David Morris (English) is the author of the book The Evil Hours: A Biography of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder,  which this month was recognized by The New York Times as "What to read in the face of trauma." According to the Times, "Morris, a former Marine who suffered from PTSD on his return from Iraq, traces the historical understanding of…

Dr. Jeffrey Ebersole (Dental) co-authored “Comparative Analysis of Microbial Sensing Molecules in Mucosal Tissues with Aging,” which describes the use of a nonhuman primate model to evaluate changes in the expression of these sensing molecules related to aging in healthy gingival tissues. The article appeared in the October issue of Immunobiology.

Lung-Chang Chien (Environmental and Occupational Health) authored "Physical Inactivity Displays a Mediator Role in the Association of Diabetes and Poverty: a Spatiotemporal Analysis", which appeared in the November issue of Geospatial Health. This study examined the associations among physical inactivity prevalence, diabetes prevalence, and…

Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) co-authored "An Emergent Bilingual Child’s Multimodal Choices in Sociodramatic Play," which explored how a preschool-age bilingual child engages with multimodal resources to participate in sociodramatic play discourses. The article appeared in Journal of Early Childhood Literacy this month..

Lung-Chang Chien and Francisco Sy (Environmental and Occupational Health) presented their research at the 2018 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta. Their presentation was about predicting zika virus infection outbreak by using meteorological measurements and identifying where vulnerable people lived in Colombia from 2015-…

Jarret Keene (English) presented at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. His paper, "Keep Your Swords Above the Mire!: A Reconsideration of the 1975 DC Comics series Beowulf: Dragon Slayer," argues that this obscure sword-and-sorcery comic book, written by then-college professor Michael Uslan (today…

Rachell Ekroos (Nursing) and Alexis Kennedy (Criminal Justice) hosted meetings with Ukrainian leaders representing government sectors, law enforcement agencies, social service providers, and non-government organizations as part of the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Program alumni include 19 current chiefs of…

Beth Mehocic (Dance) had her composition for solo cello, Somewhere Between D and C# recorded by Ovidiu Marenescu for a collection of new works titled Moto Bello. Moto Bello is the third collection in the Moto series recorded by Trio Casals for Parma Recordings on their Navona label. The album is due to be released in January.…

Reimund Serafica (Nursing) presented his research during two recent conferences. He discussed “Acculturation and Changes in Anthropometric Indicators among Filipino Men with Hypertension” during the 42nd annual conference of the American Association for Men in Nursing. Next, he shared results from his study titled “Adherence and Satisfaction of…