The EKU Faculty and Staff Scholarship series houses works from Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff members, including article pre-prints, presentations, posters, and other types of scholarship. In cases where the full text cannot be posted due to copyright, the citation will be included with a link to the full text when possible. Books written or edited by Eastern Kentucky University faculty and staff are highlighted in our Faculty and Staff Books Gallery.
Faculty and staff, you may submit your work here:
- submit your article pre-prints, presentations, posters, and other types of scholarship here
- submit your book citation here
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If you have any questions, contact linda.sizemore@eku.edu
Submissions from 2015
Increasing ball velocity in the overhead athlete: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, Natalie Myers, Aaron D. Sciascia, Phillip M. Westgate, W. Ben Kibler, and Timothy L. Uhl
Is the Wigwam Worth It? A Contingent Valuation Method Estimate for a Small-city Sports Arena, John R.F. Harter
Library Resource Usage and Student Success at Eastern Kentucky University, Kelly Smith, Jens Arneson, Matthew Irvin, and Kwan Yi
Microhabitat Conditions Influence Mesohabitat Associations and Distribution of Larval Salamanders in Headwater Streams, J. M. Yeiser and Stephen C. Richter
Mouse Tracking Reveals that Bilinguals Behave like Experts, Sara Incera and Conor T. McLennan
Patterns of Anthropogenic Nutrient Contaminants in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Elijah D. Wolfe, Walter S. Borowski, and Jacob L. Robin
Peralkaline Felsic Magmatism at the Nemrut Volcano, Turkey: Impact of Volcanism on the Evolution of Lake Van (Anatolia), Ray Macdonald, Mari Sumita, Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, Boguslaw Baginski, John C. White, and Slawomir S. Ilnicki
Portals for Professionals: Regional Stewardship for Working College Graduates and Citizens of Kentucky, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert
Portals for Professionals: Serving Our Graduates in Their Professional Lives, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert
Portals for Professionals: Serving Our Graduates in Their Professional Lives, Heather K. Beirne, Sarah Richardson, Brad Marcum, and Karen Gilbert
Predatory Publishing: How Faculty Can Avoid Becoming Prey, Kelly Smith and Linda Sizemore
Preseason perceived physical capability and previous injury, Aaron D. Sciascia, Lauren E. Haegele, Jean Lucas, and Timothy L. Uhl
Project-based Science for General Education College Students and Seventh Graders: Pitfalls and Pointers, Walter S. Borowski, Malcolm P. Frisbie, Tara Shepperson, and Linda Frost
Questionable Validity of the Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Metric Used for Value-Based Purchasing, Lindsay Calderon, Kevin T. Kavanagh, and Mara K. Rice
Return to preinjury levels of participation after superior labral repair in overhead athletes: A systematic review, Aaron D. Sciascia, Natalie Myers, W. Ben Kibler, and Timothy L. Uhl
Sources of Nutrient and Escherichia Coli Contamination within the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Nathaniel C. Crockett and Walter S. Borowski
Students Who Are Deaf with Additional Disabilities: Does Educational Label Impact Language Services?, Christina M. Borders, Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Susan Wiley, Anne Bauer, and Dusty Columbia Embury
The FROG Model: Enhancing Teaching and Learning by Leaping from Archives to Classrooms, Neil Kasiak and Deborah Whalen
The FROG Model: The Leap from Archives to Classrooms, Neil Kasiak and Deborah Whalen
The Need for Environmental Public Health Professionals and the Role of EHAC-Accredited Programs in Increasing the Pool, Jason W. Marion and Yalonda Sinde
Viewpoint: a response to "Screening and isolation to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: sense, nonsense, and evidence"., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, and Daniel M. Saman
What, No Computers?: Engaging Students in a Low-Tech Space, Ashley Cole and Amy Bessin
Whose Standards are These? A Chronological Glossary of Standards in P-12 Education, Richard E. Day
Whose Standards are These? A Chronological Glossary of Standards in P-12 Education, Richard E. Day
Submissions from 2014
“A Funny Thing Happened in Library Instruction”: Facilitating Communication Through Humor., Ashley Cole and Linda Sizemore
Conjugate Points for Fractional Differential Equations, Paul W. Eloe and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Creating Successful Vernal Pools: A Literature Review and Advice for Practitioners, A. J.K. Calhoun, J. Arrigoni, R. P. Brooks, M. L. Hunter, and Stephen C. Richter
Cryptic Diversity and Conservation of Gopher Frogs across the Southeastern United States, Stephen C. Richter, Eric M. O'Neill, Schyler O. Nunziata, Andrew Rumments, Emily S. Gustin, Jeanne E. Young, and Brian I. Crother
Do Elementary Children Learn Economics from Children’s Literature?, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter
Existence and Comparison of Smallest Eigenvalues for a Fractional Boundary-value Problem, Paul W. Eloe and Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Get Your Story Out: Digital Storytelling and Community Service, Heather K. Beirne and Delinda Dent
Improvements on a Shoestring: Changing Reference Systems and Processes, Jackie Couture and Deborah Whalen
Incontinence Issues among Students with Disabilities, Laura S. Clarke, Dusty Columbia Embury, and Anne Bauer
Integrating Bacterial and Viral Water Quality Assessment to Predict Swimming-associated Illness at a Freshwater Beach: A Cohort Study, Jason W. Marion, Cheonghoon Lee, Qiuhong Wang, Stanley Lemeshow, Timothy J. Buckley, Linda J. Saif, and Jiyoung Lee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award Nominees, Grades 3-5, Heather K. Beirne and Christie Turner
Kentucky Bluegrass Awards Nominees, Grades 3-5, Heather K. Beirne and Christie Turner
Medial scapular muscle detachment: Clinical presentation and surgical treatment, W. Ben Kibler, Aaron D. Sciascia, and Timothy L. Uhl
Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Contamination within the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Nathaniel C. Crockett and Walter S. Borowski
Occurrence of Human Enteric Viruses at Freshwater Beaches During Swimming Season and its Link to Water Inflow, Chang Soo Lee, Cheonghoon Lee, Jason W. Marion, Qiuhong Wang, Linda Saif, and Jiyoung Lee
Omeka: Collaborating to Create Digital Libraries, Jackie Couture and Deborah Whalen
Pitcher plants (Sarracenia) provide a 21st-century perspective on interspecific and infraspecific ranks: a modest proposal for appropriate recognition and use., Aaron M. Ellison, Charles C. Davis, Pat Calie, and Robert F.C. Naczi
Preliminary development of a clinical prediction rule for treatment of patients with suspected SLAP tears, Stephanie D. Moore-Reed, Aaron D. Sciascia, W. Ben Kibler, and Timothy L. Uhl
Sources of Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Pollution in Otter Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Kandice L. Smith and Walter S. Borowski
Storm time response of the midlatitude thermosphere: Observations from a network of Fabry-Perot interferometers, Jonathan J. Makela, Brian J. Harding, John W. Meriwether, Rafael Mesquita, Samuel Sanders, Aaron J. Ridley, Michael W. Castellez, Marco Ciocca, Gregory D. Earle, Nathaniel A. Frissell, Donald L. Hampton, Andrew J. Gerrard, John Noto, and Carlos Martinis
Supporting Students With Disabilities During School Crises: A Teacher’s Guide, Laura S. Clarke, Dusty Columbia Embury, and Nina Yssel
Survival to Metamorphosis is Positively Related to Genetic Variability in a Critically Endangered Amphibian Species, Stephen C. Richter and Schyler O. Nunziata
The relationship between tort reform and medical utilization., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, and Daniel M. Saman
The use of surveillance and preventative measures for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, Daniel M. Saman, and Said K. Abusalem
What Do Users Want: Enhancing Metadata Using Google Analytics, Jackie Couture
Submissions from 2013
Amphibian Communities in Natural and Constructed Ridge Top Wetlands with Implications for Wetland Construction, Robert D. Denton and Stephen C. Richter
Are 34S-enriched Authigenic Sulfide Minerals a Proxy for Elevated Methane Flux and Gas Hydrates in the Geologic Record?, Walter S. Borowski, Nancy M. Rodriguez, Charles K. Paull, and William Ussler III
A Relational Model for Spiritually-Sensitive Hospice Care, Ann M. Callahan
Development and application of a quantitative PCR assay targeting Catellicoccus marimammalium for assessing gull-associated fecal contamination at Lake Erie beaches, Cheonghoon Lee, Jason W. Marion, and Jiyoung Lee
Education Reform in Kentucky: Just What the Court Ordered, Richard E. Day and Jo Ann Ewalt
Education Reform in Kentucky: Just What the Court Ordered, Richard E. Day and JoAnn Ewalt
Much work still to be done to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections., Kevin T. Kavanagh, Lindsay Calderon, and Daniel M. Saman
Outsized Profit Expectations Harm Education News, Richard E. Day
Plant-symbiotic fungi as chemical engineers: Multi-genome analysis of the Clavicipitaceae reveals dynamics of alkaloid loci, Christopher L. Shardl, Carolyn A. Young, Uljana Hesse, Stefan G. Amyotte, Kalina Andreeva, Pat Calie, Damien J. Fleetwood, David C. Haws, Neil Moore, Birgitt Oeser, Daniel G. Panaccione, Kathryn K. Schweri, Christine R. Voisey, Mark L. Farman, Jerzy W. Jaromczyk, Bruce A. Roe, Donal M. O'Sullivan, and Barry Scott
Population and Conservation Genetics of Crawfish Frogs, Lithobates areolatus, at their Northeastern Range Limit, Schyler O. Nunziata, Michael J. Lannoo, Joseph R. Robb, Daryl R. Karns, Stacey L. Lance, and Stephen C. Richter
Project-oriented Science Instruction Involving General-education Undergraduates Serving as Mentors to Underprivileged Middle-students Students, Walter S. Borowski, Malcolm P. Frisbie, Tara Shepperson, and Linda Frost
Science, 7th graders, and a Stream: An Integrated, Experience-based Science Course for Honors Students, Walter S. Borowski, Malcolm P. Frisbie, Tara Shepperson, and Linda Frost
Smooth muscle-selective CPI-17 expression increases vascular smooth muscle contraction and blood pressure., Wen Su, Zhongwen Xie, Shu Liu, Lindsay Calderon, Zhenheng Guo, and Ming C. Gong
Sources of Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Pollution in Otter Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Kandice L. Smith and Walter S. Borowski
The epichloae: alkaloid diversity and roles in symbiosis with grasses, Christopher L. Schardl, Simona Florea, Juan Pan, Padmaja Nagabhyru, Sladana Bec, and Pat Calie
Upland Habitat Quality and Historic Landscape Composition Influence Genetic Variation of a Pond-Breeding Salamander, Stephen C. Richter, Steven J. Price, Chelsea S. Kross, Jeremiah R. Alexander, and Michael E. Dorcas
Using The-Math-You-Need Modules in a General Education, Oceanography Course, Walter S. Borowski, E. Baer, and J. Wenner
Water Quality of the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky, Charles Willard and Walter S. Borowski
Submissions from 2012
Arcobacter in Lake Erie beach waters: An emerging gastrointestinal pathogen linked with human-associated fecal contamination, Cheonghoon Lee, Senyo Agidi, Jason W. Marion, and Jiyoung Lee
Automation of Eastern Kentucky University Observatory and Preliminary Data, Marco Ciocca
Characteristics and Environmental Problems of a Eutrophic, Seasonally-stratified Lake, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski
Does a graduate course in personal finance for teachers lead to higher student financial literacy than a teacher workshop, John R.F. Harter and Cynthia Harter
Fourteen Novel Microsatellite Markers for the Gopher Frog, Lithobates capito (Amphibia: Ranidae), Schyler O. Nunziata, Stephen C. Richter, Robert D. Denton, John M. Yeiser, Danielle E. Wells, Kenneth L. Jones, Cris Hagen, and Stacey L. Lance
In Vivo Phycocyanin Flourometry as a Potential Rapid Screening Tool for Predicting Elevated Microcystin Concentrations at Eutrophic Lakes, Jason W. Marion; Jiyoung Lee; J. R. Wilkins, III; Stanley Lemeshow; Cheonghoon Lee; Evan J. Waletzko; and Timothy J. Buckley
iPLA2β overexpression in smooth muscle exacerbates angiotensin II-induced hypertension and vascular remodeling., Lindsay Calderon, Shu Liu, Wen Su, Zhongwen Xie, Wanda Eberhard, and Ming C. Gong
Large-Scale Measurements of Thermospheric Dynamics with a Multisite Fabry-Perot Interferometer Network: Overview of Plans and Results from Midlatitude Measurements, Jonathan J. Makela, John W. Meriwether, Aaron J. Ridley, Marco Ciocca, and Michael W. Castellez
Large-Scale Measurements of Thermospheric Dynamics with a Multisite Fabry-Perot Interferometer Network: Overview of Plans and Results from Midlatitude Measurements, Jonathan J. Makela, John W. Meriwether, Aaron J. Ridley, Marco Ciocca Dr., and Michael W. Castellez
Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Assessment of the Water Quality of Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski and Kristopher H. Carroll
Open System Evolution of Peralkaline Trachyte and Phonolite from the Suswa Volcano, Kenya Rift, John C. White, Vanessa V. Espejel-Garcia, Elizabeth Y. Anthony, and Peter Omenda
Phylogeny of the carnivorous plant family Sarraceniaceae, Aaron M. Ellison, Elena D. Butler, Emily Jean Hicks, Robert F.C. Naczi, Pat Calie, Charles D. Bell, and Charles C. Davis
Point Source and Non-point Source Pollution in a Secondary Stream: Nutrient Concentration and Fecal Microbe Counts in Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Walter S. Borowski, Krisopher H. Carroll, and Bethany Gabbard
Redox Proteomics in Selected Neurodegenerative Disorders: From its Infancy to Future Applications, D. Allan Butterfield, Marzia Perluigi, Tanea T. Reed, Tasneem Muharib, Christopher P. Hughes, Rena A.S. Robinson, and Rukhsana Sultana
Smooth muscle-specific expression of calcium-independent phospholipase A2β (iPLA2β) participates in the initiation and early progression of vascular inflammation and neointima formation, Shu Liu, Zhongwen Xie, Qingwei Zhao, Huan Pang, John Turk, Lindsay Calderon, Wen Su, Guogang Zhao, Haifei Xu, Ming C. Gong, and Zhenheng Guo
Stone soup: using co-teaching and Photovoice to support inclusive education, Stephen Kroeger, Dusty Columbia Embury, Adam Cooper, Mary Brydon-Miller, Chester Laine, and Holly Johnson
Telepsychology Outcome Research with Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Literature., Norah C. Slone, Robert J. Reese, and Michael J. McClellan
Submissions from 2011
A Novel Genetic Marker for the Rapid Detection of Bacteroides Fragilis in Recreational Water as a Human-specific Faecal Indicator, Chang Soo Lee, Jason W. Marion, and Jiyoung Lee
A Qualitative Exploration of Spiritually Sensitive Hospice Care, Ann M. Callahan
Concentration of Heavy Metals in the Waters and Surface Sediments of Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Kentucky: An Evaluation of Plausible Sources, Chad Von Gruenigen and Walter S. Borowski
Conservation Genetics of the Largest Cluster of Federally Threatened Gopher Tortoise (gopherus polyphemus) Colonies with Implications for Species Management, Stephen C. Richter, Jeffrey A. Jackson, Matthew Hinderliter, Deborah Epperson, Christopher W. Theodorakis, and S. Marshall Adams
Determination of Caffeine as a Marker for Septic Tank Contamination of Wilgreen Lake, Rosemary Onjiko, Susan Godbey, Walter S. Borowski, Darrin Smith, and Lori Wilson
Identification of a cAMP-response element in the regulator of G-protein signaling-2 (RGS2) promoter as a key cis-regulatory element for RGS2 transcriptional regulation by angiotensin II in cultured vascular smooth muscles, Zhongwen Xie, Dexiang Liu, Shu Liu, Lindsay Calderon, Guogang Zhao, John Turk, and Zhenheng Guo
Lipid peroxidation and neurodegenerative disease, Tanea T. Reed
Methods of Extending Lower Order Problems to Higher Order Problems in the Context of Smallest Eigenvalue Comparisons, Jeffrey T. Neugebauer
Mineral Stability in Peralkaline Silicic Rocks: Information from Trachytes of the Menengai Volcano, Kenya., Ray Macdonald, Boguslaw Baginski, Philip T. Leat, John C. White, and P Dzierzanowski
Nutrient and Fecal Microbe Assessment of the Water Quality of Tates Creek, Madison County, Kentucky, Krisopher H. Carroll and Walter S. Borowski
Patterns of Heavy Metal Concentration in Core Sediments, Wilgreen Lake, Madison County, Clint McMaine and Walter S. Borowski
Spiritually-Sensitive Care in Hospice Social Work, Ann M. Callahan
SR-A ligand and M-CSF dynamically regulate SR-A expression and function in primary macrophages via p38 MAPK activation, Dejan Nikolic, Lindsay Calderon, Liqin Du, and Steven Post
Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Brushy Creek Watershed, Kentucky, Tyler Wade and Walter S. Borowski
Suspended Solids in Brushy Creek, Kentucky, Tyler Wade and Walter S. Borowski
Submissions from 2010
Association of Gastrointestinal Illness and Recreational Water Exposure at an Inland U.S. Beach, Jason W. Marion, Jiyoung Lee, Stanley Lemeshow, and Timothy J. Buckley
