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Moreira Receives Feminist Scholar of the Year Award

February 22, 2018

Graceland University Assistant Professor of Communication Raquel Moreira, PhD was presented with the Organization for Research on Women and Communication's Feminist Scholar of the Year Award on Feb. 17 in Santa Clara, California. The award is given annually to recognize the best...

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Devonis to Present on Research on History of Punishment

February 21, 2018

Graceland University Professor of Psychology David Devonis, PhD will present on the current state of his research on punishment in the history of modern psychology, specifically on "Matters of Life and Death: Psychologists' Views of Capital Punishment, 1880-1930" at the...

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McElroy Team App Idea Accepted for Development at Shark Tank Competition

February 8, 2018

Graceland University Associate Professor of Business Administration Jeff McElroy participated in a “Shark Tank”-style event for mobile app development Saturday, Feb. 3, in Kansas City. The event, sponsored by mobile app developer PocketCake, was organized by Graceland graduate Terra Whipple...

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Two Pressnell Poems Published

February 2, 2018

Two poems written by Isaac Pressnell, Graceland University Associate Professor of English and Division Chair, have been accepted for publication by The Laurel Review. The poems are titled, Some Reasons and Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity.

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David Devonis Review Published

January 29, 2018

Graceland University Professor of Psychology David Devonis' review of what he calls the "curious counterfactual history of recent psychology, Skinner's Quests, by the Canadian environmental psychologist Richard Gilbert, has been published. Devonis, D. C. (2018). Review of R. Gilbert, Skinner’s Quests. Journal of the History...

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Franklin Attends American Historical Association

January 8, 2018

John K. Franklin, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Graceland University John Franklin, Graceland University Associate Professor of History, attended the 132nd annual national meeting of the American Historical Association (AHA) in Washington, D.C. Jan 4-7. The AHA is the oldest and largest professional organization...

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Tim Robbins and Matt Moore Publish Essays on Open Educational Resources

December 18, 2017

Inside Higher Ed ran a piece on the importance of student-faculty collaboration in the creation of OER textbooks, referencing essays written by Graceland University Assistant Professor of English Tim Robbins and English major Matt Moore in the recently-published collection A Guide...

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Glazer Active at Midwest World History Association Conference

September 26, 2017

Graceland University Professor of History Steve Glazer attended “Reformations and Revolutions in World History,” the eighth annual conference of the Midwest World History Association, held this year at the University of Central Oklahoma from Sept. 22-23. Glazer chaired a panel on “Contested Revolutions...

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Frizzell Book Review Published

September 26, 2017

Matt Frizzell, Dean, Community of Christ Seminary, attended the 45th annual meeting of the John Whitmer Historical Association in Nauvoo, Illinois, in September. Frizzell's book review of Dale Luffman's The Book of Mormon’s Witness to Its First Readers was published in the most recent volume...

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Julia Franklin Showcases New Exhibit at Simpson College

August 30, 2017

Graceland University Professor of Art Julia Franklin Graceland University Professor of Art Julia Franklin's newest and most personal exhibition, "Picking Up the Pieces," is now on view in the Farnham Galleries on the Simpson College campus in Indianola, Iowa. The solo...

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Chvala-Smith Article Published

August 25, 2017

Anthony Chvala-Smith, PhD Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture An article titled “September Song,” by Anthony Chvala-Smith, Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair in Religion and Assistant Professor of Theology and Scripture, was featured in Herald 164 (September/October 2017). In his article,...

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Chvala-Smith Paper Proposal Accepted

May 11, 2017

A paper proposal titled, “In Life and in Death: Barth, Bonhoeffer and the Path from the Great War to the Confessing Church,” by Anthony Chvala-Smith, Paul E. Morden Seminary Chair in Religion, has been accepted for presentation at a conference at the...

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Professor of Psychology Devonis Published in Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

March 7, 2017

Graceland University Professor of Psychology Dave Devonis's biographical essay on Paul Meehl, U.S. psychologist, has been published online in V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford, Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (Springer Intl. Publishing AG).

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Graceland University Faculty Attend Iowa History Chairs Meeting

February 20, 2017

Graceland University faculty Steve Glazer, Professor of History, and John Franklin, Associate Professor of History, attended a meeting of Iowa history department chairs at the State Historical Society of Iowa in Des Moines on Saturday, Feb. 18. The meeting was an outgrowth of...

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Tim Robbins Named Lead Editor of The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature

February 8, 2017

Based on a collaborative, student-led project in his fall term Early American Literature course, Graceland University Assistant Professor of English Tim Robbins has been named the lead editor of the Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature, an Open Educational Resource (OER)...

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Steve Glazer Article Accepted for Publication in The Middle Ground

February 8, 2017

Graceland University Professor of History Steve Glazer PhD's "Food for Thought: Five Ways to Think About (and Teach) the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming issue of The Middle Ground, a peer-reviewed journal of the MW-WHA....

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Dave Devonis Contributes to E-Book

January 10, 2017

Dave Devonis, Graceland University Professor of Psychology, contributed two chapters on Sensation and Perception and Intelligence Testing to the newly published edited e-book by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (American Psychological Association): Woody, W. D., Miller, R. L., & Wozniak, W. J....

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David Devonis Has Biographical Essay Accepted

January 10, 2017

David Devonis, Graceland University Professor of Psychology, has had a biographical essay on Timothy Leary, U.S. psychologist and personality theorist, accepted for publication in a forthcoming reference work in personality:  V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Shackelford (eds.) Encyclopedia of personality and individual differences....

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Dennis McElroy Has Three Sessions Approved for Technology in Education Conference

January 10, 2017

Dennis McElroy, Professor of Education and Director of Technology for the Graceland University Edmund J. Gleazer School of Education, has had three sessions accepted for the International Society for Technology in Education conference this coming June. The sessions include: Teacher Education...

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Brian Smith Presents at Lilly Conference

January 10, 2017

Brian Smith, PhD, Graceland University Division Chair of the Social Sciences and Professor Psychology presented “Small Changes, Big Effects:  Improve Learning by Adding Tool and Removing Barriers” with Sal Meyers at the Lilly Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in Austin,...

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Brewster Contributes to Published Book

November 9, 2016

Bradly Brewster, Graceland University Assistant Professor of Sociology Graceland University Assistant Professor of Sociology Bradly Brewster has contributed a chapter to The Timeliness of George Herbert Mead, a book recently published and edited by Hans Joas and Daniel R. Huebner. The contributed chapter presents a case for recognizing Mead...

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