Update

In November 2020, the month of All Saints, All Souls, and the Día de los Muertos, Fr. Richard Rutherford, C.S.C., theology emeritus, presented an educational webinar for the North American Catholic Cemetery Conference on the requested topic “Why burying the dead is a Corporal Work of Mercy,” available on the Conference YouTube site.

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, presented “The Mental Mile Podcast: A Discussion of Gender and Career,” November 2020.

Rebecca Smith, education, contributed “Team teaching and learning: A model of effective professional development for teachers” (with Nicole Ralston, Jacqueline Waggoner, and student coauthor Zulema Naegele) in The Professional Educator, 43(1), 80-90, November 2020.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, presented “This We Believe: Personal and Mathematical Axiomatic Systems” at the San Jose State Mathematics Colloquium, December 2020.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, attended “Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques,” .Magna Online Seminar, October 2020; and Southeast Supplemental Instruction Conference (SESI), University of North Georgia (online), September 2020.

Fr. Jim King, C.S.C., conducted the first session in a six-part workshop on the Catholic Church’s social justice teaching and Christian education from a Holy Cross perspective to the faculty and staff of Holy Redeemer Parish in North Portland on November 4, 2020.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Alterity and Violence in Nigeria: Rethinking Interfaith Encounters” at the 63^rd annual meeting of African Studies Association (Virtually). November 20, 2020. He also presented “Rethinking One’s Gifts as a Leader in a World of Radical Diversity,” a virtual lecture on transformative leadership given to FGEN sophomores at the University of Portland Shepard Academic Resource Center, November 20, 2020; as well as “Reading Things Fall Apart through a Decolonial Lens of Inquiry: Retelling Africa’s Stories,” a virtual lecture given to students registered in PHL 410: Education and Politics. University of Portland, October 22, 2020.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, presented and published the paper titled, “Conducted Emissions Feedback from VSD operated products” with Pete Perkins (Principal Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Consultant), Henry Benitez (Electromagnetic Investigations), Christian Miles (Mentor Graphics), and Joshua Thompson (Intel Corporation), in the IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering (SPCE) 2020 Virtual Conference, November 16-20, 2020. Note that except Inan, all of the other authors are UP alumni.

Alice Gates, social work, received national recognition from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) as the 2020 recipient of the Early Career Faculty Award for Service and Leadership in Social Work Education. Gates was recognized during the virtual Annual Program Meeting of CSWE on November 20, 2020. The award presentation highlighted the contributions Gates has made at the university, local, state, and national level to address injustice and amplify the reach and impact of social work.

Dave Houglum, Franz Center, presented “The Crucible of Leadership Programmatic Innovation at the Edge of Uncertainty” at the 22^nd Annual Global Leadership Conference of the International Leadership Association, November 7, 2020, San Francisco, CA. Conference provided virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, wrote “Letter: Apple CEO Tim Cook by the numbers” in the November 12 edition of The Columbian. See the article using this link.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, delivered a virtual lecture, “The Place of Africa in the Reshaping of Global Christianity: Gifts and Challenges” to students registered in RELG 130: Living Religions at Roanoke College on October 30, 2020.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, contributed “Please STOP Excusing My Dear Aunt Sally,” Portland Metro STEM Partnership blog, November 2020.

Alexa Dare, communication studies, contributed “Entangled Pedagogy: Embodying the tensions of transnationality in the 2017 Women’s Marches” in A. Atay and Y-W. Chen, Eds., Postcolonial turn and geopolitical uncertainty: Transnational critical intercultural communication pedagogy. Lanham, MD: Lexington, December 2020.

Kevin Jones, social work, had a poem titled “The Cold Road” published in Juniper, A Poetry Journal. Jones is currently working on a research project exploring the therapeutic effects of poetry writing for youth who have experienced trauma. You can read the poem using this link.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, published, “Birthday curiosities for Kamala Harris,” www.newsindiatimes.com, News India Times, Parikh Worldwide Media LLC, New York, Vol. LI, No. 43, p. 13, October 30, 2020. The same article was also published as “Birthday curiosities for Kamala Harris,” www.desitalk.com, Desi Talk, Parikh Worldwide Media LLC, New York, NY, Vol. XXIV, No. 44, p. 19, October 30, 2020.

September Nelson, nursing, contributed “Lateral integration of care services” in C. R. King, S. O’Toole-Girard, C. G. Rapp (Eds.), Clinical nurse leader: Certification review (pp. 55-64). Springer Publishing, October 2020.

Andra Davis, nursing, contributed “Nurse-led telephonic symptom support for patients receiving chemotherapy” (with Bell, J., Reed, S., Kim, K., Stacey, D., & Joseph, J.) in Oncology Nursing Forum 47(6), E199-E210, November 2020.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, wrote “Encounter: A New Icon of The Martyrs of Uganda” in Portland Magazine. Vol. 39. No. 1. (Fall 2020), 24 – 31.

Jacquie Van Hoomissen and Sarina Saturn co-led a collaborative of faculty who are participating in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Inclusive Excellence Grant Competition for $1,000,000 to support inclusive excellent in science higher education. They recently learned that the UP collaborative was selected as one of only 108 campuses to participate in the next phase of the competition. They will be participating in an HHMI supported learning community to further understand how to make our campus more inclusive.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, published Desert Daughters, Desert Sons: Rethinking the Christian Desert Tradition​​​​​​​. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, November 2020.

Nicole Ralston, education, contributed “Changing teachers’ beliefs about equity: Measuring the long-term effects of equity trainings” (with
Rebecca Smith, Jacqueline Waggoner, and student coauthor Chris Merideth) in Washington Educational Research Association (WERA) Educational Journal, 13(1), 27-35, November 2020.

Andrew Lafrenz, integrative health and wellness, presented “The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on College Students Mental Well-Being and Physical Activity Levels” a poster presentation at the 2020 Oregon Public Health Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR, October 12-13, 2020. Conference provided virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, wrote “Building and Sustaining Community by Centering Affective Learning Goals.​​​​​” (with student coauthor Branwen Schaub) in Assessment Update Special Issue on the theme of “Adapting Assessment Methods to Rapidly Changing Circumstances,” Volume 32, Issue 6, Nov. 2020. Retrieved from https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/au/index.html.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, had her article, “The Revelatory Tide: Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Water Crises,” published in Spiritus 20, no. 2 (Fall 2020): 176-193.

Jakob Kotas, mathematics, served as editor for Advances in Nonlinear Biological Systems: Modeling and Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics Series Vol. 11, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Oct. 2020). Available at this link. He also cowrote “An alternative model to prion fragmentation based on the detailed balance between PrPSc and suPrP” (with Monique Chyba, Vincent Beringue, Human Rezaei, Angelique Igel-Egalon, and student coauthors Yuliia Kravchenko, Christopher Eblen) in “Advances in Nonlinear Biological Systems: Modeling and Optimal Control, Applied Mathematics Series Vol. 11, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Oct. 2020).

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Hover Handling Qualities of Fixed-Pitch, Variable-RPM Quadcopters with Increasing Rotor Diameter” (with Farhan Gandhi and student coauthors Ariel Walter, Michael McKay) and “Development and Flight Validation of Proposed Unmanned Aerial System Handling Qualities Requirements” (with Truong, K., Kerwin, D., Otomize, J., Parmer, D., Tischler, M.B., Gowans, N.) to the Vertical Flight Society 76^th Annual Forum, Oct. 6-8, 2020.

Susan McDaniel, performing and fine arts, presented three art songs attributed to Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799), one of the earliest known Western classical composers of African descent (with Arwen Myers, soprano) as part of “Celebrating Every Voice! A concert featuring music of BIPOC composers” at CollabFest, the online conference of the International Keyboard Collaborative Arts Society, 15 October 2020.

Rebecca Smith, education, had her article, “Flipped learning during a global pandemic: Empowering students with choice,” published in International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 5(1), 100-105. See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies, and Bonnie Magura, Portland Public Schools, presented “Teaching Resources on Cascadia Earthquakes and Earthquake Early Warning” for the Oregon Science Teachers Association & Washington Science Teachers Association combined virtual conference on October 9.

Hannah Highlander, mathematics, had her article, “A Mathematical Model for the Effect of Social Distancing on the Spread of COVID-19” (with student coauthor Anna Singley) published in Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics, 6(1), October 2020, 40–51. Available at this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, presented “An Innovative Research Design: A Nature-Based Intervention to Decrease Stress and Anxiety and Improve Spirituality, Resilience and Well-Being in Undergraduate Nursing Students” (with Timko Olson, E.) a poster presentation at the 2020 SHIFT Summit, Healthy by Nature: Equity, Access and the Mental Health Benefits of Time Outside, Jackson, WY, October 14-16, 2020. Conference provided virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Rethinking Catholic Social Teachings in Light of Christian Identity in a Globalized World,” a talk given to members of the Faith and Formation Ambassador Program. Organized by the Moreau Center, University of Portland, October 5, 2020.

Elizabeth Lee, institutional research, accepted an invitation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) to serve a one-year term on its Data Council. This representative team of higher education leaders will advise UP’s regional accreditation agency on advancing equity-centered transformation at NWCCU’s 163 member institutions using data-informed approaches. More information about the NWCCU is available at https://www.nwccu.org/.

Tammy VanDeGrift, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Supporting and Teaching Students at Liberal Arts Colleges in Online Courses” at the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, Northwestern Conference (virtual but hosted by North Idaho College) on October 3. The panel featured colleagues from other Oregon institutions: Haiyan Cheng, Willamette University; Shereen Khoja, Pacific University; Anna Ritz; Reed College.

Gary Mitchell, business, wrote a textbook, (co-authored with Ted Klastorinm, UW) titled Project Management: A Risk Management Approach, published in September 2020 by SAGE Publications. The book is available in hardback and a variety of eBook formats including VitalSource and Kindle.

Jim Baillie, philosophy, was featured in the article “COVID-19 makes us think about our mortali,ty. Our brains aren’t designed for that,” in online edition of The Washington Post, October 3, and in the print edition on Tuesday, October 7. See the article using this link.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, attended Supplemental Instruction (SI) QuickStart Training, International Center for Supplemental Instruction, University of Missouri-Kansas City, July 2020.

Corey Pressman, nursing had his poem, “All those ancient egyptians were right,” published in the “Works of Resistance, Resilience” issue of the About Place Journal. See the poem using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received a grant, “Enhancing Vital Practice in a School of Nursing, Northwest Center for Occupational Health & Safety,”for $9,722 on September 21, 2020.

Alice Gates, social work, was an invited panelist in a two-part conversation series titled Social Workers 4 Justice in Academia. Co-sponsored by YSocialWork, the Social Justice Initiative at Bryn Mawr College, and University of Maryland, the event featured academics from across the U.S. engaged in social justice pedagogy and practice.

Sr. Carol Dempsey OP, theology, wrote a scripture reflection for the first Sunday of Advent for National Catholic Reporter.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “The Scares of Coloniality of Imagination: Africa’s Post-Colonial Pandemic,” a lecture given to students registered in POL 376: Politics of Africa. University of Portland. September 14 and 24, 2020. He also presented “Rethinking the Theology of Forgiveness and Reconciliation: A Comparative Analysis of The Sacrament of Reconciliation in The Roman Catholic Church, Using the Lens of African Religion,” a lecture given to students registered in THE 305 and THE 405: Comparing Religions of the World. University of Portland. September 23, 2020.

Jordyn Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, contributed “Regionalization of default parameters for urban stormwater quality models”  (with Colin Bell, Terri Hogue) in Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 1-15 (September 2020).

Matthew Kuhn and Ali Daouadji authored “Simulation of undrained quasi-saturated soil with pore pressure measurements using a discrete element (DEM) algorithm” in Soils and Foundations, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2020.05.013.

Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, biology, has been appointed to Portland’s Choral Arts Ensemble board. One of the region’s premiere choral ensembles, CAE continues a tradition of building community by educating, enriching, and entertaining audiences with exceptional performances of unique and diverse programming at the highest artistic level. For more information about the ensemble, including upcoming virtual performances, please contact Van Hoomissen at vanhoomi@up.edu or visit www.portlandschoir.org.

Dave Houglum, Franz Center director of leadership and leadership professor of practice, had his article “Servant-Leader as President: A Paradox for Turbulent Times” published on September 22, 2020 in Medium’s largest publication, “The Startup,” which has over 706,000 readers. Additionally, the article is featured on Medium in the areas of Politics and Leadership across their homepage, app, topic pages, and emails. The article can be found using this link.

Andrew Lafrenz, integrative health and wellness, was the lead epidemiologist for investigating a large, multi-county COVID-19 workplace outbreak, September 17-23. Limited secondary transmission occurred due to investigations of the COVID-19 Response Team.\