Jeffrey Meiser, political science, delivered the keynote address, “American Exceptionalism: Historical Anomaly or Enduring Reality,” at American Exceptionalism Revisited: the Annual Meeting of the Political Science Section of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS), Friday, November 13-14, PfalzAkademie, Franz-Hartmann-Straße 9, 67466 Lambrecht, Germany.
Casey Shillam, nursing, presented “Creating a palliative community: A Blueprint for excellence” (with Corbin, H., & Eaton, M.) at the Gerontological Society of America 68th Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on November 21, 2015.
Christin Hancock, history, in conjunction with the Oregon Historical Quarterly, co-hosted a symposium at the Oregon Historical Society on the History of Birth in Oregon on Tuesday November 17, 2015. In addition, she presented a paper titled, “Klamath women, Birth, and the federal policy of Termination,” and served as commentator for the research presentations.
Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology, attended and presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference held October 27 – 30 in Melbourne, Australia. She presented with colleagues from the U.S. and Australia at the symposium “Assessing Undergraduate Research: What We Can Learn from Assessment at Multiple Levels?”
Heather Dillon, engineering, presented “Updating the LED Life Cycle Assessment” (with Ross, C.B.) at the U.S. Department of Energy Solid State Lighting Technology Development Workshop, Portland, Ore., Novem- ber 2015. She also presented “Thermal Analysis of MR-16 LED Lighting” with Michael Beck.
Giannia Reyes-Giardiello and Matthew Warshawsky, international languages and cultures, participated in the 113th annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), which was held in Portland November 6-8. Reyes-Giardiello presented “Masculinidad y canabalismo en Somos lo que hay y We are what we are,” and Warshawsky presented “Conflict, Contradiction and Convivencia: The Precarious Position of Jews in the Literature and Life of Medieval Christian Spain.”
Kimberly Ilosvay, education, presented “Material matters: What teachers have to say about the curriculum” (with Villagomez, A., Landon-Hays, M.) at the meeting of National Council of Teachers of English, Minneapolis, Minn., November 2015. She also presented “Opportunities in international education” as moderator/chair, International education committee, convocation conducted at the meeting of Kappa Delta Pi, Orlando, Florida, October 2015.