John
Janovy, Jr. Media packet
Contents:
1. Web
sites page 1
2. Short
biography/author information page 1
3. Pictures
page 2
4. Complete curriculum
vitae page 2
5. Interview for
Joanna Swank, for her
blogs AnyoneCanBeANovelist.com
and
Askmeaboutmybooks.com page 25
1. Web sites
https://www.johnjanovy.com
https://fridaycoffee.blogspot.com http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005KLWCA0 https://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=janovy
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field- keywords=janovy
Twitter: jjparasite
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John Janovy, Jr.
2. Short biography/author information
John Janovy, Jr. is
a successful author, a respected scientist,
an artist, and an
award-
winning teacher. He retired from
the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
in 2011, where he was
the Paula and D. B. Varner Distinguished Professor of
Biological Sciences. Janovys works with a natural
history theme include the well-known Keith County Journal (St. Martins, 1978), Yellowlegs (St. Martins, 1980; fiction), Vermilion
Sea: A Naturalists Journey in
Baja California (Houghton Mifflin, 1992), On Becoming
a Biologist (Harper and
Row, 1985; and University of Nebraska Press,
2004), Ten Minute Ecologist (St.
Martins. 1997), and
Pieces of the Plains: Memories
and Predictions from the Heart of America (J&L Lee, 2009). His
other
book subjects include
high school athletics
(Fields
of Friendly Strife, Viking, winner of
the American Health
magazine book award for
1987), anti-intellectualism in America (Comes
the Millennium, St. Martins, as Jack
Blake), higher education (Teaching
in Eden,
RoutledgeFalmer, 2003), and travel (Africa
Notes: Reflections of
an
Ecotourist, Center for Great Plains Studies, 2018).
He
is the co- author of five editions of Foundations of Parasitology, the leading textbook in his discipline, and the senior editor of A
Century of Parasitology:
Discoveries, Ideas and Lessons Learned
by Scientists who
Published in The Journal
of Parasitology, 1914-2014 (John Wiley
and Sons, 2016).
Janovys
honors include the University of
Nebraska Distinguished
Teaching Award (1970),
UNLs Outstanding Research and Creativity
Award (1997), Mayors
Arts Award (Literary Heritage, 1988), State of Nebraska Pioneer Award (1983);
University
Honors Program Master Lecturer (1986), Nebraska Library
Association Mari Sandoz Award
(2002), Friends of
the UNL Libraries Hartley
Burr Alexander Award (2005), the
UNL Louise Pound-George Howard Distinguished Career Award (2013),13 years of recognition by the UNL Parents
Association and Teaching Council for
Contributions to
Students, and the American
Society
of Parasitologists Clark P.
Read
Mentorship Award (2003). Janovy
taught at the Cedar Point
Biological Station for thirty-five years and
was the director of that
off-campus
program for 13 years,
served as Interim Director of
the University of Nebraska
State Museum twice, and
has
read approximately
500,000 pages of student writing. His teaching
experiences include
almost continuous service in large- enrollment
introductory biology courses
in addition to his upper
division and graduate seminars.
He has supervised
18 MS, 14 PhD students, and
approximately 50 undergraduate researchers,
including 10 Howard Hughes scholars and
two Fulbright
Scholarship winners.
His
wife Karen is now retired,
but served as
Curator
of Education at
UNLs Sheldon Museum of Art for
25 years. The Janovys have three grown children,
two daughters who are journalists and
a son in the real estate business.
His web site is https://www.johnjanovy.com
3. Pictures
Download pictures from:
https://www.johnjanovy.com/JJ_Photos.pdf
4. Complete curriculum vitae
July, 2023
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: John Janovy,
Jr.
Title: Varner Professor Emeritus, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln (Paula and D. B. Varner Distinguished
Professor of
Biological Sciences)
Research Associate, University
of Nebraska State Museum
Specialty: Protozoology/Parasitology/Parasite Ecology.
Address: School of Biological
Sciences University
of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln,
Nebraska 68588-0118
Tel:
402/472-2754 or 2720
FAX: 402/472-2083
421
Sycamore Drive Lincoln,
Nebraska 68510 jjparasite@hotmail.com
Tel:
402/489-4369
Web Sites: https://www.johnjanovy.com
Education: Classen High School, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma; Diploma, June,
1955.
University of Oklahoma, Norman; B.S.
in Math, June, 1959. University of
Oklahoma, Norman; M.S. (Zoology), June, 1962. University of Oklahoma, Norman;
Ph.D. (Zoology), June, 1965
Rutgers, New Brunswick, N.J.; Post-Doctoral, 1965-66.
Military Service: U.S. Army
Active Reserve, 1959-1966
(Artillery, Captain,
airborne training, communications)
Professional
Experience:
Director, Cedar Point
Biological Station, 1979-1986 and 1993-1999
Interim
Director, University
of Nebraska State Museum, 1994-1996
Professor of Biological
Sciences, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, August,
1974
- 2011.
Interim
Director, University
of Nebraska State Museum, 1984-86
and
1994-96.
Associate Professor of Zoology, UN-L,
1971-1974.
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and
Sciences, UN-L, 1970-1972.
Assistant Professor
of Zoology, UN-L, 1966-1971
Post-doctoral
trainee, Rutgers,
1965-1966.
Special Instructor, University of Oklahoma, 1965.
Research Assistant,
(to J.T. Self), University of Oklahoma, 1963-1965. Teaching
Assistant, University of Oklahoma, 1962-1963.
Professional
Societies:
American
Society
of Parasitologists Southwestern Association of Parasitologists
Helminthological Society
of Washington Rocky
Mountain Conference of
Parasitologists Midwestern
Conference of
Parasitologists
Honors
and
Awards:
University of Nebraska Foundation Award
for Distinguished
Teaching,
1970 (Foundation medal plus $1000)
Nebraskaland Foundation
Pioneers Award for service to the state, 1983
Bishop Clarkson School of Nursing Loren Eiseley award for
writing relating the sciences and humanities, 1986
University Honors
Program
Master Lecturer, 1986
American Health magazine book award for 1987 (for Fields
of Friendly
Strife)
Mayors
(Lincoln) Arts Award,
Literary Heritage,
1988
Phi Beta Kappa, 1988
Innocents Society, honorary member
Centennial Educational Program Fellow, 1971-1973
University of Nebraska Burlington
Northern Faculty Achievement Award,
1990
(Foundation medal plus $3000)
Paula and D. B. Varner Distinguished Professorship,
1991- 2011
Midland
Lutheran College Honorary Doctor of
Science, 1991
University of Nebraska Outstanding
Research and Creativity
Award, 1998 (Foundation
medal plus $3500)
George M.
Sutton Lecturer, University of
Oklahoma, 1999
The Nature Conservancy,
Nebraska Hero recognition, 2000.
UNL
Centennial
Lecture, Whos
Infected with
Whom? The Natural
History of Parasites,
spring, 2000
Nebraska Library Association
Mari
Sandoz Award, 2002
American
Society
of Parasitologists Clark P.
Read Mentorship
Award,
2003
Friends
of the UNL Libraries
Hartley Burr Alexander Award, 2005
Thomas Cole
Lecturer, Wabash College, 2006
Helminthological Society of
Washington, Anniversary Award, 2010
UNL Parents
Association and Teaching Council Certificate
of
Recognition for Contributions to Students
(13 years recognition)
Louise
Pound-George Howard Distinguished Career Award, University
of
Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013
American
Society
of Parasitologists, Distinguished Service Award, 2015
School Committees:
Zoology
graduate committee;
chair, 1969-71
School of Biological Sciences
ad hoc bylaws committee; chair,
1973
School of Biological Sciences
Curriculum Committee;
elected
chair,
1974-1976;1988-1992
School of Biological Sciences
Promotion and Tenure Committee;
elected chair,
1974-1976
School of Biological Sciences
Executive Committee; Cell
Biology and
Genetics Section chair,
1977-78; Organismic
Biology Section chair,
1989
-1990
School of Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Affairs
Committee, 1998
2011
Several faculty
position search committees
College Committees:
Arts and Sciences Degrees
with Distinction Committee;
chair, 1971-1972
Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee;
secretary, 1970-72
Search
Committee for Director,
School
of Biological Sciences, 1974-75
University
Committees:
Ad
hoc Environmental Institute
Committee; 1971-1972
Nebraska Water Resources Research Institute Executive Board; 1971-
1976
Nebraska Student Union Governing and Advisory Board; 1970-1978 (committee
had a student majority)
UN-L Graduate
Council; elected 1974-1975 and 1987-1990
UN
Press Advisory Board; 1985-1990
Search
Committee for Dean,
College of Arts
and
Sciences, 1975
Search
Committee for Dean,
College of Agriculture; 1988
Search
Committee for Dean,
College of Arts
and
Sciences, 1999-2000
Academic Planning Committee (Graduate
Council representative);
1988-1990
Ad Hoc program review committees:
Department of Architecture, 1988
Department
of Classics, 1989
Trio Programs, 2005
General
Education
Task Force,
1991-1995
University Honors Program
Advisory Committee, 1986-2005
Nebraska Bioethics Committee, 1999-?
University of Nebraska Press Director Search Committee,
2001-2002
Thompson Forum
Speaker Selection Committee, 2002-2005
UN-L General Education Planning
Team and Advisory Committee, Chair
(of both),
2005-2007 (see https://ace.unl.edu)
Professional
Society Positions
and
Committees:
American
Society
of Parasitologists: Honorary and
Emeritus Members chair;
Annual
Meetings
local
arrangements
co-chair,
1987 (national meetings
were at UN-L
in
1987); Vice
President, 1990; Student Awards Committee chair, 1991; Secretary- Treasurer (2004-2009), Vice President
(2011-2012), President-elect (2012-2013),
President, (2013-2014).
Secretary-Treasurer of the American Society of
Parasitologists
This office was the equivalent
of an editorship of a major
peer-reviewed
journal or management
of a small business.
For six years I was the
chief
business
officer for an international scientific organization, responsible for
budget, membership, endowment
investments, annual
business meeting records and minutes, records of Council
actions and votes, society
annual report, and the execution
of contracts (e.g.
meeting
site venues,
BioOne,
JSTOR, etc.). I worked
closely with accountants and
business managers paid
by the society to ensure compliance with Federal and
state tax laws, and supervised a half-time
employee.
Vice President,
President-elect,
and President American Society of
Parasitologists
These offices lead to presidency of the
American Society
of Parasitologists (ASP), publisher of the Journal of Parasitology and a society with
many international members,
an office I assumed at the 2013
annual meeting
in Quebec. Responsibilities
included: organization of
the annual Presidents
Symposium at
the annual meeting, chair of
the Priority and Planning Committee, and ultimately appointments
to various ASP committees.
President, 2014, duties included committee
appointments, business negotiations, presiding
at
annual meeting in New Orleans, presidential address and publication of that address.
Southwestern Association of Parasitologists:
Program Officer and
President-Elect,
1988; President, 1989; Secretary-Treasurer, 1995-
2001.
Advising:
Chief Adviser, Integrated Studies, 1971-1972.
Pre-med adviser, 1967
- present
(informal but extensive since opening of
SBS Advising
Center)
Campus Visits At the request
of the Campus Visits office,
before retirement I met personally with
about 20 families annually
typically with high school seniors applying
to the UN-L Honors Program.
Administrative
Experience:
College
of Arts and Sciences, Assistant Dean, 1970-1972.
Administrative
responsibilities included review and
college level approval
of grant applications, annual update of college bulletin,
secretary of curriculum
committee, lobbying with
state legislature,
and miscellaneous advising, appeal cases,
recruiting, etc.
Director,
Cedar
Point Biological Station (School
of Biological Sciences),
fall,
1979 to fall, 1986, and
spring 1993 to fall, 1999.
Responsibilities included budgetary planning, staffing, physical plant maintenance, student
recruitment,
public relations, research strengthening,
and food service for summer
field station
in western Nebraska, although
day to day operations
and
actual performance of most of
these tasks were handled
by either a student assistant (1979-
1986) or an
Associate Director
(1993-1999).
Interim Director, UN
State Museum, fall, 1984 through summer,
1986, and fall, 1994, through summer,
1996.
Responsibilities included budget
preparation and planning,
safety planning and
safety audit responses, inventory and audit responses, hiring, curator and
support staff annual evaluation, public relations,
liaison
with citizens support organization,
salary recommendations, exhibits
planning, security, and educational
services planning
for a natural history museum
with about 60 staff members
(9 Ph
D level curators) in botany, zoology, entomology,
parasitology, paleontology, and anthropology, as well as
a planetarium program.
Teaching
Responsibilities
General Biology
(BIOS 101) or General Zoology (BIOS 112) almost
every
semester since September,
1966. Enrollment in these courses ranged
from 140-350 students per semester. I supervised and coordinated laboratory instruction in General
Zoology and wrote the lab manual for
the years when I was assigned
to BIOS
112 (1967 through mid-1990s).
Biodiversity (BIOS 204)
was started as one of the
new core majors curriculum courses in 1996-97.
This course enrolled ~100 students and was my responsibility
in the spring semesters through spring, 2005,
and again in spring, 2011 (260 students). I wrote one
of the texts used some semesters, designed
the labs, and wrote the laboratory
manual for
this course although in 2011 we used a different text and different lab
exercises. I also instructed and
supervised the TAs in this course
during
the semesters assigned to it up to 2005. BIOS 204 was changed
to BIOS
103, Organismic Biology, effective 2004-05AY.
Intermediate
level course in
Invertebrate
Zoology (BIOS 381) taught regularly
in fall
semesters.
I designed the laboratories for
this course
and trained the TA.
Intermediate level
course in Parasitology (BIOS 385). BIOS 385 was
my responsibility in the spring semesters,
beginning with 2006. I designed
the laboratories and trained
the TAs in this course.
Advanced courses
include a
senior/graduate course in Protozoology and graduate-only
Advanced Invertebrate Zoology offered periodically
upon request.
Field
Parasitology (BIOS 487/887) is a summer field
course taught at the Cedar Point Biological Station
(CPBS). I wrote the text/lab
manual and co-authored
the statistical package for this course.
BIOS 487/887 has
been
taught continuously at CPBS since 1976.
I last taught this course
in 2010.
Graduate seminar
in parasitology (BIOS
915P) was my responsibility alternate
semesters, 1966-2011.
Centennial Educational Program (Centennial College) was an experimental undergraduate
residential college emphasizing
independent, cross- disciplinary, project oriented, study. I
participated
1/3 time in spring semesters, 1971 and 1973, in Centennial
College.
Honors undergraduates:
Since 1968,
numerous undergraduates have done
honors
projects in my laboratory. Of these students,
five have been Degree with Distinction candidates with
required theses
based
on the honors research
and
two have been awarded a Fulbright
Scholarship to study in Mexico
and Chile respectively.
University Honors
Program: This campus-wide program
was
initiated in l986. I was
selected
to deliver the first series
of Master
Lectures and teach a 2cr freshman
seminar. The
Master Lectures consisted of 14 lectures on the
subject: Perceptions of the Universe. In the spring
of
1989 and following years, I taught a junior level University Honors Program seminar (topics included
Global Ecological Problems; Science and Society; The Future, The Evolution of Ideas, etc.), and
beginning with the 1994-95 year,
taught a sophomore honors seminar entitled
Research Methods in the Sciences
for the next three years. In
spring semesters, 2012-2016, I taught an honors
seminar entitled Tropical Medicine, Infectious
Disease, and Global Health.
RUTE (Research
for
Undergraduates
in Theoretical Ecology 2010-
2011):
This NSF-funded project involved five
undergraduates
working with both a biologist (JJJr) and a mathematician to apply
modeling techniques to problems of parasite transmission and
population biology. Much of the
work is done at the
Cedar Point Biological
Station and involves the gregarine parasites of
insects. Students spend the spring semester learning
biological and mathematical techniques, late spring and summer
doing field work
and modeling, and finish
their project during
the fall semester for
presentation and
hopefully
publication in spring, 2011.
Writing About Nature
(English 453/852): I taught this course once
(spring, 2004) with 17 students ranging
from undergraduate to doctoral
level English majors.
Reviewer:
Numerous grant proposals (NSF, WHO, Nebraska and
North Dakota state agencies) and manuscripts
(Journal of Parasitology, Transactions of
the
American Microscopical Society,
Comparative Parasitology,
Journal of Eukaryotic
Microbiology, Journal of Protozoology, Canadian Journal
of Zoology, Acta Protozoologica, American Zoologist).
Research and Creative Activities:
Funding:
UN-L Research
Council, approximately
$13,000 since 1966 for equipment, visiting
scholars, research
assistants, summer fellowships
and supplies.
Department of Army, $60,400
in Research and
Development contracts
between 1969 and 1975 for
support of studies of comparative metabolism of Leishmania species
(Protozoa).
National
Science Foundation,
$43,100 from April, 1976-1978,
for studies of virulence and
metabolism in Leishmania
donovani.
World Health Organization,
$50,000 from 1978-1981 for
studies of agar plate culture
of Trypanosomatidae
(Protozoa).
Nebraska Water Resources
Research Center,
$6600 from 1980-1983,
for studies on fish parasite species assemblages
as indicator
systems
for use in developing surface water management
schemes.
UN-L
Teaching Council, $700, 1976, to develop non-majors freshman
teaching materials from Cedar
Point Biological Station settings.
Graduate Students Supervised:
Masters Students:
M.I. Moslih, MS, June 1968 (PhD UNMC).
E.C. Greiner, MS,
June, 1969 (stayed for
PhD at UNL). P.M.
Daggett, MS,
1972 (stayed for PhD at UNL).
S.A. Knight, MS, June, 1976 (now
with US Dept Agriculture, Washington,
D. C.) Ann Marie Adams, MS, June,
1981 (PhD, June, 1988, University
of Washington,
now
research scientist with FDA in Kansas
City).
Eugene L.
Hardin, MS, June, 1987 (physician;
United
States
Army).
Ralene Mitschler, MS, August, 1988 (PhD,
KSU, post-doctoral
Stanford;
now retired from
Prof
Biol, McDaniel College).
Timothy Ruhnke,
MS, June, 1988 (PhD,
U Conn; now Prof Biol, West
Virginia
State Univ).
Michael Ferdig,
MS, December, 1990 (PhD University
of
Wisconsin Madison,
now
Prof, Notre
Dame).
Mary Ann
McDowell, MS,
December, 1990 (PhD, University
of Wisconsin
Madison, now Prof, Notre Dame).
Tami Percival,
MS, August 1992 (now Prof Biology,
Sam
Houston State
University).
Aris Efting, MS, 1994 (Have lost contact with
this individual).
Laura Krebs, MS,
1995 (was PhD student, University of
Arizona, no contact
for several years).
Megan Wise,
MS, 1998 (PhD, Colorado State University, now Prof,
Texas A&M-
San
Antonio campus).
Jennifer Schawang, MS, 2000 (formerly technician,
University of Oklahoma
Medical
Center,
now nursing student).
Jaclyn Helt,
MS, 2003 (now secondary
science teacher, Ohio).
Jillian Detwiler,
MS, 2004 (PhD Purdue University, post-doc,
Texas
A&M University, now faculty member,
University of Manitoba).
Samana Schwank, MS,
2004 (PhD, London School of Tropical
Medicine,
now with
NGO
in Uganda).
Doctoral
Students:
A.E.
Poorman, PhD, June, 1969 (retired
Prof
of Biology, Kearney State
College [now Kearney State
University]).
E.C. Greiner, PhD,
June 1971 (retired
Prof Prev Med,
College Vet
Med, Univ of Florida).
N.R.
Dollahon,
PhD, June, 1971 (now Prof Biology,
Villanova).
A.
Bhattacharya, PhD,
December, 1973
(now Prof Zoology, University
of
Calcutta).
P.M.
Daggett, PhD, July, 1975 (formerly Curator of
Protists, ATCC; now with Verizon
Corporate Services,
Washington, DC).
Joan E. Decker,
PhD, December, 1974 (lost contact).
W.L. Current, PhD, August, 1977
(now with Eli Lilly) Winner of
H. B.
Ward Medal, American Society of
Parasitologists (ASP).
Amy
Doran Keppel, PhD, August, 1979 (M.D., Minneapolis,
deceased). Richard Clopton, PhD,
1993 (now Prof Biology, Peru State College)
Winner, 1992 American Society of
Parasitologists National Student Paper Competition;
Editor, Journal
of Parasitology; winner Clark P.
Read Mentorship Award (ASP, 2022) .
Scott
Snyder, PhD, 1996 (now
Prof Biology, Montana State University) Winner, 1994 ASP National Student Paper Competition and Winner, 1997 ASP Clark P. Read Young Investigator Award.
Ben Hanelt,
PhD, 2002 (now instructor, University of New
Mexico)
Winner, 1998 ASP national
student paper competition.
Matt Bolek, PhD,
2006 (now Prof. Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State
University);
Winner, 2005 ASP National Student Paper Competition;
2019 H. B. Ward Medalist (ASP); President, ASP,
2021-22.
Gabriel
Langford; PhD, 2010 (Assoc Prof, Florida Southern College in
Lakeland).
Alaine Knipes; PhD, 2010 (now
full time scientist with CDC Emerging
Infectious Disease division working on assessment
of disease control programs in Francophone Africa).
Undergraduate Howard Hughes Scholar Research Directed:
Jill
Anderson
(1993, Head regeneration in annelid worms); now
University
of Nebraska College of Medicine
faculty member.
Mike Barger (1993,
Host specificity in
Rhabdochona canadensis);
MS at
UNL; PhD from
Wake Forest).
Megan Wise (1994,
Mucus secretion in gregarine parasites);
PhD and
post-
doc at Colorado State University, now faculty member
at Texas A&M University,
San
Antonio campus.
Mary Ann Addison (1994, Host specificity in
Tribolium gregarines); now secondary science teacher in San Diego
Stephanie Watwood (1995,
Host specificity in Gregarina triboliorum);
now
PhD in animal behavior from
MIT.
Erica Peterson (1995, Parasite
community dynamics in Cyprinella lutrensis);
now MD from Duke.
Renee Stockland (1996,
Quantification of
host-parasite encounter
dynamics in first instar Tenebrio
molitor larvae); now science teacher.
Anne Loeb (1996, Host specificity in gregarines of
sylvanid beetles); now
PhD from
University of Michigan.
Terri Keber (1997, Comparative
gregarine gametocyst
development); now
MD
from UNMC.
Molly Weichman (1998, Fish parasites as
indicator communities); now
MD
from UNMC.
Examples of
Other Undergraduate Research Directed (past seven years):
Heidi Baumart (Community structure and geographic
distribution of gregarine parasites in damselflies);
now MD from Georgetown.
Wendy
Allen (Taxonomic revision of
gregarine parasites
in Tribolium freemani);
now MD from Georgetown.
Megan Collins
(Monogene communities
in centrarchid fishes as a function of habitat
and host isolation); now
teacher in Omaha.
Adam
Brosz (Potential
competitive interactions and
niche structure of monogenean
parasites
of Black Bass); now MD from UNMC.
Kate Hutchens
(Comparative anatomy of
three leech species); 2005 MD
graduate from
UNMC.
Kathleen Brazeal
(Niche of feather
mites on cliff swallows); now PhD
University of California-Davis,
and Professor of Practice, UNL).
Mackenzie Waltke
(Effect of host diet on parasite
survival and growth in beetles, Tribolium
confusum); now public school teacher.
Erica Peterson (Carbohydrate storage in
cell compartments of gregarine parasites
in adult vs. larval beetle hosts
NOTE: This is not the same Erica Peterson
as listed above.); Fulbright Scholar,
2005-06, with study in Mexico, now MD with degree from UNMC.
Jodi Schreurs (Effect
of host
diet on parasite carbohydrate storage in
parasites of beetles, Tribolium
destructor); now MD from
UNMC.
Jessica Ebers (Osmotic regulation
in gregarine parasites of Tenebrio molitor);
MS from William and Mary.
Kelsey Kumm (Species differences
in gregarine parasite response to host
diet,
UNL UCARE scholar);
now public school teacher.
Nicole Searcey (Spatial distribution of monogene species
in the gill chambers
of fathead minnows,
UNL CARE scholar); Fulbright
Scholar, 2013-2014, in Chile. Now USAF dentist.
Brittany Bunker (Population
dynamics of apicomplexan
parasites in odonates,
RUTE scholar)
Consulting:
World
Health Organization,
1977-1982;
Member Scientific Working Group (SWG) in Leishmaniasis, member and
chairman, Leishmaniasis
steering
committee, both organizations within Special Programme in Tropical Diseases.
University of
South Dakota, 1989, Science education
improvement program outside reviewer.
University
of South Dakota, 1990, outside reviewer and
on-site
evaluator for doctoral program proposal in biological sciences (combined USD and
SDSU).
Nebraska Public Television,
1990, script and proposal reviewer on hunting
film. Western Heritage Museum,
Omaha, 1996, exhibits and associated education
planning and design
University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh, 1998, External Program Review Committee
University of Nebraska Lincoln, 2005, TRIO Program External
Review
Committee
Wake Forest University,
Department
of Biology, 2009, External Program Review
team.
Bibliography:
Papers
and
Book Chapters:
Janovy, J. Jr. 1962. Observations on the size of the ciliate
Dileptus anser. Proc.
Okla. Acad.
Sci., 42:290-291.
Janovy, J. Jr. 1963. Monsterism in
Dileptus (Ciliata) fed
on planarians (Dugesia tigrina). J.
Protozool.,
10:428-430.
Janovy, J. Jr. 1964. A preliminary
survey of blood parasites
of Oklahoma birds. Proc. Okla.
Acad. Sci., 44:58-61.
Janovy, J. Jr.
1966. Epidemiology of Plasmodium hexamerium Huff, 1935, in
meadowlarks and starlings of the Cheyenne Bottoms, Barton County, Kansas.
J. Parasitol., 52:573-
578.
Janovy, J. Jr.
1966. Mosquitoes of the Cheyenne Bottoms
Waterfowl management Area,
Barton
County, Kansas. J. Kans. Ent. Soc., 39:557- 561.
Janovy, J. Jr.
1967. Respiratory changes accompanying leishmania to leptomonad
transformation in Leishmania donovani. Exptl. Parasitol.,
20:51-55.
Janovy, J. Jr.
1972. Temperature and metabolism in Leishmania.
III.
Some
dehydrogenases of L.
donovani, L. mexicana and
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Janovy, J. Jr. 1977. Some problems in the comparative physiology
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assemblage. Ecol. Model., 77:189-196.
Janovy, J. Jr.,
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Janovy, J. Jr.,
M. T. Ferdig and M. A. McDowell. 1990. A model of dynamic behavior of a parasite species
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Janovy, J. Jr. and E. L. Hardin. 1987.
Population dynamics of parasites
in Fundulus zebrinus in the Platte River of Nebraska.
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Janovy, J. Jr. and E. L. Hardin. 1988. Diversity of
the parasite assemblage of Fundulus
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Janovy, J. Jr. and G. W. Kutish. 1988. A
model
of encounters between host
and parasite populations. J. Theoret. Biol., 134:391-401.
Janovy, J. Jr., K.
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Janovy, J. Jr., and K. M.
Major. 2009. Why we have field stations: reflections
on the cultivation of biologists.
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lead article in an
issue devoted to field stations)
Janovy,
J. Jr., M. A. McDowell and
M. T. Ferdig. 1991. The niche of Salsuginus
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a gill parasite of Fundulus zebrinus. J.
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Janovy,
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metabolism in Leishmania. I. respiration
in L. donovani, L. mexicana
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Janovy, J. Jr.,
T. R. Ruhnke and T. A. Wheeler.
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Janovy, J. Jr., S. D. Snyder, and
R. E. Clopton. 1997. Evolutionary constraints on
population structure: the
parasites of Fundulus zebrinus (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae) in the
South Platte River of Nebraska.
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Anderson,
J. A., K. J. Blazek, T. J. Percival
and J. Janovy, Jr. 1993. The niche of
the gill parasite Dactylogyrus banghami (Monogenea:
Dactylogyridae) on Notropis stramineus (Pisces: Cyprinidae).
J. Parasitol., 79:435-437.
Barger,
M. A. and J. Janovy, Jr. 1994. Host specificity
of Rhabdochona canadensis
(Nematoda: Rhabdochonidae) in Nebraska.
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Bhattacharya,
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Bi, M., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2011.
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of intraspecific morphological
variation in
Dactylogyrus simplexus from
fathead minnows in
Nebraska.
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Bolek, M. G., K. K. Brotan,
R. E. Rudolph, and J. Janovy Jr. 2007. Bufo woodhousii
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Bolek, M. G., J. Janovy, Jr.,
and A. R. Irizarry-Rovira.
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descriptions of coccidia (Apicomplexa) from the
western chorus frog,
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Bolek, M. G., and J. Janovy,
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on myiasis by the calliphorids,
Bufolucilia silvarum and Bufolucilia elongata, in wood frogs, Rana
sylvatica, from southeastern
Wisconsin. J. Parasitol., 90:1169-1171.
Bolek,
M. G., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2004. Rana blairi (Plains Leopard Frog). Prey.
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Bolek,
M. G. and J. Janovy Jr. 2004. Rana catesbeiana
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Bolek, M. G. and
J. Janovy Jr. 2005. New host and distribution records
for
the amphibian leech Desserobdella picta (Rhynchobdellida:
Glossiphoniidae) from Nebraska and
Wisconsin. J. Freshwater Ecol., 20 (1):187-189.
Bolek, M. G., and J. Janovy,
Jr. 2007. Small frogs get their
worms first: the role of non- odonate
arthropods in the
recruitment of Haematoloechus coloradensis and
Haematoloechus complexus in newly metamorphosed
northern leopard frogs,
Rana pipiens, and
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Bolek, M. G., and J. Janovy,
Jr. 2007. Evolutionary avenues for,
and
constraints on, the transmission of frog lung flukes (Haematoloechus spp.) in dragonfly
second intermediate
hosts. J. Parasitol., 93:593-607.
Bolek,
M. G., and J. Janovy Jr. 2007. Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog). Diet.
Herpetological
Rev., 38(3): 325-326.
Bolek, M. G., and J. Janovy,
Jr. 2008. Alternative life cycle
strategies of Megalodiscus temperatus in tadpoles and
metamorphosed anurans.
Parasite,
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Bolek,
M. G., S. D. Snyder, and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2009.
Redescription
of the frog bladder fluke
Gorgoderina attenuata from
the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens.
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95:665-668.
Bolek, M. G., S. D.
Snyder, and J. Janovy Jr. 2009.
Alternative life-cycle strategies and
colonization of young anurans
by Gorgoderina attenuata in Nebraska. J. Parasitol.,
95:604-616.
Bolek, M. G., H. R. Tracy, and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2010. The role of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) as paratenic hosts in the transmission
of Halipegas eccentricus
(Digenea: Hemiuridae) to anurans. J.
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Bunker, B., J. Janovy, Jr.,
E. Tracey, A. Barnes, A. Duba,
M. Shuman, and J. D. Logan.
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Macroparasite
population dynamics
among geographical locations
and
host life cycle stages: eugregarines in Ischnura verticalis. J. Parasitol.,
99:403-409.
Clopton, R. E. and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1993. Developmental
niche structure in
the gregarine
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79:701-709.
Clopton,
R. E., J. Janovy, Jr. and
T. J. Percival.
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in the gregarine assemblage parasitizing Tenebrio molitor.
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J. Janovy, Jr. 1991. Gregarina niphandrodes
n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida)
from adult Tenebrio molitor (L.) with oocyst
descriptions of other gregarine parasites
of the yellow mealworm.
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Clopton, R. E., T. J. Percival and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1992. Gregarina coronata n. sp.
(Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida) described
from adults of the southern
corn rootworm,
Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae).
J. Protozool.,
39:417-420.
Clopton, R. E., T.
J. Percival and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1993. Nubenocephalus nebraskensis n. gen., n. sp.
(Apicomplexa: Actinocephalidae) from
adults
of Argia
bipunctulata (Odonata: Zygoptera). J. Parasitol., 79:533-537.
Collins, M. R., and J. Janovy,
Jr. 2003. Host specificity
among Ancyrocephalineae
(Monogenoidea) of Nebraska sunfish. J. Parasitol., 89:80-83.
Cook, T. J. P., J.
Janovy, Jr., and R. E. Clopton. 2001. Epimerite-host epithelium
relationships among eugregarines parasitizing the damselflies Enallagma civile and Ischnura verticalis. J. Parasitol., 87:988-996.
Current, W. L.
and J. Janovy, Jr. 1976. Interlamellar Henneguya exilis: Ultrastructure of the plasmodium wall and associated host's cells. J. Parasitol., 62:975-981.
Current, W. L.
and J. Janovy, Jr. 1977. Sporogenesis in Henneguya exilis infecting the channel
catfish. Protistologica, 13:157-167.
Current,
W. L. and J. Janovy Jr. 1978. Comparative ultrastructure of interlamellar
and intralamellar Henneguya exilis in the channel
catfish. J. Protozool.,
25:56-65.
Current,
W. L., J. Janovy, Jr. and S.
A. Knight. 1979. Myxosoma funduli Kudo (Myxosporida) in Fundulus kansae:
ultrastructure of the
plasmodium wall
and of sporogenesis.
J. Protozool., 26:574-583.
Daggett, P. M., J. E. Decker, and J. Janovy, Jr. 1978. Some phyiological
alterations accompanying infectivity
to mammals by four
genera of Trypanosomatidae. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 59A:363-366.
Daggett, P. M., N. R. Dollahon and J. Janovy, Jr. 1972. Herpetomonas
megaseliae sp. n.
(Protozoa: Trypanosomatidae) from
Megaselia scalaris (Loew,
1866) Schmitz, 1929 (Diptera: Phoridae).
J. Parasitol.,
58:946- 949.
Decker, Joan E. and J. Janovy,
Jr. 1974. Leishmania donovani and Leishmania mexicana:
Production of the Excretion Factor.
Comp. Biochem. and Physiol., 49B:513-523. Detwiler, J., and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2008. The role of phylogeny
and ecology in experimental
host specificity: insights from a eugregarine-host system. J. Parasitol.,
94:7-12.
Dollahon, N. R. and J. Janovy,
Jr. 1971. Insect flagellates
from feces and gut
contents of
four
genera of
lizards. J. Parasitol., 57:1130-1132.
Dollahon, N. R. and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1973. Leishmania adleri (Protozoa: Trypanosomatidae):
In vitro phagocytosis by leucocytes of the iguanid lizards Dipsosaurus dorsalis
and Basiliscus vittatus.
Exptl. Parasitol., 34:56-61.
Dollahon, N. R. and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1974. Experimental
infection of New World lizards
with
Old World lizard Leishmania species.
Exptl. Parasitol.,
36:253-260.
Ferdig,
M. T., M. A. McDowell and J. Janovy, Jr. 1991. Salsuginus yutanensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Ancyrocephalidae) from Fundulus sciadicus in Clear Creek of eastern
Nebraska. J. Parasitol., 77:58-61.
Ferdig, M. T., M. A. McDowell,
J. Janovy, Jr., and
R. E. Clopton. 1993. Patterns of morphological variation
of Salsuginus yutanensis (Monogenea:
Ancyrocephalidae)
over space and time. J. Parasitol.,
79:744-750.
Hanelt, B., and J. Janovy, Jr. 1999. The life cycle of
a horsehair worm,
Gordius robustus
(Nematomorpha: Gordioidea).
J. Parasitol.,
85:139-141.
Hanelt, B., and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2000. New host and distribution record of Gordius difficilus (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea) from a
vivid metallic ground beetle, Chlaenius prasinus (Coleoptera:
Carabidae) from
western Nebraska, U.S.A. Comp.
Parasitol.,
67:107-108.
Hanelt, B., and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2002. Morphometric analysis of nonadult characters of common
species of American
gordiids
(Nematomorpha: Gordioidea).
J. Parasitol.,
88:557-562.
Hanelt, B., and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2003. Spanning the gap: experimental
determination of paratenic
host specificity of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha: Gordiida). Invert.
Biol.,
122:12-18.
Hanelt, B., and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2004. Untying a Gordian knot: the domestication and
laboratory maintenance of
a Gordian
worm, Paragordius varius (Nematomorpha:
Gordiida). J. Nat. Hist., 38:939-950.
Hanelt, B., and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2004. Life cycle
and
paratenesis of American gordiids
(Nematomorpha: Gordiida).
J. Parasitol., 90:240-244.
Hanelt, B., L. E. Grother, and
J. Janovy, Jr. 2001. Physid snails as
sentinels of freshwater nematomorphs.
J. Parasitol., 87:1049-1053.
Hardin, E. L. and J. Janovy,
Jr. 1988. Population dynamics of Distoichometra bufonis
(Cestoda: Nematotaeniidae)
in Bufo woodhousii. J.
Parasitol., 74:360-365.
Helt,
J., J. Janovy, Jr., and J. Ubelaker.
2003. Phyllodistomum funduli n.
sp. (Trematoda:
Gorgoderidae) from Fundulus sciadicus Cope from Cedar Creek in western
Nebraska. J. Parasitol., 89:346-350.
Hoshide, K., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2002. The structure of
the nucleus of Odonaticola polyhamatus (Gregarinea:
Actinocephalidae), a parasite
of Mnais pruinosa Selys
(Odonata: Calopterygidae). Acta Protozool., 41:17-22.
Jirků, M., M. G. Bolek, C. M. Whipps, J. Janovy, Jr., M. L. Kent, and D. Modry. 2006. A
new species
of Myxidium (Myxosporea: Myxiidae), from the western chorus
frog, Pseuadcris triseriata triseriata, and Blanchards cricket frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi (Hylidae), from eastern Nebraska: morphology,
phylogeny, and critical
comments on amphibian Myxidium taxonomy. J. Parasitol., 92:611-619.
Johnson,
K. L., K. J. Reinhard, L. Sianto, A. Araϊjo, S.
L. Gardner, and J. Janovy, Jr.
2008.
A
tick from a prehistoric Arizona coprolite.
J. Parasitol., 94:296-298.
Keppel, Amy Doran
and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1977. Herpetomonas
megaseliae and Crithidia harmosa:
growth on blood agar plates.
J. Parasitol., 63:879-882.
Keppel, Amy Doran and J. Janovy, Jr. 1980. Leishmania
donovani: structure of agar
plate grown colonies. J. Parasitol., 66:849-851.
Knight, S. A., J. Janovy,
Jr., and W. L. Current. 1977. Myxosoma funduli Kudo,
1918 (Protozoa: Myxosporida) in Fundulus kansae: Summer epizootiology.
J. Parasitol.,
63:897-902.
Knight, S. A., J. Janovy,
Jr. and W. L. Current. 1977.
Myxosoma funduli Kudo 1918 (Protozoa: Myxosporida) in Fundulus kansae (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae): annual prevalence and geographic distribution. J. Parasitol.,
66:806-810.
Knipes, A. K., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2009. Community structure
and seasonal dynamics
of Dactylogyrus spp. (Monogenea) on the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) from the Salt Valley
watershed, Lancaster
County, Nebraska. J. Parasitol., 95:1295-1305.
Kutish, G. F. and J. Janovy, Jr. 1981. Inhibition
of in vitro macrophage digestion
capacity
by
infection with Leishmania
donovani (Protozoa:
Kinetoplastida).
J. Parasitol.,
67:457-
462.
Langford, G. J. and J. Janovy, Jr. 2009. Comparative
life cycles and life histories
of North American
Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda:
Rhabdiasidae):
lungworms from snakes and
anurans.
J. Parasitol.,
95:1145-1155.
Langford,
G. J. and J. Janovy, Jr. 2011. Heterodon nasicus (Western Hog-nosed
Snake).
Diet and
arboreal foraging behavior. Herpetol.
Rev.,
42:291.
Langford, G.
J., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2013.
Host specificity of North American Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae): Combining field data
and
experimental
infections with a molecular phylogeny.
J. Parasitol.,
99:277-286.
Langford, G. J., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2016. Ecological factors
responsible for the geographic distribution
of Rhabdias joaquinensis: where do lungworms infect
anurans in nature? Parasitol.
Res.,
115:1305-1313.
Langford, G. J., M. S. Vhora,
M. G. Bolek, and J. Janovy,
Jr. 2013. Co-occurrence of Haematoloechus complexus and Rhabdias joaquinensis
in the Plains Leopard
Frog from Nebraska. J. Parasitol., 99: 558-560.
Logan,
J. D., J. Janovy, Jr., and
B. Bunker. 2012. The life cycle and
fitness domain of gregarine (Apicomplexa) parasites. Ecol. Model., 233:31-40.
McDowell, M. A., M. T. Ferdig and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1992. Dynamics
of the parasite assemblage of
Pimephales promelas in Nebraska. J.
Parasitol., 78:830-836.
Percival, T. J., R. E. Clopton,
and J. Janovy, Jr. 1995. Two new
menosporine gregarines,
Hoplorhynchus acanthatholius n. sp. and
Steganorhynchus dunwoodyi
n. g., n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorda: Actinocephalidae)
from coenagrionid
damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera). J. Euk. Microbiol., 42:406-410.
Poorman, A. E. and J. Janovy, Jr.
1969. Temperature and metabolism in Leishmania.
II.
Aldolase in L. adleri, L. donovani, L. mexicana
and L. tarentolae. Exptl. Parasitol.,
26:329-335.
Richardson, Sarah and J. Janovy, Jr. 1990. Actinocephalus carrilynnae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinorida)
from the blue damselfly, Enallagma civile
(Hagen). J. Protozool.,
37:567-570.
Ruhnke, T. R. and J. Janovy, Jr. 1989. The site specificity of two species of Gregarina in
Tenebrio molitor larvae.
J. Protozool., 36:428-430.
Ruhnke, T. R. and J. Janovy, Jr. 1990. Life history differences between
two species of
Gregarina in Tenebrio
molitor larvae. J. Parasitol., 76:519-522.
Schawang, J. E., and J. Janovy,
Jr. 2001. The response of Gregarina niphandrodes (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida:
Septatina)
to host starvation in Tenebrio molitor
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) adults.
J. Parasitol.,
87:600-605.
Schreurs,
J. S., and J. Janovy, Jr.
2008. Gregarines on
a diet: the effects of host starvation on
Gregarina confusa Janovy et
al., 2007 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida)
in Tribolium
destructor Uyttenboogaart,
1933 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) larvae. J. Parasitol.,
94:567-570.
Self, J.T. and J.
Janovy, Jr. 1965. Kowalewskiella totani n. sp. (Cestoda:
Dilepididae) from
Totanus flavipes. Proc.
Helm.
Soc.
Wash., 32:169-171.
Shoop.
W.L. and J. Janovy, Jr.
1978. Adult cestodes from
the coelomic cavity
of the teid
lizard Cnemidophorus sexlineatus.
J. Parasit., 64:561-562.
Snyder, S. D., and J. Janovy, Jr. 1994. Second
intermediate host specificity of Haematoloechus complexus and
Haematoloechus medioplexus (Digenea: Haematoloechidae).
J. Parasitol.,
80:1052-1055.
Snyder, S. D., and J. Janovy, Jr. 1996. Behavioral basis of second
intermediate host specificity among four species of Haematoloechus (Digenea: Haematoloechidae). J. Parasitol., 82:94-99.
Stockwell, C. A., K. M. Purcell,
M. L. Collyer, and J. Janovy. 2011. Effects
of Salinity
on Physa acuta, the Intermediate Host for
the Parasite Posthodiplostomum minimum:
Implications for the Translocation of the Protected White Sands Pupfish. Trans.
Am. Fish. Soc., 140:1370-1374.
Watwood, S., J.
Janovy, Jr., E. Peterson, and M. A.
Addison. 1997. Gregarina triboliorum
(Eugregarinida:
Gregarinidae) n. sp. from Tribolium confusum, and
resolution of the confused taxonomic history of Gregarina minuta Ishii 1914.
J. Parasitol.,
83:502-507.
Weichman, M. A., and J. Janovy,
Jr. 1999. Parasite community
structure in Pimephales
promelas (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from two converging
streams. J. Parasitol., 86:654-656.
Wise,
M. R., J. Janovy, Jr., and
J. C. Wise. 1999. Host specificity in Metamera sillasenorum,
n. sp. a gregarine parasite of the leech Helobdella triserialis
with notes on transmission dynamics.
J. Parasitol.,
86:602-606.
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Janovy, J. Jr. 2004. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the Ninety-Fourth
Annual
Council Meeting, 24 July 2004, Philadelphia,
PA.
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1227.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2004. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes
of the Seventy-ninth
Annual Business Meeting,
24 July 2004, Philadelphia, PA.
J. Parasitol., 90(6):1228. Janovy, J. Jr. 2005. American
Society
of Parasitologists:
Minutes of the Ninety-Fifth
Annual Council
Meeting, 8 July 2005, Mobile, AL. J. Parasitol.,
91(6):1266-1278. Janovy, J. Jr. 2005. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the Eightieth Annual
Business Meeting, 8 July 2008, Mobile,
AL. J. Parasitol.,
91(6):1279.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2006. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the
Ninety-Sixth
Annual Council
Meeting, 6 August 2006, Glasgow,
Scotland. J. Parasitol., 92(6):1136-
1149.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2006. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes
of the Eighty-First Annual
Business Meeting,
9 August 2006, Glasgow, Scotland. J. Parasitol.,
92(6):1150-1151.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2007. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the
Ninety-Seventh
Annual Council Meeting, 21 June
2007, Mιrida, Mexico. J. Parasitol.,
93(6):1266-1282. Janovy, J. Jr.
2007. American
Society
of Parasitologists: Minutes of the Eighty-Second
Annual Business
Meeting, 25 June 2007, Mιrida,
Mexico. J. Parasitol., 93(6):1283-
1284.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2008. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the Ninety-Eighth
Annual Council Meeting,
27 June 2008, Arlington, Texas. J. Parasitol.,
94(6):1210-12. Janovy, J. Jr. 2008. American
Society
of Parasitologists:
Minutes of the Eighty-Third
Annual Business Meeting, 30 June 2008, Arlington, Texas. J. Parasitol.,
94(6):1223-
1224.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2009. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the Ninety-Ninth
Annual Council
Meeting, 14 August 2009, Knoxville, Tennessee. J.
Parasitol., 95:1275-
1285.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2009. American Society of Parasitologists: Minutes of the Eighty-Fourth
Annual Business Meeting, 17 August 2009, Knoxville, Tennessee. J.
Parasitol.,
95:1286.
Books:
Janovy, J. Jr. 2009. Pieces of the Plains: Memories and Predictions from the
Heart of
America.
J&L Lee Publishing Co., Lincoln, NE. 187p.
Janovy,
J. Jr. 2008. Outwitting College Professors: An Insiders Guide
to Secrets of the
System, 6th Ed (Amazon.com, Kindle.com),
2nd Ed. Pearson Custom
Publishing,
Boston,
MA. 166p. (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th editions through Amzon.com)
Janovy, J. Jr.
2004. On Becoming a Biologist, 2nd Ed.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln,
NE. 153p. (reprint)
Janovy, J. Jr. 2003. Teaching in Eden: the
Cedar Point Lessons.
RoutledgeFalmer,
New
York, NY.
187p.
Janovy, J. Jr. 1997. Ten Minute
Ecologist: Twenty Answered
Questions for Busy People
Facing Environmental Issues.
St. Martins Press, N.Y. 127p.
Janovy, J. Jr.
1994. Dunwoody Pond:
Reflections on the High
Plains Wetlands and the Cultivation of Naturalists.
St. Martin's Press, NY;
288p. (Trade paperback, University of Nebraska Press,
2001)
Janovy, J. Jr.
1992. Vermilion Sea: A Naturalist's Journey in
Baja California. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 226p. (E-book version
through Dystel and Goderich Literary Management, 2016, now reverted to author).
Janovy, J. Jr.
1987. Fields of Friendly Strife. Viking/Penguin,
New
York.130p. (trade paperback, Penguin, 1988) Winner, American Health
Magazine book award.
Janovy, J. Jr.
1985. On Becoming A Biologist. Harper and
Row, New York, 160p. Janovy, J. Jr.
1981. Back in Keith County. St.
Martin's Press, New York, 179p. (trade
paperback Univ Nebr Press, Bison Books, 1984).
Janovy, J. Jr.
1980. Yellowlegs. St. Martin's Press,
New York, 192p. (trade paperback, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1982).
Janovy, J. Jr.
1978. Keith County Journal, St. Martin's
Press, New York,
210p (trade paperback, St.
Martin's Press, 1979, trade paperback University
of Nebraska Press,
1996).
Janovy, J. Jr., and G. W. Esch
(eds.)
2016. A Century of Parasitology: Discoveries,
Ideas
and Lessons Learned
by Scientists who Published in The Journal of Parasitology, 1914-
2014.
Wiley
& Sons., London.
Janovy, J. Jr. and Amanda Snyder. 2001. Biodiversity:
A Primer. 3rd Ed.
McGraw-Hill
Custom Publishing, Dubuque, Iowa. 226p.
Blake, J. 1996. Comes
the Millennium: Hysteria, Religious Mania,
and Anti-intellectualism
as the Millennium Approaches. St. Martins
Press, New York, 183p. (J. Blake is a pseudonym for JJJr.)
Roberts,
L. S., J. Janovy, Jr., and
S. A. Nadler. 2013. Foundations
of Parasitology, 9th Ed.,
McGraw-Hill, Dubuque, IA.
670p.
Roberts, L. S.,
and J. Janovy, Jr. 2009. Foundations of Parasitology,
8th Ed. McGraw-Hill,
Dubuque, IA. 701p.
Roberts,
L. S., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2005. Foundations of Parasitology.
7th edition. McGraw- Hill, Dubuque, Iowa. 702p.
Roberts,
L. S., and J. Janovy, Jr. 2000. Foundations of Parasitology.
6th edition. McGraw- Hill, Dubuque, Iowa. 670p.
Roberts, L. S., and J. Janovy, Jr. 1996. Foundations of Parasitology. 5th edition, Wm C.
Brown,
Co., Dubuque, Iowa,
659p.
E-Books, some originally published through Dystel and Goderich Literary
Management (also available as paperbacks
from Amazon):
Janovy, J. Jr. 2014. Be Careful, Dr. Renner
(Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and
other e-readers;
fiction,
Gideon Marshall Mystery Series, #1)
Janovy, J. Jr.
2014. The Stitcher File
(Kindle, Nook,
iBooks, and other e-readers;
fiction, Gideon Marshall Mystery
Series, #2)
Janovy, J. Jr. 2015. The Earthquake Lady (Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and other e-readers;
fiction,
Gideon Marshall Mystery Series, #3)
Janovy, J. Jr. 2016. The Weatherford Trial (Kindle,
Nook, iBooks, and other e-readers;
fiction,
Gideon Marshall Mystery Series, #4)
Self-published POD and E-Books
(intellectual property with copyright registration):
Janovy, J. Jr. 2014. Bernice and John: Finally Meeting
Your Parents Who Died a Long
Time
Ago (Kindle, Nook, www.smashwords.com) 90,998
words, 229p.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2012. Outwitting College Professors: An
Insiders Guide to Secrets of the
System, 6th Ed.
(Amazon.com,
Kindle, Nook, www.smashwords.com)
150p.
Janovy, J. Jr.
2011. Intelligent Designer: Evolution for Politicians.
(Amazon.com,
Kindle, Nook, www.smashwords.com) 268p.
Janovy, J. Jr.
2010. Conversations Between
God and Satan Held During October,
2004, at the Crescent Moon Coffee House in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, Earth, Milky Way. (Amazon.com, Kindle, Nook,
www.smashwords.com)
196p.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2010. Tuskers. (Amazon.com, Kindle,
Nook, www.smashwords.com 234p.
Janovy,
J. Jr. 2009. The Ginkgo: An
Intellectual and Visionary Coming-of-Age.
(Amazon.com, Kindle, Nook, www.smashwords.com)
334p.
Janovy, J. Jr., 2009. Pieces of the Plains: Memories
and Predictions from the
Heart of
America.
(Kindle, Nook, www.smashwords.com)
Films
(screenplays):
Janovy, J. Jr. 1985. Keith County Journal.
Nebr ETV,
16mm and video, 58min. (1986 Corp.
Publ. Broadcasting,
1st place in local information
programming category. 1987 Central
Educational Network,
1st place in local programming
category. 1986 29th Annual New
York Film and TV Festival finalist.)
Invited Essays:
Janovy, J. Jr.
2008. The Greenhouse. In:
A Desert Illuminated: Cactus Flowers of the
Sonoran Desert; photographs
by John P. Schaefer. Arizona Desert
Museum Press; Tucson, Arizona. pp. 90-93.
Janovy, J. Jr.
2008. Chapters from two book manuscripts:
Bernice and John: Finally meeting your parents who
died a long time ago and The Ginkgo. Isotope:
A Journal
of Literary Nature
and Science Writing, Issue 6.2:8-13.
Janovy, J. Jr.
2011. Burning Oil, chapter from Bernice and
John: Finally meeting
your parents who died a long time ago; in
Rougarou, online literary
journal (University of Louisiana,
Lafayette, October, 2011).
Laboratory
Manuals
and
Exercises:
Janovy, J. Jr.
1981-2008 Field Parasitology, Biol Sci
487/488, Editions 1-14, Kinko's, Lincoln, NE 94p., annual editions since, University Bookstore.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2006-2010 Parasitology, Biol Sci 385, laboratory exercises.
Janovy, J. Jr. 1983-91 Zoology Lab, Biol
Sci 112, Editions 1-3, Kinko's, Lincoln, NE 150p.
Janovy, J. Jr. 1991, 1993 Zoology
lab:
a laboratory manual
for Biological Sciences 112. Burgess International Group, Edina,
MN, 165p.
Janovy, J. Jr. 1985-90 Invertebrate Zoology, Biol Sci
381, Editions 1-3, Kinko's, 88p. Janovy,
J. Jr. 1996. Biodiversity. University of Nebraska bookstore. (annual editions through
2005).
Software:
Clopton, R. E. and
J. Janovy, Jr. 1991. FieldStat 1.0 and MacFieldStat
1.0, Hotel Intestine Software,
Lincoln,
NE (Menu
driven statistical package for parasitology
teaching
and research). Upgrades
and
application additions, FieldStat 2.0, 2000.
Popular Magazine Articles:
NEBRASKALand, August, 1976 - Birds of the field - watercolors and text NEBRASKALand, August, 1978- A bird in the hand - watercolors and text NEBRASKALand,
August. 1979 - an excerpt
from
Keith County Journal
Omaha World-Herald, December,
1984, Magazine of the
Midlands long article
on social impressions of Nebraska.
NEBRASKALand
Magazine,
1985, Introductory chapter in
the special issue on
birds. NEBRASKALand,
October, 1988, Prairie Images - text
to accompany John Spence
landscape photographs (excerpt
from a book in progress).
NEBRASKALand,
March,
1990, The Sketchbook - text
to accompany wildlife sketches and
paintings by Robert
Weaver.
YouTube Instructional Videos:
(1) Subscribe
at jjparasite
Examples
of Invited Presentations:
Janovy, J. Jr.
2009. Achievement Centered
Education: ideas for an evolving nation.
Invited kickoff presentation to annual faculty teaching workshop, University
of Missouri College of Agriculture,
Food and Natural
Resources,
January.
Janovy,
J. Jr. 2008. What we teach, what
they learn, and
why anyone should care. Invited
workshop and presentation
on innovation in science teaching. Notre Dame University, November.
Janovy,
J. Jr. 2006. Teaching in Eden: The Cedar Point Lessons.
Paul Olson
Seminar, UN-L
Center for Great Plains
Studies, in February.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2005. Landscape
as
Metaphor. Invited closing presentation for the National Natural Areas Conference, UN-L Center
for Great Plains Studies (Cornhusker Hotel), in September.
Janovy, J. Jr. 2004. The Most Common Way of Life (or, the world through
a parasitologists
eyes).
September,
2004; Arkansas State University, Jonesboro,
AK; College of Sciences and
Mathematics Deans
Distinguished Lecture
Series (invited talk).
Janovy, J. Jr. 2004. Host-parasite systems as indicators of environmental conditions. Mexican
Society
of Parasitologists bi-annual meeting, Tlaxcala, Mexico, October, 2004 (Invited Talk).
Janovy, J. Jr.
2004. Parasite life cycles:
some
evolutionary implications. University of Florida College of Veterinary
Medicine, Gainesville,
FL, November, 2004
(Invited talk).
Janovy, J. Jr. 2004. Classroom
Response
System:
the BIOS 101 experience. UNL Century
Club,
November, 2004; Henzlik
Hall Auditorium demonstration and analysis
of BIOS
101
student performance statistics for
the past five years.
Public Service:
Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum,
former board member and
president. The Nature Conservancy,
Nebraska Chapter, former member state chapter board
of trustees
(8
yrs) and former chair (2 yrs).
Nebraska Audubon Society, former board member.
Lincoln/Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan Committee (2000-02). Lincoln/Lancaster
County Floodplain
Task Force (2001-2002)
Lincoln Mayors
Environmental Advisory Committee (1999-2002) Audubon
Spring Creek
Prairie advisory board, 2010-2014
Numerous speeches
to a large variety of organizations.
Teaching
Philosophy and Accomplishments:
My goal as a teacher is to
produce students who have transferable skills, understand
how ideas and concepts drive intellectual endeavor,
can
write
well, are not afraid of either novelty
or controversy, and who can speak
comfortably
in front of any audience. I believe that at
all levels students must do the tasks of a professional
biologist as an integral
part of learning biology and
that history, sociology, economic conditions,
religion, and the arts all
influence the work of scientists
whether we admit to
such influence or
not. Thus students should understand
and be able to articulate
the way in which these factors affect
our profession. Finally,
professors
have an
obligation to engage students in non-intimidating ways as
part of the mentoring process. These philosophies are addressed in detail in my books On Becoming
a Biologist (Harper and Row, 1985; UNL Press, 2004, 2nd Ed.), Teaching
in Eden (Routledge, 2003),
and Outwitting College Professors (Pearson,
2008).
My accomplishments in undergraduate education and graduate
mentoring include a Distinguished
Teaching Award (1970), Burlington
Northern Teacher-Scholar Award (1990), and most
important, the American
Society
of Parasitologists Clark
P. Read
Mentorship
Award (2003), the latter a
career recognition. I have taught large introductory
classes (150-350) virtually every semester since fall, 1966, instituting such practices
as extensive writing assignments using campus vegetation and museums as material, weekly
student
presentations on outside readings,
and
a large variety of almost idiosyncratic lecture techniques (e.g.
using
junk food wrapper ingredients
lists to teach metabolism), in the process awarding approximately 15,000 grades
and reading
~200,000
pages
of student writing. I was
the first UNL Honors Program
Master Lecturer (1985),
taught
honors seminars for several
years on a variety of unusual subjects (e.g.
The
Evolution of Ideas), was a member
of the universitys
Comprehensive Education Program task
force, and was
chair of
the UNL General
Education Planning
Team
and General Education Advisory Committee developing a
new general education
program
for the university. I was the first Biological Sciences faculty
member to use an electronic classroom response system,
and served initially as an
informal adviser to fellow
faculty members who want to use such technology. I also was
highly instrumental in establishing
the Cedar
Point Biological Station as a main component of
UNL undergraduate
biological sciences education, being director
of that program for a total
of 12 years and teaching
a nationally-unique
course in parasite ecology
(BioSci
487/887, Field Parasitology)
for 33 years.
The work with undergraduate researchers and honors
contract students has
been an extraordinarily satisfying
and remarkably
successful enterprise. Undergraduate students have come
to my lab, on their own,
asking for opportunities to pursue independent study every semester since the fall
of 1966. All of my undergraduate
researchers present at regional,
and
many of them
at national, meetings. Nine of the most recent
twenty
undergraduates from
my lab have published
in peer-reviewed journals. UNL
undergraduates
have ended
up being a major source of
my graduate students. Of my
29 MS and PhD advisees, 14 are women, and
13 were undergraduates at
UNL who either stayed
for the MS or returned
for the PhD after receiving an MS at another
institution. Of these 13, ten now hold faculty positions, four of them have externally funded research
programs, and
three are in
industry or government.
See Janovy CV section
above for the names and
current
positions of these individuals. The University of Nebraska has a large supply
of very
bright
students
who are looking for challenge.
In summary, my main teaching accomplishment
has
been
the recognition of this fact
and the engagement of
many such students in
a very
wide variety of learning activities, always leading to meaningful
careers.
Research Accomplishments:
My
research
program seeks
to determine how numbers and
distributions of parasites are controlled
in nature, with a recent
focus
on the evolution of life cycles and
the consequent movement
of parasitic organisms
through ecosystems. My students and I have used a
variety of eukaryotic
parasite-host systems,
including trypanosomatid flagellates,
helminth species in small fish, and apicomplexan parasites
of
insects. This research
has an
underlying evolutionary component
because it reveals factors directing the flow of parasite tissue into particular environments, thus establishing avenues
for and constraints on evolutionary change.
From 1966-1981, we asked whether certain parasite
physiological traits were associated with infection capabilities
and infection site within a host.
The parasites were trypanosomatid
flagellates, especially members of genus
Leishmania, intracellular
human pathogens with zoonotic potential. We
showed that species occupying
different infection sites
also differed metabolically, even to the enzyme level, that
certain
physiological changes
accompanied adaptation
to mammalian hosts, that these changes
involved production of different
exogenous proteins, and that parasite
species
naturally infective to mammals could alter macrophage function,
thus protecting non-infective
flagellates from
digestion by naοve macrophages (Janovy,
1972; Daggett et al., 1978). By the late
1970s we were zeroing
in on the types of communications, between parasite and host
cell, that
allowed parasite survival
within the hosts defense system (Bhattacharya and Janovy, 1975; Kutish and Janovy, 1981).
But in the late
1970s UNL did not, and would not for several
years,
have infrastructure to support continued research
on human pathogens such
as Leishmania species, so we began exploring
alternate systems provided by opening of the Cedar
Point Biological Station. Long-term studies
of parasite community dynamics
in Fundulus zebrinus,
a small fish, in the highly variable transmission
milieu (South Platte River) showed
that in parasites with complex
life cycles, parasite population
structures were determined
by distant abiotic events
(e.g. Rocky Mountain snow pack), whereas in specialist parasite species with direct
life
cycles, host behavior and ecology
were the major determinants. This work demonstrated that factors other than
individual host-parasite
relationships are of prime importance in
evolution of such eukaryotic
host-parasite systems and
that it is quite impossible to generalize about selective forces acting
on them (Janovy, 2002).
Since the early
1990s, we have continued
study of parasite populations,
communities,
and life cycles, always asking: What can
comparative studies show us about avenues
for and constraints
on evolutionary change in nature? Accomplishments include
demonstration that larval behavior can be the prime causal factor in
establishing host specificity (Snyder and Janovy, 1995),
that parasites once
thought to be rare are actually exceedingly
common
and highly motile in both terrestrial
and aquatic ecosystems (Hanelt et
al., 2001; Hanelt and
Janovy, 2003), and that parasite life cycle transitions
can be regulated by host
diet (Schawang and Janovy, 2001; Schreurs and
Janovy, 2008). In summary, our
work demonstrates clearly that
major evolutionary forces acting
on eukaryotic host-parasite systems in nature are not
necessarily those of paradigmatic factors such as host defense
and parasite
virulence, but instead are those
dictating probabilities of
encounter and transition
between developmental
(life cycle) stages (see Bolek
and Janovy, 2007, 2007a; Langford and
Janovy,
2009).
5. Interview for Joanna Swank, for her blogs
AnyoneCanBeANovelist.com and Askmeaboutmybooks.com
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Website: http://www.johnjanovy.com
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Book
Title: BE CAREFUL, DR. RENNER and
THE STITCHR FILE.
Book
Description:
I have a number
of titles out, but these two are being published
by Vook as
e- books
sometime in the next three weeks.
The
RENNER book is about a perfect
murder at a small, upscale, liberal arts
college in Iowa.
The victim deserves it;
the perps are the least suspected,
but both have every
reason
to see this person gone.
STITCHER
takes place at the
same college,
although this time the murder, related
to the first, is
not so perfect. Gideon Marshall is the chair of
geology at
this college, and hes
dragged into the mess, along
with his ultra-perceptive wife,
a colleague who
could easily be an FBI plant, that colleagues coed paramour, ultra-wealthy
and
powerful donors, a bumbling
campus cop,
and the victims son, an
attorney from Boston,
and his husband, a NSA geek.
A third in this series, The
Gideon Marshall
Mysteries, will probably
be ready next spring.
BOOK
1. Are experiences based
on someone you
know, or events in your own life? In this case,
absolutely yes. You can find all
kinds of sleaze, abuse,
stupidity, and the illusion that someone is above
the law in almost any
university department, and this one (fictitious!) is no different.
You can also hide secrets of enormous economic potential in college file cabinets, and that fact
is also an element of these two books.
2. Can you share a little
of your current work with
us? I have a number
of projects,
both fiction and
non-fiction.
The next fiction
piece Ill send to my agent is one that I finished this week
(finished is a relative term!)
but started back in the 1980s when a
friend said John, nobody cares about
worms and snails. If
you want
people
to read your stuff, you need
to write something full of sex, violence, and
religion. Well, I tried
this on this project, and it turned out to
be fairly scholarly
regardless of the subject (an
arson case with the
alleged perp represented
by a
public defender.)
range
from writing styles,
to marketing techniques, to the
facts that have to support scenes and
actions in the book. For this most recent
work, I studied law
quite a bit.
4. Give us an insight
into your main character. What does
he/she do that is so special?
Gideon Marshall
is a micropaleontologist
at a small liberal arts
college, dragged into
a situation by virtue of bylaws that make him chair of the department when the current chair dies,
ostensibly of a heart attack. He approaches various problems
in a fairly rational
way.
His wife, Mykala, is
exceedingly perceptive
and is constantly coming up with
ideas and observations
that turn out to be true. Marshall is dragged into the
murders, and as the stories progress, he becomes
more and more involved in the investigations, eventually
forcing them
in a particular
direction. As far
as special behavior, Id
say
hes calm, analytical,
and insightful, but when he has to bend
the rules, occasionally quite a bit, it doesnt bother
him to do so.
5. Is there a message
in your novel
that you want readers to grasp? Absolutely, there are several: weapons
of mass destruction start out as ideas and theories; really
smart
people
can produce technology
that is exceedingly dangerous; arrogance and self-importance are actually weapons that others
can use against you; economic
and political power cant always trump intelligence and rationality.
6.
Who edited your book and how did you select him/her?
I did the heavy editing.
I have a friend
in the criminal justice system who
read
both and commented.
My wife read them both and
made some minor changes.
CRAFTING
1. Any tips on how to get through the dreaded writers block? Have several projects going at once and write
every day. Take your best time of the day for your own creative activity
and keep that time sacred.
2. Any tips
on what to do and what
not to do? Dont stop. Write every day. Shut
off the music. Play like
an actor: when its time to assume the character of a great novelist, shut out the world and do it. Pick a favorite
place and be there every day.
3.
Do you aim for a set
amount of words/pages per day? I shoot
for an
hour of hard creative
work every day. I work
more
on time than
on word count.
4. Do you ever get
writers Block? How did
you overcome it? I have yet to
get writers block,
probably
because I have so many projects going
at once.
5. Do you have a special time to write or how
is your
day
structured? I was a college prof (biologist) for
almost 50 years. Depending
on my class schedule,
I would go over to the student
union either first thing
in the morning or immediately
after class. I wrote several books
in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
union, including non-fiction ones published by major publishers.
6. Do you have a specific writing
style? My sentences are too long. I try to be logical.
7. Do you let the
book stew leave it for
a month and
then come back to it to edit? Only
if there is a reason (usually another book
is going better).
8.
Do you proofread/edit
all your own books or do you
get someone to do
that for you? It depends on
the book. I rely quite
a bit on Word auto-correct
and spelling and grammar check.
9.
Do you work to an outline
or plot or do you prefer just see where an
idea
takes you? I have a
sequence in mind,
but I really dont
outline. When I know the ending,
the
rest of the book seems
to flow pretty easily.
10. Do you write every
day, 5 days a week
or as and when? At least five days a week, and Ive
been
doing
that since the late 1960s.
11.
How did you come up with the
title? The RENNER book was first called STICKS AND
STONES, based on the old saying that sticks
and stones may break my bones
but words will
and
cover design, I changed
the title. The STITCHER
book was first titled
THE STITCHER TRAP,
but
my agent suggested FILE
instead,
simply to lend a little more mystery
to it.
12. How long does it take
you to write a book? Depends on the
book. Both of these titles
were National
Novel Writing Month projects (50,000 words in 30 days) but re-written quite a bit after
December 1. Another of my fiction pieces,
TUSKERS,
about the OU vs. NEBRASKA football
game in the year
2090
took almost exactly 6
months and was re-written
very little.
I have projects
that Ive been working
on slowly for years.
13. How much research
do you do? Quite a bit. I read constantly,
several magazines, utilize most of
the libraries in town, etc.
14. Is there anything
you find particularly
challenging
in your writing? Getting people
to buy it? Regardless of the project, they always turn out to be more difficult and time-consuming than you believe at first.
15. What is the easiest thing about writing?
Doing it every day. You get addicted
to the act, the creative act.
16. What is the hardest thing
about writing? I believe that at
some
point you have to learn
to back away from
your creative miracle and
treat
it like some editor would.
I believe that Ive learned
to do that, but for a lot of
people thats a very difficult transition
to make.
17. What made you decide to sit down and
actually start something? I was bored
with my job.
18.
What
were the challenges (research, literary,
psychological,
and logistical) in bringing it to
life? Dialog
is always a challenge, and I study
a lot of dialog in published books. Ask yourself:
what does John Grisham get
by with?
MARKETING
1. Any amusing
story about marketing books that happened
to you? Not really. Ive tried a lot of things and
am not sure they work all
that well. During the summer of 2013 I was
traveling
quite a bit between Lincoln,
NE and the Universitys research facility in Keith County, about 300
miles west. I put a sign in the back
window of my pickup:
STARTING SCHOOL? YOU NEED
OUTWITTING COLLEGE
PROFESSOR FROM AMAZON.COM. OUTWITTING is one of my self-published
books, avail in e-book and paperback. Every
time I was out on
the highway with that sign, there was
a small flurry
of sales.
2. Did you do a press
release, Goodreads
book launch or anything
else to promote your work and
did it work? I havent,
but Vook will with these two Gideon
Marshall mysteries. When I published
traditional books with traditional
publishers, especially back
in the 1980s and 1990s, they did
some
press releases and
contacted local radio
and television stations.
3. Did you get
interviewed by local press/radio for your book launch? Not yet for
these two books, but
I did quite
a bit of that back
in the 1980s and 90s. Advice:
practice talking
to a
camera!
4. Did you make any marketing mistakes or is there anything you would avoid in future? Im not sure
Id
pay for marketing
services, or pay very
much for advertising.
5. Do you have a strategy for finding reviewers? I have a couple
of other authors
who trade reviews.
6.
Do you have a trailer or do you intend to create
one
for your own
book/s? Yes, I create blurbs, and
write query letters.
7.
Do you have any advice
for other authors
on how to market their
books? Use social media,
exploit your friends, and never be ashamed (shameless
self-promotion
is part of the business.)
8.
Do you think that giving books
away
free works and why?
It depends. With
OUTWITTING
COLLEGE PROFESSOR, I
sent out a bunch
of copies to college newspapers and
end up selling a bunch. I also
give
books to select individuals mainly
to sustain a reputation as a writer. And I also
give them to students who work in my lab or office.
10. How are you published? Self,
Vanity or Traditional
Self
and traditional. I would never pay to have a
book published, and self-publishing outlets like kindle, smashwords,
and
createspace really dont cost anything. However, you do need
to get up to speed on formatting and sometimes on cover
design.
11. Is there any
marketing
technique
you used that had an immediate
impact on your sales figures?
Not
really. I do
keep
up the social media work.
12.
What
do you think of trailers for
books? Probably not effective, at least for
mine, but they might
work for romance.
13. What part
of your writing time do you devote to marketing
your book? Tired time.
I try not to be obsessive
about it, but whenever
the
opportunity arises I hit social media fairly hard.
14.
Whats
your views on social media for marketing? DO IT!!!
15. Which social network worked
best for you? I dont really
know, but I use Facebook and
Twitter
fairly
often.
16. Who designed your book cover/s? In
the
case of the RENNER and
STITCHER books, I designed the covers for the first editions,
but once my agent decided
to handle them as e-books,
she recommended a designer. I thought
the results were really nice and Im
happy with them. I got
both designs for about $220.
17. Would you or do you use a PR agency? I would
never
pay
an
agency anything except a fraction of
your earnings after the
fact.
PERSONAL
1. Are there any
new
authors
that have grasped your interest? Not really. I study fiction
in the library, pretending
to be a traditional editor or
literary agent, asking whether the first five pages would make me offer that writer several thousand
dollars as an advance.
2. As a child,
what did you want to do when you grew up?
Be a naturalist. Thats
in the opening paragraphs
of my book ON BECOMING
A BIOLOGIST.
3. Do you have any advice for
other writers? Write
constantly. Study what others do. Learn to analyze literary
techniques
used by other writers
(how did they start a book, a chapter, etc.?)
4. Do you have anything
specific that you want to say
to your readers? Thankyou!!!
5. Do you read
much
and if so who are your favorite
authors. I read constantly,
but nowadays its mostly The New
Yorker, Harpers, and
other magazines. I have read a lot of non-fiction
and some of that has influenced
me greatly.
At one time I read all
of Graham Greene, all of
John Barth, a lot of Alan Drury, and all
the short stories of Somerset
Maugham. I have a reading list link
on my
web site of books that have made a truly
major impact on my thinking and behavior.
6. Do you recall
how your interest in writing
originated? Ive always been a reader, and Ive always
spent time alone doing something creative, even
as
a child.
7. Do you see writing
as a
career? Im
working hard at
it, now at the age of 76.
8. How do
you relax? Vodka.
9. If you had
to choose, which writer would
you consider a mentor? Probably Norman Mailer for his non-fiction (OF A
FIRE ON THE MOON, in particular)
10. What advice would
you give to aspiring writers? Get tough skin or quit. Get really
tough skin or quit.
11. What are your
ambitions for your writing career? When
my first book was published (KEITH
COUNTY JOURNAL, in 1978, by St. Martins
Press) I vowed
to write seriously
and never write another grant
proposal again. When I retired,
in 2011,
I had a 1-year, 5-year,
and 10-year plan, assuming
I lived long enough and stayed
healthy. The 1-year was
to get
that damned textbook
new agent and get
one piece of fiction
published by a traditional
publisher; not really accomplished, but with these
Gideon Marshall mysteries being
handled by my agent as e-books, thats a foot in the door. The
10-year plan is to get rich and
famous
(hasnt happened
yet!).
12. What does your family
think of your writing? Wife:
depends entirely on the project; she
prefers my non-fiction
but loved RENNER and STITCHER.
Oldest daughter (journalist): we dont talk
much about writing; she has
hers and I have mine. Youngest
daughter (editor with ESPN): appreciates it, especially TUSKERS,
which my agent tried very hard,
but unsuccessfully, to sell.
13. What draws you to this genre? I am a scientist. Scientists
work on problems, mysteries. It seemed
natural.
14. What genre are your books? My non-fiction
ranges from
natural history (KEITH COUNTY JOURNAL, VERMILION
SEA), to educational theory (TEACHING IN EDEN), to age
group athletics (FIELD OF FRIENDLY
STRIFE). Some of
my fiction is sci fi (TUSKERS; CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN GOD AND SATAN), a ghost/sci
fi combo (DINKLES LIFE:
A
SPIRITUAL
BIOGRAPHY), and
semi-intellectual mystery (RENNER and STITCHER).
15. What is your work schedule
like when you're writing? Im likely to be
at it 24/7, although most of the time my really creative work
is done between 8 and
10 in the morning.
16. What was
one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your
books? That I could actually
do it.
17. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk? I dont
know that I have any
habits
anyone would find interesting. I work best
with really dark coffee and a couple
of pieces of dark chocolate at my favorite place in the
UNL student union.
18.
When
did you first realize you wanted
to be a writer?
I believe it was more a case of
deciding that
I could
be, rather than wanted to be.
Scientists
write all the time anyway, in different
genre.
19. When did you write your first book and
how old were you? I believe that I wrote a very
long story when I was
in junior high, having to do with drilling
a well
(my father was a petroleum
geologist). I wrote my first piece of serious
fiction, with the intent to get it published,
in the late
1960s,
inspired by the student unrest during the Vietnam days. Its buried in the files, just
like everyone elses
first novel.
20.
Where can
you see yourself in 5 years time? Rich, famous, and
82 years old.
21. Who is your favorite author and what
is it that really strikes you about their
work? I like John Grisham as a fiction
writer because he seems to have a style,
and
a narrative technique, that I can
analyze. I have a number of favorite
non-fiction authors, but Karen Armstrong
and Barbara Tuchman
are
a couple of good ones.
22.
Why do you write? Because I want to, and
believe that I have something to
say.
23. Did you format your own book? Yes.
24. Is there anything
else you would like to add that I havent
included? All of the writers I know,
people who actually behave like writers whether they
are
making a living at it
or not, are supremely self-confident. If I had any
real take-home advice, it would
be to be confident than you can
accomplish anything you set your mind to, whether thats
true or not.
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