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Faculty Notes: April 2009

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

Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D.

 

Luna De La Rosa, M. (2009, April). Dollars and sense: How low-income youth understand college opportunity and financial aid. Presentation given at the Christians on Diversity in the Academy Conference, Monrovia, CA.
 
Luna De La Rosa, M. (2009, April). The intersection of student background,college transition and the practice of college student affairs services. Presentation given at the annual conference of American College PersonnelAssociation, Washington, D.C.
Warren Koch, Ph.D.
Warren Koch, Ph.D.

 

Parham, T. & Koch, W. (2009, January).  Screen writing. Week-long course given on a missions trip sponsored by Sword Productions in conjunction with V-Love, a local ministry. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Thomas Parham, Ph.D.

 

Parham, T. (2009, February). Structure, character, and adaptation. Sessions taught in Christian Writers Seminar, sponsored by Redwood Chapel, Castro Valley, CA
Parham, T. & Koch, W. (2009, January).  Screen writing. Week-long course given on a missions trip sponsored by Sword Productions in conjunction with V-Love, a local ministry. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Parham, T. (2009, January). Structure, loglines, treatments, & beat sheets, and formatting.  Sessions taught in Act One Weekend sponsored by Act One, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO.
Parham, T. (2008, September). Structure, character, and haunting moments. Sessions taught in Act One Weekend sponsored by Act One, Inc.; Rock Island, IL.
Parham, T. (2008, August). Behind the scenes: Short film production. Session presented at the National Fine Arts Festival, sponsored by the Assemblies of God denomination, Charlotte,
Leslie Wickman, Ph.D.

 

Wickman, L. (2009, April). Planet earth: Lucky accident or anthropic purpose? Invited lecture given at the Math & Science Awards Banquet, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA.
 
Alexander Jun, Ph.D.
Alexander Jun, Ph.D.

 

Jun, A. (2009, April).  Higher education from a global perspective: Trends and challenges for Christian institutions.  Invited lecture given at the Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology, Seoul, South Korea.
Alexander Jun, Ph.D. and Karen Longman, Ph.D.

 

Longman, K., Jun, A., & Sheridan, D. (2009, April). Innovation in graduate education: Focusing on flexibility and relevance. Presentation at the 2009 WASC Academic Resource Conference, Hollywood, CA.
Karen Longman, Ph.D.
Karen Longman, Ph.D.

 

Longman, K., & Hill, B.  Lessons learned on the journey: How one campus became comprehensively strengths-based.  Presentation at the Institute for College Student Values, Tallahassee, FL.
Anita Fitzgerald Henck, Ph.D. and Karen Longman, Ph.D.

 

Longman, K., & Henck, A. (2009, February). How can strengths awareness make a difference in the lives of our students?  Presentation at the Institute for College Student Values, Tallahassee, FL.
Henck, A., & Longman, K. (2009, February).  Creating a strengths-based campus culture.  Presentation at the Institute for College Student Values, Tallahassee, FL.
Gyoungsin "Daniel" Park, Ph.D. and Ilene Smith-Bezjian, DBA

 

Park, G. & Bezjian, I. (2009, March). Korean pastors' retirement: Crisis beyond the shrinking of social security. Presentation given at the Christians on Diversity in the Academy Conference, Monrovia, CA.
Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.
Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.

 

Wong, M. S.  (2009, April). Planning your career as a language educator.  Paper presented at the 40th Annual California Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL) Conference, Pasadena, CA.
Sarah Sumner, Ph.D.
Sarah Sumner, Ph.D.

 

Sumner, S. (2009, April).  The gift of grief. Paper presented at the Southwestern Regional Evangelical Theological Society Conference, San Diego, CA.
Sue Hebel, Ed.D., ATC
Sue Hebel, Ed.D., ATC

 

Hebel, S. (2009, April). The effects of plyometrics on bone metabolism in college students.  Paper given at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance National Conference, Tampa, FL.
 
Hebel, S. (2009, March). The effects of an 11-week resistance-training program on bone metabolism of college-aged students.  Paper presented at the Californian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance State Conference: Santa Clara, CA.
Thomas Parham, Ph.D.

 

Parham, T. (2009, April).  Journey's end: Auteur theory and progressive television series.  Paper presented at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
Parham, T. (2009, April). Love at first bite. Paper presented in roundtable discussion Taking the Twilight saga to task, at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
Parham, T. (2009, April). Television XIV: Storytelling, religion, and 
science fiction. Session chaired at the national conference of the Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA.
Parham, T. (2009, March).  Question preparation and product consultation for Star Trek: Scene it?, a DVD game released by Mattel, Inc. and Screenlife, LLC.
Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D.

 

Luna De La Rosa, M. (2009, April). Dollars and sense: How low-income youth understand college opportunity and financial aid. Presentation given at the Christians on Diversity in the Academy Conference, Monrovia, CA.
 
Luna De La Rosa, M. (2009, April). The intersection of student background,college transition and the practice of college student affairs services. Presentation given at the annual conference of American College PersonnelAssociation, Washington, D.C.
Dennis Okholm, Ph.D.
Dennis Okholm, Ph.D.

 

Okholm, D. (2009, March). Invited speech given at the Conversations in Writing Workshop, Fuller Seminary California Coast Writing Workshop, Pasadena, CA. 
Emily Griesinger, Ph.D.
Emily Griesinger, Ph.D.

 

Griesinger, E. (2009, March). Invited speech given in the Conversations in Writing Workshop, Fuller Seminary California Coast Writing Workshop, Pasadena, CA. 
Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D.
Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D.

 

Winslow, K. S. (2009, April). What's so great about Wesleyanism?  Chapel address given as part of the Mannoia Lectures at Greenville College, Greenville, IL.

 
Winslow, K. S. (2009, April). The responsiveness of God.  Collolquium lecture as part of the Mannoia Lectures at Greenville College, Greenville, IL.
 
Paul Alexander, Ph.D.
Paul Alexander, Ph.D.

 

Alexander, P. (2008, October).  Prophetic protest/imony and the boundaries of progressive Pentecostalism.  Paper presented at the Center for Jewish Studies 10th Anniversary Conference, Baylor University,Waco, TX.
 
Alexander, P. (2009, January).  Pentecostal and Wesleyan reflections on peacemaking and war.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, Il.
 
Alexander, P. (2008, November).  Pentecostal prophetic protest/imony and political discourse.  Religion, Public Policy, and Political Change Consultation given at the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Il.
 
Alexander, P. (2009, January).  Rendering unto Caesar.  A two-day workshop presented at Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA.
 
 
Alexander, P. (2009, March).  The spirit leads us to Jesus: The heritage & hope of Pentecostals & peacemaking.  An invited lecture presented at the Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies, Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA.

 

Christian, P. (2009, April). The In in Innovation.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the America Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Phoenix, AZ.
Cindy Tanis, Ph.D.
Cindy Tanis, Ph.D.

 

Tanis, C. (2009, March). Performance enhancement and stress reduction with heart rhythm variability biofeedback. Paper presented at the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Conference, Santa Clara, CA.
Tanis, C. (2009, April). Implementing heart rhythm variability biofeedback and emotional regulation with injured athletes. Paper presented at the meeting of the Far West Trainers’ Association, San Diego, CA.
 
Michael Smith, MFA
Michael Smith, MFA

 

 
 
 

Smith, M. C. (2009, March). Seven stills of Dufftown.  Presentation and screening of scenes from The Malt Project documentary at the Los Angeles Whisk(e)y Society,  Los Angeles, CA.

 

Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D.
Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D.

 

Winslow, K. S. (2009, March). Treasures both new and old: Figuration in Biblical interpretation. Paper presented at the National Conference of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Anderson, IN.
 
Winslow, K. S. (2009, March). God Will Not Save Us Without Our Bodies Ourselves. Response paper to Michael Lodahl’s book God of Nature and of Grace presented at the National Conference of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Anderson, IN.
Timothy Heumier, Ph.D. and Jurgen Ziesmann, Ph.D.

 

Aquino, G., Baleilevuka, M., Bream, H., Ediger, E., Heumier, T. , Ziesmann, J. (2009, March). Eye development in the termite Incisitermes minor: Morphology and electrophysiology. Paper presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA
Eileen Hulme, Ph.D. and Laurie Schreiner, Ph.D.

 

Hulme, E., Schreiner, L., & Oliver, D. (2009, March).  Innovative approaches to leadership development: A strengths-oriented approach to building engaged student life teams.  Pre-conference workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Seattle, WA.
Laurie Schreiner, Ph.D.
Laurie Schreiner, Ph.D.

 

Schreiner, L., Louis, M., & Pothoven, S.  (2009, March).  Measuring what matters: The Thriving Quotient.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Seattle, WA.
 
 
Schreiner, L., Slavin Miller, S., & Pullins, T. (2009, March).  The second-year experience: Engaging and retaining the sophomore student.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Seattle, WA.
 
Richard Robison, Ph.D. and Mary Shepard Wong, Ph.D.

 

Wong, M. S., & Robison, R. (2009, March). The relevance of teacher religious beliefs on identity formation among EFL teachers in Thailand, China,Vietnam, South Korea, and Taiwan.  Paper presented at Association of American Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.


 
Wong, M. S., & Robison, R. (2009, March). Forming teacher identity: Tracking MA/TESOL alum teaching in Asia.  Paper presented at the 43rd International
TESOL Convention, Denver, CO.
 
Wong, M. S., & Robison, R. (2009, March). Identity, faith, and practice in
English language teaching.
  Panel presentation at the 43rd International
TESOL Convention, Denver, CO.
 

Awards

Alexander Jun, Ph.D.
Alexander Jun, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Alexander Jun has been awarded with a grant of $40,000 from D. K. Kim Cambodia Foundation to support a research project entitled Private Education in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Dr. Jun will serve as the principal investigator and the Department of Doctoral Programs in Higher Education will conduct empirically-based research that will result in a strategic plan for privatized education in the Kingdom of Cambodia.  The comprehensive study will encompass private education from pre-school to college, the scope ranging from curriculum, technology, faculty development, accreditation, integration of faith, and leadership development.
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc, FAANP, RN
Felicitas dela Cruz, DNSc, FAANP, RN

 

The Second Careers and Nursing (SCAN) Program, an accelerated master's-entry program in The School of Nursing at the Main Campus and the Early Entry into Nursing and Advanced Practice (EENAP) Program at San Bernardino, an accelerated pre-licensure (baccalaureate) nursing program, have received $168,000.00 funding from the CA Health Workforce Policy Commission (CHWPC) Song-Brown Registered Nursing (RN) Education Funds for 2 years---from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2011. Dr. Felicitas A.dela Cruz (SCAN Program) and Dr. Myrna Dial (EENAP program) wrote and submitted the grant proposal.

Research and Publications

Vicky Bowden, DNSc, RN
Vicky Bowden, DNSc, RN

Greenburg, C., & Bowden, V. (2009). Administration of hypotonic solutions vs. isotonic solutions in hospitalized children.  Pediatric Nursing, 35, 62-63.

 

Kevin Reimer, Ph.D.

 

Reimer, K. (2009). Road to Guadalupe: Hope and moral identity in L'Arche communities for the developmentally disabled. Christian Scholars Review, 38, 359-373.
Don Thorsen, Ph.D.
Don Thorsen, Ph.D.

 

Thorsen, D. (2009, Spring). The Wesleyan holiness expression of the authority of the church in the world, in The authority of the church in the world. New York, NY: National Council of Churches USA, Faith and Order Commission.
Ralph Carlson, Ph.D.
Ralph Carlson, Ph.D.

 

Carlson, R. S. (2008, Winter).  Child?  Hawai’i Review 30 (2), 106-108.
 
Carlson, R. S.  . (2008, Winter).  Waterman canyon succession.  Hawai’i Review 30 (2), 109-110.
Paul Alexander, Ph.D.
Paul Alexander, Ph.D.

 

Alexander, P. (2009).  Peace to war: Shifting allegiances in the Assemblies of God.
      Telford, PA: Cascadia Publishing/Herald Press.
      The foreword to this book is by Glen Stassen.
 
Alexander, P. (2009).  Signs and wonders: Why Pentecostalism is the world's fastest growing faith.  San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
     
      The foreword to this book is by Martin E. Marty.
Alexander, P. 2008). Speaking in the tongues of nonviolence, again.  Foreword for Aaron Taylor, How a radical Jihadist led me to Jesus, Manchester, CT: Foghorn Publishers.
Catherine Heinlein, EdD, RD, CDE

 

Heinlein, C.R. (2009).  Dumping Syndrome in Roux-en-Y Bariatric surgery patients: Are they prepared? Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care, 4 (1), 39-47.
Kevin Reimer, Ph.D. and Robert Welsh, Ph.D., ABPP

 

Knabb, J.J., Welsh, R.K., Ziebell, J.G., & Reimer, K.S. (2009). Neuroscience, Moral Reasonsing and the Law. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 27 (2), 219-236.

Professional Activity

Patricia Frohock Hanes, PhD, MAEd, RN, CNE
Patricia Frohock Hanes, PhD, MAEd, RN, CNE

 

Dr. Patricia Hanes has been selected to be a National League of Nursing Ambassador for the League and the School of Nursing at Azusa Pacific University. 
Fred G. Garlett, Ed.D.
Fred G. Garlett, Ed.D.

 

Dr. Fred Garlett was appointed to the 2009 Nontraditional Students Report Advisory Board.
Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D.
Karen Strand Winslow, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Karen Strand Winslow was selected to be on the Global Wesleyan Theological Dictionary editorial committee, which is beginning the work of gathering and sorting entries and authors. The book will be published by Beacon Publishing House.
Arlene Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D.
Arlene Sánchez-Walsh, Ph.D.

 

Dr. Arlene Sanchez Walsh was elected on March 27, 2009, to be 2nd Vice President of the Society for Pentecostal Studies at Society for Pentecostal Studies Meeting, Eugene, OR.