Faculty in the News, October 2012

Brian Binder, Associate Professor and Marine Sciences Department Head, was quoted in a Red and Black article highlighting opportunities for undergraduates in marine science

James C. Cobb, Spalding Distinguished Research Professor of History, was featured in an Atlanta Journal Constitution article on the closing of the Georgia archives

Judith Ortiz Cofer, Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing, and several other faculty and staff were featured in an Athens Banner-Herald story on the new home of the Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame

Harry Dailey, Director of the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and Professor of Microbiology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, was quoted in an Atlanta Business Chronicle story on his recent $1.5 million NIH grant to identify unknown anemias

Paul D. Duncan, Assistant Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, was quoted in a Red and Black article on Hispanic Heritage Month

The Lamar Dodd School of Art exhibit "The Real Fake: Simulation Technology After Photography" was reviewed in the Athens Banner-Herald

Lisa Fusillo, Dance Department Head, and Professor and Bala Sarasvati, the Jane Willson Professor in the Arts, were quoted in a Red and Black article on the essential role National Endowment for the Arts funding plays in supporting UGA programs

Rebecca Terns, Senior Research Scientist in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Michael Terns, UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Genetics, were quoted in a PhysOrg article on their $2.4 million NIH grant to exploit the bacterial immune system for medicine and industry

Claudio Saunt, Richard B. Russell Professor in American History, was featured in a Cherokee One Feather article previewing his Western Carolina University discussion about life in America outside the colonies in 1776

Shanta Dhar, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, was quoted in an A to Z nano article and in Science Business Exchange (no link available) about her work to boost the efficacy of drugs by using nanoparticles to target mitochondria

A study co-authored by Michael K. Johnson, Distinguished Research Professor of Chemistry, that described a reversible oxygen-sensing 'switching' mechanism in bacteria was the subject of an article in Science Daily.

Lillian T. Eby, Professor of Psychology, was quoted in an AOL Jobs article about finding a mentor when you’re over age 40

David Smilde, Associate Professor of Sociology, was quoted in an Associated Press article on Hugo Chavez's record

Steven R. H. Beach, Distinguished Research Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program and Director of the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, was quoted in an Iowa State Daily article on former UGA postdoc—now assistant professor—Tera Hurt

Victor Thompson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, was the subject of a Red and Black profile

Andrew Grundstein, Professor of Geography, was quoted in Los Angeles Times and Stockton (Ca.) Record articles on new high school football rules to prevent heatstroke

Tom Mote, Professor and Head of the Geography Department, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article on this year’s record ice thaw in Greenland