{"id":68975,"date":"2023-04-10T21:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T04:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=68975"},"modified":"2023-04-10T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T04:25:16","slug":"in-the-spotlight-april-10-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-april-10-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Spotlight: April 10-14, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">E-mail your announcements to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Inside@nau.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inside@nau.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, or use our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/news-tip\/#.YEjwNWhKg2w\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">online submission form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Zhan Xu<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor in the School of Communication, published an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. The publication, titled <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebertpub.com\/doi\/10.1089\/cyber.2022.0231\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Using Virtual Reality in E-Cigarette and Secondhand Aerosol Prevention Messages: Implications for Emotional Campaign Design<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, incorporated VR in e-cigarette campaigns and successfully increased risk perceptions and promoted preventive behaviors against vaping and secondhand e-cigarette aerosol. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Xin Yi<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, assistant professor in practice in the School of Communication, produced the VR campaign.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Heather Williamson<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy and the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), Regents\u2019 professor <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Julie A. Baldwin<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Department of Health Sciences and director of CHER, and researchers from other institutions recently published \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36780214\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">An Adapted Cancer Screening Education Program for Native American Women with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers: Protocol for Feasibility and Acceptability Testing<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in the JMIR Research Protocol. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myhealthmychoice.org\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">My Health My Choice<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an adaptation of the Women Be Healthy 2 program. There were two parts to the study: adaptation of the Women Be Healthy 2 program and feasibility and acceptability testing of My Health My Choice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carmenlita Chief<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, senior program coordinator at CHER; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor of health sciences and CHER associate director; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manley A. Begay<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor of applied indigenous studies, and interim director of the Tribal Leadership Initiative; and researchers from other institutions recently published \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0743016722003217?via%3Dihub\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Din\u00e9-Centered Research Reframes the Gold King Mine Spill: Understanding Social and Spiritual Impacts Across Space and Time<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in the Journal of Rural Studies. Their paper explores how Indigenous-led research reframes the impacts and response to environmental disasters in the context of acid mine spills in rural communities of the Southwest United States. The collaborative research project addressing the Gold King Mine Spill designed qualitative methodologies that center Indigenous worldviews and contribute to broader understandings of environmental justice.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emery Eaves<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, associate professor of anthropology; <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Eck<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Doerry, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">professor in the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems (SICCS)<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">; Shana Lanzetta, Kathryn Kruithoff, Kayla Negron, Kaitlyn Dykman<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, student assistants with CHER; and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Olivia Thoney and Calvina Harper<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, student assistants with SICCS, recently published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/08901171221113834\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cApplying User-Centered Design in the Development of a Supportive Mhealth App for Women in Substance Use Recovery<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in the American Journal of Health Promotion. Their publication examined how the integration of user-centered design with applied ethnographic techniques guided the development of a custom-tailored mHealth app responsive to lived experiences and needs of women in recovery. They determined that future research should evaluate the potential for user-centered apps to increase self-efficacy and perceived social support and reduce relapse risk.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amanda Pollitt, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">assistant professor of Health Sciences and CHER researcher, and other researchers recently published<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36634006\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Measurement Equivalence of Family Acceptance\/Rejection Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth by Disclosure Status<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d in the Journal of Family Psychology. Their research found that sexual and gender minority youth who had disclosed their identity reported greater acceptance and less rejection and showed a stronger negative association between the two constructs than nondisclosed youth. Family acceptance, but not rejection, had higher variability among disclosed youth than nondisclosed youth. Though families of disclosed youth appear to be more accepting and less rejecting, the experiences of these youth are complex. The authors\u2019 findings suggest that research on sexual and gender minority youth family environments must consider both supportive and undermining behaviors and that the measures they assessed operate similarly for youth based on disclosure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rima Brusi<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor of anthropology at NAU; and founder, director, and principal investigator of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag\u00fcez&#8217;s Center for University Access was appointed to the board of directors at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pr.report\/wWHAisfS\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Literacy Lab<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The Literacy Lab is a national non-profit organization that provides children &#8211; in communities experiencing racial and economic inequities &#8211; with individualized, high-impact tutoring.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fred DeMicco, <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">professor in the School of Hotel and restaurant Management (HRM) authored an article published on <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">HospitalityNet<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The article discusses how <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hospitalitynet.org\/opinion\/4115622.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">hospitality and lodging can offer improved hospitality services for travelers with a telemedicine app and gain a market competitive advantage.<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Marc Tollis<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, SICCS assistant professor, along with Ph.D. students <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simone Gable<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vahid Nikoonejad Fard<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> are among the list of authors for the article, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/10.1101\/2023.04.03.535372v1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">GENOME REPORT: Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the African spiny mouse (<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Acomys cahirinus<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d wherein they present an improved reference genome for <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A. cahirinus<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> generated from long Nanopore sequencing reads and confirm the quality of their annotations using RNA sequencing data from four different tissues.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Several NAU professors and staff members won <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativeflagstaff.org\/viola\/2023-viola-awards\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Creative Flagstaff\u2019s Viola Awards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Celebrating excellence in arts, science and culture, the Viola Awards recognize artists, educators, organizations and leaders who make positive contributions to the Flagstaff community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NAU NASA Space Grant AIMER Coordinator,<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Mary Lara<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, was honored with a Viola Award for Excellence in Education.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;o&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Peter Friederici<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, professor and director of the MA program in sustainable communities, won the Viola Award for Excellence in Written Storytelling for his book, \u201cBeyond Climate Breakdown: Envisioning new stories of radical hope.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"o\" data-font=\"Courier New\" data-listid=\"8\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:1440,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Courier New&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[9675],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;o&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Audra Travelbee<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, intermediate instructional designer for the Teaching and Learning Center, won the\u00a0Community Impact Individual Viola Award.<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/in-the-spotlight-april-10-14-2023\/\">Kudos to these faculty, staff, students and programs\u00a0 Do you have a spotlight item to share with the NAU community?\u00a0 E-mail your announcements to Inside@nau.edu, or use our online submission form.\u00a0 Zhan Xu, assistant professor in the School of Communication, published an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. The publication, titled Using Virtual Reality&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}