Andrea Barton

Administration Promotions, President’s Leadership Cabinet Appointments Announced

June 29, 2018

University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., has announced that Andrea Barton, general counsel, and Sandy Chung, associate vice president for human resources and interim title IX coordinator, will be promoted to Vice President and General Counsel, and Vice President for Human Resources, respectively, effective July 1, 2018.

Barton joined the University of Portland in January 2017 as General Counsel and Special Assistant to the President. She oversees all legal matters on behalf of the University and advises the University and members of the campus community in connection with higher education issues.

Chung joined the University of Portland as Director of Human Resources in December 2015. In 2017 she was promoted to Associate Vice President for Human Resources and in May 2018 was named Interim Title IX Coordinator. She has extensive experience in human resources, and is also a member of the California and Oregon State Bars.

There are also four new appointments to the President’s Leadership Cabinet: Rowena Bramlette, who has been promoted to associate vice president for budgeting; Eduardo Contreras, assistant provost and studies abroad; Elise Moentmann, associate provost; and Matthew Rygg, associate vice president for student development.

Aziz Inan, Shiley School of Engineering, had his article, “Happy 199th birthday to Florence Nightingale,” published by the Florence Nightingale Foundation on May 21, 2019. See the article here.

Anissa Rogers, social work, co-wrote an opinion piece, “Opinion: Lowering educational requirements for child-welfare workers isn’t the answer,” in the May 22 edition of OregonLive. She was joined by Stephanie Bryson from PSU and Christine Saladino from George Fox University, as well as representatives from Concordia University, Pacific University, and Warner Pacific University.

Samuel Holloway, business, presented “From Curious To Connoisseur: How Craft Breweries Create Loyal Customers Through Customer Experiences,” an invited lecture at the 2019 China Craft Beer Conference. Shanghai, China, May 2019. He also delivered the keynote, “Consumption Driven Market Emergence: How Craft Beer Consumers Are Changing The Global Beer Industry” at the same conference.

Cara Poor, Shiley School of Engineering, wrote “Variation in Nutrient and Metal Retention in Bioretention Systems with Mycorrhizae-Inoculated Soil” (with student co-author Jenna Kube) in Proceedings of the EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress: Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater; Urban Water Resources; and Municipal Water Infrastructure, p. 71-79, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2019.

Natalie Nelson-Marsh, communication studies, wrote “Learning to rock the boat” in Bisel, R.S. & Kramer, M. Case studies in organizational communication: A lifespan approach, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, July 2019.

Janet Banks, nursing, attended the 2019 Palliative Care Institute Conference , Bellingham, WA, May 2019.

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, communication studies, was invited to offer four workshops about communicating, connecting, and advocating across ingroup-outgroup barriers, for the staff of the Holden Village community near Chelan, WA, May 13-19, 2019.

Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, wrote “Enhancing access to student nurse athletes: Office hours on the road” (with Benjamin Kahn and Samuel Williams, information services) in Nursing Education Pespectives 40(3), May 2019.

Nicole Ralston, education, serves as a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Committee as of May 2019. She attended the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), State College, PA, May 2019, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, April 2019.

Eli Goldwyn, mathematics, had his article, “Stochastic Models of Influenza Outbreaks on a College Campus” (with Subkshya Bidari) in Letters in Biomathematics, DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2019.1618744, May 2019.

Christina Ivler, Shiley School of Engineering, had her papers, “System Identification Guidance for Multirotor Aircraft: Dynamic Scaling and Test Techniques” (with student coauthors Elizabeth Rowe, James Martin) and “Handling Qualities Based Assessment of Scalability for Variable-RPM Electric MultiRotor Aircraft” (with coauthor Farhan Gandhistudent and student coauthors Ariel Walter, Mathew McKay) in Proceedings of the 75th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum, Philadephia, PA, May 2019.