FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2015-2016 NEWSLETTER
Brooks Rehabilitation College of Health Sciences:
Academic Service
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The Jacksonville University, Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences,
School of Orthodontics received favorable recognition from the American Board of
Orthodontics for incentivizing students to become board-certified (January 2016)
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Dr. Alarbi and Dr. Zhang coordinated JU Ortho's participation in the NIH funded
project (project number U19DE022516-03, project leader Dr. Gregg H Gilbert) led by
Dr. Greg Huang and the National Dental Practice-based Research Network.
(January 2016)
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Dr. Alarbi and Dr. Zhang had three abstracts accepted for the to 2016 AAO Annual
meeting in Orlando, FL. (April 29-May 3, 2016)
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Dr. Alarbi, orthodontic faculty and orthodontic residents attended guest speaker Dr.
Flavio Soares (Interdisciplinary Ortho-Pedo) two hour lecture at Jacksonville
University, Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences, School of
Orthodontics. (February 29, 2016)
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Dr. Alarbi, orthodontic faculty and orthodontic residents attended guest speaker Dr.
Rui Fernandes (Oral Pathology) two hour lecture at Jacksonville University, Brooks
Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences, School of Orthodontics. (March 1,
2016)
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Dr. Alarbi and several orthodontic faculty and orthodontic residents attended Dr.
Vince Kokich lecture, The Interdisciplinary Team: Creating Esthetic Success in the
Ortho-Restorative Patient, at the Sheraton Jacksonville Hotel in Jacksonville, FL.
(March 4, 2016)
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Dr. Alarbi, orthodontic faculty and orthodontic residents attended guest speaker Dr.
Shane Langley’s presentation, Treatment of Complex Malocclusions using Skeletal
Anchorage, which was sponsored by 3MUnitek. (February 5, 2016)
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Dr. Alarbi, orthodontic faculty and orthodontic residents attended guest speaker Dr.
Leon Laub’s presentation on material science in orthodontics, which was sponsored
by the RMO Company. (February 17-18, 2016)
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Dr. Bergman attended the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Spring
Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. (March 19-22, 2016)
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Dr. Casimir attended the Second Annual Florida Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
symposium organized by the International Data Privacy Day, IAPP and FCBA in
Jacksonville Florida. (February 2016).
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Dr. Casimir attended the 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas,
NV (March 2016)
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Dr. Chenot and Professor Roberta Christopher served as co-chairs for the 2016
Florida QSEN Summit: Academic and Clinical Partnership Capstone at Jacksonville
University on March 4, 2016. (March 2016)
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Dr. Edge served as the inaugural advisor for the JU National Speech-Language
Hearing Association chapter. (2014–2016)
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Dr. Edge was invited to serve on the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association’s 2016 Program Committee for Fluency Disorders. (November 2015–
November 2016)
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Dr. Edge was invited to serve on the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association’s 2016 Program Committee for Business, Management, and Ethical and
Professional Issues. (November 2015–November 2016)
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Dr. Edge obtained Orton-Gillingham Literacy Training Certification, a multi-sensory
program that incorporates auditory, kinesthetic, and visual learning pathways. (July
2015)
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Dr. Edge attended the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences
and Disorders in San Antonio, Texas. (March 2016)
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Dr. Edge attended the 60th Annual Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention in Ft. Worth, Texas. (March 2016)
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Dr. Edge attended the National Convention of the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association in Denver, Colorado. (November 2015)
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Dr. Gipson obtained an Acute/Critical Care Nursing Knowledge professional (CCRNK) Certification. CCRN-K certification denotes to the public those practitioners
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possessing a clearly defined body of knowledge called acute/critical care nursing.
(October 2015)
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Dr. Gipson attended the Florida Organization of Nurse Executives Research
Conference in Orlando Florida. (November 2015)
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Dr. Hausenblas presented at Jacksonville University's 2015 Fall Conference. Her
presentation was titled, Textbook Writing 101: How to write a textbook from start to
finish. (August 2015)
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Dr. Kavanagh developed and implemented a sophomore level (first nursing course),
Health assessment course that provided experiential learning experience to cultivate
communication skills, understand cultural diversity, and identify health needs for the
development and implementation of a teaching plan for refugees. (Fall 2015).
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Dr. Kavanagh manages the ongoing Baptist Health Residency Program at
Jacksonville University. (Fall 2015).
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Dr. Kavanagh conducted the Baptist Medical Center Ebola Training for Healthcare
Professionals at the BRCHS STAR Center. (Fall 2015).
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Dr. Kavanagh conducted the Duval Department of Health Training Emergency
Response at the BRCHS STAR Center. (Fall 2015).
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Dr. Morgan, Dr. Edmonds, Dr. MacGregor and Assistant Professor Swan served as
program directors for the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau Lambda Rho Research Conference,
Caring for a Diverse World. (February 2016).
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Dr. Morgan serves as President of the Lambda Rho chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the
Honor Society for Nursing. (2016).
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Dr. Morgan serves as Treasurer of the Northeast Florida chapter of the American
College of Nurse Midwives. (2016).
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Dr. Morgan was asked to be a reviewer for the Journal for Nurse Practitioners.
(2016).
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Dr. Morgan and Dr. Edmonds served as voting representatives for the Lambda Rho
chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, House of Delegates, Las Vegas, NV. (November 2015).
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Dr. Morgan is a CAPTAIN in the US Navy Reserve and provided medical care to
active duty, dependents and retirees at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
in Bethesda MD for two weeks. (December 2015-January 2016).Dr. Othman
received Dental Teaching Permit for from the FL Board of Dentistry. (January 2016).
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Dr. Othman received full certification from the American Board of Orthodontics. They
now are members of the ABO (Diplomates). (February 2016)
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Dr. Prezas attended the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver,
CO. (November 2015).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to serve on the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association 2016 Program Committee for Speech Sound Disorders. They discussed
program planning and invited guest speakers. November 2015 in Denver, CO.
(November 2015).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to be on the editorial board of the Journal of Human Services:
Training, Research, and Practice. (April 2015).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to be on the editorial board of the Journal of Phonetics and
Audiology. (July 2015).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to be a reviewer for Language and Speech. (September
2015–Present).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to be a reviewer for Journal of Phonetics and Audiology.
(ongoing).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to be a reviewer for American Journal of Speech-LanguagePathology. (ongoing).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to be an expert speaker for ASHA Online Conference:
Improving Intelligibility of Children with Speech Sound Disorders. (April 2016).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to serve on ASHA Speech Sound Disorders Topic Committee
2016 Convention. (November 2016).
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Dr. Prezas was invited to serve on the ASHA Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Committee 2016 Convention. (November 2016).
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Dr. Prezas is the Co-Chair of the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Committee, Texas
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (TSHA) (August, 2014–present)
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Dr. Prezas is a member and serves on the Executive Council of the Texas SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association. (August 2014–present).
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Dr. Prezas is a member of ASHA SID 14, CSD in Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse (CLD) Populations. (2015).
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Dr. Prezas is a member of the ASHA Hispanic Caucus. (2008 – present)
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Dr. Rillstone gave a workshop entitled, Mindfulness Moments: A Stress Release
Time, for the Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences. (November 16,
2015).
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Dr. Rillstone gave a workshop entitled, Mindfulness Moments for Stress Reduction,
for the Center for Teaching & Learning for Faculty at Jacksonville University.
(February 15, 2016).
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Dr. Rillstone will be an integral member of the team to bring the Green Dot
Bystander Violence Intervention program to JU. (Training April 5-9, 2016).
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Dr. Sapienza was invited to attend the Lake Nona Institute Impact Forum for health
care innovators and thought leaders. Orlando, FL. (February 24-26, 206).
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Dr. Tabbaa received full certification from the American Board of Orthodontics. They
now are members of the ABO (Diplomates). (September 2015)
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Dr. Wingate will attend the Council on Academics in Communication Sciences and
Disorders Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. (March 30 to April 1, 2016).
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Dr. Jeff Wight presented at the “BRCHS Lunch and Learn”: Introducing the Exercise
is Medicine (EIM) initiative at JU (November, 2015).
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Dr. Zhang completed the Orofacial Pain Mini-Residency Program held by the
University of Kentucky, Department of Orofacial Pain. (December 2015).
Community Service
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Dr. Alarbi and Orthodontic Residents volunteered their services for the Mission of
Mercy Project, 2016 FLA-MOM event. (April 22-23, 2016).
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Dr. Edge was interviewed by reporter Candace Moody (The Florida Times-Union) for
her story, Work Wanted: Looking to start a career? Speech-language pathologists
are in demand, which was published in The Florida Times-Union. (December 15,
2015).
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Dr. Edge is a member of the JU-Brooks Rehabilitation Supervisory Network.
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Dr. Edge is a member of the Jacksonville Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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Dr. Edge serves as a GRASP/JU liaison by participating in GRASP outreach
projects such as town hall meetings, open houses, and community partnership
dinners (2015–2016).
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Dr. Hausenblas was interviewed by reporter Amy Capetta (Yahoo Health) for her
story, Fidgeting may offset the life-shortening effects of sitting, which was published
in Yahoo Health (September 24, 2015).
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Dr. Hausenblas was interviewed for the article, Regular Exercise or Compulsion?
Published by addictionblog.org (October 2, 2015).
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Dr. Hausenblas was interviewed and served as the subject matter expert for reporter
Amy Capetta's (Yahoo Health) story, So Sitting Too Long Won't Kill Us, After All? It
was published in Yahoo Health (October 15, 2015).
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Dr. Hausenblas spoke to 6th grade class at Riverside Presbyterian Day School on
the importance of science and research in preparation for their science fair projects.
(October 29, 2015).
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Dr. Hausenblas was interviewed by reporter Kathryn Only (Safe Bee) for her story,
Addicted to exercise? How to recognize exercise addiction and what to do about it,
which was published by Safe Bee. (November 3, 2015).
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Dr. Rillstone facilitates a weekly Women’s Support Group for Hubbard House
(Domestic Violence Shelter) as a volunteer. (Sept. 2012-present).
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Dr. Rillstone volunteers with Mika (her Australian Shepherd) for Pet Therapy at
Taylor Manor (local nursing home in Jacksonville). (October 2010-present).
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Dr. Rillstone became a Big Sister through the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program and
was matched with a young middle school student. (February 2016 – present).
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Dr. Wight and Dr. Robertson directed the first annual River House Run/Walk 5k to
kick-off an unforgettable homecoming weekend. The race was a great success with
over 300 participants and six runners finished under 17 minutes. Over 50 JU
Kinesiology students volunteered for this event! (October 10, 2015).
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Dr. Wight and 20+ Kinesiology students volunteered for Jacksonville races including:
o Run for the Arts 5K (9/26/15) - to benefit the Riverside Fine Arts Association
o Runtoberfest 5K (10/17/15) - the "Fastest 5K in the Southeast"
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Dr. Roberta Christopher represented JU as faculty at the Light the Night to end
lymphoma and leukemia 5K walk on November 5, 2015 at the Jacksonville Landing
in Jacksonville, FL. (November 2015).
Funded Grant Programs, Projects and Contracts
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Alcon, Inc.: An Industry Contract to study how people view themselves and others
when it comes to aging.
Primary Investigator: Heather Hausenblas, PhD.
The purpose of this study is to conduct a study to understand how people view
themselves and others when it comes to aging. In partnership with Alcon, the
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makers of Multifocal contacts, the study would target the Gen X population (ages 38
– 54) to better understand this age group’s perceptions on aging
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Baptist Health: Baptist Health 2015-16 Residency Program
Primary Investigator: Kathleen Kavanagh, DMH, MSN, ED, RN.
The purpose of this agreement is initiate a training plan for Baptist Health (BH)
employees, develop a core curriculum and modular educational choices to improve
healthcare workforce competencies within the GN/RN Nurse Residency Program.
This will ultimately improve health outcomes in patient populations.
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Jacksonville Sports Medicine Program: Athletic Trainer Assistantship Program
Primary Investigator: Christopher Robertson, PhD
The purpose of this agreement is to establish a comprehensive athletic training
program that will enable certified athletic trainers to pursue a Master of Science in
Kinesiological Sciences (MSKS) from JU while simultaneously completing an athletic
training Assistantship within Duval County Public Schools. The MSKS program is
proposed to begin fall 2016.
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Private Family Foundation: Development of Online Patient and Caregiver interactive
guides for Airway Protection in Parkinson’s Disease
Primary Investigator: Christine Sapienza, PhD, CCC-SLP
The purpose of this grant is to develop online patient and caregiver interactive
guides for airway protection in Parkinson's disease.
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Health Tech Consultants: Community Transformation through Permanent Housing
Project
Primary Investigator: Christine Sapienza, PhD, CCC-SLP
The purpose of this agreement is to conduct an evaluation that contributes to the
literature and evidence-base regarding permanent supportive housing’s (PSA) costeffectiveness and impact on ending homelessness and reducing individual’s use of
emergency public services.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications and Consumer Education
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Dr. Heather Hausenblas (2015). Fit Life: Is air pollution and exercise a toxic mix.
Florida Times-Union (October 28, 2015).
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Dr. Heather Hausenblas (2015). What do double-decker buses tell us about our
health? U.S. News and World Report (Health: Eat + Run). (October 13, 2015).
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Dr. Heather Hausenblas (2015). Collagen – the beauty protein. Healthy Living Made
Simple Magazine. Sam's Club: Healthy Living Magazine. (September/October 2015).
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Dr. Heather Hausenblas, (2015). What are sitting guidelines? And why do we need
them? U.S. News and World Report (Health: Eat + Run). (September 19, 2015).
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Dr. Heather Hausenblas and Schreiber, K. (2015). How do men experience eating
disorders? Psychology Today (blog). (September 16, 2015).
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Dr. Heather Hausenblas (2015). Fit Life: What marshmallows can tell us about our
health and wisdom? Florida Times-Union. (September 11, 2015).
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Dr. Jeffrey Wight (2015). Vicon Motion-Analysis in the JU Running Biomechanics
Laboratory. The Starting Line – Jacksonville Track Club. (Sept/Oct, 2015).
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Dr. Jeffrey Wight (2015). Force Plates and Running Biomechanics. The Starting Line
– Jacksonville Track Club. (Nov/Dec, 2015).
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Dr. Jeffrey Wight (2016). Tips for successful Gate Run and Hart Bridge
Biomechanics. The Starting Line – Jacksonville Track Club. (Jan/Feb, 2015).
Published Peer-Reviewed Publications
(Underlines indicate Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences faculty.)
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Bauman, M., Baron, A., & Prezas, R. (2016). Ethnographic interviews: Gathering
information in the most culturally-sensitive manner. Communicologist. [In Press]
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Casimir, P. (2015). The Impact of Non-Emergency Medical Use on the United
States Health Care System: A Retrospective Study. MOJ Clinical & Medical Case
Reports, 3(2), 00056. DOI: 10.15406/mojcr.2015.03.00056.
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Cook, B., Hausenblas, H., Crosby, R. D., Cao, L., & Wonderlich, S. A. (2015).
Exercise dependence as a mediator of the exercise and eating disorders relationship:
a pilot study. Eat Behav, 16, 9-12. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.10.012.
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Costa, Hausenblas, H et al (2016). Maladaptive perfectionism as a mediator among
psychological control, eating disorders, and exercise dependence symptoms in
habitual exerciser. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. [In Press].
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Goodman-Pettis, B., Prezas, R., Ahmed, A., Bauman, M., Palafox, P., Baron, A., et.
al. (2015, October). Working with English language teachers and learners: Overlap,
collaboration, and strategies for success. Communicologist, 42(5), 10-13.
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Goodman, B., Prezas, R., Ahmed, A., Bauman, M., Palafox, P., Baron, A., et. al.
(2015, August). Perspectives on dementia in culturally and linguistically diverse
populations. Communicologist, 42(4), 10-13.
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*Grauer, D. (2015). Residents' journal review. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop,
148(6), 893-895. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.10.009 *This includes articles from the
current orthodontic literature, selected and reviewed by the residents from the
Jacksonville University, Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences,
School of Orthodontics.
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Hausenblas, HA, & Rhodes, R. (2016). Exercise psychology: The psychological of
physical activity and sedentary behavior. Barlett and Jones. [In Press].
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Kavanagh, K.A. (2015). Long-term Care (LTC) Residents' Perceptions of Care After
Humanistic Patient Narrative Theory In-service Training to LTC Healthcare
Professionals.
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Morgan, H. S. (2015). Primary care management of the female patient presenting
with nipple discharge. Nurse Pract, 40(3), 1-6. doi:
10.1097/01.NPR.0000460856.83105.61
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Morgan, H. S. (2016). Primary Care Management of Women with Persistent Vaginal
Discharge. Nurse Pract. [In Press].
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Phadke, CP, Robertson, CT, & Patten, C. (2015). Upper-extremity spinal reflex
inhibition is reproducible and strongly related to grip force poststroke. Int J Neurosci,
125(6), 441-448. doi: 10.3109/00207454.2014.946990
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Phillips, M, Bazrgari, B., & Shapiro, R. (2015). The effects of military body armour on
the lower back and knee mechanics during toe-touch and two-legged squat
tasks. Ergonomics, 58(3), 492-503.
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Phillips, MP, Shapiro, R., & Bazrgari, B. (2015). The effects of military body armour
on the lower back and knee mechanics during box drop and prone to standing tasks.
Ergonomics, Sep 28:1-10. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1081413
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Phillips, MP, Starnes, C., Bazrgari, B., Shapiro, R. (2015). The effects of military
body armor on isometric and isokinetic knee behaviors. IIE Transactions on
Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors. doi:
10.1080/21577323.2015.1095255
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Pitts T, Rose MJ, Mortensen AN, Poliacek I, Sapienza CM, Lindsey BG, Morris KF,
Davenport PW, Bolser DC. (2013) Coordination of cough and swallow: a metabehavioral response to aspiration. Respir Physiol Neurobiol, 189(3):543-51.
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Prezas, R. (2015). Evaluating phonological systems of bilingual (Spanish-English)
children with highly unintelligible speech. Journal of Phonetics and Audiology, 1(1),
e103. doi: 10.4712/jpay.1000e103
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Prezas, R. (2016). Bilingual assessment considerations in the schools: When an
interpreter is not available. Communicologist, 42(6). [In Press]
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Stegemoller EL, Radig H, Hibbing P, Wingate J, Sapienza C. (2016). Effects of
Singing on Voice, Respiratory Control and Quality of Life in Persons with
Parkinson’s disease. Disability and Rehabilitation. [In Press]
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Shrivastav, R & Wingate, J.M. (2015) Perceptual Attributes and Assessment of the
Singing Voice, 2nd Edition. Chapter in The Performer’s Voice, Benninger, Murry, &
Johns, editors. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.
Presentations
(Underlines indicate Brooks Rehabilitation College of Healthcare Sciences faculty.)
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Bahramnejad, A., Zhang, X., Ouellette, P., Alarbi, M., Elmaraghy. (2016, March 4-6).
Comparison of the Linear and Angular 2-D and 3-D Lateral Cephalometric
Measurements; Reproducibility and Reliability. Poster presented at FAO 76th Annual
Meeting. Tampa, FL.
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Broome, B. (2016, February). Becoming the Parent of a Child with Life-Threatening
Food Allergies. Presentation at the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International - Lambda
Rho Chapter at Large Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Chenot, T. Special Session – Implementation Strategies. Invited Panel presentation
at the 2016 Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) National Forum, San
Antonio, TX.
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Chenot, T., Christopher, R., & Dolansky, M. (2016, May). A Statewide Initiative
Integrating Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) Through
Academic/Clinical Partnerships to Improve Health Outcomes – a Three Year
Cumulative Review. Podium presentation at the 2016 Quality and Safety Education
for Nurses (QSEN) National Forum, San Antonio, TX.
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Chenot, T & Christopher, R. (2016, February). A statewide initiative integrating
quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) through academic/clinical
partnerships to improve health outcomes – the first year in review. Collaborative
podium presentation at the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International - Lambda Rho
Chapter at Large Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Chenot, T., Edge, R. L., Kamens, J., Wilburn, S., & Wilson, C. (2016, January 28).
Raise the bar on learning and health outcomes for the college student with AttentionDeficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Invited seminar presented at Jacksonville
University Center for Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.
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Chenot, T., Christopher, R., & Dolansky, M. (2015, September). A statewide initiative
integrating quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) through academic/clinical
partnerships to improve health outcomes – the first year in review. Poster presented
at the 2015 FNA Professional Development Conference and Membership Assembly,
World Golf Village, FL.
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Chenot, T & Christopher, R. (2015, September). A statewide initiative integrating
quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) through academic/clinical
partnerships to improve health outcomes – the first year in review. Podium
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presentation at the 2015 FNA Professional Development Conference and
Membership Assembly, World Golf Village, FL.
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Chenot, T & Christopher, R. (2015, November). A statewide initiative integrating
quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN) through academic/clinical
partnerships to improve health outcomes – the first year in review. Invited
presentation at the Northeast Florida Association for Healthcare Quality,
Jacksonville, FL.
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Christopher, R. (2016, February). At work but not Present. Dissertation Research
presented at 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International - Lambda Rho Chapter at Large
Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Christopher, R. (2015, November). Reclaim joy in the workplace: Strategies to
promote civility and joy. Invited presentation at the Restoring Joy Now 2015
Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
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Edge, R. L. & Sirmon-Taylor, B. (2016, March 12). Exploring ethics education in
speech-language pathology. Seminar to be presented at the Annual Convention of
the Texas Speech Language Hearing Association, Fort Worth, TX.
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Edge, R. L., & Sirmon-Taylor, B. (2015, November 12). Review of ethics
coursework in ASHA accredited speech-language pathology programs. Poster
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, Denver, CO.
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Gipson, M., Hunt, L., McGinn, G. & Svensson, A. (2016, March). From books to
bedside: Bridging the gap-hospital quality and safety initiatives. Presentation at the
2016 Florida QSEN Summit. Jacksonville, FL.
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Gipson, M. & Hunt, L. (2016, May). From books to bedside: Bridging the gaphospital quality and safety initiatives. Poster presentation at the 2016 Quality and
Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) National Forum, San Antonio, TX.
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Gipson, M., Hunt, L., McGinn, G., Mercado, O. & Svensson, A. (2015, October).
From books to bedside: Bridging the gap-hospital quality and safety initiatives.
Presentation at University of North Florida-Faculty Lunch & Learn. Jacksonville, FL.
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Gipson, M., Hunt, L., McGinn, G., Mercado, O. & Svensson, A. (2015, November).
From books to bedside: Bridging the gap-hospital quality and safety initiatives.
Presentation at Jacksonville University-Faculty Lunch & Learn. Jacksonville, FL.
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Gipson, M. (2015, November). Conducting a literature review. Presentation at St.
Vincent's Medical Center-Southside. Nurse Research Series. Jacksonville, FL.
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Gipson, M. (2016, February 5). From books to bedside: Bridging the gap-hospital
quality and safety initiatives. Presentation at the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International
- Lambda Rho Chapter at Large Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Hoffman-Ruddy, B, Sapienza, C, Silverman, E, Gartner-Schmidt, J, and Troche, M.
(2015, November 12-14) Grand Rounds: Respiratory Muscle Strength Training.
Presentation at the ASHA Annual Convention. Denver, CO.
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MacGregor, T. (2016, February). Jacksonville’s Refugees: Who are they and what
do they need?. Presentation at the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International - Lambda
Rho Chapter at Large Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Mier, W and Fry, C. (2016, February). Formalizing online faculty training – Does it
make a difference? Presentation at the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International Lambda Rho Chapter at Large Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Morgan, H & Edmonds, M. (2016, February 5). An Academic Based Nurse
Practitioner Fellowship Program: A Pilot Project Designed to Ease Nurse Practitioner
Transition to Practice. Presentation at the 2016 Sigma Theta Tau International Lambda Rho Chapter at Large Conference. Jacksonville, FL.
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Morgan, H. (2015, November). Preparing Nurse Leaders through
Academic/Community Partnerships. Presentation at the Florida Organization for
Nurse Executives Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.
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Morgan, H & Edmonds, M. (2015, November). An Academic Based Nurse
Practitioner Fellowship Program: A Pilot Project Designed to Ease Nurse Practitioner
Transition to Practice. Presentation at the 43rd Biennial Convention of Sigma Theta
Tau International Nursing Honor Society, Las Vegas, NV.
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Othman, E., Alarbi, M., Vig, P., Araujo, C., Hussain, A.H. (2016, March 4-6). Effect of
Premolar Extraction on Facial Vertical Dimension. Poster presented at FAO 76th
Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL.
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Phillips, M. P., Bazrgari, B., Shapiro, R. (2015, August 5-8). The Effects of Military
Body Armor on Knee Mechanics during Box Drop and Prone to Standing Tasks.
American Society of Biomechanics, Columbus, OH.
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Phillips, M. P., Bazrgari, B., Starnes, C., Shapiro, R. (2015, October 7-10). The
Effects of Military Body Armor on Knee Strength. Poster presented at the Biomedical
Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
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Prezas, R. & Jimenez, R. (2015, November). Implementing a Spanish cycles
phonological remediation approach in a preschool program for improving
communication skills. Seminar Presentation at the American Speech-Language
Hearing Association Conference, Denver, CO.
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Richards, J. & Edmonds, M. (2016, February 5). Alternative Clinical Experiences to
Promote Cultural Competency in FNP Students. Podium presentation at the 2016
Sigma Theta Tau International - Lambda Rho Chapter at Large Conference.
Jacksonville, FL.
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Rillstone, P. (2016, April 2). Role of Grief Work in Facilitating Recovery from Mental
Illness. Keynote address at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)
Florida Chapter 2016 Spring Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
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Ryan, T., Sauer, A., & Prezas, R. (2015, September). Dyslexia: Serving struggling
readers and bilingual children through multi-sensory methods and language-based
techniques. Seminar Presentation at the TEACH Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
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Robertson, C.T, Wight, J.T., & Phillips, M.P. (2016, February). Does performance
on one-foot balance tests predict performance on two-foot balance tests for college
football players? Poster presented at the Southeast regional annual meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine. Greenville, SC.

Robertson, C.T, Jackson, K., Demps, J., Sheridan, G., & Oldakowski, R. (2016,
March 10). Academic Advising: Best Practices. Invited seminar presented at
Jacksonville University Center for Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.

Sapienza C. (2015, November). Panel Discussion: Decoding Health Care.
Presentation at the Jacksonville Business Journal and Fifth Third Bank. Jacksonville,
FL.

Sapienza, C. (2015, January). Best Practices for Patient Airway Protection.
Presentation at the Transforming Healthcare Conference, Wilson Shephard. Maui,
HI.

Sapienza, C. (2015, October 15-17). Respiratory Muscle Strength Training: An
Overviews. Invited presentation at the 2015 ASHA School Health Conference.
Orlando, FL.

Sapienza, C. (2015, September 14). Expiratory Muscle Strength Training. Presented
at the Neurology Grand Rounds: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. Jacksonville, FL.

Sirmon-Taylor, B., & Edge, R. L. (2015, November 15). Ethics requirements by
state. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Sirmon-Taylor, B., & Edge, R. L. (2015, November 12). Curricular models of ethics
education. Seminar presented at the Annual Convention of the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.
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Stegemoller, E. & Wingate, J. (2015, November 13) Singing with Parkinson's
Patients: A Collaboration between Speech Pathologists and Music Therapists.
American Speech Language and Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.

Wight, J.T., Robertson, C.T., & Phillips, M.P. (2016, February). Analyzing sway
velocity of the best and worst performers on a one-foot balance test in college
football players. Poster presented at the Southeast regional annual meeting of the
American College of Sports Medicine. Greenville, SC.

Williams, C., Alarbi, M., Litschell, K., Swigler, W., Farill, J., Alkhayyal, F. (2016,
March 4-6). Cephalometric Analyses Coincidence in the Diagnosis of Skeletal
Malocclusions. Poster presented at FAO 76th Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL.

Wingate J. (2016, May 25). The Latest in Voice Therapy. Invited presentation by the
Brooks Institute of Higher Learning. Jacksonville, FL.

Wolf, L. (2016, March 16-19). Parental Perceptions of Sleep Disturbances and Sleep
Disordered Breathing in Children with Down Syndrome in a large, Southeastern City.
Poster presentation at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 37th
National Convention on Pediatric Health Care. Atlanta, GA.
College of Arts and Sciences:
Awards and Honors

Dr. Julie Brannon won the 2015-2016 Faculty Excellence Award for Community
Service.

Dr. Pam Crawford was named 2015-2016 JU Professor of the Year.

Dr. Stephen Davis received the Vistakon Youth Leadership Development Program
(YDLP) Role Model for N.E. Florida High School Seniors.

Dr. Barbara Doyle was nominated and elected by the ABET Computing Area
Delegation (CAD), on March 2016, to a five-year Commission term for the
Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) with installation to be effective July
2016.

Prof. Taralyn Fender was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma through the Davis
College of Business on March 10, 2016.

Dr. Daniel Moseley received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the National
Society for Leadership and Success (NSLS).

Dr. Daniel Moseley became a faculty inductee to Omicron Delta Kappa.
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Dr. Sarah Murphy is a finalist for Berkshire Prize from Tupelo Press, a prize for
poetry manuscripts.

Dr. Tammy Ryan was named Jacksonville University Woman of the Year for 2015,
was selected for the University of Florida Alumni Spotlight in October 8, 2015.

Dr. Erika Ward became a SOTL Fellow 2015-2016.

Dr. Colleen Wilson was honored as the 2015-2016 Outstanding UNF Graduate. She
is also the Jacksonville University Professor of the Year 2016-2017.

Dr. Peter Zhao was awarded the JU Center of Teaching and Learning Fellowship
Award ($500) for his STEM-SIRE project in science education.
Grants

Dr. Alice Jo has submitted, to the United States Department of Education, a
proposal entitled Accelerating English Language Learners' School Success through
Bridging between In-Service Teacher Professional Development and Parents'
Empowerment (The Bridge). She has requested $92,568.00. She also submitted for
the DOE grant: ESOL National Professional Development Program.

Dr. Ashley Johnson received the Arbor Day Foundation Award ($1000) for Tree
Campus USA Project and the NAS Jacksonville grant ($2500) for storm water
sustainability project.

Emerald Group Publishing submitted a NSF grant proposal, with Dr. Laura
Chambers and Dr. Helen Wang, for the Building Professional Engineers Identities
through High Impact Practices. They attended FLDOE state-approved program sitevisit trainings.
Presentations

Dr. Laura Atkins and Elizabeth Gregg presented “Student-Athletes and Experiential
Learning” to the Southern Sociological Society in Atlanta, GA, on April 2015.

Dr. Laura Atkins, Dr. Helen Wang, and Dr. Adele Hanlon presented “Transitioning
Identities: Shifting from Student to Professional Engineer” to the Southern
Sociological Society in Atlanta, GA, on April 2015.

Dr. Courtney Barclay, Dr. Janet Haavisto, Prof. Deborah Jordan, Prof. Ross
Stephenson, and Dr. Peter Zhao presented a collaborative piece on the CrossDisciplinary Undergraduate Research at Jacksonville University.
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Dr. Julie Brannon presented "What is Adaptation? Translation? Mutation? Just
Really Good Fan Fic?" at the Pop Culture Association in Seattle, WA, on March
2015.

Dr. Sandra Coyle presented "Godsearch: The Relevance of Religion in Parochial
School Reading Lists” at the Pop Culture Association Seattle, WA, on March 2015.

Dr. Pam Crawford presented the “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: What Is It
and Why Do It? “ at the 2015 Fall Faculty Conference sponsored by the Center for
Teaching and Learning at Jacksonville University.

Dr. Pam Crawford co-presented of a two-day mini-course workshop on "Getting
Started in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" at the August 2015
Mathematical Association of America MathFest Meeting in Washington, DC.

Prof. Ali Darvish presented “Automated Software Testing” on April 7 in the JU
Science and Engineering Lecture Series.

Dr. Steven Davis and J. Smith presented the “The Evolution of the Meros Academy:
It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint,” at the National Social Science Association (NSSA) in
New Orleans, LA, on 2015.

Dr. Steven Davis, W.S. Wise, and J. Smith presented the “Being Part of the Solution:
Educational Entrepreneurialism Helps Fill the Gaps in Promoting Progressive
Alternatives for Grades 6-12 School Designs” at the National Social Science
Association (NSSA) in New Orleans, LA, on 2015.

Dr. Steven Davis presented the “Seven Keys to Managing Boys in the PK-6
Classrooms’ at the Florida Association of Teacher Educators Conference (FATE) in
Gainesville, FL, on 2015.

Dr. Barbara Doyle, in 2015, presented “What’s New with Visual Studio and C#?” at
the Cengage Learning Computing Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

Prof. Tara Fender presented “Is There a Luxury Curve in China?” at the Academy
of International Business in the US Southeast Conference in Savannah, GA, on
Nov.14, 2015; and in the Florida Undergraduate Symposium in Oct. 2015.

Dr. Erich Freiberger presented “Modern Liberal Democracy and the Question of
Knowledge” at JU College of Arts and Sciences Panel “I Am No Expert, but…:
American Anti-Intellectualism,” on March 1, 2016.

Dr. Adele Hanlon presented the research entitled “Algebraic Reasoning: A
Challenge for Pre-Service Teachers” at the Research Council on Mathematics
Learning National Conference.
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Dr. Adele Hanlon and Dr. Colleen Wilson presented “Teachers Make the Impossible
Possible” at the Florida Future Educators Conference on January 2015.

Dr. Jesse Hingson presented “Brazil’s Metamorphosis” at the Great Decisions
Speakers Series in the Jacksonville Public Library on August 2015.

Dr. Jesse Hingson presented “Child Murder and Society in Argentina during the
Depression Era” to the Florida Conference of Historians in Lakeland, FL, on
February 2016.

Dr. Jack Huang presented the "Assessment of Student Learning in General
Chemistry" at the American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition.

Dr. Jack Huang presented the “Undergraduate Research in STEM: Goals and
Implementation” in 2015 at the Florida Statewide Symposium: Engagement in
Undergraduate Research at the University of Central Florida on October 2015.

Dr. Stephanie James gave a CTL presentation entitled “Sowing Seeds for Learning
through Peer Review and Self-Assessment” on 2015.

Dr. Maria Javaid (along with M. Zefran and A. Yavolovsky) presented the “Using
Pressure Sensors to Identify Manipulation Actions during Human Physical
Interactions” in the RO-MAN 2015: 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot
and Human Interactive Communication, 670-675 in Kobe, Japan. (The oral
presentation was sent as video.)

Dr. Alice Jo (and nine SOE students) presented at the 2016 NCUR, “What Teachers
Need to Know about Languages: Possible Cross-Linguistic Transfers from Five
Predominant Languages Spoken in the State of Florida.”

Dr. Alice Jo presented the “What Do We Know About Classroom Teachers Who Are
Coming From Diverse Backgrounds?: A Case Study of the U.S. Bilingual
Mainstream Teachers' Experiences With Their Own Bilingualism and Their Work
With Teaching CLD (Culturally Linguistically Diverse) Students In A Classroom.”
This is an accepted, paper presentation submitted at the Annual International
Conference at the KAME (Korean Association for Multicultural Education) in Seoul,
South Korea on 2016.

Dr. Alice Jo and Dr. Raul Prezas presented “Language Differences vs. Language
Disability: Implication for Teachers of English Language Learner Students” at the
Annual Meeting of the SSTESOL in West Palm Beach, FL, in 2016.

Dr. Alice Jo and J. Kozuma presented a paper entitled, "I Don't Speak My Students'
Language. How Can I Help?" It was presented at the Annual Meeting of the
SSTESOL in West Palm Beach, FL, on 2016.
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
Dr. Alice Jo, S. Fitts, G. McClure, O. Garcia, R. Harmen, S. Ahn, and B. Bogue
presented “Cultivating Bilingual Identities: Language and Literacy Practices in
Formal and Informal Contexts” at the Annual International Symposium on
Bilingualism at Rutgers University in New Jersey on 2015.

Dr. Ashley Johnson and Dr. Ray Oldakowski presented “Football Brain Injuries: A
Geographic Perspective” to the Association of American Geographers in Chicago, IL,
on April 2015.

Dr. W. Brian Lane presented the “Letters Home as an Alternative to Lab Reports” in
the 2015 Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

Dr. W. Brian Lane presented the “Let’s Code Physics.” Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/c/LetsCodePhysics. (2015-2016).

Dr. W. Brian Lane presented the “Let’s Code Physics: A Playful Approach to
Learning Computational Physics” in the 2016 Summer Meeting of the American
Association of Physics Teachers.

Dr. Jorge Majfud presented “Casa África: Debate with Hortense Yawoa Djomeda” at
the Tenerife Cultural Center (TEA) in Tenerife, Spain on September 26, 2015.

Dr. Jorge Majfud presented “¿Quién le Teme a la Cultura? (Who Fears Culture?)” at
the opening conference of the Tenerife African Book Fair in Tenerife, Spain, on
September 25, 2015.

Dr. Jorge Majfud presented the “Parallel Universes: Reflections on World Views in
Latin America” at the United Nations in New York City, NY, on May 2015.

Dr. Dan Moseley and Dr. Anna Little (along with X. Mountrouidou) presented the
“Spectral Clustering Technique for Classifying Network Attacks” at the IEEE IDS
2016 Conference on April 10, 2016.

Dr. Dan Moseley presented “Introduction to Topology” at the Jacksonville Math
Circle on December 2015.

Dr. Ray Oldakowski presented “Investigative Polling” to the Penney Retirement
Community in Penney Farms, FL, on March 2016.

Dr. Ray Oldakowski presented “Polling in Presidential Primaries” to the Jacksonville
Tiger Bay Club on November 2015.

Dr. Ray Oldakowski presented “Population Curriculum for Elementary School
Science Students” at Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL, on March 2016.
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
Dr. Joana Owens presented “The Head and the Heart: Woody Allen on the Nature of
Art,” at the Humanities Education and Research Association Conference in New
Orleans on March 2016.

Dr. Sarah Parker presented the “Shakespeare and Sound” at the Jessie Ball DuPont
Seminar, Sound Studies in Humanities and Beyond at Chapel Hill, NC, on June
2016.

Dr. Sarah Parker presented the “Oxymoron and Medical Paradox in Early Modern
Popular Errors Treatises,” at the Renaissance Society of America in Boston, MA, on
March 2016.

Dr. Paulina Rippere presented “Collaboration through Co-Sponsorship: Measuring
Senate Friendships across Congressional History” to the Southern Political Science
Association in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on January 2016.

Dr. Paulina Rippere and Stephen C. Craig presented “Whose Issue Is It Anyway,
and Does It Really Matter? Issue Ownership and Negative Campaigning” to the
Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL, on April 2016.

Dr. Nathan Rousseau presented “Beyond Institutional Discrimination” at the Fourth
Annual Todd Bates Memorial Lecture at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona
Beach, FL, on October 2105.

Dr. Nathan Rousseau presented “Neoliberalism and the Sociological Imagination” to
the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, on April 2016.

Dr. Tammy Ryan presented “How to Engage Children in Reading to Develop
Comprehension through Read Alouds.” It was presented at the Uvita in Costa Rica
on 2015.

Dr. Tammy Ryan (2015). Learn various instructional techniques that motivate and
engage students in literary experiences. Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.

Dr. Tammy Ryan presented the “Quotation Mingling and Supporting Your Position
as Instructional Techniques to Engage Middle School Students in Reading for
Deeper Comprehension,” at the Guatemala Reading Association in Guatemala City,
Guatemala, on 2015.

Dr. Tammy Ryan, J. Cobb and B. Laster presented the “Renewal in the Land of
Eternal Spring: Teacher Educators Reflecting on Their Practice.” It was presented in
the CIES: Comparative & International Education Society Conference in Washington,
D.C., on 2015.

Dr. Tammy Ryan presented “All Teachers Are Teachers of Reading” as a workshop
for St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School in Jacksonville, FL, on March 2015.
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
Dr. Tammy Ryan, Prof. Amanda Sauer and Dr. Raul Prezas presented “Dyslexia:
Serving Struggling Readers and Bilingual Children through Multi-Sensory Methods
and Language-Based Techniques” at the TEACH Conference in Jacksonville, FL, on
September 2015.

Dr. Tammy Ryan, L.A. Tysseling, S. McAndrews, S. Msengi, J. Vazzano, E.
Bowers, N. Stevens, and B. Zimmerman presented “Video Assessment of
Reading Teacher Knowledge and Skill” at the Literacy Research Association
Annual Conference. Carlsbad, CA, on December 2015.

Dr. Natasha Vanderhoff presented (as the Poster Presentation) the “Anthropogenic
Sound Pollution and Northern Cardinal Calls” at the Association of Southeastern
Biologist in Concord, NC on April 2016. (She worked with JU student, Cotter J.)

Dr. Natasha Vanderhoff; along with T. W. Knowles, B. S. Arbogast, and A.M.C.
Hodge; presented “Mammalogy at Wildsumaco Biological Station: The First Five
Years” as the Poster Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of
Mammologist in Jacksonville, FL, on June 2015.

Dr. Natasha Vanderhoff (along with J. Brehm) presented the “Avian Dispersal of
Non-Native Plants in the Southern United States” as a poster presentation at the
Association of Southeastern Biologist in Knoxville, TN, on April 2015.

Dr. Natasha Vanderhoff (as well as S. Zweygardt) presented “Does color matter?
Function of Color Polymorphism in Gasteracantha cancriformis in Northeast
Florida,” a poster presentation at the Association of Southeastern Biologist in
Concord, NC on April 2016. (She worked with JU student.)

Dr. Erika Ward presented at the Dean’s Panel Discussion: “All Models are Wrong”
on March 2016.

Dr. Erika Ward was invited to present at Juniata College on the “Ingress, Counting,
and Complications” on March 2016.

Dr. Erika Ward presented on the “Math of Ingress” on January 2016 at the JU
Science and Engineering Lecture Series.

Dr. Ben Wehrung presented “When You Need a Quasigroup with a Hole of Size 4, 6,
8, Or 10” at the 47th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics,
Graph Theory and Computing at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL.

Dr. Colleen Wilson, Dr. Gail Maetozo, and Prof. Anne Acker presented “A Tale of
Three Practical Academic Service Learning Examples: Education, Exercise Science
and Informational Sciences” at Ft. Lauderdale, FL, on November 2015.
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Dr. Colleen Wilson, Dr. Teri Chenot, Dr. Robin Edge, Dir. Jody Kamens, and Dr.
Sharon Wilburn presented “Raise the Bar on Learning and Health Outcomes for the
College Student-ADHD” at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Jacksonville
University in 2015.

Dr. Colleen Wilson and Dr. Nisse Goldberg presented “What Do You Know…Really?”
as part of the 6th Annual Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion: I’m No Expert,
But….America’s Anti-Intellectualism at Jacksonville University on March 2016.
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Professional Service
Dr. Julie Brannon served as a member of Editorial Board for Peer-Reviewed Journal
Studies in Popular Culture.

Dr. Lee Ann Clements served as Reviewer for the AAC&U/PKAL STEM Workshop
Proposals.
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Dr. Lee Ann Clements served on the On-Site Reaffirmation Committee, SACS-COC,
on March 2016.

Dr. Pam Crawford served on the SAT Committees of the College Board and ETS.
She was responsible for writing and reviewing mathematical questions dealing with
Algebra II and Pre-calculus topics.

Dr. Pam Crawford served as co-organizer of a contributed paper session on "The
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics" at the January
2016 Joint Meetings of the American Mathematical Society/Mathematical
Association of America, Seattle, WA.

Dr. Pam Crawford served as Elected Governor of the Florida section of the
Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
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Dr. Pam Crawford served as a member of the National Committee on SIGMAAs:
Special Interest Groups of the Mathematical Association of America.

Dr. Pam Crawford reviewed a chapter for the Association for Women in
Mathematics. It is a special volume in Mathematics Education to be published by
Springer.

Dr. Adele Hanlon served as Grant Manager for the Jesse Ball DuPont Core
Curriculum Reform Grant funded for $38,720.00 (2015). She also served in the
FLDOE Site Visit Training in Orlando, FL (November 2015);
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Dr. Jesse Hingson served as Treasurer and Website Manager in the Florida
Conference of Historians; and served as Member of Editorial Board and Translator
for the Allpanchis, published by the Centro de Estudios Peruanos, La Universidad
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Católica San Pablo, Peru. (February 2016). He also served as the Program Cochair, Florida Conference of Historians Annual Meeting in Lakeland, FL.

Dr. Stephanie James served as a Certified Diversity Trainer, with special emphasis
on Women’s Issues; has been appointed to the COJ Duval County Job Opportunity
Board; and has been appointed to Mayor Brown’s Status of Women Committee
(2015).
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Dr. Ashley Johnson served as a Member of Northeast Florida’s US Green Building
Council Executive Board.
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Dr. Jeff Martin served as President of the Florida Society of Geographers.

Dr. Ray Oldakowski served as Editor to The Florida Geographer.
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Dr. Ray Oldakowski State Coordinator, National Geographic Society Geography Bee.

Dr. Paulina Rippere served as Member of Membership Development Committee at
the Southern Political Science Association.

Dr. Paulina Rippere served as Referee for the American Political Science Review,
Political Behavior, and American Politics Research.

Dr. Nathan Rousseau co-organized “Smart Justice: Securing the Future of Our
Youth” which is a community dialogue on juvenile justice and civil citations (May
2015).

Dr. Nathan Rousseau (June 2015). Represented JU at the Jessie Ball DuPont
Summer Seminar, “Sound Studies in the Humanities and Beyond.” National
Humanities Center, Durham, NC.

Dr. Tammy Ryan served as Advisor and Council Member for Mayor Brown’s Grad
Nation Community Summit, Curriculum and Proposal Committee; and she served in
the JU Women’s History Month Committee. (April 2015).

Dr. L. Ben Wehrung served as Reader for AP Statistics, and Judge for Moody’s
Mega Math Challenge.

Dr. Colleen Wilson served in the Advisory and Planning Council for 2015 TEACH
Conference, served in the Board of Directors for PACE, served as a 2015 One
Spark Juror for Education, designed and taught unique courses to assist JU athletes,
coordinated work with SOE students and Mandarin Historical Society for the One
Room School House Project, worked collaboratively with Edward Waters and FSCJ
education professors and administrators, served in the Neighborhood Celebrity
Reader in several elementary schools, provided community based financial
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education courses, served as Guardian ad Litem for Duval County Foster Care
children.
Publications and Creative Works

Dr. Adele Hanlon, Dr. Colleen Wilson, Dr. Tammy Ryan, Rachel Green, and Dr.
Donnie Horner submitted a book chapter to be published. The target book release
date is set for May 2017 in P. Blessinger & B. Cozza (Eds.), University Partnerships
in Higher Education.

Dr. John Enz has written articles that were published this year in The Jacksonville
Times, The Tribune & Georgian, and The JU Navigator; regarding the dragonfly
research being conducted by his classes in the Timucuan Preserve.
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Dr. John Enz also authored four newspaper articles published in The Jacksonville
Times, The Savannah Morning News, The Wave, and The JU Navigator, regarding
the research work on the gopher tortoises in Cumberland Island. This work was
featured on the CBS nationally syndicated TV series, “Rock the Park”.

Prof. Chris Dew authored lyrics for Flowing Through, a musical piece that was
composed by Dr. Tommy Harrison and performed by Michelle Brock at Terry
Concert Hall on February 21, 2016.

Prof. Chris Dew wrote, arranged and pre-produced work for Country Life, an album
of original music by Jason Evans. It will be recorded at JU”s Dolphinium Studio in
2016.
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Prof. Chris Dew edited Welcome to the Jungle by Prof. Tommy Harrison, a
forthcoming book about heavy metal in Los Angeles in the 1980s. (2015)

Dr. Sherri Jackson authored Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking
Approach, 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Cengage/Wadsworth. (2016).
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Dr. Sherri Jackson wrote Statistics Plain and Simple, 4th ed. Belmont, CA:
Cengage/Wadsworth. (2016—available Spring 2017.)
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Dr. Jorge Majfud authored “The Clash of Two Worlds” in The Routledge History of
Latin American Culture, Edited by Carlos Salomon. Currently in the press.

Dr. Jorge Majfud wrote “El Mar Estaba Sereno” (a novel) published in Izana
Ediciones, Madrid, Spain. (2016)
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Dr. Jorge Majfud wrote “Donald Trump y el Síndrome del Pequeño Faraón” Cambio
Politico, CEDAL: Centro de Estudios Democráticos de América Latina in Costa Rica
on September 21, 2015.
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Dr. Jorge Majfud authored “Quien le Teme a la Cultura?” Huffington Post, Madrid,
Spain (October 17, 2015.)
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Dr. Jorge Majfud wrote a review of “Neomedievalismo” Almanaque Literario.
University of New York and Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico. Pp 71-74. (July
2015)
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Prof. Ed McCourt wrote “On Raising Snakes,” Biostories 5.2: 103-23. (Fall 2015)

Prof. Ed McCourt wrote a review of “Lunch with a Bigot.” Choice. (December 2015)
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Dr. Pat McLeod writes the weekly film column in Folio Weekly.

Dr. Sarah Parker wrote “Reading and Viewing Sex in Early Modern French
Vernacular Medicine,” Renaissance and Reformation/ Renaissance et Réforme
38.4. 65-88. (2015)
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Dr. Sarah Parker wrote “The Reader as Authorial Figure in Scientific Debate,”
History of European Ideas, Special Edition: Reading Publics in Renaissance Europe:
1450-1650 42.4. (2016)
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Dr. Sarah Parker and Sara Miglietti, eds. (2016), History of European Ideas, Special
Edition: Reading Publics in Renaissance Europe: 1450-1650 42.4.
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Dr. Sarah Parker wrote “Performing Pain: The Suffering Animal in Early Modern
Experiment,” Performing Animals, eds. Karen Raber and Monica Mattfeld,
Pennsylvania State University Press (in press). (2016)
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Dr. Sarah Parker authored a book review on the The One-Sex Body on Trial, by
Helen King, Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/ Bulletin canadien d’histoire de la
médecine 32.3.
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Dr. Sarah Parker also wrote a book review on Carcer, by Girolamo Cardano,
Renaissance Quarterly 69.2. (2016)
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Dr. Sarah Parker wrote a book review on Thinking Sex with the Early Moderns,
Valerie Traub. MedHum Fiction: Daily Dose. http://fictionreboot-dailydose.com/
(forthcoming) (2016)
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Dr. Paulina Rippere and Stephen C. Craig authored “He Said, She Said: The Impact
of Candidate Gender in Negative Campaigns.” Politics and Gender. (2016)

Dr. Paulina Rippere wrote the “Polarization Reconsidered: Bipartisan Cooperation
through Bill Co-sponsorship.” Polity. (2016)
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Dr. Paulina Rippere also wrote, “Sensemaking in the Senate: A Congressional
Fellow’s Perspective of Life on the Hill.” P.S.: Political Science and Polcs. (2016)
College of Fine Arts:
Awards and Honors

Prof. Jim Benedict received the 2015 ITI ThinkCatalyst Fellowship to attend the ITI
ThinkCatalyst Symposium in Indianapolis, IN. Participated in workshops and
presented on mentorship with former JU student, Jamie Ragan.
Exhibitions

Prof. Jim Benedict exhibited a sculpture in the Northeast Florida Sculptors Juried
Exhibition at the UNF Gallery on September 2015.
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Prof. Brian Frus exhibited at the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach. His work
was selected for a 2-person-only exhibition on February 2016.
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Prof. Bill Hill exhibited work “Chrysalis Lens: A Brief Survey of Contemporary Video
Art” on November 5, 2015 through November 26, 2015 at Marymount California
University’s Marylyn & Chuck Klaus Center for the Arts. Additional exhibits included:
o “Inner Feelings” at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy, on June 17-27, 2015.
o “Moist” at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA.
2015.
o “Humans & Hybrids” at Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy, June 3-13, 2015
o In Frack Fest - OKC's Underground Multimedia Festival, Oklahoma City, OK,
on October 2-4, 2015.
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Prof. Lily Kuonen participated in the following juried exhibitions:
o Last Exit: Painting at Bakehouse Art Complex, September – October 2015 in
Miami, FL.
o And: Building Community Through Art, traveling exhibition shown at
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN; University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI;
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Works collected into Iowa Print Archive at
University of Iowa. October – December 2015
o Juried exhibition, Thinking through Drawing: We All Draw, international
exhibition shown at Bargehouse, Southbank, London, October – November
2015.
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Prof. Tiffany Leach took part in the juried exhibitions:
o Visions in Clay, San Joanquin Delta College, Stockton, CA.
o Pearl River Gallery, 1-2 person exhibition, Jackson, MS
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Prof. Ginger Sheridan exhibited in the following Individual Exhibitions:
o Debussy Preludes: Book II, Terry Concert Hall, Jacksonville University,
Jacksonville, FL.
o Debussy Preludes: Book II, Carnegie Hall, New York, New York.
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Prof. Dana Tupa participated in the solo exhibition at Soren Christenson Gallery,
“Temporarily Attached,” New Orleans, LA, November-December 2015.
Grants and Contract Awards – External

Prof. Tony Steve was awarded $10,000.00 grant from the Jacksonville Cultural
Council for the program “Hearing What Isn’t Said.” The preparation and composition
of silent film scores will be performed by JU students.
Performances

Prof. Tony Steve was featured as guest artist at the Root Signal Electronic-Acoustic
Music Festival. (Jacksonville, FL)

Dr. Scott Watkins presented a solo recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New
York, on October 10, 2015.

Prof. Deborah Jordan worked collaboratively with the team Creatively Independent
for a 2-wk intensive theatre-devising workshop. The students worked on ensemblebuilding, body awareness, mindfulness, physical theatre, and collaboration, which
culminated into a devised piece of theatre.
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Prof. Michael Lomeka’s choreographic work Rites of Passage: A Memoir was
selected among 28 colleges and 60 pieces in the Southeast region to participate in
the Conference gala. Jacksonville University dancers conveyed themes of personal
reflection through water imagery.

Assistant Professor of Dance, Lana Heylock, departs with College of Fine Arts
dance, music, and vocal students to China this May. Heylock will oversee a diverse
and entertaining program in Shanghai and Hangzhou. The tour will include
performance opportunities in both cities as well as exciting cultural excursions.

Brian Palmer performs lead roles with the Jacksonville Symphony in The Nutcracker
and Cinderella.
Presentations
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
Prof. Jim Benedict presented a paper on student-centered learning in the
foundations classroom at the 2015 FATE Conference in Indianapolis, IN.

Prof. of Dance, Cari Coble, has begun a Dance For Life Program teaching dance
classes at JU for people diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. She worked with the
UF Arts and Medicine program and UF Shands of Jacksonville to create a program
modeled after the internationally acclaimed Dance For PD program that is run by
the Mark Morris Dance Company in NY. Prof. Coble has been granted a sabbatical
and will be traveling to NY to attain certification in this program and certify our JU
campus to offer a full Dance For PD program at JU that will allow several research
opportunities and make JU the first program of this kind in the Jacksonville area.
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Prof. Deborah Jordan presented workshops at three Theatre Conferences in the
northeast:
o The New England Theatre Conference, “Discovering Type”
o The Florida Theatre Conference, “Voice-Overs for Beginners”, and
o The Southeastern Theatre Conference, “Analyzing the Voiceover Script”.
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Dr. Jianjun He’s Song of the Himalayas was featured at the 2015 College Music
Society National Conference, and performed by Dr. Scott Watkins (November 6,
Indianapolis, IN).
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Dr. Jianjun He’s Song of the Himalayas also featured at the 2015 SCI (Society of
Composers, Inc.) National Conference performed by Scott Watkins (November 13,
Gainesville, FL).

Prof. Dana Tupa and Prof. Tiffany Leach presented at the NCECA in Kansas City,
MO, tilted “Teach and Learn: The Craft Impact.” March 2016.
Publications and Creative Works:

Prof. Kimberly Beasley released a CD: Fashion Sense: Songs in Recital. December
1, 2015.
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Dr. Dennis Vincent composed music and created sound effects for “Funky Factory,”
an Android rhythm videogame published on the Google Play Store.

Dr. Jianjun He created a CD: The Music of Jianjun He, released by New Ariel
Recordings in 2015. It contains seven of He’s original compositions.

Dean Henry Rinne is the principal scriptwriter of DVD production titled “Alphonso’s
Gold,” the story of the Alphonso Trent Orchestra. Produced by Five Star Video and
Red Cat Productions. Released March 2016.
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Davis College of Business:
Awards and Honors

Dr. Maggie Foley was invited to join the editorial board of The Journal of Financial
Mathematics.
Grants and Contract Awards – External
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Dr. Richard Cebula received the Charles Koch Foundation Research Grant, 2015.
Professional Service

Prof. Arpita Jadav achieved the position of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Secretary for Jacksonville Chapter.
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Dr. George Gresham was chosen to serve as session Chair at the International
Conference on Business and Management to be held at National Taipei University,
and selected to teach at National Taipei University (currently in residence.)
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Dr. Cebula holds the following positions:
o Editor-in-Chief, JOURNAL OF REGIONAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY
o Editor-in-Chief, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE AND
ACCOUNTING STUDIES
o Guest Editor, INTERNATIONAL ADVANCES IN ECONOMIC RESEARCH,
“Issues in Regional Economics,” May, 2015.
o Board of Editors, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY
o Board of Editors, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMIC POLICY
o Associate Editor, JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
o Advisory Editor, GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REVIEW
o Board of Editors, JOURNAL OF FINANCE CASE RESEARCH
o Advisory Editor, PUBLIC FINANCE/FINANCES PUBLIQUES
o Associate Editor, ANNALS OF REGIONAL SCIENCE
o Board of Editors, REVIEW OF REGIONAL STUDIES
o Regional Editor, INTERNATIONAL ADVANCES IN ECONOMIC RESEARCH
o Board of Editors, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS
o Board of Editors, INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF APPLIED
FINANCE
o Board of Editors, ISRN ECONOMICS
o Advisory Editor, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
o Board of Editors, JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ECONOMICS
o Advisory Editor, RATTAN MANAGEMENT: JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT &
TECHNOLOGY
o Board of Editors, ADVANCES IN MANAGEMENT, 201128
o Editorial Board Member, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BONDS AND
DERIVATIVES
o Editorial Board, BULLETIN OF APPLIED ECONOMICS

Dr. Maggie Foley is the Associate Editor of Corporate Governance Journal

Dr. Mattia organized a dashboard competition in the DCOB atrium so that all
students in an Applied Business & Economic Analysis courses could participate in a
substantial experiential learning and research intensive activity. (Fall 2015)

Dr. Mattia organized and participated in a SAS Workshop on Visual Analytics and
Visual Statistics for faculty. (Nov, 2015)

Dr. Mary Werner, Member, Editorial Advisory Board, JAABC; Publishes The Journal
of American Business Review, Cambridge, The Business Review, Cambridge and
The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge (Peer reviewed/refereed
journals)
Publications

Dr. Arbogast, Dr. Bateh, Dr. Thornton, and Dr. Farah, “Social Awareness and Global
Concern for Sustainability Initiatives in the Financial Sector,” Journal of Business
Studies Quarterly, Volume 7,, Number 1, September 2015, (Peerreviewed/Refereed Journal Article, AAS- Contribution to Practice)

Dr. Arbogast, Edgar and Witte, “Assessing Electric Energy Consumption in North
Florida”, The Journal of Management and Engineering Integration, Vol. 8, No. 1,
Summer 2015

Dr. Arbogast, Dr. Mirabella and H. Witte. (2016) Predicting Innovation Ability by
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions. Journal of American Academy of Business
Cambridge.

Dr. Agrawal, Lightner C, Lightner-Laws and N. Wagner. (2016). “A Bi-Criteria
Evolutionary Algorithm for a Constrained Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing Problem,” Soft
Computing.
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Dr. Agrawal, with C. Lightner-Laws, C. Lightner and N. Wagner. (2016) “An
Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for the Constrained Multi-Depot Vehicle Routing
Problem,” International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics.

Dr. Capener guest author for Florida Times Union 55+ and Alive article, (2015,
August 11). 55+ and Alive – Being prepared can help ease more difficult transitions.
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Dr. Capener, Dr. Cebula, and Rossi Fabrizio. (2015-June 15) “Exploratory Panel
Data Evidence on the Relative Efficacy of Real Federal as Opposed to Real State
Cigarette Excise Taxes in Reducing Cigarette Smoking in the United States”. Mega
Publishing Limited/Bulletin of Applied Economics.

Dr. Capener, (2015, October 23). (Drew Dixon, Interviewer, Reporter) Innovation
Connection Conference draws crowds of entrepreneurs Jacksonville’s Schultz
Center. The Florida Times Union. Jacksonville.com.
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Dr. Capener, (2015, December 8). (Author) 55+ and Alive – Love the work you have,
be smart about what you do next. The Florida Times Union.

Dr. Dole, “Head Coaches as Managers: How Well Can They Assess
Talent?” Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 2015, Vol 14, No. 2, 37-48

Dr. Dole, “Wage Dispersion’s Effect across Team Units: Evidence from the National
Football League (NFL),” Journal of Economics and Economic Education, 2015, Vol.
16, No. 3.
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Dr. Cebula, Dr. Agrawal, Dr. Boylan, and Dr. Horner. (2015). “The Impact of the Net
Percentage Growth Rate in the Number of Small Firms on Differential State-level
Employment Growth Rates in the U.S.: An Exploratory Empirical Note,” Applied
Economics Letters.
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Dr. Cebula, Dr. Capener and Fabrizio Rossi. (2015). “Exploratory Panel Date
Evidence on the Relative Efficacy of Real Federal as Opposed to Real State
Cigarette Excise Taxes in Reducing Cigarette Smoking in the U.S.” Bulletin of
Applied Economics.
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Dr. Cebula, Dr. Foley and Dr. Capener. (2015-July) “The Impact of Economic
Freedom on the Unemployment Rate in OECD Nations: An Exploration Study
Accepting the Validity of Okun’s Law” ECONOMIA INTERNAZIONALE/International
Economics, Vol. LXVIII, No. 4, November 2015.

Dr. Cebula was a Co. Editors, F. Mixon, J. Hall, and J. Payne, Northampton, MA.
ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP,
Edward Elgar Publishing Company, 2015.
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Dr. Cebula, Dr. Boylan & Dr. Dajci. “Firm Size, Dual Brokerage, and National
Franchise Affiliation of Real Estate Brokerage Firms: Unexpected Results for the
Period 2008-2013,” JOURNAL OF HOUSING RESEARCH, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2015, pp.
175-191.
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Dr. Cebula, Dr. Capener and Dr. Foley. “The Impact of Economic Freedom on the
Unemployment Rate in OECD Nations: An Exploratory Study Accepting the Validity
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of Okun’s Law,” ECONOMIA INTERNAZIONALE/INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS,
December, 2015, pp. 347-360 [lead article].

Dr. Cebula, Dr. Foley and Dr. Yu. “The Impact of Improvement in Information
Processing on Forms’ Voluntary Disclosure of Information,” ACADEMY OF
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE JOURNAL.

Dr. Cebula, Dr. Boylan, Dr. Foley, and C. Jun. “An Analysis of Withdrawn
Shareholder Proposals,” CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: THE INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS IN SOCIETY, Vol, 15, No. 4, 2015, pp. 546-562.

Dr. Cebula and F. Rossi. “Stock Market Reactions to Announcements regarding
Boards of Directors; Evidence from Italy,” APPLIED ECONOMICS
INCORPORATING APPLIED FINANCIAL ECONOMICS. Vol. 47, 2015, pp. 21022118.

Dr. Cebula, C. Coombs, R. Newman, and M. White. “The Bargaining Power of
Health Care Unions and Union Wage Premiums for Registered Nurses,” JOURNAL
OF LABOR RESEARCH. Vol 36, December, 2015, pp. 442-461.

Dr. Cebula and U. Nair-Reichert. “Access to Higher Public Education and Locational
Choices of Undocumented Migrants: An Exploratory Analysis,” INTERNATIONAL
ADVANCES IN ECONOMIC RESEARCH. May 2015, pp. 189-200.
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Dr. Cebula, Dr. Buck, L. Lawson and I. Saltz. “Classroom Analysis of How to Value
Shares of Public Corporations: A Pedagogical Endeavor including Earnings and
Dividends Expectations Formation and Hybrid Modeling,” JOURNAL OF
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE EDUCATION, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2015, pp. 120-126.

Dr. Cebula and F. Rossi. ”Does the Presence of Very Young Children and/or Older
Minor-Aged Children in the Home Reduce Cigarette Smoking? Panel Data Evidence
for the United States,” MARGIN: THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, 2015, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 430-431.
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Dr. Cebula, C. Duquette, F. Mixon, and K. Upadhyaya “Prediction Markets and
Election Polling: Granger Causality Tests Using In Trade and Real Clear Politics
Data,” ATLANTIC ECONOMIC JOURNAL, December, 2015, pp. 357-366.

Dr. Gresham and Dr. Mattia . “The Value of a Non-Traditional Approach to Marketing
Education” in the Journal of Management and Marketing (Fall 2015)

Dr. Gresham, Dr. Angjellari-Dajci, Dr. Boylan, and Dr. Izard. “The Impact of Taxes
and HOA Fees on Single-Family Home Prices,” INTERNATIONAL ADVANCES IN
ECONOMIC RESEARCH, May 2015, pp. 201-212.
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Dr. Gresham and R. Rhymes. “The Value of a Non-Traditional Approach and Hybrid
Delivery of Marketing Education,” Journal of Management and Marketing Research,
V19 (July), 2015

Dr. D’Aquila and Dr. Mattia published “Instructor Generated YouTube Videos in a
Financial Accounting Class – A Useful Purpose Based on Actual Usage and Student
Perception” in the proceedings of the American Accounting Association Southeast
Region, Atlanta, Georgia. (April 2016)

Dr. Pordeli and Pete Wynkoop. “Economic Impact of Blount Island Command in
Northeast Florida”. This study was funded by the U.S. Marine Corps and was
published in the Research in Business and Economics Journal-Volume 11,
September 2015.

Dr. Thornton, “Social Awareness and Global Concern for Sustainability Initiatives in
the Financial Sector,” Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 1,
September 2015, pp. 71 - 76 (with Gordon Arbogast, Justin Bateh, and James
Farah).

Dr. Wang, Surendranath Jory and Thanh Ngo “Credit Ratings and the Premiums
Paid in Mergers and Acquisitions”, Journal of Empirical Finance (Accepted, 2016).

Dr. Wang, Klaus Beckmann & Thanh Ngo, “The Informational Content of ADR
Mispricing”, Journal of Multinational Financial Management. 32-33: 1-14 (December,
2015).

Dr. Wang & Khoa Nguyen, “Idiosyncratic Risks, Bailout, and Financial Crisis: A
Copula Approach”. Global Business and Finance Review. 20(1) 53-70 (Spring 2015).
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Dr. Wang, Surendranath Jory, Thanh Ngo and Amrita Saha, “The Market Response
to Corporate Scandals Involving CEOs”, Applied Economics. 47(17): 1723-1738
(2015).
Conference Presentations

Dr. Gresham, “Tracking the Evolution of a Hybrid Graduate Course in New Product
Planning and Development;” AABRI Conference presentation and Proceedings,
Orlando, FL, January 8, 2016

Dr. Capener and Dr. Izard presented, (2015, July). Transforming Graduate
Education for Non-traditional Students: The Real Story. 22nd Annual International
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Conference on Advances in Management & 8th International Conference on Social
Intelligence (ICAM/ICSI 2015).

Dr. Capener was the Panel Chair. (2015, July). Special Topics in Management. 22 nd
Annual International Conference on Advances in Management & 8 th International
Conference on Social Intelligence (ICAM/ICSI 2015)

Dr. Capener, (2016, January 4) IABPAD Winter Conference keynote speaker.

Dr. Mattia presented “Linking Experiential Learning and Undergraduate Research
with Analytics in the Business Core” at the Big Data and Analytics EdCon in Fajardo,
Puerto Rico and published the article in the proceedings. (August, 2015)

Dr. Pordeli attended and chaired a presentation session on “CFO Gender and
Analyst’s Earnings Forecast”. This paper was presented by Dr. Pae, Sangshin of
Arkansas State University and presented at the AABRI International Conference in
Orlando Florida, January 7-9, 2016.

Dr. Pordeli attended and chaired a presentation session on “Does the Mandatory
Adaption of IFRS Improve the Mapping of Accruals to Cash Flows?”. This paper was
presented by Dr. Kim, Sohyung, Brock University and presented at the AABRI
International Conference in Orlando Florida, January 7-9, 2016.

Dr. Pordeli Served as a discussant to critic a paper on “Techniques for Identifying
Important I-O Coefficients and Sectors-Michigan Forest Products Sectors:
Comparative Gross and Base Value Added and Structural Path Analysis” presented
by Dr. Stephen Cooke, Alward Institute for Collaborative Science. The paper was
presented at the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association 46th Annual
Conference in St. Louis, Missouri on May 29, 2015.

Dr. Pordeli presented a paper on the “Economic Impact of Jacksonville University in
Northeast Florida”. This study was accepted and presented at the Mid-Continent
Regional Science Association 46th Annual Conference in Saint Louis Missouri, June
2015.
 Dr. Wang & Dr. Houmes presented “Evaluating the Long-Term Valuation Effect of
Efficient Asset Utilization and Profit Margin on Stock Returns: Additional Evidence
from the DuPont Identity”. 2016 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
(New York, NY)
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
Dr. Wang with Dr. Houmes, Thanh Ngo, and Omar Esqueda presented “Impact of
Government Bailout on Banks’ Cost of Equity: Evidence from the Financial Bailout of
2008-2009”. 2016 American Accounting Association Southeast Region Conference
(Atlanta, GA)

Dr. Wang presented “Aggregate Corporate Insider Trading and Accuracy of Analyst
Forecast”. 2016-6th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and
Banking Society (Malaga, Spain), 2015 Annual Conference of Financial
Management Association (Orlando, FL) and 2015 Annual Conference of Southern
Finance Association (Captiva Island, FL).

Dr. Wang and Thanh Ngo presented “Idiosyncratic Volatility in Banking Industry
during 2008-2009 Financial Bailout”. 2015 Annual Conference of Southern Finance
Association (Captiva Island, FL).

Dr. Wang and Thanh Ngo presented “Institutional Ownership and CPP Exit”. 2015
Annual Conference of Southern Finance Association (Captiva Island, FL).
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