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Angeleque Akin-Little, a faculty member in the School of Psychology, was nominated by Division 16, an association for scientific-practitioner psychologists, as a fellow of the American Psychological Association. Akin-Little will also present at this year’s National Association of School Psychologists convention in March.

Mark Brooker, a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences student, was recently recognized by the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives for his work in economic development. Brooker was instrumental in developing the policy that recruited DHL Worldwide’s North American hub to Clinton County, Ohio, providing more than 10,000 jobs to southwest Ohio.

Theresa Brosche, an M.S. program in Nursing student, had an article, “A Grief Team Within a Healthcare System,” published in Dimensions in Critical Care Nursing. She writes that “Walden students and instructors helped me to formulate and refine my article, and I thank them for this assistance.”

Solomon Fakinlede, a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences student, and Dr. Hoss Banna, a faculty member in the School of Management, co-authored an article, “The Effects of Morality and Trust on Organizational Development in Developing Nations,” in the Review of Business Research. They also presented the paper, which was based on the Application section of Fakinlede’s KAM II, at the International Conference of the Academy of Business and Economics.

Penny L. Finley, an Ed.D. student specializing in Teacher Leadership, had an article, “A Collaborative Approach to Multicultural Education,” published in Success in High-Need Schools, the online journal of the Associated Colleges of Illinois’ Center for Success in High-Need Schools.

Hilda Grigorian, a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration student specializing in International Nongovernmental Organizations, presented her paper on the “Impact of Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Reduction and to Meet Millennium Development Goals” at the International Conference on Gender Mainstreaming in Planning and Development in Islamabad, Pakistan. The paper will also be published in the U.N. Development Program system.

Barbara S. Jacobs, a Ph.D. in Education student specializing in Special Education, was accepted to the National Advisory Board for the National Christopher Columbus Awards program through the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation. Her primary objective will be to help other educators inspire sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders to make a difference in their communities.

Sharon Jumper, a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration student, had an article, "Afghans Helping Afghans: Afghan-Run Non-Governmental Organizations," published in the Society of Afghan Engineers Journal. Jumper will return to Afghanistan in the spring to present a paper on this topic.

F.C. Kerr, a Ph.D. in Applied Management and Decision Sciences student, had an article, “Media Analyses Based on Microsoft NTFS File Ownership,” published in Forensic Science International.

Dr. Mary E. Larscheid, a faculty member in the School of Social Service, presented “Anger and Social Skills” at the Minnesota School Social Work Association State Conference.

Dr. Tony Leisner, a faculty member in the School of Public Policy and Administration, was the co-author (along with Dr. Philip Kotler, who was named one of the 20 most influential business educators in the world by the Financial Times) of “Alleviating Poverty: A Macro/Micro Marketing Perspective” in the Journal of Macromarketing. Leisner also was selected for inclusion in the following Marquis 2007 Who's Who publications: Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in Finance and Business. Leisner is also the team captain for a group of “sons, others, and brothers” who will walk in the Tampa Bay Breast Cancer 3-Day fundraising 60-mile walk in October.

Kathy Morrison, an M.S. program in Nursing student, received a 2006 Nightingale Award for Pennsylvania. Morrison is the Lancaster General Hospital stroke coordinator.

Dean Pappas, an M.S. in Mental Health Counseling student, had an article, “The ‘Whole Brain,’ the ‘Whole Person’ and Exploring Talent,” published in Career Convergence, a Web magazine produced by the National Career Development Association, which is a division of the American Counseling Association.

Dr. Paula Peinovich, president of Walden University, participated in an accreditation forum convened in November by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

David Thornburg, a featured curriculum expert in the M.S. in Education program, presented the following sessions at the Texas Computer Education Association conference: “March of the Penguins: Linux on the Student Desktop” and “Where the Best is Free: An Educator’s Perspective on Open Source Software.” Thornburg is founder of the Thornburg Center and senior fellow of the Congressional Institute for the Future.

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