Agronomy
Jianming Yu, Chengsong Zhu and colleagues published "Status and Prospects of Association Mapping in Plants," The Plant Genome, Vol. 1, No. 1.
Journalism and Mass Communications
The following faculty members presented at "Media and Global Divides," the 26th World Congress of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, July 20-25, Stockholm:
Soontae An and colleague, "Online Advergames and Children's Understanding of Commercial Contents."
Nancy Muturi, "The Elderly and HIV/AIDS Infection in Kenya: A Qualitative Analysis."
Sam Mwangi, "A Search for an Appropriate Communications Model for Media in New Democracies in Africa."
Muturi has been elected as the next chair for the International Association for Media and Communication Research HIV/AIDS working group for the next four-year term.
Psychology
Satoris Youngcourt-Culbertson and student presented "Work-Family Conflict as a Moderator Between Emotional Labor and Burnout," Mid-Western Applied Psychology Conference, July 11-12, Carbondale, Ill.
Richard Harris, Lester Loschky and students presented "The Effects of Stress and Working Memory Capacity on Second Language Learners' Comprehension of Facts, Inferences, and Pronoun Referents," meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse, July 12-15, Memphis.