2026 Inclusive Excellence Research Submissions

Virginia Balbi

  • Balbi, V., Schaedel, K., Servin, F., Ornelas, M., Borges, O., Rodriguez, L., Valdez, G. U., Bond, C., Zimmerman, C., House, L., Zaragoza, I., Thompson, A., Giordono, L., & Buhl, K. (2025). Evaluating Pesticide Applicator Training in Spanish: An Oregon Interagency Pilot. Journal of Agromedicine, 30(4), 675-680. 
    https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924x.2025.2517009 

KC Bierlich

  • Bierlich, K. C., Hewitt, J., Bird, C. N., Johnston, D. W., Dale, J., Pirotta, E., Schick, R. S., Stewart, J. D., New, L., Chimienti, E., Goldbogen, J. A., Friedlaender, A. S., Cantor, M., & Torres, L. G. (2025). A workflow of open-source tools for drone-based photogrammetry of marine megafauna. PeerJ, 13, e19768. 
    https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19768

Samantha Chisholm

  • Chisholm Hatfield , S. (2025). Increasing Inclusiveness and Vetting Valid TEK: Optimizing Climate Change Work. The Muckleshoot Journal, 7.  

John Fowler

  • Puig‑Lluch, M., Williams, M., Wada, E., Valdes, I., Tribble, C., Read, A., Rawale, K. S., Newbold, C. L., Mthombeni, B., Moody, M., Minero, L., Marrano, A., Link‑Perez, M., Innes, R. W., Howard, C. C., Hernandez, A., Hamilton, C., Hadziabdic, D., Gostel, M., Friesner, J., Fowler, J. E., Findlater, M., Elshibli, S., Burgess, S. J., Bass, H. W., Alptekin, B., Abrahams, R. S., & Baldrich, P. (2025). Equity, diversity and inclusion: Making conferences in the plant sciences more inclusive through community recommendations. eLife, 14.
    https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.106877

Mary Halbleib

  • Powell, M., Halbleib, M.L., Ojha, K. (2025). Weathering the Storm: Building Resilience in Rural Farming Communities Amid Climate Change. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 67(6), 18-30.  

Cheng Li

  • Hiralal, A., Ley, P., van Dijk, J. R., Li, C., Pankratov, D., Choyikutty, J. A., Pankratova, G., Geelhoed, J. S., Vasquez-Cardenas, D., Reimers, C. E., & Meysman, F. J. R. (2025). A novel cable bacteria species with a distinct morphology and genomic potential. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 91(5).
    https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02502-24

Silvia Rondon

  • Rondon, S. I., Legrand, A., Reyna, S., & Lara, R. (2022). Strength by the Numbers: How a Drop Became a Fountain. American Entomologist (Lanham, Md.), 68(1), 10–11. 
    https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmac008 

Nan Xu

  • Duan, D., Nian, Y., Xu, N., Zhao, X., Hong, J., Rosskopf, E., & Gao, Z. (2025). Economic Evaluation of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation with Varying Carbon and Nitrogen Application Rates in Open-field Organic Strawberry Production. HortTechnology, 35(5), 674-686. 

 

Julie Elston - OSU-Cascades

  • Chen, K.-H., Zhang, Y., Elston, J. A., Chen, P.-H., & Hsu, K.-H. (2025). Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiative scores and firm performance: the importance and role of firm size. Small Business Economics.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01096-1

Laura Rees

  • Rees, L. (2025). Rethinking honor, cultural (mis)understanding, and conflict: Broadening how honor and honor culture individuals are studied in Western contexts and beyond. International Journal of Conflict Management, 36(2): 396-247.
    https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-09-2024-0245 

Philip Mote

Laura Peters

  • Peters, L. E. R., Conca, K., Wolf, A. T., Lippi, A., & Van Den Hoek, J. (2025). The many voices of environmental cooperation: A relational analysis of 30 years of environmental peacebuilding over shared waters in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. Environment and Security, 3(4), 577-609.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/27538796251347820
  • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Committee of the Red Cross, German Red Cross, & Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. (2024). Navigating fragility, conflict and violence to strengthen community resilience: A handbook for disaster risk reduction practitioners. PrepareCenter.org.
    https://preparecenter.org/resource/navigating-fcv-drr-handbook/

Daniel Cavanaugh

  • Cavanaugh, D.L., Wen-Chen, L., Dobud, W.W., Cummings, C., Pertl, K., & Russo, C. (TBD). Snapshot of diversity, equity, and inclusion in adventure therapist development: A mixed-methods survey project. Manuscript undergoing peer review at the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. 

Rebekah Elliott

  • Elliott, R., & Nieman, H. (2025). Middle leaders’ principled relational facilitation practices for mathematics teacher learning. Professional Development in Education, 1–21
    https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2025.2584076

Amanda Kibler

  • Andrei, E., Salerno, A. S., & Kibler, A. K. (2025). Teachers’ conceptualizations of multilingual learners’ so-called “academic” language in oral-language assessments. Language and Education, 39(2), 322–336.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2024.2365775

  • Sandstead, M., & Kibler, A. K. (2025). Voice in L2 writing in the age of AI. Journal of Second Language Writing, 69.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2025.101212

  • Colomer, S. E., Cole, C., Kibler, A., Patiño‐Cabrera, N., Mejia‐Hutchison, V., & Thompson, K. (2025). “Another Way of Seeing Bilingualism”: Fostering Critical Consciousness Among Dual Language Bilingual Education Teachers. TESOL Journal, 16(3).
     https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.70057

  • Palacios, N., Paulick, J., Kibler, A., & Blatt, A. (2025). Humanizing Students: Teacher Reflections Before and After Home Visits. Teachers College Record (1970), 127(4), 116–143. 
    https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681251347426

  • Kibler, A. K., & Karam, F. (Eds.). (2025). Innovative qualitative methodologies in multilingual literacy development research: Amplifying voices from immigrant, transnational, and refugee communities. John Benjamins. 

  • Karam, F., & Kibler, A. K. (2025). An ethnetnography of (non)belonging: The transliterate practices of a Muslim refugee-background woman. In A. Kibler & F. Karam (Eds)., Innovative qualitative methodologies in multilingual literacy development research: Amplifying voices from immigrant, transnational, and refugee communities (pp. 45-66). John Benjamins. 

  • Kibler, A. K., Lesser, V., Palacios, M. C., Sandstead, M., Wiger, S., Woodruff, K. S., & Bovee, J. B. (2024). A National Survey of Collaborative Practices for Secondary Multilingual Learners Designated as English Learners. TESOL Quarterly, 58(4), 1609–1637.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3295

Lucy Purgason - OSU-Cascades

  • Johnson, G., & Purgason, L. L, Hunt, A., Dutcher, E., & Murphy, A. (2025). School counselor’s experiences providing career counseling to students experiencing poverty. Journal for Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory, & Research, 1-16.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15566382.2025.2529127

Margaret Burnett - Corvallis

  • Morreale, P., Burnett, M., Harms, K. J., & Kwak, D. (2025). How We Did It: Integrating Inclusive Design across the Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum. Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education 2, 1703–1704.
    https://doi.org/10.1145/3641555.3704715
  • Chattopadhyay, S., Chatterjee, A., Agarwal, P., Trinkenreich, B., Kumar, S., Rai, R. R., Chugani, R., Kumari, P., Burnett, M., & Sarma, A. (2025). Systematizing Inclusive Design in MOSIP: An Experience Report. IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, 112–123.
    https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-SEIP66354.2025.00016
  • Fallatah, A., Hamid, M. M., Moussaoui, F. A., Chikezie, C., Erwig, M., Bogart, C., Sarma, A., & Burnett, M. (2025). Intersectional HCI on a Budget: An Analytical Approach Powered by Types. International Journal of Human-Computer. Interaction, 41(21), 13599–13622.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2025.2474494
  • Chikezie, C., Chanpaisaeng, P., Agarwal, P., Afroz, S., Madhwani, B., Choudhuri, R., Anderson, A., Velhal, P., Morreale, P., Bogart, C., Sarma, A., & Burnett, M. (2025). Measuring SES-related traits relating to technology usage: Two validated surveys. Empirical Software Engineering : An International Journal, 30(6), Article 159.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-025-10683-5
  • Hamid, M. M., Moussaoui, F. A., Guevara, J. N., Anderson, A., Agarwal, P., Dodge, J., & Burnett, M. (2026). Inclusive design of AI’s Explanations: Just for Those Previously Left Out? ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, 16(1), 1–44.
    https://doi.org/10.1145/3772074

Kevin Houser

Binata Joddar

  • Hernandez, I., Willerth, S. M., & Joddar, B. (2025). Assessing the effects of a hybrid approach based on accelerated undergraduate research training and international experience in biomaterials. Frontiers in Education (Lausanne), 10.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1605724
  • Chithiravelu, G., Jones, M. J., de Estrada, I. H., Singh, Y., Subbaraman, H., & Joddar, B. (2025). Development and optimization of decellularized seaweed scaffolds for tissue engineering. Biointerphases, 20(5), Article 051006.
    https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0004685

Sarah Oman

  • Smyser, B. & Oman, S. (2025). Supporting Underrepresented Students in Capstone Design. International Journal of Engineering Education, 41(4), 911-918. 

  • Griffel, M., & Oman, S. (2025, June). Neuroqueers in Engineering: Investigation of Engineering Education that serves those in Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ Communities Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 

 

EJ Davis

  • Davis, E. J., Bordelon, K., Hossain, Y., Machado, M. A., & Berger, C. (2025). Community engagement in fire preparedness: It’s how that matters—A primer for community wildfire practitioners (EM 9467). Oregon State University Extension Service. 

  • Bordelon, K., Machado, M. A., & Davis, E. J. (2025, July). Incendio aquí/We’re ready for wildfire: Wildfire safety for renters and seasonal workers. Oregon State University Extension Service & Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste. 

Alexandra Borstad

  • Borstad, A., Ojeda Manzano, A., Barrero Solis, C., Hijuelos Garcia, N., Couoh Salazar, A., & Baqueiro Kopfer, A. (2026, February 13). Transcultural adaptation, criterion equivalence and reliability of a 5-meter walk test in Mexican Spanish [Poster presentation]. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections Meeting, Anaheim, CA, United States. 

Brad Cardinal

  • Cardinal, B. J. (2025). Delivering Inclusive Physical Education Classes in Higher Education: Expanding Offerings, Removing Pejorative Language, and Reducing Structural Barriers. Palaestra, 39(1), 4. 

  • Rogers, K. A., Cardinal, B. J., & Hawk, C. (2025). Addressing the health needs of an underserved community: The perspective of community service organizations. Sociology & Social Policy, 2(1), 13-27. 

  • Szarabajko, A., & Cardinal, B. J. (2025). Student Health Crises on College and University Campuses and the Paradoxical Decline of Required Physical Education. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 96(6), 15–27.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2025.2507569

Marie Harvey

  • Xaverius, P., Harvey, S. M., Kiely, M., & Factor-Litvak, P. (2025). The Changing Landscape of Maternal Health Care in the United States: A Call to Action. American Journal of Public Health (1971), 115(10), 1575–1578.
    https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2025.308236

Deborah John

  • John, D.H., Gustat, J., & Lee, R.E. (2025). Theories of behavior, social identity, and disparity relevant to physical activity. In M. Bopp, (Ed.), Physical Activity and Diverse Populations: Evidence and Practice, 2nd Edition. Routledge.  

  • Wende, M. John, D.H., Meyer, S. & Umstattd Meyer, M. R. (2025). Physical activity among rural populations. In M. Bopp, (Ed.), Physical Activity and Diverse Populations: Evidence and Practice, 2nd Edition. Routledge.  

Cynthia Mojica

  • Mojica, C. M., Schneider, J. L., Thompson, J. H., & Coronado, G. D. (2025). A qualitative study of staff and provider experiences with follow-up colonoscopy in a community health center and gastroenterology specialty. Journal of Cancer Prevention, 30(4), 185–195.
    https://doi.org/10.15430/JCP.25.025

Kim Rogers

  • Rogers, K.A., Cardinal, B.J., & Hawk, C. (2025). Addressing the health needs of an underserved community: The perspective of community service organizations. Society and Social Policy, 2(1), 13-27. 
    doi:10.26855/ssp.2025.06.003 

Sarah Rothenberg

  • Rothenberg, S.E., Flores, A.C., Anderson, M.K. (2025). Recreational fishing downstream from the Black Butte Mine Superfund Site in Oregon, USA. Scientific Reports, 15: 17712 (2025).
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02005-y 

Shauna Tominey

  • Tominey, S. L. M., Blodgett, J.A.H., Fenske, L.J., & Thogmartin, A.A., & Karing, J. T. (2025). Creating caring, compassionate youth: How youth development programs foster prosocial development. In. M. Arnold & T. Ferrari (Eds.) Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research and Practice (pp.255-270). Springer: New York, New York. 
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85110-0_15

  • Pattison, S., Ramos Montanez, S., Lopez Burgos, V., Tominey, S., Quijano, M., & Svarovsky, G. (2025). Whole Child, Whole Family, Whole Community: Developing Shared Problems of Practice with Latine Families Related to STEM Learning in Early Childhood. Frontiers in Education, 10.
    https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1663718

  • Simmons, D., Miller, M., & Tominey, S. (2025). “How did you love me so  fast”: Co-creating Conditions for Educator SEL and Well-Being. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy special issue on: Adult Social and Emotional Learning: Implications for Educational Transformation, 5.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2025.100077

Daniel Cavanaugh

  • Cavanaugh, D.L., Wen-Chen, L., Dobud, W.W., Cummings, C., Pertl, K., & Russo, C. (TBD). Snapshot of diversity, equity, and inclusion in adventure therapist development: A mixed-methods survey project. Manuscript undergoing peer review at the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. 

Cheng Chen

  • Chen, C., Jang, E., & Sundar, S. S. (2025). Racial Bias in AI Training Data: Do Laypersons Notice? Media Psychology, 1–28.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2558036
  • Chen, C., Zhang, X., & Leung, D. (2025). Broadcasting, lurking, and connection: A longitudinal panel study of fear of missing out, social media engagement, and problematic social media use. Telematics and Informatics, 102.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2025.102323
  • Chen, C., & Zhao, X. (2025). Let’s Think Step by Step: Effects of Chain-of-Thought Prompt Coaching on Users’ Perceptions and Trust in Image Generative AI Tools. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 1–22.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2025.2530762
  • Chen, C., DiRusso, C, Shao, R., Yang, H, Krieger, M., & Sundar, S. S. (2025).What do users get out of artificial intelligence? Construction and validation of an AI gratifications scale. Journal of Communication Technology, 7(1), 1–36.
    https://doi.org/10.51548/joctec.7.1.2025.01
  • Chen, C., & Qian, X. (2025). Anxiety and education: How not to become obsolete. In Y. Cheng & D. Verčič (Eds.) AI and Strategic Communication: Navigating the Future (pp. 83-103). Wiley. 
    https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394275434
  • Chen, C., Sun, Y., Hua, P. X., & Cheng, Y. (2026). Is AI agreement reassuring? It depends on what patients believe about AI. Proceedings of the 59th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, USA.

Brian Elliott

  • Elliott, B. (2026). A child’s place in nature: Toward a new pedagogy for the Anthropocene. Bloomsbury. 
  • Elliott, B., & Ross, S. D. (Eds.). (2026). Art and its significance: An anthology of aesthetic theory. SUNY Press. 

Razan Ghazzawi

  • Ghazzawi, R. (2025). Popular Sovereignty and Trans Mothering of Antiwar Syrian Soldiers. Review of Middle East Studies, 59(2), 77–88. doi:10.1017/rms.2025.10027 
  • Ghazzawi, R. (2025). Filmmaking in exile: Failure as queer bodily dissent. In Rifaii, Y & Choufi, N. (Eds.), Queer anthology on Arab art. Haven for Artists. 
  • Ghazzawi, R. (2026). Postcolonial approaches to gender violence against LGBTQIA+ refugees. In Shaw, S. M., Santos, X. M., Rosaline, Z., Mayilsamy, J., Veni, K., Pallarés Ameneiro, L., & Lockhart, J. (Eds.), Resisting gender violence. Oregon State University Press.

Kendon Kurzer

  • Kurzer, K., Lee, N., Macias-Stowe, A., Manalo, N., & Her, M. (2025). Resumers in and beyond a WID preparatory course: Challenges, opportunities, and assets. The WAC Journal, 35, 165-180. 
    https://doi.org/10.37514/WAC-J.2024.35.1.09

Kim McAloney

  • McAloney, K. & Long, J. (2025). Liberationships: Liberatory Women of Color Mentorship. Emerald Publishing. 

  • McAloney, K., & Spring 2024 & 2025 CSSA 530 students. (2025). Humanizing our practice: Cultivating liberatory skills for use in our work with college students. Oregon State University. 

  • Trotter, R. & McAloney, K. (2025). Critical curiosity and lifelong learning: Investigating how mobility programs serve as platforms for intercultural learning and engagement. Journal of International Students, 15(12), 1-22.
    http://doi.org/10.32674/2e59ma18

Adam Schwartz

  • Schwartz, A., Magaña, D., Grammon, D., & Loza, S. (2025). Aquí se habla: Centering the local and personal in Spanish language education. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. 

Joel Zapata

Meta Landys

Matthew Orr - OSU-Cascades

  • Kocurek-Orr, I. D., & Orr, M. R. (2025). Racial associations between community demographics and club rosters in the top two tiers of English football. Soccer and Society, 26(6), 1002–1015. 
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14660970.2025.2536465

Bruce Seal - OSU-Cascades

  • Bryant, J. L., McCabe, J., Klews, C. C., Johnson, M., Atchley, A. N., Cousins, T. W., Barnard-Davidson, M., Smith, K. M., Ackermann, M. R., Netherland, M., Hasan, N. A., Jordan, P. A., Forsythe, E. S., Ball, P. N., & Seal, B. S. (2025). Phenotypic and Complete Reference Whole Genome Sequence Analyses of Two Paenibacillus spp. Isolates from a Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Gastrointestinal Tract. Veterinary Sciences, 12(1), Article 51. 
    https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12010051
  • Klews, C. C., Bryant, J. L., Mccabe, J., Atchley, A. N., Cousins, T. W., Barnard-Davidson, M., Ackermann, M. R., Netherland, M., Hasan, N. A., Jordan, P. A., Forsythe, E. S., Ball, P. N., & Seal, B. S. (2025). Reference Whole Genome Sequence Analyses and Characterization of a Novel Carnobacterium maltaromaticum Distinct Sequence Type Isolated from a North American Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) Gastrointestinal Tract. Veterinary Sciences, 12(5), Article 410.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12050410
  • Chrzastek, K., Seal, B. S., Kulkarni, A., & Kapczynski, D. R. (2025). Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing from Chicken Clinical Tracheal Samples for Bacterial and Novel Bacteriophage Identification. Veterinary Sciences, 12(2), Article 162.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci12020162

Mary Dello Stritto

  • Dello Stritto, M. E., Skinner, D., Aguiar, N. R., & Underhill, G. R. (2025). Financial aid matters: The relationship among financial aid, retention, and graduation rates in online students. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 54(2).
    https://doi.org/10.55504/0884-9153.1866

Katherine McAlvage
Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez

  • McAlvage, K., & Jaramillo Cherrez, N. (2025). Inclusive Teaching Online: Evidence-Based Strategies to Support Student Success in Higher Education. Oregon State University Open Educational Resources.
    https://open.oregonstate.education/teachingonline/

Tay McEdwards

Marina Denny

Freddy León
Peter Wilkinson

  • Wilkinson, P., & Leon, F. (2025). Leadership development through identity and community. In K. L. Guthrie, & D. R. Pacheco (Eds.), Exploring culturally relevant leadership learning: Case studies for leadership educators (pp. 33-36). Emerald Group Publishing. 

Kelly McElroy

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