Dave Houglum, Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, presented “Developing Authentic Leaders Through Leadership Coaching and Deliberate Practice” at the 20th Annual Global Leadership Conference of the International Leadership Association, October 26, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Lars Erik Larson, English, presented a paper at the Western Literature Association Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 26, 2018 titled “Regarding the Rage of Others: Three Billboards toward Ebbing Misery.” The paper explores a film by Martin Donagh in light of recent critical calls promoting a culture of public anger.
John Orr, English, published “Memory, Memorials and Poetry of the Great War” in Proceedings of The International Symposium on Interaction and Development of Languages and Cultures. September 11, 2015. Changchun, China: Jilin University Press. 29-43 (October 2017). He presented “Emily Dickinson and the Poetics of Indirection” and “Walt Whitman and the Poetics of the Body and Embodiment” at Jilin University and Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China, October 2018.
Simon Aihiokhai, theology, wrote “Women as Ritualistic Agents in the Roman Catholic Church: A Comparative Theological Dialogue” (with Bede Benjamin Bidlack and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier) in the Journal of Black Catholic Theological Symposium, Vol. XI (2018): 42 – 60, October 2018. He also presented “Persistency: The Face of Faith that is Relevant for our Times,” a reflection given to the Catholic community of Saint Andrew, Portland, Oregon, on October 30.