Recent Faculty Publications

Dedicated teachers and mentors, Lafayette faculty also produce new knowledge in a broad range of fields.

Publications coauthored with students:

Dru Germanoski, Dr. Ervin R. VanArtsdalen ’35 Professor and head of geology and environmental geosciences

(coauthor Christina Enea ’06 [B.S. geology]). “Lithologic Control on Topography in Eastcentral Pennsylvania – Implications for Appalachian Landscape Evolution.” The Geological Society of America 41st Annual Meeting: Abstracts and Programs: Northeastern Section. Camp Hill/Harrisburg, PA, March 20-22, 2006: Session 39-1 [abstract].

Guy L. Hovis, John H. Markle Professor of Geology

(coauthors D. Wattles, J. Roux and Erik Person ’06 [B.S. geology]). “Thermodynamic Mixing Properties of Rubicline – Microcline Crystalline Solutions.” Geophysical Research Abstracts 8 (2006): 09391 [abstract].

(coauthors Amy Spooner ’06 [B.S. geology], Erik Person ’06 [B.S. geology], J. Roux, D. E. Harlov, and C. M. B. Henderson). “Thermal Expansion of Rubidium and Ammonium Feldspars.” Geophysical Research Abstracts 7 (2005): 05139 [abstract].

Shyamal K. Majumdar, Gideon R., Jr., and Alice L. Kreider Professor of Biology

(coauthors Melissa Kirk ’05 [B.S. biology] and Nicholas Fotiadis ’05 [B.S. biology]). “An In Vitro Study of the Cytogenetic and Cytotoxic Effects of Imatinib Mesylate, ST1571 on Murine Erythroleukemia GM-86 Cells.” Journal of Chemotherapy 18.1 (2006): 47-55.

(coauthors I-Lee Hwa ’06 [B.S. biology], Chris Sweitzer ’07 [biology], and Aviva Goel ’08 [biology]). “Growth Inhibition, Cytogenetic Effects and Induction of Apoptosis Mediated by Imatinib Mesylate, an Effective Anti-Leukemia Drug in Human Cervical Carcinoma (HeLa) Cells.” Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 82nd Annual Meeting 79, Grantville, PA, March 31-April 2, 2006: 32 [abstract].

(coauthors I-Lee Hwa ’06 [B.S. biology], Melissa Kirk ’05 [B.S. biology], Chris Sweitzer ’07 [biology], and Nicholas Fotiadis ’05 [B.S. biology]). “Genotoxicity of an Effective Anti-Cancer Drug on Murine Erythroleukemia (GM-86) and Human Cervical Carcinoma (HeLa) Cells.” The Pan African Environmental Mutagen Society The Fifth International Meeting: Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens Genomics and Proteomics Era, Fes, Morocco, November 24-27, 2005: C6.

Other recent publications:

Howard Bodenhorn, professor of economics and business

Rev. of A History of Central Banking in Great Britain and the United States, by John H. Wood. The Journal of Economic History 66.1 (2006): 260-62.

“Bank Chartering and Political Corruption in Antebellum New York: Free Banking as Reform.” In Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America’s Economic History. Ed. Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin. Chicago: University of Chicago P, 2006: 231-57.

James K. Ferri, assistant professor of chemical engineering

(coauthors Wen-Fei Dong, Thorsteinn Adalsteinsson, Monika Schönhoff, Gleb B. Sukhorukov, and Helmuth Möhwald). “Influence of Shell Structure on Stability, Integrity, and Mesh Size of Polyelectrolyte Capsules: Mechanism and Strategy for Improved Preparation.” Chemistry of Materials 17 (2005): 2603-11.

(coauthors V. B. Fainerman, V. I. Kovalchuk, E. H. Lucassen-Reynders, D. O. Grigoriev, M. E. Leser, M. Michel, R. Miller, and H. Möhwald). “Surface-Pressure Isotherms of Monolayers Formed by Microsize and Nanosize Particles.” Langmuir 22.4 (2006): 1701-05.

(coauthors Wen-Fei Dong and Reinhard Miller). “Ultrathin Free-Standing Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposites: A Novel Method for Preparation and Characterization of Assembly Dynamics.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109.31 (2005): 14764-68.

(coauthors Wen-Fei Dong, Reinhard Miller, and Helmuth Möhwald). “Elastic Moduli of Asymmetric Ultrathin Free-Standing Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposites.” Macromolecules 39.4 (2006): 1532-37.

(coauthors Reinhard Miller and Alexander V. Makievski). “Equilibrium and Dynamics of PEO/PPO/PEO Penetration into DPPC Monolayers.” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical Engineering Aspects 261 (2005): 39-48.

Dru Germanoski, Dr. Ervin R. VanArtsdalen ’35 Professor and head of geology and environmental geosciences

(coauthors Kristin Sturtevant, Gregory Baker, Mark Lord, Jerry Miller, and Jeanne Chambers). “Utilizing Multiple Geophysical Techniques to Analyze Bedrock Geometry and Sedimentological Controls on Riparian Meadow Complexes in the Central Great Basin, NV.” The Geological Society of America 55th Annual Meeting: Abstracts with Programs: Southeastern Section 38.3. March 23-24, 2006: 9-4 [paper].

Gary Gordon, professor of mathematics

(coauthor David Eisenstat). “Non-isomorphic Caterpillars with Identical Subtree Data.” Discrete Mathematics 306 (2006): 827-30.

Guy L. Hovis, John H. Markle Professor of Geology

(coauthors Pascal Richet and Alan Whittington). “Water and Magmas: Thermal Effects of Exsolution.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 241 (2006): 972-77.

William D. Jemison ’85, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

(coauthors Arthur Paolella and Frank J. Lexa). “A New Microwave Source for Cardiac Therapy.” IEEE 32nd Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference ISBN 0-7803-9564-6, April 2006: 35-36 [CD-ROM].

Shyamal K. Majumdar, Gideon R., Jr., and Alice L. Kreider Professor of Biology

ed. Journal of the PennsylvaniaAcademy of Science 79.2/3 (December 2005): Pp. 84.

ed. Journal of the PennsylvaniaAcademy of Science 79 (March 2006): Pp. 142.

George Panichas, James Renwick Hogg Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy and head of philosophy

Rev. of Consent to Sexual Relations, by Alan Wertheimer. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy 32.2 (March-April 2006): 191-93.

Mary J.S. Roth ’83, professor and head of civil and environmental engineering

(coauthor Jonathan E. Nyquist). “Improved 3D Pole-Dipole Resistivity Surveys Using Radial Measurement Pairs.” Geophysical Research Letters 32 (2005): 1-4.

Lee Upton, writer-in-residence and professor of English

“The Doubting Penitent: Charles Wright’s Epiphanies of Abandonment (1998).” In High Lonesome: On the Poetry of Charles Wright, ed. Adam Giannelli. Oberlin: Oberlin College P, 2006: 255-84 [reprint].