Ian Parkman, Business, was quoted in the article, “Brands in Space: What’s Behind the Rush to Advertise in the Final Frontier” by NPR Marketplace with Kai Ryssdal. April 10, 2024.
Jeffrey Gauthier, Philosophy, presented “Decolonizing Liberation” at the Author-Meets-Critics session for Michael Monahan’s Creolizing Practices of Freedom: Recognition and Dissonance. American Philosophical Association Meetings, Portland, Oregon, March 20, 2024.
Nicole Ralston, Education, presented: Innovations in response to challenges. Co-presenters: Hillary Gaudio, Julie Kalnin. Annual Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) conference, Orlando, FL. April, 2024.
Alice Gates, Social Work, gave the inaugural lecture for the Graduate Program at the Federal University of Pelotas (Universidade Federal de Pelotas) School of Law in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil on April 3, 2024. Titled “Exploring targeted universalism as a framework to advance equity in social policy research and advocacy,” Dr. Gates’s lecture drew on examples from her community-engaged scholarship focused on Oregon’s paid family and medical leave policy.
Jordy Wolfand, Engineering, published “ET cool home: innovative educational activities on evapotranspiration and urban heat.” Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 28, 1515–1526, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1515-2024, 2024.
Aziz Inan, Engineering, published his article titled, “22’s and more for No. 22 Caitlin Clark,” in the Fort Madison Daily Democrat, Fort Madison, Iowa, April 5, 2024. Alternate versions of the feature were also published in The Oregon City News and The Milwaukie Review.
Tammy VanDeGrift, Engineering, presented a paper titled “Book Club Model for Engaging with Data Science and Ethics: Using Weapons of Math Destruction” at the Association for Computing Machinery Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education in March 2024. She also served on the conference committee as an Ethics Facilitator and as an Associate Program Chair.
Corey Pressman, Integrative Health and Wellness, is exhibiting a solo show at Blackfish Gallery in May. Please come down for the First Thursday opening celebration on Thursday, May 2nd from 5:00-8:00.
Larry Larsen, Theater, was elected to be the National Association of Schools of Theatre’s Treasurer for a three-year term at this year’s national conference in Minneapolis. NAST is the national accreditation body that accredits theatre programs in higher education. UP and its Theater program have been fully accredited members since 2000. Larry also co-facilitated at the conference a workshop for experienced visiting evaluators for programs going through accreditation.
Ashley Hass, Business Administration, will present “Unplugged & Empowered: Nurturing Digital and Social Media Wellness for University Educators.” Proceedings of the 2024 Teaching, Learning, & Technology Conference (TLTCon) Virtual. May 2024.