and she has been asked to write the encyclopedia entry on Lorine Niedecker for The Literary Encyclopedia, sponsored by the University of East Anglia.
Professor Victor Gomia attended the annual summit of the Bali Cultural and Development Association and presented a paper titled "Emerging Perspectives in Postcolonial Discourse: Making Literature Functional."
The Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy's Journalism area successfully launched KSU Reflections on October 25. The weekly student-run talk radio show airs on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. KSU Reflections is produced by KSU Journalism and Mass Communications students. Students in public relations and advertising also sell advertising for the show under the supervision of Max Maxwell in the Division of External Relations and Development.
Dr. Steven Gale, Endowed Chair for the Humanities, was featured on “Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg,” a television program, where Gale discussed the works of 20th century humorist S.J. Perelman, the award-winning writer for The New Yorker and other publications. Dr. Gale is an authority on Perelman, having published three books and several articles about his writing.
Dr. Paul Wilhelm, Associate Professor of Management in the School of Business, attended the American Society for Competitiveness 2008 Conference in November. He presented four papers, chaired a session and obtained two journal acceptances for the Competitiveness Review. The first paper he presented was “Testing Hofstede’s Three World Games Hypothesis: How the Culture of Evaluation and Integrity Affects Global Competitiveness,” which was about culture and global competitiveness, a topic he presents in his Principles of Management, International Business, Strategic Management and Contemporary Topics in Management courses. He related the three most widely played board games to culture and global competitiveness. The other papers were “An Analysis of Corruption, Taxation and IASB: The Effect on Global Competitiveness”; “Prioritizing Technological Innovation and Diffusion using Stepwise Regression: The Crucial 8 Variables for Global Competitiveness” with Dr. James Obielodan, Associate Professor in the School of Business; and “Partial Invalidation of the Economic Freedom Index: The Crucial Role of Corruption Fighting as Administrative and Legislative Policy to Maximize Global Competitiveness.”
Three Aquaculture graduate students, Noel Novelo, Travis Bailey and Wes Stilwell successfully defended their theses this semester.
The Division of Aquaculture just completed its third video-based online course, Fish Reproduction and Spawning Techniques, and its fourth internet course. This course will be offered in the fall 2009 semester. To date, students in 36 states and 15 countries have taken KSU Aquaculture online courses.
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