Office of the Provost - Azusa Pacific University

Faculty Notes: January 2008

Committed to the highest level of scholarship, APU faculty contribute significantly to their fields through research, presentations, exhibitions, and publications. Faculty notes highlight their recent activity.

Presentations

Gordon Jorgenson III, M.A.Ed.

Jantzi, J. & Jorgenson, G. (2007, July). The cognitive environment & digital technologies. Workshop presentation at at the Christian Adult Higher Education Association (CAHEA) conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Teri Marcos, Ed.D.

Marcos, T. (2008, January). Constructivist school leadership: The case for strengths-based training for educational leaders. Paper presented at the 6th annual Hawaii International Conference for Education. Honolulu, HI.

Marcos, T. (2008, January). Strengths-based teaching and schooling: A revolutionary construct for urban communities. Paper presented at the 6th annual Hawaii International Conference for Education. Honolulu, HI.

Ruth Anna Abigail, Ph.D.

Abigail, R. A. (2008, February). Art exhibit featuring the works of Ania Muka*. Kush Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA.

Roger White, Ed.D.

White, R. (2007, January). Spiritual formation and distance education. Invited webcast presentation for International Community of Christian Teacher Educators (ICCTE). Internet webconference conducted. [archived at www.icctejournal.org]

Awards

Kurt Werthmuller, Ph.D.

Werthmuller, K. (2007). An in-between space: An archival and textual study of Coptic identity and Ayyubid politics in Egypt. Dissertation, University of California- Santa Barbara.

Nina Ashur, Ed.D.

Ashur, N. (2008, January). Leap learner. Essay prize winner of the Townsend Press
Writing Contest for Developmental Reading and Writing College Teachers.

Thomas Parham, Ph.D.

Dr. Parham has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle, WA.

Research and Publications

Kevin Reimer, Ph.D.

Reimer, K. S. (under contract). Mere Samaritans: Compassionate love and disability in L'Arche. London: Continuum.

Brown, S., Reimer, K.S., Dueck, A.C., Gorsuch, R., Strong, R., & Sidesinger, T. (2008). A particular peace: Psychometric properties of the Just Peacemaking Inventory. Peace and Conflict, 14, 1-18.

Ralph Carlson, Ph.D.

Carlson, R. S. (2007). Embrace. CQ: California Quarterly 33.4 (9).

Stuart Strother, Ph.D.

Strother, S. (2007). More employers, more jobs, more money: Local economic development policy impacts. Panoeconomicus, 4, 445-467.

Thomas Allbaugh, Ph.D.

Allbaugh, T. (2007, November). On those always with us.

Arlene Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D.

Sanchez-Walsh, A. (2008, January). Latino/a religous history: DeCentering the narrative, authors respond to their critics. Paper presentation at the American Society for Church History, Washington, D.C.

Sanchez-Walsh, A. (in press). Pentecostalism in America. New York: Columbia University Press.

Nancy Brashear, Ph.D.

Jantzi, J., & Brashear, N. (2008). Instructor Resource Manual for G. E. Hall, L. F. Quinn, & D. M. Gollnick, Joy of teaching: Making a difference in student learning (1^st ed.). Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/
0,3110,0205405606,00.html

Jantzi, J., & Brashear, N. (2008). Test Bank for E. Hall, L. F. Quinn, & D. M. Gollnick, Joy of teaching: Making a difference in student learning (1^st ed.). Boston: Pearson/ Allyn and Bacon. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/
0,3110,0205405614,00.html

Jantzi, J., & Brashear, N. (2008). Test Generator for E. Hall, L. F. Quinn, & D. M. Gollnick, Joy of teaching: Making a difference in student learning (1^st ed.). Boston: Pearson/ Allyn and Bacon. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/
0,3110,0205405622,00.html

Smith, J., Jantzi, J., & Brashear, N. (2008). Companion Website for . E. Hall, L. F. Quinn, & D. M. Gollnick, Joy of teaching: Making a difference in student learning (1^st ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. www.ablongman.com/hall1e

Daniel Park, Ph.D.

Fung, H., Liu, Q, & Park, D. (2007, December). Cross-market linkages of Taiwan index futures contracts listed on the Taiwan Futures Exchange and the Singapore Exchange. Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, 10(4), 561-583.