Presentations 

John Blakeman, MCN, presented “Measuring the Lay Public’s Conceptions of Chest Pain Related to Acute Coronary Syndrome” at the Midwest Nursing Research Society’s 47th Annual Research Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. 

Avimanyu Datta, MQM, co-presented “Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive: A Blend of Tradition and Modernity” at the International Workshop on Craft and Emerging Forms of Organizing at Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Datta also presented “Connecting Dots Between Generations: How the Revolutionary Wristwatch ‘Spring Drive’ Was Developed and Commercialized” at the European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS), University of Cagliari, Sardinia/Italy, and at the Strategic Management Society-Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada. 

Aditya Gupta, MQM, presented “Digital Consumer Wisdom: A Practice-Based Framework” and “Consuming for Psychological Well-Being: A Comparison between Material and Experiential Purchases” at the 2023 Summer Academic Conference of the American Marketing Association.  

Horace Melton, MQM, presented “Frontline Employee Motivation to Participate in New Service Development: A Conceptual Framework Integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior and Self-determination Theory” at the 2023 Summer Academic Conference of the American Marketing Association.  

Ali Riaz, POL, presented at the event, “Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh: Challenges Ahead” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Winfred Avogo, SOC, made a presentation at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting in New Orleans on “Community Characteristics and Adolescent Reproductive Health Transitions in West Africa” in Session 161 “Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa.”  

Publications 

Jeremy Driskell, CHE, and graduate student Tosin Ogunlusi published “Controlled Temporal Release of Serum Albumin Immobilized on Gold Nanoparticles” in Langmuir. 

Dan Lannin, PSY, Sue Sprecher, SOC, and Ani Yazedjian, PROV, coauthored the article, “The longitudinal influence of cumulative risk: Is relationship education a resource?” in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Rachel Scott, MIL, published “‘Shot Into the Air Like a Rocket’: Climax in the Lieder of Alma Mahler” in College Music Symposium.  

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