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September 2011
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Dr. Natalie Shirley Receives Grant from National Institute of Justice
Dr. Natalie Shirley, Assistant Professor, Anatomy/DeBusk College of
Osteopathic Medicine, has received notice of a funded grant from the
National Institute of Justice (NIJ) for
$514,495. Shirley is Co-PI on the project along with Drs. Mabe and
Mahfouz of the University of Tennessee (UT) along with Dr. Nicholas
Herrmann, Co-PI, of Mississippi
State University (MSU). The title of the Grant is “Computerized Reconstruction of Fragmentary Skeletal
Remains for Purposes of Extracting
Osteometric Measurements and
Estimating MNI”.
This project will develop software that facilitates more complete and accurate analyses of fragmentary human skeletal remains. Computed tomography scans of the UT William M. Bass Donated Collection skeletons will be segmented, modeled, and used to develop statistical atlas bone atlases that will be used as templates for reconstructing fragmentary remains (Mahfouz et al.
2007a; Mahfouz et al. 2007b). A statistical bone atlas is an average mold (or template mesh) that captures the primary shape variation of a bone and allows for the comparison of global shape differences between groups or populations, as well as for the rapid generation of automated computer measurements. This research team has used the powerful exploratory capabilities of statistical atlases previously to investigate and improve upon forensic techniques; this grant is an extension of that work (Jantz and Mahfouz 2009; Mahfouz et al. 2007a; Mahfouz et al. 2007b; Shirley 2009; Shirley et al. in press). As a secondary option, the software will provide sex and ancestry classification options using nonlinear classifiers. This software will have applications in individual forensic casework as well as in situations with commingled remains, such as mass graves or mass disaster scenarios. In addition, forensic anthropologists will be provided with a means to quantify and reconstruct remains that are damaged or fragmentary, thereby enhancing analyses in challenging cases. The data management aspect of the application will allow forensic anthropologists to digitally inventory complex commingled scenes; if geospatial data is integrated with each fragment then the refitting process can proceed geographically. Therefore, the developed application will significantly impact forensic anthropologists’ and crime scene investigators’ ability to reconstruct mass disasters, commingled mass graves, and highly fragmentary individual burials or surface scatters.
Article information and photo submitted by Dr. Natalie Shirley

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September 2011
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Dr. Hubbard to Deliver Lecture Series in the United Kingdom
Dr. Charles M. Hubbard has been invited to receive the prestigious Fulbright/Hayes
Award to deliver a series of Lectures in the
United Kingdom. The invitation was extended by the U.S. State Department through the embassy in London. The lectures will include
“Lincoln Reshapes the Presidency” at Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University on November 2 nd
, “The Relationship of John
Bright, Member of Parliament, and Charles
Frances Adams, Minister to Great Britain” at
King’s College of London on November 3 rd
, and “Anglo-American relations in the Civil
War” at Cambridge University.
This invitation continues the long-standing relationship between Dr. Hubbard and the
U.S. State Department. From time to time, the Fulbright/Hayes Award is presented to a senior scholar in American Studies. He has received three previous fellowships and grants through the Fulbright Foundation and continues to be a sought after speaker on 19 th
Century American History and foreign relations.
Information submitted by Dr. Charles M. Hubbard,
Photo supplied by Kate Reagan.
Dr. Martin Sellers Returns to LMU as Dean for Research and Service
Dr. Sellers is a product of the Northeast; born in New Jersey (not far from Bruce
Springsteen) where he received formal education including a BA in Political Science from the College of New Jersey, an
MPA from New York University and a PhD in Political Science from Temple University in Philadelphia. His career path has led him to the United States Air Force and then back home to the U. S. Department of Agriculture as a program evaluator, a health department director with the City of Trenton and a bureau chief with the
State of New Jersey. He began his career of 24 years in higher education as a faculty member and chair of the Department of
Government, History and Justice at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina, then Dean of the Undergraduate College and College of Arts and Sciences at Lincoln Memorial University, then Vice Prescient for Academic Affairs at the College of Saint Mary and Cox College in Springfield, Missouri. He has returned to LMU as Dean of Research and Service. Dr. Sellers is married to Tricia Sellers (30 years), has five children and a dog named Linc. His academic interests are in the areas of national, state and local government. He is currently working on a project regarding collaboration in local government looking closely at Claiborne County and the four municipalities within.
Welcome back Dr. Sellers!

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September 2011
Recent Scholarly Activity in the School of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth Lamont to be published in Appalachian Heritage
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Elizabeth Lamont, Professor of English, had her recent article entitled “The Elephant and the Chicks: How Rural Appalachia’s First
Writer-in-Residence Came and Went” published in the Appalachian Heritage (Summer
2011). http://community.berea.edu/ appalachianheritage/issues/summer2011/
Article information submitted by Liz Lamont
Dr. Anna Teekell Published in the New Hibernia Review
Dr. Anna Teekell, Assistant Professor of English, had her recent article entitled,
“Elizabeth Bowen and Language at War” published in the New Hibernia Review , Volume 15, No. 3 (Autumn 2011), p. 61-79.
Http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/new Hibernia review/toc/current.html
Article information submitted by Dr. Anna Teekell
Dr. Ron Caldwell Accepts Appointment as NSF Reviewer
Dr. Ron Caldwell has recently accepted a three-month appointment to the National Science Foundation
(NSF) as a reviewer. Pictured is Dr.
Caldwell at the recent NSF review session in Washington D.C.
Information and photo submitted by Ron Caldwell

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September 2011
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Recent Scholarly Activity in the School of Arts and Sciences Continued
Dr. Mahdia Ben-Salem Leads Workshop
Dr. Mahdia Ben-Salem will lead a workshop entitled
“Basic Spanish for Healthcare Professionals” for a group to include nurses, social workers, professional counselors, emergency medical technicians and various others on October 29th and November 5th in
Spartanburg, S.C.
Dr. Ben-Salem is originally from France, where she received her undergraduate degree in French, Spanish and Italian. She received 2 graduate degrees, one in
Foreign Languages and the other in Literature and
Translations, Nice University, France. She received her PhD in Modern Foreign Languages at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Dr. Hubbard Leads Tri-Cities Civil War Roundtable
Dr. Charles Hubbard, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Institute for the Study of Leadership and Public Policy, spoke to the Tri-Cities Civil War Roundtable on Monday,
September 12. Hubbard’s presentation dealt with the relationships between Lincoln and his generals during the fall of 1861.
Lincoln appointed politically influential individuals to positions of command in an effort to secure the support of different constituencies, but some of these appointees proved unwilling to implement presidential directives or who were poorly suited to the task of leading armies.
One of the most troublesome generals during this relatively obscure period of the war was John C. Fremont, a prominent explorer and politician of the antebellum years. As commander of the Department of the West, Fremont instituted martial law in the border state of Missouri and declared that state’s slaves free. Lincoln had not yet implemented his own emancipation policy, and he feared this rash move would alienate the border state citizens whose support he badly needed. He ultimately rescinded Fremont’s emancipation order and removed him from command of the department. A year later, Lincoln announced an emancipation policy of his own.
Information and photo submitted by Michael Lynch

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September 2011
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Recent Scholarly Activity in the School of Business
Dr. Dave Hinkes, LMU Associate Professor of Management/Marketing, and Ms.
Noriko Chapman, current LMU MBA Student and native of Japan, have been notified that their scholarly article submission entitled "Successful Globalization: Cross
-Cultural Managerial Values Revisited" will be published in the October Edition of the International Journal of Business Management & Research (IJBMR).
Drs. McCann, J., Aravamudhan, S., McCarren, D., & Oke, Okenyi (Nick) co-authored
"Strategic Microlending to Create Corporate Competitive Advantage”, and were notified by the editor of the International Journal of Business Competition and
Growth (IJBCG), that their paper has been accepted for publication in IJBCG Volume 2, Number 1, 2012, and will be available for purchase on their website in November 2011.
Information submitted by Dr. Jack McCann
Recent Activity in the School of Nursing
Modrcin, M.A. (2011). HRSA Advanced Education Nursing (AEN) Grant. Enhancement of an FNP Program Serving Rural Appalachia . (funding for July 2011-June 2012;
$338,800).
Modrcin, M.A. (2011). HRSA Advanced Education Nursing (AEN) Grant. Nurse Anesthetists for Rural Appalachia . (funding for July 2011-June 2012; $215,188).
Modrcin, M.A. (2011). HRSA Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT)
Grant. LMU AENT for Rural Appalachia.
(funded for 2011-12; $41,137).
Modrcin, M.A. (2011). HRSA Advanced Nurse Anesthesia Traineeship (NAT) Grant.
LMU NAT for Rural Appalachia.
(funded for 2011-12; $13,431).
Article information submitted by Sara Burnett

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September 2011
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ALLM Ends a Busy Summer With Lots of Activity
East Tennessee Foundation Grant Awarded
On September 7 th
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum was awarded a $ 2,500 grant from the East Tennessee Foundation “in recognition of valuable contributions to our East Tennessee community”. In the award letter the foundation stated that Lincoln
Memorial University and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum “was selected as one of only 25 recipients of this honor in our region for its extraordinary programming and services that help improve the lives of East Tennesseans.“
Museum Assessment Program
Thomas Mackie, Director of the ALLM, served this summer as a field reviewer for the Museum Assessment Program (MAP) of the American Association of Museums. In this capacity he acted as a professional museum consultant helping other sites to develop new longrange plans and policies or make corrections in their operations.
Reviewers are selected by the American Association of Museums based on years of experience and education in museum operations. Museums receive the assessment as part of a grant program designed to provide an outside reviewer at no cost. The grant pays for a consultant to visit the host site for at least two days and construct a detailed review with recommendations. Steven Wilson, Assistant Director of the ALLM, has also served several times as a MAP consultant.
R. Gerald McMurtry Lecture Series – Indiana State Museum
Thomas Mackie attended the 2011 McMurtry Lecture Series at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana. Formerly sponsored by the Lincoln Museum in Fort Wayne, this series has featured nationally known speakers on Lincoln studies since 1978, and has encouraged the study of Abraham Lincoln and his era since that time. This year’s speaker was Dr. Ronald White, Jr. author of various Lincoln books including a popular biography titled A. Lincoln, and Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural.

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September 2011
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ALLM Ends a Busy Summer With Lots of Activity Continued
Presentations by Museum Staff
At this year’s Society of American Archivists annual meeting, Michelle Ganz presented on a three person panel moderated by a conservator from Etherigton’s. The session was titled Consider the Possibilities: Creative and Low Cost Preservation Strategies in Practice . This popular session was attended by over 300 archivists and librarians from around the country. In her role of as a nationally certified archivist Michelle has served as the vice-chair, and soon to be chair of the Society of American Archivists Roundtable:
Lone Arrangers. She is also a member of a roundtable on archival accessibility, an archivist taskforce on national standards and best practices, and a member of the Academy of Certified Archivists Outreach Committee.
The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum’s Director of Programs and Tourism,
Carol Campbell, presented a paper entitled “ Oh! What Times to Live In”: Women in the
Civil War at the May 20-21, 2011, Kentucky Tennessee American Studies Association
Annual Conference held at The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Conference, entitled “Images, Sounds, and Meanings of the Civil War,” examined aspects of the American Civil War through various formats: art, film, music, memory, history, cultural anthropology, literature, and culture.
Grant Submission and Civil War Education DVD “The Civil War at the Cumberland Gap”
Carol Campbell, Director of Programs and Tourism, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum (ALLM), recently submitted a grant to the Tennessee National Civil War
Heritage Area for development of an education-related DVD and Lesson Packet. Entitled The Civil War at the Cumberland Gap , the project is a collaborative venture between the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, FamFive Productions (Steve Dean), and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. The project follows three factual family or personal histories. The stories include (1) the desperate and heartbreaking family struggles of Union Soldier Franklin Jones who deserts while in the military hospital at
Cumberland Gap; (2) the murder of a former slave known as Samuel by presumed bushwhackers; and (3) the unusual final military confrontation at Cumberland Gap as experienced by a young Confederate home front soldier named Jeremiah Dean. Lesson
Plans, aligned with the National Council for the Social Studies Standards, developed by
Faculty of the Carter and Moyers School of Education will complete the project. The completed DVD and Lesson Plan Packet will be offered free to teachers visiting the
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum.
Photos and articles submitted by Tom Mackie

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September 2011
Foundations Corner
By Martha Scheidler, Director of Foundations
Here is what you need to know before you start writing a grant proposal: pay attention to deadlines, write succinctly and clearly, follow directions.
The case for support is basic to grant proposals. But it need not be intimidating to write. Simply put, it should include a needs assessment and a method for addressing those needs. Here are some questions that may help you focus: What is the problem?
How will you solve the problem? What resources do you need to solve the problem?
How will you know if you are successful?
Now the first question is the key. How do you even know there is a problem? Facts and statistics are helpful, especially those that focus on the local level. This will lead to you determine what attributes make your project unique, or if there are other people and/or agencies with which you can partner. A proposal that does not exaggerate issues into dire emergencies yet conveys workable solutions and usable research are usually most effective.
As always, remember to contact Pauline in ORGSP, Marca in DCOM or me in
Kresge before you start! We are here to help you through the process.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus

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September 2011
A Note From the LMU Institutional Review Board
The Lincoln Memorial University Institutional Review Board offers training on the protection of human research participants for all investigators submitting protocols for review. This training is through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative CITI program.
The modules chosen by the University's IRB provide coverage of the ethical principles and procedures for conducting human subject research. It includes modules on Good Clinical
Practice, Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) and Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR). Students will find specific training modules set up for their use and faculty may also use the training modules for classroom use and discussion, especially in research and graduate courses.
Sponsored Federal Funding : As a condition of federal funding, this program meets the federal mandate for instruction.
For more information regarding the LMU IRB, please visit http://www.lmunet.edu/curstudents/ORGSP/IRB.shtml.
ORGSP Contact Information pauline.lipscomb@lmunet.edu
or call (423) 869-6214
carolyn.gulley@lmunet.edu
or call (423) 869-6291
If your grant award, application, presentation, or publication has not been mentioned in this edition, please forward your information to us using the contact information listed.
The ORGSP is located in Duke Hall, Suite 304
As a reminder, all applications for external funding must first begin by contacting the
ORGSP.
The ORGSP staff would like to thank everyone for their submissions to the newsletter!
Photo submitted by Melissa Miracle