Faculty Accomplishments brochure - Carroll College

2013Faculty 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

Compiled and 

presented by 

the Carroll 

College Faculty 

Development 

Committee

2013Faculty 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS 

Compiled and presented by the Carroll College Faculty Development Committee

Contents 

FOREWORD AND PREFACE. .................i 

FACULTY SPOTLIGHTS. .................... 1 

SCHOLARSHIP. ........................... 3 

Publications. .............................. 3 

Presentations. ............................. 7 

Grants and Awards ........................ 11 

TEACHING .............................. 13 

Promotion ............................... 13 

Teaching Awards and Recognition. ............. 13 

Development and Teaching of Special 

Topics Courses ......................... 14 

Senior Honors Thesis Advising ............... 15 

Study Abroad Participation. .................. 16 

SERVICE. ............................... 17 

Volunteer Work ........................... 17 

Public and Community Presentations .......... 19 

Promotional and Media-Based Activities ........ 21

FOREWORD 

It is a pleasure to have the opportunity once again to contribute some words of 

commendation for Carroll’s faculty in the fifth annual Faculty Accomplishments brochure. 

This is also an opportunity for me to thank the faculty members on the Faculty Development 

Committee—their good work has been instrumental in producing this publication and in 

supporting faculty in many other ways. 

It has been an exciting and exhilarating year at Carroll. With a new president on board, 

there is a kind of new beginning for the college. But the faculty remain the heart and soul 

of Carroll, and their continued excellence in all they do is clearly reflected here. Their active 

engagement in scholarship and creative works continues to take many forms and is manifest 

in a wide variety of venues locally, nationally, and globally. Many are sharing their talents 

and accomplishments by including their students in their research and supporting research 

initiated by their students. The effectiveness of the Carroll faculty in the classroom is due in 

large part to the passion they have for their areas of expertise, and their willingness to share 

their knowledge and insights with Carroll students. Their generosity of spirit is shown by 

their active engagement in many forms of service. 

The excellence of the Carroll faculty is also manifest in the awards and honors they have 

received for their leadership and in the many grants they bring into the college. The college 

is greatly enhanced by grants from institutions such as the Howard Hughes Medical 

Institute, the National Institute of Health, the Center for Disease Control, Youth Connections, 

the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Humanities Montana, the 

BACCHUS Network, the Forest Service, and several family foundations. 

It continues to be a pleasure and an honor to work with the faculty at Carroll, and I look 

forward to celebrating their future accomplishments. 

—Paula McNutt, Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College 

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PREFACE 

The Faculty Development Committee is proud to present the fifth edition of our document 

highlighting faculty accomplishments. This year, the Faculty Accomplishments 

brochure emphasizes three areas that serve as the cornerstones of a faculty member’s 

life: scholarship, teaching, and service. In 2012, Carroll faculty brought in over $681,000 

in internal and external grants and awards and published numerous scholarly articles, 

reviews, book chapters, and poems. Our colleagues not only attended and presented at 

national and international scholarly conferences but also made public presentations to 

community members in cities throughout Montana, the US, and the world. During the 

2012 calendar year, our colleagues visited a multitude of countries, traveling to places 

such as Italy, China, England, Denmark, and Guatemala. While teaching a wide variety 

of innovative interdisciplinary courses, advising honors theses, and leading study 

abroad programs, faculty at Carroll also won teaching awards and recognition from their 

colleagues and professional organizations around the country. The Carroll faculty also 

continue to generously donate their time, support, and expertise to a variety of service 

endeavors, such as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, the Montana Chapter of the 

Sierra Club, Habitat for Humanity, and the St. Peter’s Hospital Ethics Committee. 

These contributions in the areas of scholarship, teaching, and service reflect Carroll’s tradition 

of excellence and this brochure celebrates our faculty’s accomplishments in 2012. 

As members of the Faculty Development Committee, we are grateful for the opportunity 

to highlight our colleagues’ achievements and proud to work among such dedicated, 

talented, and generous professionals. We wish to acknowledge and thank several 

individuals who made this year’s brochure possible, including Dr. Tom Evans, president 

of Carroll College, and Dr. Paula McNutt, the senior vice president for academic affairs, 

whose offices provide the generous financial support necessary to produce this publication. 

We also extend our thanks to Dr. Jerry Berberet, former senior vice president for 

academic affairs, who emphasized the need for such a publication highlighting Carroll’s 

faculty and provided the impetus that originally made its creation possible, Dr. Dawn 

Gallinger, director of institutional effectiveness, for assisting us each year in gathering the 

information necessary to create this brochure, and Laura Ottoson, in the Office of Institutional 

Advancement, for overseeing the brochure’s layout and design. Finally, we wish to 

recognize and thank our colleagues who took time to share their accomplishments with 

us so that we, in turn, could share them with you. 

—Leslie Angel, Gillian Glaes, Loren Graham, Mark Parker, Colin Thomas, and Cynde Watkins 

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SPOTLIGHTS 

FACULTY 

Mr. Ralph Esposito 

To say that Mr. Ralph Esposito is an accomplished artist 

does not begin to reflect his impassioned generativity. His 

artwork has been featured in over 150 shows including 

30 national and international competitive juried exhibits. 

He has contributed his artistic and teaching expertise not 

just in Helena, but globally, most recently as the recipient 

of two rare and prestigious invitations to teach abroad. 

In 2008, Professor Esposito was awarded a Fulbright- 

Hays summer seminar in Greece and Bulgaria where he 

studied art, history, and culture in the two countries for 

six weeks. In 2012, he was selected to serve as a Visiting 

Artist in Jingdezhen, China, through the University of 

West Virginia. He spent several months in Jingdezhen and 

visited Shanghai, Xi’an, and Beijing where he lectured and 

exhibited his artwork. Back at home, Professor Esposito 

contributes broadly to the Carroll and local communities 

through his development and maintenance of the Carroll 

Art Gallery, serving as the Chair of Fine Arts since 2011, 

as both a devoted and engaging teacher, in courses such 

as Drawing, Ceramics, Acrylic Painting, and Watercolor 

Painting, as well as through his participation in a 

variety of spectacular off-campus exhibits through the 

Holter Museum, the Archie Bray Foundation, and many 

others. Professor Esposito is an active member of these 

organizations, as well as the Museum and Art Gallery 

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Directors Association of Montana and the National Council for Education in the Ceramic 

Arts. He epitomizes Carroll’s faculty mission of teaching, scholarship, and service locally, 

nationally, and abroad. If you have yet to see his beautiful, captivating, and thoughtprovoking 

artwork, treat yourself to one of his exhibitions. 

Dr. Gerald Shields 

While scholarship, teaching and service have characterized the work of Dr. Gerald “Gerry” 

Shields during his fourteen years at Carroll College, equally commendable is that he is 

fondly regarded as a friend to so many faculty, staff, and students across campus. Appointed 

James J. Manion Endowed Chairman of Biology at Carroll College in 1999, Dr. Shields has 

published what would be considered an impressive number of scholarly articles by anyone’s 

standards, in research topics ranging from 

the nucleotide sequence of Northern Asian 

Aboriginal populations, mitochondrial 

phylogeny of brown bears, moose, and 

geese, comparative avian genetics, chromosome 

change in black flies, and even the 

mitochondrial sequence of a 33,000-year-old 

woolly mammoth, just to name a few. He has 

presented his work nationally and internationally, 

speaking in over fifteen countries 

throughout his career. Dr. Shields is a 

beloved and sought-after teacher of courses 

ranging from Molecular Evolution to Biology 

Senior Seminar, and he recently developed 

and taught a popular special topics course in Ornithology. He also regularly invites students 

to work with him in his lab and directs numerous student research projects and honors 

theses, regularly inspiring the next generation of scientists. In fact, a number of his students 

have gone on to become accomplished scientists in their own right. Dr. Shields is a prolific 

and accomplished researcher and professor who lives the Carroll mission by invigorating 

his colleagues and students with his contagious enthusiasm for scholarship, teaching, and 

service. 

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SCHOLARSHIP 

Publications 

The most lasting impact of our scholarship is 

recorded in our publications. From textbooks 

to communications, manuscripts to CDs, and 

chapters in books to magazine interviews, 

Carroll faculty were published widely in 

2012. The following list of publications 

encompasses scholarly research, academic 

curricula, service and outreach articles and 

interviews, and poetry and music. 

Christine M. Eckel, Ph.D. 

University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (Associate Professor, 

2013) 

Eckel, Christine, Teri Bidle, and Kyla Ross. Human Anatomy & Physiology 

Laboratory Manual—Main Version. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 

2013. 


Laboratory Manual—Fetal Pig Version. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 

2013. 


Laboratory Manual—Cat Version. Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2013. 

Eckel, Christine, and Kyla Ross. Instructor’s Guide for Human Anatomy & 

Physiology Laboratory Manual (Main). Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 

2013. 

Eckel, Christine, and Kyla Ross. Instructor’s Guide for Human Anatomy & 

Physiology Laboratory Manual (Cat, and Fetal Pig). Dubuque: McGraw-Hill 

Higher Education, 2013. 

Barry Ferst, Ph.D. 

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Full Professor, 1980) 

Islam: A Semester Study. Linus Publishers, NY (book). 

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Gillian Beth Glaes, Ph.D. 

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 

(Associate Professor, 2006) 

“Sally N’Dongo, African Immigration, and the Politics of 

Neocolonialism in France and West Africa.” Migrance 39 

(2012). 

Donna Greenwood, M.S. 

University of Portland, Portland, OR (Associate 

Professor, 1981) 

Cobb, M; Greenwood, D (2012) Body piercing and teen 

self-expression. Youth Connections Magazine. 

Bethany Kieran Haile, Ph.D. 

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (Assistant Professor, 

2011) 

Beth Haile, “Virtuous Meat Consumption: A Virtue Ethics 

Defense of an Omnivorous Way of Life,” in Logos: 

A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (16:1), 

January 2013. 

Joe B. Helbling, Ph.D. 

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (Assistant 


Helbling, J. (2012). Common core reading standards: 

What does it mean for our talented readers? The 

Question Mark. Annual newsletter for the Reading for 

Gifted and Creative Students Special Interest Group: 

International Reading Association. 

Jeremy Johnson, Ph.D. 

Brown University, Providence, RI (Assistant Professor, 

2011) 

Carroll Magazine ‘New Frontiers in American Politics’ 

Fall 2012. 

Melissa Kwasny, M.F.A. 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT (Non-tenure Track, 

2001) 

Four poems in: Corey, Joshua and G.C. Waldrep. 

The Arcadia Project: North American Postmodern 

Pastoral. Boise: Ashata Press, 2012. 

Poem: “Clairvoyance.” Boston Review, March/April 

2012. 

Essay: “The Flower Artist,” Cerise, Spring, 2012. 

Catalog Essay: Overlay: Barbara Weissberger’s “Meat 

Horizon.” Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, 2012. 

Essay: “Women and Nature,” American Poetry Review, 

Jan./Feb. 2012. 

Jennifer Lowell, Ph.D. 

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Assistant 


See W., Edwards W. H., Dauwalter S., Almendra C., 

Kardos M. D., Lowell J. L., Wallen R., Cain S. L., Holben 

W. E., and Luikart G. Yersinia enterocolitica: an unlikely 

cause of positive brucellosis tests in greater yellowstone 

ecosystem bison (bison bison). J. Wildl. Dis. July 2012 

48:537–541. 

Douglas William MacKenzie, Ph.D. 

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Assistant 


“Race and Economics” The Freeman September 2012, 

2:7. 

A few observations on the efficiency of local government 

The Freeman July 2012. 

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Belle Marie, A.B.D. 

George Fox University, Newberg, OR (Full Professor, 

1992) 

Marie, B. (2012). Marketing-finance interface and educational 

plan: Integrated business curriculum. International 

Journal of Global Business and Economics, 4(1), 

90–94. 

Marie, B. (2012). My own budget. In S. Lechter, Save 

wisely, spend happily: Real stories about money & how to 

thrive from trusted advisors (p. 142). Durham, NC: AICPA. 

Jonathan Matthews, Ph.D. 

Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Associate Professor, 

1998) 

Matthews, J. (2012). A Handbook for Student Teachers 

and Supervisors (Rev. ed.). Helena: Carroll College 

Department of Education. 

Brian J. Matz, Ph.D. 

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, Ph.D., Katholieke 

Universitiet Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Assistant 


B. Matz, with Meghan Benson, Luke Connors, Porsche 

Erekson et al. “Legacy of Prosper of Aquitaine in the 

Ninth-Century Predestination Debate.” Studia Patristica 

54 (forthcoming in Winter 2012): 1–6. 

“Free Will.” In The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its 

Reception. Vol. 4. Edited by Bernard McGinn. Berlin: 

Walter de Gruyter. 

“Deciphering a Recipe for Preaching in Oration 14.” In 

Re-Reading Gregory of Nazianzus: Essays on History, 

Theology, and Culture. Edited by Christopher A. Beeley. 

Pp. 49–66. CUA Studies in Early Christianity. Washington 

D.C.: CUA Press, 2012. 

B. Matz, Susan Holman and Caroline Macé, “Ps.-Basil 

‘De beneficentia’: A Voice for Social Action?” Vigiliae 

Christianae 66 (2012): 457–481. 

“Review of Oliver Herbel, ‘Sarapion of Thmuis: Against 

the Manicheans and Pastoral Letters,’ Early Christian 

Studies (Auckland: St. Paul’s Press, 2011).” Journal of 

Early Christian Studies 20 (2012): 659–661. 

Jason Megill, Ph.D. 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Assistant 


“Two Ontological Arguments for the Existence of an 

Omniscient Being.” In Ontological Proofs Today. Edited 

by Miroslaw Szatkowski. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. 77–88 

(2012). 

(with Amy Reagor). “A Modal Theistic Argument.” 

In Ontological Proofs Today. Edited by Miroslaw 

Szatkowski. Frankfurt: Ontos Verlag. 89–112 (2012). 

Stefanie Otto-Hitt, Ph.D. 

SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (Assistant 


NGL-2 regulates input-specific synapse development in 

CA1 pyramidal neurons. DeNardo LA, de Wit J, Otto-Hitt 

S, Ghosh A. Neuron. 2012 Nov 21;76(4):762–75. 

FLRT proteins are endogenous latrophilin ligands and 

regulate excitatory synapse development. O’Sullivan ML, 

de Wit J, Savas JN, Comoletti D, Otto-Hitt S, Yates JR 

3rd, Ghosh A. Neuron. 2012 Mar 8;73(5):903–10. 

NeuroD2 regulates the development of hippocampal 

mossy fiber synapses. Wilke SA, Hall BJ, Antonios JK, 

Denardo LA, Otto S, Yuan B, Chen F, Robbins EM, Tiglio 

K, Williams ME, Qiu Z, Biederer T, Ghosh A. Neural Dev. 

2012 Feb 27;7:9. 

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Kelly Parsley, M.A. 

Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 

(Non-tenure Track, 1995) 

“Real College Knowledge.” Youth Connections 

Magazine. Helena, MT March 2012. 

“Dialing and Dating.” Youth Connections Magazine. 

Helena, MT December 2012. 

Lynn L. Petersen, Ph.D. 

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Full 


Thankfulness and Praise: Ten Organ Settings. Minneapolis: 

Augsburg Fortress, 2012. 

“Whirlwind Duo.” In Pipings for Flute and Organ. 

Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2012. 

“Three Way Stop.” Recorded by the Washington 

State University Big Band on the CD Zoot Suit (WSU 

Recordings). 

Caroline Pharr, Ph.D. 


(Assistant Professor, 2011) 

Pharr, C. R.; Kopff, L. A.; Bennett, B.; Reid, S. A.; 

McMahon, R. J. “Photochemistry of Furyl- and Thienyldiazomethanes: 

Spectroscopic Characterization of Triplet 

3-Thienylcarbene” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 

6443–6454. 

Elvira Roncalli, Ph.D. 

Universite de Louvain-La-Neuve, Louvain, Belgium 


Das Eheleben - Ein revolutionärer Weg?” in Das 

Herz spricht zum Herzen: Reflexionene über die Ehe, 

Aldegonde Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn, Klaus Demmer (Hg), 

Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau: 2012. 

Annette Ryerson, D.B.A. 

Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 


“Motherhood and earnings wage variability by major 

occupational category and earnings level,” Journal of 

Family and Economic Issues, p. 1–11, Fall, 2012 

Authored with Dr. Ronald DeBeaumont and Dr. Christian 

Nsiah. 

Gerald Francis Shields, Ph.D. 

University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Full 

Professor, 1999). 

A “complex” problem: delimiting sibling species 

boundaries in black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Canadian 

Entomologist 144: 323–336 (2012). 

The significance of chromosome change in black fly 

speciation. Monographs of the West. North American 

Naturalist 6, 64–75 (2012). 

Willis D. Weight, P.E., Ph.D. 

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (Full Professor, 

2008) 

Weight, W.D. (2012) Building a Better Tomorrow: Carroll 

EWB in Guatemala. Carroll Magazine Fall 2012, pp 

18–19. 

The Montana Catholic, Feature photo in article - Mission 

visits engender good works, cultural immersion, Volume 

28, No. 6, June 15, 2012. 

2012 Montana Water Calendar, October 2012 photo 

“Reflections of the Big Sky”, published by the Montana 

Water Center located on the Montana State University 

campus Bozeman Montana 

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Presentations 

Faculty members of Carroll College traveled far and wide for 

presentations, exhibits, and workshops visiting seven countries 

and twelve different states. From Mexico City to Vancouver, B.C., 

and Helena, MT, to Xian, China, with four European cities in 

between, Carroll College faculty are taking their scholarship and 

outreach to audiences locally, nationally, and globally. 

Debra Bernardi, Ph.D. 



“Those ‘Thronging Sensations’: Challenging Fears of 

‘Race Suicide’ in Constance Fenimore Woolson’s Italian 

Stories.” Conference of the Society for the Study of 

American Women Writers. Denver. October 2013. 

“‘You’re Not Going to Let Some Silly Rule Stand in Your 

Way’: Italy and American Femininity: 1953–1962.” Public 

lecture, as part of Colloquium “Happy Days: America in 

the 1950s.” Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale.” 

Naples, Italy. March 2012. 

“Edith Wharton, Italy, and Modernism.” Invited lecture 

at Archivio delle Donne, Università degli Studi di Napoli 

“L’Orientale.” Naples, Italy. March 2012. 

Charles Driscoll, M.F.A. 

University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Full Professor, 

1993) 

“The Mound Builders” by Lanford Wilson, Directed by 

Chuck Driscoll in the Carroll College Theatre, March 2012. 

“The Collar” by Frank Seitz with music composed by Erik 

Funk, Directed by Chuck Driscoll in the Carroll College 

Summer Theatre, July 2012. 

“A Christmas Pudding” by David Birney, Directed by 

Chuck Driscoll in the Carroll College Theatre, December 

2012. 


University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, 

UT (Associate Professor, 2013) 

Anatomy Education Breakfast Roundtables (Chair), April 

2012, Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA. 

Educational Research Platform Award Session 

(Symposium Chair), April 2012, Experimental Biology, 

San Diego, CA. 

Ralph Esposito, M.F.A. 

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (Full Professor, 

1978) 

“Travelling Many Roads”, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, 

China, September 2012. 

“The Bray Collection: Then and Now”, Jiotong University, 

Xian, China, December 2012. 

“98 Days in China”, (farewell group exhibit), C2 Gallery, 

Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China 

2012. 

37th Invitational Custer County Art & Heritage Center 

Auction, Miles City, MT 2012. 


Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Full Professor, 

1980) 

Director, “Not One Without the Other: Religious Harmony 

and Political Civility” month-long series of presentations. 

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Gary Robert Fischer, M.S. 

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA (Associate 


Keeping it Simple: Simplified Failure Mode Analysis 

Guidelines, September 18, 2012, Association of State 

Dam Safety Officials 2012 National Conference, Denver, 

CO. 

Understanding Your Outlet Works, October 11, 2012, 

Montana Association of Dam and Canal Systems Annual 

Conference, Butte, MT. 



2011) 

An Appetite for Thinness: Exploring the Moral Dimension 

of Body Image and Eating Disorders, March 26, Lupina 

Center at Regis College, Toronto, Ontario. 




Helbling, J. & Massicotte, C. M. (2012, November 17). 

Help! My 1st grader reads at a 5th grade level! National 

Association for Gifted Children Annual Conference, 

Denver, CO. 

Helbling, J. (2012, April 28). Literacy Differentiation for 

Talented Readers. Preconference presentation at the 

International Reading Association Annual Convention. 

Chicago, IL. 

Helbling, J., Chancey, J., & Little, C. (2012, April 16). 

Measuring middle school students’ reading choices 

relative to achievement levels. Paper presentation at the 

annual meeting of the American Educational Research 

Association. Vancouver, B.C. 

Grant Hokit, Ph.D. 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (Full Professor, 

1996) 

Sam Alvey, Jennifer Geiger, Grant Hokit, Greg Johnson, 

Dan Kinsey, Brian Stiff, and Neva Tallbear. Using Infectious 

Disease Ecology to Train Montana Undergraduate 

Students. HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE 2012 

Undergraduate Program Directors and HHMI Professors 

Meeting. Chevy Chase, Maryland. October 8–11, 2012. 



2011) 

The Teflon Idea: Market Mechanisms within Medicare, 

June 2012, Policy History Conference, Richmond, VA. 

Housing Vouchers: A Case Study in the Partisan Policy 

Cycle, June 2012, Policy History Conference, Richmond, 

VA. 

Market Mechanisms within Medicare, September 2012, 

American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. 

Supplanting the New Deal, December 2012, Faculty 

Colloquium. 

Charlotte Jones, Ph.D. 

University of Texas, Austin, TX (Full Professor, 1993) 

Invited Respondent, Interpersonal Communication and 

Social Networks: Implications and New Directions, 

Interpersonal Communication Division, National Communication 

Association, Orlando, FL. 

Teaching Language and Social Interaction in non-LSI 

Communication Courses II: Health Communication. Paper 

presented at the annual meeting of the Western States 

Communication Association, Albuquerque, NM. 

Panelist, Conversation Analysis Data Session, Language 

and Social Interaction Division, National Communication 

Association, Orlando, FL. 

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Panelist, Twenty-Second annual Conversation Analysis 

Data Session, Language and Social Interaction Interest 

Group, Western States Communication Association, 

Albuquerque, NM. 



2001) 

“Contemporary Poems in Defense of Global Human 

Rights”, March 3, 2012, Associated Writers and Writing 

Programs, Chicago. 

“The Vital Writing of Loss: Personal, Societal, Ecological”, 

March 2, Associated Writers and Writing Programs, 

Chicago. 


George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. (Assistant 


Selfless Voting and the Demand for Public Policies, 

Southern Economic Association Conference, New 

Orleans, Louisiana. November 18, 2012. 



1992). 

Marie, B. (2012, October). Consumers’ mental models 

of financial literacy. Paper presented at the Nineteenth 

Annual Conference on International Business and 

Contemporary Issues in Business, Deadwood, SD. 

Marie, B. (2012, March). Marketing-finance interface 

and educational plan. Paper presented at the Sixteenth 

International Conference of the Global Business 

Development Institute (GBDI), Las Vegas, NV. 





“Speculation Malfunction: The Apocalypse in the History 

of Christian Thought”, Oct 2012, Carroll College 2012 

Literary Festival, Helena. 

“Early Christian Philanthropy as a ‘Marketplace’ and the 

Moral Responsibility of Market Participants”, Jun 2012, 

Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (University of 

Southern California), Los Angeles. 

“Reception of Augustine in the Ninth-Century Predestination 

Controversy”, May 2012, Annual Meeting of the North 

American Patristics Society, Chicago. 




Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Stabilization, 

November 20, 2012, Invited Speaker at Salish Kootenai 

College, Pablo, MT 


Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 

(Non-tenure Track, 1995). 

“Adolescent Health and Sexual Assault,” April 18, 2012, 

Montana Public Health Association Annual Conference, 

Billings, MT. 

“Comprehensive Prevention Strategies for Drug and 

Alcohol Abuse,” May 1, 2012, International Visitor Leadership 

Program, U.S. State Department, Helena, MT. 

“Sexual Assault: A Public Health Answer,” October 9, 

2012, Montana DPHHS statewide iLinc Webinar, Helena, 

MT. 

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Anne Perkins, Ph.D. 

University of California-Davis, Davis, California (Full 


International Society of Anthrozoology: Post Conference 

Forum; Defining Anthrozoology. Cambridge, England. 


University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Full 


Four Songs for soprano and violoncello, performed on a 

concert by Diagenesis, Encinitas Library, San Diego, CA, 

February 8, 2012. 

Four Songs for soprano and violoncello, performed on a 

concert by Diagenesis, Satellite Beach United Methodist 

Church, near Orlando, FL, September 8, 2012. 

Blues for Dr. E., for jazz band, composed for and 

premiered at an inaugural reception for Dr. Tom Evans, 

November 4, 2012. 

Blues for Dr. E., performed by the Carroll College Jazz 

Combo on their Fall Concert, Carroll Theatre, December 

6, 2012. 

Arrangement of “Ding Dong! Merrily On High!” performed 

by the Carroll College Choirs, Cathedral of St. Helena, 

December 9, 2012. 

Caroline Pharr, Ph.D. 


(Assistant Professor, 2011) 

“Synthesis and study of a novel family of conjugated 

carbazole centered compounds with potential applications 

in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)” Myunghoon 

Kim* and Dr. Caroline Pharr, Montana ACS Fall Social, 

Pray, MT, October 13, 2012. 




“Actions not seen, Words not heard: Women in the Italian 

‘Resistenza,’” 10–12 May 2012, Matchpoints Seminar, 

Conflict in Memory: Interpersonal and Intergenerational 

Remembering of War, Conflict and Transition, Aarhus 

Universitet, Denmark. 

Kay Satre, Ph.D. 

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 


“Marginal Mothers in the Age of Empathy”; Oct. 11–13, 

2012; Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association; 

Boulder, CO. 

“Embodied Empathy in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”; 

March 29–31, 2012; College English Association; 

Richmond, VA. 

Brandon A. Sheafor, Ph.D. 

The University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 


Lenz, J. and B. Sheafor, The effect of chytridiomycosis 

and bioaugmentation on the metabolic rate of the 

red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus, October 

2012, Murdock Regional Conference on Undergraduate 

Reseach, Walla Walla, WA. 

Holyfield, K. and B. Sheafor, The effects of chytridiomycosis 

on myocardial oxygenation in the Columbia spotted 

frog, Rana luteiventris, October 2012, Murdock Regional 

Conference on Undergraduate Reseach, Walla Walla, WA. 




Another Remnant Site for the Ancestor of S. saxosum 

and S. arcticum .s.s. Feb. 2012. 10th annual meeting of 

the North American Black Fly Association. Venus, Florida. 

Defining the cytotype and persistence concepts in black 

fly cytogenetics. February, 2012. 10th annual meeting of 

the North American Black Fly Association. Venus, Florida. 

Twelve Years of Cytogenetic Analysis of the S. arcticum 

complex in western Montana: Correlations with environmental 

and Biological factors. 10th annual meeting of the 

North American Black fly Association. Venus, Florida. 

WIlliam Mark Smillie, Ph. D. 

University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN (Full 


“Using the Moodle Gradebook.” May 31, 2012. Mountain 

MoodleMoot 2012, Carroll College, Helena, Montana. 

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Colin A. Thomas, Ph.D. 

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA (Associate 


New method for qualitative analysis labs: Collaboration 

and communication skills developed in general chemistry 

lab, March 25–29 2012, 243rd American Chemical Society 

National Meeting, San Diego, CA. 


University of Wyoming Laramie, WY (Full Professor, 

2008) 

Geothermal Heat Management in the Deep Kalispell 

Aquifer, Montana USA. Invited 1 hour presentation 

at the 6th International Consultants Seminar on the 

Characterization and Remediation of Sites Impacted by 

Hydrocarbons, sponsored by Pemex Oil, in Mexico City 

Sept. 11–15, 2012. 

Interview by Susan Gallagher in The Montana Catholic, 

Mission visits engender good works, cultural immersion, 

Volume 28, No. 6, June 15, 2012. 

Feature Interview by Luke Epplin in Connections 

Magazine Vol. 6 Issue 1, Page 7, Interview: A 

Conversation with Willis Weight of Carroll College. 

Education USA—Sponsored by US Department of State. 

Hands-On Learning with Examples from the Carroll 

College Engineering Department, Presented as an invited 

speaker at the Helena Montana Rotary club meeting on 

Jan. 25, 2012. 

Grants and Awards 

In 2012, Carroll faculty members brought in over $681,000 in 

external grants, fellowships, and awards. Carroll faculty were also 

recognized for their exemplary abilities in artistry, teaching, and 

scholarship by distinctions such as “artist in residence” awards to 

fellowships and scholarships. 



1978) 

Visiting Artist, University of West Virginia Semester 

Abroad in China, 2012. 

Faculty Development, Carroll College, 2012, $1,200. 

Sabbatical, Carroll College, Fall Semester 2012. 


University of Portland, Portland, Oregon (Associate 


Montana Nurse Leader awarded from Montana Center to 

Advance Health through Nursing, April 2012. 

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Dr. Virginia J. Grzymkowski Scholarship—Doctoral 

Student, 2012. University of Connecticut Chapter of Phi 

Delta Kappa. 

Pre-doctoral fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2012. 



1996) 

Grant Hokit (PD) Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

(HHMI). Precollege and Undergraduate Science 

Education Program 2012, Grants to Primarily Undergraduate 

Institutions (Grant #52007534), Total Award = 

$1 million over four years, Amount received during 2012 

= $250,000. 



2001) 

Ucross Foundation Residency, 2012, artist residency. 



1992). 

Carroll College Faculty Development Grant. 


Pennsylvania State University State College, PA 

(Non-tenure Track, 1995). 

“Rape Prevention Education National Planning Meeting,” 

November 8–9, 2012, The CDC, Atlanta, GA, Representative 

for low-resourced. 

“Drug Free Communities Grant,” January 2012–July 2012, 

Youth Connections, Grant Manager, $9,000. 

“Rape Prevention Education Grant,” January 2012– 

October 2012, Montana Department of Public Health and 

Human Services, Consultant, $105,000. 

“Tobacco Use Prevention Grant,” January 2012– 

December 2012, Bacchus Network, Grant Manager, 

$10,000. 

Anne Perkins Ph.D. 

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA (Full Professor, 

1990) 

Anthrozoology Development Fund, Call Family Foundation, 

$250,000 over five years, Director of Program and 

Natural Link. 

Anthrozoology Program Development, Gachnauer Family 

Foundation: $15,000 Director of Program. 

Margaret Perryman Endowed Professorship for Human 

Animal Bond Degree Program, $25,000, which 

completed the pledge for a total of $100,000 for endowed 

professorship. 


University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN (Full 


Carroll College Distinguished Scholar Award, May 5, 

2012. 

Laurie Lee Travis, Ph.D. 

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Non-tenure 

Track, 2002) 

2012 Carroll College Archaeological Field School, Helena 

National Forest Cost-Share Grant, Principal Investigator, 

$16,500. 

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TEACHING 

One of the proudest traditions of our faculty 

is the quality of, and dedication to, our teaching. 

Carroll faculty accrued the following 

awards, certifications, and promotions largely 

or completely based upon their teaching 

talent and expertise. Also listed are the latest 

special topics courses, senior theses, and 

faculty who led study abroad courses—other 

ways in which Carroll faculty teach rich and 

diverse offerings to our students. 

Promotion 

Jamie M. Dolan promoted to Associate Professor 

Jennifer Elison promoted to Associate Professor 

Patrick Judge promoted to full-time Instructor 

Brian J. Matz promoted to Associate Professor 

N. Kathleen McGuire promoted to Tenure-track Assistant Professor 

Lynn L. Peterson promoted to Full Professor 

William Mark Smillie promoted to Full Professor 

Teaching Awards and 

Recognition 


Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (Full Professor, 1980) 

William Greytak Professor of History and the Humanities. 

Humanities Hero. 

Humanities Montana (NEH) award. 

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Loren E. Graham II, M.F.A. 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Associate 


Received 11th nomination for a Pushcart Prize for best 

poems published in American literary magazines in 2011. 

N. Kathleen McGuire, M.N. 

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Assistant 


Selected to participate in the National League for 

Nursing Leadership Development Program for Simulation 

Educators. 

Julie Mull, M.B.A. 

Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 


Earned designation of Certified Financial Planner. 

Became fully licensed in life insurance. 

Development and Teaching of Special 

Topics Courses 




ILC 389: History and Theology of the Holocaust. 


University of Portland, Portland, OR (Associate 


NU 389: International Public Health Nursing Collaboration 

(Developed Fall 2012, taught Spring 2014). 



2011) 

Suffering, Death and the Afterlife with Dr. John Runda 

(Sociology), taught in fall 2012. 



1996) 

ILC 289E. Health Disparities for Native Americans in 

Montana. Co-taught with Dr. Jamie Dolan. 


George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Assistant 


The Economics of Beer. 





“Gods and Myths in Antiquity” (developed and taught; 

Theology and Languages/Literature). 

“History of Religion in Montana” (in development between 

Theology and GIS). 

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BI389: Molecular Biology. 



1990) 

Supported the development of a Special Topics Class 

ANZ 389: The Human-Animal Connection with a special 

emphasis in human relationship with wildlife. 

Robert D. Psurny Jr., D.M.A. 

Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH (Associate 


Developed “Poetry and Music” special topics course to be 

taught in fall 2013. 

Gary Robert Fischer, M.S. 

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA (Associate Professor, 

2006). 

Outlet Works Hydraulics for Small Dams, One-day 

workshop for engineers, Corette Library, Carroll College, 

August 2, 2012, co-taught with Matt Lindon of University 

of Utah and Michele Lemieux of the Montana State Dam 

Safety Program. 

Specialty Workshop: Outlet Works Hydraulics for Small 

Dams, September 16, 2012, Association of State Dam 

Safety Officials, National Conference, Denver, CO, cotaught 

with Matt Lindon of University of Utah and Michele 

Lemieux of the Montana State Dam Safety Program. 

Annette Ryerson, D.B.A. 

Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 


Developed Personal Selling to be taught in September, 

2013. 

Integrated GIS (with Dave Marshall) into Market 

Research. 


The University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 


BI 315: Physiological Ecology. 




Ornithology. 

William Mark Smillie, Ph. D. 

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (Full 


PHIL 189: Philosophy in Film. 

Senior Honors Thesis Advising 


University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 


“The Reality of Unreality Alternative History Science 

Fiction of the Cold War as a Barometer of Historical 

and Philosophical Consciousness in American Popular 

Culture”, Amy Dixon. 

“The Airplane: A Revolution in Warfare, 1939-1945” 

(documentary film), Lauren Franklin. 

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1996) 

Association between Passeriformes host distribution and 

C. tarsalis numbers, Vickie Dettman. 

The effects of canopy cover on the distribution of C. 

tarsalis, Ben McIssac. 

Characteristics of mosquito species attracted to sheep 

hosts, Whitney Miller. 

Spatial risk assessment of West Nile Virus in Montana 

based upon temperature effects on Cx. Tarsalis, Brian 

Murphy. 

Charlotte Jones, Ph.D. 

University of Texas, Austin, TX (Full Professor, 1993) 

Prevent, Reverse, & Defy: Ageism in Magazine Advertisements, 

Brittany Goltry. 




Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation, Kyle 

Cleasby and Shelby Kramer. 




Testing the cytotype and persistence concepts in black fly 

cytogenetics, Jeanna Van Hoey. 


Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Associate 


Investigation of the Reaction Properties of Copper 

Promoted Triazine Formation from Nitriles, Bryan Hurtle. 

Quality Assurance of Electrostatic Micro-Electro Mechanical 

Relays: Radiation Hardness, Forrest Laskowski. 

Study Abroad Participation 

Debra Bernardi, Ph.D. 



A 2-week faculty exchange with a colleague, Professor 

Fiorenzo Iuliano, from the Università degli Studi di Napoli 

“L’Orientale.” Naples, Italy. 



1978) 

West Virginia University Semester in China, Visiting Artist, 

September to December 2012 (on sabbatical). 


University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (Full Professor, 

2008) 

EWB implementation project in Guatemala May 19–29, 

2012, eight students and thee adults including myself. 

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SERVICE 

An important aspect of Carroll faculty is 

the extent with which they engage nearby 

and distant communities through outreach, 

professional service, and volunteerism. Listed 

here are many ways which Carroll faculty, 

and often students, embody the notion of 

service. 

Volunteer Work 

Leslie A. Angel, Ph.D. 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT (Assistant Professor, 2009) 

Developed Sponsor Saints volunteer program for Carroll students in partnership 

with the Lewis and Clark Humane Society. 

Developed internship program for Carroll students in Ecological Education at the 

Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center (GWDC) in West Yellowstone. 


University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (Associate Professor, 

2013) 

Strategic Thinking for Undergraduate Recruitment and Programs (STURP) Task 

Force, American Association of Anatomists, Washington, DC, October, 2012. 

Brad Elison, Ph.D. 

College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA (Associate Professor, 2001) 

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill walk. 

Prickly Pear land trust trail repair activity. 


University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (Full Professor, 1978) 

Donated artwork to The Friendship Center. 


University of Montana, Missoula, MT (Non-tenure Track, 2001) 

Judge, Montana Poetry Out Loud State Finals for High School Students. 

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1998) 

Educational Advisory Committee: The Holter Museum of Art, 

Helena. 

Montana Chapter Sierra Club, Executive Committee, Vice 

Chair, Political Committee Chair, Energy Committee Chair. 

Flowing Mountains Sangha Caretaking Council. 

Helena Middle School Cross Country Travelling Team. 



Universitiet Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Assistant Professor, 

2008) 

Helena Food Share. 

Florence Crittenton. 

YWCA. 


Pennsylvania State University State College, PA (Nontenure 

Track, 1995). 

Family Promise Volunteer. 

Board Member: Lewis and Clark Country Board of Health: 

Helena, MT. June 2012–present. 

Board Member: Cooperative Health Center Board: Helena, 

MT, August 2012–present. 

Board Member: St. Peter’s Hospital Quality Committee: 

Helena, MT. June 2012–present. 

Board Member: The National Rape Prevention Education 

Council: CDC. Atlanta, GA. June 2007–present 

Board Member: Youth Connections, Helena, MT. April 

2003–present. 



1990) 

Expert testimony for National Academy of Sciences on 

management policy for wild horses, Irving, California. 


Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH (Associate, 

2007). 

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Helena. 

Gary Robert, M.S. 

University of California-Davis, Davis, CA (Associate 


Helena Engineers Club. 

Youth Group Adult Leader, Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church, 

Helena, MT. 

Kay Satre, Ph.D. 

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 


Board Member, Jerry Metcalf Foundation. 

William Mark Smillie, Ph.D. 

University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN (Full Professor, 

1995). 

St. Peter’s Hospital Ethics Committee, St. Peter’s Hospital. 

School Board, St. Andrew School. 

President, Birthright Helena, MT. 

Seminarian Review Board, Catholic Diocese of Helena. 

Knights of Columbus. 

Robert Stansberry, Ed.D. 

University of Georgia, Athens, GA (Associate Professor, 

2001). 

Chairperson of the Montana State Advisory Panel for Special 

Education (3 year term expires July 2013). 

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Represented MT Council for Exceptional Children at the 

National Council for Exceptional Children in Denver, CO, 

April 2012. 

Kyle Strode, Ph.D. 

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Associate 


American Chemical Society (ACS) National Governing 

Council. 

ACS Member of the Committee on Chemical Safety. 

Lead organizer for two Sunday meals at God’s Love 

Homeless Shelter. 

Chair of the Social Concerns Commission of Saint Peter’s 

Episcopal Cathedral. 


Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA (Associate 


Habitat for Humanity, volunteer and Board of Directors 

vice-president. 

Public and Community Presentations 




The Helena Pierrot Project (history lecture), November 

2010. 

Loren E. Graham II, M.F.A. 

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (Associate 


Composed and read a poem “About Beginnings” for 

President Tom Evans’ inauguration. 

Gave a poetry reading from my book The Ring Scar, at 

Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia in February. 

Gave craft talk to Hollins’ graduate students. 



2011) 

Cathedral Nights: Hot Topics, November 2012. 



1996) 

Undergraduate research talk to Helena Rotary Club in 

November. 



2011) 

Challenges for American Democracy at the UCC 

Congregational Church and Let’s Talk about It. 



2001) 

Reading with M.L. Smoker and Debra Earling, benefit for 

Denise Juneau, Missoula, 2012. 

Writer in Residence, Residence College, Michigan State 

University, November 2012. 

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George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Assistant Professor, 

2011) 

Saints and Scholars HCTV January 23, 2012. 



1992). 

Presented “Mental Models of Financial Literacy” at Carroll 

College Faculty Colloquium, October, 2012. 



1998) 

“Meditation as a Path to Stress Relief and High 

Performance.” Presentation and training provided to the 

Gifted and Talented Leadership Conference, Helena. June 1, 

2012. 

“Health-care experts: Air pollution still a major concern in 

Montana.” Recruited by Health Care Without Harm to be a 

co-speaker at press conference at the Montana Capitol, on 

the effects of air pollution on athletic performance. March 12, 

2012. 



Universitiet Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Assistant Professor, 

2008) 

Aug 22, 2012: Organizer and moderator of the public 

forum: “What’s Next for Healthcare Reform in Montana? An 

Educational Forum”, Carroll College Campus Center. 

Feb 17–18, 2012: “Christian Social Ethics”, Diocese of Helena 

—Program for the Formation of Lay Ministers (Butte, MT). 


Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA (Nontenure 

Track, 1995). 

“Understanding Domestic Violence,” West Valley Fire 

Department, Helena, MT February 21, 2012. 

“Domestic Violence Prevention,” Florence Crittenden Home, 

Helena, MT April 1, 2012. 

“Preventing Alcohol Abuse Among College Students,” Youth 

Connections Local Leadership Luncheon, Helena, MT 

September 9, 2012. 

“Pre-Teens and Dating,” C.R. Anderson Middle School, 

Helena, MT November 14, 2012. 


University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Full Professor, 

1999) 

Piano Adjudicator, River’s Edge Spring Music Festival, Great 

Falls, MT, March 10, 2012. 

Piano Adjudicator, Helena Music Teachers Association Spring 

Festival, March 16–17, 2012. 

Piano Adjudicator, Montana Western State Music Festival, 

Helena, March 4–5, 2012. 

Pre-concert lecture on Arnold Schönberg, Helena Pierrot 

Project (100th anniversary of the premiere of Schönberg’s 

“Pierrot lunaire”), Myrna Loy Center, November 29, 2012. 


Cleveland Institute of Arts, Cleveland, OH (Associate 


Choral concerts in Helena, Great Falls, Bozeman, and Big 

Timber, MT (Spring 2012). 

Choral concerts in Helena and Seattle (Fall 2012). 

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Faculty Colloquium, Carroll College, 16 March 2012 

“Women’s participation in the Italian Resistenza” 

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s 

Pierrot Lunaire, Myrna Loy, 29 November 2012. 


The University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO (Associate 


Sheafor, B. Physiological adaptations to high altitude in pikas. 

Presentation for the Montana Natural Heritage Program, 

Montana State Library. March 2012. 

Promotional and Media-Based Activities 



1978) 

Carroll Art Gallery Exhibits, Spring 2012. 

Student Art Show, Spring 2012. 

Talmud/Chagall-Ben Zion prints, Fall 2012. 



2011) 

Election Analyst: Dunwell Report, Face the State, Saints and 

Scholars. 

Panels on the Affordable Care Act and LR-121, on Helena 

Civic TV. 


Pennsylvania State University State College, PA (Nontenure 

Track, 1995). 

“Carroll Highlights Sexual Assault Prevention Program,” 

Independent Record, Helena, MT March 25, 2012. 

“Domestic Violence,” KTVH The Dunwell Report Interview, 

March 20, 2012. 



1990) 

Consultant for film documentary “The American Wild Horse”. 

Consultant and featured in film documentary on sexual 

orientation. 



(Associate, 2006) 

Home Ground Radio —Interview with Brian Kahn, Philosophy 

and Gender, 1st May 2012. 

Kyle Strode, Ph.D. 

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (Associate 


I was featured as a lead investigator in a New Yorker article, 

Marathon Man by Mark Singer, which focused on dishonesty 

and cheating in marathons. 

Laurie Lee Travis, Ph.D. 

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (Non-tenure Track, 

2002) 

Independent Record, May 20, 2012, Carroll College Students 

Unearth Prehistory in the Big Belts, Sanjay Talwani 

Montana Public Radio News, May 17, 2012, Carroll College 

Lab Unearthing Ancient Campsites, Dan Boyce. 

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Carroll College Faculty Accomplishments 2013

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