Presented Faculty Research
During the academic years of 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, thirty-nine faculty members
reported participating in research from 14 different departments. Out of the 39 faculty
members, one participated in sustainability research from one department.
2011-2012
Bane, Cynthia M.H., Haymaker, C.M.B., Hutchins, S., Eichhorn, L., Waletzki, I., & Faust, E.
Using improvisational theater games to enhance state mindfulness. Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, Ill.; 2012.
Becker, Joy
Closing the gap between learners’ and instructors’ expectations. Panel presentation,
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Milwaukee,
Wis.; 2011.
Birgen, Brian
A first calculus course using numerical tools and modeling. Iowa Section of the Mathematical
Association of America, Pella, Iowa; 2011.
A first calculus course using numerical tools and modeling. International Conference on
Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, Fla.; 2012.
Bouzard, Ramona
Gazing into the void: Emerging into the future of God’s grace…together? Lutheran Outdoor
Ministry Conference; 2011.
Brockman, Clifford
Pacemaker winners’ circle: A study of multimedia, interactivity and content management
systems at top student newspaper websites. National College Media Convention, Orlando,
Fla.; 2011.
Tall, grande or venti?: Student media storytelling across campus Sizes. Broadcast Education
Association annual conference, Las Vegas, Nev.; 2012.
Earl, William
The art of storytelling. Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa; 2011.
Ewest, Timothy & Miller, D.
Updating, contextualizing and evaluating the integration box (TIB): An individual and
institutional faith, religion, and spirituality at work assessment tool. Princeton University
Faith and Work Initiative, Princeton, N.J.; 2012.
The integration box (TIB): An individual and institutional faith, religion, and spirituality at
work assessment tool. Academy of Management Conference, Boston, Mass.; 2011.
Kliegel, Julie & Ewest, Timothy
Using Fink’s taxonomy of significant learning to create an assessment of liberal arts
practices among business educators at liberal arts colleges: And Exploration of Preliminary
Data. Fourth Annual General Business Conference, Huntsville, Tex.; 2012.
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Ewest, Timothy & Kliegl, Julie
The case for change in business education: How liberal arts principles and practices can
foster needed change. Midwest Academy of Management, Omaha, Neb.; 2011.
Faux, Tammy
Even you can do policy practice. Iowa National Association of Social Workers Annual
Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa; 2012.
Best practices on teaching research courses at BSW level. Association of Baccalaureate
Social Work Program Directors, Portland, Ore.; 2012.
Foster, Johanna and Nielsen, K.
Effects of bison wallows on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and plant communities.
Academy of Science Meeting, Mason City, Iowa; 2012.
Foster, Johanna, et al.
Attachment success of zooplankton in a passive dispersal simulation. 123rd Annual Iowa
Academy of Science Meeting, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa; 2011.
Hu, Jinqiu, et al
Quenching study of fluorescent emission by surface-modified gold nanoparticles. 124th
annual meeting of Iowa Academy of Science, Mason City, Iowa; 2012.
Jones, Brian
Fundamentalists, dispensationalists and the inspiration of the King James Version. Anglican
Association of Biblical Scholars annual meeting, San Francisco, Cal.; 2011.
Kliegel, Julie & Ewest, Timothy
Using Fink’s taxonomy of significant learning to create an assessment of liberal arts
practices among business educators at liberal arts colleges: And exploration of preliminary
data. Fourth Annual General Business Conference, Huntsville, Tex.; 2012.
Ewest, Timothy & Kliegl, Julie
The case for change in business education: How liberal arts principles and practices can
foster needed change. Midwest Academy of Management, Omaha, Neb.; 2011.
Kliegl, Julie & Weaver, K.
Research papers made better: how to use reflective writing prompts and embedded
librarians to enhance management student learning. Academy of Management, San Antonio,
Tex.; 2011.
Leong, Eric
Takin’ care of business: A model of comprehensive embedded librarianship supporting
undergraduate business students. Iowa Library Association/Association of College &
Research Libraries (ILA/ACRL); 2012.
Lindell, Terrence
Panel participant, The History of South Dakota Populism: A Discussion of R. Alton Lee’s
Principle Over Party: The Farmers’ Alliance and Populism in South Dakota, 1880-1900.
Forty-Third Annual Dakota Conference, Sioux Falls, S.D.; 2011.
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When Iowa troops served in Minnesota: An episode in the aftermath of the Dakota War of
1862. Forty-Third Annual Northern Great Plains History Conference, Mankato, Minn.; 2011.
Preparing for war: The twenty-seventh Iowa infantry regiment at Camp Franklin, 1862.
Fifty-Fifth Annual Missouri Valley History Conference, Omaha, Neb.; 2012.
Muntefering, Scott
A History of the Iowa State Normal School Ladies’ Band (1904-1942). International
Conference on Feminist Theory and Music, Tempe, Ariz.; 2011.
Prof. Frank A. Fitzgerald – Iowa bandmaster, cornetist, and educator. College Music Society
Great Plains Conference, Decorah, Iowa; 2012.
Nolan, Amy
Playing in the gutter: Teaching the graphic novel. Fifty- Third Convention of the Midwest
Modern Language Association. St. Louis, Mo.; 2011.
Pier, Penni
Giving voice to all that can go wrong with service-learning: A roundtable discussion to
improve pedagogy. National Communication Association. New Orleans, La.; 2011.
Cultural voices in post-secondary education: How parents enter the classroom. National
Communication Association. New Orleans, La.; 2011.
Pruisner, Peggy
Verbalizing and visualizing comprehension monitoring. Tenth Annual Hawaii International
Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii; 2012.
Visual Cues for Comprehension Monitoring, International Visual Literacy Association 43nd
Annual Conference, Galloway, N.J.; 2011.
Toering-Peters, Stephanie
A locomotion screen to identify genes involved in synaptic homeostasis and development.
3rd Annual FUTURE in Biomedicine Symposium. Carver College of Medicine, University of
Iowa; 2011.
Toering-Peters, Stephanie, et al
Do locomotion defects correlate with synaptic homeostasis defects in Drosophila?
Summer Undergraduate Research Conference, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa;
2011.
Walther, Daniel
German colonialism and education in Namibia.” Colloquium für Historische
Bildungsforschung, Institut fűr Erziehungswesen, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany;
2011.
Biological dualism: Biomedicine and physicians’ views of indigenes in the struggle to
fight VD in Germany’s colonies, 1890-1914. Independent Research Group: Historicizing
Knowledge about Human Diversity in the 20th Century, Max Planck Institute for the History
of Science, Berlin, Germany; 2011.
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Withers, William
Engaging Generations@Work. 12th Annual International Conference on Business, Honolulu,
Hawaii. 2012.
Zart, Lelani, Liljequist, S.; Borchers, A
How Much POGIL is too Much? Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting, Mason City, Iowa;
2011.
Development of Pd(II) complexes as potential catalysts in C-H bond activation,
Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting, Mason City, Iowa; 2011.
2012-2013
Andrews, Jane
Tour with the arts to Abu Dhabi and Brazil. Association of Lutheran College Faculty
Conference, Minneapolis, Minn.; 2012.
Becker, Joy
A modeling approach for first semester calculus. Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego,
Cal.; 2013.
Birgen, Brian
The uniqueness of rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. Iowa Mathematics Association of
America, Indianola, Iowa; 2012.
A modeling approach for first semester calculus. Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego,
Cal.; 2013.
Birgen, Mariah
Real analysis – IBL style. Iowa Mathematics Association of America, Indianola, Iowa; 2012.
Brockman, Cliff
The tribal fire: Student media leaders converge around multimedia storytelling. Broadcast
Education Association, Las Vegas, Nev.; 2013.
DeVries, Christine
Properties of 6,6’-(4,5 diheptyl-1,2-phenylene)bis(hexan-1-ol) Langmuir Films. 47th
American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting, Omaha, Neb.; 2012.
Earl, William
Quick and easy medieval English helmets. United States Institute of Theatre Technology,
Milwaukee, Wis.; 2013.
Ewest, Tim and Miller, D.
Updating and contextualizing the TIB theory with corresponding scale. Academy of
Management, Boston, Mass.; 2012.
Ewest, Tim, Kliegl, J. and Reinhardt, M.
Authentic leadership’s relationship to employee engagement in a healthcare setting.
Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Itasca, Ill.; 2012.
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Faux, Tamara
Research in the community. Promoting Undergraduate Research at Liberal Arts College: A
One-Day Conference for Faculty and Administrators to Share Best Practices, Augustana
College, Rock Island, Ill.; 2013.
Figura, Charles
The galactic distribution of massive star formation from the Red MSX source survey.
American Astronomical Society, Long Beach, Cal.; 2013.
Red MSX water maser and ammonia emissions. VizieR On-line Data Catalog:
J/MNRAS/418/1689. Originally published in: 2011MNRAS.418.1689U (Bibliographic code
2012yCat..74181689U); 2012.
Foster, Johanna, et al.
Potential effects of bison (Bos bison) wallows on a restored tallgrass community: Plants,
soil, and beetles. 23rd North American Prairie Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
2012.
Grayson, Erik
Longing for the Cold War: The visual and narrative nostalgia of retrofuturism in the Fallout
Series. The Marginalized Mainstream Conference, University of London, London, United
Kingdom; 2012.
Kaplunas, Daniel
Bow techniques. Lutheran Summer Music Camp, Decorah, Iowa; 2012.
Kleinhans, Kathryn
The work of a Christian: Lutheran reflections on vocation. Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory,
N.C.; 2013.
Kliegl, Julie, Ewest, T., and Reinhardt, M.
Authentic leadership’s relationship to employee engagement in a healthcare setting.
Midwest Academy of Management Conference, Itasca, Ill.; 2012.
Lindell, Terrence
You’ll curse the day you plucked the Bloody Sixth: The sixth Iowa cavalry winters in Sioux
City, 1863-1864. 47th Annual Northern Great Plains History Conference, Fargo, N.D.; 2012.
Lindgren, Erika
Buffy gets medieval: Historical literacy and medievalism in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’. 5th
Biannual Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, Vancouver, B.C.; 2012.
Martinsen-Burrell, Neil
Teaching introductory statistics: An imposter's perspective. Iowa Mathematics Association of
America, Indianola, Iowa; 2012.
McBride, Jennifer
Repentance as political witness. Wheaton Theology Conference: Christian Political Witness,
Wheaton, Ill.; 2013.
The church for the world. The Society for Christian Ethics Breakfast with an Author series,
Chicago, Ill.; 2013
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Teaching Bonhoeffer in undergraduate settings. American Academy of Religion, Chicago,
Ill.; 2012.
Montgomery, Zak
Interrogating the American dream through participatory photography and dialogue.
American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Cal.; 2013.
Miguel de Unamuno’s spiritual and literary debt to the Portuguese generation of
1870. Presented at the Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, Ill.; 2012.
Cloud-based video production in the language classroom. Presented at the Iowa
World Languages Conference, Des Moines, Iowa; 2012.
Muntefering, Scott
What can I do now to be a successful teacher later: Preparation for the undergraduate
music education major. Iowa Collegiate National Association for Music Education
Conference, Ames, Iowa; 2012.
A history of the Iowa State Normal School Ladies’ Band (1904-1942). International
Women’s Brass Conference, Kalamazoo, Mich.; 2012.
Nash, Peter
Tour with the arts to Abu Dhabi and Brazil. ACLF Conference, Minneapolis, Minn.; 2012
Pruisner, Peggy
Teacher and reader reciprocal engagement in instruction, modeling, and practice. Eleventh
Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii; 2013.
Using graphics to enhance the research process. International Visual Literacy Association
44nd Annual Conference, Portland, Maine; 2012.
Pfaltzgraff, Brian
Winterreise. Rochester Lunch & Learn Series Lecture Recital, Rochester, Minn.; 2012
Soesbe, William
Fostering reciprocal partnerships that provide deep and integrative learning opportunities.
Upper Midwest Civic Engagement Summit, Dubuque, Iowa; 2012.
Cultivating community: A multi-generational approach to fostering meaningful partnerships
and leadership engagement within the community. The Engaged Campus: Driving
Innovation through Partnerships National Conference, Dearborn, Mich.; 2012.
Integrating peer, experiential, and traditional learning approaches to achieve deep and
integrative learning. Teaching and Learning Conference, Des Moines, Iowa; 2012.
Community builders: An intergenerational service-learning partnership between middle
school students, college students, and adult community volunteers. Heartland Campus
Compact, St. Louis, Mo.; 2012.
Voices of alumni who completed an undergraduate leadership education program.
Association of Lutheran College Faculties 77th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minn.; 2012.
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Community builders: The nexus of teacher education and service-learning. International
Center for Service-Learning in Teacher Education Program in Education, Durham, N.C.;
2012.
Thomas, Dan
Subjectivity and the economic inequality conundrum: The case for a Qmethodological reframing. Annual meeting of the International Society for the Scientific
Study of Subjectivity, Pittsburgh, Penn.; 2012.
Torkelson, Suzanne
Classical style, and sonatinas by “other” composers. North American Music Teachers
Association, Waverly, Iowa; 2012.
Vallem, Susan Kosche
Nurturing hope for families and children through respite. National Association of Social
Workers Conference, Washington, D.C.; 2012.
From Ellis Island to Arizona: Immigration as a touchstone for teaching policy. Council on
Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting, Washington, D.C.; 2012.
Promoting social work advocacy at federal and state levels: Strategies for BSWs.
Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Conference, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; 2013.
Walther, Daniel
The historiography of German colonialism and reading the marginalized in colonial texts.
Graduate Institute Symposium; 2012.
Fugitive knowledges: The preservation and loss of knowledge in cultural contact zones.
Rostock University, Germany; 2012.
Zart, Leilani
Development of Palladium (II) complexes as potential catalysts in C-H bond activation.
McElroy Student/Faculty Research Symposium, Waverly, Iowa; 2012.
How much POGIL is too much? 47th Annual Midwest Regional Meeting of the American
Chemical Society, Omaha, Neb. and the 1st Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Des
Moines, Iowa; 2012.
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