Update

Jordy Wolfand and Cara Poor, Shiley School of Engineering, coauthored “Ridding our rivers of plastic: A framework for plastic pollution capture device selection.” Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2021. 165. 112095.

Hannah Highlander, mathematics, coauthored “The Case for Biocalculus: Improving Student Understanding of the Utility Value of Mathematics to Biology and Affect toward Mathematics.” CBE—Life Sciences Education, 20(1), p.ar5.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, published the article titled “On his birthday, here’s a look at Reagan by the numbers” in www.saukvalley.com, p. 8, Sauk Valley Weekend, Dixon, Illinois, February 6, 2021.

Claire McKinley Yoder, nursing, received the Fitzpatrick College of Nursing’s Distinguished Dissertation Award for her study on the relationships among school nursing, individual and school characteristics and long-term educational outcomes. Her award will be presented at the Annual Research Symposium to be held virtually on Thursday, March 23, 2021.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Towards a Theology of Recognition: Rethinking Religious Diversity in an Era of Hate.” A Talk Given to Roman Catholic Parishes in the Vancouver, Washington Area. Sponsored by Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle on Sunday, January 31, 2021. He also was a reviewer and endorser of the manuscript An Introduction to Religious and Theological Studies. Second Edition. By Cyril Orji. Cascade Books, 2021.

Toyin Olukotun, nursing, co-authored “Promoting the health of refugee women: a scoping literature review incorporating the social ecological model.” In the International Journal for Equity in Health. 2021 Dec;20(1):1-0.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, virtually attended “Inclusive Leadership: The Power of Workplace Diversity”, from The University of Colorado System.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, was published in the NY Daily News.

Michael Prendergast, theology and music, penned the Weekly “Sunday Word” reflection for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM); Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 17, 2021.

Alexa Dare and Vail Fletcher, communication studies, published “Intimate Relations: Communicating (in) the Anthropocene.”

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, published “African Migrant Christians Changing the Landscape of Christianity in the West: Reading the Signs of the Times.” in The Church and Migration: Global (In)difference. 265 – 287. He also was named a Fellow of the Christ Seminar under the auspices of The Westar Institute.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, was published in The Portland Tribune and The Register-Guard.

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, was appointed to the Corporate Member Ministry Board of Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Her duties will be to provide formation in the Catholic, Agnesian charism for members of the Regents and faculty at Marian.

Laura Dyer, biology, contributed “Preparing your mid-term review” in Anatomy Now Weekly; January 20, 2021.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, contributed “Black theology in dialogue with LGBTQ+ persons in the Black Church: walking in the shoes of James Hal Cone and Katie Geneva Cannon” in Theology & Sexuality, December 31, 2020. DOI: 10.1080/13558358.2020.1868157. He also presented “Rethinking the Sacraments as Meals for Human Flourishing: Why Black Lives Matter” to the RCIA Group at Saint Andrews Parish, NE Portland in Celebration of 2021 MLK DAY. (Virtually). January 17, 2021.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, was in high demand last week thanks to the 22 palindrome dates which occur this year, including Inauguration Day (1-20-21). He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Pennlive.com, Florida News Times, USAToday, New York Daily News, and many, many more.

Anita Gooding, social work, was selected as a 2020-2021 Field Research Scholar by the Transforming Field Education Landscape (TFEL) program at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Scholars attend regular seminars and present their own research related to strengthening field education in social work.

Ösel Plante, development, has a debut collection of poetry titled Waveland set for publication by Black Lawrence Press in April 2021. Please use this link to learn more.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering. recently shared some of his work on palindrome dates with the staff of Farmers’ Almanac which lead to an articled titled “2021: A Special Year For Palindrome Dates, Starting This Month!” See the article using this link.

Bob Butler, professor emeritus of environmental studies; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Nic Zentner, Central Washington University, published an animation titled “Ghost Forests: Evidence for a Giant Earthquake & Tsunami in the Pacific Northwest.” This animation explores how Native American oral history, geology of ghost forests in coastal Washington and Oregon, and written accounts of a tsunami that flooded Japanese Pacific Coast villages converge to document the most recent Cascadia subduction zone megathrust earthquake on January 26, 1700 at about 9 p.m. The Ghost Forest animation can be found on the IRIS website at: https://www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/animation/740 or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xPbt8iiDRo&feature=youtu.be.

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, wrote an editorial on “Sustainability and the Role of Higher Education” in Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 62, , pp. 2-3. See the article at this link. He also contributed “On a ‘Just’ Transition, Environment” in Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 63:1, 29-31, DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2021.1842715.. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received an Opus Prize Foundation Grant Sabbatical Support, Opus Prize Foundation, $5,000, on November 12, 2020.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Numbers don’t lie; they do, occasionally, amuse” published in the January 6 edition of the Portland Tribune. See the article using this link.

Jeffrey White, international languages and cultures, attended the Northwest College Reading and Learning Association Idea Swap (Regional meeting of the national online CRLA conference) in November 2020.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, contributed “The Role of Religion in Africa’s Twentieth Century Wars and Genocides: Lessons for African Churches” in Faith in Action: Pastoral Renewal, Public Health and the Prophetic Mission of the Church in Africa Since the Two African Synods. Volume Two. 168-188. Edited by Stan Chu Ilo; Justin Clemency Nabushawo; and Ikenna U. Okafor. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2020/Abuja, Nigeria: Paulines Publications Africa, December 2020.

Samuel Holloway, business, was quoted in an article, “Oregon Beer in 2020: Stress, Tanked Sales, and Adaptability Define a COVID-Cursed Year,” in Oregonlive on December 29. See the article here.

Corey Pressman, nursing, will have three works at the Yellowstone Art Museum up for auction in their 53rd Annual Art Auction: “Set & Setting 5,” “Lantern no. 31,” and “Lantern no. 13.” You can view Pressman’s works at this link.

Fr. Dan Parrish, C.S.C., business, contributed “The collapse of sensemaking at Yarnell Hill: The effects of endogenous ecological chaos on enactment” (with Timothy Clark and Samuel Holloway) in European Journal of Management Studies. doi: 10.1108/EJMS-10-2020-005, December 2020.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, published “Dozen birthday curiosities for Joe Biden,” Desi Talk, Parikh Worldwide Media LLC, Chicago, IL, Vol. XXIV, No. 50, p. 25, December 11, 2020. See the article using this link.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, contributed “Chapter 12: Integrative Physical Activity Intervention Strategies and Influencing Factors for Latina women” and “Mindfulness and stress reduction strategies with undergraduate and graduate nursing students.” (with Patricia Cox) in Vermeesch, A. (Eds.), Integrative Health Nursing Interventions for Vulnerable Populations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 60043-3_4, December 2020.

Bob Butler, environmental studies emeritus; Jenda Johnson, Earth Sciences Animated; and Wendy Bohon, IRIS Education Specialist published an animation, “Tectonics and Earthquakes of the Lesser Antilles.”  This animation explores plate tectonics, historic earthquakes and tsunamis, and earthquake hazards the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea. The Lesser Antilles animation can be found on the IRIS website using this link or on YouTube at this link.

Jeffrey White, international languages & cultures, attended “Power of Peer Educators: Online Student Engagement & Learning Strategies,” California Community College Success Network (3CSN) Virtual Series, December 2020.

Michael Prendergast, theology, is one of several contributors to the Sourcebook for Sundays, Seasons, and Weekdays 2021: The Almanac for Pastoral Liturgy. Published by Liturgy Training Publications (LTP), Chicago, IL.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, is now a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) in Nursing, National Academies of Practice, December 2020. She also coauthored “Mindfulness and Shinrin-yoku: Potential for Physiological and Psychological Interventions During Uncertain Times” (with Erica R. Timko Olson, Margaret M Hansen) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2020.

Katie Danielson, education, presented “Growing dialogic classrooms by building spaces of shared responsive reasoning among teachers“ (with Sarah Schneider Kavanaugh and student co-presenter Elizabeth Gotwalt) at the Literacy Research Association Virtual Conference, December 2020.

Jordy Wolfand, Shiley School of Engineering, contributed “Satellites to sprinklers: Assessing the role of climate and land cover change on patterns of urban outdoor water use” (with Terri Hogue, Colin Bell, Newsha Ajami and student coauthor Kyle Blount) in Water Resources Research. December 2020. doi: 10.1029/2020WR027587.

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.