Pacific Faculty Awarded Sabbaticals
President Coyle and Provost May have approved the following members of the faculty for scheduled sabbaticals during the 2026-2027 academic year. The proposals were recommended by the respective personnel committee and by the Dean of their College/Unit. We congratulate these colleagues and wish them success in their research.
COLLEGE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Jeannine Chan, Developing Methods to Set Students Up for Success in Biochemical Research
Daniel Eisen, The Fool’s Journey Toward Liberation: Exploring Tarot as a Tool for Antiracist Reflection, Dialogue, and Community
Ramona Ilea, Cultivating Change: Promoting Sustainability While Meeting Students’ Needs
Kara Lanning, Fostering Cognitive Endurance for Transformative Learning in Undergraduate Science Curriculum
Liesl McCormick, Communication of an inquiry-based framework for the introductory biology laboratory
Yasutaka Maruki, Creativity as Your Best Dictionary: utilization of memories and imaginations in L2 writing
Phil Ruder, Contributing to the EnCOREage Project
Brian Searcy, Underwater Vision Training - Write up and Experimental Development
Cristy Sellers, Because I'm regular, too: Disability and the K-12 experience
Jenna Thompson, Cultivating Attention: Exploring how principles of ecological restoration and contemplative practice can support focused reading and writing in college classrooms
Aimee Wodda, Advanced Intellectual Smut: Obscenity Law and the Women of The Little Review
COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Leo Bobadilla, Leveraging AI Augmented Workflows at the PCH clinic and Development of a Manual for Psychosexual Assessment of Spanish-Speaking Clients
Jeff Kawaguchi, PacificLife (Learning is for everyone) - Building a pathway for education of those with intellectual disabilities
Jenelle Shanley, Exploring Oregon’s Rural Child Mental Health: Uniting Local Voices and Literature to Identify Solutions and Future Opportunities
COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Carrie Larson, Practicing Sankofa: Looking Back to Look Forward with the Woodburn BEd
Mary Mitchell, Moving The Needle on Dynamic Assessment Practices: Experiences of Graduate Students, Speech-Language Pathologist, and a Change-Facilitator
Nancy Murakami, Refugees and Asylum Seekers Course Modules for Bachelor and Master of Social Work Programs
COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY
Denise Goodwin, Improving Vision Care for the Underserved Latinx Populations
Susan Littlefield, Advancing Dry Eye Care and Communication in Optometric Education
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Robbie Pock, Examining the Effects of Facilitated, App-Based Mindfulness Meditation Training on College Instructors’ Mental Well-being