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Heileen Hsu-Kim
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Heileen (Helen) Hsu-Kim is an environmental engineer who specializes in environmental aquatic chemistry and geochemistry. Her research tackles problems related to pollutant metals and the biogeochemical processes that alter their distribution in water, soil, and air. The applications of this work include environmental remediation technologies, the impacts of energy production on water resources, global environmental health, and the environmental implications and applications of nanotechnology.
Dr. Hsu-Kim's current research projects are focused on mercury biogeochemistry, the impacts of coal ash disposal on water quality, recovering valuable materials from geological wastes, and health impacts of trace metal/metalloid exposures. A central theme to her work is the utilization of chemical speciation for understanding and predicting the persistence, mobility and bioavailability of metals and minerals in the aquatic environment.
The methodologies her group employs for this research include laboratory techniques for quantifying trace element speciation, functional measures of reactivity and bioavailability of contaminant metals, and techniques to probe interactions at mineral, water and microbial interfaces.
Current Research Interests
Aquatic chemistry and geochemistry, trace element environmental chemistry, nanogeoscience, mercury biogeochemistry, water-particle surface processes.
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2019
Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2014
118A Hudson Hall, Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287
hsukim@duke.edu (919) 660-5109
http://hsukim.pratt.duke.edu/
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley 2004
M.S., University of California - Berkeley 1999
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1998
Sternberg Family Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2020 - 2021
Addy Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2019 - 2020
Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2013 - 2019
Mary Milus Yoh and Harold L. Yoh, Jr. Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2014 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2011 - 2014
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering 2005 - 2013
NOV 19, 2021 Pratt School of Engineering
Identifying Exposure Risks from Common Household Chemicals in Durham Homes
JUL 27, 2021 International & Global Studies
An Exciting Step Toward a Shared Research-Policy Agenda in 'Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining'
FEB 10, 2021 Pratt School of Engineering
Re-Engineering the Consumer Product Life Cycle
DEC 12, 2019 Pratt School of Engineering
Where Gold Mining Grows in Peru, Deforestation, Erosion and Toxic Mercury Follows
MAY 28, 2019 Pratt School of Engineering
What Researchers Are Watching Out For This Hurricane Season
JUL 20, 2017 Pratt School of Engineering
Studying Superfunds: Duke Environmental Engineers Investigate How Super-Polluted Areas Affect Early Human Health
JUN 27, 2016 The News & Observer
Duke researchers: N.C. coal ash could be a resource, not just a hazard
Appalachian Coal Ash Richest in Critical Rare Earth Elements
Oxygen Key to Containing Coal Ash Contamination
JAN 22, 2015 NPR's "All Things Considered"
Going for the gold sends mercury down the river
Mercury from Gold Mines Accumulates Hundreds of Miles Downstream
Study Eyes Health Risks Of Drilling And Mining In Peru
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. President of the United States of America. 2011
Aerobiosis
Air Pollutants
Bacteria, Anaerobic
Benzopyrans
Chemical Hazard Release
Chemical Precipitation
Chromans
Coal-fired power plants
Desulfovibrio
Ecological and Environmental Processes
Environmental Pollutants
Ferrous Compounds
Geologic Sediments
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
Mercury Compounds
Mercury Isotopes
Metal Nanoparticles
Metalloids
Metals, Heavy
Methylmercury Compounds
Models, Chemical
Neural Networks (Computer)
Osmolar Concentration
Photochemical Processes
Radioactive Pollutants
Soil Pollutants
Strontium Isotopes
Water Movements
Water Pollutants, Chemical
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Zinc Compounds
Global Scholarship
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Country)
Peru (Country)
United States of America (Country)
Customized Approaches for Evaluating and Reducing Chemical Exposures from Home Building Materials awarded by Department of Housing and Urban Development 2022 - 2024
Duke University Program in Environmental Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2024
AOI 1: Characterization of Arsenic and Selenium in Coal Fly Ash to Improve Evaluations for Disposal and Reuse Potential awarded by Department of Energy 2019 - 2022
Convergence RAISE: Harnessing Extracellular Vesicle Mediated Interkingdom Communication awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2022
Development of Predictive Capabilities for Mercury Bioavailability and Methylation Potential in Aquatic Ecosystems awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2021 - 2022
Application of Biosorption for REE Recovery from Coal Byproducts awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2018 - 2021
Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2021
Support to Applied Field Research Initiative at Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Immobilization of Elemental Mercury in Contaminated Soils via Mercury Sulfide Formation awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2016 - 2021
Biogeochemical Framework to Evaluate Mercury Methylation Potential During in-situ Remediation of Contaminated Sediments awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2014 - 2021
Net Methylation Potential of Mercury Sulfides for Different Groups of the Methylating Microbial Community awarded by Department of Energy 2018 - 2020
SusChEM: Collaborative Research: Coal Ash Wastes as a Resource for Critical and Strategic Elements awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2020
AOI 1: Predicting Trace Element Partitioning and Fate for Coal-Fired Power Plants Under Steady and Non-Steady State Operations awarded by Carnegie Mellon University 2018 - 2019
Duke University Program in Environmental Health awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2013 - 2019
Support for the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Science: Water awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2018 - 2019
Cooperative Program in Nanomaterials Hazard and Exposure Assessment Traineeships (NanoHEAT) awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2015 - 2018
Earth Metal Extraction for Clean Technologies awarded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 2018
REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018
Impact of El Nino on Environmental Mercury and Human Exposure awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2018
Workshop to Integrate of Research and Policy of Environmental Mercury Contamination in Ecosystems awarded by Department of Energy 2017 - 2018
AOI 1: Novel Membrane and Electrodeposition-Based Separation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues awarded by Department of Energy 2016 - 2018
Nanoscale Mercury Sulfide-Organic Matter Interactions and Implications for Solubility and Biomethylation awarded by Department of Energy 2011 - 2017
Novel Technologies to Improve the Management of Environmental Resources in the Global Marketplace awarded by Research Triangle Institute International 2016
Linking measurements of mercury uptake in DGTs with bioavailability to methylating microorganisms at the South River Site, Virginia awarded by Texas Tech University 2014 - 2016
Collaborative Research: Characterization of Contaminants and Isotopic Tracers Associated with Coal Combustion Products awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2016
Legacy impacts of coal combustion residues on freshwater ecosystems in North Carolina awarded by Water Resources Research Institute 2015 - 2016
Influence of Chelating Ligands for the Aggregation, Dissolution and Bioavailability of Soluble Nanomaterials awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2015
Studies in Support of South River VA Remedial Planning awarded by Texas Tech University 2014
REU: Research Experience for Undergraudates on Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2014
Bioavailability and Methylation Potential of Mercury Sulfides in Sediments awarded by Strategic Environmental Research & Development Program 2010 - 2014
Mercury and Metal Contamination from Historical Mining at South American Urban Communities awarded by Environmental Protection Agency 2011 - 2013
FEMMES 2012 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science) awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation 2011 - 2012
Occurrence and Stabilization of Colloidal and Nanoparticulate Mercury Sulfides awarded by Department of Energy 2010 - 2012
To Support FEMMES 2008 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science) awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina 2007 - 2011
Environmental effects of the coal ash spill and remediation at Kingston TN awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2010
FEMMES 2008 (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science) awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation 2007 - 2008
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
Gordon Research Conferences
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Virginia Tech National Center for Earth and Environmental Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NanoEarth)
Koenigsmark, Faye, Caren Weinhouse, Axel J. Berky, Ana Maria Morales, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Eric M. Pierce, William K. Pan, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Efficacy of Hair Total Mercury Content as a Biomarker of Methylmercury Exposure to Communities in the Area of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Madre de Dios, Peru." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 24 (December 18, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182413350.
Hower, J. C., J. G. Groppo, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. K. Taggart. "Signatures of rare earth element distributions in fly ash derived from the combustion of Central Appalachian, Illinois, and Powder River basin coals." Fuel 301 (October 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121048.
Wang, Lu, Danielle F. Mello, Robert M. Zucker, Nelson A. Rivera, Nicholas M. K. Rogers, Nicholas K. Geitner, William K. Boyes, Mark R. Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel N. Meyer. "Lack of Detectable Direct Effects of Silver and Silver Nanoparticles on Mitochondria in Mouse Hepatocytes." Environmental Science & Technology, August 4, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c02295.
McMillan, Hannah M., Nicholas Rogers, Austin Wadle, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Mark R. Wiesner, Meta J. Kuehn, and Christine Ogilvie Hendren. "Microbial vesicle-mediated communication: convergence to understand interactions within and between domains of life." Environ Sci Process Impacts 23, no. 5 (May 26, 2021): 664–77. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1em00022e.
Dong, Ziye, Gauthier Deblonde, Andrew Middleton, Dehong Hu, Alice Dohnalkova, Libor Kovarik, Odeta Qafoku, et al. "Microbe-Encapsulated Silica Gel Biosorbents for Selective Extraction of Scandium from Coal Byproducts." Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 9 (May 2021): 6320–28. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08632.
Hower, J. C., J. G. Groppo, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. K. Taggart. "Distribution of rare earth elements in fly ash derived from the combustion of Illinois Basin coals." Fuel 289 (April 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119990.
Weinhouse, Caren, John A. Gallis, Ernesto Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Ana Maria Morales, Sarah E. Diringer, James Harrington, et al. "A population-based mercury exposure assessment near an artisanal and small-scale gold mining site in the Peruvian Amazon." Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 31, no. 1 (February 2021): 126–36. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-020-0234-2.
Pan, William K., Caren Weinhouse, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Emma Fixsen, Andres Mallipudi, Beth J. Feingold, et al. "CoNaMad-Cohorte de Nacimiento de Madre de Dios/Madre de Dios Birth Cohort to Study Effects of in-utero Trace Metals Exposure in the Southern Peruvian Amazon." Annals of Global Health 87, no. 1 (January 2021): 69. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3152.
Alipanah, M., D. M. Park, A. Middleton, Z. Dong, H. Hsu-Kim, Y. Jiao, and H. Jin. "Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessments for Sustainable Rare Earth Recovery from Coal Byproducts using Biosorption." Acs Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 8, no. 49 (December 14, 2020): 17914–22. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04415.
Kose-Mutlu, Borte, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Mark R. Wiesner. "Separation of rare earth elements from mixed-metal feedstocks by micelle enhanced ultrafiltration with sodium dodecyl sulfate." Environmental Technology, September 22, 2020, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1812732.
Berky, Axel J., Emily Robie, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Joel N. Meyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William K. Pan. "Evaluation of Peruvian Government Interventions to Reduce Childhood Anemia." Annals of Global Health 86, no. 1 (August 13, 2020): 98. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2896.
Gerson, J. R., L. C. Naslund, Y. T. Liu, H. Hsu-Kim, C. T. Driscoll, M. R. V. Ross, M. N. Waters, and E. S. Bernhardt. "Mercury and selenium loading in mountaintop mining impacted alkaline streams and riparian food webs." Biogeochemistry 150, no. 1 (August 1, 2020): 109–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00690-7.
Middleton, A., D. M. Park, Y. Jiao, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Major element composition controls rare earth element solubility during leaching of coal fly ash and coal by-products." International Journal of Coal Geology 227 (July 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103532.
Park, D., A. Middleton, R. Smith, G. Deblonde, D. Laudal, N. Theaker, H. Hsu-Kim, and Y. Jiao. "A biosorption-based approach for selective extraction of rare earth elements from coal byproducts." Separation and Purification Technology 241 (June 15, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116726.
Reuben, Aaron, Helena Frischtak, Axel Berky, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Ana Maria Morales, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Laura L. Pendergast, and William K. Pan. "Elevated Hair Mercury Levels Are Associated With Neurodevelopmental Deficits in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Peru." Geohealth 4, no. 5 (May 21, 2020): e2019GH000222. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gh000222.
Diana, Zoie, Natasha Sawickij, Nelson A. Rivera, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Daniel Rittschof. "Plastic pellets trigger feeding responses in sea anemones." Aquatic Toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 222 (May 2020): 105447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105447.
Feingold, Beth J., Axel Berky, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Elvis Rojas Jurado, and William K. Pan. "Population-based dietary exposure to mercury through fish consumption in the Southern Peruvian Amazon." Environmental Research 183 (April 2020): 108720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108720.
Wang, Z., R. M. Coyte, G. S. Dwyer, L. S. Ruhl, H. Hsu-Kim, J. C. Hower, and A. Vengosh. "Distinction of strontium isotope ratios between water-soluble and bulk coal fly ash from the United States." International Journal of Coal Geology 222 (April 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103464.
Avellan, Astrid, Marie Simonin, Steven M. Anderson, Nicholas K. Geitner, Nathan Bossa, Eleanor Spielman-Sun, Emily S. Bernhardt, et al. "Differential Reactivity of Copper- and Gold-Based Nanomaterials Controls Their Seasonal Biogeochemical Cycling and Fate in a Freshwater Wetland Mesocosm." Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 3 (February 2020): 1533–44. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b05097.
Diringer, Sarah E., Axel J. Berky, Marco Marani, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Osman Karatum, Desiree L. Plata, William K. Pan, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Deforestation Due to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Exacerbates Soil and Mercury Mobilization in Madre de Dios, Peru." Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 1 (January 2020): 286–96. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06620.
Mello, Danielle F., Rafael Trevisan, Nelson Rivera, Nicholas K. Geitner, Richard T. Di Giulio, Mark R. Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel N. Meyer. "Caveats to the use of MTT, neutral red, Hoechst and Resazurin to measure silver nanoparticle cytotoxicity." Chemico Biological Interactions 315 (January 2020): 108868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2019.108868.
Volkoff, Savannah J., Joshua S. Osterberg, Nishad Jayasundara, Ellen Cooper, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Laura Rogers, Gretchen E. Gehrke, Saro Jayaraman, and Richard T. Di Giulio. "Embryonic Fundulus heteroclitus responses to sediment extracts from differentially contaminated sites in the Elizabeth River, VA." Ecotoxicology (London, England) 28, no. 9 (November 2019): 1126–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-019-02116-z.
Redfern, Lauren K., Courtney M. Gardner, Emina Hodzic, P Lee Ferguson, Helen Hsu-Kim, and Claudia K. Gunsch. "A new framework for approaching precision bioremediation of PAH contaminated soils." Journal of Hazardous Materials 378 (October 2019): 120859. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.120859.
Rivera, Nelson A., Paige M. Bippus, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Relative Reactivity and Bioavailability of Mercury Sorbed to or Coprecipitated with Aged Iron Sulfides." Environmental Science & Technology 53, no. 13 (July 2019): 7391–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b00768.
Smith, Ryan C., Ross K. Taggart, James C. Hower, Mark R. Wiesner, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Selective Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash Leachates Using Liquid Membrane Processes." Environmental Science & Technology 53, no. 8 (April 5, 2019): 4490–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b00539.
Hower, J. C., D. Qian, N. J. Briot, E. Santillan-Jimenez, M. M. Hood, R. K. Taggart, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Nano-scale rare earth distribution in fly ash derived from the combustion of the fire clay coal, kentucky." Minerals 9, no. 4 (April 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/min9040206.
Berky, Axel J., Ian T. Ryde, Beth Feingold, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Lauren H. Wyatt, Caren Weinhouse, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Joel N. Meyer, and William K. Pan. "Predictors of mitochondrial DNA copy number and damage in a mercury-exposed rural Peruvian population near artisanal and small-scale gold mining: An exploratory study." Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 60, no. 2 (March 2019): 197–210. https://doi.org/10.1002/em.22244.
Wyatt, Lauren, Sallie Robey Permar, Ernesto Ortiz, Axel Berky, Christopher W. Woods, Genevieve Fouda Amouou, Hannah Itell, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William Pan. "Mercury Exposure and Poor Nutritional Status Reduce Response to Six Expanded Program on Immunization Vaccines in Children: An Observational Cohort Study of Communities Affected by Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon." Int J Environ Res Public Health 16, no. 4 (February 21, 2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040638.
Zhang, T., G. V. Lowry, N. L. Capiro, J. Chen, W. Chen, Y. Chen, D. D. Dionysiou, et al. "In situ remediation of subsurface contamination: Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology and advanced materials." Environmental Science: Nano 6, no. 5 (January 1, 2019): 1283–1302. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9en00143c.
Kose Mutlu, B., B. Cantoni, A. Turolla, M. Antonelli, H. Hsu-Kim, and M. R. Wiesner. "Application of nanofiltration for Rare Earth Elements recovery from coal fly ash leachate: Performance and cost evaluation." Chemical Engineering Journal 349 (October 1, 2018): 309–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.05.080.
Taggart, Ross K., Nelson A. Rivera, Clément Levard, Jean-Paul Ambrosi, Daniel Borschneck, James C. Hower, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Differences in bulk and microscale yttrium speciation in coal combustion fly ash." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 20, no. 10 (October 2018): 1390–1403. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8em00264a.
Chen, Celia Y., Charles T. Driscoll, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Chris S. Eckley, David A. Gay, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan E. Keane, et al. "A Critical Time for Mercury Science to Inform Global Policy." Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 17 (September 2018): 9556–61. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02286.
Geitner, Nicholas K., Jane L. Cooper, Astrid Avellan, Benjamin T. Castellon, Brittany G. Perrotta, Nathan Bossa, Marie Simonin, et al. "Size-Based Differential Transport, Uptake, and Mass Distribution of Ceria (CeO2) Nanoparticles in Wetland Mesocosms." Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 17 (September 2018): 9768–76. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b02040.
Ndu, Udonna, Geoff A. Christensen, Nelson A. Rivera, Caitlin M. Gionfriddo, Marc A. Deshusses, Dwayne A. Elias, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Quantification of Mercury Bioavailability for Methylation Using Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Samplers." Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 15 (August 2018): 8521–29. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00647.
Taggart, R. K., J. C. Hower, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Effects of roasting additives and leaching parameters on the extraction of rare earth elements from coal fly ash." International Journal of Coal Geology 196 (August 1, 2018): 106–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.06.021.
King, J. F., R. K. Taggart, R. C. Smith, J. C. Hower, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Aqueous acid and alkaline extraction of rare earth elements from coal combustion ash." International Journal of Coal Geology 195 (July 1, 2018): 75–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.05.009.
Schwartz, Grace E., James C. Hower, Allison L. Phillips, Nelson Rivera, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Ranking Coal Ash Materials for Their Potential to Leach Arsenic and Selenium: Relative Importance of Ash Chemistry and Site Biogeochemistry." Environmental Engineering Science 35, no. 7 (July 2018): 728–38. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2017.0347.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Chris S. Eckley, and Noelle E. Selin. "Modern science of a legacy problem: mercury biogeochemical research after the Minamata Convention." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 20, no. 4 (April 2018): 582–83. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8em90016g.
Hower, J. C., D. Qian, N. J. Briot, K. R. Henke, M. M. Hood, R. K. Taggart, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Rare earth element associations in the Kentucky State University stoker ash." International Journal of Coal Geology 189 (March 15, 2018): 75–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.02.022.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Chris S. Eckley, Dario Achá, Xinbin Feng, Cynthia C. Gilmour, Sofi Jonsson, and Carl P. J. Mitchell. "Challenges and opportunities for managing aquatic mercury pollution in altered landscapes." Ambio 47, no. 2 (March 2018): 141–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-017-1006-7.
Avellan, Astrid, John P. Stegemeier, Ke Gai, James Dale, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Clément Levard, Dennis O'Rear, Thomas P. Hoelen, and Gregory V. Lowry. "Speciation of Mercury in Selected Areas of the Petroleum Value Chain." Environmental Science & Technology 52, no. 3 (February 2018): 1655–64. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b05066.
Gerson, J. R., C. T. Driscoll, H. Hsu-Kim, and E. S. Bernhardt. "Senegalese artisanal gold mining leads to elevated total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in soils, sediments, and rivers." Elementa 6 (January 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.274.
Lefèvre, Emilie, Nathan Bossa, Courtney M. Gardner, Gretchen E. Gehrke, Ellen M. Cooper, Heather M. Stapleton, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Claudia K. Gunsch. "Biochar and activated carbon act as promising amendments for promoting the microbial debromination of tetrabromobisphenol A." Water Research 128 (January 2018): 102–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.047.
Wyatt, Lauren, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Beth Feingold, Axel Berky, Sarah Diringer, Ana Maria Morales, Elvis Rojas Jurado, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William Pan. "Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with Elevated Mercury Exposure in Peruvian Riverine Communities Upstream and Downstream of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12 (December 15, 2017). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121582.
Weinhouse, Caren, Ernesto J. Ortiz, Axel J. Berky, Paige Bullins, John Hare-Grogg, Laura Rogers, Ana-Maria Morales, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and William K. Pan. "Hair Mercury Level is Associated with Anemia and Micronutrient Status in Children Living Near Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon." The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 97, no. 6 (December 2017): 1886–97. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.17-0269.
Jiang, Chuanjia, Benjamin T. Castellon, Cole W. Matson, George R. Aiken, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Relative Contributions of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles and Dissolved Copper to Cu Uptake Kinetics of Gulf Killifish (Fundulus grandis) Embryos." Environmental Science & Technology 51, no. 3 (February 2017): 1395–1404. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04672.
Hower, J. C., M. M. Hood, R. K. Taggart, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Chemistry and petrology of paired feed coal and combustion ash from anthracite-burning stoker boilers." Fuel 199 (January 1, 2017): 438–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.03.007.
Schwartz, Grace E., Lauren K. Redfern, Kaoru Ikuma, Claudia K. Gunsch, Laura S. Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Impacts of coal ash on methylmercury production and the methylating microbial community in anaerobic sediment slurries." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 18, no. 11 (November 2016): 1427–39. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6em00458j.
Maurer, Laura L., Xinyu Yang, Adam J. Schindler, Ross K. Taggart, Chuanjia Jiang, Heileen Hsu-Kim, David R. Sherwood, and Joel N. Meyer. "Intracellular trafficking pathways in silver nanoparticle uptake and toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans." Nanotoxicology 10, no. 7 (September 2016): 831–35. https://doi.org/10.3109/17435390.2015.1110759.
Matson, Cole W., Audrey J. Bone, Mélanie Auffan, T Ty Lindberg, Mariah C. Arnold, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Mark R. Wiesner, and Richard T. Di Giulio. "Silver toxicity across salinity gradients: the role of dissolved silver chloride species (AgCl x ) in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) and medaka (Oryzias latipes) early life-stage toxicity." Ecotoxicology (London, England) 25, no. 6 (August 2016): 1105–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1665-3.
McEwen, Abigail R., Heileen Hsu-Kim, Nicholas A. Robins, Nicole A. Hagan, Susan Halabi, Olivo Barras, Daniel deB Richter, and John J. Vandenberg. "Residential metal contamination and potential health risks of exposure in adobe brick houses in Potosí, Bolivia." The Science of the Total Environment 562 (August 2016): 237–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.152.
Taggart, Ross K., James C. Hower, Gary S. Dwyer, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Trends in the Rare Earth Element Content of U.S.-Based Coal Combustion Fly Ashes." Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 11 (June 2016): 5919–26. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00085.
Gai, Ke, Thomas P. Hoelen, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Gregory V. Lowry. "Mobility of Four Common Mercury Species in Model and Natural Unsaturated Soils." Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 7 (April 2016): 3342–51. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04247.
Schwartz, G. E., N. Rivera, S. W. Lee, J. M. Harrington, J. C. Hower, K. E. Levine, A. Vengosh, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Leaching potential and redox transformations of arsenic and selenium in sediment microcosms with fly ash." Applied Geochemistry 67 (April 1, 2016): 177–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.02.013.
Wyatt, Lauren H., Sarah E. Diringer, Laura A. Rogers, Heileen Hsu-Kim, William K. Pan, and Joel N. Meyer. "Antagonistic Growth Effects of Mercury and Selenium in Caenorhabditis elegans Are Chemical-Species-Dependent and Do Not Depend on Internal Hg/Se Ratios." Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 6 (March 3, 2016): 3256–64. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b06044.
Di Giulio, R. T., E. S. Bernhardt, A. Vengosh, H. Hsu-Kim, and J. E. Brandt. "Legacy impacts of coal combusion residues in freshwater ecosystems in North Carolina." Water Resources Research Institute News of the University of North Carolina, no. 464 (March 1, 2016).
Lee, Sung-Woo, Gregory V. Lowry, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 18, no. 2 (February 2016): 176–89. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5em00561b.
Wilcox, J., B. Wang, E. Rupp, R. Taggart, H. Hsu-Kim, M. L. S. Oliveira, C. M. N. L. Cutruneo, et al. "Observations and Assessment of Fly Ashes from High-Sulfur Bituminous Coals and Blends of High-Sulfur Bituminous and Subbituminous Coals: Environmental Processes Recorded at the Macro- and Nanometer Scale." Energy and Fuels 29, no. 11 (November 19, 2015): 7168–77. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02033.
Deonarine, Amrika, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Tong Zhang, Yong Cai, and Curtis J. Richardson. "Legacy source of mercury in an urban stream-wetland ecosystem in central North Carolina, USA." Chemosphere 138 (November 2015): 960–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.038.
Pham, Anh Le-Tuan, Carol Johnson, Devon Manley, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Influence of Sulfide Nanoparticles on Dissolved Mercury and Zinc Quantification by Diffusive Gradient in Thin-Film Passive Samplers." Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 21 (November 2015): 12897–903. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02774.
Lauer, Nancy E., James C. Hower, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Ross K. Taggart, and Avner Vengosh. "Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in Coals and Coal Combustion Residuals in the United States." Environmental Science & Technology 49, no. 18 (September 2, 2015): 11227–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01978.
Kucharzyk, Katarzyna H., Marc A. Deshusses, Kaitlyn A. Porter, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Relative contributions of mercury bioavailability and microbial growth rate on net methylmercury production by anaerobic mixed cultures." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 17, no. 9 (September 2015): 1568–77. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5em00174a.
Ticknor, Jonathan L., Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Kaitlyn A. Porter, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Thiol-Based Selective Extraction Assay to Comparatively Assess Bioavailable Mercury in Sediments." Environmental Engineering Science 32, no. 7 (July 2015): 564–73. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2014.0526.
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan Halabi, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Enrique Ecos, Daniel Richter, and John Vandenberg. "Mercury hair levels and factors that influence exposure for residents of Huancavelica, Peru." Environmental Geochemistry and Health 37, no. 3 (June 2015): 507–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9665-9.
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Speciation and bioaccessibility of mercury in adobe bricks and dirt floors in Huancavelica, Peru." Environmental Geochemistry and Health 37, no. 2 (April 2015): 263–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-014-9644-1.
Diringer, Sarah E., Beth J. Feingold, Ernesto J. Ortiz, John A. Gallis, Julio M. Araújo-Flores, Axel Berky, William K. Y. Pan, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "River transport of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining and risks for dietary mercury exposure in Madre de Dios, Peru." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 17, no. 2 (February 2015): 478–87. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4em00567h.
Ruhl, Laura S., Gary S. Dwyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, James C. Hower, and Avner Vengosh. "Boron and strontium isotopic characterization of coal combustion residuals: validation of new environmental tracers." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 24 (December 4, 2014): 14790–98. https://doi.org/10.1021/es503746v.
Jiang, Chuanjia, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Direct in situ measurement of dissolved zinc in the presence of zinc oxide nanoparticles using anodic stripping voltammetry." Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts 16, no. 11 (November 2014): 2536–44. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4em00278d.
Zhang, Tong, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Bojeong Kim, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Net methylation of mercury in estuarine sediment microcosms amended with dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 16 (August 2014): 9133–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/es500336j.
Arnold, M. C., T Ty Lindberg, Y. T. Liu, K. A. Porter, H. Hsu-Kim, D. E. Hinton, and R. T. Di Giulio. "Bioaccumulation and speciation of selenium in fish and insects collected from a mountaintop removal coal mining-impacted stream in West Virginia." Ecotoxicology (London, England) 23, no. 5 (July 2014): 929–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-014-1236-4.
Pham, A. L. T., A. Morris, T. Zhang, J. Ticknor, C. Levard, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Precipitation of nanoscale mercuric sulfides in the presence of natural organic matter: Structural properties, aggregation, and biotransformation." Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 133 (May 15, 2014): 204–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.02.027.
Yang, Xinyu, Chuanjia Jiang, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Appala Raju Badireddy, Michael Dykstra, Mark Wiesner, David E. Hinton, and Joel N. Meyer. "Silver nanoparticle behavior, uptake, and toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans: effects of natural organic matter." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 6 (March 10, 2014): 3486–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/es404444n.
Ticknor, Jonathan L., Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Marc A. Deshusses. "A robust framework to predict mercury speciation in combustion flue gases." Journal of Hazardous Materials 264 (January 2014): 380–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.052.
Liu, Yu-Ting, Tsan-Yao Chen, William Greer Mackebee, Laura Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Selenium speciation in coal ash spilled at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston site." Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 24 (December 4, 2013): 14001–9. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4041557.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Tong Zhang, and Marc A. Deshusses. "Mechanisms regulating mercury bioavailability for methylating microorganisms in the aquatic environment: a critical review." Environ Sci Technol 47, no. 6 (March 19, 2013): 2441–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/es304370g.
Bartov, Gideon, Amrika Deonarine, Thomas M. Johnson, Laura Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 1. Source apportionment using mercury stable isotopes." Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 4 (February 2013): 2092–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303111p.
Deonarine, Amrika, Gideon Bartov, Thomas M. Johnson, Laura Ruhl, Avner Vengosh, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston coal ash spill. 2. Effect of coal ash on methylmercury in historically contaminated river sediments." Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 4 (February 2013): 2100–2108. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303639d.
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan Halabi, Ruben Dario Espinoza Gonzales, Daniel deB Richter, and John Vandenberg. "Residential mercury contamination in adobe brick homes in Huancavelica, Peru." Plos One 8, no. 9 (January 2013): e75179. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075179.
Lowry, G. V., B. P. Espinasse, A. R. Badireddy, C. J. Richardson, B. C. Reinsch, L. D. Bryant, A. J. Bone, et al. "Long-Term Transformation and Fate of Manufactured Ag Nanoparticles in a Simulated Large Scale Freshwater Emergent Wetland." Environmental Science & Technology, April 2012. https://doi.org/10.1021/es204608d.
Gondikas, A. P., A. Masion, M. Auffan, B. L. T. Lau, and H. Hsu Kim. "Early-stage precipitation kinetics of cysteine-capped zinc sulfide nanoclusters." Chemical Geology 329 (2012): 10–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.06.009.
Ruhl, L., A. Vengosh, G. Dwyer, H. Hsu Kim, G. Schwartz, A. Romanski, and S. D. Smith. "The impact of coal combustion residue effluent on water resources: a North Carolina example." Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 21 (2012): 12226–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es303263x.
Gondikas, A. P., A. Morris, B. C. Reinsch, S. M. Marinakos, G. V. Lowry, and H. Hsu Kim. "Cysteine-induced modifications of zero-valent silver nanomaterials: Implications for particle surface chemistry, aggregation, dissolution, and silver speciation." Environmental Science \& Technology 46, no. 13 (2012): 7037–45. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3001757.
Robins, N., N. Hagan, S. Halabi, H. Hsu Kim, R. D. Espinoza Gonzales, M. Morris, G. Woodall, et al. "Estimations of historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from mercury refining and present-day soil concentrations of total mercury in Huancavelica, Peru." Science of the Total Environment 426 (2012): 146–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.082.
Zhang, T., B. Kim, C. Levard, B. C. Reinsch, G. V. Lowry, M. A. Deshusses, and H. Hsu Kim. "Methylation of mercury by bacteria exposed to dissolved, nanoparticulate, and microparticulate mercuric sulfides." Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 13 (2012): 6950–58. https://doi.org/10.1021/es203181m.
Chen, C. F. J., A. Jiang, E. Litkowski, A. R. Elia, J. A. Shuen, K. Xu, A. Bonhivert, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. D. Schwartz-Bloom. "Females Excelling more in math, engineering, and science (femmes): An after-school STEM program for girls that FOSTERS hands-on learning and Female-to-Female mentorship." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 17, no. 4 (December 28, 2011): 313–24. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2011002293.
Shuen, J. A., A. R. Elia, K. Xu, C. F. J. Chen, A. Jiang, E. Litkowski, A. Bonhivert, H. Hsu-Kim, and R. D. Schwartz-Bloom. "Femmes: A one-day mentorship program to engage 4th-6th grade girls in stem activities." Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 17, no. 4 (December 28, 2011): 295–312. https://doi.org/10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2011002292.
Aiken, George, Helen Hsu-Kim, Joe Ryan, and Pedro Alvarez. "Nanoscale metal-organic matter interactions." Environmental Science & Technology 45, no. 8 (April 2011): 3194–95. https://doi.org/10.1021/es2007148.
Aiken, G. R., H. Hsu Kim, and J. N. Ryan. "Influence of dissolved organic matter on the environmental fate of metals, nanoparticles, and colloids." Environmental Science \& Technology 45 (2011): 3196–3201. https://doi.org/10.1021/es103992s.
Deonarine, A., B. L. T. Lau, G. R. Aiken, J. N. Ryan, and H. Hsu Kim. "Effects of humic substances on precipitation and aggregation of zinc sulfide nanoparticles." Environmental Science \& Technology 45, no. 8 (2011): 3217–23. https://doi.org/10.1021/es1029798.
Hagan, N., N. Robins, H. Hsu-Kim, S. Halabi, M. Morris, G. Woodall, T. Zhang, A. Bacon, D. D. B. Richter, and J. Vandenberg. "Estimating historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from silver mining and their legacies in present-day surface soil in Potosí, Bolivia." Atmospheric Environment 45, no. 40 (January 1, 2011): 7619–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.009.
Yang, Xinyu, Andreas Gondikas, Stella Marinakos, Melanie Auffan, Jie Liu, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel Meyer. "The mechanism of silver nanoparticle toxicity is dependent on dissolved silver and surface coating in Caenorhabditis elegans (Accepted)." Environmental Science & Technology, 2011.
Bryant, L. D., H. Hsu Kim, P. A. Gantzer, and J. C. Little. "Solving the problem at the source: controlling Mn release at the sediment-water interface via hypolimnetic oxygenation." Water Research 45 (2011): 6381–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.030.
Hagan, Nicole, Nicholas Robins, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Susan Halabi, Mark Morris, George Woodall, Tong Zhang, Allan Bacon, Daniel de B. Richter, and John Vandenberg. "Estimating historical atmospheric mercury concentrations from silver mining and their legacies in present-day surface soil in Potosí, Bolivia." Atmospheric Environment, November 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.009.
Ruhl, S Daniel, S Daniel L, A. Vengosh, A. Dwyer, S. G, S. Hsu-Kim, S. H, and S. Deonarine. "The Environmental Impacts of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee: An Eighteen-Month Survey." Environ Sci & Technol 44 (November 2010): 9272–78.
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Gondikas, A. P., E. K. Jang, and H. Hsu Kim. "Influence of amino acids cysteine and serine on aggregation kinetics of zinc and mercury sulfide colloids." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 347, no. 2 (2010): 167–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2010.03.051.
Zhang, T., and H. Hsu Kim. "Photolytic degradation of methylmercury enhanced by binding to natural organic ligands." Nature Geoscience 3, no. 7 (2010): 473–76. https://doi.org/10.1038/NGEO892.
Deonarine, Amrika, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "ENVR 66-Precipitation of mercuric sulfide nanoparticles in NOM-containing water: Implications for the natural environment." Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 238 (August 16, 2009).
Ruhl, Laura, Avner Vengosh, Gary S. Dwyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, Amrika Deonarine, Mike Bergin, and Julia Kravchenko. "Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee." Environ Sci Technol 43, no. 16 (August 15, 2009): 6326–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es900714p.
Luther, George W., Katherine M. Mullaugh, Mustafa Yucel, David Rickard, Jeffrey M. Spraggins, Douglas P. Ridge, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Metal sulfide nanoparticles and clusters in the environment." Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 237 (March 22, 2009).
Deonarine, A., and H. Hsu Kim. "Precipitation of mercuric sulfide nanoparticles in NOM-containing water: Implications for the natural environment." Environmental Science \& Technology 43, no. 7 (2009): 2368–73. https://doi.org/10.1021/es803130h.
Hsu-Kim, H., L. Bryant, and J. C. Little. "Monitoring Fe and Mn sediment flux in oxygenated reservoirs using voltammetric microelectrodes." American Water Works Association Awwa Inorganic Contaminants Workshop 2008, December 1, 2008, 657–60.
Weston, V., A. Bonhivert, A. Elia, H. Hsu-Kim, and G. Ybarra. "Work in progress: A STEM educational outreach day for young Females." Proceedings Frontiers in Education Conference, Fie, December 1, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2008.4720570.
Hsu Kim, H., K. M. Mullaugh, J. J. Tsang, M. Yucel, and G. W. Luther. "Formation of Zn- and Fe-sulfides near hydrothermal vents at the Eastern Lau Spreading Center: implications for sulfide bioavailability to chemoautotrophs." Geochemical Transactions 9 (2008): 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1467-4866-9-6.
Lau, B., and H. Hsu Kim. "Precipitation and growth of Zn-sulfide nanoparticles in the presence of thiol-containing natural organic ligands." Environmental Science \& Technology 42, no. 19 (2008): 7236–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/es801360b.
Waite, T. J., T. S. Moore, J. J. Childress, H. Hsu Kim, K. M. Mullaugh, D. B. Nuzzio, A. N. Paschal, J. Tsang, C. R. Fisher, and G. W. Luther. "Variation in sulfur speciation with shellfish presence at a Lau Basin diffuse flow vent site." Journal of Shellfish Research 27, no. 1 (2008): 163–68.
Hsu Kim, H. "Stability of Metal-Glutathione Complexes During Oxidation by Hydrogen Peroxide and Cu(II)-Catalysis." Environmental Science \& Technology 41 (2007): 2338–42. https://doi.org/10.1021/es062269.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen. "Stability of Hg-thiol and other metal-thiol complexes in the presence of oxidants." Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 232 (September 10, 2006): 697–697.
Tsang, J. J., T. F. Rozan, H. Hsu Kim, K. M. Mullaugh, and G. W. Luther. "Pseudopolarographic determination of Cd2+ complexation in freshwater." Environmental Science \& Technology 40 (2006): 5388–94. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0525509.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, and David L. Sedlak. "Similarities between inorganic sulfide and the strong Hg(II)-complexing ligands in municipal wastewater effluent." Environmental Science & Technology 39, no. 11 (June 2005): 4035–41. https://doi.org/10.1021/es050013i.
Hsu, Heileen, and David L. Sedlak. "Strong hg(II) complexation in municipal wastewater effluent and surface waters." Environmental Science & Technology 37, no. 12 (June 2003): 2743–49. https://doi.org/10.1021/es026438b.
Mello, Danielle F., Laura L. Maurer, Ian T. Ryde, Dong Hoon Songr, Stella M. Marinakos, Chuanjia Jiang, Mark R. Wiesner, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Joel N. Meyer. "In Vivo Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Development, Behavior, and Mitochondrial Function are Altered by Genetic Defects in Mitochondrial Dynamics." Environmental Science & Technology, n.d. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05915.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Desiree Plata, James Hower, Zachary Hendren, and Mark Wiesner. "Novel Membrane and Electrodeposition-Based Separation and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Combustion Residues." Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), June 13, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2172/1526006.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Sarah Diringer, Caren Weinhouse, Axel Berky, Marco Marani, Ernesto Ortiz, and William Pan. "Mobilization, methylation and exposure of mercury from artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 257. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2019.
Hsu-Kim, H., R. Smith, R. Taggart, J. King, M. Wiesner, and J. Hower. "Recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash leachates by supported liquid membranes." In 36th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference: Clean Coal Based Energy/Fuels and the Environment, Pcc 2019, 2019.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Ryan Smith, Ross Taggart, Mark R. Wiesner, and James Hower. "Recovery of rare earth elements from coal combustion residuals." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 256. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2018.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Udonna Ndu, Geoff Christensen, and Dwayne Elias. "Quantification of mercury biomethylation potential in sediments." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 255. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2018.
Smith, Ryan, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Mark Wiesner. "Comparison of liquid membranes for selectivity of rare earth elements from coal ash leachates." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 255. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2018.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Chuanjia Jiang, and Udonna Ndu. "Nanoscale metal-organic matter interactions." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 253. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017.
Rivera, Nelson, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Reactivity and bioavailability of mercury sorbed to or coprecipitated with iron sulfides." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 253. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2017.
Johnson, Carol, Udonna Ndu, Elaine Hung, Nelson Rivera, Marc Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Effects of activated carbon amendments on the bioavailability and methylation of different forms of inorganic mercury." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 252. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Anh Pham, Carol Johnson, Udonn Ndu, Nelson Rivera, and Marc Deshusses. "Nanoscale mercury sulfide-organic matter interactions: Practical applications for environmental risk assessment." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.
Rivera, Nelson, Carol Johnson, Udonna Ndu, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Sorption of mercury to aged iron sulfides and the implications for Hg bioavailability." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.
Taggart, Ross, Heileen Hsu-Kim, James Hower, and Gary Dwyer. "Recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash: Identification of candidate feedstock materials." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 251. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2016.
Jiang, Chuanjia, George R. Aiken, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Effects of Natural Organic Matter Properties on the Dissolution Kinetics of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles." In Environmental Science & Technology, 49:11476–84, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02406.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Ross Taggart, James Hower, and Gary Dwyer. "Assessment of US-based coal fly ashes as an alternative resource for rare earth elements." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 250. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2015.
Pham, Anh, Devon Manley, Carol Johnson, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) passive samplers for monitoring metals in contaminated sediments: Contribution of metal sulfide nanoparticles." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 249. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2015.
Harkness, Jennifer S., Laura S. Ruhl, Romain Millot, Wolfram Kloppman, James C. Hower, Helen Hsu-Kim, and Avner Vengosh. "Lithium Isotope Fingerprints in Coal and Coal Combustion Residuals from the United States." In Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 13:134–37. Elsevier BV, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2015.07.032.
Schwartz, Grace E., Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Avner Vengosh. "Trace element toxins in coal ash: New considerations for identifying environmental risks." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 248. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2014.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Tong Zhang, Katarzyna H. Kucharzyk, Jonathan Ticknor, Anh L. T. Pham, and Marc A. Deshusses. "Nanogeochemistry of a neurotoxin: Reactivity and microbial methylation potential of nanoscale mercury sulfides." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.
Ruhl, Laura S., Avner Vengosh, Gary S. Dwyer, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Grace E. Schwartz. "Impact of coal combustion residues on water quality." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 245. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2013.
Gondikas, Andreas P., Avi Aggarwal, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Surface modification of metallic silver nanoparticles by low molecular weight thiols: Implications for solubility, aggregation, and bioavailability." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 243. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012.
Zhang, Tong, Marc A. Deshusses, and Heileen Hsu-Kim. "Production of methylmercury by sulfate-reducing bacteria exposed to mercuric sulfide nanoparticles." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 243. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2012.
Deonarine, A., H. Hsu-Kim, L. Ruhl, and A. Vengosh. "Riverine mercury contamination after the 2008 coal ash spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant, TN." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 74:A223–A223. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010.
Deshusses, M. A., T. Zhang, and H. Hsu-Kim. "Microbial methylation of mercury sulfides: Comparison between dissolved Hg-sulfides, nanoparticulate and bulk scale HgS." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 74:A227–A227. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010.
Gondikas, A., A. Deonarine, H. Hsu-Kim, G. R. Aiken, J. N. Ryan, A. Masion, and M. Auffan. "Growth and aggregation of ZnS nanoparticles during coprecipitation with aquatic humic substances." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 74:A345–A345. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010.
Hsu-Kim, H., A. Gondikas, A. Deonarine, A. Masion, and M. Auffan. "Sorption of natural organic ligands to silver and zinc sulfide nanoparticles: Implications for aggregation and dissolution." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 74:A422–A422. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010.
Zhang, T., and H. Hsu-Kim. "Photodegradation of methylmercury is enhanced by complexation with thiol-containing natural organics." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 74:A1213–A1213. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2010.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Amrika Deonarine, and Boris Lau. "Stabilization of nanoparticulate HgS and ZnS by thiols and humic substances during metal-sulfide precipitation." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 72:A396–A396. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2008.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Boris Lau, and Amrika Deonarine. "COLL 394-Stabilization of ZnS nanoparticles by thiol-containing natural organics: Implications for colloidal metal-sulfides in the aquatic environment." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 235. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2008.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, Natalya Polishchuk, Lee Bryant, and John C. Little. "ENVR 242-Soluble Fe and Mn flux at the sediment-water interface during hypolimnetic oxygenation of a stratified water supply reservoir." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 235. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2008.
Weston, Victoria, Aubrey Bonhivert, Allison Elia, Heileen Hsu-Kim, and Gary Ybarra. "Work in Progress: A STEM Educational Outreach Day for Young Females." In Fie: 2008 Ieee Frontiers in Education Conference, Vols 1 3, 1325–26. IEEE, 2008.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen. "Precipitation and aggregation of ZnS nanoparticles in the presence of low-molecular weight organic acids." In Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 71:A419–A419. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2007.
Hsu-Kim, Heileen, and George W. Luther. "Stabilization of aqueous zinc-sulfide clusters by organic ligands." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 231. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2006.
Hsu, H., and D. L. Sedlak. "Strong Hg(II) complexation in municipal wastewater effluent and surface waters." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 226:U477–U477. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2003.
Hsu, H., and D. L. Sedlak. "Strong Hg(II)-complexing ligands in organic matter-containing waters." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 225:U808–U808. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2003.
Hsu, H., and D. L. Sedlak. "Evidence for strongly complexed Hg(II) in natural waters." In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 224:U591–U591. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2002.
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Heart of Florida United Way announces housing program to help María evacuees
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Hurricane María Housing Assistance Program will address critical barrier to securing stable housing in Central Florida.
The Heart of Florida United Way is launching a program designed to help working families who have relocated to Central Florida due to Hurricane María overcome one of the barriers to securing stable housing.
The nonprofit witnessed first-hand the barriers to affordable housing for Hurricane María evacuees in Central Florida, through its work at the Orlando International Airport Welcome Center set up right after the storm hit, and then the Multi-Agency Resource Center, which closed March 30, it confirmed.
United Way's Hurricane María Housing Assistance Program provides one-time assistance for working families to get over the barrier of first and last months' rent and utility deposits required to secure an affordable rental unit in Central Florida.
This program specifically targets those displaced by Hurricane María who fall into the ALICE population — Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. On average, these upfront costs can range from $2,500 to $3,500, making the transition from hotel to more stable housing very challenging.
"For many evacuees who have been able to find consistent employment, paying the monthly rent is not the immediate challenge to securing an affordable unit — it's the upfront deposits," said Jeff Hayward, president of Heart of Florida United Way.
"If that initial deposit is the only thing keeping a family devastated by Hurricane María from leading a more stable life in Central Florida, we want to help them overcome that barrier," he said.
To qualify for the Hurricane María Housing Assistance Program, the following criteria must be met:
Documentation of FEMA status in relation to Hurricane María
Sustainable household income to cover rent and basic needs after receiving one-time assistance
Identification of an affordable rental housing option in or around Orange, Seminole or Osceola counties
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To apply for the Housing Assistance Program individuals must call United Way's 2-1-1 for assistance. Individuals can access 2-1-1 by phone, email, chat or text (just text your zip code to 898-211). 2-1-1 is free and completely confidential, available 24/7.
Heart of Florida United Way has partnered with Catholic Charities to provide additional wrap-around support to families who qualify for the program to ensure they are stable and remain housed, the nonprofit confirmed.
Over 371,000 passengers have traveled from Puerto Rico to or through Florida, according to Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.
Since beginning operations, the Orlando International Airport and the Multi-Agency Resource Center assistance centers have seen more than 34,000 people and Heart of Florida United Way has assisted more than 1,034 by providing emergency housing assistance.
More than 2,999 hotel nights have been booked through Heart of Florida United Way for FEMA's Transitional Shelter Assistance program, the nonprofit confirmed.
The ALICE Report in 2017 stated that Central Florida has a shortage of 74,457 affordable housing units, these numbers reported before the arrival of evacuees in need of housing.
Although available inventory of affordable housing will remain a challenge, Heart of Florida United Way will continue to advocate for the thousands of evacuees trying to start a new life in Central Florida, it stated.
"Our community has seen an influx of thousands as a result of Hurricane María," added Hayward. "Among them are stories of heart-breaking adversity, unimaginable tragedy and devastating circumstances. But with our community's support, we are rewriting those stories into remarkable journeys of resilience, determination, courage and hope for tomorrow."


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FREETOWN, Dec 12 () - A court in Sierra Leone has overturned treason convictions for 11 men. It is the first successful appeal against a death penalty in that country, opening the possibility of an eventual end to capital punishment there.
"It was like a miracle, I could not believe it. We were all filled with emotions when the judge said that we were acquitted and discharged," said Hindolo Trye, one of those aquitted.
The charges -- laid against 10 members of the former armed opposition groups, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), and one civilian -- related to an armed attack on the armory at Wellington barracks, on the outskirts of Freetown in January 2003, in an apparent attempt to overthrow the government of President Kabbah.
"The acquittal of the eleven condemned prisoners is phenomenal," said Brima Sheriff, the director of Amnesty International in Sierra Leone. "This is the very first time in the history of this country that condemned prisoners had won their appeal and released especially for the conviction of treason."
Sadly, Osho Williams, the lawyer and All Peoples' Congress member of parliament who represented the eleven convicted prisoners during their 2004 trial and subsequent appeal, died just a few days after winning this victory.
This overturning of a previous decisions by the court has highlighted a key argument against the death penalty -- the fact that an error in judgment can never be corrected if the victims have lost their lives.
The Court of Appeal acquitted the ten for procedural lapses during their trial; the fact that the trial judge failed to analyse the evidence led by the prosecution and to relate same to the law; and the trial judge's failure to direct the jury adequately on the law relating to accomplices, and the danger of convicting on the uncorroborated evidence of an accomplice.
In Sierra Leone murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes.
However there have been no judicial executions since October 1998, when 24 AFRC members convicted of treason were publicly executed after a trial before a military court.
One of the key recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) which was established by the government in 2000 to create an impartial historical record of human rights abuses committed during the armed conflict and to provide a forum for victims and perpetrators to recount their experiences was enshrining the right to human dignity and abolishing the death penalty.
The TRC's report explicitly calls for the immediate repeal of laws authorising the death penalty, for a moratorium on all executions pending abolition, and for the government to commute all pending death sentences.
But the Constitutional Review Commission of Sierra Leone has recommended only that the death penalty be replaced by life imprisonment in all cases of treason or other crimes of political nature that do not directly result in the death of another person and be replaced by life imprisonment.
"This is not enough," said the Amnesty Director in Sierra Leone. "We are calling for full commitment by the government for a abolition of the death penalty and nothing less"
Meanwhile, on Nov. 20, Sierra Leone abstained from voting on a moratorium on the death penalty at the UN General Assembly. This abstention has been condemned by many rights activists in the country.
The country still has 13 prisoners -- ten male and three female -- on death row at the maximum-security Pademba Road Prison, according to prisons officials.
Mambu S. Feika , the director of Prison Watch -- an organization that monitors all prisonS in Sierra Leone -- told IPS that the acquittal of the ten death row prisoners has brought not only faith in the justice system of the country but hope for the other 13 prisoners awaiting executions.
"The previous government of Tejan Kabbah has observed a moratorium on the death penalty. The Ernest Bai Koroma government has started on a good footing on the death penalty we sense willingness by this government to get rid of the death penalty in our statutes and these signs are good for the remaining 13 on death row."
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Serry Kamal, told IPS that the president still reserves the decision to endorse the death penalty prescribed by the courts but that as the Minister of Justice, he will not recommend to the President to sign the execution order for any condemned Prisoner.
"Osho fought to save our lives it is a pity he had to loose his before he could see us live again, we hope that his party which is in power lives his dream to abolish the death penalty," Hindolo sighed.


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Rainer Conrad (* 30. November 1940 in München; † 28. Februar 2013 ebenda) war ein deutscher Jurist. Er war Vizepräsident des Bayerischen Obersten Rechnungshofs und bis Ende 2006 Vorsitzender der Kommission zur Ermittlung des Finanzbedarfs der Rundfunkanstalten.

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Conrad studierte von 1962 bis 1966 Rechtswissenschaften in München und Berlin.

Von 1967 bis 1969 war er in verschiedenen Anwaltskanzleien und einer Wirtschaftsprüfungskanzlei tätig. 1970 ist er als Beamter des höheren Dienstes in die Bayerische Finanzverwaltung eingetreten und war dort zuletzt Referent in der Haushaltsabteilung des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums der Finanzen.

Ab 1979 war er Mitglied des Bayerischen Obersten Rechnungshofs. Vom 1. März 2000 bis zu seinem Ausscheiden aus dem aktiven Dienst am 30. November 2005 war er Vizepräsident und Abteilungsleiter für die Bereiche Unterricht und Kultus, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst sowie Rundfunkangelegenheiten.

Conrad war von 1985 bis 2006 Mitglied der Kommission zur Ermittlung des Finanzbedarfs der Rundfunkanstalten (KEF). Zum Vorsitzenden der KEF wurde er erstmals 1994 gewählt. 2007 erhielt er das Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

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In seiner Freizeit beschäftigte sich Conrad gerne mit Kunst und Kultur. Er liebte Opern und war ambitionierter Maler. Eine Auswahl seiner Bilder wurde zum Beispiel 1999 in einer Ausstellung in der Galerie am Gleis im oberbayerischen Peiting, Bahnhof Ost, und 2000 bei der "Art-Erhaltung – Eigenarten", einer Kunstausstellung der Freunde der Zoologischen Staatssammlung e. V. in München präsentiert.

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Interview mit Rainer Conrad auf BR-alpha am 30. November 2005
Webseite der KEF

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Madre Margarida do Apocalipse (Conceição, 1779 -  1858, Ribeira Grande), freira da Ordem das Clarissas que criou o Arcano Místico, composto por centenas de pequenas esculturas, que foi classificado com Tesouro Regional pelo Governo Regional dos Açores.

Biografia
Madre Margarida do Apocalipse nasceu na ilha açoriana de São Miguel, na freguesia da Conceição, no concelho da Ribeira Grande, em 1779.

Tal como aconteceu com muitas filhas de famílias abastadas, como era o caso dela, é destinada à vida religiosa. Entra para o Convento do Santo Nome de Jesus da Ribeira Grande em 1800, onde toma o hábito de freira da Ordem das Clarissas e passa a chamar-se Madre Margarida do Apocalipse.  É também durante este período que é reconhecido o seu talento para fazer flores artificiais, chegando a enviar um ramalhete para da rainha Dona Maria II.

Permanece no convento 32 anos, do qual é obrigada a sair devido à extinção das ordens religiosas, que nos Açores ocorre em 1832, por decreto de Dom Pedro IV.

Após deixar o convento, permanece em Ribeira Grande e dedica-se ao culto de São João Evangelista e à criação do Arcano Místico, ficando a sua casa conhecida como a Casa do Arcano, actualmente casa-museu.

Morre no dia 6 de Maio de 1858.  Deixa em testamento o Arcano Místico à Confraria do Santíssimo Sacramento da Igreja Matriz da Ribeira Grande, também conhecida como Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Estrela.

Arcano Místico
Madre Margarida do Apocalipse levou 27 anos criar o Arcano Místico com o objectivo de louvar a deus e entreter.

Este é composto por mais de 3000 esculturas que ela moldou à mão e distribuíu por 92 quadros que representam acontecimentos biblícos do velho e novo testamento, apenas o do juízo final ficou por concluir.  Os quadros encontram-se reunidos numa vitrina de madeira e vidro e distribuídos pelos 3 niveis que a compoem.

Para moldar os santos, arcanjos, anjos, rainhas, animais e outras pequenas figuras, ela utilizou uma massa composta por farinha de arroz, farinha de trigo, vidro moído, gelatina animal e goma arábica.

Em 2009, o Governo Regional dos Açores reconheceu a sua importância cultural, artística, identitária classificando-o como Tesouro Regional.  Três anos mais tarde, em 2012, o seu processo de restauro, conservação e musealização foi premiado pela Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian com o Prémio Vilalva.

Referências

Nascidos em 1779
Mortos em 1858
Freiras
Escultoras
Naturais dos Açores

Ligações Externas
Episódio da Série Mulher a Mulher da RTP: Margarida do Apocalipse e as Mulheres dos Açores
Imagens de figuras do Arcano Místico
Prémio Vasco Vilalva 2012 - Arcano Místico


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Lexicon of an MFA Grad
By Kit-Bacon Gressitt
About to age out of a low-residency MFA creative writing program—you know, one of those online deals where you and the professors spend all day in your bathrobes, tied to your computers, drinking dusty Jack Daniels—I've one last obligation: the dreaded graduate lecture.
Now, before Father dropped dead by the fishpond, his sesquipedalian tendency rubbed off on my siblings and me, and my professors have occasionally called me on my resultant use of big, arcane words. But hey, it's a grad program. Look them up! Besides, my lecture is Gender Studies-based, and it's a lot easier to use the words that best describe such things.
On the other hand, I'm a little worried my profs are right. So, I've compromised by creating a party favor for lecture-goers, a handy lexicon with nice illustrative examples. I had some fun with it, too, so I figured I'd share, although maybe that's just my self-absorbed nature. Anyway, here it is. I hope it's useful.
Hegemony: a society's dominant culture and its ideology.
In the USA, that's white, patriarchal, Christian, heterosexual ideology. For example, take a look at the demographics of the U.S. Congress: 81 percent male, 82 percent white, 92 percent Christian and 97 percent heterosexual, although members of Congress have tended to postpone coming out until after they leave office. Happily, this is changing.
Hegemonic lens: the point of view of the dominant ideology.
This point of view can blind the viewer to hegemonic representations (see below). In the realm of literature, Donna Tartt provides a nice example. The significant majority of people of color in her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Goldfinch are undeveloped characters restricted to the serving class.
Author Joy Castro wrote in her review of the novel for Salon: "Almost all the characters of color are servants, and they play bit parts. … Her servant characters don't quite say, 'You is kind. You is smart. You is important,' as in The Help, but they come close."
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Board apparently failed to make note of this—perhaps a function of its being 74 percent white folks. Perhaps Ms. Tartt was similarly blinded, being of white Mississippi stock.
Hegemonic representation: a portrayal of someone or something that reflects hegemonic ideology.
Of course, white folks don't expect to be pulled over for driving while white, have their purses searched in department stores or be killed by a police officer for peddling cigarettes, but when it happens to someone of color, white folks tend to assume that person is indeed a criminal because people of color are so often represented as such in popular media, news and propaganda (think Willie Horton, a classic). Folks of color tend to know it's institutionalized racism perpetuated by hegemonic representations.
Enculturate: to imbue an individual with the traditional content of a culture, its ideology, practices and values.
Although a decided embarrassment, I admit to having been effectively enculturated by U.S. hegemony: When I hear the term "member of Congress," I tend to think of a male, despite being a feminist and having a degree in Women's Studies. Of course, if the member of Congress says something asinine about women, which so many of them do, I feel fairly confident the speaker is a male—or former Rep. Michele Bachmann—and there are those annoying demographics (see 'Hegemony,' above).
Socially constructed gender roles: prescribed roles and their relevant, ideal behaviors, defined by society and based on the binary of male or female.
A local example, the transgender student at Fallbrook High School who committed suicide a couple months ago did so, in part, because she felt overwhelmed by society's failure to embrace her non-binary gender identity.
Social location: the socio-cultural group to which an individual belongs and that lends the individual identity.
Hmm, I'm a Southern California low-residency MFA grad, which means I'm likely to be privileged, white, straight, creative, substance-abusing, cerebral, depressive and self-absorbed.
Close, but no cigar.
Love, K-B
About Kit-Bacon Gressitt
Spawned by a Southern Baptist creationist and a liberal social worker, I inherited the requisite sense of humor to survive family dinner-table debates and the imagination to avoid them.
As the Sunday political columnist at the San Diego North County Times, I won awards, a Pulitzer Prize submission, a fan club, and death threats from angry readers—but the sales department loved me. More recently, I wrote book reviews for the paper, which is no longer: The U-T ate it.
In the last few years, the San Diego Poetry Annual has published some of my late-night poetry, and my creative nonfiction has been published by Trivia: Voices of Feminism and Ms. Magazine blog among others.
Today, the pocket gophers and hummingbirds keep me company while I write—yippee!


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Especially when that bully is harming your own children inside or outside of schools in the UAE.
But in efforts to reduce and hopefully eradicate any efforts deemed as "bullying" will be done thanks to a new application in the country.
School around the UAE are adopting new methods thanks to anti-bullying applications that will allow students to anonymously report any incident at school.
This will help them feel safe and remove any judgement or stigma of approaching teachers, principals and counsellors at schools.
One school in Dubai, Jumeirah Baccalaureate School, is already using a digitalized version by allowing students to report bullying through texts, pictures or videos.
While most schools have a strict no phone policy – students are encouraged to send messages after school hours and dedicated counsellors will reply within 24 hours and find a solution to the issue.
The application lets students post anonymously, however, to a certain extent as to not cause any harm.
Some applications can either give the students QR codes or usernames that can be linked to the pupils, identify if the problem is a collective one or identify if the same student is under constant bullying.
Another school in Motor City, Gems Metropole, which has almost 3,000 pupils have also adopted this technique by adding QR codes to report bullying in the school.
Pupils can access the application via their QR codes, fill in a form and submit it anonymously with the school through their iPads or phones.
These methods have been welcomed by students in the UAE, with some stating that the ability to report incidents anonymously gives them a level of comfort they wouldn't achieve with approaching a counsellor.


Broadcaster TV Tokyo began streaming a 30-second promotional video for Yuruyuri♪♪, the second anime season inspired by Namori's manga, on Wednesday. The main cast of the anime spent most of the video trying to figure out how to pronounce "♪♪" in the new title.
As in first season and the original manga, the second season follows four fun-loving schoolgirls who take over the former room of a tea ceremony club for their own "Gorakubu" (amusement club). The first 12-episode anime season ran from July to September, and Crunchyroll streamed the season outside Japan as it aired.
The second season will premiere on July 2.