Faculty News
In November, DR. ANGELA EBELING ’99, professor of biology and environmental science, attended the International Soil Science Society of America Conference in Salt Lake City along with Karson Hilgendorf (pictured above), a senior biochemistry major. Karson presented their 31P NMR biosolids research at a five-minute rapid oral presentation and also at a poster session. Karson received a leadership initiative award from the Christian Women’s Leadership Circle to fund her travel and registration.
DR. STACY HOEHL ’01, professor of communication, and DR. DONALD KUDEK (pictured below), assistant professor of business administration, presented in October at the International Leadership Association Global Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. Hoehl’s presentation was titled Creativity in the Leadership Classroom: Developing the Resilient, Resourceful Leaders of Tomorrow. The topics of Kudek’s sessions were Understanding Leadership and Followership Together – The Students’ Perspective and Job Satisfaction and Leadership Characteristics in a Large Metropolitan Police Department, which included his research with the Milwaukee Police Department.
DR. JERRALYN MOUDRY, professor of communication, had a chapter published in the book Normalizing Mental Illness and Neurodiversity in Entertainment Media: Quieting the Madness. The book earned Honorable Mention in the category of Best Edited Collection at the Midwest Popular Culture Association book awards ceremony in October. DR. MARK MURPHY, associate professor of teacher education, completed post-doctorate coursework in school district administration, which included a year-long school district superintendent internship at Whitefish Bay Public Schools, adding the Wisconsin PreK-12 superintendent licensure to his credentials. REV. DR. JOEL PLESS, professor of theology, served as chairman of the Program Committee for the 2021 Virtual Meeting of the Lutheran Historical Conference in September. Wisconsin Lutheran College | 11
