About Our People
Douglas Campbell (Visual Art) has two artworks – an ink drawing titled “Harvest Weave†and an acrylic painting titled “The Trees of the Wood†– included in the exhibit “Chance to Flourish: Private, Public and Wild Gardens” in the Giustina Art Gallery at Oregon State University this month. In addition, his poem “Stone’s Throw,” was published in the current issue of Windhover: A Journal of Christian Literature.
Keith Dempsey (Graduate Counseling) recently won a future presidential seat with the Western Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, an organization that seeks to advance the education, credentialing and supervision of counselors. It is one of five regional organizations of the national Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Keith will serve as president of WACES in 2012.
Rodger Bufford (Graduate Psychology) chaired accreditation site visits for the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Accreditation at Forest Institute in Springfield, Mo., and John F Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, Calif., during the fall semester.
Michelle Cox (Graduate Counseling) will present “Ministry to People Living with HIV/AIDS in our Home Communities” at the Your Church and AIDS conference in Turner, Ore., in May. She is also scheduled to present “The Influence of Self-Transcendence, Alienation, and Activity Motivation on Volunteerism” at the American Psychological Association Conference in August.
Roger Nam (Seminary) published “Online Theological Education: Perspectives from First-Generation Asian Americans†in Theological Education 45 in January. He also has two forthcoming articles: “Writing Songs, Singing Songs: Orality and Literacy in the Commission of the Levitical Singers (1 Chronicles 25:1-6)†in the book The Matrix of Orality and Literacy in the Bible, and “A Different Kind of Impression: The Decorative Function of Cylinder Seals in Ugarit†in the journal Ugarit-Forschungen 40. He also recently presented “Feasting at the King’s Table: The Political Economy of the Samaria Ostraca†at the national meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in New Orleans. Finally, Roger was selected to participate in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning’s Pre-Tenure Theological Faculty Workshop in 2010-2011 and to serve as a steering committee member for the Society of Biblical Literature Consultation, “Economics in the Biblical World.â€
Julie Green (School of Education) will present one of her creative nonfiction pieces at Northwest University’s Faith in the Humanities Conference on March 18-19 in Kirkland, Wash. In addition to her duties in the School of Education, Julie is an English and philosophy major in the undergraduate program.
In-Plant Graphics magazine, a national magazine for in-house printers, wrote an article about Print Services’ acquisition of a new production copier and its ability to punch for coil and comb binding. The new equipment will allow the staff of Print Services to spend less time on each book produced.
Kent Yinger (Seminary) published three articles recently: “Paul and Evangelism: A Missiological Challenge from New Testament Specialists†in Missiology; “The Continuing Quest for Jewish Legalism†in Bulletin of Biblical Research; and “Reformation Redivivus: Synergism and the New Perspective†in Journal for Theological Interpretation. In addition, as board member and events coordinator for the Institute for Biblical Research, he successfully oversaw the IBR events at the annual meeting in New Orleans. Kent is also currently co-chair of the New Testament and Hellenistic Religions section of the Pacific Northwest region of the Society of Biblical Literature.
Ed Higgins’ (English) flash fiction story, “Kitchen Knight (n.),†was published in the March 5 issue of Dark Sky Magazine.
Kathleen Sims (Nursing) and Paul Anderson (Religious Studies) led a session titled “Hope & Suffering: In the Eyes of the Beholder†at the third annual Department of Nursing Workshop, “Caring for the Older Adult,†at The Allison in Newberg in January.