Faculty Notes: April 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
Gaya, K. (2008, April). Art and social activism. Paper presented at the Summit on Social Justice, California State University - Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.
Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, Ph.D.
Battle-Walters Denu, K. (2008, March). International Social Justice keynote speaker at William Jessup University, Rocklin, CA.
Eric Drewry, JD, Ph.D.
Drewry, E. (2008, April). An overview of syntactic phenomena in several Ngwi/Loloish languages. Paper presented at the symposium on Ngwi/Loloish Language Description, Yunnan Province, China.
Drewry, E. (2008, April). Conflicting views and complementary commentaries on Ngwi/Loloish syntax. Paper presented at the symposium on Ngwi/Loloish Language Description, Yunnan Province, China.
Christopher Noble, Ph.D.
Noble, C. (2008, April). Spelling the gentlewoman: Mourning and domestic thrift in Frances Trollope's The Widow Barnaby. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeast Modern Language Association, Buffalo, NY.
Don Thorsen, Ph.D.
Thorsen, D. (2008, March). Who defines Evangelical Christianity? A comparison of theological scholarly societies. Paper presented at the Western Commission for the Study of Religion - American Academy of Religion/Western Region, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA.
Paul Alexander, Ph.D.
Alexander, P. (2008, March). God, You are a failure: A Pentecostal Protestimony on injustice, anti-theodicy, and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Paper presented at the joint meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies/Wesleyan Theological Society, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Dr. Alexander is the coordinator for the new Christian Ethics Interest Group for the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
Alexander, P. (2008, January). Praise the Lord but don't pass the ammunition: Tongues & interpretation as phophetic nonviolent direct action. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Atlanta, GA.
Victoria Stuard, Ed.D.
Stuard, V. (2007, October ). Perceptions of deaf consumers and hearing interpreters as it relates to interpreter qualification of the deaf. Paper presented at the meeting of the California Association for Postsecondary Education and Disability, Ventura, CA.
Daniel Lawson, Ph.D., Hae-Seong Park, Ph.D., and Helen Easterling Williams, Ed.D.
Park, H., Williams, H. E., & Lawson, D. (2008, March). The role of home language and other demographic factors that influence Hispanic learners' participation in adult education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Lewis Bonney, Ph.D. and Hae-Seong Park, Ph.D.
Bonney, L., & Park, H. (2008, March). The effect of an after-school homework-assistance program on low and high academic achievers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Patricia Bonner, Ph.D.
Bonner, P., Jiang, Y., & Frobisher, B. (2008, March). Coping behaviors of city school superintendents. Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Thomas Parham, Ph.D.
Parham, T. & Gilbert, J. (2008, February). Act One Screenwriting Learning Lab, workshop conducted at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA.
Arthur Seale
Seale, A. (2008, March).Expressing our humanity and the heart of God. Presentation at the 4th annual National Association of Christians in Special Education, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
Annie Tsai, Ph.D. and Leslie Wickman, Ph.D.
Wickman, L., Tsai, A., & Walters, R. (2008, March). Isolation and confinement issues in long duration spacecraft. Paper presented at the annual conference s/b IEEE-Aerospace 2008, Big Sky, WY.
Keith Reeves, Ph.D.
Reeves, K., (2008, March). Dancing with the devil: The interplay of the Spirit and the demonic in the narrative of Acts. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Teri Merrick, Ph.D.
Merrick, T. (2008, March). Can Augustinian science capture the wonder of it all? Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Merrick, T. (2008, March). Respondent for two papers entitled A question of method: The consonance of Wesleyan Theology and modern science and The failed logic of recreation? Aporias in theological appropriation of the evolutionary conception of nature at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Thomas Parham, Ph.D.
Parham, T. (2008, March). True 'bromance': Television and the heterosexual man crush. Paper presented at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association, San Francisco.
Paul Alexander, Ph.D.
Alexander, P. (2008, March).Respondent for two papers entitled Pentecostal studies and ethics: Initial exploration and Just peacemaking, nuclear weapons, and international cooperation at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
John Culp, Ph.D.
Culp, J. (2008, March). Chair for two sessions at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC
Craig A. Boyd, Ph.D.
Boyd, C. (2008, March). Should open theists appeal to the medieval power distinction? a bridge to classical theism and divine causality. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Boyd, C. (2008, March). Sociobiology, just war, and the love commandment. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Boyd, C. (2008, March). Respondent for paper entitled Science, faith, and ethics: Grid or gridlock? at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC
Yvette Latunde, Ed.D., Bennett Nworie, Ph.D., and Nilsa Thorsos, Ph.D.
Thorsos, N., Nworie, B., Latunde, Y., & Goodwin, K. (2008, March). The essentials of effective implementation of response to intervention with minority students.Paper presentation at the 4th annual National Association of Christians in Special Education, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA.
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Pedro Olvera, Psy.D.
Hiramoto, J., Olvera, P., Olvera, V. I., & Hijo di Bari, D. (2008, March). CHC and PASS theories of cognitive ability and function: Irreconcilable difference or just in need of marriage counseling. Paper presentation at the California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) 2008 Convention,San Francisco, CA.
Craig Keen, Ph.D.
Keen, C. (2008, March). Holy, holy, holy: The world need not have been. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Don Thorsen, Ph.D.
Thorsen, D. (2008, March).. Ecumenism and Christian higher education. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Steve Wilkens, Ph.D.
Wilkens, S., (2008, March). Ecumenism and orthopathy: Enlarging our definition of faith. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Arlene Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D.
Walsh, A. Sanchez (2008, March). Respondent for paper entitled Wesleyan, Holiness and Pentecostal visions of the New Humanity at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Orlando Griego, Ph.D. and Roxanne Helm, MBA, HPT, CT
Greigo, O., & Helm, R. (2008, March). Gender and ethnic service learning self-reflections in business courses assisting at-risk students. Paper presented and published in the conference proceedings for the annual National Business and Economic Society, Honolulu, HI.
Awards
Ms. Gin received from Claremont Graduate University the 2008 Tae Han Kim Award, for the doctoral student who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to respect for humanity and culture.
Ms. Gin received from Claremont Graduate University the 2008 Award for Excellence in Higher Education, an award granted to doctoral student finalists in the higher education subfield who exemplify excellence in academic studies, scholarly writing, internship experiences, and extraordinary service to students in the higher education program.
Daniel Kipley, DBA
Dr. Kipley was granted by Alliant International University the 2008 Outstanding Doctoral Award for his dissertation, A Multi-Source Approach in Determining the Perceived Rated Importance of Constituencies' Influence on Policies, Procedures, and Programs at a Faith-Based University.
Arlene Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D.
Walsh, A. S. (2008, April). American Pentecostalism's Engagement with Race and Ethnicity, Networking Grant from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
Diana Pavlac Glyer, Ph.D.
Glyer, D. (2008, March). Finalist in the non-fiction category for a Hugo Award for her book The Company They Keep.
Research and Publications
Thomas Allbaugh, Ph.D.
Allbaugh, T. (Fall, 2007). When a composition theory clarifies a literary topic. Book review of D. Glyer, The company they keep and the inklings. Writing on the Edge, 18 (1), 94-96.
Robert Welsh, Ph.D., ABPP
Welsh, R. K., Lareau, C. R., Clevenger, J. K., & Reger, M.A. (2008). Ethical and legal considerations regarding disputed authorship with the use of shared data. Accountability in Research, 15,1-28.
David Harmeyer, M.A., M.L.S.
Harmeyer, D. (2007). Reference interviews: A series of personal reference stories. Virtual reference: Less is more. The Reference Librarian, 48 (1)(#99), 113-116.
Harmeyer, D. (2007). Reference interviews: A series of personal reference stories. A phone interview: Save the time of the reader. The Reference Librarian, 48 (2) (#100), 83-88.
Jeannette Wong, DMA
Wong, J. & Black, S. (2008, March). Building bridges: The return of the probationary student. Paper presented at the regional conference of the National Academic Advising Association, San Jose, CA.
Carole Lambert, Ph.D.
Lambert, C. J. (2008). Forgotten (the l'oublie), Elie Wiesel (1989). In M. D. Sollars (Ed.), The facts on file companion to the world novel: 1900 to the present, Vol. I (pp. 275-276). New York: Infobase Publishing.
Lambert, C. J. (2008). If not now, when? (Se non ora, quando?, Primo Levi (1982). In M. D. Sollars (Ed.), The facts on file companion to the world novel: 1900 to the present, Vol. I (pp. 376-377). New York: Infobase Publishing.
Arlene Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D.
Walsh, A. Sanchez (2008, April). A history of separation, Sojourners, 37(4), 16-18, 20-21.
Professional Activity
John S. Park, Ph.D.
Park, J. S. (2008, March). Chair for a session at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
Kenneth L. Waters, Sr., Ph.D.
Waters. K. . (2008, March). Chair for a session at the Joint Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society & the Society for Pentecostal Studies with the Wesleyan Philosophical Society and the Society for the Study of Psychology and Wesleyan Theology, Duke University, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.
