Update

Jeffrey Gauthier, philosophy, presented “Public Policy and Prostitution: A Case for Suppressing Demand,” at the 36th Annual Social Philosophy Conference, San Francisco, 11 July, 2019.

Nicole Ralston, education, presented “Implementing partnerships: Gathering, applying, and using research to inform practice” (with Ming, N.) at the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships (NNERPP) Annual Forum, Boston, MA, July 2019.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, attended the AAC&U 2019 TIDES Institute: Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM , Los Angeles CA, June 2019.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Happy birthday is the goal for Alex Morgan,” published in the July 3 edition of the Portland Tribune. See the article here. His Megan Rapine brainteaser was also published by The Columbian. See the article here.

Matthew Kuhn, Shiley School of Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Engineering Mechanics Institute, Engineering Mechanics Institute, in June 2019.

Patricia Cox, nursing, was co-author with DNP graduate Joy Moceri, for an article published in the June issue in The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, “Mindfulness-Based Practice to Reduce Blood Pressure and Stress in Priests.”

On Friday, June 14, Bohn Lattin, communication studies, conducted a two public speaking workshops for “Young Leaders from the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia with World Oregon.” Each year, World Oregon, in conjunction with the United States Department of State, hosts several youth leadership exchange programs which brings young leaders from around the world to the U.S. for three-week leadership development courses. The public speaking workshops were a part this leadership development course.

Rachel Wheeler, theology, reviewed The Way of the Hermit: Interfaith Encounters in Prayer and Silence by Mario I. Aguilar, Philadelphia, PA: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017, in Cistercian Studies Quarterly 54, no. 2 (2019): 231-236, June 2019.

Halina Wyss, nursing, her her article, “Building resilience, health, and wellness for undergraduate nursing students beyond Title IX and early alert programs” (with Amber Vermeesch) published in Archives of Women Health and Care, 2(3): 2–2 (2019).

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “My View: Numerical curiosities mark Anne Frank’s 90th birthday,” published in the June 11 edition of the Portland Tribune. See the article here. He also had the article published in Oregon Jewish Life on June 12. See the article here.

Michael Cameron, theology, wrote a citation, “Psalms,” in The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation, eds. Paul M. Blowers and Peter W. Martens (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019), 572-87. Date: June 2019.

William Curtis, political science, was a panel presenter (“New Pre-Law Advisor Training”) at the Pacfic Coast Association of Pre-Law Advisors Pre-Law Conference, June 4-7, 2019, Portland, OR.

Hannah Highlander, mathematics, was a faculty mentor at the Intercollegiate Biomathematics Alliance’s Cross-Institutional Undergraduate Research Experience (IBA-CURE) workshop, at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, from May 30-June 1.  She served as a faculty research mentor to undergraduate participants (one of which was UP math major Meghan Childs) and presented a talk entitled “Mathematical Modeling of Suicide Risk and Assessment of Preventative Measures for American Veterans.”

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Papal Numbers,” published in the June 4 edition of the Catholic Sentinel. See the article here.

Martin Cenek, Shiley School of Engineering, presented “Alaska Water and Sewer Challenge: Per Capita Water and Fixture Use in Rural Alaksa” (with co-presenters Aaron Dotson, Mia Heavener, Laura Eichelberger and student co-presenter Cameron Wilson) at the 49th Conference of Alaska Water and Wastewater Management Association. Anchorage AK. May 13-16, 2019 (Best Poster Award).

Matthew Warshawsky, international languages and cultures, had his article, “‘May Your Holy Inspiration Call Me in the Desert’: New Jewish and Baroque Identity in the Poetry of João Pinto Delgado” published in Calíope: Journal of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry (24.1, June 2019).

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, wrote “Inappropriate Patient Sexual Behavior in Nursing Education” (with Halina Wyss) in Archives of Women Health and Care, 2 (1), 1-1, February 2019.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Queen Victoria’s 200th birthday adds to royal numbers,” published in the Portland Tribune. See the article here.

Blair Woodard, history, presented his paper “Visual Diplomacy and the U.S. Embassy in Havana, 1951-2018” at the Latin American Studies Association Congress in Boston, MA.

Benjamin Gallegos, education, had his paper, “Students with autism spectrum disorders who participate in FIRST robotics” (with Karin Fisher, Taylor Bousfield) published in Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference : Vol. 3, Article 5. DOI: 0.20429/stem.2019.030105, April 2019. He also had his paper, “Middle school students in a rural community having conversations with a STEM professional before playing a science video game in their after school program: Students talking to a TeachLivE adult virtual avatar before gaming” in Proceedings of 6th Annual TeachLivE Conference 2018. Virtual Human Interactive Performance (VHIP) , 110-117.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, presented “Spreading Evidence-Based Pedagogical Practices: Leveraging Peer Observation for Instructional Change,” a Webinar presentation hosted by the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) (with Tara Prestholdt, Valerie Peterson, Eric Anctil, Heather Dillon, Carolyn James) in May 2019.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an $800 grant for “Prevalence of Coping Strategies for Inappropriate Patient Sexual Behavior in Nursing Baccalaureate Education” from Sigma Theta Tau International, with Halina Wyss, March 2019. She also presented “Effect of mindfulness on perceived stress by graduate nursing students,” the 3rd International Integrative Nursing Symposium, Galway, Ireland, May 22-24, 2019 (with Patricia Cox, Pamela Potter).

Martin Cenek, Shiley School of Engineering, wrote “Studying Kenai River Fisheries’ Social-Ecological Drivers Using a Holistic Fisheries Agent-Based Model: Implications for Policy and Adaptive Capacity” (with Jamie Trammell and Maxwell Franklin) in MDPI Fishes 2019, 4(2), 33, May 2019.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Happy 199th birthday to Florence Nightingale,” published by the Florence Nightingale Foundation on May 21, 2019. See the article here.

Anissa Rogers, social work, co-wrote an opinion piece, “Opinion: Lowering educational requirements for child-welfare workers isn’t the answer,” in the May 22 edition of OregonLive. She was joined by Stephanie Bryson from PSU and Christine Saladino from George Fox University, as well as representatives from Concordia University, Pacific University, and Warner Pacific University.

Samuel Holloway, business, presented “From Curious To Connoisseur: How Craft Breweries Create Loyal Customers Through Customer Experiences,” an invited lecture at the 2019 China Craft Beer Conference. Shanghai, China, May 2019. He also delivered the keynote, “Consumption Driven Market Emergence: How Craft Beer Consumers Are Changing The Global Beer Industry” at the same conference.

Cara Poor, Shiley School of Engineering, wrote “Variation in Nutrient and Metal Retention in Bioretention Systems with Mycorrhizae-Inoculated Soil” (with student co-author Jenna Kube) in Proceedings of the EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater; Urban Water Resources; and Municipal Water Infrastructure, p. 71-79, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2019.

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, wrote “Learning to rock the boat” in Bisel, R.S. & Kramer, M. Case studies in organizational communication: A lifespan approach, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, July 2019.

Janet Banks, nursing, attended the 2019 Palliative Care Institute Conference , Bellingham, WA, May 2019.

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, communication studies, was invited to offer four workshops about communicating, connecting, and advocating across ingroup-outgroup barriers, for the staff of the Holden Village community near Chelan, WA, May 13-19, 2019.

Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, wrote “Enhancing access to student nurse athletes: Office hours on the road” (with Benjamin Kahn and Samuel Williams, information services) in Nursing Education Pespectives 40(3), May 2019.

Nicole Ralston, education, serves as a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Committee as of May 2019. She attended the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), State College, PA, May 2019, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, April 2019.

Eli Goldwyn, mathematics, had his article, “Stochastic Models of Influenza Outbreaks on a College Campus” (with Subkshya Bidari) in Letters in Biomathematics, DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2019.1618744, May 2019.

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, had her papers, “System Identification Guidance for Multirotor Aircraft: Dynamic Scaling and Test Techniques” (with student coauthors Elizabeth Rowe, James Martin) and “Handling Qualities Based Assessment of Scalability for Variable-RPM Electric MultiRotor Aircraft” (with coauthor Farhan Gandhistudent and student coauthors Ariel Walter, Mathew McKay) in Proceedings of the 75th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum, Philadephia, PA, May 2019.

Sharon Jones, Shiley School of Engineering, was an invited panelist for the ABET and BOK Updates session at the Environmental Engineering Program Leaders Meeting, held at the 2019 AEESP Biennial Research and Education Conference at Arizona State University, May 2019. Her co-presenters were Allison McKay and David Vaccari.

Jonathan Stanfill, theology, wrote “The Body of Christ’s Barbarian Limb: John Chrysostom’s Processions and the Embodied Performance of Nicene Christianity” in Revisioning John Chrysostom: New Approaches, New Perspectives , Critical Approaches to Early Christianity 1, edited by Chris L. de Wet and Wendy Mayer, 670-97. Leiden: Brill, March 2019.

 Simon Aihiokhai, theology, had his book, Fostering Interreligious Encounters in Pluralist Societies: Hospitality and Friendship, published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. ISBN: 978-3-030-17804-8 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-3-030-17805-5 (eBook). Number of Pages: XIII, 239. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-17805-5, May 2019.

Heather Dillon, Shiley School of Engineering, wrote “Balancing Technological Innovation with Waste Burden Minimization: An Examination of the Global Lighting Industry” (with Dzombak R, Antonopoulos CA) in International Journal of Integrated Waste Management, Science and Technology . Vol 92, no 1, Pages 68-74. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2019.04.037, May 2019.

Michael Prendergast, theology and music, had an article in the March 2019 issue of Pastoral Music, Journal of the National Association of Pastoral Musician (NPM): “Revisiting Communal Reconciliation.”

Michael Cameron, theology, wrote “Letter and Spirit: Latin Patristic and Early Medieval and Christianity” in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, eds. Christine Helmer, et al. (Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 2018), vol. 16: 237-42; “Regnum [Kingdom]” in Augustinus-Lexikon, vol. 4, fasc. 7/8 (Basel: Schwabe, 2019): pp. 1112-19 as well as “Rex [King]” pp. 1208-13. He also presented “Augustine on Genesis in Confessions 11-12: The Case for Hermeneutical Rhetoric” at the Sixth Annual Northwest Early Christian Studies Seminar, University of Portland: March 2019.

Christin Hancock, history, presented “Mad Women in the Interwar Era: Gender and Syphilis-Induced Mental Illness in Middle America, 1918-1941,” at the Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) Annual Conference, April 27, 2019, Portland, Oregon.

Nicole Ralston, education, presented “The growing pains of a new preventative model of alternative school: A mixed methods study” (with student Cara Wright) at the Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE) annual conference, Honolulu, HI, January 2019. She also attended the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference, Reno, NV, October 2018. She served on the Search Committee for ESOL/Reading Faculty Member, October 2018-April 2019, and on the Search Committee for Science/Research Methods Faculty Member, September-November 2018.

Trudie Booth, French studies, published her book, Les mots français: Vocabulaire, lectures et sujets de conversation, throughRoutledge on May 3.

Carolyn James, mathematics, presented “Institutional Change: the Role of Peer Observation in the Adoption of Evidence-Based Instructional Practices” (with Tara Prestholdt, Valerie Peterson, Eric Anctil, Stephanie Salomone, and Heather Dillon) at Pacific North West Section of the Mathematical Association of America Annual Meeting, April 2019.

Sarina Saturn and Deirdre Katz, psychological sciences, had two students from their research lab present findings at the Western Psychological Association 99th Annual Convention. Rachel Mehlman presented “How the Stigma of Mental Illness Influences College Student’s Likelihood of ​Seeking Psychological Help​,” and Brittney Kawakami presented “Cultural Values’ Effects on Coping Strategies Among Various Racial and Ethnic Identities.”

William Curtis, political science, presented “The Second Dewey-Lippmann Debate: Democracy vs. Rule of Law?” at the Western Political Science Association conference in San Diego, CA, April 18-20, 2019.

Carolyn James, mathematics, attended the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, February 2019.

Laura Dyer, biology, “The role of neural crest in cardiac development” (with Margaret Kirby) in The ESC Book on Cardiovascular Development, Perez-Pomares JM and Kelly RG (Eds.) Oxford: Oxford, UK., December 2018.

Christin Hancock, history, presented “Unspeakable: Sex, madness, and the malarial treatment of syphilis in Middle America, 1925-1940,” as an invited lecturer for OHSU History of Medicine Lecture Series, April 24, 2019.