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Joseph Clair (honors) in May published the book Discerning the Good in the Letters & Sermons of Augustine (Oxford University Press), which in part examines Augustine鈥檚 application of his own moral concepts.
Kathy Heininge (English) in April published her latest book, Reflections: Virginia Woolf and her Quaker Aunt, Caroline Stephen (Peter Lang), in which she compares the lives and works of these two influential women.
Lisa Graham McMinn鈥檚 (writer in residence) new book, To the Table: A Spirituality of Food, Faith, and Community (Brazos Press), an exploration of many of the issues central to farm-to-table eating, was published in January.
Wes Friesen (Adult Degree Program) in January published a book, Your Team Can Soar! Powerful Lessons to Help You Lead and Develop High Performance Teams (Xulon Press).
Daniel Brunner (seminary) contributed a chapter, 鈥淭he 鈥楨vangelical鈥 Heart of Pietist Anthony William Boehm,鈥 to the edited collection Heart Religion: Evangelical Piety in England and Ireland, 1690-1850 (Oxford University Press), set to be published in August.
Bill Jolliff (English) and Ed Higgins (English) authored chapters in the textbook Quakers and Literature (Full Media Services), published in April. It is the third volume in the Quakers and the Disciplines Series, of which Paul Anderson (Christian studies) is the founding editor.
Jeannine Graham (Christian studies) contributed a chapter, 鈥溾楾he One for the Many鈥 Theme in James Torrance鈥檚 Theology,鈥 that appeared in Trinity and Transformation: J. B. Torrance鈥檚 Vision of Worship, Mission, and Society (Wipf and Stock), published in March. Roger Newell (Christian studies) also contributed a chapter, 鈥淭he Stuttgart Declaration of 1945: A Case Study of Guilt, Forgiveness and Foreign Policy.鈥
Amy Dee (education) published an article, 鈥淎fter Cancer, Looking Forward Gratefully,鈥 in the March/April issue of Coping magazine. She also coauthored, with Brenda Morton (education), 鈥淎dmissions Metrics: A Red Herring in Educator Preparation?鈥 which appeared in the spring 2016 edition of Issues in Teacher Education.
Rodger Bufford (psychology) authored 鈥淒imensions of Grace: Factor Analysis of Three Grace Scales,鈥 which appeared in the April 2016 issue of the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
Terry Huffman (education) had a paper, 鈥淣ative American Educators and their Leadership Roles on Reservations in the Northern Great Plains,鈥 published in the spring issue of the journal Great Plains Research.
Susanna Steeg (education) had her research, 鈥淎 Case Study of Teacher Reflection: Examining Teacher Participation in a Video-based Professional Learning Community,鈥 published in the spring 2016 issue of the Journal of Language & Literacy Education.
Ed Higgins鈥 (English) poem 鈥淚f You Could Only鈥 in April was published in Metaphor, a Philippines-based literary print journal.
Nate Peach (business) and alumnus Luke Petach (鈥14) cowrote an article, 鈥淒evelopment and Quality of Life in Cities,鈥 published in the February issue of Economic Development Quarterly.
Jim Smart (biology) collaborated on a research paper titled 鈥淩HEB1 Expression in Embryonic and Postnatal Mouse鈥 that was published in the December 2015 edition of the journal Histochemistry and Cell Biology.
Sandra Banta-Wright (nursing) had her article, 鈥淐ommitment to Breastfeeding in the Context of Phenylketonuria,鈥 published in the November/December 2015 issue of the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological and Neonatal Nursing.
Brent Wilson (computer science) had his article, 鈥淓asy Distributed Grid Architecture for Research: Easy Access to Supercomputing,鈥 published in the October 2015 issue of the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges.
Recent Recognition
Leah Payne (seminary) in March won the Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 2016 Book Award for her book Gender and Pentecostal Revival: Making a Female Ministry in the Early Twentieth Century.
Brenda Morton (education) in December received the Association for Childhood Education International鈥檚 Journal of Research in Childhood Education Distinguished Education Research Article Award for her article, 鈥淏arriers to Academic Achievement for Foster Youth: The Story Behind the Statistics.鈥
Rhett Luedtke (theatre) in April was awarded the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Denver, while theatre students Olivia Anderson, Micah Bevis, Sydney Thiessen, Cambria Herrera, Chloe Dawson and Zach Maurer all came home with regional awards in a variety of categories.
Dick Elliott (music) in January was honored with the Oregon Music Educators Association鈥檚 John McManus Distinguished Teacher Award in recognition of his lifetime of service to music education.
Bruin Notes
- University Readies to Celebrate 125 Years
- Study Shows University Generates $140 Million for Local Economy
- Powers Publishes Landmark Findings on Heat Dissipation in Hummingbirds
- 皇家华人 Fox, Newberg Ranked Highly for Safety
- Gift Brings 鈥楾he Saint John鈥檚 Bible鈥 to Campus for Second Year
- Plans Announced for New Student Activity Center
- University Honors Top Teachers, Researchers