Printed & Presented Archive

Spring 2006

The Journal of Experimental Biology has published two research articles by Kellar Autumn, associate professor of biology. The first article, coauthored with S.T. Hsieh, D.M. Dudek, J. Chen, C. Chitaphan, and R.J. Full, is titled “Dynamics of geckos running vertically” (209, 260-272). The second article, coauthored with J.J. Chen, A.M. Peattie, and R.J. Full, is titled “differential leg function in sprawled-posture quadrupedal trotters” (209).

American Scientist published Autumn’s research article “How gecko toes stick” (94, 124-132). Autumn, along with more than nine coauthors, published “Robotics in scansorial environments” in the Proceedings of SPIE (5804, 291-302).

Eleonora Beck, professor of music, has been invited to speak at an International Boccaccio Symposium, scheduled April 21-22 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The symposium is “Giovanni Boccaccio and Fourteenth-Century Italian Culture: Tradition and Innovation.” Beck’s presentation is titled “Musical Criticism in Boccaccio’s Decameron.”

The journal Perception & Psychophysics published an article Mark Becker, assistant professor of psychology, titled “Awareness of the Continuously Visible: Information Acquisition During Preview” (67, 1391-1403). H. Pashler coauthored the article.

In February, Becker, along with student I. Rasmussen, gave a presentation to the The Oregon Academy of Science’s annual meeting in Eugene, Ore. The presentation was titled “Scene-specific Visual Memory Guides the Allocation of Attention.”

Marcus E. Berglund, instructor in counseling psychology and clinical supervisor for the marriage and family therapy program, has bee named president-elect of Oregon’s state chapter of the American Association for Marriage and Family therapy. Following this two-year term, he will serve as the group’s president for two years.

Andrew Bernstein, assistant professor of history, published “Modern Passings; Death Rites, Politics, and Social Change in Imperial Japan” (University of Hawaii Press, 2006).

Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology, has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award. The award is one of the foundation’s most prestigious and supports the early career development activities of newer teacher-scholars who are considered most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Binford will receive $643,877 over a five-year period to develop her research program titled “Venom evolution in brown recluse spiders: a system for undergraduate training in integrative biology.”

Linda Christensen, director of the Oregon Writing Project led “Untracking for Equity and Justice,” to help West High School teachers untrack their classes in Madison, Wisconsin, in July.

Also in July, Christensen gave the keynote lecture at the University of California Writing Project conference in Los Angeles, California. Her presentation was titled “Teaching for Justice.”

In May, Christensen published an article, “Keeping a Social Justice Vision in the Land of Scripted Literacy,” in the journal Language Arts, 83 (5).

Christensen published an article, “Hurricane Katrina: Reading Injustice, Celebrating Solidarity” in the fall issue of Rethinking Schools, 21 (1).

Christensen published another piece, entitled “Home Cooking,” in the summer issue of Rethinking Schools, 20 (4).

Christensen’s article “Reading Chilpancingo,” was published in the spring 2006 issue of Rethinking Schools, 20 (3).

“Teacher Quality: Professional Development from the Inside,” an article by Christensen, was published in the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 3 (1).

In March, Rachel Cole, assistant professor of English, will give a paper entitled “Derrida’s Human Other: How Strange is the Stranger” at the American Comparative Literature Association conference. Her presentation is part of a seminar called “Is Any Humanism Possible?”

In January, Peter Cookson, dean of the graduate school, Sherri Carreker, instructor in teacher education, and Nancy Nagel, graduate school associate dean, presented a session at the annual American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education conference. The presentation was titled “Preparing and Retaining New Teachers to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Students.”

In February, Cookson served as Principal for a Day at Vernon Elementary School in northeast Portland. Part of a national program, Principal for a Day is coordinated locally by the Portland Schools Foundation and is a partnership program to increase awareness of public education and create connections between schools and business.

Cookson and Nagel serve as coeditors of the newly acquired journal Democracy & Education. The first edition published by the graduate school debuted in January.

Chana Cox, senior lecturer in the humanities, published “Liberty: God’s Gift to Humanity” (Lexington Books, 2006).

A story by Annie Dawid, professor of English, is included in a new volume titled “Out of Line: Imaginative Writings on Peace and Justice” (Garden House Press, 2006). The book features Dawid’s story “In Dostoyevski’s Atmosphere.”

Brian Detweiler-Bedell and Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, assistant professors of psychology, published an article in the February issue of the journal Cognition & Emotion, 20(2), 196-216. The article, coauthored with Peter Salovey of Yale University, is titled “Mood-congruent perceptions of success depend on self-other framing.”

Julia Duncan, senior communications officer for new media, earned a national Silver CASE Circle of Excellence award for Inside L&C, a website created exclusively for admitted Lewis & Clark students.

In January, Mark Duntley, dean of the chapel, gave a talk in Beaverton titled “End of Life Ethics.”

William F. Funk, professor of law, published a book titled “Administrative Law: Examples and Explanations (second ed.)” (Aspen Law & Business, 2006). Topics covered in this book include thorough coverage of the Administrative Procedure Act, as well as other key statutes and judicial opinions, government acquisition of private information, and public access to government information.

Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, published an article in the journal Worldwatch. The article titled “Climate Change: What the World Needs Now is... Politics” (19-1, January/February 2006), argues that environmentalists should embrace politics to effect positive solutions for climate change and clean energy technology.

John P. Grant, professor of law, published a book titled “International Criminal Law Deskbook” (Cavendish Publishing, 2006). The book provides a selection of international criminal law documents, organized within broad subject headings and with introductions to each document.

Roger Groves, visiting professor of law, has published “Innocence in the Red Zone: The Adversity and Opportunity of Bobby Williams: the Story of an African-American Coach in Big Time College Football” (BookSurge Publishing, 2006). The book analyzes hiring and support of African American coaches in Big Ten college football programs.

In March, Elaine Hirsch, Watzek Library reference librarian, gave an Oregon Chautauqua presentation titled “Exploring Lewis and Clark through Children’s Literature.” She delivered the talk in Hood River.

Tom Hochstettler, president, has been elected to serve at-large on the board of Oregon Independent College Association. He also serves on the executive committee for Oregon Independent College Foundation as the secretary-treasurer. Founded in 1950, the foundation is a nonprofit fund-raising and programmatic consortium of Oregon's leading private colleges and universities.

Vern Jones, professor of education, chair of teacher education and educational leadership, and associate dean of administration for the graduate school, has authored a chapter in “Handbook of Classroom Management: Research, Practice and Contemporary Issues” (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates). The chapter is titled “How do teachers learn to be effective classroom managers?” (887-908).

Jones also published the eighth edition of “Comprehensive classroom management: Creating positive learning environments and solving problems” (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2007). The book is a leading text on research and the best practices teachers can use to create a positive learning environment and deal with challenges in K-12 classrooms.

Jim Kopp, director of the Watzek Library, published an article titled “Seeking Prosperity and Freedom on the Oregon Coast: The Bellamy Colony, Lincoln County, Oregon (1897-1899).” The article, published in Communal Studies (Vol. 25, 2005, p. 57-74) was coauthored by Carol Ginter, descendant of a member of the short-lived colony.

In March, Kopp gave an Oregon Chautauqua presentation titled “Eden Within Eden: Exploring Oregon’s Utopian Heritage” in Scio, Oregon.

Nikolaus Loening, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a Merck/American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Undergraduate Science Research Program award of $60,000 over three years.

In January, Nancy Nagel, associate dean for faculty of the graduate school, coordinated the Oregon New Teacher Summit at the graduate school. The summit brought together over 80 teachers, administrators, and educators from across the Northwest to address issues surrounding new teachers in schools.

In March, Nagel authored an editorial as part of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Education Forum series, featured on OPB’s website. Titled “New Teachers Need Support to Succeed,” the essay discussed issues facing new teachers in Oregon’s schools and the New Teacher Summit held at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling in January of 2006.

Roger Nelsen, professor of mathematics, published two books: the second edition of “An Introduction to Copulas” (Springer, 2006), and “Math Made Visual: XCreating Images for Understanding Mathematics” (Mathematical Association of America, 2006). His coauthor on “Math Made Visual” is Claudi Alsina.

John T. Parry, professor of law, published a book titled “Evil, Law and the State: Perspectives on State Power and Violence” (Rodopi Press, 2006). The book’s 15 essays bring multiple perspectives to bear on the problems of state-sponsored evil and violence and on the ways in which law enables or responds to them.

Bruce Podobnik, associate professor of sociology, published “Global Energy Shifts” (Temple University Press, 2005). The book draws parallels between the “coal panics” that once swept through Britain and the “oil panics” that grip the world today.

Paul Powers, assistant professor of religious studies, published a textbook titled, “Intent in Islamic Law: Motive and Meaning in Medieval Sunni Fiqh” (Brill Academic Publishers, 2005). The book explores the legal issue of intent in all major areas of pre-modern Islamic substantive law including ritual, commercial, family, and penal law.

James Proctor, professor of environmental studies, organized, edited, and published a series of articles on complexity theory in the journal BioScience. His introductory article citation, coauthored with Brendon M.H. Larson, is titled “Ecology, complexity, and metaphor,” 55 (12): 1065-68.

He organized, edited, and published a series of articles on geography and religion in Annals of the Association of American Geographers. His articles are titled “Introduction: Theorizing and studying religion,” 96 (1): 165-168, and “Religion as trust in authority: Theocracy and ecology in the United States,” 96 (1): 188-196.

In the 2005-06 academic year, he directed a multi-year collaborative research project titled “New Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion”, held in Santa Barbara, Calif. As part of this project, he facilitated three workshops in which scholarly participants drawn from the U.S. and Europe, representing the physical and life sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and humanities and theology, examined the interrelation of nature, science, and religion.

In February, Michael Rathbun, visiting assistant professor of art, gave a lecture at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, about his large-scale sculptural works.

Amy Rees, assistant professor of counseling psychology, published an article, co-written with Molly Padulo, in Women and Therapy, 29 (1, 2), 63-81. The article is titled “Motivating women with disordered eating towards empowerment and change using narratives of archetypal metaphor.” It is about narrative therapy techniques designed to assist women suffering from body image, weight issues, and eating disorders in telling their own story while using the guise of symbols.

In March, William Rottschaefer, professor emeritus of philosophy, will give four presentations:

“Mythic Religious Naturalism: A Naturalistic Critique of Loyal Rue’s ‘Religion is not about God,’” Philosophy Colloquium, Lewis & Clark College.

“Parenting and Moral Learning.” The Society for Empirical Ethics, American Philosophical Association Pacific Division meeting, in Portland.

“The Many Places of Knowledge in Nature: Reflections on Hilary Kornblith’s‘The Place of Knowledge in Nature.’” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division meeting, Portland.

“Who is the Real Hilary Kornblith?: Reply to Witmer.” The American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division meeting, Portland.

The graduate school’s Future Leaders program, coordinated by Tom Ruhl, assistant professor of education, and Carol Smith, instructor in education, has been selected for an Exemplary Program Award from the Conferences and Professional Programs Award Committee of the University Counsel Educational Administration. The program is a joint venture developed by the graduate school’s educational administration department, Beaverton School District, and Portland State University’s educational leadership department.

In February, Mike Sexton, dean of admissions, served as one of 30 admissions professionals chosen to select the 250 winners for the Coca Cola Scholarship Foundation in Atlanta.

Carol R. Smith, associate director of the graduate school's center for school leadership, serves on the board of trustees for the YMCA and the Regional Arts and Culture board of directors.

In March, Elizabeth Stanhope, assistant professor of mathematics, discussed “Music of the Spheres…and their Quotients” during a mathematics colloquium at Pacific University.

In February, Tim Stapleton, visiting instructor of theatre, gave a partial reading of his manuscript “Fire in the Mountains: Growing Up Gay in Appalachia.” The reading took place at San Francisco’s New College of California.

In March, a series of Stapleton’s paintings, titled “Saving Life,” will be on view at Colosso in northeast Portland.

In April, Stapleton’s scenery design for Lanford Wilson’s play “Redwood Curtain” can be seen at Profile Theatre Project in southeast Portland. In May, the CoHo Theatre features his theatrical design work for Marina Carr’s play “By the Bog of Cats.”

Elaine Sutherland, professor of law, published “Offending and Offensive Young People: Why Mandatory Parenting Education Is Not the Answer” in the 2005 edition of The International Survey of Family Law.

In April, Maria Timmons Flores, assistant professor of teacher education, presented “Preparing Preservice Teachers for Linguistic Diversity: From Case Study to Collaborative Research Agenda” at the American Education Research Association symposium in San Francisco.

Juan Carlos Toledano, assistant professor of Hispanic studies, published an article in the November issue of Science Fiction Studies, 32 (3), 442-466. The article is titled “From Socialist Realism to Anarchist Capitalism: Cuban Cyberpunk.” He also published an article titled “Pubis angelical: entre la violencia de género y el fin del tiempo” in the December issue of Ciberletras.

In February, Toledano presented a paper titled “Sputniks in Castro’s Cuba.” He delivered the talk at the Cuban Research Institute Conference in Miami.

Justin Tussing, visiting assistant professor of English, has published a new book titled “The Best People in the World” (HarperCollins, 2006). The volume has received favorable reviews from the New York Times Book Review and USA Today.

Elliott Young, associate professor of history, has been invited to deliver the Arthur G. Pettit Memorial Lecture at Colorado College, on March 6. His lecture is titled “Transamérica: Cross-Dressers and Gunslingers in the Borderlands.”

Young’s book “Catarino Garza's Revolution on the Texas-Mexico Border” (Duke University Press, 2004) has been awarded the 2005 Kate Broocks Bates Award for the best book on Texas history up to 1900. The prize carries a $3,000 stipend.

Greg Walters, director of human resources, will give a presentation in March to the Nevada chapter of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. His talk is titled “Challenges Facing Human Resource Professionals in Higher Education.”