Faculty Sabbaticals Approved for 2024-2025

The following faculty members have been granted sabbatical leave during the 2024-2025 academic year. Sabbatical projects and leave are recommended by college personnel committees and deans and approved by the president. 

College of Arts & Sciences

• Doug Anderson, Belly Button Lint and Toe Jam: Creative Works from Walking
• Alex Bove, Lacan and Capitalism
• Bill Breslin, Using Neural Networks to Model Tube Amplifiers and Distortion Circuits
• James Butler, Development of Pedagogical Materials for Calculus-Based Introductory Physics at Pacific University
• Roxana Ciochina, Implementing Green Chemistry into Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• Daniel Eisen, The Fools Journey Toward Liberation: Exploring Tarot as a Tool for Antiracist Reflection, Dialogue, and Community
• Aaron Greer, Fantasy and Authenticity in the West Indies: The Anthropology of Caribbean Tourism
• Heidi Island, Book project: Romp! Untangling the Hidden World of Otters
• Kevin Johnson, Computational Molecular Dynamics Studies of InterFacial Chemistry Project 1: Hos surfactant structure determines ordering molecular ordering at water/oil interfaces; Project 2: Modeling carbon dioxide capture using metal-organic-framework materials
• Shereen Khoja, Educational Renaissance: Generative AI’s Impact on Computer Science
• Ellen Margolis, Governor’s Island: Research for a New Play
• Connor Principe, The (Sunken) Uncanny Valley: The Aesthetic Perception of the Familiar and Unfamiliar
• Victor M. Rodriguez Otero, Local Stories and Voices: A Video and Oral Archive for Open Educational Resources for Spanish Courses at Pacific University
• Dawn M. Salgado, Enrichment and Exploration: Research, Teaching, and Future Planning
• Rebecca Schoon, Assessing Community Participation in Universal Healthcare Systems: A Scoping Review
• Paul Snell, A Connective Analysis of Politics

College of Health Professions

• Dana Bates, Flipping a General Medicine Course
• Tzurei Chen, Fall Prevention in Individuals with Limb Loss
• Kim Malin, Power Yoga Training, Lower Extremity Power Asymmetry and Fall Risk in individuals with Parkinson's Disease
• Paul Michael, Meta-analysis of the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Statistical Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS)

College of Optometry

• Chunming Liu, Interprofessional Strategies for Patients Centered Neuro-Rehabilitation

College of Business

• Christian Calderon, Course Redesign using Transparent Teaching & Learning Strategies in support of the AANAPIS Grant for Inclusive Student Success
• Fan Chen, Pedagogy Innovation, Development of an Applied Investment Management Course for Healthcare, and Finance Research on Corporate Social Responsibility
• Laura McNally, Preparation of C-Corporate-Partnership-S-Corporation Tax Returns Using Excel Graded Software
• Zhuoming Peng, Financial risk tolerance, locus of control. and stock price crash risk: The perspective of CFOs

Libraries

• Eva Guggemos, The Forest Grove Indian School: Book Completion