Bryan Rookey, sociology & social work, wrote “Drugged Driving in the Opioid Era: Spatial Patterns of Oxycodone Use in Fatal Traffic Crashes, 2001–2016” in Substance Use & Misuse, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1407342, January 2018. Matthew Warshawsky, international languages and cultures, served as a respondent on a panel addressing medieval, early modern, and modern history at the Association for Jewish […]
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Jeff Kerssen-Griep, communication studies, recently published “Navigating instructional dialectics: Empirical exploration of paradox in teaching” with co-authors Blair Thompson (Western Kentucky U) and C. Kyle Rudick and Kathryn Golsan (U of Northern Iowa) in Communication Education, the discipline’s instructional communication flagship journal. Bob Butler, physics, works with IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology) Education and Public […]
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Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, Jeff Kerssen-Griep, communication studies, and Larizza Limjuco, nursing, received grant funding from Sigma Theta Tau, Omicron Upsilon Chapter for the education project titled “Transdisciplinary communication education for clinical instructors: Promoting moral agency and effective advocacy among clinical role models.” Barbara Braband, nursing, Rebecca Gaudino, theology, and Anissa Rogers, social work, were the recipients of the national Innovative […]
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David De Lyser, music, who serves as artistic director and conductor of the Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland, placed third nationally for the 2016-2017 American Prize Competition for Choral Performance, Community Division. Larry Larsen, performing and fine arts, designed the scenery for Portland Actors Conservatory’s production of Jose Rivera’s “Marisol,” which is playing at the Shoebox Theater […]
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Five faculty members participated in the 115th annual Pacific and Ancient Modern Language Association Conference, held November 10-12 at Chaminade University of Honolulu. From English, Genevieve Brassard presented “‘Amazingly Interesting’: Students Seeing Contemporary Women Writers through the Lens of Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own;” and Molly Hiro presented “Touching Slavery.” From international languages and cultures, Maria […]
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Laura Dyer, Ryan Kenton, and Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology, attended a workshop on CUREs, “Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences,” sponsored by the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust on Saturday, November 11, in Spokane, Wash. They presented a poster highlighting their own experiences teaching biology lab courses utilizing authentic research projects as a means of engaging their students in the scientific process. […]
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Chris Foss, history, contributed “Albert Conrad ‘Al’ Ullman,” The Oregon Encyclopedia at this link, published February 11, 2017. He also wrote “‘I wanted Oregon to have something’: Governor Victor G. Atiyeh and Oregon-Japan Relations,” Oregon Historical Quarterly, Vol. 118, No. 3 (Fall 2017), 338-365. Aziz Inan, engineering, had his mathematical brain teaser honoring Marie Curie […]
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Becca Nerstad, student activities, was honored at a recent conference of the Northwest Student Affairs Professionals (NWASAP) with the New Professional Award. The award is dedicated to individuals who are beginning their career within higher education, and honors those who demonstrate service to the unit/institution above and beyond job expectations, service above and beyond expectations to the […]
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Julie Kalnin, education, and Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, have been commissioned by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities to serve as architects in the development of a series of online instructional modules designed for people interested in honing their skills, knowledge, and reflective capacities related to taking on leadership roles—from department chair to president—in […]
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Bob Butler, environmental studies emeritus, presented “How GPS Teaches Us About Cascadia Earthquakes” (with Roger Groom, Mt. Tabor Middle School) at the Oregon Science Teachers Association Meeting at Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, on October 14. John Watzke, education, presented “Building Capacity Through Partnership: The Multnomah County Partnership for Education Research” (with co-presenters: Jacqueline Waggoner, […]