Faculty Accolades
Matthew Hayden was granted Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor. Kevin Lam was granted Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor and Wade Leuwerke was granted Promotion to Full Professor.
Catherine Gillespie, Associate Dean, just published a book entitled Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of Full Eating Disorder Recovery. It's available on Amazon in paper and kindle version. The book integrates the results of two research studies that Dr. Gillespie conducted, along with her own personal experience and many, many references to others' research. The readable academic book is a rarity but this one manages to hit the mark.
Laura Kieran, assistant professor of special education, and Sally Haack, associate professor of pharmacy practice, have been accepted for publication. Their manuscript, “PRELOAD: A Rubric to Evaluate Course Syllabi for Quality Indicators of Community Engagement and Service-Learning Components,” will be published in the Journal of Community Engagement & Higher Education. In addition, their article has been accepted for presentation at the International Association for Research on Service-Learning & Community Engagement (IARSLCE) this summer.
In press in March, 2018, Sally Beisser, professor of education, and Chuck Sengstock, Director of Continuing Education, published "Investigating Online Instructor’s Experiences with Constructivist Pedagogy in a Private University. Handbook of Research on Virtual Training and Mentoring of Online Instructors."
Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, associate professor of counselor education, is the co-editor of a new spring, 2018 issue of the Journal of Individual Psychology, along with colleagues Susan Gardner Belangee and Leigh Johnson-Migalski. The special Issue is entitled "Diversity and Social Justice: Applying Theory and Adapting Practices" and available on Project MUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/38103.
Associate Professors Tom Buckmiller and Randy Peters published an article entitled Getting a Fair Shot in AASA School Administrator. The article looked at findings from a study of university officials' views on the use of standards-based grading in admissions decisions.
