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Butine Faculty Development Fund

Fall 2023 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards Recipients

On behalf of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS), committee chair Bonnie Parks announces the recipients of the Fall 2023 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards: 

  • Sherry Abbasi, Engineering, 46th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), $2,000  
  • Lauren Alfrey, Sociology, 8th World Conference on Qualitative Research, $2,000  
  • Christina Astorga, Theology, Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), 78th Annual Convention, $2,000  
  • Lauren Berger, Psychology, O₂ universum (Prague, Czech Republic), $2,000  
  • Kathleen Bieryla, Engineering, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, $1,098  
  • Genevieve Brassard, English, Modernist Studies Association, $1,238  
  • Iztel Cruz Megchun, Business, Refining responsible innovation instruments to integrate ethical approaches in Business Education, $5,000  
  • Brandy Daniels, Theology, How (Not) to be Christian? Identity, Formation, and the Future in Feminist Theologies, $3,000  
  • Katie Danielson, Education, American Educational Research Association Conference, $2,000  
  • Andra Davis, Nursing, Reflecting the Palliative Care Needs of People Identifying as LQBTQIA+: Improving Representation in Nursing Education, $2,800  
  • Carol Dempsey, Theology, Society of Biblical Literature National Conference, $2,000  
  • Sean Gestson, Engineering, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 2024, $1,129  
  • Eli Goldwyn, Mathematics, Joint Mathematics Meeting, $907  
  • Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi, Political Science, Teaching Interdisciplinary Research Methods, $5,000  
  • Rebekah Hanson, Performing and Fine Arts, Chamber Orchestra New Music Commission, $4,950  
  • Maye Henning, Political Science, Western Political Science Association, $1,525  
  • Randy Hetherington, Education, American Educational Research Association 2024 Annual Meeting, $2,000  
  • Deirdre Hon, Education, Professional Development for Teachers in Northern Malawi to Advance Girls Education (Principal Investigator: Deirdre Hon), $4,963  
  • Sally Hood, Education, La Cosecha Dual Language Conference, $1,740  
  • Christina Ivler, Engineering, American Society for Engineering Education, $933  
  • Andrew Lafrenz, Nursing, 2024 Society for Epidemiological Research Conference, $1,896  
  • Gary Laustsen, Nursing, 2024 NONPF 50th Annual Conference, $2,000  
  • Claire McKinley Yoder, Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), $2,000  
  • Stephanie Meyer, Nursing, Exploring the Experiences of Nursing Faculty working with Standardized Patients in Simulation, $3,500  
  • Neil Oculi, Environmental Studies, Developing Geospatial Modules for Coastal Vulnerability and Watershed Vulnerability Index for Saint Lucia to Better Understand the Impacts of Climate Change,  $5,000  
  • Amy Ongiri, Sociology, American Folklore Society,  $320  
  • Ian Parkman, Business, International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) 2023, $2,000  
  • Nicole Ralston, Education, American Educational Research Association Conference, $2,000  
  • Kiya Riverman, Environmental Studies, From icy peaks to pears: quantifying mass loss from Oregon’s largest glacier and its downstream impacts on irrigation in the Hood River Valley, $4,945  
  • Matthew Rueben, Engineering, Human-Robot Interaction, $2,000  
  • Rebecca Smith, Education, American Educational Research Association Conference, $2,000  
  • Isabelle Soule, Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), $2,000  
  • David Taylor, Biology, Taxonomy and Biogeography of Taiwanese Mussaenda (Rubiaceae), a genus of ecologically important woody vines, $5,000  
  • Ben Tribelhorn, Engineering, Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS), $719  
  • Matthew Warshawsky, International Languages & Cultures, From New Christians to New Jews: Seventeenth-Century Spanish Texts in Defense of Judaism, $730  
  • Jordy Wolfand, Engineering, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2024, $1,098

Butine Awards Announced

On behalf of the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS), committee chair Patrick Murphy announces the recipients of the Spring 2023 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards. 

  • Marjorie Attis-Josias, Nursing, 2023 Western Institute of Nursing (WIN) Conference, $1000.00 
  • Alexa Dare, Communication Studies, International Communication Association, $2000.00 
  • Ruth Dittrich, Business, “Does wildfire smoke affect sentiment?” An application of sentiment 
  • analysis to the Oregon Labor Day Wildfires 2020, $1100.00 
  • Julie Kalnin, Education, Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP) Quality Assurance Symposium and American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, $1989.00 
  • Martin Monto, Sociology, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meetings, $924.00 
  • September Nelson, Nursing, Western Institute of Nursing Annual Conference, $485.00 
  • Gregory Pulver, Performing and Fine Arts, Teaching Design and Performance Courses, $1920.00 
  • Shaz Vijlee, Engineering, 2023 ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) National Conference, $2000.00 
  • Christine Weilhoefer, Biology and Environmental Studies, Society for Freshwater Sciences Annual Conference, $1766.00 
  • Jordyn Wolfand, Engineering, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2023 Annual Conference, $2000.00 
  • Blair Woodard, History, Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), $1980.00 
  • Aaron Wootton, Mathematics, ORMATYC 2023, $846.36 

Call for Spring 2023 Butine Grant Applications (Due Feb. 17)

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) invites all full-time faculty, lecturers, and instructors to submit proposals for the Spring 2023 Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. Projects and Conference applications are limited to $2,000 in the spring funding cycle. Please use the most current application forms which are now available for download from the Butine Moodle site. Also, a reminder that applicants should discuss their Butine proposals with their respective deans (and chairs for CAS applicants) before applying. Deadline to TAS and to Chair/Deans, Friday, February 17. Contact TAS chair Patrick Murphy, tas@up.edu, with questions.

2019 Butine Faculty Development Funds Awarded

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2019 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Hannah Highlander, Mathematics.

Butine award recipients are:

  • Christina Astorga: Catholic Theological Society of America, Pittsburg, $2,000
  • Barbara Braband: Sigma Theta Tau, International Congress 2019 Calgary, Canada, $1,282.49
  • David DeLyser: 2019 Chorus America National Conference Philadelphia, $2,000
  • Carol Dempsey: College Theology Society National Conference Holy Cross College, South Bend, Indiana, $1,363
  • Caery Evangelist: Liber International Summer School, Trends in Manuscript Studies, Italy, $2,000
  • Alice Gates: National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, Portland, $895
  • Eli Goldwyn: American Mathematical Society Sectional Meeting University of Hawai’i, $740
  • Hannah Highlander: International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Spain, $2,000
  • Gregory Hill: Systems Mapping for Transformational Governance, $1,637
  • Samuel Holloway: Beeronomics,org, Czech Republic, $2,000
  • Sally Hood: Seventh International Conference on Immersion & Dual Language Education, Charlotte, $1,275
  • Kevin Jones: 2019 National Association for Poetry Therapy 39th Annual Conference, Baltimore, $1,935
  • Jakob Kotas: MAA MathFest, Cincinnati, $2,000
  • Bohn Lattin: Northwest Communication Association Conference Coeur’d’Alene, $730
  • Lora Looney: Denial: The Final Stage of Genocide First International Conference Center of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies University of North Carolina, $701.14
  • Kala Mayer: Sigma Theta Tau 30th International Nursing Research Congress, Calgary, Canada, $1,450.23
  • John Orr: The Seventeenth International Conference on Books, Publishing & Libraries Granada, Spain, $2,000
  • Gregory Pulver: Corrib Theatre Irish Theatre Tour 2019, $2,000
  • Anjanette Raber: Sigma Theta Tau 30th International Nursing Research Congress, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, $1,589
  • Nicole Ralston: American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada and US Conference on Teaching Statistics
    State College, Pennsylvania, $2,000
  • Buck Taylor: National Organic Chemistry Symposium University of Indiana, Bloomington, $1,790
  • Amber Vermeesch: Third International Integrative Nursing Symposium, Galway, Ireland, $2,000
  • Blair Woodard: 2019 Conference of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Arlington, Virginia, $1,944.35

For more information, contact Highlander at x7162 or tas@up.edu.

2018-2019 Butine Faculty Development Funds Awarded

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2018-2019 Butine Faculty Development Fund Fall cycle, according to committee chair Hannah Highlander, mathematics. Butine award recipients are:

  • Simon Aihiokhai: “Social Justice Understood as Life Flourishing: Perspectives from African Indigenous Religions and Christianity,” $3,295
  • Janet Banks: “Development and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Dedicated Education Unit (DEU),” $4,620
  • Terry Favero: “Sabbatical Research Collaboration,” $2,918
  • Alice Gates: “University of Hawai’i Myron S. Thompson School of Social Work Visiting Scholar Position,” $1,734
  • Christina Ivler: “Obstacle Avoidance Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Systems,” $5,000
  • Jakob Kotas: “Optimal Airline De-Ice Scheduling: An Extended Framework,” $4,960
  • Martin Monto: “Western Society of Criminology, Honolulu, HI, February 7-9,” $2,000
  • Katie O’Reilly: “46th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Kauai, HI, February 27 to March 2, 2019,” $786
  • Tara Prestholdt: “Quantifying feedbacks between topography and ecology on rocky shore platforms of the Oregon Coast,” $4,959
  • Briana Rotter: “Longitudinal evaluation of implementing an online palliative and end of life care modules (ELNEC) in prelicensure nursing education,” $4,000
  • Kristin Sweeney: “Quantifying feedbacks, between topography, rock properties, sediment, and ecology on rocky shore platforms of the Oregon Coast,” $3,749.60
  • David Taylor: “A Comparative Study of Sexual Systems and Pollinator Syndromes in Mussaenda taihokuensis and Atlussaenda formosana (Rubiaceae),” $5,000
  • Ben Tribelhorn: “Obstacle Avoidance Technologies for Unmanned Aerial Systems,” $5,000
  • Christine Weilhoefer: “Predicting the effects of warming atmospheric temperatures on coastal wetland ecosystems at a regional scale,” $5,000
  • Kaye Wilson-Anderson: “Strategies for Collaborating with Chinese Nurse Educators in Developing and Implementing Simulation in Their Respective Schools of Nursing,” $4,000.

For more information, contact Highlander at x7162 or tas@up.edu.

2017-2018 Butine Faculty Development Fund Recipients, Fall Cycle

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2017-2018 Butine Faculty Development Fund Fall cycle, according to committee chair Matthew Kuhn, engineering. Congratulations are in order for the Butine award recipients:
  • Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology: WORLD Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA, February 5-8, 2018, $1,850
  • Richard Askay, philosophy: “The transcendental function of nothingness in a synthesis of Eastern and Western world-views, $5,000
  • Kathleen Bieryla, engineering: “Quantifying fitness of collegiate field hockey athletes during one season,” $3,000
  • Alexa Dare, communication studies, “Meaningful work in the sharing economy,” $2,020
  • Carol Dempsey, theology: “Isaiah and the Twelve; Jesaja und die Zwolf,” Catolic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt, Germany, May 31-June 3, 2018, ,$2000
  • Maria Echinique, international languages and cultures, sabbatical leave research project, $1,520
  • Ted Eckmann, environmental studies, “Modeling microclimate and air quality impacts of Sequoiadendron giganteum,” $3,285
  • Eli Goldwyn, mathematics, “The North American Gypsy Moth and its two pathogens,” $3,000
  • Christina Ivler, engineering: “System identification methods for flight simulation models of small unmanned aerial vehicles,” $4,300
  • Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing: “Untethered lecture capture: a qualitative investigation of student experiences,” $1,432
  • Nazanin Mansouri, engineering: “Exploring new trends in optimizing the power consumption of today’s digital systems and developing educational platforms to experiment and develop power optimization design techniques,” $1,900
  • Laura Mood, nursing: “Enhancing educational capacity at Tipitaka Eye Hospital in rural Myanmar,” $,2741
  • Susan Murray, biology, “Summer salary support for immunology research,” $3,000
  • Katie O’Reilly, biology: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 3-7, 2017, $1,213
  • Cara Poor, engineering: “Evaluation of plant species and residence time for nutrient removal in constructed wetlands,” $5,000
  • Kristin Sweeney, environmental studies, “Installation and design of slope-stability monitoring station on the Bluff,” $5,000
  • Sara Weiger, English: Archival research: Henry David Thoreau, $1,750
  • Christine Weilhoefer, biology: “Predicting the effects of warming atmospheric temperatures on Oregon coastal wetland ecosystems,” $3,718

For more information contact Kuhn at tas@up.edu.

Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring Cycle Winners

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2016-2017 Butine Faculty Development Fund Spring cycle, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. This spring’s Butine award recipients are:

  • Vail Fletcher, Conference Funding: International Environmental Communication Association Conference; $1,997
  • Ted Eckmann, Conference Funding:  Joint Meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union, $2,000
  • Tara Prestholdt, Research Project: The effects of EÑSO on nudibranch diversity and abundance in Oregon, $1,500
  • Nicole Hanig, Research Project: Social Justice Issues in Art Song Repertoire, $650
  • Joseph Jefferson, Conference Funding: Texas Music Educators Conference and the International Trombone Festival, $2,000
  • David Taylor, Conference Funding: International Botanical Congress, $2,000
  • David De Lyser , Conference Funding: National Conducting Symposium, $1,200
  • Ami Ahern-Rindell, Conference Funding: World Symposium on Lysosomal Storage Disorders, $1,500
  • Deanna Julka, Conference Funding: Summer Institute for Educators, $2,000
  • Allie Hill, Conference Funding: Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, $871.29
  • Jakob Kotas, Conference Funding: SIAM Conference on Optimization and the MAA Pacific Northwest Section Meeting, $2,000
  • Lindsay Benes, Research Project: Validation of Bag Valve Mask Rate and Volume,           $600
  • Amber Vermeesch, Conference Funding: Western Institute of Nursing’s 50th Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference, $1,764
  • Andrew Nuxoll, Conference Funding: Artificial General Intelligence Conference, $1,600

For more information contact Wootton at tas@up.edu.

Fall 2015 Butine Awards

wootton copyThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) has determined award recipients for the 2015-2016 Butine Faculty Development Fund fall cycle, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. This fall’s Butine award recipients are:

  • Bill Curtis, political science: Second European Pragmatism Conference, $500
  • Terry Favero, biology: Summer Grant for a Research Transition into Soccer Analytics, $3,000
  • Hannah Callender, mathematics: Annual Joint Math Meetings, $1,410
  • Patrick Murphy, performing and fine arts: Teaching and Archival Research in Moscow, $3,815
  • Nicole Hanig, performing and fine arts: Atelier Lyrique, Paris, $2,295
  • Katie O’Reilly, biology: Pacific Seabird Group 43rd Annual Meeting, $2,000
  • Chris Lee, mathematics: Summer Grant to Investigate Topological Invariants of Food Webs, $3,000
  • Brad Franco, history: Summer Grant to write the first two chapters of a new History of Siena, $3,000
  • Cara Hersh, English: New Chaucer Society 2016 Congress, $1,705
  • Ami Ahern-Rindell, biology: International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, $2,000
  • David Taylor, biology: The Reproductive Biology of Stigmaphyllon Subgenus Ryssopterys, $4,994
  • Nicole Auxier, nursing: Job Satisfaction and Retention Among DEU and Traditional Clinical Teachers, $2,250
  • Cara Poor, engineering: The Role of Mycelium in Bioretention Systems, $5,000 • Olivia Coiada, engineering: Virtual Instrument for Experimental Studies in Biosignals, $5,000.

For more information, contact Wootton at 7377 or tas@up.edu.