Sruthi Rothenfluch, philosophy, presented “Loss of Agency in Thought Insertion” to the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology in March 2016. Rothenfluch also wrote “Defeaters to Best Interests Reasoning in Genetic Enhancement” in Philosophical Studies. Online Publication: 07, Nov 7, 2016.
Lorretta Krautscheid, nursing, presented “The relationship between resilience protective factors and moral distress among nursing students” (with Laura Mood, Jessica Wode, Susan McLennon, and student co-presenters Taylor Mossman and Marie Wagner), a poster presentation at the Western Institute of Nursing Conference, Denver, CO, April 2017.
Eugene Urnezius, chemistry, presented “Phosphine- and phosphoryl-appended hydroquinones: the advantages of secondary coordination spheres,” an invited lecture presented at Hydrogen Energy Lab at the Institute of Energy, Kaunas, Lithuania, April 6, 2017.
Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies, with an interdisciplinary team of psychology, architecture, and textile experts, presented a workshop called “Growing Up with Design: Approaching Family and Community with Design Principles” during Design Week Portland at Ziba Design Firm on April 25, 2017. Lovejoy and Ian Parkman, business, facilitated a Design Week Portland event titled “Millennial Thinking: Designing for Problems Outside of the Classroom” on the UP campus during Design Week Portland, April 24, 2017.
Sam Holloway, business; Mark Meckler, business; Ian Parkman, business; and Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies, presented a workshop, “Tapping into Design: Creating User Personas in Craft Beer,” during Design Week Portland at the Widmer Brothers Pub on April 26, 2017.
Ian Parkman, business; and Jennette Lovejoy, communication studies, led a Design Week Portland workshop called “Designing a New Innovation Minor at the University of Portland” at Wieden + Kennedy on April 27, 2017.
Saikat Chakrabarti, computer science, was interviewed about fighting malware through the use of honeypots — software set up to be intentionally vulnerable and attractive to hackers — on OPB Radio’s “Thinking Out Loud” on April 25. Listen to the podcast here.
Cara Poor, engineering, wrote “Implications of Using Different Water Sources When Hydrologically Compacting Bioretention Columns” (with student coauthor Clayton Stahnke) in Water Environment Research 89: 451-455, May 2017.
Hannah Callender Highlander, mathematics, recently published two articles with UP undergraduates, one with Triona Matheson (biology) and Brian Satterthwaite (math), and the other with Parkes Kendrick (math) and Tsikata Apenyo (biology): Matheson, T., Satterthwaite, B., Highlander, H. C. 2017. “Modeling the Spread of the Zika Virus at the 2016 Olympics.” Spora. 3(1) 29-44. http://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/spora/vol3/iss1/3 ; and Kendrick, P., Apenyo, T., Highlander, H. C. 2017. “Agent-Based Models of the Green Dot Bystander Violence Prevention Program on College Campuses.” Spora. 3(1) 15-28. http://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/spora/vol3/iss1/2 .
Heather Dillon, engineering, co-presented “Effects of Angles on Solar Panel Power Output” (with co-presenter Ted Eckmann
and student and main presenter Quentin Ward) at the Council on Undergraduate Research Posters on the Hill, Washington D.C., April 2017.
Alexandra Hill, international languages and cultures, presented “The Violent Turn: Rape as Social and Environmental Domination” at the Northeast Modern Language Association, Baltimore, MD. 24-27 March 2017.
Eduardo Contreras Jr., international languages and cultures, wrote “Charting the new territory of the Scholar-Practitioner in U.S. Higher Education,” a review of International Higher Education’s Scholar-Practitioners: Bridging Research and Practice. Streitwieser, B. & Ogden, A. (eds.). in Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. Volume XXIX, Issue 1, Spring. See the article here. He was also conference committee chairperson for this year’s Diversity Abroad conference, where he also presented “Resistance is not Futile: Supporting Inclusive Excellence in EA by Subverting Barriers” on March 22, 2017, in Minneapolis, MN.
Kristin Sweeney, environmental science, presented “From Lava Flows to Debris Avalanches: Reimagining Model Landscapes” at the Bretz Club Meeting, Tumalo, Ore., April 2017.