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NORTHERN TODAY
4
SPRING 2016
FA C U LT Y AND
S TA F F N EWS
NORTHERN
NEWS
DR. ANTHONY WACHS,
assistant
professor of speech communication and
director of forensics, received NSU’s
2015-16 Outstanding Faculty Award.
Wachs, coach of the NSU Speech and
Debate team, has been teaching at
Northern since 2011.
DR. ANDREW RUSSELL
is the
recipient of the 2016 Nora Staael Evert
Research Award. Russell, assistant
professor of biology, won for his project,
titled, “Analysis of DNA Double Strand
Breaks Induced by Pseudomonas
syringae Effector Proteins.”
DR. COURTNEY WAID-LINDBERG,
assistant professor of sociology and
criminal justice, co-authored a book
chapter, “Fear of Crime Among
University Students in Canada and the
United States.” It appears in the edited
volume “Psychology of Fear, Crime and
the Media.”
DR. JOHN E.
PETERSON
and
SCOTT A.
PETERSON
of the
NSU School of Business
won the Best Paper
Award at the 2016
Academy of Business
Research New Orleans Conference.
John Peterson is associate professor of
finance. Scott Peterson is a management
information systems faculty member.
DR. STEVEN USITALO
has
published a chapter, “Curiosity and
the Kunstkamera,” in a book titled “A
Century Mad and Wise: Russia in the
Age of Enlightenment.” The book was
issued in 2015 by Groningen University
Press.
DR. THOMAS ORR,
assistant
professor of sport marketing and
administration, published an article,
“Concussions: The Marketing
Nightmare that Faces the NFL and
Youth Sports,” was published in the
Journal of Business and Economics.
DR. DARCI
BULTEMA
and
DR.
MARLA FOGDERUD,
voice faculty members,
presented “Sounds of
the North” on Feb. 18
in Krikac Auditorium.
The recital showcased
song literature they performed at the
May 2015 International Grieg Society
Conference “Edvard Grieg and the
Human Voice,” held at the Grieg
Academy in Bergen, Norway.
DANIEL YURGAITIS, SETH M.
HONERMAN,
and
JOSHUA JOHN
FRACHISEUR
were among Northern
faculty and students receiving
honors at the 2016 Region 5 Kennedy
Center American College Theater
Festival. They received the following
certificates of merit: Honerman for
Dramaturgy (also one of 12 candidates
for the SDC Directing Intensive);
Frachiseur for Achievement in
Lighting Design; and Yurgaitis for
Achievement in Directing.
DRS. ALYSSA
ANDERSON
and
JON MITCHELL,
both assistant
professors of biology,
presented research
at the 63rd annual
meeting of the
Entomological Society of America,
along with several Northern biology
majors.
DR. ALYSSA ANDERSON,
assistant professor of biology,
published an article, “Winter Diets
of Brown Trout Populations in
Southeastern Minnesota and the
Significance of Winter-Emerging
Invertebrates.” It appeared in the
journal Transactions of the American
Fisheries Society.
DR. KELLY DUNCAN,
dean of the
Millicent Atkins School of Education
at NSU, co-authored three articles
that were published in the Journal
for Counseling and Development.
The articles are titled “Meta-Analysis
of Counseling Outcomes for the
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder,” “Choosing Assessment
Instruments for Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder Screening and Outcome
Research” and “Psychometric Meta-
Analysis of the English Version of the
Beck Anxiety Inventory.”
DR. AUDREY MILLER
performed
a faculty recital Feb. 4 in Krikac
Auditorium. Miller performed on
clarinet and bass clarinet. The recital
featured faculty members Dr. Darci
Bultema and Dr. Allan Jacobson; local
pianist Ron Parker; and Seattle guest
artist Dr. Kate MacKenzie.