by Currently
November 30th 2020
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Every week during the academic year, Currently celebrates faculty and staff accomplishments, including appearances on panels, presentations, recent publications or performances, and research grants.
- Paula Carder, Institute on Aging director, and Sarah Dys MPA, co-presented “Pro Re Nata Use of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living” at the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific meeting this November.
- Paula Carder, Institute on Aging director; Lindsey Smith MPP; Taylor Bucy MPH; and Jaclyn Winfree, Institute on Aging, co-presented “State Variability in Assisted Living Regulations, Access and Outcomes for Persons With Dementia: Presenter Discussion” at the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific meeting this November.
- Annabelle Dolidon, world languages and literatures faculty, presented “Open Source Inclusive Textbook for French Conversation” at the virtual Diversity, Decolonization and the French Curriculum conference from Nov. 13-14.
- Cassio de Oliveira, world languages and literatures faculty, presented the paper “The Trial as Performance in High Stalinist Cinema” at the (virtual) annual conference of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies on Nov. 8.
- Sarah Elkinton MA, Diana Yuen ’18, and Carolyn Quam, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, co-presented “Processing and Attrition of Tone and Vowel in Mandarin-English Bilinguals of Varying Proficiency” virtually at the Boston University Conference on Language Development in November.
- Margaret Hess MS ’20; Amy Kaehr ’20; Anna Zhen ’20; Julie Reeder, Speech and Hearing Sciences affiliate faculty; and Carolyn Quam, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, co-presented “Factors Impacting Heritage Language Maintenance in Children” at the virtual Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference in October.
- Walt Dawson PhD; Allyson Stodola, Institute on Aging; Serena Hasworth MPH; Jason Kyler-Yano MA; and Marisa Viramontes co-presented “Oregon’s Behavioral Health Initiative for Older Adults and People with Disabilities at Five Years: Where To From Here?” at the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific meeting in November.
- Ozcan Tunalilar, Institute on Aging faculty, presented “Rural-Urban Differences in Social Connectedness Among Adult Foster Home Residents in Oregon” at the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific meeting in November.
- Diana White, Institute on Aging; Serena Hasworth MPH; Ozcan Tunalilar, Institute on Aging faculty; and Jaclyn Winfree, Institute on Aging, co-presented “The Road to Improved Assisted Living Quality: State Efforts and New Metrics” at the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific meeting in November.
- Sarah Dys MPA; Jaclyn Winfree, Institute on Aging; Paula Carder, Institute on Aging director; and student Kaylin Dugle co-presented “‘Doing the Impossible with the Inadequate’: COVID-19 Response in U.S. Assisted Living Settings” at the Gerontological Society of America’s annual scientific meeting in November.
- Carolyn Quam, Speech and Hearing Sciences faculty, Molly Franz, Speech and Hearing Sciences, and Adele Preston BS ’20, co-presented “Memory and Sound-category Learning in Adults with and without Language-based Learning Disability” at the virtual Oregon Speech-Language and Hearing Association Fall Conference in October.