Professional Spotlight Spring 2013
PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Steve Bradley, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, published "Organizational Sponsorship and Founding Environments: A Contingency View on the Survival of Business Incubated Firms, 1994-2007" in the Academy of Management Journal, November 2012, with co-authors A. Amezcua, Matthew Grimes and Johan Wiklund.
Dr. Blair Browning, assistant professor of communication, published "The Positives and Negatives of Twitter: Exploring How Student-Athletes Use Twitter and Respond to Critical Tweets" in the International Journal of Sport Communication, Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 503-521, December 2012, with co-author Dr. Jimmy Sanderson, Clemson.
Dr. Mary C. Brucker, professor of nursing, published "Yes, but," an editorial in Nursing for Women's Health, Vol. 16, Issue 6, p. 449-50, December 2012.
Dr. Tonya Davis, assistant professor of educational psychology, published "Case Report: The Effects of a Weighted Vest on Aggressive and Self-Injurious Behavior of a Boy With Autism" in Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2013, with co-authors Sharon Dacus, alumnus, Erica Strickland, alumnus, Daelynn Copeland, doctoral student in educational psychology, Dr. Jeff Chan, Northern Illinois University, Kara Blenden, alumnus, B.S. in education (all-level special education), Staci Osborn, alumnus, Rachel Scalzo, doctoral student in educational psychology, and Kellsye Wells, alumnus. She also published "Chelation Treatment For Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review" in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Vol. 7, p. 49-55, 2013, with co-authors Dr. Mark O'Reilly, The University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Soyeon Kang, The University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Russ Lang, Texas State University, Dr. Mandy Rispoli, Texas A&M University, Dr. Jeff Sigafoos, Victoria University-Wellington, Dr. Giulio Lancioni, University of Bari, Italy, Copeland and Shanna Attai, doctoral student in educational psychology; "Reduction of Automatically Maintained Self-Injurious Behavior Utilizing Noncontingent Matched Stimuli" in Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 2013, with Dacus Strickland, Dr. Wendy Machalicek, University of Oregon, and Laura Coviello, student.
Dr. William V. Davis, professor of English and writer-in-residence, published "Testing His Faith On Emptiness: Reading R. S. Thomas' Poems on Prayer" in Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. LXIV, Issue 3, p. 233-247, spring 2012; "One of Those Days," and "Answers to Questions" (poems) in The Louisiana Review, Vol. 10, p. 92-93, spring 2012; "Finding an Ammonite" (poem) in San Pedro River Review, Vol. 4, Issue 5, p. 1, fall 2012; "The Fruit Cellar" (poem) in Pembroke Magazine, The American South, Vol. 44, p. 10, 2012; "Winter Windows" and "Depth of Field" (poems) in Descant, Vol. 51, p. 40-41, 2012.
Ellen Hampton Filgo, e-learning librarian, published "Using Twitter for Virtual Reference Services" and "Embedded Librarians Using Web 2.0 Services for Reference" (chapters) in Implementing Virtual Reference Services, 2013.
Dr. Michael B. Frisch, professor of psychology and neuroscience, published "Quality of Life and Well-Being in General Medicine, Psychiatry, and Mental Health" (a chapter) in Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research, 2012; "Pioneers in Quality of Life Research" in Applied Research in Quality of Life, Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2012.
Dr. Kevin Gardner, professor of English, published "Strange Deliberations: John Betjeman and Protestant Nonconformity" in Christianity and Literature.
Dr. Greg Garrett, professor of English, published Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Literature and Popular Culture, fall 2014; The Prodigal, summer 2013, with co-author Brennan Manning.
Dr. Julia D Hejduk, professor of classics, published "Arachne's Attitude: Metamorphoses 6.25" in Mnemosyne, Vol. 65, p. 764-68, 2012; "Teaching in Paradise" in Classical Journal, Vol. 108, p. 95-102, 2012.
Kathy Hillman, associate professor and director of special collections for the central university libraries, published "Review of The Forever Box by Kristin Clark Taylor (Berkley, 2012)" in Baptist Standard, Vol. 124, Issue 23, p. 19, Nov. 5, 2012; "The Forever Box by Kristin Clark Taylor" (a book review) in Baptist Standard, Vol. 124, Issue 23, p. 19, November 5, 2012; "The Archivists New Testament: An Archival Arrangement of the Documents of the New Testament by Jeanette White Ford" (a book review) in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 125, Issue 1, Jan. 14; "In Pursuit of Great & Godly Leadership: Tapping the Wisdom of the World for the Kingdom of God by Mike Bonem" (a book review) in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 125, Issue 2, Jan. 28. "Strength for the Moment: Inspiration for Caregivers by Lori Hogan" (a book review) in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 125, Issue 3, Feb. 11; "My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir by Colleen Carroll Campbell" (a book review) in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 125, Issue 4, Feb. 25.
Dr. Emily Hunter, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, published "When does Virtuality Really 'Work?' Examining the Role of Work-Family and Virtuality in Social Loafing" in the Journal of Management, November 2012, with co-authors Sara Jansen Perry, Natalia Lorinkova, Abigail Hubbard and Timothy McMahon.
Dr. Kyle Irwin, assistant professor of sociology, published "A normative explanation of antisocial punishment" in Social Science Research, Vol. 42, Issue 2013, p. 562-570, January 2013, with co-author Dr. Christine Horne, Washington State University.
Dr. Sung Joon Jang, associate professor of sociology, published "Desistance and Protection from Binge Drinking between Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: A Study of Turning Points and Insulators" in Sociological Focus, Vol. 46, Issue 2013, p. 1-24, 2013.
Dr. Hope Johnston, assistant professor of English, published "Redressing the Virago in Christine de Pizan's Livre de la cité des dames" in CRMH, December 2012; Christine de Pizan, The Boke of the Cyte of Ladyes: An edition of Brian Anslay's 1521 Middle English Translation and the 15th-century Middle French Text of Ms. London, British Library Royal 19.A.xix, Arizona State University Press for their Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies series, 2013.
Dr. Joshua King, assistant professor of English, published "Wordsworth and Reading Verse" in Essays in Romanticism, Vol. 19, p. 19-32, 2012; "Coleridge's Clerisy and Print Culture" in The Coleridge Bulletin, December 2012.
Dr. Eric Lai, professor of music theory, published "A Review of Performances of Bruckner's Sixth Symphony by Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra" in The Bruckner Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 3, p. 35-37, November 2012.
Dr. Christopher Meyerm, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship, published "A New Perspective on Coalitions: What Motivates Membership?" in Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2013.
Dr. David W. Music, professor of church music, published "The Second Edition (1837) of William Walker's The Southern Harmony" in the American Music Research Center Journal, Vol. 21, p. 93, 2012.
Dr. Mitchell Neubert, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship and Holder of The Hazel and Harry Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business, published "The Influence of Ethical Leadership and Regulatory Focus on Employee Outcomes" in the Business Ethics Quarterly, November 2012, with co-authors Ju-Chien C. Wu and Jim Roberts; "Religious Profile of American Entrepreneurs" in the Journal of Scientific Study of Religion, October 2012, with co-author Dr. Kevin Dougherty, associate professor of sociology; "Three Alternatives to Organizational Value Change and Formation: Top Down, Spontaneous Decentralized, and Interactive Dialogical" in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 48, No. 3, September 2012, pp. 380-409, with co-authors Michael Boniface and Michael Rashmi; "Christian Perspectives on Faith at Work: An Empirical Exploration of Faith and Work Associations Across Christian Religious Traditions" in Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, June 2012, with co-author Dr. Kevin Dougherty, associate professor of sociology.
Dr. Linda J. Olafsen, associate professor of physics, published "Tunable Excitation of Mid-Infrared Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers" in Proc. SPIE, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices X, Vol. 8631, p. 86312N, Feb. 4, with co-authors Jeremy Kunz, PhD student, Dr. Andrew P. Ongstad, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Dr. Ron Kaspi, Air Force Research Laboratory.
Dr. Roger E. Olson, professor of Christian theology and Holder of the Foy Valentine Professorship in Christian Ethics, published "Pietism and Postmodernism: Points of Congeniality" in Christian Scholar's Review, Vol. XLI, Issue 4, p. 367-380, summer, 2012.
Dr. Richard Russell, professor of English, published "Irish Unionism, North of Ireland Protestantism, and Home Rule in Joyce's Dubliners" (essay) in the Joyce Studies Annual, 2013; "There Lives the Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things: The Intertextual Relationship of George Mackay Brown's Greenvoe and Hopkins's God's Grandeur" (essay) in Renascence, 2013.
Dr. Terrill Saxon, associate professor of educational psychology, published "The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Creativity in a Sample of Jamaican Children" in Creativity Research Journal, 2012, with co-author Dr. Danielle Fearon, lecturer in educational psychology; "How Do Jamaica's Unattached Youth View Their Career Prospects and Life Skills" in Comparative Education Review, 2012, with co-authors Dr. Danielle Fearon, lecturer in educational psychology, Dr. Darrell Hull, University of North Texas, Dr. Lincoln Williams, University of West Indies, and Dr. Jimmy Tindigarukayo, University of West Indies.
Dr. James SoRelle, professor of history, published Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in United States History, vol. 2, 15th edition, 2012, with co-author Dr. Larry Madaras.
Dr. Rishi Sriram, assistant professor of educational administration, published a book review of Reframing Academic Leadership by Lee G. Bolman and Joan V. Gallos in the Journal of College Student Development, Vol. 53, Issue 6, p. 860-861, November 2012; "Reclaiming the 'Scholar' in Scholar-Practitioner" in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Vol. 49, Issue 4, p. 377-396, November 30, 2012, with co-author Meghan Oster, Northern Virginia Community College; "Influences of Theory and Practice in the Development of Servant Leadership in Students" in Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 74-91, February 2013, with co-authors Jennifer Massey, assistant dean for student learning and engagement, and Dr. Tracey Sulak, coordinator of student life assessment; "Reclaiming the 'Scholar' in Scholar-Practitioner" in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Vol. 49, Issue 4, p. 377-396, 2012, with co-author Meghan Oster, Northern Virginia Community College.
Dr. Marty Stuebs, associate professor of accounting, published "Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Productivity: Evidence from the Chemical Industry in the United States" in Journal of Business Ethics, November 2012, with co-author Li Sun.
Dr. Charlie M. Tolbert, professor and chair of sociology, published "Entrepreneurial Environment and the Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. Counties" in International Scholarly Research Network Public Health, Vol. 2012, Issue 359473, p. 1-5, August 2012, with co-authors Dr. Carson Mencken, professor of sociology, Dr. Jing Li, post doctorate, and Dr. Troy C. Blanchard, Louisiana State University.
Dr. Jeremy E. Uecker, assistant professor of sociology, published "Parental Divorce, Parental Religious Characteristics, and Religious Outcomes in Adulthood" in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 51, Issue 4, p. 777-794, 2012, with co-author Dr. Christopher G. Ellison, University of Texas at San Antonio.
Dr. David VanHoose, professor of economics, published "A Model of International Trade in Banking Services" in Open Economies Review, November 2012.
Dr. Theordore Waldron, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, published "Explaining Differences in Firms' Responses to Activism" in Academy of Management Review, 2012, with co-authors Chad Navis and Greg Fisher.
Dr. Marley W. Watkins, professor, Chair and graduate program director for educational psychology, published "Assessing Changes in Socioemotional Adjustment Across Early School Transitions -- New National Scales for Children at Risk" in the Journal of School Psychology, Vol. 51, Issue 1, p. 97-115, 2013, with co-authors Dr. Paul A. McDermott, University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Michael J. Rovine, Pennsylvania State University, and Samuel H. Rikoon, University of Pennsylvania; "Multivariate Screening Model for Later Word Reading Achievement: Predictive Utility of Prereading Skills and Cognitive Ability" in Journal of Applied School Psychology, Vol. 29, Issue 1, p. 52-71, 2013, with co-authors Dr. Heidi H. MacDonald, Granby Public Schools, Granby, Conn., and Dr. Amanda L. Sullivan, University of Minnesota; "Examiner Familiarity Effects For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders" in Journal of Applied School Psychology, Vol. 29, Issue 1, p. 37-51, 2013, with co-authors Dr. Julia E. Szarko, Pennsylvania State University, and Dr. Alec J. Brown, Arizona State University.
Dr. Jim West, professor and Holder of the W.H. Smith Professorship in Economics, published "From Natural Variation to Optimal Policy? The Importance of Endogenous Peer Group Formation," in Econometrica, December 2012, with co-authors Scott E. Carrell and Bruce I. Sacerdote.
Dr. D. H. Williams, professor of religion, published Hilary of Poitiers: Commentary on Matthew (Fathers of the Church), Vol. 125, 2012.
Dr. Matthew Wood, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, published "The Effects of Perceived Control on Venture Capitalists Investment Decisions: A Configurational Perspective" in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, October 2012, with co-authors Will Drover and Tyge Payne; "Improving Governance Arrangements for Academic Entrepreneurship" in Organizational Innovation in Public Services: Forms and Governance, Palgrave-MacMillan, November 2012.
PRESENTATIONS
Cameron Armstrong, director of student services, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, and Sarah Edwards, Texas A&M University, presented "The Relationship Between Student-Faculty Interaction and College Outcomes: Does Academic Major Moderate the Relationship?," co-authored by Dr. Young Kim, Azusa Pacific University, and Sarah Edwards, Texas A&M University, at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, held Nov. 17, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev.
Dr. Blair Browning, assistant professor of communication, and Dr. Jimmy Sanderson, Clemson, presented "Training versus monitoring: A qualitative examination of athletic department practices regarding student-athletes and Twitter," at International Association of Communication and Sport Summit, held Feb. 23 in Austin.
Greta Buehrle, lecturer in interior design, and Dr. Mary Simpson, program coordinator for apparel design and product development, presented "Architecture Meets Fashion: Inspiration Interchange - A Collaborative Project with Interior and Apparel Design," at 2013 IDEC Annual Conference, held Feb. 17-19 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Linda Cates, director of the Office of Academic Integrity, and Dr. Sinda Vanderpool, assistant vice provost for academic enrollment management, presented "Creating and Implementing an Online Academic Integrity Tutorial," at the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) Conference, held Feb. 27 in San Antonio.
Ramona Curtis, director for civic engagement and educational development, Lori Genous, director of wellness, Dr. Monique Marsh, staff psychologist, and Kim Marmon, resource specialist for multicultural affairs, presented "More Than We Can Bear: Collaborating to Address the Mental Health Needs of African-Americans at Predominately White Institutions" at Texas University & College Counseling Center's Conference, held Feb. 7 in Waco.
Dr. Charles Davis, Holder of The Emerson O. Henke Chair and The Walter Plumhoff Professorship in Accounting, presented "Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting: A Primer" at the IMA Student Leadership Conference, held November 2012 in San Antonio.
. Meghan J. DiLuzio, assistant professor of classics, presented "Paulina's Poetic Defense of Roman Religion" at the American Philological Association, held Jan. 5, 2013 in Seattle.
Dr. Michael B. Frisch, professor of psychology and neuroscience, presented "How to Add Evidence-Based Positive Psychology to a Clinical or Coaching Practice" to the University of Kansas department of psychology and the clinical psychology program in Lawrence, Kan.
Dr. Shelby Lea Garner, lecturer of nursing, presented "Picture This! The Use Of Photovoice as a Change Agent to Improve Social Disparities" at Nurses Christian Fellowship International Conference, held Nov. 7, 2012 in Santiago, Chile; "Evidence Based Spiritual Nursing Practice," "Using Evidence Based Data to Write Critical Thinking Test Items," "Systematic Reviews versus Literature Reviews" and "Infection Control" at The Rebekah Ann Naylor School of Nursing Faculty Workshop, held Jan. 3 in Bangalore, India.
Dr. Earl Grinols, distinguished professor of economics, presented "Gambling Social Impacts" at the ProFamily Legislators Conference held in Dallas, November 2012; "Gambling-Caused Social Harm" at the Predatory Gambling Conference held October 2012 in Arlington; "Health Care, Entitlements, and National Financial Collapse," held May 2012 in Waco.
David Grubbs, part-time lecturer in management and entrepreneurship, presented "Start-Ups On Steroids: Baylor University's Accelerated Ventures Program And An Experiential Learning Model," at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, held January 2013 in San Francisco.
Dr. Emily Hunter, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, presented "Expanding the generalizability of surface and deep acting across industries" at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, held April 2013 in Houston.
Dr. David Hurtt, associate professor of accounting, presented "The Relationship Between Segment-Level Manipulations and Audit Fees" at the Auditing Section Midyear Meeting held January 2013 in New Orleans.
Dr. Joshua King, assistant professor of English, presented "F.D. Maurice's Protestant Britain: National Spiritual Community in a Sectarian Print Culture" at Religion and Literature in the Long Nineteenth-Century, held Oct. 26, 2012 at Wheaton College.
Dr. Beth A. Lanning, associate professor of health, human performance and recreation presented "The Efficacy of EAA/EAAT as a Treatment Modality for Children with ASD" at the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International Conference, held October 2012 in Bellevue, Wash. with Nancy Krenek, ROCK Therapeutic Riding Facility, Dr. Julie Hatz, associate professor of educational psychology, and Dr. Jacqueline Muir-Broudeau, Southwestern University; "Post Traumatic Growth versus PTSD Treatment: The Role of Equine Assisted Activities in the Growth Process" at Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International Conference, held October 2012 in Bellevue, Wash. with Nancy Krenek, ROCK Therapeutic Riding Facility, and Scott Sjule, U.S. Army/Military; "A Theory-Based Investigation of Weight Change and Nutrition Behaviors Among College Students" at the Society for Public Health Education National Conference, held October 2012 in San Francisco. with Kimber Dillon, graduate student, and Dr. Renee Umstattd-Meyer, associate professor of health, human performance and recreation; "Macro-Level Modifiable Variables Affecting Breastfeeding Rates" at Society for Public Health Education National Conference, held October, 2012 in San Francisco. with Jessica Stroupe, graduate student, and Dr. Rodney Bowden, professor and associate dean of graduate studies and research
Dr. Thomas Mihara, assistant professor for U.S. Army-Baylor, presented "Accuity Analysis & Access and Demand" at the Capstone and Healthcare Management Seminar held August 2012 in San Antonio.
Dr. Grant B. Morgan, assistant professor of educational psychology, and Aaron R. Baggett, graduate student, presented "Finite Mixture Modeling with Non-normal Indicators: A Monte Carlo Examination of Fit Indices for Model Selection" at Southwest Educational Research Association Annual Conference, held Feb. 7 in San Antonio.
Dr. Mitchell Neubert, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship and Holder of The Hazel and Harry Chavanne Chair of Christian Ethics in Business, presented "Exploring Links Between Entrepreneurial Orientations, Promotion Focus, and Entrepreneurial Behavior," co-authored by Dr. Kevin Dougherty, associate professor of sociology, and Jerry Parks, at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, held August 2012 in Boston.
Dr. Daniel Nodes, professor and chair of classics, presented "Il dono dello Spirito Santo e l'Amore divino: l'encomio letterario di Egidio da Viterbo a conclusione del suo Commentarium " at Convegno internazionale: Egidio da Viterbo, cardinale agostiniano, held Sept. 26, 2012 in Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medioevo, Rome, Italy.
Dr. Linda J. Olafsen, associate professor of physics, presented "Tunable Excitation of Mid-Infrared Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers," co-authored by Jeremy Kunz, PhD student, Dr. Andrew P. Ongstad, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Dr. Ron Kaspi, Air Force Research Laboratory, at SPIE Photonics West, held February 2-7 in San Francisco; "Nonlinear Temperature Variation of Resonant Pump Wavelength in Optically Pumped Mid-Infrared Semiconductor Lasers," co-authored by Lauren D. Ice, REU student, and Benjamin Ball, REU student, at MIOMD-XI 11th International Conference on Infrared Optoelectronics: Materials and Devices, held Sept. 4-8, 2012 in Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; "Optical Pumping of Type-II W Antimonide-Based Semiconductor Lasers" at 2012 TAMU-Casper College Summer School on Quantum Science and Engineering, held July 15-21, 2012 in Casper, Wyo.
Dr. Roger E. Olson, professor of Christian theology and Holder of the Foy Valentine Professorship in Christian Ethics, presented The Woolsey Endowed Lecture, "A Christian Humanist Manifesto," Nov. 12, 2012 at Houghton College, Houghton, N.Y.
Dr. Jan P. Patterson, Justice-in-Residence, presented "Developing Role of Women in the Law" at Texas Women Lawyers Annual CLE, Rising Together, held March 1 in Houston.
Dr. Chris Pullig, associate professor and Chair of marketing, presented "The Value of a Branding Perspective in Business Decisions" at Coventry University, October 2012.
Dr. Lyn Swan Prater, senior lecturer of nursing, presented "Utilizing a Journal Club to Enhance Evidence Based Teaching and Learning" and "Trends and Issues in Nursing in the United States of America" at the Faculty Development Workshop, held Jan. 2-4 at the Rebekah Ann Naylor School of Nursing in Bengaluru, India; "Developmental Care in the High Risk Neonate" at the Staff Nurse Development Workshop for the NICE Foundation, held Jan. 5-7, 2013 in Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Pedro Reyes, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship, presented "Smart emergency response and humanitarian supply decision system," "Water Usage: Sustainability in the Agricultural Supply Chain" and "An Empirical Investigation of RFID Drivers, Barriers, Implementation and Benefits" at the 43rd Annual Meeting Decision Sciences Institute held November 2012 in San Francisco.
Dr. Bill Reichenstein, professor and Holder of The Pat & Thomas R. Powers Chair of Investment in Management, presented "Taxes Exist! Implications for Asset Allocation, Asset Location, and Withdrawal Strategies in Retirement" at the Merrill Lynch Retirement Symposium held November 2012 in Dallas; "Advanced Social Security Claiming Strategies" and "Social Security: Basics of Claiming Strategies," at the National Financial Planning Association Conference held September 2012 in San Antonio; "Future Trends in Private Wealth Management," presented at the 2012 Annual Wealth Management Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2012; "Social Security Strategies" at the San Antonio Financial Planning Association, Incarnate Word University held April 2012 in San Antonio.
Dr. Cheryl Ann Riley, coordinator of the NNP program, Louise Herrington School of Nursing, presented "Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning" and "Translating Evidence into Practice" at the Faculty Development Workshop at the Rebekah Ann Naylor School of nursing held Jan. 2-3, in Bangolore, India; "Thermoregulation," "Assessment of Sepsis in Preterm Infants," "Transition to Extrauterine Life" and "The Late Preterm Infant" at Staff Development at NICE Hospital held Jan. 5-7, 2013 in Hyderabad, India.
Dr. Rishi Sriram, assistant professor of educational administration, presented "Development, Validity, and Reliability of a National Survey of Student Affairs Professionals" at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), held Nov. 15, 2012 in Las Vegas; "More than words: Skills required for successful collaborations," co-authored by Ah Ra Cho, University of North Texas, and "The doctoral journey: What you should know from start to finish" co-presented with Dr. Logan Hazen, University of Rochester, and Dr. Jenny Bloom, University of South Carolina, at the annual meeting for the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), held March 18 in Orlando, Fla.
Cheryl Tucker and Nan Ketcham, lecturers in nursing, presented "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow: A Virtual Clinical Practicum Mother-Baby Case Study" at 2012 Elsevier/Mosby's Faculty Development Institute Jan. 3 in Las Vegas; "The Changing Face of Health Care: An integrated, multi-community clinical practicum to promote and maintain the health of vulnerable populations within the community," an accelerated BSN program case study, at the 2012 American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Baccalaureate Education Conference: Changes and Challenges in Baccalaureate Nursing Education Nov. 16, 2012, in San Antonio.
Dr. Marley W. Watkins, professor and Chair of educational psychology presented "Psychometric evaluation of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition," co-authored by Dr. Jason M. Nelson, University of Georgia, and Dr. Gary L. Canivez, Eastern Illinois University, and "Latent class analysis of the Homework Problems Questionnaire parent scale," co-authored by Dr. Kara M. Styck, part-time lecturer in educational psychology, at National Association of School Psychologists, held February 2013 in Seattle.
Dr. Matthew Wood, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, presented "The Cognitive Processes Underpinning Entrepreneurial Action" and "Individual Level Determinates of the Transition from Third to First-Person Opportunity Beliefs," at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management held August 2011 in San Antonio; "Seeing the Forest and Trees: Opportunity Evaluation as Rule-Based Processing" at the Proceedings of the 2012 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference held June 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Dr. Jeong-Ju "Jay" Yoo, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, and Dr. Won-Moo Hur, Pukyong University, presented "Cross-Cultural Examination of Body-Tanning Behaviors Among Female College Students in the United States and South Korea: The Tanning Effect on Body and Life Satisfaction" at the International Textiles and Apparel Association, held Nov. 14-16 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Yoo also presented "The Joint Effect of Private Self-Consciousness and Self-Monitoring on Luxury Fashion Brand Consumption Behavior," co-authored by Dr. Hye-Young Kim, University of Minnesota.
HONORS
Dr. Mary C. Brucker, professor of nursing, and Dr. Donna LoSasso, assistant professor of nursing, were named in the 25 Outstanding College Professors in Nursing from Online Nursing Schools.
Dr. Michael B. Frisch, professor of psychology and neuroscience, was named to the editorial board of Applied Research in Quality of Life from the International Society for Quality of Life Studies as recognition for scholarship in positive psychology.
Dr. Grant B. Morgan, assistant professor of educational psychology, received the 2013 Outstanding Paper Award from the Southwest Educational Research Association on Feb. 18 for distinguished scholarship.
Dr. Daniel Nodes, professor and Chair of classics, was appointed to the editorial board of Institutiones from Edizioni Citt Nuova di Roma, Brepols Publishers, on Jan. 11 for a record of publication in late antique, medieval and renaissance thought and letters.
Dr. Roger E. Olson became the Foy Valentine Chair of Christian Ethics from Baylor University in January.
Dr. Cheryl Ann Riley, coordinator of the neonatal nurse practitioner program, received DNP Excellence Award from Creighton University on Dec. 14, 2012. The award is presented to the DNP student who demonstrates excellence in advanced practice.