Insights Spring/Summer 2013 - Saint Martin's University

Robert Hauhart, Ph.D., J.D., associate professor of criminal
justice, has signed a contract with Jossey-Bass Publishers,
San Francisco, to write a book on developing and teaching
senior seminar capstone courses across the higher education
curriculum. Hauhart and his co-author, Jon E. Grahe
from Pacific Lutheran University, have become nationally
recognized researchers and instructors on capstone pedagogy.
Starting in 2008, Hauhart and Grahe developed a series
of studies, conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications
on the senior seminar in sociology and psychology.
Their 2010 publication in Teaching Sociology, “The Undergraduate
Capstone Course in the Social Sciences: Results
of a Regional Survey,” was selected as one of three finalists
from over 100 articles nominated nationwide for the Maryellen
Weimer Award, supported by Magna Publications, as
the best research publication on teaching in 2011. This year,
Hauhart had articles published in World Review of Political
Economy, International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, and
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology. In March, he
presented “Toward a Sociology of the American Dream” at
the 84th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association,
in Reno, Nevada.
John Hopkins, associate dean of students and director
of service and diversity initiatives, presented his paper,
“Justice and American Indian Education: A Reconciliation
Approach,” at the Philosophy of Education Society Annual
Conference in Portland, Oregon, in March. The paper will
be published this year as an article in an upcoming issue of
the journal, Philosophy of Education Society. Last year, Hopkins’
article, “Maori Education: The Politics of Reconciliation and
Citizenship,” was published in Catalyst: A Social Justice Forum,
and his article, “Education of Indigenous Populations,” was
published in Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education.
Louise Kaplan, Ph.D., ARNP, FAANP, director of the
RN-to-BSN program, received the 2013 AANP Advocate
State Award for Excellence. This award, given annually by
the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, honors a
dedicated nurse practitioner advocate in each state who has
made a significant contribution toward increasing awareness
and acceptance of the nurse practitioner’s role. Kaplan
will be recognized in June during the AANP’s national conference
in Las Vegas, where she will be co-presenting her
study, “Evaluation of Washington State Health Professionals
Practices for Patients with Chronic Noncancer Pain,” with
Donelle Howell, Ph.D., assistant professor at the Washington
State University College of Nursing. Also in June, Kaplan
will be a guest speaker at the National Tainan Institute of
Nursing’s 60th anniversary celebration in Tainin, Taiwan.
While in Taiwan, she will be meeting with students, faculty
and staff at a local hospital.
Victor Kogan, Ph.D, professor of criminal justice and
sociology, recently presented on the topic, “If We Like to
Live as Greeks, We Have to Live as Germans,” at the 84th
Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association,
in Reno, Nevada, in March. Kogan also presented in the
association’s 2011 and 2012 annual meetings on the topics,
“Multiculturalism? Assimilation? Lessons from Singapore”
and “Case Against Multi-Citizenship,” respectively.
Kathleen McKain, associate professor of French, has been
invited to present at the 25th International Society for Humor
Studies Conference at the College of William and Mary
in July.
Stephen X. Mead, Ph.D., professor of English, presented
a paper on “Desacralizing the Body Politic: The Deposition
Scene of Richard II” at the annual conference of the Renaissance
Society of America held in San Diego in April.
Jeremy Newton, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology,
served as a co-author with his students, Timothy Templin
and Katrina Tuengel, on poster presentations at the Western
Psychology Association (WPA) Convention in Reno, Nevada,
in April. The students’ posters were based on their senior
thesis projects. Newton, Templin and Tuengel will be attending
the American Psychological Association (APA) Convention
in Hawaii this summer, where they will present a poster
on “Attending Holistically Versus Analytically in an Everyday
Environment.” This project is part of continuing research in
the experimental psychology lab looking at individual differences
in how people of different cultures remember scenes
from their environment. A number of other Saint Martin’s
students will be attending, and contributing poster presentations
to, the APA convention as well.
Additionally, Newton is a co-author on a poster presentation,
“Working Memory Capacity as a Moderator in the Processing
of Intrusion,” with Ling-Jun Liu, who was an exchange
student at Saint Martin’s. Liu is pursuing her graduate education
at Chung Shan Medical University in Taiwan, and this
presentation represents work that was started in a class that
she took with Newton at Saint Martin’s.
William “Scott” Norris, adjunct business faculty, received
the 2012 Joint Base Lewis-McChord Distinguished Faculty
Award in February.
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