An interview with Sean Eisen Murphy (Liberal Studies) was published in the RFIEA (Network of French Institutes for Advanced Study) Newsletter, No. 2 (Dec. 2009). Professor Murphy is a 2009-2010 research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Nantes, France. The interview is available in print and online at http://www.rfiea.fr/newsletter/decembre09/newsletter.pdf.

Laura Stambaugh (Music) presented a paper about instrumental music practice techniques at the International Symposium on Performance Science in Auckland, New Zealand. She also co-authored "An fMRI Investigation of the Cultural Specificity of Music Memory" (Steven M. Demorest; Steven J. Morrison; Laura A. Stambaugh; Munir Beken; Todd L.

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology, Woodring College of Education) had his article "The Virtues of Cultural Resonance, Competence, and Relational Collaboration with Native American Indian Communities: A Synthesis of the Counseling and Psychotherapy Literature" published recently in the journal "The Counseling Psychologist," Vol. 38, No. 2.

The article's abstract reads as follows:

Western Washington University Professor of Secondary Education Ray Wolpow is the lead author of “The Heart of Teaching and Learning: Compassion, Resiliency, and Academic Success,” a just-published resource for helping K-12 teachers reach out and connect with students whose lives are affected by trauma.

Jeffrey Grimm (Psychology) co-authored a paper with undergraduate students John Harkness and Sierra Webb that appeared in the latest issue of the journal "Pharmacology." The paper was titled "Abstinence-dependent transfer of lithium chloride-induced sucrose aversion to a sucrose-paired cue in rats."

From the abstract:

C.A. Ross (Geology research associate) and J. R. P. Ross (Biology, emeritus) had their paper "Paleontology, a Tool to Resolve Late Paleozoic Structural and Depositional Histories" published in "Geologic Problem solving with Microfossils: A volume in honor of Garry Jones," Special Publication 93. The paper appears on pages 95 to 109 of the book, edited by T.D. Demchuk and A.C. Gary. The book is published by the Society for Sedimentary Geology.

Mary Sass (Management) and Matthew Liao-Troth (Management), along with Craig Seal (University of the Pacific) and James Bailey (George Washington University), have had their paper "Integrating the emotional intelligence construct: the relationship between emotional ability and emotional competence" published in "Organization Management Journal," Vol. 6, No. 4: pp. 204-214.

Paul Piper (Library) recently had his poem "Comfort Macaroni and Cheese" published in the journal "Alimentum: The Literature of Food," Issue 9, Winter 2010.

Christopher Wise (English) is editor of a new book scheduled to be released on Dec. 15.

The book includes an essay by WWU graduate student Matt Atwood, who graduated with his M.A. in English last year. Atwood wrote the essay on Azmi Bishara for an independent study he took from Wise.

The book also includes an essay from former WWU faculty member Fallou Ngom, a faculty member at WWU when the project was first started who then took a job at Boston University.

Daniel Larner (Fairhaven College) is the author of the lead article in the fall 2009 issue of "The Eugene O'Neill Review." "O'Neill's Endings: The Tragicomedy of Distant Echoes," the third in a series of articles on tragedy and comedy in O'Neill's work, explores the ways in which O'Neill's late plays reveal comic structures where they are most tragic, and how those comic structures are shadowed by tragedy.

Matthew Liao-Troth (Management) and Joy Turnheim Smith (Elizabeth City State University) have had their paper “The psychological contract of volunteers: What we do and do not yet know” published in the International Journal of Volunteer Administration, Vol. 26, No. 3: pp. 12-20.

Karen Stout (Communication) recently had a book chapter titled "Coverage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in business magazines: The profit and economy of U.S. war and policy" published in the 2009 book "War and the Media: Essays on News Reporting, Propaganda and Popular Culture." The book, published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, was edited by Paul Haridakis, Barbara Hugenberg and Stanley Wearden.
 

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology, Woodring) recently published a journal article with Mary Clearing Sky (Michigan) titled "An historical profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives in psychology" in the "Journal of Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology," Vol. 13, pp. 338-351.

The journal abstract reads:

Ken Howell (Special Education) and Joan Schumann (a master's in education graduate of the Special Education program and now a doctoral student at the University of Utah) have recently published "Proactive Strategies for Promoting Learning," chapter 14 in "Practical Handbook of School Psychology: Effective Practices for the 21st Century" (2010).

Buff Schoenfeld (President's Office) wrote "A Career as a Presidential Assistant," a chapter in the recently published book "Other Duties as Assigned: Presidential Assistants In Higher Education," published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishing in partnership with the American Council on Education.

Joyce Hammond (Anthropology), William Lay (Education) and Carmen Werder (TLA/Communication) traveled with five students to the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Colloquium Oct. 21 and the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference Oct. 22 to 25 at Indiana University in Bloomington.

John Bower (Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies) had his paper "Changes in marine bird abundance the Salish Sea: 1975 to 2007" published in "Marine Ornithology," Vol. 37, pp. 9-17. Western alumna (and bird censuser) Marci Durocher did the painting of the western grebe on the cover (third bird down) of the journal, and Fairhaven alumnus and current Huxley Geographic Information Systems specialist Stefan Freelan made the map.

Dana Jack (Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies) had her article "Carrying the Burdens of Poverty, Parenting, and Addiction: Depression Symptoms and Self-Silencing Among Ethnically Diverse Women" published in the Oct. 27, 2009, issue of "Community Mental Health Journal." Jack co-wrote the article with Therese M. Grant and Cara C. Ernst, both from the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Washington, and Annette L.

Knute Skinner (English, emeritus) has had his poem "Green Light" published in "The Stony Thursday Book," from The Arts Office of Limerick City Council. New Series No. 8, 2009, p. 30.

Joseph E. Trimble (Psychology, WCE) recently published a book chapter with Paul B. Pedersen and Eduardo S. Rodela titled "The Real Cost of Intercultural Incompetence: An Epilogue" in the book titled "The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence," edited Duke University's Darla K. Deardorff. The book was published in October 2009 in Los Angeles by Sage Publications.

Jonathan Miran (Liberal Studies) recently had his book "Red Sea Citizens: Cosmopolitan Society and Cultural Change in Massawa" published in Bloomington, Ind., by Indiana University Press (2009).