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WWU's Casey Mullin publishes article in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

Western Libraries

Casey A. Mullin, head of Cataloging and Metadata Services at Western Washington University Libraries, recently published “An Amicable Divorce: Programmatic Derivation of Faceted Data from Library of Congress Subject Headings for Music,” in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. The article describes efforts to adapt legacy library metadata for music resources, repurposing traditional “subject” headings as faceted descriptors, which are more granular and amenable for filtering on search results in the library catalog and other discovery environments.

WWU's Ruth Sofield named to Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel

Huxley College of the Environment, Ruth Sofield

WWU Professor of Environmental Sciences Ruth Sofield has been appointed ot the Science Panel of the Puget Sound Partnership. The Science Panel's expertise and advice are critical to the Puget Sound Partnership’s efforts to develop a comprehensive, science-based plan to restore Puget Sound. The members, appointed by the Leadership Council, were chosen from the top scientists in Washington State.

English's Christopher Wise Publishes Nonfiction Travel Narrative

Christopher Wise, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, English Department

Christopher Wise's nonfiction travel narrative À la recherche du Yambo Ouologuem has been published by Les Éditions de Philae in France. His book recounts his journey to Sevaré, Mali to speak with the reclusive marabout-novelist Yambo Ouologuem. Wise's book was published in Paris on November 27, 2018 on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Ouologuem's Le devoir de violence, also coinciding with Ouologuem's recent passing. Wise has been a professor of English at WWU since 1996.

Journalism's Derek Moscato wins Top Faculty Paper Award at NCA conference

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, faculty research, Journalism Department

WWU Assistant Professor of Journalism Derek Moscato was recently at the National Communication Association conference in Salt Lake City and his paper won the Top Faculty Paper Award in the Public Relations division. His paper, "All the City’s a Stage: Urban Activism and the Dramatistic Pentad," examines the role of urban spaces in environmental public relations and advocacy, drawing from theorist Kenneth Burke and Greenpeace’s 2011 #DarkSide campaign.

WWU Librarian Sylvia Tag completes presentation in Alexandria, Egypt

Sylvia Tag, Western Libraries

WWU librarian and associate professor Sylvia Tag presented “Emergent Information Literacies In Our Digital World,” in Alexandria, Egypt, on Monday, Oct. 15 as part of the annual meeting of the International Friends of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Tag’s talk explored the dynamics of the digital information environment and how people are reading, writing, speaking, and learning in new ways.

Psychology's Brent Mallinckrodt receives Outstanding Lifetime Contribution award

College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology Department

Professor Brent Mallinckrodt, Department of Psychology, is recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Lifetime Contribution award from the Section for the Promotion of Psychotherapy Science of the Society of Counseling Psychology, American Psychological Association. The citation award citation reads: For exceptional scholarship in the areas of application of attachment theory to psychotherapy process and outcome, stress buffering effects of social support in cancer patients, and coping resources available to racial/ethnic and sexual minority persons.

SACNAS honors WWU's Joe Garcia with presidential award

College of Business and Economics, Joseph Garcia, Management Department

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) will honor Bentley University Dean of the Business School & McCallum Graduate School of Business Donna María Blancero and Western Washington University’s Professor Emeritus of Management Joseph E.

Erika McPhee-Shaw has been invited to be the keynote speaker for the international Canyon symposium in China

Environmental Studies Department, Erika McPhee-Shaw, Huxley College of the Environment

Huxley faculty member Erika McPhee-Shaw invited to be the keynote speaker for the international Canyon symposium in China.

WWU’s Joseph Trimble Receives 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award from University of Oklahoma

Center for Cross-Cultural Research, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Psychology Department

Western Washington University’s Joseph Trimble has won the University of Oklahoma 2019 Distinguished Alumni of the College of Arts and Sciences award.

Trimble, a distinguished university professor of Psychology and a research associate at Western’s Center for Cross-Cultural Research, will be honored during University of Oklahoma’s Kaleidoscope Evening on March 8, attended by students, faculty and alumni. He will also be invited to speak briefly on the importance of his educational experience.