| Date | Title |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Suwako Watanabe gives workshop on advocacy
Suwako Watanabe, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, gave a workshop titled "Advocacy 101" at the Confederation in Oregon For Language Teaching Fall Conference, Salem, Oct. 10. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Steve Johnson presents at planning association meeting in London
Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, presented a paper on public participation in sustainable community development at the Town and Country Planning Association in London on Sept. 18. Johnson was also appointed adviser to the newly-formed International Town Management Institute of Japan in Sendai, Japan. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Tom Hastings speaks on public peace intellectuals
Tom Hastings, Conflict Resolution adjunct faculty, presented a paper, "Public Peace Intellectuals," at the annual Peace and Justice Studies Society conference at Marquette University, Milwaukee, on Oct. 10. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Dave Ervin and Jim Thayer speak on sustainable manufacturing
Dave Ervin, Economics and Environmental Sciences and Management faculty, and Jim Thayer, Business Administration adjunct faculty, made presentations to a National Institute of Standards and Technology workshop, "Sustainable Manufacturing: Metrics, Standards, and Infrastructure," in Gaithersburg, Md., on Oct. 13-15. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Amy Donaldson speaks on support of autistic children
Amy Donaldson, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, gave an invited presentation, "The ‘Umbrella' of Social Communicative-Competence: How to Support Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders," at the Oregon Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference in Bend, Oct. 10. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Jack Corbett speaks on internationalizing public administration
Jack Corbett, Public Administration faculty, presented "Internationalizing Public Administration: Acting Globally, Thinking Locally" at the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Victoria, B.C., on Oct. 16. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
F. Rudolf Beyl and Nancy Waller give talks at mathematics seminar
F. Rudolf Beyl and Nancy Waller, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, presented joint work in two talks on "The Geometric Realization Problem" at the International Seminar on Low-Dimensional Homotopy Theory and Combinatorial Group Theory in Joseph, Ore., on July 18. This seminar was supported by the National Science Foundation (USA) and the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Canada), with Beyl as the principal investigator. |
| 26 Oct 2009 |
Carl Abbott represents paper on Cascadia region
Carl Abbott, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, represented a paper on "Competing Cascadias: Imagining a Region over Four Decades" at the meeting of the Society for American City and Regional Planning History in Oakland, Calif. on Oct. 17. |
| 19 Oct 2009 |
Dilafruz Williams speaks on socio-ecological pedagogies
Dilafruz Williams, Education faculty, participated in an invited symposium, "Socio-Ecological Pedagogies," at the North American Association of Environmental Education annual conference in Portland, Oct. 9. |
| 19 Oct 2009 |
Robert Strongin speaks on disease detection at Washington State University
Robert Strongin, Chemistry faculty, gave an invited lecture, "Organic Dyes for White Light, Near IR Emission and Disease Detection," at Washington State University, Oct. 5. |
| 19 Oct 2009 |
Anousha Sedighi speaks at Iranian linguistics conference in Paris
Anousha Sedighi, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, presented a paper titled "Feel-like Constructions and Intentionality in Persian" at the Third International Conference on Iranian Linguistics held at the University of Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle, in September. |
| 19 Oct 2009 |
Rudi Nussbaum speaks on children’s leukemia and nuclear power plants
Rudi Nussbaum, Physics and Environmental Sciences emeritus faculty, was interviewed by the journal Environmental Health Perspectives about the scientific significance and public health implications of a recent study on childhood leukemia in proximity to German nuclear power plants. Children under five years of age, residing less than 5 km from the reactors, are at more than twice the normal risk to contract leukemia. The article "Childhood Leukemia and Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants" appeared in the October 2009 issue of the journal. |
| 19 Oct 2009 |
Eric Mankowski presents papers at Society for Community Research & Action meeting
Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, presented two papers, "Graduate Education in Community Research and Action: Preparing Students for Practice" and "Patterns of Work-Related Abusive Behaviors and Impact on Abuser's Work Performance and Employment" at the 12th biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research & Action in Montclair, N.J., in June. |
| 19 Oct 2009 |
Steven Johnson speaks on inter-communal communications
Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, presented a paper, “Before Facebook: the Role of Gatherings in Inter-Communal Communications in the Later 20th Century,” at the “From Eden to Ecotopia” conference of the Communal Studies Association, Aurora, Ore., Oct. 2. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Dilafruz Williams speaks at Fulbright Teacher Exchange workshop
Dilafruz Williams, Education faculty, gave a keynote, "Innovations in K-12 Public Schools," at the Fulbright Classroom Teacher Exchange Program In-Service Workshop, Academy for Educational Development, in Portland, Oct. 1. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Inger Olsen presents at international Danish American Heritage conference
Inger Olsen, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, presented a paper, "Piet Hein (1905-1996) A Renaissance Man," at the International Conference Sponsored by the Danish American Heritage Society in Minneapolis, Oct. 1-3. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Eric Mankowski presents papers at Intervening with Men who Batter conference
Eric Mankowski, Psychology faculty, presented two papers, "Work-Related Intimate Partner Violence: Research, Practice, and Policy Implications" and "A Comprehensive Survey of BIP Characteristics, Structure and Practices: Implications for Statewide Standards" at the conference Bridging Perspectives: Intervening with Men who Batter, in Minneapolis in May. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Mary King presents at Mexican conference
Mary King, Economics faculty, presented "Los Entendimientos Económicas Sobre la Migración Mexicana a los EE. UU." (Economic Understandings of Mexican Migration to the U.S.) at a conference at the Instituto Oaxaqueño de Atención al Migrante, Feb. 11. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Rick Johnson discusses his new book
Rick Johnson, Counselor Education faculty, discussed his book, Reclaiming Your Real Self: A Psychological and Spiritual Integration, at Controversial Books in San Diego, Oct. 16. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Sherril Gelmon presents at Oregon Health Forum
Sherril Gelmon, Public Administration faculty, presented "Defining a Value(s)-based System" at the Intersection Health conference for the Oregon Health Forum, Portland on Sept. 29. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Jeff Fletcher presents at Evolution of Cooperation Conference
Jeff Fletcher, Systems Science and University Studies faculty, presented an invited talk, "Altruism Theories, Models, and Definitions: Prospects for Unification," at the Evolution of Cooperation: Models and Theories conference, hosted by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, Austria, Sept. 15-18. |
| 12 Oct 2009 |
Talya Bauer appears on panel at technology entrepreneurship symposium
Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, was a panelist at the Seventh West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship, University of Washington, Seattle, Sept. 10. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Suwako Watanabe co-presents a leadership training workshop in Los Angeles
Suwako Watanabe, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, co-presented at the leadership training workshop held at the Japan Foundation Los Angeles offices, Aug. 3 and 4. The workshop's purpose was to train teachers of Japanese at K-16 schools to become professional leaders in the field of Japanese language education. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Craig Wollner speaks at engineering association dinner
Craig Wollner, Urban and Public Affairs, delivered the keynote address "Triple Play: The Mingled Destinies of Engineers and Oregon" for the 100th anniversary dinner of the Oregon section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Portland, Sept. 12. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Robert Strongin presents at National Institute of Justice meeting
Robert Strongin, Chemistry faculty, presented "Developing Fluorogenic Reagents for Detecting and Enhancing Bloody Fingerprints" at the National Institute of Justice 2009 General Forensics Research & Development Grantees Meeting, Tampa, Fla., Aug. 18. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Dirgham Sbait gives keynote address at Arab World conference
Dirgham Sbait, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, gave an invited keynote at the annual conference of the Arab Student Organization at University of Oregon, "Journey Through the Arab World," in Eugene, during May. At the conference, he also presented a paper titled "The Oral Poetry of the Arabs" accompanied by a DVD detailing extemporized-sung poetry of Palestinian poet-singers within the context of traditional and modern Arab weddings. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Inger Olsen participates in Danish abroad course
Inger Olsen, Foreign Languages and Literatures faculty, participated in the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation's annual course for professors teaching Danish abroad at Hindsgavl Castle, Denmark, July 27 to 31. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Wendy Machalicek co-presents at Association for Behavior Analysis conference
Wendy Machalicek, Education faculty, co-presented "Training Teachers to Assess the Challenging Behaviors of Students with Autism Using Video Tele-conferencing" at the Symposium at the Association for Behavior Analysis International 35th Annual Conference, Phoenix, in May. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Mary King presents at economics conference in Argentina
Mary King, Economics faculty, presented "Sustentabilidad y el paradigma de la economía feminista" (Sustainability and the Feminist Economic Paradigm) at the III Congreso Internacional de Economía y Gestión - ECON 2009 at University of Bueno Aires, May 26 to 29. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Jong Sung Kim co-presents at biometrics and statistics conference
Jong Sung Kim, Mathematics and Statistics faculty, and graduate student Jerzy Wieczorek presented "Extending MKSFitter to Right-Censored Data" at the 2009 Western North American Region of The International Biometric Society /Institute of Mathematical Statistics conference at PSU, June 15. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Pauline Jivanjee, Nancy Koroloff, Mandy Davis present at Building on Family Strengths Conference
Pauline Jivanjee, Nancy Koroloff, and Mandy Davis, Regional Research Institute faculty, presented "Improving Transitions to Adulthood for Youth with Mental Health Needs: Youth and Parents' Experiences and Recommendation for Improving Transition Supports" at the Building on Family Strengths Conference: Putting Youth & Families First, in Portland, June 23 to 25. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Jeffer Daykin speaks at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Jeffer Daykin, Capstone instructor, presented "Calming the Waters of Japan-U.S. Relations Through Commerce: The Reception of Shibusawa Eiichi's Trade Commission at the A-Y-P" at the Symposium on Asian-Pacific Peoples at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, Sept. 12. |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Mike Burton speaks to Public Relations Society of America's Portland chapter
Mike Burton, Extended Studies vice provost, presented "Evolving Public Relations, Social Media and Online Learning" at Public Relations Society of America Portland chapter's masters group, Sept. 22 |
| 05 Oct 2009 |
Talya Bauer appears on panel
Talya Bauer, Business Administration faculty, was a panel participant on "Current Controversies in Recruitment and Selection" at the Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, Aug. 7. As editor of the Journal of Management, Bauer also was a panelist on an Editor's Roundtable: Human Resource Management Doctoral Consortium, Meet the Editors Session: Human Resources Early Career Consortium, and Editor's Session: Organizational Behavior Doctoral Consortium. |
