Alice Gates, social work, presented at the Institute for Social Policy annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri with UP students and graduates Dorian Pacheco ’17, Caitlin Varquez ’17, Emma Martínez ’18, Anaceli Mejía ’18, Catherine Adam ’20, and Nicole Panowicz ’20 on June 3, 2017. The team presented on their year-long project involving community-engaged research on the need for paid family and medical leave as it affects immigrant women and low-income families of color. While in St. Louis, students met up with alumna Janie Oliphant ’13, who coordinated a walking tour of St. Louis with a focus on residential segregation and housing policy.
Barbara Braband, nursing, published “A mentored partnership project using photovoice in a nutrition nursing course” (with V. Warren-Mears) in Journal of Nursing Education, 56 (5), 315, May 2017.
Bob Butler, environmental studies emeritus, was interviewed for OPB Think Out Loud on Wednesday, May 24, about Cascadia Earthquake Science and Hazards. He also presented “Our Geology, Our Selves,” about Cascadia Earthquake Science, Hazards, and Preparedness, with Susan Romanski at Mercy Corps in Portland on Thursday, May 25.
Ted Eckmann, environmental science, presented “Using GIS to Analyze Spatiotemporal Patterns of Industrial Air Pollution Sources and Distributions” in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union and American Geophysical Union: May 20-25, 2017. Chiba City (Japan).
Ellen Lippman, business administration, published “Professionalism and Politics in the Procurement Process: United States Civil War Early Years,” Accounting Historians Journal , June, 2017, with student coauthor Martin McMahon. She also published “Transparency and Accountability for Bequests: The Case of Long Island College Hospital,” Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics, Vol 13(3) 2016: 28-35, January 2017, with coauthor Teri Grimmer.