Dr. Robert Knurek, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, recently co-authored a peer-reviewed paper published in the Hiroshima Journal of Mathematics Education.
Dr. Chris Sedlacek recently co-authored a peer-reviewed paper published in ISME Communications in January 2026.
Dr. Nicolas Jankuhn, Assistant Professor of Marketing, along with Dr. Katie Ehlman of the University of Nevada, Reno and Dr. Dinko Bačić of Loyola University Chicago, had their cross-disciplinary research “Behavioral Intervention for People with Dementia: A Stage I Pilot Study Using Eye-Tracking” accepted for a poster session at the 2026 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society. This data has been collected at USI's Biometrix Discovery Lab.
Dr. Michelle Wakefield, Dr. Kara Doucet and Dr. Bailey Rankin are the authors of a manuscript, "AI as a Simulated Preceptor: Enhancing Case Presentation Skills in Nurse Practitioner Education," that was published in the January/February 2026 issue of Nurse Educator.
Dr. Jessica Mason and Dr. Jenna Thacker received the 2025-2026 Kinney College Faculty Development Award for their proposal, "Then and Now: A Comparative Study of Fieldwork Educators’ Perceived Essential Skills for OT Students Beginning Level II Fieldwork."
Dr. Christine Wisch presented her research to an international conference in Warsaw, Poland in December 2025.
Dr. Amelia Kuhn presented an invited talk at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in December 2025 in New Orleans.
Dr. Amelia Kuhn and Dr. Chris Sedlacek were recently awarded a competitive research grant through the Environmental Molecular Sciences laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Lab.
Dr. Jennifer Fehrenbacher, Mallory Mills and Emily Holt have recently co-authored an article published in the January edition of the Journal of Dental Education.
Dr. Jiaying Liu's co-authored article was presented at the the NEAIS 2025 Proceedings.
Jana Pace and Dr. Stephanie Rexing are the authors of a manuscript, "Intraprofessional Learning in Occupational Therapy Education: Community-Based Home Assessment," that was published in the January 2026 issue of OT Practice® magazine.
Dr. Heather Cook, Assistant Professor of Statistics, recently published two scholarly articles.
