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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.