Professional Activities

Recognition

Nancy Fox, Director of Transportation and Parking, was named “2005 Parking Professional of the Year” by the California Public Parking Association at their annual conference in San Francisco in November. Fox was also re-elected to serve on the association's board of directors for 2006.

Timothy A. Capron, Criminal Justice, has been elected president of the board of directors for Roseville Homestart, a 99-bed shelter for homeless families in Roseville.

Scholarship

Bill Owen, Communication Studies, has a haiku in the December issue of Mainichi Daily News, Tokyo.

Liam Murphy, Anthropology, presented a paper entitled "Risking Reconciliation: The Limits of Ritual Language in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland" at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Washington D.C. on Dec. 2.

David J. Leon, Ethnic Studies and Serna Center, had “Lessons in Leadership: Executive Leadership Programs for Advancing Diversity” published in Higher Education by Elsevier Inc in December.

Bridget Parsh and Rilda Matthews, Nursing, had their article “From Books to Bedside: What to Expect from the New Graduate” published in the summer issue of Direct Link, the quarterly publication of the Association of California Nurse Leaders.

Louise Timmer, Nursing, presented “A Collaboration Model to Increase Baccalaureate Nurses” at the Baccalaureate Education Conference of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing in Chicago, Dec. 1-3.

Kelly Tobar and Denise Wall, Nursing, presented a poster on “PJs and Case Studies: Clinical Conference Goes Cyber” at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Baccalaureate Conference in Chicago, Dec. 1-3.

Tanya Altmann and Debra Brady, Nursing, presented “PDAs Bring Power to the Point-of-Care” at the Sigma Theta Tau International Convention in Indianapolis on Nov. 13.

Robyn Nelson, Nursing, had her article “So Why Not Call Us Dr. Nurse” on the professional doctorate in nursing published in the fall 2005 issue of Direct Link, the quarterly publication of the Association of California Nurse Leaders.

Bill Leach, Center for Collaborative Policy, had his co-authored article "To Trust an Adversary: Integrating Rational and Psychological Models of Collaborative Policymaking" published in the November 2005 issue of the American Political Science Review.

In the News

Liam Murphy, Anthropology, was interviewed by CBS 13 for a Nov. 28 story on the subject of the "weeping statue" phenomenon in Sacramento, and the response of the Catholic church.