Update

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, communication studies, published “Negotiating identities and mitigating face threats: Interculturally skilled instruction across barriers” (pp. 203-224). In L. M. Chao & C. Wang (Eds.) Communicating Across Differences: Negotiating Identity, Privilege, and Marginalization in the 21st Century. San Diego, CA: Cognella Publishing. 

Herbert A. Medina, President’s Office, Acting President; Provost, published an article titled “Reflection on 2020-21” in the September issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, was selected to serve in the Oregon Chapter of the International Coaching Federation’s Pro Bono Coaching Initiative. He will serve as a leadership coach for non-profit executives in the Portland area to help deepen their knowledge, skills, and mindsets as leaders and to make forward progress concerning their professional and organizational goals.

Ösel Plante, PhD, English, published a poem entitled “Self Portrait As Daughter Stuffed With A Stack Of Pomegranates.” Her poetry and flash fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets 2017 and 2019, the Best Small Fictions 2016 anthology. Her first book Waveland was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2021. The UP Bookstore will be hosting a reading for Waveland in October 2021.

Students working with Lauren Berger and Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences, presented their BIPOC research projects at the 6th Biennial Conference of the Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity and Race (Division 45 of the American Psychological Association), July 8 – 10, 2021 (Virtual). This year’s theme was entitled, “Structural Racism: Resilience, Resistance, and New Insights.” The students were Jaycie Chan (BIO), Carolina Cortes (PSY), Mati Hébert (SOC; also with Martin Monto), Andre Jaurigui (PSY), and Max Oishi (PSY).  Four of these students received scholarships to attend the conference and APA Division 45 membership for January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.

Andra Davis, nursing, and Casey Shillam, nursing, co-published “Integrating the ELNEC undergraduate curriculum into nursing education: Lessons Learned.”  Journal of Professional Nursing, 37(2), 286-290.

Nicole Ralston, education, and Tim Doughty, Shiley School of Engineering, received a May 2021 Kern Family Foundation grant award of $240,500. Ralston will lead the 4-year Entrepreneurial Mindset (EM) Assessment project, “KEEN Compass – Cooperative eMerging Partnership for Assessment Support and Success of the 3Cs,” in collaboration with SSOE faculty Tim Doughty. External partners include UNC-Chapel Hill, UW-Tacoma, The Ohio State University, and Western New England University. The project will build capacity for assessment within the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN).

Don Norton, performing and fine arts, recorded an album with his quartet, Facing West, in New Orleans, LA. The recording will include two of Norton’s original compositions.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, Eric Anctil, education, Carolyn James, mathematics, Valerie Peterson, mathematics, and Tara Prestholdt, biology, presented Defining a T1 University, Transforming Institutions 2021 virtual Conference, hosted by ASCN and NSEC.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, was profiled in a piece by the Mathematical Association of America. The interview can be found here.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “What Has Arabia Got to do with Italy?: In Dialogue with Thomas Aquinas and the Prophet Muhammad.” A Response Paper presented at the Comparative Theology Session at the Catholic Theological Society of America. (Virtually). June 12, 2021. 2:30 – 3:45 PM. Aihiokhai also served as Convener, Black Catholic Theology Consultation Group/Catholic Theological Society of America. Aihiokhai also published African, Christian, Feminist: The Enduring Search for What Matters. Teresia Mbari Hinga. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2017. 244 pages. $45.00. ISBN: 978-1-62698-2499. In Theoria. Issue 167. Vol. 68, No. 2 (June 2021): 111 – 114.

Buck Taylor, chemistry, co-published “Sulfide oxidation by 2,6-bis[hydroxyl(methyl)amino]-4-morpholino-1,3,5-triazinatodioxomolybdenum(VI): mechanistic implications with DFT calculations for a new class of molybdenum(VI) complex.” Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 7762–7772

Matthew Warshawsky, international languages and cultures, published “‘One God, One People, and One Law’: Las excelencias de los hebreos of Isaac Cardoso as a Defense of Judaism through a Hispano-Portuguese Lens” in Pacific Coast Philology, vol. 55, issue 2 (2020), pp. 191-211. The article can be viewed here.

Gary Lee Malecha, business, co-authored The Congress, which was recently published by Greenwood Press. It is scheduled for release on June 30, 2021.

Christina Astorga, theology, published “Natural Law and Sexual Anthropology: A Critique of the Natural Law Theory,” in Jacob  M. Kohlhaas and Mary M. Doyle Roche, eds, Human Families: Identities, Relationships, and Responsibilities, Annual Publication of the College Theology Society 2020, Vol. 66 ( Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Press, 2021) 59-71

Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts, has been elected to the Oregon Band Directors Association Committee for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA).

Ian D Parkman, business, published “How do we get paid for this? Beating the commodity trap using design-based differentiation to maintain pricing power” Design Management Review, 32:2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/drev.12260

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics and STEM Education and Outreach Center, developed and implemented a 5-hour professional development program for the Statewide STEM Beyond School network on Supporting Students in their Mathematical Learning.

Toyin Olukotun, nursing, co-published Influences of Demographic, Social Determinants, Clinical, Knowledge, and Self-Care Factors on Quality of Life in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: Black-White Differences. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 1-12.

Tobias Ryan, psychological sciences, co-published “Hearing Beyond What Is Spoken: Collective Grief” at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.

Benjamin Gallegos, education, co-published Coaching as a means to enhance performance and persistence in undergraduate STEM majors with executive function deficits. Higher Education Theory and Practice. 20(5). Gallegos is also serving as a Government Relations Committee Member, Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and a Committee Member, Innovation and Technology Committee, Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Gallegos served as Coordinator for the University of Portland Holmes Scholars program., Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE); Core Team member with the University of Portland HHMI Inclusive Excellence 3 Learning Community (IE3LC)., HHMI Inclusive Excellence 3 Learning Community (IE3LC); Council of Advisors Member, Portland Metro STEM Partnership (PMSP); a Senate member, Academic Faculty Senate; Library Advisory Committee Member, Library Advisory Committee; Innovation Advisory Council Member, Innovation Advisory Council and a Leadership Coach, Leader Certificate Program. Gallegos attended the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Conference, Online and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference, Online.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, was interviewed for “Looters of Nigeria’s Wealth, Not Divided by Tribalism, Religion and Politics,” Signature TV and Africa International Television. May 22, 2021. Link: https://signaturetv.org/the-signature-interview-looters-of-nigerias-wealth-not-divided-by-tribalism-religion-and-politics-prof-aihiokhai/. Aihiokhai also reviewed the book Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology. By Todd D. Whitmore. New York: T & T Clark, 2019. 400 pages. $29.95. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-5676-8417-2. Horizons, 48 (1). 260 – 261. Doi:  https://doi.org/10.1017/hor.2021.10. 

Kenneth Lulay, Shiley School of Engineering, co-published Investigating the effect of engineering undergraduates’ writing transfer modes on lab report writing in entry-level engineering lab courses, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Virtual (online).

Geneviève Brassard, English, has published a chapter titled “Learning Feminist Reading Strategies from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own” in Teaching Modernist Women’s Writing in English, editor Janine Utell. Options for Teaching Series. New York: MLA, 2021. 57-65.

Toyin Olukotun, nursing, co-published “An Analysis of Reflections on Researcher Positionality.” Qualitative Report, 26(5).

Chloe Littzen, nursing, received the Alumni Council Award from the University of Arizona College of Nursing.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, along with Baris Inan and Nihat Inan, his two sons who are alumni of University of Portland, published the article titled, “Moment of 21s!”, in The Bulletin, a publication of the Tau Beta Pi Association to disseminate news and information for the collegiate chapters of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, page 2, May 2021.

Claire McKinley-Yoder, nursing, co-published “Explaining the variability in school nurse workload and educational outcomes.” [Advance online publication]. Western Journal of Nursing Research.

Charles McCoy, mathematics, was awarded the Outstanding Research in Mathematics,  from Sigma Xi, Columbia-Willamette Chapter

Teri Grimmer, business, co-published “How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Affects Charitable Contribution Deductions,” Accountancy, Business, and the Public Interest, April 2021, Vol. 20, pp. 115-132

Samuel Holloway, business, and Mark Meckler, business, published “Organizing the Usual Suspects: Structuring Temporary Organizations.” Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability. Volume 15 (5). NA-Business Press.

Deana Julka, psychological sciences, presented “Exploring Terror Management Theory and Awe Effects in a Legal Setting” with student co-presenters Daniel Smith and Maya Sellier.

Dave Houglum, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, earned the Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential from the International Coaching Federation on May 10^th, 2021. For more information about the requirements for this credential, please see more here.

Ellen Lippman, business, published “Undocumented Workers, United States taxes, and the responsibility of tax preparers,” Journal of Critical Incidents, 13 (1), 68 – 70.

Tobias Ryan, psychological sciences, co-published an article in the Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, January 2021, Vol. 3 Issue: Number 1; (AN 54913295), Database: E-Journals

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, co-published “Development of a Reconfigurable Control Equivalent Turbulence Input Model for Multirotor UAS,” Vertical Flight Society International 77th Annual Forum, Virtual, May 2021. Ivler also co-published “Real-Time System Identification Methods for Estimation of Sling Length on the Load Stabilization System,” Vertical Flight Society International 77th Annual Forum, Virtual, May 2021.

Corey Pressman, nursing, had two artworks selected for the Artworks Northwest Biennial Exhibit at Umpqua Valley Arts Association.

Rebecca Smith, education, co-presented Increasing teacher capacity in blended learning environments: Resources and self-assessment tools at the Higher Education Assessment Conference.

Michael Cameron, theology, presented “Becoming persona veritatis: Christ, Self-Dispossession, and Voicing Scripture in Augustine’s Confessions.

Nicole Ralston, education, Rebecca Smith, education, Jacqueline Waggoner, education, published “We’re actually teaching science!”: A partnership approach to investigating a new model for embedding language in science. School-University Partnerships, 14(1), 45-55.

Laurie Dizney, biology, co-authored “Sex Chromosomal Transformation and the Origins of a Male-specific X Chromosome in the Creeping Vole, Microtus oregoni,” which was published in Science.

Scott Leykam, athletics, was the recipient of the Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association (DI-AAA ADA) Builders’ Award. The Builders’ Award is presented to an individual who, for a minimum of five years as an active I-AAA Director of Athletics, has contributed to the enhancement of the Association, their institution, and the profession as a whole.

V. Dakshina Murty, Shiley School of Engineering, was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Dayalbagh Educational Institute.

Christin Hancock, history, co-presented “Roundtable: Institutionalization, Patients’ Rights/Reproductive Rights, and Women’s/Patients Resistance and Agency.” Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH) Annual Conference, April 24, 2021.

Gregory Pulver, performing and fine arts, is serving on the CAS Task Force on Equity-Minded Faculty Workload until December 2021.

Kevin Jones, social work, presented “A Therapeutic Poetry Writing Intervention for Youth who have Experienced Trauma” to the National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference (virtual) on April 8, 2021. He also presented “Using Poetry to Connect Native Youth to Identity, Place, and Culture” to the Indigenous Pedagogy Virtual Academy on April 12, 2021.

Maria Echenique, international languages & cultures, is serving as Coordinator of Emergency International Online Courses in Argentina and Ecuador, Spanish Program. Echenique is also serving on the Faculty Senate until May 31, 2021 and served as the panels organizer for Founder’s Day.

Christine Weilhoefer, biology and environmental studies, published “Seasonal relationships between diatom assemblages and environmental conditions vary between epipelic- and epipsammic- dominated tidal flat diatom communities in the Yaquina estuary, Oregon, USA” in the April issue of Estuaries and Coasts.

Claire McKinley-Yoder, nursing, served as COVID-19 Vaccination nurse/supervising students, Clackamas County in March 2021.

Amber Vermeesch, nursing, was awarded the Provost’s Initiative Undergraduate Research, UP Office of Provost. Vermeesch is also serving on the Nomination Council for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Chloe Littzen, nursing, presented “Young adult nurse work-related well-being, contemporary practice worldview, resilience, and co-worker support during the COVID-19 pandemic.” at the Sigma Theta Tau International, Beta Mu Chapter Induction Ceremony.

Stephanie Salomone, mathematics, and Valerie Peterson, mathematics, participated in the Facilitator Training program for the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project, and NSF-funded, multi-institutional, nationwide program to provide online training in inclusive teaching practices for STEM faculty. Faculty, stay tuned for more information about the online course facilitated by Salomone and Peterson.

Cassy Esparza, admissions, won the PNACAC Excellence in Admissions Award.

Dave Houglum, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation earned the CPCC credential (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) from the Co-Active Training Institute on April 14, 2021 by completing over 200 hours of training, 100+ hours of coaching clients, feedback on multiple recorded coaching sessions with individual coach supervisors, group coaching supervision, mentor coaching, and final practical exam. The Co-Active Training Institute is widely recognized as the most rigorous professional coach training and certification program in the industry and is known as the “gold standard” of coaching by the Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School affiliate.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented  “Deconstructing the Idolatry of White Supremacy: Embracing a Trinitarian Identity as Solidarity with Others.” A Keynote Address Given to Niagara University Community on their Theological Day of Reflection. Event is Organized and Sponsored by the Rose Bente Lee Ostapenko Center for Race, Equity, and Mission, Niagara University. Thursday, April 29, 2021. 12– 1:30 p.m. The keynote address can be found here – passcode: P=7ZywL.