Faculty Notes: February 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

Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.
Wong, M. S. (2008, January). Transitioning traditional graduate TESOL Programmes to online programmes. Paper presented at the International Conference Responding to Change: Flexibility in the Delivery of Language Programmes in Hong Kong, China, and Chiang Mai, Thailand, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Wong, M. S. (2008, January). Collaborative teacher development in refugee
camps. Paper presented at the Annual ThaiTESOL English Language Teaching Conference, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
camps. Paper presented at the Annual ThaiTESOL English Language Teaching Conference, Khon Kaen, Thailand.
Linda Chiang, Ed.D., Monica Ganas, Ph.D., Ruth Givens, Ed.D., and Don Thorsen, Ph.D.
Givens, R., Chiang, L. & Thorsos, N. (2008, January). Understanding the changing landscape of American education: Diversity in higher education classrooms. Paper presented at the Annual Hawaii International Conference in Education, Honolulu, HI.

Diana Pavlac Glyer, Ph.D.
(2008, February). C.S. Lewis, Charles Lamb, and the algebra of friendship. Keynote address presented at the C.S. Lewis, the Inklings and the Call to Christian Community Conference, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
Thomas Parham, Ph.D.
Parham, T. (2008, February). Worlds apart: Chaos v. cosmos in the fantasy realms of Philip Pullman and C.S. Lewis. Plenary address presented at the C.S. Lewis, the Inklings and the Call to Christian Community Conference, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.

Craig A. Boyd, Ph.D.
Boyd, C. A. (2008, February). Beyond the four loves: A sympathetic critique of Lewis’s Perfection Model. Paper presented at the C.S. Lewis, the Inklings and the Call to Christian Community Conference, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
Bradley Hale, Ph.D.
Hale, B. (2007, November). The Protestant and Muslim "invasions" of Algeria: Catholic missionaries and religious pluralism in interwar colonial Algeria. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society for French History. Albuquerque, NM.
Judy Hutchinson, Ph.D. and Karen Sorensen, M.A.
Hutchinson, J. & Sorenson, K. (2008, January). Meeting the needs of millennials: Faith, academics and service-learning. Faculty/administration workshop, Lee University. Cleveland, TN.

Martha Ann Carey, PhD, RN
Carey, M. A. (2008, January). Engaging local communities for evaluation of a national campaign: Using community based participatory methods for a multi-site program evaluation. Plenary speech given at the Educational Institute of Mental Health America, San Diego, CA.
Thomas Parham, Ph.D.
Parham, T. (2008, February). Finding our passion for filmmaking and redemptive storytelling. A series of sessions presented at the Re:create Conference, Nashville, TN
Yvette Latunde, Ed.D. and Bennett Nworie, Ph.D.
Nworie, B. C., Goodwin, K., and Latunde, Y. (2008, January). Cultural and linguistic considerations in the effective implementation of response to intervention at the school site level. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.
Michael Block, Ph.D. and Robert Martin, Ph.D.
Martin, R. & Block, M. (2007, December). Installing team-building activities into workforce preparation counseling sessions. Paper presented at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors, San Diego.
Block, M. & Martin, R. (2007, December). Preparing students for tomorrows workplace. Paper presented at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors, San Diego.
Gin, D. (2007, December). Service of word with Shiksa: Asian American contextual liturgy. Liturgy writer and worship leader, ATS Consultation for Asian/Asian North American faculty, Association of Theological Schools, Dallas, Texas.
Yvette Latunde, Ed.D. and Bennett Nworie, Ph.D.
Nworie, B. C., Goodwin, K., and Latunde, Y. (2008, January). Cultural and linguistic considerations in the effective implementation of response to intervention at the school site level. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.
Michael Block, Ph.D. and Robert Martin, Ph.D.
Martin, R. & Block, M. (2007, December). Installing team-building activities into workforce preparation counseling sessions. Paper presented at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors, San Diego.
Block, M. & Martin, R. (2007, December). Preparing students for tomorrow’s workplace. Paper presented at the annual conference of the California Association of School Counselors, San Diego.
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Gin, D. (2007, December). Service of word with Shiksa: Asian American contextual liturgy. Liturgy writer and worship leader, ATS Consultation for Asian/Asian North American faculty, Association of Theological Schools, Dallas, Texas.
Research and Publications

Robert Mullins, Ph.D.
Mazar, A. & Mullins, R. (Eds.) (2007). Excavations at Tel Beth-Shean 1989-1996: Volume II. The Middle and Late Bronze Age Strata in Area R. Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society & Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Sarah Sumner, Ph.D.
Sumner, S. (under contract, due in July). Just how married do you want to be? Downers Grove, IL.: InterVarsity Press.
Sumner, S. (2007, April). Forging a middle way between Complementarians and Egalitarians. In M. Husbands & T. Larsen (Eds.), Women, ministry and the Gospel. Downers Grove, IL.: InterVarsity Press.
Sumner, S. (2007, September). The way of wisdom, Gifted For Leadership E-magazine.
Sumner, S. (2007, August). The black hole of fear, Gifted For Leadership E-magazine.


Paul A. Creasman, Ph.D.
Dr. Creasman has been chosen to be a reviewer for the journal Radio and Audio Media.

Carole Lambert, Ph.D.
Lambert, C. (Ed.) (under contract). Doing good, departing from evil: Research findings for the 21st century. London, Peter Lang.
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Martin, R. P. (2007). E. Kaesemann. In D. M. McKim (Ed.), Dictionary of major biblical interpreters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Martin, R. P. (2007).William Barclay. In D. M. McKim (Ed.), Dictionary of major biblical interpreters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Martin, R. P. (2007). T. W. Manson. In D. M. McKim (Ed.), Dictionary of major biblical interpreters. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Jennifer Walsh, Ph.D.
Walsh, J. (Ed.) (2008). Instructor's resource manual for the textbook American Government, 11th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Craig A. Boyd, Ph.D.
Boyd, C. A. (Translator) (2008). Selections from the treatise on charity, by Thomas Aquinas. In T. J. Oord (Ed.). The altruism reader. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
Loren Martin, Ph.D.
Martin, L. (2008). Prenatal exposure to maternal antibodies linked to autistic behaviors in offspring.

Melora G. Vandersluis, Ph.D
Vandersluis, M. (2007). Separation and synthesis: Understanding the two worlds of David Daiches and Jane Austen. In W. Baker & M Lister (Eds.) David Daiches: A celebration of his life and works. Sussex: Sussex Academic Press, 188-194.
Melora G. Vandersluis, Ph.D
Vandersluis, M. (2007). Separation and synthesis: Understanding the two worlds of David Daiches and Jane Austen. In W. Baker & M Lister (Eds.) David Daiches: A celebration of his life and works. Sussex: Sussex Academic Press, 188-194.

Craig A. Boyd, Ph.D.
Boyd, C. A. (Translator) (2008). Selections from the treatise on charity, by Thomas Aquinas. In T. J. Oord (Ed.). The altruism reader. Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2008.
