News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.
Eric Anctil, education, gave a talk entitled, “Experiential Education and Technology in the 21st Century: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities” at the 2015 Annual International Association for Experiential Education Conference in Portland on October 23. Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, received the biennial Lilly Fellows Book Award, along with co-editor Tom Landy, for their Becoming Beholders: Cultivating […]
Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences, presented a workshop at Unfold Studios on “Building Trauma Resilience with Living Yoga,” on November 1. Unfold Studios is an organization that brings the study and practice of yoga to children, youth, and adults in correctional facilities, drug treatment centers, and behavioral/mental health facilities. UP alumna Kristina Houck was also a […]
Sr. Carol Dempsey, O.P., theology, spoke on “Hearing the Prophets from the Bowels of the Earth: A Dominican Perspective” as a guest of the Sister Maura Campbell, O.P. Lecture Series on October 19. The theology and philosophy department at Caldwell University initiated the lecture series in celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Order of […]
Larry Larsen, performing and fine arts, designed the scenery for Oregon Children’s Theater’s production of “Junie B. Jones: The Musical” which opens on October 24 in the Newmark Theater at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. The show runs through November 22. Eugene Urnezius, chemistry, had his article, “Metal–Halogen Secondary Bonding in a 2,5-Dichlorohydroquinonate […]
Blair Woodard, history, is currently serving as the historical consultant for the Artist Repertory play Cuba Libre. The play is opening at the Winningstad Theater in Portland and will run October 10 – November 8. Martin Monto, sociology, received the Hugo Beigel Award for Scholarly Excellence from the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. […]
Aziz Inan, engineering, had his article, “Papal Brainteasers,” published in the September 29 edition of the Catholic Sentinel. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/naq7q2b. Michael Cameron, theology, has produced an anthology, with extended general introduction, of sermons on the Psalms of the Bible by Saint Augustine of Hippo (d. 430). Entitled Essential Expositions of the Psalms […]
Fr. Charlie Gordon, C.S.C., Garaventa Center, was interviewed for Think Out Loud, an Oregon Public Broadcasting radio program, on the subject of the papal visit to the United States. That interview was followed by an appearance on “The Talk Box,” part of the KGW TV program Live at Seven. The radio program can be heard […]
John Orr, English, was one of three keynote speakers at the Northeast Asia International Language and Culture Annual Conference at Jilin University in Changchun, China. His topic was “Memory, Memorials, and the Literature of World War I.” Gary Malecha, political science, was quoted in an article, “55 Percent of Charlie Hales’ Political Contributions from Real […]
Jackie Waggoner, education, published “Increasing parental involvement of English Language Learner families: What the research says” (with Tarasawa, B.) in Journal of Children and Poverty (http://tinyurl.com/o8l4y9e). She also presented (with McGunnigle C., O’Connor, D., Treasure, T., Cranley, L., and Davie, S.) “It’s okay. I’m a…teacher. Is professional status important to teachers?” in the Proceedings at […]
Jackie Waggoner, Jim Carroll, Hillary Merk, and Bruce Weitzel, education, published “Critics and critical analysis: Lessons from 19,000 P-12 students in candidates’ classrooms” in Teacher Education Quarterly, 42(1), 97. See the article at http://tinyurl.com/op836wf. Rene Sanchez, theology, was quoted in an article, “Proud Mary,” in the September 2, 2015 edition of Willamette Week, on the […]