Celebration of Academic Excellence
Welcome to the Celebration of Academic Excellence! Students and faculty will come together over three days to provide brief introductions to their research and scholarship. The topics will be wide-ranging, and you will find the varied Cal Lutheran programs and schools represented. Each day will begin with undergraduate and graduate students displaying their research posters between 4:30 and 5 p.m. The faculty presentations will begin at 5 p.m. Without exception, these faculty members are extraordinary scholars, and as much as they value their research, they instill their love for learning in the students they mentor. Under the guidance of our president, Lori E. Varlotta, PhD, our university will continue to provide the space for the freedom of inquiry, the rigor, and the creativity that is at the essence of our faculty’s commitment to scholarship and teaching.
Opening remarks will be provided by Lori Varlotta, PhD, President, Leanne Neilson, PsyD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Taiwo Ande, PhD, Senior Associate Provost, Accreditation Liaison Officer, and Rick Holigrocki, PhD, Dean of the Graduate School of Psychology. Michael Arndt, MFA, Professor and Chair of Theatre Arts and Dance will be the Master of Ceremonies.
I hope that you enjoy the Celebration of Academic Excellence!
Rick Holigrocki, PhD
Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Psychology
Presentation Schedule
Time | Poster Session and Presentations |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Student Poster Session I
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5:00 - 6:30pm |
Faculty Presentations |
5:00 pm | Introductory Remarks by Lori Varlotta, PhD, Leanne Neilson, PsyD, Rick Holigrocki, PhD Michael Arndt, MFA |
5:15 pm | Trudy Arriaga, EdD, Associate Dean of Equity and Outreach, Graduate School of Education, Women in Leadership |
5:30 pm | Lorena Muñoz, PhD, Associate Professor and Program Director for Ethnic and Race Studies,Cal Lutheran Commitment to DEI: Why the New Ethnic and Race Studies Program Matters |
5:45 pm | Matthew Fienup, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Economic Research & Forecasting; Assistant Professor, Economics, U.S. and State Level Latino GDP |
6:00 pm | Sebastian Carron Montero, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physics, Search for Supersymmetric Particles at the CERN Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment |
6:15 pm | Jamshid Damooei, PhD, Professor & Director of Economics, Executive Director, Center for Economics of Social Issues, Creating a Prosperous Economy: Paving the Way with a Liberal Arts Education at Cal Lutheran |
Time | Poster Session and Presentations |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Student Poster Session II
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5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Faculty Presentations |
5:00 pm | Introductory Remarks by Lori Varlotta, PhD, Taiwo Ande, PhD, Rick Holigrocki, PhD and Michael Arndt, MFA |
5:15 pm | Anita Stone, PhD, Assistant Professor, Biology, Monkeys, Community and Undergraduate Research: Summers in Amazonian Brazil |
5:30 pm | David Grannis, MFA, Associate Professor, Film and Television; Director, Center for Academic Service Learning, Using Video Production and Service-Learning as a Model for Faculty/Student Scholarship |
5:45 pm | Rick Holigrocki, PhD, Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Psychology, CLU Community Counseling Services: Heeding the ELCA’s Call for Affordable Mental Health Care and Authentic Diversity While Guiding Students’ Journeys Toward Counseling and Clinical Vocations |
6:00 pm | Vlad Vaiman, PhD, Associate Dean and Professor, School of Management,Talent Management: Latest Trends and Challenges |
6:15 pm | Taiwo Ande, PhD, Senior Associate Provost, Accreditation Liaison Officer,Innovative Directions for Cal Lutheran |
Time | Poster Session and Presentations |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Student Poster Session III
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5:00 - 6:30 pm |
Faculty Presentations |
5:00 pm | Introductory Remarks by Lori Varlotta, PhD, Taiwo Ande, PhD, Rick Holigrocki, PhD, and Michael Arndt, MFA |
5:15 pm | Jamie Banker, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Psychology and Dennis Goldenson, MS ’21 (Counseling Psychology) Treating Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Narrative Family Therapy Approach |
5:30 pm | Yoshika Masuda, DMA, Assistant Professor, Music, Heightening Our Musical Senses |
5:45 pm | Mary Oksala, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physics, Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of Magnetic Massive Stars |
6:00 pm | Michael Panesis, MBA, Executive Director, Steven Dorfman Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Liberal Starts: The Beneficial Relationship between the Liberal Arts and Entrepreneurship |
6:15 pm | Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, PhD, Professor of Theological and Social Ethics, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Climate Justice and the Center for Climate Justice and Faith |
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Feb
12
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Celebration of Academic Excellence
Tuesday, Feb. 22 - Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in Kingsmen Park
Feb
22
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Worship Service
Saturday, February 26, 2022
2:00 p.m. in Kingsmen Park with reception to follow
Feb
26
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Installation Service
Sunday, February 27, 2022
2:00 p.m. in Kingsmen Park with reception to follow in University Plaza
Feb
27
For more information, please call (805) 493-3001 or email uaevents@callutheran.edu.
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