Faculty Notes
Dr. Scott Westfall Assistant Professor Business, Accountancy and Economics Dr. Erin Garmyn Assistant Professor Exercise Science and Athletic Training
2017 Faculty Retirements Professor Michael Allen Theatre 1986-2017 Professor William Bachman Business, Accountancy and Economics 1981-2017 Dr. Sheri Bleam Communication Arts and Sciences 1981-2017 Professor Chuck Vanderwell Social Work 1989-2017
Dr. Carissa Massey, professor of art history and chair for the department of history and art history, was named dean of graduate studies in August 2017.
Dr. Suzanne Helfer (Psychology) Publication: Caplandies, F., Colagiuri, B., Helfer, S.G., & Geers, A.L. (2017). Effect type but not attribute framing alters nocebo headaches in an experimental paradigm. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 4, 259-273. Dr. Eric Hood (CORE) Presentation: “From The Highlander to Ossian: Pathways to the Romantic Epic,” at the North American Society Study of Romanticism Conference in Ottawa City, August 2017. Publication: “The Affects of ‘Fourier’: Locating Free Love Socialism in Aurora Leigh” will be published in the book Women’s Literary Networks and Romanticism: “A Tribe of Authoresses,” Andrew O. Winkles and Angela Rehbein, eds. Liverpool University Press, 2017. Professor Garin Horner (Art & Design) Presentation: “A Photo-Ethnographic Study of Private Spiritual Shrines and Altars” Solo exhibition, Women’s Commission Art Gallery, Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio. Presentation: “The Model's Origin: Beyond the Core —2017 FATE Biennial Juried Members Exhibition,” KCAI Crossroads Gallery: Center for Contemporary Practice, Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Philip Howe (Political Science) Presentation: Philip J. Howe, “Elections, Parties, and Legislatures in Late Imperial Austria: Towards an Interdisciplinary Dialogue.” Panel: “Comparative Historical Perspectives on Parties,” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 6, 2017. Publication: Philip J. Howe, Thomas A. Lorman, and Daniel E. Miller, “The Creation of the Conditions for Consociational Democracy and Its Development in Interwar Czechoslovakia,” Bohemia 56.2 (2016): 362-380.
Noelle Keller (Technical Services Librarian) Review: “Lavish Grace: Poured Out, Poured Through, and Overflowing” by Kathy Howard. The Christian Librarian 60:1 (2017): Article 54. Workshop: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Shipman Library a Case Study 2013-15” at Association of Christian Librarians Annual Conference, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, Mich., June 15, 2017. Dr. Christine Knaggs (Teacher Education) Presentation: Knaggs, C. M., & Milner, D. M. (March, 2017). Developing Teacher Effectiveness and Student Reading Comprehension through Action Research: A Convergence of Needs. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Tampa, Florida. Publication: Knaggs, C.M., Sondergeld, T.A., & Fischer, J.M. (2017). The reciprocal relationship between motivation and level of participation in a voluntary college-preparatory program. Journal of Pedagogy and Educational Managements, 1. Professor Beth Myers (English) Presentation: Read poetry series, “Mead County," December 10, in Toledo, Ohio. Workshop: Writing for children, with award-winning children's author Lisa Wheeler in Manitou Beach, Mich. Dr. Melissa Stewart (Philosophy & Religion) Faculty Member: Semester at Sea Program, fall 2016. Dr. Andrew Winckles (CORE) Publication: Edited collection with Angela Rehbein of Women's Literary Networks and Romanticism: “A Tribe of Authoresses” from Liverpool University Press. Co-wrote the introduction and wrote the first chapter, which is titled "Sisters of the Quill: Sally Wesley and the Evangelical Bluestockings.”
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