Faculty Sabbaticals Approved for 2023-2024

The following faculty members have been granted sabbatical leave during the 2023-2024 academic year. Sabbatical projects and leave are recommended by college personnel committees and deans and approved by the president. 

College of Arts & Sciences

  • Paige Baugher, Analyzing the efficacy of combination therapies in conjunction with aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy for the treatment of human osteosarcoma
  • Mike Boardman, AP Precalculus and AP Calculus: Launching a new course and creating a new edition of a text
  • Nancy Christoph, Revising the Spanish 202 Curriculum to Leverage Open Educational Resources
  • Jamie Haag, The Stock Market Crash of 1929
  • Erica Kleinknecht, The Miller Imperative in the 21st Century: Public Scholarship, Digital Media, and Psychology as a Means of Promoting Human Welfare
  • Darlene Pagan, Life After Life, a Novel
  • Kathlene Postma, The Wonder Tale: A Novel of Recovery
  • Tal Sanders, Authoring a textbook: An Introduction to Scenic Design
  • Philip Schot, Influence of test duration and its description on walking characteristics and (2) Kinesio-Tape effects on landing impacts under a simulated injury con
  • Todd Schultz, A Spy in the House of Crazy: The Real Inside Story of Life on a Locked Psych Unit
  • Donald Schweitzer, Social Prescribing: (Re)connecting people experiencing homelessness to community
  • Rebecca Twist, Professional Development Projects: Scholarship in Buddhist and Contemporary Art History

College of Business

  • Hyun Jeong Min, You are what you eat: Clean Eating in Diet Culture and Consumer Identity Construction. 

College of Education

  • Todd Twyman, A Practical Guide to Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking

College of Health Professions

  • Sarah Foidel, Functional Cognition: Patient-Centered Care Planning for Older Adults, A book to educate future practitioners
  • Anne E. Hogan, From Interprofessional to International and Back: Improving the Care of the Dizzy Patient through Innovative, International Interprofessional Education 
  • Allison McLellan, Enhancing the Obstetrics and Gynecology Didactic Curriculum at the School of Physician Assistant Studies by incorporating Universal Design of Learning principles
  • Brandy Pestka, Strengthening the Graduate Project Course for Physician Assistant Students in the Global Health Care Track (GHCT)
  • Peter Vik, Enhancing PhD Training: Preparation of Two Book Proposals
  • Brian Wilkinson, Investigating the Effects of the Core Four Movement Paradigm in Limiting Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dental Hygiene Providers

College of Optometry

  • Denise Goodwin, Improving Vision Care for the Underserved Latinx Populations 
  • Michela Kenning, Interprofessional Strategies for Improving Patient Outcomes
Friday, April 21, 2023