – Participated in the EYE program in collaboration
with the Mobile Area Education Foundation and the Engineering Department. More than 500
children visited the museum and learned about ancient engineering feats.
Public Programs & Lectures
The museum held many public lectures throughout the year:
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Human Trafficking Forum, in partnership with ECHO (Emerald Community Humane
Outreach) & USA Future Justice Professionals, May 20, 2014
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She’s Bound to be a Goer: Fairhope, Alabama and the Steamboats of Mobile Bay 18941934, Creighton C. Forsman, September 25, 2014
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Creek Indian Medicine, Robert Thrower, October 22, 2014, Co-sponsored by the Mobile
Medical Museum
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Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America, Matika Wilbur, November 12,
2014, Co-sponsored by Jaguar Productions and Poarch Band of Creek Indians Native American
Studies Program
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Disease, Death, and Doric Order: An Examination of Mobile’s Medical Past through the
Lens of its First City Hospital, Raven Christopher, February 5, 2015, Co-sponsored by the Mobile
Medical Museum
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The Hernando de Soto Expedition: Exploration and Tragedy, Ron Fritz, February 26,
2015, Sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation Road Scholars Speakers
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The Complexities of Native American Identity, Barbara Filion, March 25, 2015, Cosponsored by Poarch Band of Creek Indians Native American Studies Program
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The Narratives of Whiteness: from a Spook who Sat Next to the Door, Dr. Kern Jackson,
March 26, 2015
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Dances With Cosmology: Native American Spiritual Philosophy from a Northern Cree
Tribal Perspective, Art Napoleon, April 9, 2015
A series of special programs were organized and well received by the public. On September 6,
2014, 30 people attended an Identification Clinic. Geologist Dr. Doug Haywick and
archaeologists Dr. Philip Carr, Barbara Filion, and Bonnie Gums were all on hand to examine
and identify rocks and minerals, fossils, and artifacts brought in by the public.
Along with over 200 museums and cultural organizations worldwide, the Archaeology Museum
celebrated its third International Archaeology Day. Students from the Anthropology Club
offered a wide array of hands-on activities such as spear throwing for museum visitors.
Partnerships
The Archaeology Museum continuously establishes new strategic alliances and partnerships to
help further our goal of becoming a valued community resource. Organizations we have
partnered with over the past year include: Alabama Humanities Foundation, Aramark – Campus
Dish, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile History Museum, Mobile Museum of Art,
Mobile Arts Council, Mobile Area Education Foundation, Mobile County Public Schools, and
Monroe County Heritage Museums.
This year the museum has spearheaded the creation of a group of local museum professionals
called Museums of Mobile (MoM). Many interesting projects are in development as a result of
this new professional alliance.
The museum is also participating in a committee to organize the Alabama Museums Association
annual conference that will be held in Mobile in March of next year.
Exhibitions
This year the museum had a temporary exhibit titled Project 562: Changing the Way We See
Native America which showcased the work of Washington photographer Matika WIlbur,
member of Tulalip and Swinomish Tribes, who is in the process of documenting the 562
federally recognized Native American tribes in the U.S. This exhibit was a component of the
Common Read/Common World Initiative encouraging the USA community to share in reading
Listening is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project. Wilbur's
work expands the American narrative, assuring that the first inhabitants of this land are
recognized as an integral part of this continuing story. Diane Gibbs, Associate Professor Graphic
Design at USA provided valued assistance with the design of the exhibit.
Last year’s temporary exhibit Half the Sky went on display at the Florence Public Library.
Outreach
The museum participated in several outreach initiatives including:
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Fairhope Bird Festival – October 4, 2014
Mobile International Festival – November 20-22, 2014
Colonial Day, Mobile History Museum – March 20, 2015
Alabama River Festival – March 7, 2015
Delta 5 Rivers Expo – April 26, 2015
USA Programs in Gerontology
The interdisciplinary USA Programs in Gerontology comprise the Graduate and Undergraduate
Certificates in Gerontology and the Interdisciplinary Minor in Gerontology. Students from any
college may elect to pursue the Gerontology Certificate (Graduate or Undergraduate) while
pursuing their degree programs. Over 700 students per year take courses that have been
approved for inclusion in the Gerontology Certificate Programs. USA is an institutional member
of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE). Faculty regularly present at
AGHE conferences and at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.
This year Dr. Hosik Min, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was named Assistant Director of the
USA Programs in Gerontology. His research areas are aging, family, and health. Dr. Min was
selected to participate in the 2-year Health Disparities Research Training Program at UAB; Dr.
Roma Hanks is serving as his mentor and the USA Mitchell Cancer Institute is supporting his
participation. Dr. Min also completed the UAB Clinical and Translational Science Training
Program and received CCTS Certification. Research activities of faculty and students in
Gerontology are listed in the annual report of the USA Center for Generational Studies.
Tyrannace A. Brazil was recognized as Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Gerontology; he
also received a graduate assistantship and is currently working toward the M.A. in Sociology.
Jessica McCarty was recognized with the Chris Myers Extra Mile Service Award for her
outstanding contributions to community service and student leadership. Ms McCarty served as
President of the Gerontology Club and Project Coordinator for the 2014 Legacy Leadership
Institute, an advocacy training program for senior adults. Mary King was awarded the first
AHEPA Scholarship for students studying aging and the life course. The AHEPA 310 Foundation
created the endowed scholarship which was matched by the Mitchell-Moulton scholarship
fund.
Center for Generational Studies
Mission and Background of the Center for Generational Studies
The Center for Generational Studies (CGS) fosters community-based research and learning on
healthy aging across all generations and intergenerational approaches to solving social and
health problems. Intergenerational research and learning are recognized by the Association for
Gerontology in Higher Education as essential elements in the academic study of aging; yet
fewer than five university-based centers in the U.S. focus on intergenerational research and
programs.
The CGS is based in the College of Arts & Sciences. Collaborations across colleges and
disciplines were involved in the creation of the CGS, including Medicine, Allied Health,
Engineering and Computer Sciences, Continuing Education and Leisure Studies. CGS focus areas
include: increasing community based services; professional and volunteer training; multigenerational approaches in research and program delivery; and research to keep people and
families healthy across generations. The CGS grew out of the Gerontology Research Network
(GRN), a group of researchers from various colleges and disciplines with research interests in
aging and the life course. The CGS supports collaboration among researchers throughout the
University community by distributing information about external funding and sponsoring
educational events related to aging, the life course, and intergenerational relationships and
issues.
Activities of the Center for Generational Studies (2014-2015)
Community Engagement
Legacy Leadership Institute – In partnership with the Area Agency on Aging (AAA), the CGS
presented the 2015 Legacy Leadership Institute (LLI), offering advocacy training during the for
age 50+ citizens who want to volunteer in various programs of the AAA and in their
communities. USA faculty members and alumni participated as LLI instructors and current
students in Gerontology facilitated LLI activities. This year, the LLI celebrated 15 years of
service to seniors in Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia counties. Jessica McCarty (Undergraduate
Gerontology Program Assistant) served as LLI Project Coordinator for 2015. Dr. Leo Mundy
(Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work) was Co-Principal Investigator. Instructors for 2015
LLI represented many academic units across USA: Paige Naylor, Channing Sofko (Clinical and
Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program), Tim Linthicum (Sociology Master’s Program),
Brandon Moss (Instructional Design and Development Doctoral Program) and Jamarkus Garrett
(Undergraduate, Information Systems), Dr. Konrad Kressley (Political Science and Criminal
Justice, retired), Drs. Roma Hanks and Leo Mundy (Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work)
and Ray Weinshenker (USA Gerontology Alumnus).
Funded Research Projects
Health Disparities in the Deep South: A Public Policy Study of the Effect of Disasters on
Vulnerable Communities – a collaborative project with the University of Southern Mississippi,
the University of Alabama – Birmingham, and the Bayou Clinic. The project examines family
and intergenerational public health and public policy issues related to disaster in vulnerable
populations. Dr. Roma Hanks, CGS Research Director and USA PI for the project and Dr. Thomas
Shaw, USA Polling Group, have major responsibilities for conducting the research. The project
has supported graduate student research, an honors thesis project, and a Graduate
Assistantship.
Intergenerational Relationships, Livable Communities and Health Outcomes – Funded by NIH
through the Gulf States Health Policy Research Center (GSHPRC), this project is innovative in
bringing together: (1) community-based research strategies, (2) evidence-based policy building
models, (3) critical considerations of generation-friendly policy, and (4) planning strategies for
livable communities. Led by a Community-University partnership (the CGS Team includes Via
Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center administration and staff), the project will enhance the
work of the GSHPRC and produce evidence that can be used in modeling similarly innovative
approaches in communities across the region.
Additional External Funding Activities – additional grant proposals are either pending or in
development as we close a very active year for the CGS. Collaborations across the region and
within the University continue to grow.
Intergenerational Conferences and Lectures
Annual Intergenerational Conferences – The CGS sponsored the First Annual Regional
Intergenerational Conference in fall 2012. In fall 2013, the CGS co-sponsored a regional
conference, Generational Resilience: A Focus on Disaster Planning, with major funding provided
by the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program and the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and
Resiliency Center. Planning has begun for the 2014 conference. In fall 2014, the CGS cosponsored the third intergenerational conference, Generational Resilience: Healthy Minds,
Healthy Bodies, with major funding provided by the Gulf Region Health Outreach Program and
the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and Resiliency Center. Planning us underway for the fourth
intergenerational conference, Generational Resilience: Survive and Thrive, scheduled for
October 28-29, 2015.
Compassionate Care: Ethical, Historical, and Societal Considerations – The CGS co-sponsored
the visit of Please join Dr. Stephen G. Post, Director, Center for Medical Humanities,
Compassionate Care and Bioethics, Stony Brook School of Medicine, November 12, 2014.
The visit, Coordinated by Drs. Christopher Freed and Roma Hanks, received additional
sponsorship from the College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Sociology, Anthropology and
Social Work; USA Division of Health Sciences; and School of Continuing Education and Special
Programs.
Generations Faculty Fellows
Collaboration with the CGS is open to any USA faculty member or graduate student interested
in the study of aging, life course or intergenerational relationships. Faculty who collaborate on
research projects and have a history of academic research and publication on these topics may
apply for the CGS designation as a Generations Faculty Fellow. This year, the CGS added five
Generations Faculty Fellows:
Dr. Benjamin Hill, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of South Alabama
Dr. Andrea Hunt, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Family Studies, University of
North Alabama
Dr. Hosik Min, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Alabama
Dr. Ishara Ramkissoon, Associate Professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology,
University of South Alabama
Dr. Samuel Russ, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering,
University of South Alabama
Faculty inquiries about research collaboration, information about the Center for Generational
Studies, or to apply to become a Generations Faculty Fellow should be directed to Dr. Roma
Stovall Hanks (251-460-6803) or [email protected] .
Scholarships and Awards
The AHEPA 310 Foundation endowed a scholarship fund for students interested in the study of
aging. The 2015 recipient was Mary R. King. Students interested in applying for scholarships,
awards, or research assistant positions should inquire via email at:
[email protected].
Coastal Weather Research Center
Although the hurricane season was not active this past year, the Coastal Weather Research
Center (CWRC) was as busy as ever. The CWRC, the only full-service, college-owned weather
forecast and warning service in the nation, completed 27 years in January 2015. The Center
now serves electrical companies, shipbuilders, chemical plants and a wide variety of other
industries and governmental operations. Importantly, the CWRC also serves the USA
meteorology program by providing travel funds for faculty, students and special guests. In
addition, the CWRC purchases new equipment for student use. Meteorology students can
intern at the Weather Center as part of their curriculum. This past year two students interned
under the supervision of staff meteorologist, Corey Bunn.
The Weather Center gave tours to students from the Mobile County School System such as
Vigor High School. In addition, hundreds of weather almanacs were given to school teachers at
the “Pack the House” basketball event in the Mitchell Center in February.
Also in February, the CWRC served as a host for the 12th annual Southeastern Coastal and
Atmospheric Processes Symposium. As in previous years, the Weather Center funded an
evening reception for faculty, students and visitors at the Faculty Club and provided travel
funds for guest speakers that included Rich Thomas of WSFA-TV in Montgomery, Dr. Lance
Bosart of SUNY-Albany, Eric Blake of the National Hurricane Center, and John Elmore of the
Springfield, Missouri, Emergency Management Agency.
After so many active hurricane seasons over the last decade, the 2014 hurricane season
produced very few storms. However, the season’s first hurricane, Arthur, made landfall along
the North Carolina coast where several CWRC clients are located. Once again, the Blackwell
Hurricane Model provided an accurate forecast of the hurricane’s path and intensity.
Several staff members of the CWRC gave talks this past year to civic groups and clients. Dr.
Keith Blackwell provided a hurricane season “kick-off” for Alabama Power, an interview with
WPMI-TV on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Ivan and addressed the Alabama Rural Electric
Association on the 2015 hurricane season. Also Andrew Murray discussed hurricanes with the
Chamber of Commerce at Semmes and Dr. Bill Williams gave talks on hurricanes and the
variability of Mobile weather to civic groups.
In December, the CWRC published the 25th edition of the Mobile Weather and Marine
Almanac. In addition to the distribution of thousands of copies by the advertisers, the Weather
Almanac was placed online for the first time. The silver anniversary edition was hosted by
WPMI 15 and FM Talk 106.5.
During the early winter months, CSX Railroads made a request to the CWRC to provide winter
weather forecasts for the CSX rail network across the eastern United States. In January, the
CWRC began its winter forecasting which continued through mid-April. Dr. Keith Blackwell was
the chief forecaster and met the challenge of an intense winter pattern. As a result of the CSX
contract, this past year the Weather Center provided forecasts for more than 30 states.
The USA Polling Group
The USA Polling Group conducted a total of nine projects from 2014 to 2015. The Polling Group
worked extensively with groups both on- and off-campus to conduct high quality research.
These research relationships not only contribute to the advancement of knowledge and
learning but help to build relationships in the wider community and region and further promote
the reputation and image of the university.
In addition to the nine projects conducted, the Polling Group was included on a grant that did
not receive funding and also attempted to engage in another project that was unable to move
forward due differences in contract language.
The Polling Group currently has four future projects that are in the works; although there is no
guarantee that any of them will necessarily move forward.
Projects Conducted
Client: USA Health System
Topic: USA Health Marketing Survey
Time Period: Spring/Summer/Fall 2014 – April, May, June, July, August, September, October,
November, and December 2014
This project involved four distinct random digit dialed (RDD) surveys and one Email/Internet
survey. The four RDD surveys were of different geographical areas representing the USA Health
System’s different service areas: 1) the core area included Baldwin and Mobile counties, 2) the
tertiary area included all the counties (both in MS and AL) surrounding Mobile county (except
for Baldwin since it was included in the core), 3) outlying Florida which included Escambia,
Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa counties, and 4) outlying Mississippi which included Harrison county.
The E-mail/Internet survey was conducted among USA employees. The survey was the first
health marketing survey conducted by the USA Health System in over 15 years. The survey
asked respondents about their perception of the USA Health System and its various
components (e.g., Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Mitchell Cancer Institute, etc.) and their
actual and likely utilization of the USA Health System.
Client: TST and Associates
Topic: Drug Education Council (DEC) Needs Assessment
Time Period: Fall 2014 – August, September, October, and November 2014
This project involved an RDD telephone survey of residents in six Southwestern Alabama
counties. The survey asked respondents about their perception of drug use in the community,
their own personal drug use, and the availability and utilization of drug treatment facilities in
the community.
Client: Student Government Association (SGA)/USA Faculty Senate
Topic: USA Tobacco Policy
Fall 2014 – September, October, November, and December 2014
This project was an Email/Internet based survey of students (conducted for the SGA) and
faculty/staff (conducted for USA Faculty Senate). The survey asked respondents about their
feelings regarding a possible change in the USA tobacco policy. The survey results were used by
the University’s Wellness Committee in developing their recommendation to President
Waldrop for changing the USA tobacco policy. This change will take place on August 1, 2015.
Client: City of Mobile
Topic: City of Mobile Citizen Attitude Survey
Spring 2015 – November, and December 2014; January, February, and March 2015
This project involved an RDD survey of residents in the City of Mobile. Respondents were asked
to evaluate a number of city services as well their perceptions of Mobile as a place to live and
work.
Client: USA Division of Student Affairs
Topic: USA Sexual Victimization
Spring/Summer 2015 – January, February, March, April, May, and June 2015
This project was an Email/Internet survey of USA students. While not yet required, university’s
around the country are being encouraged to engage in ‘campus climate’ surveys regarding
sexual victimization. This survey asked students about their perceptions of attitudes and
behaviors regarding sexual victimization and university policies. It also asked about student’s
experiences of unwanted sexual victimization on the USA campus.
Client: Health Disparities in the Deep South – NSF Grant, Subcontract
Topic: Disaster Coping and Recovery
Spring/Summer 2015 – January, February, March, April, May, June, and July 2015
The Polling Group is a subcontractor on this grant originating out of the University of Southern
Mississippi but also including USA faculty Dr. Roma Hanks. This is a follow-up project in two
parts. The original survey was conducted in the spring of 2014. The first part of the follow-up is
a telephone based survey in which we re-contact individuals we spoke to in the spring of 2014
and ask them about their current experiences. The second part of the follow-up is expanding
the original baseline data collection to include younger respondents. The survey targets people
in three different areas that have been exposed to disasters: 1) those living in coastal Alabama
and Mississippi affected by the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2) those living in Mississippi in
areas affected by the Mississippi River flooding, and 3) those living in central Alabama and
Mississippi that have been affected by tornados. The survey asks respondents about their
experiences related to the disaster, healthcare, and recovery efforts.
Client: Dr. Jonathan Grabowski, Northeastern University
Topic: Groundfish
Spring/Summer 2015 – February, March, April, May, and June 2015
This was a listed sample telephone survey of groundfish license holders operating on the
eastern seaboard. The project was a follow-up to the same survey we conducted for Dr.
Grabowski in 2013. The survey asks about attitudes and perceptions of the groundfish fishing
industry and government regulations as well as about the psychological impact the decline in
the fishing industry is having on the license holders.
Client: Dr. Marcus Tan, University of South Alabama
Topic: Medical Oncology – Liver Metastases
Spring/Summer 2015 – March, April, May, June, and July 2015
This project involves replicating a study done in Michigan. This is a mixed mode project. Initially
medical oncologists are contacted by mail to complete the survey and later by telephone is they
do not respond by mail. The survey asks questions about the physicians practice, their
experiences with colorectal cancer and liver metastases and how the physicians might handle a
number of different hypothetical scenarios.
Client: USA Office of Student Academic Success and Retention
Topic: Non-Returning Students
Spring 2015 – April, and May 2015
This project was a listed sample telephone survey of former USA students. The survey asked
students about different reasons that may have lead to them leaving USA and whether they
had found a new school to attend.
Projects Submitted but Not Funded
Client: Gulf Coast Resilience to Sea Level Rise – NSF Grant, Subcontract
Topic:
Spring 2015
Grant submission was made but was not funded.
Client: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Topic: Waterway Impact on Apalachicola Oyster Beds and Community
Summer 2015
A project proposal was submitted; however, required contract language between the Florida
EPA and the University of South Alabama could not be reconciled.
Potential Future Projects
Client: United Way of Southwest Alabama
Topic: Airbus Flying Challenge Evaluation
This project would evaluate the success of this mentoring program.
Client: Bay Area Food Bank
Topic:
The Polling Group has plans to meet with the Bay Area Food Bank in the coming weeks to
identify their needs.
Client: Dr. Liesel Ritchie, University of Colorado
Topic: BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Follow-up
This project has been submitted by Dr. Ritchie for funding and would include a survey follow-up
to the two previous studies we conducted regarding the oil spill in 2010 and 2013.
Client: Dr. Liesel Ritchie, University of Colorado
Topic: Colorado Land Use and Development
This project has been submitted by Dr. Ritchie for funding and would include surveys of up to
three distinct communities in Colorado.
USA Center for Public Policy
The USA Center for the Public Policy (CPP) is a self-sustaining, nonprofit entity that seeks to
provide training, research, and consulting services to organizations that engage in the pursuit of
topics related to social, political and criminal justice issues. The CPP is house in the Department
of Political Science and Criminal Justice at the University of South Alabama and works toward
furtherance of the University of South Alabama’s teaching and research mission.
Dr. Timothy O’Shea, a retired-Chicago Police Officer and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
at the University of South Alabama founded the CPP in 2003. During the last decade, faculty
members associated with the CPP have received federal, state and local funding. The CPP has
worked with: the Southern Law and Poverty Center; Alabama Department of Corrections;
Mobile County Sheriff’s Office; Mobile Police Department; The Center for Fair Housing and the
USA Polling Group on both voluntary and commissioned assignments.
Projects the CPP has been involved over the years have included: assessing the effectiveness of
juvenile boot camps; working with the Mobile Police Department on an evaluation of “Project
Safe Neighborhoods” and assisting the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office in initiating a Crime
Mapping program. The CPP currently has two grant proposals under review in collaboration
with the Mobile Police Department at the National institute of Justice. One involves
researching the effectiveness of body worn cameras on officers and another involves
investigation of better ways to process sexual assault kits.
Faculty members involved with the CPP include: Dr. David Bowers (Criminal Justice); S.E.
Costanza (Criminal Justice); Dr. Corina Schulze (Criminal Justice); Dr. Sarah Koon-Magnin
(Criminal Justice); Dr. Ronald Nelson (Criminal Justice/Political Science); Dr. Zohair Husain
(Political Science); Mr. Jared Hurvitz (Criminal Justice); and Dr. Thomas Shaw (Political Science).
In addition, the CPP offers Geographic Information Services (GIS) and mapping services to all
USA faculty and other research centers. During the 2013 Mobile Mayoral election, the Center
worked together with the USA Polling Group to map Mobile’s voting districts with overlying zip
code areas. In 2014, the CPP sponsored a seminar on Spatial Analysis at the University of South
Alabama’s Applied Statistics Forum.
Faculty fellows produced several works of peer-reviewed scholarship and scholarly
presentations during the 2014-2015 academic year. Faculty fellows have had recent
publications accepted in outlets such as: Urbanities: The Journal of the IUAES Commission on
Urban Anthropology; Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice; Qualitative
Sociology Review; Sage Open; The Criminal Law Bulletin; and the Encyclopedia of Corrections
edited by Dr. Kent Kerley at the University of Alabama.
Center for Environmental Resiliency
Recognizing the need to find solutions to the complex environmental problems facing coastal
populations and ecosystems, the University of South Alabama created the Center for
Environmental Resiliency as an interdisciplinary center to develop solutions to pressing
environmental problems within the context of creating resilient and sustainable communities
and ecosystems. The Center funds targeted research projects that focus on mitigation and
remediation of environmental threats and supports the training of the next generation of
environmental scientists. The Center was founded by a generous gift of Dr. and Mrs. Steven H.
Stokes. Additional extramural support is provided by extramural funding agencies and the
continued generosity and commitment of Dr. and Mrs. Stokes.
The 2014-2015 Academic year saw great growth in the center’s research capacity and
extramural funding portfolio. Through an internal targeted process the Center appointed its
first class of research fellows for the 2014-2016 period. Most research fellows receive funding
from the Center to expand their research into the area of environmental resiliency and are
expected to leverage the funding they receive to attract additional funding. The scientists
selected were: Drs. Just Cebrian (Marine Sciences), Jason Coym (Chemistry), Marcus Drymon
(Marine Sciences), David Forbes, (Chemistry), Ronald Kiene (Marine Sciences), Behzad
Mortazavi (University of Alabama), William Patterson, (Marine Sciences), Sean Powers (Marine
Sciences), Matthew Reichert (Chemistry), Allison Robertson (Marine Sciences) and Alexandra
Stenson (Chemistry). In 2015-2016, the Center will run another competition to identify
researchers in other USA departments that have an interest in joining the center.
In addition to over $100,000 invested in internally funded projects, research fellows were
successful in attracting 1.3 million in extramural grant support to examine research questions
associated with the lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The explosion of the
Deepwater Horizon drilling platform resulted in the release of 200 million gallons of oil over an
82 day period. Four years after the spill numerous questions remain regarding the fate of oil in
the environment, the magnitude of injury to natural resources, and how to respond to future
spills. Three research fellows from the Center (Drs. Sean Powers, Allison Robertson and Marcus
Drymon) were awarded over 1.3 million dollars in research funds to help find the answers. The
three researchers were part of a large consortium proposal led by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab
that was recently funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GOMRI). An initiative
established in 2010 by a 500 million dollar pledge from BP to fund research related to the oil
spill.
Stokes Center for Creative Writing
Dr. Sue Walker, the Director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing and Stokes
Distinguished Professor, had an outstanding year in publications, service, and teaching.
She published a peer-reviewed article and two peer-reviewed book chapters:
“The Chiasmic Eco-Nature of Puella An Excavation of Being.” South Carolina Review, 47.1,
60-64.
Short Story Criticism 195. “Spelling Out Illness: Lupus as Metaphor in Flannery O’Connor’s
‘Greenleaf’” 287-292.
Short Story Criticism 195. “Undiscovered Countries: Milledgeville, Herland, and Beyond.“
292-297.
She also had 10 poems published:
“ Caput Mortuum,” Oracle. 27-30.
“I Call Me By Your Name: An Address to Leonora Carrington” Nerve Lantern. (Winter
2015), 75-80.
“Mobile – Where’s That – Alabama,” in Urban Voices: 51 Poems from 51 American Poets.
Eds. By Joyce Brinkman and Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda. San Francisco Bay Press, 2014. 2-3.
“Where We Were Going Is Not Where We’ve Been, “ Elsewhere. http://www.elsewhere.org.
(2014).
“Ode to China Barber,“ Oracle (2014). 14.
“What Is Found There,” Silver Blade. http://silverblade.silverpen.org/?cat=302.
“Bathsheba Bathing On The Roof.” http://silverblade.silverpen.org/?cat=302.
“Committee By Fiat.“
http://silverblade.silverpen.org/?cat=302.
“Nature Like Mother Is An Improper Name” http://silverblade.silverpen.org/?cat=302
“Kith and Kinder.” Birmingham Arts Journal (II.2) 6-7.
Her 2013 monograph, The Ecological Poetics of James Dickey, was reviewed by Gary
Leising in his review essay, in the James Dickey Newsletter. www.jamesdickey.org
In other significant news, Dr. Walker presided over the 2014 Alabama Writers Conclave
Annual Conference, University of South Alabama Baldwin Country Campus. July 11-13,
2014, and she conducted a workshop on poetry and publishing at the Florida State Poetry
Association Convention, Daytona Beach, Florida, October 24, 2014. She won First Place in
the Electra Award, sponsored by the Alabama Power Company, Birmingham, Alabama,
October 30, 2014. First Place included a $500.00 award. She also received a Pushcart
Nomination for “Nature Like Mother Is An Improper Name, Blade journal.
In addition to being President of the Alabama Writers Conclave, she served on the Board of
the state Alabama Writers Forum. The Stokes Center was involved with the Southeastern
Literary Tourism Initiative (SELTI). Several students were published by SELTI and their
work was put on-line. For example, as a part of SELTI, USA student Brittany Clay’s essay
was published as part of the SELTI even, which Congressman Bradley Byrne attended on 15
October 2014. At the SELTI event, Congressman Byrne read his proclamation that he put
into the Congressional Record in praise of Dr. Sue Walker as a poet and educator. Here is
the link to Brittany Clay’s essay: http://selti.org/the-ghost-fleet-on-the-tensaw-river/.
On 10 April 2015, the Stokes Center brought international poet Alex Huggy Bear Lofton to
campus to read and talk about how to perform a poem. His appearance and performance
was part of National Poetry Month, and it was sponsored by the Stokes Center. His
performance had an emphasis on diversity. Dr. Walker also conducted a Student Poetry
Reading at the University of South Alabama, 28 April 2015 as part of the Stokes Center’s
Undergraduate Reading Program. Her Thesis student, Mike Odom, received the English
Department nomination for the CSGS Thesis Award (Humanities and Fine Arts Group) for 2015.
Four USA students worked as student editorial assistants for Dr. Walker’s Negative
Capability Press: Rachel Fowler, Karie Fugett, Pamela Todd Leisure, and Rachael McMullen.
On 20 June 2015, Dr. Walker appeared at the Ben May Library, Bernheim Hall and Church
Street Graveyard for readings from the Negative Capability issue on Eugene Walter. This
event was in conjunction with the 6th Annual Dead Poets Tour with Walter Skold of Maine,
University of South Alabama, Stokes Center Town and Gown presentation, the Mobile Arts
Council, the Mobile Public Library, Ben May Main Library, and the City of Mobile Parks
Department.
Like Dr. Walker, Ms. Carolyn Haines of the Stokes Center had another successful year in
terms of publications. She is Assistant Professor of English and Coordinator of Fiction for
Creative Writing at USA. Here is a list of works she had published or had accepted for
publication during 2014-2015:
BOOTY BONES, mass market, Feb., 2015, St. Martin's Press, New York.
BONE TO BE WILD, hardcover, May, 2015, St. Martin's Press, New York.
"Camp Meeting," MISSISSIPPI TRADITIONS, U P of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi,
forthcoming.
"Bones on the Bayou," November, 2014, KaliOka Press, Mobile, Alabama.
"The Christmas Ornament," HAUNTED HOLIDAYS, November, 2014, Gallowstree Press,
Cleveland, OHIO.
"Wanderlust Away," NEGATIVE CAPABILITY, December, 2014, Mobile, Alabama.
SMARTY BONES, mass market, April, 2015, St. Martin's Press, New York.
BOOTY BONES, audio, Recorded Books, New York, 2015.
SMARTY BONES, audio, Recorded Books, New York, 2015.
BONE TO BE WILD, audio, Recorded Books, New York, 2015.
Benefitting from the guidance of Dr. Walker and Ms. Haines, USA students also had a
successful year in terms of editing, writing, and publishing their creative works and the
works of others. The following students received scholarships to attend the 2015 Alabama
Writers Conclave convention, July 17-19, 2015 at USA’s Baldwin County Campus. At the
Conclave these students also gave a poetry reading: Rachel Fowler, Karie Fugett, and
Jordan Knox.
The following are student publications and awards connected with the Stokes Center for
Creative Writing:
Rachel Fowler:
Publications:
2014 “Lost King” on Apeiron Review Online (Written in Sue Walker’s Class)
Positions:
2015 Oracle Fine Arts Review, Consulting Editor, Fiction Editor
Scholarships/Awards
2015:
Sigma Tau Delta Convention Award for Alumni Creative Paper ($375)
2014-2015: Shelley Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Poetry ($400)
2014-2015: Steve and Angelia Stokes Scholarship for Graduate Nonfiction ($1,000)
Karie Fugett:
Publications:
2015
“Need a Miracle” & “Lone” (Flash Fiction/Flash Nonfiction in Deep
South Magazine)
“Lone” (Flash Fiction in Upender)
“Need a Miracle” (Flash Nonfiction in Hermeneutic Chaos Literary
Journal
“American April” (Creative Nonfiction in Cosmonauts Avenue)
“Spill” (Prose Poetry/Flash Nonfiction in Vending Machine Press)
Nonfiction Editor, Oracle Fine Arts Review, University of South
Alabama
2014 “(A)counting What Became of Us” (Poetry in Straight Forward
Poetry)
“Parking Lot Proposal” (Personal Essay in Oracle Fine Arts Review)
Editor in Chief, Oracle Fine Arts Review, University of South Alabama
Assistant Editor, Negative Capability Press, Mobile, Alabama
Writing Consultant, University of South Alabama Writing Center
Jordan Knox:
2015 A poem was published in the Brimingham Arts Journal, plus Jordan received
an invitation to read poem "The Breath and not the Breathing" at the Arts Journal
event in Birmingham on 23 April 2015.
CHILI
The Center for Hurricane Intensification and Landfall Investigation continues to provide
students with internship and research opportunities through the South Alabama Mesonet
(http://chiliweb.southalabama.edu/realtime_display.php). One of our recent student weather
station technicians, Mr. Patrick Collins, recently found full-time employment at the Kentucky
Mesonet thanks to his experience at CHILI. The CHILI web- and data-servers were recently
upgraded to virtual machine status, assuring continued, reliable service to the university and
Gulf Coast community.
Center for the Study of War and Memory
This was an extraordinary year for the USA Center for the Study of War and
Memory. Six members of the Center faculty—James Aucoin, Frye Gaillard, Susan
McCready, Elizabeth Rivenbark, Dan Rogers, and Steven Trout—published
books, peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, or book reviews relevant to the
Center’s focus.
2014-2015 Center Bibliography
Aucoin, J. (2014). Sebastion Junger’s War, “Expert Testimony,” and Understanding
the Story. Journalism Studies,
DOI, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2014.965927
Gaillard, F. (2015). Journey to the Wilderness: History, Memory, and a Southern
Family’s Civil War Letters. Montgomery, AL: NewSouth Books.
Sachs, L & McCready, S (2014). Stages of Battle: Theater and War in the Plays of
Bernhardt, Raynal and Anouilh. The French Review, 87:4.
Rivenbark, E. (2014). The End of Innocence: The Effects of the Civil War on Children
in the Paintings of Eastman Johnson. War, Literature, and the Arts,
DOI, http://wlajournal.com/wlaarchive/26/Richards.pdf
Rogers, D. (2015). Testimony as Rehabilitation: Hans Globke at Nuremberg, 194849. In David Messenger and Katrin Paehler (Eds), A Nazi Past: Recasting German
Identities in Postwar Europe. Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky,
2015.
Trout, S. (2015). Foreword to Journey to the Wilderness: History, Memory, and a
Southern Family’s Civil War Letters by Frye Gaillard. Montgomery, AL: NewSouth
Books.
Trout, S. (2014). The Greatest Battle Ever Forgotten: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive
And American Memory. In Edward Lengel (Ed), A Companion to the Meuse-Argonne
Campaign (pp.496-514). Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Trout, S. (2014). Review of the book The Chaplain’s Conflict: Good and Evil in a War
Hospital, 1943-1945 by Tennant McWilliams. The Alabama Review, 67, 311-314.
Trout, S. (2015). Review of the book Send the Alabamians: World War I Fighters in
the Rainbow Division by Nimrod Frazer. The Alabama Review, 68, 199-202.
Emmert, S. D. and Trout, S. (Eds.) (2014). World War I in American fiction: An
Anthology of Short Stories. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press.
External and internal grant submissions for the 2014-2015 academic year total
nearly $170,000; the Center anxiously awaits word from the National Endowment of
the Humanities regarding a massive translation/scholarly edition grant submitted
by Susan McCready (the Associate Director of the Center) and Leon Sachs
(University of Kentucky). If awarded, this grant will fund the creation of a scholarly
edition of French World War I plays in translation (to be published by a major
university press) and supporting materials offered on the Center website. Sucessful
grant applications for this academic year total $9.500.
2014-2015 Funded Proposals
Aucoin, J. et al (February 2015) Journey to the Wilderness: History, Memory and a
Southern Family’s Civil War letters, An Alabama Public Television Documentary Based
on the Book by Frye Gaillard, USA Faculty Development Committee Grant, $5,000.
McCready, S. (October 2014) Modernist Fracture/Classical Revival: Maeterlinck and
the Theater of the Great War, USA Arts and Humanities Small Grant, $1,500.
Trout, S. (2014, October) War and Remembrance on the Alabama Gulf Coast, USA
Arts and Humanities Small Grant, $1,500.
Trout, S. (2015, April) War and Remembrance on the Alabama Gulf Coast, Alabama
Humanities Foundation Mini-Grant, $1,500.
2014-2015 Pending Proposals
McCready, S. et al (December 2014) French Drama and the Memory of World War I,
NEH Translations and Editions Grant, $160,000.
Other significant achievements for this academic year include the creation of a
website for the Center
(http://www.southalabama.edu/departments/research/warandmemory/),
masterfully overseen by Associate Director Susan McCready, and four significant
public programming events:
1.
A presentation by John H. Morrow Jr. (University of Georgia) on the AfricanAmerican 369th Infantry Regiment in World War 1. (September, 2014). USA Library
Auditorium.
2.
A panel discussion titled “Reflections on the First World War: 100 Years
Later,” moderated by Frye Gaillard, featuring Susan McCready, John H. Morrow Jr.,
Dan Rogers, and Steven Trout. (September, 2014). USA Library Auditorium.
3.
A presentation by Nimrod Frazer (independent scholar) on his book Send the
Alabamians: World War I Fighters in the Rainbow Division. (November, 2014). USA
Library Auditorium.
4.
A symposium titled “The Civil War in History and Memory,1865-2015.” This
event featured a keynote address by Benjamin Cloyd (Hinds Community College),
presentations by Center faculty members Carol Ellis, Mel McKivin, and Elizabeth
Rivenbark, and a discussion panel consisting of Susan McCready (moderator),
Benjamin Cloyd, Frye Gaillard, and Elizabeth Rivenbark. (April, 2015). USA Seaman’s
Bethel Hall.
USA Pheromone Center
I.
Assessment of Remote Sensor for Asian Longhorned Beetle Detection:
4-(n-heptlyoxy)butan-1-ol: This alcohol, identified as one of our synthesis targets,
was synthesized and isolated. The proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum is
consistent with what is expected for a high purity product. Some of this material
was used to make the corresponding aldehyde described below, and about 1-2
grams of it was provided to USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST in Coral Gables, Florida for use
to start building a gas chromatography-mass spectral (GCMS) library of Asian
Longhorned Beetle (ALB) compounds.
4-(n-heptyloxy)butanal: We have successfully converted 4-(n-heptyloxy)butan-1-ol
to the desired aldehyde, 4-(n-heptyloxy)butanal, by use of the Dess-Martin reagent.
The conversion of alcohol to aldehyde was about 85% when we used a 30% molar
excess of the Dess-Martin reagent. The aldehyde product has a GC retention time of
about 11.85 minutes, which is just slightly shorter than the alcohol starting material
at 12.45 minutes. These compounds are completely separated and the GCMS data
reflect the proper ions and fragment ions to characterize the compounds. We
provided USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST in Coral Gables, Florida with a GCMS sample vial
containing the 85% aldehyde 15% alcohol product for her use to start building a gas
chromatography-mass spectral (GCMS) library of Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB)
compounds. We have additional work to do to scale up this reaction, to improve the
conversion to aldehyde and to more effectively remove the starting alcohol from the
aldehyde product.
ALB Frass Extract Volatiles: Extraction of beetle frass has shown some higher
molecular weight compounds, tentatively identified as n-hexadecanoic acid, 9octadecenal and (Z)-9-octadecenamide which have molecular weights in the 250 –
280 amu range.
II.
Caribbean Fruit Fly in Citrus: Proof of Concept Evaluation of Imaging
Techniques for Non-Destructive Detection of Plant Pests in Plant Matter
The target of this work has been identified as the Caribbean fruit fly, which is raised
at the USDA laboratory on Old Cutler Road, in Coral Gables, Florida. Mandarin
oranges, widely available in supermarkets in the United States, were identified as
the fruit of choice for both imaging and fruit fly infestation. This citrus fruit has a
medium thick skin which presents a nearly flat profile on one axis over a 2.0 by 3.0
cm region. Experts at the USDA laboratory on Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables, FL
conducted overnight oviposition of eggs into the fruit by a colony of caribfly
(Caribbean Fruit Fly) on the Halos Mandarin. To date, we have determined that the
fruit fly eggs can be detected by use of visible-near infrared (VNIR) Hyperspectral
Imaging.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Tim Sherman
PROFESSORS
Dr. Brian Axsmith
Dr. Kelly Major
Dr. John McCreadie
Dr. Tim Sherman
ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS
Dr. Juan Mata
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Dr. Glen Borchert
Dr. Sinéad Ní Chadhain
Dr. Ylenia Chiari
Dr. Jack O’Brien
INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Leigh Delaney-Tucker
Ms. Tray Hamil
Mr. C. Smoot Major
SECRETARY
Ms. Judy Sadler
DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
The faculty and students in the Biology department had an active and productive year. Twelve faculty members
taught over 4,200 students in 98 classes. Continuing our emphasis on undergraduate participation in research, 63
students conducted directed studies projects under faculty supervision and several students presented their findings
at regional and national meetings. This year 49 B.S. degrees were awarded. Some of our graduates will enter medical,
dental, veterinary, pharmacy, PA and optometry schools next fall, while several students will enter graduate schools
in various areas of biology. Throughout the year, we advised 580 Biology majors and 13 graduate students. One
graduate student defended his theses. Six students continue to conduct research in the Biology Senior Thesis
Program.
Supported by 14 funded projects totaling over $2.7 million, the faculty and students published 16 articles in peer
reviewed journals and books, and made 30 presentations at regional and national meetings. In addition, several
faculty members were officers or local arrangements committee members in national scientific societies.
Service activities including interacting with elementary and high school students and answering numerous inquiries
about various organisms demonstrate the faculty’s strong interest in the role of the university in the community. In
the spring many faculty helped with the Regional Science Fair, Expanding Your Horizons, GEMS (Girls in Science,
Engineering, and Math), and Women in Science. It is of note that Dr. Glen Borchert received the Faculty Senate’s
2105 Semoon and Youngshin Chang Humanitarian Award for his work with the BackPack Buddies Program. This
non-profit program is dedicated to fighting childhood hunger.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Brian Axsmith
Pott, C., Axsmith, B. J. (2015). Williamsonia carolinensis sp. nov. and associated Eoginkgoites foliage from the Upper
Triassic Pekin Formation, North Carolina: implications for early evolution in the Williamsoniaceae (Bennettitales).
International Journal of Plant Sciences, 176. 174-185.
Stults, D., Axsmith, B. J. (2015). New plant fossil records and paleoclimate analyses of the late Pliocene Citronelle
Formation flora, U.S. Gulf Coast. Paleontologia Electronica. (in revew)
Bomfleur, B., Escapa, I., Axsmith, B. J. (2015). The alleged conifer seed-cone Glyptolepis richteri Axsmith & T.N.
Taylor reinterpreted as a voltzialean pollen cone. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology. (in review)
Axsmith, B.J., Bomfluer, B, Escapa, I., Iqbal, F. (2015). Whole plant concept of Rotundolepis diffusa (Emmons, 1856)
Bock, 1969 comb. et emend. nov., a ‘transitional conifer’ from the Upper Triassic of North America. Palaeontology.
(submitted)
Glen Borchert
Dale, M. D., Mortimer, E. M., Kolli, S., Achramowicz, E., Borchert, GM., Steven A. Juliano, S. A., Halkyard, S., Sietz,
N., Gatto, C., Hester, P. Y. & Rubin, D. (Jan 2015). A. Bone-Remodeling Transcript Levels Are Independent of
Perching in End-of-Lay White Leghorn Chickens. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 16(2), 2663-2677. PMID: 25625518
Smith, T. J., Harris, J. C., Lopez, O. J., Valverde, L., Borchert, G. M. (Jan 2015). “On the Job” Learning: A
Bioinformatics Course Integrating Undergraduates into Actual Research Projects and Manuscript Submissions"
Biochem Mol Biol Educ. doi: 10.1002/bmb.20848. PMID: 25643604
Borchert, G. M., Roberts, J. T., Cardin, S. E. (Dec 2014). Burgeoning evidence indicates that microRNAs. Mobile
Genetic Elements, 4(e29255), 10. www.landesbioscience.com/journals/mge/
Borchert, G. M., Huang, J., Tan, M., Zhang, H., xiong, m., jiang, w., & wu, h. (July 2014). OMIT: Dynamic, SemiAutomated Ontology. PLOS ONE, 9(7e100855), 16. www.plosone.org
Ylenia Chiari
Romiguier, J., Gayral, P., Ballenghien, M., Bernard, A., Cahais, V., Chenuil, A., Chiari, Y., Dernat, R., Duret, L.,
Faivre, N., Loire, E., Lourenco, J. M., Nabholz, B., Roux, C., Tsagkogeorga, G., AA-T. Weber, LA. Weinert, Belkhir,
K., Bierne, N., Glemin, S., & Galtier, N. (2014). Comparative population genomics in animals uncovers the
determinants of genetic diversity. Nature, 515: 261 - 263.
Chiari, Y., Glaberman, S., Serén, N., Carretero, M. A., & Capellini, I. (2015). Phylogenetic signal in amphibian
sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature. Ecological Applications, 25: 596 - 602.
Gasse, B., Chiari, Y., Silvent, J., Davit-Beal, T., & J-Y. Sire (2015). Amelotin: an enamel matrix protein that
experienced distinct evolutionary pathways in amphibians, sauropsids and mammals. BMC Evolutionary Biology,
15: 47.
Chiari, Y., Tarroso, P., Glaberman, S., Steinfartz, S., Rassman, K., & Claude, J. (2015) “Environmental and
phylogeographic influences on body size and shape variation among populations of Galapagos marine iguanas”
Oecologia, (in review)
Poulakakis, N., Edwards, D., Y. Chiari, Garrick, R. C., Benavides, E., Russello, M., Watkins- Colwell, G.J.,
Glaberman, S., Tapia, W., Gibbs, J., Cayot, L. J., Caccone, A. (2015) “Taxonomic revision of the Galapagos giant
tortoises on Santa Cruz Island and description of a new Chelonoidis (Testudines: Testudinidea) species”. Zootaxa,
(submitted)
Serén, N., Vizcaíno, A., Garcia-Muñoz, E., Carretero, M. A., & Chiari, Y. (May 2015). “Evaluation of reference genes
for real-time quantitative PCR studies in Epidalea calamita (Amphibia: Anura) treated with copper sulfate under
two distinct temperature scenario.” CRAS Biology (in preparation)
Ryan Littlefield
Littlefield, R. S., Amann, K. J., and V. M. Fowler. Differential Incorporation of Labeled Actin into Striated Myofibrils
(in preparation)
Clinton S. Major
Ecker, A.L., Major, C.S., Phipps, S.W. & Major, K.M. (2015). Plant diversity and occurrence of invasive species in the
Swift Tract, Weeks Bay NERR, AL., Castanea. (submitted)
Kelly Major
Ecker, A.L., Major, C.S., Phipps, S.W. & Major, K.M. (2015). Plant diversity and occurrence of invasive species in the
Swift Tract, Weeks Bay NERR, AL., Castanea. (submitted)
Juan L. Mata
Mata, J. L. & Mishra, N. T. (2015). A Comparative Study of Worldwide Species of Genus Lentinus (=Lentinula,
Higher Basidiomycetes) based on linear mycelium growth. Int. J. of Med Mushrooms (in press).
John McCreadie
Adler, P.H , Inci, A., Yildirim, A., Duzlu, O., McCreadie, J. W., Kúdela, M., Khazeni, A., Brúderová, T., Seitz,
Takaoka, H., Otsuka, Y., & Bass, J. R. (2015). Are black flies of the subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae)
multiple species or a single geographic generalist? Insights from the macrogenome. Biological Journal of the Linnean
Society. (in press)
McCreadie, J.W. & Adler, P. H. (2014). Abundance–occupancy relationships of larval black flies (Diptera:
Simuliidae) in temperate Nearctic streams. Insect Conservation and Diversity 7: 523-532.
Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain
Ní Chadhain S. M., Miller J. L., Dustin J. P., Trethewey J.P. , Jones S. & Launen, L. A. (2015). Exposure to petroleum
hydrocarbons reduces the structural and functional diversity of chronically contaminated tidal marsh microbial
communities from the Great Bay Estuary of New Hampshire.
Tim Sherman
Garrote-Moreno A., McDonald A., Sherman T. D., Sánchez-Lizaso J. L., Heck K. L., Jr, & Cebrian J. (2015). Shortterm impacts of salinity pulses on morphological and functional traits of the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and
Halodule wrightii. Aquatic Botany, 120: 315-321.
Mahan J. R. & Sherman T. D. (2015). A thermal analysis of two seagrasses in competition for habitat; a
thermokinetic approach. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (submitted).
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
John McCreadie
Adler, P.H. & McCreadie, J. W. (2015). Les Simulies. In D. Fontenille, G. Duvallet & V. Robert (eds.) Entomologie
Médicale et Vétérinaire. [In French]. (In press).
McCreadie, J. W. & Adler, P. H. Insect of the Delta The Lower Alabama River Area: State of Knowledge of the
Natural, Cultural, and Economic Conservation Resources," edited by Plumb G, Waselkov GA, Andrus CF. US Fish
and Wildlife Survey (in progress)
NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Juan L. Mata
Mata, J. L. (2014). New Shrooms on the Block. Mushroom News. 62 (10): 16.
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD FOR PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS OR JOURNALS
Brian Axsmith
Comptes Rendus Palevol (published by Elsevier for the French Academy of Sciences) –
Paleobotany editor.
Zitteliana, (published by the Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische
Geologie, Munich, Germany) – Paleobotany editor.
Kelly Major
Editorial Board, Aquatic Biosystems (formerly Saline Systems; 2006-present)
John McCreadie
Subject Editor: Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology
ABSTRACTS
Glen Borchert
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Cardin, S. E. (Author & Presenter), USA FDC Research Forum, "Generating microRNA
Sponges," USA FDC, USA. (March 18, 2015).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Roberts, J. T. (Author & Presenter), USA FDC Research Forum, "MRNA Editing
Generates Novel microRNA binding sites," USA FDC, USA. (March 18, 2015).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Patterson, D. G. (Author & Presenter), USA FDC Research Forum, "Numerous
snoRNAs function like microRNAs," USA FDC, USA. (March 18, 2015).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Amin, S. (Presenter), Shivam Amin Senior Thesis Defense, "Small RNAs as Bacterial
Regulators in the Starvation-Stress Response of Salmonella enterica," USA Biology, USA. (December 1, 2014)
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Amin, S. (Author & Presenter), USA UCUR Research Symposium, "Small RNAs as
Bacterial Regulators in the Starvation-Stress Response of Salmonella enterica," USA UCUR, USA. (October 9, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Cardin, S. E. (Author & Presenter), USA Noncoding RNA Forum Seminar, "Generating
microRNA Sponges," USA Noncoding RNA Forum, USA. (September 17, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Roberts, J. T. (Author & Presenter), USA Noncoding RNA Forum Seminar, "MRNA
Editing Generates Novel microRNA binding sites," USA Noncoding RNA Forum, USA. (September 17, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Patterson, D. G. (Author & Presenter), USA Noncoding RNA Forum Seminar,
"Numerous snoRNAs function like microRNAs," USA Noncoding RNA Forum, USA. (September 17, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author & Presenter), South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning, "Utilizing a projectbased learning strategy to integrate actual research into the classroom," USA COTL, USA. (May 13, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Chair) & Perry, T. J. (Presenter), Tabitha Perry Senior Thesis Defense, "PCR-Based Production of
MicroRNA Sponges," USA Biology, USA. (May 1, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Pastukh, V. M. (Author & Presenter), & Gillespie, M. N., FASEB Experimental Biology,
"Genome-wide detection of oxidized base products in guanine quadruplex (G4) sequences by ChIP-Seq analysis in
hypoxic cells," FASEB, San Diego, CA. (April 28, 2014).
Clinton S Major
Elmore, J. A., Major, C. S., & Borden, J. (Spring 2015). Avian Species Richness, Abundance, and Diversity of Langan
Park, Botanical Gardens and Japanese Gardens in Mobile, Alabama. ASB meeting Chattanooga TN
Juan L. Mata
Martin DL, R Littlefield, J Roberts, R Beebe, and J Mata. 2015. Hard-wiring for Success: Simplified Teaching and
Assessment of the Mammalian Heart Dissection. 36th Annual Proceedings of the Association for Biology Laboratory
Education. 36th Annual ABLE Meeting, The University of Oregon, June 17-20, 2014
Carr, H. & Mata, JL. (2014). The genus Lactarius in coastal Alabama and Mississippi. 16th Annual Undergraduate
Symposium, 9 October, 2014, U. of South Alabama, Book of Abstracts p. 14.
Carr, S., Carr, H., & Mata, J. L. (2014). Digitization of Fungal Herbarium. 16th Annual Undergraduate Symposium, 9
October, 2014, U. of South Alabama, Book of Abstracts, p. 15
Hughes, T. & Mata, J. L. (2014). Mating and genetic studies on Marasmius brevipes. 16th Annual Undergraduate
Symposium, 9 October, 2014, U. of South Alabama, Book of Abstracts, p. 28
Sanders, R. & Mata, J. L. (2015). Phylogenetic signal as a proxy for identification of Costa Rican mushrooms. 22nd
Annual Graduate Research Forum, 19 March, 2014, University of South Alabama, Book of Abstracts p. 73.
Mata, J. L. (2015). New species of Neotropical Rhodocollybia (Fungi). 22nd Annual Graduate Research Forum, 19
March, 2014, University of South Alabama, Book of Abstracts p. 74.
Carr, S., Carr, H., & Mata, J. L. (2014). Digitization of Fungal Herbarium at the University of South Alabama. 92nd
Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science, U. of Western Alabama, 11-13 March, 2015, poster #22.
O’Neal, T.K., Stone, B. L., Hixon, L. , Russell, M. E., & Ní Chadhain, S. M. (2014). Isolation and Characterization of
Triclosan and Carbamazepine Degrading Bacteria from Coastal Alabama Environments. Alabama-Mississippi Bays
& Bayous Symposium biennial meeting, Mobile, AL.
Stone, B. L., Hixon, L. , Russell, M. E., & Ní Chadhain, S. M. Characterization of Bacterial Carbamazepine Degraders,
USA UCUR Symposium, Mobile, AL.
O’Neal, T.K. & Ní Chadhain, S. M. (2014). Isolation and Characterization of Triclosan Degrading Bacteria Trenton
Kaine O’Neal USA UCUR Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Jack O’Brien
Allement, J. & O’Brien, J. (2015). “Ecological Interactions between Trematodes and Cerithidea pliculosa” 2015 Gulf
of Mexico Graduate Student Symposium, Abstract March 13-15.
Allement, J. & O’Brien, J, (2015). “Ecological Interaction between Trematodes and Cerithidea pliculosa”, 22nd Annual
Graduate Research Forum,, March 16 – 19, Program and Abstracts p. 69.
Allement, J. & O’Brien, J. (2015). Ecological Interactions between Trematodes and Cerithidea pliculosa, Association
of Southeastern Biologists Annual Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 1-4.
JURIED PERFORMANCES, PRODUCTIONS AND RECITALS
Glen Borchert
Invited Keynote Speaker, University of Southern Mississippi, Biology Graduate Student Research Symposium (April
24, 2014)
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Brian Axsmith
McNair, D. M. (presenter), Alford, M. Axsmith, B. J. (2015). Plant fossils from the Miocene of Mississippi:
Reconstructing a Deltaic Wetland, Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting ASB, Chattanooga, TN.
Axsmith, B. J. (2014). Filling the Gaps in the Plant Fossil Record of the Gulf Coastal Plain. University of Southern
Mississippi Biology Department Biology Seminar Series, Hattiesburg, MS.
Axsmith, B.J. (2014). Plant Fossils from the Ingersoll Shale. Birmingham Paleontological Society, Birmingham, AL.
(August 4, 2014).
Axsmith, B. J. & Stults, D. Z. (presenter). (2014). New Observations on the Last Pterocarya Occurrences in North
America. Paper presented at the Botanical Society of America, Boise, Idaho.
Axsmith, B. J., Stults, D. Z. (presenter), Haywick, D. W., Dunn, M, &, Carey, S. (2014). An Early Oligocene plant
fossil site in southern Alabama, Paper presented at the Botanical Society of America, Boise, Idaho.
Haywick D. W., Axsmith, B. J., Dunn, M., & Stults, D. Z. 2014. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Oligocene
Bucataunna Clay Member (Bryam Formation, Vicksburg Group), Southwestern Alabama, USA. Poster presented at
the 2014 GSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Glen Borchert
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Cardin, S. E. (Author & Presenter), USA FDC Research Forum, "Generating microRNA
Sponges," USA FDC, USA. (March 18, 2015).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Roberts, J. T. (Author & Presenter), USA FDC Research Forum, "MRNA Editing
Generates Novel microRNA binding sites," USA FDC, USA. (March 18, 2015).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Patterson, D. G. (Author & Presenter), USA FDC Research Forum, "Numerous snoRNAs
function like microRNAs," USA FDC, USA. (March 18, 2015).
Borchert, G. M. (Author) & Amin, S. (Presenter), Shivam Amin Senior Thesis Defense, "Small RNAs as Bacterial
Regulators in the Starvation-Stress Response of Salmonella enterica," USA Biology, USA. (December 1, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Amin, S. (Author & Presenter), USA UCUR Research Symposium, "Small RNAs as
Bacterial Regulators in the Starvation-Stress Response of Salmonella enterica," USA UCUR, USA. (October 9, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Cardin, S. E. (Author & Presenter), USA Noncoding RNA Forum Seminar, "Generating
microRNA Sponges," USA Noncoding RNA Forum, USA. (September 17, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Roberts, J. T. (Author & Presenter), USA Noncoding RNA Forum Seminar, "MRNA
Editing Generates Novel microRNA binding sites," USA Noncoding RNA Forum, USA. (September 17, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Patterson, D. G. (Author & Presenter), USA Noncoding RNA Forum Seminar,
"Numerous snoRNAs function like microRNAs," USA Noncoding RNA Forum, USA. (September 17, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author & Presenter), South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning, "Utilizing a projectbased learning strategy to integrate actual research into the classroom," USA COTL, USA. (May 13, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Chair), Perry, T. J. (Presenter), Tabitha Perry Senior Thesis Defense, "PCR-Based Production of
MicroRNA Sponges," USA Biology, USA. (May 1, 2014).
Borchert, G. M. (Author), Pastukh, V. M. (Author & Presenter), Gillespie, M. N., FASEB Experimental Biology,
"Genome-wide detection of oxidized base products in guanine quadruplex (G4) sequences by ChIP-Seq analysis in
hypoxic cells," FASEB, San Diego, CA. (April 28, 2014).
Juan L. Mata
Mata, J. L. (2014). Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast: Ecology, Taxonomy and Human Interaction. 2014 Southern
Region Master Gardener Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 21-124 October, 2014.
Mata, J. L. (2014). Introduction to Mycology. [4 hour workshop], Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, AL,
31 May, 2014.
Mata, J. L. (2015). Identifying Mushrooms. [2 hour workshop], Bay Area Food Bank, Mobile, AL. 7 March, 2015.
John McCreadie
McCreadie, J. W., Grillet, M. G., Hamada, N., & Adler, P.H. Niche width and species richness between temperate
and tropical streams, North American Black Fly Association. Athens GA, February 18-20, 2015.
Morris, L., Cline, S. G., & McCreadie, J. W. Development of a student-friendly dehydration protocol for
characterization of an Atyidae shrimp using scanning electron microscopy. Alabama Academy of Science March 1113, 2015
Nye J, McCreadie J. W. Plecoptera Phenology in Coastal Alabama. Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference,
March 13-15, Athens GA and the title of my talk was
O’Neal, T.K., Stone, B. L., Hixon, L., Russell, M. E., & Ní Chadhain, S. M. (2014). Isolation and Characterization of
Triclosan and Carbamazepine Degrading Bacteria from Coastal Alabama Environments. Alabama-Mississippi Bays
& Bayous Symposium biennial meeting, Mobile, AL.
GRANTS
Glen Borchert
Borchert, G. M. (Co-Principal), Gillespie, M. (Principal), Al-Mehdi, A.-B. (Co-Principal), "R01 - DNA Lesions and
Gene Expression in Hypoxic Lung Disease," Sponsored by USA COM, NIH, $1,893,438.00. (July 1, 2015 - June 30,
2020).
Borchert, G. M. (Principal), "CAREER: Elucidating MicroRNA Function: What Are They Targeting?" Sponsored by
USA Biology, NSF, $533,452.00. (May 1, 2014 - April 30, 2019).
Borchert, G. M. (Principal), "Discovery and Characterization of MicroRNAs with Undescribed Roles in Breast
Cancer Pathology," Sponsored by Abraham Mitchell Cancer Research Fund, Local, $58,798.00. (May 1, 2015 - April
30, 2016).
Ylenia Chiari
Chiari, Y. (PI) (Awarded January 2015). “Testing for an emerging deadly disease in amphibian populations in
Alabama”. USA A&S Support Development Award. $1,500
Chiari, Y. (PI) (Awarded March 2015) “Occurrence and spread of a deadly amphibian disease in Alabama”.
USAFDC Award. $5,000
Ryan Littlefield
Palanki, S., Sigh, A., and Rich, T. (2014, August) MRI: Acquisition of Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
System for Investigation and Characterization of Complex, Nanoscale Systems, National Science Foundation,
$1,200,000.
Littlefield, R. S. (2014, April) Investigating the role of myosin on actin filament length regulation in C. elegans, USA
Research Development Grant, $25,000.
Clinton S. Major
Major, K.M. (2014, November) Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: the Key to the Cabinets: Building and
Sustaining a Research Database for a Global Biodiversity Hotspot. (PIs: Z. Murrell and Leslie Goertzen; USA Co-PI:
C.S. Major) National Science Foundation, Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC), Subaward
AU, $8,177.
Major, C.S. & Borden, J.A. (2014, March) Weeks Bay Herpetological Survey. Biological Inventories, Inc. Contract,
$1,700 (Materials & Supplies ONLY).
Kelly Major
Major, K.M. (2014, November) Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: the Key to the Cabinets: Building and
Sustaining a Research Database for a Global Biodiversity Hotspot. (PIs: Z. Murrell and Leslie Goertzen; USA Co-PI:
C.S. Major) National Science Foundation, Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC), Subaward
AU, $8,177.
Miller, M.M. (2012, September) Anthropogenic Nutrient Input and its Influence on Plant Competitive Outcomes:
Implications for Habitat Degradation and Community Shifts. (Co-PIs: Major, K.M. & Sherman, T.D.)
Environmental Protection Agency/Science to Achieve Results Graduate Fellowship Program, $126,000.
J. Mata
Mata, J. L. (2015). Towards a monograph of the genus Marasmius in Costa Rica. USA Faculty Arts & Sciences
Support and Development Award. $900.
Mata, J. L. (2015). Towards a monograph of the genus Marasmius in Costa Rica. USA Faculty Development Fund
$3,836.
Mata, J.L. (2011, March) Digitization TCN: The Macrofungi Collection Consortium: Unlocking a Biodiversity
Resource for The Macrofungi Collection Consortium: Unlocking a Biodiversity Resource for Understanding Biotic
Interactions, Nutrient Cycling and Human Affairs. NSF, subcontract to NYB, $ 21,240.
John McCreadie
McCreadie, J. W. (PI), Adler, P. H. (Co-PI), Brockhouse, C. (Co-PI). (Trouble in paradise: a threatened keystone
species in streams of the Galapagos Islands, National Geographic, $ 19, 500 (01/01/13- 01/01/15).
Tim Sherman
Leavesley S., Taylor M, and Rich T- PI’s. I am a project leader on the grant. Project title: Development of a highspeed, hyperspectral imaging, spinning-disk confocal microscope, National Science Foundation - Major Research
Instrumentation grant. $786,014.
Sherman, T. D. (2014, May) Project title: Investigation of distribution and abundance of seagrass parasite
Plasmodiophora diplantherae infecting Halodule wrightii in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi-Alabama
SeaGrant via University of Southern Mississippi, $2285.
Miller, M.M., Sherman, T.D., and Major, K.M. (2014, Sept). EPA-STAR Fellowship. Project title: Anthropogenic
Nutrient Input and its Influence on Plant Competitive Outcomes: Implications for Habitat Degradation and
Community Shifts, Environmental Protection Agency, $126,000.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. David Forbes
PROFESSORS
Dr. James Davis
Dr. David Forbes
Dr. Richard Sykora
Dr. Andrzej Wierzbicki
Dr. Robert Barletta
Dr. Jason Coym
Dr. Alexandra Stenson
Dr. David Battiste
Dr. Richard O’Brien
Dr. Christian Oertli
Dr. Donald Perine
Dr. W. Matthew Reichert
Dr. Milorad Stojanovic
Dr. Larry Yet
SENIOR INSTRUCTOR
Mrs. Patricia Davis
INSTRUCTOR
Mrs. Diane Roe
STOCKROOM MANAGER
Mrs. Ruth Cochran
SECRETARY
Ms. Rebecca Hoffman
ACCOUNTING CLERK III
Mrs. Charlotte W. Rogers
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Dr. Edward A. Salter
Last year the Department of Chemistry graduated 10 chemistry majors. Of this group three have plans to attend
graduate school (Jacqueline Gayton, Genevieve Mullen, and Katie Strickland), four have plans to attend
professional school (Brian Eberhardt, Catherine Estefan, Caleb Josephs, and Kang Rui Xiang), and three have
plans to pursue a career in the private sector (Michael Faralli, Jared Taylor, and Matthew Schmidt).
Of the 23 students enrolled in our Directed Studies Program, 16 participated in local and national professional
meetings. Of the 39 papers delivered at local/national/international professional meetings, 24 had undergraduate
students listed as co-authors. Of those attending and presenting at the American Chemical Society National
Meetings, the costs of conference participation for chemistry majors was, in a substantial part, covered by the SGA,
the ACS Mobile Section, and the Department of Chemistry. The funds from SGA could not have been secured
without the efforts of the USA Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society.
The Department continued funding scholarships for chemistry majors which provided $1,500 of paid tuition per
student per year and awarded Chemistry Scholarships to four new chemistry majors during the last academic year.
During the 2014-2015 academic year there were 9 chemistry majors supported by the Chemistry Scholarship
program (Genevieve Mullen, Samantha Otzenberger, Katie Strickland, Kang Rui Xiang, Catherine Zivanov,
Bonnie Baker, Kaitlyn Roberts, Jeffery Hendrich, and Thien Hua). Also during the academic year 2014-2015, four
additional endowment awards were presented to five students. The recipient of the TG Jackson Endowed
Scholarship was Cheyenne Paul, the recipients of the Wierzbicki-Salter Endowed Scholarship were Thien Hua and
Jeffery Hendrich, the recipient of the Williams-Phillips-Van Hook Scholarship was Keiana James, and the recipient
of the Chemistry Endowed Scholarship was Forrest Edhegard.
During the 2013-2014 academic year, four faculty members (David Battiste, Alexandra Stenson, James Davis, and
Richard Sykora) were named ‘Top Profs’ and three department members (Ruth Cochran, Rebecca Hoffman, and
Charlotte Rogers) received ‘Tip of the Cap’ by the USA Chapter of the Mortar Board Society for 2014. The USA
Student Affiliates American Chemical Society was recognized as honorable mention for the ACS 2013 - 2014
Student Chapter Awards.
During the last year, our faculty members had 41 submissions published/accepted in peer-reviewed publications.
Ten of these had undergraduate students from our Department as co-authors. As stated above, the faculty members
from the Department of Chemistry participated in many international/national professional meetings and local
research symposia, delivering 39 papers. The Chemistry faculty also participated in a host of professional workshops.
During the last academic year, the Department of Chemistry faculty members were PIs/Co-PIs on four new awards
from external agencies totaling $ 622K and three new awards from internal support totaling $ 26K. Notable was a
recent award from NSF to Dr. James H. Davis, Jr. for the proposal titled Ionic Liquids of Improved Thermal
Stability. Also notable would be the Organic Reactions book authored by Dr. Larry Yet that has an extensive review
on olefin ring-closing metatheses 1,301 pages) and the three textbooks adopted by the Department for three
instructional labs which are the following: Survey of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Dr. Richard O’Brien and
Dr. Milorad Stojanovic and General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II, Mrs. Patricia Davis and Mrs. Diane
Roe. External funding was provided by the federal government (USDA, DOD, NIH, & NSF), private organizations
(Henry Dreyfus Foundation & PRF), and chemical industry (Chevron-Texaco). During the last academic year, 48
students (6 graduate students through the Environmental Toxicology Program, 12 Honors students, 29
undergraduate students, and one high school student) were involved in research in our Department and were
supervised by our faculty.
Our active Chemistry Seminar Program provided a platform for scientific exchange that involved visiting and local
speakers, faculty members from other departments, and industrial scientists. Through these and many other
activities, the Chemistry Department maintains its close and frequent interactions with the local schools and local
chemical industry.
Robert Barletta
Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassidy, C. G., Gouault, N., Fadamiro, H. Y., … Barletta, R. E. (2014). On the
formation of a protic ionic liquid in nature. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53(44), 11762-11765.
David Battiste
Forbes, D. C., South, M. S., Rengasamy, R., Obiako, A. J., & Battiste, D. R. (2015). Phenylsulfonylacetic acid:
Condensations onto aryl aldehydes, J. Sulfur Chem. 36, 413-421.
James Davis
Braun, R. A., Bradfield, J. L., Henderson, C. B., Mobarrez, N., Sheng, Y., O'Brien, R. A., …, Davis, J. H. (2015). Click
chemistry mediated synthesis of bio-inspired phosphonyl-functionalized ionic liquids. Green Chemistry, 17(2), 12591268.
Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassidy, C. G., Gouault, N., Fadamiro, H. Y., … Barletta, R. E. (2014). On the
Mirjafari, A., O'Brien, R. A., West, K. N., & Davis, J. H. (2014). Synthesis of novel lipid-inspired ionic liquids via
thiol-ene chemistry: profound solvent effect on reaction pathway. Chemistry: A European Journal - Wiley, 20(25),
7576-7580.
O'Brien, R. A., Mirjafari, A., Mattson, K., Murray, S. M., Mobarrez, N., Salter, E. A., … Davis, J. H. (2014). The effect
of sulfur position on the melting points of lipidic 1-methyl-3-thiaalkylimidazolium ionic liquids. J. Phys. Chem. B,
118(34), 10232-10239.
West, C. W., O’Brien, R. A., Salter, E. A., Hollingsworth, B. E., Huynh, T. L., Sweat, R. E., … Davis, J. H. (2015).
Impact of sulfur heteroatoms on the activity of quaternary ammonium salts as phase transfer catalysts for
nucleophilic displacement reactions. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 398, 282-288.
David Forbes
Forbes, D. C., South, M. S., Rengasamy, R., Obiako, A. J., & Battiste, D. R. (2015). Phenylsulfonylacetic acid:
Condensations onto aryl aldehydes, J. Sulfur Chem. 36, 413-421.
Richard O’Brien
Braun, R. A., Bradfield, J. L., Henderson, C. B., Mobarrez, N., Sheng, Y., O'Brien, R. A., …, Mirjafari, A. (2015). Click
chemistry mediated synthesis of bio-inspired phosphonyl-functionalized ionic liquids. Green Chem., 17(2), 12591268.
Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassidy, C. G., Gouault, N., Fadamiro, H. Y., … Davis, J. H. (2014). On the
Mirjafari, A., O'Brien, R. A., West, K. N., & Davis, J. H. (2014). Synthesis of novel lipid-inspired ionic liquids via
thiol-ene chemistry: profound solvent effect on reaction pathway. Chemistry: A European Journal - Wiley, 20(25),
7576-7580.
O'Brien, R. A., Mirjafari, A., Mattson, K., Murray, S. M., Mobarrez, N., Salter, E. A., … West, K. N. (2014). The effect
of sulfur position on the melting points of lipidic 1-methyl-3-thiaalkylimidazolium ionic liquids. J. Phys. Chem. B,
118(34), 10232-10239.
West, C. W., O’Brien, R. A., Salter, E. A., Hollingsworth, B. E., Huynh, T. L., Sweat, R. E., … Davis, J. H. (2015).
W. Matthew Reichert
Foley, M. P., Haverhals, L. M., Klein, D. K. D., McIlvaine, W. B., Reichert, W. M., O'Sullivan, D. W., … De Long, H.
C. (2014). Catalytic depolymerization of microcrystalline cellulose accomplished in an ionic liquid. Am. J. Biomass
Bioenergy, 3(1), 68-82. doi:10.7726/ajbb.2014.1004
Alexandra Stenson
Braun, R. A., Bradfield, J. L., Henderson, C. B., Mobarrez, N., Sheng, Y., O'Brien, R. A., … Stenson, A. (2015). Click
chemistry mediated synthesis of bio-inspired phosphonyl-functionalized ionic liquids. Green Chem. 17(2), 12591268.
Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassidy, C. G., Gouault, N., Fadamiro, H. Y., … Stenson, A. C. (2014). On the
formation of a protic ionic liquid in nature. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 11762-11765.
Kelley, K. M., Stenson, A. C., Dey, R., & Whelton, A. J. (2014). Release of drinking water contaminants and odor
impacts caused by green building cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) plumbing systems. Water Research. 67, 19-32.
Novotny, N. R., Capley, E. N., & Stenson, A. C. (2014). Fact or artifact: The representativeness of ESI-MS for
complex natural organic mixtures. J. of Mass Spectrom. 49, 316-326.
Stenson, A. C., Ruddy, B. M., & Bythell, B. J. (2014). Ion molecule reaction H/D exchange as a probe for isomeric
fractionation in chromatographically separated natural organic matter. Int. J. of Mass Spectrom. 360, 45-53.
Kelley, K. M., Stenson, A. C., Cooley, R., Dey, R., Whelton, A. J. (2015). The cleaning method selected for new PEX
pipe can affect short-term drinking water quality. J. Water and Health. 13(4), 960-969.
Richard Sykora
Bradfield, J. L., Braun, R. A., White, F., Hendrich, J. M., Sykora, R. E., & Mirjafari, A. (2014). Crystal structure of triphenyl(vinyl)-phospho-nium tetra-phenyl-borate. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E: Struct. Rep. Online, 70(Pt 10), o1143.
Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassidy, C. G., Gouault, N., Fadamiro, H. Y., … Sykora, R. E., (2014). On the
White, F., & Sykora, R. E. (2014). Crystal structure of bis-(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κ(3) N,N',N'')nickel(II)
dicyanidoaurate(I). Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E: Struct. Rep. Online, 70(Pt 12), 519-21.
White, F., & Sykora, R. E. (2014). Crystal structure of catena-poly[[aqua(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κ(3)
N,N',N'')cobalt(II)]-μ-cyanido-κ(2) N:C-[dicyanidoplatinum(II)]-μ-cyanido-κ(2) C:N]. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E:
Struct. Rep. Online, 70(Pt 9), m322-3.
White, F., & Sykora, R. E. (2014). Crystal structure of di-μ-benzato-κ(4) O:O'-bis-[aqua-(benzato-κO)(benzato-κ(2)
O,O')(2,2':6',2''-terpyridine-κ(3) N,N',N'')europium(III)]-benzoic acid (1/2). Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E: Struct. Rep.
Online, 70(Pt 9), m328-9.
Andrzej Wierzbicki
O'Brien, R. A., Mirjafari, A., Mattson, K., Murray, S. M., Mobarrez, N., Salter, E. A., … Wierzbicki, A. (2014). The
effect of sulfur position on the melting points of lipidic 1-methyl-3-thiaalkylimidazolium ionic liquids. J. Phys.
Chem. B, 118(34), 10232-10239.
Salter, E. A., Honkanen, R. E., & Wierzbicki, A. (2015). Modeling the Antiferromagnetic MnIIMnII System within
the Protein Phosphatase-5 Catalytic Site. J. Mol. Model., 21, 1-5.
Tao, J., Battle, K. C., Pan, H., Salter, E. A., Chien, Y.-C., Wierzbicki, A., & DeYoreo, J. J. (2015). Energetic basis for
the molecular-scale organization of bone. PNAS, 112, 326-331. doi:10.1073/pnas.1404481112
West, C. W., O’Brien, R. A., Salter, E. A., Hollingsworth, B. E., Huynh, T. L., Sweat, R. E., …Wierzbicki, A. (2015).
Larry Yet
Liu, S., Zha, C., Nacro, K., Hu, M., Cui, W., Yang, Y.-L., … Yet, L., (2014). Design and synthesis of 4-heteroaryl
1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines as triple reuptake inhibitors. ACS Med. Chem. Lett., 5, 760-765.
Lee, K., Li, N., Xi, Y., Zhu, B., Gary, B. D., Ramirez-Alcantara, V., … Yet (2014). Phosphodiesterase 10A: A novel
target for selective inhibition of colon tumor cell growth and b-catenin-dependent TCF transcriptional activity.
Oncogene. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1038/onc.2014.94
Larry Yet
Yet, L. (2014). Five-membered ring systems: With more than one N atom. In G. W. Gribble & J. Joule (Eds.),
Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry (Vol. 26, pp. 237-277). Oxford, UK: Pergamon.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS
Larry Yet
Yet, L. (2015). The olefin ring-closing metathesis reaction. In Organic Reactions. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS
Patricia Davis
Roe, D. H., & Davis, P. M. (2014). Chemistry 132 Laboratory Manual (2nd ed., pp. 164). Southlake, TX:
Fountainhead Press.
Roe, D. H., & Davis, P. M. (2015). Chemistry 131 Laboratory Manual (1st ed., pp. 126). Southlake, TX: Fountainhead
Press.
Richard O’Brien
O'Brien, R. A., & Stojanovic, M. (2015). Chemistry 101 Laboratory Manual (1st ed., pp. 168). Southlake, Texas:
Fountainhead Press.
Diane Roe
Roe, D. H., & Davis, P. M. (2014). Chemistry 132 Laboratory Manual (2nd ed., pp. 164). Southlake, TX:
Fountainhead Press.
Roe, D. H., & Davis, P. M. (2015). Chemistry 131 Laboratory Manual (1st ed., pp. 126). Southlake, TX: Fountainhead
Press.
Milorad Stojanovic
O'Brien, R. A., & Stojanovic, M. (2015). Chemistry 101 Laboratory Manual (1st ed., pp. 168). Southlake, Texas:
Fountainhead Press.
NON-PEER REVIEWED BOOKS
Richard O’Brien
O’Brien, R. A., & Pointer, A.W. (2015). CJ and the Angel Kids: Tale of the Talker. Bay Minette, AL: Eagle Printing.
EDITORSHIP OF BOOKS OR JOURNALS
W. Matthew Reichert
Reichert, W. M., Ispas A., Bund, A., De Long, H. C., Haverhals, L. M., … Mantz, R. A. (Eds.). (2014). Molten salts
and ionic liquids 19. ECS Trans., 64(4), 647.
ABSTRACTS
Robert Barletta
Barletta, R. E., Krause, J. W., Goodie, T., & El Sabe, H. (2015). Direct measurement of intracellular carotenoids in
macroalgae and phytoplankton[Abstract]. 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Research Forum, Mobile
AL.
Barletta, R. E., Taylor, G., Krause, J. W., & El Sabe, H. (2015). Direct measurement of intracellular carotenoids in
macroalgae and phytoplankton [Abstract]. 2nd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium, Atlanta Georgia.
Barletta, R. E., Sackett, O., Goodie, T., & Carlijn-Aldercamp, A. (2015). A spectroscopic approach to probing
biogenic sulfur production in phaeocystis Antarctica [Abstract]. Gordon Research Conference Polar Marine Science,
Lucca, Italy.
Davis, J. H., Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N., … Barletta, R. E. (2014). On the
formation of a protic ionic liquid [Abstract]. Gordon Research Conference on Ionic Liquids, Newry, ME.
Jason Coym
Coym, J. W. (2015). Method development and validation for trace metal analysis using microwave plasma-atomic
emission spectroscopy [Abstract]. 2015 Center for Environmental Resiliency Research Workshop, Mobile, AL.
Coym, J. W. (2015). Chromatographic separation of structurally-similar steroids: Stationary and mobile phase
considerations [Abstract]. Pittcon 2015, New Orleans, LA.
Coym, J. W. (2015). Selectivity considerations for chromatographic separation of steroids [Abstract]. 22nd Annual
USA Faculty Development Council Research Forum, Mobile AL.
Roberts, K., Winter, S., Drymon, J. M., & Coym, J. W. (2014). Examination of mercury in sharpnose shark tissue
[Abstract]. USA 16th Annual University Committee for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.
James Davis
David Forbes
Forbes, D. C., & Mitta, M. (2014). Stereospecific assembly of cyclopropane functionality, [Abstract]. USA 16th
Annual University Committee for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Forbes, D. C, Otzenberger, S. J., Patel, D., Knapp, D. L., & Battiste, D. R. (2015). Microreactors: Condensation
reactions onto aryl aldehydes [Abstract]. 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Research Forum, Mobile
AL.
Forbes, D. C., Wood, E. C., Zivanov, C. N., Paul, C. M., Honkanen, R. E. Salter, A. E., & Wierzbicki, A. (2015).
Development of protein phosphatase inhibitors [Abstract]. 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Research
Forum, Mobile AL.
Richard O’Brien
Davis, J. H., Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N., … O’Brien, R.A. (2014). On the
Alexandra Stenson
Davis, J. H., Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N., … Stenson, A. C. (2014). On the
Mullen, G. E., Stenson, A. C., & Waselkov, G. (2014). Organic residue analysis of Native American pottery.
[Abstract]. 66th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Richard Sykora
Davis, J. H., Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N., … Sykora, R. (2014). On the formation
of a protic ionic liquid [Abstract]. Gordon Research Conference on Ionic Liquids, Newry, ME.
Hendrich, J. M., Sykora, R., Taylor, J. D., White, F. D., & Xiang, K. R. (2015). Investigating aurophilic interactions:
Synthesis, structural, and photoluminescent properties of lanthanide cyanometallates containing 1, 10phenanthroline [Abstract]. Abstracts of Papers, 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, US, CHED932.
White, F. D., Sykora, R., & Hendrich, J. M. (2015). Dicyanoaurate and tetracyanoplatinate compounds as potential
chemical sensors for volatile organic compounds [Abstract]. Abstracts of Papers, 249th ACS National Meeting &
Exposition, Denver, CO, US, INOR-327.
Xiang, K. R., Hendrich, J. M., White, F. D., Taylor, J. D., & Sykora, R. (2015). X-ray structure and variabletemperature photoluminescent properties of isostructural lanthanide cyanometallates containing DMSO [Abstract].
Abstracts of Papers, 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, US, CHED-260.
Andrzej Wierzbicki
Wierzbicki, A. (2014). Collagen-hydroxyapatite interactions and the molecular-scale architecture of bone [Abstract].
24th American Association for Crystal Growth and Epitaxy Western Section Conference on Crystal Growth and
Epitaxy, Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA.
Wierzbicki, A. (2014). Collagen-hydroxyapatite interactions and the molecular-scale architecture of bone [Abstract].
Modeling and Design of Molecular Materials, Kudowa Zdroj, Poland.
Robert Barletta
Barletta, R. E.,), Goodie, T., Krause, J. W., & El Sabe, H. (2015). Direct measurement of intracellular carotenoids in
macroalgae and phytoplankton. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium,
Georgia Tech College of Sciences, Atlanta, GA.
Barletta, R. E., Krause, J. W., Goodie, T., & El Sabe, H. (2015). Direct measurement of intracellular carotenoids in
macroalgae and phytoplankton. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Research
Forum, Mobile, AL.
Barletta, R. E., Sackett, O., Goodie, T., & Carlijn-Aldercamp, A. (2015). A spectroscopic approach to probing biogenic
sulfur production in phaeocystis Antarctica. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine
Science, Lucca, Italy.
formation of a protic ionic liquid. Poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Ionic Liquids, Newry, ME.
Jason Coym
Coym, J. W. (2015). Method development and validation for trace metal analysis using microwave plasma-atomic
emission spectroscopy. Poster presented at the 2015 Center for Environmental Resiliency Research Workshop,
Mobile, AL.
Coym, J. W.) (2015). Chromatographic separation of structurally-similar steroids: Stationary and mobile phase
considerations. Poster presented at Pittcon 2015 Society of Analytical Chemistry of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh
Spectroscopy Society, New Orleans, LA.
Coym, J. W. (2015). Selectivity considerations for chromatographic separation of steroids. Poster presented at the 22nd
Annual USA Faculty Development Council Research Forum, Mobile, AL.
Roberts, K., Winter, S., Drymon, J. M., & Coym, J. W. (2014). Examination of mercury in sharpnose shark tissue.
Poster presented at the University Committee for Undergraduate Research Fall Forum, Mobile, AL.
James Davis
Green, B. D., West, K. N., O'Brien, R. A., & Davis, J. H. (2014, November). Solvent properties of lipidic ionic liquids.
Poster presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
West, K. N., Green, B. D., O'Brien, R. A., & Davis, J. H. (2014). Binary phase behavior of lipidic ionic liquids. Poster
presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Patricia Davis
Davis, P. M. (2015), Prehealth overview and Q/A session, PreHealth Overview and Q/A Session USA Honors
Program, Mobile, AL.
Davis, P. M. (2015). Prehealth overview, A&S Scholars Showcase USA College of Arts and Sciences, Mobile, AL.
David Forbes
Forbes, D. C., & Mitta, M. (2014). Stereospecific assembly of cyclopropane functionality. Poster presented at the USA
16th Annual University Committee for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Forbes, D. C, Otzenberger, S. J., Patel, D., Knapp, D. L., & Battiste, D. R. (2015). Microreactors: Condensation
reactions onto aryl aldehydes. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Research
Forum, Mobile AL.
Development of protein phosphatase inhibitors. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development
Council Research Forum, Mobile AL.
Richard O’Brien
Davis, J. H., Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N., …O'Brien, R. A. (2014). On the
Green, B. D., West, K. N., O'Brien, R. A., & Davis, J. H. (2014). Solvent properties of lipidic ionic liquids. Poster
West, K. N., Green, B. D., O'Brien, R. A., &, Davis, J. H. (2014). Binary phase behavior of lipidic ionic liquids. Poster
W. Matthew Reichert
Estefan, C. D., Gayton, J. N., Faralli, M., Anderson, E. D., Reichert, W. M., & Salter, E. A. (2015). Effects of cation
structure on the acidity of Bronsted acid ionic liquids: A computational study. Poster presented at the 249th American
Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO.
Gayton, J. N., Estefan, C. D., Anderson, E. D., Faralli, M., & Reichert, W. M. (2015). Hydrolysis of fungal chitin
utilizing ionic liquids as a solvent and catalyst. Poster Presented at 249th American Chemical Society National
Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO.
Hamade, F. A., Tumulak, E. G., & Reichert, W. M. (2014). Thermal analysis, conformational behavior, & crystal
structures of N-methyl-N-alkylpiperidinium and N-methyl-N-alkylpyrrolidinium iodide salts. USA 16th Annual
University Committee for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Reichert, W. M., Anderson, E. D., Gayton, J. N., & Estefan, C. D., (2015). Functionalized biopolymer materials for
catalysis and remediation. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Graduate Research Forum, USA Faculty
Development Council, Mobile, AL.
Alexandra Stenson
Boyd, S. L., Ghosal, R. R., Dey, R., Whelton, A. J., & Stenson, A. C. (2015). ESI MS analysis of PEX pipe contact water.
Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Spring Graduate Research Forum, Mobile,
AL.
Brown, T. A., Henderson, C. H., & Stenson, A. C. (2015). Two-dimensional separation of humics and tandem mass
spectral confirmation of isomeric differences between fractions. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty
Development Council Spring Graduate Research Forum, Mobile, AL.
Brown, T. A., Stenson, A. C., Harris, B. D., & Whelton, A. J. (2014). Multidimensional fractionation and mass
spectral characterization of suwannee river fulvic acid. Poster presented at the USA 16th Annual University
Committee for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Connell, M. R., Stenson, A. C., & Whelton, A. J. (2014). Chemical contributions of an emerging premise plumbing
material to drinking water: Comparing polypropylene to cross–linked polyethylene pipes. Poster presented at the
AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition, Boston, MA.
Davis, J. H., Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N., & Stenson, A. C. (2014).On the
Mullen, G., Waselkov, G. A., & Stenson, A. C. (2014). Detecting black drink in Native American pottery using LC-MS
and DART-MS. Poster presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society
(SERMACS), Memphis, TN.
Stenson, A. C., Bythell, B. J., Henderson, C. B., Brown, T. A., Harris, B. D. (2014). Chromatographic and mass
spectral characterization of environmental mixtures. Poster and teaching statement presented at the Dreyfus TeacherScholar Symposium on Research Frontiers in the Chemical Sciences, New York, NY.
Richard Sykora
Davis, J. H, Chen, L., Mullen, G. E., Le Roch, M., Cassity, C. G., Gouault, N.,… Sykora, R. E. (2014). On the
Hendrich, J. M., Sykora, R., Taylor, J. D., White, F. D., & Xiang, K. R. (2015). Investigating aurophilic interactions:
Synthesis, structural, and photoluminescent properties of lanthanide cyanometallates containing 1, 10-phenanthroline.
Poster presented at the 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO.
White, F. D., Sykora, R., & Hendrich, J. M. (2015). Dicyanoaurate and tetracyanoplatinate compounds as potential
chemical sensors for volatile organic compounds. Poster presented at the 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition,
Denver, CO.
Xiang, Kang Rui, Hendrich, J., White, F. D., Taylor, J. D., & Sykora, R. (2015). X-ray structure and variabletemperature photoluminescent properties of isostructural lanthanide cyanometallates containing DMSO. Poster
presented at the 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO.
Larry Yet
Cassibry, L. K., Hua, T. P., Pearsall, C. A., & Yet, L. (2015). Alternative synthesis of penicinoline analogs for anticancer
research. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development Council Spring Graduate Research Forum,
Mobile, AL.
Lee, K., Li, N., Chen, X., Zhu, B., Yet, L., da Silva, L. M., … Piazza, G. A. (2015). Validation of phosphodiesterase 10A
as a cancer target. Poster presented at the AACR Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Smith, E. E., Glenn, S. N., & Yet, L. (2014). Chemical synthesis of marinoquinoline analogs for anticancer research.
Poster presented at the USA 16th Annual University Committee for Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mobile,
AL.
Yet, L. (2015). Tailoring heterocyclic chemistry research for undergraduate students. Oral presentation at the Florida
Heterocyclic & Synthetic IUPAC-Sponsored Conference (FloHet-2015), Gainesville, FL.
Yet, L., Lee, K., Li, N., Chen, X., Zhu, B., Keeton, A., & Piazza, G. (2014). Phosphodiesterase 10, a novel target for
colorectal cancer therapeutics. Poster presented at the MCI 8th Annual College of Medicine Research Forum, Mobile,
AL.
Andrzej Wierzbicki
Development of protein phosphatase inhibitors. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual USA Faculty Development
Council Research Forum, Mobile AL.
Wierzbicki, A. (2014). Collagen-hydroxyapatite interactions and the molecular-scale architecture of bone. Symposium
conducted at the 24th American Association for Crystal Growth and Epitaxy Western Section Conference on Crystal
Growth and Epitaxy, Stanford Sierra Camp, Fallen Leaf Lake, CA.
Wierzbicki, A. (2014). Collagen-hydroxyapatite interactions and the molecular-scale architecture of bone. Symposium
conducted at the Modeling and Design of Molecular Materials, Kudowa Zdroj, Poland.
GRANTS
Robert Barletta
Barletta, R. E. (PI) (2010, September). RUI: analysis of intracellular biogenic sulfur with µ-raman spectroscopy, NSF,
$180,438.
David Battiste
Battiste, D. R. (2014, June). Assessment of remote sensor technology and portable gas chromatography as an
agricultural screening tool, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, $57,233.
Battiste, D. R. (PI), & Coym, J. W. (2014, June). Proof of concept: Evaluation of imaging techniques for the nondestructive detection of plant pests, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, $233,042.
Jason Coym
Battiste, D. R. (PI), & Coym, J. W. (2014, June). Proof of concept: Evaluation of imaging techniques for the nondestructive detection of plant pests, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, $233,042.
Coym, J. W. (2014, April). Method development and validation for trace metal analysis using microwave plasmaatomic emission spectroscopy, USA Center for Environmental Resilience, $11,350.
James Davis
Davis, J.H., Jr. (2014, June). Ionic liquids of superior thermal stability, NSF, $285,000.
Davis, J.H., Jr. (2013, July). Synthesis and thermophysical behaviors of mesothermal liquid salts, ACS-PRF, $65,000.
Davis, J.H., Jr., & West, K.N. (2013, July). USA-Chevron ionic liquids technology development, Chevron $50,000.
West, K. N. (PI), Davis, J. H. (Co-PI), & Reichert, W. M. (Co-PI) (2011, August). MRI: Acquisition of an intelligent
gravimetric analyzer to characterize gas absorption properties of ionic liquids for energy and environmental
applications, NSF – MRI-CBET, $361,923.
David Forbes
Wierzbicki, A. (PI), Forbes, D.C. (Co-PI), & Honkanen, R.E. (Co-PI) (2014, October). Proof of concept: Development
of PP5 inhibitors, Abraham A. Mitchell Cancer Research Fund, $60,000.
Forbes, D.C. (2010, July). RUI: Catalysis Using Decarboxylation of Carboxymethylbetaine Functionality, NSF,
$253,003.
W. Matthew Reichert
West, K. N. (PI), Davis, J. H. (Co-PI), & Reichert, W. M. (Co-PI) (2011, August). MRI: Acquisition of an intelligent
gravimetric analyzer to characterize gas absorption properties of ionic liquids for energy and environmental
applications, NSF – MRI-CBET, $361,923.
Reichert, W. M. (PI) (2014, March). New chitin films for Mobile Bay water remediation, USA Center for
Environmental Resiliency, $15,000.
Alexandra Stenson
Stenson, A. C. (PI) (2012, September). Chromatographic and mass spectral characterization of environmental
mixtures, Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Awards, $60,000.
Stenson, A. C. (Co-PI), & Whelton, A. J. (PI), (2012, August). REU supplement: towards a safer and greener indoor
environment: Chemical liberation from polyethylene plumbing pipe, NSF, $10,000.
Stenson, A. C. (Co-PI), & Whelton, A. J. (PI) (2012, September). Towards a safer and greener indoor environment:
Chemical liberation from polyethylene plumbing pipe, NSF, $298,000.
Stenson, A. C. (PI) (2014, March). Compositional characterization of disinfection byproducts in chlorinated water,
Center for Environmental Resiliency, $18,200.
Richard Sykora
Sykora, R. E. (2009, June). CAREER: Exploring the structures and materials applications of lanthanide
cyanometallates, NSF, $625,000.
Andrzej Wierzbicki
Wierzbicki, A. (PI), Forbes, D.C. (Co-PI), & Honkanen, R.E. (Co-PI) (2014, October). Proof of concept: Development
of PP5 inhibitors, Abraham A. Mitchell Cancer Research Fund, $60,000.
Wierzbicki, A. (essential Personnel-Consultant), & Piazza, G. (PI) (2015). Novel sulindac derivatives for colon cancer
research, NIH, $46,875.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. James Aucoin
PROFESSORS
Dr. James Aucoin
Dr. Gerald Wilson
Dr. Patricia Mark
Dr. Reginald Moody
Dr. Steven Rockwell
Dr. Richard Ward
Dr. Mia Anderson
Dr. Joseph Glover
Dr. Jessica Sheffield
Dr. April Taylor
SENIOR INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Nadia Bush
Ms. Genevieve Dardeau
Ms. Megan Sparks
INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Nekita Huling
Ms. Katherine Rigsby
Mr. John Sellers
SECRETARIES
Ms. Tonette Adams
Ms. Margaret Haig
The Communication Department continued its efforts to provide excellence in instruction and opportunities for
students. The biggest change in our department was the merging of the advertising and public relations
concentrations into a concentration that better reflects the real world. We call it “Strategic Communication,” and
students will learn about both advertising and public relations to better prepare themselves for careers in
communication for corporations and non-profits.
Dr. Patricia Mark, who teaches in strategic communication, was awarded a grant from a local company, Threaded
Fasteners, Inc., to create a student-run agency that will eventually grow to accept other clients from around Mobile.
Under the direction of Ms. Heather Leigh Stanley, students involved with The Prowl, the USA student radio station,
are working hard to transition it from Web to terrestrial broadcasting as a fully licensed FM station, WGJR, with
possible start-up this coming summer or fall.
We continue to offer technology and software in video and research courses that meet professional standards. Our
three computer laboratories provide support for our research course, computer applications of communication
technology, and industry-standard writing and publishing courses. We continued this year to upgrade the video
equipment as far as funding allowed.
This year the Department continued in its outreach to the community. Funded by the Department, the Mobile
County Commission, Pearson Education and the Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, the Department held its sixth
annual High School Public Speaking Contest. Faculty members Megan Sparks, Nekita Huling, April DuPree
Taylor and Katherine Rigsby were organizers of the event which involved five area high schools, 62 high school
students, and over 40 USA students, faculty and alumni volunteers and local professionals.
The South Alabama High School Newspaper Contest and Banquet, funded by the Newhouse Foundation and the
Press-Register, held its 14th workshop and luncheon, attracting participants from four local schools. Conducting
workshops were James Aucoin; John Sellers; Communication graduate student Sara Sobolewski; and Vanguard
editor-in chief Alyssa Newton.
Our students were honored in many venues: Kaley Rector and Catherine Pitman were named finalists in the
National Media Scholars competition; at the 2015 Public Relations Council of Alabama State Conference, student
members received 2 medallion awards for submitted publications; Alyssa Newton placed 7th in the Best of the South
competition for “Best Newspaper Page Layout Design” at the Southeastern Journalism Conference.
This year 34 communication majors added to their academic career with internships. The program, coordinated by
Megan Sparks, involved sponsoring internships from Mobile County Community Action Head Start Program,
Alabama Power, Distinguished Young Women, Lewis Communications, VMR Agency, Red Square Gaming, Go
Daddy bowl, USA College of Medicine, USA Athletics, USA Media Relations, Local 15 Fox 10 News, WKRG News 5,
and Blue Rents, and others.
Our department hosted guest speakers in a classroom setting and continued our bi-weekly research colloquium,
organized by faculty member Jessica Sheffield. Featured speakers were Robin Roberts, President, National Media
Research Planning & Placement; alum Crystal W. Ghassemi, corporate communications, Dollar General
Corporation; Billy Duren, President, Threaded Fasteners, Inc.; Rand Kennedy, radio program director, WNSP;
Kaycee Lagarde, Santa Rosa County reporter, Pensacola News Journal; and others.
Many of our faculty and students contributed to our fifth annual report that will be given to graduating students and
sent to alumni and industry leaders. We also publish newsletters, one for current students and faculty, and one for
alumni. Articles were written or coordinated by student workers Sydney Warren and Lee Wingard.
Faculty members have been active in publishing, presenting their scholarship at conferences, and serving the
community. This activity is documented below.
Other Activities of Communication Faculty
Communication faculty published non-peer reviewed books and articles in peer reviewed journals; and presented 10
paper/panel presentations at national and regional scholarly conventions. One faculty member, Patricia Mark, is a
member of the editorial board for a peer-reviewed journal, B>Quest Journal of Applied Topics in Business and
Economics.
Our faculty served the university and community in a wide variety of activities. James Aucoin and John Sellers serve
as board members of the John Will Memorial Scholarship Trust. Steven C. Rockwell serves on the Child Policy
Council for the James T. Strickland Youth Center.
A number of faculty members provided significant service as advisors to student groups. Nadia Bush served as
advisor for the campus chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America. Genevieve Dardeau served as
advisor to the Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society; April DuPree Taylor advised the Abeneefoo Kuo
Honor Society; Patricia Mark and Nadia Bush advised the student chapter of the American Federation of
Advertising. Serving on the Board of Student Communications were James Aucoin, Richard Ward, and John
Sellers. Advisor for The Vanguard was John Sellers; Richard Ward advised JagTV and faculty member Heather
Leigh Stanley advised Jag Radio. James Aucoin continued as financial supervisor for USA student media.
James Aucoin
Aucoin, James. (October 6, 2014). Sebastian Junger’s War, “expert testimony,” and understanding the story,
Journalism Studies, 10.1080/1461670X.2014.965927.
James Aucoin
Aucoin, James. (2015). Investigative Reporting. In Patricia Moy (Ed.) Oxford Bibliographies in Communication.
(n.p.) New York: Oxford University Press.
Gerald Wilson
Wilson, G. L. (2014). Groups in context: Leadership & participation in small groups (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Wilson, G. L. (2014). Relational Communication. Boston: Pearson.
Wilson, G.L., Sparks, M.S., & Taylor, A.D. (2014). Public speaking for success, (3rd ed.), Boston: Pearson
REVIEWS
James Aucoin
Aucoin, J. (Summer 2014). No title. [Review of the book The Bully Pulpit]. American Journalism, 40:2, pp. 130-131.
Aucoin, J. (2014). No title. [Review of the book Hauptmann’s Ladder]. journalismhistory.net.
Aucoin, J. (2014). No title. [Review of the book Marshall McLuhan and Northrop Frye]. Choice, n.p.
Aucoin, J. (2015). No title. [Review of the book Virtue in media: The moral psychology of excellence in news and
public relations ]. Choice, n.p.
Jessica Sheffield
Sheffield, J.L. (2015). Review of the book [Networked media, network rhetorics: Attention and deliberation in the early
blogosphere]. Rhetoric and Public Affairs, forthcoming.
Patricia Mark
Editorial Board: B>Quest Journal of Applied Topics in Business and Economics, University of West Georgia,
Richards College of Business. (Patricia Mark)
Mia Anderson
Anderson, M. L. (2015). Teaching Ethnography with TEDxBroadway. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Southern States Communication Association Symposium in Tampa, FL, April 9-12, 2015.
Anderson, M. L. (2015). Two Magazines, One ‘Chocolate City’: Ebony and Sepia’s Coverage of Black Political Presence,
1971-1977. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Media & Civil Rights History Symposium in Columbia,
SC, April 2-4, 2015.
Anderson, M.L., Bailey, S.B., Foutz, B., & Sparks, M. (2015). Critically Crafting Your Course with TED: Using TED
Talks to Enhance Course Content. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Southern States Communication
Association (SSCA) in Tampa, FL, April 8-11, 2015.
Anderson, M. L., Brown, K. A., & Dickhaus, J. (2015). The Ray Rice Saga: A Comparison of Local, Regional, and
National News Coverage Using Resource Dependency Theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
International Association for Communication and Sport (IACS) in Charlotte, NC, March 6-8, 2015.
Anderson, M. L., Foster Pierre, D., Huling, N. D., Mixon, A. & Murray, C. (2014). The ‘C’ Word: Cancer Narratives
in African American Films and Television Shows. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the National
Communication Association (NCA) in Chicago, IL, November 20-23, 2014.
James Aucoin
Aucoin, J. (2014). Sebastian Junger’s war, ‘expert testimony,’ and understanding the story. Paper presented at the
ninth meeting of the International Conference for Literary Journalism Studies, Paris, France.
Jessica Sheffield
Sheffield, J. L. (2015). Cool for a Cause: The ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” as Viral Movement. Paper presented at the
meeting of the popular Culture Association and American Culture Associations, New Orleans, LA.
Sheffield, J. L. (2014). Drama in the Delta: A Burkean Analysis of the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta National Park
Controversy. Accepted for presentation at the Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, St. Louis, MO, but
was unable to travel due to illness.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Genevieve Dardeau
Dardeau, G. M. (2014). Building relationships and not “tearing down” women: Self-concept is more than skin deep.
Keynote Speaker, Kappa Delta Sorority, Women and Friendship Conference.
April DuPree-Taylor
Taylor, A. D. (2014). Delivering effective public speeches. Presenter at Mayor’s Youth Council Summit, Jackson, MS.
Taylor, A. D. (2014). Professional Interviewing Techniques. Presenter at Hattiesburg High School, Hattiesburg, MS.
GRANTS
James Aucoin
Aucoin, J. (2015, April). Planning and research for documentary on Frye Gaillard’s book on the Civil War,
USAFDC, $5,000
Aucoin, J. (2014, April). Workshop for Jag-Media, Alabama Press Association, $1,000.
Patricia Mark
Mark, P. (2014, July). Strategic Communication Student Agency, Threaded Fasteners, July 2014-May 2016, $35,785.
Mark, P. (2015, March). Understanding the Classroom Communication behaviors of African American Male
Students, ORED Arts & Humanities Small Grant program, $1500 (unfunded).
Jessica Sheffield
Sheffield, J. L. (2014, March). Controversy in Yosemite: An Analysis of Contested Park Discourses, USA Faculty
Development Council, $3,250. Traveling for research summer 2015.
Sheffield, J. L. (2014, January). An Analysis of Communication in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta Controversy, USA
College of Arts & Sciences Mobile Bay Heritage Award. $700.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Sytske Kimball
PROFESSORS
Dr. Sytske Kimball
Dr. Roy Ryder
Dr. David Allison
Dr. Keith Blackwell
Dr. Murlene Clark
Dr. Mimi Fearn
Dr. Douglas Haywick
Dr. Carol Sawyer
Dr. Alex Beebe
Dr. Frances Mujica
Dr. Chad Shafer
Dr. Wesley Terwey
Dr. Diana Sturm
INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Karen Jordan
Mr. Andrew Murray
Mr. Samuel Stutsman
SECRETARIES
Ms. Cathi Miller
STAFF
Mr. Pete McCarty
Mr. Corey Bunn
I have concluded my first year as Department Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences and am pleased to report
that it has been a rewarding and exciting year for the department. Our faculty have enjoyed their first year in the
renovated office and classroom space on the third floor of the Life Sciences Building. Students are pleased with their
new lounges and computer lab facilities. Dr. Wes Terwey completed the redesign of the Earth Sciences website with
Dr. Alex Beebe.
Several of our faculty taught Freshman Orientation classes and/or were involved in teaching in a Learning
Community. The department continues to offer online classes and Dr. Fearn has remained active in Team-based
Learning.
The faculty in all three disciplines presented research results at various professional conferences. Dr. Frances Mujica
and Dr. Alex Beebe received internal university grants to pursue their research. Dr. Sawyer received an Association
of American Geographers Mel Marcus Award to study the distribution and morphology of relict and active
patterned ground in Eastern Olympic National Park, Montana. Dr. Kimball received funding from Earth Networks
Inc. to maintain and operate the South Alabama Mesonet. As always, the department mentored a large number of
undergraduates in research, either through grant funding, directed studies, or the University UCUR program. Dr.
Beebe co-chaired the biannual Bays and Bayous Conference in Mobile that was also attended by three other Earth
Science faculty members.
This year, Dr. David Allison took over as Director of the Mobile Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The event
was a resounding success with many of the Earth Sciences faculty and students serving as judges.
Towards the end of the year, the department was pleased to host the annual Student Award Ceremony, as well as a
well-attended retirement reception for our former chair Dr. Mimi Fearn. We would like to wish her all the best in
the next chapter of her life and are happy that she will remain active in the Mobile area.
Geography
This past year saw a number of changes for the geography program. For the first time in 15 years, all geography
faculty reside in one building; in addition, the new classroom labs allow faculty to teach simultaneous labs. Dr. Mimi
Fearn rejoined the faculty after stepping down as chair and retired in May 2015. Ms. Karen Jordan presented her
research on teaching online science classes and labs at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American
Geographers in Chicago, Illinois in April, drawn from her own experiences and data on teaching online for the past
several years. Drs. Frances Mujica and Carol Sawyer also presented two parts of their year-long project on
recruitment of undergraduate geography programs at the conference in Chicago. Students from Gamma Theta
Upsilon, led by Drs. Sawyer and Mujica, attended the Southeastern Division of the Association of American
Geographers (SEDAAG) in Athens, Georgia in November 2014.
The students stepped up at the last minute to represent the state of Alabama in the Division’s World Geography
Bowl (round-robin form of Jeopardy) when they realized no team existed. The students, Clayton Tatum, Doreen
Dilks, Claude Buerger, Ethan Hamilton, and Jarrod Cunningham, competed against graduate students and held their
own, resulting in a third place tie. Claude Buerger was the top undergraduate scorer in the entire competition and, as
such, earned a place on the SEDAAG team for the national competition at the meeting in Chicago. The SEDAAG
team made it to the finals, placing second overall. Mr. Sam Stutsman was elected to the Faculty Senate and will serve
in the upcoming year. Mr. Stutsman and Dr. Mujica continued their collaboration on analyzing spatial data for the
Mitchell Cancer Institute. Dr. Mujica was nominated for the SEDAAG’s Honors Committee (election results will be
announced at the end of May). Dr. Sawyer’s encyclopedia entry on “Patterned Ground” was accepted for publication
into the International Encyclopedia of Geography (to be published in 2016). Dr. Roy Ryder chaired the search
committee to replace the physical geography line that will open when Dr. Fearn retires. Dr. Mujica received word
that she will receive the College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award in the fall.
Geology
Enrollment in the Geology component of Earth Sciences was steady in 2014-15 with approximately 80 majors. Two
of eight graduating majors received postgraduate funding to pursue MS studies at NIU in Illinois. Throughout the
year, Geology faculty mentored 18 undergraduate students in various research activities; 6 of these students
presented the results of their studies at the AWRC and SEGSA professional meetings.
Dr. Diana Sturm joined the program as a fulltime Instructor in 2014 and was instrumental in improving 100 level
instruction for lab sections for GY 111L and GY112L. Dr. Alex Beebe delivered presentations at conferences in
Mobile (AWRC) and Chattanooga, TN (SEGSA), had two peer-reviewed publications accepted in Ecological
Engineering and Environmental Engineering and Science, and received a Research and Scholarly Development
Grant along with Co-PIs Dr. Brian Dzwonkowski (DISL) and Dr. David Allison to conduct research on shallow
groundwater interactions in Mobile Bay. He took four students (Dane Leach, Jennifer Jackson, Emil Johnson, and
Beverly Lowery) to the annual Southeast Geological Conference in Chattanooga, TN to present undergraduate
research projects. Dr. Doug Haywick gave research presentations at the GSA National meeting in Vancouver,
Canada and the SEGSA in Chattanooga, and helped revise the sedimentology and sedimentary petrology
components of the AGI Field Geologist's Guide with colleague David Kopaska-Merkel at the Alabama Geological
Survey.
The undergraduate Geology Club continued fund raising efforts for the Geology departmental endowed awards
raising more than $2000.00 in 2014-15. With their assistance, the Department was able to introduce a new endowed
award this year, the Wiggs Paleontology Award, and within a year, should be able to start the new Ron Williamson
Student Service Award. The Geology Honors Society (Sigma-Epsilon-Gamma Section) began the Alabama Minerals
project that will soon be presenting comprehensive mineral sets to all middle and high schools in the University's
service area (approximately 125 sets).
Geology recognized 18 majors for academic excellence at the Department’s annual award ceremony in May.
Collectively, the Geology endowment accounts dispensed more than $6500.00 in cash and cash-equivalent prizes to
geology students in 2014-15.
Meteorology
Dr. Blackwell was the recipient of the 2014 College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Academic Advising Award as
well as the Recipient of the 2014 USA Alumni Association Excellence in Academic Advising Award. Dr. Terwey,
with a number of terrific students, launched a weather-data website (http://weather.southalabama.edu). Drs.
Kimball, Shafer, and Terwey supervised several undergraduate students in research.
Mr. Andrew Murray assisted several meteorology students (Lilly Dickson, Cameron Young, Adam Olivier, Austin
Clark, and Isaac Mingo) in organizing the highly successful 12th annual Southeastern Coastal and Atmospheric
Processes Symposium. Speakers from around the country included representatives from the National Hurricane
Center, SUNY Albany, and various National Weather Service offices. It was especially pleasing to see a great turnout of students at the symposium.
Mr. Murray worked with Lilly Dickson to make significant changes to the Meteorology Club constitution in an effort
to increase student involvement and to improve student retention within the Meteorology program. These changes
focused on establishing participation requirements for its members in a variety of areas, including attendance at
meetings and guest speakers, involvement in community service and volunteer programs, and participation in
extracurricular and social activities.
Dr. Chad Shafer left the program to pursue a job with the National Weather Service. We wish him well, but he will
be missed by students and faculty alike.
CHILI
The Center for Hurricane Intensification and Landfall Investigation continues to provide students with internship
and research opportunities through the South Alabama Mesonet
(http://chiliweb.southalabama.edu/realtime_display.php). One of our recent student weather station technicians,
Mr. Patrick Collins, recently found full-time employment at the Kentucky Mesonet thanks to his experience at
CHILI. The CHILI web- and data-servers were recently upgraded to virtual machine status, assuring continued,
reliable service to the university and Gulf Coast community.
CWRC
The Coastal Weather Research Center, under the direction of Dr. Bill Williams and managed by Mr. Pete McCarty,
published their 25th edition of the Mobile Weather and Marine Almanac for public distribution. Dr. Blackwell and
Mr. Murray delivered round-the-clock forecasts and detailed assessments during the hurricane season, and Dr.
Blackwell provided ice and snow storm forecasts for our unusually severe winter season. Dr. Blackwell and Mr.
Murray also made comprehensive winter weather forecasts for CSX railroad throughout the winter season. CWRC
provides a valuable example for meteorology majors of the real world demand for weather information.
Alex Beebe
Beebe, D.A., Castle, J.W., Molz, F.J., & Rodgers, J.H. (2014). Effects of Evapotranspiration on Treatment
Performance in Constructed Wetland Systems: Experimental Studies and Modeling. Ecological Engineering, 71, 393400.
Beebe, D.A., Castle, J.W., & Rodgers, J.H. (2014). Biogeochemical-Based Design for Treating Ammonia Using
Constructed Wetland Systems. Environmental Engineering Science, 32(5): (In Press).
Douglas Haywick
Kopaska-Merkel, D.C. and Haywick, D.W. 2014. Small Carbonate Buildups in the Bangor Limestone (Chesterian) in
and near Alabama. In Puckett, T.M and Rinsberg, A. (eds), Stratigraphy and Depositional Systems in the
Mississippian Strata of the Appalachian Plateau, Northwest Alabama Alabama Geological Society Guidebook 51, p.
xxx-xxx.
Chad Shafer
Shafer, C. M., Stanford, M. W., Kabeiseman, A. N., Bramel, N. R., & Brown, M. J., (2015). Associating practically
perfect probabilities of severe weather to diagnostic variables. Weather and Forecasting, submitted.*
Rowell, M. D., Richman, M. R., Leslie, L. M., Doswell, C. A. III, Shafer, C. M., Mercer, A. E., & Hitchcock, S. M.,
(2015). Verification of severe weather diagnostics and the impact of WRF model uncertainty on severe outbreak
predictability and discrimination. Monthly Weather Review, submitted.
Wesley Terwey
Terwey, W. D., and C. M. Rozoff (2014): Objective Convective Updraft Identification and Tracking –Part I: Structure
and Thermodynamics of Convection in the Rainband Regions of Two Hurricane Simulations. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.,
119, 6470-6496, doi:10.1002/2013JD020904.
Douglas Haywick
Haywick, D. W. and Kopaska-Merkel, D.C., (under review). Classification of Sedimentary Rocks, AGI Geoscience
Handbook, 5th edition. American Geophysical Institute p. xxx-xxx.
Haywick, D. W. and Kopaska-Merkel, D.C., (under review). Thin-section Characteristics of Common Sedimentary
Rocks, AGI Geoscience Handbook, 5th edition. American Geophysical Institute p. xxx-xxx.
Carol Sawyer
Sawyer, C. F. (Accepted). Patterned Ground. In International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth,
Environment, and Technology (In press). Washington, D. C.: International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the
Earth, Environment, and Technology.
NON-PEER REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Keith Blackwell
Blackwell, K. G. (2014). A Review of the 2014 Hurricane Season, 2015 Mobile Weather and Marine Almanac, Coastal
Weather Research Center, University of South Alabama.
ABSTRACTS
Alex Beebe
Novy, C., Beebe, A., & Whelton, A. (2015). Environmental Fate and Aquatic Toxicology Lessons of the Freedom
Industries Chemical Spill in Charleston, WV. Alabama’s Water Environment Association 38th Annual Conference,
Orange Beach, AL.
Novy, C., Beebe, A., & Whelton, A. (2015). Environmental Contamination and Daphina Magna Toxicity Caused by
the Freedom Industries Elk River Chemical Spill, West Virginia. University of South Alabama 22nd Annual Graduate
Research Forum, Mobile, AL.
Leach, D.J., Lowery, B.A., Jackson, J.L., & Beebe, D.A. (2015). Removing Nutrient Pollutants from Urban
Stormwater Run-off Using Adsorptive Substrates. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 47(2): 95,
Southeast Regional Meeting, Chattanooga, TN.
Johnson, E.D., Beebe, D.A., & Allison, D.T. (2015). A Gravimetric Investigation of The Subsurface Structural
Geology of Northern Mobile Bay, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs: 47(2): 77, Southeast
Regional Meeting, Chattanooga, TN.
Beebe, A., Blackwell, K., Terwey, W., Shafer, C., & Kimball, S. (2014). Analysis of Historic Rainfall and Flooding
Events in the North-Central Gulf Coast, Bi-Annual Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Beebe, D.A. & Hayaski, T.A. (2014). Enhanced Adsorption and Removal of Nutrient Pollutants in Urban
Stormwater Run-off with Novel Substrates, 28th Annual Alabama Water Resources Conference, Orange Beach, AL.
Douglas Haywick
Haywick, D.W., 2014. TBL Lite: Selective Use of Team-based Learning and Other Techniques to Improve Critical
Thinking and Student Success in a Upper Level Writing Class in Geology. Fourth Annual Conference of Teaching
and Learning, Mobile AL, May 2014.
Axsmith, B.J., Stults, D.Z., Dunn, M., Haywick, D.W. and Carey, S., 2014. An early Oligocene plant fossil site in
southern Alabama. Botany 2014; Botanical Society of America, Boise, Idaho, July 26-30, 2014.
Haywick, D.W., Axsmith. B.J., Dunn, M., and Stults, D.Z., 2014. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Oligocene
Bucatunna Clay Member (Byram Formation, Vicksburg Group), southwestern Alabama, USA. Geological Society of
America National Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. October 19-22 2014, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6. p 53.
Haywick, D.W., Kopaska-Merkel, D.C. and Keyes, R., 2015. Possible middle Chesterian (Mississippian) microbial
mound in NE Alabama. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting, Chattanooga, TN. March 19-20,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 47, No. 2. p 82.
Karen Jordan
Jordan, K. (2015). Teaching Introductory Physical Geography Online [Abstract]. Association of American
Geographers Annual Meeting.
Frances Mujica
Mujica, F. & Sawyer, C. (2015). Does Required High School Geography influence the Size of Undergraduate
Geography Programs in the U.S.? Poster presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL.
Sawyer, C. F. & F. C. Mujica (2015). Undergraduate Geography Programs in the U.S.: Their Characteristics and Web
Presence. Poster presented at the meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL.
Carol Sawyer
Sawyer, C. F. (2014). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Undergraduate Enrollment in Geography Programs in the U.S.
Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Presence. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Mujica, F. C. & C. F. Sawyer (2015). Does Required High School Geography Influence the Size of Undergraduate
Geography Programs in the U.S.? Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting Abstracts.
David Allison
Johnson, Emil, D., Beebe, D. Alex, Allison, David T. (2015). A Gravimetric Investigation of the Subsurface Structural
Geology of Northern Mobile Bay. Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, Chattanooga TN, March
18-20.
Alex Beebe
Beebe, A., Blackwell, K., Terwey, W., Shafer, C., & Kimball, S. (2014). Analysis of Historic Rainfall and Flooding
Events in the North-Central Gulf Coast, Bi-Annual Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Beebe, D.A. & Hayaski, T.A. (2014). Enhanced Adsorption and Removal of Nutrient Pollutants in Urban
Stormwater Run-off with Novel Substrates, 28th Annual Alabama Water Resources Conference, Orange Beach, AL.
Keith Blackwell
Beebe, A., K.G. Blackwell, W. Terwey, C. Shafer, and S. Kimball, 2014: Analysis of Historic Rainfall and Flooding
Events in the North-Central Gulf Coast, 2014 Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program,
Mobile, AL, 2-3 December 2014, P44.
Douglas Haywick
Haywick, D.W., 2014. TBL Lite: Selective Use of Team-based Learning and Other Techniques to Improve Critical
Thinking and Student Success in a Upper Level Writing Class in Geology. Fourth Annual Conference of Teaching
and Learning, Mobile AL, May 2014.
Axsmith, B.J., Stults, D.Z., Dunn, M., Haywick, D.W. and Carey, S., 2014. An early Oligocene plant fossil site in
southern Alabama. Botany 2014; Botanical Society of America, Boise, Idaho, July 26-30, 2014.
Haywick, D.W., Axsmith. B.J., Dunn, M., and Stults, D.Z., 2014. Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Oligocene
Bucatunna Clay Member (Byram Formation, Vicksburg Group), southwestern Alabama, USA. Geological Society of
America National Meeting, Vancouver, Canada. October 19-22 2014, Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6. p 53.
Haywick, D.W., Kopaska-Merkel, D.C. and Keyes, R., 2015. Possible middle Chesterian (Mississippian) microbial
mound in NE Alabama. Geological Society of America SE Section Meeting, Chattanooga, TN. March 19-20,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 47, No. 2. p 82.
Karen Jordan
Jordan, K. (2015). Teaching Introductory Physical Geography Online. Poster presented at the meeting of the
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Sytske Kimball
Kimball, S. K. (2014). Wind characteristics around Mobile Bay: Sea breezes, tropical storms, and wind energy. Paper
presented at the Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Beebe, D. A., K. G. Blackwell, C. M. Shafer, and S. K. Kimball (2014). Analysis of historic rainfall and flooding events
in the north-central Gulf Coast. Poster presented at the Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Invited seminar presentation at the University of Florida Geography Department. “The Breezes of Mobile Bay”,
Gainesville FL.
Invited seminar for the Student Symposium Series, USA Department of Mathematics and Statistics. “The
Mathematics and Statistics of Wind” 12 Feb 2015.
Frances Mujica
Mujica, F. & Sawyer, C. (2015). Does Required High School Geography influence the Size of Undergraduate
Geography Programs in the U.S.? Poster presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting,
Chicago, IL.
Carol Sawyer
Sawyer, C. F. (2014). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Undergraduate Enrollment in Geography Programs in the U.S.
Poster presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Athens,
GA.
Chad Shafer
Beebe, A., Blackwell, K., Terwey, W., Shafer, C., & Kimball, S., (2014). Analysis of historic rainfall and flooding events
in the north-central Gulf Coast. Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile Bay National Estuary
Program, Mobile, AL.
Brown, M. J., Kabeiseman, A. K., Poche, C. R., Paschal, C. R., Olivier, A. M., Terwey, W., & Shafer, C. M., (2015).
Identification and classification of cell mergers in supercell outbreaks. 12th Southeastern Coastal and Atmospheric
Processes Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Clark, A., Beebe, A., Blackwell, K., Kimball, S., Shafer, C., & Terwey, W., (2015). Analysis of historic rainfall and
flooding events in the north-central Gulf Coast. 12th Southeastern Coastal and Atmospheric Processes Symposium,
Mobile, AL.
Grondin, N., & Shafer, C., (2015). Identifying and ranking hail-dominant and wind-dominant severe weather
outbreaks. 12th Southeastern Coastal and Atmospheric Processes Symposium, Mobile, AL.
GRANTS
Alex Beebe
Leach, D.J. & Beebe, D.A. (2015, April). Characterizing Submarine Groundwater Discharge to Mobile Bay,
University Committee on Undergraduate Research, $2,454.54.
Lowery, B.A. & Beebe, D.A. (2015, April). Application and Effectiveness of Biochar as a Fertilizer and as a Substrate
for Removing Harmful Nitrates from the Environment, University Committee on Undergraduate Research,
$2,446.52.
Beebe, D.A. (2015, January). Enhancement of the University of South Alabama’s Hydrology Well Field, College of
Arts and Sciences Support and Development Grant, $1,495.
Beebe, D.A. (2014, April). Evaluation of Novel Filter Media for Enhanced Pollutant Removal in Low-impact
Development Stormwater Mitigation Structures, University of South Alabama Faculty Development Grant, $5,000.
Murlene Clark
Darling, Scott (April, 2015) Shallow Stratigraphy of Gold Mine Creek, Chilton Co. Al, UCUR, $2,000
Cobb, Bethany (April, 2015) Deep Water Biostratigraphy of Gulf of Mexico oil Wells. UCUR, $2,000
Clark, William (April, 2015) Deep Water Biostratigraphy of Gulf of Mexico Oil Wells, UCUR, $2,000
Sytske Kimball
Kimball, S. K. (2014) Teaming agreement: Earth Networks Inc. and USA. Earth Networks Inc. $50,400
Kimball, S. K., K. Sinkler, and C. Rogalin. (2014) Temperature extremes in South Alabama – compiling a climatology
and informing the general public. UCUR
Kimball, S. K. (2014) Gulf Coast ADVANCE. National Science Foundation. $39,036
Kimball, S. K. (2013) Weather Instrument Lease. Poarch Band of Creek Indians. $12,000
Frances Mujica
Mujica, F. (March 2015) Chagas Disease and its Vector Triatoma Sanguisuga in Mobile, Alabama. University of
South Alabama Faculty Development Council Award. $4080
Mujica, F. (Februrary 2015) Geographic and Temporal Tourism Flow in Olympic National Park. University of
South Alabama Arts and Sciences Support and Development Award. $1200
Carol Sawyer
Sawyer, C. F. (2015, March). Distribution and Morphology of Relict and Active Patterned Ground in Eastern Olympic
National Park, Montana. Association of American Geographers Mel Marcus Award, $2,000.
Chad Shafer
Kabeiseman, A. N., & Shafer, C. M. (2014, March). Evaluation of Uncertainty in Outbreak Severity Diagnoses,
University Committee on Undergraduate Research, $2000.
Brown, M. J., Terwey, W., & Shafer, C. M. (2014, March). Identification and Classification of Cell Mergers in Severe
Weather Outbreaks, University Committee on Undergraduate Research, $2000.
Clark, A. G., & Shafer, C. M. (2015, March). Association of Gulf Coast Watershed Historic Discharge Events to
Precipitation Rate and Accumulation, University Committee on Undergraduate Research, $2000.
Objective Probabilistic Guidance for Severe Weather Outbreaks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
$51,300. (Unpaid Collaborator)
Wesley Terwey
W. D. Terwey (2012, January). Collaborative Research: The Relationships between Sheared Convective Clouds and
Tropical Cyclone Evolution, National Science Foundation – Physical and Dynamic Meteorology program, Grant
NSFAGS1140357, $166,679 – collaborative effort with Dr. C. M. Rozoff ($163,486).
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Steven Trout
WRITER IN RESIDENCE
Mr. Frye Gaillard
PROFESSORS
Dr. Nicole Amare
Dr. Steven Trout
Dr. Sue Walker
Dr. Larry Beason
Dr. Patrick Cesarini
Dr. Bob Coleman
Dr. AnnMarie Guzy
Dr. Ellen Burton Harrington
Dr. John Halbrooks
Dr. Richard Hillyer
Dr. Cristopher Hollingsworth
Dr. Becky McLaughlin
Dr. Linda Payne
Dr. Christopher Raczkowski
Dr. Justin St. Clair
Ms. Carolyn Haines
Dr. Kern Jackson
Dr. Christine Norris
SENIOR INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Karen Peterson
Ms. Linda Spain
INSTRUCTORS
Mr. Christopher Cowley
Ms. Vickey Daley
Ms. Karma deGruy
Dr. Rob Dixon
Dr. Doris Frye
Dr. Julian Knox
Ms. Maura Lang
Dr. Derek Lowe
Dr. Stephanie Volf
Ms. Heather Wilkins
SECRETARIES
Ms. Julie French
Ms. Paula Jefferson
The English Department once again enjoyed a year of recognition and accomplishment. John Halbrooks won the
2015 College of Arts and Sciences Award for Outstanding Teaching and Karen Peterson won the 2015 Outstanding
Service Award. It is worth noting that these two fine colleagues join a large pool of recent College-level award
recipients (all within the past four years), including Pat Cesarini (Outstanding Teaching), Larry Beason
(Outstanding Service), Ellen Harrington (Outstanding Advising), Alice Kracke (Outstanding Teaching), and Linda
Spain (Outstanding Teaching). In addition, Pat Cesarini and Richard Hillyer both received sabbaticals for next
year. Dr. Cesarini will spend the fall 2015 semester working on a new study of Moby-Dick, and Dr. Hillyer will
spend the spring 2016 semester completing his latest monograph, a study of the relationship between science and
poetry.
The 2014-2015 academic year also saw major personnel changes in the department. Paula Jefferson moved into the
secretarial position vacated by Arnedra Wilson (whom the department was sorry to see leave), and Julie French,
formerly of the USA Genetics Lab, took over as our new Accounting Clerk. Four new instructors—all of them
superb classroom teachers—joined the faculty: Rob Dixon, Doris Frye, Maura Lang, and Heather Wilkins. Patrick
Shaw (University of Southen Indiana) accepted the position of Composition Director and will begin work in August,
2015. Mira Rosenthal (University of North Florida) accepted the position of Director of Creative Writing. Finally,
the department celebrated the career of Sue Walker, who announced her retirement this year, during a reception
and poetry reading held in her honor. The USA Foundation generously hosted this jam-packed event in the historic
Stallworth House on Spring Hill Avenue. Our thanks go to USA Foundation Director Maxey Roberts for her great
kindness and consideration in making this memorable event possible.
Now a department tradition, the Student Recognition Banquet, held in the USA Faculty Club, drew more students
and parents this year than ever before. Our finest English majors and graduate students were on hand to receive
more than $10,000 in scholarships. Actress and author (and USA English alum) Laura Cayouette, best known for her
role in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, provided a stimulating opening address and graciously stayed
afterwards to visit with star-struck students. The department thanks the members of the Scholarship and Student
Recognition Committee, especially Karen Peterson, for organizing this year’s especially successful banquet.
The Hamner Lecture, another department tradition, was delivered this year by USA Writer in Residence Frye
Gaillard. Drawn from Gaillard’s latest book, Journey to the Wilderness: History, Memory, and a Southern Family’s
Civil War Letters, this well-attended, expertly delivered lecture marked one of the high points in the Hamner series.
Finally, this year saw the publication of the thirteenth issue of USA’s outstanding fine-arts journal, Oracle. Karie
Fugett, an English major in the Creative Writing Concentration, served as the Editor in Chief and was ably
supported by faculty sponsors Ellen Harrington and Diane Gibbs (USA Department of Visual Arts).
Research and Professional Development
Scholarly achievements for the past year are characteristically numerous. English Department faculty members
published eight peer-reviewed articles, four peer-reviewed book chapters, one edited, peer-reviewed book, five nonpeer-reviewed books, and five scholarly book reviews. The total number of faculty presentations at conferences
comes to 32 this year! In addition to his ongoing editorial work on the Digital Yoknapatawpha Project, Robert
Coleman became the editor of Studies in American Culture. Steven Trout became the editor of “War, Memory, and
Culture,” a new book series published by the University of Alabama Press (in partnership with the USA Center for
the Study of War and Memory). Now in its fourth decade, Negative Capability Press, founded and directed by Sue
Walker, published no fewer than fourteen books this year. 2015 was also a special year for Chris Raczkowski, who
received an advance contract for his essay collection A History of American Crime Fiction from none other than
Cambridge University Press.
Amid all of this publishing and travel, English Department faculty members also helped bring speakers to the Mobile
Bay area and contributed to various projects as public intellectuals. Pat Cesarini and Becky McLaughlin co-chaired
the annual meeting of ACETA (the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama), which was held on the
USA Baldwin County campus this year. In addition to helping with numerous local projects related to AfricanAmerican history and folklore, Kern Jackson played a central role (literally) in the Alabama Public Television
documentary Journey Proud: Mobile Brass Bands. Cris Hollingsworth, Susan McCready (USA Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures), and Steven Trout organized several events sponsored by the USA Center for
the Study of War and Memory, including a panel discussion on the one-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of
World War I, presentations by World War I historians John Morrow (University of Georgia) and Nimrod Frazer,
and a symposium titled “The Civil War in History and Memory: 1865-2015.” Noted expert on Civil War prisons,
Benjamin Cloyd (Hinds Community College), provided the keynote address at the latter. Finally, Pat Cesarini gave
an outstanding presentation to the USA community, titled “Why You Should be Reading Native-American
Literature.” The newly establish Native American Studies Programs hosted this well-attended event.
Multiple successful grant applications came out of the department this year. Nicole Amare received a fellowship for
research from the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies. Becky McLaughlin received research support
from the Mahan-Brandon Fund for Research in Gender Studies and Women’s History. And Justin St. Clair and
Steven Trout each received a Small Arts and Humanities Grant from the USA Office of Research. Trout also
successfully applied for a mini-grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation.
Teaching
Evidence of the English Department’s culture of teaching excellence and innovation abounded during the past year.
As usual, Karen Peterson contributed to the annual USA Conference on Teaching and Learning. Her presentation
this year focused on service learning used in tandem with team-based learning. Pat Cesarini and Becky McLaughlin
completed training in team-based learning, and have begun to experiment with this pedagogical approach in their
classes. And Cris Hollingsworth applied for a grant (decision pending) from the USA Innovation in Learning
Center to support new approaches to teaching 200-level literature survey courses in the department. Several faculty
members taught successful sections of CAS 100—the department has long made a major contribution to coverage of
that particular course—and/or participated in USA’s Learning Community initiative.
The English Department also continued to support the USA Honors Program. In addition to covering several
sections of EH 105 and an Honors section of EH 215: Survey of British Literature II, the department offered two
brand-new upper-level Honors seminars: EH 490: Health and Healing in Literature and Film (designed and taught
by Cris Hollingsworth) and EH 490: Post-Apocalyptic Literature (designed and taught by Larry Beason). The
former reflects USA’s interest in the rapidly growing field of Medical Humanities and will be a regular fixture in the
Honors Program, which draws a significant number of pre-med students, from this point forward.
Last but not least, the English Department made important strides this year in formalizing and improving policies
for undergraduate student internships, a long-standing need. An ad hoc committee comprised of Nicole Amare
(Chair), Vickey Daley, and John Halbrooks drafted a document that explains eligibility requirements and so forth.
Of course, the department looks forward to placing more student interns with Sue Walker’s Negative Capability
Press.
Service
The English Department contributed 703 hours of professionally-related community service to the Mobile Bay area.
The total number of non-professionally related hours comes to 512. Our two tenure-track searches translated into a
year of especially intensive service within the department. Nicole Amare ably chaired the search committee (Larry
Beason, Pat Cesarini, Richard Hillyer, and Linda Spain) that successfully hired Patrick Shaw, our new Director of
Composition. Likewise, Becky McLaughlin’s leadership of the Director of Creative Writing Search Committee (Cris
Hollingsworth and Chris Raczkowski) led to the successful hiring of Mira Rosenthal.
Other individuals contributed to the health of the English Department in traditionally time-consuming roles.
Richard Hillyer completed his third year as Assistant to the Chair and once again masterfully managed the fulltime
faculty class schedule. Christine Norris enjoyed a successful year as Interim Director of Composition; Larry Beason
provided invaluable support as the Composition Program’s Assistant Director. As Graduate Coordinator, Ellen
Harrington continued to lead our robust English MA Program. And John Halbrooks made great headway, as chair
of the Undergraduate Committee, on a number of longstanding assessment needs.
In every respect, 2015 was a remarkable academic year for the USA Department of English.
Together with the Department of Communication, the Department of English is proud to co-sponsor the Writer in
Residence position held by noted journalist, historian, and creative writer Frye Gaillard. The following is a report of
Frye’s accomplishments for the past academic year.
Frye Gaillard, Writer in Residence
Public Appearances– On Campus and Off
May 7: Archeology Museum, University of South Alabama, discussion of stories, oral histories, letters, and songs
May 5: Citizens in support of public schools, Charlotte, NC, The Dream Long Deferred
May 3: Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
April 24: Alabama Writers Symposium, Monroeville, AL, Journey to the Wilderness with Steven Trout, and
“Mockingbird” with songwriter Davis Raines
April 23: April 1865 Society, Selma, AL, Journey to the Wilderness
April 17: NewSouth Book Store, Montgomery, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E.
DeChant
April 16: Moonlight on the Mountain, Birmingham, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music," with
Anne E. DeChant and Nashville songwriter Larry Mitchell
April 15: Southern Ale House, Tuscaloosa, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” with Anne E.
DeChant and poet Jennifer Horne
April 14: Ephesus Public Library, Ephesus, GA, “Watermelon Wine and the Poetry of Southern Music,” concertreading with Anne E. DeChant
April 12: Huntsville Literary Association, Huntsville, AL, The Books That Mattered
April 10: Fowl River Women’s Association, Theodore, AL, Journey to the Wilderness
April 9: Alabama Historical Association annual meeting, Mobile, Journey to the Wilderness
April 6: Dinner conversation with Honors College students, University of South Alabama
April 6: Civil War Symposium, Center for the Study of War and Memory, University of South Alabama, Journey to
the Wilderness
April 2: Odyssey continuing education class, University of South Alabama, The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s
Memoir
Mar. 27: University of South Alabama Continuing Education discussion, Journey to the Wilderness, with Steven
Trout
Mar. 22: Hoover, AL Public Library, The Quilt and the Poetry of Southern Music, with Anne E. DeChant and author
Patti Callahan Henry
Mar. 15: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery, http://uumontgomery.org, Journey to the Wilderness
Mar. 13: Alabama College English Teachers’ Association, Keynote Address for annual conference
Mar. 11: History Museum of Mobile, http://museumofmobile.com/, Learning Lunch, Journey to the Wilderness
Feb. 28: Page & Palette Book Store, Fairhope, AL, 1 p.m., Coffee Shop Conversation with award-winning author
Sene Jeter Naslund
Feb. 26: Mobile Public Library, 6:30 p.m., discussion of civil rights memoir, Better Than Them, by S. M. Otts, for
which Frye Gaillard wrote Introduction
Feb. 24: Bevill State Community College, Jasper, AL, 3:30 p.m., The Books That Mattered: A Reader’s Memoir
Feb. 19: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., civil rights panel discussion with former New York Times editor, Howell
Raines
Feb. 11: Columbus, MS Public Library, 11:30 a.m., “Table Talk” discussion of The Books That Mattered
Feb. 7: Arts Revive, Selma, AL, 7 p.m., panel tribute to documentary civil rights photographer Spider Martin
Dec. 6: Viva NashVegas Radio, Franklin, TN, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., tribute to the late George Hamilton IV, long-time star
of the Grand Ole Opry
Dec. 4: Vanderbilt University Library, 2 p.m., panel discussion of Strong Inside, a new biography of Perry Wallace,
the first African-American basketball player in the Southeastern Conference
Nov. 20: University of South Alabama, 6 p.m., lecture on Journey to the Wilderness
Nov. 19: Troy Public Radio taping, Montgomery, AL
Nov. 5: Annual Hamner Lecture, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Oct. 30: Satori Coffee House, Mobile, AL, reading/concert with Nashville singer-songwriter Anne E. DeChant
Oct. 20: Belmont University, Nashville, TN, reading/concert with Nashville singer-songwriters Davis Raines, Pamela
Jackson, and Anne E. DeChant
Oct. 11: Alabama Southern Community College, Monroeville, AL, reading/concert with Nashville singersongwriters Jon Byrd, Davis Raines, and Pamela Jackson
Sept. 29: University of South Alabama History Club Panel, “Ferguson, MO, and the Civil Rights Movement”
Books and Publications: 2014-2015
Journey to the Wilderness: War, Memory, and a Southern Family’s Civil War Letters, 2015, NewSouth Books,
Foreword by Steven Trout
The Quilt and the Poetry of Alabama Music, second edition, 2015, NewSouth Books, co-authored with Kathryn
Scheldt
Mobile Bay Magazine, edited twelve-part, year-long back page literary feature: writings by authors ranging from
Albert Murray to Carolyn Haines about Mobile and the Alabama coast
Directed Studies
University of South Alabama senior Justine Burbank, “Researching the Sixties”
Nicole Amare
Manning, A. & Amare, N. (2014). Visual design principles and effective sentence diagrams for the 21st Century.
Proceedings of the International Professional Communication Conference. CD-ROM. October 13-15, 2014.
AnnMarie Guzy
Guzy, A. (2014). An effective honors composition class improves honors retention rates: outcomes and statistical
prestiditigation. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 15.2, 9-13.
Guzy, A. (2014). Honors sells . . . but who’s paying?” Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 15.1, 55-60.
John Halbrooks
Massey, J. & deGruy, K. (2015). “Ic eom anhaga: saga hwæt ic hata”: Riddling meaning from Old English –haga
compounds.” Studies in Philology, 112, 24-38.
Ellen Harrington
Harrington, E. B. (2015). The Case of Mrs. Schomberg in Conrad’s Victory. The Conradian: The Journal of the Joseph
Conrad Society (UK), 40.2.
Becky McLaughlin
McLaughlin, B. R. (2015). From punishment to punctuation: The primal scene and the pedagogy of psychoanalysis.
Knowledge Cultures, 3.2, 7-20.
McLaughlin, B. R. (2015). Learning to shudder: Sex, ideology, and the pedagogical function of horror. Journal of the
College English Association: Middle-Atlantic Group, 24, 21-28.
Sue Walker
Walker, S.. (2014). The chiasmic eco-nature of Puella: An excavation of being.” South Carolina Review, 47.1, 60-64.
Becky McLaughlin
McLaughlin, B. R. (2014). Chaucer’s cut. In Frank Grady and Peter Travis (Eds.), Approaches to teaching Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales (pp. 156-159). New York: Modern Language Association, 2014.
Steven Trout
Trout, S. (2014). The greatest battle ever forgotten: the Meuse-Argonne offensive and American memory. In Edward
Lengel (Ed), A companion to the Meuse-Argonne campaign (pp.496-514). Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
Sue Walker
Walker, S. (2014). Spelling out illness: Lupus as metaphor in Flannery O’Connors ‘Greenleaf.’ In Short story criticism
195 (pp. 287-292).
Walker, S. (2014). Undiscovered countries: Milledgeville, Herland, and Beyond.” In Short Story Criticism 195 (pp.
292-297).
Becky McLaughlin
McLaughlin, B. R. (2015). Fetishizing lack: Claustrophobia and the desiring body of the amputee wannabe. Oracle
Find Arts Review.
Carolyn Haines
Haines, C. (2014). The Christmas ornament. In Haunted holidays: Three Short Tales of Terror. Cleveland, Ohio:
Gallowstree Press.
Haines, C. (2014). Wanderlust away. In Walker, S. (Ed.), Thirty three: Anniversary edition of Negative Capability.
Mobile, AL: Negative Capability Press.
Larry Beason
Beason, L., and Lester, M. (2015). A commonsense guide to grammar & usage, 7th edition. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martin’s.
Carolyn Haines
Haines, C. (2014). Booty bones (hard cover). New York City, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur.
Haines, C. (2014). Smarty bones (mass market edition). New York City, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur.
Haines, C. (2015). Booty bones (mass market edition). New York City, New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur.
Haines, C. (2015) The seeker (trade paper edition). New York City, New York: Pegasus Books.
REVIEWS
Robert Coleman
Coleman, R. (2014). Review of the book Nature’s Man: Thomas Jefferson’s Philosophical Anthropology by Maurizio
Valsania. Studies in American Culture, 37, 159-160.
Ellen Harrington
Harrington, E.B. (2014). Review of the book The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, ed. Tanya Agathocleous.
Conradiana: The Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society of America. 44.2-3, 254-55.
Justin St. Clair
St. Clair, J. (2015). “Rereading Thomas Pynchon: Postmodernism and the political real.” [Review of Pynchon’s
California and Thomas Pynchon and the American Counterculture.] Los Angeles Review of Books, March 4, 2015.
Steven Trout
Trout, S. (2014). Review of the book The Selected Letters of Willa Cather edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout.
The Great Plains Quarterly, 36, 281.
Trout, S. (2014). Review of the book The Chaplain’s Conflict: Good and Evil in a War Hospital, 1943-1945 by Tennant
McWilliams. The Alabama Review, 67, 311-314.
Trout, S. (2015). Review of the book Send the Alabamians: World War I Fighters in the Rainbow Division by Nimrod
T. Frazer. The Alabama Review, 68, 199-202.
Robert Coleman
Coleman, R. (Contributing Ed.). (2014-2015). Digital Yoknapatawpha Project. Charlotte, VA: University of Virginia.
Coleman, R. (Ed.) (2015). Studies in American Culture.
Steven Trout
Emmert, S. D. & Trout, S. (Eds.) (2014). World War I in American fiction: An anthology of short stories. Kent, OH:
Kent State University Press.
Trout, S. (Book Series Ed.) (2015). War, memory, and culture. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.
Sue Walker
Walker, S. (Head Ed.) (2014). Fourteen volumes of poetry published by Negative Capability Press.
Robert Coleman
Coleman, R. Studies in American Culture.
Steven Trout
Trout, S. Journal of First World War Studies.
Trout, S. Studies in American Culture.
Sue Walker
Walker, S. James Dickey Review.
OTHER PERFORMANCES, PRODUCTIONS AND RECITALS
Kern Jackson
Jackson, K. (Interviewed Scholar) (2015). Journey Proud: Mobile Brass Bands, Alabama Public Television.
Sue Walker
Walker, S. (Cast) (2015). Eugene Walter Porch Play, Alabama Literary Trail. Mobile, AL.
RECORDINGS
Carolyn Haines
Haines, C. (2014). Booty bones [Recorded by Forbes, K.]. New York City, New York: Recorded Books.
Haines, C. (2015). Smarty bones [Recorded by Forbes, K.]. New York City, New York: Recorded Books.
Nicole Amare
Amare, N. (2015). Composing a culture of forgiveness: The role of whiteness in neo slave narratives. Paper
presented at the College English Association Conference. Indianapolis, IN.
Amare, N. (2014). What writing centers need to know about perceiving parallel structures. Paper presented at the
International Writing Centers Association & National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing: The Wonderful
World of Writing Centers. Orlando, FL.
Amare, N. & Manning, A. (2014). Reconciliation reconsidered: Harmony as plot device in the writings of Mormonauthored and Mormon-influenced fiction. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference presentation. New Orleans, LA.
Amare, N. (2014). Using Semiotics to better read and create visuals. Paper presented at the Reading
Conference, Troy University. Troy, AL.
Matters
Larry Beason
Beason, L. (2014). Zombification and transition in literature of extreme crises: The rhetorical development of
zombies in Warm Bodies. Paper presented at Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference. Reno, NV.
Patrick Cesarini
Cesarini, J.P. (2015), Newspaper poetry, the Civil War, and the citizen spectator: The examples of Brownell and
Melville. National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference, New Orleans,
LA.
Robert Coleman
Coleman, R. (2014). Travel, hybridity, and revolt in James Branch Cabell’s The First Gentleman of America. Paper
presented at the American Comparative Literature Association Conference, Seattle, WA.
Coleman, R. (2014). There were two Floridas: Place and history in Cabell’s 1940 romances. Paper presented at the
Popular Culture Association in the South/American Culture Association in the South Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Coleman, R. (2014). State of General Education. Rountable participate at the Conference on Teaching and Learning,
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Doris Frye
Frye, D. (2015). For the first time in forever: Frozen, empowered women, and children’s merchandising. Paper
presented at the meeting of the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
AnnMarie Guzy
Guzy, A. (2014). Developing writing skills for honors. Presentation at the 49th Annual Conference of the National
Collegiate Honors Council, Denver, CO.
Bhavasar, S.P., Cundall, M., Guzy, A., King, K. & Korstad, J. (2014). Flipped classrooms and honors pedagogy.
Developing in Honors pre-conference workshop session at the 49th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate
Honors Council, Denver, CO.
Long, A., Guzy, A., et al. (2014). Meet the NCHC editorial team. Presentation at the 49th Annual Conference of the
National Collegiate Honors Council, Denver, CO.
Carolyn Haines
Haines, C. (2014) Creating characters that come to life. Presentation at the Mystery Writers of America-University,
Atlanta, GA.
John Hallbrooks
Halbrooks, J. (2015). Why does Stephen Maturin have to be a natural philosopher? Paper presented at the national
meeting of the Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
Ellen Harrington
Harrington, E. B. (2014). Gender, solidarity, and the case of Mrs. Schomberg in Conrad’s Victory, Paper presented at
the Joseph Conrad Society of America Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Cristopher Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth, C. (2014). Popular metafiction and mock epic: Lewis Carroll’s wonderland and the experience of
modern war. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association in the South /American
Culture Association in the South, New Orleans, LA.
Julian Knox
Knox, J. (2014). Coleridge’s altered states of time. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Conference on
Romanticism, Minneapolis, MN.
Derek Lowe
Lowe, D. (2014). Seeing through the ‘burden of the past’: Superior belatedness in Keats’s early sonnets. Paper
presented at John Keats’s Early Poems, 1814-17, Keats-Shelley Memorial Association and the Keats Foundation,
Rome, Italy.
Lowe, D. (2014). Preferring a different claim: 18th-Century literary property and Wordsworth’s reorganization of the
1800 Lyrical Ballads. Paper presented at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of
Romanticism, Washington D.C.
Becky McLaughlin
McLaughlin, B. R. (2015). Disgust and its (dis)contents, or how I became an hysteric. Paper presented at the 2015
Annual Conference of the Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
Karen Peterson
Peterson, K.W., Styron, R., and Styron, J. (2015). The What and how of leading a campus wide TBL initiative.
Presentation at team-Based Learning Collaborative Conference St Petersburg, FL
Peterson, K.W. and Haywick, D. (2014). Community engagement. Presentation at the SOLD Student Organization
Leadership Development Conference Mobile, AL
Peterson, K.W. (2014). Service-learning and team based learning engage together. Presentation at University of
South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning. Mobile, AL.
Christopher Raczkowski
Raczkowski, C. T. (2015). Why is Stephen Maturin a spy? Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association
National Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Steven Trout
Trout, S. (2014). Modernism and the ‘buzzsaw’: The First World War and American fiction, 1921-1923. Paper
presented at Perspectives on the Great War, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Trout, S. (2014). Memory on parade: Disability, civic ritual, and American remembrance of World War I. Plenary
presentation at The Literature of the First World: A Centennial Symposium, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Trout, S. (2014). Memory on parade: Remembering the First World War in American fiction, film, and song. Invited
presentation in the Great War Centennial Lecture Series, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO.
Trout, S. (2014). Memory on parade: Remembering the First World War in American fiction, film, and song. Invited
presentation in the First World War Lecture Series, Towson University, Towson, ML.
Trout, S. (2015). Interview with Frye Gaillard on Journey to the Wilderness: History, memory, and a Southern
family’s Civil War letters. Presentation at the Alabama Writers Symposium, Monroeville, AL.
Trout, S. (2015). A casualty of Vietnam: David Westphall and the Angel Fire Vietnam veterans memorial. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Military History, Montgomery, AL.
Sue Walker
Walker, S. (2015) Poetry Reading at the Association of Alabama College Teachers of English Conference, Fairhope,
AL.
GRANTS
Nicole Amare
Amare, N. & Manning, A. (2015). LDS Influences in Mark Twain’s Fiction. Elmira College Center for Mark Twain
Studies, Quarry Farm Fellowship. $2,000.
Becky McLaughlin
McLaughlin, B. R. (2015, April). “Wild” Analysis and the Symptomatic Storyteller: Lacan avec Chaucer Avec (the)
Moi, Mahan-Brandon Fund for Research in Gender Studies and Women’s History, $644.75.
Justin St. Clair
St. Clair, J. (2014, October). “Musical Transmedia: Soundtracked Fiction from Bubble Books to Booktrack,” USA
Arts and Humanities Small Grant Program, $1,500.
Steven Trout
Trout, S. (2014, October). War and Remembrance on the Alabama Gulf Coast, USA Arts and Humanities Small
Grant Program, $1,500.
Trout, S. (2014, April) War and Remembrance on the Alabama Gulf Coast, Alabama Humanities Foundation MiniGrant, $1,500.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Eleanor ter Horst
PROFESSORS
Dr. Susan McCready
Dr. Isabel Z. Brown
Dr. Christine Rinne Eaton
Dr. Zoya Khan
Dr. Mihaela Marin
Dr. Federico Perez-Pineda
Dr. Harry Roddy
Dr. Eleanor ter Horst
Dr. Nicholas Gossett
Dr. Roberto Robles-Valencia
SENIOR INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Kristy Britt
Ms. Jenny Faile
Ms. Terri Rice
SECRETARIES
Ms. Katrina B. Kennedy
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures has seen a productive year of teaching and scholarly activity,
as our faculty continue to make key contributions to the university’s mission of global engagement. This year
brought a change in leadership, as we welcomed a new department chair, Eleanor ter Horst, (Ph.D. in Comparative
Literature, University of Michigan), who comes to USA from Clarion University in Pennsylvania, where she was
Associate Professor and past Department Chair, teaching German and French. We are most grateful for the service
of Isabel Z. Brown, who led the department successfully for seven years, and who is now happy to be able to devote
more of her energies to research and teaching activities.
Our faculty have distinguised themselves in the area of research, including peer-reviewed articles in prestigious
journals and book chapters. Susan McCready co- published an article on “Stages of Battle: Theater and War in the
Plays of Bernhardt, Raynal and Anouilh” in the premier journal for French studies, The French Review. Christine
Eaton published on “Denying an Ideal: Maidservants in the Works of Sacher-Masoch and Freud” in the highly
regarded Journal of Austrian Studies. Christine also has a book chapter, “Synthesis, Gender, and Race in Alice
Salomon’s Kultur im Werden (1924)” in the volume, Sophie Discovers Amerika. German-Speaking Women Write the
New World, published by Camden House, a well-regarded publisher in the field of German studies. Roberto RoblesValencia’s peer-reviewed book chapter, “When Multicultural Landscape Becomes Tragic Stage: Spanish Film and
Immigration on the Verge of the Millennium.” was published in the volume, Toward a Multicultural Configuration
of Spain: Local Cities, Global Spaces at Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Roberto also has two forthcoming book
chapters, “ El Lute, primer y último quinqui. Cierre e historización de lo quinqui.” in Fuera de la ley: asedios al
fenómeno quinqui en la Transición española, a volume that he has co-edited; and “Garbage, Monsters and Culture:
Towards a Political Change” in Crisis in Iberia: Critical and Cultural Responses, published by the University of
Delaware Press. Eleanor ter Horst’s article, “ The Suspended Arch: Classical and Christian Interpretations of
Sexuality in Kleist’s Das Erdbeben in Chili,” appeared in European Romantic Review, an international peer-reviewed
journal.
This was an unusually active year for conference presentations. Kristy Britt, Isabel Z. Brown, Christine Eaton,
Jenny Faile, Zoya Khan, Susan McCready, Roberto Robles-Valencia, Harry Roddy and Eleanor ter Horst
presented papers at prestigious national and international conferences, traveling to Atlanta; New Orleans; Seattle;
Kansas City; Toronto; Puerto Rico; Glasgow, Scotland; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Santiago de
Compostela, Spain, among other locations.
Our faculty continue to be successful in applications for sabbatical, as they work on long-term research projects.
Isabel Z. Brown is on sabbatical this spring semester, working on a book project on Dominican Women Writers.
Harry Roddy is also on sabbatical this spring, spending time in Berlin making connections with German poets
whose work he will translate. Christine Eaton and Mihaela Marin have been awarded sabbaticals for spring 2016.
The Department continues to distinguish itself in the area of teaching, with faculty members providing quality
instruction in the fields of language study, linguistics, literature and culture. One of the highlights of this year was
the approval of the new Minor in Applied Linguistics, designed by Nicholas Gossett and Jenny Faile. In addition,
our faculty’s pedagogical excellence was recognized through teaching awards. Jenny Faile was awarded the College
of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, and Kristy Britt earned the Alabama Association of Foreign
Language Teachers Outstanding Foreign Language Teacher Award for Post-Secondary Education. Four of our
faculty were recognized as “Top Prof” by the USA Mortar Board Honor Society: Kristy Britt, Jenny Faile, Mihaela
Marin and Susan McCready.
The Department has also contributed to the intellectual life of the campus by organizing lectures and panel
discussions on topics of global interest. Zoya Khan organized the Phi Sigma Iota lecture series, which featured talks
by Isabel Z. Brown and Harry Roddy in the fall semester. The fall semester lecture series was called “Found in
Translation” and the spring lecture series was “The Languages of Arts.” Both series were interdisciplinary and
included lectures by faculty from Foreign Languages and Literatures, Visual Arts and History. Zoya also brought the
scholar and creative writer, Edmundo Paz Soldán of Cornell University, to the USA campus for a talk on Technology
and Literature. Mihaela Marin received a grant from the French Consulate to show six French films on the USA
campus this spring. The Tournées Film Festival, which included introductory lectures and panel discussions along
with the film screenings, was a great success. Susan McCready was the co-organizer of the panel discussion and
lecture series on “Civil War 150,” sponsored by the Center for War and Memory. Isabel Z. Brown helped to
organize a lecture by Ambassador Carlos Alzugaray on “Cuban Relations Since December 17.” The lecture was
jointly sponsored by the Society Mobile – La Habana and USA. Isabel also traveled to Havana, Cuba for five days
with other members of the university community for the purpose of exploring the possibility of faculty and student
exchange opportunities. Meanwhile, closer to home, faculty members, Zoya Khan, Mihaela Marin and Terri Rice,
shared their pedagogical innovations at the USA Conference on Teaching and Learning.
The Department continues its involvement in cross-disciplinary work within the university. Susan McCready served
her final year as Director of the International Studies Program. Under her leadership, the program reestablished its
honor society. Dr. McCready also collaborated with faculty from various departments on events and lecture series
that raised the intellectual profile of the International Studies Program. The Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures also contributes to the university’s Honors Program, in which we are now a full participant thanks to the
introduction of a Departmental Honors program. Zoya Khan taught an Honors course this year. Within the
department, special thanks are due to Kristy Britt, Director of the Language Resource Center, and Jenny Faile,
Director of the Lesser-Taught Languages Program, for their leadership and service. Kristy will be stepping down this
year, and Nicholas Gossett will be the new Director of the Language Resource Center. Nicholas is well positioned
for this role, as he has already received an internal Arts and Humanities Grant to provide in-service programs to
language teachers in Mobile and surrounding areas through the Language Resource Center.
The Department’s pedagogical excellence is reflected in the accomplishments of our students. Sarah Meeker had an
article, "El torcimiento de la realidad en 'La noche boca arriba' por Julio Cortázar," published in the Spring 2015 issue
of Forum, the student research journal of the national language honor society, Phi Sigma Iota. Khanh Trinh was
awarded the Dr. Santiago Vilas Scholarship from Phi Sigma Iota in a national competition. Cynthia Anderson won
the James and Ivel Caldwell Scholarship, which is awarded through the International Studies Program.
Departmental Scholarships were awarded to Amy Chiou, John Daigle, Kayley Edwards, Charles Gilchrist, David
Hutto, Rebecca Lathem, Sarah Meeker, Jan-Dominique Santos, Trent Thomas and Vanity Washington. Kassy
Ureña-Rodriguez received an award from the Hispanic American Business Association of the Gulf Coast. Phi Sigma
Iota, the national language honor society, recognized the students who met the admissions requirements with an
induction ceremony. Twenty-nine students in four languages—French, German, Russian and Spanish—were
inducted: Shivani Anathsekhar, Charles Barrow, Hannah Brooks, Rhonda Brown, Natalie Carlisle, Lydia
Christian, David DaCosta, Bradley Davis, Troy Ellis, Austin Gilchrist, Lauren Heim, Haley Hernandez, Shannon
House, Emily Hudson, Robin Johns, Rebecca Lathem, Laurel Miller, Lauren Nealy, Tawni Orso, Anu Pandit,
Jenia Parker, Kaley Rector, Christopher Riley, Jordan Searchfield, Anna Sheffield, Eric Smith, Anastasia Tease,
Vanity Washington and Kassidy Williams. The students of Phi Sigma Iota also showed their dedication to the
University and to language study by starting a fund for a student scholarship, the Phi Sigma Iota Scholarship. Funds
contributed to the scholarship will be matched through the Mitchell-Moulton Initiative.
The Department continues to be involved in the local community. Isabel Z. Brown is a Board Member of the
Society Mobile-La Habana, and of the Hispanic American Business Association of the Gulf Coast. Federico PerezPineda is Director of “El club de lectores,” a Spanish reading group. Mihaela Marin volunteers at the Mobile
Symphony Orchestra, and Terri Rice is a volunteer interpreter for Habitat for Humanity. Nicholas Gossett advises
three student organizations at USA. Department members are also involved in other pro bono work that benefits the
community.
Susan McCready
Sachs, L & McCready, S. (2014). Stages of Battle: Theater and War in the Plays of Bernhardt, Raynal and Anouilh.
The French Review, 87:4, 2014.
Rinne, C. (2014). Denying an Ideal: Maidservants in the Works of Sacher-Masoch and Freud. Journal of Austrian
Studies, 47, 103-124.
Roberto Robles-Valencia
Robles-Valencia, R.. (2014). When Multicultural Landscape Becomes Tragic Stage: Spanish Film and Immigration
on the Verge of the Millennium. In Corbalán, Ana and Mayock, Ellen (Eds.) Toward a Multicultural Configuration
of Spain: Local Cities, Global Spaces (Forthcoming). Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. (Credit received 2014)
Eleanor ter Horst
ter Horst, E. (2015). The Suspended Arch: Classical and Christian Interpretations of Sexuality in Kleist’s Das
Erdbeben in Chili.” European Romantic Review 26.1 (Winter 2015), 13-28.
Rinne, C. (2014). Synthesis, Gender, and Race in Alice Salomon’s Kultur im Werden (1924). In R. McFarland (ed.),
Sophie Discovers Amerika. German-Speaking Women Write the New World (pp. 162-170). Rochester NY: Camden.
Robles-Valencia, R. (2015). El Lute, primer y último quinqui. Cierre e historización de lo quinqui. In Florido, J. et al.
(Eds.) Fuera de la ley: asedios al fenómeno quinqui en la Transición española. Granada: Comares.
Robles-Valencia, R. (2015). Garbage, Monsters and Culture: Towards a Political Change.” In C. Gama and A. SaumPascual (Eds.) Crisis in Iberia: Critical and Cultural Responses. University of Delaware Press.
REVIEWS
Isabel Brown
Brown, I.Z. (2015). [Review of the book Leona, o la fiera vida.] Caribe.
Zoya Khan
Khan, Z. [Review of the book Embers of the Past: Essays in the Wake of Decolonization.] Bulletin of Spanish Studies:
Hispanic Studies and Researches on Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
Mihaela Marin
Marin, M. (2015). [Review of the book La pyramide des souffrances dans La Joie de vivre d’Emile Zola : Une structure
schopenhaurienne]. The French Review, 88.3.
Susan McCready
McCready, S. (2015). Rancière Now by Oliver Davis. [Review of the book Rancière Now]. Contemporary French
Civilization, 40: 1.
McCready, S. (2014). [Review of the book L’Éventail et le dandy: essai sur Musset et la fantaisie]. The French Review,
88.4.
Robles Valencia, R., Florido Berrocal, J., Martín-Cabrera, L. & Matos Martín, E. (Eds.). (2015). Fuera de la ley:
Asedios a fenómeno quinqui en la transición a la democracia. Granada: Comares.
Kristy Britt
Britt, K., Powell, S. & Scinicariello, S. (2014) Mobile Apps for Learner Engagement. Presentation at the American
Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, TX.
Britt, K. and Powell, S. (2015) Technology Tools to Enhance your Professional Learning Network. Presentation at the
Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Montgomery, AL.
Britt, K. and Powell, S. (2015) SEALLT presentation- There's an App for That: Apps Every FL Teacher Should Have.
Workshop at the Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers, Montgomery, AL.
Britt, K., Powell, S. & Scinicariello, S. (2014) Mobile Apps for Learner Engagement. Webinar presentation for the
International Association for Foreign Language Technology, On-line.
Britt, K., Powell, S. & Scinicariello, S. (2015) Mobile Apps to Foster Learner Engagement. Workshop at the Southern
Conference on Language Teaching, Atlanta, GA.
Britt, K., Nolde, P., Powell, S. & Scinicariello, S. (2015) There’s an App for That: An Exchange. Panel presentation at
the Southern Conference on Language Teaching, Atlanta, GA.
Britt, K. (2015) Mobile Apps for Classroom Management. One hour presentation at the Southern Conference on
Language Teaching, Atlanta, GA.
Isabel Brown
Brown, I.Z. (2015). Voces inolvidables en la obra de Ángela Hernández Núñez y Carmen Imbert Brugal. Paper
presented by invitation at the International Book Fair, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Brown, I.Z. (2015). Lister, Elissa L. Travesías por el Caribe contemporáneo: La narrativa de Mayra Montero de 1981 a
1998. Presentation and introduction of the author of this just published work at the International Book Fair, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Brown, I.Z. (2015). Beware of the Road to Quima: the Threat of Progress in Angela Hernández’ Leona, o la fiera vida.
Paper presented at the meeting of the South Eastern Council of Latin American Studies, Charleston, South Carolina.
Brown, I.Z. (2014). In Search of a Balance: Nature and Urbanity in Angela Hernández’ Mudanza de los
sentidos and Leona, o la fiera vida. Paper presented at the meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language
Association, Atlanta, GA.
Jenny Faile
Faile, J. (2014). A Communicative Approach for Developing Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing Skills. Presented
at the annual meeting of NASILP, Washington, D.C.
Zoya Khan
Khan, Z. (2014). Performing Bilocalization on the American Stage: Immigrant Experience, Popular Culture and
Historical Narratives. Paper presented at the meeting of the Popular Cultures/ American Studies, New Orleans, LA
Khan, Z. (2015). Writing Arab Bodies in(to) Bolivian Spaces: Writing and National Identity in Contemporary ArabBolivian Texts. Paper Presented at the meeting of American Comparative Literatures Association, Seattle, WA
Susan McCready
McCready, S (2015). Modernist Fracture/Classical Revival: Maeterlinck and the Theater of the Great War, Paper
presented at the Société des Dix-Neuviémistes, Glasgow, Scotland.
McCready, S (2014). Naturalism, Modernism and the Great War on Stage, Paper presented at the NineteenthCentury French Studies Colloquium, Puerto Rico.
Rinne, C. (2014). Crafting the Future while Retelling the Past. Paper presented at Annual German Studies Association
Conference, Kansas City, MO.
Rinne, C. (2015). Teaching Berlin and Cologne. Paper presented at the Annual Alabama Association of Foreign
Language Teachers, Montgomery, AL.
Robles-Valencia, R. (2015). Gamonal y Democracia, nuevas gramáticas de lo político. Paper presented at the VII
International Conference: Transatlantic Humanities and Global Engagement, Providence, R.I.
Robles-Valencia, R. (2014). A Colored Mosaic Versus Its Black and White Counterpoint: Barcelona in Woody Allen’s
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” Paper presented at the Conference Popular/American Culture Association in the South,
Popular / American Culture Association in the South, New Orleans.
Robles-Valencia, R. (2014). Spanish Film and Immigration on the Verge of the Millennium, Paper presented at the
VII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Hispánica de Humanidades, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Harry Roddy
Roddy, H. L. (2014). The Casual Classicist: Competing Influences in the Work of Dieter Leisegang. Paper presented at
the meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Atlanta.
Eleanor ter Horst
ter Horst, E. (2015). ’Freiheit’ as ‘Frechheit’ in Schlegel’s Lucinde. Paper presented at the Northeast Modern
Languages Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
ter Horst, E. (2014). The Ovidian Aesthetics of Schegel’s Lucinde. Paper presented at the Goethe Society of North
America Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
ter Horst, E. (2014). Hölderlin’s Hyperion as Eros: Between Greek Homosexuality and Romantic Marriage. Paper
presented at the German Studies Association Conference, Kansas City, MO.
GRANTS
Isabel Brown
Brown, I.Z. (2014, December). USA Office of Research Development Small Grant, $1,500.
Eaton, C. (2014, November). Reading the Paper behind Barbed Wire: German POW Newspapers in Alabama Camps.
Small Grant in Support of Arts and Humanities (USA), $1,109.52.
Jenny Faile
Faile, J. (2014, June). Custom editing of ¡Anda! Curso Elemental textbook, Pearson Publishing Company, $2,000.
Nicholas Gossett
Gossett, N. (2015, April). Arts and Humanities Small Grant, $1,500.
Miheala Marin
Marin, M. (2014). Tournées French Film Festival, Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Face Foundation,
$2,200.
Susan McCready
McCready, S. (2014, October). Modernist Fracture/Classical Revival: Maeterlinck and the Theater of the Great War,
Arts and Humanities Small Grant, $1,500.
Harry Roddy
Roddy, H. L. (2014, December). Bringing Contemporary German Poetry to an American Audience, Small Grants
Program in the Humanities, University of South Alabama, $1,500.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Clarence L. Mohr
PROFESSORS
Dr. Clarence L. Mohr
Dr. Harrison Miller
Dr. Daniel Rogers
Dr. Martha Jane Brazy
Dr. Donald DeVore
Dr. Marsha Hamilton
Dr. Mara Kozelsky
Dr. Henry M. McKiven, Jr.
Dr. Michele Strong
Dr. Rebecca Williams
ASSISTANT PROFESSORS:
Dr. E. Claire Cage
Dr. Leanne Good
INSTRUCTORS
Dr. Robert Faust
SECRETARIES
Ms. Michelle I. Cagle
Ms. Deborah M. Thomaston
Scholarships
This year the History Department awarded three major scholarships. The Macy Wims Reid Endowed Scholarship
for an outstanding junior or senior history major, was awarded this year to Morgan Everett. The $1600 scholarship is
made possible through the generosity of Dr. Lois Wims, formerly Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
and the sister of the late Macy Wims Reid.
The Montgomery Carlton Stallworth Scholarship for an outstanding junior history major was awarded to Marye
Katherine Newman. Also, the Minnie Lee Wilkins Stallworth Scholarship for an outstanding junior history major
was awarded to Christopher Thurber. Both of the Stallworth scholarships, covering full tuition for the next academic
year up to the amount of $3500, are made possible through the generosity of the late N. Jack Stallworth whose
bequests to the USA Foundation also support a departmental lecture series in Southern history.
Public Service and Outreach Activity
N. Jack Stallworth Lecture
On November 6, 2014 the Department of History hosted the sixth N. Jack Stallworth Lecture in Southern History.
The lecture was endowed through a generous bequest to the USA Foundation from the late N. Jack Stallworth. The
son of Minnie Lee Wilkins Stallworth and Montgomery Carlton Stallworth, Mr. Stallworth was a lifelong Mobilian,
well known in Mobile business circles having owned and operated several business ventures and restaurants over the
years. He was a graduate of Castle Heights Military School in Tennessee and of Louisiana State University with a
degree in forestry. Jack Stallworth was instrumental in founding the America’s Junior Miss, the Mobile Chapter of
the English Speaking Union, and the Camellia Ball. With his grand leadership of the Mobile Carnival Association, he
became known as “Mr. Mardi Gras.” His love of Mobile, Southern life, and history, led him to provide, through the
USA Foundation, funding to establish and support the N. Jack Stallworth Lecture in Southern history.
The 2014 Stallworth Lecture, entitled “Self-Emancipation” was delivered by James Oakes, Distinguished Professor of
History and Graduate School Humanities Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Oakes received the Ph. D. in 1981 at the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied under the late
Kenneth M. Stampp, a distinguished authority on slavery and the coming of the Civil War. Oakes’ 1982 book The
Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders, situating planters within the context of upward mobility and the
western movement, restored a badly needed sense of realism to our understanding of the Old South. His subsequent
book Slavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South (1990) made effective use of comparisons with the
Caribbean and America’s free states to provide a stimulating and highly original analysis of how the South’s ‘peculiar
institution’ touched all groups and classes. More recently, Oakes has turned his attention to the antislavery
movement and the Civil War. His 2007 dual biography The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass,
Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics stressed the need for both moral passion and political
pragmatism in waging a successful campaign against human bondage. In 2008, this book won the Gilder Lehrman
Lincoln Prize, awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil
War soldier, or a subject relating to their era. In 2012, Professor Oakes published a major reassessment of the role of
Lincoln and his party in bringing about emancipation. Described by historian Eric Foner as “the best account ever
written of the complex historical process known as emancipation,” Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in
the United States, 1861-1865 plays upon the 1850s abolitionist slogan “Freedom National/Slavery Sectional” to
challenge the image of President Lincoln as a reluctant emancipator. Freedom National won the 2013 Lincoln Prize
and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Professor Oakes’ latest book is The Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery and
the Coming of the Civil War published in May, 2014.
Howard Mahan Lecture
On March 19, 2015, members of the USA community gathered in the Recital Hall of the Laidlaw Performing Arts
Center for the 14th annual Howard Mahan Lecture, delivered by Rae Yang (Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, 1991).
Professor Yang was born in Beijing in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. She spent part of her
childhood in Switzerland, where her parents served in China’s diplomatic corps. In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the
“Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” – more commonly known as the Cultural Revolution – and encouraged
China’s youth to revolt against the perceived bourgeois tendencies of their elders and everyone then in authority.
Rae Yang accordingly became a “Red Guard,” or Cultural Revolution activist. She spent the next two years engaged
in the radical political campaigns that characterized that chaotic time. In 1968, Rae Yang volunteered to go to the
countryside, to labor alongside China’s peasants – shortly before all Red Guards were required to do so. Until 1973,
she lived in Manchuria, where her many jobs included working on a pig farm. Gradually becoming disillusioned
with the revolutionary life, she contrived to return to Beijing and to resume her education. Though the Cultural
Revolution had deprived her of the chance to attend college, she was able to enter the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences as a graduate student; and in 1981, she came to the United States, to study comparative literature at the
University of Massachusetts. She is now Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at Dickinson College, in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dr. Yang is the author of Spider Eaters (University of California Press, 1997), an
autobiography that includes her family history, her childhood years, and her experiences as a Red Guard. In a
crowded field of Cultural Revolution memoirs, Spider Eaters is generally regarded as the most frank and compelling,
with reviewers praising it as “above other books of its kind” and “one of the best memoirs yet published of the
Cultural Revolution in China.”
Instructional Improvements and Innovations
During the 2014-15 academic year the History Department conducted a comprehensive program assessment and
self-study. The process will be concluded during the Fall semester of 2015 when an outside evaluator will visit the
campus.
Faculty Changes
The 2014-15 academic year saw the resignation of Professor Mollie Nouwen, our specialist in Latin American
history. Her position is currently vacant. Professors Rebecca Williams and Martha Jane Brazy are on sabbatical leave
during the Spring Semester of 2015. During the 2014-15 academic year the department conducted national searches
that resulted in the hiring of two new colleagues who will join the faculty in August, 2015. Dr. Timothy Lombardo
(PH. D., Pennsylvania State University) is a historian of the 20th century United States who specializes in urban
history. Dr. David Meola (Ph. D., University of Vancouver) will teach courses in the history of Judaism in Europe
and America. His appointment was made possible through the generosity of the Meisler family of Mobile.
Activities Of Phi Alpha Theta
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michelle Strong
The History Club/Phi Alpha Theta End of Year Assessment, 2014-2015.
A new committee comprised of Dr. Strong (Chair), Dr. Williams, and Dr. Good managed the planning of key events
and administrative tasks for the History Club/Phi Alpha Theta in 2014/2015. The two groups helped with program
distribution for the Stallworth Lecture and the Howard Mahan Lecture. They also conducted the annual election for
the Outstanding History Professor of the Year Award, which was presented to Dr. Mara Kozelsky. The History Club
and Phi Alpha Theta also sponsored two panel discussions in which USA faculty and other guests provided historical
background on the racial disturbances in Ferguson, Missouri and on the issue of free speech in America. The two
groups also sponsored a visit to the Arc of India exhibit at the Mobile History Museum. At the History Awards
ceremony held in the spring, Dr. Strong inducted two new Phi Alpha Theta members: Brian McGhee and Eric
Williams
The Macaluso Prize for Undergraduate Research and Writing
The History Club/Phi Alpha Theta initiated a prize competition for undergraduate history papers. Titled “The
Macaluso Prize,” in honor of Lenny Macaluso, a beloved teacher and much missed faculty member, the aim of the
competition is to foster enthusiasm about undergraduate writing and research and to reward excellence. In this
inaugural year, two worthy recipients: Timothy Kaiser and Curtis Johnson share the Macaluso Prize. The Macaluso
Prize is only the first step in a long-term plan by the History Club/Phi Alpha Theta to help sustain student interest in
academic excellence. The next phase will be the creation of a student conference on campus to share historical
research, and finally the publication of winning essays in an annual journal.
Departmental Awards to Students and Faculty
With the assistance of Professors Cage, Kozelsky, Strong and the members of Phi Alpha Theta our annual spring
Awards Day reception took place on April 16, 2015 at the Archaeology Museum. In addition to the Wims and
Stallworth Scholarships mentioned above, the following awards were announced. New Phi Alpha Theta Members:
Brian McGhee, Eric Williams
W. Robert Houston Military History Award: Bob Houston taught at USA from 1968 until 2010 and developed the
department’s program in military history. Awarded to: Eric Williams
Lenny Macaluso Paper Prize For Undergraduate Research (Prize: $50, Certificate): Lenny was one of the first faculty
members at USA, arriving in 1966, and teaching until his death in 2013. He was a talented and award winning
teacher. Awarded to: Timothy Kaiser and Curtis Johnson
E. Lewis B. Curtis Award For Outstanding Scholarship: Lewis Curtis came to Mobile in 1967 and taught until his
death in 1974. He was a gifted teacher who held the love and respect of his students. Awarded to: Brittany Leavitt,
Blakeney McKnight, Kyle Parrish, Mitchell Pouliot, and Brooke Thomas
Rod Hickman Service Award: Rod was a founding member of our Phi Alpha Theta chapter, a bibliographer and a
talented student of history. Awarded to: Alexandria Odell
Robert L. Brunhouse Award For Outstanding History Graduate Student: Robert came to Mobile when USA opened.
He brought the gift of excellence in historical research and writing to his colleagues and students. Awarded to: Audra
Edwards
Howard F. Mahan Award For Outstanding Graduating History Major: Howard was the founding chair of the
History Department and one of the original faculty members at USA. He retired in 1993, and continued to share his
wit and wisdom at department functions until his death in 2012. Awarded to: Gabriel Gold-Vukson
Richard M. Meikle Award For Outstanding Junior History Major: Dick Meikle received his BA from USA in 1994
and won this award in 1993. After his death, the department voted to name the award after him. Awarded to: John
Daigle
The Joseph A. Nigota Outstanding Professor Award: Joe Nigota joined USA in 1966 and spent his entire career here.
He brought a high level of professional commitment to all of his courses and had a rare talent for making history
come alive. The students selected him numerous times to receive the “outstanding professor” award which is now
named for him. Awarded to: Professor Mara Kozelsky
Department Student and Alumni News
Sean Scarcliff (B.A. ’06; M.A. ’10) is a Captain in the U.S. Army and is now stationed at Space Command in
Colorado Springs.
Jeffrey Harris (B.A. ’09), a Ph.D. candidate in French History at UNC-Chapel Hill, has been presenting his research
at various conferences, including the French Colonial Historical Society’s conference in Cambodia as well as
conferences across the U.S.
Cecilia Newsome (B.A. ’11) completed a master’s degree at Springhill College and recently began a management job
at CSX Corporation.
Kim Proctor (B.A. ’11) works at the Mobile Food Bank.
Matthew Peterson (B.A. ’11) graduated from Harvard Law School in Spring 2015 and is the grandson of USA’s
founding President Fredrick Palmer Whiddon.
Angie Tripp (B.A. ’14) has been accepted at the University of Texas Austin for their master's program in Middle East
Studies.
Matthew Clute, one of our current students, has been accepted at the University of Texas Austin for their Master's
program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
Isabel Machado Wildberger (M.A. ’13) completed her second year of a History Ph.D. program at the University of
Memphis where she also is a teaching assistant. Wildberger is also turning one of her master thesis chapters on the
film "Deliverance" and southern history into an article.
Scotty E. Kirkland (M.A. ’08) is the Curator of History at the Mobile History Museum and is completing revisions
on a book length study of the Civil Rights movement in Mobile.
Mara Kozelsky
Kozelsky, M.V. (2014). Religion and the Crisis in Ukraine. International Journal for the Study of the Christian
Church, 14:3, 219-241.
Mara Kozelsky
Kozelsky, M. V. (2014). Sermons of the Crimean War. (Introduction to and translation of) in Orthodox Christianity
in Imperial Russia: A Sourcebook on Lived Religion. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Dan Rogers
Rogers, D.E. (2015). Hans Globke at Nuremberg: Testimony as Rehabilitation, 1948-1949. In D.A. Messenger & K.
Paehler (Eds.), A Nazi Past: Recasting German Identity in Postwar Europe (pp. 17-27). Lexington, KY: University
Press of Kentucky.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS
Donald DeVore
DeVore, Donald E. Defying Jim Crow: African American Community Development and the Struggle for Racial
Equality in New Orleans, 1900-1960. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2015.
Mara Kozelsky
Kozelsky, Mara and Frary, Lucien. 2014. Russian-Ottoman Borderlands: the Eastern Question Reconsidered. Madison:
Wisconsin University Press.
REVIEWS
Leanne Good
Good, Leanne (2014). [Review of the book The Book of Emperors: A Translation of the Middle High German
Kaiserchronik, ed. and trans. Henry A. Myers]. Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 45.
Marsha Hamilton
Hamilton, M. (2014). Review of John Strong, The Unkechaug Indians of Eastern Long Island: A History (Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press, 2011) for New York History (Forthcoming, April 2015).
Dan Rogers
Rogers, D.E. (2014). The Devil’s Captain [Review of the book The Devil’s Captain: Ernst Jünger in Nazi Paris, 19411944]. European History Quarterly 44, 3, 560-561.
Rogers, D.E. (2014). Poilu [Review of the book Poilu: the World War I notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas,
barrelmaker, 1914-1918]. Choice 52, 1.
Rogers, D.E. (2015). Italian Venice [Review of the book Italian Venice: A History]. Choice, 52, 7.
Dan Rogers
Rogers, D.E. (Eds.). (2014). Politics, Religion & Ideology
Claire Cage
Cage. E.C. (2015). Chair of panel. Society for French Historical Studies, Montreal, April 2014.
Leanne Good
Good, Leanne (2014). Taming the Medieval Wilderness through Hagiography. Paper presented at the 49th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 8-11, 2014.
Good, Leanne (2014). Carolingian Conquest: The Monastery as Site of Resistance and Accommodation. Paper
presented at the Southeastern Medieval Association, University of West Georgia, Atlanta, GA, October 16-18, 2014.
Good, Leanne (2015). Depictions of Wilderness in East Frankish Hagiography. Paper presented at the Middle Georgia
State College, Macon, GA, February 7, 2015.
Mara Kozelsky
Kozelsky, Mara (2014). Bible as Parable: New Pedagogy in the Kyiv Spiritual Academy, 1830-1840. Paper presented at
the Association for East European and Eurasian Studies. San Antonio, TX.
GRANTS
Claire Cage
Cage, E.C. (January 2015), Support and Development Award, $1400
Cage, E.C. (October 2014), Arts and Humanities Small Grant Program, $1500
Leanne Good
Good, Leanne. (2014, May) CMRS Summer Fellowship, UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, $500.
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE
SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Sean Powers
PROFESSORS
Dr. Just Cebrian
Dr. Kenneth L. Heck
Dr. Ronald Kiene
Dr. John Valentine
Dr. William F. Patterson III
Dr. Ruth Carmichael
Dr. Alice Ortmann
Dr. Jeffrey Krause
Dr. Kelly Dorgan
Dr. Brian Dzwonkowski
RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Dr. J. Marcus Drymon
Dr. Alison Robertson
PROFESSOR EMERITUS
Dr. Robert Shipp
ACADEMIC COUNSELOR
Ms. Nancy Merrill
SECRETARY
Mrs. Jan Brazeal-Keyser
Oceans dominate the Earth and exert a major influence on atmospheric dynamics and terrestrial ecology. The wise
stewardship of ocean resources is critical to the socioeconomic fabric of coastal Alabama and the nation. Key to
addressing this need is the development of a well-trained scientific workforce and continued advances in research
and technology. The Department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in marine sciences with specializations in biological,
chemical, physical and geological oceanography as well as marine fisheries and ecology. In 2014, the Department of
Marine Sciences continued to excel in graduate education and research. Key to the success of the Department is its
strong partnerships with the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, which houses the majority of the Department’s research labs
and offices. The addition of the Marine Mammal Research Center Building further expands the research capabilities
of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab and Department.
We welcomed two new faculty members to the Department this year. Drs. Kelly Dorgan and Brian Dzwonkowski
joined the faculty as Assistant Professors in August 2014. Dr. Dorgan’s research interests include benthic (seafloor)
ecology; biomechanics of burrowing; biological-physical interactions; functional morphology and physiology of
invertebrates. Before joining the Department, Dr. Dorgan was a research associate at Scripps Institute of
Oceanography. Dr. Dzwonkowski is a physical oceanographer with research interest including coastal circulation
and across-shelf exchange processes; estuarine circulation and exchange processes; physical-biological coupling in
the marine environment; and ocean observing systems. Brian was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of
Maine prior to joining USA. Dr. Alice Ortmann and Kyeong Park both left the Department this last year for other
opportunities. Dr. Park is now the Chair of the Marine Sciences Department at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
He joins Dr. William Graham (Chair of Marine Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi) and Dr. Rich Aronson
(Chair Department of Biology, Florida Institute of Technology) as former USA faculty who are now Department
Chairs. The Department is currently searching for two new tenure-track faculty members: a faculty member with
expertise in marine conservation or resource economics and an environmental toxicologist with interest in marine
ecosystems.
Departmental faculty continued their high rate of scholarly research this year. Faculty members averaged close to
five peer-reviewed publications a year (> 60 for the department) and directed extramural grant expenditures of
approximately $300,000 per faculty member. For FY 2014, the Department received 1.45 million dollars in new
research awards. FY 2015 is also shaping up to be a great year for funding with 2.3 million dollars in new grant
award. The grant funding stems from a diversity of federal, state and industry sources. Many of our faculty members
continue to dedicate much of their time to investigations of the effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Journal
articles that describe the effects of the oil spill on the oceanic foodweb from microbes to marine mammals have been
published over the last couple of years and will continue to be published over the coming years. Several faculty
members also serve as scientific experts for the Natural Resources Damage Assessment and Restoration for the
Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. In addition to the oil spill studies, Marine Sciences faculty members continue to
examine some of the most controversial subjects in the management of marine ecosystems including the current
management of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, global climate change, and sustainability of coastal development.
The Department also serves as the administrative home for newly established Center for Environmental Resiliency,
an interdisciplinary organization designed to develop solutions to pressing environmental problems within the
context of creating resilient and sustainable communities and ecosystems. The Center was made possible by a gift
from Dr. and Mrs. Stokes. The Center funded its first round of research projects in March. Projects focus on
understanding and mitigating several pressing environmental problems facing the region from metal contamination
in fish to the source and fates of sulfur compounds in local streams.
Our graduate students continue to excel in their professional development as the next generation of marine
scientists. For the past academic year, 39 graduate students were enrolled in our program. Seven students graduated
during 2014-2015: four Ph.D. and three M.S. Student interest in the program remains high with seven applicants for
every open spot and substantially more inquires then faculty can accommodate. For fall 2014 the department
received a record number of applicants (64) for our graduate program. Several of our recent Ph.D. graduates have
accepted academic positions at other institutions – a key metric of a successful program. Given the success of our
existing graduate program and the need for a well-trained scientific workforce focused on marine and coastal issues,
the Department will start two new programs: an undergraduate minor in marine sciences (to encourage students in
physical, natural and social science areas to focus on marine related careers) and a professional master’s degree in
marine conservation and resource management.
Our faculty members continue to serve the University and the nation in various scientific capacities. Dr. Ken Heck
serves as President of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), an organization of over 1500 scientists
studying nearshore ecosystems through the world. Dr. Shipp continues to play a major role in marine resource
management as a member of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the Alabama Conservation and
Natural Resources Advisory Committee. Dr. Patterson serves as Chair of the Scientific and Statistical Committee for
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Committee. Dr. Powers served as a panel member on a National Research
Council Committee to examine coastal resiliency and risks. Faculty members have also served on national science
review panels for the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
Finally, several notable awards were given to faculty and graduate students. The College and University recognized
the outstanding scholarly contribution of Dr. Ron Kiene in November 2014. Dr. Kiene was awarded the top research
award in the College (the Dean’s lecture award) and was further recognized by the USA National Alumni
Association, which awarded him the 2015 Olivia Rambo McGlothren National Alumni Association Outstanding
Scholar Award. Ms. Meagan Schrandt, a Ph.D. student under the mentorship of Dr. Powers, was award the Robert L.
Shipp Outstanding Marine Sciences Ph.D. Student Award for her research and service to the Department. Mr. Justin
Lewis, a MS student under the mentorship of Dr. Patterson, was awarded the Gareth Nelson Outstanding Masters
Student Award for his research and contributions to the Department.
Ruth Carmichael
D'Ambra, I., W. M. Graham, R. H. Carmichael, F. J. Hernandez, Jr. 2015. Fish rely on scyphozoan hosts as a primary
food source: evidence from stable isotope analysis. Mar. Biol. 162:247-252. Feature Article, Highlighted in Harrod
2015 Mar. Biol. Editorial 162:245-246. (G)
Venn-Watson, S., L. Garrison, J. Litz, E. Fougeres, B. Mase, G. Rappucci, E. Stratton, R. H. Carmichael, D. Odell, D.
Shannon, S. Shippee, S. Smith L. Staggs, M. Tumlin, H. Whitehead, T. Rowles. 2015. Demographic clusters identified
within the northern Gulf of Mexico common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) unusual mortality event:
January 2010- June 2013. PLoS ONE. 10(2): e0117248. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0117248.
Aven, A., R. H. Carmichael, M. Ajemian, S. Powers. 2014. Passive acoustic monitoring mitigates GPS tag loss by
tracked manatees. Mar. Freshwater Res. Published online 26 Nov 2014 (G)
Kellogg L., A. Smyth, M. W. Luckenbach, R. H. Carmichael, B. L. Brown, J. C. Cornwell, Michael F. Piehler, M. S.
Owens, D. J. Dalrymple, C. Higgins. 2014. Use of oysters to mitigate eutrophication in coastal waters. Est Coast Shelf
Sci. 151:156-168.
Litz, J., M. Baran, R. H. Carmichael, K. Colegrove, S. Fire, E. Fougeres, R. Hardy, S. Holmes, W. Jones, B. MaseGuthrie1, D. Odell, P. Rosel, D. Shannon, J. Saliki, S. Shippee, S. Smith, E. Stratton, S. Bowen-Stevens, M. Tumlin, H.
Whitehead, G. Worthy, T. Rowles. 2014. A review of historical unusual mortality events in the Gulf of Mexico (19902009): providing context for the complex and long-lasting Northern Gulf of Mexico Cetacean UME. Dis. Aquat.
Org. 112:161-175.
Patterson H. K., A. Boettcher, R. H. Carmichael. 2014. Biomarkers of dissolved oxygen stress in oysters: A tool for
restoration and management efforts. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104440. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0104440. (G)
Dalrymple, J. D. and R. H. Carmichael*. Effects of age class on N removal capacity of oysters and implications for
bioremediation. MEPS (G)
Kelly Dorgan
Grill, S.*, K. M. Dorgan. in press. Burrowing by small polychaetes - mechanics, behavior, and muscle structure of
Capitella sp. Journal of Experimental Biology. (*student author)
Dorgan, K.M. 2015. Commentary: The biomechanics of burrowing and boring. Journal of Experimental Biology 218:
176-183.
Jumars, P.A., K.M. Dorgan, S.M. Lindsay. 2015. Diet of worms emended: An update of Polychaete feeding guilds.
Annual Review of Marine Science 7: 497-520.
Francoeur, A.A.*, K.M. Dorgan. 2014. Burrowing behavior in mud and sand of morphologically divergent
polychaete species (Annelida: Orbiniidae). Biological Bulletin 226: 131-145.
Law, C.J.*, K.M. Dorgan, G.W. Rouse. 2014. Relating divergence in polychaete musculature to different burrowing
behaviors: a study using Opheliidae (Annelida). Journal of Morphology. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20237.
Marcus J. Drymon
Scyphers SB, Powers SP, Drymon JM, Martin CW, McMichael R, Schobernd ZH, Shipp RL. 2014. Rapid
expansion of an invasive species documented through a social-ecological network. Conservation Letters DOI
10.1111/conl.12127.
Drymon JM, Powers SP. Ajemian MJ. 2014. Dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in
a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. PLoS One 9(5): e97124.
Davis WT, Drymon JM, Powers SP. Submitted to PLoS One. Spatial and dietary overlap leads to competition
between red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) and vermilion snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens).
Drymon JM, Plitsch EM, Powers SP, Shipp RL. Submitted to Bulletin of Marine Science, in revision for
resubmission. Investigating persistence and community structure of artificial reef associated FADs in the
northern Gulf of Mexico.
Brian Dzwonkowski
Dzwonkowski, B., N. Pettigrew, and S. Knapp (In Revision, 2015). Spatial and temporal variability in the alongchannel velocity of a weakly stratified estuary, Broad Sound, Casco Bay, Maine, Journal of Geophysical Research.
Dzwonkowski, B., K. Park, and R. Collini (In Revision, 2015), The coupled estuarine-shelf response of a micro-tidal
river-dominated system prior to and post a major discharge event, Mobile Bay, AL, Journal of Geophysical Research.
Ronald P. Kiene
Galindo, V., M. Levasseur, M. Scarratt, C. J. John Mundy, M. Gosselin, R. P. Kiene, M. Gourdal, and M. Lizotte.
2015. Under-ice microbial dimethylsulfoniopropionate metabolism during the melt period in the Canadian Arctic
Archipelago. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 524:39-53.
Wilson, B. J., Mortazavi, B., & Kiene, R. P. 2015. Spatial and temporal variability in methane and carbon dioxide
exchange at three coastal marshes along a salinity gradient in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary Biogeochemistry,
123: 329–347 DOI 10.1007/s10533-015-0085-4. Available on line March 3, 2015.
Varaljay, V. A., J. Robidart, C. M. Preston, S. M. Gifford, B. P. Durham, J. P. Ryan, R. Marin III, R. P. Kiene, J. P.
Zehr, C. A. Scholin, and M. A. Moran. 2015. Single-Taxon Field Measurements of Bacterial Gene Regulation
Controlling DMSP Fate. ISME Journal: 1-10. Online publication, February 20, 2015; doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.23
Salgado, P., R. P. Kiene, W. J. Wiebe, and C. Magalhães. 2014. Salinity as a regulator of DMSP catabolic pathways in
Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3. Journal of Microbiology: 52: 948-954. DOI 10.1007/s12275-014-4409-1. Epub 2014 Oct 3.
Deschaseaux, E. S. M., R. P. Kiene, L. Oswald, G. B. Jones, M. A. Deseo, H. B. Swan, and B. D. Eyre. 2014.
Dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) in biological samples: a comparison of two methods based on TiCl 3 or NaBH 4
reduction. Marine Chemistry: 164: 9-1.
Keeling, P. J. et al (77 others including R. Kiene). The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing
Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the functional diversity of eukaryotic life in the oceans through transcriptome
sequencing. PLoS Biol 12(6): e1001889. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001889
Vila-Costa, M., Rinta-Kanto, J. M., Poretsky, R., Sun, S., Kiene, R. P., & Moran, M. A. (2014). Microbial controls on
DMSP degradation and DMS formation in the Sargasso Sea. Biogeochemistry, 120: 295-305. DOI 10.1007/s10533014-9996-8
del Valle, D. A., Martínez-García, S., Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S. A., Kiene, R. P., & Karl, D. M. (2015). Methionine and
dimethylsulfoniopropionate as sources of sulfur to the microbial community of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre.
Aquatic Microbial Ecology,. Accepted March 12, 2015.
Salgado, P., T. Visnevschi-Necrasov, R. P. Kiene, I. Azevedo, R. A.C.S., A. C.M.R., and C. Magalhães. 2015.
Determination of 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid by HPLC: A Sensitive Method for Environmental Applications. Journal
of Chromatography B: Accepted April 5, 2015.
Jeffrey W. Krause
Brzezinski, M.A., Krause, J.W., K.A. Barbeau, R.M. Bundy, P.J.S. Franks, Goericke, R., Landry, M.R., Ohman, M. D.,
Stukel, M. R. (In review). Variable influence of iron stress on siliceous biomass and silica production and silicon and
carbon export in a frontal zone within the California Current. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans.
McNair, H.M., Brzezinski, M.A., Krause, J.W. (In review). Quantifying diatom silicification with the fluorescent dye,
PDMPO. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods.
Baumann, M.S., Moran, S.B., Lomas, M.W., Kelly, R.P., Bell, D.W., Krause, J.W. (In press). Diatom control of the
autotrophic community and particle export in the eastern Bering Sea during the recent cold years (2008-2010).
Journal of Marine Research.
Krause, J.W., Brzezinski, M.A., Goericke, R., Landry, M.R., Ohman, M. D., Stukel, M. R., Taylor, A.G. (2015).
Variability in diatom contributions to biomass, organic matter production and export across a frontal gradient in the
California Current Ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 1032–1047.
Sean Powers
Schrandt, M.N., and S.P. Powers. Facilitation and dominance in a schooling predator: foraging behavior of Florida
pompano (Trachinotus carolinus). PLOS One, in press.
Scyphers, S.B., T.C. Gouhier, J.H. Grabowski, M.W. Beck, J. Mareska and S.P. Powers. 2015. Natural shorelines
promote the stability of fish communities in an urbanized coastal system. PLOS One, In press.
Baggett. L. P., S. P. Powers, R.D. Brumbaugh, L. Coen, B. DeAngelis, J. Greene, B. Hancock, S. Morlock, B. Allen, D.
Breitburg, D. Bushek, J. H. Grabowski, R. Grizzle, T. Grosholz, M. La Peyre, M. Luckenbach, K. McGraw, M. F.
Piehler, S. Westby, P.S.E. zu Ermgassen. 2015. Setting guidelines for evaluating performance of oyster habitat
restoration. Restoration Ecology. In press.
Schrandt, M., S. P. Powers and J.F. Mareska. 2015. Habitat use and fishery dynamics of a heavily exploited coastal
migrant, Atlantic Spanish Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus). North American Journal of Fisheries Management
35: 352-363.
Kroetz, A.M. and S. P. Powers. 2015. Eating between the lines: functional feeding response of bonnetheads (Sphyrna
tiburo). Environmental Biology of Fish 98: 655-661.
Scyphers, S.B., J.S. Picou, and S.P. Powers.2015. Participatory conservation of coastal habitats: the importance of
understanding homeowner decision making to mitigate cascading shoreline degradation Conservation Letters 8: 4149.
Scyphers, S. B., S. P. Powers, J. M. Drymon, C. W. Martin, R. H. McMichael, Z. H Schobernd, P. J. Schofield, and R.
L. Shipp. 2015. The role of citizens in detecting and responding to a rapid marine invasion. Conservation Letters,
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12114
Scyphers, S.B., S.P. Powers and K.L. Heck, Jr. 2015. Ecological value of submerged breakwaters for habitat
enhancement on a residential scale. Environmental Management 55:383-390.
Scyphers, S. B., J. S. Picou, R. D. Brumbaugh, and S. P. Powers. 2014. Integrating societal perspectives and values for
improved stewardship of a coastal ecosystem engineer. Ecology and Society, Ecology and Society 19(3):38-47.
Anderson, S.S., C. H. Peterson, G. Cherr, R. Ambrose, S. Anghera, S. Bay, M. J. Blum, R. Condon, T. Dean, W. M.
Graham, M. Guzy, S. Hampton, S. Joye, J. Lambrinos, B. Mate, D. Meffert, S. P. Powers, P. Somasundaran, R. Spies,
C. Taylor, R.Tjeerdema. 2014. Understanding and Properly Interpreting the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout. In:
Oil Spill Remediation: Colloid Chemistry-Based Principles and Solutions, pp. 19-57, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Powers, S. P. and K.E. Boyer, 2014. Marine Restoration Ecology, Ch. 22. In: M.D. Bertness, J.F. Bruno, B.R. Silliman,
and J.J. Stachowicz, Eds., Marine community ecology and conservation, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.
Drymon, J.M., M. A. Ajemian, and S. P. Powers. 2014. Dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks Carcharhinus
leucas in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. PLOS One, 9(5): e97124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097124.
Ajemian, M. J. and S. P. Powers. 2014. Towed-float satellite telemetry tracks large-scale movement and habitat
connectivity of myliobatid stingrays. Environmental Biology of Fishes 97: 1067-1081.
Park, K., S. P. Powers, G. S. Bosarge, and H. S. Jung. 2014. Plugging the leak: Barrier island restoration following
Hurricane Katrina enhances larval retention and improves salinity regime for oysters in in Mobile Bay, Alabama.
Marine Environmental Research, 94: 48-55.
William Patterson
*Zapp Sluis, M., *B.K. Barnett, W.F. Patterson III, and J.H. Cowan, Jr. In Review. Application of otolith nursery
chemical signatures to estimate population connectivity of Red Snapper in the western Gulf of Mexico. Marine and
Coastal Fisheries.
Allman, R.J., *C.L. Fioramonti, W.F. Patterson III, and A.E. Pacicco. In Review. Validation of annual growth zone
formation in Gray Triggerfish dorsal spines, fin rays, and vertebrae. Marine and Coastal Fisheries.
*Larsen, A.M., W.F. Patterson III, and C.R. Arias. In Review. Blood of apparently healthy red snapper Lutjanus
campechanus contains a high diversity of bacteria. Journal of Applied Microbiology.
Barnett, B.K., W.F. Patterson III, T.D. Kellison, *S.B. Garner, and A.M. Shiller. In Revision. Nursery sources of red
snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) off the southeastern USA simulated with otolith chemical signatures. Marine and
Freshwater Research.
*Lewis, J.A. W.F. Patterson III, J.K. Carlson, and K. McLachlin. In Revision. Vertebral chemical signatures
distinguish juvenile blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) nursery regions in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Marine
and Freshwater Research.
*Addis, D.T., W.F. Patterson III, and *M.A. Dance. In Revision. The potential of unreported artificial reefs to serve
as refuges from fishing mortality for Gulf of Mexico reef fishes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management.
*Tarnecki, J.H and W.F. Patterson III. In Press. Changes in Red Snapper diet and trophic ecology in the northern
Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Marine and Coastal Fisheries.
*Garner, S.B. and W.F. Patterson III. 2015. Direct observation of charterboat effort, catch, and discarding of
northern Gulf of Mexico reef fishes. US Fishery Bulletin 113:157-166.
*Garner, S.B., W.F. Patterson III, C.E. Porch, and *J.H. Tarnecki. 2014. Experimental assessment of circle hook
performance and selectivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico recreational reef fish fishery. Marine and Coastal
Fisheries. doi:10.1080/19425120.2014.952463.
*Dahl, K.A. and W.F. Patterson III. 2014. Density and diet of rapidly expanding invasive lionfish populations in the
northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105852. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105852.
Patterson III, W.F., B.K. Barnett, M.Z. Sluis, J.H. Cowan Jr., and A.M. Shiller. 2014. Interspecific variation in juvenile
snapper otolith chemical signatures. Aquatic Biology 21:1-10.
*Indicates student author throughout.
Alison Robertson
Costa PR., Robertson A., Quilliam MA. 2015. Toxin profile of Gymnodinium catenatum (Dinophyceae) from the
Portuguese coast, as determined by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Marine Drugs,
13. 1-17 (DOI: 10.3390).
Adams NG., Robertson A., Grattan LM., Roberts S., Tracy JK, Trainer VL. Assessment of sodium channel mutations
in Makah Tribal members of the U.S. Pacific Northwest as a potential mechanism of resistance to paralytic shellfish
poisoning. Harmful Algae Special Issue: Human Health (In Review, Invited Manuscript for Special Issue).
Ruth Carmichael
Hieb, E. E., J. Baggett, A. Aven, R. H. Carmichael*. Effects of sediment type and tank shape on horseshoe crab
(Limulus polyphemus) growth and survival in culture. In R.H. Carmichael, M. Botton, P.K.S. Shin, S.G. Cheung
[eds.], Changing Global Perspectives on Biology, Conservation, and Management of Horseshoe Crabs, Springer,
New York. Anticipated Spring 2015.
Carmichael, R. H.*, E. Hieb, G. Gauvry, C.N. Shuster, Jr. Examination of large exuviae with mating scars: Do female
American horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus, molt after sexual maturity? In R.H. Carmichael, M. Botton, P.K.S.
Shin, S.G. Cheung [eds.], Changing Global Perspectives on Biology, Conservation, and Management of Horseshoe
Crabs, Springer, New York. Anticipated Spring 2015.
Botton, M., R. H. Carmichael, P. K. S. Shin, S. G. Cheung. Emerging issues in horseshoe crab conservation: A
perspective from the IUCN species specialist group. In R.H. Carmichael, M. Botton, P.K.S. Shin, S.G. Cheung [eds.],
Changing Global Perspectives on Biology, Conservation, and Management of Horseshoe Crabs, Springer, New York.
2015.
Estes, M. G., Jr., R. H. Carmichael, A. Brady, J. McFadyen. Molts reveal life-history patterns for American horseshoe
crabs in fringe habitats. In R.H. Carmichael, M. Botton, P.K.S. Shin, S.G. Cheung [eds.], Changing Global
Perspectives on Biology, Conservation, and Management of Horseshoe Crabs, Springer, New York. Anticipated
Spring 2015.
Ruth Carmichael
Carmichael, R. H., L. Young. (2015). Manatee rescue—DISL, collaborators and neighbors join to save stranded
animals. DISL Skimmer. (26)1
Carmichael, R. H., E. Hieb, J. Delo, A. Aven, C. Miller, N. Taylor. (2011-2015). Save the Manatee Club Newsletter,
Updates on Alabama Manatees (quarterly articles).
Carmichael, R. H. (2009-2014). Newsletter of the Mobile Manatees Sighting Network, 1-7 (1, 2).
William F. Patterson
Patterson III, W.F., J.H. Tarnecki., D.T. Addis, and L.R. Barbieri. 2014. Reef Fish community structure at natural
versus artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:49.
*Dahl, K.A. and W.F. Patterson III. 2014. Diet of the invasive lionfish, Pterois volitans, on natural and artificial reefs
in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Proceedings of the Gulf
and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:201-204.
*Tarnecki, J.H. and W.F. Patterson III. 2014. Diet and trophic ecology of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, on
natural and artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
66:341-344.
*Garner, S.B., W.F. Patterson III, and C.E. Porch. 2014. Observer-based estimates of red snapper catch and discard
rates during open and closed recreational seasons in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Gulf and
Caribbean Fisheries Institute 66:125-128.
Ruth Carmichael
R.H. Carmichael, M. Botton, P.K.S. Shin, S.G. Cheung [eds.], Changing Global Perspectives on Biology,
Conservation, and Management of Horseshoe Crabs, Springer, New York. Anticipated Spring 2015.
Ruth Carmichael
2013-present, Associate Editor, Estuarine Coastal & Shelf Science (International)
2013-present, Academic Editor, PLoS ONE (International)
2012-present, Review Editor, Aquatic Biology (International)
2012-present, Editorial Board, Coastal and Estuarine Science News (CESN) (International)
Ronald P. Kiene
Editorial board of the international journal Marine Chemistry
Associate Editor, Gulf of Mexico Science
Editorial Board, Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture
Alison Robertson
Robertson, A. (Ed.) (continuing). Contributing editor to the journal Marine Drugs, Basel, Switzerland
ABSTRACTS
Brian Dzwonkowski
Dzwonkowski, B., Park, K., and Collini, R. 2015. The coupled estuarine-shelf response of a river-dominated system
during the transition from low to high discharge, Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, Feb 18.
Dzwonkowski, B., Pettigrew, N., and Knapp, S. 2014. Spatial and temporal variability in the along-channel velocity of
a weakly stratified estuary, Broad Sound, Casco Bay, Maine, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec 16.
Knapp, S., Dzwonkowski, B., and Pettigrew, N. 2014. Relationships between wind forcing, stratification, and the
vertical structure of the along-channel velocity at synoptic to interannual timescales in Penobscot Bay, ME,
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15.
Dzwonkowski, B., Park, K., and Howden, S. 2014. Evolution and fate of a Mobile Bay discharge plume, AlabamaMississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL, Dec 2.
Knapp, S., Dzwonkowski, B., and Pettigrew, N. 2014. Wind forcing, stratification, and along-channel vertical velocity
structure in Penobscot Bay at synoptic to interannual timescales. University of Maine Graduate Student Symposium,
Darling Marine Center, Walpole, ME, May 12-13.
Ronald P. Kiene
Wilson, B. J., Mortazavi, B., & Kiene, R. P. Spatial and temporal variability in methane and carbon dioxide exchange
at three coastal marshes along a salinity gradient in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary. To be presented at American
Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, December 2014.
Rellinger, A. N., D. J. Kieber and R. P. Kiene. Phaeocystis antarctica maintains intracellular DMSP and other cellular
constituents but loses cellular DMSO during incubation in prolonged darkness. 6th International Symposium on
DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Rellinger, A. N., J-S. Kang, and R. P. Kiene. A comparison of DMSP production in 3 temperate species of
Phaeocystis (P. globosa, P.jahnii and P.cordata) across varied irradiances. 6th International Symposium on DMSP
and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Motard-Côté, J, D. J. Kieber, R. P. Kiene. Microbial cycling of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and dimethylsulfide
production along a salinity gradient in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 6th International Symposium on DMSP and
related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Motard-Côté, J. and R. P. Kiene. Osmoprotective role of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) for estuarine
bacterioplankton. 6th International Symposium on DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30,
2014.
Salgado P., T. Visnevschi-Necrasov, R. P. Kiene, I. Azevedo, and C Magalhães. Determination of 3Mercaptopropionic Acid by HPLC: A Sensitive Method for Environmental Applications. 6th International
Symposium on DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Magalhães, C, P. Salgado, A. Machado, A. Buchan, W. J. Wiebe and R. P. Kiene. Influence of DMSP degradation
products on the N 2 O reduction step of denitrification and the salinity side effect. 6th International Symposium on
DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Amrani, A., W. Said-Ahmad, Y. Shaked, and R. P. Kiene. Sulfur isotope homogeneity of oceanic DMSP and DMS. 6th
International Symposium on DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Kieber, D. J. and R. P. Kiene. The DMSP Antioxidant Hypothesis Revisited. 6th International Symposium on DMSP
and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Kiene, R. P., J. Motard-Côté, and D. J. Kieber. Dissolved DMSP in seawater – a dynamic pool with a refractory
component. 6th International Symposium on DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Kinsey, J. D, I.M.B Tyssebotn, D. J. Kieber, P. J. Neale, and R. P. Kiene. Irradiance effects on cellular and dissolved
organosulfur and acrylate in Phaeocystis antarctica. 6th International Symposium on DMSP and related Sulfur
Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30, 2014.
Lavoie, M., M. Levasseur, R. P. Kiene, and M. Babin. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate uptake in the polar diatom
Thalassiosira gravida. 6th International Symposium on DMSP and related Sulfur Compounds, Barcelona, May 26-30,
2014.
Jeffrey W. Krause
Cochran, S., Krause, J.W., Macy, A. (2015). Phytolith Content Variability for Short-form Spartina alterniflora in the
Northern Gulf of Mexico. [Abstract] 2nd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemical Symposium. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Marquez, I.A., Krause, J.W., Lomas, M.W. (2015). Further Examination of Biogeochemical Consequences of
Mesoscale Eddies in the Sargasso Sea. [Abstract] 2nd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemical Symposium. Atlanta, GA,
USA.
Goodie, T., Barletta, R., Krause, J., Sabe, H. (2015). Direct Measurement of Intracellular Carotenoids in Macroalgae
and Phytoplankton. [Abstract] 2nd Annual Southeastern Biogeochemical Symposium. Atlanta, GA, USA.
Barletta, R., Krause, J., Goodie, T., Sabe, H. (2015). Direct Measurement of Intracellular Carotenoids in Macroalgae
and Phytoplankton. [Abstract] The University of South Alabama 22nd Annual Graduate Research Forum. Mobile,
AL, USA.
Edwards, B. R., Collins, J. R., Fredricks, H. F., Ossolinski, J. E., McNair, H., Brzezinski, M. A., Krause, J. W.,
Thamatrakoln, K., Bidle, K. D., Van Mooy, B. A. (2015). Comparative lipidomics link bloom decline to infochemical
production in the California upwelling zone. [Abstract] Association for the Sciences of Limnology and
Oceanography (ASLO) Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Granada, Spain.
Krause, J.W., Larson, A.M., Darrow, E.S., Carmichael, R.H. (2014). Significant biogenic silica retention from reverse
weathering in non-deltaic sediments. [Abstract] American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA,
USA.
Alison Robertson
Smith, T.B., Robertson, A., Richlen, M.L., Liefer, J.D., Anderson, D.M., Morris, J.G., Parsons, M.L., (2015) Ciguatera
fish poisoning: Long-term dynamics of Gambierdiscus spp. on coral reefs in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The
Association of the Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean 37th Scientific Conference. Caracao, Apr 28, 2015
Robertson A. and Wilson A., Cyanotoxins in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta: A Potential Threat to Ecosystem Health.
Bays and Bayous, Mobile, Alabama, United States. Dec 2-3, 2014.
Frank J., Robertson A., Carmichael R., (2014) Impacts of domoic acid on West Indian Manatees Stranded in Coastal
Alabama Bays and Bayous, Mobile, Alabama, United States. Dec 2-3, 2014.
Ruth Carmichael
2015 Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Research and Monitoring Meeting, New Orleans, LA
“Sighting demographics of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Alabama and Mississippi waters”
(Hieb, E., R.H. Carmichael, A. Aven, K. DaCosta, C. Nelson-Seely, J. Delo, N. Taylor; poster).
"Distribution of Stranded Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Alabama Waters from 2004 –2013" (Winger,
N.L., C. Nelson-Seely, R.H. Carmichael; poster).
“Modeling West Indian manatee movements informs space use patterns and phenology in the northern Gulf of
Mexico” (Aven, A., R.H. Carmichael; poster) 2015 University of South Alabama Spring Research Forum, Mobile, AL
(5).
“Analysis of manatee periotic bone microchemistry as a tool to track manatee migrations in the northern Gulf of
Mexico” (DaCosta, K.P., W.F. Patterson, R.H. Carmichael, K. Brill; poster).
“Suitability of calcein for mass marking marine bivalve larvae (Crassostrea virginica) under different salinity and
tank conditions” (Nicholson, H., R.H. Carmichael, S. Rikard; poster).
(Hieb, E., R.H. Carmichael, A. Aven, K. DaCosta, C. Nelson-Seely, J. Delo, N. Taylor; poster).
“Distribution of stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Alabama waters from 2004 – 2013” (Wingers,
N.L., C. Nelson Seely, R.H. Carmichael; poster).
“Investigating potential domoic acid exposure in West Indian manatees stranded in coastal Alabama” (Frank, J., A.
Robertson, R.H. Carmichael; poster).
2015 International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine (IAAAM), Chicago, IL, “The 2010-2015 northern Gulf
of Mexico cetacean unusual mortality event: An update on diagnostic test results and pathologic findings
(Colegrove, K., S. Venn-Watson, J. Litz, M. Kinsel, K Terio, J Saliki, S Fire, R Ewing, E Fougeres, R Carmichael, et al.;
poster).
2014 Bays and Bayous, Mobile, AL (8)
“Planning the future with an eye to the past: Land Use and Water Quality on the Mississippi-Alabama coast” (R.H.
Carmichael et al.; oral)
Mexico” (Aven, A., R.H. Carmichael; poster)
Mexico” (DaCosta, K.P., W.F. Patterson, R.H. Carmichael, K. Brill; poster)
tank conditions” (Nicholson, H., R.H. Carmichael, S. Rikard; poster)
(Hieb, E., R.H. Carmichael, A. Aven, K. Dacosta, C. Nelson-Seely, J. Delo, N. Taylor; poster)
“Distribution of stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Alabama waters from 2004 – 2013” (Wingers,
N.L., C. Nelson Seely, R.H. Carmichael; poster)
“Sedimentary records of recurrent phosphate spills to a Gulf of Mexico coastal estuary” (Hall, J., P. Dimens, E.
Darrow, R.H. Carmichael, E. Hieb, K. Cressman; poster)
“Investigating potential domoic acid exposure in West Indian manatees stranded in coastal Alabama” (Frank, J., A.
Robertson, R.H. Carmichael; poster)
2014 Gulf Estuarine Research Society (GERS), Port Aransas, TX (5)
“Understanding Alabama manatees through public sightings, remote sensing, and biological sampling” (R.H.
Carmichael et al.; oral)
“Growth of pre-historic oysters and links to nutrient source shifts in the northern Gulf of Mexico” (Darrow, E.S.,
R.H. Carmichael, C.F. Andrus, H.E. Jackson; oral)
Mexico” (Aven, A., R.H. Carmichael; poster)
Mexico” (DaCosta, K.P., W.F. Patterson, R.H. Carmichael, K. Brill; poster)
tank conditions” (Nicholson, H., R.H. Carmichael, S. Rikard; poster)
2014 NOAA NERRS National Science Collaborative Stakeholder Workshop, Grand Bay NERR, Moss Point, MS
“Grand Bay: Planning the future with an eye on the past”
Workshop co-coordinator, presented Introduction, example products, conclusion, assimilation; R.H. Carmichael et
al.; oral)
“Legacy effects of land-use change and nitrogen source shifts on Grand Bay: A benchmark for building collaborative
research at the Grand Bay NERR”” (Darrow, E.S., R.H. Carmichael, K. Calci, W. Burkhardt, III; oral)
“LULC change in Grand Bay watersheds, landscape metrics, and links to water quality” (Wu, W., H. Huang, E.S.
Darrow, R.H. Carmichael; oral)
Marcus Drymon
Drymon JM, Ajemian MA, Powers SP. 2014. Dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in
a northern Gulf of Mexico Estuary. Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous conference.
*Stone L, Powers SP, Drymon JM. 2014. Discard mortality and spatial dynamics of greater amberjack (Seriola
dumerili). Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous conference.
Hightower CL, Powers SP, Drymon JM. 2014. Evaluating the current status of red drum (Sciaenops occellatus)
in offshore waters of the North Central Gulf of Mexico: an update on abundance, age composition, and mortality.
Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous conference.
*Kroetz AM, Drymon JM, Powers SP. 2014. Tracking Alabama’s state saltwater fish, Atlantic tarpon (Megalops
atlanticus), using satellite telemetry. Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous conference.
*Kroetz AM, Drymon JM, Powers SP. 2014. Tracking Alabama’s state saltwater fish, Atlantic tarpon (Megalops
atlanticus), using acoustic and satellite telemetry. Biennual meeting of the Gulf Estuarine Research Society
(GERS).
Drymon JM, Ajemian MA, Powers SP. 2014. Dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) in
a northern Gulf of Mexico Estuary. Annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES).
Brian Dzwonkowski
Dzwonkowski, B., Park, K., and Collini, R. 2015. The coupled estuarine-shelf response of a river-dominated system
during the transition from low to high discharge. Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, TX, Feb 18.
Dzwonkowski, B., Pettigrew, N., and Knapp, S. 2014. Spatial and temporal variability in the along-channel velocity of
a weakly stratified estuary, Broad Sound, Casco Bay, Maine. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, Dec 16.
Dzwonkowski, B., Park, K., and Howden, S. 2014. Evolution and fate of a Mobile Bay discharge plume. AlabamaMississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL, Dec 2.
Ronald P. Kiene
Attended the 6th International Symposium on DMSP and related compounds, held in Barcelona Spain in May 2014.
In addition to presenting a paper, Dr. Kiene was co-author of a large number of presentations, and led several
Discussion groups during the symposium.
Jeffrey W. Krause
Barletta, R., Krause, J (presenting author), Goodie, T., Sabe, H. (2015). Direct Measurement of Intracellular
Carotenoids in Macroalgae and Phytoplankton. Poster presented at The University of South Alabama 22nd Annual
Graduate Research Forum. Mobile, AL, USA.
Krause, J.W., Larson, A.M., Darrow, E.S., Carmichael, R.H. (2014). Significant biogenic silica retention from reverse
weathering in non-deltaic sediments. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San
Francisco, CA, USA.
Patterson III, W.F. Acute and chronic impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on northern Gulf of Mexico reef
fish communities. Horizons 2015-Tallahassee Scientific Society. April 23, 2015, Tallahassee, Florida (invited)
Patterson III, W.F. Remotely operated vehicle marine research applications in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep-C
GoMRI Student ROV Competition. April 17, 2015, Dauphin Island, Alabama. (invited)
Patterson III, W.F. Direct and indirect effects of invasive lionfish in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Central Gulf
Marine Trades Association. April 15, 2015, Orange Beach, Alabama (invited)
Patterson III, W.F. Evaluation of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s ABC Control Rule.
National Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting. February 24, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Patterson III, W.F., D. Hollander, J. Chanton, S. Murawski, I. Romero, C. Jagoe, M. James, *J. Tarnecki, *J. Neese,
and *M. Norberg. Reef fishes and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Chronic Effects and Evidence of System
Resiliency. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference . February 18, 2015, Houston, Texas. (invited
keynote)
James, M.O., *M. Smeltz, *C. Ghiran, *J.H. Tarnecki, and W.F. Patterson III. Biomarkers of exposure to polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in Gulf of Mexico reef fishes 2015 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference.
February 18, 2015, Houston, Texas.
Patterson III, W.F., L.R. Barbieri, D.T. Addis, *J.H. Tarnecki, *J.T. Neese, and *M.J. Norberg. Ecological function of
northern Gulf of Mexico artificial reefs: comparisons to natural reefs. 2015 Florida Artificial Reef Summit. January
15, 2015, Clearwater Beach, Florida (invited)
*Dahl, K.A., W.F. Patterson III, and R.A. Snyder. Invasive lionfish on panhandle artificial reefs: trends, effects, and
potential mitigation measures 2015 Florida Artificial Reef Summit. January, 15, 2015, Clearwater Beach, Florida.
Patterson III, W.F., A. Robertson. *K.A. Dahl, and *B.A. Klimek. Lionfish Research at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
Dauphin Island Sea Lab Foundation Meeting. January 13, 2015, Mobile, AL (invited)
*DaCosta, K., K. McLachlin, K. Interlichia, K. Brill, W.F. Patterson III, R.H. Carmichael, and K.Brill. Analysis of
manatee periotic bone microchemistry as a tool to track manatee migrations in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Bays
and Bayous Symposium. December 3, 2014, Mobile, Alabama.
Patterson III, W.F. Red Snapper Case Study: Can We Fix It? Guy Harvey Fisheries Symposium. November 13, 2014,
St. Petersburg, Florida. (invited)
*DaCosta, K., K. McLachlin, K. Interlichia, K. Brill, W.F. Patterson III, R.H. Carmichael, and K.Brill. Analysis of
manatee periotic bone microchemistry as a tool to track manatee migrations in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf
Estuarine Research Society Biennial Meeting. October 30, 2014, Port Aransas, Texas.
Patterson III, W.F., D.A. DeVries, *K.S. Watkins, and Z. Chen. Mixing between U.S. king mackerel, Scomberomorus
cavalla, stocks estimated with otolith chemical signatures. 5th International Otolith Symposium. October 23, 2014,
Mallorca, Spain.
Barnett, B.K., W.F. Patterson III, T.D. Kellison, and A.M. Shiller. Estimating potential nursery sources for red
snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, populations in Atlantic Ocean waters of the United States from North Carolina to
Florida. 5th International Otolith Symposium. October 23, 2014, Mallorca, Spain.
*Lewis, J.A. W.F. Patterson III, K. McLachlin, and J.K. Carlson. Distinguishing blacktip shark, Carcharhinus
limbatus, nursery areas in the northern Gulf of Mexico with vertebral chemical signatures. 5th International Otolith
Symposium. October 22, 2015, Mallorca, Spain.
*Dahl, K.A., W.F. Patterson III, and J.H. Tarnecki. Density and diet of invasive red lionfish among natural and
artificial reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. 68th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and
Wildlife Agencies. October 20, 2015, Destin, FL.
*Garner, S.E, W.F. Patterson III, C.E. Porch, and J.H. Tarnecki. Experimental assessment of circle hook performance
and selectivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico recreational reef fish fishery. 68th Annual Conference of the
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. October 20, 2014, Destin, FL. (invited)
*Klimek, B.A. and W.F. Patterson III. Estimates of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, age, growth, and mortality
in coastal Alabama. 68th Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. October
21, 2014, Destin, FL.
*Dahl, K.A., W.F. Patterson III, and J.H. Tarnecki. Invasive Pacific lionfish: ongoing research in the northern Gulf of
Mexico. Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. October 7, 2014, Ocean Springs, MS. (invited) Murawski, S.A. and
W.F. Patterson III. DWH Impacts on fish, fisheries, and marine ecosystems – An evolving picture. Gulf of Mexico
Research Initiative Webinar Series. August 6, 2014, via webinar. (invited)
*Lewis, J.A. W.F. Patterson III, K. McLachlin, and J.K. Carlson. Distinguishing blacktip shark, Carcharhinus
limbatus, nursery areas in the northern Gulf of Mexico with vertebral chemical signatures. 30th Annual Meeting of
the American Elasmobranch Society. August 1, 2014, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Patterson III, W.F. Remotely operated vehicle marine research applications in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep-C
GoMRI Consortium Teacher ROV Workshop. June 14, 2014, Dauphin Island, Alabama. (invited)
*Lewis, J.A., W.F. Patterson III, K. McLachlin, and J.K. Carlson. Visualizing the heterogeneity of trace metals
incorporated into elasmobranch vertebrae using LA-ICP-MS. Goldschmidt Conference. June, 9, 2014, Sacramento,
California.
Sean Powers
Drymon, J. M., M. A. Ajemian, and S. P. Powers. 2014. Dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks (Carcharhinus
leucas) in a northern Gulf of Mexico Estuary. Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous
conference.
Stone, L., S. P. Powers, and J. M. Drymon. 2014. Discard mortality and spatial dynamics of greater amberjack
(Seriola dumerili). Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous conference.
Hightower, C.L., S. P. Powers, J. M. Drymon. 2014. Evaluating the current status of red drum (Sciaenops occellatus)
in offshore waters of the North Central Gulf of Mexico: an update on abundance, age composition, and mortality.
Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous conference.
Kroetz, A.M., J.M. Drymon, and S.P. Powers SP. 2014. Tracking Alabama’s state saltwater fish, Atlantic tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus), using satellite telemetry. Mississippi Alabama SeaGrant Consortium Bays and Bayous
conference.
Kroetz, A.M., J. M. Drymon, S.P. Powers SP. 2014. Tracking Alabama’s state saltwater fish, Atlantic tarpon
(Megalops atlanticus), using acoustic and satellite telemetry. Biennual meeting of the Gulf Estuarine Research Society
(GERS).
Drymon, J. M., M. A. Ajemian, and S. P. Powers. 2014. Dynamic habitat use of young bull sharks (Carcharhinus
leucas) in a northern Gulf of Mexico Estuary. Annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES).
Alison Robertson
Smith, T.B., Robertson, A., Richlen, M.L., Liefer, J.D., Anderson, D.M., Morris, J.G., Parsons, M.L., (2015) Ciguatera
fish poisoning: Long-term dynamics of Gambierdiscus spp. on coral reefs in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. The
Association of the Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean 37th Scientific Conference. Caracao, Apr 28, 2015.
Robertson, A. (2015) “Understanding the toxigenesis of ciguatoxins: Lastest Research Findings”. Third Annual
Principal Investigators Workshop, Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms. NOAA National Center
for Coastal Ocean Research, Long Key, Florida, United States. 2-5 March, 2015. Invited Presentation.
Robertson, A., Heck, K., Cebrian, J., Carmichael, R., Patterson, W. (2015) “Marine Ecosystems and Ecology of the
Northern Gulf of Mexico: Tradeoffs between ecosystem function, services, and impact.” NOAA Science of Oil Spills
(SOS) Workshop, NOAA Office of Response & Restoration (OR&R) and Emergency Response Division (ERD),
Mobile, Alabama, United States. February 23-27, 2014. Invited Presentation.
Robertson, A. (2015) “Understanding Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Remote Coastal Communities of the Caribbean”,
Elise Newell seminar Series, sponsored by Florida Sea Grant, held at the Watershed Institute for Marine
Environmental Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, United States. 4th February, 2015.
Invited Presentation.
Robertson, A. (2015) “Risk Assessment of Cyanotoxin Contamination in seafood at the Land-Sea Interface”, First
Annual Environmental Resiliency Workshop, sponsored by the USA Center for Environmental Resiliency, Mobile,
Alabama, United States. 9th January, 2015. Invited Presentation.
Robertson, A. and Wilson A., Cyanotoxins in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta: A Potential Threat to Ecosystem Health.
Bays and Bayous, Mobile, Alabama, United States. Dec 2-3, 2014. Oral Presentation.
Frank J., Robertson A., Carmichael R., (2014) Impacts of domoic acid on West Indian Manatees Stranded in Coastal
Alabama. Bays and Bayous, Mobile, Alabama, United States. Dec 2-3, 2014. Poster Presentation.
Robertson, A. (2014) Understanding the Poisoning syndromes associated with Harmful Algal Blooms. , presented at
Microbes: Coastal Concerns for Clinicians, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Aug 02, 2014. Invited Presentation.
Robertson, A. (2014) Case Study: Differential Diagnosis of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, presented at Microbes: Coastal
Concerns for Clinicians, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Aug 02, 2014. Invited Presentation.
GRANTS
Ruth Carmichael
2015-2016, MS Water Resources Research Institute (MWRRI), Water quality in Bangs Lake: Effects of recurrent
phosphate spills to a coastal estuary: Y2 (K. Dillon PI; $77,957; $8,010 Carmichael portion of award) Collaborators:
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, University of Southern Mississippi/ Gulf Coast Research
Laboratory, University of West Florida, MS Department of Environmental Quality
2015-2020, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), Alabama Marine Mammal Conservation and Recovery
Program (Carmichael PI; $1,281,600) Collaborators: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region
Stranding Network, ADCNR, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS; D. Ingram), Marine Mammal Commission, The
Ocean Conservancy
2014-2015, Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Monitoring manatee movements and habitat use
in Alabama waters (Carmichael PI; $30,000) Collaborators: ADCNR, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS; D.
Ingram), Sea to Shore Alliance (M. Ross, J. Powell)
2014-2015, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Determining sources, history and status of eutrophication at
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (PI Florida Atlantic University $116,753; $28,340 Carmichael portion of
award) Collaborators: Florida Atlantic University (B. LaPointe, L. Herren), Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (J.
Jackson, M. McCord, D. Marx, J. Montalvo), McMaster University (M. Risk)
2014, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), Support for the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding
Network (Carmichael PI; $94,000) Collaborators: NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service-Pascagoula (K. Mullin,
L. Noble), NFWF
2014-2015, MS Water Resources Research Institute (MWRRI), Water quality in Bangs Lake: Effects of recurrent
phosphate spills to a coastal estuary (K. Dillon PI; $77,957; $5,513 Carmichael portion of award) Collaborators:
Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, University of Southern Mississippi/ Gulf Coast Research
Laboratory, University of West Florida, MS Department of Environmental Quality
2014-2016, MS-AL Sea Grant Consortium, A circulation and transport model for fishery management in Mobile Bay
and eastern Mississippi Sound (K. Park PI; $149,876; $36,560 Carmichael portion of award) Collaborators: The
Nature Conservancy, Alabama Marine Resources Division, U.S. Coast Guard, National Estuary Program
2013-2014, NOAA/Northern Gulf Institute, Support of NOAA’s Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response
Program (MMSHRP) in the northern Gulf of Mexico through the NGI: Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding
Response ($3,000)
2013-2014, Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Enhanced monitoring of Alabama’s tagged
manatees and comparison to the nGOM manatee opportunistic sighting database (Carmichael PI;
$42,429) Collaborators: ADCNR, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS; D. Ingram), Sea to Shore Alliance (M. Ross,
J. Powell)
2012-2014, Alabama Emergency Management Agency, Deepwater Horizon Incident Grant, Alabama Marine
Mammal Stranding Network: A Strategy for strengthening and sustaining an efficient stranding response and
research unit (Carmichael PI; $1,262,355) Collaborators: Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
(ADCNR; K. Swindle)
Kelly Dorgan
2015-2016. Dorgan, K.M., Bell, S., Berke, S. (Lead PI. J Valentine, DISL). Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience
(ACER). GOMRI $1,066,607.
Marcus Drymon
2015-2018. Valentine et al (Drymon JM collaborator) Title: Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)
Agency: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, $ 12,000,000 ($157,091 Drymon portion)
2015. SP Powers et al (Drymon JM collaborator). Enhanced Fisheries Monitoring off Alabama’s Coast: vertical
longline, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, $ 780,000 ($220,800 Drymon portion)
2015. SP Powers et al (Drymon JM collaborator). Enhanced Fisheries Monitoring off Alabama’s Coast: bottom
longline, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. $ 780,000 ($57,500 Drymon portion)
2015. Powers SP, Drymon JM. Assessing reef fish & shark populations in Alabama via fishery-independent surveys.
Agency: AL Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division Amount of Funding: $
100,000
2014-2015. Drymon JM. Using acoustic and satellite telemetry to track movement of Atlantic tarpon, Mississippi
Alabama SeaGrant
2014-2015. Drymon JM. Using sharks as a tool to evaluate ecosystem health in coastal Alabama, USA Center for
Environmental Resiliency, $ 9,000
2013-2015. Powers SP, Drymon JM. Ecosystem based fisheries assessment of reef fishes in the northcentral Gulf of
Mexico. NOAA Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN), $ 322,979
2014-2015. Portnoy DS, Gold JR (Drymon JM collaborator). Genetic monitoring and stock structure of two large
coastal sharks using high throughput next-generation sequencing, NOAA Cooperative Research Program (CRP) $
9,063 (Drymon portion)
Brian Dzwonkowski
Graham, M., Arnone, B, Book, J, … Dzwonkowski, B. …(2014, November) CONsortium for oil spill exposure
pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE), Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative RPF-IV ,
$165,082 (budget at USA).
Graham, M., Arnone, B, Book, J, … Dzwonkowski, B. …(2014, November) CONsortium for oil spill exposure
pathways in COastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE), Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative RPF-IV ,
$165,082 (budget at USA).
Ronald P. Kiene
Kiene, R.P. (2014, February) Collaborative Research: Resolving dimethylsulfide dynamics in the subarctic North Pacific
using stable and radioisotope tracers, National Science Foundation-Chemical Oceanography, $473,048 (USA
budget). Co-PI at other institution: John Dacey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Proposed start date,
January 1, 2015, for three years.
Kiene, R.P. (2014, January). Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Bacterial taxa that control sulfur flux from the ocean
to the atmosphere, National Science Foundation – Dimensions of Biodiversity, $513,777 (USA budget). Co-PI’s from
other institutions: Mary Ann Moran William Whitman (UGA), Chris Scholin & James Birch (Monterey Bay
Aquarium Research Institute). Total project budget $1,977,972. 5 years. January 1, 2014- December 31, 2018.
Kiene, R. P. (2011, September). CIGUAHAB: Ciguatera Investigations in the Greater Caribbean Region:
Ecophysiology, Population Connectivity, Forecasting, and Toxigenesis, NOAA-Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms
(EcoHAB), $168,967 (USA budget). Collaborative project with FDA, WHOI and several Universities. Michael
Parsons, Lead PI. September 1, 2011-August 31, 2016.
Kiene, R. P. (2010, June). Collaborative Research: Ecophysiology of DMSP and related compounds and their
contribution to carbon and sulfur dynamics in Phaeocystis antarctica. National Science Foundation – Polar
Programs-Antarctic Sciences Division. $240,237. Collaboration with David Kieber, SUNY ESF. 3 years. June 1,
2010-May 31, 2013. No-cost extension through May 31, 2015.
Kiene, R. P. (2009, September). Reassessment of dissolved DMSP concentrations and turnover flux in the ocean,
National Science Foundation - Chemical Oceanography, $412,866, 3 years. September 1, 2009-August 31, 2012. Nocost extension through August 31, 2014.
Jeffrey W. Krause
Krause, J.W. (2015, January). Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER): Impacts of the DwH accident on
phytoplankton-microzooplankton resiliency. Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, $707,466 (includes subaward to
Rutgers University).
Krause, J.W. (2012, April; in no-cost extension). Group-Specific Diatom Silica Production in a Coastal Upwelling
System. National Science Foundation: Biological Oceanography, $453,487.
Krause, J.W., Brzezinski, M.A. (2012, January; in no-cost extension). Understanding the role of picocyanobacteria in
the marine silicate cycle. National Science Foundation: Biological Oceanography, $256,128.
Patterson, W., Carmichael, R.H., Heck, K.L., Krause, J.W., Powers, S. (2013, July; project finished during activity
year). Acquisition of a Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer to Support Marine Science
Research and Education in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. National Science Foundation: Biological Field Stations &
Marine Labs, $314,725.
2015, Co-Principal Investigator, “Multifaceted fisheries and ecosystem monitoring in Alabama’s marine waters and
the Gulf of Mexico” (with Alabama Department of Conservation and Sean Powers) National Fish and Wildlife
Federation. $389,196/5 yr. pending
2015, Co-Principal Investigator, “Integrative tracking of aquatic animals in the Gulf of Mexico (iTAG): assessing
habitat use and site fidelity of resident and migratory fishes” (with Susan Lowerre-Barbieri as PI and J. Rooker, B.
Mahmoudi, and C. Porch as Co-PIs). Offshore Telemetry Network, Dalhouise University. $500,000/5 yr.
2015, Co-Principal Investigator, “Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE)”
(with Steve Murawski as PI and multiple co-PIs) Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. $22,000,000/3 yr; USA budget
$691,095/3 yr.
2014, Co-Principal Investigator, “Efficacy of lionfish removal as a management strategy for Florida artificial reefs”
(with Richard Snyder, PI). Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. $84,478/1 yr.
2014, Principal Investigator, “Applying cutting edge laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to
estimate population connectivity in coastal elasmobranchs.” USA Resiliency Fund. $14,400/1 yr.
2014, Co-Principal Investigator, “Ecosystembased fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico reef fish complex”
(with Q. Weniger, PI, and L. Perruso and S. Gosnell, Co-PIs). Lenfest Ocean Program. $200,000/2 yr.
2014, Principal Investigator, “Examining invasive lionfish diet and trophic position in the northern Gulf of Mexico
via DNA barcoding of unidentifiable prey items” (with Alison Robertson and Alice Ortmann, Co-PIs). MississippiAlabama Sea Grant. $10,000/1 yr.
2014, Co-Principal Investigator, “REU Site: Undergraduate research experiences in coastal and nearshore marine
systems of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico” (with Alice Ortmann, PI) National Science Foundation Research
Experience for Undergraduates. $187,222/2 yr.
2014, Co-Principal Investigator, “Assessment of Escambia East Large Area Artificial Reef Site refugia reefs: Impacts
of invasive lionfish” (with Dick Snyder, PI). Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. $59,996/1 yr.
2013, Principal Investigator, “Modeling the impacts of gear regulations in the northern Gulf of Mexico recreational
reef fish fishery” (graduate fellowship submitted by Steven Garner). National Marine Fisheries Service and National
Sea Grant. $77,000/2 yr.
2013, Principal Investigator, “Data management in support of NOAAs integrated ecosystem assessment for the Gulf
ofMexico through the NGI Ecosystem Data Assembly Center: DISL's Data Management Center.” Northern Gulf
Institute. $68,622/1 yr.
2013, Principal Investigator, “Acquisition of a laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer to
support marine science research and education in the northern Gulf of Mexico” (with Ruth Carmichael, Jeffery
Krause, Ken Heck, and Sean Powers, co-PIs). National Science Foundation. $314,725.
2012, Principal Investigator, “Examining vertebrae elemental signatures as nursery-specific tags of blacktip shark in
the Gulf of Mexico” (with John Carlson, Co-PI). NOAA Fisheries. $10,000/2 yr.
2012, Co-Principal Investigator, “Estimating potential nursery sources for south Atlantic red snapper populations
using otolith chemistry” (with Todd Kellison, PI, and Beverly Barnett, Co-PI). NOAA-NMFS Marine Fisheries
Initiative. $64,700/2 yr.
2012, Co-Principal Investigator, “Distinguishing three cohorts of juvenile red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, in the
northern and southern Gulf of Mexico using otolith chemical signatures” (with Beverly Barnett, PI). NOAA-NMFS
Marine Fisheries Initiative. $75,800/2 yr.
2012, Principal Investigator, “Examining hook selectivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico recreational reef fish
fishery” (with Clay Porch, Co-PI) NOAA Fisheries Cooperative Research Program. $202,636/2 yr.
2011, Co-Principal Investigator, “Center for Integrated Modeling and Analysis of the Gulf Ecosystem (C-IMAGE)”
(with Steve Murawski as PI and multiple co-PIs) Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. $11,000,000/3 yr; USA budget
$471,966/3 yr.
Sean Powers
2014-2019. An Ecosystem Based fisheries monitoring and assessment for coastal Alabama. S. Powers (PI) NFWF,
Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (via subcontract from Alabama Marine Resource Division). $4,219,000.
2015-2018. Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER, J. Valentine PI). Oyster subcomponent: Resilience of
oyster reefs and other suspension feeders to oil spills and response activities. (S. Powers, Lead component PI). Gulf
of Mexico Research Initiative (GOMRI RFP IV) $496,460.
2014-2015. Intra- and inter estuary movement of tarpon and red drum in coastal Alabama II. U.S. Fish and Wildlife,
Sport Fish Restoration Fund via Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources
Division, (S. P. Powers, PIs). $37,000. (U. South Al.)
2014-2016. Assessing the current status of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in the northern Gulf of Mexico: a
multistate cooperative effort. S. Powers, PI. NMFS Saltonstall Kennedy Fisheries Program. $399,500.
2014-2015. Reef fish research in the Alabama Artificial Reef Permit Zone. U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Sport Fish
Restoration Fund via Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division, (S.
P. Powers and R. Shipp, PIs). $225,000.
2014-2016. SEAMAP: Alabama Reef fish surveys. NMFS via Alabama Marine Resources Division (S. Powers and
J.M. Drymon, PIs). $579,200. DISL.
2013-2015. Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Assessment of Reef Fishes in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico. NMFS
MARFIN (S. Powers and J.M. Drymon, PIs). $322,000 (U. South AL).
2012-2017. Assessment of decapod crustaceans as sentinel estuarine species. Collaborative with UNO and USM (S.
Powers, PI). U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management $1,200,000 ($399,300. U. South AL).
2012-2014. Dendritic Polymers as Biocompatible Dispersants for Oil Spill Mitigation. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (D. Ladner, P. Ke1 [Clemson], S. Powers and A. Whelton [USA]. $500,000 (204,000 U. South
AL.).
2010-2015. Scientific support for oyster damage assessment associated with the Deepwater Horizon Incident.
NOAA, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, via Industrial Economics, Inc. $1,200,000 (DISL).
Alison Robertson
Valentine, J., (PI), Heck, K., Cebrian, J., Dorgan, K., Krause, J., Miller-Way,T., Mortazavi, B., Ortmann, A., Powers,
S., Robertson, A. (2014, November) Co-PI. Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience, $410, 194 (grant total
$6,497,054), Funded
Robertson, A., (2014, May) PI. Cyanotoxins in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Gulf Coast Advance, $2,650, Funded
Valentine, J., (PI), Heck, K., Cebrian, J., Dorgan, K., Krause, J., Miller-Way,T., Mortazavi, B., Ortmann, A., Powers,
S., Robertson, A. (2014, November) Co-PI. Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience, $410,194 (grant total
$6,497,054)
Robertson, A., (2014, May) PI. Cyanotoxins in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta. Gulf Coast Advance, $2650.
Robertson, A. (2014, March). PI. Cyanotoxins in the Mobile Bay Basin: An Emerging Threat to Ecosystem Health
and Resilience. Center for Environmental Resiliency, $8,800.
Drymon, J. M., Robertson, A., and Coym J. (2014, March). Co-PI. Using sharks as a tool to investigate ecosystem
resilience in coastal Alabama. Center for Environmental Resiliency, $9,000.
Patterson, W. F., III, Robertson, A., & Ortmann, A. (2014, January). Co-PI. Predation by Invasive Lionfish and its
Effects on Native Reef Fishes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Program
Development Award., $15,288.
Robertson, A. (2011, September). Co-PI, CIGUAHAB: Ciguatera Investigations in the Greater Caribbean Region:
Ecophysiology, Population Connectivity, Forecasting, and Toxigenesis, NOAA-Ecology of Harmful Algal Blooms
(EcoHAB), $748,090 (grant total $4,010,000). Collaborative project with WHOI, UVI, FGCU. Michael Parsons, Lead
PI. September 1, 2011-August 31, 2016.
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Dr. Madhuri Mulekar
PROFESSORS
Dr. J. Scott Carter
Dr. Madhuri Mulekar
Dr. Cornelius Pillen
Dr. Vasiliy Prokhorov
Dr. Daniel Silver
Dr. Bin Wang
Dr. Susan Williams
Dr. David Benko
Dr. Stephen Brick
Dr. Maria Audi Byrne
Dr. Jörg Feldvoss,
Dr. Nutan Tulapurkar Mishra
Dr. Huybrechts Bindele
Dr. Yuriy Bulka
Dr. Rajarshi Dey
Dr. Nemanja Kosovalic
Dr. Abey López-García
Dr. K. Nicole Meyer
Dr. Albert J. Todd,
PROFESSIONAL LECTURER
Dr. Francis Jellett
SENIOR INSTRUCTORS
Mrs. Sonna Farmer
Mr. Kent Murdick
INSTRUCTORS
Mr. Robert Casey, III
Mrs. Sridevi Chilukuri
Dr. Jacob Dasinger
Mr. Paul Jones
SECRETARIES
Mrs. Cassandra Hodges
Mrs. Yulundar D. Marshall
The 2014-15 academic year started with a surprisingly large increase in enrollment, reaching fall enrollment to 3,556.
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics experienced an approximately 19% increase in student enrollment in
Fall 2014 year compared to the previous academic year. In addition to increased teaching, the department was also
busy with hiring to fill ten positions that were previously vacated or are about to be vacated by faculty.
In response to low success rates observed in the past few years, the department instituted a new redesign of MA 125:
Calculus I in Fall of 2014. This four credit hour course was taught on a five day basis by instructors on Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday; and by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) on Tuesday and Thursday. GTAs also held
office hours to help students outside the classroom and assisted in grading quizzes, proctoring exams, etc. Four
sections of MA 125 redesign were offered in fall semester of 2014, which involved two instructors and two GTAs.
Encouraged by its successful outcomes, two more sections, with the help of one more instructor and one more GTA,
were added to the redesign in Spring of 2015. This redesign also provided training to GTAs and prepared them to
enter the job market with classroom experience. All instructors and GTAs worked very closely to make this redesign
a success.
Along with all the increased teaching-related and hiring-related activities, the department was very productive in
research and professional development. Seventeen tenure-track and tenured faculty published 28 publications
(papers, books, book chapters, etc.) and submitted 25 others. They also published 23 reviews and gave 45
presentations, oral and poster. In addition to four active Simmons Foundation grant awards (Drs. Daniel Silver,
Susan Williams, Cornelius Pillen, and J. Scott Carter), the department was also successful in obtaining several small
grants such as Arts and Sciences Support and Development (Drs. Jörg Feldvoss and Cornelius Pillen), Arts &
Sciences Summer Professional Development (Drs. Nemanja Kosovalic and Frasier Bindele), travel grants (Drs.
Frasier Bindele, Nutan Mishra, and K. Nicole Meyer), etc. Four students graduated with a MS in Mathematics, of
whom Douglas Wagner successfully completed his thesis under the guidance of Dr. Abey López-García and Kalyn
Lamey worked on a research project under the guidance of Dr. Daniel Silver.
Undergraduate students prepared for Putnam Exam under the guidance of Dr. Francis Jellett and Dr. A.J. Todd.
Once again a student scored fairly high on this nationally acclaimed test with a median score of zero.
Undergraduate-graduate students and faculty participated in GEMS (Girls Exploring Math & Sciences) by offering
workshops in mathematics for middle school girls. Judging by the comments on the workshop reviews, participating
girls really enjoyed learning more about mathematics. Mobile Math Circle is going strong with the financial support
from the Alabama Space Grant Consortium and the University of South Alabama. The number of attendees (middle
and high school children) has reached a new high due to efforts by Drs. Cornelius Pillen, Vasiliy Prokhorov, J. Scott
Carter, and Elena Galaktionova.
In a large department such as mathematics and statistics, there is always some rotation of faculty. Drs. Xin-Min
Zhang and Al Rainosek retired in September 2015 and the department welcomed Drs. A.J. Todd and Nemanja
Kosovalic as its new members. Graduate of University of Rochester, Dr. A.J. Todd came to South Alabama from
University of California-Riverside. Dr. Nemanja Kosovalic joined South Alabama immediately after graduating from
York University, Canada. Additionally, we are fortunate that Dr. K. Nicole Meyer accepted continuing position after
working in this department for one year. With her enthusiastic teaching, she has become a very essential member of
this department. Along with faculty, we also gained a wonderful new secretary, Ms. Yulundar Marshall, after Ms.
Cynthia Schneider left.
Dr. Xin-Min Zhang retired after 24 years of service at the University of South Alabama. He was one of the most
popular teachers in the department. Aside from teaching courses, Dr. Zhang was constantly involved in other
teaching-related activities. He has authored and published articles related to the teaching of mathematics. Even if
one is not teaching mathematics, these articles are interesting to read as he cleverly combines different disciplines
such as mathematics and physics or mathematics and statistics. With his humor and energetic presentations, he
always captivated the audience. One can see why his students enjoyed his teaching with his lively presentations and
dialogue with the audience. The following student comment gives a glimpse of why he was popular: “he wants you to
see how math works and the best is he shows u why u need this in ur life”.
After earning his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, Dr. Alvin Paul Rainosek relocated to Mobile, Alabama in 1970
where he became the first Statistics professor hired at the University of South Alabama. During his 44-year career at
the university, he was instrumental in building the statistics program which included creating the first
undergraduate degree in statistics at the university, developing the statistics consulting program and teaching
thousands of undergraduate and graduate students. A forward thinker, he was constantly creating new ways to teach
students through emphasis on communication and the use of technology. He brought to the classroom his
experience in the application of statistics from his consulting with many industries and government agencies. For
these efforts, he was named by the Alumni Association as the “Outstanding Professor of the Year” in 1991. Other
universities consulted with him to create their statistics programs using the model developed by him at the
University of South Alabama. He developed many relationships with faculty, administration and students over the
years and was a big supporter of the South Alabama Jaguars baseball team. He retired from the university in
September 2014. Dr. Rainosek passed away in January 2015.
Huybrechts Bindele
Bindele, H. F. (2014). Strong consistency of the general rank estimator. Journal of Communication in Statistics:
Theory & Methods, to appear.
Bindele, H. F. & Zhao Y. (2015). Signed-Rank inference via empirical likelihood. Journal of Statistical Computation
and Simulation, to appear.
Maria Audi Byrne
Kiskowski, M.A., (2014). A Three-Scale Network Model for the Early Growth Dynamics of the 2014 West Africa
Ebola Epidemic. PLOS Currents Outbreaks. Nov 13 doi: 10.1371/currents.
J. Scott Carter
Bae, Y., Carter, J. S., Choi, S., & Kim, S. (2014). Non-orientable surfaces 4-dimensional space, Journal of Knot Theory
and Its Ramifications, 11, 1430002, 52 pages.
Carter, J. S., Silver, D.S., & Williams, S.G. (2014). Three dimensions of knot coloring. American Mathematical
Monthly, 121 (No. 6), 506-514.
Carter, J. S. & Yang, S.Y. (2014). Twist Spinning Trivalent Graphs. Accepted for Publication Proceedings of AMS.
Rajarshi Dey
Whelton, A. J., McMillan, L., Connell, M., Gupta, R., Dey, R. & Novy, C. (2015). Residential Tap Water
Contamination Following the Freedom Industries Chemical Spill: Perceptions, Water Quality, and Health Impacts.
Environ. Sci. Technol., 49 (2), 813–823.
Kelley, K. M., Stenson, A., Dey, R. & Whelton, A. J. (2014). Release of drinking water contaminants and odor
impacts caused by green building cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) plumbing systems. Water Research, 67C, 19-32.
Kelley, K. M., Stenson, A., Dey, R. & Whelton, A. J. (2015). The Cleaning Method Selected for New PEX Pipe
Installation Can Affect Short-Term Drinking Water Quality. Water Science and Technology (to appear).
Nemanja Kosovalic
F.M.G. Magpantay, N. Kosovalic, & J. Wu. (2014). An age structured population model with state dependent delay:
derivation and numerical integration. SIAM J. Num. An., 52 (2): 735-756.
Abey López-García
Kuijlaars, A.B.J., & López-García, A. (2015). The normal matrix model with monomial potential, a vector
equilibrium problem, and multiple orthogonal polynomials on a star. Nonlinearity, 28, 347-406.
Nutan Tulapurkar Mishra
Butts, C., Sahawneh, J., Duffy, A., Curtis, R., Mishra, N., Frotan M., Hodge, J., Luterman, A. & Gulati, S.,(2015).
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Outcomes From the use of Fibrin Sealant for Fixation of Skin Grafts in Small-Size Burns
Compared to Staples as Historical Controls. Annals of Plastic Surgery. Volume 74, number 2, 173-175.
Mata, M., Mishra, N., (2014). A comparative study of worldwide Lentinula strains based on linear mycelium growth.
Accepted for publication International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms.
Madhuri Mulekar
Millner, V., Mulekar, M., & Turrens, J. (2015). Parents’ beliefs regarding sex education for their children in southern
Alabama public schools, Sex Res Soc Policy, Published online: 01 Feb 2015. DOI 10.1007/s13178-015-0180-2.
Tyler, J.M., Fruh, S.M., & Mulekar, M.S. (2014). (2014). Pediatric obesity screening and prevention strategies, The
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 45 (5), 1-2.
Mulekar, M.S. (2014). Population selection based on count data. Journal of Combinatorics, Information, & System
Sciences, 39.
Cornelius Pillen
Bendel C.P., Nakano, D.K., & Pillen, C., (2014). Extensions for finite Chevalley groups II: rational and generic
cohomology, Advances of Mathematics, 262, 484 – 519.
Daniel S. Silver
Carter, J.S., Silver, D. S. & Williams, S. G. (2014). Three dimensions of knot coloring. Amer. Math. Monthly, 121,
1186-1194.
Silver, D. S. & Williams, S. G. (2015). On the component number of links from plane graphs. J. K Theory
Ramifications, 24, 1520002.
Friedl, S., Silver, D. S. & Williams, S. G. (2014). Splittings of knot groups. Mathematische Annalen. Published online,
to appear in print in 2015.
Silver, D. S. (2015). Review of An Invitation to Mathematics: From Competitions to Research, D. Schleicher and M.
Lackmann (eds.), Springer-Verlag, The Mathematical Intelligencer, in press.
Silver, D. S. (2014). Knots in the Nursery: (Cats) Cradle Song of James Clerk Maxwell, Notices of the American
Mathematical Society, 61, 1186-1194.
Vasiliy Prokhorov
Prokhorov, V.A. (2015). On rational approximation of the Markov functions on finite sets. The Journal of
Approximation Theory, 191, No. 1, 94-117.
Prokhorov, V.A. (2015). On some constructive method of rational approximation. The Australian Journal of
Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 12, No.1, 1-15.
Prokhorov, V.A. (2015). On rational approximation and the discrete Hankel operator. The Jaen Journal on
Approximation Theory, 7, No. 1, 1-13.
Bin Wang
Scalici, J., Laughlin, B., Finan, M.A., Wang, B., & Rocconi, R.P. (2014). The trend towards minimally invasive
surgery (MIS) for endometrial cancer: An ASC-NSQIP evaluation of surgical outcomes, Gynecologic Oncology. 2014
Nov 20. pii: S0090-8258(14)01479-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.11.014.
Susan Williams
Carter, J.S., Silver, D. S. & Williams, S. G. (2014). Three dimensions of knot coloring. Amer. Math. Monthly, 121,
1186-1194.
Silver, D. S. & Williams, S. G. (2015). On the component number of links from plane graphs. J. Knot Theory
Ramifications, 24, 1520002.
Friedl, S., Silver, D. S. & Williams, S. G. (2014). Splittings of knot groups. Mathematische Annalen. Published online
Nov 2014, to appear in print in 2015.
J. Scott Carter
Carter, J. S. & Kamada, S. (2014). How to fold a manifold. In L. H. Kauffman and V. O. Manturov (Eds.), New Ideas
in Low-Dimensional Topology (pp.1-30).
Carter, J. S. (2014). Reidemeister/Roseman-type Moves to Embedded Foams in 4-dimensional Space. To appear in L.
H. Kauffman and V. O. Manturov (Eds.), New Ideas in Low-Dimensional Topology (pp. 31-78).
Madhuri Mulekar
Mulekar, M.S., & Brown, S.C. (2014). Distance and similarity measures. In R. Alhajj and J. Rokne (Ed.), Encyclopedia
of Social Network Analysis and Mining (pp. 385-400), New York: Springer.
Cornelius Pillen
Bendel C.P., Boe, B.D., Drupieski, C.M., Nakano, D.K., Parshall, B.J., Pillen, C., Wright, C.B., (2014), Bounding the
dimension of rational cohomology groups. In G. Mason, I. Penkov, and J. A. Wolf (Eds.), Developments and
Retrospectives in Lie Theory, Algebraic Methods, Developments in Mathematics, 38 (pp. 51 -69). Berlin, Springer,
Verlag.
Jörg Feldvoss
Benkart, G., & Feldvoss, J. (to appear). Some problems in the representation theory of simple modular Lie algebras.
In M. Avitabile, J. Feldvoss, T. Weigel (Eds.), Lie Algebras and Related Topics (21 pages). Providence, RI: Amer.
Math. Soc.
Daniel S. Silver
Silver, D. S. (2014). Introduction to Riddles in Mathematics by Eugene Northrop, Dover Publications, 2014.
REVIEWS
Jörg Feldvoss
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “On dynamical adjoint functor” by Andrey Mudrov, Appl. Categ. Structures
21 (2013), no. 5, 449-468], Mathematical Reviews MR3097054
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Demazure modules and graded limits of minimal affinizations” by
Katsuyuki Naoi, Represent. Theory 17 (2013), 524-556], Mathematical Reviews MR3120578
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Cartan invariants in the category of restricted representations for gl(m|n)”
by Li Sun Zheng and Bin Shu, Acta Math. Sin. (Engl. Ser.) 30 (2014), no. 5, 837-843], Mathematical Reviews
MR3194266
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the paper “Self-dual and quasi self-dual algebras” by Murray Gersten-haber, Israel J.
Math. 200 (2014), no. 1, 193-211], Mathematical Reviews MR3219576
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Some properties of the c-nilpotent multiplier and c-covers of Lie algebras”
by Mohammad Reza Rismanchian and Mehdi Araskhan, Algebra Colloq. 21 (2014), no. 3, 421-426], Mathematical
Reviews MR3224666
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Free centre-by-metabelian Lie rings” by Nil Mansuroğlu and Ralph Stöhr,
Quart. J. Math. 65 (2014), no. 2, 555-579], Mathematical Reviews MR3230375
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the paper “Gradings and symmetries on Heisenberg type algebras” by Antonio Jesús
Calderón Martín, Cristina Draper Fontanals, Cándido Martín González, and José María Sánchez Delgado, Linear
Algebra Appl. 458 (2014), 463-502], Mathematical Reviews MR3231828
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the paper “Some remarks on graded nilpotent Lie algebras and the toral rank
conjecture” by Guillermo Ames, Leandro Cagliero, and Mónica Cruz, J. Algebra Appl. 14 (2015), no. 2, 1550024, 13
pp.], Mathematical Reviews MR3270063
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Natural endomorphisms of shuffle algebras” by Loïc Foissy and Frédéric
Patras, Int. J. Algebra Comput. 23 (2013), no. 4, 989-1009], Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. 1298.16021
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Algebra structures arising from Yang-Baxter systems” by Barbu R.
Berceanu, Florin F. Nichita, and Călin Popescu, Comm. Algebra 41 (2013), no. 12, 4442-4452], Zentralblatt für
Mathematik Zbl. 1300.16035
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Hopf subalgebras and tensor powers of generalized permutation modules”
by Lars Kadison, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 218 (2014), no. 2, 367-380], Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. 1301.16034
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Frobenius structural matrix algebras” by Sorin Dăscălescu, Miodrag
Cristian Iovanov, and S. Predut, Linear Algebra Appl. 439 (2013), no. 10, 3166-3172], Zentralblatt für Mathematik
Zbl. 1301.16041
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Maximal tori of the Frank algebra” by Michael I. Kuznetsov and Olga A.
Mulyar, J. Math. Sci. (New York) 185 (2012), no. 3, 440-447], Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. 1303.17016
Feldvoss, J. (2014). [Review of the paper “Crystal bases as tuples of integer sequences” by Deniz Kus, ISRN Comb.
2013, Article ID 431024, 17 pp.], Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. 1307.17015
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the paper “Quiver varieties and tensor products II” by Hiraku Nakajima, in:
Symmetries, Integrable Systems and Representations (Kenji Iohara, Sophie Morier-Genoud, and Bertrand Rémy,
Eds.), Springer Proc. Math. Stat., vol. 40, Springer, London/Heidelberg/New York/Dordrecht, 2013, pp. 403-428],
Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. pre061929363
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the paper “Cartan matrices for restricted Lie algebras” by Jens Carsten Jantzen, Math.
Z. 275 (2013), no. 1-2, 569-594], Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. pre06224344
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the book “Compact Quantum Groups and Their Representation Categories” by
Sergey Neshveyev and Lars Tuset, Cours Spécialisés, vol. 20, Société Mathématique de France (SMF), Paris, 2013],
Zentralblatt für Mathematik Zbl. pre06298517
Feldvoss, J. (2015). [Review of the paper “Frobenius algebras of corepresentations and group-graded vector spaces”
by Sorin Dăscălescu, Constantin Năstăsescu, and Laura Năstăsescu, J. Algebra 406 (2014), 226-250], Zentralblatt für
Mathematik Zbl. pre06335129
Cornelius Pillen
Baranov, A.A., Osinovskaya, A.A., Suprunenko, I.D. (2014). Modular representations of the special linear groups
with small weight multiplicities, J. Algebra 397,225-251.
Vasiliy Prokhorov
Prokhorov, V.A. (2015). [Review of the paper “Approximation by complex Szász-Durrmeyer operators in compact
disks .” by Gal S.G., Gupta V. , Acta Math. Sci. Ser. B Eng. Ed. 34 (2014), no.1, 1157-1165], Mathematical Reviews
MR3209668
Prokhorov, V.A. (2015). [Review of the paper “Cyclic AFD algorithm for the best rational approximation.” by Qian
T., Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 37 (2014), no.6, 846-859], Mathematical Reviews MR3188530
Prokhorov, V.A. (2014). [Review of the paper “Direct and inverse results on row sequences of Hermite-Pade
approximants . ” by Cacoq J., de la Calle Ysern B., Lopez Lagomasino G. , Constr. Approx. 38 (2013), no. 1, 133-160],
Mathematical Reviews MR3078276
Prokhorov, V.A. (2014). [Review of the paper “Approximation by complex q-Bernstein-Schurer operators in
compact disks.” by Re M.-Y. , Georgian. Math. J. 20 (2013), no. 2, 377-395], Mathematical Reviews MR3063
J.S. Carter
Carter, J. S., (2014–15). Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications. Singapore: World Science (One of Three
Managing Editors).
Jörg Feldvoss
Avitabile, M., Feldvoss, J. & Weigel, T. (Eds.). (to appear). Lie Algebras and Related Topics. Proceedings of a
Workshop on Lie Algebras in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Professor Helmut Strade, Università degli Studi di
Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy, May 22-24, 2013, Contemp. Math., Providence, RI: Amer. Math. Soc.
Madhuri Mulekar
Mulekar, M.S. (2014-15). American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences, Taylor and Francis Group
LLC: Philadelphia, PA (Editor-in-Chief).
J.S. Carter
Carter, J. S., (2014-15). Kyungpook Mathematical Journal, Department of Mathematics, Kyungpook National
University, Korea (Associate Editor).
Mishra, N. (2014). International Journal of Statistics and Reliability Engineering (Member of editorial advisory
board).
M.S. Mulekar
Mulekar, M.S. (2014-15). Sequential Analysis, Taylor and Francis Group LLC: Philadelphia, PA (Associate Editor).
Mulekar, M.S. (2014-15). Journal of Statistics Education, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, VA (Associate
Editor).
Daniel Silver
Silver, D., (2014-15). Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, World Scientific Publishing Co. (Academic
Editor).
ABSTRACTS
Huybrechts Bindele
Day J., Irion J., Bindele, H. F., Anile M., Roussel B., Henson J. & Shepherd C. (2015). Exercise Adherence in an
Underserved Population, APTA CSM, Indianapolis, IN.
J.S. Carter
Carter, J. S. & Kamada, S. (2014). Braided Manifolds in All Dimensions [Abstracts], American Mathematical Society
Sectional Meeting #1105, Nov. 8-9,2014.
Carter, J. S. (2015). Braided Forests, Products of Simplices, and Cocycles [Abstract], American Mathematical Society
Sectional Meeting #1110, April 18-19, 2015.
Cornelius Pillen
Bendel C.P., Nakano, D.K., & Pillen, C., (2014). Cohomology for Algebraic Groups and Frobenius Kernels, Central
Fall Sectional Meeting of the AMS, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire WI, Reference 1102-20-53.
Vasiliy Prokhorov
Prokhorov V.A. (2014). On Rational Approximation on Discrete Sets, International Workshop on Operator Theory
and Applications, IWOTA 2014, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 14-18, 2014, 130-131.
J.S. Carter
Bayou Rhythm (2014-2015). Mobile’s own original Dixieland jazz band, various performances, Peanut Shop,
Dauphin St., The Industry Bar, Cabo’s Cathedral Gallery, University President’s Christmas Party.
A.J. Todd
Todd, A. J. (Musician: French horn). (2014). USA Symphony Band Fall Concert. Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Todd, A. J. (Musician: French horn). (2014). USA Symphony Band Concert. Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Todd, A. J. (Musician: French horn). (2015). USA Symphony Band Winter Concert. Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
David Benko
Benko, D., (June 2014). The equilibrium measure in potential theory. Paper presented at the 8th International
Conference on Curves and Surfaces, Paris, France.
Huybrechts Bindele
Bindele, H. F. & Zhao Y. (2015). Signed Rank Inference via Empirical Likelihood. Paper presented at the Joint
Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
Bindele, H. F. (2014). Signed-Rank with Responses Missing at Random. Paper presented at the Joint Statistical
Meeting (JSM), Boston, MA.
Bindele, H. F. (2014). Signed Rank Inference via Empirical Likelihood. Paper presented at the South Regional
Council of Statistics (SRCOS), Galveston, TX.
Bindele, H. F. (2014). Signed Rank Inference via Empirical Likelihood. Paper presented at the The 3rd Workshop on
Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Georgia State University, GA.
Maria Audi Byrne
Kiskowski, M.A. (2015). 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic: Using a Lattice-Based Network Model to Resolve
Hypotheses for Regional Trends, poster presented at the Rapid Response Workshop, Modeling the Spread and
Control of Ebola in West Africa; Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
J.S. Carter
Carter, J. S. (2014). Braided Manifolds. presented at the meeting Knots and Low Dimensional Manifolds A Satellite
conference of Seoul ICM 2014, Pusan, Korea.
Carter, J. S. (2015). Braided Forests, Products of Simplices, and Cocycles [Abstract], American Mathematical Society
Sectional Meeting #1110, April 18-19, 2015.
Carter, J. S. & Kamada, S. (2014). Braided Manifolds in All Dimensions [Abstract], American Mathematical Society
Sectional Meeting #1105, Nov. 8-9,2014.
Jacob Dasinger
Dasinger, J.A. (2014). Pre-Service Teachers’ Attributions Towards Grades in a Mathematics Course. Poster presented
at the 4th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mobile, AL.
Rajarshi Dey
Dey, R. & Nelson, P. (2014). Bootstrap Precedence Tests for K-samples. Paper presented at the Joint Statistical
Meetings (JSM); Boston, August 4, 2014.
Dey, R. & Nelson, P. (2013-2015). New tests for K-samples using Precedence probabilities. Paper presented at the
statistics seminar in University of West Florida; 27th Mar, 2015.
Jörg Feldvoss
Feldvoss, J. (2014). The 0-PIM and the Number of Irreducible Representations of a Restricted Lie Algebra. Presented in
the Lie and Representation Theory Seminar at Christian-Albrechts University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Feldvoss, J. (2015). The Number of Irreducible Representations of a Hopf Algebra and the Projective Cover of the
Trivial Module. Presented at the Southern Regional Algebra Conference at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Lafayette, LA.
Nemanja Kosovalic
N. Kosovalic (November 2014). The Lyapunov-Schmidt Reduction in Nonlinear Analysis, Student Symposium at U of
South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
N. Kosovalic (March 2015). A survey of small divisor problems in the context of bifurcation theory for some simple
semilinear hyperbolic PDEs, York University LAMPS Seminar; York University, Toronto, ON, CAN.
Abey López-García
López-García, A. The normal matrix model with monomial potential and multi-orthogonality on a star, invited talk at
the Cincinnati Symposium on Probability Theory and Applications 2014, University of Cincinnati.
López-García, A. Multiple orthogonal polynomials on a star, talk given at the international conference Constructive
functions 2014, Vanderbilt University.
K. Nicole Meyer
Meyer, K. N. (2014, May). Distance-Weighted Models for Methylation Pattern Inheritance. Poster presented at the
Women in Statistics Conference, Cary, NC.
Sellers, Kimberly F. (Moderator), Meyer, K. N., Terres, M. A., Tyner, S., and Woo, K. (2014, May). Surviving
Graduate School. Panel discussion presented at the Women in Statistics Conference, Cary, NC.
Meyer, K. N. (2014, June). Statistical Models of Methylation Dynamics. Poster presented at the Summer Research
Conference of the Southern Regional Council on Statistics, Galveston, TX.
Mishra, N. (2014 ). Optimality of variance balanced designs and their constructions. Paper presented (lecture) at the
International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatorics, UNC Greensboro, NC,
October 2014.
Sarvate D., Mishra N., and Hurd, S. (2015). Construction of Group divisible designs with block size five. Poster
presented at DAE 2015 International Conference at SAS Institute, Cary, NC, March 2015.
Sarvate D.,Mishra N., and Hurd, S. (2015). Construction of Group divisible designs with block size five. Poster
presented at Spring Research Forum, University of South Alabama.
Madhuri Mulekar
Mulekar, M.S. & Franklin, C. (2014). How does prior information affect my data? Fourth Annual South Alabama
Conference on Teaching and Learning, May 2014.
Fruh, S.M., Hall, H.R., and Mulekar, M.S. (2015). Observations and perspectives of graduate nursing students related
to family meals, Poster presentation at USARC Graduate Research Forum, 16 Mar 2015.
Mulekar, M.S. (Oct 2014). Women in STEM, Presented at Monthly Webinar Brown Bag Meeting of Gulf Coast
ADVANCE team.
Mulekar, M.S. (8 Nov 2014). Leading and Leadership, Poster presentation at the Gulf Coast Advance Retreat,
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL.
Mulekar, M.S. (2014). Common Sense and Statistics, Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship, Fairhope, AL, 11 May 2014.
Kent Murdick
Murdick, K., (Sept. 20, 2014). Presented at the Arts In Education Seminar (University of South Alabama).
Cornelius Pillen
Pillen C., (2014). Vanishing cohomology with a new look at rational stability and generic cohomology, Southeastern
Lie Theory Workshop 2014, University of Georgia, Plenary Talk.
Pillen C., (2014). Cohomology for Algebraic Groups and Frobenius Kernels, Central Fall Sectional Meeting of the
AMS, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire WI.
Pillen C., (2015). Lifting modules for a finite groups of Lie type to its ambient algebraic group, Southern Regional
Algebra Conference, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.
Pillen C., (2014). Plutarch’s Box, O’Halloran Numbers, and the Riemann Hypothesis, Student Symposium Series,
University of South Alabama, Mobile AL.
Daniel S. Silver
Silver, D.S. & Williams, S.G. (2014). Knots and algebraic dynamics. Topology Seminar, Tulane University, New
Orleans, LA.
Silver, D.S. & Williams, S. G. (2014). The Turaev and Thurson norms. Special Session on Knot Theory and its
Applications, AMS Sectional Meeting, Greensboro, NC.
Silver, D.S., Williams, S. G. & Lamey, K. R. (2014). Dimer Coverings, USA Colloquium, September.
A.J. Todd
Todd, A. J. (2015). Almost Contact Structures and G_2-Manifolds. Paper presented at the AMS Special Session on
Geometries Defined by Differential Forms at the 2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX.
Vasily Prokhorov
Prokhorov V.A. (2014). On Rational Approximation on Discrete Sets, International Workshop on Operator Theory
and Applications, IWOTA 2014, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 14-18, 2014.
Bin Wang
Wang, B. (2014). Normalizing RNA-seq Data, October 22, 2014. University of South Alabama Noncoding RNA
Forum. Mobile, AL.
Susan Williams
Williams, S.G., Lamey, K. & Silver, D.S. (2014). Graphs, medial links and growth of spanning trees. Colloquium
presentation, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Williams, S.G., Lamey, K. & Silver, D.S. (2014). Graphs, medial links and growth of spanning trees. Special Session on
Knot Theory and its Applications, AMS Sectional Meeting, Greensboro, NC.
Williams, S.G. & Silver, D.S. (2015). Infinite planar graphs and medial link components. Special Session on Algebraic
Structures
GRANTS
Huybrechts F. Bindele
Bindele, H. F. (2013 December) Arts and Sciences Summer Professional Development Award, University of South
Alabama, $5,000.
J.S. Carter
Carter, J. S., Prokhorov, V., & Pillen, C. (2014 August). Mobile Mathematics Circle, Alabama Space Grant
Consortium, $5000.
Carter, J. S. (2014, January). Diagrammatics and higher dimensional knottings, Simons Foundation, $35,000.
Jörg Feldvoss
Feldvoss, J., Pillen, C. (2015 January) Mathematics Colloquium Series and USA Algebra & Topology Seminar 2015,
Support and Development Award of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Alabama, $1,400.
Nemanja Kosovalic
Kosovalic, N. (2014 December). Summer Professional Development Award, U of South Alabama Arts and Sciences
Professional Development Award, $1500.
Kosovalic, N. (2014 October). Participating Scientist, Short Thematic Program on Delay Differential Equations,
Fields Institute Travel Grant, $1500 CDN.
Abey López-García
López-García, A. (2013, December). Multiple orthogonal polynomials with applications to models in random matrix
theory, Support and Development Award, Arts and Sciences, $1500.
López-García, A. (2013, January). Orthogonality and Approximation. Theory and Applications in Science and
Technology, Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Spain
K. Nicole Meyer
Meyer, K. N. (2014, May). Gulf Coast ADVANCE Fellowship, Gulf Coast ADVANCE, $719.
Meyer, K. N. (2014, May). Young Faculty or Isolated Statistician Travel Grant, Southern Regional Council on
Statistics, $600.
Madhuri Mulekar
Cwikla, J. (2013-15). Gulf Coast Advance, Cross institutional synergy for women scientists, National Science
Foundation, $610,922 (Project Statistician).
Feldman, P., Green, A., Cwikla, J., and Mulekar, M.S. (2013, March). The AMSI-USA Fellows Program for Middle
School, U.S. Dept of Edu, $749,933.
Millner, V., Turrens, J., and Mulekar, M.S. (2010, Sept). Mobile initiative: Reducing teen pregnancy through family
planning, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, $607,904.
Green, A.M., Mulekar, M.S., & Feldman, P. (2011, March). USA pathways to mathematics, NSF-DUE, $1,443,278.
Cornelius Pillen
Pillen C., (2012, July) Cohomology and Extensions for Finite Groups of Lie type, Simons Foundation, $35,000.
Green, A., Feldman, P., Pillen, C., Prokhorov, V., Cwikla, J., (2012, October) AMSTI-PDP, Alabama State
Department of Education, Math and Sciences Partnership, $1,469,048
Carter J.S., Pillen C., Prokhorov V. (2013, July) Mobile Mathematics Circle, Alabama Space Grant Consortium,
$5,000.
Galaktionova E., Pillen C. (2011, February) Mobile Mathematics Teachers’ Circle, National Association of Math
Circles/MSRI, $2,000.
Pillen C., (2012, July) Cohomology and Extensions for Finite Groups of Lie type, Simons Foundation, $35,000.
Department of Education, Math and Sciences Partnership, $1,469,048
$5,000.
Galaktionova E., Pillen C. (2011, February) Mobile Mathematics Teachers’ Circle, National Association of Math
Circles/MSRI, $2,000.
Daniel S. Silver
Silver, D.S. (2012, July). Knots, Groups and Dynamical Systems, Simons Foundations Collaboration Grants for
Mathematicians, $35,000.
Vasiliy Prokhorov
$5,000.
Department of Education, Math and Sciences Partnership, $1,469,048.
Bin Wang
Tan, M. (2015, March). Glucose metabolism and ErbB2-mediated Cancer Progression, NIH/NCI, $277,324.
Singh, A. (2015, April). Myb, a key driver of pancreatic cancer progression and metastasis, NIH/NCI, $161,494.
Xi, Y. (2014, July). Quaking Mediates Inhibition of Breast Cancer Metastasis by Sulindac, ACS, $720,000.00.
Susan G. Williams
Williams, S.G. (2012, July). Collaborations in Knot Theory from a Dynamical Perspective, Simons Foundations
Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians, $35,000.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Greg Gruner
PROFESSORS
Dr. Andra Bohnet
Dr. David Durant
Dr. Tracy Heavner
Dr. Robert Holm
Dr. Peter Wood
Dr. Jeannette Fresne
Dr. Laura Moore
Dr. Thomas Rowell
Dr. Jasmin Arakawa
Dr. Rebecca Mindock
Dr. William Petersen
Dr. Michael Phillips
Dr. Luis Rivera
Ms. Linda Zoghby
SECRETARIES
Mrs. Peggy Doyle, Mrs. Allison Harris
The Department of Music had another outstanding year of concerts, presentations, research/creative activity, guest
performances and recruiting. Some of the academic year’s highlights include: the sixth season of performances by
the Jaguar Marching Band which included a performance at the 2014 Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, the USA
Concert Choir performed Brahms’ Schicksalslied with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, talented vocal students
performed with the Mobile Opera in their productions, increased music major/minor enrollment, greater student
retention and participation in music ensembles for the 2014-15 academic year, and numerous faculty as well as
nationally and internationally recognized guest artist performances. Both instrumental and vocal music students
enjoyed regional and national recognition in performance, competitions, auditions and composition. Department of
Music graduates continue to be accepted into top-flight graduate music programs or have been successful in their
performance, music education, or music industry careers. Performance, composition, and research/creative activity
by the music faculty continued in a number of international, national, and regional venues as well as a variety of
community arts and innovative education and technology programs. The Department of Music began offering a
Master of Music degree in Music Education, Vocal and Piano Performance, and Collaborative Keyboard. The
department continues to enjoy partnerships with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Opera, Mobile Pops
Band, Baldwin Pops Band, Bella Voce, Mobile Arts Council, the Mobile and Baldwin County Public Schools, as well
as a variety of other community arts organizations.
Jasmin Arakawa, Assistant Professor of Music, maintained her international career as a soloist and collaborative
pianist appearing in two recitals in Paris, sharing the stage with two world-renowned flutists, Jean Ferrandis and
Marina Piccinini. She returned to Paris by invitation of the composer Yuko Uebayashi to perform Uebayashi’s works
for flute and piano in a fundraising concert affiliated with UNESCO Japan and the Japanese Embassy in France,
collaborating with the principal flutist of the National Orchestra de France, Michel Moraguès. In Brazil, Dr. Arakawa
appeared as concerto soloist with the Piracicaba Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Jamil Maluf,
premiering Piano Concerto in F by Rudolf Haken. She also gave a solo piano recital in Sao Paulo, and served as
faculty artist at the Piracicaba International Music Festival. Dr. Arakawa made her German debut this year,
performing in Frankfurt and presenting a master class at the University of Siegen. In the United States, she was
invited to give recitals and master classes at various concert series and institutions including the Silicon Valley Music
Festival in San Jose (CA), Emporia State University (KS), University of Kansas, Tulane University, Michigan City
Chamber Music Festival (IN), Knox College (IL) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a first-year
faculty member at the USA Department of Music, Dr. Arakawa enjoyed numerous collaborations with her new
colleagues and students: She was a featured soloist with the USA Wind Ensemble performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody
in Blue in two concerts, collaborated in 7 faculty/guest recitals, 12 student recitals in addition to her own faculty
recitals on campus. An avid chamber musician, Dr. Arakawa directed the USA Piano Ensemble and formed a new
piano duo with Dr. Robert Holm, presenting 2 piano-duo recitals in the region this year. Dr. Arakawa also served as
an adjudicator for various competitions and auditions including Harold A Smith Chamber Music Youth
Competition in Indiana, Gulf Coast Young Musicians Competition, Scholarship Auditions by Pensacola Music
Teachers Association and Schumann Music Club of Mobile, and the Collegiate Competitions by Mississippi Music
Teachers Association.
Andra Bohnet, Professor of Music, maintains an active performance schedule in both the classical and more eclectic
musical realms. Highlights included performances by Mithril at the World Flute Society Convention and in South
Carolina and Florida as well as conducting the Flute Choir at the Boxwood Flute Festival in Nova Scotia. She
continues a collaborative relationship with Windward Flutes of Nova Scotia, working as an artistic consultant on
tuning and design of their Irish style flutes. And, of course, Dr. Bohnet continues to perform frequently on and
around the USA campus and as the principal flutist with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra.
David Z. Durant, Professor of Music, had his composition “Faji” for clarinet and audio file performed by NYU
Professor of Music Esther Lamneck at the New York City Electroacoutic Music Festival in June, 2014. In July,
Durant presented a lecture and had two of his compositions, “The Condensed Cry” for tarogato, string bass and
audio file and “Bay” for chamber ensemble and audio file, performed at the Firenze Multimedia Festival in Florence,
Italy. Also in the summer of 2014, he was on the Music Selection Committee for the 40th International Computer
Music Conference held in conjunction with the 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference in Athens, Greece. In
October, Durant’s USA colleague Peter Wood, professor of music, performed “Terzetto” for flugelhorn and audio
file at New York University on their Interactive Arts Performance Series. Durant presented a New, Experimental and
Improvised Music Concert with special guests Scott Walton, a performing partner of Durant’s since 1975 and retired
USA Professor of Music pianist Jerry Alan Bush. Bush premiered Durant’s “After the Impact” for piano. Walton and
Durant premiered “Improvisation for Piano and Bass,” “Improvisation for Two Pianos,” and were joined by USA
students Ryan Boehme and Luke Smith on “Improvisation for Piano, Bass, Vibraphone and Drum Set.” On February
19, the Mobile Museum of Art presented David Z. Durant in concert. In March, Rudolf Haken performed “Two
Pieces for Six String Viola” at the University of Illinois and Durant presented the Tenth Annual USA Electroacoustic
Music Concert.
Jeannette Fresne, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Music, specializes in pedagogy of early
childhood and elementary music, American folk music (children’s songs and seven-shape, shape-note music), and
integrating the arts throughout the learning process. Fresne co-published songs with long-time songwriter Thurman
Coffey in Sing for Joy and Hallelujah. Dr. Paige Vitulli (COE) and Fresne submitted a grant for Cultural
Programming in the Peoples Republic of China. Since 2004, Dr. Fresne has been awarded in excess of $2 million for
the implementation of Arts in Education: Elementary and Arts in Education: Middle School Math, which
provides professional training and mentoring in arts integration for elementary teachers and middle school math
teachers. Partnering with Dr. Rebecca Giles (COE), Literacy, Numeracy, Si! and Música y Más were created (and
funded through a generous grant) to offer pedagogical training and mentoring for early childhood teachers in using
music to teach reading literacy, math and introductory Spanish. They presented at the 2015 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s
Book Festival, the Mississippi Reading Association 44th Annual Conference and published articles in Children Our
Concern and Early Years, which was also translated and published in Spanish.
Greg Gruner, Professor and Chair of Music, remains active in composition, arranging, and conducting in addition
to his teaching and administrative duties. Dr. Gruner guest conducted a variety of ensembles throughout the region
including the Escambia County Middle School Honor Band, the USA Symphony Band, and the USA Wind
Ensemble. He arranged several selections for the President’s Holiday Concert as well as a number of other University
of South Alabama events. He performed as a trombonist in the USA Faculty Brass Quintet. Dr. Gruner continues to
compose and arrange music for middle and high school ensembles throughout the country.
Tracy Heavner, Professor of Music, had an active year publishing research and participating in performance related
activities. In the area of research, Dr. Heavner had a study entitled Music Education: Incorporating Computer
Technology into the Applied Lesson published in the Journal of Teaching and Education. He also had the following
articles pertaining to jazz pedagogy, Selecting a Saxophone for Jazz Performance, Selecting a Jazz Saxophone
Mouthpiece and Selecting a Saxophone Ligature for Jazz Performance published in JazzEd Magazine. In addition, the
article, Selecting a Classical Saxophone Mouthpiece, was published in the Clarinet and Saxophone Journal of Great
Britain. Dr. Heavner also had research studies accepted for presentation at the 2015 International Education and
Development Conference in Bangkok, Thailand and at the 2015 International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference
in Toronto, Canada. In the area of performance related activities, Dr. Heavner conducted and performed concerts
with the USA Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo and served as a studio musician for Live Horns, recording horn lines
and saxophone solos for various artists’ CDs. He also recorded the Alabama All-State Band saxophone etudes for the
University of South Alabama All-State Band podcast and conducted many woodwind master classes at USA and
throughout the area.
Robert Holm, Professor of Music, highlights in 2014-2015 included performing solo programs for the 2014 USA
Summer Piano Camp, at Ball State, IN, at University of Southern Mississippi, at USA Children’s and Women’s
Hospital and at Dauphin Way Baptist Church. Chamber music performances included Piano Quintets with the Ars
Nova Quartet, the Tristate Piano Quartet at USA, USM and University of Alabama, the Archduke + Rudolf Piano
Quartet at USA, the Archduke + Brian Brown Piano Quartet for MSO Chamberfest, a Piano Quartet program with
USM graduates at the Oaklawn Concert Series (MS), and Archduke Trio programs at USA, Creagan Concert Series
at Spring Hill College, Oaklawn Concert Series in Pass Christian, MS, Christ Church Lenten Series and at the Battle
House Hotel. Duo recitals were given with pianist Jasmin Arakawa at the Creagan Concert Series and in Pensacola,
FL, with trumpeter James Acklee and with trumpeter M.A. Baaheth. In October, Holm accepted the invitation to
replace recently deceased pianist Ovid Young as the fourth member of Festival of Keyboards, a four-piano ensemble
that performed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, PA. Dr. Holm performed in 14 concerts as principal
pianist with the Mobile Symphony including run-out Christmas concerts at the Thomasville Civic Center and at
Alabama Southern Community College in Monroeville. He plays weekly at Dauphin Way Baptist Church, where
large-scale productions included Nelson & Farrell’s modern oratorio Saviour with University of Mobile choirs and
Keyboards at Christmas which Holm directs. Holm served on the Arts & Sciences Promotion committee. Dr. Holm
served as adjudicator at Ball State University for the Indiana State MTNA Collegiate Artist, Senior and Junior level
piano competitions. He also held a master class for Ball State University piano majors and gave two presentations to
the Mobile Music Teacher’s Association. Holm performed with pre-college instrumentalists at the Alabama All-State
Supersolo competition at USA and accompanied the studio recitals of violinist Enen Yu, and flutist Susan
McKinnell. Holm directed, taught and performed at the 4th annual Piano Workshop on campus and served as faculty
for Mobile Symphony's Chamberfest at USA.
Rebecca Mindock, Assistant Professor of Music, has maintained an active performance schedule during her fifth
year as a faculty member at USA. She has continued to perform locally as Second Oboe/English Horn with the
Mobile Symphony Orchestra and regionally as the Principal Oboist of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra in Biloxi,
Mississippi. She has also performed as Principal Oboist of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, marking her tenth
season as a member of that ensemble. She has performed as a substitute musician on several concerts with the
Pensacola Symphony this season. She gave her annual faculty oboe recital this spring, and continues to seek out
additional performing opportunities wherever possible. In addition to performing, Dr. Mindock continues to
organize the annual “USA Double Reed Day,” an event now it its fifth year. Dr. Mindock continues to be very active
in arranging and transcribing works for both her Woodwind Ensembles and her Double Reed Day participants to
perform, and is investigating the possibility of seeking publication for some of those transcriptions. Dr. Mindock
also spent much of this year on significant departmental projects, including a complete website rebuild for the
Department of Music (totaling over 120 individually created web pages) and co-authoring the roughly 600-page SelfStudy document for the department’s National Association of Schools of Music re-accreditation process.
Laura Moore, Associate Professor of Music, has been active as a conductor, pianist, and choral clinician in her
position as the Director of Choral Activities at USA in 2014-2015. The two USA choirs sang four public
performances on the Musical Arts Series, and performed at the President’s Holiday Concert. The USA Concert
Choir collaborated with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the Brahms Schicksalslied in March
2015. The University Chorale took their fall program on tour to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, performing in four
venues. Dr. Moore served as the Chorus Master for the Mobile Opera Chorus season, in works as diverse as
Massenet’s Werther and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. She also accompanies vocal soloists in monthly recitals as part of
the Mobile Opera’s “Night of Song” outreach program. Dr. Moore has served as collaborative pianist with faculty
and students on multiple vocal and instrumental recitals on the campus. As a solo pianist, she was on the faculty as
teacher and recitalist in the music of Mozart and Haydn as part of the 2014 USA Summer Piano Workshop. In
addition to her work on campus, Dr. Moore has also served as a choral, piano, and vocal adjudicator in district
contests in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, and as a choral clinician at area high schools in Mobile and Baldwin
Counties and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She was invited to make a presentation and accompany clinics at the state
ACDA conference in Tuscaloosa, and accompanied a publisher reading session at the national ACDA conference in
Salt Lake City. Dr. Moore is the state Registrar for Alabama NATS, and also serves the Mobile community as
president of the Schumann Music Club, and a board member of the Davidson High School PTSA.
William Petersen, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands, has maintained a
busy schedule of teaching, conducting, research, administration, and conducting in relation to his duties at the
University of South Alabama. In addition, he serves as the professor of tuba and euphonium at USA, coaches
chamber brass groups, serves as coach of the USA Tuba-Euphonium Quartet, and conductor of the USA TubaEuphonium Ensemble.
The Jaguar Marching Band had an extraordinary year. Membership of the ensemble was 246 members, the highest
in the ensemble’s history. Performances included the first ever USA bowl game appearance at the 2014 Raycom
Media Camellia Bowl, an invited performance at Governor Robert Bentley’s Inauguration, as well as exhibition
performances across the state of Alabama. In addition, the Jaguar Marching Band was invited to perform as the
featured exhibition band at the 2015 Bands of America Super Regional in Atlanta, GA in fall of 2015 as well as being
invited to perform in the 2016 London New Years Day Parade (the invitation has been deferred to 2017).
The USA Wind Ensemble was invited to perform as the host concert for the 2015 Alabama Bandmasters Association
All-State Band Festival. Over 1200 people attended the concert which was enthusiastically received with three
standing ovations. Dr. Petersen continued to maintain an active recruiting schedule, working with high school and
middle school bands throughout the state of Alabama, Mississippi, and the Gulf Coast region. He served as the Chair
of the Department of Music Scholarship committee, served on the Department of Music Recruiting Committee and
Web Services Committee, the College of Arts and Sciences African American Studies Committee, and the University
level Scholarship Committee. He assisted Dr. Rebecca Mindock with the creation of the new Department of Music
Website and solely revamped the USA Jaguar Marching Band Website.
Michael Phillips, Assistant Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands/Associate Director of Athletic
Bands, creative activity involved show design for the Jaguar Marching band that culminated with a performance at
the inaugural Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, AL. He developed multiple arrangements for the athletic bands as well
as worked with students in arranging. One particular arrangement, 'Uptown Funk' performed with the USA
Basketball Pep Band went 'viral' and received over 37,000 views as well as many positive accolades. Dr. Phillips
conducted and coordinated the performance of four Symphony Band concerts, and directed a newly-established
Campus Jazz Band that performed two concerts on campus. He organized two university student government
groups: the Music Business Student Association (MBSA) and the Collegiate Jazz Education Network (JENc). The
MBSA has been active with volunteering at local music festivals, developing a video archive of USA music
performances, and providing an outlet for discussion and projects for students interested in the business side of the
music industry. He performed with the USA faculty brass quintet at the 2014 holiday concert and a recital class, as
well as a featured jazz soloist with the Davidson High School Jazz Ensemble at their 2014 jazz concert, as well as
several conducting clinics in Alabama and Georgia including working with the Macon Youth Symphony
Orchestra. He has two on-going book projects based on his dissertation, two decades of teaching experience, and
working directly with future music educators. One project is an annotated music source focusing on wind band
transcriptions that have had a long tradition of value and a role in the repertoire for wind band and the other is a
manuscript with the working title "Tools For The Future Music Educator.”
Luis Rivera, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Percussion Studies, has maintained an active performance
and adjudication schedule in his third year at USA. Dr. Rivera continues to perform as a percussionist with the
Mobile Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, and Pensacola Symphony Orchestras. Under Dr. Rivera’s direction, he
took the USA Percussion Ensemble for the first time in its 48-year history to perform and compete at the Percussive
Arts Society International Conference in Indianapolis where they placed Second in the Collegiate Division of the
Concert Chamber Percussion Ensemble Competition. He performed a solo faculty recital at USA and presented a
research paper at the Hawaii University International Conference in Honolulu. Dr. Rivera was awarded a College of
Arts and Sciences Support and Development Award to purchase a new pair of studio recording microphones for the
USA Percussion Studio and a Summer Professional Development Award to record a duo percussion CD with
colleague Dr. Justin Alexander. Dr. Rivera premiered four new works for percussion at USA including Hold Fast by
Ivan Treviño, Hexyl by Chad Floyd, No wind no rain just a subtle mist. by Joe W. Moore, and Amalgamation by Luis
Rivera. In addition to directing and instructing the USA Jaguar Marching Band Drumline, USA Percussion
Ensemble, USA World Music Ensemble, and USA Steel Band, he proctored and adjudicated percussion students at
marching band and indoor percussion events in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. Dr. Rivera received
one commission request to create a percussion ensemble arrangement of an existing solo marimba work (will be
recorded in Summer 2015), has been requested to submit percussion etudes for inclusion in the Alabama All-State
Audition Repertoire, and has also been recommended to be an adjudicator for the Florida Solo and Ensemble
Festival. He was a featured performer on Adam Silverman: Percussion Music, an album released by Garnet House
Productions, and professionally recorded informational podcasts on Alabama All-State Audition Music for middleand high-school percussionists throughout the state. During the academic year, Dr. Rivera hosted several of the top
percussionists in the nation to present master classes and clinics to USA students, including Jerry Tachoir, Benjamin
Fraley, Dr. Scott Herring, and Dr. Julie Hill.
Thomas L. Rowell, Associate Professor of Music, continues to maintain an active performance career in addition to
his teaching duties in the USA Department of Music. This past year, he was featured tenor soloist with the
University Chorale, the Mobile Pops, the Baldwin Pops, the Choral Society of Pensacola and Springhill Presbyterian
Church in Handel’s Messiah, and with the Johnson City (TN) Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. He
appeared with Mobile Opera as Schmidt in Massenet’s Werther, and in a three-role appearance as Edmondo/Dance
Master/Lamplighter in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. He also appeared with Chickasaw Civic Theatre in their production
of Adam Guettel’s Light in the Piazza and with Theatre USA as Apollo in Metamorphoses. Dr. Rowell produced and
directed two productions with USA Opera Theatre, including Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. He also served
as music director for Theatre USA’s production of The Addams Family, and continues to conduct Bella Voce of
Mobile, Mobile’s premiere women’s chorus. Dr. Rowell continues to serve as the president of the Alabama Chapter
of National Association of Teachers of Singing as well as the Executive Board for the Southeastern US Region of
NATS. Dr. Rowell’s voice students continue to be successful in participating and winning in state, regional, national,
and international programs, and this past year two of his former students gained national attention—Erica
Washington advanced to the nationwide broadcast of American Idol and Nicholas Brownlee was a winner in the
grand finals of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York City.
Peter Wood, Professor of Music, was very active during the 2014-2015 school year. In addition to playing trumpet in
the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, serving as featured soloist with the Phillips Preparatory School band, performing a
faculty recital on the USA campus, playing an invited guest faculty recital at Mississippi State University, and
performing new electroacoustic music in recital at New York University, he also taught trumpet master classes at
Troy University, The University of Southern Mississippi, and Mississippi State University. He played an active role
at the 39th annual conference of the International Trumpet Guild in Pennsylvania, where he coordinated all of the
conference reporting, participated in meetings of the ITG Board of Directors, played rotary trumpet as a guest
musician on a colleague’s lecture-recital, and performed in the grand finale Festival of Trumpets concert. In
addition, his students in the USA Trumpet Ensemble played a very successful performance before a large
international audience. As Publications Editor for the International Trumpet Guild, he coordinated the publication
of four quarterly issues of the peer-reviewed ITG Journal, the primary academic journal in the field, which is
distributed to over 5,000 members worldwide. He wrote seven articles, four of which were published in the ITG
Journal and three of which were published in the British publication The Brass Herald. Dr. Wood hosted a variety of
trumpet artists on the USA campus this year, including Jesse Cook (who played a recital and gave a lecture on
conquering music performance anxiety), James Ackley (who gave a recital and taught a master class), and Alexa
Yates (who spent three days on campus doing trumpet mouthpiece consultations for individual students). His
trumpet students have excelled. Five played successful senior recitals, several entered national and international solo
competitions, and one was accepted to and offered a fellowship to do graduate study in trumpet performance at the
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, one of the top music schools in the world. His students continue to be
highly motivated and to grow musically. He was very active in service activities, serving on several committees in the
Music Department, coaching the brass section for the Mobile Symphony Youth Orchestra, and assisting with
numerous school music programs throughout the area. Several thousand people from all over the state and country
logged onto the USA Music Department’s series of Alabama All-State Preparation Podcasts that Dr. Wood helped
produce.
Linda Zoghby, Assistant Professor of Music, was a soloist for the President’s Holiday Concert at the Mitchell Center.
She was a guest soloist for the Gala Tenth Anniversary Concert of Opera Theatre at the University of South
Alabama, and in the fall was also guest soloist at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile. Her
university students participated as soloists in “The Addams Family”, a Broadway musical, and the Gala Concert of
Opera and Musical Theatre. She adjudicated, in Tuscaloosa, at the National Association of Teachers of Singing
Alabama Chapter Student Auditions, where her students participated, and one was a finalist. One of her students
went to the Regional Finals of the Southeastern Theatre Conference, one attended the Kennedy Center Theater
Workshop in Albany, Georgia, and one was a participant in a Master class with Metropolitan Opera baritone Keith
Harris. She holds regular supplemental Studio Classes for all her students together, which focus on giving them more
opportunities to enhance their performance skills. Ms. Zoghby also maintains a private voice studio, teaching middle
and high school students, and adults in the Mobile area.
Jeannette Fresene
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Rebecca Mindock
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Libertango. Mobile, AL: USA Woodwind Ensembles (April 13, 2015). [Transcription
of Piazzolla’s Libertango for saxophone quartet, performed by the USA Sax Quartet at the Spring USA Woodwind
Ensembles concert.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). In the Hall of the Mountain King. Mobile, AL: USA Double Reed Day (March 28,
2015). [Transcription of Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King for double reed ensemble, used in a reading
session at the USA Double Reed Day.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Libertango. Mobile, AL: USA Double Reed Day (March 28, 2015). [Transcription of
Piazzolla’s Libertango for double reed quartet, used in a reading session at the USA Double Reed Day.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Molly on the Shore. Mobile, AL: USA Double Reed Day (March 28, 2015).
[Transcription of Grainger’s Molly on the Shore for double reed quartet, used in a reading session at the USA
Double Reed Day.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Sleep. Mobile, AL: USA Double Reed Day (March 28, 2015). [Transcription of
Whitacre’s Sleep for double reed ensemble, used in a reading session at the USA Double Reed Day.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Sleep. Mobile, AL: Vandoren Clarinet Ensemble Festival (March 21, 2015).
[Transcription of Whitacre’s Sleep for clarinet choir, performed by the USA Clarinet Choir at the Vandoren Clarinet
Ensemble Festival.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Carol of the Bells. Theodore, AL: Magic Christmas in Lights (December 5, 2014).
[Transcription of Carol of the Bells for clarinet quartet, performed by the USA Clarinet Choir at Bellingrath Gardens
as part of their Magic Christmas in Lights concert series.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Theodore, AL: Magic Christmas in Lights (December
5, 2014). [Transcription of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen for clarinet quintet, performed by the USA Clarinet Choir
at Bellingrath Gardens as part of their Magic Christmas in Lights concert series.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Gershwin Prelude No. 2. Mobile, AL: USA Woodwind Ensembles (November 24,
2014). [Transcription of Gershwin’s second piano prelude for clarinet quartet, performed by the USA Clarinet Choir
in the Fall USA Woodwind Ensembles concert.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Phantasy Quintet. Mobile, AL: USA Woodwind Ensembles (November 24, 2014).
[Transcription of Vaughan-Williams’ Phantasy Quintet for clarinet quintet, performed by the USA Clarinet Quintet
in the Fall USA Woodwind Ensembles concert.]
Mindock, R. A. (manuscript). Sleep. Mobile, AL: USA Woodwind Ensembles (November 24, 2014). [Transcription
of Whitacre’s Sleep for clarinet ensemble, performed by the USA Clarinet Choir in the Fall USA Woodwind
Ensembles concert.]
William Petersen
Petersen, W. H., "In the Mood/Tuxedo Junction Marching Band Drill Design", Jaguar Marching Band, William
Petersen, Mobile, AL, USA. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "Manteca Marching Band Drill Design", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Mobile, AL,
USA. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "Minnie the Moocher Marching Drill Design", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Mobile,
AL, USA. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "Sing, Sing, Sing Marching Drill Design", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Mobile, AL,
USA. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "In the Mood/Tuxedo Junction Musical Arrangement", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen,
Mobile, AL, US. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "Manteca Arrangement Musical Arrangement", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Mobile,
AL, US. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "Minnie the Moocher Musical Arrangement", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Mobile,
AL, US. (2014, August-September). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "Armed Forces Medley Musical Arrangement", Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Mobile,
AL, US. (2014, November). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "William Tell Overture Musical Arrangement", Jaguar Pep Band, William Petersen, Mobile, AL, US.
(2014, November). Academic.
Petersen, W. H., "All the Small Things", Jaguar Pep Band, William Petersen, Mobile, AL, US. (2014, November).
Academic.
Peter Wood
Wood, P. J. (2015). From the Editor. International Trumpet Guild Journal, 39(3), 1.
REVIEWS
Thomas Rowell
Ikenberg, T. (24 October 2014) “Fall Madly in Love with Mobile Opera’s Werther”. Review of Mobile Opera’s
production of Massenet’s Werther. http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/10/mobile_opera_4.html
Ikenberg, T. (13 November 2014) “Mobile's main opera man will direct a grand vocal gala at USA”. Publicity article
previewing USA Opera Theatre’s Opera
Gala. http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/11/opera_extravaganza.html
Ikenberg, T. (22 January 2015) “Love, Italian Style: Chickasaw civic Theatre’s Light in the Piazza will make you weep
in a good way” Review of CCT’s production of Adam Guettel’s The Light in the
Piazza. http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/the_light_in_the_piazza.html
Rowell, T. (28 March 2015) “Mobile Opera presents Manon Lescaut”. Guest interview on WALA’s Studio 10
promoting Mobile Opera’s production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. http://www.fox10tv.com/Clip/11282971/mobileopera-presents-manon-lescaut#.VRV-fHECUuw.facebook
Ikenberg, T. (28 March 2015) “Manon Lescaut—a misguided material girl in the 17th century world”. Review of
Mobile Opera’s production of Puccini’s Manon
Lescaut. http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/03/material_girl.html
Peter Wood
Editorial Board Member, International Trumpet Guild Journal; (Published), International Trumpet Guild, Wood,
Peter J., International, Papers, Professional, (March 1, 2013 - Present).
Jasmine Arakawa
Music - Adjudicating
Arakawa, M. J. "Schumann Music Club Scholarship Auditions," Schumann Music Club of Mobile, Mobile, AL.
(April 18, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "PMTA Sonata & Scholarship Contests," Pensacola Music Teachers Association, Pensacola, FL.
(March 14, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "MMTA Collegiate Competitions," Mississippi Music Teachers Association, Hattisburg, MS.
(February 28, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "Gulf Coast Young Musicians Competition," Gulf Coast Music Teachers Association, Fairhope, AL.
(October 25, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Harold A Smith Chamber Music Youth Competition," Michigan City, IN, USA. (May 17, 2014).
Music Performance - Collaborative Keyboard, Faculty/Professional
Arakawa, M. J. "FEIMEP Faculty Recital II," Piracicaba International Music Festival, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. (July 25,
2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "FEIMEP Faculty Recital I," Piracicaba International Music Festival, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. (July 24,
2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "American Folk Concert," Silicon Valley Music Festival, San Jose, CA, USA. (June 27, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Euro Folk Concert," Silicon Valley Music Festival, San Jose, CA, USA. (June 26, 2014).
Kim, Y.-S. "Fairmont Matinee," Silicon Valley Music Festival, San Jose, CA, USA. (June 25, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Guest Chamber Music Recital," Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence, Lawrence, KS. (November 2,
2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Marina Piccinini Flute Master Class/Workshop," Paris, France. (May 23, 2014 - May 27, 2014).
Arakawa, Ferrandis, J. "Concert Charitatif 2014," UNESCO, Paris, France. (May 21, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Michigan City Chamber Music Festival Fundraising Concert," Michigan City, IN, USA. (May 18,
2014).
Music Performance - Collaborative Musician, Faculty/Professional
Arakawa, M. J., Moragues, M., Y. Uebayashi. "Japan Tsunami Relief Concert," UNESCO, Paris, France. (April 26,
2015).
Music Performance - Full Chamber Recital
Arakawa, M. J., Holm, R. E. "DUO PIANO RECITAL," Dollarhide Music, Pensacola, FL. (March 24, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Haken, R. "Guest Recital," University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. (March 5, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Holm, R. E. "DUO PIANO RECITAL," Creagan Concert Series, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 12,
2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Haken, R. "Music at Midday Series," Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. (January 28, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Mathieu, V. "Guest Recital," Emporia State University, Emporia, KS. (November 1, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Fairmont Matinee Concert," Silicon Valley Music Festival, San Jose, CA, USA. (June 28, 2014).
Arakawa, J., Furuta, R., Oshima, A. "Soyokaze Trio in Japantown," Silicon Valley Music Festival, San Jose, CA, USA.
(June 21, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J., Piccinini, M. "Marina Piccinini Flute Recital," Paris, France. (May 25, 2014).
Music Performance - Full Collaborative Recital
Arakawa, M. J., Haken, R. "Piano vs. Viola: Romantic Duel," University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany. (November 28,
2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Piano vs. Viola: Romantic Duel," Carl Schurz High School, Frankfurt, Germany. (November 25,
2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Big Premiere," Michigan City Chamber Music Festival, Michigan City, IN. (August 15, 2014).
Music Performance - Full Solo Recital
Arakawa, M. J. "Big Virtuosity," Michigan City Chamber Music Festival, Michigan City, IN. (August 11, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Viva Campo Limpo Series," Escola Japonesa de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (July 18, 2014).
Music Performance - Guest Artist/Soloist with Professional Ensemble
Arakawa, M. J. "City of Piracicaba Concert," Piracicaba Symphony Orchestra, City of Piracicaba, Piracicaba, Brazil.
(July 20, 2014).
Music Performance - Guest Artist/Soloist with University/Other Ensemble
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Wind Ensemble Concert at Saenger Theater," Alabama Bandmasters Association All-State
Band Festival, Mobile, AL. (April 17, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Wind Ensemble Spring Concert," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (April 16, 2015).
Music Performance - Master Class
Arakawa, M. J. "Guest Chamber Music Master Class," University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. (March
5, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "Guest Piano Master Class," Knox College, Galesburg, IL. (March 3, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "Piano Master Class," Emporia State University, Emporia, KS. (November 1, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Chamber Music Master Class," University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. (October 31, 2014).
Music Performance - Workshop Leader
Arakawa, M. J. "Children’s Concert," Michigan City Chamber Music Festival, Michigan City, IN. (August 12, 2014).
Andrea Bohnet
Bohnet, A. C. "ABA Solo Competition," Alabama Bandmasters Association, Mobile, AL. (April 15, 2015).
Music Conducting - Non-Professional Ensemble
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpfest 2015," Central Gulf Coast Harp Society Harp Ensemble, Central Gulf Coast Harp Society,
Fairhope, AL. (May 3, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpfest 2015," Central Gulf Coast Harp Society Harp Ensemble, Central Gulf Coast Harp Society,
Pensacola, FL. (April 26, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Boxwood Final Concert," Boxwood Flute Choir, Boxwood Flute Festival, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia,
CA. (July 26, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Boxwood Talent Show," Boxwood Flute Choir, Boxwood Flute Festival, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, CA.
(July 24, 2014).
Music Conducting - University or Other Ensemble
Bohnet, A. C. "Christmas in Lights," Celtic Crúe, Bellingrath Gardens, Theodore, AL. (December 5, 2014).
Music Performance - Church Pianist/Organist/Choir Director/Musician
Bohnet, A. C. "Christmas Eve Service," St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mobile, AL. (December 24, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpist," Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL. (December 21, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Celtic Christmas Service," Mithril, Government Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL. (December
14, 2014).
Music Performance - Free-lance
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (May 10, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (April 26, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Easter Brunch," Mithril Duo, Athelstan Club, Mobile, AL. (April 5, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Rutter: Requiem," St. Paul's SIngers, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Mobile, AL. (March 29, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (February 22, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (January 25, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Robert Burns Dinner," McSharry's Trad. Players, Scottish Society of Mobile, Mobile, AL. (January 24,
2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Christmas Brunch," Mithril Duo, Athelstan Club, Mobile, AL. (December 21, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (December 21, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "White Christmas Service," Dauphin Way Methodist Church, Mobile, AL. (December 14, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (November 30, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (October 26, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (October 5, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (September 21, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (August 24, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (July 13, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Traditional Irish Session," McSharry's Irish Pub, Fairhope, AL. (June 22, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Mother's Day Brunch," Mithril Duo, Athelstan Club, Mobile, AL. (May 11, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J., Bohnet, A. C. "Faculty Recital: "Space - The Final Frontier"," Mobile, AL, USA. (September 2, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "L'Arche of Mobile 40th Anniversary Concert with Mithril," Mithril, Larch of Mobile, Mobile, AL.
(April 19, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Mithril Concert," Mithril, 40th Annual Music at Christ Church Series, Pensacola, FL. (April 19, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Mithril Concert," Mithril, 40th Annual Music at Christ Church Series, Pensacola, FL. (April 19, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Mithril Concert," Mithril, Hartsville-Coker Concert Association, Hartsville, SC. (March 16, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "St. Patrick's Day Celebration," Mithril, McLeod's Publick House, Dothan, AL. (March 14, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "School Informance," Mithril, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Fairhope, AL. (January 23, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Midnight Mass," Silverwood Quartet, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile, AL.
(December 24, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "A Roman Street and Mithril Christmas," Mithril, Saenger Theatre, Mobile, AL. (December 7, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C., Mindock, R. A., Arakawa, M. J. "Bach Trio Sonatas," Faculty Trio, World Leisure Congress, Mobile,
AL. (September 10, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Concert," Mithril, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Chatom, AL. (July 10, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "School Informance," Mithril, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Chatom, AL. (July 10, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpist - USA Symphony Band," USA Symphony Band, USA Department of Music, Mobile, AL.
(April 28, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpist - USA Wind Ensemble," USA Wind Ensemble, USA Department of Music, Mobile, AL.
(April 18, 2015).
(April 17, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpist," USA Wind Ensemble, USA Department of Music, Mobile, AL. (November 13, 2014).
(November 13, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Harpist - USA Symphony Band," USA Symphony Band, USA Department of Music, Mobile, AL.
Bohnet, A. C. "Bloch: Suite Modale," USA String Ensemble, USA Department of Music, Mobile, AL. (November 6,
2014).
Music Performance - Juried/Invited
Bohnet, A. C. "Artist Showcase: Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana," Mithril Duo, Alabama State Council on the
Arts, Hattiesburg, MS. (January 21, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Gala Concert," Mithril, World Flute Society, Eau Claire, WI. (July 18, 2014).
Music Performance - Symphony Orchestra Member, Principal
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 6," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (May 9, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 6," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (May 10, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "MSO Rocks," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (April 25, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops 3," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (April 12, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops 3," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (April 11, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Manon Lescaut," Mobile Opera Orchestra, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (March 29, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Manon Lescaut," Mobile Opera Orchestra, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (March 27, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 5," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (March 22, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 5," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (March 21, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 4," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (February 22, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 4," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (February 21, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 3," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (January 18, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 3," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (January 17, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "Young People's Concert," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (January 16, 2015).
Bohnet, A. C. "MSO Runout," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Thomasville, AL. (December 15, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops 2," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (December 14, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops 2," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (December 13, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "MSO Runout," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Monroeville, AL. (December 12, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 2," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (November 16, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 2," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (November 15, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Werther," Mobile Opera Orchestra, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (October 26, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Werther," Mobile Opera Orchestra, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (October 24, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops I," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (October 11, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 1," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (September 14, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Subscription 1," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (September 13, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops III," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (May 4, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "Pops III," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (May 3, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C. "A Quick and Dirty Guide to Celtic Flute and Whistle," World Flute Society, Eau Claire, WI. (July 18,
2014).
David Durant
Music Composition - Major Work, Commissioned
Durant, D. Z. "Two Pieces for Six String Viola," Rudolf Haken, Rudolf Haken, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
(January 5, 2015 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Sighs of an Ancient Wall for Tarogato and Soundfile," Esther Lamneck, Esther Lamneck, New York,
NY. (December 15, 2014 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Improvisation for Two Pianos," David Durant, Scott Walton, Scott Walton, Guerneville, CA.
(October 20, 2014 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Improvisation for Piano, Bass, Vibraphone and Drum set," David Durant, Scott Walton, Luke Smith,
Ryan Boehme, Scott Walton, Guerneville, CA, USA. (October 19, 2014 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "After the Impact for Piano," Jerry Alan Bush, Jerry Alan Bush, Mobile, AL, USA. (August 1, 2014 Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Improvisation for Piano and Bass," David Durant, Scott Walton, Scott Walton, Guerneville, CA, USA.
(July 15, 2014 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Condensed Cry for Taragato, String Bass and Soundfile," Esther Lamneck and Cristian Gajardo
Allende, Esther Lamneck, New York, NY. (June 9, 2014 - Present).
Music Composition - Major Work, Performance
Durant, D. Z. "Improvisation for Piano, Bass, Vibraphone and Drum set," David Durant, Scott Walton, Luke Smith,
Ryan Boehme, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 21, 2014).
Durant, D. Z. "Bay for Chamber Ensemble and Soundfile," Firenze Multimedia Ensemble, Firenze Multimedia
Festival, Florence, Italy. (July 13, 2014).
Music Composition - Major Work, Performance, Prof Ensemble
Durant, D. Z. "Faji for Clarinet and Soundfile," Esther Lamneck, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
(March 26, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Sighs of an Ancient Wall for Tarogato and Soundfile," Esther Lamneck, University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL, USA. (March 26, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Terzetto for Flugelhorn and Soundfile," Peter Wood, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
(March 26, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Whispers on a Desolate Island for Trumpet and Soundfile," Peter Wood, University of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 26, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Two Pieces for Six String Viola," Rudolf Haken, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
(March 5, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Terzetto for Flugelhorn and Soundfile," Peter Wood, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
(February 19, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Two Pieces for Six String Viola," Rudolf Haken, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, USA. (February
19, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "After the Impact for Piano," Jerry Alan Bush, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
(October 21, 2014).
Durant, D. Z. "Improvisation for Piano and Bass," David Durant, Scott Walton, University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL, USA. (October 21, 2014).
Durant, D. Z. "Improvisation for Two Pianos," David Durant, Scott Walton, University of South Alabama, Mobile,
AL, USA. (October 21, 2014).
Durant, D. Z. "Terzetto for Flugelhorn and Soundfile," Peter Wood, New York University, New York, New York,
USA. (October 10, 2014).
Durant, D. Z. "Condensed Cry for Taragato, String Bass and Soundfile," Esther Lamneck and Cristian Gajardo
Allende, Firenze Multimedia Festival, Florence, Italy. (July 11, 2014).
Music Composition - Other Work or Arrangement, Commissioned
Durant, D. Z. "Monologue For Euphonium with Dancer," David Durant, Rita Durant, Mobile Museum of Art,
Mobile, AL, USA. (February 1, 2015 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Farrago Revisited Live," Myles Garver, Luke Smith, Ryan Boehme, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile,
AL, USA. (January 19, 2015 - Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Museum Piece for Piano," David Durant, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 12, 2015
- Present).
Durant, D. Z. "Museum Piece for Piano," David Durant, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 2, 2015
- Present).
Music Composition - Other Work or Arrangement, Performance
Durant, D. Z. "Farrago Revisited Live," Myles Garver, Luke Smith, Ryan Boehme, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile,
AL, USA. (February 19, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Monologue For Euphonium with Dancer," David Durant Rita Durant, Mobile Museum of Art,
Mobile, AL, USA. (February 19, 2015).
Durant, D. Z. "Museum Piece for Piano," David Durant, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 19,
2015).
Durant, D. Z. "In the Shadow of Vulcan for Piano and Computer," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
(March 26, 2015).
Greg Gruner
Gruner, G. L. "Mobile Youth Symphony Orchestra Concert Competition," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL.
(September 17, 2014).
Music Composition - Major Work, Performance
Gruner, G. L. "Moulton Tower Fanfare," USA Herald Trumpets, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (October
2, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "Happy Holiday/It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," USA Wind Ensemble, USA Choirs, USA
Herald Trumpets, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (December 4, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "O Holy Night," USA Wind Ensemble and Megan King, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
(December 4, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "White Christmas/The Christmas Song," USA Wind Ensemble and Thomas Rowell, University of
South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (December 4, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "Alma Mater," USA Wind Ensemble and Thomas Rowell, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
(October 2, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "Inaugural Fanfare," USA Wind Ensemble and Herald Trumpets, University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL. (September 12, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "Inaugural Fanfare," USA Wind Ensemble and Herald Trumpets, University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL. (September 12, 2014).
Music Conducting - Guest Conductor, Regional, All-State, or Professional Ensemble
Gruner, G. L. "Guest Conducting Concert," USA Wind Ensemble, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (April
16, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "Guest Conducting Rehearsal/Concert," Escambia County, Florida, Middle School Honor Band,
Escambia County Schools, Pensacola, Florida. (January 26, 2015 - January 27, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "Guest Conducting Rehearsal," Escambia County, Florida, Middle School Honor Band, Escambia
County Schools, Pensacola, Florida. (January 22, 2015).
Music Conducting - Professional Ensemble
Gruner, G. L. "Guest Conducting Rehearsal," Saraland High School Band, Saraland Public Schools, Saraland, AL.
(February 6, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "Guest Conducting Concert," USA Wind Ensemble, Alabama Bandmasters Association, Mobile, AL.
(April 17, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "Spring Concert," USA Trombone Choir, Mobile, AL. (April 12, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "Spring Concert," Port City Trombone Quartet, Mobile, AL. (April 12, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "Trombone Performance," Brass Quartet, Fairhope UMC, Fairhope, AL. (April 5, 2015).
Gruner, G. L. "USA Holiday Concert," USA Faculty Brass Quintet, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
(December 4, 2014).
Gruner, G. L. "Moulton Memorial Service," USA Faculty Brass Quintet, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
(October 2, 2014).
Music Performance - Collaborative Musician, Student
Gruner, G. L. "Fall Commencement," USA Commencement Band, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Gruner, G. L. "Trombone Masterclass," USA Concert Honor Band, Department of Music, Mobile, AL. (December 6,
2014).
Robert Holm
Holm, R. E. "MTNA -Indiana Music Teachers Association Competition," IN MTA students, IN MTA, Muncie, IN.
Holm, R. E. "Principal pianist for Saviour oratorio at Dauphin Way Baptist," University of Mobile Singers and
DWBC Choirs, U. of Mobile and DWBC, Dauphin Way Baptist Church, Mobile, AL. (March 27, 2015 - March 28,
2015).
Holm, R. E. "2014 Keyboards at Christmas Concert," Dauphin Way Baptist Church principal keyboardists, DWBC,
Mobile, AL. (December 21, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Pianist for Gulf Shores Baptist Christmas Choir Concert," Gulf Shores Baptist Choir, Gulf Shores
Baptist Church, Gulf Shores, AL. (December 7, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Solo, duo and collaborative piano at USA Holiday Concert," Holm, Holm and Arakawa, Holm and
Zoghby, USA President's Holiday Concert, Mitchell Center, Mobile, AL. (December 4, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Festival of Keboards at Trinity Lutheran, Harrisburg," Festival of Keyboards led by Jeff Bennett, Trinity
Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, PA. (October 5, 2014).
Music Performance - Collaborative Keyboard, Student
Holm, R. E. "Alabama Bandmaster's Supersolo Competition accompanist," Students participating in ABA Supersolo
Competition, Alabama Bandmaster's Association, University of South Alabama. (April 15, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Alexander Blankenship h.s. senior recital at Carolina Hall," Holm and Alexander Blankenship,
Blankenship and Betty Morris, Carolina Hall, Mobile, AL. (March 14, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Accompany violin students of Enen Yu," Violin students of Enen Yu, Mobile Symphony, Larkins
Center, Larkins Center, Mobile, AL. (December 6, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Background music for USA Foundation event," Robert Holm, USA Foundation, Stallworth House,
Mobile, AL. (April 7, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Background music for USA Foundation event," Robert Holm and Megan King, USA Foundation,
Stalwart House, Mobile, AL. (March 18, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Holm and King play at USA Distinguished Alumni Banquet," Robert Holm and Megan King, USA
Alumni Association, Mitchell Center, Mobile, AL. (March 5, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "USA Foundation Christmas party music," Robert Holm and Enen Yu, USA Foundation, Stallworth
House, Mobile, AL. (December 3, 2014).
Holm, R. E., Arakawa, M. J. "Arakawa and Holm piano duo at Creagan Concert Series," Jasmin Arakawa and Robert
Holm, Creagan Concert Series, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL. (February 12, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Dr. Baaheth fundraiser recital for USA Children's and Women's Hospital," Dr. Baaheth and Robert
Holm, USA Children's and Women's Hospital, Laidlaw Recital Hall, Mobile, AL. (February 5, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Holm and guest faculty trumpeter James Acklee," Holm and Acklee, USA trumpet studio, USA Recital
Hall. (November 11, 2014).
Holm, R. E., Arakawa, M. J. "Duo Piano Recital at Dollarhide's Music Center," Arakawa and Holm Piano Duo,
Dollarhide's Music Center, Pensacola, FL. (March 24, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Archduke Piano Trio plays at Christ Church Cathedral," Archduke Trio (Holm, Yu, Huang), Christ
Church Cathedral, Mobile, AL 36572. (March 4, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Tristate Piano Trio at U. of Alabama," Tristate Piano Trio (Holm, Gregoire, Haken, Russakovsky),
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. (February 15, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Tristate Piano Trio at USM," Tristate Piano Trio (Holm, Gregoire, Haken, Russakovsky), Univ. of
Southern Miss., Hattiesburg, MS. (January 20, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Piano Quartet recital," MSO Chamberfest Faculty Piano Quartet, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Recital
Hall, USA. (May 29, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Archduke Trio plays at Oaklawn Recital Series," Archduke Piano Trio (Holm, Yu, Huang), Oaklawn
Recital Series, Pass Christian, MS. (November 9, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Piano Quartet concert at Oaklawn," New Years Eve Piano Quartet, Oaklawn Concert Series, Pass
Christian, MS. (December 31, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Archduke Piano Trio plays at the Battle House," Archduke Piano Trio (Holm, Yu, Huang), Randy
Orr/Battle House, Battle House Hotel, Mobile, AL. (January 17, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Mid-Afternoon Melodies at USA Children's and Women's," Robert Holm and Enen Yu, Children's and
Women's Hospital/Dr. M.A. Bath, Mobile, AL 36572. (January 29, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Solo Recital at Ball St. University," Robert Holm, Ball St. University, Muncie, IN. (November 21, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Solo recital at University of Southern Mississippi," Robert Holm, USM, Hattiesburg, MS. (November
16, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Solo Veteran's Day Recital at Dauphin Way B.C.," Robert Holm, piano, Dauphin Way Baptist Church,
Mobile AL, USA. (November 10, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Master Class for Ball St. University piano students," Ball St. Univ. students, Ball St. University, Muncie,
IN. (November 23, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "MSO Pops Concert: John Williams," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile Symphony Orchestra,
Saenger Theater, Mobile, AL. (April 11, 2015 - April 12, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Mobile Symphony Subscription Concert no. 4," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Saenger Theater,
Mobile, AL. (February 21, 2015 - February 22, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "MSO Subscription Concert: Copland," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Saenger Theater, Mobile,
AL. (January 17, 2015 - January 18, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "MSO Young People's Concert--Musical Olympics," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Saenger
Theater, Mobile, AL. (January 16, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "MSO Christmas Pops Runout Concert," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Thomasville Civic Center,
Thomasville, AL. (December 15, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "MSO Christmas Pops Concert," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Saenger Theater, Mobile, AL.
(December 13, 2014 - December 14, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "MSO Christmas Pops Runout Concert," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, MSO, Alabama Southern C.C.,
Monroeville, AL. (December 12, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Mobile Symphony Subscription Concert no. 1," MSO Chamberfest Faculty Piano Trio, MSO, Mobile,
AL. (September 13, 2014 - September 14, 2014).
Rebecca Mindock
Music - Clinician or Consultant
Mindock, R. A. "Clinic with UMS-Wright Double Reed Students," UMS-Wright, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 3, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Clinic with FHS Double Reed Students," Fairhope High School, Fairhope, AL, USA. (February 13,
2015).
Mindock, R. A. "USA Woodwind Ensembles Spring Concert," USA Woodwind Ensembles, University of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 13, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "USA Woodwind Ensembles Fall Concert," USA Woodwind Ensembles, University of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 24, 2014).
Bohnet, A. C., Mindock, R. A., Arakawa, M. J. "Bach Trio Sonatas," Faculty Trio, World Leisure Congress, Mobile,
AL. (September 10, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Casper Chamber Music Society: WSO Octet," WSO Octet, Casper Chamber Music Society, Casper,
WY, USA. (May 11, 2014).
Mindock, R. A., Boldt-Neurohr, K., Arakawa, M. J. "Double Reed Day Recital," University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL, USA. (March 28, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Christmas at Oaklawn," Oaklawn Concert Society, Pass Christian, MS, USA. (December 21, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Oboe Recital," Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. (March 23, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Faculty Oboe Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 9, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "USA Wind Ensemble Host Concert for the 2015 Alabama All-State Band Festival," USA Wind
Ensemble, Alabama Bandmasters Association, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 17, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Wind Ensemble Spring Concert," USA Wind Ensemble, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 16, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "University Orchestra Spring Concert," University Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 1, 2015).
Music Performance - Symphony Orchestra Member
Mindock, R. A. "The Music of John Williams," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 11, 2015 April 12, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Don Quixote," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (March 7, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Back to Bach," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 21, 2015 - February 22,
2015).
Mindock, R. A. "American Masters: Aaron Copland," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 17,
2015 - January 18, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Young People's Concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 16, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Beethoven and Blue Jeans," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (January 10,
2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Celebrate the New Year!," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (December 31,
2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Holiday Pops Concert," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Seaside, FL, USA. (December 20, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "The Wonderful World of Christmas," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Thomasville, AL, USA.
Mindock, R. A. "An Appalachian Christmas," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 13, 2014 December 14, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "The Wonderful World of Christmas," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Monroeville, AL, USA.
Mindock, R. A. "Beethoven and Blue Jeans," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 15, 2014 November 16, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival Concert," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA.
(November 9, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "5th Grade Concerts," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (November 6, 2014 November 7, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Mad Men: Sinatra and the Pack," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 11, 2014
- October 12, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Opening Night!," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 13, 2014 - September
14, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "4th of July Concert," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Seaside, FL, USA. (July 4, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "The Best of Rodgers and Hammerstein," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (May 3,
2014 - May 4, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Classical IV," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (April 25, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Viva La France!," Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Casper, WY, USA. (March 21, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Classical III: Let's Dance!," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (March 14, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Link-Up Concert," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (April 16, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Classical II," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (January 31, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "A Soldier's Tale," Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Casper, WY, USA. (January 24, 2015).
Mindock, R. A. "Ode to Joy," Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Casper, WY, USA. (December 6, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Holiday Peppermint Pops," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Gautier, MS, USA. (November 29,
2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Holiday Peppermint Pops," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (November 28,
2014).
Mindock, R. A. "From Russia with Love," Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Casper, WY, USA. (October 4, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Classical I," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (September 20, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "The Music of Whitney Houston: A Celebration," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA.
(July 24, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Sounds by the Sea," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Pascagoula, MS, USA. (May 25, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Sounds by the Sea," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Gulfport, MS, USA. (May 24, 2014).
Mindock, R. A. "Carnival," Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, Casper, WY, USA. (May 10, 2014).
Laura Moore
Moore, L. M. "Alabama District III Choral Ensemble State Assessment," Alabama Vocal Association, District III,
Birmingham, AL. (March 23, 2015 - March 25, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Pensacola Music Teachers District Audition," Pensacola, FL. (March 14, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Mozart Requiem soloists," University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. (December 8, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "District VII Outstanding Choral Student," Mobile, AL. (December 1, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "District VII Solo/Ensemble Festival," Mobile, AL. (November 21, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Mobile Opera Developing Artist Program," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 12, 2014).
Music – Presentation
Moore, L. M., ""Beethoven in Blue Jeans"," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Saenger Theatre, Mobile, AL. (November
15, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Alexandria HS choir," Alexandria High School, Alexandria LA, Mobile, AL. (April 8,
2015).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Ocean Springs High School and St. Martin High School choirs," Ocean Springs and St.
Martin High School, Ocean Springs, MS. (March 28, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Baker High School choir," Mobile, AL. (May 7, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Dunbar Middle School choirs and piano classes," Mobile, AL. (May 10, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Theodore High School choir," Theodore High School choir, Theodore, AL, USA. (October
7, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Baker High School choir," Baker High School choir, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 21, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College choir," D'Iberville, MS. (October 16, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Ocean Springs High School and St. Martin High School choirs," Ocean Springs, MS.
(October 16, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Pascagoula High School choir," Pascagoula, MS. (October 16, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Baker High School choir," Baker High School choir, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 28, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Eastern Shore Choral Society," Fairhope, AL. (February 2, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with East Central High School choir," East Central High School choir, Lucedale, MS. (February
9, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Clinic with Foley High School choir," East Central High School choir, Lucedale, MS. (March 5, 2015).
Music Conducting - Guest Conductor, Regional, All-State, or Professional Ensemble
Moore, L. M. "Schubert Mass in G Major," Ocean Springs and St. Martin High School choirs, professional orchestra,
Ocean Springs, MS. (April 9, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Preparation of Opera Chorus for "Manon Lescaut"," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (November
2014 - March 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Manon Lescaut - backstage conducting," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (March 27, 2015 - March 29,
2015).
Moore, L. M. "Choral Concert," University Chorale, Mobile, AL. (April 8, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Brahms Schicksalslied with Mobile Symphony Orchestra," USA Concert Choir, Mobile Symphony
Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (March 21, 2015 - March 22, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Winter Choral Concert," University Chorale, Mobile, AL. (March 12, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "President's Holiday Concert," USA Concert Choir and University Chorale, Mobile, AL. (December 4,
2014).
Moore, L. M. "Holiday Choral Concert," USA Concert Choir and University Chorale, Mobile, AL. (December 2,
2014).
Moore, L. M. "University Chorale Tour - southern Mississippi," University Chorale, Mississippi. (October 16, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Fall Choral Concert," USA Concert Choir and University Chorale, Mobile, AL. (October 13, 2014 October 14, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Inauguration of President Waldrop," University Chorale, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 12, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Night of Song - Mobile Opera," various professional singers, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (April
20, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Hinshaw Publishing Company Reading Session," National Conference of American Choral Directors
Association, Hinshaw Publishing Company, Salt Lake City, UT. (February 27, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Mobile Opera Young Artist Recital," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (February 13, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Night of Song - Mobile Opera,” various professional singers, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA.
(February 9, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Night of Song - Mobile Opera," various professional singers, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA.
(January 19, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Madame Rose Palmai-Tenser Opera Competition," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 10,
2015).
Moore, L. M. "Night at the Opera," various soloists from Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 8, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Mobile Opera concert at Steelwood Country Club," various professional singers, Mobile Opera,
Baldwin County, AL, USA. (August 29, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Night of Song - Mobile Opera," various professional singers, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (July
21, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Night of Song - Mobile Opera," various professional singers, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (June
16, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Night of Song - Mobile Opera," various professional singers, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (May
19, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Sigma Alpha Iota Spring Musicale," Mobile, AL. (April 10, 2015).
Moore, L. M. "Schumann Music Club Anniversary Concert," Schumann Music Club of Mobile, Fairhope, AL.
(February 8, 2015).
Merz, G. "Gabriela Merz, Junior Voice recital." (May 8, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "USA Tuba-Euphonium Studio Spring Concert," Mobile, AL. (May 4, 2014).
Doyle, E. "Edward Doyle, Senior Trombone Recital," Mobile, AL. (May 4, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Dunbar Middle School choir holiday concert," Dunbar Middle School choirs (three), Mobile, AL.
Moore, L. M. "Mobile Opera Developing Young Artist auditions," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (September 12, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Dunbar Middle School choir concert," Dunbar Middle School choirs (three), Mobile, AL. (May 20,
2014).
Moore, L. M. "Schumann Music Club Young Musicians Concert," Schumann Music Club of Mobile. (May 18, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Jessica Elder, horn recital," Fairhope, AL. (May 17, 2014).
Thompson, L. "Laine Thompson, Senior Horn Recital," Mobile, AL. (May 4, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Port City Men's Chorus holiday concert," Port City Men's Chorus, Mobile, AL. (December 6, 2014 December 7, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Port City Men's Chorus concert," Port City Men's Chorus, Pensacola, FL. (June 21, 2014).
Rowell, T. L., Moore, L. M. "Faculty Vocal Chamber Music Recital," Thomas Rowell, tenor, Anne Duraski, mezzosoprano, Laura Moore, piano, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 10, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Music of Mozart and Haydn." (June 4, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Piano Camp: Music of Mozart and Haydn," University of South Alabama Department of Music,
Mobile, AL. (June 2, 2014 - June 6, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "Werther, orchestral keyboard," Mobile Opera orchestra, Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL. (October 24, 2014
- October 26, 2014).
Moore, L. M. "All-State Choir Preparation Workshops," SSA, TTBB, and SATB choirs.Mobile, AL. (November 1,
2014).
Moore, L. M. ""A Brief History of Choral Music"," Somerby Retirement Home, Mobile, AL. (May 15, 2014).
William Petersen
Petersen, W. H. "Jaguar Marching Band Performance at the Deep South Marching Band Festival," Jaguar Marching
Band, William Petersen, Theodore, AL, USA. (October 25, 2014).
Petersen, W. H. "Jaguar Marching Band Performance at the Southern Showcase Marching Band Competition,"
Jaguar Marching Band, William Petersen, Dothan, AL, USA. (October 11, 2014).
Petersen, W. H. "Jaguar Marching Band Performance at the Baldwin County Band Jamboree," Jaguar Marching
Band, William Petersen, Spanish Fort, AL, USA. (October 7, 2014).
Petersen, W. H. "Jaguar Marching Band Performance at the Daleville High School Band Festival," Jaguar Marching
Band, William Petersen, Daleville, AL, USA. (September 27, 2014).
Michael Phillips
Phillips, M. "Foley Pre Concert Festival," Foley High School, Foley, Alabama, USA. (February 27, 2015).
Phillips, M. "MGM Marching Band Festival," Multiple Schools, Mary G. Montgomery High School, Semmes, AL.
(October 2014).
Phillips, M. "Theodore Marching Band Festival," Theodore High School, Theodore, AL. (October 2014).
Phillips, M. "Fairhope HS Clinician," Fairhope HS Wind Ensemble, USA Department of Music, Fairhope, AL, USA.
(March 3, 2015).
Phillips, M. "Baker High School Clinician," Baker High School Wind Ensemble/Sym Band/Jazz Band, USA
Department of Music, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 2, 2015).
Phillips, M. "Baldwin County HS Clinician," Baldwin County High School Symphonic Band, USA Department of
Music, Bay Minette, AL, USA. (February 26, 2015).
Phillips, M. "First Presbyterian Clinician," First Presbyterian Day School HS Band, USA Department of Music,
Macon, GA, USA. (December 1, 2014).
Phillips, M. "MYSO Clinician," Macon Youth Symphony, USA Department of Music, Macon, GA, USA. (December
1, 2014).
Phillips, M. "VCEF Guest Conductor," VCEF Mass Choir, DANSR/ Vandoren, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (March 20,
2015 - March 21, 2015).
Phillips, M. “Fall 2014 combined with Wind Ensemble,” USA, Mobile, AL. (September 30, 2014)
Phillips, M. “Fall 2014 Wind Ensemble Guest Conductor John Barnes Chance ‘Elgy’,” USA, Mobile, AL. (November
2014)
Phillips, M. “Fall 2014 Campus Jazz Band premier performance,” USA, Mobile, AL. (October 30th, 2014)
Phillips, M. “Fall 2014 Symphony Band,” USA, Mobile, AL. (November 10th, 2014)
Phillips, M. “Spring 2015 combined with Wind Ensemble,” USA, Mobile, AL. (February 24, 2015)
Phillips, M. “Guest Conductor for Vandoren Clarinet Festival Mass Choir, Holst First Suite,” USA, Mobile, AL.
(March 20-21, 2015)
Phillips, M. “Spring 2015 Wind Ensemble Guest Conductor Percy Fletcher/Karrick ‘Vanity Fair: A Comedy
Overture’,” USA, Mobile, AL. (April 16, 2014)
Phillips, M. “Spring 2015 Wind Ensemble Guest Conductor Percy Fletcher/Karrick ‘Vanity Fair: A Comedy
Overture’ ABA Performance at Saenger Theatre,” USA, Mobile, AL. (April 17, 2014)
Phillips, M. “Spring 2015 Campus Jazz Band,” USA, Mobile, AL. (April 27th, 2015)
Phillips, M. “Spring 2014 Symphony Band,” USA, Mobile, AL. (April 28, 2015)
Phillips, M. "The Business of Music Education," Dr. Michael Phillips, cNAfME, LPAC. (October 2014).
Luis Riveria
Rivera, L. C. "ABA All State Solo Competition," Alabama Bandmasters Association, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 15,
2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Denham Springs Indoor Drumline Competition," Louisiana-Mississippi Color Guard Percussion
Association, Denham Springs, LA, USA. (March 21, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Pearl High School Indoor Drumline Competition," Mississippi Indoor Association, Pearl, MS, USA.
(March 7, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Fairhope High School Indoor Drumline Competition," Gulf Coast Color Guard and Percussion
Association, Fairhope, AL, USA. (January 31, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Brandon High School Indoor Drumline Competition," Mississippi Indoor Association, Brandon, MS,
USA. (January 24, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Choctawhatchee High School Marching Band Exhibition," Choctawhatchee High School Bands
Program, Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA. (October 2014).
Music Composition - Other Work or Arrangement, Commissioned
Rivera, L. C. "Amalgamation," Tommy Dobbs (Commissioner), Mobile, AL, USA. (February 2014 - November
2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Amalgamation," Tommy Dobbs (performer), Fort Smith, AR, USA. (April 15, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Amalgamation," Luis Rivera (performer), Mobile, AL, USA. (April 2, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Loxley Civic Center," USA Steel Band, Loxley, AL, USA. (April 24, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Bishop State Community College," USA Steel Band, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 16, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Ocean Springs Yacht Club," USA Steel Band, Ocean Springs, MS, USA. (April 11, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Lazer Zone," USA Steel Band, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 4, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Lazer Zone," USA Steel Band, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 14, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Collide Music Festival," USA Percussion Ensemble, Orlando, FL, USA. (February 28, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Escambia High School Run Out Concert," USA Percussion Ensemble, Pensacola, FL, USA. (February 5,
2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Spanish Fort High School Run Out Concert," USA Percussion Ensemble, Spanish Fort, AL, USA.
(February 4, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Petal High School Run Out Concert," USA Percussion Ensemble, Petal, MS, USA. (February 2, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Baker High School Run Out Concert," USA Percussion Ensemble, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 1,
2014).
Rivera, L. C. "PASIC," USA Percussion Ensemble, Indianapolis, IN, USA. (November 20, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Daphne High School Run Out Concert," USA Percussion Ensemble, Daphne, AL, USA. (November 6,
2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Fairhop High School Run Out Concert," USA Percussion Ensemble, Fairhope, AL, USA. (November 5,
2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Band Exhibition," USA Jaguar Drumline, Theodore, AL, USA. (October 25, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Band Exhibition," USA Jaguar Drumline, Dothan, AL, USA. (October 11, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Band Exhibition," USA Jaguar Drumline, Spanish Fort, AL, USA. (October 7, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Band Exhibition," USA Jaguar Drumline, Daleville, AL, USA. (September 27, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Passover Choir Concert," St. Paul's Chamber Singers, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 29, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Faculty Percussion Recital," Matt Greenwood/Laura Noah, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 9, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Masterworks V," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (April 25, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Russian Spectacular," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (March 28, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "March Madness," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (March 14, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Holiday Pops," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Biloxi, MS, USA. (November 28, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Masterworks Opening Night!," Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL, USA. (October 5,
2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Opening Night," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 13, 2014 - September 14,
2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Sounds by the Sea," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Pascagoula, MS, USA. (May 25, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Sounds by the Sea," Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, Gulfport, MS, USA. (May 24, 2014).
Thomas Rowell
Rowell, T. L. "The Abduction from the Seraglio," USA Opera Theatre, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 26, 2015).
Theatre - Perform
Rowell, T. L. "Metamorphoses," Theatre USA, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 25, 2015).
Theatre - Perform
Theatre - Perform
Theatre - Perform
Theatre - Perform
Theatre - Perform
Rowell, T. L. "Spring Fantasy," Bella Voce of Mobile, Brewton, AL, USA. (April 12, 2015).
Music Performance - Major Participant, Oratorio/Opera/Musical
Rowell, T. L. "Manon Lescaut," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 29, 2015).
Rowell, T. L. "Night of Song," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 16, 2015).
Rowell, T. L. "Afternoon of Stars," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 15, 2015).
Rowell, T. L. "Radiant Joy," Johnson City Symphony Orchestra, Johnson City, TN, USA. (March 8, 2015).
Rowell, T. L. "The Light in the Piazza," Chickasaw Civic Theatre, Chickasaw, AL, USA. (February 1, 2015).
Rowell, T. L. "The Light in the Piazza," Chickasaw Civic Theatre, Chickasaw, AL, USA. (January 31, 2015).
Rowell, T. L. "Christmas Eve," Trinity Episcopal Church Choir, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 24, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Sounds of the Season," Mobile Pops, Austal USA, Saraland, AL, USA. (December 19, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Sounds of the Season," Mobile Pops, Austal USA, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 15, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Christmas Gift," Bella Voce of Mobile, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 7, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Handel's "Messiah"," Springhill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 7, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Handel's "Messiah"," Choral Society of Pensacola, Pensacola, FL, USA. (December 6, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "President's Holiday Concert," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 4, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Holiday Choral Concert," University Chorale, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 2, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Gala Concert of Opera and Musical Theatre Scenes," USA Opera Theatre, Mobile, AL, USA.
Rowell, T. L. "Gala Concert of Opera and Musical Theatre Scenes," USA Opera Theatre, Mobile, AL, USA.
Rowell, T. L. "Gala Concert of Opera and Musical Theatre Scenes," Preview program at Cottage Hill Presbyterian
Church, USA Opera Theatre, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 21, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Werther," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 26, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Werther," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 24, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Night of Song," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 13, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "Afternoon of Stars," Mobile Opera, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 12, 2014).
Music Performance - Recitalist
Rowell, T. L. Faculty Voice Recital with Anne Duraski, mezzo soprano, Laura Moore, piano, Mobile, AL, USA.
(October 13, 2014).
Rowell, T. L. "The Addams Family," Theatre USA, Mobile, AL, USA. (August 25, 2014 - October 12, 2014).
Peter Wood
Conference Program, "USA Trumpet Ensemble performance," International Trumpet Guild, King of Prussia, PA.
(May 24, 2014).
Workshop, "Rotary Trumpet session performance," International Trumpet Guild, King of Prussia, PA. (May 22,
2014).
Wood, P. J. "Fauré's Requiem," Pascagoula Church Orchestra, Pascagoula Church, Pascagoula, MS, USA. (April 18,
2015 - April 19, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "This is Christmas performances," Springhill Baptist Church Orchestra, Springhill Baptist Church,
Mobile, AL, USA. (December 13, 2014 - December 14, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Handel's Messiah," Springhill Presbyterian Orchestra, Springhill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL,
USA. (December 7, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Guest Faculty Trumpet Recital," Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA. (October 13, 2014 October 14, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Solo artist, USA Electroacoustic Music Concert," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
(March 26, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "The Music of David Z. Durant and Friends," Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 19,
2015).
Wood, P. J. "New York University Interative Arts Series," New York University, New York, NY, USA. (October 20,
2014).
Wood, P. J. "Guest trumpet soloist on Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Flight of the Bumblebee"," Phillips Preparatory School
Symphonic Band, Phillips Preparatory School, Mobile, AL, USA. (May 13, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Orchestral section master class," The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, USA. (April
9, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "Orchestral section master class," Troy University, Troy, AL, USA. (April 8, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "Guest Trumpet Master Class," Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA. (October 14, 2014).
Linda Zoghby
Zoghby, L. V. "President's Holiday Concert," Dept of Music, Mobile AL USA. (December 5, 2014).
Zoghby, L. V. "Gala Concert," USA Opera Theatre, USA Dept of Music, Mobile AL USA. (November 21, 2014 November 23, 2014).
Zoghby, L. V. Guest Soloist, Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mobile AL USA. (October 17, 2014).
David Durant
Music Composition - Major Work, Performance, Prof Ensemble
Durant, D. Z. "Faji for Clarinet and Soundfile," Esther Lamneck, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, New
York, New York, USA. (June 5, 2014).
Jeannette Fresne
Music Composition - Other Work or Arrangement, Publication
Coffey, T., & Fresne, J. (2015). Fruit of the Spirit. In E. McCammon (Ed.), Sing for Joy: New Gospel Songs (80–81).
Knoxville, TN: Cumberland Valley Music Company.
1. This book will be used in a singing school in the summer of 2015.
2. Thurman Coffey has published hundreds of shape-note songs written in traditional, part-writing style taught in
universities for decades. Except, Coffey learned this style in singing schools and the G.I. School, which was
documented in my dissertation, "Schools of the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company: A History from 1926
to 1964." Coffey and several other military personnel used the G.I. Bill to learn how to write this style of music. Jesse
B. Aiken created the seven-shape, shape-notes in the mid-19th Century in Virginia. (This is not to be confused with
the 4-shape system referred to as Sacred Harp.)
Music Composition - Other Work or Arrangement, Publication
Coffey, T., & Fresne, J. (2014). Wonderful joy. In M. Phillips & A. Phillips (Eds.), Hallelujah – What a Time! (92–93).
Crossett, AR: jeffress/phillips music.
1. This book was used in a singing school in the summer of 2014.
2. Thurman Coffey has published hundreds of shape-note songs written in traditional, part-writing style taught in
universities for decades. Except, Coffey learned this style in singing schools and the G.I. School, which was
documented in my dissertation, "Schools of the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company: A History from 1926
to 1964." Coffey and several other military personnel used the G.I. Bill to learn how to write this style of music. Jesse
B. Aiken created the seven-shape, shape-notes in the mid-19th Century in Virginia. (This is not to be confused with
the 4-shape system referred to as Sacred Harp.)
Tracy Heavner
Conducting
Heavner, T. L. (2015) “University of South Alabama Jazz Ensemble I Spring Concert”, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
(March 24, 2015).
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “University of South Alabama Jazz Ensemble I Fall Concert”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (October
28, 2014).
Guest Soloist
Heavner, T. L. (2015) “University of South Alabama Jazz Ensemble I Spring Concert”, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
(March 24, 2015).
Podcast Recording
Heavner, T. L. (2014) "Alabama All-State Saxophone Audition Podcast Recording," University of South Alabama,
Mobile, Alabama, USA. (October 15, 2014).
Saxophone Master Class
Heavner, T. L. (2015) “Theodore High School Saxophone Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (March 26, 2015).
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “University of South Alabama Honor Band Saxophone Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA.
(December 6, 2014).
Woodwind Master Class (Flute, Clarinet and Saxophone)
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “Semmes Middle School Woodwind Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (May 24, 2014).
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “Clark Middle School Woodwind Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (May 23, 2014).
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “Causey Middle School Woodwind Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (May 22, 2014).
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “Faith Academy Woodwind Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (May 21, 2014).
Heavner, T. L. (2014) “Baker High School Woodwind Masterclass”, Mobile, Alabama, USA. (May 20, 2014).
Robert Holm
Holm, R. E. "Lois Pickard Competition accompanist," Students of Robert Holm, Birmingham Southern University,
Birmingham, AL. (January 31, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "2nd piano with h.s. piano concerto soloists," Holm with Natalie Newton and Giovanni Bracchi,
Lousiana Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orleans, LA. (October 18, 2014).
Holm, R. E. "Archuke + Rudolf Trio plays Mahler, Haken and Faure," Archudke Trio (Holm, Yu, Huang), Haken
and Leska, USA Musical Arts Series, Laidlaw Recital Hall, Mobile, AL. (February 26, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Tristate Piano Quartet Recital," Tristate Piano Quartet (Holm, Gregoire, Haken, Russakovsky), USA
Musical Arts Series, Mobile, AL. (January 16, 2015).
Holm, R. E. "Jose Sunderland Faculty recital," Holm and Sunderland, USA Recital Hall. (July 8, 2014).
William Petersen
Petersen, W. H. “Host Concert for 2015 Alabama All-State Band Festival", USA Wind Ensemble, William Petersen,
Mobile, AL, USA. (Invited April 2014; Accepted April 2014; Performance April 17, 2015).
Luis Rivera
Rivera, L. C. "Spring Concert," USA Steel Band, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 30, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Spring Concert," USA World Music Ensemble, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 30, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Spring Concerts," USA Percussion Ensemble, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 7, 2015 - April 8, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "President's Holiday Concert," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 4, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Football Game," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 28, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Football Game," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 15, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Fall Concerts," USA Percussion Ensemble, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 3, 2014 - November 4, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Fall Concerts," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (November 3, 2014 - November 4, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Football Game," USA Jaguar Drumline, Lafayette, LA, USA. (November 1, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Football Game," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 18, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Football Game," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 20, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Football Game," USA Jaguar Drumline, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 13, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "President's Holiday Concert," USA Department of Music, Mobile, AL, USA. (December 5, 2014).
Rivera, L. C. "Faculty Percussion Recital," Mobile, AL, USA. (April 2, 2015).
Rivera, L. C. "Music as Process Faculty Recital," Novus Percutere Percussion Duo, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 26,
2014).
Wood, P. J. "Classical subscription concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (April 11, 2015 - April
12, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "Classical subscription concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (March 21, 2015 March 22, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "Classical subscription concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 21, 2015 February 22, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "Classical subscription concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 17, 2015 January 18, 2015).
Wood, P. J. "Pops concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (October 11, 2014 - October 12, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Classical subscription concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (September 13, 2014 September 14, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Pops concert," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (July 24, 2014).
Wood, P. J. "Pops concerts," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL, USA. (May 3, 2014 - May 4, 2014).
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Jasmin Arakawa
Arakawa, M. J. "Double Reed Day Faculty Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (March 28, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Nibley, J. "Guest Faculty Trumpet Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (February 10,
2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Noah, L. "Faculty Percussion Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 9,
2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Hagen, T. "Guest Flute Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 2, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Opera Preview Show," Cottage Hill Presbyterian Church. (November 14, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Trumpet Studio Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. (April 29, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Flute Studio Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (February 3, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Tuba Euphonium Fall Studio Recital," Mobile, AL. (December 7, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Wind Ensemble Concert," Mobile, AL. (December 6, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Trumpet Studio Recital," Mobile, AL. (December 1, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "USA Opera Theater Gala Concert," Mobile, AL. (November 23, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. "Faculty Piano Recital," University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA. (January 22, 2015).
Arakawa, M. J., Haken, R. "Viola vs Piano Faculty Recital." (September 16, 2014).
Arakawa, M. J. ""Back to Bach"," Mobile Symphony Orchestra, Mobile, AL. (February 21, 2015 - February 22, 2015).
RECORDINGS
Rebecca Mindock
Mindock, R. A. (2014). 2015 Alabama All-State Podcasts: High School Bassoon. University of South Alabama
Department of Music. www.southalabama.edu/music/allstate/
Mindock, R. A. (2014). 2015 Alabama All-State Podcasts: High School Oboe. University of South Alabama
Mindock, R. A. (2014). 2015 Alabama All-State Podcasts: Middle School Bassoon. University of South Alabama
Mindock, R. A. (2014). 2015 Alabama All-State Podcasts: Middle School Oboe. University of South Alabama
William Petersen
Petersen, W. H. (2014). Jaguar Marching Band Season-in-Review. Jaguar Marching Band. University of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Luis Rivera-Carrero
Rivera-Carrero, L. C. (2014). Adam Silverman: Percussion Music. Tallahassee, FL: Garnet Records.
Rivera-Carrero, L. C. (2014). Alabama All-State Percussion Audition Music.
http://www.southalabama.edu/colleges/music/allstate/index.html
Andra Bohnet
Bohnet, A. C., World Flute Society Convention, "A Quick and Dirty Guide to Celtic Flute and Whistle," World Flute
Society, Eau Claire, WI. (July 18, 2014).
David Durant
Durant, D. Z., Firenze Multimedia Conference, "Composition Techniques for Chamber Ensemble and Soundfile,"
Conservatorio di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" di Firenze, Italy, Florence, Italy. (July 13, 2014).
Greg Gruner
Gruner, G. L. (Presenter), Bay Fest Student Workshop, "Pursuing Music Studies in Higher Education," Bay Fest,
Laidlaw Performing Arts Center, Mobile, AL. (September 20, 2014).
GRANTS
Jasmin Arakawa
Arakawa, M.J. Professional CD recording of Leopold Godowsky’s Java Suite for Piano, FY 2015 ORED Arts and
Humanities Small Grant Program, $1423. (March 31, 2015).
Jeannette Fresne
Fresne, J. (Principal), "Comprehensive Arts Education: Alabama," Sponsored by Alabama Commission on Higher
Education and No Child Left Behind legislation, Federal, $170,000. (March 2015 - May 2016).
Fresne, J. (Principal), Giles, R. M. (Co-Principal), "Literacy, Numeracy, Si! and Musica y Mas!," Sponsored by
Malone Family Foundation, External to the University, $35,000. (March 2015 - December 2015).
Fresne, J. (Principal), "Comprehensive Arts Education: Alabama," Sponsored by Alabama Commission on Higher
Education and No Child Left Behind legislation, Federal, $180,000. (March 2014 - May 2015).
Fresne, J. (Principal), Giles, R. M. (Co-Principal), "Literacy, Numeracy, Si!," Sponsored by Malone Family
Foundation, External to the University, $35,000. (March 1, 2014 - December 30, 2014).
Rebecca Mindock
Mindock, R. A. (March 7, 2015). World Premiere Performance of “Petit Concert en Sextuor” for oboe, harpsichord,
and string quartet by composer Brian Joyce. University of South Alabama College of Arts and Sciences Support and
Development Award. $1,200.
Luis Rivera
Rivera, L. C., “Julie Hill Guest Artist Residency,” Sponsored by Student Government Association, Internal to the
University, $1363.82. (January 2015 - April 2015).
Rivera, L. C., "Julie Hill Master Class," Sponsored by Innovative Percussion, Private, $100. (January 2015 - April
2015).
Rivera, L. C., "Julie Hill Master Class," Sponsored by Zildjian Cymbals, Private, $150. (January 2015 - April 2015).
Rivera, L. C., “Scott Herring Guest Artist Residency,” Sponsored by Student Government Association, Internal to the
University, $1000. (January 2015 – April 2015).
Rivera, L. C., "Scott Herring Master Class," Sponsored by Remo Drum Heads, Private, $100. (January 2015 - April
2015).
Rivera, L. C., "Scott Herring Master Class," Sponsored by Zildjian Cymbals, Private, $150. (January 2015 - April
2015).
Rivera, L. C., “Benjamin Fraley Guest Artist Recital,” Sponsored by Student Government Association, Internal to the
University,” $400.00. (January 2015 – February 2015).
Rivera, L. C., "Benjamin Fraley Master Class," Sponsored by Innovative Percussion, Private, $100. (January 2015 February 2015).
Rivera, L. C., “Jerry Tachoir Guest Artist Recital,” Sponsored by Student Government Association, Internal to the
University, $900. (September 2014 – October 2014).
Rivera, L. C., "Jerry Tachoir Master Class," Sponsored by Andy's Music, Private, $100. (September 2014 - October
2014).
Rivera, L. C., "Jerry Tachoir Master Class," Sponsored by Ludwig/Musser, Private, $100. (September 2014 - October
2014).
Rivera, L. C., “Steel Drum Tuning/Maintenance,” Sponsored by Student Government Association, Internal to the
University, $1080. (August 2014 – September 2014).
Rivera, L. C., “New Commission and World Premiere for Vibraphone and Drumset Duet by Ivan Trevino,”
Sponsored by College of Arts and Sciences Support and Development Award, Internal to the University, $1500.
(January 2014 – September 2014).
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. John Coker
PROFESSORS
Dr. Kevin Meeker
Dr. Eric Loomis
Dr. Ted Poston
Dr. Allan Hillman
Dr. Susan Youngblood
SECRETARY
Ms. Patsy Jordan
The Philosophy Department faculty continued their very high level of research productivity. Among the research
activities, the highlight was the publication of two books: Hume’s Radical Scepticism and the Fate of Naturalized
Epistemology (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) by Dr. Kevin Meeker, and Reason & Explanation: A Defense of
Explanatory Coherentism (New York: Palgrave McMillan, 2014) by Dr. Ted Poston.
Of Hume’s Radical Scepticism and the Fate of Naturalized Epistemology, a reviewer in the Notre Dame Philosophical
Reviews stated that Dr. Meeker’s contribution “will undoubtedly be a central source for future discussions by
scholars on the relation between naturalism and scepticism in Hume's philosophy.” Of Reason & Explanation: A
Defense of Explanatory Coherentism a reviewer in the same journal writes that Dr. Poston’s book is one “worthy of
careful study.” These two texts have already considerably raised the research profile of the Department and will
continue to do so as they are read and reviewed more widely.
Dr. Poston also had two peer-reviewed journal articles published: a co-authored article in the journal Thought and
an article in a special issue of the journal Metaphilosophy. He further published book chapter in Skeptical Theism:
New Essays, (Oxford University Press, 2014). Dr. Hillman presented two papers at professional conferences, Dr.
Meeker one paper, and Dr. Poston six papers.
Dr. Poston received a $10,000 grant from the Templeton Foundation. He was also the co-organizer of the Society of
Christian Philosophers meeting in Mobile, Alabama, in April 2014.
The USA Philosophy Department once again hosted the Orange Beach Epistemology Workshop on May 19-20th,
2014. This was organized by Dr. Poston and was the 6th annual Workshop. The Workshop undoubtedly continues
to raise the profile of USA and the Department as is evident from a survey of the participating institutions in 2014.
They include many of the top philosophy programs in the world: New York University, Rutgers, Notre Dame,
Purdue, William and Mary, and several others.
The Department is also delighted that Dr. Eric Loomis, Associate Professor, was named Associate Dean of the
College of Arts & Sciences. He started his new position in September of 2014.
Finally, the Department was thrilled to hire Dr. Samuel Baker to begin teaching Classics at USA. Dr. Baker
specializes in Aristotle and earned his B.A. at Yale, his M. Phil at Cambridge, and his Ph.D. at Princeton. He will join
the Department in August, 2015.
Ted Poston
Poston, T. & McCain, K. (2014). “Why explanatoriness is evidentially relevant.’" Thought 3:2, 145-153
Poston, T. (2014). “Finite Reasons without Foundations” Metaphilosophy: Special Issues on the Regress Problem
45:2, 182-191.
Ted Poston
Poston, T. (2014). “Skeptical Theism within Reason.” in Skeptical Theism: New Essays. Oxford. eds. Trent Dougherty
and Justin McBrayer.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS
Kevin Meeker
Meeker, K. (2013). Hume’s Radical Scepticism and the Fate of Naturalized Epistemology. New York: Palgrave
Macmillan.
Ted Poston
Poston, T. (2014). Reason & Explanation: A Defense of Explanatory Coherentism. Palgrave.
REVIEWS
Kevin Meeker
Meeker, K. (2014). Review of the book Hume’s Epistemology in the Treatise: A Veritistic Interpretation. Notre
Dame Philosophical Reviews, http:ndpr.nd.edu/news/50338-hume-s-epistemology-in-the-treatise/
Meeker, K. (2015). Review of the book Hume’s Skeptical Crisis: A Textual Study. Mind, 124, 493, 331-334.
Meeker, K. (2015). Review of the book The Riddle of Hume’s Treatise: Skepticism, Naturalism, and Irreligion. Mind,
124, 494, 675-679.
T. Allan Hillman
Hillman, T. A. (2014, October). “Scotus & the Nature of Justice.” Alabama Philosophical Society, Pensacola, FL.
Hillman, T. Allan. (2015, March). “Scotus & God’s Arbitrary Will – A Reassessment.” Midsouth Philosophy
Conference, Memphis TN.
Kevin Meeker
Meeker, K. (2014). Hume and Historical Interpretation. Paper presented at the meeting of the Alabama
Philosophical Society in Pensacola, FL.
Ted Poston
Poston, T. (2014). “Acquaintance and the Fleeting Present” Orange Beach Epistemology Workshop.
Poston, T. (2014, October). “Know how and testimony” Alabama Philosophical Society.
Poston, T. (2014). “The Argument from so many arguments” Baylor University, workshop on the two dozen
arguments for theism.
Poston, T. (2015). “Comments on knowledge how and intellectualism” American Philosophical Association, Central
Meeting, St. Louis.
Poston, T. (2015, March). “Will there be skeptics in heaven?,” Society of Christian Philosophers.
Poston, T. (2015, April). “Will there be skeptics in heaven?,” Paradise Conference, Christopher Newport University.
GRANTS
Ted Poston
Poston, T. (2015, May). Templeton Foundation, The Economics of Trust. $10,000. Funded.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. S.L. Varghese, Retired December 2014
INTERIM CHAIR
Dr. Justin M. Sanders
PROFESSORS
Dr. Charles Jenkins
Dr. Albert Gapud
Dr. Romulus Godang
Dr. Justin M. Sanders
Dr. Jacob Burress
Dr. Jianing Han
Dr. Jeremy Scott
INSTRUCTORS
Mr. Michael Boleman
Ms. Marija Novovic-Zec
SECRETARIES
Ms. Christina Zdenek
Ms. Betty Eubanks, Retired December 2014
The year from May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 brought a number of significant changes to the Physics Department.
We welcomed Dr. Jianing Han as a new faculty member. We also saw the retirement of our Chair, Dr. S.L.
Varghese, and our Department Secretary, Ms. Betty Eubanks. Ms. Tina Zdenek was hired to fill the Department
Secretary position, and Dr. Justin M. Sanders was appointed Interim Chair.
Dr. S.L. Varghese’s retirement became effective December 31, 2014. He had been a faculty member at USA since
1980, and had served as the Chair of the Physics Department for 22 years. In 2003, he took on the additional duty of
Associate Dean for the College of Science. During his forty-year professional career, Dr. Varghese exemplified
excellence in teaching, research, and service.
Ms. Eubanks retired effective December 31, 2014. She had been with the department since November 2003. During
her time with the department, she won employee service awards for her diligence. She was very popular with
students who referred to her affectionately as “Ms. Betty.”
Dr. Jianing Han joined the faculty as a tenure-track assistant professor in August 2014. She received her B.S. and
M.S. in Physics from Hebei University and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Virginia. Her area of
expertise is the interaction of cold atoms with each other and with laser beams.
The Physics faculty continued to provide high quality educational experience to University of South Alabama
students. Faculty members routinely provided problem-solving sessions and astronomy viewings for service courses.
The department continued to provide approximately 20 hours per week of free tutoring, staffed by upper division
physics majors, for all the service courses. Dr. Albert Gapud is the new supervisor for the tutoring program, and he
has taken steps to make it better known to the students and to insure that they find it to be welcoming and helpful.
Outstanding students in the introductory sequences were recognized by the faculty. In the Physics with Algebra/Trig
sequence, Ravi S. Rajendra was named outstanding student, while Virginia H. Behlen was selected for honorable
mention. In the Physics with Calculus sequence, Michael T. Wiesneth was named outstanding student, while Steven
J. Shettlesworth and Tristan Hunt were awarded honorable mentions. Dr. Justin M. Sanders was recognized with a
“Top Prof” designation by the USA Chapter of Mortar Board Honor Society.
Among the Physics majors, Jimmie L. Jones was the recipient of the Promising Student Award. Lindsay
Hutcherson received the USA Foundation Physics Scholarship for 2015-2016. The faculty selected Kevin Ingles for
the 2015-2016 Physics Faculty Honors Fellowship. George Bassett and Rodney Thompson received Jared Adkins
Memorial Physics Scholarships. Jie Zhou Hawes and Aaron Anderson were named outstanding graduating physics
students, and they were each recognized with a boxed set of The Feynman Lectures on Physics.
The department’s long-standing encouragement of undergraduate research was represented this year with Donald
Bethea and Steven Hinson participating in the UCUR Summer Research program. Bethea worked with Dr. Jacob
Burress and Hinson worked with Dr. Romulus Godang. Their research was supported during the academic year by
the award of Helminger Undergraduate Research Fellowships to each of them.
Physics faculty were engaged in all aspects of scholarly research activities. Drs. Gapud and Godang published peerreviewed papers, and Dr. Godang edited a book chapter. Drs. Burress, Godang, and Han procured both internal
and external grants to support research activities in the department.
Drs. Godang and Han made presentations at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American
Physical Society. Dr. Gapud also attended this meeting. Dr. Godang gave presentations at the Belle II Collaboration
General Meeting in Japan, the Belle II Collaboration Distributed Computing Meeting, the Belle II Computing
Workshop in Italy, and the Belle II Software Development Meeting. Drs. Burress, Godang, Han, and Jenkins
contributed posters to the USA Annual Research Forum.
Dr. Albert Gapud was the lead organizer for the 24th Annual Mini-Conference on Undergraduate Research in
Sciences and Mathematics. USA physics students and faculty who gave presentations were: students Lindsay
Hutcherson, Steven Hinson, and Kevin Ingles, and Drs. Kent Clark (retired), Han, and Burress.
Drs. Gapud, Sanders, and Paul Helminger (emeritus) attended the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Section of the
Association of Physics Teachers.
Physics faculty served as on the editorial boards of two journals: Dr. Han on the board of the International Journal of
Science & Application, and Dr. Clark (retired), Dr. Sanders, and Mr. Rod Mollise (part-time instructor) on the
board of Journal of Double Star Observations. In addition, faculty served as peer-reviewers for The Physics Teacher,
Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation, & Cosmology, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Open
Journal of Microphysics, and Journal of Quantum Physics. Faculty who served as reviewers were Drs. Burress,
Godang, Han, Sanders, and Mr. Michael Boleman.
The University of South Alabama will host the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American
Physical Society at the Riverview Hotel in Mobile in November 2015. The local organizing committee consisting of
Drs. Godang (chair), Gapud, Helminger, Jenkins, and Sanders, along with Dr. Mark Byrne of Spring Hill College,
have worked diligently to insure a successful meeting for the approximately two hundred attendees expected.
The USA Chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS), with Dr. Sanders as advisor, remains active. It sponsored
picnics in the Fall and Spring semesters, and a trip to the Southeast Regional Stargaze in Norwood, LA, in November
2014.
As in the past, USA Physics faculty members have served the university community and the general public. Dr.
Sanders serves as the Project Director for Alabama Science in Motion (ASIM) at USA. The ASIM grant was renewed
for a twentieth year in 2014, and ASIM Project Specialists Robin Chestnutt (Physics), Harriet Clements (Biology),
and Jessica Owen (Chemistry) took SIM laboratories to classrooms in Mobile County and surrounding counties.
The Tuesday Evening Physics program, organized by Dr. Godang and members of the Recruitment Committee, had
a large participation. Drs. Burress, Gapud, Godang, Han, Jenkins, and Sanders gave presentations to students. A
total of 81 students from 6 high schools attended with average attendance of 44 per session.
In February, the department hosted the 21st Annual Physics Teacher/Student Workshop. It was organized by the
Recruitment Committee (Dr. Godang, chair). Drs. Gapud, Han, and Jenkins gave presentations to the teachers.
Mr. Boleman, Ms. Novovic, and Ms. Chestnutt engaged the students with hands-on experiments, and Drs. Burress
and Sanders spoke to the students about physics careers and toured the department’s research laboratories. The
students program concluded with a Physics Demonstration session with Drs. Godang, Jeremy Scott, Gapud and a
group of SPS members. A total of 16 teachers and 34 students from coastal Alabama and Mississippi attended.
From November to early May, eight students from Alabama School of Math & Science participated in a laboratory
internship program. Four students worked in Dr. Godang’s laboratory, and four worked with Dr. Han. The
students came for an hour and a half once a week. Their time was a combination of receiving instruction on physics
research by their mentor and assisting their mentor in his or her research.
Other outreach and service activities were astronomy viewing for the Honors Program Retreat, astronomy viewing
for Montessori World pre-school, a workshop on Rotational Motion for Mobile County Public School system AP
Physics teachers, the judging for the Regional Science Olympiad, and judging for the Mobile Regional Science and
Engineering Fair. Drs. Gapud, Godang, Han, Sanders, Scott, and Ms. Novovic were involved in one or more of
these activities.
Albert A. Gapud
Gapud, A. A., Greenwood, N. T., Alexander, J. A., Khan, A., Leonard, K. J., Aytug, T., List, F. A., Rupich, M. W., &
Zhang, Y. (2015). Irradiation response of commercial, high-Tc superconducting tapes: Electromagnetic transport
properties. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 462(0), 108-113.
Leonard, K. J., Aytug, T., Gapud, A. A., List, F. A. I., Greenwood, N. T., Zhang, Y., Perez-Bergquist, A. G., & Weber,
W. J. (2014). Irradiation Response Of Next Generation High Temperature Superconductors For Fusion Energy
Applications. Fusion Science and Technology, 66, 57-62.
Romulus Godang
Lees, J.P., … Godang, R. et al. (2014). Study of the Reaction e+e--> Psi(2S)pi+pi- via Initial- State Radiation at
BABAR. Phys. Rev. D 89, 111103.
Lees, J.P., … Godang, R. et al. (2014). Search for di-Muon Decays of a Light CP-odd Higgs Boson in Radiative
Upsilon(1S) Decays. Phys. Rev. D 87, 059903.
Lees, J.P., … Godang, R. et al. (2014). Measurement of D0-D0bar Mixing and CP Violation in Two-Body D0 Decays.
Phys. Rev. D 87, 012004.
Lees, J.P., … Godang, R. et al. (2014). Search for a low mass scalar Higgs Boson decaying to a tau pair in singlephoton decays of Upsilon(1S). Phys. Rev. D 88, 071102.
Lees, J.P., … Godang, R. et al. (2014). Search for Direct CP violation in Singly-Cabibbo Suppressed D+  K+K-pi+
decays. Phys. Rev. D 87, 052010.
Lees, J.P., … Godang, R. et al. (2014). Search for CP violation in the decays D+ -> Ks K+, D(s)+ -> Ks K+, and Ds+->
Ks pi+. Phys. Rev. D 87, 052012.
Romulus Godang
Godang, R. et al. (2015). Upsilon(4S) to B0-B0bar. In Bevan, A., Golob, B., Mannel, T., Prell, S., & Yabsley, B. (eds.),
The Physics of the B Factories. Berlin: Springer- Verlag.
Jianing Han
Balasubramanian V., & Han, J. (Eds.). (2014). International Journal of Science and Application. South India: VENUS
Publications.
Justin M. Sanders
Clark, R.K., Mollise, R., Genet, R.M., & Sanders, J.M. (2014). (Eds.). Journal of Double Star Observations. Mobile, AL:
University of South Alabama.
ABSTRACTS
Romulus Godang
Godang, R. (2014). Search for New Physics at BABAR [Abstract]. The 81st Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern
Section, South Carolina.
Godang, R. (2014). CP Violation and Hot Topics at BABAR [Abstract]. BABAR Jambore Meeting, SLAC National
Accelerator Center, California.
Godang, R. and Hinson, S. (2015). Measurement of the Branching Fraction of B Meson Decay to K*0 Gamma at
Belle II [Abstract]. 24th Annual USA/USM/SELU Mini Conference, Alabama.
Godang, R. and Hinson, S. (2015). Measurement of B Meson Decays to K* Gamma at Belle II Experiment [Abstract].
The 22nd of the University of South Alabama Annual Research Forum, Alabama
C. Merrill Jenkins
Jenkins, C. M. (2015). The Mu2E Collaboration, “Overview of the Fermilab Mu2e Experiment”, 22nd Annual
Graduate Research Forum, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Poster 56.
Jacob Burress
Burress, J., Bethea, D., Frangos, K., Parkes, J., & Troub, B. (2015) Graphene Oxide Frameworks for Hydrogen Storage
and Carbon Capture Applications. Poster presented at the USA Faculty Development Council's 2015 Annual
Graduate Research Forum, Mobile, AL.
Burress, J., Bethea, D. (2014) Graphene Oxide Frameworks : A Perfect Substrate for Hydrogen Storage. Poster
presented at the 2014 UCUR Symposium, Mobile, AL.
Romulus Godang
Godang, R. et al. (2015) Belle II: AMGA-DFC Study. The 20th Belle II General Meeting, Belle II Collaboration
Meeting, Japan.
Godang, R. (2015) Search for New Physics at BABAR. The 81st Annual Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section,
South Carolina.
Godang, R. (2015) AMGA Database System for Belle II. Belle II Distributed Computing Meeting. Belle II Group.
Godang, R. and Steven, H. (2015) Measurement of B0 Meson Decays to K*0 Gamma at Belle II Experiment. Poster
presentation at the USA Faculty Development Council the 22nd Annual Graduate Research Forum.
Godang, R. (2014) Generators and Decay Files. The 18th Belle II General Meeting, Belle II Collaboration Meeting,
Japan.
Godang, R. et al. (2014) AMGA-DFC Study. Belle II Distributed Computing Meeting Belle II Group.
Godang, R. (2014) Generators Validation Framework. The 10th Belle II Computing Workshop, Italy.
Godang, R. (2014) EvtGen New Release: R01-03-00. The Belle II Software Development Meeting.
Jianing Han
Han, J. & Hu, C. (2014). The calculation of few-body van der Waals interactions. Paper presented at the 81st Annual
Meeting of the APS Southeastern Section.
GRANTS
Jacob Burress
Burress, Jacob, (2015, January) USA Physics Colloquium Series for Academic Year 2014-2015, USA Support and
Development Award, $1,500.
Burress, J. (2014, January) Graphene Oxide Frameworks for Gas Storage and Separations, USA A&S Summer
Professional Development Award, $5,000.
Burress, J. (2014, March) Engineering Graphene Oxide Frameworks for Reduction of Greenhouse Gases, USA Faculty
Development Council Award, $5,000.
Romulus Godang
Godang, R. (2014,March). The Belle II Distributed Computing and Data Management. Sub-contact with Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory. $36,305
Godang, R. & Hinson, S. (2014, March). Measurement of B0 Meson to K* Gamma Decay. USA UCUR. $2,500
Godang, R. & Hinson, S. (2015, January). Measurement of Branching Fraction of B to D*Lepton Neutrino. USA
UCUR. $2,500
Godang, R. (2014, March). The Belle II Distributed Computing and Data Management. Sub-contact with Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory. $36,305
Jianing Han
Han, J. (2015, January) Superradiance and its effects on ultracold plasma, USA Faculty Development Council, $5,000.
Merrill Jenkins
Jenkins, C. M. (PI) and Godang, R., “Closeout Report: Experimental High Energy Physics at the University of South
Alabama”, submitted on July 3, 2014.
Justin M. Sanders
Sanders, J.M. (2014, October) A Plan for Alabama’s Science in Motion, Alabama State Department of Education,
$360,135.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Nader Entessar
PROFESSORS
Dr. Nader Entessar
Dr. David Bowers
Dr. Samuel Fisher
Dr. Mir Zohair Husain
Dr. Ronald Nelson,
Dr. Keith Nicholls
Dr. Corina Schulze
Dr. Thomas Shaw
Dr. Jaclyn Bunch
Dr. Stephen Costanza
Dr. Sarah Koon-Magnin
SECRETARIES
Ms. Dell Connell
The Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice had a productive year of teaching, research and service.
Faculty attended workshops and participated in a number of local, regional and national conferences. They
produced significant publications and research papers.
The Department, in conjunction with the University of South Alabama Foundation, sponsored the Second Annual
Judge Harry J. Wilters Jr. Lecture on Constitutional Law and Professional Ethics. This year’s Wilters Lecture, which
was on the topic of marriage and constitutional change, was delivered by Dr. Mark E. Brandon, Dean and Thomas E.
McMillan Professor of Law at the University Of Alabama School Of Law.
Dr. Keith Nicholls, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Associate Director of the Coastal Resource &
Resiliency Center, Community Health Workers Training Project at the University of South Alabama, has secured
$7.4 million in new or ongoing funded grants.
Dr. Thomas Shaw, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the USA Polling Group, was successful in
securing $121,455 in new or ongoing funded grants.
Dr. Ronal Nelson, Associate Professor of Political Science, received the “Excellence in Academic Advising” Award
from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Mir Zohair Husain, Associate Professor of Political Science, received the “Teaching Excellence” Award from the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Ronald Nelson serves as the pre-law advisor for the University and represented the Department during the USA
Day activities. Dr. Nelson’s research focuses on the intersection of law, politics and society. Dr. Nelson serves as the
co-chair of USA’s Humanities and Social Science Colloquium. He is the principal representative of our Department
at USA Day and serves as the organizer of the Constitution Day for the University. Dr. Nelson is also an active
participant in numerous College and University committees.
Dr. Thomas Shaw has been an active researcher in his field and has continued to serve with the Health Disparities
Research Group (HDRG) to examine to examine and address problems of health disparities in the local and regional
community. He also serves as the Director of the USA Polling Group.
Dr. David Bowers has continued to do research on youth violence and has produced a number of technical reports
for the Alabama Department of Youth Services. He has been active in presenting papers at academic conferences in
his field and has submitted grant proposals, which are pending.
Dr. Stephen Costanza has published a number of articles in academic journals and presented papers at academic
conferences. Dr. Costanza has submitted grant proposals in conjunction with the local law enforcement agencies.
Dr. Sara Koon-Magnin has two journal articles accepted for publication this year and has several manuscripts under
review. In addition, she has presented papers at academic meetings and participated in a variety of extracurricular
activities at the University of South Alabama. She has also been involved in offering courses via the Gender Studies
Program and has participated as a member of the Learning Communities. Dr. Koon-Magnin is the co-director of
the new minor in Forensic Science. She was the recipient of the Mahan-Brandon award for research in Gender
Studies for her project on assessing the experiences of sexual assault response team (SART) stakeholders.
Dr. Mir Zohair Husain taught a variety of courses for a number of programs (including the Honors Program and the
Weekend College) during the academic year 2014-2015. In addition, Dr. Husain has been a prolific speaker, giving
talks to a number of community groups. He has also been active in presenting papers at academic conferences and
inviting guest speakers, including Dr. David Sorenson of the Air War College, to his classes. Dr. Husain also serves
as the Department’s faculty advisor to Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society.
Dr. Samuel Fisher serves as the Director of our Department’s MPA program and is a participant in the University’s
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Dr. Fisher serves as the treasurer and the webmaster for the American Council
for Quebec Studies which awarded him its Distinguished Service Award in October 2014. He participates as a table
leader, AP readings in U.S. government and an AP syllabi auditor. He also was interviewed by local and state radio
stations on issues relating to elections and Alabama politics. Dr. Fisher is also president-elect of the Southwestern
Social Science Association.
Dr. Keith Nicholls serves as the Senior Associate Director, Community Health Work Training Program, at USA’s
Coastal Resources and Resiliency Center. Dr. Nicholls has been involved in securing major grants.
Dr. Corina Schulze has presented papers at academic conferences and has articles and book chapters accepted for
publication. She is involved in a number of University and community organizations. She participates in both
Gender Studies Program and African-American Studies Program and offers courses through these two programs.
Dr. Schulze also serves as the Department’s faculty advisor to Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor
Society.
Dr. Jaclyn Bunch joined our Department this year. She teaches both undergraduate courses in Political Science and
graduate courses in our MPA program. Despite her short tenure at the University of South Alabama, Dr. Bunch has
been an active researcher. She has presented two papers at academic conferences and has published a journal article
and a book chapter this year.
Dr. Nader Entessar presented papers at national and international conferences, including two invited papers at
Georgetown University’s Center for International and Regional Studies in Doha, Qatar and the University of Exeter
in Great Britain. Dr. Entessar serves as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Third World Studies, Journal
of Central Asian Studies, American Foreign Policy—Annual Editions, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis, Digest
of Middle East Studies, Journal of Political Science & Public Affairs, and Encyclopedia of the Developing World. He
had more than thirty interviews with the Voice of America, BBC, Public Radio International, as well as printed
interviews in several newspapers. Dr. Entessar also published a number of articles, book chapters and reviews in
academic publications. His newest book will be published in September 2015.
Student Achievements
This year, the following students were recognized for academic achievements:
Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society Inductees: Nicholas A. Elmore, Amy Pounder
Excellence in Political Science: Nichols A. Elmore, Kadeem L. Fuller, Calvilyn J. Hooper, Travis Johns, Kelly L.
Palmer, Amy Pounder, Dalton C. Russell, Sherry Sewer, Tara Vertrees
Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society Inductees: Spencer J. Anderson, Rhonda M. Brown, Terrience T.
Greene, Bryanna E. Grant, Zachary D. Kuiken, Jessica M. Lowe, Aspen P. Schlesser, Emily A. Tidwell
Excellence in Criminal Justice: Spencer J. Anderson, Olivia Beech, Rhonda M. Brown, Riley Davis, Terrience T.
Greene, Bryanna E. Grant, James Haymer, Samual Kimpan, Zachary D. Kuiken, Jessica M. Lowe, Timothy
Morrissette, Katherine Musgrove, Aspen P. Schlesser, Emily A. Tidwell
David L. Horton Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Science: Nicholas A. Elmore
Criminal Justice Outstanding Student Award: Aspen P. Schlesser
James H. Boyd Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration: Jennifer Boutwell
James A. Yance Endowed Pre-Law Scholarship: K. Olivia Stitz
David Bowers
Bowers, D.A. & Costanza S.E. (2014) Aggregate Correlates of Status Offender Case Outcomes Across Counties.
Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice and Psychology, 8(1), 37-44.
Jaclyn Bunch
Bunch, J. (2014). "Does Local Autonomy Enhance Representation: The Influence of Home Rule on County
Expenditures." State and Local Government Review 46(2), 106-117.
Stephen Costanza
Bowers, D.A. & Costanza S.E. (2014) Aggregate Correlates of Status Offender Case Outcomes Across Counties.
Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice and Psychology, 8(1), 37-44.
Kilburn, J. C., Costanza, S. E., Frailing, K., & Diaz, S. (2014). A Paper Tiger on Chestnut Lane: The Significance of
NIMBY Battles in Decaying Communities. Urbanities: The Journal of the IUAES Commission on Urban
Anthropology, 4(2), 1-20.
Koski S.V.& Costanza S.E. (2015) An Examination of Narratives From Women Offenders: Are Gender-Specific
Reentry Efforts Needed? Qualitative Sociology Review 11 (1), 70-89.
Nader Entessar
Entessar, N. (2014). Tehran-Riyadh Relations: From the Cold War to Détente and Back to the Cold War, Just Peace
Diplomacy Journal, 10, 14-23.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Islamic State (ISIS), Iraq’s Future, and Prospects for Kurdish Independence. Just Peace
Diplomacy Journal, 11, 25-37.
Entessar, N. (2014). In the Tsar’s Footsteps: Will the Ukraine Crisis Transform Russia’s International Posture? Mehr
Nameh, 35, 79-93.
Sarah Koon-Magnin
Koon-Magnin, S. (2015) [available now online before print]. Perceptions of and support for sex offender policies:
Testing Levenson, Brannon, Fortney, and Baker’s findings. Journal of Criminal Justice.
Thomas Shaw
Shaw, T. (2014) “Uncovering Health Literacy: Developing a Remotely Administered Questionnaire for Determining
Health Literacy Levels in Health Disparate Populations.” Journal of Hospital Administration, 3(4): 145-56.
Jaclyn Bunch
Weissert, C. S. and Bunch, J. (2014). Federalism: Cooperation and Conflict Between State and Federal Health Care
Responsibilities (1960's-Present). In Thomas R. Oliver (Ed.), Guide to U.S Health and Health Care Policy. (pp. 127141). Washington, DC: CQ Press.
Nadar Entessar
Entessar, N. (2014). Hizbullah. In E. Shahin (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics (pp. 414-420). New
York: Oxford University Press.
Entessar, N. (2014). Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Kurdish Dilemma in Iran. In D. Romano and M. Gurses
(Eds.), Conflict, Democratization, and the Kurds in the Middle East (pp. 211-224). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Entessar, N. (2014). Los Kurdos en Iran. In M. Ferez Gil (Ed.), Estos Son Los Kurdos: Analisis de una Nacion (pp.
109-129). Mexico City: Universidad Anahuac/Editorial Porrua.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Kurds in Iran: The Quest for Identity. In Kurdish Awakening: Nation Building in a
Fragmented Homeland (pp. 233-251). Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.
Entessar, N. (2014). Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini. In A. Rippin (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies, updated edition
(http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com). New York: Oxford University Press.
Keith Nicholls
Picou, J.S., Nicholls, K., Guski, R. (2015). Environmental Stress and Health. In James D. Wright (Ed.), International
Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 7 (pp.804-808). Oxford: Elsevier.
Nader Entessar
Entessar, N. (2014). Saudi Arabia: Between Extremism and Strategic Confusion. Mehr News, May, 4.
Entessar, N. (2014). Saudi Arabia and Iran: Thawing of Relations? Mehr News, May, 14.
Entessar, N. (2014). Iranian-Saudi Rivalry in Iraq. Kurd Press, May, 16.
Entessar, N. (2014). Tehran and Riyadh: From Cold War to Tentative Accommodation. International Peace Studies
Center Bulletin, May, 17.
Entessar, N. (2014). Iraq’s 2014 Parliamentary Election Will Perpetuate the Existing Gridlock. Kurd Press, May, 25.
Entessar, N. (2014). Outlook for Iran-Saudi Relations in Light of Developments in Iraq. International Peace Studies
Center Bulletin, May, 27.
Entessar, N. (2014). The West, Russia, and the Crisis in Ukraine. Mehr News, May, 31.
Entessar, N. (2014). ISIS and the Take-Over of Mosul. Mehr News, June, 10.
Entessar, N. (2014). Riyadh’s Machinations in Baghdad’s Political Crisis. Kurdistan Nou, June, 10.
Entessar, N. (2014). ISIS, Other Terrorist Groups Pose a Major Threat to Iraq’s Government. Mehr News, June, 11.
Entessar, N. (2014). Iraq, ISIS and the Problems of Baghdad’s National Army. Kurdistan Nou, June, 17.
Entessar, N. (2014). Behind the Rise of ISIS and the Future of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maleki. Kurdistan Nou,
June, 22.
Entessar, N. (2014). ISIS Is the Product of Iraq’s Internal Fault Lines. International Peace Studies Center Bulletin,
June, 23.
Entessar, N. (2014). Erdogan’s Political Gamble in Kurdistan. Mosalas, July, 4.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Outcome of the Iraqi Crisis Is Far From Certain. Iran Review, July, 6.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Danger of Iraq’s Disintegration Is Serious. Khabaronline, July, 7.
Entessar, N. (2014). The United States Does Not Favor an Independent Kurdistan at This Time. Millet Press, July, 8.
Entessar, N. (2014). Legal Issues in the Proposed Kurdish Referendum in Disputed Areas in Iraq. Mehr News, July,
22.
Entessar, N. (2014). The War in Gaza. Mosalas, July, 25.
Entessar, N. (2014). Al-Baghdadi and the Strange Phenomenon of the Islamic Caliphate in Iraq. Kurdistan Nou, July,
27.
Entessar, N. (2014). Iraq Is Now Like a Shattered Crystal Ball. Khabaronline, August, 10.
Entessar, N. (2014). Barzani’s Changing Posture Towards ISIS in Iraq. Mehr News, August, 12.
Entessar, N. (2014). Iran Uses Hamas for Leverage in Nuclear Negotiations. Aljazeera America, August, 13.
Entessar, N. (2014). Marriage of Convenience Between the Kurds and Iraq’s Central Government. Tehran Times,
August, 20.
Entessar, N. (2014). Iraq’sw New Prime Minister and the Kurds. Kurdistan Nou, August, 19.
Entessar, N. (2014). Israel and Iran-5+1 Nuclear Talks. Mehr News, August, 25.
Entessar, N. (2014). The West Must Share Blame for Backing Arab Despots. Tehran Times, September, 12.
Entessar, N. (2014). Scottish Independence Referendum and Its Impact on British Foreign Policy. Mehr News,
September, 20.
Entessar, N. (2014). American Policy in the Region May Lead to the Emergence of More Extremist Groups.
Khabaronline, September, 21.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Islamic State and the Khorassan Group Are All Creations of the Countries that Now Claim
to be Fighting Extremism. Mehr News, October, 1.
Entessar, N. (2014). Turkey’s Quagmire in Kobani? Mosalas, October, 10.
Entessar, N. (2014). Creators of ISIL Turned Against it After it Became a Threat to Them. Tehran Times, October,
22.
Entessar, N. (2014). Obama, the Congress and the Iran Nuclear Negotiations. Khabaronline, October, 25.
Entessar, N. (2014). General Suleymani’s Strategic Logic. Hamshahri Javan, November, 8.
Entessar, N. (2014). Economy Was Driving Force Behind Republicans’ Mid-Term Election Victory in the United
States. Tehran Times, November, 13.
Entessar, N. (2014). Why Does Obama Have So Many Opponents? Khabaronline, November, 15.
Entessar, N. (2014). “General Suleymani’s Key Role in Devising a Strategy to Defeat ISIS in Amerli and Jurf al-Sakhr.
Mehr News, November, 16.
Entessar, N. (2014). Nuclear Deal Could Re-Set U.S.-Iran Relations. Boston Globe, November, 19, 2014.
Entessar, N. (2014). Extending the Iran Nuclear Talks and Obama’s Difficult Road Ahead. Mehr News, November,
25.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Nuclear Dal Must Be Finalized Before Obama Leaves Office. Seda, October, 25.
Entessar, N. (2014). From ISIS Battle Plans to Kobani’s Resistance. Center for West and North African Research
(WANA), November, 15
Entessar, N. (2014). The Heavy Shadow of Regional Rivalries on Gulf Security. Hamshahrimah, NovemberDecember, 74.
Entessar, N. (2014). U.S. Congressional Opposition to Iran Nuclear Deal. Mehr News, December, 7.
Entessar, N. (2014). OPEC Does Not Have the Clout It Once Had. Tehran Times, December, 10.
Entessar, N. (2014). The Battle Against ISIS: Turkish Challenge, Iran’s Opportunity. International Peace Studies
Center Bulletin, December, 2.
Entessar, N. (2014). U.S. Talks with Iran Will Encounter Obstacles in the New Congress. Arya News, December, 31.
Entessar, N. (2015). The Republicans and the Iran Nuclear Talks. Arya News, January, 11.
Entessar, N. (2015). Saudi Arabia Is Playing Oil Card Against Iran. Tehran Times, January, 17.
Entessar, N. (2015). The Turbulent Future of Iran Nuclear Talks. Arya News, January 20.
Entessar, N. (2015). No Major Shift in Saudi Policy Toward Iran Is Expected with the Passing of King Abdullah.
Tehran Times, January, 25.
Entessar, N. (2015). The U.S., Not Europe, Is the Main Player in Iran Nuclear Talks. Arya News, February, 1.
Entessar, N. (2015). Iran Nuclear Talks Must Remain Distinct from Other Strategic Issues. Arya News, February, 3.
Entessar, N. (2015). Iran and the U.S. Need to Focus on Spwecifics of a Potential Nuclear Agreement. Khabaronline,
February, 18.
Entessar, N. (2015). Turkey’s Military Operation in Syria Is a Dangerous Move. Mehr News, February, 25.
Entessar, N. (2015). Mossad’s Disagreement with Netanyahu Over Iran Policy. Arya News, March, 1.
Entessar, N. (2015). The Nuclear Deal Must Receive UN’s Blessing. Arya News, March, 10.
Entessar, N. (2015). Turkey Will Not Follow Saudi Arabia’s Policy on Iran. Mehr News, March, 14.
Entessar, N. (2015). Saudi Arabia’s Attack on Yemen Violates International Law and Destabilizes the Region. Mehr
News, March, 9.
Entessar, N. (2015). Outline for Iran Deal Marks a New Milestone. Boston Globe, April 2, 2015.
Entessar, N. (2015). The U.S. Aims to Have a Two-Stage Agreement with Iran. Arya News, April, 4.
Entessar, N. (2015). Iran’s Relative Gains and Losses at Lausanne Nuclear Talks. Arya News, April, 5.
Entessar, N. (2015). Obstacles on the Path of a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran. Taadol, April, 18.
Entessar, N. (2015). Obama Conceded to Congress on Iran Deal. Arya News, April, 19.
Entessar, N. (2015). Congress Can Nullify Obama’s Iran Agreement. Khabaronline, April, 25.
Entessar, N. (2015). Saudi War on Yemen Will Undoubtedly Cause More Instability.” Tehran Times, April, 27.
Entessar, N. (2015). Congress’s Plan to Bypass Iraq’s Government and Arm Kurds and Sunni Groups Violates
Customary International Law. Mehr News, April, 30.
REVIEWS
Nader Entessar
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War
Through Afghan Eyes]. Library Journal, 139, 90.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book Ethnic Identity and State in Iran]. Middle East Journal, 68, 324-325.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book Counterinsurgency in Crisis: Britain and the Challenge of Modern
Warfare]. Choice, 51, 2065.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book Imagining Iran: The Tragedy of Subaltern Nationalism]. Choice, 51, 1675.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book The Arab Uprising Explained: New Contentious Politics in the Middle
East]. Library Journal, 139, 110.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies]. Choice,
51, 2261.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World]. Choice, 52, 528.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book Violence After War: Explaining Instability in Post-Conflict States]. Choice,
52, 528.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book Inside the Brotherhood]. Library Journal, 139, 105.
Entessar, N. (2014). [Review of the book Comparative Peace Process]. Choice, 52, 887.
Entessar, N. (2015). [Review of the book Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War]. Choice, 52.
Entessar, N. (2015). [Review of the book, Once Upon a Revolution: An Egyptian Story]. Library Journal, 140.
Entessar, N. (2015). [Review of the book Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran: Challenging the Status Quo].
Library Journal, 140, 102.
Entessar, N. (2015). [Review of the book Iran Divided: The Historical Roots of Iranian Debates on Identity, Culture,
and Governance in the Twenty-First Century]. Choice, 52.
Entessar, N. (2015). [Review of the Book ISIS: The State of Terror]. Library Journal, 140, 104.
Corina Schulze
Schulze, C. (May, 2014) [Review of the book Gay and Lesbian Cops: Diversity and Effective Policing, by Roderick
Colvin]. Contemporary Criminal Justice, DOI:10.1080/10282580.2014.915148.
Nader Entessar
Entessar, N. Member of the Research Board, Institute International d’Etudes Strategiques, Paris, France
Entessar, N. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Third World Studies
Entessar, N. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Political Science & Public Affairs
Entessar, N. Member of the International Advisory Board, Digest of Middle East Studies
Entessar, N. Member of the Advisory Board, Annual Editions: American Foreign Policy
Entessar, N. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Central Asian Studies
Entessar, N. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Iranian Research and Analysis
Entessar, N. Member of the Advisory Board, Encyclopedia of the Developing World
David Bowers
Bowers, D.A.; & Costanza, S.E. “Consensual Sex and Sex Abuse in Juvenile Institutions: A Multi-level Analysis;”.
Presented at Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA, November 2014
Koski, S.V.; Costanza, S.E. & Bowers, D.A. “Prevalence of consensual sex and rape in female only juvenile
correctional facilities: four case studies”. Presented at Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San
Francisco, CA, November 2014.
Jaclyn Bunch
Bunch, J. (2015). Why do States Grant Powers to Cities? Demand, Institutions and Provision of Home Rule. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association January 15th-17th, New Orleans, La.
Bunch, J. (2015). It Could Happen to You: How Risk Exposure Shapes Policy Attitudes. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association January 15th-17th, New Orleans, La.
Bunch, J. (2015). Adopting Institutions: Mapping Local Policy Choice in Governance. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association April 16th-18th, Chicago, IL.
Stephen Costanza
Bowers, D.A.; & Costanza, S.E. “Consensual Sex and Sex Abuse in Juvenile Institutions: A Multi-level Analysis;”.
Presented at Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, CA, November 2014.
Costanza, S. E., Kilburn, Jr., J.C.; Frailing, K. & Stephanie Diaz “A Paper Tiger on Chestnut Lane: The Significance of
NIMBY Battles in Decaying Communities” Presented at Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San
Helms, Ronald. & Costanza, S.E. Oil Based Energy Consumption and Social Cohesion: Examining the Effects of Oil
Consumption on International Crime Rates presented at the Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San
Helms, Ronald., Tedrow, Lucky & Costanza, S.E. “Shedding Inventory, Gearing Up for Domestic Conflict, or
Managing Post-Modern Police Imagery? A Study of Purported Links Between U.S. Military Transfers and Emergent
Developments in Domestic Policing” presented at the Western Association of Criminal Justice Annual Meeting,
Reno, Nevada October 2014
Koski, S.V.; Costanza, S.E. & Bowers, D.A. “Prevalence of consensual sex and rape in female only juvenile
correctional facilities: four case studies”. Presented at Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San
Nader Entessar
Entessar, N. (2014). Security Structure of the Persian Gulf. An invited paper presented at the Center for International
and Regional Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Doha, Qatar.
Entessar, N. (2014). Securitization of Kurdish Demands in Iran. Paper presented at the 48th annual meeting of the
Middle East Studies Association, Washington, DC.
Entessar, N. (2015). The Kurdish Conundrum and the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979-2003. An invited paper
presented at a conference organized by the University of Exeter at the Chatham House, the Royal Institute of
International Affairs, London, England.
Entessar, N. (2015). The Road to the Geneva Agreement. Paper presented at the 56th annual convention of the
International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Entessar, N. (2015). Securitization-Democratization Nexus and the Kurdish Self-Determination. Paper presented at
the 56th annual convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Samuel Fisher
Fisher III, S. H. (2014). Looking South. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Council for Québec Studies,
Montreal, Canada.
Fisher III, S. H. (2015). Money and the 2014 Midterms. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Social
Science Association, Denver, Colorado.
Mir Zohair Husain
Husain, M. Z. (2015). A Brief Comparison of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Paper presented at the meeting of the
Southern Political Science Association Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 16, 2015
Husain, M. Z. (2015). David Ben-Gurion and Yasser Arafat: A Comparative Overview. Paper presented at the
meeting of the Alabama Political Science Association at the Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL, March 6,
2015.
Husain, M. Z. and Ward, B. (2015). Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman: A Comparative Overview. Paper
presented at the meeting of the Alabama Political Science Association at the Jacksonville State University,
Jacksonville, AL, March 7, 2015.
Sarah Koon-Magnin
Koon-Magnin, S. & Schulze, C. (2014). A pilot study of rape myths held about the LGBTQ community: Assessing a
new survey instrument. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San Francisco,
CA, November 2014.
Corina Schulze
Schulze, C. & Koon-Magnin, S. (2014). Expanding the heteronormative understanding of rape myth attitudes: Results
from a qualitative study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San Francisco,
CA, November 2014.
Ronald Nelson
Nelson, R. L. (2015). Evolving Standards of What is Cruel and Unusual: A View From the States. Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, Florida.
Keith Nicholls
Nicholls, K. Picou, J. S. and Lowman, J. (2014). Enhancing the Utility of Community Health Workers in Disaster
Preparedness, Resiliency, and Recovery. Paper presented at the International Oil Spill Conference, Savannah, Georgia,
May 5-8, 2014.
Picou, J.S., Nicholls, K., Curtis, J., and Lowman, L. (2014). Expanding the Role of Lay Health Workers to Enhance
Community Resiliency. Paper presented at the Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting, November 6,
2014. Mobile, Alabama.
Picou, J.S., Nicholls, K. (2015). Hurricane Katrina, Chronic Mental Health Impacts and Intervention Models:
Tracking “Ground Zero” Survivors. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 26,
2015. New Orleans, LA.
Nicholls, K. et al. (2015). Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities, Poster Presentation, Gulf of Mexico Research
Initiative Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, February 16-19, 2015.
Corina Schulze
Koon-Magnin, S. & Schulze, C. (2014). A pilot study of rape myths held about the LGBTQ community: Assessing a
new survey instrument. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San Francisco,
CA, November 2014.
Schulze, C. & Koon-Magnin, S. (2014). Expanding the heteronormative understanding of rape myth attitudes: Results
from a qualitative study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, American Society of Criminology. San Francisco,
CA, November 2014.
GRANTS
Sarah Koon-Magnin
Koon-Magnin, S. (Awarded in May 2014, Still in use). Assessing the experiences of sexual assault response team
(SART) stakeholders. Mahan-Brandon Fund for Research in Gender Studies and Women’s History, $1,530.
Keith Nicholls
Picou, J. S. & Nicolls, J. K. (co-PI). (2015, January) Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities, Gulf of Mexico
Research Initiative (under subcontract with the RAND Corporation; $1.1 million.
Picou, J. S. (PI) and Nicholls, K. (co-PI). (2012, May) Community Health Workers Training Project, BP Medical
Settlement, $4,000,000.
Nicolls, J. K. & Picou, J. S. (co-PI). (2014, April) Advanced Training for Community Health Workers: Prevention and
Management of Chronic Disease, Baton Rouge Area Foundation; $2.3 million.
Thomas Shaw
Shaw, Thomas (2014). Tri-Disaster Survey. Dr. David Butler and Dr. Roma Hanks. $22,000. Completed August
2014.
Shaw, Thomas (2014). Drug Education Council Needs Assessment. TST and Associates. $13,850. Completed
October 2014.
Shaw, Thomas (2014). Faculty Staff Tobacco Policy Survey. Faculty Senate. $600. Completed November 2014.
Shaw, Thomas (2014). Student Tobacco Policy Survey. Student Government Association. $600. Completed
November 2014.
Shaw, Thomas (2014). USA Health Marketing Survey. USA Physicians Group. $34,162. Completed December 2014.
Shaw, Thomas (2014). Medical Student Specialization Survey. USA Family Medicine. $10,000. Completed December
2014.
Shaw, Thomas (2015). City of Mobile Citizen Attitude Survey. City of Mobile. $11,357. Completed March 2015.
Shaw, Thomas (2015). Student Title IX Sexual Victimization Survey. Office of Student Affairs. $2,400. In process.
Shaw, Thomas (2015). Tri-Disaster Supplemental Survey. Dr. David Butler and Dr. Roma Hanks. $12,000. In
process.
Shaw, Thomas (2015). 2015 Groundfish Follow-up Survey. Dr. Jonathan Grabowski, Northeastern University.
$10,526. In process.
Shaw, Thomas (2015). 2015 Medical Oncology Survey. Dr. Marcus Tan, Mitchell Cancer Institute. $2,760. In
process.
Shaw, Thomas (2015). USA Non-Returning Student Survey. Dr. Nicole Carr, Student Academic Success and
Retention. $1,200. In process.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Larry Christensen
PROFESSORS
Dr. Charles Brown
Dr. Larry Christensen
Dr. Elise Labbe’-Coldsmith
Dr. Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling
Dr. Martin Rohling
Dr. John Shelley-Tremblay
Dr. Lisa Turner
Dr. Joshua Foster
Dr. Mark Yates
Dr. Joseph Currier
Dr. Benjamin Hill
Dr. Laura Powell
Dr. Timothy Slattery
Dr. Philip Smith
Dr. Kimberly Zlomke
INSTRUCTORS/ADJUNCT FACULTY
Dr. Nathaniel Abston
Ms. Carol Frush
Dr. Stephanie Jett
Dr. Harvey Joanning
Dr. William Kringle
Dr. Bethany Lohr
Dr. William Mace
Dr. Murry Mutchnick
Mr. Steve Urbanek
Dr. Linda Williamson
SECRETARIES
Ms. Lisa Nash
Ms. Arlene Vickers
Ms. Michelle Showers
Psychology continues to be very popular both in terms of students majoring in fields other than psychology and in
terms of students selecting psychology as their major field of study. The introductory psychology course provides
instruction to approximately 2000 students during the course of the academic year, mostly to students in fields of
study other than psychology. Upper division courses are also populated by many students in fields of study other
than psychology. The popularity of psychology is also apparent from the number of students that major in this field
of study. Approximately 350 students major in psychology which is one of the fields of study with the most majors
in the College of Arts and Science. Many students majoring in psychology not only receive the quality education
provided in the context of the classroom, but also get additional training and experience from the mentoring faculty
provide in the context of directed studies, participation in the Honors program, and participation in the UCUR
program.
Students taking directed studies courses gain experience from assisting and participating in the program of research
conducted by psychology faculty members. This experience frequently culminates in their presenting research at
psychological conferences. For the 2014-2015 academic year, undergraduate majors in psychology participating in
either the Honors program, or taking directed studies courses made 10 research presentations at professional
psychology conferences. Of these 10 conference presentations, three were made by Honors students. The student in
the UCUR program gained significant experience in conducting research on the topic of Military Trauma. In
addition to these accomplishments, several undergraduate students received awards for their outstanding
performance. Robert Faulk and Joshua Taylor received the outstanding undergraduate student award and Jessica
Dubose receive the Pinnacle award.
Although the undergraduate program is providing an excellent education for our undergraduate majors, we always
need to examine what we are doing to see if changes can be made to improve the program. This examination is
taking the form of a self-study which will include an external reviewer who will look at the program and make
recommendations. During the past academic year the department has been active in preparing a self-study of the
undergraduate program and the Master of Science program. The doctoral program in Clinical/Counseling
psychology went through this process several years ago in preparation for APA accreditation so this program is not
included in the current self-study. To date the self-study of the undergraduate and Master of Science program have
been completed and submitted to the administration. The external reviewer has also been identified and he will visit
campus and review the program in September of 2015. All aspects of the self-study are scheduled to be completed by
the end of the next academic year and then it is incumbent upon the psychology faculty to incorporate any suggested
changed for improvement. This is a time consuming but valuable process to insure that our students are receiving
the best education possible.
The doctoral program in combined clinical/counseling psychology continues to be a popular program particularly
since receiving APA accreditation. Applications for the program more than doubled as a result of it being accredited
which meant that the selection committee had the delightful but difficult task of deciding on which of many very
qualified students would be admitted to the program. The Master of Science experimental program emphasizing
Brain and Behavioral Science is also moving forward with more students applying to the program. Students in both
the doctoral and Master of Science program distinguish themselves by being accepted to accredited internships and
by students in both graduate programs not only being involved in research but presenting at professional
conferences and publishing in peer reviewed journals. For the past academic year psychology graduate students have
presented the results of 31 research studies at professional conferences and have authored or co-authored 8 peer
reviewed publications. These graduate students also have 10 manuscripts under review in peer reviewed journals.
Imani Tuner received the outstanding Master of Science student award, and Candice Selwyn received the
outstanding doctoral student award. Melissa Womble received the National Academy of Neuropsychology
dissertation award at the annual 2014 conference held in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Graduate students also participated
in the 3-minute thesis competition held on USA’s campus and three of these students were finalist in that
competition with Selena Jackson being the runner-up with the 3-minute presentation of her thesis titled “Examining
Emotion Regulation, Perspective Taking, and Types of Aggression in the Context of Adolescent Dating
Relationships”. By any measure, the graduate programs are training students that will be productive psychologists
who will make good contributions to the profession.
To support the graduate students, the clinical/counseling faculty continue to be active and successful in securing
grants and contracts that fund assistantships. In addition to the assistantships provided by the USA foundation and
the University, support is obtained from contracts with local agencies such as the Department of Human Resources
and the Mitchell Cancer Institute as well as from grants from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Oil
spill funds, and NIH/NIMH.
The one issue that the Psychology Department is currently working to secure is funding for the three TA’s that have
contributed to the instructional mission of the department. The psychology department was informed that these
three TA’s would not be funded from the graduate college for the 2015-2016 academic year. The impact of not
funding the three TA’s was not confined to three students not being funded. The additional impact was that courses
these students taught would not be covered. As a result the dean of A&S agreed to provide most of the funding for
these TA’s with the Psychology Department contributing approximately 30% of the essential funding. This is a
situation that cannot persist either from the dean’s budget or the departmental budget so continued effort exists to
solve this problem.
The Psychological Clinic continues to be an important and integral part of the Psychology Department and training
ground for the doctoral program in clinical/counseling psychology. Doctoral students obtain valuable training in the
delivery of psychological interventions under the supervision of clinical and counseling psychologists. The
Psychological Clinic is also a resource where clinical and counseling psychologists can conduct their part-time
private practice. The clinic is increasingly being recognized as a valuable community resource with the number of
patients seen in the clinic increasing every year. As one indication of the value and reputation of the Psychological
Clinic, it was one of the top 25 sites for National Depression Screening Day.
Psychology faculty have had another very successful year pursuing their individual programs of research and
contributing to the psychological knowledge base. The various research programs have resulted in 28 published
manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and 16 “in press” manuscripts as well as 5 non-peer reviewed articles.
Additionally, the faculty published or had “in press” one book and 10 book chapters. The psychology faculty were
also active participants in professional conferences, making 10 presentations at international conferences, 32
presentations at national conferences, 8 presentations at regional conferences, and 6 presentations at local
conferences. While much of this research is not supported by grant funding, a significant portion is. For the 20142015 academic year psychology faculty secured $161,098.00 to support research and graduate students.
Additionally, the Gulf Coast Behavioral Health and Resiliency Center continues its mission supported by the eight
million dollar oil spill fund. Obviously faculty are actively pursuing grant funding and having some success in this
arena.
In addition to maintaining an active research program, faculty contribute to the profession of psychology in a variety
of ways. All faculty serve as ad hoc reviewers for manuscripts sent to peer reviewed journals. Faculty have served as
ad hoc reviewers for journals such as Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Journal of Clinical
Psychology, Behavioral Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, and The
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology. Faculty also serve as editors of books and journals or are on the editorial
board or operate as consulting editors of journals such as Open Acoustics, Journal of Child and Family Studies,
Journal of Attention Disorders, and Journal of Sports Behavior.
Further evidence of the quality of the faculty is the awards and honors they receive. Dr. Zlomke was named
“Research Scholar” by the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Labbe’ was president of the
Southeastern Psychological Association. This required her to oversee and coordinate all aspects of the entire meeting
which was held in March at Hilton Head, South Carolina. The title of her presidential address was “MindfulnessBased Interventions from an Evidence-Based Perspective”.
The Psychology Department continued its search for a chairperson to replace Dr. Christensen who is retiring at the
end of the current academic year. This is the second year in which the search has also been active. Unfortunately the
search again was unsuccessful in attracting a suitable outside candidate. The dean, therefore, made the decision to fill
the position with an internal candidate. Several very qualified internal candidates expressed interest in the position
and the dean selected Dr. Elise Labbe’ to fill the position. Faculty are supportive of her taking over the position and
we wish her well and know she will continue to promote and advance the various programs provided by the
Psychology Department. Dr. Labbe’ will assume the position of department chairperson on September 1, 2015.
Joseph Currier
Currier. J. M., Drescher, K. D., Holland, J. M., Lisman, R., & Foy, D. (in press). Spirituality, forgiveness, and quality
of life: Testing a meditational model with Veterans with PTSD. Manuscript submitted for publication. International
Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Harris, J. I., Park, C. L., Currier, J. M., Usset, T. J., & Voecks, C. D. (in press). Moral injury and psycho-spiritual
development: Considering the developmental context. Spirituality in Clinical Practice.
Currier, J. M., Irish, J. E., Neimeyer, R. A., & Foster, J. D. (in press). Attachment, continuing bonds, and complicated
grief following violent loss: Testing a moderated model. Death Studies.
Rojas-Flores, L., Herrera, S., Currier, J. M., Foster, J. D., Roland, A., Putman, K. M. & Foy, D. (in press). Exposure to
violence, posttraumatic stress, and burnout among teachers in El Salvador: A research report from two samples.
International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation.
Tait, R., Currier, J. M., & Harris, J. I. (in press). Prayer coping, disclosure of trauma, and mental health symptoms
among recently deployed United States Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans. International Journal for the Psychology
of Religion.
Currier. J. M., Holland, J. M., Drescher, K., & Foy, D. (2015). Initial psychometric evaluation of the Moral Injury
Questionnaire – Military Version. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 22, 54-63.
Currier, J. M., Holland, J. M., & Malott, J. (2015). Moral injury, meaning, and mental health in returning veterans.
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71, 229-240.
Holland, J. M., Chong, G., Currier, J. M., O’Hara, R., & Gallagher-Thompson, D. (2015). Does cognitive behavior
therapy promote meaning-making? A preliminary test in the context of geriatric depression. Psychology and
Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 88, 120-124.
Eriksson, C. B., Holland, J. M., Currier, J. M., Snider, L., Ager, A., Kaiser, R., & Simon, W. (2015). Trajectories of
spiritual change and posttraumatic adjustment among expatriate humanitarian aid workers following deployment: A
prospective longitudinal study. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 7, 13-23.
Currier, J. M., Holland, J. M., & Drescher, K. D. (2015). Spirituality factors in the prediction of outcomes of PTSD
treatment for military veterans. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28, 57-64.
Currier. J. M., Holland, J. M., Rojas-Flores, L., Herrera, S., & Foy, D. (2015). Morally injurious experiences and
meaning among Salvadorian teachers exposed to violence. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice &
Policy, 7, 24-33.
Farnsworth, J. K., Drescher, K. D., Nieuwsma, J. A., Walser, R. B., & Currier, J. M. (2014). The role of moral
emotions in military trauma: Implications for the study and treatment of moral injury. Review of General Psychology,
18, 249-262.
Holland, J. M., Rengifo, J., Currier, J. M., O’Hara, R., Schatzberg, A. F., Sudheimer, K., & Gallagher-Thompson, D.
(2014). Psychosocial predictors of salivary cortisol among older adults with depression. International
Psychogeriatrics, 26, 1531-1539.
Holland, J. M., Currier, J. M., Kirkendall, A., Keene, J. R., & Nuna, L. (2014). Sadness, anxiety, and experiences with
emotional support among Veteran and non-Veteran patients and their families at the end of life. Journal of Palliative
Medicine, 17, 708-711.
Currier, J. M., Holland, J. M., & Drescher, K. D. (2014). Residential treatment for combat-related posttraumatic
stress disorder: Identifying trajectories of change and predictors of treatment response. PLoS ONE. 9(7): e101741.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101741
Holland, J. M., Malott, J., & Currier. J. M. (2014). Meaning made of stress among Veterans transitioning to college:
Examining unique associations with suicide risk and life threatening behavior. Suicide and Life-Threatening
Behavior, 44, 218-231.
Roland, A., Currier, J. M., Rojas-Flores, L., & Herrera, S. (2014). Event centrality and posttraumatic outcomes in the
context of pervasive violence: A study of teachers in El Salvador. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 27, 335-346.
Henretty, J. R., Currier. J. M., Berman, J. S., & Levitt, H. M. (2014). The impact of counselor self-disclosure on
clients: A meta-analytic review of experimental and quasi-experimental research. Journal of Counseling Psychology,
61, 191-207.
Currier, J. M., Drescher, K. D., & Harris, J. I. (2014). Spiritual functioning among Veterans seeking residential
treatment for PTSD: A matched control group study. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 1, 3-15.
Joshua Foster
Jonason, P.K., Foster, J.D., McCain, J., & Campbell, W.K. (in press). Where birds flock to get together: The who,
what, where, and why of mate searching. Personality and Individual Differences.
Currier, J.M., Irish, J.E., Neimeyer, R.A., & Foster, J.D. (in press). Attachment, continuing bonds, and complicated
grief following violent loss: Testing a moderated model. Death Studies.
Rojas-Flores, L., Herrera, S., Currier, J.M., Foster, J.D., Roland, A., Putman, K.M. & Foy, D. (in press). Exposure to
violence, posttraumatic stress, and burnout among teachers in El Salvador: A research report from two samples.
International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation.
Foster, J.D., McCain, J.L., Hibberts, M.F., Brunell, A.B., & Johnson, R.B. (2015). The Grandiose Narcissism Scale.
Personality and Individual Differences, 73, 12-16.
McCain, J.L., Jonason, P.K., Foster, J.D., & Campbell, W.K. (2015). The bifactor structure and the "dark nomological
network" of the State Self-Esteem Scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 72, 1-6.
Foster, J.D., Jonason, P.K., Shrira, I., Campbell, W.K., Shiverdecker, L.K., & Varner, S.C. (2014). What do you get
when you make someone else’s partner your own? An analysis of relationships formed via mate poaching. Journal of
Research in Personality, 52, 78-90.
Benjamin Hill
Hill, B.D., Hoadley, R., Russ, K.F., Corley, E., & Pastuszak, J.P. (2014). A review of executive functioning in common
neurologic conditions. Cognitive Sciences, 9(1), 1-48.
Musso M., Hill, B.D., Barker, A., Pella, R., & Gouvier, W.D. (in press). Utility of the Personality Assessment
Inventory for detecting malingered ADHD in college students. Journal of Attention Disorders.
Hill, B.D., Womble, M.N., & Rohling, M.L. (in press). Logistic regression function for detection of suspicious
performance during baseline evaluations using Concussion Vital Signs. Applied Neuropsychology.
Elise Labbe’-Coldsmith
Womble, E., Labbé, E., Shelley-Tremblay, J., & Norrell, P. (2014) Regular exercise adoption: Psychosocial factors
influencing college students, Journal of Sport Behavior, 37:2.
Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling
Belus, J. M., Wanklyn, S. G., Iverson, K., Pukay-Martin, N. D., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., & Monson, C. M. (2014).
Do anger and jealousy mediate the relationship between attachment styles and intimate violence perpetration?
Partner Abuse, 5, 388-406.
Gill, D. A., Ritchie, L. A., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Picou, J. S., Long, M. & Shenesey, J. (2014). The Exxon and BP
oil spills: A comparison of psychosocial impacts associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Natural Hazards,
74, 1911-1932.
Kilbert, J., Barefoot, K.N., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Warren, J.C., & Smalley, K.B. (2014). Cross-cultural and
cognitive-affective models of suicide risk. Journal of Black
Psychology. http://jbp.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/0095798414525967v1.pdf?ijkey=ZQ16fm1WGXJVhEm&keytype=ref
Lamis, D., Saito, M., Osman, A., Klibert, J., Malone, P.A., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014). Hopelessness and
suicide proneness in U.S. and Japanese college students: Depressive symptoms as a potential mediator. Journal of
Cross-Cultural Psychology, doi: 10.1177/0022022113519853
Shnaider, P., Belus, J.M., Vorstenbosch, V., Monson, C.M., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014). The mediating role
of attributions in the association between intimate relationship distress and depressive symptoms in a dating sample
of undergraduate students. The Family Journal, 22, 162-169. doi: 10.1177/1066480713513548
Saito, M., Klibert, J., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (in press). Attitudes toward suicide and emotional expressivity:
Culture and gender specific associations with suicide proneness for Japanese and American college students. Death
Studies.
Shenesey, J. W. & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (in press). Perceived resilience: Examining communities affected by
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy.
John Shelley-Tremblay
Hajnal, A., Rumble, D., Shelley-Tremblay, J. F., & Liu, W. (2014). Optical Push by Geographical Slant Affects
Postural Sway. Ecological Psychology, 26(4), 283–300. doi:10.1080/10407413.2014.957999
Womble, M., Labbe, E.E., Shelley-Tremblay, J.F., & Norrell, P.M. (2014) Regular exercise adoption: Psychosocial
factors influencing college students. Journal of Sport Behavior, 37(2), 203 - 219.
Timothy Slattery
Angele, B., Schotter, E.R., Slattery, T.J., Chaloukian, T.L., Bicknell, K., Rayner, K. (2015). Do successor effects in
reading reflect parafoveal processing? Evidence from corpus based and experimental eye movement data. Journal of
Memory and Language, 79-80, 76–96.
Rayner, K., Yang, J., Schuett, S., Slattery, T.J. (2014). The effect of foveal and parafoveal masks on the eye movements
of older and younger readers. Psychology and Aging, 29(2), 205-212
Philip Smith
Smith, P.N., Van Orden, K.A., Chen, T., & Conwell, Y. (in press). A case controlled examination of the interpersonal
theory of suicide in the second half of life. Archives of Suicide Research.
Poindexter, E.K., Mitchell, S.M., Jahn, D.R., Smith, P.N., Hirsch, J.K., & Cukrowicz, K.C. (in press). PTSD symptoms
and suicide ideation: Testing the conditional indirect effects of thwarted interpersonal needs and using substances to
cope. Personality and Individual Differences.
Smith, P.N., Poindexter, E.K., Wolford-Clevenger, C., Selwyn, C., Lechner, W., DeMond, M.G., & Cukrowicz, K.C.
(in press). An exploratory analysis of the relations between the rate of physiological habituation, the acquired
capability for suicide, and acute risk factors for suicide. Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research.
Granato, S., Smith, P.N., & Selwyn, C. (in press). Acquired capability and gender role conformity: Potential pathways
to higher rates of male suicide. Psychology of Men & Masculinity.
Mandracchia, J.T. & Smith, P.N. (in press). The interpersonal theory of suicide applied to male prisoners. Suicide &
Life Threatening Behavior.
Wolford-Clevenger, C. & Smith, P.N. (2015). A theory-based approach to understanding suicide risk in shelterseeking women. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 16, 169-178. DOI: 10.1177/1524838013517562.
Lisa Turner
Feibelman, J & Turner, L.A. (2015). Eating disorder symptomology and forgiveness among college students. Current
Psychology, 121-129.
Lamport, D. & Turner, L.A. (2014). Romantic attachment, empathy, and the broader autism phenotype among
college students. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 202-213.
Mark Yates
Ploetz, D. M., & Yates, M. (2014, November 14). Age of acquisition and imageability: a cross-task comparison.
Journal of Research in Reading. Advance online publication http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12040
Kimberly Zlomke
Zlomke, K., Lamport, D., Bauman, S. E., Talbot, B., Garland, B. H. (2014). Parenting adolescents: Examining the
factor structure of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire for adolescents. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 23(8),
1484-1490.
Murphy, J., Zlomke, K. (2014). Positive peer reporting in the classroom: A review of intervention procedures.
Behavior Analysis & Practice, 7(2), 126-137.
Zlomke, K., Bauman, S. E., Lamport, D. (2015). Adolescents’ perceptions of parenting behavior: Validation of the
Alabama Parenting Questionnaire-Adolescent Self Report. Journal of Child & Family Studies.
Joseph Currier
Currier, J. M. (in press). Moral Injury Questionnaire: A method of assessing exposure to morally injurious
experiences. Techniques of Grief Therapy (vol. 2): Assessment and Intervention. New York, NY: Routledge.
Benjamin Hill
Hill, B.D., Sofko, C., & Boettcher, A. (2015). Cognitive remediation in mental health. In Recovery: Principles,
Research and Practice in Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals, N. Singh, S. Van Sant, and J. Barber (Eds.). New York, NY:
Springer.
Hill, B.D., O’Rourke, J.J.F., Beglinger, L., & Paulsen, J.S. (2015). Neuropsychology. In Neurology in Clinical Practice,
7th edition, R. Daroff, G. Fenichel, J. Jankovic, and J. Mazziotta (Eds.). New York, NY: Elsevier.
Hill, B. D., Sofko, C., Billington, L., & Kirkpatrick, H. (2015). Management of disruptive behaviors in neurocognitive
disorders and delirium. In Disruptive Disorders: A Guide for Integrating Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy, G.
Kapalka (Ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.
Hoadley, R., Corley, E., Russ, K.F., Pastuszak, J., & Hill, B.D. (2014). Executive functioning in neurologic disorders:
Applying the Miyake and Friedman model to medical patients. In Executive Functioning: Role in Early Learning
Processes, Impairments in Neurological Disorders and Impact of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), K. Bennett (Ed.).
Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Hill, B. D., & Labbe’, E. E. (2014). Measuring mindfulness. In Psychology of Meditation, N. Singh (Ed.). Hauppauge,
NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Hill, B. D., & Labbe’, E. E. (2014). Measuring mindfulness. In Psychology of Meditation, N. Singh (Ed.). Hauppauge,
NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Betancourt, A.E., & Labbé, E. E. (2015) Mindful Media: Representations of the Effects of Mindfulness on the Brain in
YouTube Videos. In Grabowski, M. (Ed.) Media on the Brain, New York, NY: Routledge.
Betancourt, A.E., & Labbé, E.E. (in press) Nursing narratives through new media. In Gatison, A.D.M. (Ed.)
Communicating Women's Health: Voicing the Voiceless, Routledge.
Selwyn, C. & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (in press). Male gender roles, masculinity, and suicide: A lethal
combination? In D. A. Lamis & N. J. Kaslow (Eds.), Advancing the science of suicidal behavior: Understanding and
intervention. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Timothy Slattery
Slattery, T.J. (in press). Eye movements and Typography. In “Digital Fonts and Reading” (Series on Computer
Processing of Languages), edited by M. C. Dyson and C. Y. Suen
Joseph Currier
Currier, J. M., & Eriksson, C. B. (in press). Trauma and spirituality: Empirical advances on an under-studied area of
scientific inquiry. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community.
Currier, J. M., Drescher, K. D., Nieuwsma, J. A., & McCormick, W. (in press). Theodicies and professional quality of
life in a nationally representative sample of chaplains in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of Prevention
and Intervention in the Community.
Currier, J. M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P. N. (in press). Spirituality, meaning and suicide. Spirituality in Clinical
Practice.
Currier, J. M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P. N. (in press). Empirical and ethical considerations for addressing spirituality
among veterans and other military populations at risk for suicide. Spirituality in Clinical Practice.
Currier, J.M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P.N. (in press). Empirical and ethical considerations for addressing spirituality
Currier, J.M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P.N. (in press). Spirituality, meaning, and suicide: Response to Drs. Kopacz and
Bryan. Spirituality in Clinical Practice.
Philip Smith
Currier, J. M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P. N. (in press). Spirituality, meaning and suicide. Spirituality in Clinical
Practice.
Currier, J. M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P. N. (in press). Empirical and ethical considerations for addressing spirituality
Currier, J.M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P.N. (in press). Empirical and ethical considerations for addressing spirituality
Currier, J.M., Kuhlman, S., & Smith, P.N. (in press). Spirituality, meaning, and suicide: Response to Drs. Kopacz and
Bryan. Spirituality in Clinical Practice.
Charles Brown
Brown, C. & Riede, T. (2015). Laryngeal Biomechanics. In C. Brown and T. Riede (Eds.), Comparative Bioacoustic
Method eBook. Bentham Science Publishers. Oak park, IL. (expected June 2015).
Charles Brown
Brown, C., Foster, J., Gordon, M. & Yates, M. (2015). Psychology: Science and Applications. Dubuque, IA: Great
Rivers Technologies.
Brown, C.S., Foster, J.D., Gordon, M.S., & Yates, M. (2014). Psychology: A work in progress. (2nd ed.) Dubuque, IA:
Great River Technologies.
Brown, C. H., Foster, J.D., Gordon, M. S., & Yates, M. (2015). Psychology: Science and Applications (2nd ed).
Dubuque, Iowa: Great River Learning.
Charles Brown
Brown, C. & Reide, T. (2015). Comparative Bioacoustic Method eBook. Bentham Science Publishers. Oak park,
IL. (expected June 2015).
Joseph Currier
Currier, J. M. Guest editor on special issue of Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community on the topic
of trauma and spirituality.
Labbé-Coldsmith, E. and Welsh, M.C. (Eds.) (2014) Journal of Sport Behavior, 2. Mobile, AL: USA Publications
Charles Brown
Open Acoustics. Bentham Science Publishers. Oak park, IL
Joseph Currier
Death Studies
Benjamin Hill
2014-present, Editorial Board, Journal of Attention Disorders
2013-present, Statistical Editor, Mindfulness
2013-present, Associate Editor and Statistical Editor, Journal of Child and Family Studies
Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Physiology and Biofeedback
Associate Editor for Mindfulness
Journal of Family Violence
Journal of Gambling Studies
Partner Abuse
Kimberly Zlomke
Editorial Board, Journal of Child & Family Studies
ABSTRACTS
Benjamin Hill
Pastuszak, J.P., Hill, B.D., Foster, J.D., Musso, M, Fields, K., & Russ, K. (2014, November). Self-reported acute
anxiety moderates the relationship between IQ and math achievement but not reading or writing achievement.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Joshua Foster
Sikes, K., Godfrey, L., Shiverdecker, L.K., Reed, A.N., Varner, S.C., Slagel, B., & Foster, J.D. (2014, August). The
Grandiose Narcissism Scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Reed, A.N., Foster, J.D., Godfrey, L., Sheverdecker, L.K., Sikes, K., & Varner, S.C. (2014, August). The dual process
model of depression: The role of implicit and explicit self-esteem. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014). Artwork of women psychologists: Photographs by Jennifer LanghinrichsenRohling. Edited by Nadine Kaslow, President of the American Psychological Association as a component of the Art
and Psychology Initiative.
Larry Christensen
Christensen, L., and Brown, C. (2015). Updated history of the Psychology Department at the University of South
Alabama. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head.
Joseph Currier
Currier, J. M. (2015, March). Religious coping and suicidal behavior in a community sample of Iraq and Afghanistan
Veterans. J. Webb (Chair), Advances in Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Paper presented at the annual APA Division
36 (Psychology of Religion and Spirituality) Mid-Year Conference, Provo, Utah.
McCormick, W. H., Currier, J. M., & Drescher, Kent. (2015, March). Changes in spirituality among Department of
Veterans Affairs chaplains working with morally injured veterans: A mixed method investigation. H. Hui (Chair),
Changes in Spirituality or Religious Affiliation. Paper presented at the annual APA Division 36 (Psychology of
Religion and Spirituality) Mid-Year Conference, Provo, Utah.
Kopacz, M. S., Currier, J. M., Drescher, K. D., & Pigeon, W. (2015, January). Suicidal behavior and spiritual
functioning in a sample of Veterans diagnosed with PTSD. Paper presented at the 2015 VA/DoD Suicide Prevention
Conference, Dallas, TX.
Rojas-Flores, L., Holland, J., Currier, J., & Herrera, S. (2014, November). Community violence and post-traumatic
stress among Salvadorian adolescents: Testing the role of ecological factors. T. Kennedy (Chair), Global studies on
community violence. Paper presentation at 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies, Miami, FL.
Eriksson, C., Currier, J., Kaiser, R., Olff, M., & Snider, L. (2014, November). Childhood adversity and risk for posttraumatic distress in humanitarian aid deployment. C. B. Eriksson (Chair), Long-term effects of childhood trauma.
Paper presentation at 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Miami, FL.
Joshua Foster
Sikes, K., Godfrey, L., Shiverdecker, L.K., Reed, A.N., Varner, S.C., Slagel, B., & Foster, J.D. (2014, August). The
Grandiose Narcissism Scale. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Reed, A.N., Foster, J.D., Godfrey, L., Sheverdecker, L.K., Sikes, K., & Varner, S.C. (2014, August). The dual process
model of depression: The role of implicit and explicit self-esteem. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Hill
Davis, L., Novack, T., Hill, B., Theadom, A., Stein, M., Williamson, D., Binneman, B., & Bergman, M. (2015). TBI
Working Group-Neuropsychiatric Sequelae. Invited presentation at the 11th annual meeting of the International
Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology in Washington, DC.
Boxer, O., Hill, B.D., Thames, A., & Tremont, G. (2014, November). Clinical Research Grants Workshop. Invited
panel presentation at the 34th annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology in Fajardo, Puerto
Rico.
Calamia, M., Musso, M., & Hill, B.D. (2014). Factor structure and clinical correlates of the Wender Utah Rating Scale
(WURS). Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Denver,
CO.
Taylor, J.A., Boettcher, A., & Hill, B.D. (2014). A psychometric examination of pain scales commonly used in the
management of chronic pain. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Neuropsychological
Society in Denver, CO.
Sofko, C., Boettcher, A., Hoadley, R., & Hill, B.D. (2014). Comparison of measures of neuropathology severity. Poster
presented at the 34th annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Sofko, C., Hoadley, R., Boettcher, A., & Hill, B.D. (2014). Differential rates of age-related decline on Trail Making
Tests. Poster presented at the 34th annual conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology in Fajardo,
Puerto Rico.
Boettcher, A. C., Sofko, C., Hoadley, R. M., & Hill, B. D. (2014, November). A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
part 2: Survey of empirically based knowledge of return-to-play guidelines using the RoCKAS. Poster presented at the
34th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Hoadley, R. M., Sofko, C., Boettcher, A., & Hill, B. (2014, November). Comparison of three approaches to cognitive
and academic IIV as markers for ADHD and LD. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the National
Academy of Neuropsychology, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Hoadley, R. M., Kline, J., Corley, E., Sofko, C., & Hill, B. (2014, November). Worse performance on simpler tasks does
not equate pathology. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology,
Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Hoadley, R. M., Corley, E. R., Boettcher, A., Sofko, C., & Hill, B. D. (2014, July). Personality Assessment Inventory
(PAI): Do group differences result in bias? Poster presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the American Academy
of Clinical Neuropsychology, New York, NY.
Hill, B.D., Santa Maria, M.P., Kline, J., Boettcher, A., & LeFauve, M. (2014, July). Cognitive intra-individual
variability predicts historical lead exposure but academic intra-individual variability does not. Poster presented at the
mid-year meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society in Jerusalem, Israel.
Johns, K., McAbee, J., Naylor, P., Chavers, D.J., Russ, K., Drayer, K. & Labbé, E. (2014, November) Outcome rating
scale and group session rating scales in brief mindfulness-stress reduction and stress management groups. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Philadelphia, PA.
Labbé, E. (2014, October) Mindfulness and the Treatment of Pain/Stress. Generational Resilience Conference:
Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, Fairhope, AL.
Labbé, E. (2015, March) Evaluating the Mechanisms of Change for Mindfulness-Based Interventions. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head, SC
Labbé, E. (2015, March). Mindfulness-Based Interventions from an Evidence-Based Perspective. Presidential
Address at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head, SC.
McDonald, S., Betancout, A., Labbé’ E. (2015, April) Performing Mindfulness, Mindfully Performing. A Roundtable
and Mini Workshop About Mindfulness in Teaching and Researching (in) Performance Studies, Eastern
Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. & Selwyn, C. (2015, April). Men, Masculinity and Suicide. In D. Lamis (Chair), Gender,
ethnicity, and cultural considerations in suicidality. Invited panel presentation conducted at the Annual Meeting of
the American Association of Suicidology, Atlanta, GA.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, November). What makes women hit? In N. Weiss (Chair), Multimethod
examination of mechanism underlying women’s intimate partner aggression. Symposium conducted at the 48th
Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., & Brazeal, M. (2014, June). Strengthening integrated health. Break-out session at the
Louisiana Public Health Institute Regional Care Collaborative, Mobile, AL.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, June). Defining features of the middle skill workforce: Education and training
programs. Invited panel discussion presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Tampa, FL.
Hannon, W., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Nettles, O., Reimer, D., & Dickinson, L. (2014, June). A five-year plan to
integrate mental health into school services: Year two. Symposium presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the
National Association of School Nurses, San Antonio, TX.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, April). The impact of disasters on mental health. Presentation at the Alabama
Emerging Scholars Teachers’ Workshop, Mobile, AL.
Thompson, K., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2015, March). Family of origin status and depression in adolescent
mothers. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head,
SC.
Poole, T., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Wornell, C., & Weaver, T. (2015, March). Gender differences in traditional
versus Facebook stalking. Poster presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Hilton Head, SC.
Wornell, C., Selwyn, C., McCullars, A., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, October). Urban versus rural: The
impact of environment on perceived psychosocial stressors and mental health symptoms. Poster re-presented at the
22nd Annual Graduate Research Forum, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
LeCroix, R., Nada, & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, November). Coming out: How felt experiences inform
treatment of children with sexual-minority children. Poster presented at the 48th Annual Convention of Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Jackson, S., Wornell, C., Johns, K., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, November). Providers’ perceptions of mental
health needs in primary care patients. Poster presented at the 48th Annual Convention of Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Wornell, C., Selwyn, C., McCullars, A., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, October). Urban versus rural: The
impact of environment on perceived psychosocial stressors and mental health symptoms. Poster presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA.
Var, M., Selwyn, C., McCullars, A., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., & Turner, L. (2014, August). Motivations for
Initiating Contact with Ex-partners (MICE) Scale: Analysis and factor structure. Poster presented at the 122nd Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Hannon, W., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Miller, K., McCullars, A., & Wornell, C. (2014, June). Integrating children’s
mental and behavioral care into schools to promote graduation. Poster presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the
National Association of School Nurses, San Antonio, TX.
McCullars, A., Selwyn, C., & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. (2014, May). Building a Strong Relationship (BSR): A
prevention program for at-risk male youth. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Kahn, M., Selwyn, C., McCullars, A., Var, M., & Smith, P. (2014, May). A longitudinal
study of the mental and behavioral health effects expressed in areas affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Poster
presented at the 2014 International Oil Spill Conference, Savannah, GA.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Hackett, A., & Varner, S. (2014, February). Adjudicated youth with psychiatric diagnoses:
Does relationship conflict matter? Poster presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Nashville, TN.
Laura Powell
Brown, C. & Powell, L. (2015). How Flipped is Your Classroom? Team Based Learning Collaborative. St. Petersburg,
FL.
Brown, C. & Powell, L. (2015). Can Team Based Learning Improve Academic Effort? South Alabama Conference on
Teaching and Learning. Mobile, AL.
Powell, L. & Brown, C. (2015). Influence of Gender and Learning Community on eBook Engagement Time. South
Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning. Mobile, AL.
John Shelley-Tremblay
Broach, E., Millner, V., Shelley-Tremblay, J.F. & Norrel, P. (2014) Daily Flow State and Math Performance during an
Early Entrance Exercise and Math Program for Underskilled First-Time College Freshmen. World Leisure Congress,
Mobile, AL.
Doran, M.V. & Shelley-Tremblay, J.F. (2014) Honors Seminar to Support Research Objective Also Builds
Community. Presented at the 2014 Annual Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council, Denver, CO.
Shelley-Tremblay, J.F., Doran, M.V., Spector, M., & Hamilton, M. (2014) Senior Thesis Seminar: Bridging the Gaps
Among Student, Program, and Mentor. Presented at the 2014 Annual Conference, National Collegiate Honors
Council, Denver, CO.
Shelley-Tremblay, J.F., & Bell, T. (2014) Carbohydrates Uniquely Predict Cognitive Impairment in Fibromyalgia.
Presented at the 2014 Annual Conference, National Collegiate Honors Council, Denver, CO.
Shelley-Tremblay, J.F., Nowlin, D., & Stein, W. (2014) “Black-Hole” Landing Approaches Cause Novice Pilots to
Land Early in Simulated Flight. 44th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Nashville, TN.
Shelley-Tremblay, J.F., & Bell, T. (2014) Carbohydrate Cravings Uniquely Predict Cognitive Impairment in
Fibromyalgia. 44th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Nashville, TN.
Rumble, D., Shelley-Tremblay, J.F., Hajnal, A. (2014) Proprioception of angle-induced visual push affects postural
stability: Ninety is the new zero. Invited symposium on Embodied Cognition, J.S. Tremblay, Chair. 44th Annual
Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Nashville, TN.
Timothy Slattery
Vann, N., Wolford-Clevenger, C., Varner, S., Faulk, R.D., Slattery, T.J., Smith, P.N. (2014, November). Cognitive
bias and the acquired capability for suicide. Poster to be presented at the Suicide and Self-injury Special Interest
Group at the annual convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Angele, B., Schotter, E.R., Slattery, T.J., Chaloukian, T.L., Bicknell, K., Rayner, K. (2014). Do successor effects in
reading reflect parafoveal processing? Evidence from corpus-based and experimental eye movement data. Poster
presented at the 55th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach California.
Philip Smith
Granato, S., Kuhlam, S., & Smith, P.N. (2015, April). Violence Perpetration and Victimization in relation to the
Acquired Capability for Suicide Among Psychiatric Inpatients. Paper to be presented at the annual conference of the
American Association of Suicidology, Atlanta, GA.
Smith, P.N., Wolford-Clevenger, C., Granato, S., Mitchell, S.M., Poindexter, E. (2015, April) Understanding the
Connection between Interpersonal Violence and Suicide Risk. Symposium to be presented at the annual conference of
the American Association of Suicidology, Atlanta, GA.
Van Orden, K.A., Smith, P.N., & Stanley, I. (2014, November). Acquired Capability and Fearlessness About Death as
a Predictor of Suicidal Behavior Among Ideators. Symposium presented at the annual convention of the Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Guidry, E.G., Cukrowicz, K.C., Jahn, D.R., & Smith, P.N. (2015, April). An examination of a two-factor structure of
assessments of the acquired capability for suicide. Poster to be presented at the annual convention of the American
Association of Suicidology, Atlanta, GA.
Faulk, R.D., D’Amato, D., & Smith, P.N. (2015, March). The acquired capability for suicide in female victims of
violence. Poster to be presented at the annual convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton
Head, NC.
Byas, J., Granato, S., & Smith, P.N. (2014, November). The interaction between psychopathic traits and social support
as predictors of suicide ideation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association of Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Vann, N., D’Amato, D., Wolford-Clevenger, C., D’Amato, D., Varner, S., Faulk, R.D., Slattery, T.J., Smith, P.N.
(2014, November). Cognitive bias and the acquired capability for suicide. Poster presented at the annual convention
of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Smith, P.N. & Granato, S. (2014, November). Interpersonal-psychological factors predict over-time changes in suicide
ideation in psychotherapy outpatients. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
D’Amato, D., Wolford-Clevenger, C., & Smith, P.N. (2014, November). Intimate partner violence perpetration and
victimization differentially relate to critical risk factors for suicide. Poster presented at the annual convention of the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Granato, S., Price, A., & Smith, P.N. (2014, November). The distinct pathways of influence of victimization and
perpetration of violence on suicide risk factors. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Kahn, M., Selwyn, C.N., McCullars, A., Var, M., & Smith, P.N. (2014, May). A
longitudinal study of the mental and behavioral health effects expressed in lower alabama areas affected by the
deepwater horizon oil spill. Poster presented at the International Oil Spill Conference, Savannah, GA.
Lisa Turner
Baxter, A., Ellis, D. & Turner, L.A. (April, 2015). Patterns of identifying autism and intellectual disabilities in
Alabama: Race, education, and income. Presented at the Gatlinburg Conference for Research in Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities, New Orleans, LA.
Wright, C., Turner, L.A., & McCarty, D (August, 2014). Relations among perceived parenting,
self-conscious emotions, and forgiveness. Presented at the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Var, M.A., McCullars, A., Selwyn, C., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J. & Turner, L.A. (August, 2014). Motivations for
initiating contact with ex-partners (MICE) scale: Analysis and factor structure. Presented at the American
Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Mark Yates
Brown, C., Foster, J., & Yates, M., (May, 2014). Double-Dipping: Teaching Course Content and 21st Century
Competencies. Fourth Annual South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mobile, AL.
Kimberly Zlomke
Mallicoat, K. (Author), Murphy, J., Zlomke, K., Swingle, H., "Feeding problems and maternal anxiety in children
with autism spectrum disorder," Pediatric Academic Societies, San Diego, CA. (April 28, 2015).
Hall, H., Fruh, S., Zlomke, K., Swingle, H., Autism Grand Rounds, "Communication and Adaptation in Minority
Families of Children with Autism," University of South Alabama. (February 6, 2015).
Cook, K., Beverly, B., Zlomke, K., Murphy, J., "Language Increases for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
During Coached Parent-Child Interactions," Orlando, FL. (November 2014).
Zlomke, K., Jeter, K. J., Edwards, G. S., "Improving Parent-Child Interactions to Decrease Problematic Behavior:
Applications of Parent Child Interaction Therapy," Division of Early Childhood, St. Louis, MO. (October 2014).
Zlomke, K., Jeter, K., Edwards, G. S., "PCIT with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Series Analysis," Division of
Early Childhood’s, St. Louis, MO. (October 2014).
GRANTS
Joseph Currier
Currier, J. M. 11/13 – 11/16: Harris, J.I., Erbes, C.R. (Co-Principal Investigators), “Testing Spiritual Support Groups
for Veteran Trauma Survivors.” Funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation at $601,000. Role: Consultant.
Benjamin Hill
Hill, B.D. (2014, July): Relation of cognitive intra-individual variability to meta-inflammatory biomarkers in bariatric
surgery patients and controls, USA Faculty Development Council Grant, $5,000.
Labbé, E. (2014, March): Evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for MCI Patients, Abraham A. Mitchell
Cancer Research Fund, Mitchell Cancer Institute, $15,000.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J.: PI, Program Grant (May 2012 – April 2017). $8,273, 000. Gulf Region Health Outreach
Program (GRHOP). Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project- Alabama (MBHCP-AL). Deepwater Horizon
Class Action Settlement.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J.: Consultant and Collaborator, Emerging Scholars Grant with Dr. Ishara Ramkisson, USA
Speech Pathology and Audiology. (January 2015 – December 2015). $101,369. Gulf Region Health Outreach
Program (GRHOP). Environmental Literacy in Marine Science and the Health Impact of Environmental
Contaminants: Year Two. Tulane University Occupational and Environmental Health Project. Deepwater Horizon
Class Action Settlement.
Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J.: Research Collaborator, Status of Integrated Health in Alabama with Dr. Beverly Thorn,
University of Alabama. (August, 2014 – August, 2015).
Philip Smith
Smith, P. N. (2013, July). National Institutes of Health Clinical Loan Repayment Grant, National Institutes of
Health/National Institute of Mental Health, $70,000.
Smith, P. N. (2012, March). The Acquired Capability for Suicide: A Mechanism Underlying the Gender Disparity in
Suicide Rates, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, $81,999.
Kimberly Zlomke
Zlomke, K.R. (2014, August). USA-AL Dept of Human Resources. $20,798.
Zlomke, K.R. (2014, June). Behavioral Consultation for Community Mental Health. $58,211
Malicoat, K., Swingle, H., & Zlomke, K. (April 2014). Age as a moderator for child food selectivity and maternal state
anxiety in children with autism. University Committee for Undergraduate Research, $500.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Roma Stovall Hanks
PROFESSORS
Dr. Philip Carr
Dr. Michael Daley
Dr. David Gartman
Dr. Roma Hanks
Dr. David Johnson
Dr. Mark A. Moberg
Dr. Steven Picou
Dr. Gregory Waselkov
Dr. Valerie Bryan
Dr. Nicole Carr
Dr. Christopher Freed
Dr. Kenneth Hudson
Dr. Douglas Marshall
Dr. Lesley Gregoricka
Dr. Hosik Min
Dr. Leonard Mundy
INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Laurie Haas
Ms. Kimberly Pettway
SECRETARY
Ms. Linda Burcham
Initiatives
The Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work continued a tradition of excellence in teaching,
research, and service. Students and faculty are engaged with the community in widely varied projects on health
inequality, disasters, child welfare, juvenile crime and delinquency, poverty and homelessness, healthy aging,
archaeological exploration of the history of Mobile and the region’s Native people, and forensic evaluation of
unidentified skeletons. Faculty accomplish interdisciplinary collaboration through key roles in newly approved
minors and specialized programs including: Forensic Science, Museum Studies, and Native American Studies as well
as established minors in Gerontology and Religious Studies and the Graduate/Undergraduate Certificate in
Gerontology. Substantial endowed gifts help to support program development and scholarships in Native American
Studies and the study of Aging and the Life Course.
Scholarly Productivity
Demonstration of faculty scholarship included twelve (15) peer reviewed articles published; five (3) peer reviewed
book chapters published; and three (3) books. Faculty gave forty-five (45) presentations at professional conferences.
The Department has housed the prestigious cultural anthropology journal Human Organization during Dr. Mark
Moberg’s tenure as Editor-in-Chief. Beginning this year, The Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work moved editorial
offices to our department as Dr. Michael Daley assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief. Drs. Hanks, Picou and
Waselkov are also members of editorial boards of peer reviewed journals in their fields of specialization. Faculty
members are Principal Investigators or Co-PI’s on new grant awards of over $2.61million and additional active
grants of $7.98million. These grants support graduate students and provide venues for undergraduate involvement
in research.
Teaching
Departmental course offerings generated 7,740 credit hours. Notably, faculty members involved forty (40) students
in their research. We strive for continuous improvement in teaching. Where possible, we use national tests to assess
student learning and compare our students with national-level standards of achievement. The Department
recognizes the contributions of Dr. Ken Hudson who chaired the departmental assessment committee from 20072014. Dr. Leo Mundy assumed the position of chair of the departmental assessment committee for 2014-2015 and
moved quickly to examine ways to use results of assessment to improve courses, focusing first on online general
education courses. Members of the assessment committee represent each discipline/program: Dr. Valerie Bryan,
Social Work; Dr. Chris Freed, Sociology Graduate; Dr. Mark Moberg, Anthropology; Dr. Leo Mundy, Sociology; Dr.
Roma Hanks, Departmental Assessment and Gerontology.
Service
Faculty served on numerous committees in the Department, College, and University. Faculty gave their time in
service to a wide variety of community-based organizations and charities including: Alabama Board of Social Work
Examiners, Alabama Contemporary Arts Center (formerly Centre for the Living Arts), Bay Area Food Bank,
Children’s Policy Council, Council Traditional School, Drug Education Council, 15 Place, Girls Explore Math and
Science (GEMS), Gulf Coast Exploreum, Historic Blakely Foundation, Housing First, Junior League, League of
Women Voters, One Mobile, Mayor’s Leaders Now, Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mobile Homeless
Connect, Mobile Medical Museum, Mobile Youth Works Council, Prichard Preparatory Academy, Project Hope,
and USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital.
Valerie Bryan
Bryan, V., Brye, W., Dubose, L., Hudson, K., Hansberry, S., & Arrieta, M. (2014). Investigating health disparities
through community-based participatory research: Lessons learned from a process evaluation. Social Work in Public
Health, 29(4), 318-334.
Michael Daley
Daley, M. R. (2014). From the editor. Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 19, ix-xi
Lesley Gregoricka
Gregoricka, L.A., Betsinger, T.K., Scott, A.B., & Polcyn M. (2014), Apotropaic practices and the undead: A
biogeochemical assessment of deviant burials in post-medieval Poland. PLoS ONE , 9(11), e113564.
Gregoricka, L.A. (2014). Assessing life history from commingled assemblages: The biogeochemistry of inter-tooth
variability in Bronze Age Arabia. Journal of Archaeological Science, 47, 10-21.
Roma Stovall Hanks
Russ, S. H., Cashen, C. C., Thomas, T., & Hanks, R. (2015). Smart grid architecture for unobtrusive home health
monitoring. National Social Science Journal, 48(1), 62-68.
C. Kenneth Hudson
Roy, B. A., Hudson, K., Viser, M., & Johnson, B. (2014). Grassland fires may favor native over introduced plants by
reducing pathogen loads. Ecology , 95, 1897-1906.
Bryan, V., Brye, W., Hudson, K., Dubose, L., Hansberry, S., & Arrieta, M. (2014). Investigating health disparities
through community-based participatory research: Lessons learned from a process evaluation. Social Work in Public
Health, 29, 334-2014.
Hosik Min
Min, H. (2014). The social, demographic, and healthy behavioral factors associated with obesity among the old in the
Gulf Coast Area, with Comparison to the U.S. Journal of Aging and Gerontology, 2(2), 72-80.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12974/2309-6128.2014.02.02.2.
Min, H. (2014). Ordered logit regression modeling of the self-rated health in Hawai’i, with comparison to the OLS
Model. Journal of Modern Statistical Methods, 12(2), 237-380.
J. Steven Picou
Adeola, F. & Picou, J. S. (2014). Social capital and the mental health impacts of Hurricane Katrina: Assessing longterm patterns of psychosocial distress. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 32(1), 121-156.
Scyphers, S. B., Picou, J. S. & Powers, S. P. (2015). Participatory conservation of coastal habitats: The importance of
understanding homeowner decision making to mitigate cascading shoreline degradation. Conservation Letters,
8, 41–49. doi: 10.1111/conl.12114
Gill, D.A., Ritchie, L.A., Picou, J.S., Langhinrichsen-Rohling, J., Long, M.A., & Shenesey, J.W. (2014). The Exxon and
BP oil spills: A comparison of psychosocial impacts. Natural Hazards, 74, 1911-1932. Doi: 10.1007/s11069-0141280-7
Scyphers, S. B., Picou, J. S., Brumbaugh, R. D., & Powers, S. P. (2014). Integrating societal perspectives and values for
improved stewardship of a coastal ecosystem engineer. Ecology and Society, 19( 3), 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES06835-190338
Gregory A. Waselkov
Rick, T. C., & Waselkov, G. A. (2015). Shellfish Gathering and Shell Midden Archaeology Revisited: Chronology and
Taphonomy at White Oak Point, Potomac River Estuary, Virginia. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 10(I),
1-24.
Reitz, E. J., & Waselkov, G. A. (2015). Vertebrate Use at Early Colonies on the Southeastern Coasts of Eastern North
America. International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 19(1), 21-45.
Lesley A. Gregoricka
Sheridan, S.G., Ullinger, J., Gregoricka, L., & Chesson, M. (2014). Bioarchaeological reconstruction of group identity
at Early Bronze Age Bab edh-Dhra’, Jordan. In B. Porter & A. Boutin, (Eds), Remembering the dead in the ancient
Near East: Recent contributions from bioarchaeology and mortuary archaeology (pp. 133-184). Boulder: University of
Colorado Press.
Mark A. Moberg
Moberg, M. (2015). Can shopping change the world?: Fair trade social premiums and neoliberal development in the
global recession. In G. Fridell & K Ervine, (Eds.), Beyond free trade: Alternative approaches to trade, politics, and
power. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave-Macmillan.
J. Steven Picou
Picou, J.S., Nicholls, K., & Guski, R. (2015). Environmental stress and health. In James D. Wright (editor-in-chief) ,
International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Vol 7, 2nd ed., pp. 804-808), Oxford: Elsevier.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Williams, K.D., & Gregoricka, L.A. (2015). Social, spatial, and bioarchaeological histories of Ancient Oman (SoBO)
2014-15: A report for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture. Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
PEER-REVIEWED BOOKS
Michael R. Daley
Daley, M. (2015). Rural social work in the 21st century. Lyceum Books: Chicago.
W. David Gartman
Gartman, D. (2012). Culture, class, and critical theory: Between Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School. New York:
Routledge, 2012. (third-year credit)
Mark A. Moberg
Moberg, M. (2013). Engaging anthropological theory: A social and political history. New York: Routledge. (third year
credit)
J. Steven Picou
Gill, D.A., Ritchie, L.A., & Picou, J.S. (2014, March). Observations: 25 years since Exxon Valdez. Natural Hazards
Observer, 10-13.
J. Steven Picou
Gill, D.A., Ritchie, L.A. & Picou, J.S. (in press). Litigation and settlement following the Exxon Valdez and BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spills: When the disaster is a crime. In D.W. Harper & K. Frailing (Eds.). Crime and
Criminal Justice in Disaster (3rd Edition). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
Gregory A. Waselkov
Filion, B., Waselkov, G., & Mitchell, B. (2015). Jean-Paul’s Daring Adventure: Stories from Old Mobile. The
Archaeology Museum, University of South Alabama, Mobile.
OTHER NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
J. Steven Picou
Nicholls, K.J., Picou, S. & Lowman, J. (2014, May). Enhancing the utility of community health workers in disaster
preparedness, resiliency, and recovery, International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings, V 2014(1), 170-183.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014.1.170
Nicholls, K., & Picou, J. S. (2014, July 21). Community health workers training project, quarterly progress report: 2nd
quarter, 2014. Gulf Region Health Outreach Project, Coastal Resource & Resiliency Center, Mobile, AL.
Nicholls, K., & Picou, J. S. (2014, November 4). Community health workers training project, quarterly Progress
Report: 3nd Quarter, 2014. Gulf Region Health Outreach Project, Coastal Resource & Resiliency Center, Mobile, AL.
Nicholls, K., & Picou, J. S. (2015, January 6). Community health workers training project, annual report, Gulf Region
Health Outreach Project. Coastal Resource & Resiliency Center, Mobile, AL.
Nicholls, K. & Picou, J. S. (2015, March 17). Community health workers training project, quarterly progress report: 1st
quarter, 2015. Gulf Region Health Outreach Project, Coastal Resource & Resiliency Center, Mobile, AL.
REVIEWS
W. David Gartman
Gartman, D. (2014). [Review of Bernhard Rieger, The people’s car: A global history of the Volkswagen Beetle]. Journal
of Design History, 27(3), 319-20.
Hosik Min
Min, H. (2015). Prediction model of disease progression of micro- and macro-complication in Diabetes Mellitus in
Korea. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health. Review submitted for publication.
Min, H. (2015). Valproic acid neuroprotection in the 6-OHDA model of Parkinson’s disease is possibly related to its
anti-inflammatory and HDAC inhibitory properties. The Journal of Aging and Gerontology. Review submitted for
publication.
Michael R. Daley
Daley, M. R. (2014). Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work (Ed.). 19, i-167, S1-105.
Daley, M.R. (2014-2015). (Editor-in-Chief of journal, Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work. June 2014- present).
Mark A. Moberg
Moberg, M. (Ed.). (2014-15). Human organization, 73(3-4), and 74(1).
Michael R. Daley
Daley, M. R. (2014-2015). Chair of Editorial Board, Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 14.
Daley, M.R. (214-2015). Member, Editorial Board, Contemporary Rural Social Work, 1-7. (for all volumes)
Roma Stovall Hanks
Hanks, R. S. (2003-present). Editorial Board, Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, Taylor & Francis
J. Steven Picou
Picou, J. S. (2014-2015) Reviewer, Social Forces
Picou, J. S. (2014-2015) Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Science
Gregory A. Waselkov
Waselkov, G. A. (2014-present). Editorial Board for The Alabama Review
ABSTRACTS
Valerie L. Bryan
McLaughlin. A., Krase, K., Bryan, V., & Meyer-Adams, N. (2014). 4th Annual Emerging Leadership Forum: The
future of leadership in undergraduate social work education: Presentation and roundtable discussions [Abstract].
Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors.
Bryan, V., & Schulze, C. (2014). Gendered surveillance in juvenile probation: Findings from a retrospective cohort
study [Abstract]. Council on Social Work Education.
Kaplan, L., Bryan, V., & Sanders, S. (2015) Unique moral framework for a new frontier [Abstract]. Council on Social
Work Education.
Roma Stovall Hanks
Estes, K., Hanks, R. S., Bright, C. F., & Broyles, A. E. (2015). Of missiles, chemicals, tornados and such…: Community
context in individual and family constructions of disaster and risk [Abstract.] Meetings of the Gerontological Society
of America and the 2014 Minority Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference.
Bright, C. F., Butler, D. L., Hanks, R. S., Broyles, A. E., & Sayre, E. (2015, March). The role of community involvement
in personal recovery from disaster [Abstract]. Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America and the 2014
Minority Health Disparities Conference.
Bright, C., Broyles, A., Hanks, R., Martin, M., & Sayre, E. (2015, March). Of resilience, recovery and religious
institutions: The role of community churches in disaster preparation and response [Abstract]. Meetings of the
Gerontological Society of America and the 2014 Minority Health Disparities Conference.
Bright, C., Butler, D.L., Hanks, R., Martin, M., & Sayre, E. (2015, March). Birds of a feather recover together: The Role
of social networks and community involvement in disaster resilience and recovery [Abstract]. Meetings of the
Hanks, R.S., Bright, C.F., Butler, D., Martin, M., & Broyles, A. (2014, December). Health disparities in the Deep
South: A public health policy study of the effect of disasters on vulnerable communities. [Abstract]. Meetings of the
Arrieta, M.I., Van Buren, K.B., Hudson, A.L., Fisher, L.G., Wells, N., Hudson, M., Mujica, F.C., Stutsman, S., Min,
H., & Hanks, R.S., Crook, E. (2014, December). Novel use of sentinel surveillance to track health equity progress.
[Abstract]. Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America and the 2014 Minority Health Disparities Conference.
Butler, D., Hanks, R.S., Martin, M., Benjamin, R. (2014, December). Health disparities in the Deep South: A public
health policy study of disasters on vulnerable communities [Abstract]. Meetings of the Gerontological Society of
America and the 2014 Minority Health Disparities Conference.
Bright, C., Butler, D., Hanks, R., Martin, M. (2014, November). Health disparities in the Deep South: The role of
economics in disaster resilience and recovery in vulnerable communities [Abstract]. Meetings of the Gerontological
Society of America and the 2014 Minority Health Disparities Conference.
Holley, L.M., Hanks, R.S., & Donorfio, L. (2014, November) Connecting generations: Evidence from community
engaged intergenerational learning [Abstract]. Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America and the 2014
Minority Health Disparities.
C. Kenneth Hudson
Hudson, K., & Longino, J. (2015). Farewell. [Classical Guitar Duet, Composed and Arranged by. K. Hudson]. Music
Luncheon, Gulf Shores, AL.
Gregory A. Waselkov
Waselkov, G. A. (2014). A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814 [Interview]. CSPAN2. http://series.c-span.org/LocalContent/Mobile/ or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qCcbWVFL6E#t=17
Valerie L. Bryan
McLaughlin. A., Krase, K., Bryan, V., & Meyer-Adams, N. (2015, March). 4th Annual Emerging Leadership Forum:
The future of leadership in undergraduate social work education.Paper and roundtable presented at the annual
meeting of 2014 Association of Baccalaureate Program Directors Annual Conference, Louisville, KY.
Arrieta, M., Bryan, V., & Hudson, K. (2015, January). Bay Area Women's Coalition/HDRG collaboration. Paper
presented at the 2015 Faculty Forum on Engaged Scholarship, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Stefurak, J., & Bryan, V. (2015, January). The history and growth of the Mobile Juvenile Court Collaborative. Paper
presented at the 2015 Faculty Forum on Engaged Scholarship, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Bryan, V., & Schulze, C. (2014, October). Gendered surveillance in juvenile probation:
Findings from a retrospective cohort study. Paper presented at the 60th Council on Social Work
Education Annual Program Meeting, Tampa, FL.
Philip H. Carr
Carr, P. J. (2014, August). What do textbooks tell us about the Creeks. Paper presented at the conference Observing
the 200th Anniversary of the Red Stick War of 1813-14, Poarch, AL.
Carr, P. J. & Bradbury, A. P. (2014, November). Flake debris as integral to investigating the organization of lithic
technology. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Greenville,
SC.
Michael R. Daley
Daley, M. R. & Gayle, C. (2015, March). Educating BSWs for the Future: Program administration and curriculum
development committee, Paper presented at the 32st Annual Meeting of the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work
Program Directors, Kansas City, MO.
Daley, M. R. & Pittman Munke, P. (2014, October). Rural social services delivery: Implications of past history for
current services. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of Council on Social Work Education Annual Program,
Tampa, FL.
Daley, M. R. & Pittman Munke, P. (2014, July). Fitting square pegs into round holes: Social work with clients in a rural
environment. Paper presented at the 39th annual meeting of National Institute on Social Work and Human Services
in Rural Areas, Silver City, NM.
Pittman Munke, P. & Daley, M. R. (2014, July). Homelessness and rurality. Paper presented at the 39th annual
meeting of the National Institute on Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas,
Silver City, NM.
Christopher R. Freed
Freed, C. R. (2014). Seed of the supply line: The social anatomy of a wholesale produce market. Paper presented at the
meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Mobile, AL.
Freed, C. R. & Carr, P. J. (2014). Where are they now? Is the MythBusters Learning Community really making a
difference? Paper presented at the South Alabama Conference on Teaching and Learning, Mobile, AL.
Gregoricka, L.A., Betsinger, T.K., Scott, A.B., & Polcyn, M. (2015). Apotropaics and the undead: A biogeochemical
assessment of vampire burials in post-medieval Poland. Paper presented at the annual meeting of American
Association of Physical Anthropologists. St. Louis, MO.
Greiner, S., Bormann, E., Gregoricka, L., Ullinger, J., & Conlogue, G. (2015). Comparative analysis of proliferative
lesions by macroscopic examination and computed radiography. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Paleopathology Association. St. Louis, MO.
Gregoricka, L.A., & Sheridan, S.G. (2014). Monks on the move: Evaluating pilgrimage to Byzantine St. Stephen’s
Monastery using strontium isotopes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental
Research. San Diego, CA.
Williams, K.D., & Gregoricka, L.A. (2014). Further evidence of the Hafit/Umm an-Nar transition in mortuary
practices on the Oman Peninsula. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental
Research. San Diego, CA.
Betsinger, T.K., Scott, A.B., & Gregoricka, L. (2014). The “Vampir”: Biocultural constructs of the undead. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Bioarchaeologists’ Northeast Regional Dialogue Conference. Ithaca, NY.
Betsinger, T.K., Scott, A.B., & Gregoricka, L. (2014). Biology or culture? Determinants of deviant burials in postmedieval Poland. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. Istanbul,
Turkey.
Williams, K.D., & Gregoricka, L.A. (2014). Recent excavations and survey of the Social, Spatial, and Bioarchaeological
Histories of Ancient Oman team in Dhank, Oman. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Seminar for Arabian
Studies. London, England.
Luthern, M., Williams, K.D., & Gregoricka, L.A. (2014). Excavation of Iron Age tumuli near Dhank, Oman. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. London, England.
Laurie F. Haas
Haas, L., Moore-Nadler, M., Clanton, C., Roussel, L., (2014). Interprofessional educational collaboration: Team based
care for the homeless. Paper presented at the142nd annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, New
Orleans, LA.
Roma Stovall Hanks
Estes, K., Hanks, R. S., Bright, C. F., & Broyles, A. E. (2015, March). Of missiles, chemicals, tornados and such…:
Community context in individual and family constructions of disaster and risk. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Bright, C. F., Butler, D. L., Hanks, R. S., Broyles, A. E., & Sayre, E. (2015, March). The role of community involvement
in personal recovery from disaster. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New
Orleans, LA.
Bright, C., Broyles, A., Hanks, R., Martin, M., & Sayre, E. (2015, March). Of resilience, recovery and religious
institutions: The role of community churches in disaster preparation and response. Poster presented at the 10th UAB
Health Disparities Research Symposium, Birmingham AL.
Bright, C., Butler, D.L., Hanks, R., Martin, M., & Sayre, E. (2015, March). Birds of a feather recover together: The role
of social networks and community involvement in disaster resilience and recovery. Paper presented at the Xavier
University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy 8th Health Disparities Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Hanks, R.S., Bright, C.F., Butler, D., Martin, M., & Broyles, A. (2014, December). Health disparities in the deep south:
A public health policy study of the effect of disasters on vulnerable communities. Poster presented at the 2014 Bays and
Bayous Symposium, Mobile AL.
Poster presented at the 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantee’s Conference, National Harbor MD.
Butler, D., Hanks, R.S., Martin, M., Benjamin, R. (2014, December). Health disparities in the Deep South: A public
health policy study of disasters on vulnerable communities. Poster presented at the 2014 Minority Health and Health
Disparities Grantee’s Conference, National Harbor MD.
Bright, C., Butler, D., Hanks, R., Martin, M. (2014, November). Health disparities in the Deep South: The role of
economics in disaster resilience and recovery in vulnerable communities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Mid-South Sociological Association, Mobile AL.
Holley, L.M., Hanks, R.S., & Donorfio, L. (2014, November) Connecting generations: Evidence from community
engaged intergenerational learning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,
Washington DC.
C. Kenneth Hudson
Akira, A., Hudson, K., Hudson, A., Marcellus, A., & Crook, E. (2015). Measuring heath care utilization in low income
communities. Paper presented at the Southern Regional Meeting of the American Federation for Medical Research,
New Orleans, LA.
Hudson, K. (2015). Changing American attitudes toward homosexuality: 1973-2012. Paper presented at the Southern
Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Douglas A. Marshall
Marshall, D. A. (2015). Desire and the degrees of evil: The role of temptation in moral judgment. Paper presented at
the meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Marshall, D. A. & Cooper, J. (2015). How firm a foundation? Empiricizing theodicy as religious coping. Paper
presented at the meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA.
Marshall, D. A. (2014). Social Theory. Discussant at meeting of the American Sociological Association San Francisco,
CA.
Hosik Min
Poster presented at the 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees' Conference. National Harbor, MD.
Min, H. (2014). The buffering effect of SES on chronic diseases. Paper presented at the 2014 annual meetings of the
Southern Demographic Association, Memphis, TN.
Min, H. (2014). The social, demographic, and healthy behavioral factors associated with obesity in the Gulf Coast Area
with comparison to the U.S. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, New Orleans,
LA.
Mark A. Moberg
Moberg, M. (2015). Caribbean identity and marginalization in the fair trade banana market. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Pittsburgh, PA.
J. Steven Picou
Picou, J.S., Nicholls, K., Curtis, J., & Lowman, L. (2014, November). Expanding the role of lay health workers to
enhance community resiliency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Sociological Association,
Mobile, Alabama.
Picou, J.S. & Nicholls, K. (2015, March). Hurricane Katrina, Chronic mental health impacts and intervention models:
Tracking “Ground Zero” survivors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Southern Sociological Society, New
Orleans, LA.
Adeola, Francis & Picou, J.S. (2015, March). The physical and mental health impacts of Hurricane Katrina:
Exploring social capital and socio-demographic predictors after three years. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the Southern Sociological, New Orleans, LA.
Gregory A. Waselkov
Waselkov, G. A. (2014). Subsistence and Seasonality on the Woodland Gulf Coast: An Introduction. Symposium
paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Greenville, SC.
Waselkov, G. A. (2015). Towasa Diaspora: Ignoring the European Presence as a Response to Colonization. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, WA.
Waselkov, G. A. (2015). Sex in Protohistoric Eastern North America. Invited paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, WA.
GRANTS
Valerie L. Bryan
Bryan, V. (2014, June) Child Welfare Training Services Sub-award through the Mobile County Department of
Human Resources via the University of Alabama, $107,842.
Christopher R. Freed
Freed, C.R. (2013, January) (Consultant). Broad-based Research Collaboratives on Minority Health and Health
Disparities, National Institutes of Health. Crook, E. D. (Principal Investigator). $1,264,662.
Philip J. Carr
Waselkov, G., Carr, P. & Staff of the Center for Archaeological Studies (2014-2015) Cultural Resource assessments
and Research Projects. received funding for a total of 34 projects totaling $321,105.
Carr, P. J. (2014, May) Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment for Boggy Hollow Timber Sales, Conecuh National
Forest, Covington County, Alabama” U. S. Department of Agriculture, $63,723.
Carr, P. J. (2015, March) Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment of DeSoto National Forest” U. S. Department of
Agriculture, $80,754.
Gregoricka, L.A., & Williams, K.D. (2013-16, December ’12) Negotiating Identity and Building the Landscape: Third
Millennium BC Mortuary Traditions in Bronze Age Oman, National Science Foundation (NSF), $187,373.34.
Gregoricka, L.A. (2014-15, April ’14) Migration and human sacrifice among the Late Classic Pasion Maya, MahanBrandon Fund for Research in Gender Studies and Women’s History (USA), $2,304.
Gregoricka, L.A. (2014-15, November ’14) Migration and human sacrifice among the Late Classic Pasion Maya,
Support and Development Award (USA), $1,400.
Gregoricka, L.A. (2014-15, May ‘14) A biogeochemical investigation of the transition to agriculture in the Bronze Age
Levant, Support and Development Award (USA), $1,500.
Gregoricka, L.A., & Danforth, M. (2014-15, December ’13) Immigration, captivity, and human sacrifice among the
Pasión Maya at Seibal, Guatemala, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Laurie F. Haas
Moore-Nadler, M., Bogar, C., Clanton, C., Haas, L., & Vetrosky, D., (2014, September) Project Analysis of an InterProfessional Student Managed Clinic, University of South Alabama Health Sciences Division, $17,683.51.
Johnson, P., Preud’Homme, D., White, L., Davis, C., & Haas, L., (2014, May) Establishing a Local Chapter of the
Institute of Healthcare Improvement at the University of South Alabama, University of South Alabama Health
Sciences Division, $1,500.
Roma Stovall Hanks
Hanks, R.S. (2007, September-2015, June) Year IX, (Hanks, R.S., Community Engagement Core Co-Director)
Broadbased Research Collaboratives on Minority Health and Health Disparities - $6,798,000. Principal Investigator:
Errol Crook, M.D. Grant Number: 5P20MD002314
Hanks, R. S. (2014, July) Year II sub-award from University of Southern Mississippi under Health Disparities in the
Deep South: A Public Health Study of the Effect of Disaster on Vulnerable Communities. NIH/NIMHHD, $75,000.
Principal Investigators: David Butler, Ph.D.; Michelle Martin, Ph.D.; Regina Benjamin, M.D. Grant Number:
U54MD008602.
Hanks, R. S. (2014, May) Year XII, Legacy Leadership Institute. SARPC-Area Agency on Aging, $10,000.
C. Kenneth Hudson
Hudson, K. (2012, Fall) The Impact of Labor Market Status on Admission to Health Care, Broad Based Research
Collaborative on Minority Health and Health Disparities, Center for Healthy Communities, National Institute of
Health, Office of Minority Health $364,660.
J. Steven Picou
Grabowski, J. H., Scyphers, S. B. (co-PI) & Picou, J. S. (co-PI). (2014, March) Assessing Social Impacts in Groundfish
Fishing Communities; NOAA – Saltonstall Kennedy Program, $247,746.
Nicholls, J. K. & Picou, J. S. (co-PI). (2014, April) Advanced Training for Community Health Workers: Prevention
and Management of Chronic Disease, Baton Rouge Area Foundation, $2.3 million.
Nicholls, J. K. & Picou, J. S. (co-PI). (2015, January) Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities, Gulf of Mexico
Research Initiative (under subcontract with the RAND Corporation); $1.1 million.
Gregory A. Waselkov
Waselkov, G. A., (2013, December) Phase III Archaeological Mitigation of Sites 1MB510 and 1 MB511 for I-10
Interchange Modifications, Alabama Department of Transportation,$270,568.
Waselkov, G. A. (2014, April 29) White Oak Creek Public Archaeology in Dallas County, on the Trail of Hernando de
Soto, Alabama Power Foundation, $58,132.
Waselkov, G. A. (2014, July) State of Knowledge and Synthesis of the Natural, Cultural and Economic Conservation of
the Lower Alabama River Area, National Park Service, $9,930 and $15,303 supplement.
Waselkov, G. A., Supplement to Phase III Archaeological Mitigation of Sites 1MB510 and 1 MB511 for I-10
Interchange Modifications, Alabama Department of Transportation, (2014, October) $48,580.
Waselkov, G. A. (2014, October) Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment for the Fort Sidney Johnston Archaeological
Site (1MB369), Alabama State Docks, $64,527.
Waselkov, G.A., Carr, P. & Staff of the Center for Archaeological Studies (2014-2015) Cultural Resource
Assessments and Research Projects, 38 total projects (including above) $468,997.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Dr. Lars Tatom
PROFESSORS
Mr. Lyle Miller
Ms. Rebecca Britton
Mr. T. Fulton Burns
Mr. Christopher Peck
INSTRUCTORS
Mr. Louis Courie
Mr. Joseph Fuselli
Ms. Gwendolyn McCann-Mulamba
Mrs. Candice Prosch
SECRETARY
Mrs. Janet Lambard
The 2014-15 academic year was a time of great change and growth for the department. After over a decade guiding
the program, Dr. Lee Van Dyke retired as Chair, and was replaced by Dr. Lars Tatom. Under Dr. Tatom’s direction,
the department quickly moved forward with a comprehensive review and series of updates, including receiving
approval early in the fall to change its name from “Dramatic Arts” to “Theatre & Dance”, reflecting a desire to move
the program more in line with current pedagogy and trends. This change, along with the creation and
implementation of a unified publicity and marketing plan, saw strong results in the visibility and outreach of the
program.
As a further reflection of this, Theatre USA, the department’s producing arm, presented a “Season of Change”, four
productions focused on growth and transformation, especially as related to the family. The fall kicked off with the
musical The Addams Family, based on the popular television show of the 1960’s. Directed by Assistant Professor
Chris Peck, and with scenic and lighting design by Professor Lyle Miller and costume design by Associate Professor
Rebecca Britton, the production was a huge success, selling out its entire run.
Later in the fall, Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, provided a chance for audiences to
enjoy Wilde’s gentle skewering of the British upper class. Under the guidance of former adjunct faculty member Jean
Galloway as Director, scenic design by Lyle Miller and costume design by Rebecca Britton were supplemented by a
student lighting design, executed by graduating senior Trey Brazeal. The production sold extremely well, presenting
a worthy piece of theatrical style to our students, while entertaining our audiences.
The spring featured two widely diverse productions. Assistant Professor T. F. Burns directed Neil LaBute’s
contemporary relationship drama, The Shape of Things. Featuring designs by Professors Miller, and costumes by
graduating senior Adrian Ada Vaughn and sound by freshmen Theatre major Carl Wampler, the production pushed
the boundaries of what we do.
Finally, the department undertook a huge theatrical challenge, Mary Zimmerman’s award-winning adaptation of
Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Presenting nine different Greek myths, the author set the production in a huge onstage pool
of water. With direction, sound and prop designs by Dr. Lars Tatom, and designs by Professors Miller and Britton,
the production was well received both critically and with audiences, and provided a strong end to the production
season.
The department continues to be strongly involved in Region 4 of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre
Festival, a national organization dedicated to the celebration and growth of college and university theatre in
America. As a part of that participation, the following students actors were recognized for their work by receiving
nominations for the prestigious Irene Ryan Acting Competition: Blake Waters and Tymothe Thompson in The
Addams Family, Brianna Bond and Abigail St. John in The Importance of Being Earnest, Brandon Mallette and Tahj
Vaughan in The Shape of Things, and Will Ballard and Blake Waters in Metamorphoses.
Additionally, technical theatre recognitions were presented to Kristina Walter for Hair & Makeup for The Addams
Family, Trey Brazeal for Lighting Design and Adrian Ada Vaughn for Hair & Makeup for The Importance of Being
Earnest, Carl Wampler for Sound Design and Adrian Ada Vaughn for Costume Design for The Shape of Things, and
Ariel McLendon for Stage Management, Carl Wampler for Sound Design, and Sarah Hay for Dramaturgy for
Metamorphoses.
Several students in the department were successful in obtaining theatre employment and/or internship positions
during the summer of 2014, highlighting their ability to put their studies into practice in the real world. These
included Shannon Blalack at Porthouse Theatre, Trey Brazeal at Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre, Gabrielle
Brou at Berkshire Theatre Festival, Ben Haas at Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Jinae Linek at Westport Country
Playhouse, Casey North at Tecumseh Outdoor Drama, Adrian Ada Vaughn at Porthouse Theatre, Carlton
Warnberg at Tecumseh Outdoor Drama, and Zac West at CCPC Summer Theatre.
T. Fulton Burns
Burns, T. F. (December 2014). Alabama Conference of Theatre’s Walter Trumbauer State Theatre Festival
Adjudicator for One Act Plays and Musicals.
REVIEWS
Christopher Peck
Peck, C. (2015). “Performance Review of The Cripple of Inishmaan.” [By Martin McDonough. Directed by Michael
Grandage. Michael Grandage Company, Cort Theatre, New York, NY, 19 July 2014]. Texas Theatre Journal, Vol. 10,
Issue 1, 86.
Lars Tatom
Tatom, L. (2014). Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Respondent for Vinegar Tom, Auburn
University, Auburn, AL.
Tatom, L. (2015) Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Respondent for Metamorphoses, Georgia
Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
Tatom, L. (2015) Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Respondent for The Wiz, Valdosta State
University, Valdosta, GA.
Tatom, L. (2015). Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Adjudicator for Red, Grove City College,
Grove City, PA.
Lars Tatom
Tatom, L. (Ed.) (2014). The Addams Family Playbill. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
Tatom, L. (Ed.) (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest Playbill. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
Tatom, L. (Ed.) (2015). The Shape of Things Playbill. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
Tatom, L. (Ed.) (2015) Metamorphoses Newsletter. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
Tatom, L. (Ed.) (2015) Metamorphoses Playbill. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
JURIED PERFORMANCES, PRODUCTIONS AND RECITALS
Rebecca Britton
Britton, R. F. (Costume Designer). (2015) Metamorphoses [Main Stage Production]. Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Britton, R. F. (Costume Director). (2015) The Shape of Things [Main Stage Production]. Mobile, AL: University of
South Alabama.
Britton, R. F. (Costume Designer). (2014) The Importance of Being Earnest [Main Stage Production], Mobile, AL:
University of South Alabama.
Britton, R. F. (Costume Designer). (2014) The Addam’s Family [Main Stage Production]. Mobile, AL: University of
South Alabama.
T. Fulton Burns
Burns, T. Fulton (Director). (Spring 2015) The Shape of Things [Department of Dramatic Arts Production]. Mobile,
AL: University of South Alabama.
Lyle Miller
Miller, Lyle B. (Scenic Designer). (2014). The Addams Family [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Scenic Designer). (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of
South Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Scenic Designer). (2015). The Shape of Things [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Scenic Designer). (2015). Metamorphoses [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Lighting Designer). (2014). The Addams Family [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Lighting Designer). (2014). The Importance of Being Earnest [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University
of South Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Lighting Designer). (2015). The Shape of Things [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Miller, Lyle B. (Lighting Designer). (2015). Metamorphoses [Theatre USA] Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Christopher Peck
Peck, Christopher. (Director). (October 2014) The Addams Family. Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.
Lars Tatom
Tatom, L. (Producer). (2014) The Addams Family, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Dialect Coach). (2014) The Addams Family, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Producer). (2014) The Importance of Being Earnest, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Dialect Coach). (2014) The Importance of Being Earnest, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Producer). (2015) The Shape of Things, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Producer). (2015) Metamorphoses, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Director). (2015) Metamorphoses, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Props Designer). (2015) Metamorphoses, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Tatom, L. (Sound Designer). (2015) Metamorphoses, Mobile, AL: Theatre USA.
Rebecca Britton
Britton, R. F. (Costume Consultant). (2015) The Abduction from the Seraglio [Opera Production]. Mobile, AL:
Dept. of Music University of South Alabama.
Britton, R. F. (Costume Consultant). (2014) The 10th Anniversary Opera & Music Theatre Workshop Scenes.
[Workshop Production]. Mobile, AL: Dept. of Music University of South Alabama.
Christopher Peck
Peck, Christopher. (Director). (June 2015) Brilliant Traces. Mobile, AL: Makalani Theatre Ensemble.
Lars Tatom
Tatom, L. (Narrator). (2014) “Home for the Holidays” President’s Concert, Mobile, AL: University of South
Alabama.
Tatom, L. (Director). (2015) Power Lunch, Mobile, AL: Mobile Theatre Guild.
Tatom, L. (Sound Designer). (2015) Power Lunch, Mobile, AL: Mobile Theatre Guild.
Christopher Peck
Peck, C. (2015). Locked in a Room With Alice: The Exploration of Private Space in Third Rail Project’s Then She
Fell. Paper presented at the SETC Theatre Symposium on Theatre and Space, Altanta, GA.
Peck, C. (2015). Theatre at Dawn?!?! No Thanks, I’m Still Hungover: Giving the Theatre Back to Greek Audiences.
Paper presented at the Texas Educational Theatre Association Academic Symposium, Houston, TX.
Lars Tatom
Tatom, L. (2015). “Commanding Images: Starting a Director-Designer Conversation”, Kennedy Center American
College Theatre Festival Region 2 Conference, Cleveland, OH.
GRANTS
T. Fulton Burns
Burns, T. F. (2015, August). New York Stage Combat Workshop. Tuition Waiver $200.
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Jason Guynes
PROFESSORS
Jason Guynes
Ben Shamback
Tony Wright
Diane Gibbs
Matt Johnson
Dr. Elizabeth Rivenbark
Kara Burns
Rene Culler
Alma Hoffmann
Christina Lindeman
Matthew Patterson
Rita Skiadas
INSTRUCTORS
Marty Azevedo
SECRETARY
Lisa Kittrell
The Department of Visual Arts again had an impressive year with numerous developments and exciting events. The
Department was particularly pleased to welcome Marty Azevedo as a new faculty in printmaking and looks forward
to his contributions in that area. The Department was also pleased to continue our visiting artist program and had
an exceptionally impressive roster for the year. In graphic design, we welcomed Derrick Castle, in glass, we had
Philippa Beveridge and Bill Guddenrath, and in the printmaking area we welcomed Keith Garubba and Brittney
Denham.
Faculty sponsors and student organizations continued to play important roles in the Mobile arts community. Tony
Wright organized a group of students to produce work and assist with the annual Soup-A-Thon fundraiser and
demonstrations at Arts Alive, and the Department of Visual Arts, in conjunction with the English Department,
published the Oracle Fine Arts Review. The Department also presented its annual Holiday Art Sale. The event was an
impressive display of the outstanding talent in the department with an abundance of artwork available for purchase
and a strong turn out from the community.
Faculty in the Department continued to maintain impressive levels of professional activities and to achieve
recognition for their work. The department has been especially involved with SECAC, the Southeastern College Art
Conference. SECAC is the second largest conference for academic and professional art scholars in the United States.
Jason Guynes began his first of three year’s of service to the organization as President, while Alma Hoffmann, and
Diane Gibbs presented papers at the annual meeting.
The art history faculty were very productive during the year. Christina Lindeman received a book contract with
Ashgate Publishing for her book: Representing Duchess Anna Amalia’s Bildung: A Visual Metamorphosis from
Personal to Political in Eighteenth-Century Germany. Kara Burns also received a book contract. Her book will be
titled, The Iconography of Mystery: The Relationship between Orpheus and Bacchus on the Orpheus Mosaics of
Southwest Britain, and will be published British Archaeological Reports at Oxford University. In addition she also
received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for her proposal The Legacy of Ancient Italy: The
Etruscans and Early Rome. And, Elizabeth Rivenbark had her article, The Effects of Civil War on Children in the
Paintings of Eastman Johnson, published in War, Literature, and the Arts, vol, 26.
Studio faculty were again active on local, national and international levels. In the graphic design area Diane Gibbs
completed numerous design projects and commissions and won one international award and two national awards
for her design work. Matthew Johnson received an award for his previously published children’s book: Tools at
Work!, from US Book News. Alma Hoffmann had her article, The City of Ethnos: A Personal Response to a Fearbased Discourse in Our Society, published in the International Journal of Design in Society, and received a Graphic
Design USA American Graphic Design Award for her design work.
Tony Wright exhibited as part of the prestigious Crucible Exhibition at the Hogue Gallery on the campus of the
University of Tulsa in Tulsa, OK. Benjamin Shamback had work as part of four juried exhibitions and his work was
included in the International Painting Annual 4 published by Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH. Rita Skiadas had
her work published in the International Photography Annual 3 published by Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH and
had work published in the prestigious Photographer’s Forum 34th Annual Spring Exhibition publication. Rene
Culler had an impressive year eighteen works in fifteen juried shows and winning a Best In Show Award, a Merit
Award, and an Honorable Mention. Matthew Patterson had work in five national juried exhibitions and completed
a major commission for USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, AL. Jason Guynes completed a mural as
part of The Big Draw, a three-person exhibition at the Mobile Museum of Art, won a Merit Award at the 41st Annual
Bi-State Exhibition at the Meridian Museum of Art, and was named Artist of the Year at the Greater Mobile Arts
Awards, sponsored by the Mobile Arts Council, and again named Artist of the Year by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society at the University of South Alabama. All faculty members in the Department of Visual Arts were extremely
productive, and a comprehensive list of activities follows.
Alma Hoffmann
Hoffmann, A. (2015). The City of Ethnos: A Personal Response to a Fear-based Discourse in Our Society. The
International Journal of Design in Society, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2015, pp.1-12.
Christina Lindeman
Lindeman, C. K. (October 2014). Anna Dorothea Therbusch’s Self-Portrait and the Convergence of SeventeenthCentury Dutch Conventions. Notes in Early Modern Art Vol. 1/No. 2, 27-36.
Elizabeth Rivenbark
E. Rivenbark (2014). The End of Innocence: The Effects of the Civil War on Children in the Paintings of Eastman
Johnson, War, Literature, and the Arts, vol. 26, n.p.
ABSTRACTS
Alma Hoffmann
Hoffmann, A. (2015). Sketching and the Mindful Designer: Sketching as a Process of Learning to Think Visually.
[Abstract]. Design Principles and Practices Conference Website.Juried Performances, Productions and Recitals.
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Rene Culler
Culler, Rene. (2015, April) Pea Green Painted Pot, “Art at the Center 2015 Juried Exhibition,” National Juried Group
Exhibition, Tomahawk Ridge, Overland Park, KS. Juror: Joseph Lorusso.
Culler, Rene. (2015, February-March) Sea and Sandscape, “20th Annual Arts in Harmony 2015 International Arts
Show,” Juried Group Exhibition, Shelburne County Government Center, Elk River Arts Alliance Gallery, Elk River,
MN. Juror: Curt Pederson.
Culler, Rene. (2014-2015, May) La Folie vs. Le Mort, “The Art and Design of Mardi Gras,” The Mobile Museum of
Art, Juried Group Exhibition, Mobile, AL. Jurors: museum curators.
Culler, Rene. (2014, November ) Red Tide Painted Pot, “2014 International Exhibition,” Juried Group Exhibition,
Dab Art, HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA. Jurors: panel including Yessica Torres.
Culler, Rene. (2014, October-November) Infinity 8 Magic Square, “3rd Annual Juried International Exhibition of
Contemporary Islamic Art,” Group Exhibition, LuminArte Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Dr. Iftikhar Dadi.
Culler, Rene. (2014, September- 2015, January.) “2014 Members Exhibition, Juried Group Exhibition,” The
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ. Juror: Darren McManus.
Culler, Rene. (2014, September). Amber Painted Pot, “12th Annual Blanche Ames National,” Governor Ames Estate,
Juried, National Group Exhibition, North Easton, MA. Juror: Mim Faucet.
Culler, Rene. (2014, September.) Lapis Blue Painted Pot, “48th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank
Exhibition,” Regions Bank Building, Juried, Group Exhibition, Montgomery, AL. Juror: Jeffrey Lewis. Best in Show
Culler, Rene. (2014, September). Bright Orange Painted Pot, “48th Annual Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank
Exhibition,” Regions Bank Building, Juried, Group Exhibition, Montgomery, AL. Juror: Jeffrey Lewis.
Culler, Rene. (2014, August-September). Fecundity, “Real People, 2014,National Fine Art Juried Exhibition” The
Old Courthouse Figurative League, Northwest Area Arts Council, Group Exhibition, Woodstock, IL. Juror: William
Lieberman.
Culler, Rene. (2014, August). Sand and Seascape, “5th Annual Nature and Wildlife Exhibition,” National Juried
Group Exhibition, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL. Juror: I am investigating- I will have to call
them.
Culler, Rene. (2014, August). Red Tide Painted Pot, “Louisville Art Association’s 29th National Fine Art Show,”
Juried Group Exhibition, Louisville, CO. Juror: I am investigating- I will have to call them. Merit Award.
Culler, Rene. (2014, July). Pathway 1, “St. Tammany Art Association 49th Juried Artist’s Exhibition, National Juried
Group Exhibition. The Art House Gallery, Covington, LA. Juror: Beth Baton.
Culler, Rene. (2014, July). Red Ochre Painted Pot, “ Americas 2014: All Media Exhibition,” Northwest Art Center,
Minot State University, Juried, National Group Exhibition, Minot, ND. Juror: Kimble Bromley.
Culler, Rene. (2014, June-July). Mint Painted Pot, “50th Founder’s Juried Awards Exhibition, Naples Art
Association, Von Leibig Art Center, Naples FL. Juror: Erin Wright, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Culler, Rene. (2014, June-July). Ruby Red Painted Pot, “50th Founder’s Juried Awards Exhibition, Naples Art
Association, Von Leibig Art Center, Naples FL. Juror: Erin Wright, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Culler, Rene. (2014, June). Yellow Painted Pot, “Juried Legacy Art Exhibition,” Governor James Estate, Juried,
National Group Exhibition, Easton Shovel Town Cultural District, MA. Juror: Mim Faucet. (this is not a typo- they
had the same juror) Honorable Mention.
Culler, Rene. (2014, May). Byzantium Tracery, “Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture National Juried
Exhibition,” Group Exhibition, Delray Beach, FL. Juror: Michael Monroe, Smithsonian.
Diane Gibbs
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May). Archaeology Museum at University of South Alabama logo Graphic Design USA, 2014
American Inhouse Design Awards Winner, National, Juried/Peer Reviewed, New York, NY.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September). Self Promotional Robot Sticker for The Design Recharge Show. Creativity
International Awards no. 44, Creativity 44 Print and Packaging Award Winner, International, Juried/Peer Reviewed,
Louisville, KY.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September). Chateau Cupertino Ad Series. 10th Annual Davey Awards, Gold Award Winner,
International Juried/Peer Reviewed, Ashland, KY.
Jason Guynes
Guynes, J. G (2014, August-September). Ramble On: The Cancer Painting, 41st Annual Bi-State Competition and
Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Juried, Group Exhibition, Meridian, MS. Achievement Award.
Alma Hoffmann
Hoffmann. A. (2014, October). Don’t Look at Me Now. Garrett Museum of Art, Juried, Group Exhibition, Garrett,
IN.
Hoffmann, A. (2014, October). Self. Garrett Museum of Art, Juried, Group Exhibition, Garrett, IN.
Matthew Johnson
Johnson, Matthew (2014, September). Previously published children’s book Tools at Work!, granted a listing on U.S.
book News website http://www.usabooknews.com/childeducational.html, Online Exhibition
Benjamin Shamback
Shamback, B. J. (April, 2015) International Painting Annual 4, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing
Center, National Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio, online at: http://www.manifestgallery.org/inpa/inpa4/
Shamback, B. J. (September 20-26, 2014) Hudson Valley Artists Association 82nd Annual National Exhibition,
Hudson Valley Artists Association, Salmagundi Club, New York, New York
Shamback, B. J. (February 23-April 4, 2015) 2015 Richeson Gallery International Exhibition of Small Works,
Richeson75 Gallery, Kimberly Wisconsin online at: http://www.richeson75.com/pages/smallworks/smoilgal.html
Shamback, B. J. (December 2014) The Artist’s Magazine 30th Annual Art Competition, The Artist’s Magazine, New
York, New York
Margarita Skiadas
Skiadas M. (2015, March). Rituals, 16x20 Inches, Framed Silver Gelatin print, TPS The Alternative Process Show,
Odessa, Texas, National, Juried, Group Exhibition.
Skiadas M. (2014, August). Rude Boys, 16x20 Inches, Framed Silver Gelatin Print, Manifest, INPHA3 The
International Photography Annual 3, Online Exhibition. International, Juried, Group Exhibition.
Skiadas M. (2014, August). Holt Cemetery, 16x20 Inches Framed Silver Gelatin Print, Photographer’s Forum 34th
Annual Spring Photography Contest, Online Exhibition, International, Juried, Group Exhibition.
Skiadas M. (2014, May). Santiago Apostol Dominican Monastery, Oaxaca, Mexico, 16X20 Inches, Framed Fiber
Based Silver Gelatin Print. Plastic Fantastic Toy Camera Show. Astoria, Oregon, Juried, Group Exhibition.
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
Rene Culler
Culler, Rene. (2015- 2014, on-going). Bubble Bowls and Painted Pots, blown glass displayed in a group in the Mobile
Museum of Art gift shop, Mobile, AL. Solo exhibition, The Visual Arts Gallery, the University of South Alabama,
Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2015, April). Red Tide Painted Pot, Red Painted Pots, Yellow Painted Pots, “Visual Arts Department
Faculty Exhibition.” Group exhibition, The Eastern Shore Arts Center, Fairhope, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, September). Retroperspective. Solo exhibition, The Visual Arts Gallery, the University of South
Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, June). Rene Culler Work in Glass. Solo exhibition, (continued) The Back Room Gallery, the
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2015, April.) Mardi Gras Colors: Painted Pot, Blown glass vase purchased by the office of the
development to be presented at Higher Education Day, representing the University of South Alabama, Montgomery,
AL.
Culler, Rene. (2015, January.) Painted Pot, blown glass vases for presentation to officials at the Senior bowl banquet,
purchased by the office of the president and athletic director, Dr. Joel Erdman, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, December.) Blue Berry Bowls, 7 blown glass bowls for presentation to board members of the
University of South Alabama Foundation. Commissioned by Ms. Maxie Roberts, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, December.) Untitled, two blown glass vases for presentation to officials at the Senior bowl
banquet, purchased by the office of the president and athletic director, Dr. Joel Erdman. Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, October.) Lotus Bowl: Distinguished Service Award, sandblasted blown glass bowl with lotus
motifs taken from the architectural embellishments of Severance Hall. Commissioned by the Musical Arts Society,
the Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland, OH.
Culler, Rene. (2014, September.) Seascape, blown glass vase commissioned by the faculty committee, headed by Dr.
Deborah Davis, as a gift to be presented to Dr. Julie Waldrop, to be installed in the presidential home, the University
of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, June.) Berry Bowl, Blown glass bowl commissioned by the office of development as a
presentation piece for the artist Susan McCullough, on the occasion of the opening of her exhibition at the Marx
Library, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, June.) Bubble Bowl, blown glass commissioned by the College of nursing as a retirement gift.
Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, May.) Untitled, Blown glass vase commissioned by the office of the president to be presented to
Dr. Jean Boti of Airbus, the Spring 2014 commencement speaker, the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, May.) Jewel Painted Pot, Blown glass vase commissioned by the office of the president to be
presented to Dr. Steven Furr, the Fall 2014 commencement speaker, the University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
Culler, Rene. (2014, May.) Blue Melon, Blown glass vase commissioned by the office of the president to be presented
to Dr. John Smith, for service as Acting President, the University of South Alabama Department of Visual Arts.
Diane Gibbs
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, August) Website conversion to Custom Wordpress Design [Client, A Servant’s Love]. August,
2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, April) Business Cards (3) [Client, Albright Digital]. April, December 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, April) Banner at Tradeshow [Client, Albright Digital]. April 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, April) Tradeshow Collateral Two-sided piece [Client, Albright Digital]. April 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, April) Car Card (Nissan Red Bank) [Client, Albright Digital]. April 2014. 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May) One Sheet “Smart Leads” [Client, Albright Digital]. May, October 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May) One Sheet “Review Management” [Client, Albright Digital]. May, October 2014. Raleigh,
NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May) Talk Takeaway Sheet [Client, Albright Digital]. May, October 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, October) Stamp’d for Automotive Logo [Client, Albright Digital]. October 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, November) Car Card (Value AutoMart) [Client, Albright Digital]. November 2014. Raleigh, NC.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September – March 2015) Website Design for Anam [Client, Vista Life Sciences]. September
2014 – March 2015. Littleton, CO.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, November) Icons (4) for website for Anam [Client, Vista Life Sciences]. November 2014.
Littleton, CO.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, July) Logo presentation for Bob Lowry [Client, Archaeology Museum]. July 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September) Rack Card [Client, Archaeology Museum]. September 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, November) Story Corps title vinyl and intro panel [Client, Archaeology Museum]. November
2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, February) Letterhead, business card, envelope (stationery set) [Client, Archaeology Museum].
February 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Outdoor Pole Banner signage [Client, Archaeology Museum]. March 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, October) Best Jobs in Central Arkansas [Client, University of Central Arkansas, The Arkansas
Center for Research in Economics (ACRE)]. October 2014. Conway, AR.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May – April 2015) Website Calendar Updates [Client, Concordia].
www.concordialiving.com/calendar.html. Monthly updates. May, June, July, August, September, October,
November, December 2014, January, February, March, April 2015. Denver, CO.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Poster, Event Program, Signage for Conference [Client, Conference on Teaching and
Learning]. March 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, April) Pull up Banner [Client, Conference on Teaching and Learning]. April 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, July) Four Churches Sepia Wedding Gift [Client, Brent Cumbest]. July 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, April – April 2015) 38 versions Episode Pictures, 49 Cover / Event Social Media, Multiple
promotions [Client, The Design Recharge Show]. April 2013 – April 2014. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) New Logo design [Client, The Design Recharge Show]. March 2015. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Business card design [Client, The Design Recharge Show]. March 2015. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May) T-shirt design for Church Youth Group [Client, Encircle Communications]. May 2014.
Orlando, FL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September) Graduate Program Brochure [Client, English Department]. September 2014. Mobile,
AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, July) Banner for Murphy Holloway [Client, Game On]. July 2014. Daphne, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September) Two large format tent backdrops (Auburn focused designs) [Client, Game On].
September 2014. Daphne, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May – April 2015) Website Updates [Client, Grant Family]. www.grantfamilymatters.com (this is
a password protected site, to view please call me directly). May 2014 – April 2015. Denver, CO.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, February) Logo design [Client, Hard Knowledge Technologies]. February 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, February) Business card design [Client, Hard Knowledge Technologies]. February 2015. Mobile,
AL.
AL.
AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May – April 2015) Website Updates www.thehighlonesomeranch.com [Client, High Lonesome
Ranch]. May 2014 – April 2015. De Beque, CO.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May – April 2015) Contracts, Insertion orders, Promotional materials, Editorial Calendars;
Invoice Forms; Proposals; Office Forms; Business Cards [Client, Integrated Digital Publishing]. May 2014– April
2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Show Oversized Postcard design [Client, Kevin Landry]. March 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, July) Website design (15+pages) [Client, Recharging You]. July 2014. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Logo design [Client, Recharging You]. March 2015. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Sketchbook Illustrations [Client, Recharging You]. March 2015. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Sketchbook Design/Self Promotion [Client, Recharging You]. March 2015. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, February) Course Mascot/Logo design for FindingYourSuperPower.com [Client, Recharging
You]. February 2015. Wilmer, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Show Oversized Postcard design [Client, Tammy Reese]. March 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, June – April 2015) Website updates and blog post image creations [Client, Beverly Steinhauer].
June 2014– April, 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) Brochure [Client, Beverly Steinhauer]. March, 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, August) Stop Spanking Logo [Client, Robbyn Peters Bennett]. August, 2014. Portland, OR.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, January) Logo [Client, Supernatural Marriage & Missions]. January 2015. Fort Worth, TX.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, February) Stationery Set (business card, letterhead, envelope #10) [Client, Supernatural Marriage
& Missions]. February 2015. Fort Worth, TX.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, January) Note Card and A-2 Envelope Design [Client, Supernatural Marriage & Missions].
January 2015. Fort Worth, TX.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May) Magazine Design for an online magazine Sweet Waters Adventure Travel Log. [Client,
Sweet Waters Adventure]. www.sweetwatersadventure.com. Vol. 1 No. 1. (306 pages) May, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, October) Magazine Design for an online magazine Sweet Waters Adventure Travel. Log [Client,
Sweet Waters Adventure]. www.sweetwatersadventure.com. Vol. 1 No. 2. (258 pages) October, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, February) Magazine Design for an online magazine Sweet Waters Adventure Travel Log. [Client,
Sweet Waters Adventure]. www.sweetwatersadventure.com. Vol. 1 No. 3. (302 pages) February, 2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May – April 2015) Contracts, Insertion orders, Promotional materials, Editorial Calendars;
Invoice Forms; Proposals; Office Forms; Business Cards [Client, Sweet Waters Adventure]. May 2014– April 2015.
Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, May) Select Member Lodge Booklet. (21 pages) [Client, Sweet Waters Adventure]. May, 2014.
Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, July) Email Newsletter and header graphic, Social Media cover photo graphic. [Client, Sweet
Waters Adventure]. July, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, July) Norm Zeigler–Hosted Trip flyer. [Client, Sweet Waters Adventure]. July, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, November) Holiday Card. [Client, Sweet Waters Adventure]. November, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, November) Pull-up Banner Norm Zeigler. [Client, Sweet Waters Adventure]. November, 2014.
Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, January) Whitney Easterling–Hosted Trip flyer. [Client, Sweet Waters Adventure]. January,
2015. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September) Advertisement. [Client, Thomas & Thomas]. September, 2014. Greenfield, MA.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, December) Digital Catalog (32 pages). [Client, Thomas & Thomas]. December, 2014. Greenfield,
MA.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, December) Trade Show Booth Graphics [Client, Thomas & Thomas]. December, 2014.
Greenfield, MA.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, January) Catalog envelope. [Client, Thomas & Thomas]. January, 2015. Greenfield, MA.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, October) Moving to Mobile Ad for Chamber of Commerce [Client, Walks and Wags]. October,
2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, August) Chamber of Commerce, Self Promotions (Spa pass & Paw pass) [Client, Walks and
Wags]. August, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, December) Calendar Cover, Self Promotion [Client, Walks and Wags]. December, 2014. Mobile,
AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, January) Moving to Mobile Ad for National Graphics [Client, Walks and Wags]. January, 2015.
Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014, September) Two Posters [Client, The Center for War & Memory]. September, 2014. Mobile, AL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2015, March) 150 Years Civil War Conference Poster and Invitation [Client, The Center for War &
Memory]. March, 2015. Mobile, AL.
Jason Guynes
Guynes, J. G (2014, August-October). The Big Draw, Mural and Three-Person Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art,
Mobile, AL.
Guynes, J. G (2014, August-October). Bella, Black Hole Sun, Paper Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Mobile Museum of
Art, Mobile, AL.
Guynes, J. G (2015, March). Canebrake: A Self-Portrait, Face Off, Invitational Group Exhibition, Eichold Gallery,
Springhill College, Mobile, AL.
Guynes, J. G (2015, March). Ramble On: The Cancer Painting, Face Off, Invitational Group Exhibition, Eichold
Gallery, Springhill College, Mobile, AL.
Guynes, J. G (2015, March-June). Coastal Landscape 1, What’s At Stake, Invitational Group Exhibition, History
Museum of Mobile, Mobile, AL.
Guynes, J. G (2015, April). Canebrake: A Self-Portrait, The Art of Teaching, Invitational Group Exhibition, Eastern
Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL.
Guynes, J. G (2015, April). Ramble On: The Cancer Painting, The Art of Teaching, Invitational Group Exhibition,
Eastern Shore Art Center, Fairhope, AL.
Alma Hoffmann
Hoffmann, A. (2015, January). Bulletin design. Grace Community Church, Mobile, AL.
Hoffmann, A. (2014, October). CAS Annual Report Cover. Mobile, AL.
Hoffmann, A. (2014, August). Website. www.josththetrainer.com. Mobile, AL.
Hoffmann, A. (2014, August). Church signage. Providence Reformed Church, Corpus Christi, TX.
Hoffmann, A. (2014, May). Poster. 23 Seniors, Mobile, AL.
Matthew Johnson
Johnson, M. (2013, May - present) Website monthly updates [Client, South Central Steel, Inc.]. Birmingham, AL.
Johnson, M. (2013, September - present) Website monthly updates [Client, Whitestone Estates HOA.]. Semmes, AL.
Johnson, M. (2013, May - present) Website monthly updates [Client, NAMI of Mobile.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2015, January) Taco Bar Instruction Manual revision [Client, Brookstone Foods.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2015, January) Website update [Client, Brookstone Foods.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, November) 9 individual t-shirt design and layout jobs [Client, Printed T-shirts & More.]. Mobile,
AL. Order of Polka Dots / USA Nursing / USA Nursing (Crimson Tide) / USA Nursing (War Eagle) / USA Nursing
(Go Jags) / Spring Hill Chemistry / DTF / Coast Guard Assets / Total Connection
Johnson, M. (2014, November) Illustration, design and layout / Darla Dean t-shirt [Client, Printed T-shirts &
More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, November) Illustration, design and layout / Niceville band t-shirt [Client, Printed T-shirts &
More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, November) Illustration, design and layout / Mission of Hope Ministries t-shirt [Client, Printed
T-shirts & More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) 26 individual t-shirt design and layout jobs [Client, Printed T-shirts & More.]. Mobile,
AL. Agape House / Clark Shaw Magnet (Blade Runner) / Silver Buckle / #76 Racing / Alabama Wild Seafood /
Bender Racing / Davidson High School (Baking Committee) / Davidson High School (FCCLA) / Pierce Outdoors /
Cotton State BBQ / Lucy’s Striders / Woofstock / Art A-LA-Carte / Pistolero’s / Polygraph Examiners / Bad Divas /
Leukemia Awareness (Hope ,Love, Cure) / Leukemia Awareness (Fight Like A Girl) / Delta Dogs / Baker High
School (Muscle Hornet) / Breast Cancer Awareness / Citronelle High School / Lisa McCawley / Palmetto Walk /
Rainbow Childcare / St. Joseph’s / Turkey Creek Sawmill
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Covenant Christian School t-shirt [Client, Printed Tshirts & More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Davidson High School Keep Calm t-shirt [Client,
Printed T-shirts & More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Holy Smoke BBQ t-shirt [Client, Printed T-shirts &
More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / ACM Construction t-shirt [Client, Printed T-shirts &
More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Collier Elementary Juggling Club t-shirt [Client,
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Collier Elementary Jump Rope Club t-shirt [Client,
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Collier Elementary Archery Team t-shirt [Client,
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Collier Elementary Fitness Club t-shirt [Client, Printed
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Illustration, design and layout / Stokley’s Automotive t-shirt [Client, Printed T-shirts &
More.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Website image map graphics [Client, Peacemaker Bumpers.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, October) Conference advertisement design [Client, AL National Board for Certified Teachers
(NBCT).]. Birmingham, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, August - October) Golf course yardage book design and layout [Client, Springhill Golf Course.].
Mobile, AL. Collaboration with Benjamin J. Shamback
Johnson, M. (2014, September) 11 individual t-shirt design and layout jobs [Client, Printed T-shirts & More.].
Mobile, AL. Azalea Physicians / Believe Faith / Compass Urgent Care (Christmas) / Murphy High School / World
Beater Run / Dr. Corsentino / Evil Powerless Graphic / Rigger’s Ball / St. Luke’s Cheerleading / Cottage Hill
Christian Academy / Compass Urgent Care (Breast Cancer)
Johnson, M. (2014, September) Illustration, design and layout / Collier Elementary Archery Clinic t-shirt [Client,
Johnson, M. (2014, September) Illustration, design and layout / Collier Elementary Fun Run t-shirt [Client, Printed
Johnson, M. (2014, September) Illustration, design and layout / Stacey’s Breast Cancer Awareness t-shirt [Client,
Johnson, M. (2014, June) Taco Meat Food Service Flier Completion [Client, Brookstone Foods.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, May) Website redesign and programming [Client, Brookstone Foods.]. Mobile, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, August) Outreach Ministry program insert [Client, Moffett Road Baptist Church.]. Semmes, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, May) Outreach Ministry program insert [Client, Moffett Road Baptist Church.]. Semmes, AL.
Johnson, M. (2014, May) 3D construction of revolving shapes diagram [Client, Troy Henderson, Ph.D.]. Semmes,
AL.
Benjamin Shamback
Shamback, B. J. (April 3-30, 2015) Department of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, Eastern Shore Art Center,
Fairhope, Alabama
Margarita Skiadas
Skiadas M. (2014, April). Residual Relics, 8x10 Inches, Encaustic Photograph. The Art of Teaching, Eastern Shore
Art Center, Fairhope AL. Invitational, Group Exhibition.
Tony Wright
Wright, Tony (April 3-25). The Art of Teaching, Eastern Shore Art Center, Loca Invitational Exhibition, Fairhope
AL.
Wright, Tony (February 26 - 28, 2015). 4th Annual Alabama Clay Market, Boutwell Auditorium, Regional
Invitational Exhibition/Sale, Birmingham AL.
Wright, Tony (December 1-31, 2014). Painting with Fire, Mobile Arts Council, Local Invitational Exhibition, Mobile
AL.
Wright, Tony (October 2-31, 2014). The Crucible Exhibition, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa,
National Invitational Exhibition, Tulsa, OK.
Diane Gibbs
Gibbs, C. D. (2014). Paper Hand Lettering and the Power of Social Media presented in the “What’s all the Hype with
Hand Drawn Type” Session at the annual South Eastern College of Art Conference (SECAC), Tampa, FL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014). What’s all the Hype with Hand Drawn Type. Panel Topic Accepted for the annual Southeastern
College of Art Conference (SECAC), Tampa, FL.
Gibbs, C. D. (2014). The After Photo. Presentation at Conference on Teaching and Learning at the University of
South Alabama. Mobile, AL.
Jason Guynes
Guynes, J. G (2014, October). 20 Slides: A Pecha Kucha Style Session, Session Chair, SECAC (Southeastern College
Art Conference) Annual Meeting, October 2014, Sarasota, FL.
Alma Hoffmann
Hoffmann, A. (2015). Sketching and the Mindful Designer: Sketching as a Process of Learning to Think Visually. Paper
Presentation, 9th International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Chicago, IL.
Hoffmann, A. (2014). The Mindful Designer. Panel Chair and Paper Presentation. Southeastern College Arts
Conference, Sarasota, FL.
Hoffmann, A. (2014). I draw pictures all day… say what?. Presentation. 4th Annual South Alabama Conference on
Teaching and Learning. University of South Alabama. Mobile, AL.
Elizabeth Rivenbark
Rivenbark, E. R. (2015). The Effects of the Civil War on Children in the Paintings of Eastman Johnson. Paper
presented at the Symposium: The Civil War in History and Memory, 1865-2015 held by the Center for the Study of
War and Memory, Mobile, AL, April 6, 2015.
GRANTS
Kara Burns
Burns, Kara K. (2015, January) The Vanth Group: Images of an Etruscan Man’s Journey to the Afterlife, University
of South Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences Summer Professional Development Award, $5000.00.
Burns, K. K. (2015, March) The Legacy of Ancient Italy: The Etruscans and Early Rome, NEH Summer Institute,
$2,700.
Rene Culler
Culler, Rene (2014, May) Application for funds for the purchase of the right to images for the book, Imagery in
Glass, Office of Research Small Grants Funding, ORED Faculty Development Award, $1,500.00.
Alma Hoffmann
Hoffmann, A. (2015, February). From the Poet to the Dancer, from the Dancer to the Typographer: Three Layers of
Art. USA Arts and Humanities grant, $460.00.

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