aquaculture species and identification of honeybee pathogens. He has published 29 refereed publications and 58 abstracts in the past decade. Pomper teaches a senior course in understanding biotechnology that integrates lecture and laboratory training in molecular biology.

John Sedlacek is a principal investigator of entomology in the KSU Land Grant Program. He holds a PhD in entomology from the University of Kentucky, MEn (Master of Environmental Science) in applied ecology from Miami University, and a BS in biology from Baldwin-Wallace College. His research program promotes sustainable insect pest management by identifying minimally disruptive pest management approaches that conserve biodiversity in sweet corn agroecosystems. One of Sedlacek's current projects uses multi-trophic insect studies to assess the ecological impact of organic, conventional, and genetically engineered (BT insect-protected) sweet corn production systems. Future studies will examine the impact of plant biodiversity on beneficial insect diversity and pest insect damage in organically and sustainably-grown fruits and vegetables; test the efficacy of beneficial insect attractants; determine insecticidal activity of biologically-based compounds; and determine the long-term sustainability of BT-protected vegetable crops.

George W. Shields is a professor of philosophy and former chair of the Division of Literature, Languages, and Philosophy at KSU. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago, where he wrote a doctoral thesis on twentieth-century American philosopher Charles Hartshorne, before pursuing further study at Oxford University. Shields has published three books, including: Process and Analysis: Whitehead, Hartshorne, and the Analytic Tradition; Science, Technology, and Religious Ideas (with Mark Shale); and Faith and Creativity: Essays in Honor of Eugene H. Peters (with George Nordgulen). He has authored more than 100 articles and given more than 80 scholarly addresses. Shields has a broad range of teaching and research interests in the fields of history, philosophy and ethics, with a current focus on process philosophy, which he believes has a major role to play in debates on environmental ethics. He was elected KSU's Distinguished Professor of 2000-01.

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