A pair of faculty have articles in the latest edition of Direction: A Mennonite Brethren Forum. In the Spring 2012 issue, Mark Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of mission and theology, published “Which Courtroom and Which Narrative Shapes Your Atonement Theology?” Ryan Schellenberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of biblical studies, published “Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: A ‘Redaction-critical’ Reflection.”

Matt Gehrett, M.A., executive director of online and continuing education, spoke at the Kern County K-12 Administrator Technology Symposium June 8, 2012, in Bakersfield. Around 50 administrators attended, mostly school site and district leaders from around the county. Gehrett’s session was "Personalized Learning with Technology." More at storify.com/gehrett/personalized-learning  

During its regular meetings June 8-9, 2012, the FPU Board of Trustees granted continuing status to Terence Yi, Ph.D., mathematics; Steve Pauls, Ph.D., chemistry; Don Diboll, Ph.D., kinesiology; and W. Marshall Johnston. Jr., Ph.D., history and classics. Pauls and Johnston were also promoted to associate professor.

Breck Harris, Ed.D., associate professor of business, presented “Dealing with Plagiarism: Teacher Approaches for Effective Integration of Turnitin Into an Online Graduate Class” at the 2012 Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching at Cal State Pomona on March 16, 2012.

Duane Ruth-Heffelbower, J.D., M.Div., associate professor of peacemaking and conflict studies, published "I'm a ___________ mediator: How mediators' profession of origin affects their practice" in the winter 2012 edition of ACResolution, the magazine of the Association for Conflict Resolution, the largest professional organization in the field.

Rod Janzen, Ed.D., professor of history, delivered the annual Donald Durnbaugh lectures April 19-20 at the Young Center for the Study of Anabaptism and Pietism at Elizabethtown College. His topic was the Hutterites and communal Christianity.

Sherry Walling, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, was the lead author of “Race/Ethnicity as a Predictor of Change in WorkingAlliance During Cognitive Behavioral Therapy forIntimate Partner Violence Perpetrators” in Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice,Trainingin December 2011. There were four other authors.

Mark Baker, Ph.D., associate professor of mission and theology, published the article “Atonement,” in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, ed. Joel B. Green, published by Baker Academic.