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Debbie Berhó (Spanish) and former George Fox communications professor Charles Choi recently published an article they coauthored, “Ethnic Identity Maintenance within the Latino-American Church: A Structuration Perspective,” in the Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (November 2015). Debbie also made two presentations related to her research on Spanish-speaking Protestant churches in Oregon. In October, she presented “Not Segregated: Mutual Collaboration and Shared Worship among Spanish- and English-speaking Congregations of Oregon” at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, and in November she presented “Cantando our own songs: Worship music in evangelical Latino churches” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.

A paper cowritten by Sue O’Donnell (Psychology), Kelly Chang (Psychology) and Kristen Miller (PsyD alumna), titled “Relations Among Autonomy, Attribution Style, and Happiness in College Students, was referenced in a national piece published on the news magazine site Inc.com. The Inc.com article, titled “5 Daily Habits That Can Radically Improve Your Satisfaction with Life,” states, in Habit No. 3 (“Take control of your life”), that “researchers at George Fox University in Oregon found a relationship between people’s perceived levels of autonomy and the way they think about success or failure. In other words, the happiest people are those who feel they have control over their lives and not powerless to the things that have happened to them over time, whether good or bad.”

An article Nate Peach (Business) and alumnus Luke Petach cowrote was published in Economic Development Quarterly. Luke was awarded a Richter grant to do the research in 2012, and it has taken three years to get the final paper, titled “Development and Quality of Life in Cities,” published. Luke is now pursuing a PhD in economics at Colorado State.

Patrick Allen (Education) published the book Morning Resolve: To Live a Simple, Sincere, and Serene Life through Wipf & Stock Publishers. In addition, Patrick and Ken Badley (Education) recently sent a manuscript to Abilene Christian University Press. That book, Voices from the Past: Wisdom for the Future of Christian Higher Education, will be released next fall. It is the second book they wrote together.

Kevin T. Jones and Jeff Birdsell (Department of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts) presented “Embracing opportunities to change lives: Teaching at-risk high school students communication competence skills through facework and improved self-monitoring” at the National Communication Association’s annual conference Nov. 12-16 in Las Vegas. The paper explored the results of a yearlong study of working with at-risk students and teaching them more effective communication skills to help pull them out of their at-risk status. The paper received the “Top 4 Paper” in the conference award from the Communication Apprehension and Competence Division.

Additionally, Jones presented a second paper at the conference titled “Teaching the value of narratives in speeches through analysis of presidential campaign discourse,” which explored Barrack Obama’s successful use of narratives in the 2008 Presidential election campaign to connect with the general public, helping him to his landslide victory. The paper demonstrated how John McCain failed to engage narratives in his campaign rhetoric, which contributed to his demise in the election.

Paul Anderson’s (Christian Studies) essay, “The Johannine Logos-Hymn: A Cross-Cultural Celebration of God’s Creative-Redemptive Work,” was published in Creation Stories in Dialogue: The Bible, Science, and Folk Traditions: Radboud Prestige Lectures by R. Alan Culpepper last week. In addition, Paul helped organize an international conference on John and Judaism at the McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta in November, at which he presented his paper “Antisemitism and Religious Violence as Flawed Interpretations of the Gospel of John.” Paul will assist Alan Culpepper in editing the papers into a book. Also, at the national Society of Biblical Literature Meetings in Atlanta, 14 years of the John, Jesus, and History Project were reviewed. Paul is a founding member of that Project and editor of eight of its 12 volumes, to be finalized over the next several years (johannine.org/JJH-2016.html). Finally, Paul’s essay, “Testimonies of Truth: Who Are the Quakers, and What Do They Believe,” was published this week in Christian History.

Joel Kelley (Data Analytics) was selected as the December Employee of the Month.

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