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2014-2015

AT THE LEADING EDGE The Work of Our Faculty

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LEADING EDGE At California Lutheran University, our faculty remain focused on discovery and the future. They lay claim to their profession not as dispensers of cold facts, but as researchers and innovators who bring their subjects to life. They strive to instill in each

generation of students the same sense of purpose they bring to their own work, the same desire for knowledge of what’s coming next, and the same need for greater understanding. This is why our students are such active participants in their own education. They see their professors as both leaders and fellow learners who guide them into chosen fields where passion fuels their pursuits. We admire our faculty for their boldness, for daring to illuminate, to push the boundaries of knowledge past the conventional. They teach at the leading edge, helping students to become the creators and leaders of a future where our understanding of the world – and ourselves – will be greater than today. It is with great pride that we honor their achievements and recognize their commitment to ever-expanding scholarship.

CONTENTS FACULTY AWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE . . . . . . . 6 FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CELEBRATING STUDENT RESEARCH AND CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 GRANTS & CONTRACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Leanne Neilson Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Cal Lutheran students in all majors and specializations have opportunities to participate in research and creative scholarship, allowing them to make original contributions to their fields of study. Both in the classroom and outside of it, faculty members help students pursue their passions, discover their purpose and follow that purpose to transform their communities and the world. The faculty members who mentor our undergraduates and graduate students are accomplished in all types of scholarship – laboratory research, creative works, and quantitative and qualitative explorations. Students involved in their research programs go on to publish results and co-present with faculty members at professional conferences throughout the country. Some recent examples include: •

Steven Hawkins and Michele LeBlanc (Exercise Science) presented “Functional movement biomechanics differences between individuals with femoralacetabular impingement and osteoarthritis” with Bryce Truver ’14, Marc Mirisch, D.P.T., MBA ’11, and another co-author at the National American College of Sports Medicine Conference.

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Andrew Pattison (School of Management) presented “Stakeholder Engagement and the Three Pillars of Sustainability in Local Government Sustainability Policies: A Case Study of Ventura County” with Manal Bahobeshi, M.P.P.A. ’15, at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference.

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Edlyn Vallejo Peña (Graduate School of Education) presented “Leaders in Support: College Faculty who Responsively Teach and Advise Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder” with Kimberly Austin, Ed.D. ’14, at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference.

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Craig Reinhart (Computer Science) presented “Methodologies and Issues in the Usability of Android Application Development” with Carla DeLira ’15 at the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference.

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Andrea Sell (Psychology) presented “Implications of a spatial representation of time on decision making” with Kim Kuretich ’15 and Cesar Velasquez ’16 at the Western Psychological Association Conference.

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Jennifer Twyford (Graduate Psychology) published “Epidemiology and course of disruptive disorders” in Treating disruptive disorders: A guide to psychological, pharmacological, and combined therapies (G. Kapalka, ed.) with a faculty co-author from another institution and doctoral student Lara Buckley.

Please join me in honoring our faculty members for their achievements as scholars, mentors and educators.

Leanne Neilson Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

FACULTY AWARDS Jonathan Cordero Cultural Diversity Professor of the Year Ph.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., University of California, Berkeley Undergraduate seniors selected assistant professor of sociology Jonathan Cordero as Cultural Diversity Professor of the Year. In much of his work—teaching, research and community service—Cordero focuses on the perspectives and experiences of subordinate social groups, especially racial and ethnic minorities. In his courses in particular, Cordero emphasizes bringing about positive social change by changing the social structures that cause social inequality and injustice.

Maura Martindale Graduate School of Education Teaching Award Ed.D., Educational Leadership, University of Southern California M.E.D., Master of the Education of the Deaf, Smith College B.A., History and Elementary Education, Annhurst College The Graduate School of Education selected associate professor Maura Martindale as the recipient of their annual award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching. Martindale is the director of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program and chair of the Department of Learning and Teaching. Her specialization is in teaching spoken language to children with hearing loss and parent education. Martindale led programs at John Tracy Clinic for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and in the USC graduate program.

Nancy Myers Graduate School of Education Service Award M.A., Curriculum and Instruction, California State University, Los Angeles B.A., Multicultural Perspectives in Education, University of California, Santa Cruz In recognition of outstanding service to the university and the community, the Graduate School of Education selected senior lecturer Nancy Myers as the recipient of its Service Award. Myers has served as the director for the California Reading and Literature Project since 2008. She is responsible for coordinating high quality professional development in the area of student literacy for teachers in public K-12 schools across Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties. This project works heavily with the English Language Learner population and focuses on improving low-achieving schools.

Edlyn Vallejo Peña Graduate School of Education Scholarship Award Ph.D., Higher Education, University of Southern California M.Ed., Postsecondary Education and Student Affairs, University of Southern California B.A., Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz The Graduate School of Education selected Edlyn Peña, assistant professor of higher education leadership, as the recipient of their annual award for Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship. Peña’s research currently focuses on social justice issues for ethnic/racial minorities and students with disabilities, particularly autism, in higher education. In 2015, she was recognized by the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) as one of the top 25 most influential scholars for disability services.

Harry Domicone School of Management Service Award Ph.D., Strategic Management, University of Cincinnati MBA, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo B.G.S., Ohio University In recognition of outstanding service to the university, the School of Management (SOM) Advisory Council selected business administration professor Harry Domicone as the recipient of the SOM Service Award. Domicone’s academic content area is strategic management, and his professional and personal interests relate to global strategy, marketing and managing services, entrepreneurship, and international higher education. He currently serves as the SOM director of International Relations.

Valeria Makarova School of Management Teaching Award MBA, International Business, California Lutheran University Ph.D., Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University In recognition of outstanding achievement in teaching, the School of Management (SOM) Advisory Council selected assistant professor of marketing Valeria Makarova as the recipient of the SOM Teaching Award. Makarova is working to bridge the gap between industry and academia, and helping to grow successful businesses by identifying, developing and marketing innovative technologies. Her professional interests also include support and promotion of sustainable and socially responsible business practices.

Vlad Vaiman School of Management Scholarship Award Ph.D., International Management, University of St. Gallen MBA, Strategic Management and Human Resource Management, University of Wyoming M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Russian State Academy of Oil and Gas, Moscow The School of Management (SOM) Advisory Council selected international management professor Vlad Vaiman as the recipient of the SOM Scholarship Award for outstanding achievement in professional scholarship. Vaiman’s research interests include issues of both organizational behavior and international management, and more specifically, matters of cultural differences and their influences on leadership, motivation and talent management in multinational companies. He currently serves as SOM associate dean and MBA program director.

Graduating seniors in the Bachelor’s Degree for Professionals Program selected visiting lecturer Timothy Weaver as Instructor of the Year. After a 40-year career in the banking industry, Weaver joined the Cal Lutheran business faculty in 2011. His expertise is in finance and lending. He consults with the Valley Economic Development Corporation as chief credit officer relative to government guaranteed loans (SBA and State of California).

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Instructor of the Year, Bachelor’s Degree for Professionals Program MBA, California Lutheran University B.A., University of New Mexico

Timothy Weaver

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2015 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence Susan Murphy Professor of Management Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago MBA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas B.B.A., Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas School of Management professor Susan Murphy was honored last spring with the 2015 President’s Award for Teaching Excellence. The award was created in 1995 to recognize professors who are held in high esteem by their peers, students and the rest of the university community. Murphy, the chair of the Department of Management and Marketing, came to Cal Lutheran in 2002 with a strong background in applied behavioral science. Her research focuses primarily on social loafing and the impact of gender and cultural diversity on work group processes. Murphy is an organized, focused and hardworking professor who teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human resources management and organizational behavior and development. She is an officer in the Cal Lutheran chapter of Sigma Beta Delta, the international honor society for business, management and administration. Admired and respected by her colleagues, she has been elected to many faculty leadership positions, including the Faculty Executive Committee, the Faculty Affairs and Development Committee, and the Appointment, Rank and Tenure Committee. She also served as Director of Undergraduate Programs for the School of Management for five years. An engaging professor, Murphy has a natural rapport with students, who say they appreciate the respect she has for them and their varying viewpoints. One student writes, “Professor Murphy is a kind, personable, interactive, enthusiastic professor who allows the students to be open during the class. Class discussion is highly encouraged, as well as varying opinions.” Another student writes, “Dr. Murphy is a fantastic instructor, and a wonderful person. I cannot express how much I have appreciated her as a professor, mentor, and role model.” Murphy shows concern for her students not only while they are at Cal Lutheran, but also as they move into their careers. She spearheads the university’s annual Paths to Professionalism event that helps students transition to the full-time work environment. Her interest in international issues has been served by teaching at the International Business School of Styria in Graz, Austria, in a joint MBA program with Cal Lutheran, as well as leading undergraduate travel courses to Europe to meet with executives in several countries. Murphy earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and an MBA from Texas Tech University and a doctorate in human resources management from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Gerhard Apfelthaler, Ph.D., Dean, School of Management

PUBLICATIONS • “Standardisation versus adaptation of business practices in Europe: 20 years of the Single European Market and two decades of (scarce) research.” European Journal of International Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, 283-287.

Michael Arndt, M.F.A., Professor, Theatre Arts

AWARDS • City of Thousand Oaks Exemplary Arts Educator Award, Alliance for the Arts, presented in recognition of efforts on behalf of the arts in Thousand Oaks, especially as a theater professor at Cal Lutheran and as the artistic director of the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company. APPOINTMENTS • Artistic Director, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company.

Rose Aslan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Religion

PRESENTATIONS • “Following the Footsteps of the Imams in Najaf: Pilgrimage Manuals and Shi’i Identity” at the workshop “Being Muslim: How Local Islam Overturns Narratives of Exceptionalism: Transnational and Local Networks of Pilgrimage” held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., March 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “The Museumification of Rumi’s Tomb: Deconstructing Sacred Space at the Mevlana Museum.” The International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, December 2014.

David Balch, Ph.D., Professor, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

PUBLICATIONS • “Postpartum Depression: Risks, Protective Factors, and the Couple’s Relationship” with D.Y. LaCoursier. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Informa Healthcare, 2014. • “The Perinatal Genogram: A Systemic Assessment Tool” with D.L. Barnes. Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 29(2), December 2014.

Jamie Bedics, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

PRESENTATIONS • “Conceptualizing the therapeutic alliance and therapeutic relationship in dialectical behavior therapy for the treatment of borderline personality disorder” at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2014. PUBLICATIONS • “Self-forgiveness and hypersexual behavior” with J.N. Hook et al. Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, 22, 2015. • “The therapeutic alliance as a predictor of outcome in dialectical behavior therapy versus non-behavioral psychotherapy experts for borderline personality disorder” with D.C. Atkins, M.S. Harned and M.M. Linehan. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 52, 2015.

Robert Beilin, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Graduate Psychology

APPOINTMENTS • Legislative Advocate, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - California. PRESENTATIONS • “Integrating the MFT Frame in Family Law” with J. Banker and E. Agopian at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy conference, Northridge, Calif., March 2015. • “Best Practices in Child Custody Evaluation” for the Ventura County Family Law Bar Association, Oxnard, Calif., May 2015.

Elizabeth Brennan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

APPOINTMENTS • Advisory Board Member, California Reading and Literature Project. • Autism Task Force Member, Los Angeles Unified School District.

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PRESENTATIONS • “Early life family trauma: Linking mental and physical disorders” with H. Hashtpari, A. Collette and A. Banford at the 2014 American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, 39th annual national conference, Milwaukee, Wis., October 2014. • “Integrating the MFT Frame in Family Law” with R. Beilin and E. Agopian and “Trauma and endocrine disorders: Integrating behavioral health care” with A. Banford at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy California Division Conference, Northridge, Calif., March 2015.

PRESENTATIONS • “Reduced Capacity for B-1 Cell Production in Adult Bone Marrow of Mice” at the Second Annual Research Meeting of the Chugoku/Shikoku Region Medical Students and the 141st Meeting of the Extra-Cellular Matrix Society held at Okayama University Medical School, Japan, February 2015. • “B-1 Lymphocyte Production Decreases with Age” at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society meeting held at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Calif., February 2015. • “Comparing learning in blended and traditional sections across disciplines in a small liberal arts university” with C.H. DeMartino et al., at the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference held at Bryn Mawr College, Pa., May 2015.

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Jamie Banker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

Chad Barber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biology

PUBLICATIONS • Contested Ethnicities and Images: Studies in Acts and Art. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 345; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015, including a CD of 101 ancient, color images.

• “Interpersonal Aspects of Postpartum Depression.” Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 29(3), March 2015.

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Christopher Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mathematics

PRESENTATIONS • “Improving mathematical undergraduate research at a liberal arts college through scientific computing” at the National Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, January 2015.

Nathan Carlson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mathematics

PRESENTATIONS • “A Connection between Furstenberg’s and Euclid’s Proofs of the Infinitude of Primes” at the annual MathFest conference of the Mathematical Association of America, Portland, Ore., August 2014.

Peter Carlson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Religion

PRESENTATIONS • “Amicitia vel Ardor? Edmund Cornwall and Thomas Cantilupe at the College of the Boni Homines” and “Challenging the Academic Empire: The Monastic College at Ashridge and the Rise of the Universities” at the Religious Men in the Middle Ages conference held at University of Lincoln, England, July 2014. PUBLICATIONS • “The Art of Dying.” Handbook on Early Modern Literature and Religion, A. Hiscock and H. Wilcox (Eds.). England: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Rachel Casas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

APPOINTMENTS • Membership Board, American Psychological Association. PRESENTATIONS • “The impact of pesticide exposure on neurobehavioral outcomes and civic engagement in farmworker communities” with G. Hanrahan and H. Hoang at the Science in Society Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014. • “Beyond Double Jeopardy: The Leadership Pipeline for Women of Color in Academia” with A. Kim at the Diversity in Leadership Conference, Long Beach, Calif., October 2014. • “Geographic distribution of Californian psychologists in relation to socio-demographic variables” with R. Sharma and N. Crawford at the California Psychological Association’s Annual Convention, San Diego, Calif., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Double disadvantage or social invisibility? Toward the recognition and support for women of color in psychology.” The California Psychologist, 47(3), July/August 2014. • “Toward the early recognition of psychosis among Spanish-speaking adults on both sides of the US-Mexico border” with E. Gonzales, E. Aldana-Aragón, C. Lara-Muñoz, A. Kopelowicz, L. Andrews and S.R. López. Psychological Services, 11(4), 2014.

Debby Chang, B.S., Lecturer, Languages and Cultures

APPOINTMENTS • Co-president, Sister City Committee to establish the Sister City relationship between Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Shibei District of Qingdao, China.

Xiang Chen, Ph.D., Professor, Philosophy

PUBLICATIONS • “Why are we reluctant to act immediately on climate change? From ontological assumptions to core cognition.” Perspectives on Science, Vol. 22, 2014.

Scott Chien-Hsiung Chiu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, English

PRESENTATIONS • “Supporting second/foreign language writing in linguistically and culturally diverse academic environments” with K. Kupatadze at the International Writing Across the Curriculum (IWAC) conference held at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., June 2014. • “Layered Mentoring: The Meaningful Creation of Writing Center Networks” with T. Smith, D. Baldwin, S. Leger and L. Hagan at the International Writing Centers Association/ The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing 2014 Joint Conference, Orlando, Fla., October 2014.

Carol Coman, M.S., Associate Professor, School of Management

AWARDS • Leadership Award, Institute of Managerial Accountants.

Jonathan Cordero, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology

PRESENTATIONS • “Ramaytush Artists and the Mission Dolores Mural” at the California Missions Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif., 2014. • “California Indians, Canonization of Junípero Serra, and Consequences of Colonialism” panel presentation during a symposium on the controversial founder of California’s mission system held at University of California, Riverside, March 2015. • “The First Mission Dolores Altar Reredos” with B. Wood at the California Mission Studies Association, Ventura, Calif., 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Native Persistence: Marriage, Social Structure, Political Leadership and Intertribal Relations at Mission Dolores, 1777-1800.” Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 35(2) 2015.

Heidi Coronado, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education

PRESENTATIONS • “Education as a Human Right: Connection, Healing, and Resiliency through Indigenous Pedagogy” at the 4th Annual California Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Education Conference, San Diego, Calif., January 2015. • “Decolonizing Methodologies Through Indigenous Pedagogies: The Impact of Indigenous Healing Circles on Historical Trauma and Ethnic Identity Development” with S. Villanueval, M. Pennings and L. Davis at the National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), San Francisco, Calif., April 2015. • “Latina/Mestiza Consciousness: Developing a Decolonization Praxis of the Mind, Body, and Spirit” with L. Davis at the El Mundo Zurdo: Memoria y Conocimiento, Interdisciplinary Anzalduan Studies Legacy and Thought Conference, Austin, Texas, May 2015.

Michael Cosenza, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

APPOINTMENTS • Board of Directors, National Association of Professional Development Schools (NAPDS). • President, Southern California Professional Development School Consortium. • Member, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing CalTPA Steering Committee. • Member, Ventura County Office of Education, Higher Education Advisory Board. • Board Member, Ventura County Catholic Charities. PRESENTATIONS • “Preparing for Demographic Diversity” with C. Coler and “Developing Memos of Understanding (MOUs) for PDS Partnerships” with M. Keiffer-Kennedy (NAPDS President) at the Annual Conference of Professional Development Schools, Atlanta, Ga., March 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Concept of Readiness: Assessing Factors in the Development, Implementation and Sustainability of a PDS Partnership” with T. Kolpin, E. Shoemaker, J. Allen, C. Thomas-Cary, P. Ensey, M. McCambridge, J. Morris and J. Trotter. School-University Partnerships, Journal of the National Association of Professional Development Schools, May 2015.

Jamshid Damooei, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Economic Efficiency and Ethical Behavior: Exploring Ideas on the Creation of Economic Values, the Working of Virtuous Market, and the Role of Profit” at the 12th Globalization for the Common Good Initiative conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, August 2014.

apply in the type of learning process that involves creativity. Each person contributes and benefits equally through the process itself.

Erik Diaz, M.F.A., Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts

PRESENTATIONS • “Paint Conversations: From Budgets to Buckets” panel presentation at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Deus Ex Spelling Bee.” Stage Directions Magazine, August 2014. • “Pops (of Color) for Poppins.” Stage Directions Magazine, April 2015.

JAMIE BEDICS Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Psychology

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APPOINTMENTS • Abstract Reviewer, 2014 Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research.

The labels of “teacher” and “student” don’t

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John Deisz, Ph.D., Professor, Physics

PUBLICATIONS • “Economic Efficiency and Ethical Behavior – Exploring Ideas on the Creation of Economic Values, the Workings of a Virtuous Market, and the Role of Profit.” Globalization for the Common Good Initiative Journal, Fall 2014. • “The True Value of Liberal Arts Education.” Globalization for the Common Good Initiative Journal, Spring 2015. • “Economics of the Debt Crisis and its Impact on the Developing World.” The Changing Landscape of Global Financial Governance and the Role of Soft Law, F. Weiss and A.J. Kammel (Eds.). Brill Nijhoff, 2015.

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SCOTT CHIU Assistant Professor, English

When mentoring students in research projects, it’s the beyond-the-classroom context that allows creating a long-

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EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Scenic Designer, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, directed by S. Levy, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, December 2014. • Scenic Designer, Terrance McNally’s Mothers and Sons, directed by P. Daigneault, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston, Mass., May 2015. • Scenic Designer and Production Manager, Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure and Richard III, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Thousand Oaks, Calif., May 2015.

Robert Dion, Ph.D., Lecturer, Chemistry

Harry Domicone, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Bridging the gap between higher education, labor market imperatives, and government policy” with V. Vaiman, at the QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2014.

Mark Edwards, MBA, Visiting Lecturer, School of Management

APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, Ventura County Financial Planning Association.

PRESENTATIONS • “Green and Standard Aldol Condensations in an Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory” with J.F. Tannaci at the Biennial Conference on Chemical Education held at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mich., August 2014.

PRESENTATIONS • What is Your Process” at the Financial Planning Association National Retreat, Atlanta, Ga., April 2015.

Rainer Diriwächter, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology

PRESENTATIONS • “Strategies for Developing P-20 Partnerships to Advance Student Success” with R. Duarte and M. Remotti at the College Board Western Regional Forum, Las Vegas, Nev., October 2014. • “Supporting Engineering Based Linked Learning: a P-20 Partnership that Works” with R. Duarte and M. Remotti at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities conference, Denver, Colo., October 2014. • “Infusing International Perspectives in Doctoral Leadership Training” with M. Owens at the Academy for Educational Studies’ Critical Questions in Education Conference, San Diego, Calif., February 2015.

APPOINTMENTS • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences. • Editorial Board Member, Culture and Psychology (Sage Publications). • Editorial Board Member, Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (Springer Publications). PUBLICATIONS • “Ruptures as a Matter of Perspectives: The Case of MusicVideo Analysis.” Biographical Ruptures and their Repair, A.C. Joerchel and G. Benetka (Eds.). Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, 2015.

Therese Eyermann, Ph.D., Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Graduate School of Education

Rafaela Fiore Urízar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Languages and Cultures

PRESENTATIONS • “108 Cuchillo de Palo: Homosexuality and Violence during the last Paraguayan Dictatorship” at the XIV International Congress of Hispanic Literature, Antigua, Guatemala, March 2015.

Sarah Fischbach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management APPOINTMENTS • Reviewer, Journal of Business Ethics. • Reviewer, Journal of Selling. • Reviewer, Society of Marketing Advances. • Reviewer, Marketing Educators Association.

PRESENTATIONS • “Graphic Narratives, Engagement & Empathy: Tools that Enhance Business Education” presented by coauthor P. Sautter at the Irish Academy of Management 2014 conference held at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Ireland, September 2014. • “Mobile Businesses as Marketing Classroom Projects” with V. Guerrero at the Marketing Educators Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., April 2015. • “Exploring User Generated Content as an Experiential Educational Tool in Marketing Courses” at the 39th Annual Marketing Educators Association Conference, San Jose, Calif., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Testimonials as Tools for Catphishing.” Business Outlook, Vol. 13, Issue 4, June 2014. • “Ethical Efficacy as a Measure of Training Effectiveness: An Application of the Graphic Novel Case Method Versus Traditional Written Case Study.” Journal of Business Ethics, 128 (3), June 2014.

Karrolyne Fogel, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mathematics

PRESENTATIONS • “God’s Story in Scripture: Border Crossing” for the 2015 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Youth Conference, Detroit, Mich., January 2015.

Mentoring students in research and creative projects provides an incredible opportunity for their learning, enrichment and self-discovery. I try to provide a space for students to ask questions and see what are the issues that are impacting different communities. My role as a mentor is to guide students to connect with their own talents, passion and purpose and bring those aspects to light so that they can make a difference in various communities.

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PUBLICATIONS • “Philippians.” The New Testament Fortress Commentary on the Bible, C.B. Kittredge, D.A. Sanchez and M. Aymer (Eds.). Fortress Press, October 2014. • Review of What Did You Learn in the Real World Today: The Case of Practicum in University Educations, Lars Bo Henriksen (Ed.), Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg University Press, 2013. Reflective Teaching, February 2015.

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Julia Fogg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Religion

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APPOINTMENTS • Co-organizer, Joint Mathematical Association of America Spring Section Meeting and Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference held at California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Calif., March 2015. The Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference received a commendation by the American Mathematical Society for being a “Program that Makes a Difference.”

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Associate Professor, Mathematics

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with the idea. Encouraging a student to persevere and then giving them a high-five for resolving the difficulty is one of my highlights of working with student researchers.

Gregory Freeland, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science

APPOINTMENTS • Board President, Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE). PRESENTATIONS • “Weaving Music Through Cultural and Political Movements in the Caribbean Diaspora” at the 10th Biennial International/Interdisciplinary Research Conference of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association, Kingston, Jamaica, August 2014. • “Local Motion Driven Community Engineers: Voter Mobilization in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties” at the Western Political Science Association Meeting, Las Vegas, Nev., April 2015.

Michael Gagliardo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mathematics

APPOINTMENTS • Invited Participant, Research Experiences for Undergraduate Faculty (REUF) program, American Institute of Mathematics.

William B. Gartner, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

APPOINTMENTS • Editorial Review Board Member, Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Business Venturing. • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Business Venturing Insights. • Editorial Review Board Member, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.

• Editorial Advisory Board Member, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. • International Scientific Committee of the Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat. PRESENTATIONS • “Characteristics of no + low financed business” with C.J. Frid and D.M. Wyman and “Exit before entry: Exploring reasons nascent entrepreneurs offer for quitting the startup process” with C.J. Frid and M.S. Cardon at the 2014 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference held at Western Ontario University, London, Ontario, Canada, June 2014. • “Embracing Process in Entrepreneurship Research” panel presentation at the National Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., August 2014. • “Organizing as Aesthetic: Meeting as the Art of Christo and Jean Claude” with P. Guillet de Monthoux and “A Haiku for You” at the 7th Art of Management and Organization Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2014. • “Entrefesto - Aphorisms and Clichés for an Entrepreneurial Future” at the 2015 EFMD Entrepreneurship Education Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2015. PUBLICATIONS • Foreword. The Routledge Companion to Entrepreneurship, T. Baker and F. Welter (Eds.). New York: Routledge, pp. xxi–xxiii. • “Organizing Entrepreneurship Research: What We Know and What We Need to Know.” Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship: What We Know and What We Need to Know, A. Fayolle (Ed.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Original Reference, pp. 13–22.

Virginia Gean, MBA, CMA, Lecturer, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Reclassifications for More Meaningful Presentations of Cash Flows” with F. Gean at the Clute Institute Maui International Business Conference, Hawaii, January 2015. • “A Unique Integration Model for Enriching Students’ Understanding of Cost/Volume/Profit, CVP Analysis” at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 22nd Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., February 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Boarding House to the Boardroom: A Personal Interview with Truett Cathy” with F. Gean. Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 5, No. 12, December 2014.

Molly George, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice and Sociology

PRESENTATIONS • “Ambivalent Enforcement: The Role of Local Police in Immigration Control” and “Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning in Criminal Justice” with H. Lim, S. Lucas and R. Meadows at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Francisco, Calif., November 2014.

Marylie Gerson, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology

PRESENTATIONS • “Predictors of Resilience and Thriving: Spirituality and Perceived Social Support” with P. Fahmy, E. Glossbrenner and S. Mullen at the annual Western Psychological Association Convention, Las Vegas, Nev., May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “The importance of identity development, principled moral reasoning, and empathy as predictors of openness to diversity in emerging adults” with L. Neilson. SAGE Open, 4(4), 2014.

Michael Gerson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Psychology

PUBLICATIONS • Articles on Earl Warren and Warren Christopher in The Nordic Spirit: Peacemakers. Sentia Publishing, 2015.

Veronica Guerrero, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management APPOINTMENTS • Executive Board Member, Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV), an organization that provides training, consulting, coaching and loans to small businesses in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.

PRESENTATIONS • “Kenyan Female Entrepreneurs and Negotiation Education: Exploring Efficacy Development Utilizing a Blended Learning Environment” with J. Richards at the American Marketing Association’s Summer Marketing Educators Conference, San Francisco, Calif., August 2014. • “Mobile Businesses as Marketing Classroom Projects” with S. Fischbach at the Marketing Educators Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Female Entrepreneurs and Negotiation Self-Efficacy: A Study on Negotiation Skill Building among Women Entrepreneurs” with J. Richards. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, May 2015. • “Higher Education and Negotiation Competence: Examining the Impact of Experiential Learning on Negotiation Self-Efficacy in a Multi-cultural Environment” with J. Richards. Journal of the World Universities Forum, Vol. 8, Issue 2, May 26, 2015.

Dan Hamilton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Declining Natural Change and Aging Population in California” with B. Watkins at the Aging and Society Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference, Manchester, England, November 2014. • “How Economists Create Forecasts” invited lecture at California State University, Channel Islands, December 2014.

Shauna Hannan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

APPOINTMENTS • Steering Committee Member and Chair, Association of Teaching Theologians. • Academic Committee Member, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Theological Roundtable. • Multi-Synodical Candidacy Committee Member, ELCA. • Local Coordinator, Convocation of Teaching Theologians, Berkeley, Calif.

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APPOINTMENTS • Executive Board Member, Lutheran College Washington Semester Consortium. • Board Member, Elton and Janice Gallegly Foundation. • Advisory and Planning Board Member, Ventura County Leadership Academy. • Board of Advisors, Naval Postgraduate School Center for Asymmetric Warfare (NPA/CAW). • Board Member, Ventura County Transportation Advisory Board.

PRESENTATIONS • “Creating Studios Using Black Magic” at the Directors of Educational Technology for California Higher Education “Sailing the Turning Tides of Technology” conference, Long Beach, Calif., December 2014. • “Incorporating Service Learning into Broadcast News Production Coursework” at the Lilly Conference for College and University Teaching and Learning, Newport Beach, Calif., February 2015.

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Herbert Gooch, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science

APPOINTMENTS • Judge, Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts, Student Short Form Documentary Competition.

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PUBLICATIONS • “Clinical Implications for the Expressions of Self and Identity in Adolescent Psychotherapy: Case Studies of a Vampiress and a Gangster.” Psychoanalytic Dialogues: The International Journal of Relational Perspectives, December 2014.

David Grannis, M.F.A., Assistant Professor, Communication

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PRESENTATIONS • “Preaching on the Sermon on the Mount” at the Lutheran World Federation International Hermeneutics Conference on Matthew, Chicago, Ill., September 2014. • “Preaching Public Issues: Lutheran Style” at the Lutheran Women in Theology and Religious Studies Annual Meeting, San Diego, Calif., November 2014. • “Short Story Fiction for the Preacher” keynote address at the ELCA Pacifica Synod Theological Day of Reflection, Temecula, Calif., February 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Lutheran Preachers and the Third Use of the Law: A Homiletical Approach to Overcome the Impasse.” Currents in Theology and Mission, 41 (5), October 2014. • “Commentary from a Scholar on Lectionary 15 and 16 texts.” Sundays and Seasons: Preaching, 2015, Year B. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2015.

Grady Hanrahan, Ph.D., Professor, Chemistry, and Associate Provost of Experiential Learning, Research and Faculty Development

PRESENTATIONS • “The impact of pesticide exposure on neurobehavioral outcomes and civic engagement in farmworker communities” with R. Casas and H. Hoang at the Science in Society Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014. • “Metabolic Profiling of Oxidative Methoxyphenolic Compounds using GC-MS and Particle Swarm Optimized Neural Network Modeling” at the Environmental Pollution and Public Health Conference, Beijing, China, April 2015. • “Going Experiential! Defining, Collecting, and Analyzing Experiential Learning Data” with C. Alexander, A. Cruz, R. Reynolds, M. Wright, D. Tushin and M. Guerrero at the 2015 WSCUC Academic Resource Conference, Oakland, Calif., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Application of a Computational Neural Network to Optimize the Fluorescence Signal from a Receptor-Ligand Interaction on a Microfluidic Chip” with M. Ortega, M. Arceo and F.A. Gomez. Electrophoresis 36: 393-397, 2015.

Paul Hanson, Ph.D., Professor, History

AWARDS • 2015 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Distinguished Service Award.

Michael Hart, D.M.A., Assistant Professor, Music

APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, Scandinavian American Cultural and Historical Foundation. • Adjudicator, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association. • Adjudicator, Heritage Music Festivals. PUBLICATIONS • “An Analysis of and Conductor’s Guide to Vincent Persichetti’s Masquerade for Band, Op. 102.” College Band Directors National Association Report, Spring 2015. EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Featured Artist, Faculty Recital: “Borrowed Gems,” California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Calif., January 2015.

Steven Hawkins, Ph.D., Professor, Exercise Science

APPOINTMENTS • Reviewer, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. • Reviewer, Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews. • Reviewer, Archives of Osteoporosis. • Reviewer, Springer Plus. • Reviewer, International Journal of Sports Medicine. • Reviewer, Physician and Sports Medicine. PRESENTATIONS • “Longitudinal associations between anthropometric and functional measures of sarcopenia and osteopenia” with A. Hamilton and J. Tran at the Southwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine meeting, Newport Beach, Calif., October 2014. • “Functional movement biomechanics differences between individuals with femoralacetabular impingement and osteoarthritis” with B. Truver, M. Bahk, M. Mirisch and M. LeBlanc at the National American College of Sports Medicine conference, San Diego, Calif., May 2015.

Timothy Hengst, M.A., Professor, Multimedia

APPOINTMENTS • Executive Director and Producer, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company. • Advisory Board Member, Oxnard High School Multimedia Business Academy. AWARDS • First place for the digital photo collage “Manzanita Study” at the Thousand Oaks Art Association’s Annual Members Show, Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, Newbury Park, Calif., November 2014. EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Digital art exhibited at the Cal Lutheran Alumni Art Exhibit, William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art, Thousand Oaks, Calif., October 2014 – January 2015.

Aaron Heresco, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Communication

PRESENTATIONS • “Rethinking Retransmission Fees” at the Union for Democratic Communication conference, Toronto, Canada, April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “CNBC and the Space and Time of the Market.” Global Media Journal, Vol. 12, 24, 2015.

Kirstie Hettinga, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Communication

PRESENTATIONS • “The effect of correction impact on news perceptions: An analysis of democratic theory” with A. Appelman and “Exploring the use of corrections on college newspapers’ websites” with R. Clark at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference, Montreal, Canada, August 2014. • “Should we repeat the error and attribute blame? Experimental analysis of newspaper-correction style” with A. Appelman at the International Communication Association conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Initial Reactions to the New SPJ Code of Ethics.” Media Ethics, 26(1), 2014.

SHAUNA HANNAN Associate Professor, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Unpredictable as they might (and must!) be, some of the most satisfying and cathartic moments in my work as a facilitator of learning happen when a student’s creativity and selfmotivation force both of us “off the score” and into a kind of lively and uncharted riff on what we thought we knew.

Larkin Higgins, M.F.A., Professor, Art

PRESENTATIONS • Invited discussion of logographic drawings and reading of poems from published book Of Traverse and Template (Mindmade Books) at Chapman University, Orange, Calif., March 2015. PUBLICATIONS • c o m b – i n g m i n e – i n g s, a work of visual art and poetry. Dusie Press/Dusie Kollektiv, Spring 2015.

PRESENTATIONS • “Public Engagement in Agricultural Communities: Promoting Environmental Health Among Farmworkers in Oxnard, California” at the International Journal of Arts and Sciences Annual Multidisciplinary Conference held at Harvard University, Boston, Mass., May 2014. • “The impact of pesticide exposure on neurobehavioral outcomes and civic engagement in farmworker communities” with G. Hanrahan and R. Casas at the Science in Society Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014.

APPOINTMENTS • Candidacy Committee Member, Rocky Mountain and Sierra Pacific Synods, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

Cynthia Jew, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Education

PRESENTATIONS • “Cultural Proficiency Response to Intervention” at the Cultural Proficiency Institute, Los Angeles, Calif., June 2014. • “Changing Identities for Cochlear Implant Users” at the 2014 AG Bell Convention: Advancing the Future for Individuals Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Orlando, Fla., July 2014.

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PRESENTATIONS • “Practice Discipleship 2015: Story of Place and Displacement” for the 2015 ELCA Youth Extravaganza, Detroit, Mich., January 2015 and webinar for the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, April 2015.

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Carol Jacobson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

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EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • “24” (ink and collage on paper) artwork exhibited at Franklin Street Works, Stamford, Conn., Sept. 6–Nov. 9, 2014. • “For G.A.C. [Me Me Me Meme],” a mixed media on/of paper, artwork exhibited in “The NYC Cavellini 2014 Mail Art Show” at Whitebox Art Center in New York, curated by Mark Bloch. • Of Traverse and Template (Mindmade Books) logographic pencil drawings interwoven with poetic text included in the “Poets House Showcase” exhibit, New York, N.Y., June 26–Aug. 16, 2014, and added to the Poets House collection. • “VESSEL: Text (Re) Accessioned” exhibit of selections from a collaborative erasure poetry/origami project with M. Dickerson and J. Lagedrost at the Pearson Library, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, Calif., April 2015. • c o m b – i n g m i n e – i n g s (Dusie Press) included in an exhibit of Dusie Press/Dusie Kollektiv artist books/ chapbooks at the Rochambeau Library, Providence, R. I., May 2015. Lisa Lee (Brown University) and Susana Gardner (Dusie Press), curators.

Haco Hoang, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science

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Kyle Johnson, D.M.A., Lecturer, Music

APPOINTMENTS • Vice President, Region 4 for the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. PUBLICATIONS • O Lord, Support Us All the Day Long, original choral composition, SATB a cappella. Indianapolis, Ind.: Colla Voce Music, LLC, released May 28, 2015.

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EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Featured organist, noontime organ recital series, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach, Calif., September 2014. • Featured organist, hymn festival, California Heights United Methodist Church, Long Beach, Calif., January 2015. • Featured organist, solo organ concert, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., April 2015.

Kristopher Karsten, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biology

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PRESENTATIONS • “Sexual dimorphism in morphology, signaling, and performance in two species of Sceloporus lizards” at the Southwest Organismal Biology meeting held at the University of California, Irvine, September 2014. • “Limited evidence of indirect effects of wind turbines on grassland songbirds” at the annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, the Cooper Ornithological Society, and the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Estes Park, Colo., September 2014. • “Sexual dimorphism in morphology, signaling, and performance in two species of Sceloporus lizards” at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting, West Palm Beach, Fla., January 2015.

MICHAEL HART Assistant Professor, Music

PUBLICATIONS • “Effect of wind turbine proximity on nesting success in shrub-nesting birds” with V.J. Bennett, A.M. Hale, C.E. Gordon and B.J. Suson. American Midland Naturalist 172:317-328, 2014.

Louise Kelly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Exercise Science For students to grow as thoughtful and intelligent musicians requires them to be actively engaged in the creative process. For this to happen, I as a professor must cultivate an environment where, through mentorship, they apply their intellectual knowledge and inherent creativity in projects that encourage them to take risks and ask questions. These creative endeavors serve as powerful catalysts for growth and transformation within them and within myself as an artist and teacher.

APPOINTMENTS • Editor, Journal of Athletic Enhancement. • Editor, Obesity Journal. • Founding Board Member, Slow Food Ventura County. PRESENTATIONS • “Influence of Gender, Weight and Hispanic Ethnicity on Physical Activity in Toddlers” with A. Maten and A. Andrews, “A home-based strength training intervention improves self-esteem but not self-perception of obese Hispanic boys” with T. Cosenza, “Does fruit and vegetable consumption influence bone health” with J. Derksen, and “Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Division 3 Athletes” with T. Odell, E. Flores and H. Swaney at the American College of Sports Medicine Conference, San Diego, Calif., May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “The Effect of a Home–Based Strength Training Program on Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Obese Latino Boys” with A. Loza, X. Lin, E. T. Schroeder, A. Hughes, A. Kirk and A. Knowles. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 28(3-4), 2015.

Hala King, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Mathematics

PRESENTATIONS • “The Thousand Oaks Math Teachers’ Circle” at the Mathematical Association of America Southern California Section meeting held at Pomona College, Calif., November 2014.

Michele LeBlanc, Ph.D., Nena Amundson Professor of Biomechanics; Professor, Exercise Science

APPOINTMENTS • Director of Music, St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

PRESENTATIONS • “Functional movement biomechanics differences between individuals with femoralacetabular impingement and osteoarthritis” with B. Truver, M. Bahk, S. Hawkins and M. Mirisch and “Kinematic and Ground Reaction Force Characteristics of Goalie-Dependent Soccer Penalty Kicks” with B. Truver, M. Soucy, J. Kacena, K. Prosser and M. McCardell at the National American College of Sports Medicine conference, San Diego, Calif., May 2015. • “Asymmetry of back squat kinetics and knee extensor strength” with B. Bartell, N. Camarillo, J. Chavez, and B. Panapa and “The Effects of Landing Direction on Lower Extremity Kinematics” with T. Berg at the Southwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine meeting, Newport Beach, Calif., October 2014.

Jodie Kocur, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology

Helen Ahn Lim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice

Jason Kingsbury, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemistry

APPOINTMENTS • Reviewer, Journal of the American Chemical Society. • Reviewer, Chemical Communications. • Reviewer, Organic Letters.

Eric Kinsley, D.M.A., Senior Lecturer, Music

PRESENTATIONS • “Perceptions of College from Adolescents with HighFunctioning Autism Spectrum Disorder” with C. Feller and “Perceptions of The College Skills Program from Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder” with J.R. Ramsay, K.L. Lundi, and N. Cicecki at the annual Western Psychological Convention, Las Vegas, Nev., May 2015.

PRESENTATIONS • “Academic Service-Learning, Civic Responsibility, and the Professional Development of Criminal Justice Majors” and “Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning in Criminal Justice” with M. George, S. Lucas and R. Meadows at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Francisco, Calif., November 2014.

Hugh Lamont, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Exercise Science

PRESENTATIONS • “Acute Applications of Whole Body Vibration Based PAP Protocols for Performance Enhancement” at the Southwest Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine meeting, Newport Beach, Calif., October 2014.

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questions in their profession through the research process. Mentoring students through this process provides

of recent developments in the field.

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faculty the opportunity to stay abreast

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Celebrating

STUDENT RESEARCH and

CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP

Cal Lutheran provides many opportunities for faculty-mentored research and creative scholarship, enabling students to explore issues in their fields of study and make original intellectual contributions. At Cal Lutheran, we mentor students and introduce them firsthand to the scholarly processes of different fields of study. Mentoring by faculty and the fostering of creativity allow students to go beyond what is taught in the classroom and to apply their knowledge to specific questions of interest to them. While carrying out research and creative scholarship, students develop discipline-specific skills and gain an understanding of issues, methods and leaders in their chosen fields. Ultimately, the experience builds critical thinking skills, a culture of intellectual curiosity, confidence and professionalism, and important personal traits, such as tenacity and focus, that are helpful in every facet of life. The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship (OURCS) supports scholarly projects in every field of study including the natural sciences, math and computing, social and behavioral sciences, humanities and creative arts. OURCS offers competitive summer fellowships to undergraduates for full-time original research and creative projects under a faculty mentor. Funds are also provided to help students travel throughout the year to present their scholarly work at conferences.

Both undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to present their research at Cal Lutheran’s annual weeklong Festival of Scholars, which showcases the scholarly work of students from throughout the university. Scholarly work may include traditional research, creative work and the application of theory to real-life situations. These highquality projects reflect months or even years of focused work with faculty mentors, and in many cases the results have been presented at professional conferences and accepted for publication in peer-reviewed journals. Faculty-mentored research and creative scholarship promote a powerful learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students and help to bridge the gap between educational concepts and real-world situations. Through these endeavors, Cal Lutheran students are able to pursue their passions, discover their purpose, and grow as scholars in their chosen fields of study.

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Lisa Loberg, Ed.D., Senior Lecturer, Languages and Cultures and Director of Study Abroad

APPOINTMENTS • Advisory Board Member, American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS). • Board Member, Lessons From Abroad Conference. • Liaison for Independent and Private Colleges and Universities, CalAbroad, California regional organization for study abroad. • Outreach Coordinator, Fall 2014 Voyage, Semester at Sea.

• “Breakdown of Poses” chapter presentation from creative nonfiction manuscript at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, Louisville, Ky., February 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “With Danger, Opportunity (Virabhadrasana/Warrior Pose)” chapter from creative nonfiction manuscript. River Teeth literary journal, Vol. 16, Number 2, Spring 2015.

Valeria Makarova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “The Faculty Connection: Ways to Engage Your Campus Allies” with K. Perkins at the CalAbroad Town Hall Meeting held at West Los Angeles College, May 2015.

AWARDS • “Who’s Who in Clean Tech and Sustainability: Leaders in Clean Technology” recognition by the Pacific Coast Business Times, August 2014.

Maureen Reilly Lorimer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education

APPOINTMENTS • Executive Committee Member, California Coast Venture Forum/Clean Business Investment Summit (CCVF/CBIS), 2014. • Clean/Green Workforce Committee Member, Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County. • Co-leader, Green Innovation Zone Initiative of Ventura County.

APPOINTMENTS • Conference Planning Committee Member, California Council on Teacher Education. • Advisory Board Member, “Situation Room,” Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. • Advisory Board Member, STEAM/Maker School, Rio Mesa School District. PRESENTATIONS • “Arts Integration and English Language Learning: More than Just a Good Idea!” keynote address and “Strategies for Effective Arts Integration” at the California Office to Reform Education (CORE) Arts Integrated Learning Symposium: Connecting at the Core, Los Angeles, Calif., June 2014. • “Teaching History through Art” keynote address and “Creating a Classroom Museum” at the Teaching History through Art workshop in collaboration with the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and California Lutheran University, Simi Valley, Calif., July 2014. • “Exploring the Role of the Visual and Performing Arts in Teacher Education: Phase I Preliminary Results” with E. Engdahl at the California Council for Teacher Education Conference, San Diego, Calif., October 2014. • “You’re the Curator: Creating a Historical Exhibit Using Multiple Literacies” with M. Cohen at the National Council for Social Studies annual conference, Boston, Mass., November 2014.

Schannae Lucas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Criminal Justice

APPOINTMENTS • Executive Board Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) Minorities and Women Section. PRESENTATIONS • “Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning in Criminal Justice” with M. George, H. Lim and R. Meadows at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Francisco, Calif., November 2014.

Jacqueline Lyons, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, English

PRESENTATIONS • Invited Creative Nonfiction Reading, Northern New Mexico College, Española, October 2014. • Invited Poetry Reading, University of Rhode Island, Providence, November 2014.

David Marcey, Ph.D., Fletcher Jones Professor of Developmental Biology

APPOINTMENTS • Editorial Board Member, Life Science Education. • Advisory Board Member, Life (Sinauer Press). • Fellow, PULSE (Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education). PRESENTATIONS • “PULSEating with Vision and Change: Promoting the Role of Faculty as STEM Education Change Agents” at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Riverside, Calif., July 2014. • “Regional Networks across the U.S. Promote Vision and Change in Biology Education” at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers, Cleveland, Ohio, November 2014. PUBLICATIONS • “The Lecture Hall as an Arena of Inquiry: Using Cinematic Lectures and Inverted Classes (CLIC) to Flip an Introductory Biology Lecture Course.” Blended Learning, Case Studies on Digital Collaboration and Blended/Hybrid Learning: 2014 Special Issue, www.academiccommons.org, July 22, 2014.

José Marichal, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science

PRESENTATIONS • “Why Hashtags Matter: A Case for Microactivism” invited lecture at Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., October 2014. • “Microactivism: Explaining the Determinants of Effective Campaigns through Social Media Ecologies” at the Western Political Science Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “(Mis)arguing Diversity: The Weakness of Diversity as a Civic Argument (and How to Make It Stronger).” Democratic Theory, Vol. 2, Issue 1.

LISA LOBERG Senior Lecturer, Languages and Cultures, and Director of Study Abroad

When students’ pathways become international, things get interesting. I love helping students recognize their own potential to do good in the world and seeing where it takes them.

Jennifer Marshall, M.A., Lecturer, Communication

Robert Meadows, Ed.D., Ph.D., Professor, Criminal Justice

Maura Martindale, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

Ryan Medders, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Communication

PRESENTATIONS • “Voices of scholars who are preparing to teach today’s California students who are deaf and hard of hearing” with D. Rodriguez-Kiino at the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, Washington, D.C., July 2014. • “First-Year California Teachers of the Deaf: Preparation for the 21st Century” at the California Council of Teacher Education meeting, San Jose, Calif., March 2015.

PRESENTATIONS • “The role of credibility assessment in exposure to political information on the Internet” with M.J. Metzger at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2015. • “Comparing learning in blended and traditional sections across disciplines in a small liberal arts university” with C.H. DeMartino et al., at the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference held at Bryn Mawr College, Pa., May 2015.

Charles Maxey, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

Marja Mogk, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English

Michael McCambridge, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

PUBLICATIONS • Review of Jeffrey Weinstock’s The Vampire Film: Undead Cinema (Wallflower: Columbia University Press). Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, Fall 2014.

PRESENTATIONS • “Stitches of Strength through Quilting Narratives” at the Western Communication Association Conference, Spokane, Wash., February 2015. Received the Top Performance Studies Paper Award.

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APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, River Oaks Charter School, Westlake Village, Calif. • Youth Drama Director, Holy Trinity Church, Thousand Oaks, Calif.

PRESENTATIONS • “Disability and the Detective: The Case of Colin Cotterill’s Siri Paiboun Novels” at the Far West Popular Culture and American Culture Association 27th annual conference, Las Vegas, Nev., February 2015.

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APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, Ventura Museum of History and Art. • Board Member, Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF). • Executive Committee Member, Ventura County Civic Alliance.

PRESENTATIONS • “Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning in Criminal Justice” with M. George, H. Lim and S. Lucas at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting, San Francisco, Calif., November 2014.

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Susan Murphy, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

PUBLICATIONS • “Work group member culture and relational demography as antecedents to trustworthiness.” Journal of Academic and Business Ethics, Vol. 9, September 2014.

Nancy Myers, M.A., Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education

Adina Nack, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology

APPOINTMENTS • Founding Board Member, HPV Hope. • Board Member, Council for Contemporary Families. • Chair, World AIDS Day Planning Committee: HIV/AIDS Coalition of Ventura County. PRESENTATIONS • “Creating a Second Journal for SWS” panel presentation at the Annual Meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, Washington, D.C., February 2015. • “Feminist Perspectives on Sexual Health” invited lecture for the Women’s and Gender Studies department at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., March 2015. • “Healthy Sex in a World with STDs” invited lecture for the Convocation Program at Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn., March 2015.

APPOINTMENTS • Regional Director, California Reading and Literature Project (CRLP). • Children’s Literature Committee Member, Lifespan Religious Education. • Advisory Board Member, CRLP, Region #8. • Session Chair, 21st Century, Academic Forum, Teaching, Learning, and Research in the 21st Century. • Organizer, CRLP Summer Literacy Conference “Making the Shift From Common Core Standards to Inspired Practice,” Featuring Keynote Speaker Carol Jago, June 19, 2014 PRESENTATIONS • “Helping Teachers Raise the Academic Language and Literacy Levels of California’s K-5 Student Population” at the 21st Century Academic Forum held at the University of California, Berkeley, August 2014. • “Text Talk Buddies: Hands-on Vocabulary Instruction for Teacher Candidates” at the 4th Annual Southern California Professional Development Schools Conference, Brea, Calif., February 2015. • “Professional Learning Protocols 101” at the CRLP conference held at University Preparation School, Camarillo, Calif., March 2015.

PUBLICATIONS • “First Comes Love, then Comes Herpes: Sexual Health and Relationships.” Families As They Really Are (2nd Edition), B. Risman and V. Rutter (Eds.). New York City, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.

SCHANNAE LUCAS Associate Professor, Criminal Justice

Teaching and mentoring experiential learning through research, instruction, and service has provided unique opportunities and invaluable academic growth for myself and my students. Our passions are deepened and our horizons are expanded.

JOSÉ MARICHAL Professor, Political Science

Understanding how knowledge is produced is a critical element of democratic citizenship. Working with students on research projects gives them the tools to be effective decision makers that can know the difference between good and bad truth claims.

Leanne Neilson, Psy.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, Alliance for the Arts. • Committee Member, Ventura County Women’s Economic Roundtable. • Advisory Council Member, NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education).

PRESENTATIONS • “Capitalism and Communism” panel moderator at the Conference on Faith and History held at Pepperdine University, Malibu, Calif., September 2014. • “Diaoyu or Senkaku? The Sino-Japanese Island Dispute in Historical Perspective” at the Ohio Valley History Conference held at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tenn., October 2014. • History panel moderator at the Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research held at California State University, Fullerton, November 2014.

PUBLICATIONS • “Job-embedded Professional Development Policy in Michigan: Can It Be Successful?” with B. Pogodzinski and W.E. Hill. Professional Development in Education, December 2014.

Michael Panesis, MBA, Distinguished Executive in Residence, School of Management

AWARDS • Clean Business Investment Summit (CBIS) 2014 Legacy Award for work with the startup community in the Central Coast area.

Andrew Pattison, M.P.A., Visiting Instructor, School of Management

APPOINTMENTS • Steering Committee Member and Curriculum Subcommittee Member, Ventura County Leadership Academy (VCLA). • Board Commissioner, Housing Authority of the City of San Buenaventura.

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David Nelson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History

PRESENTATIONS • “Infusing International Perspectives in Doctoral Leadership Training” with T. Eyermann at the Academy for Educational Studies’ Critical Questions in Education Conference, San Diego, Calif., February 2015.

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PUBLICATIONS • “The importance of identity development, principled moral reasoning, and empathy as predictors of openness to diversity in emerging adults” with M. Gerson. SAGE Open, 4(4), 2014.

Michael Owens, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

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PRESENTATIONS • “Sharing Leadership within the College Setting” at the Vocation of a Lutheran College Conference held at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minn., July 2014.

• “Socialism and Its Discontents” panel moderator at the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Southern California Regional Conference held at Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, Calif., April 2015.

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MICHAEL OWENS Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

Mentoring students in research gives students the chance to get a hands-on feel for how to do work they learn about in the abstract in class lectures and discussions. In my role as a teacher, mentoring allows me to help students complete with experience learning that started with ideas we shared in the classroom.

PRESENTATIONS • “The Effect of Policy Activities on Learning as Policy Belief Change and Belief Reinforcement” at the Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, Denver, Colo., June 2014. • “Climate Action Planning: An Intersectional Approach to The Urban Equity Dilemma” with C. Russo at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Calif., August 2014. • “Stakeholder Engagement and the Three Pillars of Sustainability in Local Government Sustainability Policies: A Case Study of Ventura County” with M. Bahobeshi at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference, Albuquerque, N.M., November 2014. • “Low Income Housing Tax Credit Policies” workshop cofacilitator at the conferences of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) and National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), Washington, D.C., March 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Ecological Modernization or Aristocratic Conservation: Examining the Impact of Affluence on Carbon Emissions at the Local Level” with R. Habans and M.T. Clement. Society and Natural Resources, 27(8), September 2014.

Michael Pearce, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Art

AWARDS • William Wendt Award from the California Art Club for raising the profile of representational art through work on The Representational Art Conference (TRAC) and Art in the Age of Emergence. APPOINTMENTS • Co-Chair, TRAC (3rd annual). PRESENTATIONS • “Art, Emergence and the China Dream” at the China Dream Conference held at Leicester University, England, September 2014. • “Kitsch, Emergence and Fine Art” keynote address at the Paso Robles Art Festival, Paso Robles, Calif., May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • Art in the Age of Emergence. Newcastle, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, March 2015. EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Artwork featured in the exhibit “In a New World” at the Studios on the Park gallery in Paso Robles, Calif., April 2015.

Edlyn Vallejo Peña, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education

AWARDS • Top 25 most influential scholars for disability services award, American College Personnel Association (ACPA), March 2015.

APPOINTMENTS • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. • Program Board Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). • Reviewer, Higher Education. • Reviewer, Studies in Higher Education. • Autism Task Force Member, Los Angeles Unified School District. PRESENTATIONS • “Leaders in Support: College Faculty who Responsively Teach and Advise Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)” with K. Austin and “Researching Disability in Higher Education: Emerging Perspectives” with E. Broido, K. Brown, S. Rankin, L. Stapleton and K. Stygles at the ASHE conference, Washington, D.C., November 2014. • “Inspiring and Transforming Colleges toward Inclusion of Students with Autism” with D.A. Peña at the NASPA Western Region Conference, Anaheim, Calif., November 2014. • “Understanding and Researching Disability in Higher Education: Emerging Perspectives” with E. Broido, K. Brown, S. Rankin, L. Stapleton and K. Stygles at the ACPA conference, Tampa, Fla., March 2015.

MOSES PENUMAKA Director, Theological Education for Emerging Ministries, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Mentoring students in research and creative scholarly projects is passing the legacy of academic excellence and practical competence to transform life. Mentoring is a journey of accompaniment to accomplish our role as teachers and enable our students to achieve their goals in vocation.

PUBLICATIONS • “Intersections of autism, race and class: A social justice agenda for inclusive leadership practices” with M. Spence. Inclusive Practices for Special Populations in Urban Settings: The Moral Imperative for Social Justice Leadership, K. Esposito and A. Normore (Eds.). Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, May 2015.

Chang-Shyh Peng, Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science

APPOINTMENTS • Management Board Member, Asia Project of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). • Theological Round Table Member, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). • Select Learning Board Member, ELCA. • Working Group Member, Engaging Luther’s Catechism in the 21st Century, ELCA. • Candidacy Committee Member, Eastern Washington and Idaho Synods, ELCA.

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PRESENTATIONS • “Decentralized Bittorrent Social Online Network” with S. Alsuhail at the International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering, and Social Media, Thessaloniki, Greece, December 2014.

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APPOINTMENTS • Editor, Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF) Journal on Operating Systems and Programming Languages. • International Advisory Committee, 2015 GS Multi-International Conference on Computer Science. • Program Committee, 2014 12th International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications. • Program Committee, 2014 IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing. • Program Committee, 2014 Gulf States Multi-Conference on Sciences and Technology.

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PRESENTATIONS • “Shariradhari and Sri Guru Granth Sahib: a comparative study of doctrine of Incarnation in Christian and Embodiment in Sikh faith traditions” at the Pacific Coast Theological Society conference held at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, Calif., April 2015. • “Major Trends in Inter-religious Dialogue, reflections on Melbourne and Seattle Conferences” at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, Calif., April 2015.

Mindy Puopolo, Psy.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Psychology AWARDS • Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Infant-Parent Mental Health Program.

APPOINTMENTS • Co-Chair, Division 48, Peace Psychology’s working group on Personal Peacefulness. • Steering Committee Member, Ventura County Medical Research Foundation’s Infant-Parent Mental Health Prevention Program.

Noelle Raffy, M.F.A., Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts

EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Costume Designer, Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, directed by J. Slade, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2014. • Costume Supervisor, Shakespeare Educational Tour, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2014. • Costume Designer, “Host Mom” (Commercial), Classitech Productions, directed by J. Russo, 2014. • Costume Designer, “BYOP” (Commercial), Classitech Productions, directed by B. Stockwell, 2014. • Costume Designer, “Money Magnet” (Commercial), Classitech Productions, directed by T. Miller, 2014. • Costume Designer, “Invincible” (Commercial), Classitech Productions, directed by T. Miller, 2014. • Costume Designer, “Distracted” (Commercial), Classitech Productions, directed by J. Russo, 2014. • Costume Support, “Game of Thrones” (Commercial), Time Warner Cable, designed by M. Clapton, 2014. • Costume Support, “Tribe of the Wild” (Commercial), Nickelodeon, designed by J. May Nickel, 2014. • Costume Designer, Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, directed by M. Arndt, Kingsmen Shakespeare Company, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 2015. • Costume Designer, “Chances” (Short Film), Rennovation Media, directed by P. Rabhar, 2015. • Costume Designer, “Pooch Smooch” (Commercial), Classitech Productions, directed by T. Miller, 2015. • Costume Designer, “Postcards from Spain” (Ballet), Idyllwild Arts, choreographed by P. Frantz, 2015.

Eva Ramirez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Languages and Cultures

PRESENTATIONS • “La palabra, la fe, y otros guiños a la parodia en la literatura mexicana del siglo XX. ‘El evangelio del hermano Pedro’ de Alvaro Uribe (The Word, Faith, and Other Winks at Parody in 20th-century Mexican Literature: ‘The Gospel According to Brother Pedro’ by Alvaro Uribe)” at the international conference XIV Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispanica, Cordoba, Argentina, August 2014.

• “El discurso crítico-teórico sobre la comedia en Cervantes y Lope de Vega” at the XV Congreso Internacional de Literatura Hispánica, Antigua, Guatemala, March 2015. • “Los errores ortográficos: ¿Faltas graves o signos de evolución del lenguaje? (Spelling errors; serious mistakes or language evolution?)” at the 49th Annual Conference of the Southwest Council of Latin American Studies (SCOLAS), San Jose, Costa Rica, March 2015. • “Considerations on theories of parody in 20th-century Mexican literature” at the Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Southern California Chapter, held at the University of La Verne, April 2015.

Bryan Rasmussen, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English

PRESENTATIONS • “Icons of Loss: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Art of the Anthropocene” delivered by B. Monsma (California State University, Channel Islands) at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Conference “Anthropocene: Perspectives from the Humanities” held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, May 2015.

Michaela Reaves, Ph.D., Professor, History

APPOINTMENTS • Subject Matter Evaluator, State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. • Cabinet Member, La Reina High School Comprehensive Campaign.

Craig Reinhart, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science

APPOINTMENTS • Officer, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society, Buenaventura section. • Officer, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Buenaventura section. PRESENTATIONS • “Methodologies and Issues in the Usability of Android Application Development” with C. DeLira at the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science National Conference, Los Angeles, Calif., October 2014. • “Measuring the Efficiency of Rapid Application Development Languages (LiveCode) in Creating CrossPlatform Software” with C. DeLira at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference, Boston, Mass., February 2015.

Karen Renick, Ph.D., Professor, Languages and Cultures

APPOINTMENTS • Editor-in-Chief, Pi Delta Phi (National French Honor Society) International Newsletter.

Judith Richards, MBA, Lecturer, School of Management

APPOINTMENTS • Associate Editor, Journal of the World Universities Forum. PRESENTATIONS • “Kenyan Female Entrepreneurs and Negotiation Education: Exploring Efficacy Development Utilizing a Blended Learning Environment” with V. Guerrero at the American Marketing Association’s Summer Marketing Educators Conference, San Francisco, Calif., August 2014.

PUBLICATIONS • “Female Entrepreneurs and Negotiation Self-Efficacy: A Study on Negotiation Skill Building among Women Entrepreneurs” with V. Guerrero. Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, May 2015. • “Higher Education and Negotiation Competence: Examining the Impact of Experiential Learning on Negotiation SelfEfficacy in a Multi-cultural Environment” with V. Guerrero. Journal of the World Universities Forum, Vol. 8, Issue 2, May 26, 2015.

Linda Ritterbush, Ph.D., Professor, Geology

PRESENTATIONS • “Biometrics of Cambro-Ordovician Agnostoids: Relevance to oxygen during extinction and biodiversification events” at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Vancouver, Canada, October 2014.

Diane Rodriguez-Kiino, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education

AWARDS • Fulbright Scholarship, given by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to serve as an educational ambassador for the United States to Japan, to teach a collegiate course that examines the multicultural landscape of American higher education, and establish dialogue and long-term cooperative relationships with Japanese officials and other Fulbright Scholars. APPOINTMENTS • Fulbright Panelist, Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Awards, Japan US Education Commission, Tokyo, Japan, September 2014. • External Reviewer, Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting, East Asia SIG research proposals, October 2014. • Fulbright Panelist, Research and Study Awards, Japan US Education Commission, Tokyo, Japan, November 2014. • Proposal Reviewer, Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, internationally themed research proposals, May 2015.

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Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts

When students are able to assist me in the costume design process for television commercials or for the stage, it best prepares

real world, relatable experiences. They are able to creatively problem solve and to quickly think on their feet. As their teacher, my goal in the classroom is to give students as many tools and opportunities as possible to equip them for situations whether creative or practical.

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PRESENTATIONS • “Destination Teaching: How California Community College Students Work Toward a Degree in Teaching” invited lecture at Tsuda College’s Institute for Research in Language and Culture, Tokyo, Japan, October 2014. • “The United States Graduate School Admission Process” and “Language Diversity in the United States” invited lectures at Tsuda College, Tokyo, Japan, November 2014. • “The Rise of Diversity in United States Higher Education: Support Services for California Community College Students” invited lecture at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, February 2015. • “Women as an Economic Keystone in Japan: A Case Study of the Role of Higher Education in Propelling Women’s Participation in the Workforce” accepted paper at the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2015. • “Strengthening Women’s Participation in the Workforce: The Role of Higher Education” invited lecture at the Alumni Leadership for Women’s Empowerment meeting at the Embassy of the United States, Tokyo, Japan, May 2015.

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Jean Kelso Sandlin, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Communication

APPOINTMENTS • Founding President, Public Relations Society of America, California Gold Coast Chapter.

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PRESENTATIONS • “The Ethical Explainer: Using the Explainer Genre to Teach Advertising Ethics, Research Readiness, and Multi-media Skills” at the 100th annual National Communication Association Convention, Chicago, Ill., November 2014. • “Comparing learning in blended and traditional sections across disciplines in a small liberal arts university” with C.H. DeMartino et al., at the Blended Learning in the Liberal Arts Conference held at Bryn Mawr College, Pa., May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Geo-tagging and mapping in the cloud to foster research readiness and ethical cognizance in advertising students.” Journal of Advertising Education, Vol. 18, Issue 2, Fall 2014.

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APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, Federal Defense Industries (FDI).

Lory Selby, Ed.D., Lecturer, Graduate School of Education

APPOINTMENTS • Board of Institutional Reviewers, California Teaching Commission.

Andrea Sell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology

APPOINTMENTS • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences. PRESENTATIONS • “Trying to forget vs. disregard information: Implications for forgiveness” at the Society for Social and Personality Psychology Conference, Long Beach, Calif., February 2015. • “Critical thinking and its implications on the acceptance of new scientific information” with S. Roberts, L. Neiger and R. Moura, “Does forgetting facilitate forgiveness? Studying intentional forgetting in older adults” with A.V. Nunez and “Implications of a spatial representation of time on decision making” with K. Kuretich and C. Velasquez at the Western Psychological Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., April 2015.

MARY JO SHANE Assistant Professor, School of Management

Developing a real mentoring relationship with a student changes both of you. It expands your thinking and lets you see new possibilities.

PUBLICATIONS • “When younger adults look like older adults. A commentary on ‘A cross-cultural examination of emotional memory processing: US vs. Afghanistan.’” Journal of Integrated Social Sciences, 4(1), 2014.

Christine Sellin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Art

APPOINTMENTS • Research Associate, UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. PRESENTATIONS • “Illustrating Sir Walter Raleigh’s Discoverie of the Large Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana” at the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Roundtable Series, November 2014.

Mary Jo Shane, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Engaging the Voices of International Students” with L. Carson at the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (OBTC) Conference held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., June 2014. • “Interactive Orientations for International Students” with T. van Heest, D. Cardona and K. Spaulding at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Bi-Regional Conference, Portland, Ore., November 2014. • “Engaging the Voices of International Students” with L. Carson at the Lilly Conference on Evidenced-Based Teaching and Learning, Newport Beach, Calif., February 2015.

Ryan Sharma, Psy.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

APPOINTMENTS • Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (American Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology). PRESENTATIONS • “Geographic distribution of Californian psychologists in relation to socio-demographic variables” with R. Casas and N. Crawford at the California Psychological Association’s Annual Convention, San Diego, Calif., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Experiential Exposure to the Supervision Competency in Graduate Education.” Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Dec. 22, 2014.

Terry Spehar-Fahey, MBA, Lecturer, Art

EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES • Artwork exhibited in the “Ripples, Waves, Curls” group art show at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts, Thousand Oaks, Calif., July–September 2014.

Harry Starn, M.S., Executive in Residence, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Science and Sensibility: The Cultural Margins of Madness in Post-Revolutionary America” at the 13th Annual International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2015.

Russell Stockard, Jr., Ph.D., Professor, Communication

APPOINTMENTS • Reviewer, International Communication Association, Philosophy, Theory and Critique and Environmental Communication divisions. PRESENTATIONS • “Did Katrina Take away a City’s Voice? The Loss of the Daily Times-Picayune” at the Critical Sociology Conference, Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast, San Francisco, Calif., August 2014. • “Critique, Discourse and Data in Post-Katrina New Orleans – A City Divided? The Creative Class in a Racialized and Gendered Environment” and “The Sociology of a Media Controversy: A Critical Discourse Analysis of The Fall and Rise of the Daily Times Picayune” at the Southern Sociological Society Conference, New Orleans, La., March 2015. • “The visual culture of tourism marketing of New Orleans, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic” at the Caribbean Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, La., May 2015. • “Seeing Stuart Hall: How the Stuart Hall Project and Other Online Visual Discourse Contributes to Understanding Visual Representation, Cultural Studies and Identity” at the Stuart Hall and the Future of Media and Cultural Studies preconference of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “The Future of Vulnerability and Sustainable Development in Haiti: Disaster, Community, Innovation and Information.” Caribbean dynamics: Reconfiguring Caribbean culture, B. Boufoy-Bastic and S. Chinen (Eds.). Kingston and Miami: Ian Randle Publishers, 2015.

Victor Thasiah, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Religion

APPOINTMENTS • Board Member, PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing) International. • Referee, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. PRESENTATIONS • “Countering Complicity: Rwandan Political Theology after Genocide” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, Calif., November 2014. • “‘Things Are Not Okay in Rwanda If You Shut Up’: Community Organizing Practices and Human Rights Advocacy after Genocide” at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Chicago, Ill., January 2015.

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Bruce Stevenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English

PUBLICATIONS • Death be Nimble, Death be Quick: A Mystery. New York: Xlibris, 2014. • Invited review of Pamela Currie’s Goethe’s Visual World, London, UK: Legenda, 2013, for the Goethe Society of North America.

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PRESENTATIONS • “Leadership from the Ground Up: Small School Experiences” with E. Richardson and M. Shaughnessy at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) 100th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., March 2015. • “Applying Adult Learning Theory to the Delivery of Financial Planning” with E. Jetton at the National Financial Planning Association (FPA) Retreat, Atlanta, Ga., April 2015.

Walter Stewart, Ph.D., Professor, Languages and Cultures

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APPOINTMENTS • Chair, Certified Financial Planner Board of Standard’s (CFP®) Council on Education. • Member, University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Network for Small and Specialized Institutions. • Member, Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) National Retreat 2015 conference task force.

PUBLICATIONS • “Puritan Origins of the American Left and Right: An Historical Approach to Understanding a Troublesome Dichotomy” with J. Wines. The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 4, 2014.

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• “Christian Moral Formation” invited keynote address, Western Mission Network, Carefree, Ariz., January 2015. • “When Cunning Is Prudence: Rwandan Organizing, Thomistic Virtue” at the Religion and Power: New Directions in Social Ethics Conference, held at Princeton University, N.J., March 2015.

Sam Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Religion

APPOINTMENTS • Review Editor, Early Judaism, Marginalia Review of Books. • Editorial Board Member, Society of Biblical Literature Bible Odyssey Project. • Board President, Abundant Table Farm Project. • Founding Board Member, Slow Food Ventura County. PRESENTATIONS • “How We Think They Thought: Cognitive Anthropology, Ritual Studies, and the Dead Sea Scrolls” at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Diego, Calif., November 2014. • “Ethnography of the Dead: Language, Ritual, and Religious Experience in the Dead Sea Scrolls” invited lecture sponsored by the Religious Studies and Anthropology departments at the University of Virginia, March 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Living Water by the Dead Sea: Water Metaphors and Performativity in Some Qumran Texts.” Thinking About Water in Antiquity, E. Ben Zvi and C. Levin (Eds.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2014. • “Commentaries for 3 Maccabees and 4 Maccabees.” Fortress Commentary on the Old Testament, G. Yee, H. Page, and M. Coomber (Eds.). Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.

Diana Tsaw, J.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management

PRESENTATIONS • “Employment-at-Will: Corrupted? Timely for ‘Good Faith and Fair Dealing’ to be an Important Corporate Social Responsibility for the Twenty-first Century?” at the Academy of Business Research fall conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 2014.

Janice Tucker, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

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APPOINTMENTS • Advisory Board Member, California Reading and Literacy Project (CRLP). PRESENTATIONS • “The Impact of Graduate Programs on Career Paths in Education: Implications for Policy” at the Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE), Dublin, Ireland, October 2014. PUBLICATIONS • “A Narrative Inquiry: Women in Leadership-A Perennial Challenge” with M. Fushell. Journal of Educational Policy and Practice (JELPP) New Zealand Educational Administration and Leadership Society (NZEALS), Vol. 29, Issue 2, 2014. • “Chemically dependent adolescent Latino offenders: Restorative and social justice as alternatives to incarceration” with P. Marietti and A.H. Normore. Inclusive practices and social justice leadership for special populations in urban settings: A moral imperative, K. Esposito and A.H. Normore (Eds.). Chapel Hill, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, 2015.

Jennifer Twyford, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

APPOINTMENTS • Editorial Board Member, Journal of School Violence. • Editorial Board Member, Contemporary School Psychology Journal. • Editorial Board Member, Psychological Sciences Journal. PRESENTATIONS • “Interdisciplinary restorative justice implementation: The role of psychologists” with S.K. Marsh, L. Buckley and S. Good at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference, San Diego, Calif., March 2015. • “A defense against burnout: Psychology Graduate Students” with S. Minty at the California Psychological Association Conference, San Diego, Calif., April 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “School-based assessment with African American children and adolescents” with T. Raines and E.T. Dowdy. Guide to psychological assessment with African Americans, L.T. Benuto and B.D. Leany (Eds.). New York, N.Y.: Springer, 2014. • “DSM-5 and school psychology: Oppositional Defiant Disorder 313.81 (F91.3).” National Association of School Psychology Communiqué, 43(6), March/April 2015. • “Epidemiology and course of disruptive disorders” with J. Warner-Cohen and L. Buckley. Treating disruptive disorders: A guide to psychological, pharmacological, and combined therapies, G. Kapalka (Ed.). New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2015.

Gail Uellendahl, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate School of Education

APPOINTMENTS • Advisory Board Member, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), Pierce College, Woodland Hills, Calif. PRESENTATIONS • “School Counseling Intern Site Supervisors and Counselor Educators: A Critical Collaboration” with D. Stephens at the 14th Annual Conference of the California Association of School Counselors, San Diego, Calif., November 2014.

Vlad Vaiman, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

APPOINTMENTS • Chairperson, The Third Workshop on Talent Management at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management at ESCP Europe, Berlin, Germany, October 2014. • Executive Committee Member, Ventura County Economic Development Agency (VCEDA). • Steering Committee Member, City of Thousand Oaks Vision 2064. PRESENTATIONS • “Bridging the gap between higher education, labor market imperatives, and government policy” with H. Domicone, at the QS Asia Pacific Professional Leaders in Education Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, November 2014. • “Field Validation of the Host Country National Liaison Role” at the Western Academy of Management 2015 Conference, Kauai, Hawaii, March 2015. • Invited research seminar on talent management at the College of Business and Public Administration, California State University, San Bernardino, March 2015.

PUBLICATIONS • “A Taxonomy of Potential Contributions of the Host Country National Local Liaison Role in Global Knowledge Management” with C.M. Vance and T. Andersen. Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2014. • “Global Talent Management” book chapter with D.G. Collings. Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management, D.G. Collings, G.T. Wood and P.M. Caligiuri (Eds.). London: Routledge, 2014. • “Cross-cultural management: arguing the case for non-cultural explanations” book chapter with N. Holden. Routledge Companion to International Human Resource Management, N. Holden, S. Michailova and S. Tietze (Eds.). London: Routledge, 2015. • “Intent vs. Action: Talented Employees and Leadership Development.” Personnel Review, Vol. 44, No. 2, 2015. • “Cross-Cultural Leadership: Expectations on Gendered Leaders’ Behavior” with I. Minelgaite and I.R. Edvardsson. SAGE Open, 2014, April-June 2015. • “How far do cultural differences explain the differences between nations? Implications for HRM” with C. Brewster. International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 11, No. 26(2), 2014. • “Recognizing the important role of self-initiated expatriates in effective global talent management” with A. Haslberger and C.M. Vance. Human Resource Management Review, Vol. 25, 2015.

Alicia Vargas, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Dean, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

PRESENTATIONS • “Women-Led Multicultural Theological Education” at the Women in Leadership Deans’ Consultation, Association of Theological Schools, Chicago, Ill., March 2015.

Leslie Veen, D.Min., Lecturer, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

APPOINTMENTS • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Reflective Practice. • Chair, Committee on Preparation for Ministry for the Presbytery of San Francisco. • Board Member and Chair of the Financial Development Committee, YWCA of Berkeley/Oakland.

PUBLICATIONS • “The Cardinality of the Image of L(2,1)-Colorings and Irreducible L(2,1)-Colorings” with V. Coufal, R. Ray and K. Yerion. Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing. Congr. Numer. 220 (2014).

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The energy of the students fuels my own passion for serving our local community and training the best clinical psychologists, who are grounded in their hands-on experience with research, and are able to go forward and make a difference. At the doctoral level, I am mentoring students to become my colleagues and hope to foster collaborations that last throughout both of our professional careers.

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PRESENTATIONS • “The Existence of Trees for Given Values of λ, κ and κ̅ for L(2,1)-Colorings and Irreducible L(2,1)-Colorings” at the Joint Mathematics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, January 2015.

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PUBLICATIONS • Review of The Bloomsbury Guide to Pastoral Care by B. Flanagan and S. Thornton. Journal of Reflective Practice, Vol. 35, May 2015.

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PAUL WITMAN Associate Professor, School of Management

Working with students on their research projects helps prepare them for research work in the workplace, and distinguishes them from other candidates in the job market. For me, it provides insight into their experiences in the world of information systems, which often differs from my own – I use those insights often in my teaching.

Timothy Weaver, MBA, Visiting Lecturer, Business

AWARDS • 2015 Ventura County Volunteer of the Year Award from Women’s Economic Ventures. APPOINTMENTS • Director, Community Leaders Association.

Allison Wee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English

AWARDS • Invited Fellow, Council of Independent Colleges/Center for Hellenic Studies seminar on “Homer’s Odyssey” held at the Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C., July 2014. Included a $300 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant.

Sheridan Wigginton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Languages and Cultures

APPOINTMENTS • President, Afro-Latin/American Research Association. PRESENTATIONS • “To be or not to be in transit: How changing interpretations of the jus soli doctrine in the Dominican constitution impact citizenship status” at the Afro-Latin/American Research Association Tenth Biennial Conference, Kingston, Jamaica, August 2014.

Colleen Windham-Hughes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Religion

PRESENTATIONS • “Toward a Field of Interfaith Studies” panel presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, Calif., November 2014. • “Becoming a better reflection of our neighborhoods and the communities we serve” and “Becoming more culturally competent/culturally humble and anti-racist” keynote addresses at the Sierra Pacific Synod Assembly, Sacramento, Calif., May 2015. PUBLICATIONS • “Toward a Field of Interfaith Studies: Emerging Questions and Considerations” with J. Diller, E. Patel and J. Peace. Journal of Inter-Religious Studies, Issue 16, March 2015.

Joan Wines, Ph.D., Professor, English

PRESENTATIONS • “The Role of Our Universities on the Global Stage” invited lecture to the Arts and Sciences faculty at St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 2014. • “An Engaging Self Inquiry Process: Drawing, Writing and Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art” with J. WinesReed at the 9th International Arts in Society Conference, Rome, Italy, June 2014. PUBLICATIONS • “Puritan Origins of the American Left and Right: An Historical Approach to Understanding a Troublesome Dichotomy” with B. Stevenson. The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 4, 2014.

Paul Witman, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Management

AWARDS • Best Reviewer for 2014, Special Interest Group on IT Project Management of the Association for Information Systems. APPOINTMENTS • Co-chair of the Grand Award Judges for the Embedded Systems Division of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 2015. • Reviewer, International Journal of Information Technology and Data Management. • Reviewer, Communications of the Association for Information Systems. PRESENTATIONS • “Non-Profits and Social Media – Can We Find Strategic Value?” at the 2014 Americas Conference on Information Systems, Savannah, Ga., August 2014.

Ariana Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology

APPOINTMENTS • Reviewer, Social Psychology and Personality Science. • Reviewer, Basic and Applied Social Psychology. • Reviewer, Self and Identity. • Reviewer, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences. PRESENTATIONS • “Desperately seeking celebrities: A daily diary study of exposure to favorite celebrities and body satisfaction” with S. Gabriel and J.L. Derrick, at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, Calif., February 2015. • “Wizards, vampires, and superheroes, oh my! The effects of social surrogates on the self” at the Department of Psychology, California State University, Northridge, April 2015.

Akiko Yasuike, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Sociology

APPOINTMENTS • Main Divisional Editor of Sociology, Journal of Integrated Social Sciences. PRESENTATIONS • “Children of a Global Age: What Can we Learn from Undocumented Students?” at the Ninth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, Vancouver, Canada, June 2014.

33. F A C U LT Y

Associate Professor, Sociology

Qualitative social science research projects encourage students to get involved in social issues by offering a tool to analyze them and forcing the students to interact with those who are directly affected by the issues. Research projects help students develop skills, values and attitudes that cannot be easily developed in conventional class settings.

A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

AKIKO YASUIKE

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Center for Leadership and Values

Jamshid Damooei, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management Charles Maxey, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

• $20,000 contract from Ventura County Community Foundation for the preparation of the State of the Region Report for Ventura County (Ventura County Civic Alliance).

Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) Consulting Projects

Dan Hamilton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management William Watkins, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Management

• $15,000 contract from Western States Petroleum Association for an economic impact study for the Ventura County oil industry. • $15,000 contract from Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy for a project titled “Impacts of Rising Energy Costs on the San Joaquin Valley’s Economy and on San Joaquin Valley Industries.” • $12,475 contract from the Southern California Association of Governments for a Ventura County Economic Forecast including three alternate scenarios for the long-term jobs forecast. • $10,900 contract from the City of Oakland for a custom forecast of the city’s major revenue streams.

Too often students think all the answers are already in the textbooks, especially in the sciences. Getting students to be comfortable seeking out what is not known and letting it drive their learning in the lab is my goal in mentoring students.

CHAD BARBER Assistant Professor, Biology

Other Program Grants

Chad Barber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biology

• $1,500 grant from the Community Leaders Association and a $3,000 grant from UCLA Health to organize a free public symposium on cutting-edge research in neurobiology.

Jamie Bedics, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

• $5,000 Charles J. Gelso Psychotherapy Research Grant from the American Psychological Association for a study involving a moment-to-moment analysis of the therapeutic process as a predictor of outcome during dialectical behavior therapy for the treatment of borderline personality disorder.

Nathan Carlson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mathematics

• $1,500 grant from the Community Leaders Association and a $2,000 grant from the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute to help fund the Thousand Oaks Math Teachers’ Circle forums.

Rachel Casas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

• $2,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association to enable clinical psychology doctoral students to conduct neurobehavioral health assessments of farmworkers.

Debby Chang, B.S., Lecturer, Languages and Cultures

• $1,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association for the university’s annual Chinese New Year celebration.

Cary Dritz, Ed.D., Lecturer, Graduate School of Education Robert Fraisse, Ph.D., Distinguished Educator in Residence and Interim Dean, Graduate School of Education Nancy Myers, M.A., Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education • $30,000 private school grant sub-award from the Newark Unified School District to design a professional learning platform to support administrators and school leaders in their role as instructional facilitators of change.

Rafaela Fiore Urízar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Languages and Cultures

• $31,000 grant from PACE, in collaboration with Aarhus University in Denmark, for a project titled “Promoting a Culture of Entrepreneurship: Unleashing Enterprising Creativity through Novel Pedagogy.”

Veronica Guerrero, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, School of Management

• $1,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association for “How Full is Your Bucket?” a leadership program to enable business students to lead eighth-graders in an exercise exploring the importance of gratitude and kindness in finding fulfillment.

Hugh Lamont, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Exercise Science

• $1,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association to present a public symposium on science-based approaches to athletic training.

Maura Martindale, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education

• $1,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association to enable teacher candidates to teach speech to students with the No Limits for Deaf Children program in the summer.

Nancy Myers, M.A., Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education

• $45,710 grant from No Child Left Behind to support our efforts to contribute to the No Child Left Behind Initiative. • $28,404 grant from the California Subject Matters Project to support ongoing quality professional development.

Michael Panesis, MBA, Distinguished Executive in Residence, School of Management

• $1,500 grant from the Community Leaders Association and $1,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation for the 2015 Entrepreneurship Speaker Series.

Jean Kelso Sandlin, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Communication

• $2,500 grant from the City of Thousand Oaks and a $500 grant from private funders for implementation of a studentcreated integrated marketing campaign designed to introduce city residents to biochar, a soil amendment that reduces water use and fosters plant health.

Andrea Sell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Psychology

• $1,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association to support research into cognitive processes in older adulthood.

Ryan Sharma, Psy.D., Assistant Professor, Graduate Psychology

• $1,000 diversity award from the National Council of Schools and Programs in Professional Psychology to attend the Mid-winter Scientific Conference.

Leslie Veen, D.Min., Lecturer, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary • $5,000 grant from the Routh Family Foundation to underwrite the Evangelism and Justice Salon Series.

C O N T R A C T S

• $2,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association to buy an eye-tracking system for research into improving social functioning among young adults on the autism spectrum.

• $1,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association for training as a certified X-ray technician in bone densitometry.

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Michael Gerson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Psychology

Louise Kelly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Exercise Science

G R A N T S

William B. Gartner, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management

• $500 grant from the Community Leaders Association to host the fourth annual Conejo Valley Film Festival. • $1,500 grant from the City of Westlake Village and $1,500 grant from the Trimberger Foundation for Kingsmen Shakespeare Company “Shakespeare Educational Tours” in local schools. • $8,500 grant from the City of Thousand Oaks Community Event Endowment Fund for the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival.

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• $2,000 grant from the Community Leaders Association to film interviews with Hispanic students and their families about their experiences at Cal Lutheran.

Timothy Hengst, M.A., Professor, Multimedia

A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S F A C U LT Y 36.

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