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Research Review 2019
On PBA professors modeling “the life of the mind, the care of the soul and the extension of the hands”
A word from the Provost Faculty at PBA impress. Faculty are receiving research grants, writing biographies, crafting poems, composing music, shaping art, and — of course — creating new knowledge by writing essays and books. What impressed me this year, however, is the repeated theme that faculty engage students. They want students “by their sides” — not “out of their hair.” They bring students alongside them as they practice their academic craft. In these pages you will read about professors who are guiding students in exciting lab research on leukemia cells, guiding students on tours of the Galapagos Islands or biblical Ephesus and guiding students in a lifestyle of reading, writing and scholarship. For our faculty, students are not an annoyance to endure but rather their raison d’être for teaching at PBA. Let me invite you into these pages to read about Dr. Adwoa Nornoo and Dr. Harm Maarsingh, who with other pharmacy colleagues, pursue potentially groundbreaking research thanks to grants from the company Integra Connect. Likewise, meet Dr. Chris Hickey and Dr. Cidya Grant, who are engaging undergraduate students in graduate-level work. Enlightening Minds will introduce you to Dr. Eric Tippin, who comes to us from the University of Cambridge, and who points to the deep rewards wrapped up in literature. You will meet Dr. Thomas Chesnes, who can’t stay out of the mud, especially in the Everglades. While wading around in a swamp at 2
night looking for snakes isn’t my idea of fun, Chesnes and his students can’t wait to get wet. Recently I attended a ceremony honoring the outstanding graduate in each academic school. Besides “mom,” whom did they talk about the most? Professors. My colleagues at PBA are shaping the next generation of Christian leaders, whether the graduate is serving within feet of the Oval Office, walking halls of power on Wall Street, creating new businesses, stooping over lab benches, preaching in prestigious pulpits (or downtown missions), teaching third grade children, bandaging the wounded, or serving the devastated in Haiti. PBA graduates learned about the life of the mind, the care of the soul, and the extension of the hands from their professors, who not only taught it, but modeled it. I am honored to work with them. -E. Randolph Richards, Ph.D., provost and chief academic officer, professor of biblical studies
Dr. Randy Richards has authored or co-authored nearly a dozen books and many scholarly articles. This past semester he published two articles, a book foreword, two book endorsements, finished four articles and co-wrote another (with a student), and had two books translated into Korean and Indonesian. This coming year he plans to finish the page proofs for a new book to be out this summer, another article, and continue working on the Gospel of John in the prestigious Word Biblical Commentary and co-editing the Inscriptions and Papyri volume in the Ancient Literature for New Testament Study series. He is a popular lecturer and speaker, delivering recently the Ellis Lecture at Wheaton College.
Conference keynote is award-winning biologist
A mentor in the Everglades Chesnes and Holbrook wrote the first academic This year’s Interdisciplinary Research Conference paper showing the detrimental effect on mammals by (March 17-18) welcomes as keynote speaker PBA’s invasive pythons in the Everglades. That work, and own Dr. Thomas Chesnes, award-winning biology professor who delights in taking his students out of the their study of the mangrove saltmarsh snake, became an ongoing project for the two. For Homecoming classroom and into the “field” – or more precisely, the weekend last November, Holbrook came to PBA to marsh. Chesnes, winner of the 2015 Charles & Hazel Corts accept an Outstanding Alumni Award, but the night before the ceremony he and Chesnes were driving Award for Outstanding Teaching, has worked in estuaries and salt marshes throughout the southeastern through the Everglades, hunting for snakes for hours. The two typically go out about dusk and find snakes United States, studying vertebrate, invertebrate and that come out onto the roadway to warm plant species. He has published widely, themselves in the evening. “It’s not always often as the result of field research fun; it’s not always comfortable,” said conducted with undergraduate students. Chesnes of such field work. “But it’s worth “At a lot of higher-ed institutions, it.” undergraduates don’t really get into the Chesnes, chair of the Biology field at all,” said Joshua Holbrook ’09, Department, gave the first lecture in one of Chesnes’ former students. “But PBA’s 2019-2020 Christian University pretty much from day one we were getting series, speaking about the harmony and outside and going places and doing actual compatibility he finds between faith and work that you do if you were a field science. biologist.” Holbrook should know, because Held in the Warren Library, the research he is now a reptile and amphibian expert, conference features a wide variety of teaching and researching at Montreat presentations from PBA students and College in the mountains of North Dr. Thomas Chesnes faculty. (www.pba.edu/irc)Also, alumna Carolina. “Tom Chesnes’ classes were lot of what got me really Taylor Sims will share about her medieval and women’s history studies as a doctoral candidate at the University interested and really trained me in what I do now,” of Michigan. She was a 2012 PBA graduate, summa said Holbrook. “I base a lot of my teaching method, cum laude, with a double major in English and history. especially fieldwork, on what he did in his classes.”
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Inside Snorkler Amberlyn Stuart tests the video camera she has placed on the ocean floor to map marine life. - Page 13
Oregano compound fights cancer cells $500,000 set for pharmacy research How to cultivate a scholarly lifestyle Books by PBA faculty in 2019
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“When something would go a little bit off track, I had to critically think how to recover from the problem and proceed on my own. I realize that in the future, if I’m a surgeon, I’m going to be making a lot of unexpected calls, so honestly, this research has empowered me to prepare for a time when I can make those calls in special situations and do it calmly, critically thinking through the process.” - Pre-health student Chloe Brown
Learning lessons in the lab, two undergrads join the battle against cancer
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iven the rigorous coursework in Palm Beach Atlantic’s pre-health major, why would students dive into extra projects, spending many hours a week conducting research with their professors? “You have to look at the big picture,” said junior Chloe Brown. “You think: ‘Here are my future goals,’ and you see how everything you’re doing reaches toward those goals.” As Brown and senior Belle Pierre continue reaching toward the goal of becoming medical doctors, in February they traveled to the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference. There they presented a poster describing their research and promising results in attacking human cancer cells using a compound in oregano, an herb commonly used in cooking. Their research began last fall, when they volunteered to join a project led by Dr. Cidya Grant, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. Christopher Hickey, assistant professor of biology. To fund the research, the two professors had won a Quality Initiative (QI) Grant. For 2019-2020, the University awarded QI grants to 26 projects: 16 faculty projects, six student projects and
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Undergrads Belle Pierre (left) and Chloe Brown discuss lab procedures with Dr. Christopher Hickey. four group projects. “Together we wrote this proposal with the idea of training students,” said Grant. But while the project serves to develop the research skills of students, it also becomes a building block in the life and death battle against cancer. Hickey feels a personal stake in the battle, his father having died of leukemia. “You know how much I would love to have one more day with my dad?” He earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology with a leukemia specialty, and afterward completed a research fellowship with the Mitchell Cancer Institute at the University of South Alabama. Trained by their professors, Brown and Pierre grew three lines of cells in the lab: leukemia cells,
and she hopes one day to merge her two interests to become an advocate in medicine. She found the research fascinating, but also challenging, recalling some long hours and even some tears when things went wrong. “I was hit with failure several times in the lab,” said Pierre, “and learning how to deal with that has really allowed me to grow.” The project has boosted her confidence, she said. “There will be times in the medical field when you’ll have to think on your feet, and this experience has really helped me see myself in the future that way.” Brown also found the research project challenging. “Dr. Hickey expects a lot out of you” in the lab, she said, “but he graciously explains things to you and if you come to him he’s willing to help you and mentor you and encourage you.” Brown is from Lincolnton, North Carolina. She said that research experience will help students get accepted into med school, because medical schools want to see well-rounded students having interests beyond their coursework. And long-term, she said, “me doing research is important so that when I am a doctor I’ll be able to understand research and how it can be applicable to clinical use.” Meanwhile, said Brown, “I’ve learned a lot of lessons through research. When something would go a little bit off track, I had to critically think how to recover from the problem and proceed on my own. I realize that in the future, if I’m a surgeon, I’m going to be making a lot of unexpected calls, so honestly, this research has empowered me to prepare for a time when I can make those calls in special situations and do it calmly, critically thinking through the process.” Hickey and Grant found their student team to be “keen and eager to learn.” With those traits, said Grant, Hickey, above, earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology their professors “can mold them” into becoming the with a leukemia specialty. scientists God would have them be. After working on the project all during the fall semester, over the Christmas break the team learned breast cancer cells and non-cancerous cells. They then the exciting news that their abstract had been accepted exposed all three lines to the compound carvacrol, and they had been invited to present results at the which is found in oregano. Cancer, by definition, is the uncontrolled growth of Florida Undergraduate Research Conference, which abnormal cells in the body. The researchers found their this year was held at Florida carvacrol treatment reduced the proliferation of cells in Gulf Coast University. “When we were in all the cancer lines, but it had very little impact on the grad school, we always non-cancerous cells. “And we have very good, solid, looked forward to going to reproducible data to show this,” said Grant. conferences,” said Grant, “so Conventional chemotherapy treatment not only to have two undergraduate attacks cancer cells, but it also attacks the healthy cells students going to present of patients, reducing their immune systems. “That’s graduate-level work, Ph.D. why using this natural product from oregano is so quality work, it’s such a reward important,” said Pierre. for us to be a part of this effort.” Dr. Cidya Grant Pierre, from Haiti, has a minor in political science, 5
“I am totally into supporting anything with research, with outcomes, where we can change patients’ lives.” -Raj Mantena, Integra Connect founder & chairman
Pharmacist /entrepreneur boosts Gregory School of Pharmacy research
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bout 30 years ago, young Raj Mantena came to the U.S. seeking to represent the generic drug manufacturer owned by his family in India. “And the person whom I met to do business with said I was too young for him to talk to,” recalled Mantena. “He said I should go back to school.” So Mantena did go back to school, earning a degree in industrial pharmacy at the University of Maryland. He then took his pharmaceutical family background, poured in his industrial pharmacy education and stirred the mix using an entrepreneurial knack for collaborating and timing. After two years of that recipe Mantena had developed a company and sold it for $25 million, “which was pretty
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amazing for a young kid,” he said. Since then, he and his partners have started six companies, breaking new ground in healthcare data analytics and cancer treatment. His company Integra Connect now donates more than $2 million to cancer research annually. And he has made a $500,000 commitment to fund research and scholarship at the Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy over five years. Mantena became acquainted with Palm Beach Atlantic when his daughter, Netra, was looking for a school with a pharmacy program. She visited three area schools, he said, and at PBA, “she loved the campus; she loved the people.” She’s now in her fourth year here, on track to become a pharmacist. As his daughter enjoyed the PBA experience, Mantena learned more
about the school, and Gregory Dean Dr. Jeffrey Lewis brought him into the Gregory Leadership Council. “I can relate to the school’s mission and vision,” Mantena said. “PBA is like a family.” As he attended council meetings and made more PBA connections, he appreciated “the diversity in terms of where people come from, with different ideas to enhance the mission of the school, and to really lay out an amazing career for the students who are graduating.” Mantena responded enthusiastically when Lewis approached him about funding faculty research. “I am totally into supporting anything with research, with outcomes where we can change patients’ lives,” Mantena said.
“He’s incredibly philanthropic,” said Lewis. “Because of the generosity of Integra Connect, a great array of projects has been launched here.” The Gregory School established a committee that reviews faculty research proposals and awards grants from the Integra Connect funding. Ten grants have been awarded thus far, supporting a variety of research projects ranging from the efficacy of new, nonopioid painkillers to integrating clinical services at community pharmacies. Those projects include:
Using emu oil to expand a drug’s use Dr. Adwoa Nornoo, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, leads a project investigating the use of oil derived from the emu, the large, flightless bird native to Australia. She seeks to prove that the oil can be an effective “enhancer” to allow the drug budesonide to be delivered through the skin, using a patch. Budesonide is used to treat disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and the lungs, and it has very low side effects, compared to other drugs on the market, Nornoo said. Patients now swallow the drug, “but if we could get the drug in the blood, maybe we could use it to treat other types of diseases.” Emu oil already has some medical uses, but Nornoo’s study is the first to examine it as a penetration enhancer for drugs. The early results of her research are quite encouraging, she said.
About midnight, he was making slides for his class, “when it was almost like the Lord prompted me: You should check whether vitamin D has an anti-allergic effect on lung tissue.” So Maarsingh studied the vitamin D literature and saw that the vitamin had shown positive, stabilizing effects in other diseases, but no one had studied whether it might prevent asthma attacks. “We want to treat diseases,” he said, “but how much better if we can prevent diseases from happening.” An asthma attack happens when an allergen causes airways in the lungs to constrict. Maarsingh developed a model to mimic an asthma attack and study it under the microscope as it happens. He took thin slices of lung tissue from guinea pigs and fixed them under the microscope in a buffer solution. He then introduced an allergen in small steps, monitoring the results with a video camera connected to the microscope.
Next, Maarsingh and his student assistants repeated the steps after introducing vitamin D before introducing the allergen. He found that vitamin D reduced the sensitivity to the allergen 250-fold. Vitamin D used in this way “could help a lot of people,” he said, “because if you decrease the sensitivity toward the allergen, we may protect the patient.” And presently, allergic asthma afflicts millions of people worldwide. Having shown that vitamin D protects airways against an allergen, Maarsingh will continue his research to learn how it does this. Meanwhile, he recently showed a pharmacy class his video of unprotected airways constricting. “When people have asthma attacks,” he told the students, “this is what it looks like.” A collective gasp went up from the students as they watched an airway slowly close up. “Yes,” said Maarsingh. “That’s why your job is so important.”
Vitamin D “epiphany” for asthma treatment Dr. Harm Maarsingh, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences, recalled preparing a class lecture on a kidney disease treatment that involved vitamin D.
Abdul Shremo is one of the pharmacy students working with Dr. Harm Maarsingh testing vitamin D in simulated asthma attacks. 7
Diving deep into literature
Dr. Eric Tippin with English students Jessie Kieffer and Jonathan Olar. Dr. Eric Tippin is from a small town in Kansas. He obtained his B.A. and M.A. in his native state, then traveled to the University of Cambridge, where he earned his Ph.D. Tippin’s research focuses on nonfiction literature, on theories of prose style and on religion and literature, and he continues to cultivate interests in 8
the relationship between humor and thought, as well as short forms such as the aphorism. He has published articles on authors from Francis Bacon to Louisa May Alcott to Oscar Wilde to G. K. Chesterton in edited collections and academic journals such as English Literature in Transition, 1800-1920, Religion & Literature, and Nineteenth Century Prose.
Hundreds of books paved professor’s path to Cambridge
that the written word is a deeply important thing that we should study, both in the Bible and in things that people have written.” He now teaches humanities, English composition and Victorian literature. After a recent class session, two of his students reflected upon what Tippin has taught them and upon their own journey into literature and writing. “At the beginning of the semester, we really focused f students were to find it intimidating that on the author as a hero, and how authors have a their new English professor was University of different power from any other type of hero, in the Cambridge-trained, they might take comfort in sense that their voice and their impact are timeless Dr. Eric Tippin’s view that one can cultivate a and extend beyond their death,” said Jessie Kieffer, a lifestyle of reading, writing and scholarship. sophomore from Fort Myers, Florida. She’s a Supper “I didn’t catch a vision for literature or doing what I’m doing now until I was maybe 20 or 21,” said Tippin. Honors Program student and an English major with a He was attending a one-year Bible school in the North minor in secondary education. After her time at PBA, Kieffer hopes to teach of England. There in an old, isolated manor house, he English in a Central or South American country “as spent much of his time reading English literature. sort of a mission/teaching combo.” She’d also like to “I dove deep into a lot of authors that I had teach English in middle or high school in the States, appreciated before,” he said. “I suddenly realized how and she might pursue graduate work much that reading enriched my or a career in the publishing industry. writing, enriched my everyday life.” “It’s no coincidence that Jonathan Olar, a sophomore from So when he went back to university Jesus is called the Word Lake Worth, Florida, is working studies in the U.S., he had a much on a double major in English and clearer view about his English classes of God. He created the psychology. He’d like to do graduate and where this study might lead. world by speaking a study in both fields. Next, he’d like to After completing his bachelor’s sentence. This seems join the Navy and do research and degree in English, Tippin worked a to indicate that the development in psychology. “After couple years at a job where he could that,” he said, “I’d maybe end up written word is a deeply listen to recorded books during much teaching or just retire and try to do of the workday. And he’d get up at 5 important thing that the writing thing.” to read for two hours before he left we should study, both Olar contends that reading for the job. in the Bible and in empowers people. “We only think “So I worked my way through things that people have one way, and that’s the way that 200 to 300 books in preparation for we are,” he said. “But then when graduate school, which was a really written.” people read a book, now they’re good thing,” he said. “By the time --Dr. Eric Tippin getting someone else’s way, and it I reached there, it all seemed very builds philosophy. Philosophy builds natural. I was moving in a literary character and character builds the way that we live life direction.” and interact with other people.” He earned his master’s degree, with distinction, at Tippin happily counts Olar and Kieffer among the Kansas State University, and his Ph.D. at Cambridge. He won numerous awards and fellowships, and was an “front row people” in his English classes. But even in an age when fewer and fewer people are reading for undergraduate instructor at Cambridge for five terms. By the time he graduated in April of 2019 and accepted pleasure, he sees a path for more students to cultivate a love for literature. a job at PBA, he had built a resume brimming with “Turn off your cell phone and start reading,” he presentations and publications. advises. “You have to really work and consciously make Along the way, Tippin found that the study of the choice to say, ‘I’m going to do this reading,’ which, the good, the beautiful and the true, “which are all wrapped up in literature,” was a way of getting to know for the first year of doing it, will seem less fun and less rewarding than surfing the net or watching something. the Creator more. But eventually it will begin to snowball, and it will “As I tell students, it’s no coincidence that Jesus is begin to pay off, and you will find deep pleasure in called the Word of God,” Tippin said. “He created the those moments of reading.” world by speaking a sentence. This seems to indicate
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Faculty Bookshelf: 2019 Dr. G. Lane Cohee. The Disquieted Soul: Paths of Discovery and Deliverance. Grand Rapids, MI: Credo House Publishers, 2019.
Dr. Paul Copan and Charles Taliaferro. The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays on Theism’s Rationality. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.
We inhabit a world of Disquieted Souls, living lives of restless discontent. They are the souls who over-analyze, over-worry, over-perform, and over-protect. They are the souls running as fast as they can, trying to escape their own unhappiness. Perfectionistic extremes and addictive tendencies are their regular companions. Peace, stability and harmony are not. We can do better than incessant disquiet. We can know more balance and tranquility, even in the midst of life’s demands. We can trace through life’s high and low tides, while remaining increasingly stable in their midst. We can increasingly live within the disharmony of life without being enslaved to that disharmony. Through the process of discovery and deliverance, we can learn — and relearn — to quiet our souls.
In today’s intellectual climate, naturalism is a dominant worldview, according to which there is no God, only the physical world exists and the natural sciences are our best guide to reality. Some forms of naturalism are very narrow (eliminating consciousness, values and so on) while other forms are broader (admitting consciousness and more). This collection begins with an overview of naturalism and what is natural by a prominent naturalist. Thirteen subsequent chapters offer a critique of naturalism, in both its narrow and broad forms, and advance a positive case for theism in light of the existence of consciousness, knowledge and rationality, human dignity, values, psychology and aesthetics. The Naturalness of Belief also explores the existential and cultural implications of theism and naturalism.
Dr. Paul Copan. Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of the Old Testament God. Romanian translation. Oradea, Romania: Life Publishers International, 2019.
Dr. Paul Copan, Dr. Wes Jamison. What Would Jesus REALLY Eat?: The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019.
Is the God of the Old Testament nothing but a bully, a murderer and an oppressor? Many today — even within the church — seem to think so. How are Christians to respond to such accusations? And how are we to reconcile the seemingly disconnected natures of God portrayed in the two testaments? In this timely and readable book, now translated into Romanian, apologist Paul Copan takes on some of the most vexing accusations of our time, including: God is arrogant and jealous; God punishes people too harshly; God is guilty of ethnic cleansing; God oppresses women; God endorses slavery; Christianity causes violence. Copan not only answers the critics; he also shows how to read both the Old and New Testaments faithfully, seeing an unchanging, righteous, and loving God in both.
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Until relatively recently, vegetarianism was a dietary alternative for Christians — a mere option or perhaps, for some, a conviction. But the biblical tradition recognized that a plant-based diet isn’t more spiritual or moral than eating meat. Meat-eating is legitimate for humans; it is not prohibited and is even blessed by God. Increasingly, secular organizations and activists have been pressuring Christians to turn their freedom into bondage and to adopt false commandments based on activist convictions. Voices from inside the church have joined the chorus. This group of scholars applied their expertise in biblical studies, theology, philosophy, resource management, communication and generational pig farming to write an accessible response for Christians who rightly believe that meat-eating is a gift from God.
Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine, eds. Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. Palm Beach Atlantic University’s Frederick M. Supper Honors Program follows the tradition of the Great Books curriculum by focusing on primary texts. Students spend six semesters reading and discussing the Great Books of Western Civilization. Entering the Conversation gives students the opportunity to learn more about the contexts of the books they read in these classes. This guide will help students more fully understand and appreciate the required texts of the program by equipping them with a honed critical lens. Each chapter is a unique invitation from honors professors and former students to current students to join them as they listen to the Great Conversation as fellow learners and explorers.
Dr. Linda Raeder. Limited Government and the Death of God: The Rise and Fall of Freedom. London, United Kingdom: Lexington Books, 2019. Limited Government and the Death of God: The Rise and Fall of Freedom is the third of three volumes comprising a comprehensive study of freedom and American society. Volume III explores the historical rise of the free society in the West and especially its relation to the religious worldview that inspired the quest for individual freedom. It further examines the threats to the free society posed not only by the modern ideological movements but related paradigms such as Progressivism, Postmodernism, and Multiculturalism. Volume I, Freedom and Political Order, examines the meaning of freedom and the legal and political dimensions of American liberal democracy. Volume II, Freedom and Economic Order, examines the relation of individual freedom to the economic arrangements of society. It explores both the theory and practice of the competing paradigms of capitalism and socialism and the moral frameworks — justice and social justice — correlative to them.
More faculty books available at library The six books described at left represent only works published by PBA faculty in 2019. The Warren Library has a broad collection of faculty-authored books. Visit library.pba.edu for library hours, ways to contact a librarian and answers to frequently asked questions. 11
2019 Publications & Presentations Chapters in Books Dr. Paul Copan and Jeremiah Johnston. “The Cultural Implications of Theism versus Naturalism.” The Naturalness of Belief: New Essays on Theism’s Rationality. Eds. Dr. Paul Copan and Charles Taliaferro. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019. 197-213. Dr. Paul Copan. “Veggie Tales? PETA, Paganism, and Other Vegan Confusions.” What Would Jesus REALLY Eat? The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019. 83-91. ---. “What Would Jesus Eat? From Kosher to Everything.” What Would Jesus REALLY Eat? The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019. 93-105. Dr. Olga Dietlin, Dr. Kathryn Maslowe, and *Linda Hahn. “Neuroscience of Connection: How Supportive Relationships Grow Our Brains (Birth Through College Years).” Creating Caring and Supportive Educational Environments for Meaningful Learning. Eds. Kisha Daniels and Katrina Billingsley. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. 1-19. Dr. Olga Dietlin, *Jeremy Loomis, and Jenny Preffer. “Pedagogy of Authenticity in the Online Learning Environment: An Interdisciplinary Overview.” Care and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Online Settings. Eds. Lydia Kyei-Blankson, Joseph Blankson, and Esther Ntuli. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. 214229. Dr. Jenifer Elmore and Jordyn Patrick. “The World of Christendom and Islam.” Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. Eds. Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. 131-190.
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Dr. David Horkott and Dr. Nathan Maxwell. “The World of Polis and Covenant.” Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. Eds. Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. 1-70. Dr. Wes Jamison. “Joy or Grief? Understanding the Challenges to Christian Meat-Eating.” What Would Jesus REALLY Eat? The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019. 37-47. ---. “Pigs, Peas, and Seals: The Universality of Meat-Eating.” What Would Jesus REALLY Eat? The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019. 31-36. Dr. Samuel Joeckel. “The World of Reason and Revolt.” Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. Eds. Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. 231-288. Dr. Nathan Lane. “1 Chronicles Introduction.” Baylor Annotated Study Bible. Eds. W. H. Bellinger, Jr. and Todd Still. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. 492. ---. “1 Chronicles Commentary.” Baylor Annotated Study Bible. Eds. W. H. Bellinger, Jr. and Todd Still. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. 493-523. Dr. Kathy Maxwell. “Acts Commentary.” Baylor Annotated Study Bible. Eds. W. H. Bellinger, Jr. and Todd Still. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. 1353-1395. Dr. Nathan Maxwell. “2 Chronicles Introduction.” Baylor Annotated Study Bible. Eds. W. H. Bellinger, Jr. and Todd Still. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. 525. ---. “2 Chronicles Commentary.” Baylor Annotated Study Bible. Eds.
W. H. Bellinger, Jr. and Todd Still. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2019. 526-569. Dr. Gary Poe and Dr. Francisco Plaza. “The World of Caesar and Christ.” Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. Eds. Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. 71-130. Dr. E. Randolph Richards. “Foreword.” Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes: Honor and Shame in Paul’s Message and Mission, by Jackson W. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2019. ix-xi. ---. “Paul the Writer: Spreading the Gospel through Everyday Letters.” Journeys of the Apostle Paul. Ed. David Bomar. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019. 96-101. ---. “When is a Letter not a Letter? Paul, Cicero, and Seneca as Letter Writers.” Paul and the Giants of Philosophy: Reading the Apostle in Greco-Roman Context. Eds. Joseph Dodson and David Briones. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2019. 86-94. Dr. Beate Rodewald and *Michael Von Cannon. “The World of Despair and Hope.” Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. Eds. Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. 289-346. Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. “Basic Ingredients.” What Would Jesus REALLY Eat? The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019. 19-27. ---. “You Are What You Say You Eat.” What Would Jesus REALLY Eat? The Biblical Case for Eating Meat. Toronto, Canada: Castle Quay, 2019. 13-18.
Candid Camera under water Watch video: Go.pba.edu/marinelife
A variety of curious ocean dwellers were caught on underwater cameras planted off Palm Beach by Palm Beach Atlantic marine biology students Amberlyn Stuart (left) and Sierra King. Working with Dr. Angela Witmer, the students built rigs to mount cameras and a container of fish bait and sunk them 50 to 250 meters from shore. Attracted by the bait, the fish starred in video that became part of a project mapping marine life. Through their research, Witmer and her students were establishing a baseline so that they can determine how long it takes the environment to recover when there’s a hurricane or beach re-nourishment project. Their findings will offer insight into how long people should wait after such a disturbance before they resume fishing and other water-based recreation activities. Still photos by Dr. Angela Witmer and Dr. Archie W. Ammons
Dr. Elizabeth Stice. “The World of Humanism and Reform.” Entering the Conversation: A Guide to the World of Great Books. Eds. Dr. Samuel Joeckel and Dr. Thomas St. Antoine. West Palm Beach, FL: Tressler Press, 2019. 191-230.
Journal Articles, Web Articles, Poems and Other Original Works Chuku Okorie, Kola Ajibesin, Adekunle Sanyaolu, Adeena Islam, Selciya Lamech, Kudakwashe Mupepi, Tatenda Mupepi, Akeem Oseni, Oluwayemisi Oyeleke, and
Dr. Amos Abioye. “A Review of the Therapeutic Benefits of Moringa oleifera in Controlling High Blood Pressure (Hypertension).” Current Traditional Medicine 5.3 (March 2019): 232-245. Online. Dr. Amos Abioye, Adekunle Sanyaolu, Paulina Dudzinska, Aderonke Adepoju-Bello, and Herbert Coker. “Chitosan-Induced Synergy for Extended Antimicrobial Potency and Enhanced in vitro Drug Release of Free Base Ciprofloxacin Contributors noted with *asterisk are students or alumni of PBA.
Nanoplexes.” Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology 8.1 (November 2019): 33-53. Online. David Athey. “To Bask.” Berkeley Fiction Review 39 (2019): 129. ---. “Building My House.” The Timberline Review 8 (2019): 61. ---. “A Psalm.” The Windhover 23.1 (2019): 56. *Tatum Price and Dr. Tarsis Brust. “Adenylyl Cyclase 7 and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A New Target for Depression?” Pharmacological Research 143 (May 2019): 106-112.
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Dr. Elias Chahine, Spencer Durham, Krutika Mediwala, Daniel Chastain, Timothy Gauthier, Brandon Hill, Bruce Jones, Jamie Kisgen, Ashley Marx, Kayla Stover, Marylee Worley, Christopher Bland, and P. Brandon Bookstaver. “A Baker’s Dozen of Top Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Publications in 2018.” Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6.11 (November 2019). Online. Dr. Elias Chahine and Fadi Alkhateeb. “A Call to Action to Transform Pharmacy Education and Practice in the Arab World.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 83.6 (2019): 1408-1409. Naser Alsharif, Lisa Brennan, Jeanine Abrons, and Dr. Elias Chahine. “An Introduction to Cultural Sensitivity and Global Pharmacy Engagement.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 83.4 (2019): 592-603. Kelly Caudle, Roseann Gammal, Jason Karnes, Janna Afanasjeva, Keri Anderson, Erin Barreto, Craig Beavers, Shubha Bhat, Kara Birrer, Dr. Elias Chahine, Christopher Ensor, Stephanie Flowers, Christine Formea, Jomy George, Rena Gosser, Mary Hebert, Lamis Karaoui, Jimmi Kolpek, James Lee, Jonathan Leung, Angela Maldonado, Molly Minze, Rebecca Pulk, Chasity Shelton, Maria Sheridan, Michael Smith, Scott Soefje, Eglis Tellez-Corrales, Christine Walko, and Larisa Cavallari. “PRN Opinion Paper: Application of Precision Medicine across Pharmacy Specialty Areas.” Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2.3 (June 2019): 288-302. Eddie Grace and Dr. Elias Chahine. “Updates on Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection with Emphasis on Long-Term Care.” The Senior Care Pharmacist 34.1 (January 2019): 29-42. Dr. Roger Chapman. “Putin’s Russia: A Model for the Western Far
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Right?” Review of The Decay of Western Civilization and Resurgence of Russia: Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, by Glenn Dieson. H-Russia, H-Net Reviews (February 2019). Online. ---. Review of Neoliberalism and U.S. Foreign Policy: From Carter to Trump, by Catherine Scott. Cercles: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone (Spring 2019). Online. ---. Review of The Rise and Decline of the American Century, by William Walker III. Cercles: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone (Summer 2019). Online. ---. Review of What Makes a Terrorist: Economics and the Roots of Terrorism, by Alan Krueger. Terrorism and Political Violence 31.6 (October 2019): 1358-1359. Online. ---. “The United States of Hippies.” American Studies 58.2 (Summer 2019): 19-30. Dr. Garret L. Cohee. “Corporate Downsizing: Getting Our Policy Right.” Organizational Dynamics 48.1 (2019): 38-43. Dr. Garrett L. Cohee, Jeff Barrows, and Rob Handfield. “Early Supplier Integration in the US Defense Industry.” Journal of Defense Acquisition and Logistics 3.1 (2019): 2-28. Dr. Paul Copan. “After Twenty Years: Personal Reflections.” Philosophia Christi 21.1 (2019): 23-29. ---. “Interpreting the Law of Moses: Relative, Normative, or Something In-Between?” Review of The Lost World of the Torah, by John Walton and J. Harvey Walton. Christian Research Journal (December 2019). Online. Dr. Bernie Cueto. Review of Preaching Through Time: Anachronism as a Way Forward for Preaching, by Casey Barton. Evangelical Homiletics Society (January 2019): 85-87.
Dr. John Dougherty, Allana Sucher, Dr. Elias Chahine, and Katherine Shihadeh. “Omadacycline: A New Tetracycline.” Annals of Pharmacotherapy 53.5 (May 2019): 486-500. Dr. John Doughtery, *Rebecca Wynn, and Dr. Harm Maarsingh. “Unrecognized Drug Interaction: Ranolazine Adverse Effects Intensified by DarunavirCobicistat.” The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 53.9 (September 2019): 966-967. Elizabeth Fairall. Review of “History of the Accademia di San Luca, c. 1590-1635: Documents from the Archivio di Stato di Roma,” by The National Gallery of Art. Art Libraries Society of North America Multimedia & Technology Reviews (February 2019). Online. David Phillips, Dr. Bradley Gregory, Jeffery Hart, Patrick Arville, Quinn Dilworth, and Ryan Burns. “Effect of Acute Vigorous Intensity Physical Activity on Cognitive Control in College-Aged Students.” International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education 3.4 (September 2019): 106-116. David Phillips, James Hannon, Dr. Bradley Gregory, and Ryan Burns. “Effect of Vigorous Physical Activity on Executive Control in Middle-School Students.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16.3949 (October 2019): 1-10. Online. Dr. Erenie Guirguis, Dr. Yasmin Grace, Dr. Harm Maarsingh, *Dr. Thi Tran, and *Dr. Elena Tkachuk. “Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Steroids in the Sepsis Conquest: Replete to Defeat.” Journal of Pharmacy Practice (June 2019). Online. Dr. Justine Latif. “Fibromyalgia (FM).” PharmacotherapyFirst: A Multimedia Learning Resource (June 2019). Online.
Dr. Justine Latif, Dr. Erenie Guirguis, Dr. Amy Henneman, and Victoria Scott. “Impact of Pharmacy-Led Education Regarding Multimodal Acute Pain Management on Medical Residents’ Prescribing of Opioids.” Hospital Pharmacy (May 2019). Online. Herman Meurs, Johan Zaagsma, Dr. Harm Maarsingh, and Marcel van Duin. “Recent Patents in Allergy/ Immunology: Use of Arginase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis.” Allergy 74.6 (June 2019): 12061208. Dr. Harm Maarsingh, Cécile Bidan, Bindi Brooks, Annet Zuidhof, Carolina Elzinga, Marieke Smit, Anouk Oldenburger, Reinoud Gosens, Wim Timens, and Herman Meurs. “Small Airway Hyperresponsiveness in COPD: Relationship between Structure and Function in Lung Slices.” American Journal of Physiology—Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 316.3 (March 2019): L537-L546. Napon Nilchan, Xiuling Li, Dr. Lee Pedzisa, Alex Nanna, William Roush, and Christoph Rader. “Dual-Mechanistic Antibody-Drug Conjugate via Site-Specific Selenocysteine/ Cysteine Conjugation.” Antibody Therapeutics 2.4 (October 2019): 71–78. Dr. Francisco Plaza. “Beyond Tyranny: The Totalitarian Spirit of the Venezuelan Regime.” Political Science Reviewer XLII.1 (2018): 1-33. Dr. Linda Raeder. “John Stuart Mill.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 17.2193-2840 (July 2019). Online. *Alyssa Macaluso and Gregory Rummo. “A Simplified Visible Light Spectroscopic Method for the Detection and Assay of Monensin.” The Poultry Site (October 2019). Online.
Dr. Elizabeth Stice. “Men on the Margins: Representations of Colonial Troops in British and French Trench Newspapers of the Great War.” Journal of Military History 83.2 (April 2019): 435-454. ---. Review of Colonial Suspects: Suspicion, Imperial Rule, and Colonial Society in Interwar French West Africa, by Kathleen Keller. Itinerario 43.2 (August 2019): 393395. ---. Review of Literary Journalism and World War I Marginal Voices, by Andrew Griffiths. First World War Studies (September 2019). Online. ---. “Reviews of The Man in the High Castle and the Misunderstanding of History.” History News Network (December 15, 2019). Online. ---. “Turning Heritage into History.” Front Porch Republic (September 20, 2019). Online. ---. “What Will Happen if We Lose Christian Liberal Arts Colleges?” Sojourners (June 20, 2019). Online. ---. “When Less Is More in the Classroom.” Inside Higher Ed (December 10, 2019). Online. Dr. R. Eric Tippin. “G. K. Chesterton Essaying Myth.” Religion & Literature 50.1-2 (Summer 2019). ---. “The Trick of Modernist Difficulty: Oscar Wilde, G. K. Chesterton, and The Essay.” English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920 62.3 (May 2019): 391-413. Dr. Angela Witmer, *Alaina Bell, and Archie Ammons. “Examination of Intertidal and Nearshore Benthic Macroinvertebrates along Two Non-Nourished Florida Beaches.” Regional Studies in Marine Science 27 (March 2019). Online.
Presentations Dr. Karelynne Ayayo. “Wiki’d Good Bible Study: An Exercise in Modeling and Formation in Biblical
Methods Courses.” Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA. November 21, 2019. Kellie Barbato. “Clear is Kind: Strategies for Daring Leadership in the Academic Library.” Florida Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries, Fort Lauderdale, FL. October 18, 2019. ---. “Rooted in Courage, Grounded in Candor: Strategies for Daring Leadership in the Library.” Association of Christian Librarians, Marion, IN. June 12, 2019. Dr. Tarsis Brust, Sarah Scarry, Jeffrey Aubé, and Laura Bohn. “Expression of Different Adenylyl Cyclase Isoforms Impacts Ligand Bias Downstream of the Kappa Opioid Receptor.” American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Orlando, FL. July 4, 2019. Dr. Elias Chahine. “Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program at a Community Teaching Hospital.” Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative of South Carolina Midlands Regional Meeting, Columbia, SC. March 19, 2019. Deborah Milito, Dr. Elias Chahine, Spencer Durham, Edward Grace, Nicholas Ladikos, and Joshua Chou. “Golden Nuggets: Bugs, Drugs, and Antibiotic Stewardship.” American Society of Consultant Pharmastics Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. November 9, 2019. Dr. Elias Chahine, Dr. Erenie Guirguis, Dr. Krisy Thornby, and V.S. Marinucci. “Adherence to the 2017 IDSA/SHEA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridioides difficile Infection.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, New York, NY. October 28, 2019. Poster. Dr. Elias Chahine, B.S. Mahmood, and Y.S. Fundora. “Impact of Nursing Home Antibiotic Stewardship Mandate on the Rates of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Infections
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among Residents Hospitalized at a Community Teaching Hospital.” American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, New York, NY. October 26, 2019. Poster. Dr. Yuh-Jia Chen and Thomas Tang. “How Do You Spend Your Money? It Depends on Money Intelligence, Risk Tolerance, and Religiosity.” 2019 International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Paris, France. March 7, 2019. Dr. Thomas Chesnes. “Lake Worth Cove Seagrass Monitoring: 2010-2019.” Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative, West Palm Beach, FL. September 11, 2019. Dr. Paul Copan. “A Last-Resort Argument for God from Evil.” Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA. November 20, 2019. Dr. Victor Copan. “Christ as Image: Positioning Spiritual Formation at the ‘Genesis’ of the Biblical Metanarrative.” Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA. November 22, 2019. Hannah Bayne, Dr. Olga Dietlin, and Rebecca Michel. “A Missing Piece? Political Identity in Counselor Education and Practice.” Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Seattle, WA. October 13, 2019. Jenny Preffer, Dr. Olga Dietlin, Rhonda Ladd, Elisabeth Suarez, and Jerry Vuncannon. “Building Communities of Care in Counselor Education Online: Challenges and Best Practices.” Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Seattle, WA. October 11, 2019. Hannah Bayne and Dr. Olga Dietlin. “Political Identity and Polarization: Implications for Counseling.” Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling, Colorado Springs, CO. July 6, 2019.
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Hannah Bayne, Dr. Olga Dietlin, Rebecca Michel, and Jonathan Impellizzeri. “Strategies for Addressing Politically Divided Relationships in Counseling.” American Counseling Association, New Orleans, LA. March 31, 2019. Elizabeth Fairall. “Rooted in Followers, Grounded in Likes: An Instagram Story.” Association of Christian Librarians, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN. June 12, 2019. Poster. Dr. Ryan Gladwin. “Anabaptism as a Help and Hindrance to Latin American Protestant Theologies of Mission: Moving Towards a Trinitarian and Postcolonial Theology of Mission.” Mennonite Scholars and Friends, American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, Denver, CO. November 16, 2018. ---. “Faith Seeking Efficacy: José Míguez Bonino as a Wesleyan Theologian.” American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA. November 23, 2019. ---. “In Search of a Transformative Ethnographic Theology: Can Ethnography both Examine and Transform Culture and Practice?” World Christianity & History of Religions Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. March 17, 2019. Dr. Marsha Guntharp and Dr. Donna Fowler. “Fun with Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio.” Teachers Teaching with Technology International Conference, Baltimore, MD. March 9, 2019. ---. “Using Rover for STEM Activities in Summer Camp, Projects, and After-School Clubs.” Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Jacksonville, FL. October 18, 2019. Jin Hanley. “Implementing Pilates into Dance Technique Classes.” National Dance Education Organization Conference, Miami, FL. October 26, 2019.
Jin Hanley and Lauren Gomez. “NHSDA Concert.” National Honor Society for Dance Arts, Tampa, FL. February 2, 2019. Jin Hanley and Lori Madl. “College Audition Workshop.” National Honor Society for Dance Arts, Tampa, FL. February 3, 2019. Dr. Justin Hardin. “Paul’s Neronian Nod (Rom 13.1-7): The Achilles’ Heel for a CounterImperial Apostle?” Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA. November 21, 2019. Dr. Paul Hauptmann. “Sanctuary, Frost, and Pedagogy.” Florida College English Association, Boca Raton, FL. October 17, 2019. Dr. Phil Henry, *Bonnie Daniels, and *Brent Lyles. “It’s Not Always Depression: A New Theory of Listening to Your Body, Discovering Core Emotions and Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self.” South Florida Association of Christian Counselors, West Palm Beach, FL. November 16, 2019. Melanie Jackson and Josh Strigle. “Leading Innovation in Online Student Services.” innovedCon 2019, Florida International University, Miami FL. October 3, 2019. Michelle Keba. “Curiouser and Curiouser: Investigating NonTraditional Undergraduate Students’ Epistemic Curiosity during the Research Process.” Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College & Research Libraries Virtual Research Forum, Online. May 15, 2019. Dr. Jennifer Kuretski. “MRSA: What’s New for Treatment?” American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Indianapolis, IN. June 21, 2019. Moti Ramgopal, Howard Grossman, Dr. Jennifer Kuretski, Vince Hodge, and Tiffany Elias. “Incidence of Sexually Transmitted
Taylor A. Sims, a 2012 PBA graduate, talks about working with manuscripts during her Oct. 14 workshop at the University: “Early Modern Manuscripts & Paleography Crash Course.” A Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Michigan, she returns to PBA as an invited speaker for the Interdisciplinary Research Conference.
Infections in Patients on PrEP.” 2019 Florida Community, Provider, and Researcher (CPR) Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. April 18, 2019. Poster. Dr. Jennifer Kuretski and Christine Conti. “An ‘IntraNursing’ Professional Skills Workshop for BSN and NP Students.” American Association of Colleges of Nursing Master’s Education Conference, Tampa, FL. February 10, 2019. Poster. *Sydney Glenn, *Dominique Barber, *Haley Mueller, *Lia Thornton, and Dr. Angie McDonald. “SubstanceAddicted Parents: Effects on
Adult Friendships and Romantic Relationships.” American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. August 9, 2019. Poster. Danilda Martinez. “Post Production World: Case Studies in VR.” Women in Film & Video— GalsNGear, National Association of Broadcasters, Las Vegas, NV. April 10, 2019. Dr. Kathy Maxwell. “Embodying Subjective Ambiguity?” Loyola University, Chicago, IL. October 4, 2019. ---. “Hearing between the Lines: Bringing Your Audience into God’s Story.” Network of Biblical
Storytellers, Dayton, OH. July 31, 2019. Dr. Michael O’Connor. “Thomas Coates: Father of Band Music in America.” Historic Brass Society, Northfield, MN. August 2, 2019. Dr. R. Scott Pearson. “Refinancing Erudition: Reimagining Revenue Models in Primary and Secondary Education.” Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau, Bahamas. April 7, 2019. Darin Gerdes and Dr. R. Scott Pearson. “Using the MetaCase to Teach Economics.” 88th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Miami, FL. October 19, 2019.
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Professor of Music Dr. Tim Thompson explains a new programming system to his class Advanced Computers in Music. Called Max 8, the system is geared toward music, audio and video processing, and was the subject of Thompson’s presentation at a national conference: Dr. Tim Thompson. “Create Polyphonic Audio Processing Systems More Easily and Intuitively Using the MC System in Max 8.” Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Louisville, KY. October 26, 2019. Dr. E. Randolph Richards. “The Shaming of Jesus in John.” The Annual Ellis Lecture, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. March 25, 2019. Dr. Cheryl Serrano. “CrossCultural Introduction Simulation.” Cultural Intelligence Center CQ Summit, Chicago, IL. September 12, 2019. Dr. Cheryl Serrano, Edwidge Bryant, and Oneyda Paneque. “Investigating Culture Value Dimensions to Facilitate Cultural Insights for Teachers of ELs.” Southeast Regional TESOL Conference 2019, Orlando, FL. November 7, 2019. Dr. David Smith. “Determinants of the Marketing Budget Allocation Process across Countries Using Artificial Neural Network
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Classification: Japan, Germany, United States.” Academy of Marketing Science: World Marketing Congress 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland. July 10, 2019. Dr. Sarah Stevens and Dr. Patrick Heyman. “How Faculty Practice Opens Doors and Fosters Student Engagement: Successes and Barriers.” American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Orlando, FL. November 21, 2019. Poster. Bob Triplett. “Maximizing & Minimizing Stress in the Library Workplace.” Association of Christian Librarians Annual Conference, Marion, IN. June 12, 2019.
Service to the Profession and Community Kellie Barbato. Assistant Mentoring Program Coordinator. Association of Christian Librarians. January 1, 2019. ---. Member. Technology: Management Practices Committee. Library Leadership and Management Association. Dr. Yuh-Jia Chen. Submission Reviewer. International Association for Chinese Management Research Conference. November 20, 2019. Dr. Thomas Chesnes. Science Advisor for Knox Theological Seminary. American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Dr. Olga Dietlin. Editorial Board Member. Journal of College Counseling.
Dr. Marsha Guntharp. Member. Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics. ---. Newsletter Editor. Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Jin Hanley. Adjudicator. NDEO Artistic Merit, Leadership, and Academic Achievement Award. National Honor Society for Dance Arts. ---. Co-Chair. National Honor Society for Dance Arts. ---. Member. Advisory Board. Dancing Waters, Inc. ---. Member. Board of Directors. Florida Dance Education Organization. Melanie Jackson and Bryan Biggers. Invited Lecturers. “PBSC’s Mission — The Canvas Conversion.” Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens, FL. November 8, 2019. Michelle Keba. Member. Distance Learning Section Mentoring and Networking Committee. Association of College and Research Libraries. ---. Member. Editorial Board. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning. Dr. Jennifer Kuretski. Area 9 Representative. Florida Comprehensive Planning Network. National AIDS Institute. Dr. Eric Lowdermilk. Interim Pastor. Oasis @ Conway Gardens Church. Dr. Cheryl Serrano. Chair. Bilingual Teacher of the Year Selection Committee. National Association for Bilingual Education. ---. Education Consultant. “(SIOP) Sheltered Instruction Training.” Matchbox Learning, Indianapolis, IN. August 1, 2019; School District of Lee County, Fort Myers, FL. August 6-9, 2019. ---. Education Consultant. “Research Supported Best Practices
for Delivering Instruction to English Learners.” Akron Public School, Akron, Ohio. November 5, 2019.
Award or Prize Kellie Barbato. Spirit of ACL Award. Association of Christian Librarians. 2019. Dr. Elias Chahine. Fellow. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. 2019. ---. Fellow. Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 2019. Dr. Marsha Guntharp. Kenneth Kidd Grant. Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 2019. ---. Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year. Palm Beach County Council of Teachers of Mathematics. May 2019. Dr. Jennifer Kuretski. 2018 Nurse Practitioner of the Year. Nurse Practitioner Council of Palm Beach County. January 2019. Dr. Kathy Maxwell. 2019 Distinguished Alumna. Logsdon Seminary, Hardin-Simmons University. April 30, 2019. David Pounds. “Watch Your Six.” First Place in the Online Stained Glass Panel Category at Delphi’s 28th Annual Art Glass Festival. April 1, 2019.
Performances and Creative Works Jin Hanley. “Drawn to You.” Dance Performance. Women in the Window International, Palm Beach, FL. March 27, 2019. ---. “The Mission.” Dance Performance. Project Dance Orlando, Orlando, FL. May 4, 2019. Jin Hanley and Lauren Carey. “Finale.” Dance Performance. Heart and Soul Gala, Actors Fund, Palm Beach, FL. March 15, 2019. Jin Hanley, *Michael Lubben, and Roger That. “The Silenced.” Choreography and Dance Performance. The Dancers’ Space and Duncan Theatre, Lake Worth, FL. April 13, 2019. Jin Hanley and *Kendal Rollo. “Things Unspoken Yet Heard.” Dance Performance. Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, FL. August 22, 2019. Dr. Tim Thompson. “Prélude for Carillon.” Music Composition, First Performance. Bruges City Carillon (Beiaard van Brugge, Brugge Belfort), Bruges, Belgium. July 17, 2019.
Academic School Deans Robert B. Lloyd, Ph.D. Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Jonathan C. Grenz, Ph.D. Dean, School of Ministry
Leslie D. Turner, D.B.A. Dean, Marshall E. Rinker Sr. School of Business
Jason Lester, D.M.A. Dean, School of Music and Fine Arts
J. Duane Meeks, Ph.D. Dean, School of Communication and Media
Phyllis A. King, Ph.D. Dean, School of Nursing
Chelly K. Templeton, Ed.D. Dean, School of Education and Behavioral Studies
Jeffrey D. Lewis, Pharm.D. Dean, Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy
Craig E. Domeck, Ed.D. Dean, Catherine T. MacArthur School of Leadership 19
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PBA at a Glance Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBA) is a comprehensive, interdenominational Christian university founded in 1968. Enrollment: 3,699 Traditional Undergraduate/Day Students: 2,153 Undergraduate/Evening Adult Students: 232
gerontology primary care, executive leadership, family nurse practitioner and psychiatric mental health) and pharmacy Degrees offered: B.A., B.G.S., B.S., B.Mus., B.S.N., D.N.P., M.A., M.Acc., M.B.A., M.Div., M.S., M.S.N., Pharm.D.
Master’s Students: 443
Faculty: • 178 full-time teaching faculty
Professional in Pharmacy Students: 257
• Undergraduate student-faculty ratio: 12 to 1
Professional in Nursing Practice and Health Systems Leadership: 112 Dual-enrolled: 502 Academic Programs:
• 83% of full-time teaching faculty hold the highest degree in their field Athletics: Member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II, Sunshine State Conference; 18 men’s and women’s intercollegiate sports
• 55 undergraduate majors
Local Economic Impact: $426 million
• Evening undergraduate degrees in business administration, Christian studies, ministry, organizational leadership and community psychology, in addition to RN to BSN, which is online only
Accreditation:
• Graduate programs in accountancy; business administration (concentrations in accounting, enterprise systems, finance, global development, marketing and project management); Christian studies; clinical mental health counseling; marriage, couple and family counseling; school counseling; general counseling studies; divinity, global development and leadership • Professional degree programs in health systems leadership, nursing practice (concentrations in adult
For more information: www.pba.edu
Palm Beach Atlantic University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award the following degrees: bachelor’s, master’s, doctor of pharmacy and doctor of nursing practice. For questions about the accreditation of Palm Beach Atlantic University, contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 300334097, (404) 679-4500 or www.sacscoc.org. Persons wishing to review documents related to the accreditation of Palm Beach Atlantic University should contact the Assistant Provost for Accreditation and Assessment at (561) 803-2050.
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