Clella Jaffe
(Communication Arts, Emerita) presented “Three Sources of Evidence:
Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Tradition” in a roundtable discussion group
titled “What Counts as Evidence in Moral Reasoning?” at a meeting of
the Western States Communication Association in Seattle on Feb. 23.
Kelly Chang and Sue O’Donnell (Psychology) collaborated
with seven psychology majors to present four posters at the national convention
of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Portland in
February. Chang presented “Different forms of happiness and resilience for
high school and university students in Nicaragua†with students Ryan Johnson,
Cameron Stumpf and Madison Hancock; “Character strengths, well-being, and
school engagement among youth in the Peruvian Amazon†with Richter scholars
Nika Griffith and Abigail Bullock; and “Psychological influences of acting
techniques in undergraduate theatre students†with Richter scholar Hannah
Strawn. O’Donnell presented “Personality as an identity domain: The
identity centrality of narrow and Big Five traits†with Richter scholar Ashton
Hoffman.
Wendy Flint (IDEA
Center) presented “Strategies for Managing an Integrated Academic and Career
Advising Center†at the 2019 Region 8 NACADA Conference in Calgary, Canada, on
March 9. NACADA is a global academic advising association. She received a
scholarship to attend the conference, which drew 400 attendees from the
Northwest and Canada.
Corban Harwood
(Mathematics) recently published an article, “Lost at Sea: Introduction to
Numerical Methods through Navigation,” in SIMIODE, a mathematics resource
dedicated to teaching differential equations using modeling and technology
upfront and throughout the learning process. His piece analyzed differential equations
as they apply to navigation in today’s sea, air and spacecraft. Along with Brian Snider (Computer Science), Walker Orr (Computer Science) and Peter
Otto (Willamette University), Corban presented “Philosophical Challenges and
Opportunities for the Mathematical Sciences,†a panel discussion on Big Data
algorithms and academic preparation, at the Oregon Academy of Sciences in
February. In January, Corban presented “Flipping Differential Equations†at the
2019 Joint Mathematics Meeting to encourage active, inquiry-based pedagogy.
Young-IL Kim
(Sociology) published an article in the most recent issue of Sociological Quarterly, titled “Explaining
Gender Differences in Changes in Volunteering after Divorce.â€
Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s
(English) book, All the Stars Denied,
has been named a finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters’ “Best Young Adult
Book†award. The TIL is a nonprofit honor society founded in 1936 to celebrate
Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement.
Danielle N. Pappas (Counseling)
presented a lecture at the annual conference for the National Association of
School Psychologists in Atlanta on the topic of culturally and linguistically
diverse students and autism spectrum disorders. The presentation was designed
to develop skills in identifying autism spectrum characteristics in culturally
linguistically diverse (CLD) students. CLD students can display developmentally
and culturally appropriate behaviors that mimic or coincide with a variety of
ASD characteristics or manifestations. By taking into consideration the
influence of cultural and linguistic diversity on behavior, this workshop
helped develop culturally competent skills in evaluating CLD students for
autism spectrum disorders. The session also discussed the cultural sensitivity
of common evaluation tools and how to navigate the evaluation process with
these tools.
Nicole M. Enzinger
(Education) published a chapter, “Integers as Directed Quantities,†in a
Springer book called Constructing Number, edited by Anderson
Norton (Virgina Tech) and Martha Alibali (University of Wisconsin). Nicole’s
chapter on children’s thinking about integers is part of a book that synergies
research across two disciplines, mathematics education and psychology, and
addresses how children construct number.
Sierra Neiman Westbrook (College of Christian Studies) published an article, “Choose Your Own Adventure: A Very Egalitarian Proposal,†in the Spring 2019 issue of Mutuality magazine, published by Christians for Biblical Equality (CBE).
Ed Higgins (English Emeritus) published his poem “We two†in the Winter 2019 (Issue 11) of Blue Heron Review. In addition, Ed’s poem “Reversal†was reprinted on the Christian Feminism Today website on March 11.
