November Professional Notes

11/02/2020

A round-up of awards, presentations, papers and the other professional achievements of SLU faculty, staff members and students.

Faculty and Staff

Kristin Hrasky, administrative assistant, in the Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training in the Doisy College of Health Sciences, has been chosen as the winner of this year’s Joyce Huelsmann Outstanding SAC Member Award. Hrasky received the award for her dedication to the Staff Advisory Committee (SAC).

She received multiple nominations for this award and has been very active in SAC. Hrasky was last year’s corresponding secretary and is currently the committee’s corresponding secretary. 

Due to her professionalism and organizational skills SAC’s efficiency with communication with our membership have increased. As part of her work, Hrasky keeps SAC membership files and the SAC website are up to date. She has navigated the technology transitions that SLU has undergone during her tenure (Skype to Zoom) and pivoted quickly when SAC meetings had to go to 100% online.

Benjamin Looker, Ph.D., of the Department of American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, received an Honorable Mention recognition from the Canadian Studies Network (CSN) in the CSN’s competition for best 2019 article published in the Journal of Canadian Studies.

The recognition is for Looker’s article, “Staging Diaspora, Dramatizing Activism: Fashioning a Progressive Filipino Canadian Theatre in Toronto, 1974–2001.”

Emily Lutenski, Ph.D., of the Department of American Studies, was named the winner of this year’s Don D. Walker Prize, from the Western Literature Association, for the best essay published in western American literary studies during the preceding year.

The prize is for Lutenski’s essay in the journal American Studies, “Dickens Disappeared: Black Los Angeles and the Borderlands of Racial Memory.”

Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D., director of the Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, has been elected to be on the Board for Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD), and will serve for the next two years.

Bruce O’Neill, Ph.D., of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, delivered the keynote lecture for the virtual 12th Annual Romanian Studies Conference held at Indiana University, Bloomington, on Oct. 24. O’Neill’s talk was, “Up, Down, and Away: The Place of Privilege in Bucharest, Romania.”

Ian H. Redmount, Ph.D., of the Department of Physics in Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, presented a talk, “On the Status of Tachyon-Dominated Cosmology,” at the 30th Midwest Relativity Meeting, hosted by Notre Dame University from Oct. 22 to 24. The meeting featured some 90 presenters, faculty and students, from all over the world, and was conducted virtually via Zoom.

John Encarnacion, Ph.D., of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, gave a talk at the meeting of the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, St. Louis Chapter, about his latest paper on the ancient tectonics of Antarctica.

Kenya Brumfield-Young, Ph.D., assistant professor and internship coordinator in the College for Public Health and Social Justice, moderated a panel, “Re-Envisioning Public Safety - What does Defunding the Police Mean?: Police Budgets Now and in the Future,” on Oct.16.

The SLU Sport Psychological Sciences and Consultation Lab conducted one workshop and eight research presentations at the annual conference of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology held virtually on October 22-23.

• Collins, J., Oberle, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Applying athletic values and executive coaching to sport psychological consultation. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Fitterman-Harris, H., Soulliard, Z., Poe, L., Perry, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Differences in sociocultural attitudes toward appearance among student-athletes.and non-athletes. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Bruce, M., Shulze, J., Lowell, K., McGrath, A., Collins, J., Fiorenzo, I., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Under pressure: Collegiate women athletes’ experiences of introjected motivation across career stage and team types. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Evans, L., Poe, L., Shulze, J., Collins, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Differences in performance satisfaction and athletic coping skills in collegiate athletes who are seeking or not seeking sport psychology services. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Evans, L., Shulze, J., Collins, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Mental toughness as a predictor of coping in college athletes. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Poe, L., Evans, L., Fitterman-Harris, H., Collins, J., Shulze, J., Perry, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Influence of mindfulness domains on mental toughness in collegiate athletes. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• McGrath, A., Soulliard, Z., Perry, J., Poe, L., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Functionality appreciation among student-athletes outside of sport vs. following sport practice. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Shulze, J., Oberle, J., Gfeller, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). A cross-sectional study of collegiate athletes’ stress, coping, and adjustment across years of academic transition. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.
• Fiorenzo, I., Shulze, J., Perry, J., Collins, J., & Ross, M. (2020, October). Ice in their veins: Collegiate athlete coping during a physical stressor test. Poster accepted at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (AASP), Orlando, FL.

Tobias Winright, Ph.D., of the Department of Theological Studies and Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics, was invited by America Magazine to author an article, “Don’t abolish the police. Reimagine law enforcement.”  Winright also presented an invited presentation on Oct. 20, “Just and Unjust Policing: Reflections from a Catholic Ethicist and Ex-Law Enforcement Officer,” as the Annual Feast of Saint Francis Lecture, McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

Marla Berg-Weger, Ph.D., of the School of Social Work, was interviewed by the Fairbanks News-Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska).

On Thursday, Oct. 22, the Department of Campus Ministry hosted a pre-election webinar, “Your Vote.  Your Conscience,” featuring a panel of Catholic leaders reflected on the intersections of faith, civic responsibility and our commitment to the common good during this election season.  View the webinar here.

Students

The Department of Communication had multiple students who were named finalists in different categories in the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) “On Location” creative competition.

The Broadcast Education Association (BEA) is the premier international academic media organization, driving insights, excellence in media production, and career advancement for educators, students, and professionals.

Student Audio Competition

Best of Show: 

• “The Palliative Pod,” Episode 1: “An Invitation,” Andrew Dwiggins.

Awards of Excellence: 

• “Ditching Digital,” Michael Trevino.
• “Gateway 180,” Merris Barber, Michael Treviño, Alijah Roby.

Student Mobile Video Competition

Award of Excellence:

• “Up With The Birds” music video, Alex Bakken.

Student Documentary Competition

Award of Excellence:

• “Visual Letter,” Jaskiran Singh.

View the full awards list here

The association’s publications, annual convention, web-based programs, and regional district activities provide opportunities for juried production competition and presentation of current scholarly research related to aspects of the electronic media. These areas include media audiences, economics, law and policy, regulation, news, management, aesthetics, social effects, history, and criticism, among others.  BEA is concerned with electronic media curricula, placing an emphasis on interactions among the purposes, developments, and practices of the industry and imparting this information to future professionals. BEA serves as a forum for exposition, analysis and debate of issues of social importance to develop members’ awareness and sensitivity to these issues and to their ramifications, which will ultimately help students develop as more thoughtful practitioners.

Aver Yakubu, a graduate student in the College for Public Health and Social Justice, gave an oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Conference on Oct. 27, “Using collective impact and community participatory approaches to improve racial inequities in infant health.”

Conor Van Santen, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, co-authored an op-ed article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal about the case for and against court-packing.