Metropolitan State University of Denver faculty members publish research in some of the world’s most prestigious academic journals and share their knowledge at conferences around the globe. They also spend time developing valuable partnerships, working with colleagues across the country and world, creating new and exciting learning opportunities for students of all ages and securing vital funding to drive research and innovation.   

Congratulations to the following members of the faculty, staff and student body and programs for all their recent success:

 

Faculty citings

Bridget Arend, associate director of Teaching and Learning; Center for Teaching, Learning and Design

Co-authored a published book chapter 

Two other MSU Denver faculty examples included in the book:  

  • Lunden MacDonald, professor of Spanish, Modern Languages Department
  • Shalini Srinivasan, associate professor of Chemistry, Chemistry department 

“What Makes Assignments Meaningful” in Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments: A Practical Resource for Higher Education Faculty, published by Routledge.  

View textbook here. 

Eric Olson, P.D., department chair of the Rita and Navin Dimond Department of Hotel Management

School of Hospitality 

Publications 

Revenue diversification for the DSM Book Festival: A strategy for financial stability, published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases. 

See article here.  

Look what we have done to right plate waste! A case of the Iowa State University Joan Bice Underwood Tearoom, published in the Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Cases. 

See article here. 

Robert Preuhs, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Political Science Department

Journal 

Spanish Language Media Consumption and Latino Civic Engagement, published in the journal Political Research Quarterly, the official journal of the Western Political Science Association. 

Read journal here. 

Mallory K Brunel, M.S. R.N., associate professor of Nursing

Award – The DAISY Foundation, for Extraordinary Nursing Faculty 

See award here. 

Julian Friedland, Ph.D., associate professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility, College of Business

Article  

Beat the Simulation and Seize Control of Your Life, published in Psychology Today.  

Read article here.  

Emily Ragan, professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Published a scientific paper

Comparison of insect and human cytochrome b561 proteins: Insights into candidate ferric reductases in insects, in the journal PLOS ONE with former MSU Denver students Jessica Holst and Laura Murphy as authors. 

View publication here. 

Kudos

Kaleb Bakel, Nursing student of MSU Denver 

Award – The DAISY Foundation, for Extraordinary Nursing Student 

See award page here. 

Janelle Johnson, Ph.D., professor of STEM, Department of Secondary Education 

Chapter submission  

STEM Collaborations: Building Interdisciplinary Collaboration With Lesson Study at an Urban Commuter University. 

See submission here. 

MSU Denver’s Success Coaching Community 

Success Coaches support students’ social, emotional, and mental well-being. These coaches work in diverse programs across Student and Academic Affairs. 

Success coaching highlights:  

  • Served over 3200 students enrolled in fall 
  • 3,172 hours of recorded meetings (As of Dec. 6)
  • More than 630 students participated in career engagement events/activities as a requirement of the success coach program they participate in 
  • Immigrant Services Program planned UndocuResource Day with higher education colleagues across the state 
  • The Brother to Brother Program took students to Afrotech, the premier tech, investing, and wealth-building platform/conference for the Black Community 
  • Dream.US offered paid fellowships in collaboration with Academic Affairs 

How to submit your achievement for consideration

  • Navigate to the Service Request Form and select “Share your story: Early Bird and/or RED.”
  • Fill in your contact information and all details regarding your grant or recently published material in the “Project/Story/Issue Description and Goals” section, including:
  • The name of your paper or presentation.
  • Names, titles and higher-education institutions of all authors.
  • The name of the book, journal or conference in which it was presented.
  • Any relevant links or attachments that could be helpful.

Thank you for all your hard work, and the Early Bird looks forward to giving you a much-deserved round of applause.