{"id":49780,"date":"2018-05-17T03:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T07:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=49780"},"modified":"2018-05-15T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T18:10:07","slug":"faculty-members-recognized-for-outstanding-scholarly-and-creative-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_17_2018\/faculty-members-recognized-for-outstanding-scholarly-and-creative-activity","title":{"rendered":"Faculty members recognized for outstanding scholarly and creative activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the support of University Libraries and a subcommittee organized by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, President Sharon L. Gaber and Provost Andrew Hsu have recognized 26 faculty members from across campus with outstanding contributions in scholarly or creative activity over the past three years.  <\/p>\n<p>These contributions include articles in leading scientific journals with high standing that have attracted significant attention in the community; monographs that were published by premier academic presses that have received positive external reviews; and exhibits or performances of creative activity that have received high acclaim.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased that the University Libraries contributed by identifying UT faculty articles and books published in preeminent journals and publishing houses,\u201d said Beau Case, dean of University Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaculty members are raising the profile of The University of Toledo across the breadth of disciplines and programs at UT,\u201d said Dr. Frank Calzonetti, vice president for research. \u201cThe excellent work of faculty members in disciplines outside of science and engineering is quite impressive and sometimes goes unnoticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll too often research grant dollars are associated with faculty scholarly and creative activity,\u201d Calzonetti said. \u201cIn some disciplines, such as in biomedical science, faculty members cannot sustain their research programs that lead to discoveries and publications without external funding to support laboratory needs. However, in many disciplines, such as pure mathematics or history, external funding is not as critical to faculty success in scholarly and creative activity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the many faculty members who have had outstanding contributions in scholarly and creative activity over the past three years, it was a tall order to determine just 26 who should be recognized at this time,\u201d said Dr. Ruth Hottell, chair and professor of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, and selection committee member.<\/p>\n<p>The following faculty members were recognized:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Abdollah Afjeh of the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Ana C. Alba-Rubio of the Department of Chemical Engineering;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Melissa Baltus of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Joe Elhai of the Department of Psychology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Kristen Geaman of the Department of History;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Blair Grubb of the Department of Medicine;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Daniel Hernandez of the Department of Art;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Terry Hinds of the Department of of Physiology and Pharmacology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Bina Joe of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Dong-Shik Kim of the Department of Chemical Engineering;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Kristin Kirschbaum of the Instrumentation Center;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Ashok Kumar of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Beata Lecka-Czernik of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Barbara Mann of the Jesup Scott Honors College;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Elizabeth McCuskey of the College of Law;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Thor Mednick of the Department of Art;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Munier Nazzal of the Department of Surgery; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Kim E. Nielsen of the Department of Disability Studies;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Dr. Michael Rees of the Department of Urology;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Denise Ritter Bernardini of the Department of Music;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Donald Ronning of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Stephen Sakowski of the Department of Theatre and Film;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Yanfa Yan of the Department of Physics and Astronomy;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dr. Matt Yockey of the Department of Theatre and Film;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Rebecca Zietlow of the College of Law; and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Evan Zoldan of the College of Law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 26 faculty members have been recognized for their scholarly and creative achievements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,34,36,30,38,39,1,3,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49780"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49900,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49780\/revisions\/49900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}