Update

Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology, helped serve as a moderator for a webinar titled “Achieving an Institution-Wide Culture and Practice in Undergraduate Research: Best Practices from AURA 2015 Awardees” sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research on their Award for Undergraduate Research Achievements (AURA) Program in May 2016.

Mark Meckler and Sam Holloway, business, has their article, “Can you imagine a world without Budweiser? We can,” published in The Conversation, Business Insider, Huffington Post, and a number of newspapers and other outlets. See the article at this link.

Heidi Senior, Clark Library, wrote “Business librarians and new academic program review” (with Kerry Wu) in Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, 21(2), 114-134, May 2016. DOI: 10.1080/08963568.2016.1140547.

Deana Julka, psychological sciences, presented “Body Satisfaction and Early Specialization in Sports,” with Sanna Mustonen, at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Long Beach, Calif., April 30-May 2, 2016.

Michael Andrews, College of Arts and Sciences, presented “Catholic Identity: Its Future and Possibilities in International Higher Education” at the Catholic Identity and the Challenge of God Conference, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago Ill., April 14-16, 2016.

Sam Holloway, business, presented an invited lecture, “Disruption In Action: How The Craft Beer Renaissance Is Changing The Global Beer Industry,” at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif., (with Mark Meckler and Andrew Earle) in May 2016. He also had his article, “Discovering a Rosetta Stone For Firm-Side Authenticity: An Empirical Investigation” (with Ian Parkman) published in International Journal of Marketing & Business Communication, volume 5, Issue 1, in May 2016.

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Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences, spoke to the Washington County Adverse Childhood Experiences Initiative on “How Prosocial Emotional States Can Counteract the Damage Caused by Stress and Trauma” on May 10.

Mead Hunter, performing & fine arts, participated in Portland Shakespeare Project’s symposium “Shakespare at 400,” in which he led a workshop and discussion surrounding Henry VI, part one, and its contemporary ‘translation’ into contemporary American English as commissioned by Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Anissa Rogers, sociology & social work, published Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Mezzo and Macro Contexts (NY: Routledge), May 2016.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, presented “Valuable Lessons Learned in Conducting Research at New Institutions,” (with Kala Mayer) a poster presentation at Western Institute of Nursing’s 49th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, Anaheim, Calif., April 6-9, 2016.

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Laura Mood, nursing, as part of her Butine funding for Spring 2016, completed the following four presentations at the PacRim International Disability and Diversity conference in Honolulu, Hawaii: “Outsider within leadership teams: A strategy for successful disability research (25 min. podium); “The Disability Closet: Conditions that Ease the Coming Out Process from the Perspectives of Persons with Learning Disabilities Pursuing Nursing Careers” (poster), “Recruitment and Retention of Women with Physical Disabilities in Health Research” (poster), “Resilience: A salient factor in the successful transition to practice of person with learning disabilities pursuing careers in nursing” (25 min podium).

Dann Pierce and Bohn Lattin, communication studies, had their study “The Odd Case of Ned Flanders: Satire, Religion, and American Cultural Expectations” accepted as a chapter in the book Jesus on the Small Screen: Christianity in Television Programming by Lexington Books.

Sharon Jones, engineering, presented and had her paper, “Two-tiered Summer Bridge Programming for At-risk Engineering and Computer Science Students,” (with Caitlin Cairncross) published in proceedings of Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education: Research and Practice, Washington D.C., April 2016.

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Ave Maria Press has released a revised edition of The Cross, Our Only Hope, edited by Revs. Andrew Gawrych, C.S.C., and Kevin Grove, C.S.C. The book includes a number of reflections by religious at the University of Portland, include Fr. Mark Poorman, Fr. John Donato, Fr. Thomas Hosiniski, Fr. Charles McCoy, Fr. Dan Parish, Fr. Jeffrey Allison, Fr. Dick Berg, Fr. Jeffrey Cooper, Fr. James Gallagher, Fr. Charlie Gordon, Fr. Pat Hannon, Fr. Ed Obermiller, Fr. Gerry Olinger, Fr. Claude Pomerleau, Fr. Charles Sherrer, and Fr. Art Wheeler. More information is available at http://tinyurl.com/hc4ee3t.

Christopher Lee, mathematics, presented “Recurrence Matrices: An Example of How Teaching Leads to Problems” on Friday, April 22, at the 2016 Northwest Two-Year College Mathematics Conference, Gleneden Beach, Ore.

Aziz Inan, engineering, published his article on Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary on KVAL News in Eugene, Ore: http://tinyurl.com/ja2zlup.

Fr. Jeffrey Allison, C.S.C., registrar’s office, presented “Requisite Scribing in Degree Works” at the Degree Works Forum prior to Ellucian Live in Denver, Colo., April 2016.

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Susan Stillwell, nursing, delivered the keynote address for Transforming Healthcare with Evidence-based Practice, Break-out Session on “From Evidence to Clinical Decision Making,” at the 9th Evidence–based Practice on the Frontline: Building a Culture of quality, Safety and Nursing Professionalism conference, on April 14, 2016 at Missouri University Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia Missouri. She also presented on “From Evidence to Clinical Decision Making: Next Steps” at the 16th Nurse Educator Institute on April 12, 2016 in Branson Missouris, and delivered a keynote address at Transforming Healthcare with Evidence-based Practice, Breakout Session, “Synthesizing the Literature End-Note: Evidence-based Practice: Looking Back to Move Forward” At the Oregon Nursing Research and Quality Consorium April 18, 2016 in Oregon City, Ore.

Zia Yamayee and Robert Albright, engineering, had a peer reviewed session at the 2016 ABET Symposium in Hollywood, Florida, titled “Preparing a Self-Study Report: The role of an Annual Assessment, Evaluation and Documentation Process,” April 14-15, 2016.

Nicole Ralston, education, presented “The impacts of a new model for professional development for teaching GLAD” with Jacqueline Waggoner, Zuly Naegele, and Rebecca Smith) at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, Washington DC, April 2016.

Matthew Warshawsky, international languages and cultures, presented “Spanish Golden Age Influences on the Jewishness of the Converso Poetry of João Pinto Delgado” at the Western Jewish Studies Association Annual Conference, held April 17 at Willamette University in Salem, Ore.

Hannah Callender, mathematics, presented “A Glimpse into Agent-Based Modeling: Using Turtles to Promote World Peace and Cure Disease” (with students Parkes Kendrick and Tsikata Apenyo) at the Pacific University Mathematics Colloquium Series, Forest Grove, Ore., April 2016.

Heather Dillon, engineering, presented “Backward Design to Improve Mechanical Engineering Curriculum” (with Kenneth Lulay, Karen Eifler, and Timothy Doughty) at the 2016 Summit for Transforming STEM Teaching in Higher Education, Boise, Idaho, April 2016.

Joanne Warner, nursing emerita, is the recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s 2015 Sister Bernadette Armiger Award. Established to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing nursing education and practice, this award was presented to Warner at AACN’s Spring Annual meeting held in Washington, DC in March.

Kevin Jones, social work, with student co-authors Sophia Colletti and A.J. Muth, presented a poster entitled “Using the Circle of Courage Youth Development Model to Predict Satisfaction and Success for LGBTQ Students in Undergraduate Social Work Programs in the U.S.” at the 6th European Conference for Social Work Research, held March 30-April 1, 2016 at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon.

Aziz Inan, engineering, had his article, “A Numerical Tribute to Cervantes on the 400th Anniversary of His Death” (with Baris Inan) published in The Beacon, and the website for KVAL Channel 13 in Eugene, Ore., on Friday, April 22.

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Laura Mood, nursing, presented at the Western Institute of Nursing conference on April 8 in Anaheim, Calif., a podium presentation entitled “Experiences of Students and New Nurses with Learning Disabilities in Transition-to-Practice.”

Ted Eckmann, environmental studies, was quoted in an article, “Oregon House Speaker Criticizes DEQ Investigation Of Swan Island Odors,” published on April 11 by KLCC 89.7 FM, a public radio station licensed to Lane Community College in Eugene, Ore. See the article at this link. Eckmann also appeared on a news segment for KGW Channel 8 on the investigation, at this link.

Eduardo Contreras, studies abroad, co-facilitated a pre-conference workshop (with Pardip Bolina of the University of Michigan) on “Diversity as Strategy in Education Abroad” at the Diversity Abroad Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Contreras was also the chair of the Conference Planning Committee.

Heather Dillon, engineering, presented “Equation Free Modeling as a Method for Reducing Computation Time for Natural Convection from a Vertical Plate” (with Hollis Crowder) at the National Council on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, N.C., April 2016.

Samuel Holloway, business, had his article, “Friends and Profits Don’t Mix: The Performance Implications of Repeated Partnerships” (coathored with Anne Parmigiani) published in Academy of Management Journal, vol. 59 no. 2. 460-478, April 2016.

Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, presented “Moral distress among baccalaureate nursing students: A multi-site descriptive study” (with students Conor Livingston and Austin Smith) at the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference in Anaheim, Calif., April 2016. She also presented a poster, “Advocating amidst conflict. Communication styles demonstrated by baccalaureate nursing students during high fidelity simulation” (with co-presenters Beth Krautscheid and Carissa Luebbering) at the same conference.

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Barbara Braband, nursing, presented “An Evaluation of the Impact of a Community-Academic Partnership Project” (with Mayer, K., Killen, T.) at the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

Sarah Weiger, English, presented “Cruelties Great and Small: Coleridge’s Albatross in the 21st Century” at the annual American Comparative Literature conference, held March 17-20, at Harvard University. Her presentation was part of a panel on animal cruelty.

Pamela Potter, nursing, presented on Primary Care Integrative Nurse Competencies, during a preconference on Integrative Nursing: Implications for Nursing Science, Practice and Education, Western Institute of Nursing Conference in Anaheim, Calif.

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Casey Shillam, nursing, and Ellyn Arwood, education, wrote “Controlled postpartum-newborn simulation with objective evaluation exchanged for clinical learning. Clinical Simulation” (with Veltri, L., Rowe, J., & Bell, K.) in Nursing, 12(5), 177-186. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2016.01.005 (2016).

Aziz Inan and Peter Osterberg, engineering, along with recent graduates Baris Inan (engineering) and Nihat Inan (engineering and music), published the article titled, “Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death with Numbers,” The Beacon Online, March 23, 2016.

September Nelson, nursing, wrote “Lateral integration” in C. R. King and S. O. Gerard (Eds.), Clinical nurse leader certification review, 2nd Edition (pp. 71-77). New York: Springer Publishing Company, March 2016.

Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences, gave a talk about the neuroscience underlying implicit bias to the Oregon Mediation Association, a nonprofit organization of members committed to the development, support and advocacy of mediation in the State of Oregon, on Saturday, April 2.

Barbara Braband, nursing, presented “Population-focused Care Coordination and Chronic Disease Management: Curriculum Innovations for Nurse Educators’ Preparation for the Future Workforce” at the 2016 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Master’s Education Conference: Podium Presentation. Houston, Texas, February 2016.

Anissa Rogers, social work, published the 4th edition of her textbook, Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course, with Routledge Publishers.

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Sr. Angela Hoffman, chemistry, attended the 251st National American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego March 13-17. She took part in several committee and council meetings and presented a symposium paper entitled “Getting people excited about the science of climate change” for the Division of Environmental Chemistry. She also co-organized and presided at a symposium entitled “Citizens First! Applications of chemistry to real world issues” for the Division of Chemical Education. She accompanied two undergraduate students who presented their research at the undergraduate session: BaoTran Nhan presented “Yew tree extracts as a natural insecticide against tobacco hornworms” and Jake Vanvampen presented “Anti-hyaluronidase activity of various plant methanolic extracts with implications for neurodegenerative diseases”.

Jeffrey Meiser, political science, was quoted in a story on the Brussels terror attacks on KATU Channel 2 on March 22. See the story at http://tinyurl.com/gvfkqwy.

Aziz Inan, engineering, published his article titled, “Happy birthday to William Durand!” in the Op Ed section of The Stanford Daily, the student-run, independent daily newspaper serving Stanford University, Stanford, California, March 22, 2016. See the article at this link.

Pat Bognar, performing and fine arts, will show her work as part of the third round of Portland Grid Project participants from March 31 to May 1 at the 12×16 Gallery, 8235 SE 13th Ave. No. 5. Her photographs will be featured at First Friday on April 1 from 6-9 p.m. as well, and an artists’ reception will take place on Sunday, April 3, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Carolyn James, mathematics, has been recognized as a NExT fellow of the Mathematical Association of America. Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program for new or recent Ph.D. recipients in the mathematical sciences. It addresses all aspects of an academic career: improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, engaging in research and scholarship, finding exciting and interesting service opportunities, and participating in professional activities. Since 1994 there have been over 1,500 Fellows who have appeared in all capacities in the academic mathematical profession.

John Orr, English, wrote “Defenses and Maks and Poses in Henry Adams’ Letters” in The Edinburgh Companion to Nineteenth-Century American Letters and Letter-Writing, eds. Celester-Marie Bernier, Judie Newman, and Matthew Pethers. Edinburgh University Press, 2016. 496-508, March 2016.

Louisa Brad, psychological sciences, published an article, “The Evolution and Development of Peak-End Effects for Past and Prospective Experiences,” in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics.

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Sally Hood, education, presented a session at the Confederation of Oregon School Administrator’s (COSA) English Learners Alliance Conference, held in Eugene, Ore., on Friday, March 11. Title of the presentation: “Using Information Gap Activities to Improve English Learners Oral Language Proficiency.”

Aziz Inan, engineering, published his article titled “3-14-16: Happy ’rounded off’ Pi Day!” in kval.com, KVAL News, Eugene, Ore., March 14, 2016. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/zflubmo.

Molly Hiro, English, gave an invited presentation, “Remaking the African American Past: The Emperor Jones” to the Americanist Research Colloquium at the University of California, Los Angeles, on March 3, 2016.

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