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Catherine L. Zeman, Ph.D. Health Division, School of HPELS
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0421
319/273-7090 (work)
EDUCATION
Cert. 2011 Graduate of the Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute, EPHLI of the
Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Class of 2010/2011, February 2011.
Diploma 2010 Holistic Health Practice, American College of Health Sciences (complementary
and alternative medicine), CHHP, Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
PhD. 2000 Preventive Medicine with emphasis in Environmental and Occupational Health,
University of Iowa
M.S. 1992 Environmental Science, Southern Illinois University
B.S. 1990 Physical Anthropology and Human Ecology, Southern Illinois University
A.S. 1986 Biology, Lewis and Clark Community College
A.A.S. 1982 Registered Nursing, Lewis and Clark Community College
License #0041-216274 (Illinois, current)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-present Professor, Health Division, School of Health, Physical Education
Concurrent and Leisure Services, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Received Tenure Spring/Summer of 2004, Associate 2004-2011, Full 2012.
2007 - present Visiting Professor, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj
Concurrent Napoca Romania, conferred December 6-7, 2007 during the University Open
Days celebration
1997-present Director, Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center, College of
Concurrent Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
50613
2014-2015 Administrative Fellow, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
2010-2014 Chair, Health Division, School of Health, Physical Education
and Leisure Services, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
2001- 2013 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and
Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa 52242
1999-2005 Associate Director, Office of Intellectual Properties, University of Northern
Concurrent Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
2004 Fulbright Researcher/Scholar, Fulbright Research/Lecture Award
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Institutes of Public Health Cluj Napoca, Romania
1994-1997 Program Manager, Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center,
Concurrent Environmental Programs, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Position 50613
1994-1997 Program Manager, College of Natural Sciences and Iowa Waste Reduction
Concurrent Center, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
1993-1994 Waste Reduction Specialist, Iowa Waste Reduction Center, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
1992-1993 Waste Reduction Research Assistant, Iowa Waste Reduction Center, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
1982-1985 RN/Day shift Supervisor, Carlinville Area Hospital and RN Robings Manor
Convalescent Center, Carlinville, Illinois and Brighton, Illinois
TEACHING
Graduate Courses and (g) level (Jr/Sr. and graduate):
Human Diseases, HPE 4663/5663, 3 hrs.
Epidemiology, HPE 4393/5393, 3 hrs.
*New courses developed
Environmental Health Science, HPE4665/5665, 3 hrs.
Environmental and Occupational Health Regulations, HPE 4666/5666, 3 hrs.
Seminar in Health Promotion and Education, HPE 6289, 1 hr.
Individual/arranged (1-10 hrs.):
Readings in Environmental Science, ENV SCI 6285 (various topics)
Readings in Health Promotion, HPE 6285 (biostatistics, various topics)
Undergraduate Courses
*New courses developed
Human Toxicology for Environmental and Occupational Health: Principles and
Applications, HPE 4667/5667, 3 hrs.
Environment, Technology and Society (Environmental Justice), CAP 820:140,
2 hrs. 1996- 2005
Human Form and Function: A&P Introduction for Health Education, HPE 410:112, 3 hrs.
(changed to HPE 4663/5663 in 2012)
Environmental Health Science Lab and Practical Applications, HPE 4580, 3 hrs.
Environmental Epidemiology, HPE 4186, 3hrs.
Herbalism and Health and Healing Herbs, HPELS 1059, 1hr. each
Individual/arranged (1-10 hrs.):
Environmental Science Internship, ENV SCI 4195
Readings in Health Promotion, HPE 3686 (biostatistics)
Special Institutes/Summer Workshops
Web CT based Environmental Health Certificate, Department of Continuing Education,
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University of Northern Iowa, 2005 – 2014 (various courses in Web CT format including
Environmental Health Science, Environmental and Occupational Health Regulations, and
Human Diseases). *Developed and instructed, 2004 – 2014.
Study Abroad through International Programs, Various Capstone offerings, 820:140
(included GIS/GPS in Public Health and Environmental Health Disparities in Cross-
Cultural Perspectives conducted in Romania and Greece) *Developed and instruct, 2004 –
2014.
Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center, Fellows Institute
(Summer 1995-2000 and 2002) *Instructor and planner
University of Iowa, Environmental Health Science Summer Institute as part of MPH
collaboration for MD/MPH and DVM/MPH students (Summer of 2002 and 2003).
*Instructor
GRADUATE and HONORS ADVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
GRADUATE
Chair (7 Doctoral and 20, Master’s theses)
Rick Bauer, Env. Sci. M.S., Env. Health Emphasis (completed, Fall 2001)
Grace Lartey, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2002)
Brian Byrd, Env. Sci. M.S., Env. Health Emphasis (completed, Spring 2002)
Evelyn Boateng, M.A., Community Health (completed, Fall 2002)
Kathleen Hennings, M.S., Environmental Science (completed, Fall 2003)
Loretta Dominguez, M.A., Secondary Ed. Methods (completed, Fall 2003)
Sangmin Kim, Ed. D., Curriculum and Instruction, Env. Health Emphasis
(completed, Fall 2004)
Naomi Beinfang, Env. Sci. M.S./M.A., Env. Health Emphasis (completed, Spring 2005)
Patricia Tehran, M.A., Community Health, Env. Health Emphasis
(completed, Fall 2006)
Jeffrey Orr, M.A., Community Health, Env. Health Emphasis (completed, Fall 2006)
Daniel Winder, M.A., Community Health (completed, Fall 2006)
Sarah Brainard, M.A., Community Health (completed, Fall 2007)
Lisa Krausman, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2008)
Isreal Mesengi, Ed.D., Community Health ISA (completed, Fall 2008)
Jenny Hall, Ed.D., Community Health ISA (completed, Spring 2010)
Kavamahanga, Jean Marie, M.A., Community Health (completed, Summer 2010)
Michelle Cook, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2011)
Anatalie Sugiru, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2012)
Kristi Leonard, Ed.D. Community Health ISA (completed, Spring 2013)
Junu Shrestha, M.S., Environmental Science, Health (completed, Summer 2013)
Jennifer Barnette, M.A. Community Health (completed, Spring 2014)
Keyah Levey, M.A., Community Health (completed, Summer 2014)
Alex Davey, M.A., Community Health (completed, Fall 2016)
Noha Fadlalddin, Ed.D., Allied Health (completed, Fall 2017)
Amani Al Rebeh, Ed.D., Allied Health (completed, Spring 2018)
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Shane McClintock, M.A., Community Health (current)
Junu Shrestha, Ed.D., Allied Health (current)
Zahara Al-kadir, M.A., Community Health (current)
Committee Member
Tim Reis, M.S., Environmental Science (completed, Fall 2001)
Kendara Standard, M.A., Community Health (completed, Summer 2002)
Kong Chen, M.A., Community Health, (completed, Spring 2003)
Isreal Mesengi, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2004)
Wendi Sobaski, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2004)
Tracy Woolin, M.S., Environmental Science (completed, Spring 2004)
Jennifer Bruss, M.A., Community Health (completed, Spring 2007)
Michele Thomas, M.A., Community Health (current)
HONORS THESES (undergraduate)
Chair
Anna Schard, Biology (Completed Spring, 2010)
Michelle Breen, Accounting (Completed Spring, 2010)
Dylan Hilliar, Biology (Completed Spring 2015)
GRANTS, CONTRACTS, APPROPRIATIONS: CURRENT (●), PENDING (▪), AND PAST (*)
Total awarded external grants, contracts, appropriations to date: $5,390,913
● Director, Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center, Line Item Appropriation FY
2017/2018 (non-general fund), $177,000, State of Iowa. (Since 1997 – approx.,
$3,647,000)
● PI, Various contracts (with private businesses) in cooperation with Metal Casting Center,
Department of Industrial Technology 2010/11. Provision of a Materials Testing Service to
Iowa Businesses, approximately $1,300, to date, this fiscal year. (Since 1998 - $518,140)
* PI, with Jenny Bruss, RRTTC, Get Your Green On! K-12 Outreach Initiative, SWAP IA-
DNR, FY 2009/2010, $40,312.
* PI, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 2007/08, Application of Health Promotion
Theoretical Approaches to Changing Recycling Behaviors and Assessing Participation
Rates Augmented with GIS/GPS among Targeted Populations, $6,527.
* PI, with Doctoral Student Israel Msengi, Intervention Evaluation of Recycling Education
Outreach, Metro Waste Authority, $2,500.00, March 2006.
* PI, Polymer Research and Materials Innovation Service Laboratory at the University of
Northern Iowa, Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, $70,500, 2/06 – 10/07 – 11/08.
* Collaborator with IDPH, “Delivering Environmental Health Services with Increased
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Capacity in Iowa’s State and Local Departments of Public Health” Centers for Disease
Control, $15,532.17 over 3 years, 6/05 -6/06.
* PI, 06 IA Auto Directory Update, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, $4,500.00, 9/05
-2/06.
* P.I. College of Education, Call for Proposals: Student Computer/Technology Fees. UNI-
COE, $2,712.48
* PI, NASU 3rd Annual Pow Wow, Waterloo/Cedar Falls and Northeast Iowa Community
Foundation, $700.00 6/05-10/05.
* PI, NIH AREA Grant, A Pilot, Retrospective Cohort Study of Nitrate/Nitrite Exposure,
Human Health Status, Blood Methemoglobin, and Immune System Function, $167,000
7/04-12/05.
* PI, Fulbright Traditional Scholars Program, Lecture Research Competition, A
Collaborative Project to Enrich Surveillance, Research, and Outreach Capabilities in
Environmental Health 2003/2004 competition for Spring 2004, $30,000.
* Co-PI with Mr. Jeffrey Rose, Program Coordinator, MIS of the RRTTC, Iowa Department
of Natural Resources, SWAP Contract # 05-G550-09, Universal Testing Machine Project,
$15,000
* Co-PI, with Susan Salterberg, CEEE, Business Behind the Scenes, Iowa DNR,
Conservation Education Board, $5,998 (FY 2003/2004).
* With Ed Brown (P.I.) National Science Foundation, 1994-2003. AATEEC Summer
Fellows Institute. $600,000 (renewed).
* Co-P.I. with Depken, UNI Environmental Health Initiative and College of Education, AA
Pilot Study of Sustainability Activities and Practices in the Regional Recycling Industry,
$9,442.00
* Co-P.I. with D. Depken and C. Okafor, Student Training and Research Project in Public
Health Education, drinking Water, and Pesticide Exposure Evaluation: Transylvania,
Romania, Joint funding Environmental Health Initiative, UNI- Global Health Corp., and
Institutes of Public Health, Romania, $92,943.
* With Ron Cox, P.I. (Iowa State University). DOE, 2000 State Energy Program Special
Projects. Iowa Industries of the Future, $44,000 RRTTC shared with UNI, Metal Casting
Center.
* P.I. College of Education, Call for Proposals: Student Computer/Technology Fees. UNI-
COE, $11,321.00
* Co-P.I. with Ed Brown. Eastern Iowa Community College District. Science and
Technology Technical Services, $2500, November 2000.
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* P.I. Black Hawk County Public Health Department. 1999-2000. Environmental Exposure
Assessment Characterization and Feasibility Study, $23,000, October 2000.
* Co-P.I. Zeman et al., Provost and Vice-President Mini-Grant Application, Developing a
Guide Book for Capstone Faculty $1,200, August 2000.
* Co-P.I. with Steve Reynolds (University of Iowa). EPA=s Small Business Pollution
Prevention Center at UNI. The Use of a Novel Exposure Assessment Tool (VITAE) to
Determine the EHS Efficacy of Pollution Prevention Interventions, 1998-1999, $50,000.
* With Steve Thorpe (P.I.), University of Northern Iowa. EPA’s Jobs Through Recycling
Joint Public Policy Initiative, Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center and Recycle
Iowa, Economic Public Policy Study, 1996-1997, $15,000.
* P.I. Newspaper Association of America. Newspaper Association of America’s Guide to
Pollution Prevention, 1995-1996, $41,397.
* P.I. Monsanto’s Green Stripe Program, Monsanto Corporation. A Comparative Study of
Native and Non-Native Grass Vegetated Filter Strips in the Prevention of Non-Point
Source Pollution, 1994, $3,000.
* With Konefes, J. (P.I.), Iowa Waste Reduction Center. Pollution Prevention Incentives for
States Grant Program, U.S. EPA, Region VII. Pollution Prevention Curriculum for
Vehicle Maintenance Classes: Development and Deployment, 1994-1995, $90,000.
* Co-P.I. with D. Clayson and S. Corbin. Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center,
University of Northern Iowa. Closing the Loop on Wood Wastes: Reuse Applications and
Market Potential, 1994-1995, $25,000.
PUBLICATIONS
In Progress/ Submitted
Zeman, C. (TBD). Nitrate as Friend and Foe when Biogeochemical Cycles Turn Inflammatory, Sustainable
Human Health Suffers, In progress due 5/18, for Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable
Development Goals. Good Health and Well-Being, Springer Publishers.
Zeman, C. (TBD). Occupational Health, Safety, and Sustainability, Submitted 12/17, for Encyclopedia of
Sustainability in Higher Education, Springer Publishers.
Book Chapters
International
Shrestha, J. and Zeman, C.L. (2017). Providing Data to Guide Environmental Health Education:
Using Cross-Sectional Data from an Arsenic Biomonitoring Study to Improve
Environmental Health Interventions, in Advances in Environmental Research, J.A.
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Daniels, Ed., Vol. 53, pgs. 1-28, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Zeman, C.L. (2016). Mind-Body Medicine. in Complementary, Alternative, and
Integrative Health: A Multicultural Perspective, H. Pinzon-Perez and M.A. Perez, Ed.,
Chapter 2, pgs 29-55, San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand.
Zeman, C.L., Hall, J., Depken, D. and Bocsan, I. (2015). Development, Structure and Impact of a
Ten Year Outreach and Study Abroad Program in Sustainability and Environmental
Health Disparities: University of Northern Iowa, the Iuliu Hatieganu University of
Medicine and Pharmacy and the Romani of Pata Rat with a Report on a Cross-Sectional,
Romani Environmental Footprint Study. in Transformative Approaches to Sustainable
Development at Universities W. Leal, Ed., Chapter 17, pgs. 239-256, New York: NY,
Springer, http://www.springer.com/978-3-319-08836-5 and a platform presentation at the
2nd International World Symposium on Sustainability at Universities (WSSD-U-2014),
Manchester, UK, September 2014 (published October 2015).
Stigliani, W.M., Zeman, C. and Betrabet G. (2012). Faculty Enrichment
Program for Infusing Sustainability Education across the University Curriculum, in
Sustainable Development at Universities, Chapter 16, pgs. 193-206, vol. 33 in the series,
Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability, Peter Lang Scientific
Publishers.
Refereed Journal Articles
International
Depken, D. and Zeman, C.L. (2017). Small Business Challenges and the Triple Bottom
Line, TBL: Needs Assessment in a Midwest State, U.S.A., Technological Forecasting and
Social Change, pg 2-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.05.032
C.L. Zeman*, Ph.D., L. Beltz*, Ph.D., J. Orr*, MA, P. Theran*, MA, J. Maddux§, BSN, D.
Depken, EdD, M. Linda§, MA (2011). New Questions and Insights into Nitrate/Nitrite and
Human Health Effects: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Private Well Users’
Immunological and Wellness Status, Journal of Environmental Health, 74(4)8-18.
Kim, S., Zeman, C. and Kostareva, O. (2007). Reliability of the Children’s Attitudes toward the
Environment Scale (CATES): in assessing children’s attitudes toward the environment
before and after participating in the Iowa Children’s Water Festival (ICWF).
Psychological Reports, Augus, 117-119.
Zeman, C., (2006). Environment, Ethnicity, Health and Oppression: How an Environmental
Health Systems Analysis using Exergy Concepts Can Aid in Understanding Contributing
Factors and Solutions to Environmental Health Disparities, a refereed paper in the
monograph of the 14th Annual Conference of the National Association of African
American Studies, NAAAS and affiliates (NANAS, National Association of Native
American Studies chapter), September 2006, pgs. 892-912.
Zeman, C., Rose, J., and Rich, M. (2006). The global water challenge: opportunities and
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options for sustainable manufacturing, Reviews in Environmental Science and
Bio/technology, on-line, http://www.springerlink.com/content/8v30804737147134/,
August 22, 2006, 14 pages.
Zeman, C. (2005). Infant Methemoglobinemia: Causative Factors. Environmental Health
Perspectives, vol.113, #12, December, pgs. A805-806.
Zeman, C.1, B. Byrd2, A. Sinca3, M. Vlad4, D. Depken, (2005). Health Promotion Theory,
Praxis, and Needs in Transylvania, Romania, The International Electronic Journal of
Health Education, January 1, pg. 36-47.
Zeman, C. L, I. Seuleanu,; M. Sinca,; A. Sinca A.,; D. Moga,; and M. Vlad, (2005).
Environmental Illness May Have Contributed to the Origins of Transylvanian Vampire
Myths, International Journal of Global Health 3:2, 29-39.
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D.E. and Senchina, D.S. (2003). Keys to Roma Health Issues: Poverty,
Culture, and Ethnic Oppression: A Review of Literature and Discussion. Ethnicity and
Health, August 8:3, pg. 223-249.
Zeman, C.L., Kross, B., and Vlad, M. (2003). Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors: Response to
Avery and L’hirondel, Correspondence, Environmental Health Perspectives, March 2003,
111(3):A15.
Zeman, C.L., Kross, B., and Vlad, M. (2002). A Nested Case Control Study of
Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors in Children of Transylvania, Romania, Environmental
Health Perspectives, August 2002, 110(8) 817-822.
Ustyugova, I.V., Zeman, C.L., Dhanwada, K., Beltz, L.A. (2002). Nitrates/Nitrites Alter
Lymphocyte Proliferation and Cytokine Production. Archives of Environmental
Contamination & Toxicology, Spring/Summer 2002.
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D.E., and Rich, M. L., (2002). Review of the Research and Related
Literature Impinging upon Composting and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global
Warming. Compost Science and Utilization, Winter 2002 10(1) 72-86.
Zeman, C.L., Vlad, M.L., and Kross, B. (2002). Exposure Methodology and Findings for Dietary
Nitrate Exposures in Children of Transylvania, Romania, Journal of Exposure Analysis
and Environmental Epidemiology, 12: 54-63.
Depken, D., Zeman, C.L., Kabat-Lensch, E., and Brown, E. (2002). The Advanced Technology
Environmental Education Center, Summer Fellows Institute, Journal of Environmental
Education. Winter 2002, 33(2) 13-17.
Zeman, C.L. and Rich, M. (2001). Composting in a Hot World - the Cool Facts. BioCycle,
December 2001, pg. 68-76.
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Zeman, C.L. and D.E. Depken. (2001). Environmental Health Research and Student Training
Project, Transylvania, Romania. International Journal Of Global Health, 1(2) 29-34
Depken, D. and Zeman, C. L. (2001). Cultural Competence in Epidemiological Field Work with
Cultures in Flux: Romania. International Journal of Global Health 1:1 16-27.
Zeman, C.L., Hurban, L., Mehta, D., Wollin, T., and Dennis, E.A. (2000). Choosing Alternative
Solvents for an Environmentally Sustainable and Occupationally Safe Lithography Shop.
Journal of Cleaner Production 8:1 pg. 35-49.
Zeman, C.L. (1998). Ecofeminist Realities, Ecofeminist Myths: Sustainability Crisis and Human
Civilization. Ecological Congress International Journal 2:41-53.
Zeman C.L., Mehta, D., Wilson, D., and Dennis. E.A. (1996). Eliminating Screen Printing
Photographic Wastes: The Digital Revolution Offers P2 Opportunities. Pollution
Prevention Review 6:57-70.
Reviewed Journal Articles and Proceedings
International
Bauer, R. J., Vlad, M., Sinca, A., Moga, D., Mirestean, I., and Zeman, C.L.* (2003). Field
Methodology for the Determination of the Prevalence of Giardia Cysts and
Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Drinking Water and Its Association to the Development of
Diarrheal Disease in the Transylvania Region of Romania, Proceedings of the Sixth
International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and
Eastern Europe. Prague, Czech. Republic, September 2003 pg.233-238. *Corresponding
Author
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D., and Trumbull, J. (2003). A Benchmarking Health and
Safety Study of a Cross Section of the Recycling Industry in Iowa, Proceedings of 8th
Annual Solid Waste Association of America: Trends and Challenges Conference, June
2003.
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D.E., and Trumbull, J. (2002). Materials Exchange Relationships as a
Component of Eco-Industrial Development. Proceedings of the 13th Annual Waste
Reduction, Recycling & Composting Symposium of the Solid Waste Association of North
America (SWANA), February 25-March 2, 2002, 49-55.
Zeman, C. L., Vahradian, H. and Brown, E. (2000). Materials Testing Service: A Technical
Assistance Program to Aid in the Development of Recycled Content Products.
Proceedings of WASTECON 2000, Solid Waste Association of North America, October
2000, CD-RM 1-5.
Zeman, C.L., Vlad, M., Sinca, A., Harper, D., and Kross, B. (2000). Exposure Assessment
Characterization and Investigation of Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors in Transylvania,
Romania, Proceedings of the Prague 2000 Conference, September 2000, CD-RM, 148-
158.
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National
Zeman, C. L. and Hurban, L. (1997). Low VOC/alternative soy ink solvents. U.S. EPA Region
IV, Waste Minimization/P2 Conference, Alphabetical Order
Zeman, C.L., Mehta, D., Wilson, D., and Dennis. E.A. (1996). Eliminating the Screen Printing
Darkroom. Proceedings of the EPA Region III Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention
Technical Conference for Hazardous Waste Generators, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 617-
626.
Zeman, C.L. (1996). Recycling Research - The Benefits of Technology Development,
Proceedings of the 7th Annual Waste Reduction, Prevention, Recycling, and Composting
Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee, 211-217.
Zeman, C.L. (1995). Eliminating the Screen Printing Darkroom, Proceedings of the National
Pollution Prevention Roundtable Conference, Miami, Florida, 140-149.
Zeman, C.L. (1994). Partners in Pollution Prevention: Evaluating Pollution Prevention
Technologies for the Lithographer, Proceedings of the EPA Pollution Prevention/Waste
Minimization Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 219-223.
Reviewed Reports and Published Abstracts
International
Zeman, C.L. Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center, RRTTC:
Two decades of sustainability efforts, lessons learned, challenges met, unmet and yet to
come… Ecosummit 2016, Ecological Sustainability: Engineering Change, Montpelier,
France, August 2016.
Zeman, C.L., December 2015, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE)/NSF
ATE Project: “Connecting Tribal and Pacific Rim Colleges to Improve Indigenous
Environmental Technology Education, DUE #1204627, Final Report, Project Evaluation
Years 2012-2015.
Zeman, C.L., December 2014, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE)/NSF
ATE Project: “Connecting Tribal and Pacific Rim Colleges to Improve Indigenous
Environmental Technology Education, DUE #1204627, 2nd year Report, Project
Evaluation Year 2014.
Zeman, C.L., August 2014, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE)/NSF
ATE Project: “Connecting Tribal and Pacific Rim Colleges to Improve Indigenous
Environmental Technology Education”, 1st year Report, Project Evaluation Year 2013.
Zeman, C.L., July 2011, Project Evaluation, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education
(PETE)/NSF ATE Project: “Pacific Rim Community College Environmental Program
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Capacity Building: Needs Assessment”, for National Science Foundation evaluation of
Tribal Colleges Environmental Technology Assistance initiatives through the Partnership
for Environmental Technology Education.
Depken, D., Kaplan, L., Zeman, C. (2010). Understanding lifespan relational determinants of body
satisfaction. American Public Health Association 138th Annual Meeting.
Hall, J., Zeman, C., Depken, D, Bocsan, I. (2010). Environmental Health Status and Health
Concerns of Pata Rat Romani. American Public Health Association 138th Annual
Meeting.
Zeman, C.L., Bocsan, I., and Hall, J. , Roma of Dallas and Pata Rat: Using experiential learning
programs to address environmental health disparities of the Roma population in Cluj
Napoca, Romania., November 2009, American Public Health Association, APHA, Water
and Public Health, Annual Conference.
Zeman, C.L., Beltz, L.A., Bayer, D.K., Kruth, M., Maddux, J., Moss, A.L., Orr, J., Rash, L.E.,
Teran, P.C., Linda, M., A pilot-scale cohort study examining the relationship between
nitrate exposure via drinking water ingestion, immune impacts on other health indicators,
American Public Health Association 13th annual meeting and exposition, Boston, MA.,
November 4-8, 2006.
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D., and Senchina, D.S., CSA Illumina, Abstract and Index, Roma
Health Issues: published abstract; CSA Social Services Abstracts database, September,
2006.
Zeman, C.L. and Vlad, M. Exposure assessment to DDT and its degradation products in women of
childbearing age based on dietary intake survey and environmental sampling. Abstracts of
the 133rd Annual meeting of American Public Health Association, December 10-14, 2005,
pg. 154 & 359.
Zeman, C.L. An Examination of the Relationship between Methemoglobinemia,
MHG and Diarrheal Disease, as Illuminated by Current Research Case Studies, Abstracts
of the 131st Annual meeting of American Public Health Association, November 15-19,
2003, pg. 180 & 337.
Zeman, C.L., Vlad, M., Moga, D., Sinca A., and Bauer, R. Field Application of an Immuno-
Assay Methodology to Detect Protozoan Species in Well-Water Samples in the
Transylvania Region of Romania: Experiences and Findings, Abstracts of the Sixth
International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and
Eastern Europe. Prague, Czech. Republic, September 2003.
Zeman, C.L. and Hennings, K. Characterization and Classification of By-product and Waste
Exchange Relationships, Abstracts of the Second International Meeting of the
International Society for Industrial Ecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, June 29-July 2, 2003, pg. 24.
Zeman C.L., Mehta, D., Wilson, D., and Dennis. E.A. (2002).
The Role of Pollution Prevention and Alternative Solvent Use to Reduce VOC
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Emissions and Improve Worker Health and Safety, Training and Expertise
Transfer in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, The Environmental Health
Center and the Babes Bolyai University Institute for International Studies, Cluj-
Napoca, Romania, May 17, 2002.
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D.E., and Rich, M. L. (2002). Research Review: How the Composting
Process Influences Global Climate Change, 2002 International Symposium on
Composting and Compost Utilization, Ohio State University, Biocycle, and Compost
Science and Utilization, Columbus, Ohio, May 8, 2002.
Zeman, C. L., et. al. (2000). Exposure Assessment Characterization in Support of a Pilot
Retrospective Cohort Study of the Neuropsychological Impacts of High Nitrate Exposures
and a Nested Case/Control Study of Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors in Transylvania,
Romania, Abstracts of the Firth International Symposium and Exhibition on
Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe. Prague, Czech. Republic,
September 2000.
Harper, D.C., Kross, B., Bocsan, I., Vlad, M., Sinca, A., Mirastean, I., Irimie, S., Zeman, C. and
Aylward, C. (September 2000). Methemoglobinemia in Rural Romania: A
Comprehensive Public Health Study. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and
Developmental Medicine, Toronto, Canada.
Harper, D.C., Kross, B., Bocsan, I., Vlad, M., Sinca, A., Mirestean, I., Irimie, S., Zeman, C., and
Aylward, G. (May 2000). Methemoglobinemia rural Romania: A Recurring Public Health
Problem. National Institutes of Health. Fogarty. Bethesda, MD.
Zeman, C.L., Vlad, M., and Kross, B. (1999). Exposure Assessment Methodology to Aid in the
Analysis of Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Development of
Methemoglobinemia and Related Psycho-Neurological Developmental Deficit in
Romanian Children. Abstracts of the American Society for Microbiology, Chicago.
National
Zeman, C.L. Building Environmental Equity, Sustainability and Community Bridges:
PIEER, 2017 AASHE Conference & Expo: Stronger in Solidarity, San Antonio, TX,
October 2017.
Zeman, C.L. and Depken, D. November 2011. Final Evaluation, Partnership for Environmental
Technology Education (PETE)/NSF ATE Project: “A National Collaboration to
Strengthen the Advanced Environmental Technology Education Programs at Tribal
Colleges.” Prepared for PETE/NSF ATE.
Zeman, C.L., March 2011, Growing Careers in Environmental Health and Eliminating Fixes that
Backfire, Proceedings of the 2010/2011 Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute,
Published by Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Atlanta available at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/nceh/ehs/ephli/Search.asp
Zeman, C.L., Depken, D., Reeve, K., McClintock, S., and DeSoto, M.C., Exposure Assessment
Modeling of Potential PAH Exposures related to Playground Surfaces and Environmental
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Factors, June 2010, National Environmental Health Association’s, NEHA, Annual
Educational Conference.
Zeman, C.L., and Depken, D. , Year Two Evaluation Report on the Partnership for
Environmental Technology Education (PETE)/NSF ATE Project: “A National
Collaboration to Strengthen the Advanced Environmental Technology Education
Programs at Tribal Colleges”, Report to NSF Evaluation project for Grant effort - DUE
Project number 0702247, November 2009.
Zeman, C.L., Belzung, C., and Rose, J. Presence and Stability of Phthalate Esters in
Microwave Food Trays. June 2009 National Environmental Health Association’s, NEHA
Annual Educational Conference.
Zeman, C.L., and Depken, D., Year One Evaluation Report on the Partnership for
Environmental Technology Education (PETE)/NSF ATE Project: “A National
Collaboration to Strengthen the Advanced Environmental Technology Education
Programs at Tribal Colleges”, Report to NSF Evaluation project for Grant effort - DUE
Project number 0702247, July 2008.
Zeman, C.L., Linda, M., Beltz., Findings of the Iowa Safe Well Water Study, 71st Annual
National Environmental Health Association Conference, June 18-21, 2007, CDR
Abstracts.
Zeman, C.L. Final Grant Report: 1R 1 5ES012635-01, Cohort Study of Nitrate Exposure, MHG,
and Health, for National Institutes of Environmental Health, March 2005.
Zeman, C.L. (1992). Fifty Years: Nuclear Waste in America, Threshold, Vol. 4, No. 6.
Regional
Zeman, C.L., Davis, T., Devlin, M., Depken, D., Dobie, S. (2014). Program review report of HPE
Division, School of HPELS for scheduled program reviews (pp. 379, wrote ½ of report
and all of revisions). for Committee on Academic Program Review, University of
Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C.L. Undergraduate and Graduate Student Outcome Assessment report 2012/2013 Health
Promotion and Education, HPELS, for Office of Academic Assessment, University of
Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C.L. Undergraduate and Graduate Student Outcome Assessment report 2009/2011 Health
Promotion and Education, HPELS, for Office of Academic Assessment, University of
Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C.L., Belzung, C., and Rose, J. Presence and Stability of Phthalate Esters and Plastics
Break-down Products in Microwave Food Trays. April 2010 Iowa Governor’s Conference
on Public Health.
Zeman, C.L., Hall, J. and Bocsan, I. The Roma of Pata Rat: Using Experiential
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Learning Programs to Address Environmental Health Disparities. April 2009 Iowa Public
Health Conference, Ames, Iowa.
Zeman, C.L., Orr, J. Msengi, I., and Linda, M. Private-Well, Land-Use, and Soil
Characteristics Contributing to Nitrate Enrichment in Blackhawk County Iowa private
water supplies: A Descriptive Analysis of Private-Wells from the Iowa Safe Well Water
Study Enhanced with GIS/GPS Data. April 2009 Iowa Public Health Conference, Ames,
Iowa
Zeman, C.L., The Romani of Pata Rat; Iowa Environmental Health Association Annual
Conference, Marshalltown Iowa, October 22, 2008, Marshalltown, IA.
Zeman, C. L., Build Sustainability One Step as a Time, Invited Editorial, The Des Moines
Register, April 22, 2007.
Zeman, C.L., Linda, M., Beltz, L., The Iowa Safe Well-Water Study: Partnerships for Community
Health Research Education. Iowa Public Health Association Conference, New Directions
for Public Health, Ames, Iowa, April 3, 2007, pg.6.
Zeman, C.L., Polymers Research and Materials Innovation Service Laboratory Final Report, Roy J
Carver Charitable Trust, March 2007.
Zeman, C.L. and Lucas, M. Iowa DNR Automotive Directory 2006 Update, for Iowa Department
of Natural Resources, March 2006.
Zeman, C.L. and Tehran, P. Report to the Community Foundation on UNI 2005 Powwow
activities, November 2005.
Zeman, C.L. Environmental Science and Toxicology Review for the Environmental Public
Health Professional and Project Development, Implementation, and Evaluation for
Environmental Public Health, integrated public health training curriculum for state-wide
workshops, Iowa Department of Public Health September 2005.
Kim, Sang-Min, Schneider, R. and Zeman, C. Impact of the Iowa Children’s Water Festival on
Children’s Attitudes toward the Environment, Abstract and poster at The Role of Research
& Evaluation in Education: Past, Present, and Future the 25th annual Iowa Educational
Research and Evaluation Association, December 3 & 4, 2003
Zeman, C.L. (2002). Winding Up A Challenging Year. President’s Report. The Iowa Recycling
Association Newsletter, October 2002.
Zeman, C. L. (2001). Could Global Warming Spell Opportunity For Recyclers? The Iowa
Recycling Association Newsletter, December 2001.
Depken, D. and Zeman, C. L. (2001). Moving Toward Sustainability. The Iowa Recycling
Association Newsletter, August 2001.
Zeman, C. L., Wilson, B., and Paulis, A. (2001). UNI’s Students for Environmental Action
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Conduct Dorm Recycling Pilot. The Iowa Recycling Association Newsletter, June 2001.
Zeman, C. L. (2001). How Do We Address the Market Issue? Thoughts on a Problem That Can
Only be Solved Through Multiple Venues. The Iowa Recycling Association Newsletter,
April 2001.
Zeman, C.L. (2001). Strengthen Market for Recycling, Des Moines Register, February 5, 2001.
Vahraidian, H. and Zeman, C. L. (2001). Engineered Rubber Products, RRTTC, and Recycle
Iowa Partner to Develop Market Share. The Iowa Recycling Association Newsletter,
February 2001.
Zeman, C.L. (2001). Annual Report of the RRTTC. RRTTC, University of Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C. L. (2000). Black Hawk County Environmental Health Risks: Characterization and
Feasibility Report. Black Hawk County Public Health Department, Summer/Fall 2000.
Brant, Clayton, Enshayan, Nuss, and Zeman. (2000). A Guidebook for Capstone Faculty.
University of Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C. L. (2000). A Guide to Intellectual Property Matters for the University of Northern
Iowa. UNI, Office of Intellectual Properties.
Zeman, C. L. (2000). Student Interns and Researchers: Long-Term Technology Transfer.
The Iowa Recycling Association Newsletter, August 2000.
Vahraidian, H. and Zeman, C. L. (2000). RRTTC, MTS, and Environmental Programs in Earth
Year 2000 Celebration. The Iowa Recycling Association Newsletter, June 2000.
Zeman, C. L. (2000). Full Circle/Cycle Research Includes Human Health Concerns. The
Iowa Recycling Newsletter, April 2000.
Zeman, C. L. (1999). On French Fries and Diesel Trucks. The Iowa Recycling Association
Newsletter, April 1999.
Zeman, C. L. (1998). RE-search in RE-cycling. The Iowa Recycling Association Newsletter,
December 1998.
Hays, R. Allen, C. Zeman, and M. Winfrey, Recycling and Economic Development: Survey of
Current Programs and Policy Recommendations (1997). Report for Iowa Department of
Economic Development, Recycle Iowa Project Award.
Zeman, C.L. (1996). Eliminating the Screen Printing Photographic Prepress: A Case Study in
Pollution Prevention and Industry Readiness. Iowa Waste Reduction Center. 1996.
Zeman, C.L. (1996). EPA Proposes to Redefine Scrap Metal, The Closed Loop Newsletter, Iowa
Waste Reduction Center. 1996.
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Zeman, C.L. (1995). Pollution Prevention Manual for Lithographic Printers, Iowa Waste
Reduction Center, University of Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C.L. (1994). Small Business Pollution Prevention Center Creates Practical Pollution
Prevention Tools for Businesses, The Point Source Newsletter.
Zeman, C.L. (1994). Small Business Pollution Prevention Center Creates Practical Pollution
Prevention Tools for Businesses, The Closed Loop Newsletter, Vol. 5.
Zeman, C.L. (1993). Lithographic Offset Pollution Prevention Project Plan, Small Business
Pollution Prevention Center (SBPPC), University of Northern Iowa.
Zeman, C.L. (1993). Study of Wood Waste Generators and Users Provides Market Information.
Closed Loop Newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 4.
Zeman, C.L. (1994). Waste Management: On-site Review and Recommendations Reports,
Graphic Arts Industry, Food Processing Industry, Automotive Maintenance Facilities, and
Manufacturing and Machine Shops, Iowa Waste Reduction Center.
Zeman, C.L. (1992). Environmental Quality Board Working Papers, Southern Illinois University
at Edwardsville.
Zeman, C.L. (1992). Environmental Quality Boards as First Step to Campus Environmental
Reform, Threshold, Vol. 4, No. 7.
Zeman, C.L. (1992). Your Nuclear Workplace Brochure, Nuclear Information Task Force,
Missouri Coalition for the Environment.
PRESENTATIONS
International
Presentation and Poster, Zeman, C.L. Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center, RRTTC:
Two decades of sustainability efforts, lessons learned, challenges met, unmet and yet to
come… Ecosummit 2016, Ecological Sustainability: Engineering Change, Montpelier,
France, August 2016.
Presentation, Zeman, C.L., Bocsan, I., Depken, D. and Hall, J. Review and results of a ten
year study abroad program in Roma communities. 2nd World Symposium on Sustainability
at Universities (WSSD-U-2014), Manchester, UK, September 2014.
Poster Presentation, Zeman, C.L., Beltz, L., Baharka, A. and J. Shrestha, Osteoimmunological
Concerns and Exogenous Nitrates: A Discussion of inVitro and inVivo
Envirotoxicological Research Findings. 5th International Conference on
OsteoImmunology, Koss, Greece, June 2014.
Presentation, Zeman, C. (2013). The Rights Revolution and Environmental and Physical
Wellbeing: Discussion and Case Study of Environmental Health Issues in Scavenger
Populations, Fulbright Academy of Science and Technology, May 24-27, 2013, Montego
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Bay, Jamaica.
Invited Presentation, Zeman, C. (2012). Woods Hole Research Center, the Research Coordination
Network on Reactive Nitrogen in the Environment, and the North American Center of the
International Nitrogen Initiative workshop, “Impacts of Excess Nitrogen in the
Environment on Human Health” to deliver a talk entitled, Nitrate in private well water,
methemoglobin levels and immunological parameters”, November 14-15, 2012, Campus
of NIH, Bethesda, MD.
Presentation, Zeman, C. and Bocsan, I. (2012). Fulbrighter’s minding the Gaps in Environmental
Health Disparities and Bridging Them through Education, Research and Outreach: Eight
Years Partnership with the Roma of Pata Rat., Fulbright Association, 35th
Annual Conference, October 18-21, 2012, London, UK.
Presentation, Stigliani, W., Zeman, C., and G. Betrabet Gulwadi (2012). Faculty Enrichment
Program for Cultivating Sustainability Knowledge in the University Curriculum, World
Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities as part of the UN Conference on
Sustainable Development 2012 June 5-6, 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Presentation, Depken, D., Kaplan, L.,and Zeman, C. (2010). Understanding lifespan relational
determinants of body satisfaction. American Public Health Association 138th Annual
Meeting.
Presentation, Hall, J., Zeman, C., Depken, D, and Bocsan, I. (2010). Environmental Health Status
and Health Concerns of Pata Rat Romani. American Public Health Association 138th
Annual Meeting.
Poster, with L., Bocsan, I., and Hall, J., Roma of Dallas and Pata Rat: Using experiential learning
programs to address environmental health disparities of the Roma population in Cluj
Napoca, Romania, November 2009, American Public Health Association, APHA, Water
and Public Health, Annual Conference.
Poster Presentation, A pilot-scale cohort study examining the relationship between nitrate
exposures via drinking water ingestion, immune impacts and other health indicators,
American Public Health Association 13th annual meeting and exposition, Boston, MA.,
November 8, 2006.
Poster Presentation, Exposure assessment to DDT and its degradation products in women of
childbearing age based on dietary intake survey and environmental sampling. Abstracts of
the 133rd Annual meeting of American Public Health Association, December 10-14th,
2005, pg. 154 & 359.
Invited Keynote, Sustainable management of water and resources: a global task for survival,
EURO Summer School Program, Closing water and resources cycles: options for gas
treatment, upcoming, June 26-July 1, 2005, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Poster Presentation, An Examination of the Relationship between
Methemoglobinemia, MHG and Diarrheal Disease, as Illuminate by Current Research
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Case Studies, 131st Annual meeting of American Public Health Association, Upcoming,
November 15-19th, 2003.
Speaker, Field Application of an Immuno-Assay Methodology to Detect Protozoan Species
in Well-Water Samples in the Transylvania Region of Romania: Experiences and
Findings, The Sixth International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental
Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe. Prague, Czech. Republic, September 2003.
Speaker, Characterization and Classification of By-product and Waste Exchange Relationships,
Second International Meeting of the International Society for Industrial Ecology,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 29-July2, 2003.
Speaker, Moving Toward Sustainability: A Benchmarking Health and Safety Study of a Cross-
Section of the Recycling Industry in Iowa, 8th Annual Solid Waste Association of
Americas Trends and Challenges Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, June 18th, 2003.
Speaker, Challenges to Public Health as a Result of Globalization, Beyond Borders: Globalization
& The Human Experience, Academic Festival V, Cameron University, Lawton,
Oklahoma, March 27-29, 2003.
Speaker, Water Quality and Health Concerns in Rural Village Settings with Emphasis on Nitrate
Contamination, Chemical and Water Safety in Rural Central and Eastern Europe,
Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, September 6-8, 2002.
Speaker, The Role of Pollution Prevention and Alternative Solvent Use to Reduce VOC Emissions
and Improve Worker Health and Safety, Training and Expertise Transfer in Occupational
and Environmental Hygiene, The Environmental Health Center and the Babes Bolyai
University Institute for International Studies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 17, 2002.
Plenary Speaker, Research Review: How the Composting Process Influences Global Climate
Change, 2002 International Symposium on Composting and Compost Utilization, Ohio
State University, Biocycle, and Compost Science and Utilization, Columbus, Ohio, May 8,
2002.
Poster Presentation, Field Methodology for the Determination of the Prevalence of Giardia cysts
and Cryptosporidium oocysts in Drinking Water and its Association to the Development
of Diarrheal Disease in the Transylvania Region of Romania, with Rick Bauer (graduate
student) and Dr. Mariana Vlad, IPH, Cluj, Napoca, 9th Annual Sigma Xi Student Research
Conference, UNI, April 17, 2002.
Speaker, Materials Exchange Relationships as a Component of Eco-Industrial Development. 13th
Annual Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Symposium of the Solid Waste
Association of North America (SWANA), Houston, Texas, February 25-March 2, 2002.
Speaker, Materials Testing Service: A Technical Assistance Program to Aid in the Development of
Recycled Content Products, October 24, 2000. WASTECON 2000, The Solid Waste
Association of North America=s 38th Annual International Solid Waste Exposition.
October 23-26, 2000, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Speaker, Exposure Assessment Characterization in Support of a Pilot Retrospective Cohort Study
of the Neuropsychological Impacts of High Nitrate Exposures and a Nested Case/Control
Study of Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors in Transylvania, Romania, The Fifth
International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and
Eastern Europe. Prague, Czech. Republic, September 2000.
Speaker, Findings of Exposure Assessment, Romanian Retrospective, Pilot Cohort Study, October
19, 1999, International Conference on Issues Pertaining to Infantile Methemoglobinemia,
Satu Marie, Romania.
Speaker, Protocol for the Exposure Assessment Methodology, Romanian Retrospective, Pilot
Cohort Study, October 18, 1999, International Conference on Issues Pertaining to Infantile
Methemoglobinemia, Satu Marie, Romania.
Speaker, Designing the Retrospective, Pilot Cohort Study, October 18, 1999, International
Conference on Issues Pertaining to Infantile Methemoglobinemia, Satu Marie, Romania.
Speaker and Session Chair, Critiquing Ecological Feminism, and chaired sessions on
environmental health, September 24, 1996, 1996 International Ecological Congress,
Voronezh, Russia.
Speaker, Recycling, Economics and Research, February 27, 1996, Solid Waste Association of
North America, 7th Annual Waste Reduction, Prevention, Recycling, and Composting
Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee.
National
Poster, Zeman, C.L. Building Environmental Equity, Sustainability and Community Bridges:
PIEER, 2017 AASHE Conference & Expo: Stronger in Solidarity, San Antonio, TX,
October 2017.
Poster, Shrestha, J. and Zeman, C., Long-term, Low-dose exposure of people residing in arsenic
affected areas of Iowa: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study. The Geological Society of
America, GSA 2014, October 2014.
Presentation, Zeman, C.L., Betrabet-Gulwadi, G., Stigliani, W. and Gibson, G., Sustainability and
Community Engagement: Fostering Faculty Skills for a Sustainable Future and an
Informed Public, American Democracy Project National Conference, June 2014.
Poster, Zeman, C.L., March 2011, Growing Careers in Environmental Health and Eliminating
Fixes that Backfire, Proceedings of the 2010/2011 Environmental Public Health
Leadership Institute, Conference and Graduation at Centers for Disease Control, CDC,
Atlanta, GA.
Presentation/ Learning Laboratory Session with K. Reeve, Exposure Assessment
Modeling of Potential PAH Exposures related to Playground Surfaces and Environmental
Factors, June 2010, National Environmental Health Association’s, NEHA, Annual
Educational Conference.
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Poster, with C.L., Belzung, C., and Rose, J. Presence and Stability of Phthalate Esters in
Microwave Food Trays. June 2009 National Environmental Health Association’s Annual
Educational Conference.
Speaker, Findings of the Iowa Safe Well Water Study, 71st, Annual National Environmental
Health Association Conference, June 18-21, 2007.
Poster Presentation, Findings of the Iowa Safe Well Water Study, 71st, Annual National
Environmental Health Association Conference, June 18-21, 2007.
Speaker, Water Quality and Acute Environmental Illness-Current Research and Field
Methodologies in an International Setting, with Rick Bauer (graduate student), 66th
Annual Education Conference and Exhibition, National Environmental Health
Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 30, 2002.
Speaker, Case Control Study of Methemoglobinemia and Nitrate Exposure Analysis. Research
Colloquium School of Public Health, University at Albany, State of New York, January 3,
2002.
Speaker, A Review of Greenhouse Gas Concerns, Global Warming, and Solid Waste/Composting
Issues, October 30, 2001. BioCycle Renewable Energy from Organics Recycling
Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, October 29-31, 2001.
Speaker, Research Eliminating the Screen Printing Darkroom, June 4, 1996, EPA Region III
Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Technical Conference, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Speaker, Research Eliminating the Screen Printing Darkroom, December 6, 1995, National
Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Miami Beach, Florida.
Speaker, Pollution Prevention Resources Available through State Technical Assistance Programs,
October 9, 1995, Environmental Issues Seminar offered through the Environmental
Conservation Board of the Graphic Arts (ECB) at Graph Expo 95, Chicago, Illinois.
Group Facilitator, Presenter, Hazardous Waste Management for the Screen Printer, April 1995,
Re-Source: New Approaches to Pollution Prevention in Screen Printing, Chicago, Illinois.
Speaker, P2 Research and Lithographic Printing, December 1994, EPA P2/Waste Minimization
Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
Speaker, P2 Research and Lithographic Printing, November 1994, National Pollution Prevention
Roundtable, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Speaker, Recycle Earth Conference, May 3, 1993, Oklahoma Department of Commerce,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Regional
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Presentation, Zeman, C.L. Building Community and Sustainability with PIEER, UMACS 2017:
Resilience, Resolve, and Renewal, October 2017, Central College, Pella, IA.
Session Moderator and Organizing Committee, Zeman, C.L. Nitrate Panel Moderator, Challenges
to Providing Safe Drinking Water in the Midwest – A Symposium, September 2017, Drake
University, Des Moines, IA.
Presentation, Zeman, C.L. (Invited) Iowa Water: Understanding Your Drinking Water,
Ignite the Cancer Conversation, Environmental Edition, April 2017, Waterloo, IA.
Poster, Shrestha, J., Tuladhar, S., DeGroote, J. and Zeman, C. Assessing Vulnerability
Mapping of Nitrate Contamination Among the Private Well Owners of Black Hawk
County, IA., Iowa Governor’s Conference on Public Health, April 2016.
Invited Speaker, Zeman, C., Iowa Cancer Stats: We Have a Problem, Ignite the Cancer
Conversation, Park Place Event Center, April 2016.
Speaker, Zeman, C., Devlin, M., and Aguillon, A., Zika Environment, Risk, Zika Public
Information Panel, University of Northern Iowa, April 2016.
Poster, Grunklee, J., Karanja, W., and Zeman, C. University of Northern Iowa’s Provost’s
Initiative for Environmental Equity and Resilience, PIEER, Iowa Governor’s Conference
on Public Health, April 2015.
Poster, Zeman, C., and Irving, B., Cross-Sectional Sampling of a Large Regional Recreation
Facility for Drug Resistant Bacteria: Findings and Discussion, Iowa Governor’s
Conference on Public Health, April 2015.
Poster, Shrestha, J. Tuladhar, S., DeGroote, J. and Zeman, C. Assessing Vulnerability Mapping of
Nitrate Contamination Among the Private Well Owners of Black Hawk County, IA. UNI
Graduate Student Symposium, April 2015. (Poster won first place at event).
Invited Speaker, Zeman, C., Skepticism: does your health depend on it? 5th Annual Darwin Week
Activities, University of Northern Iowa, February 2014.
Presenter, Zeman, C., ADHD: A Problem Diagnosis? as part of the Newstalk series of the
American Democracy Project, April 27, 2013, UBS, Cedar Falls, IA.
Presenter, Zeman, C., (with Stigliani, W. and Skopec, M.), Health Impacts of Environmental
Disruption Tied to Agricultural Activity, Sustainability Dialogue & Action, Academia &
Community Looking to the Future, April 12-13, 2013, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar
Falls, IA.
Poster, Shrestha, J. (M.S. candidate) and Zeman, C. (advisor), Long-Term, Low-Dose Exposure of
People Residing in Arsenic Affected Areas of Iowa: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study,
Sustainability Dialogue & Action, Academia & Community Looking to the Future, April
12-13, 2013, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
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Poster, Shrestha, J. (M.S. candidate) and Zeman, C. (advisor), Long-Term, Low-Dose Exposure of
People Residing in Arsenic Affected Areas of Iowa: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study,
Iowa Governor’s Conference on Public Health, April 9-10, 2013, Ames, Iowa.
Poster, Shrestha, J. (M.S. candidate) and Zeman, C. (advisor), Long-Term, Low-Dose Exposure of
People Residing in Arsenic Affected Areas of Iowa: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study,
6th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, April 4th, 2013, University of Northern Iowa,
Cedar Falls, IA. (Winner of top Graduate Student Poster for 2013).
Poster, Zeman, C.L., Hall, J. and Bocsan, I., February 2013, Environmental Impact of and
Environmental Health and Safety Impact to the Roma Recycler, Poster sessions of the
OSP Research Conference, 2012/2013 University of Northern Iowa.
Workshop Presenter, C. Zeman, America’s Healthcare Crisis: Medicalization, Overtreatment,
Healthcare Literacy and the Cost of Care, March 19&20, 2012 through Lifelong
University, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.
Invited Presentation, Zeman, C., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: America’s
Depression Crisis, as part of the Newstalk series of the American Democracy Project,
December 3, 2011, UBS, Cedar Falls, IA.
Poster, Zeman, C.L., February 2011, Growing Careers in Environmental Health and Eliminating
Fixes that Backfire, Poster sessions of the OSP Research Conference, 2010/2011
University of Northern Iowa.
Poster, with C.L., Belzung, C., and Rose, J. Presence and Stability of Phthalate Esters and Plastics
Break-down Products in Microwave Food Trays. April 2010 Iowa Governor’s Conference
on Public Health.
Poster, with undergraduate intern Ms. Kelsey Reeve; Playground Surfaces and Children’s Health:
The Iowa 2008 Flood Experience, Sigma Xi’s 17th annual Student Research Conference,
April , 2010, McCollum Science Hall, UNI.
Poster, with undergraduate intern Ms. Kelsey Reeve; Playground Surfaces and Children’s Health:
The Iowa 2008 Flood Experience, at the Governor’s Annual Undergraduate Research
Symposium in the Capitol, March, 2010, Des Moines, IA.
Presentation, Zeman, C.L., The Roma of Pata Rat: Using Experiential
Learning Programs to Address Environmental Health Disparities. April 2009 Iowa Public
Health Conference, Ames, Iowa.
Poster, with Orr, J. Msengi, I., and Linda, M. Private-Well, Land-Use, and Soil
characteristics Contributing to Nitrate Enrichment in Blackhawk County Iowa private
water supplies: A Descriptive Analysis of Private-Wells from the Iowa Safe Well Water
Study Enhanced with GIS/GPS Data. April 2009 Iowa Public Health Conference, Ames,
Iowa.
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Presenter, The Romani of Pata Rat; Iowa Environmental Health Association Annual Conference,
Marshalltown Iowa, October 22, 2008, Marshalltown, IA.
Poster, with undergraduate intern Ms. Kristin Belzung, Presence of Phthalates in
Microwavable Meal Trays and Meals, Sigma Xi’s 15th annual Student Research
Conference, April 16, 2008, McCollum Science Hall, UNI.
Poster, with Doctoral student Jennifer Hall; Identifying and Addressing Environmental Health
Needs of Roma Population in Pata Rat, University of Northern Iowa 1st Annual Graduate
Student Research Symposium, April 7, 2008, Seerley, UNI.
Poster, with Doctoral student Israel Msengi; Application of Health Promotion Theoretical
Approaches to Changing Recycling Behaviors and Accessing Participation Rates,
University of Northern Iowa 1st Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, April 7,
2008, Seerley, UNI.
Poster, with undergraduate intern Ms. Kristin Belzung; Presence of Phthalates in Microwavable
Meal Trays and Meals, Governor’s Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the
Capitol, March 10, 2008, Des Moines, IA.
Speaker, With Doctoral candidate Ms. Jen Hall, Unique Environmental Education Plans, Iowa
Recycling and Solid Waste Management Conference, October 8-10, 2007, Coralville, IA.
Speaker, The Mutualalities of Renewable Energy and Recycling: 1st Annual Renewable on
Parade Conference, September 21, 2007, Washington, IA.
Speaker, The Green Initiative: Industry, Academia, and Government: 1st Annual Renewable on
Parade Conference, September 21, 2007, Washington, IA.
Roundtable Speaker, Nanotechnology, The Current Environmental and Social Topics Coffee
Series, University of Northern Iowa, April 5, 2007.
Poster Presentation, The Iowa Safe Well-Water Study: Partnerships for Community Health
Research Education. Iowa Public Health Association Conference, New Directions for
Public Health, Ames, Iowa, April 3, 2007.
Speaker, The Iowa Safe Well-Water Study: Partnerships for Community Health Research
Education. Iowa Public Health Association Conference, New Directions for Public Health,
Ames, Iowa, April 3, 2007.
Invited Roundtable Speaker, Are you a Sage on the Stage or a Guide at the Side? Center for
Teaching and Learning, COE, SIAC Conference Room, March 30, 2007.
Speaker, Last Lecture Series, University of Northern Iowa, “The 7th Generation”, March 2007.
Invited Speaker, Environmental Nitrates and their Human Health Impacts with special focus on
Central and Eastern Europe, Illuminate International Webinar Conference, Global
Environmental Health, University of Iowa, (included international participants from
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Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia, Romania and Israel), March 1, 2007.
Invited Roundtable Speaker, Civility in the Classroom, Center for Teaching and Learning, COE,
SIAC Conference Room, February 23rd, 2007.
Speaker, Environmental and Public Health: What are the Connections? Multi-State Working
Group, MSWG (see: http://www.mswg.org/ ) Regional Conference (via webinar from
Washington, DC), Nashville, Tennessee, February 6th, 2007.
Speaker, Current and Planned Environmental Health Education Programs at UNI, 2005 Public
Health Conference Partnering for a Healthy Iowa, March 30, 2005, Ames, Iowa.
Panelist, The Fulbright Program: Funding for Teaching, Research, and Graduate Study Abroad,
International Education Week, University of Northern Iowa, November 15-19, 2004.
Speaker, Environmental Health and Vampires, International Education Week, University of
Northern Iowa, November 15-19, 2004.
Speaker, The Environmental and Health Costs of NOT Recycling, Iowa Recycling and Solid
Waste Management Conference of the IRA and ISOSWO, October 25-27, Sioux City,
Iowa.
Speaker, Environmental Health Challenges to Minority Populations, Multicultural Health
Conference: Overcoming Health Disparities: Tools for Advocacy, Action, and Success.
October 21-22, 2004.
Session Chair, UNI Diversity Week programming; “A Light in the Shadows”
Dialoging across cultures, September 24, 2004.
Poster Presentation, Sangmin Kim, Robert Schneider, and Catherine Zeman, 2003 IEREA Annual
Conference, Impact of the Iowa Children’s Water Festival on Children’s Attitudes Toward
the Environment, Ames, Iowa, December 3-4, 2003.
Poster Presentation, ALS case-control study: past chemical exposures and the measurement of the
RBC AChE reactivity in vitro when challenged and not challenge by an organophosphate
insecticide with Naomi Bienfang (graduate student), 10th Annual Sigma Xi Student
Research Conference, UNI, April 2003.
Speaker, How the Events of 9/11/2001 Impacted Teaching and Classroom Activities in the
Environmental Health Sciences, UNI Diversity Week 9/11 Panel, University of Northern
Iowa, September 11, 2002.
Poster Presentation, Health Promotion Evaluation and Needs Assessment in the Transylvania
Region of Romania, with Bryan Byrd (graduate student) and Dr. Diane Depken, Health
Division, HPELS, 9th Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, UNI, April 17,
2002.
Speaker, Current Research on Water Quality and Health Issues: Transylvania, Romania. Annual
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Symposium on International Health, Global Health Corps, University of Northern Iowa,
April 10, 2002.
Speaker, Recent Research Concerning Methemoglobinemia Risk Factors and Controversies
Surrounding Diarrhea Disease and Risk of Methemoglobinemia, Research Colloquium,
Health Division, School of HPELS, March 29, 2002.
Poster Presentation, Evaluation of Well Water for the Presence of Intestinal Parasite, and
Appraisal of Eggs Cheese and Milk for DDT Residuals in Rural Transylvania, Romania.
8th Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, UNI, Monday April 9, 2001.
Poster Presentation, Health Promotion Partnership and Evaluation in Rural Transylvania,
Romania. 8th Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, UNI, Monday April 9,
2001.
Poster Presentation, Evaluation of Well Water for the Presence of Intestinal Parasite, and
Appraisal of Eggs Cheese and Milk for DDT Residuals in Rural Transylvania, Romania.
Iowa Public Health Association Meeting, Ames, Iowa, April 5-6, 2001, Partnering to
Assure Healthy Iowans.
Poster Presentation, Health Promotion Partnership and Evaluation in Rural Transylvania,
Romania. Iowa Public Health Association Meeting, Ames, Iowa, April 5-6, 2001,
Partnering to Assure Healthy Iowans.
Session Chair, Environmental and Economic Consequences of Simplicity, at the Workshop,
Voluntary Simplicity, The Policy Dimensions of Personal Choices, February 28, 2001,
University of Northern Iowa.
Speaker, Recent Research on the Health and Developmental Impact of Nitrates. November 6,
2000. Cancer Prevention, Control, and population Sciences & Eppley Cancer Institute
Seminar. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eppley Cancer Center, Omaha,
Nebraska.
Speaker, Environmental Justice History and Select Case Studies. November 3, 2000
Environmental Health Sciences Class, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Speaker, Nitrates and Children=s Health in Romania. November 14, 2000 Global Health Seminar,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Speaker, Multicultural Diversity Panel on Reparations. Spring 2000.
Speaker, Historical Review of the Environmental Justice Movement in the U.S. and Its Relevancy
to Minority Health Concerns. University of Iowa, April 13, 1999.
Speaker, Global Health Seminar. Romanian Rural Health Issues, University of Iowa. December
3, 1997.
Speaker, Environmental Health Problems in Transylvania, Romania, November 3, 1997, Iowa
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City, AEA, Environmental and Environmental Health Career Day, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa.
Speaker, Opportunities for International Study Abroad, Romanian Research, University of Iowa,
International Programs Career Day, November 2, 1997, Iowa City, Iowa.
Speaker, Solid Waste Landfilling in Transylvania, Romania, Environmental and Human Rights
Concerns, October 1997, Annual Conference of the Iowa Recycling Association, Sioux
City, Iowa.
Speaker, Current Projects and Programs of the Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer Center,
October 1997, Annual Conference of the Iowa Recycling Association, Sioux City, Iowa.
Speaker, Opportunities for Women in the Sciences, April 21, 1997, Take Your Daughter To Work
Career Fair, Hawkeye Community College, Waterloo, Iowa.
Speaker, What is Industrial Ecology? Region 7, Pollution Prevention Roundtable, April 15, 1997,
Nebraska.
Instructor, Printing in the 90's: Making Compliance Profitable, November 13, 1996, Iowa Waste
Reduction Center, ICN closed circuit extension offering to the printing industry, Clinton,
Iowa.
Seminar Speaker, Environmental Research Opportunities Available Through the University of
Northern Iowa, November 10, 1995 and November 17, 1995 at University of Iowa, Iowa
City, Iowa and Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa respectively.
Speaker, Current and Past Research Performed Through the Recycling Reuse Technology Transfer
Center (RRTTC), October 12, 1995, Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations and Iowa
Recycling Association Joint Conference on Solid Waste and Recycling, Davenport, Iowa
Speaker, Pollution Prevention Techniques in Lithographic Prepress, May 1995, Environmentally
Conscious Printing, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Speaker, Environmental Laws Affecting the Graphic Arts, March 1995, Industrial Arts Seminar
Class for Graphic Arts Majors, University of Northern Iowa.
Speaker, Current Research Programs of the Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center
(RRTTC), October 12, 1994, Iowa Recycling Association State Conference, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Speaker, Forming a Waste Minimization Team, April 21, 1993, By-product and Waste Search
Service, North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, Iowa.
Speaker, Capstone Environmental Studies Courses, 1992 to present, University of Northern Iowa,
Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Speaker, Making Waste Work For You, November 2, 1992, By-product and Waste Search
Service, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITES
International
Springer Publishing, Associate Editor for the Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development
Goals Project, 10/2017-present
Bentham Science Publishers, Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Environmental Journal, 6/2007-
2016
Co-Chair, Environment and Public Health Committee of the Multi-State Working Group, 2005-
Fall 2007 (a national and international group promoting sustainable environmental policy).
Editorial Committee, International Journal of Global Health, 2003-2014
Editorial Committee, Foxwell & Davies Italia srl, Env. Science Division, 2003-2010
National
Committee member and Chair (2007, 2009, 2010) National Science Foundation, NSF Graduate
Review Fellowship Program, Environmental Life Sciences Panel, 2000-2015; Biophysics and
Molecular Biology II Panel, 2016-2017
Co-Chair, Environment and Public Health Committee of the Multi-State Working Group, 2006-
Fall 2007 (a national and international group promoting sustainable environmental policy).
Reviewer, Various national and international professional publications:
Ethnicity and Health 2009, 2010, 2011
Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 2005/2006
International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities, 2004, 2006
Compost Science & Utilization, October 2002
Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, November 2001
Member, Solid Waste Association of North America, 1994 - present
Member, National Recycling Coalition, 1996- present
Member, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, 1992 - present
Member, American Public Health Association, 2000 - present
Member, National Environmental Health Association, 2000-present
Regional
Board Member, Black Hawk County Board of Health, 2016-present
Board Member and Past President, Iowa Recycling Association 1994-present, President
2001/2002
Iowa Energy Center, Board of Directors (1997-2002) and 2015-2017
Member, Iowa Environmental Health Association 2000 - present
Iowa Governor’s Green Advisory Board, 2010-2012
Board Member, Pesticide and Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Committee of the Iowa
Department of Public Health, 10/2007-2010
Board Member, Iowa Environmental Health Association, 4/2007 - 2010
Member, Healthy Iowans 2010; Env. Hlth Section, 2004 - 2006
Panel Member, EPA Region 7 Mercury Task Force, 2003
Liaison, University of Northern Iowa/University of Iowa, Joint MPH Program, 2001-2002
Member, Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center Curriculum Council 1994-2002
American Institute of Sustainable Science and Technology, Board of Directors, 1998-2003
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Local
Division Chair, Health Division School of HPELS 2011-2013, Spring 2018
Member, CETL Director Search Committee, Fall 2017- present
Committee on University Research (selects Summer Fellowships) 2017 - present
Presenter for Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Environmental Responsibility:
Pedagogical Approaches from Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 2015/16 academic year.
Chair, Sustainability Conference Planning Committee 2012- 2015
Member, Graduate College Teaching Excellence Award Committee, 2013
Member, HPE Faculty Search Committee, 2012
Member, CNS Diversity Committee, 2008-2011
Member, COE Diversity Committee, 2008-2011
Member, COE Intensive Study Area Committee, ISA, 2008-2011
Member, President’s Committee on Sustainability and engagement sub-committee, 2006-2011
UNI Labor Management Committee on Health Care Cost Containment 2009-2010
Faculty Judge for Graduate Research Poster Competition, Graduate Student Research Symposium,
April 2010
Member, University Health and Safety Committee, 2005-2008
Graduate Advisor, Health Division, School of HPELS, 2001-2004, 2007-2009
Faculty Associate, EXPORT Center of Excellence, 2004-present
Advisory Board Member, EXPORT Center of Excellence, 2004 - present
Advisory Board Member, UNI Yards for Kids Project, 1999-2011
Current and Past Member, HPELS Curriculum Committee, 2001/2002, 2006
Advisor, University of Northern Iowa, Native American Student Union, 2000-present
Advisory Board Chair, UNI Leadership Studies Program, 2001-2007
At large representative, Administrative Council, United Faculty, 2006-2007
Member, Campus Conversations: whitepaper group on communication
(to include environmental issues) 2005/2006
Member, Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs Search Committee, 2005/2006
Member, Award Selection Committee, UNI Graduate College,
Outstanding Graduate Teaching, 2005
Past Member, HPELS Graduate Committee, 2002/2003
Past Member, HPELS Technology Committee, 2000/2001
Chair, University of Northern Iowa Intellectual Properties Committee, 1998 - 2004
Chair, University of Northern Iowa Provost Committee on Digital Copyright Policy, 1999-2001
Member, University of Northern Iowa Technology Transfer Committee, 1996 - 2004
Advisor, UNI, Student Environmental Action Coalition, 1998 - 2000
CONSULTING
Dickenson Law Firm, Expert Witness, Health Effects of Nitrates 2015-2017
Evaluator and Consultant to ATE - A National Collaboration to Strengthen the Advanced
Environmental Technology Education Programs at Tribal Colleges 2004-2016
Alliant Industrial, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Solid Waste Biofuels Research 1998-2000
Hazardous Materials Training and Research Institute, Environmental Compliance and Technology
Program, Kirkwood Community College, Curricular Review Expert 2000-2001
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HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
Regent’s PDL Spring of 2017. Focus: Correlational investigation of high infant
mortality rate regions in Iowa: environmental and demographic factors.
Regent’s Award for Faculty Excellence recipient, Iowa Regents, 2012-2013.
Student acknowledgement, “Name a Faculty that has positively influenced you.” Letter from
Provost Gibson, October 2012.
UNI c.a.r.e. (creating a responsible environment) Award with Dr. Stigliani and Dr. Betrabet for
Faculty Engagement in Sustainability Issues, April 2012.
Nominated for the Regent’s Award for Faculty excellence, Iowa Regents, 2011-2012.
Iowa Governor’s Green Advisory Board, 2010-2012.
Graduate of the Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute, EPHLI of the Centers for
Disease Control, CDC, Class of 2010/2011, February 2011.
Iowa Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence; Environmental Education Category, “Get
Your Green On,” RRTTC for 2008, awarded Summer 2009
Visiting Professor Title, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca
Romania, conferred December 6-7, 2007 during the University Open Days celebration.
Best Campus Recycling Program, Iowa Recycling Association, RRTTC, Green Project UNI and
Campus Services, 2007
Bentham Science Publishers, Editorial Advisory Board, The Open Environmental Journal, 6/2007
Iowa Environmental Health Association, Board Member, 4/2007
Faculty Scholar in Health Disparities and Board Member, Iowa Project EXPORT Center of
Excellence on Health Disparities, 2005-present
Panelist and Reviewer, 2001 and 2004, EPA STAR and GRO programs in Toxicology and
Environmental Public Health
Recycler of the Year, 2004, Iowa Recycling Association
Fulbright Scholar Award, 2003-2004 (Spring) Research and Lecture, Transylvania Romania
UNI College of Education, University Book and Supply, Outstanding Teaching
Award, 2002-2003
UNI Graduate College Outstanding Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, 2002-2003
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Panelist, National Science Foundation’s Review Board for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Program Awards, 2000-2004 & 2006-present, Chair 2009
Panelist, Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Peer Review Panel Meeting for Drinking
Water Research: Health Effects of Chemical Contaminants, January 7, 2002
Sigma Xi: Scientific Research Society, May 2000-present
Iowa Recycling Association, Member (1992-current), Board of Directors (1994-2002); Vice-
President (2000-2001); President (2001-2002)
Iowa Energy Center, Board of Directors (1997-2002)
American Institute of Sustainable Science and Technology, Board of Directors (1998 -
2003)
Hazardous Substance Research Center (Kansas State University) Advisory Committee
(1994-1998)
Summa cum Laude (Southern Illinois University)
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Inducted Southern Illinois University, 4/1988-present
Fred Voget Award in the History and Theory of Anthropology, Southern Illinois University, 1988
REFERENCES
Available upon request.