{"id":32206,"date":"2018-05-03T14:57:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T19:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/?p=32206"},"modified":"2018-05-03T16:07:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T21:07:34","slug":"faculty-staff-news-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/03\/faculty-staff-news-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty &#038; Staff News \u2014 May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>New Hires &amp; Transfers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maria Eastman<\/strong>&nbsp;has joined the A.C. Clark Library as a library technician.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Jesse Grant<\/strong> was named assistant vice president for student life &amp; success.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ann Humphrey<\/strong> has joined the American Indian Resource Center as assistant director.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kevin Jackson<\/strong> has joined the physical plant as a general maintenance worker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Faculty &amp; Staff News<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Virgil Bakken<\/strong>, professor of integrated media, and <strong>Dr. Dennis Lunt<\/strong>, assistant professor of philosophy, have been appointed as co-directors of the Leadership Studies Program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Jim Barta,&nbsp;<\/strong>dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Ecology, delivered the first presentation in a new, locally organized Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series April 2 with a presentation on mathematics and indigenous culture. His lecture, &ldquo;Math and Culture: Indigenous Activities and Instruction for Our Students,&rdquo; started a five-lecture series that included faculty from the University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University and the University of Manitoba.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Stephen Carlson,<\/strong> professor of music, performed as a guest pianist with True Concord Voices &amp; Orchestra musicians at the final concert of the 2017-18 classical music concert series at the Dove of Peace Lutheran Church in Tucson, Ariz., on April 22. The concert series is part of a fundraiser which supports Tucson-area nonprofit organizations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. John Ellis<\/strong>, assistant professor of history, gave a presentation entitled &ldquo;Feminism and American Religion in the Revolution&rsquo;s Wake, 1780-1840s&rdquo; March 26 as part of a Bemidji Public Library lecture series celebrating Women&rsquo;s History Month. The lecture explored the relationship between American religious ideals and the start of the feminist movement in the early 19th Century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Season Ellison<\/strong>, assistant professor of history, and&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Tracy Caravalla<\/strong>, associate professor of human performance, sport &amp; health, led a group of three students to&nbsp;the Upper Midwest Regional Honors Conference, March 20-25 at&nbsp;Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-branded.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32212 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-branded-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-branded.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-branded-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-branded-226x341.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-branded.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Eric Forsyth<\/strong>, professor of human performance, sport &amp; health, has recently published three chapters in sport management-related textbooks. They are:\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;Interscholastic Athletics&rdquo; with two co-authors in the sixth edition &ldquo;Contemporary Sport Management,&rdquo; to be published in May 2018;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">&ldquo;<\/span>Mossy Oak&rdquo; and &ldquo;Bass Pro Shops&rdquo; in the second edition of&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">&ldquo;Branded: Branding in <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">Sport<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\"> Business,&rdquo; published in April.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Angela Fournier<\/strong>, professor of psychology, and graduate student Emma Pasiuk published &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa-hai.org\/human-animal-interaction\/human-animal-interaction-and-metaphor-in-equine-assisted-psychotherapy-empirical-support-for-the-eagala-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Human-Animal Interaction and Metaphor in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Empirical Support for the EAGALA Model<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>,&rdquo; which examined variables in&nbsp;equine-assisted psychotherapy and learning, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apa-hai.org\/human-animal-interaction\/haib\/2018\/volume-6-no-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Vol. 6, No. 1 of the Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> with co-authors&nbsp;Elizabeth A. Letson from Eagle Vista Ranch &amp; Wellness Center, Thomas D. Berry&nbsp;from&nbsp;Christopher Newport University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Debbie Guelda<\/strong>, professor of biology, <strong>Dr. Donna Pawlowski<\/strong>, professor of English, and&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Colleen Greer<\/strong>, dean of the College of Arts &amp; Sciences, delivered two presentations at the Campus Compact annual conference, held March 25-28 in Indianapolis. They presented an oral presentation, &ldquo;<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">Creating Community and Civic Engagement Begins with Institutional Infrastructure: Working From the Inside Out,&rdquo; and a poster presentation, &ldquo;<\/span>Uncovering Salient Issues Through the Eyes of Campus and Community Members.&rdquo; The presentations were in support of initiatives set forth in the university&rsquo;s Civic Action Plan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Kathryn Klement<\/strong>, assistant professor of psychology, presented three papers at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, April 12-14 in Chicago. They were:\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;Expectations of Resistance to Sexual Assault: Female vs. Male Victims,&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Playing the Game: How Sexual Narcissism Relates to Pick-up Techniques,&rdquo; and &lsquo;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">&ldquo;The Fault in Our Agency: Ambivalent Sexism and Abortion Stereotypes.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32209\" style=\"width: 657px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32209 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"438\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture.jpg 4752w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-Kelly-LaVenture-226x151.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Kelly La Venture (2nd from left) receives the Korea America Hospitality &amp; Tourism Educators Association award with her co-authors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Kelly La Venture,<\/strong> assistant professor of business administration, received a $200 scholarship and Best Paper &ndash; Second Place for the refereed study &ldquo;Cultural Property Value as Antecedents of Tourist Consumption Value and Visit Intention&rdquo; from the Korea America Hospitality &amp; Tourism Educators Association (KAHTEA) April 21 with&nbsp;co-authors Dr. Wooyang Kim, assistant professor of marketing at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Dr. Kwangsoo Park, assistant professor of hospitality and tourism management at North Dakota State University.\n<ul>\n<li>In March, La Venture traveled to Finland where she presented the results of her studies on destination promotion at the<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyv&auml;skyl&auml;, and on her book, &ldquo;The Human Factor of Profitability,&rdquo; in classes at Tampere University of Applied Sciences in Tampere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. William &ldquo;Bill&rdquo; Scheela<\/strong>, professor emeritus of business, published &ldquo;Business Angel Investing in Vietnam: An Exploratory Study,&rdquo; with two co-authors in Vol 21, No. 2 of the &ldquo;Journal of Private Equity.&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-sea-award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32214 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-sea-award-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-bp=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-sea-award.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-sea-award-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-sea-award-226x301.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2018\/05\/BSUInsider-2018v7-fsa-sea-award.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><strong>Debra Sea<\/strong>, assistant professor of integrated media, received awards for Best Practices: Innovating Teaching &amp; Pedagogy and the Dr. Paul Dunn Emerging Scholar Award at the&nbsp;2018 Small Business Institute Annual Academic Conference, held Feb. 14-17 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She also was elected to the institute&rsquo;s Board of Directors as vice president for membership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan Webber<\/strong>, adjunct instructor of music, and <strong>Dr. Miriam Webber<\/strong>, assistant professor of music, along with BSU student Noah Harstad, performed with the Brainerd-based Heartland Symphony, April 6-8. The ensemble performed<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;music by Nikolai&nbsp;Rimsky-Korsakov and Gabriel&nbsp;Faur&eacute; along with a new piece by Minnesota composer Flannery Cunningham.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ryan Webber<\/strong>&nbsp;also delivered pre-concert lectures prior to the Minnesota Orchestra&rsquo;s March 15-16-17 performances of Gustav Mahler&rsquo;s Titan Symphony. There, he gave a 30-minute presentation on the life and music of Mahler and Kurt Weill to roughly 400-500 orchestra patrons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hires &amp; Transfers Maria Eastman&nbsp;has joined the A.C. Clark Library as a library technician. Dr. Jesse Grant was named assistant vice president for student life &amp; success. Ann Humphrey has joined the American Indian Resource Center as assistant director. Kevin Jackson has joined the physical plant as a general maintenance worker. 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