Dr. Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale.

Dr. Ameeta Jaiswal-Dale, Finance Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of “Retrieving Financial Information in XBRL: Next Generation EDGAR,” which she presented at the American Accounting Association Mid Atlantic Regional annual meeting, held in April in New Jersey.

Dr. John Wendt

Dr. John Wendt, Ethics and Business Law Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of an article titled “The Road to the London 2012 Olympic Games: ‘The Selection Games,’” which has been accepted for publication by the Entertainment & Sports Lawyer. Wendt also presented “Doping and the Competitive Athlete” at the Fairview 2013 Current Concepts in Sports Medicine: “Overhead Athletic Injuries: Safe to Pitch or Throwing Caution to the Wind?”

George Baboila

George Baboila, School of Social Work; Virgil Wiebe, School of Law; and Jennifer Wright, School of Law, presented on “Teaching Interprofessional Ethics,” April 30, to a packed audience at the American Association of Law Schools annual clinical Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Hans Gustafson

Dr. Hans Gustafson, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning, and Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a chapter, titled “Place, Spiritual Anthropology, and Sacramentality in Merton’s Later Years,” for the forthcoming book The Merton Annual: Studies in Culture, Spirituality, and Social Concerns, Volume 25 (David Belcastro and Joseph Raab, eds. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2013, pp. 74-90).

Mark Jensen, University Relations, has a solo exhibition of selected prints from his North Shore Portfolio, titled “Rocks, Trees, and Moss,” hanging this month at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, located on Lowry Hill in Minneapolis. This portfolio is comprised of color photographs taken with a large format view camera along the North Shore of Lake Superior. The original images were created using 4×5 color transparency film. This is the first exhibit of Jensen’s color work in Minneapolis. Jensen also will display a portrait from the National Endowment for the Humanities-funded “Minneapolis – Portrait of a  Lifestyle” and others commissioned by the Minnesota Historical Society for its “Minnesota 2000 Documentary Photography Project” at Art-a-Whirl the third week in May.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is editor of The Other People: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Migration  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Contributors include specialists in migration studies from anthopology, criminal justice, family studies, legal studies, nursing, political science, social welfare, sociology and women’s studies. The authors have lived experience in African, Australian, Canadian, German, Hmong, Korean, Middle Eastern and United Kingdom cultures. They hold positions at universities in Australia, Canada and across the United States, and include the deputy head of the University of Southern Queensland Law School, Australia, and the director of the Asylum and Refugee Law Clinic at Pepperdine University School of Law.

Karraker wrote the introductory chapter “Global Migration in the Twenty-first Century.” Jennifer Blank (B.A. Sociology, Criminal Justice, University of St. Thomas; M.A. criminology, Middlesex University) is the author of “Human Trafficking, Migration, and Gender: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” based on her interviews with men engaged in sex trafficking in London. Dr. Sue Smith-Cunnien, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, contributed “Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Nation): Zimbabweans in South Africa,” based on her work in those societies. Jan Orf, UST Libraries, and Mathew Vicknair, sociology and economics major, co-wrote an appendix, “Resources for Research on Global Migration.”

The cover, by award-winning Twin Cities photographer Wing Young Huie, depicts an emigrant from Sudan awaiting the bus to adult education classes on a snowy January morning in St. Paul, Minn. The book is dedicated to that person.

Dr. John Wendt

Dr. John Wendt, Department of Ethics and Business Law, Opus College of Business, co-presented “I Can Do This! Where is the Bottom?: An Analysis of Risk Management Plans for Swimmers in Triathlons” with Dean John Miller of Troy University and Professor Gina A. Pauline of Syracuse University at the 26th Annual Conference on Sport, Physical Activity, Recreation and Law.  Wendt and Miller also co-presented “Risk Communication Management of Concussions in High School Football, Who Knew?” at the conference.

Students and faculty from the Chemistry Department presented their research at the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, held April 7-11 in New Orleans, La. Student presenters, their projects and their research advisers were: Cole Johnson, “Computational Analysis of Molecular Fluoroquinolone using GAMESS” (student of Dr. Joseph Brom); Wendy Consoer, “Characterization of Ozonation Products for the Macrolide Antibiotic Roxithromycin,” Sam Jensen, “Assessing Estrogenic and Androgenic Activity of UV Filter Photoproducts,” and Maia Moffatt, “Effects of Ozonation on the Antibacterial Activity of the Macrolide Roxithromycin” (students of Dr.  Kristine H. Wammer); Mark Schwerkoske, “Novel Antimalarial Compounds,” Tommy Gentle, “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Isoluminol Derivatives,” Sam Fish, “Kinetics of Hindered Amine and Isocyanates Reactions,” Olga Zamulko, “Synthesis of a Topologically Designed Novel Antibiotic,” Mark Frommelt, “Synthesis of a Near Infrared Absorbing Photochrome,” Suzanne Mages, “Tunable Radiopaque Polymers,” Becca Kummer, “Synthesis of a Novel Antibacterial Compound,” Sarah Larson, “A Novel Route to N-Alkylated Benzimidazoles,” and Brooke Capelle, “Synthesis of Novel Thermochromic Compounds” (students of Dr.  J. Thomas Ippoliti); Jenna Johnson, “Intermolecular Contacts Involving Halogen Atoms in the Solid-State Structures of Some bis-Benzylideneanilines” (student of Dr. William Ojala); Bryan Haugen, “Synthetic Pathway of Symmetrical Triazole-based N-Heterocyclic Carbenes,” and Kayla Ryan, “Toward Group Two Metal Alkoxides and Aryloxides using Hydrothermal Synthesis” (students of Dr. Marites A. Guino-o); Amber R. Schoenecker, “Characterization of Glycosaminoglycans and Their Interactions with TAT Peptide to Increase Drug Specificity,” Kyle Chamberlain, ‪”Quantitative Determination of DNA Affinity for PEGylated PAMAM Dendrimer Gene Delivery Vehicles,” Danielle Francen, ‪”Tat Peptide-Mediated Gene Delivery: Complex Formation and Interaction with Cell-Surface Glycosaminoglycans,” and Kristin J. Braden, “Charge Density and Stereochemistry Affect the Interaction of PAMAM Dendrimer with Glycosaminoglycans” (students of Dr. Lisa E. Prevette); Christina Rozeske, “Hydroboration as a Route to Cyclic Boranes” (student of Dr.  Eric Fort); Zach Henseler, “Characterization of Cationic DNA Transfection Agents Binding to Supramolecular G-DNA” (student of Dr. Tom Marsh).

Faculty presenting talks were Dr.  J. Thomas Ippoliti, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, “Utilizing Undergraduate Research Results in Organic Spectroscopy,” and Dr. Eric Fort, Chemistry Department, “Improving Routes to Azaborine Containing Molecules.” Faculty presenting posters were Dr.  Joseph Brom, Chemistry Department, “Quantum Interference: How To Measure the Wavelength of a Particle,” and Dr. Lisa Prevette, Chemistry Department, “Quantifying the Interaction of Tat Peptide and Cell-Surface Glycosaminoglycans.”

Ten faculty and one library staff member presented various aspects of their work with the UST Writing Across the Curriculum program held April 4 and 5 at the Minnesota Writing and English Conference at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn.

Supporting Student Writing Across the Curriculum 1: Teaching Revision, Scaffolding Assignments, and Revising ESL Assignment Design
• Dr. Lon Otto (English)
• Dr. Michael Degnan (Philosophy)
• Dr. Juan Li (English)

Supporting Student Writing Across the Curriculum 2: Writing as a Means of Learning Course Content
• Dr. Stephanie Grimm (Accounting)
• Dr. Colin Martin (Biology)
• Dr. Kevin Henderson (Management)

Supporting Student Writing Across the Curriculum 3: Using Technology and Partnering with Librarians to Enhance Student Learning
• Ms. Talia Nadir (Research and Instruction Librarian)
• Dr. Debra Petersen (Communication and Journalism)
• Dr. Daniel Tight (Spanish)
• Dr. Andrea Nesmith (School of Social Work)

“Transformation from Within: Creating a Culture of Writing at the University of St. Thomas”
• Dr. Erika Scheurer (WAC director, English)

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of four articles:

• “Is Vatican II Still Relevant?” in Visions of Hope. Emerging Theologians and the Future of the Church, ed. Kevin Ahern, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis, 2013, pp. 7-19
• “Chiesa-istituzione e chiesa-movimento: la sfida del secolo,“ Limes. Rivista italiana di geopolitica, 3/2013, pp. 79-86
• “Tendenze in atto nel dibattito sul Vaticano II (2002-2012), Cristianesimo nella Storia XXIV/1 (2013), pp. 1-14
• “Laicita,’” Nuova Informazione Bibliografica, X/1 (2013), pp. 65-83
  

  Dr. Michael Hollerich

Dr. Michael Hollerich, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of two articles:

• “Eusebius of Caesarea,” in James Carleton Paget and Joachim Schaper, eds., The New Cambridge History of the Bible: From the Beginnings to 600, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013), pp. 529-553
• “Eusebius of Caesarea,” in The Literary Encyclopedia, http://www.litencyc.com/ (London: The Literary Encyclopedia Company, 2013).

Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, had a chapter published March 19, titled “Overcoming Problems Incorporating NMR into the Organic Chemistry Lab,” Chapter 6, pp. 83-90, in the ACS Symposium Series book NMR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum.

On April 27, the University of St. Thomas Geography Department attended the ninth annual Minnesota Undergraduate Geography Symposium hosted by Macalester College. Eighty participants attended from five Midwest colleges that have geography programs. Eleven UST geography students presented the following original research to their colleagues:

• Joe Mueller: “Access to Medical Devices: A Case Study of Florida”
• Joseph Molin: “Quality of Life in the Twin Cities and Nice Ride”
• Chad Miller: “Where Should I Live? Analyzing Neighborhood Quality of Life in the Twin Cities”
• Fartun Dirie: “Measuring Quality of Life in the Twin Cities: Third Space and Traditional Neighborhood Institutions and Mental Maps: Gaining Insight Into the Diverse Somali Perceptions of Residential Desirability in the Twin Cities”
• Mitchell Schaps: “Wind Power Potential in Minnesota”
• Frederik Bjoenness: “Neighborhood Quality in a Global Context”
• Ryan Burke: “Alternative Transportation Clusters in the Seven-County Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, 2013”
• Nicholas Ronnei: “Mapping Isolation in Minnesota: The New Sunshine State”
• Jay Kidd and Emily Jorgensen: “Analyzing Changing Patterns of Carbon Sequestration in Scott County, 1992-2006”
• Chia Lee: “The Rise of Obesity and Its Affect on the Increase of Fitness”

Dr. Hans Gustafson

Dr. Hans Gustafson, Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning and Theology Department, is the author of a chapter, “Sacramental Mediation Between Theology and Spirituality,” published in Spirituality in the 21st Century: Explorations. (Inter-Disciplinary Press Oxford, UK).

Dr. Bonnie Holub

Dr. Bonnie Holub, Honeywell Endowed Chair in Global Technology Management, Graduate Programs in Software, School of Engineering, was named to Ever-Green Energy’s board of directors. Ever-Green Energy is one of the country’s foremost experts in advancing integrated energy systems. Developed through District Energy St. Paul, Ever-Green has decades of experience in engineering, system development and utility ownership and management.

Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of a chapter, “Overcoming Problems Incorporating NMR into the Organic Chemistry Lab,” which was published March 19 in the ACS Symposium Series book NMR Spectroscopy in the Undergraduate Curriculum (ch. 6, pp. 83-90).

James Rogers

James Rogers, Center for Irish Studies, attended the national meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies April 10-13. The meeting was held in Chicago under the joint sponsorship of Northern Illinois University and DePaul University. Rogers organized a panel on “Irish-American Respectability,” in which he presented a paper titled “Performing Respectability: The Memoirs of Sullivan, Corbett, and Mack.” He also chaired three other sessions. On April 12, Dufour Editions hosted a book launch for the recently released Extended Family: Essays on Being Irish American from New Hibernia Review, which he edited. A past president of ACIS, Rogers left the organization’s executive committee at this meeting after 14 years of continuous service.

Dr. Lisa Waldner

Dr. Lisa K. Waldner, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, (with Betty A. Dobratz, Iowa State University), are the authors of “Graffiti as a Form of Contentious Political Participation” in Sociology Compass 7: 377-389.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, presented a paper, “Middle Class in Middle America: Toward a Sociology of the Middle Class,” April 5, at the annual meetings of the British Sociological Association in London.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker

Junior Xavier Vergara and senior Nick Chang presented a session, “Teambuilding Softly,” at the regional National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) conference in Minneapolis. Dr. Tori Svoboda, associate dean of students, also co-presented a session with Robin Hart Ruthenbeck from Macalester College. Their session was titled “Deepening Conversations About First Generations.” Graduate student Laurie Schulz served on the conference planning committee.

N. Curtis LeMay

N. Curtis Le May, director of the Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library, was elected vice chair/chair elect of the Academic Libraries Section of the Catholic Library Association, April 2, at the association’s annual conference in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Sarah Noonan

Dr. Sarah Noonan, Leadership, Policy and Administration Department, College of Education, Leadership, and Counseling, is the author of a new chapter on talent development, titled “Educating Wizards: Developing Talent Through Innovation Education,” in The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education (2013). The handbook introduces an entirely new field in educational practice − innovation education − using findings from the fields of innovation, gifted education, scientific talent and education and high ability studies.

Dr. Kim Vrudny

Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “An Ethical Gaze? Behind the Scenes with 30 Years / 30 Lives,” in ARTS: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, 24/1 (2012-2013) 20-33. Vrudny is also assuming the role of senior editor of ARTS starting in July. She was elected to this role last year at the AAR. Wilson Yates, who was the founding editor, is retiring from the role at the end of this academic year.

Dr. Martin Warren, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Filling in the Template: King Arthur as an Exercise in Answering a Generation’s Questions,” published in Minnesota English Journal, 48: 55-58.

Faculty and undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences Sociology and Criminal Justice Department presented their research at a regional meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society held March 27 to 30 in Chicago. Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker and sociology students Emilee Sirek, Victoria Speake and Mitchell Wolff presented “Religious Family Values, Family Business Virtues: Preliminary Findings from a Study of 20 Family Businesses.” Dr. William Kinney and UST alum Dr. Jynette Larshus (Minot State University) presented “The Impact of Race on Popular Music Recognition: A Listener Artist Comparison.” Dr. Tanya Gladney participated in two panels, including “Academia as a Second Career” and “Networking for Academics and Professionals.” Dr. Lisa Waldner and sociology student Kylee Joosten presented “Analyzing the Use of Heterosexual Perpetration Tactics in Sexually Coercive Undergraduates.” Waldner also (with Betty A. Dobratz, Iowa State University) presented a workshop on “How to Get Published in Referred Journals” and was a panelist in “Future Trends and Issues in Publishing.” Dr. Peter Parilla received a 2013 Presidential Award for his service to the Midwest Sociological Society.

Mitchell Wolff, Emilee Sirek, Victoria Speake, Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of two books: True Reform: Liturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum Concilium (Liturgical Press, 2012) and Vatican II: The Battle for Meaning (Paulist Press, 2012). Both are finalists in the theology category of the “Excellence in Publishing Awards,” sponsored by the Association of Catholic Publishers. The winner will be announced in May. These books also were reviewed in Commonweal this month.

Dan Gjelten

Dan Gjelten, UST Libraries, was selected to attend the Harvard Institute for Higher Education’s “Library Leadership in a Digital Age,” March 21-23 at Harvard University. The institute was attended by 95 academic library leaders from around the country and was chaired by former Tufts University president Lawrence Bacow and American Library Association president Maureen Sullivan. Faculty included Bacow and Sullivan as well as David Ferriero, archivist of the United States; Kevin Guthrie, founder of JSTOR and ITHAKA S+R; and Chris Dede, Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Father Joseph Hurtuk, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of an article published in the Easter edition of the archdiocesan paper the Catholic Spirit titled “Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!”

David Steinhafel, a philosophy major, represented St. Thomas April 6 at “SkillsUSA,” which hosts statewide and nationwide competitions for a variety of fields. He was one of three judges for the Computer Programming competition for Minnesota. He and two others determined which contestant would proceed to the national competition.

Dr. John Wendt

Dr. John Wendt, Ethics and Business Law Department; Steve Stovitz, M.D., M.S., University of Minnesota Physicians; and Moira Novak, M.S., A.T.C., director of athletic medicine for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Minnesota, co-presented “Drug Testing and Athletic Medicine: A Case Based Discussion: Where Ethics and Law and Safety and Reality Collide” at the University of Minnesota Medical School Athletic Department Grand Rounds in Minneapolis.

Four first-year students from the fall 2012 “The Irish Memoir” class presented papers for the “The Irish Family at Home and Abroad” symposium, held March 9 at St. Thomas. The presenters were Shannon Kelly, “Authors vs. Fathers: A Showdown in Irish Memoir”; Samantha Hanowski, “Irish Motherhood: Reality and Fantasy”; Meghan Meints, “Images of Motherhood in Irish Memoirs”; and Kilee Pertl,”Secrets and Silence in the Irish Family.” The symposium was sponsored by the Center for Irish Studies; the College of Arts and Sciences; the Department of Sociology; and the Family Studies program. The class was taught by James Rogers, Center for Irish Studies.

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Something Lost … and Gained. Papal Mystique After Benedict XVI,” published in the March issue of “The Tablet,” (pp. 10-11); an Italian translation of “Vatican II: The Battle for Meaning” in Interpretare il Vaticano II. Storia di un dibattito, (EDB, Bologna 2013); and an article, “Verfahrensformen und Legitimierungsquellen während des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils,” in Ekklesiologische Alternativen? Monarchischer Papat und Formen kollegialer Kirchenleitung, Bernward Schmidt, Hubert Wolf, eds., (15.-20. Jahrhundert, Münster: Rhema, 2013, pp. 187-201).

Dr. Kurt Illig

Dr. Kurt Illig, Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, and undergraduates Anna Garske, Chloe Lawyer and Brittni Peterson, are authors of a study investigating the role of dopamine in learning during adolescence. A summary of the article can be found on the UST Biology Department blog “Biophilia.”

Dr. David Kelley

Dr. David Kelley, Geography Department, College of Arts and Sciences, was an invited speaker at the Centennial Seminar series, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Department of Soil, Water and Climate at the University of Minnesota. His presentation on March 6 was titled “Effects of Increased Ethanol Production on the Conservation Reserve Program in Minnesota.”

Sister Katarina Schuth

Sister Katarina Schuth, O.S.F., Endowed Chair for the Social Scientific Study of Religion, School of Divinity, is the author of “Of Safety and Assessment,” an article that discusses her thoughts on what the new pope should do about “the scandal surrounding the sexual abuse of children by clergy,” which was published in the journal America (March 11).

Dr. John Wendt, Ethics and Business Law Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of an article, “Toward Harmonization: British Olympic Association v. World Anti-Doping Association,” which has been accepted for publication by the Marquette Sports Law Review.

Dr. Sanjeev Bordoloi

Dr. Sanjeev Bordoloi, Operations and Supply Chain Management Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of a textbook titled Service Management: Operations, Strategy, Information Technology, eighth ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2013 (with Fitzsimmons and Fitzsimmons).

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Dr. Mark DelCogliano, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of On Christian Doctrine and Practice: St Basil the Great, a volume of translations of selected homilies of St. Basil. (Popular Patristics Series 47, Yonkers: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2012).

Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Exit Signs: Benedict XVI and the Bureaucratization of the Church,” published in Commonweal magazine, Feb. 13.

Dr. John Martens

Dr.  John Martens, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is now a regular columnist with America Magazine. His columns will appear in the section “The Word,” which appears weekly in the print magazine and online.

Dr. John Wendt, Ethics and Business Law Department, Opus College of Business, is the author of an article, “Drug Testing through the Lens of a Member of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport,” which has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport.

Dr. Thomas Bushlack

Dr. Thomas Bushlack, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of an article, “The Age of Skepticism: The Challenge of Relevance in a Quickly Changing Culture,” published in the journal America, 208:4 (Feb. 11).

Dr. Michael Hollerich, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Taking Exception: Paul Kahn Rocks the Liberal Boat,” published in the December 2012 issue of Political Theology, vol. 13, no. 6, 689-692.

Dr. Catherine Marrs Fuchsel

Blaire Hysjulien, a master’s in social work student graduating this May, is co-author, with Dr. Catherine Marrs Fuchsel, School of Social Work, of two publications: “Familism, Sexual Abuse, and Domestic Violence Among Immigrant Mexican Women” (in Affilia: Social Work Journal for Women, in press) and “Exploring a Domestic Violence Intervention Curriculum for Immigrant Mexican Women in a Group Setting: A Pilot Study” (in Social Work With Groups, in press). Hysjulien has been Marrs Fuchsel’s research assistant since fall 2011. Their project examines a Domestic Violence Intervention Model (DVIM) curriculum for use among immigrant Mexican women. They are evaluating the DVIM curriculum in a 12-week, psycho-educational group format. Each week, the participants learn a different topic related to self-esteem, healthy relationships, prevention of domestic violence, and accessing resources and services in the community. They have been collecting group data for almost two years, with the fourth group conducted this spring. Hysjulien has conducted literature reviews, analyzed data, created tables and created a Power Point presentation.

Dr. David Kelley

Dr. David Kelley and Dr. Paul Lorah, Geography Department, College of Arts and Sciences, are co-authors of an article, “The USA’s Most Pain-in-the-A#% Geocache,” published in the December 2012 issue of FTF Geocacher magazine. Kelley and Lorah used computer modeling to identify the most remote, inaccessible location in the coterminous United States where a geocache could be placed and earn the dubious title of Most Pain-in-the-A#% Geocache.

Dr. Anne Klejment

Dr. Anne Klejment, History Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of two encyclopedia entries in Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, edited by Gary Okihiro and published in print and electronic versions. Klejment’s entries focus on former Minnesota state legislator Mee Moua and writer and philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip.

Dr. Kim Vrudny.

Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of a book chapter, “Religion, Ethics, and AIDS,” published in Religious and Ethical Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century, Paul O. Myhre, ed., (Winona: Anselm Academic, 2013), 112-139.

Dr. Marty Warren, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences, was the guest speaker on Healing Journeys on A2zen.fm radio Jan. 10. Warren’s topic was “Practical Mysticism: Grappling With the World.” The description of the topic was as follows: “Too often, mystics are characterized as very private people, set apart from the rest of the community, engaged in some kind of esoteric experience that the rest of us cannot understand and that has little to do with us. But in reality, the mystic is very much connected to the larger body of the community, not withdrawing from responsibilities. Mysticism confronts institutional religion’s fascination with what the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart calls “book-learning” and challenges religions to offer their members ‘life-learning.’ Three 20th-century mystics − Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy Day, and Etty Hillesum − who wrestled with the gritty realities of existence, present us with an active mysticism that engages life with hope.”

Dr. Scott Wright

Dr. Scott Wright, Professor Emeritus, History Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of essays on Joseph Heco and Fred Korematsu in Great Lives From History: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, 2013).

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of three articles: “Vatican II at 50 Years (1962-2012): Macro-Issues of the Debate on the Council,” published in Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture, 5/2 (2012), pp. 9-24; “I movimenti cattolici internazionali nel post-concilio: il caso della recezione del Vaticano II in Italia, published in Da Montini a Martini: il Vaticano II a Milano. I. Le figure, eds. Gilles Routhier, Luca Bressan and Luciano Vaccaro (Brescia: Morcelliana, 2012) pp. 455-471; “Pericle Felici, Johannes Paulus I, Johannes Paulus II, Alfredo Ottaviani, Sebastian Tromp (ad vocem),” published in Personenlexikon zum Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzil, eds. Michael Quisinsky and Peter Walter (Freiburg i.B.:Herder, 2012) pp. 103-104; 145-147; 204; 274-275; and “The Battle over ‘Gaudium et Spes’ Then and Now: Dialogue With the Modern World After Vatican II,” published in Origins, vol. 42:34, pp. 545-551.

Dr. Michael Klein

Dr. Mike Klein, Justice and Peace Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is author of “Cell Phones, T-shirts and Coffee: Codification of Commodities in Circle of Praxis Pedagogy” in Peace Studies Journal, vol. 6:1. Many commodities and consumer products are produced in regions that experience oppression, conflict, and war. These objects connect us to a global web of relationships that sustain direct and structural violence. This article presents a modification of 20th-century Freireian pedagogy by examining codifications of such commodities for application in the globalized culture and capitalist political economy of the 21st century. Codifications may be employed in education to encourage exploration of these relationships beyond our immediate experience of social phenomena, engage in critical analysis of complex issues, thoughtfully reflect on normative assumptions and plan action for positive change. These are the four steps of a pedagogical model titled the Circle of Praxis. This model is explained through codification of a cellphone and described more thoroughly in the codification of T-shirts. Finally, the process of developing codifications is examined through the example of coffee.

Dr. Salina Renninger

Dr. Salina Renninger, LP, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, presented a poster, “ACCTA Diversity Scholarship Program: Benefits to Scholars and the Sponsoring Organization,” at the National Multicultural Conference and Summit in Houston, Texas. The research that the poster described was a joint project with Dr. Sarah Armstrong, LP, Counseling and Psychological Services, J. Phillips, M. Herman, K. Magnus, F. Savino, K. Taylor and F. Vajk. More information on the conference and a pdf of the program (which lists the poster) can be found here. Renninger notes that there is a typo in the program, in that they spell ACCTA as ACTA.

Dr. Robert Kennedy

Dr. Robert Kennedy, Catholic Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of the chapter “Human Development and Business Practice,” published in Human Development in Business: Values and Humanistic Management in the Encyclical ‘Caritas in Veritate,’ Domenec Melé and Claus Dirksmeier, eds., London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2012, pp. 137-154. Kennedy also had one of his books, The Good that Business Does, published in a special edition of PovertyCure, “an international coalition of 180-plus organizations and individuals committed to entrepreneurial solutions to poverty that challenge the status quo and champion the creative potential of the human person.”

Dr. Michael Naughton

Dr. Michael Naughton, Catholic Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, presented a lecture on “The Vocation of the Business Leader: A Document from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace,” Dec. 12, at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome.

Dr. Scott Wright.

Dr. Scott Wright, History Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of a new book, Of Snapping Turtles and Packing Plants. The work, which combines fiction, history and memoir, is an account of growing up in South St. Paul during the 1940s and early 1950s. Copies are available at the UST Bookstore on the St.Paul campus.

Dr. Artika Tyner (left), and Nekima Levy-Pounds. (Photo credit: Hamline University)

This fall, the Community Justice Project (part of the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services), led by Nekima Levy-Pounds and Dr. Artika Tyner, both of the School of Law, has partnered with media justice advocates to advance the prison phone justice campaign. The campaign focuses on addressing the high cost of prison phone calls both nationally and locally. CJP students, Dominika Malisz, Elysia Newton and Margaret Higgins also have played a key role in mobilizing and educating key stakeholders related to prison phone justice reform. Malisz, Newton and Higgins conducted legal research and analysis, met with policy officials, hosted listening sessions and developed outreach materials. As a result of their efforts, Congressman Keith Ellison sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission chair to advocate for reform. The CJP is an award-winning civil rights clinic that focuses on promoting equal justice under the law.

Dr. Artika Tyner serves on the Emancipation Proclamation Committee with the Minnesota African American Museum (MAAM). The Office of Diversity and MAAM have partnered to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

In addtion, Tyner and Beatriz Espinoza, a second-year law student, are the creators of ”A Brief Guide to Watch Night Services,” which serves a tool for educating the community on the history of the Watch Night Service held during the wake of the Emancipation Proclamation. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation and convening of the Watch Night Service referred to as “Freedom’s Eve” (dated: December 31, 1862). Freedom’s Eve marked the beginning of a new chapter in African American history as slaves seized the opportunity to gain their freedom.
This guide provides a brief history of this historical Watch Night Service and explores the significance of this service in relation to the abolishment of slavery in the United States. It also includes practical tools for celebrating freedom’s journey today. Our hope is that members of the UST community can share in this historic celebration by honoring the lives of those who fought for freedom and renewing your commitment to pursue justice, freedom and liberty.

Dr. Angeline Barretta-Herman. Photo by Elias Adams.

Dr. Angeline Barretta-Herman, Professor Emerita of Social Work, presented “Tracing the Development of Social Work Education, 1937-2010” at the Joint World Congress of Social Work and Social Development: Action and Impact, July 8-12, 2012  in Stockholm, Sweden. Her presentation was part of a network titled “Trends and Challenges Facing Social Work Education Worldwide: Findings of the International Association of Schools of Social Work 2010 Census Project.” Barretta-Herman is the principal instigator for that project and is aided by a team of researchers from England, Canada and Kenya.

Dr. Muffet Trout, Teacher Education Department, College of Education, Leadership and Counseling, is the author of Making the Moment Matter: Care Theory for Teacher Learning.

Dr. Muffet Trout. Photo by Mike Ekern.

Three years in the making, Making the Moment Matter is Trout’s first book and a self-study of her own teaching practice. It takes a look at the development of relationships in educational settings through a series of narratives: four chapters chronicling four different relationships, in which Trout uses Nel Noddings’ care theory to analyze her own teaching style.

The content lends itself to class discussions, seminar settings, field experience and clinical practice; its audience includes and extends beyond educational researchers, teacher educators and student teachers.

Dr. Todd Dinkelman, University of Georgia, praises the book:

“Making the Moment Matter is a wonderful contribution to the literature on meaningful teacher education. Grounded in Nel Noddings’ relational ethic of care, this finely written book explores both the moral foundations and the lived realities of facilitating teacher development through pedagogical caring. Trout’s theoretically rich, carefully designed, and engaging inquiry could not be more timely. In an era when reform talk in teaching and teacher education is increasingly characterized by reference to outcomes, accountability and “value added” measures, this book reminds us that better teaching is a process centered on caring relationships. Her work has a great deal to offer many different readers—educational researchers interested in models of well-crafted studies of practice, teacher educators looking for insights into the complex work of teacher development, and others who wish to learn more about the manner of relationships that stand at the heart of education.”

Dr. Aaron Sackett. Photo by Tom Whisenand.

Making the Moment Matter is available internationally online at Sense Publishers and in the University of St. Thomas bookstores.

Dr. Aaron Sackett, Marketing Department, Opus College of Business, presented a poster, “The Effects of Natural Time Cues on Hedonic Evaluations − or, How Sunsets Ruin Movies,” at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, held Nov. 16 to 19, in Minneapolis. Undergraduates Andrew Bennington ’12 and Samantha Drager ’13 were coauthors on the project. At the same conference, the president of SJDM, George Wu, spoke in his presidential address, “Beyond the Status Quo: Understanding the Role of Alternative Reference Points,” about work in which he and Sackett have collaborated.

Dr. Kim Vrudny. Photo by Mark Jensen.

Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of a chapter, “AIDS, Accountability, and Activism: The Beauty of Sue Williamson’s Resistance Art,” published in She Who Imagines: Feminist Theological Aesthetics, Laurie Cassidy and Maureen H. O’Connell, eds., (Liturgical Press), which is a volume prepared in honor of Elizabeth A. Johnson and her significant feminist work, She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse.

Dr. Peter Parilla

Dr. Peter Parilla, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of a book chapter, “Cell Phone Use While Driving: Defining a Problem as Worthy of Action.” It is included in Making Sense of Social Problems: New Images, New Issues, edited by Joel Best and Scott Harris

Dr. Kris Wammer. Photo by Mark Brown.

Dr. Kris Wammer, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, published “Direct Photochemistry of Three Fluoroquinolone Antibacterials: Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin, and Enrofloxacin” in the journal Water Research. Co-authors of the paper were Wammer’s students Andrew Korte, Rachel Lundeen and Jacob Sundberg, as well as collaborators Kristopher McNeill and William Arnold.

Dr. Fritz Wenzel.

Fritz Wenzel, Management Department, Opus College of Business, received the University of Wisconsin – Steven’s Point Lifetime Achievement Award for his career achievements in the health care management. He was honored with the award Oct. 20 during the university’s homecoming festivities. Wenzel is a distinguished service professor in OCB’s Management Department. He also is the former executive director of the Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wis., and has served top administrative posts and boards for several medical organizations and groups, including the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation and others in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. Dr. Laura Nelson, M.D., ’01 M.B.A., also was honored by UW-Steven’s Point during Homecoming. She was named distinguished alumnus of the College of Professional Studies.

Dr. Scott Wright. Photo by Mike Ekern ’02.

Dr. Scott Wright, History Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of essays on professional boxer Art Aragon and political figures Dennis Chavez and Edward Roybal in the newly published Great Lives From History: Latinos (Salem Press, 2012).

Dr. Jennifer McGuire. Photo by Mike Ekern.

Seven undergraduate students and three faculty members presented results of their research at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Charlotte, N.C., which ran from Nov. 4-7. Students Emily Chatmas and Anna Kennedy-Harper presented a poster on their project, “Lower Pahranagat Lake as a Modern Analog for Ancient Lacustrine Microbiolate Facies of the Miocene Horse Spring Formation in Southern Nevada.” Dr. Kevin Theissen and Dr. Tom Hickson were advisers and co-authors on the project. Student Nick Hermann presented a poster on his project, ”The Good, the Bad and the Hypereutrophic: A Historical Sedimentary and Geometricaly Analysis of Two Connected Suburban Lakes in Scott County, MN.,” with Theissen as co-author. Hickson and student Jane De Lambert presented their project, “Facies Architecture and Mineralogy of Miocene Microbally-Dominated Carbonate Lakes of the Horse Spring Formation, Southern Nevada.” Dr. Jennifer McGuire and students Benjamin Ruhme, Ryan Streitz and Brady Ziegler presented a poster on their work, “Evaluating the Effect of Ethanol and Nitrate as Co-contaminants on the Biodegradation of Btex at an Aquifer- Wetland Interface Using Push-Pull Tests.” McGuire and Ziegler were also co-authors on a presentation, “Reactive Transport Modeling of Push-Pull Test Data: Evaluating Controls on Bioremediation of Aromatic Hydocarbons at the Bemidji, Minnesota Site.” Theissen gave a talk on his project, “A 200-Year Record of Regime Shifts, Land-use Change and Management From a Prairie Wetland.” Biology Department faculty members Dr. Leah Domine and Dr. Kyle Zimmer were co-authors on this project.

Dr. Mark Neuzil
(Photo by Elias Adams)

Dr. Mark Neuzil, Communication and Journalism Department, College of Arts and Sciences, and Office for Mission, moderated a panel, “The Craft: Academics and College Newspapers,” Oct. 20, at the annual Society of Professional Journalists conference in Lubbock, Texas. Also participating were newspaper advisers from New York University and the University of Montana.

Dr. Shirley Polejewski, Accounting Department, Opus College of Business, attended the 24th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues held in Maui, Hawaii. Prior to the conference Polejewski reviewed four papers for the conference. There were 215 papers submitted, and 166 were accepted. Participants for this conference represented 38 countries. The advisory board, of which Polejewski is a member, met to discuss issues for the coming conference, which will be held November 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bali, Indonesia. Polejewski acted as the luncheon chairperson on the first day of the conference and also was the moderator for four papers on “Financial Accounting Issues.” On the second day, she gave her paper on “Incorporating Ethics in the Accounting Curriculum” in a session devoted to “Accounting Ethics Issues.”

James Rogers
(Photo by Roger Rich)

James Rogers, Center for Irish Studies, attended the Midwest regional meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, held Oct. 19-20, at Marquette University. Rogers presented a paper titled “Varieties of Silence: Reflections on Irish-American Memoir.” He also organized and participated in a pedagogy roundtable, “Sleeper Hits of the Irish Studies Classroom,” in which participants discussed texts and assignment that worked unexpectedly well.

Dr. Tori Svoboda
(Photo by Mark Jensen)

Dr. Tori Svoboda, Dean of Students Office, recently received the Lee Knefelkamp Research Award from the Minnesota College Personnel Association. This award encourages and supports student development and student affairs research done by professionals, practitioners, graduate students and faculty. Svoboda was nominated for her dissertation research on the experiences of student affairs educators from working class backgrounds, which explores the ways in which class is constructed through social institutions such as families, schools, universities and professional associations. She also co-presented a session at the conference with Krista Soria, from the Office of Institutional Research at the University of Minnesota. Their presentation was titled, “Class(ism) in the Co-curricular: Investigating Low-Income and Working Class Students’ Participation in Co-Curricular Engagement.”

Dr. Kim Vrudny
(Photo by Mark Jensen)

Dr. Kimberly Vrudny, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of an article, “Seeking the Well-Being of the City: Future Directions for Visual Ethics,” that was published as part of a symposium of issues in theology and the arts in ARTS: The Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, 23.3 (2012).

Dr. Sarah Armstrong
(Photo by Mark Jensen)

Dr. Sarah Armstrong, Counseling and Psychological Services, presented “The Art and Science of Directing an Internship Program: Resources and Strategies for New Training Directors” at the 35th annual Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies conference in Baltimore, Md. Armstrong continues her service as an individual mentor to new training directors, serves on the ACCTA Standing Committee on Research, and serves as the ACCTA liaison to the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Dr. Stephen Brookfield, Distinguished Professor in the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling, was awarded the 2012 Cyril O. Houle Award from the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. Brookfield won the prestigious award for his book Teaching for Critical Thinking: Tools and Techniques to Help Students Question Their Assumptions. He will receive the award at the AAACE National Conference Nov. 8 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev.

Dr. Stephen Brookfield.

The Cyril O. Houle Award honors the scholarship and memory of Cyril O. Houle, professor of adult education at the University of Chicago. It is given annually for a book published in English in the previous year that reflects universal concerns of adult educators. Nominated works exemplify outstanding literature in adult education.

Dr. Matthew Kent, Philosophy Department, College of Arts and Sciences, gave an invited lecture on “Judgment,” Oct. 13, at the American Kinlein Association’s annual meeting in Hyattsville, Md.

Dr. David Jamieson
(Photo by Mike Ekern ’02)

Dr. David Jamieson, Organization Learning and Development Department, College of Education, Leadership and Counseling, is the author of a leadership case, “The First Woman Conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,” with Katherine Farquhar, published in Lessons in Leadership: Learning From Real World Cases (D.O. Warrick and Jens Mueller; Oxford, UK: RossiSmith Academic Publishing); a chapter, “Strategic Business Partner Role: Definition, Knowledge, Skills and Operating Tensions,” with Sue Eklund and Bob Meekin, in The Encyclopedia of Human Resource Management, Volume III: Thematic Essays (W. Rothwell and B. Benscoter, eds., San Francisco: Pfieffer/Jossey-Bass); and the third edition of a book, The Facilitators Fieldbook, for which he was a co-author with Tom Justice (New York: AMACOM).

He also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organization Development Network, which honors an individual whose commitment to the field of organization development and whose achievements over the course of a lifetime have made a significant contribution to the organization development profession that is clearly acknowledged by others in the professional community. The award will be presented this month in Phoenix, Ariz.

In addition, he is a co-author of The Handbook for Strategic HR: Best Practices in Organization Development From the OD Network (New York: AMACOM), which will be published in November.

Deacon Andrew Jaspers.

Deacon Andrew Jaspers, a Theology IV graduate student, received the Yves R. Simon Graduate Student Award at the 36th annual American Maritain Association international meeting, held Oct. 11-14, at LaSalle University in Philadelphia. Jaspers received the award, which included a certificate and $250, because the association judged his paper to be the best of the graduate student submissions.

The American Maritain Association is the leading Catholic philosophical association in the United States that focuses on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. The 37-year-old association was founded in memory of Jacques Maritain, the great Catholic philosopher and theologian of the last century who was a lifelong student of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.

Jaspers also presented his essay “Artistic and Spiritual Inspiration: Maritain’s Augustinian Thomism” at the conference. The essay traces the development of Maritain’s thought about artistic inspiration through his early works, such as Art and Scholasticism, to his later works, including Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry and Liturgy and Contemplation.

Jaspers was able to participate in the conference thanks to a grant from the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity’s Dean, Dr. Christopher Thompson.

Dr. Mel Gray.
Photo by Roger Rich.

Dr. Mel Gray, Finance Department, Opus College of Business, was an invited keynote speaker at the International Conference on Museum Governance in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, where he spoke on “Museum Governance in the United States: An Economic Perspective.” While in Taiwan, Gray and the other keynote speakers, representing Australia, Japan and Taiwan, also participated in a round-table discussion with students and faculty of the Graduate Institute of Conservation of Cultural Relics and Museology, Tainan National University of the Arts.

Dr. David Kelley, Geography Department, College of Arts and Sciences, attended the 97th annual meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, held Oct. 3-6 in San Marcos, Texas. Kelley organized a round-table discussion titled “Improving Pedagogy for Teaching Undergraduate Physical Geography.” His attendance was supported by a Teaching Enhancement Grant provided by St. Thomas’ Center for Faculty Development.

Dr. Thomas Redshaw.
Photo by Roger Rich.

Dr. Thomas Dillon Redshaw, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of an essay, “‘The Dolmen Poets’: Liam Miller and Poetry Publishing in Ireland, 1951-1961,” published in a special issue of the Irish University Review (Spring-Summer, 2012, 141-154) on the cultures of Irish poetry. The article is part of Redshaw’s cultural history of Ireland’s Dolmen Press (1951-1987).

James Rogers.
Photo by Roger Rich.

James Rogers, Center for Irish Studies, is the author of a review titled “Awake and Singing for Irish-American Poetry” in the fall 2012 (volume 32, number 12) issue of the Irish Literary Supplement, a publication of Boston College. Rogers reviewed Daniel Tobin’s Awake in America: On Irish American Poetry (University of Notre Dame Press, 2011).

Jennifer Wright. Photo by Roger Rich.

George Baboila, Dr. Patricia Stankovitch, Virgil Wiebe and Jennifer Wright, Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services, with Peter Keenan and Kristen Stevens, doctoral students in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, presented a skills-building session in August at the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Their presentation was titled “Preparing the New Clinician for Court – Skill Building Through Simulation.” The Interprofessional Center is a multidisciplinary training clinic that provides legal, psychological and social work services to the urban poor in the Twin Cities. This interactive skills-building session utilized components of the center’s expert and lay professional witness class, which is delivered each semester to students across the three disciplines. It includes the opportunity for law students to practice preparing and delivering direct and cross examination of witnesses as well as opportunities for social work and psychology students to practice testimony. Links to the group’s presentations used during the session can be found online here and here.

Mark Jensen, University Relations, attended the 49th annual national conference of the Society for Photographic Education March 22-25 in San Francisco, Calif., where he participated as a portfolio reviewer, reviewing portfolios of both student and professional photographers.

Dr. Martin Warren

Dr. Mike Klein, Justice and Peace Studies Department, College of Arts and Sciences, was a featured practitioner in an online dialogue, “Cultural Resistance: The Arts of Protest,” sponsored by the New Tactics in Human Rights Program at the Center for Victims of Torture. The archived dialogue can be found here. Cultural resistance is the broad use of arts, literature and traditional practices to challenge or fight unjust or oppressive systems and/or empower holders within the context of nonviolent actions, campaigns and movements. This dialogue explored the creative ways that cultural resistance can support human rights efforts and to exchange examples of successes.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker

Dr. Martin Warren, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences, gave a presentation, “Learning to Transform Life: Three 20th-Century Mystics Grapple With the World,” on Sept. 22 at the Institute for the Himalayan Tradition in St. Paul.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, and Family Business Center Fellow, is the author of “Teaching About Families (and Family Studies) Through Research Monographs,” published in the National Council on Family Relations’ Family Focus.

Dr. Nathaniel (Nat) Nelson, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, is the primary author of a paper, “Neuropsychological Outcomes of U.S. Veterans With Report of Remote Blast-Related Concussion and Current Psychopathology,” published in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (JINS) in September 2012. In collaboration with research colleagues of the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Nelson was also the primary author of two book chapters on issues related to traumatic brain injury and explosive blasts in the 2012 edited volume, Neuropsychological Practice for Veterans (S.S. Bush, Ed.), Springer, New York.

Dr. John Wendt, Ethics and Business Law Department, Opus College of Business, and Dr. John Miller of Troy University are co-authors of an article titled “The Lack of Risk Communication at an Elite Sports Event: A Case Study of the FINA 10 K Marathon Swimming World Cup” that has been accepted for publication by the International Journal of Sport Communication.

Samba Dieng. (Photo by Mark Jensen)

Samba Dieng, assistant director of International Student Services, is serving as the chair of Minnesota International Educators for the 2012-13 academic year. MIE is a professional association serving those who work with international students and scholars as well as in international recruiting and admissions at educational institutions and organizations throughout Minnesota.

Dr. Len Jennings, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, is the author of a paper, “Multicultural Knowledge and Skills of Singaporean Master Therapists,” published in the August 2012 issue of the Journal of Asia Pacific Counseling. Co-authors of the paper include St. Thomas doctoral students Ashley Gulden and Michael Oien. Both students and Jennings also presented a poster, “Cross-Cultural Experiences of Singaporean Expert Therapists” in August at the 120th American Psychological Association’s annual convention in Orlando, Fla. In addition, Jennings was the first author on the book chapter “Master Therapists: Explorations of Expertise” in Helge Ronnestad and Thomas Skovholt’s book, The Developing Therapist (2012).

Dr. Vanessa Cornett-Murtada, Music Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Nurturing the Whole Musician: Mindfulness, Wellness, and the Mind-Body Connection,” which was published by Music Teachers National Association in the September 2012 issue of the MTNA eJournal.

Dr. Daniel Tight. (Photo by Mike Ekern ’02)

Dr. Kevin Theissen, Geology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of an article, “The Altered Ecology of Lake Christina: A Record of Regime Shifts, Land-use Change, and Management From a Temperate Shallow Lake.” The article was published in the September issue of the peer-reviewed journal Science of the Total Environment. Co-authors include Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, faculty members Dr. Kyle Zimmer and Dr. Leah Domine.

Dr. Daniel Tight, Modern and Classical Languages Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of an article, “The First Noun Principle and Non-Canonical Structures,” published in the fall 2012 issue of Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics.

Global Families by Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker.

Dr. Lisa Waldner, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, with Betty Dobratz (Iowa State University), presented “White Power Activists’ Use of Virtual Social Space and Its Implications” at the second International Sociology Association Forum of Sociology, held Aug. 2, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, College of Arts and Sciences, and Family Business Center Fellow, is the author of Global Families, second edition, (c)2013 Sage. Global Families includes an essay, “Sex Trafficking: A ‘Family Business,’” by sociology and criminal justice alumna Jen Blank.

Dr. Massimo Faggioli. Photo by Mike Ekern ’02.

Dr. Massimo Faggioli, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “True Reform. Liturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum Concilium (Liturgical Press, 2012).

Dr. Eric Fort. Photo by Mike Ekern ’02.

Dr. Eric Fort, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is co-author of two recently published papers. The first, ”Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Acetylene Gas to a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Bay Region,” was published in the journal Chemical Communications (2012, 8102-8104). The second article, “Facile Air-Oxidation of Large Aromatic Hydrocarbon Bay Regions to Bay Region Quinones. Predicted Oxygen-Sensitivity of Hydrogen-Terminated Carbon Nanotubes,” was featured on the cover of the 10th anniversary issue of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2012, 5747-5749). Both articles are published in conjunction with Dr. Lawrence T. Scott at Boston College.

Dr. Mark Neuzil. Photo by Elias Adams.

Dr. Mark Neuzil, Communication and Journalism, College of Arts and Sciences, and Office for Mission, is the author of an article, “The Canoe: A Smooth Navigator,” which was published in the July/August issue of The History Channel Magazine.

Dr. William Ojala, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of a paper, “Competing Intermolecular Interactions in Some ‘Bridge-Flipped’ Isomeric Phenylhydrazones,” published in the July 2012 issue of the chemistry journal Acta Crystallographica, Section C: Crystal Structure Communications. Co-authors of the paper are former St. Thomas chemistry students Trina Arola, Ann Brigino and Jeremy Leavell, as well as Ojala’s brother, Charles R. Ojala, a member of the chemistry faculty of Normandale Community College. Ojala also presented a poster, “Isostructuralism in 2,2’-Disubstituted Benzylideneanilines,” at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, which was held July 28 through Aug. 1 in Boston. Co-authors of the poster presentation were Charles Ojala and former St. Thomas chemistry students Jonathan Smieja, Marika Kuspa, and Kendra Lystad. Both the publication and the poster presentation focused on aspects of crystal structure significant in the design and preparation of new solid materials.

Dr. Bill Ojala. Photo by Mike Ekern ’02.

Dr. Gerald Schlabach, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of “Call No Movement New Until It Is Old: ‘New Monasticism’ and the Practice of Stability,” published in Pro Ecclesia 21, no. 3 (Summer 2012): 247–57.

Students from the Chemistry Department presented posters describing their research Aug. 9 at the Summer Undergraduate Research Expo held at the McNamara Alumni Center of the University of Minnesota and sponsored by the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. The participating students, the titles of their posters, and their advisers were:

• Rashmi Poudel, “Online Trapping and Desorption for the Improvement of Nitric Oxide Detection With Micro-Dialysis Extraction and a Chemiluminescence Detector,” and Daphne Welter, “Online Monitoring of Fermentations Using Microdialysis Extractions Coupled With Mass Spectrometry,” students of Dr. Tony Borgerding.
• Cole Johnson, “Computational Analysis of Molecular Fluoroquinolone Using GAMESS,” student of Dr. Joseph Brom.
• Bryan Haugen, “The Synthesis of Symmetrical Triazoles,” Michael Slitts, “Ni(NHC)2 Complexes for Use in the Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane,” and Meghan Talbot, “Synthesis of Triazolylidene Type Ligands,” students of Dr. Marites Guino-o.
• Evan Beacom, “Synthesis of Imidazole Derivatives,” Brooke Capelle, “Synthesis of a Novel Yellow Thermochrome,” Mark Frommelt, “Synthesis of a Hyperpolarizable Molecule Containing a Photochromic Switch Leading to Absorption in the Near Infrared Region,” Thomas Gentle, “Synthesis of a Novel Polymerizable Isoluminol Derivative,” Rebecca Kummer, “Synthesis of a Novel Antibacterial Compound,” Sarah Larson, “A Novel Route to N-Alkylated Benzimidazoles,” Mark Schwerkoske, “Synthesis of Potential Antimalarial Compounds,” and Olga Zamulko, “Synthesis of a Topologically Designed Novel Antibiotic,” students of Dr. J. Thomas Ippoliti.
• Michael Thiem, “Quantitative Measurement of an Ultra Small Riboflavin Fluorescent Sample Using a Titration Method,” student of Dr. Gary Mabbott.
• Zach Henseler, “Systematic Analysis of Incubation Conditions on G-Wire Self-Assembly,” student of Dr. Thomas Marsh.
• Jenna Johnson, “Intermolecular Contacts Involving Halogen Atoms in the Solid-State Structures of Some bis-Benzylideneanilines,” student of Dr. William Ojala.
• Kristin Braden, “Charge Density and Stereochemistry Affect the Interaction of PAMAM Dendrimer With Glycosaminoglycans,” Kyle Chamberlain and Ryan Smith, “Quantitative Determination of DNA Affinity for PEGylated Polycationic Gene Delivery Vehicles,” Danielle Francen, “Tat Peptide-Mediated Gene Delivery: Complex Formation and Interaction With Cell-Surface Glycosaminoglycans,” and Amber Schoenecker, “The Characterization and Study of Glycosaminoglycan Interactions With Tat Peptide to Aid in Drug Delivery,” students of Dr. Lisa Prevette.
• Wendy Consoer, Dan Kellen and James Byrnes, “Effects of Ozonation on the Antibacterial Activity of the Macrolide Antibiotic Roxithromycin,” students of Dr. Kris Wammer.

Dr. Massimo Faggioli

Dr. Massimo Faggioli,Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of three articles: “Die theologische Debatte um das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil. Ein Überblick. Erster Teil (1962-1985),” in Theologische Quartalschrift, 192 (2012) 2, 169-192; “Letture e commentari di ‘Ad Gentes.’ 50 anni di studi,” in Ad Gentes. Teologia e antropologia della missione, XVI (2012) 1, 71-76; and “Between Documents and Spirit: The Case of the New Catholic Movements,” in After Vatican II. Trajectories and Hermeneutics, ed. James L. Heft with John O’Malley (Grand Rapids, Mich. – Cambridge UK: Eerdmans, 2012), pp. 1-22.

Dan Gjelten

Dan Gjelten, director of University Libraries, presented “Moving Beyond the Community Living Room” in June at the American Library Association National Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The presentation addressed trends in library design and was a collaboration with a public librarian and a library designer.

Dr. Theresa Rothausen-Vange

Dr. Teresa Rothausen-Vange, Management Department, Opus College of Business, presented her paper, “Hedonic and Eudaimonic Job-Related Well-being: Enjoyment of Jobs and Fulfillment of Job Purposes,” at the American Psychological Association annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Last week she and recent UST MBA alum Sara Christenson presented their research project, “Expanding ‘Desirability of Turnover’: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Job Satisfactions and Life Well-Being,” with UST MBA alum Annelise Larson at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Boston.

Dr. Ted (Edward) Ulrich

Dr. Edward T. Ulrich, Theology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, is the author of two articles: “Reflections on the Simplicity of the Ashrams: A Visit to Shantivanam and the Mauna Mandir” and “Swami Abhishiktananda’s Period of Tempering at the Mauna Mandir.” Both were published in Dilatato Corde 2, No. 2 (July 2012).

Dr. Mel Gray, Finance Department, Opus College of Business, attended the biannual meeting of the International Society for Third Sector Research, Siena, Italy, where he presented recent findings from his ongoing research project, “Organizational Boundaries in the Lively Arts: Insights From a Pilot Case.” Following the ISTR conference, he traveled to Oxford, U.K., to participate in the Skoll Research Colloquium on Social Entrepreneurship, hosted by Oxford’s Saïd Business School, where he presented a paper, “Scale and Scope in Social Intrapreneurship,” with his co-authors, Dr. Robin King Cooper and Beverly Dusso.

Mark Sellner, School of Law, attended the PriceWaterhouseCoopers 2012 Tax Colloquium, held Aug. 2-3, in Washington, D.C. He also visited a UST School of Law alumnus in the PWC Washington National Tax Services office.