Update

Laura Dyer, biology, co-published “Baseline heart rate in infants with prenatal alcohol exposure: A systematic review and independent analysis” in Birth Defects Research, 1–14. Student co-authors: Peyton McDonnell, Pia Fornell, and Sarah Ponce. December 2022. 

Christine Weilhoefer, biology and environmental studies, and Ryan Kenton, microbiology, along with two professors from Willamette University and Walla Walla University, are the recent recipients of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust RAISE grant to study harmful algae and bacterial blooms in the Pacific Northwest and the Caribbean Sea. This $353,290, three-year grant will support at least four undergraduate research students each year at University of Portland, as well as provide course-embedded research opportunities across the biology curriculum. This collaborative research team will develop new molecular approaches to better understand how environmental conditions influence the dynamics of these harmful blooms. This project will transcend traditional campus boundaries, allowing students and professors to collaborate across three institutions. 

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, published “African Philosophy Post 1994: In Conversation with Alena Rettova” in Modern Africa: Politics, History and Society. Volume 10. No. 2 (2022): 101–118. December 2022. Aihiokhai also published “A Prophetic Response to the Ethics of Empire.” (Reflections on the Readings for Year C – Christmas Nativity of the Lord – Proper 1). In The Politics of Scripture Series. Political Theology Network. December 2022. 

Warren Wood, chemistry, received a Lake Industries Equipment Grant for $34,000 from Moses Lake Industries. December 2022.  

Dave Houglum, director of leadership, earned the Leadership Circle Profile 360 Certification on December 18, 2022. The Leadership Circle Profile is a robust 360-degree assessment that measures a leader on 29 key dimensions of leadership and connects them with underlying motivating habits of thought and internal assumptions. It is rooted in the Universal Model of Leadership and supported by numerous scientific studies that demonstrate how the dimensions are associated with effective leadership and business results. If you’d like to explore using the Leadership Circle Profile 360 for your leadership development, please contact Dave Houglum at houglum@up.edu. For more information about the Leadership Circle Profile, check out this short video. 

Fr. Jeff Schneibel, university archivist, published an article in the October 2022 issue of Archival Spirit titled “Transitions: Fidelity to the Core & New Leadership.” The article calls attention to the PortLog as a vehicle for educational outreach and the celebration of the values and mission of UP. 

Tamara (Tammy) Herdener, student affairs, presented a workshop on Values Based Leadership and Strategic Planning at the NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, regional conference on November 13. The presentation was geared towards mid-level student affairs professionals focusing on the role of leadership in defining direction, choosing personnel to move goals forward, and allocating resources from a values-based perspective.  

Lora Looney, international languages & cultures, published a chapter in the recent SUNY volume, Representing Childhood and Atrocity, “The Uses of Allegory to Tell Youth Disappearance and Mortality under Spain’s Dictatorship in Ana María Matute’s 1956 Los niños tontos (The Foolish Children).” 

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, provided an online contemplative retreat on December 7 for the Fellowship of Executive Leaders, a consortium of faculty and administrators at LeMoyne College and Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. 

Ian Parkman, business, was quoted in the Business Insider article entitled, “Nike basketball sales aren’t expected to suffer after cutting ties with Kyrie Irving as anticipation builds for a Ja Morant signature shoe.”  

Corey S. Pressman, integrative health and wellness, will be featured in The Light at the Center, a one-month solo show at Blackfish Gallery opening on January 5. 

Chloe Littzen, Layla Garrigues, and Amber Vermeesch, nursing & health innovations, co-published “Integrative Wellness Approaches to Mitigate Perceived Stress, Increase Vitality, and Build Community During COVID-19: A Pilot Study” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16463. December 2022. 

Rebekah Hanson, performing and fine arts, published Motivation and Retention in Teens: A research study on what motivates and inspires music students in American String Teacher, 72 (4), 27-30. November 2022.

Steven Kolmes, professor emeritus, environmental studies, published “Searching for an Ecological Civilization: Air Pollution and Children in China” in Ecological Marxism and Ecological Civilization (Translated into Chinese for Publication, Central Compilation & Translation Press, Beijing). 2022. In January, Kolmes will also begin to serve as Editor-in-Chief of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development. Faculty with appropriate areas of scholarly activity are invited to examine the periodical’s website for its Aims and Scope and contact him with any questions about the submission and review process. 

Ian Parkman, business, was quoted in the Portland Business Journal in an article entitled, “Portland Thorns fans, sponsors weigh the nuances of supporting the club amid abuse scandal.” 

Genevieve Brassard, English, published a review of Elizabeth Anderson’s Material Spirituality in Modernist Women’s Writing in Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 41:2 (Fall 2022): 359-61. 

Maria Echenique and Matthew Warshawsky, international languages and cultures, participated in a panel entitled “Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: Jewish Culture and Literature in Trans-Iberia” at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) conference November 11–13 at UCLA. Echenique presented “Representations of Bolivian Culture in Autobiographic Narratives by Jewish Immigrants in the 1940s” and Warshawsky presented “‘The Perfect Holy Love of God Prevailed in Our Martyrs’: Remembrances from Amsterdam of Iberian Crypto-Jews (1654-55).” 
 
Warren Wood, chemistry, co-published 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones with 3-alkyldiarylether groups: synthesis and Plasmodium falciparum inhibitory activity in Future Medicinal Chemistry 2022, 14, 1611-1620. Co-authors: Yuexin Li, Teresa M. Riscoe, Aaron Nilsen, Warren J. L. Wood. Student co-authors: Amanda Berg, Chelsea B. Swartchick, Noah Forrest, Matthew Chavarria, Madeleine C. Deem, Alyson N. Sillin. 

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, provided the plenary for the recent Chicago area convocation of mission and academic officers in Catholic higher education, hosted by Lewis University on October 14. Her address was called “Oui, Whee, We: Delivering the Promises of Catholic Intellectual Tradition.” 

Donnie Norton, music, and Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, were the focus of a recent Scribe, the outreach publication of The Saint John’s Bible. This essay detailed the original experimental jazz music Donnie composed, inspired by two illuminations from the SJB. Norton premiered these pieces with his quartet Facing West at the CD Release celebration for their eponymous recording, hosted by the Garaventa Center on October 10. 

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland magazine, took part in a two-day workshop of the libretto she is writing for a forthcoming opera about Loving v. Virginia, the US Supreme Court decision that made interracial marriage the law in every state in the country. Virginia Opera and Richmond Symphony are co-commissioning the work, and Jessica is collaborating with composer Damien Geter. 

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, published “Deconstructing the Idolatry of White Supremacy: Embracing a Trinitarian Identity as Solidarity with Others” in Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. (Themed Issue: Honorary Whiteness: Delusions of Racial Hierarchy). Volume 11. No. 3 (2022): 19 – 32. November 2022.

Geneviève Brassard, English, spent a busy few days downtown at the Modernist Studies Association conference, hosted by Portland-area and Oregon universities, October 27–30. She served on the Conference Planning Committee; presented “Continuities, Affinities, Connections: Reimagined Classics for the 21^st-century Classroom” on the ‘Make it New Now’ Roundtable; chaired the panel “Queer Street”; and served as moderator for the discussion session “What Are You Reading?” She was especially thrilled to cheer on as UP graduate Ian David Clark ’13 presented his paper titled “What is it like to be a duck? The Anthropocentric Fiction of Katherine Mansfield.” 

Corey Pressman, integrative health and wellness, gave the keynote presentation at the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education Student Alumni Symposium in October. The presentation was called The Vital Practioner Framework and focused on practical means to avoid burnout at both individual and organizational levels. 

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, participated in the Division 1 FAR Institute and the 2022 FARA Meeting, hosted by the NCAA, Indianapolis IN. November 2022. 

September Nelson, nursing & health innovations, served on the UP Nursing Faculty Senate from May 2022 to present day.  

Valerie Banschbach, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, gave a virtual presentation at Bukidnon State University and Central Mindanao University, Philippines, in their joint international Economics and Natural Sciences lecture series on “Animals Helping Us Achieve the Future We Want” on November 8, 2022. In the presentation, entitled “Ants as Providers of Ecosystem Services.” Banschbach highlighted her work on the use of ants as bioindicators of ecosystem health and focused on applications relevant to environmental conservation in the Philippines. 

Amelia Ahern-Rindell, emerita from biology, recently collaborated with a group on the publication of “The Cambridge Handbook of Undergraduate Research,” which was recently published. Ahern-Rindell contributed to the section on Avenues for Developing Undergraduate Research that included a subsection on Cross-cultural UR. She wrote about UP’s interdisciplinary collaboration on excavating and documenting the Roman city of Pollentia. 

Molly Hiro, English, and Jen McDaneld, English, co-published “Humanities at the Center: Insights from Building a Public Humanities Program” in Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. Vol. 21. No. 4 (October 2022). 323-38. 

Dave Houglum, director of leadership, presented nine, one-hour presentations for the European Leadership Programme in Brussels, Belgium, with colleague Taireez Niswander, business, from October 16– October 22. He also provided individual coaching sessions to many of the participants to help them make forward progress toward important individual and organizational goals. He also met with multiple university presidents in the area and numerous inspiring difference-makers to imagine possibilities and opportunities for collaboration. The European Leadership Programme draws emerging leaders from across Europe (including three participants from Ukraine this session) to participate in a five-month leadership development programme. While in Brussels, the participants work in organizations such as the European Parliament, European Commission, NATO, various embassies and NGOs, and the UN. 

Andrew Guest, psychological sciences and Core director, made an October in-person presentation on his book Soccer in Mind: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to the Global Game at the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University-Qatar, along with a second presentation for students at Northwestern University-Qatar. He also recently published a co-authored research article “What the World Happiness Report doesn’t see: The sociocultural contours of wellbeing in northern Tanzania” with a group of Tanzanian and American colleagues from the Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute in a special issue of the International Journal of Wellbeing on “Global Perspectives on Wellbeing.” 

Tammy VanDeGrift, engineering, presented the paper “Alumni as Adjunct Faculty and Mentors for Computer Science I Students” at the Northwest Regional Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges on Nov 4. The paper is published in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, volume 38, number 1. VanDeGrift, along with co-moderator Dr. Shereen Khoja from Pacific University, also invited alumni who work as software engineers to share experiences at a panel session titled “Professionals’ Perspectives on Liberal Arts and Computing Skills” at the Northwest Regional Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges on Nov 5. 

Aziz Inan, engineering, published the article titled, “11:11—Good Luck And History!”, in Farmers’ Almanac, November 8, 2022. 

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, served as a reviewer of manuscripts, critical African studies. From October 21 to present. On October 26, Aihiokhai was also sworn in by Ambassador Sam Zakham, the former United States Ambassador to Bahrain, and Dr. Michael Jenkins, the President of the Universal Peace Federation, as an Ambassador for Peace. He accepted this recognition on behalf of all who experience erasures in our world. May you all be seen in the fullness of your light. He is honored to be among a community of global peace lovers and hopes to continue to use his voice and agency to make spaces of visibility for all who need this in our world. The work continues. More information on the Ambassadors for Peace can be found here. 

Chloe Littzen, School of Nursing & Health Innovations, co-published “Expanding the Mind-Body-Environment Connection to Enhance the Development of Cultural Humility” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(2). Co-authors: Isabelle Soule, Layla Garrigues, and Amber Vermeesch. October 2022. 

Eugene Urnezius, chemistry, co-published “Synthesis and structures of EOM-protected 2,6-bis(diphenylphosphino)-4-methylphenol and its deprotected P-chalcogenides, 2,6-bis(Ph2P = E)-4-methylphenols (E = O, S, Se)” in Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements. 2022, 1-8. Co-author: Ed Valente. Student co-authors: Elizabeth Gushtyuk, Bao Huynh, and Brytney Young. October 2022. 

Lars Erik Larson, English, presented a paper in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at the Western Literature Association Conference on October 20. The presentation, “Nomadland’s Layered Spaces of Home on the Road,” explored the way Chloe Zhao’s Oscar-winning film portrays the ongoing problem of America’s fixed/place-based understanding of home. 

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, published “A Comparative Theological Approach to Virtue Ethics: Making Space for an African Perspective” in Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. Volume 11. No. 2 (2022): 1-12. September 2022. He also published “Alterity and Religious Violence in Nigeria: Towards an Interfaith Theology of Recognition” in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies. Volume 57. No. 4 (2022): 569 – 594. October 2022. Aihiokhai is also serving as a book reviewer for the Routledge Philosophy list from October 7–present. 

Chloe Littzen, school of nursing & health innovations, co-published “An Analysis of Theoretical Perspectives in Research on Nature-Based Interventions and Pain” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(19). Co-author: Reo Jones. October 2022. 

Cara (CJ) Poor, engineering, co-published “T. Evaluation of a Green Roof Retrofit using Water Treatment Residuals to Reduce Leaching of Phosphorus” in the Journal of Green Building, 17 (3): 129–139. Co-authors: Nicholas Kanno, Taylor Marumoto. September 2022. 

Ben Tribelhorn, engineering, co-published “Mapping the Chaotic Transitions of the Lorenz Equations with Unsupervised Machine Learning” in ASME. Journal of Heat Transfer. Co-author: H. E. Dillon. October 2022. 

Corey S. Pressman, integrative health and wellness, will be showing three pieces in the Sitka Art Invitational on October 14–16. 

Claire McKinley-Yoder, school of nursing & health innovations, co-presented “Applying a postcolonial feminist lens and socioecological model to student abroad preparation” Podium presentation at the Global Inclusion Conference in San Francisco, CA, USA (October 3–8, 2022). Co-presenter: Toyin Olukotun. Student co-presenters: Sophia Alvarado and Shiipin Lau. She also co-presented “Student/Faculty Development of a Diversity Equity Inclusion Didactic Curriculum Evaluation Tool” Podium presentation at the National League for Nursing Annual Summit 2022 in Las Vegas, NV, USA (September28–30, 2022). Co-presenters: Kala Mayer, Sally Rothacker-Peyton, and Gordon Williamson. She also presented “Development of a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Didactic Curriculum Evaluation Tool: Student and Faculty Perceptions” Podium presentation at National League for Nursing Annual Summit 2022 in Las Vegas, NV, USA (September28-30, 2022). Co-presenters: Kala Mayer, Sally Rothacker-Peyton, and Gordon Williamson. 

Steven Kolmes, environmental studies, published “Intended and Unintended Consequences of Two Paradigms of Urban Planning, and Their Social Justice and Human Health Impacts, in Portland, Oregon” in Environments 9, no. 10: 130. 

Ben Tribelhorn, engineering, co-published “A Course Model for Enhancing Applied Non-Technical Skills of Computer Science Students” in The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 38, 1 2022. Co-author: Radana Dvorak. November 2022.

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, provided a retreat (more of an “advance,” actually) to faculty, staff, and students at Seton Hall University on September 21, on the theme of “Greening Ourselves, Hildegard of Bingen-style.”

Corey S. Pressman, integrative health and wellness, presented Haiku: The Poetic Moment in the Medical Encounter at the 37th Annual Foundation for Medical Excellence Pain Management Conference. The session introduced the practice of haiku as a means of engaging in active listening, gaining narrative competence, and discovering a deeper understanding of patient stories of suffering.

Adeya Powell, institutional research, co-published “Double Impact: A Dyadic Discrimination Model for Poor, Minority, and Pregnant Couples” in J Urban Health. Co-authors: Trace Kershaw and Derrick M. Gordon. September 2022.

Greg Peterson, student wellness, will present two original research projects and one committee charge presentation on October 15 at the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (WACES) conference. The research presentations are titled “Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived Supervisor Competence and Counselor Burnout” and preliminary findings on Peterson’s dissertation “Construction and Validation of the Climate-Aware Counselor Scale.” The committee charge is for the WACES Sustainability and Climate Change Committee and presenting on “Climate Change & Mental Health:  Proposed Counselor Training, Competencies, and Curriculum.” Peterson will also be providing continuing professional development for counselors through a presentation titled “Trauma and Climate Crisis: an Introduction to the Threat Amplifier and Trauma Magnifier” on November 19 at the Annual Oregon Counseling Association Conference.

Larry Larsen, performing & fine arts, designed the lighting for Lakewood Theatre Company’s Production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” which runs in the Lake Oswego Performing Arts Center from September 9 through October 16.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “A Case for A Eucharistic Approach to Healthcare According to the Social Teachings of the Catholic Church: A Turn to the Plight of the Marginalized Ones in the United States of America.” An annual lecture sponsored by the Orlando Biomedical Ethics and Catholic Social Teaching Endowment Lecture Series. Held at Gannon University’s Ruskin, Florida Campus for Health Sciences. Thursday, September 9, 2022. Note: The lecture was given to the entire members of Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania campus and the Ruskin, Florida campus for Health Sciences. Aihiokhai also edited and contributed to Religion, Women of Color, and the Suffrage Movement: The Journey to Holistic Freedom (Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts Series). Lexington Books. An Imprint of Rowan and Littlefield, 2022. eBook. 386 pages. Additional contributors to the anthology from the University of Portland are: Christin Lee Hancock, history; Anita R. Gooding, sociology & social work; Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, political science; Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., theology; Christina Astorga, theology; and Brandy Daniels, theology. Aihiokhai also published “A Case for a Polyphonic Anthropology: Giving Voice to Experiences of Women of Color” in Religions. Volume 19. No. 9. September 2022.

Patrick Hannon, C.S.C., English, has a new collection of essays coming out in late October: Such Dizzy Natural Happiness: A Long Loving Look at the Lord’s Prayer. From the publisher: “…the author takes each phase of the only prayer Jesus ever taught his disciples and breaks it open in new and unexpected ways through entertaining stories, insightful observations, and disarming engagement with a variety of thinkers, poets, and writers.” You can pre-order a copy from the publisher, ACTA Publications, or from Amazon.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics and engineering, and Tara Prestholdt, biology, planned and facilitated an institute for the faculty of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, ME, on the use of the REFLECT peer observation protocols for formative assessment of teaching. Faculty participants came from all five divisions of MMA, including the Marine Transportation Deck and Engine faculty, allowing for a new context in which to test these protocols. Salomone was also an invited panelist on the Equity Is… podcast hosted by EquityLabs out of the University of Denver. “Equity is Engineered: tackling the theory that says our systems are not broken, they are working exactly the way they were built. Since we engineer our systems and processes, what better place to start looking at the systems we engineer than STEM education?” With guests: Stephanie Salomone, Courtney Ngai, and Shayla Sawyer, hosted by Ashley Hill. In her role as Associate Director of Project NExT for the Mathematical Association of America, Salomone gave four presentations at the Project NExT workshop in Philadelphia, PA. Her focus was on active-learning strategies for higher-ed mathematics instruction. The presentations were the following: Different Interactive Teaching Methods—Based on the IP Guide (with Dr. Trish Hammer, Virginia Tech and Dr. Alicia Prieto Langarica, Youngstown State University); Interactive Teaching Session; Got Questions?; and Making Teaching Matter More: Active-learning Strategies and Barriers to Implementation.

Hannah Pick, Dundon-Berchtold Institute, co-edited and co-published Come, Holy Spirit: Spiritual Wisdom from Fr. Ted Hesburgh (August 2022, Ave Maria Press). Co-editors/Co-publishers: Todd C. Ream, Ph.D. (Taylor University) and Rev. Gerard J. Olinger, CSC (University of Notre Dame). The book offers a thematic organization of selections from among Fr. Hesburgh’s many thought-provoking and spiritually insightful homilies, addresses, and prayers. For more information, visit Amazon’s listing of the book or the Ave Maria Press page.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, published “Influences of Religions on African Ethics: Insights from African Indigenous Religions, Christianity and Islam.” In African Ethics: A Guide to Key Ideas. Edited by Luis Rodrigues and Jonathan O. Chimakonam. Pp. 91–102. London: Bloomsbury, 2022. Aihiokhai served as an external reviewer of tenure and promotion file, Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University, Chicago, from July 20–August 31, 2022.

Rebecca Smith, education, co-published “Redefining Care in Teacher Education: Responding to Teacher Candidate Needs After COVID,” in Reconstructing Care in Teacher Education After COVID-19: Caring Enough to Change. A. Webb and M. Shoffner (Eds.) Taylor & Francis. Co-authors: Paul Sutton and Gavin Tierney. August 2022.

Bryan Rookey, sociology & social work, published “Social Status and Opioid Drugged Driving.” Journal of Drug Issues. August 2022.

Rebecca Gaudino, theology, co-published “Digital Storytelling.” Photography in Social Work and Social Change: Theory and Applications for Practice and Research, edited by Matthias J. Naleppa, Kristina M. Hash, and Anissa T. Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 62-77. Co-authors: Anissa T. Rogers and Barbara Braband. August 2022.

Don Norton, performing & fine arts, and his quartet, Facing West, released their eponymous debut album on the Outside in Music record label. Norton contributed two original compositions to the album, which is available in CD format and on streaming services.

Andrew Lafrenz, school of nursing & health innovations, co-published “New Advances on Wellness Therapies Using Integrated Health Focusing on Nature.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 10313. MDPI AG. Co-authors: Chloe Littzen, school of nursing & health innovations. August 2022. Lafrenz also published “Designing Multifunctional Urban Green Spaces: An Inclusive Public Health Framework.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(17):10867. August 2022.

Karen Eifler, Garaventa Center, provided a plenary talk and full day workshop to the full faculty of Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin on August 18 on the topic of integrating Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Social Teaching into just about any course.

Christine Weilhoefer, biology and environmental studies, co-published “Nutrient limitation of primary production in rivers along a land use gradient in the Lake Biwa Basin, Shiga Prefecture, Japan” in Aquatic Ecology. Co-authors: Shin-ichi Nakano, Souyma Deb, and Keitaro Fukushima.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, reviewed Queering Black Atlantic Religions. Transcorporeality in Candomble, Santeria, and Vodou. Roberto Strongman. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2019. 296 pp. $26.95. ISBN: 9781478”003106. In Theology & Sexuality. August 2022. Aihiokhai also had a media mention: “‘Synodal Spirit is Alive in Africa,’ Say Speakers at Major Theological Summit.” In National Catholic Reporter (NCR). By Christopher White. August 11, 2022.

Lauren Berger, psychological sciences, and Olivia Nomura (PSY; class of ‘22) presented research on racial identity, critical consciousness, political efficacy, and participation in national social movements at the 130^th Annual American Psychological Association Convention, August 4–6, 2022 (Minneapolis, MN). Three additional undergraduate students – Grace Fortson (POL; class of ‘22), Jordan Hammock (PSY; class of ‘21), and Alyssa Reed (PSY; class of ‘21) – contributed to the research project. Berger received a 2022 APA Committee on Early Career Psychologists/National Register of Health Service Psychologists Convention Travel Grant to attend the conference.

Chloe Littzen, nursing, presented “The Development of the Nursing Practice Worldviews Scale” at the International Philosophy of Nursing Conference, Irvine, California. August 2022. Littzen also co-published “New Advances on Wellness Therapies Using Integrated Health Focusing on Nature” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19. Co-authors: Andrew Lafrenz and Amber Vermeesch. August 2022.