Transitions Magazine - Fall 2012 - Prescott College

Faculty & Staff Notes
Faculty & Staff Notes
Richard A. Ach
After five challenging and rewarding years serving Prescott College in a
fundraising capacity, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Marjory J. Sente
retired in July 2014. Board of Trustees member Richard Ach ’73 has volunteered
to handle oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Advancement Office.
He can be reached at richard.ach@prescott.edu or (929) 350-4501.
Joel Barnes ’81, Ph.D.
On-campus faculty member and Director of the Graduate Teaching Assistant
Program Joel Barnes had an article titled “River Studies and Leadership Certificate”
published in the summer issue of the River Management Society Journal. In
August at Peregrine Books in Prescott, Joel was one of five speakers on an expert
panel to discuss local and regional water issues, along with author Jack August,
Yavapai County Water Advisory Committee coordinator John Rasmussen, and
Yavapai County Supervisor Chip Davis.
Catherine Boland
The CFO of Prescott College stepped down from her position this summer after
14 years with the school. She was recognized for her invaluable and long service
to the College at the June Board of Trustees meeting. Good luck Cathy!
Grace Burford, Ph.D.
Faculty member in Global Studies Grace Burford’s chapter titled “I.B. Horner and
the Twentieth-Century Development of Buddhism in the West” was published in
Buddhists: Understanding Buddhism Through the Lives of Practitioners. Dr. Burford also
participated in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and
Religion’s 2013–14 colloquy Religious Commitments in the Classroom. She also
conducted a collaborative project, Inclusive Language in Recognizing Religious
Commitments in the Classroom, funded by an additional grant from the Wabash
Center.
Mary Frances Causey
Director of Financial Aid Mary Frances Causey continues to serve on the board
for the Arizona Association for Student Financial Aid Administrators (AASFAA).
For the 2014–15 year, she is the Treasurer.
Becca Deysach ’99
Instructor and alumna Becca Deysach put together an online anthology of some
of her students’ writing from the Fall Limited-Residency Undergraduate Writing
the Wild class. Check out “Wild Hearts Speak” at
http://wildheartspeak.wordpress.com/.
Fred DuVal, J.D.
Former Board of Trustees Vice Chair Fred DuVal is a gubernatorial hopeful for
Arizona this year. For 35 years, DuVal has been involved in state, federal, and
foreign policy. His activities have focused on health care, education, economic
development, and natural resources. He is a vice president at Clean Energy Fuels
and is responsible for creating strategic partnerships that help individuals and
businesses—specifically large haulers, trucking companies, and airport, transit,
taxi, refuse, and school vehicles—transition to natural gas fuel. He is often called
upon as a bipartisan public policy negotiator through private employment and
appointed roles.
Nina Ekholm Fry, M.S.Sc.
Nina organized the Best Practices in Equine-assisted Learning and Equine-assisted
Mental Health Conference held in Prescott, April 2014.
Anita Fernández, Ph.D.
Faculty member Anita Fernández recently published an article with Sean Arce,
former Director of Tucson Unified School District’s Mexican American Studies
Program and co-instructor of the Tucson Social Justice Education Semester at
Prescott College, titled “Barrio Pedagogy: Praxis Within the Tucson Social Justice
Education Semester” in the spring 2014 issue of Regeneración, the journal of the
Association of Raza Educators.
Tom Fleischner, Ph.D.
Faculty member Tom Fleischner was one of eight coauthors of a paper on grazing
and climate change: “Reducing Livestock Effects on Public Lands in the Western
United States as the Climate Changes: A Reply to Svejcar et al.,” published in
Environmental Management.
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Lisa Floyd-Hanna, Ph.D.
Faculty members Lisa Floyd-Hanna and Dave Hanna with colleagues
Bill Romme, Bill Baker, and Dustin Hanna ’06 completed
a four-year study of fire history of Dinosaur National Monument.
Lisa organized and moderated a session at the Biennial Conference
of Research on the Colorado Plateau in Flagstaff on Piñon Juniper
Woodland Ecology and Health, and presented a paper on post-fire
recovery at Mesa Verde National Park. Lisa, Sasha Reed, Carla
Roybal ’12, Jack Herring, and Tim Crews completed a study of
nitrogen deposition from power plants at Mesa Verde National Park.
J. Ron Hennings
J. Ron Hennings, Adjunct Faculty in Teacher Preparation and
Master of Education, Principal Certification Program, visited both
the University of Hawaii’s Maui Language Institute and the Hana
Indigenous School (K–12) this past June. Ron and his wife, Joy
McCabe Ph.D. program ’16, explored innovative dual language
ESL and heritage language sustainability programming.
Doug Hulmes ’74, M.S.
Faculty member and alumnus Doug Hulmes has enjoyed his sabbatical.
Last August, Doug visited Jared Silverman ’08 in Edinburgh,
Scotland; Jared just completed a master’s degree at the University of
Edinburgh in history of psychology. After teaching his course Explorations
of Norway Nature and Culture, Doug spent two months
continuing research on sacred trees of Norway and Sweden. He
was invited to give a lecture on his research at Bømlo Folkehøgskule,
and he gave two performances of John Muir at Stord
University College and Sogn Folkehøgskule. He was also invited
to speak on the value of the Folk High School system at a regional
meeting held at Bømlo Folkehøgskule.
Allison Jack, Ph.D.
Former Environmental Studies faculty member Allison Jack published
research on sustainable disease management in aquaculture
from her National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship in
the Netherlands. Titled “Deciphering Microbial Landscapes of Fish
Eggs to Mitigate Emerging Diseases,” the report appeared in the
International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal.
Sue Knaup
Former instructor and Director of the One Street international
bicycle advocacy organization Sue Knaup has written a book titled
Cures for Ailing Organizations. She is currently fundraising to publish
this first-aid manual to help good organizations out of common
problems. “I wrote Cures for Ailing Organizations not just for bicycle
organizations, but for any group founded to benefit our world,”
she says. Find out more at www.onestreet.org.
Nancy Mattina, Ph.D.
Nancy Mattina, faculty member in the limited residency programs,
was selected as one of five 2014 Artists-in-Residence at the Hubbell
Trading Post National Historic Site in Ganado, Ariz. During
her 12-day stay in April she wrote and presented an illustrated essay,
“Women of the Desert at Hubbell Trading Post.” In June she was
endorsed by the Ganado and Cornfields Chapters of the Navajo
Nation for additional research she will carry out as a volunteer in
the Hubbell Archives this fall.
Denise Mitten, Ph.D.
Master of Arts Program Adventure Education Chair Denise Mitten
coauthored a book, Human Health and Natural Environments, that
has been published by Cabi Press. She also presented a keynote
address, Connections, Compassion, and Co-healing: Ecofeminism
in the Anthropocene, at the Precarious Times: New Imaginings for
Sustainability Conference at the Centre for Educational Research,
University of Sydney, Australia, June 2014. While in Australia
Denise also presented a daylong workshop for the Outdoor Recreation
Industry Council of NSW, Australia.