Faculty Notes: March 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
Bryan Lamkin, Ph.D.
Lamkin, B. (2007, October). The Irish in the West: Creating a database. Paper presented at the American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Regional Annual Conference, Tacoma, WA.
David Harmeyer, M.A., M.L.S.
Harmeyer, D. (2008, March). Accessibility of web sites: Is your web site ADA compliant? Presentation at the 4th annual National Association of Christians in Special Education, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
Harmeyer, D. & Harmeyer, S. (2008, March). Hearing from parents. Panel facilitators at the 4th annual National Association of Christians in Special Education, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
Richard Markley, Ph.D., Annie Tsai, Ph.D., and Leslie Wickman, Ph.D.
Wickman, L. Tasi, A., & Waters, R. (2008, March). Isolation and confinement issues in long duration spacecraft. Paper presented at the annual conference of AEEE-Aerospace, Big Sky, WY.
Through the leadership of Dr. Leslie Wickman and Dr. Richard Markley, Azusa Pacific University has become an affiliate of the California Space Grant Consortium. Dr. Wickman and Dr. Markley will serve as the Director and Co-Director of the affiliate.
Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.
Wong, M. S. (2008, February). Diagnosing your strengths and weakness: Planning your professional development. Paper presented at the 4th CamTESOL conference, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Brennan Davis, Ph.D.
Davis, B., Guion, D., Moore, E. S., & Desrochers, D. M. (2008, February). Relational Third Place Theory and fast food sites near schools: The roles of place and sociability on childhood obesity. Paper presented at the annual American Marketing Association Conference, Austin, TX.
Major King, PhD, RN, CCNS
Kjonegaard, R., King, M. L, & Verity, L. (2008, February). Current practices in airway management in critical care. Paper presentation and recognition with a Conference Abstract Award, 9th Evidence-Based Practice Conference, Glendale, AZ.
Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, Ph.D.
Battle-Walters Denu, K. (2008, February). To marry or not to marry? How 50 Christian women are equipping Christian singles for marriage to strengthen Christian marriage rates and longevity. Presentation at the North American Association of Christians in Social Work, Orlando, FL.
Mark Stanton, Ph.D., ABPP
Nurse, A. R. & Stanton, M. (2008). Using the MCMI in treating couples. In T. Millon & C. Bloom (Eds.), The Millon Inventories: A practitioner’s guide to personalized clinical assessment (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.
Monica Ganas, Ph.D.
Ganas, M. (2008, February). East of eating: Crops and cash in John Steinbeck’s California. Paper presented at the Southwest Popular Culture/American Culture Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. Ganas chaired and moderated two panels in the California Culture Area, one titled Culture Makers and the other California in Literature and the Arts. She also was the judge for the Diana Cox Award for best paper on Images of Women in Popular Culture.
Paul A. Creasman, Ph.D.
Creasman, P. A. (publication date July 2008). Looking beyond radio for listeners. In E.. Q. Schultze & R. Woods, Jr. (Eds.), Understanding Evangelical media: The changing face of Christian communication. Downers’ Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press
Margaret Brady, PhD, PNP, RN, Connie Brehm, PhD, MSN, C.FNP, RN, Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS, and Leslie Van Dover, PhD, PN, RN
Van Dover, L., Brehm, C., Cone, P., Brady, M. & de Leon, M. (2008, February). Focus on the future: Reinventing the comprehensive exam. Paper presented at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Master’s Conference. Newport Beach, CA.
Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS and Leslie Van Dover, PhD, PN, RN
Cone, P. & Van Dover, L. (2008, February). Creating a writing course for incoming master’s students. Paper presented at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Master’s Conference, Newport Beach, CA.
Ruth Cotto-Silva, Ed.D. and Nilsa Thorsos, Ph.D.
Thorsos, N. & Silva, R., (2008, January). Special Education students in Puerto Rico: The structure of inequality of IDEA 04 services. Paper presented at the 6th annual Hawaii International Conference for Education, Honolulu, HI.
Kathleen Fletcher Bacer, Ed.D., Vickie Becker, Ed.D., Nilsa Thorsos, Ph.D., and Helen Easterling Williams, Ed.D.
Thorsos, N., Williams, H., Bacer, K., & Becker, V. (2008, January). Building a teaching/learning bridge between “Digital Immigrants” & Digital Natives”: Overcoming the digital divide of professors and students. Workshop conducted at the annual Hawaii International Conference for Education, Honolulu, HI.
Curtis Hsia, Ph.D.
Hsia, C., Hillis, M., Reisler, E., Tobin, J., Alston, K. & Hake, R. (2008, February). Distribution of goods and punishments across cultures. Paper presented at the Society for Cross Cultural Research. New Orleans.
Hsia, C., Hillis, M., Reisler, E., Tobin, J., Alston, K. & Hake, R. (2008, February). Harm taboos & refusal rates in research. Paper presented at the Society for Cross
Craig A. Boyd, Ph.D. and John Culp, Ph.D.
Dr. Culp and Dr. Boyd have been selected to participate in the Venice School on Science and Religion: God and the Laws of Nature sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. June 2008.
Laurie Schreiner, Ph.D.
Schreiner, L., & Louis, M. (2008, February). Strengths-based approaches to the first-year seminar: Current research and implications for practice. Paper presented at the annual conference on The First-Year Experience, San Francisco.
Rodney Reynolds, Ph.D.
Reynolds, R. A. (2008, February). Inoculating against the effects of inadmissible testimony. Paper presented at the Western States Communication Association Convention. Broomfield, CO.
Reynolds, R. A. (2008, February). Social Influence, dominance, and miscommunication. Response to panel papers at the Western States Communication Association Convention. Broomfield, CO.
Dr. Reynolds was elected Chair-Elect by the members of the Freedom of Expression and Legal Communication Interest Group in the Western States Communication Association. He will become Chair of the interest group Spring 2009.
Jim Adams, Ed.D.
Adams, J. (2008). A history of Foursquare women leaders. In C.S. Schell (Ed.), Women in leadership ministry. Los Angeles: Foursquare Media.
Awards
Pamela Cone, PhD, RN, CNS
Cone, P. (2008). Understanding the preparation for spiritual care giving by nurses and student nurses in Norway. Project awarded a Fulbright Scholarship.
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc, FAANP, RN and Linda Hansen-Kyle, PhD, RN, CCM
Dr. dela Cruz and Dr. Hansen-Kyle were awarded $84,000 of Song-Brown capitation grant from the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission. This funding is to help support the costs (including faculty, support services, etc.) associated with training a full-time RN student in the Second Careers and Nursing (SCAN) program and the Early Entry into Nursing Advanced Practice (EENAP) program at San Diego..
Research and Publications
Kevin Reimer, Ph.D.
Reimer, K., Dueck, A., Morgan, J. P., & Kessel, D. (2008). A peaceable common: Collective wisdom from exemplar Muslim and Christian peacemakers. In A. Day (Ed.). Religion and the individual (pp. 79-94). Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Kevin Reimer, Ph.D.
Reimer, K. (2008, March). Mere Sammaritans: Hope, love, and disability in L'Arche communities. Keynote address at the 4th annual conference of the National Association of Christians in Special Education, Azusa, CA.
Kent Walkemeyer, D.Min.
Walkemeyer, K. (2007, December). Work as Sacrament: The Quaker Bridge from Sunday to Monday. Quaker Religious Thought, 109, 46-55.
Cheryl Westlake, RN, PhD, ARRN-BC, PN
Evangelista, LS, Moser, DK, Westlake, C, Pike, N, Ter-Galstanyan, A, Dracup, K. (2008, Winter). Correlates of fatigue in patients with heart failure. (2008). Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 23 (1), 12–17.
Riegel, B, Moser, DK, Rayens, MA, Carlson, B, Pressler, SB, Shively, M, Albert, N., Armola, R, Evangelista, LS, Westlake, C, Sethares, K.(2007). Ethnic differences in quality of lLife in persons with heart failure. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 14(1):41-47.
Dracup K, Evangelista LS, Hamilton MA, Erickson V, Hage A, Moriguchi J, Canary C, MacLellan R, Fonarow GC. (2007, November). Effects of a home-based exercise program on clinical outcomes in advanced heart failure. American Heart Journal, 154 (5):877-83.
Kathleen Fletcher Bacer, Ed.D.
Bacer, K. (2008). Engaging the online learner through a dynamic, interactive learning environment. Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE), Conference Proceedings: ISBN#1541-5880.
Don Thorsen, Ph.D.
Thorsen, D. (2007). Inclusive language. In C. J. O. Serrão & S. C. Stanley (Eds.), Faith and gender equity: Lesson plans across the college curriculum (pp. 167-170). Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock.
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc, FAANP, RN
Dela Cruz, F. A. & Galang, C. B. (2008, March). The illness beliefs, perceptions, and practices of Filipino Americans with hypertension. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20, 118-127.
Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.
Wong, M. S. (2008, March). Films: A linguistic, cultural, and spiritual resource for ELT. CETC Newsletter, 12(1).
Wong, M. S. (2008, March). The CETC bibliography project. CETC Newsletter, 12(1).
Major King, PhD, RN, CCNS
Nelson, G. A., King. M. L., & Brodine, S. (2008). Nurse-physician collaboration on medical-surgical units. MEDSURG Nursing, 17 (1), 35-40.
William James Willis, Ph.D.
Willis, J. (under contract, anticipated, 2009, Summer). Breaking news: 100 moments that changed the media. Greenwood Press.
Beverly Hardcastle Stanford, Ph.D.
Parkay, F. & Stanford, B. H. (under contract). Becoming a teacher, 8th ed. Columbus, OH: Merrill/Pearson Publishing Co.
Don Thorsen, Ph.D.
Thorsen, D. (2008). An exploration of Christian Theology. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson.
Linda Chiang, Ed.D.
Chiang, L. H. & Hadadian, A. (2007). Chinese and Chinese-American families of children with disabilities. 22 (2), International Journal of Special Education, 22(2), 19-23.
Chiang, L. H. (2007, October). Lacking representing Chinese American teachers in K-12 public schools. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Association of Chinese Studies, Richmond, VA.
Chiang, L. H. (2007, October). From perception to reality: Chinese on the move.
Panel organized and moderated for a session at the annual conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies, October 5-7, Richmond, VA.
Sarah Sumner, Ph.D.
Sumner, S. (2007). Staying true to the mandate long-term. In F. Smith, Sr. & Friends, Breakfast with Fred: Wisdom for the week. Ventura, CA: Regal.
Sumner, S. (2008). General Revelation. In L. Arrington & K. Monroe (Eds.), The Christian intellectual devotional. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Sumner, S. (2008, February). How the Religious Right has gone wrong. Selected panel member response to presentation by Os Guiness at the God & Governance internationalconference sponsored by Trinity Law School, Santa Ana, CA.
Sumner, S. (2007, November). A response to Frank Beckwith’s Defending Life. Selected panel member response at the national conference of the Evangelical Theological Society. San Diego.
Sumner, S. (2007, November). The revelatory status of general Revelation. Paper presented at the national conference of the Evangelical Theological Society. San Diego.
Sumner, S. (2007, November). What about the husband's headship?. Paper presented at the national conference of the Evangelical Theological Society. San Diego
Jim Adams, Ed.D. and Dave McIntire, Ed.D.
Adams, J. & McIntire. D. (2007). Engaging the team: Promoting healthy change in your organization. In McIntire, D. (Ed.) Teamwork: Making the dream work. Indianapolis: Precedent Press.
Ralph Carlson, Ph.D.
Carlson, R. S. (2008, February). Hopscotch and seawater: Selected Poems. Poetry read at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
Professional Activity
Nancy Contrucci, Ph.D. and Bennett Nworie, Ph.D.
Dr. Contrucci is the President of the National Association of Christians in Special Education and Dr. Nworie is President-Elect.
John Culp, Ph.D.
Dr. Culp was a respondent to a paper at the Claremont Center for Process Studies conference on “The Lure and Legacy of John Cobb.” The conference was held in February in Claremont, CA.
