Dan Giedeman and his wife, Esther Wieland, are pictured in 1998 in
France. Last year, Giedeman sent a tweet on the anniversary he met
Esther in Paris and was later contacted by CNN Travel.
Paul Isely, professor of economics and associate dean
of the Seidman College of Business, was interviewed by multiple media
outlets, including WOOD-TV, FOX 17, MSN
and Capital.com,
for stories related to the impact of sanctions on Russia.
Gayle Schaub, library liaison, was featured in a
special report, "The
Library of the Future," published by the Chronicle of
Higher Education.
Carolyn Shapiro-Shapin, professor of history, had her
research on Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering, developers of the
whooping cough vaccine, recognized by Smithsonian Magazine.
The Occupational Science and Therapy program was
referenced in an article, "Sensory
Awareness Programming Offered Throughout the Community,"
published by Rapid Growth. Jennifer Fortuna,
assistant professor of occupational therapy, and graduate
students participated in a service learning project to improve the
accessibility of a new exhibit at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations or had their
research published are detailed below. The campus community can self-submit
a sketch online for future publication.
Jim Rademaker, general manager of WGVU Public Media,
graduated from the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative, a
program of the Riley Institute at Furman University.
Christina Catanese, education specialist at AWRI,
facilitated an event, “Research Reimagined: Moving with Microbes,” for
the American Society for Microbiology.
Annis Water Resources Institute staff members Jim McNair,
Molly Lane and Richard Rediske gave a
presentation, “A Decision-theoretic Framework for Assessing the
Relationship between Culture-based and qPCR-based Recreational
Water-quality Criteria for Fecal Indicator Bacteria,” at the American
Water Resources Association annual meeting.
Charles Pazdernik, professor of Classics, wrote a
chapter, "War
and Empire in Procopius' Wars," for a book, "A
Companion to Procopius of Caesarea," in the series, Brill's
Companions to the Byzantine World.
Economics faculty members Christian Glupker and
Laudo Ogura completed a study, "The Economic
Impact of Affordable Housing Stock in Kent and Ottawa County,
Michigan," for Housing Next, a subsidiary of Greater Ottawa
County United Way.
Anna White, liaison librarian, gave a presentation,
"Data Cheerleading: Reduce Data Fear, Increase Data
Engagement," at the Midwest Data Librarian Symposium.
Scarlet Galvan, collection strategist librarian, was
appointed to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
Expert Group to Develop Shared Vision for U.S. Repository Network and
the National Information Standards Organization Initiative on
Standards for Controlled Digital Lending.
Leanne Kang gave a presentation about research and oral histories of former GRPS students, staff and faculty at a community event. The project was funded by the Kutsche Office of Local History.
Motivational speaker Darrell "Coach D" Andrews spoke to hundreds of GEAR UP students; a sociology professor received a Distinguished Scholarly Publication award for his book.