Amber Vermeesch, nursing, received the Integrative Nursing Faculty Fellowship, University of Arizona College of Nursing, March 2018. She presented “Road Less Traveled: Stressors & Coping Strategies of Undergraduate Nursing Students,” a poster presentation at Western Institute of Nursing’s 51th Annual Communication Nursing Research Conferences, Spokane, WA, April 11-14, 2018, with Halina Barber and students Sarah Fenner and Laura McDonagh. She also served as a panelist for “Nursing Abroad Panel,” University of Portland, Portland, OR, January 22, 2018, with Barbara Braband, Kaye Wilson-Anderson, and Holly Lee.
Alexandra Hill, international languages and cultures (German), had her article, “The Violent Turn: West German Women as Victims of Neoliberalism” published in The German Quarterly’s special issue on contemporary writing by women (Spring 2018).
James Carroll, Nicole Ralston, and Jacqueline Waggoner, education, presented a paper entitled “The Relation of the edTPA to Other Measures of Candidate Performance” at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, New York, NY, April 2018.
Hans Nordstrom, mathematics, presented “Prime ideals of Leavitt path algebras over arbitrary rings” (with Jennifer A Firkins Nordstrom) at the 1137th American Mathematical Society Meeting, April 14-15, Portland State University, Portland, OR, April 2018. He participated the Hiring Policies Panel Discussion, PNW MAA NExT program, at the Spring meeting of the Pacific Northwest section of the Mathematical Association of America, April 21, 2018, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, with Megan Buzby, Allison Henrich, and Luke Rawlings. He also served as Communicating Organizer, Special Session on Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry and Related Topics, Western Sectional of the American Mathematical Society, August 2017 to April 2018.
Casey Shillam, nursing, wrote “Leadership influence: A core foundation for advocacy” (withy student Lola MacLean) in Nursing Administration Quarterly, 42 (2), 150-153, April 2018. She wrote “Development of the Leadership Influence Self-Assessment (LISA©) instrument” (with Jeff Adams, Debbie Bryant, Joy Deupree, Suzanne Miyamoto, and Matt Gregas) in Nursing Outlook, 66 (2), 130-137, March 2018. She presented “History and progress of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action” at the University of Alabama Doctorate of Nursing Practice Symposium: Transforming Healthcare through Leadership, Policy, & Collaboration, Birmingham, AL (Keynote), March 2018, and presented “Clinical education for the future: Innovations in the community-based DEU” at the Western Institute of Nursing 51st Annual Communicating Nursing Research Conference Proceedings, Spokane, WA (Poster), with Larizza Limjuco Woodruff, April 2018.