Professional Spotlight Spring 2015

PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Paul Blanchet, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders, published "Advancing Graduate Education in Alaryngeal Speech Rehabilitation: Project AL" in Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, Vol. 41, p. 149-154, Fall 2014; "The Effect of a Modeled /r/ Articulatory Disorder on Listener Perceptions of Speech Skills and Personality Traits" in Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, Vol. 41, p. 149-154, Fall 2014, with co-authors Susan Cronin, Dr. Bruce Klonsky and Nicole Piazza, State University of New York at Fredonia; "Factors Influencing the Effects of Delayed Auditory Feedback on Dysarthric Speech Associated with Parkinson's Disease" in Journal of Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies and Hearing Aids, Vol. 2, 2014, with co-author Dr. Paul Hoffman, Louisiana State University.

Dr. William V. Davis, professor of English and writer-in-residence, published "Corminbeouf 432" and "Seventeen" (poems) in Gargoyle, Vol. 61, p. 68, 2014; "An Unexpected Visit" (poem) in The Antigonish Review, Vol. 178, p. 45, Summer 2014.

Dr. Nathan T. Elkins, assistant professor of art history, published Art in the Round: New Approaches to Ancient Coin Iconography, 2014, with co-author Dr. Stefan Krmnicek, Eberhard-Karls Universitat Tubingen; "Taxes, Liberty, and the Quadrantes of Caligula" in Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 174, p. 111-118, 2014; "Working and the Intersection of Text, Archaeology, and Visual Culture: A New Interpretation of Juvenal 1.95-146" (chapter) in F. Kemmers, T. Maurer, and B. Rabe (eds.), Lege Artis. Festschrift für Hans-Markus von Kaenel (Bonn: Habelt Verlag), 2014.

Dr. Kevin Gardner, professor of English, published "Serio-Comic Poetic Antique Collecting" in Sewanee Review, Winter 2015; "John Gay, Court Patronage, and 'The Fables'" (essay) in Reinardus: Yearbook of the International Reynard Society, 2015.

Dr. Greg Garrett, professor of English, published Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination, Oxford University Press, Fall 2014.

Kathy Hillman, associate professor and director of Baptist collections and library advancement, published "Chosen, Loved, Adopted - Forever!" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 126, Issue 47, November 24, 2014; "Are we there yet?" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 126, Issue 48, Dec. 1, 2014; "Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday" in Baptist Standard (online only), Dec. 8, 2014; "'Tis love that's born tonight" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 126, Issue 50, Dec. 15, 2014; "Stars and the Star of Hope" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 126, Issue 51, Dec. 22, 2014; "Upward and Onward" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 127, Issue 1, Jan. 5, 2015; "Precious Pearls: Partners in Ministry" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 127, Issue 3, Jan. 19, 2015; "175 Years and Counting - Blest Be Ties That Bind" and "Dirty Faith: Bringing the Love of Christ to the Least of These by David Z. Nowell (Bethany House, 2014)" (book review) in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 127, Issue 5, Feb. 2, 2015; "Covered with Love" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 127, Issue 6, Feb. 9, 2015; "Poster Board, Popcorn and Public School" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 127, Issue 7, Feb. 16, 2015; "Trailblazing Pastors Marvin Griffin and Harold Branch" in Baptist Standard Digital Edition, Vol. 127, Issue 8, Feb. 23, 2015.

Dr. Kyle Irwin, assistant professor of sociology, published "Social Science Research" in Gender, Trust and Cooperation in Environmental Social Dilemmas, Vol. 50, p. 328-342, March 2015, with co-authors Kimberly Edwards, sociology research assistant, and Jeffrey Tamburello, sociology research assistant.

Dr. Joshua King, associate professor of English, published "Christianity: Introduction" (essay) in Reading the Abrahamic Faiths: Rethinking Religion and Literature, p. 117-129, December 2014; "Coleridge's Late Confessions: Personification, Convention, and Free Agency" in Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net, Issue 62, p. 1-29, 2014.

Dr. Jeff B. Lee, CASPER adjunct assistant professor, published "Ultra-relativistic thermodynamics and aberrations of the cosmic microwave background radiation" in Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. 30, Issue 9, p. 1550045, March 3, 2015, with co-author Dr. Gerald B. Cleaver, professor of physics and graduate program director.

Dr. Antonio J. Macias, assistant professor of finance, published "Broken Promises: The Role of Reputation in Private Equity Contracting and Strategic Default" in The Journal of Corporation Law, 2015, with co-authors Dr. Matthew D. Cain, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Dr. Steven Davidoff-Solomon, University of California at Berkeley / New York Times; "Employees and the market for Corporate Control" in Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 31, p. 33-53, April 2015, with co-author Dr. Christo Pirinsky, George Washington University / Cornerstone Research.

Dr. Andrew Meyer, assistant professor of sport foundations, published "Radical Orthodoxy and the Emergence of Spiritual Hero-Athletes: Examining Lance Armstrong's 'Illness' Narrative" in Journal of Disability and Religion, Vol. 18, Issue 2, p. 157-172, 2014, with co-author Dr. Nick Watson, York St John University (United Kingdom).

Dr. Ann Mirabito, associate professor of marketing, published "The Death of Contracts" in Duquesne Law Review, Vol. 2, Issue 2, June 2014, with co-author Dr. Franklin Snyder, Texas A&M School of Law.

Dr. Byron Newberry, professor of mechanical engineering, published "Engineering Artifacts" (chapter) in Philosophy and Engineering: Reflections on Practice, Principles and Process, 2014; International Perspectives on Engineering Education: Engineering Education and Practice in Context Volume I and Engineering Identities, Epistemologies and Values: Engineering Education and Practice in Context Volume II, 2015, with co-authors Dr. Steen Hyldgaard Christensen, Aarhus University Denmark, Dr. Christelle Didier, University of Lille III France, Dr. Andrew Jamison, Aalborg University Denmark, Dr. Martin Meganck, KU Leuven Belgium, and Dr. Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines; "The Role of Research in Academic Drift Processes in European and American Professional Engineering Education outside the Universities" (chapter) in International Perspectives on Engineering Education: Engineering Education and Practice in Context Volume I, 2015, with co-author Dr. Steen Hyldgaard Christensen, Aarhus University Denmark; "Dialectics of Engineering" and "Efficiency Animals: Efficiency as an Engineering Value" (chapters) in Engineering Identities, Epistemologies and Values: Engineering Education and Practice in Context Volume II, 2015.

Dr. Roger E. Olson, Foy Valentine Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics, published Reclaiming Pietism: Retrieving and Evangelical Tradition, 2015, with co-author Dr. Christian Collins Winn, Bethel University.

Dr. Qin Sheng, professor of mathematics, published "Exponential time differencing Crank-Nicolson method with a quartic spline approximation for nonlinear Schr" in Appl. Math. Computations, Vol. 235, Issue 3, p. 235-252, November 2014, with co-authors Dr. X Liang and Dr. A Khaliq, Middle Tennessee State University; "Adaptive decomposition methods for the solution of certain highly oscillatory optic wave problems" in ECT Proceedings, Vol. 9, Issue 2, p. 115-132, November 2014; "ADI, LOD and modern decomposition methods for certain multiphysics applications" in Journal of Algorithms & Computational Tech, Vol. 9, Issue 1, p. 105-120, January 2015.

Jeffrey Tamburello, sociology research assistant, published "Religious Research Association, Inc. 2014" in Religious Coping: The Role of Religion in Attenuating the Effect of Sexual Victimization of College Women on Trust, Vol. 56, Issue 4, p. 581-595, Dec. 17, 2014, with co-authors Dr. Kyle Irwin, assistant professor of sociology, and Dr. Martha Sherman, assistant professor of sociology.

Dr. Jeremy Uecker, assistant professor of sociology, published "Marital Characteristics and the Sexual Relationships of U.S. Older Adults: An Analysis of National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project Data" in Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 44, Issue 1 (2014), p. 233-247, Sept. 20, 2014, with co-authors Dr. Samuel Stroope, Louisiana State University, and Dr. Michael McFarland, Florida State University; "Social Context and College Completion in the United States: The Role of Congregational Biblical Literalism" in Sociological Perspectives, Vol. 58, Issue 1, p. 120-137, March 2015, with co-authors Dr. Samuel Stroope, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and Dr. Aaron B. Franzen, Hope College, Holland, Mich.

Dr. Marley Watkins, visiting scholar of educational psychology, published "Gender differences in latent cognitive abilities and education links with g in Italian elders" in Learning and Individual Differences, Vol. 34, p. 276-282, 2015, with co-authors Dr. Marco Tommasi and Dr. Aristide Saggino, University of Chieti-Pescara Italy, and Dr. Arturo Orsini, Dr. Lina Pezzuti and Dr. Laura Cianci, University of Rome.

Dr. Chris Wynveen, assistant professor of health, human performance and recreation, published "A place meaning scale for tropical marine settings" in Environmental Management, Vol. 55, Issue 1, p. 128-142, 2015, with co-author Dr. Gerald Kyle, Texas A&M University; "Engaging the public in climate change-related pro-environmental behaviors to protect coral reefs: The role of public trust in the management agency" in Marine Policy, Vol. 53, p. 131-140, 2015, with co-author Dr. Stephen Sutton, James Cook University; "Applying the value-belief-norm theory to marine contexts: Implications for encouraging pro-environmental behavior" in Coastal Management, Vol. 43, Issue 1, p. 84-103, 2015, with co-authors Dr. Brooklynn Wynveen, Sam Houston State University, and Dr. Stephen Sutton, James Cook University.

PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Shelby Garner, assistant professor of nursing, presented "Population and Sampling in Qualitative Research" at 18th Annual National Conference of Nursing Research Society of India, held Nov. 26, 2014, in Indore, India; "International Trends in Nursing Education: Simulation" at Regional Conference: Striving for Excellence in Nursing Education and Professional Development, held Jan. 6, 2015, in Bengaluru, India.

Dr. Greg Garrett, professor of English, presented "From Homer to the Hunger Games: Imaginative Reading for Preaching, Teaching and Formation" at W.C. Dobbs Endowed Lecture, held Oct. 1, 2014, at Truett Seminary, Baylor University; "The Gospel According to Hollywood" at Faith and Film, held Oct. 23, 2014, at Baylor University.

Dr. Eric Lai, professor of music theory, presented "From Re-merger to Re-emergence: The Evolution of Chou Wen-chung's Music" at Common Practice 21C: Classical, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Music, held March 14, 2015, at Rice University, Houston.

Dr. Debbie McMahon, coordinator of assessment and program improvement, presented "Lost in the Cloud: Cultural Lag in the Transition to E-textbooks" at Southwestern Social Science Association, held April 2014 in San Antonio.

Dr. Andrew Meyer, assistant professor of sports foundations, presented "Can we admit it yet? Lance Armstrong did some good while being bad" and "How can we help? The role of the church and other religious organizations when the games come to town" with Dr. John White, Harold and Dottie Riley assistant professor of practical theology and director of the sports chaplaincy/ministry program, at North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Conference, held November 2014 in Portland, Ore.

Dr. Marlene S. Neill, assistant professor of journalism, public relations and new media, presented "Public relations' collaborative role in ethics and values communication" at 18th Annual International Public Relations Research Conference, held March 5, 2015, in Miami.

Dr. Qin Sheng, professor of mathematics, presented "Numerical PDEs and the legacy of ADI and LOD methods" at 2014 R.W. Yeagy Colloquium, held Nov. 3, 204, at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches; "Compact decomposition algorithms for highly oscillatory waves in radially symmetric fields," co-authored by Dr. Haiwei Sun, University of Macau, and "An extended note on n-component exponential splitting with applications in solving high dimensional partial differential equations" at SCPDE International Conference, held Dec. 8-12, 2014, in Hong Kong; "The Journey and expectations of the exponential splitting methods" at Joint AMA-MAA-SIAM Annual Math Meetings, held Jan. 10-13, 2015, in San Antonio.

Dr. Rishi Sriram, assistant professor of educational administration, and Melissa McLevain, graduate student in higher education and student affairs, presented "Grading Myself: How Faculty-in-Residence Might Be Evaluated" at annual meeting of NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, held March 24, 2015, in New Orleans.

Dr. Jay Yoo, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, presented "Understanding Body-Tanning Behaviors of College Students: The Interface Between Tanning Attitudes and Behaviors" and "Systematic Review of College Student Body-Tanning Behavior: New Campaign for College Students" with Stephanie Shull, undergraduate student, at 97th Annual Family and Consumer Sciences Conference - Texas Affiliate, held March 6, 2015, in San Antonio.

HONORS

Dr. Timothy W Burns, professor of political science, received 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title from Choice (Current Review for Academic Libraries) for Shakespeare's Political Wisdom (Palgrave, April 2013).

Dr. Gerald Bryan Cleaver, professor of physics and graduate program director, named Science Advisor for the Catholic University of America's Homeschooling Textbook "The Crossroads of Science and Faith: Astronomy Through the Christian Worldview" from Catholic University of America School of Education for accomplishments and reputation in the science/faith arena, 2014.

Dr. Shelby L. Garner, assistant professor of nursing, received Appointment to Professional Issues Panel: Barriers to RN Scope of Practice from American Nurses Association for National Expert, January 2015.

Kathy Hillman, associate professor and director of Baptist collections and library advancement, named President of The Baptist General Convention of Texas, Nov. 17, 2014, for election as president of major Baptist body.

Dr. Julie Holcomb, assistant professor of museum studies, received Gest Foundation from The Quaker Collection, Haverford College, for projects that should include religion as a focus and be interdisciplinary and cross-cultural, 2015-2016.

Terry M. Roller, professor of graphic design, received silver and bronze awards from Advertising Club of Waco for American Advertising Awards, Feb. 19, 2015.

Dr. Qin Sheng, professor of mathematics, received invitation of a keynote lecture from Nanjing University and the ICNADE Conference, China, for outstanding research in computational math, 2014; received invitation of a keynote lecture from the CMMSE Committee and Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, for outstanding research in computational math, 2015.

Dr. Rishi Sriram, assistant professor of educational administration, selected for the editorial board of the Journal of College Student Development for scholarly achievement in the study of higher education, March 12, 2015.

Dr. Jay Yoo, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences, named Vice President of Academic Affairs by American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas Affiliate, to coordinate and oversee the activities of the scholarship and research committee, March 5, 2015.