AmbroseZine | May 2021
Achievements are listed by name in alpha-order. Scroll down for Promotions and Tenure.
The National Library of Medicine's International Journal of Molecular Sciences published an article co-written by Kyle Bohnert, PhD, (Kinesiology), "Confounding Roles of ER Stress and the Unfolded Protein Response in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy."
Katie Browning, DNP, (Nursing) presented a poster at NurseTim NextGen Virtual Conference on The Impact of Service Learning on Nursing Students' Perceptions of Poverty. And together with her colleagues – Danielle Hoffman, DNP, (Nursing) and Amy McCormick, DNP (Nursing) – revised chapters for Nursing: A Concept Based Approach to Learning, 4th edition (Pearson Education, in press).
Bill Campbell, PhD, (Music) wrote the score for "Hunger Ward," among the five films nominated in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 93rd Academy Awards.
Cascade Books contracted with Matthew JM Coomber, PhD, (Theology) to write "Common Good: A Biblical Ethos Against Poverty." Dr. Coomber wrote the article "An Interpretive Model of Privileged Contempt: Understanding Disdain Toward Those of Lower Status, from Ancient Israel to the New American Politics" in the Journal of Religion and Society Volumes 23 (2021) as well as the chapter "Poverty and Social Justice in Micah" for The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible and Ethics (February 2021).
Emily Diehm, PhD, CCC-SLP, (Speech-Language Pathology) published a paper in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools titled Teachers' Content Knowledge and Pedagogical Beliefs Regarding the Use of African American English. She also served as a reviewer on the Telepractice Topic Committee for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's 2021 Convention (to be held in November).
Paulist Press published the book, "Leadership for the Greater Good: A Textbook for Leaders" co-written by Dan Ebener, DBA (Organizational Leadership).
Sarah Eikleberry, PhD, (Kinesiology) was honored by the Jaycees of the Quad Cities with the Young Educator Award. The award recognizes those whose leadership has made a significant impact in our local community by addressing social and civic issues, addressing health or environmental concerns, or promoting the arts and humanities.
The College Band Directors National Association invited Nick Enz, DMA, (Music) and Megan Cooney , MM, (Music) to co-write a chapter within the publication "Developing the Small College Band Program."
Ambrose of Milan and Community Formation in Late Antiquity (Cambridge Scholars, 2021) was edited by Ethan Gannaway, PhD, (History) and Fr. Bud Grant, PhD (Theology). Dr. Gannaway also co-authored the book's introduction and the chapter "Ambrose and Art: Toward a Community Aesthetic."
L. Joseph Hebert, PhD, (Political Science) participated in a series of webinars hosted by the University of Dallas Center for Thomas More Studies in November and December of 2020 and January of 2021. His article, "Not 'Dressed Like a Philosopher': Tactful Statesmanship in Utopia and the Epigrams," is forthcoming in the journal Moreana.
Carl Herzig, PhD, (English) published the 30th issue of Quercus, the SAU journal of literary and visual art. Read about this special edition
Danielle Hoffman DNP, RN, TNS, EMT-P, CNE, (Nursing) edited the trauma chapter and authored the sexual violence exemplar in "Nursing: A Concept-Based Approach to Learning"(4th edition).
Ella Johnson, PhD, (Theology) wrote the article "Critical Reflection Ensuing from Traumatic Events and Ideology Critique" which was featured in the American Academy of Religion's Spotlight on Teaching series, Trauma-Informed Pedagogies in the Religious Studies Classroom. The Catholic Messenger (Davenport Diocese newspaper) published Dr. Johnson's article "Open Wide Our Hearts" in February, and she also presented to the Diocese "Sunday of the Word of God."
Julie Jones, OTD, OTR/L, BCP, (Occupational Therapy) authored a book chapter titled " Best Practices in Supporting Children with Health Needs" in the American Occupational Therapy Association's recently published book on Best Practices for Occupational Therapy in Early Childhood. Dr. Jones also was co-presenter of a short course at the 2021 American Occupational Therapy Association's Virtual Conference in April 2021, "Providers' Perspectives of Routines Based Intervention Within Early Intervention Services."
The writings of Emily Kingery, PhD, (English) have been published and received several awards:
- Midwest Writing Center Iron Pen Contest. 1st place in Poetry Category, Spring 2021
- First Runner-up, Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest. "Nebraska, 1981." Quarter After Eight, Spring 2021
- Finalist, Harbor Editions Chapbook Open Reading Period. Invasives. Fall 2020
- Shortlist, Thirty West Publishing House 5th Annual Chapbook Contest. Invasives. Spring 2021
- Honorable Mention, 2021 Emerging Woman Poet Contest. "Porch Light." Small Orange Journal, Spring 2021
- Poetry published in the journals Birdcoat Quarterly, Clementine Unbound, and CutBank
Earlier this month, Maria Kouti, PhD, (Spanish and Latinx Studies) presented her research paper (virtually), "Contrasting Peninsular Spanish and Modern Greek Present Perfect" at the 9th International Contrastive Linguistics Conference. Dr. Kouti presented four workshops at the University of Athens in Greece on Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Theory from Spanish into Greek for the post-graduate Hispanic and Latin American Studies program. The SAU International Student Organization invited Dr. Kouti as a panelist in April at the Global Faculty Forum.
Dan La Corte, PhD (History) submitted the following accolades:
- Named the Agnes Renner Chair in History
- Presented a paper at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, "Aelred and After: In Honor of Marsha Dutton."
- Chaired a session at the Conference on Cistercian and Monastic Studies, "Cistercian Writings."
- The University of Helsinki Doctoral Programme in Theology and Religious Studies invited Dr. La Corte as a pre-examiner and Opponent for a PhD candidate.
Arturo Meijide Lapido, PhD, (Spanish and Latinx Studies) continued working in the Executive Committee of the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) and the editorial board of the Hispanic Journal. For ICAF, he also moderated the virtual roundtable "Comics Trauma: Representing Violence and Genocide." During Spring 2021, he presented the paper "Cómics ante el abismo: el 15-M y la narrativa gráfica española" at the XXVII Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos and "Cuentos de ciegos: Historia, tradición y oralidad en la serie Castelao (2011- )" at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference.
The University of Iowa awarded Chris Marple, PhD, (Music Education) with a PhD in Music Education.
Onnica Marquez, MA, CA, (Library) and Jen Smith, MLIS, (Library) published Kids in the Stacks: Summer camp at an academic library in the April 2021 edition of College & Research Libraries News. Smith also presented at the Iowa Library Association/Association of College & Research Libraries Spring 2021 virtual conference this month and participated in a panel discussion, "Algorithms and influence: Helping students understand how information systems 'work'."
Paula McNutt, PhD, (College of Arts and Sciences) retired this month as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
WVIK Radio hosted Joseph Miller, PhD, (Marketing) in January for their Hidden Conversations Podcast. Dr. Miller also co-authored a Harvard Business Review fictional case study article, "When Your Brand is Racist," that's based on a real-life case study he wrote in Summer 2020 about the Aunt Jemima brand.
This past April, Karolyn Miller, PT, DPT, EdD, (Physical Therapy) successfully defended her dissertation, "Attempting to Prevent Burnout of Physical Therapists within a Midwest Health System: A Phenomenological Study" at Creighton University.
The Wabash Center and Lilly Endowment granted $7,000 to Lisa Powell, PhD, (Theology) to fund a year-long inquiry into anti-racist pedagogies. She collaborated on this effort with faculty from four different institutions.
Paintings by Kristin Quinn, MFA, (Art and Design) and ceramic art by her sister, Megan Quinn, are exhibited at the Quad City International Airport through June 2021. They're featured in a public, pre-TSA section called Art at the Airport.
Tadd Ruetenik, PhD, (Philosophy) wrote the chapter "Father Catich and the Clean Cut Christs: Re-Presenting American Values Through Religious Art" in Imagining Dewey: Artful Works and Dialogue About Art as Experience, which includes images from the Catich Gallery. He also finally sold-out and wrote a chapter for Blackwell's SNL and Philosophy, "Dana Carvey vs. Darrell Hammond: What Does It Mean to be 'Spot On,' and Does It Matter?"
Jill Schmidt, OTD,MS, OTR/L, CBIS, Angela McCombs, OTD, OTR/L, and Kami Holst, OTD, OTR/L, CBIS, (Occupational Therapy) presented at the 20th Annual Best Practices in Brain Injury Services Conference. Their presentation was "Person-Centered Occupational Therapy Outreach Programming: Promoting Occupational Justice for Individuals and Families Experiencing Brain Injuries."
Jennifer Schmidt-McCormack, PhD, (Chemistry) was an author for the article "Students' meaningful learning experiences from participating in organic chemistry writing-to-learn activities" in Issue 2 of the Chemistry Education Research and Practice Journal (2021).
Chris Schwartz, PhD, (Kinesiology) and Erica Thomas, DHEd, (Kinesiology) received a $750 grant from the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation to support a Health Coaching program through our Exercise is Medicine - On Campus initiative in the Kinesiology Department.
Rhiannon Seneli, PhD, (Kinesiology) co-wrote an article for the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, "Foot joint coupling variability differences between habitual rearfoot and forefoot runners prior to and following an exhaustive run."
Poet of the Week in December for the Prospectus Magazine Blog was Philip Goldfarb Styrt, PhD, (English) for his poem "Escape Velocity." He also translated a Pierre de Ronsard sonnet for carte blanche, wrote an original sonnet, "Little Lies," in Coffee People Zine, and wrote a short story, "The Dispossessed" in Ab Terra Flash Fiction, Issue 2.
Grant Tietjen, PhD, (Criminal Justice and Sociology) submitted the following accomplishments:
- Presented his paper, "A Criminology of Language, Media, and News" for the panel Scholarship with Conviction: A Language Debate within a Group of Formerly-Incarcerated Criminologists at the Midwestern Sociological Society Conference in March.
- Co-wrote the article, "'It's Not a Conversation Starter.' Or is it?: Stigma Management Strategies of the Formerly Incarcerated in Personal and Occupational Settings" for the Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology.
- Wrote a book during his Spring 2021 sabbatical to be published by the University of California Press with the working title, "Justice Lessons: The Rise of System Affected Academic Groups."
- Co-wrote an article in Antigone, "Prison conflicts, riots, and violence from a convict criminology perspective: Some preliminary thoughts" (Issue 15, No. 2).
- Provided expertise to local media:
- Quad-Cities professors provide perspective and analysis of the Derek Chauvin murder conviction, Apr. 21, 2021, Quad-City Times
- Police urge community to step in to help prevent juvenile crime, Feb. 26, 2021, KWQC-TV
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Promotions and Tenure
Promoted to Full Professor
Dr. Darci Becker
Dr. Matthew Coomber
Dr. Marianne Fenn
Dr. Kelly Giddens
Dr. Jessica Greenwald
Dr. Julie Kettmann
Dr. Arturo Meijide Lapido
Dr. Tanya Randle
Dr. Michael Vitalini
Promoted to Assistant Professor
Dr. Karolyn Miller
Promoted to Clinical Assistant
Ms. Jennifer Boedeker
Ms. Heather Scott
Promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Ritu Gurung
Dr. Chris Martin
Dr. Erica Thomas
Dr. Ella Johnson
Dr. Christopher Schwartz
Dr. Edwin Ubeda
Dr. Andrew Lutz
Dr. Kurt Sturmer
Promoted to Professor Emerita/us
Dr. William Hixon
Dr. Theresa Schlabach
Dr. Robin Anderson
Ms. Pamela Long
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