Menlo-Magazine-Fall-2014

Faculty/Staff NotesPauline Fatien at the reception in Calistoga tomeet President Moran, behind her on the right.Pauline Fatien, Associate ProfessorAfter a summer of adventures abroad,Dr. Fatien returned to Menlo to teachOrganizational Behavior, introducing newexperiential programs like the IntergalacticConference, as well as Empirical Researchto guide students through a demandingresearch journey. After participating in theOrientation Retreat with Monica Montanarias partner, she began the Transition toCollege Class and works weekly with freshmenon how to excel as a student at MenloCollege. Following the GSAEC Conferencehosted at Menlo in March 2014, Dr Fatienwas invited to join the Editorial Board ofthe Journal of Psychological Issues in OrganizationalCulture. Her latest publicationsinclude “Educating Coaching to PowerDynamics: Managing Multiple AgendasWithin the Triangular Relationships” co-authoredwith Dima Louis, published lastJuly in the Journal of Psychological Issuesin Organizational Culture, as well as “TheCoaching Continuum. Power Dynamicsin the Change Process” co-authored withDr. Kathi Lovelace, to be published in theInternational Journal of Work Innovation.She adds that she loves the new format ofthe weekly Menlo Campus News where shegets a chance to see some of her formerstudents perform!Cheryl Collins, Technical Services Librarian &College ArchivistIn July, Cheryl Collins was selected toattend and completed the WesternArchives Institute held at the University ofCalifornia, Riverside. The Western ArchivesInstitute is two weeks of intensive trainingin archive management and is sponsoredby the Society of California Archivists andthe California State Archives. The cohortof eighteen professional archivists learnedabout records management, arrangementand description, preservation, acquisitions,appraisal, reference, photographs,electronic records, and grant funding. Theprogram also included behind the scenestours of the Huntington Library, RiversideMetropolitan Museum, National Archivesat Riverside, and the A.K. Smiley Library.Teri Thomas, Director of Student Leadership and ActivitiesCraig Medlen, Professsor, EconomicsProfessor Medlen will be traveling toLisbon this November to give a talk on“Marginal Q: An Institutional Search foran Unobservable Variable.” Marginal Q isthe additional stock valuation consequent(and relative to) new investment and is aprime mover in James Tobin’s Q theory ofinvestment. He will show that Marginal Qis positively related to free cash (corporatecash in excess of investment) and negativelyrelated to the cash flow/ output ratio.At the macro level, the latter is a distributionalvariable showing the share of outputaccruing to capital. This share has beenrapidly rising since the late 1960s and maywell help explain the long term slowdownof investment growth since that time.Teri Thomas’ article, “Leadership and Personality” was publishedin the Campus Activities Programming, Back to School2014 issue. Teri, formerly the Director of Student Activities atthe Prescott Campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,provides leadership and oversight in the planningand implementation of leadership development programs,educational and social activities, and the overall studentengagement experience. “I’m so pleased that Teri has joinedthe Office of Student Affairs,” said Yasmin Lambie-Simpson,Dean of Student Affairs. “Her experience is already provingto be valuable in building a rich leadership program for our students.”Michael Durrigan, Adjunct ProfessorIn Fall 2014, Dr. Durrigan rejoined the Menlo College adjunct faculty and family after 20years (he first taught mathematics at Menlo College in 1994.) He is instructing 3 mathematicscourses: M101 Intermediate Algebra, M102 College Algebra and a 1 unit researchcourse in M101. In addition to teaching courses at Menlo, he is a part time school-basedinterning therapist at Campbell Middle School. He also has a private practice where hetutors and mentors both gifted and challenged high school students in mathematicsand statistics. His hobbies include competing in senior level Ballroom Dance.MENLO COLLEGE 21