DOUGLAS A. POWELL, Ph.D.
DOUGLAS A. POWELL, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology
Kansas State University
1800 Denison Avenue | Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Phone: (785) 317-0560 | Fax: (785) 532-4039 | E-mail: dpowell@ksu.edu
EDUCATION
University of Guelph, Canada Molecular Biology and Genetics B.Sc., 1985
University of Guelph, Canada Food Science Ph.D., 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011- Professor, Tenured, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/ Pathobiology, Kansas State University
2006-2011 Associate Professor, Tenured, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/ Pathobiology, Kansas State University
2003-2006 Associate Professor, Tenured, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph
1998-2003 Assistant Professor, Tenured, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph
1999-2006 Associate Director, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph
1996-1998 Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph
RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP
Publications
Summary
Books 1
Chapters in books 10
Papers, letters to editors and technical notes published in refereed journals 42
Papers in press, accepted or submitted 10
Abstracts read 116
Book reviews 10
Technical reports 29
Commentary/Letters to editors 190
Books
1. Powell, D.A. and Leiss, W. 1997. Mad Cows and Mothers' Milk. McGill-Queen's University Press. 308 pp.
Chapters in books
10. Powell, D.A., Jacob, C.J. and Chapman, B. 2009. Produce in public: Spinach, safety and public policy in Microbial Safety of Fresh Produce: Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies ed. by X. Fan, B.A. Niemira, C.J. Doona, F.E. Feeherry and R.B. Gravani. Blackwell Publishing, pp 369-384.
9. Jacob, C.J., Chapman, B.J. and Powell, D.A. 2009. Conclusions and Recommendations in The Produce Contamination Problem — Causes and Solutions ed. by Gerald Sapers, Academic Press, pp 445-451.
8. Powell, D. 2008. Why transgenic plants are so controversial in Plant Biotechnology and Genetics ed. by C. Neal Stewart. Wiley pp 343-356.
7. Chapman, B.J. and Powell, D.A. 2005. Implementing on-farm food safety programs in fruit and vegetable cultivation in Improving the Safety of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, ed. by W. Jongen, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, U.K. pp 268-292.
6. Bahtia, J. and Powell, D.A. 2002. The labeling of genetically engineered foods in Genetically Modified Foods: Debating Biotechnology, ed. by M. Ruse and D. Castle. Prometheus Press.
5. Powell, D.A. 2002. The role of media in epidemiological investigations of foodborne illness in Handbook on Field Epidemiology ed. by Greenough, P. Oxford University Press. London.
4. Powell, D.A., Blaine, K., Leudtke, A., Morris, S. and Wilson, J. 2001. Risk management and communication: Enhancing consumer confidence in Governing Food: Science, Safety and Trade ed. by P.W.B. Phillips and R. Wolfe. McGill-Queen's University Press. Montreal, pp. 133-148.
3. Powell, D.A. 2001. Mad cow disease and the stigmatization of British beef in Risk, Media and Stigma ed. by Flynn, J., Slovic, P. and Kunreuther. EarthScan. London, pp. 219-228.
2. Powell, D.A. 2000. Genetically-engineered angst: From Frankenstein to Frankenfood. in Safe Enough? Managing Risk and Regulation. Fraser Institute. pp. 135-154.
1. Powell, D.A. 2000. Risk-based regulatory responses in global food trade: Guatemalan raspberry imports into the U.S. and Canada, 1996-1998 in Risk and Regulation ed. by B. Doern. University of Toronto. pp.131-135.
Papers, letters to editors and technical notes published in refereed journals
42. Wilson, S.M., Jacob, C.J. and Powell, D.A. 2011. Behavior-change interventions to improve hand hygiene practice: A review. Critical Public Health 21(1): 119-127.
41. Powell, D.A., Jacob, C.J., and Chapman, B.J. 2011. Enhancing food safety culture to reduce rates of foodborne illness. Food Control, 22(6): 817-822.
40. Chapman, B., MacLaurin, T. and Powell, D. 2010. Food safety infosheets: Design and refinement of a narrative-based training intervention. British Food Journal, 113(2)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0007-070x&volume=113&issue=2&articleid=1895862&show=abstract
39. Jacob, C.J., Lok, C. Morley, K. and Powell, D.A. 2010. Government management of two media-facilitated crises involving dioxin contamination of food. Public Understanding of Science, Feb. 2010
http://pus.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/02/05/0963662509355737.abstract
38. Cahill, S., Morley, K. and Powell, D.A. 2010. Coverage of organic agriculture in North American newspapers: Media: linking food safety, the environment, human health and organic agriculture. British Food Journal, 112(7): 710–722.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1871116&show=abstract
37. Chapman, B., Eversley, T., Fillion, D., MacLaurin, T. and Powell, D. 2010. Assessment of food safety practices of food service food handlers (risk assessment data): Testing of a communication intervention (evaluation of tools). Journal of Food Protection, 73(6): 1101-1107.
36. Powell, D.A., Blaine, K. and Chapman, B. 2010. Enhancing consumer confidence in agricultural biotechnology and genetically engineered food. The National Agricultural Law Center, University of Arkansas. (Reprinted from Jurimetrics, 2003): 139-152.
35. Jacob, C., Mathiasen, L. and Powell, D. 2010. Designing effective messages for microbial food safety hazards. Food Control, 21(1):1-6.
34. Filion, K. and Powell, D.A. 2009. The use of restaurant inspection disclosure systems as a means of communicating food safety information. Journal of Foodservice, 20: 287-297.
33. Jacob, C.J. and Powell, D.A. 2009. Where does foodborne illness happen—in the home, at foodservice, or elsewhere—and does it matter? Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 6(9): 1121-1123.
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/fpd.2008.0256
32. Surgeoner, B.V., MacLaurin, T. and Powell, D.A. 2009. Assessing management perspectives of a safe food-handling label for casual dining take-out food. Food Protection Trends, 29(10): 620-625.
31. DeDonder, S., Jacob, C.J., Surgeoner, B.V., Chapman, B., Phebus, R. and Powell, D.A. 2009. Self-reported and observed behavior of primary meal preparers and adolescents during preparation of frozen, uncooked, breaded chicken products. British Food Journal, 111(9): 915-929.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=6146E6AFABCC349C376B7E55A3866D4A?contentType=Article&contentId=1811820
30. Surgeoner, B.V., Chapman, B. and Powell, D.A. 2009. University students’ hand hygiene practice during a gastrointestinal outbreak in residence: What they say they do, and what they actually do. Journal of Environmental Health, 72(2):24-28.
29. Dodd, C.C. and Powell, D.A. 2009. Regulatory management and communication of risks associated with Eschericia coli O157:H7 in ground beef. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 6(6): 743-747.
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/fpd.2008.0261
28. Powell, D.A., Hubbell, A.L., Chapman, B. and Jacob, C.J. 2009. New media for food safety. Food Technology, 63(1): 38-43.
http://members.ift.org/IFT/Pubs/FoodTechnology/Archives/ft_0109.htm
27. Powell, D.A., Surgeoner, B.V., Wilson, S.M. and Chapman, B.J. 2007. The media and the message: Risk analysis and compelling food safety information from farm-to-fork. Australian Journal of Dairy Technology, 62(2): 55-59.
26. Powell, D.A., and Chapman, B. 2007. Fresh threat: what’s lurking in your salad bowl? Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 87(10): 1799-1801.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114268624/abstract
25. Powell, D.A. 2007. What’s your score mate? Food Protection Trends, 26(7): 576.
24. Powell, D. and Chapman, B. 2006. Don't eat poop. Food Protection Trends, 26(12): 988.
23. Powell, D.A. 2006. Letter to editor contained in "Editor's note", British Food Journal, 108(8).
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=B3AF87159DF931D7A60BFB0DD05ED8EB?contentType=NonArticle&contentId=1567205
22. Mathiasen, L. and Powell, D. 2005. Secret shopper: Grocery store employee food handling practice from a customer's perspective. Food Protection Trends 25: 626-636.
21. Kastner, J., Powell, D., Crowley, T. and Huff, K. 2005. Scientific conviction amidst scientific controversy in the transatlantic livestock and meat trade.” Endeavour, 29(2): 78-83.
20. Mathiasen, L.A., Chapman, B.J., Lacroix, B.J. and Powell, D.A. 2004. Spot the Mistake: Television cooking shows as a source of food safety information. Food Protection Trends, 24(5): 328-334.
19. Powell, D.A., Chapman, B. and Luedtke, A. 2002. Pre-harvest issues related to food safety in fruits and vegetables. Acta Horticulturae.
18. Blaine K. and Powell D.A. 2004. Microbial food safety considerations for organic produce production; a comparative analysis of Canadian organic production standards with guidelines for microbial food safety. Food Protection Trends, 24(4): 246-252.
17. Powell, D.A., Blaine, K., Morris, S. and Wilson, J. 2003. Agronomic and consumer considerations for Bt and conventional sweet corn. British Food Journal, 105(10): 700-713.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=50C5A2C06EB244CFEDF21EF1632F32EB?contentType=Article&contentId=870721
16. Powell D. A., Blaine, K. and Chapman, B. 2003. Enhancing consumer confidence in agricultural biotechnology and genetically engineered food. Jurimetrics Journal, 44:139-152.
http://www.law.asu.edu/?id=706#Powell
15. Lacroix, B.J., Li, K.W. and Powell, D.A. 2003. Consumer food handling recommendations: is thawing of turkey a food safety issue? Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 64(2): 59-61.
http://dcjournal.metapress.com/content/p64q652231845345/?p=cbd3c82e349d42b49d970f390192b496&pi=2
14. Luedtke, A.N., Chapman, B.J. and Powell, D.A. 2003. Research note: Implementation and analysis of an on-farm food safety program for the production of greenhouse vegetables. Journal of Food Protection, 66(3): 485-489.
13. Blaine, K., Kamaldeen, S. and Powell, D. 2002. Public perceptions of biotechnology, Journal of Food Science, 67(9): 3200-3208.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118910019/abstract
12. Kastner, J. and Powell, D. 2002. The SPS agreement: addressing historical factors in trade dispute resolution. Agriculture and Human Values, 19(4): 283-92.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/n4018t83j3r0u632/?p=66d6dd4719b14c3aa25190620f2ebfb1&pi=1
11. Powell, D.A., Bobadilla-Ruiz, M., Whitfield, A. Griffiths, M.G. and Luedtke, A. 2002. Development, implementation and analysis of an on-farm food safety program for the production of greenhouse vegetables in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Food Protection, 65(6): 918-923.
10. Blaine, K. and Powell, D.A. 2002. Communication of food-related risks. AgBioForum, 4(3): 179-185.
http://www.agbioforum.org/v4n34/v4n34a05-powell.htm
9. Luedtke, A.N. and Powell, D.A. 2002. A review of North American E. coli O157:H7 apple cider outbreaks, media coverage and a comparative analysis of Ontario apple cider producer’s information sources and production practices. Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation, 22: 590-598.
8. Powell, D. A., Blaine, K., Gomes, L., Grant, S. E., LaCroix, B. and Morris, S. 2002. Water Warnings: Communication in Drinking Water-Related Public Health Emergencies, Walkerton Inquiry Commissioned Paper 12, Toronto, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.
7. Powell, D.A. 2002. Food safety: a scientific perspective. Insert to the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 63(1).
6. Morris, S. and Powell, D.A. 2001. Rats and risk. The Lancet, 357(9252): 309-310.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)71753-0/fulltext
5. Powell, D.A. 2000. Food safety and the consumer -- perils of poor risk communication. Canadian Journal of Animal Science, 80(3): 393-404
4. Powell, D.A. 2000. Reclaiming dinner: enhancing food safety and consumer confidence. Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation, 20(11): 846-848.
3. Powell, D.A., Alves, D.M., Lynch, J., Lammerding, A. and Griffiths, M.W.
1999. Evaluation of electronic information sources to identify food safety issues for risk management and communication: the creation and assessment of the Food Safety network (FSnet). Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation, 19(9): 618-621.
2. Powell, D.A. and Harris, L.J. 1997. Fast food on the information highway. Part 1. Becoming electronic: take me to your e-mail. Dairy, Food and Environmental Sanitation, 12: 38-40.
1. Lee, S. -W., Nazar, R.N., Powell, D.A. and Robb, J. 1992. Reduced PAL gene suppression in Verticillium-infected resistant tomatoes. Plant Molecular Biology, 18: 345-352.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/u7512250q26nn041/?p=e695aa611b6f404db63ffa36ea2d530f&pi=14
