Faculty and staff members who have given presentations, were
recognized for outstanding contributions or had their research
published are detailed below. The campus community can submit
a sketch online for future publication.
Paul Isely, professor of economics and associate
dean, Seidman College of Business, was interviewed by WOOD-TV for a story
about the post-COVID 19 workforce.
Jeanine Beasley, professor of occupational science
and therapy, Kirk Anderson, professor of statistics,
Theresa Bacon-Baguley, professor of physician
assistant studies, and students were co-authors of an article, "Adult
Norms for the Corbett Targeted Coin Test," published in the
Journal of Hand Therapy.
Abigail Gautreau, assistant professor of history,
wrote a book chapter, "The Real Trick Is Holding On to That
Energy and Not Collapsing Teaching Undergraduate Public History on the
Verge of the Pandemic" in Teaching
Public History, published by the University of North Carolina Press.
Thomas Walker, associate professor of political
science, and alumnus Kyle Huisman gave a presentation, "Major
Power Rivalry, Targeted Alliances and Spirals to War," at the
Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago.
Engineering faculty members Lindsay Corneal, Shabbir
Choudhuri and Sanjivan Manoharan received a
$15,000 subaward from the National Science Foundation for a Research
on Organizational Partnerships in Education (ROPES) and STEM project,
“An Investigation into Development of Sustainable Inter-Institutional
Partnerships and Formative Experiences,” led by Virginia Polytechnic University.
Patrick Colgan, professor of geology, gave
presentations, "A Personal Reflection on the Important
Contributions of Alan E. Kehew to our Knowledge of the Glacial Geology
of Michigan," and "A Comparison of Modern and Ancient
Glacial Landforms, Sediments, and Processes of Breiðamerkurjökull,
Iceland and the Lake Michigan Lobe in Southwestern Michigan," at
the Geological Society of America North-Central Section annual meeting.
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.