2014 Projects

Amelia Ahern-Rindell, PhD, and Alex Quackenbush ’15, College of Arts and Sciences (Biology)
Project: "Ethics Tutorial for Students Engaging in Undergraduate Biological Research"

Subsequent Academic Presentations, Publications, and Initiatives:
Quackenbush, Alex, and Ahern-Rindell, Amelia. “Ethics Tutorial for Students Engaging in Undergraduate Biological Research.” American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division Conference. June 2014. Riverside, CA. 

Ahern-Rindell, Amelia, and Quackenbush, Alex. “Applied Ethics Can Foster the Teacher-Scholar Model and Impact Undergraduate Research Campus-Wide.” Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, vol. 35(1), 2015, pp. 19-24. [Available through Pilot Scholars]

Upon recommendation from Dr. Ahern-Rindell and Alex Quackenbush, the University of Portland adopted the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program for all UP campus members to use in preparing to conduct research of any kind to train everyone on responsible conduct of research (RCR).

 
Ellyn Arwood, EdD, and Bonnie Robb ’16 EdD, School of Education
Project: "Equal Access to Learning: A Social Justice Issue"
 
Lauretta Frederking, PhD, and Andrew Herzog ’15, College of Arts and Sciences (Political Science)
Project: "The Case of Comprehensive Immigration Reform: How Ideals and Interests Challenge Ethical Policies"
 

Subsequent Academic Presentations, Publications, and Initiatives:
Frederking, Lauretta, and Herzog, Andrew. “Policy Transformation Around the Status Quo: The Case of US Comprehensive Immigration Reform.” In Immigration Policy: Political Influences, Challenges and Economic Impact. Ed. Carissa Todd. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2013-2014. 25–42. Print.

 
Rich Gritta, DBA, and Ryan Gillespie ’14, Pamplin School of Business Administration
Project: "Securities Ethics Forum"
 

Subsequent Academic Presentations, Publications, and Initiatives:
Gritta, Rich. D., and Gillespie, Ryan. “The Problems Causing the Real Estate Crash: A Legal, Ethical, and Moral Perspective.” International Journal of Business and Management Studies, vol. 4(1), 2015, pp. 133-143. [Available through Pilot Scholars]

 
Kevin Jones, MA, and Erika Standeven ’14, College of Arts and Sciences (Social Work)
Project: "An Ethics and Ethical Decision Making Casebook for Youth Mentoring Programs and Participants"
 
Lorretta Krautscheid, PhD, and Justin Britton ’14, School of Nursing
Project: "Micro-Ethical Decisions in Clinical Practice Settings: A Qualitative Investigation of Student Nurse Experiences"
(A continuation of 2012/13 to implement recommended educational strategies and to conduct further research)
 

Subsequent Academic Presentations, Publications, and Initiatives:
Krautscheid, Lorretta, Britton, Justin, and Craig, Carol. “Development and reliability testing of a survey. Measuring trusting and deference behaviors in microethical nursing practice.” The Journal for Nurses in Professional Development, vol. 31(2), 2015, pp. 106-113. [Available through Pilot Scholars]

 
Ellen Lippman, PhD, and Martin McMahon ’14, Pamplin School of Business Administration
Project: "The Effect of Accounting on the Business of War: Ethical Considerations During the American Civil War and Implications for Today"
 

Subsequent Academic Presentations, Publications, and Initiatives:
Lippman, Ellen, and McMahon, Martin. “Professionalism and Politics in the Procurement Process: United States Civil War Early Years.” Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 44(1), 2017, pp. 63–76.

 
Mark Meckler, PhD, and Ana Peterlin ’15 MBA, Pamplin School of Business Administration
Project: "The Impact of Authenticity and Truthfulness of Micro-Level Economic Behavior on Regional and National Economic Health"
 
Martin Monto, PhD, and Kathryn Walters ’14, College of Arts and Sciences (Sociology)
Project: "Ethics and the Decline of Religiosity Among Students at a Catholic University"