Office of the Provost - Azusa Pacific University

Faculty Notes: December 2008

Committed to the highest level of scholarship, APU faculty contribute significantly to their fields through research, presentations, exhibitions, and publications. Faculty notes highlight their recent activity.

Presentations

Paul Kaak, Ph.D

Kaak, P. (2008, November). The worldview of Jesus and implications for good leadership. Paper presentation at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Petros G. Malakyan, Ph.D.

Malakyan, P. (2008, November). Leadership and followership: Tradition, history, and scholarship. Paper presentation at the 10th Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Paul Anderson, MBA, CPA and Daniel Park, Ph.D.

Park, G. D. & Anderson, P. (2008, November). Do we help them be a salt and light? Can they be saltier and brighter? Paper presented at the 2008 Christian Business Faculty Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Joanne Gilbreath, Ed.D. and Gail Houghton, Ph.D.

Houghton, G. P. & Gilbreath, J. (October, 2008). Accreditation: An opportunity for organizational transformation and building a culture of assessment. Paper presented at the 2008 Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, IN.

Don Thorsen, Ph.D.

Thorsen, D. & Kireopoulos, A. (2008. October). Unity in mission: A bilateral dialogue between orthodox church and evangelical Christian perspectives. Paper presentation at the National Commission on Interfaith Relations, Oklahoma City, OK.

Marcia Berry, Ph.D.

Berry, M. (2008, November). Despair for the hypocrites: an unconventional approach to Matthew 23. Performance presented at the conference of the National Communication Association in San Diego, CA.

Berry, M. (2008, November). Technology and new trends. Participation in a Bedford/St. Martins focus group discussion at the conference of the National Communication Association in San Diego, CA.

Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D.

Bixby, H., Camacho, N., De La Rosa, M. L., & Slavin-Miller, S. (2008, November). Creating multiculturally competent student affairs professionals: Evolution of a graduate preparation program. Poster presented at the 2008 Regional Conference of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Long Beach, CA.

Sharyn Slavin Miller, Ph.D.

Mari Luna De La Rosa, Ph.D.

De La Rosa, M. L. (2008, November). Fostering change through institutional policies and practices. Discussant for session, at the 2008 Annual Conference of the
Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL.

Michael Block, Ph.D.

Block, M. (2008, November). Improving student achievement using Strength-Based methods. Paper presented at the conference of the California Association of School Counselor, Anaheim, CA.

Block, M. (2008, November). How to create student-centered contracts. Paper presented at the conference of the Western Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors. Palm Springs, CA.

Awards

Leslie Wickman, Ph.D.

Wickman, L. (2008, November). 2008 Azusa Pacific Univ. Aerospace Workforce Development Program Proposal. Program awarded a grant by the California Space Grant Consortium (CaSGC).