Rachel Wheeler, Theology, published “Desert Magic.” Oneing 13, no. 2 (2025): 9-14. September 2025
Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, served as an editor for the volume First-Generation College Students and Study Abroad. Co-editors: Matt Daily, Layla Garrigues, and Maria Elva Echenique. Routledge, 2026. Aihiokhai also contributed two chapters to the anthology Pedagogies for Teaching First-Generation College Students and the Dynamics of Globalized Classrooms. “Introduction: The Disruptive Power of Pedagogies for a Globalized Classroom,” and “A Case for An African Palaver Pedagogy as A Decolonial Tool for A Globalized Classroom.” Other UP Contributors: Oluwatoyin Olukotun, Rebecca Smith, Joann Lee, Nicole Ralston, and Randy Hetherington. Routledge, 2026. Aihiokhai also published “Jubilee Year and LGBTQIA+ Participation and the Disruptive Grace of Inclusion.” voiceAfrique.org. September 15, 2025. “Towards a Theology of Disruption: A Critique of Heteronormativity in post-Colonial African Consciousness.” Horizonte (Journal of Theology and Religious Studies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil). Volume 23. No. 1 (2025): 1-28. September, 2025.
Don Norton, Performing and Fine Arts, published “Teacher Resource Guide for ‘Roll ‘Em,’ by Mary Lou Williams.” Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz, Vol. 3. pp. 244-253. Edited by Ronald Carter and Roxanne Stephenson, GIA Publications, 2025.
Susan McDaniel, Performing and Fine Arts, performed as a guest artist, with members of chamber music groups ChatterPDX and ChatterABQ, at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium. The symposium featured the world-premiere of chamber music works by emerging composers and works by established contemporary composers, including Caroline Shaw, Robert Kyr, and Frederic Rzewski. Eugene, Oregon. July 8 – 13, 2025.
Aziz Inan, Engineering, was credited for his research on Perfect Square Dates in, “Why September 27, 2025, Is A Mathematical Perfection.” TimeandDate.com Author: K. Bikos. September 18, 2025. Inan also highlighted the significance of a perfect square date, September 27, 2025, in two articles: “Special Perfect Square Date.” The Beacon, September 9, 2016; and “Number Buffs, This Year’s Labor Day Is A Perfect Square!” IndiaWest Journal, September 1, 2025.