FACULTY/STAFF

Christina Bucher, the Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion, gave a presentation on “Contemplating Four Northern European Renaissance Paintings of The Rest on the Flight into Egypt” at the “Bible and Visual Culture” section at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature. The meeting was held in Berlin, Germany, this past August.

Judy Beck Ericksen, Occupational Therapy, presented “Decision Making in the Occupational Therapy Evaluation Process: A Grounded Theory Study” at the 23rd-Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference, October 17-19, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Contributing authors were Adelyn Enders, Elise Starkey and Megan Ziff, all Class of 17.

Joel Janisewski, director of purposeful life pathways and civic participation, was an invited panelist at October’s South Central PA Regional Summit, “Regional Innovation During Economic Uncertainty.”

Kirsten Johnson, professor of communications, presented the paper, “News Stories on the Facebook Platform: Millennials’ Perceived Credibility of Online News Sponsored by News and Non-News Companies,” at the Pennsylvania Communication Association conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Burton St. John, professor at Old Dominion University, coauthored the paper.

James MacKay, Chemistry and Biochemistry, published a paper, titled “A mild halogenation of pyrazoles using sodium halide salts and Oxone” in the journal Tetrahedron Letters. This paper, written with Katie Olsen ’14 and Matthew Jensen ’16 is the result of an ongoing research project performed jointly between MacKay and Elizabethtown undergraduates. The work presents an environmentally friendly or “green” method for functionalizing molecules called pyrazoles. Previous approaches led to the formation of harmful byproducts or required dangerous solvents. The reported method bears the potential to be used in pharmaceutical applications and/or the synthesis of new materials.

Occupational therapy faculty members and recent graduates gave various presentations at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association annual conference in State College, Pennsylvania in October.

  • “Exploring Clinical Reasoning for Trauma and Sensory Processing Disorders” with Christine Achenbach, MEd, OTR/L; Adriana Bertolino, MS OT ’17;  Shannon Deck, MS OT ’17; and Kathleen Wilkinson, MS OT ’17
  • “Occupation-Based Coaching for Truck Drivers: Pilot” with Emily Good, MS OT ’17; Jaime Deisher, MS OT ’17; and Rachel Sassaman, MS OT ’17. Contributing author: Ann Marie Potter, MA, OTR/L
  • “Interoception: Innovative Intervention Protocol for Children with Autism” with Adam Amspacher, MS OT ’17; Alyssa Rea, MS OT  ’17; Elisabeth Niehaus, MS OT ’17; Kerri Hample, OTD, OTR/L; Kelly Mahler, OTR/L;  Sue West, OTR/L
  • “Advocacy and Legislative Update” — Kerri Hample, OTD, OTR/L participated in a panel presentation, representing the Pennsylvania OT Licensure Board.
  • “The Impact of Sensory Processing on Family Routines” with Alli Doughton, MS OT ’’17; Rebecca Roth, MS OT ’17;  Audrey Barrett, MS OT ’17; and Nancy Carlson-Steadman, PhD., OTR/L
  • “An Innovative Approach to Measuring Sensory Processing Patterns” with Mikayla Kemmerly, MS OT ’17; Katelyn Guilfoy, MS OT ’17; Carly Mutter, MS OT ’17; and Nancy Carlson Steadman, Ph.D., OTR/L
  • “Using Food to Energize your Health and Wellness” with Kerri Hample, OTD, OTR/L
  • “Fieldwork as an Entry Point for Practice” with Christine Achenbach, MEd, OTR/L
  • “Real-Time Motion Capture Technology for UE Rehabilitation” with Jenna Nguyen, MS OT ’17; Laiken McCleaf, MS OT ’17; Dana Robidoux MS OT ’17; Daniel Panchik, DSc, OTR/L; and Kurt DeGoede, PhD
  • “Decision Making in Evaluation: A Grounded Theory Study” with Megan Ziff, MS OT ’17; Adelyn Enders, MS OT ’17; and Elise Starkey, MS OT ’17. Contributing author: Judy Beck Ericksen, PhD, OTR/L

 

Patricia Likos Ricci, associate professor of the history of art and director of the Fine Arts Division, is guest curator of the exhibit, “A Grand Vision: Violet Oakley and the American Renaissance,” at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. The more-than-150-piece exhibit is a retrospective about the Pennsylvania State Capitol artist Violet Oakley (1874-1961), the first woman to receive a commission for a government building. Ricci reconstructed the career of Oakley, a prolific muralist, stained glass designer and portraitist and wrote the illustrated exhibition catalog. She also presented “The Woman Artist in a Man-Made World” at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Sept. 13 and “The Visions of Violet Oakley: Spiritual, Political and Aesthetic” at the Woodmere Art Museum on October 7. The exhibit continues through Jan. 21, 2018.

Tracy Wenger Sadd, lecturer in Religious Studies, edited a collection of essays written by members of the Elizabethtown College staff and faculty. Richard Newton, assistant professor of religion, contributed “Purposeful Life Work: Stories in Process,” and Christina Bucher, Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion, contributed “Conversations Are How We Know Who We Are: Conversations and the Hospitable Classroom.” Publication of the volume was made possible by a grant from the Council of Independent Colleges Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education and the Lilley Foundation.

Kevin Shorner-Johnson, associate professor of music education, presented a talk “Tuvan singing: Sonic vibrations and spiritual rootedness” at the Ware Center at Millersville University. The talk explored Tuvan throat singing and how this artistic tradition offers a unique sense of ethics in relation to the local, natural world. Using frameworks from peacebuilding and social psychology, Shorner-Johnson explored how this particular Animist spiritual tradition places humans in greater relationship with the local environment through musical acts of imitation and artistic representation.

Robert Wheelersburg, professor of anthropology, and Sean Melvin, associate professor of business law, published a jointly authored paper in Arctic Yearbook 2017 on intellectual property rights protection for Arctic indigenous peoples.  http://www.arcticyearbook.com/

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