Publications | 2025

Campbell University faculty and staff who appeared in various publications during the 2024-2025 academic year

Dr. Antoine Al-Achi 

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences 
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Peer-Reviewed Research Article 

  • Sharon K. West, Brian Peek, Antoine Al-Achi, Doreen LeCompte. Advance Care Directive Preferences in Women Veterans: A Snapshot. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying, Volume 90, Issue 4, March 2025, Pages 1925-1935. First published online in 2022.

Dr. Ethan Alexander-Davey 

Associate Professor of Political Science 
College of Arts & Sciences 

Book 

  • Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue Authority and Inequality. Edited by Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2025)

Book Chapter(s) 

  • Ethan Alexander-Davey, “W.H. Riehl’s Cure for Modernity: A Defense of National, Regional and Social Differentiation.” In Aristocratic Voices: Forgotten Arguments about Virtue Authority and Inequality, edited by Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2025), 167-207.
  • Ethan Alexander-Davey, “Freud, Culture, and the Function of Political Elites: Philip Rieff on the “Virtuosi of Creation and Decreation.” In The Philosophy of Philip Rieff: Cultural Conflict, Religion and the Self. Edited by William G. Batchelder IV and Michael P. Harding (New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025), 143-168.

Book Review 

  • Ethan Alexander-Davey, “Up From Populism: A Review of Patrick J. Deneen’s Regime Change.” Pietas, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2024.

Dr. Robin M. Baker

Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Therapy 
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 

Peer-Reviewed Research Article

  • Baker RM, Greco JL. Development of a Scale to Evaluate Key Attributes of Academic Advisors Essential to Physical Therapy Students. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. 2025 Apr 15;23(2), Article 28. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/ijahsp/vol23/iss2/28 

Dr. Sarah E. Boberg

Assistant Professor of Christian Education
Director of Empowering Families for Spiritual Formation 
Divinity School 

Journal/Magazine Article 

  • “A eulogy for Vacation Bible School.” https://baptistnews.com/article/a-eulogy-for-vacation-bible-school/
  • “Fort Sumter and the fingerprints of God.” https://goodfaithmedia.org/fort-sumter-and-the-fingerprints-of-god/
  • “How to talk to your children about hard things in difficult times.” https://baptistnews.com/article/how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-hard-things-in-difficult-times/
  • “I had a choice.” https://goodfaithmedia.org/i-had-a-choice/
  • “Why I want to run from children’s ministry but am still called to serve.” https://baptistnews.com/article/why-i-want-to-run-from-childrens-ministry-but-am-still-called-to-serve/
  • “Why children are behaving differently at church after the pandemic.” https://baptistnews.com/article/why-children-are-behaving-differently-at-church-after-the-pandemic/
  • “Why do we pre-slice the bread.” https://baptistnews.com/article/why-do-we-pre-slice-the-bread/
  • “Why I want to run from children’s ministry but am still called to serve.” https://baptistnews.com/article/why-i-want-to-run-from-childrens-ministry-but-am-still-called-to-serve/

Sharon Boyd 

Instructor of Nursing 
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 

Journal/Magazine Article 

  • Boyd, S. A., Gantt, L. T, & Vellan, R. T. (2025). A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Nurses’ Self-Care Strategies for Pain Management. Pain Management Nursing Journal. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2025.04.006

Dr. James J Cappola III 

Chair and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine 
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Peer-Reviewed Research Article

  • Jones M, Cappola J (April 08, 2025) GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Diabetes and Obesity: A Case Report and Review of Bowel Obstruction Risks and Management. Cureus 17(4): e81891. doi:10.7759/cureus.81891

Book Chapter(s)

  • Cappola, J. J., III, Gish, E., & Motyka, T. M. (Eds.). (2025). Chapter 31: Cardiovascular (by C. Powers, M. Wood, A. Christian, & C. Crull). Essential OMM (Substack publication). https://essentialomm.substack.com/p/chapter-31-cardiovascular

Abstract

  • Complementary Health Approach Engagement of People with Migraines in a Nationally Representative Sample. Andrew Bond, OMS-II¹, Kyle Agostini, OMS-III¹, Abigail Heims, OMS-II¹, John DiCristo, OMS-II¹, James J. Cappola, III, M.D, FACP, Thomas M. Motyka, DO, MHPE, MSc¹ ¹Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Accepted by PAIN Week National Conference September 2-5, 2025

Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter 

Dean and Professor 
School of Engineering

Book 

  • Carpenter, J. (Ed.). Women in academia. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97937-8

Book Review 

  • Carpenter, J.P., “Book Review: Code to Joy: Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Programming,” Math Horizons, to appear, doi: 10.1080/10724117.2025.2505363

Dr. Thomas Dixon

Associate Professor of Christian Studies 
College of Arts & Sciences

Book 

  • Paul and the Wrath: Judgment and Mercy for Israel in Romans 9–11. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2024.

Dr. Godwin Y. Dogbey 

Chair, Academic Education
Biostatistician
Assistant Professor 
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine 

Manuscript

  • Ee, J.S., Pham, C.K., Shaha, D.P., Mounts, C.W., Dogbey, G.Y., & Pogorzelski, N. (2024). Behavioral KSA intervention class to boost positive airway pressure adherence among active-duty military personnel with obstructive sleep apnea. Military Medicine, 189(83), 350-356.
  • Shaha, D.P., Ee, J.S., Pham, C.K., Choi, L.S., Dogbey, G.Y., & Pogorzelski, N. (2024). Predictors of positive airway pressure therapy among U.S. active-duty military personnel with obstructive sleep apnea. Military Medicine, 189(83), 373-380.
  • Vinod, P., Krishnappa, V., Rathell Jr, W., Amir, S., Sundil, S., Dogbey, G., Patel, H., & Herzog, W. (2024). Effect of aspirin use on the adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. Cardiology Research, 15(3), 179-188.
  • Vinod, P., Krishnappa, V., Rathell Jr, W., Dogbey, G., Patel, H., & Herzog, W. (2024). Effect of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockers on adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Cardiology, 149(6), 551-560. DOI: 10.1159/000540499.
  • Downing, M.L., Hydzik, M., Dogbey, G.Y., & Motyka, T. (2023). Patient attitudes and perceived barriers toward mental health treatment options in a rural student-run clinic. Cureus, 15(12), 1-9, e50667.

Dr. Dean Farmer 

Professor and Chair
Communication Studies
College of Arts & Sciences

Peer-Reviewed Research 

  • Article Farmer, J. D., & Allen, H. G. (2024). Western myth corrupted, or the trickster masquerading as town marshal: Grotesquerie and archetypal criticism in modern America. Southern Communication Journal, 89(5), 293–308. https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2024.2431061
  • Seymour, J. K., & Farmer, J. D. (2024). Extending the 3D gospel: Communicating Christian missions through the lenses of co-cultural theory and dominant culture theory. Carolinas Communication Annual, 40, 30–47. https://carolinascommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cca.annual2024.final.pdf

Dr. Adam Foster 

Associate Professor of Anatomy 
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine

Abstract 

  • Foster AD, Toler M, Witt BR, Smith RLJ, Deutsch AR, Berger A, Brown RA, Clark K, Martens LL, Hartstone-Rose A. 2025. The scaling of motor control to the posterior compartment of the forearm in human and non-human primates. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 186(S79):53-54.
  • Covel MM, Chadwell BA, Foster AD, Young JW. 2025. Body size and the fine-branch niche: the mechanics of arboreal stability in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis) and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 186(S79):35-36.

Dr. Karlyn J. Green 

Assistant Professor
Doctor of Physical Therapy 
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Journal/Magazine Article 

  • Green KJ, North R, DeVore AD, Green S, Poole AK. Feasibility of a Multidomain Resiliency Assessment in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure Requiring Surgery: A Pilot Study. Phys Ther. Published online September 10, 2024. doi:10.1093/ptj/pzae135

Dr. Chris Havran 

Professor of Biological Sciences 
College of Arts & Sciences Publications 

Peer-Reviewed Research Article 

  • Havran, J.C., K.R. Wood, and D. H. Lorence. 2024. Resurrection of Eurya degeneri (Pentaphyllacaceae), endemic to Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Phytokeys 249: 193-203. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.249.131778
  • Havran, J.C. 2024. Biography of Edward Yataro Hosaka, Botanist and Agronomist in Hawaii (1906-1961). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op160.pdf

Journal/Magazine Article 

  • Havran, J.C. 2024. Hemlock Bluffs. Chinquapin 30(2): 3.
  • Havran, J.C. and B. Yamamoto. 2025. Southern Magnolias in Hawaii. Chinquapin 31(1): 1,4.

Juliana F. Mehrer 

Budget and Program Manager
Second Chance Initiative 
Adult & Online Education

Essay Collection

Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano 

Associate Professor of History 
College of Arts & Sciences

Commentary/Editorial

  • “Why China’s Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance is Important to the United States,” gCaptain (March 21, 2025)
  • “For Want of an Oiler: The Fragile State of America’s Afloat Logistics Fleet,” gCaptain (Dec 2, 2024) 
  • “Logistics Wins (and Loses) Wars,” United States Naval Institute Proceedings (Feb 2024)

Dr. Justin J. Nelson 

Associate Professor of Sociology 
School of Education & Human Sciences

Book

  • Pieper, Christopher M. and Justin J. Nelson. (2025). Society Without People: The Metaverse and Its Social Implications. De Gruyter Academic Publishing.

Journal/Magazine Article 

Dr. Ann M. Ortiz 

Associate Professor of Spanish 
College of Arts & Sciences 

Book 

  • Book published in the Spring of 2025 by Texas Christian University Press: Medical Spanish textbook, Conversations in Medical Spanish: Bridging Communities through Creative Dialogue, written with co-author Michelle Vázquez was peer-reviewed and published by Texas Christian University (TCU) in February of 2025

Dr. Paula Parker 

Professor of Exercise Science 
College of Arts & Sciences 

Peer-Reviewed Research Article

  • Bunn, J. A., Thornton, A., & Parker, P. (2024): Reasons collegiate athletes feel unwell: Self-reported sleep, nutrition, and stress. Journal of Applied Sports Sciences, 2, 11-21. https:doi.org/10.37393/JASS.2024.02.2
  • Roehrich, S., Symons, T. B., Parker, P., & Bunn, J. A. (2024). Ratio of accelerations to decelerations in Women’s Division I Lacrosse. Scientific Journal of Sport and Performance, 3(4), 556-564. https://doi.org/10.55860/RDHP6227

Dr. Melanie W. Pound 

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice 
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences 

Peer-Reviewed Research Article 

  • Pound MW, Barnes CL, Perkins SL, Thornhill TH. Personal and professional development activity tracking in a pharmacy curriculum. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2024;16(11):102171. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102171

Dr. Victor M. Pulgar

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences 
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Manuscript 

  • Breivogel CS, Brenseke BM, Eldeeb K, Nichols K, Jonas A, Mistry AH, Barbalato L, Luibil N, Howlett A C, Leone-Kabler S, Hilgers RPH, & Pulgar VM. Effects of Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol and the Aminoalkylindole K2/Spice constituent JWH-073 on cardiac tissue and mesenteric vascular reactivity. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, 2024 9(4), e1056–e1062. https://doi.org/10.1089/can.2022.0325. PMID: 37010379
  • Bowers RD, Baker CN, Kelly KE, Pulgar VM, Raccor BS, Stockdale MR. Reliability of a modified single-point rubric for assessment of integrated pharmacotherapy cases. Pharmacy Education, 2024 24(1):730-738, https://doi.orgi//10.46542/pe.2024.241.730738.

Peer-Reviewed Research Article 

  • Elsangeedy E, Yamaleyeva DN, Edenhoffer NP, Deak A, Soloshenko A, Ray J, Sun X, Shaltout OH, Cruz-Diaz N, Westwood B, Kim-Shapiro D, Diz DI, Soker S, Pulgar VM, Ronca A, Willey JS, & Yamaleyeva LM. Sex-specific cardiovascular adaptations to simulated microgravity in Sprague-Dawley rats. NPJ Microgravity, 2024 10(1):110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00450-z. PMID: 39702444
  • García-Huidobro MR, Zuloaga R, Llanos-Azócar K, Dettleff P, Aldana M, Urzúa Á, Duarte C, Molina A, Varas O, Pulgar VM, Valdés JA, Pulgar J. Upwelling effects across different levels of biological organization: Integrating biochemical constituents, physiological performance and muscle transcriptomic response in the intertidal FISH Girella laevifrons (kyphosidae). Marine & Environmental Research 2025 205:107023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107023. PMID: 39986141
  • Ray JW, Sun X, Cruz-Diaz N, Pulgar VM*, Yamaleyeva LM*. Sex differences in middle cerebral artery reactivity and hemodynamics independent from changes in systemic arterial stiffness in Sprague-Dawley rats. Physiological Reports. 2025 13(7):e70250. https://doi.org//10.14814/phy2.70250. (* co-corresponding authors) PMID: 40165608

Dr. Lee K. Rynearson

Associate Professor of Engineering 
School of Engineering 

Peer-Reviewed Research 

  • Article Rynearson, L. K. (2024, June). GIFTS: Activities for Exploring Beauty and Elegance in Engineering in a First-Year Seminar. In 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
  • Article Rynearson, L. K. (2024, July). GIFTS: Awards & Recognition to Shape Values & Drive Behavior. In 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE).

Rodrigo I. Santos 

Assistant professor of microbiology and immunology 
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine 

Book Chapter(s)

The two publications listed below are peer-reviewed book chapters that review the biology and pathogenesis of tick-borne encephalitis, followed by a detailed protocol for performing immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry at the infected tick-bite site.

  • SANTOS RI, HERMANCE ME. Immunofluorescence Assays to Visualize Tick-Borne Flaviviruses in Mouse Skin or Brain. Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2936:85-97. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4587-1_10. PMID: 40512312.
  • SANTOS RI, HERMANCE ME. Immunohistochemical Assays to Visualize Tick-Borne Flaviviruses at the Tick Feeding Site. Methods Mol Biol. 2025;2936:71-84. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4587-1_9. PMID: 40512311

Dr. Timothy M. Shenk 

Assistant Professor of Engineering 
School of Engineering

Journal/Magazine Article

  • Enhancing Conductivity and Mechanical Properties in Epoxy Composites Through Generating Percolated Structures Using Novel Acoustic Pre‐Mixing Method. Journal of Polymer Science 2025-06-19. DOI: 10.1002/pol.20250321″

Peer-Reviewed Research Article

  • Controlling surface morphology of spin coated epoxy composites using the Marangoni instability. Journal of Polymer Engineering. 2025-07-02 | Journal article. DOI: 10.1515/polyeng-2025-0034
  • Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy characterization of the controlling of surface morphology of epoxy‐amine‐cured spin‐coated films. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. DOI: 10.1002/app.54925

Conference Proceedings

  • Work-in Progress: Engaging the Undergraduate Thermodynamics Classroom Using Mini-Adventures in the Entrepreneurial Mindset. ASEE Annual National Conference, June 23-26, 2024 Portland, Oregon. DOI: 10.18260/1-2–48524
  • “Insights into Quality of Life Criteria.” 2024 Process Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Indianapolis, IN (2024). Onodipe, G; Shenk, T; Burke, K.
  • Work in Progress: Restored to Serve -Developing the Engineer from the perspective of Calling, Christian Engineering Conference 2024 Proceedings, Newberg, OR June 26-28 (2024). Shenk, TM, Shenk, EE. 

Sarah Wade 

Medical Librarian
Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine 

Peer-Reviewed Research Article 

  • Raszewski R, Porcello L, Fial AV, et al. Using expert knowledge and peer review to create a reproducible process for the NAHRS Nursing Essential Resources List (NNERL). J Med Libr Assoc. 2025;113(1):78-84. doi:10.5195/jmla.2025.1964
  • Hoskins K, Montgomery M, Griffith A, et al. Trends in osteopathic medical education: a scoping review. J Osteopath Med. Published online February 11, 2025. doi:10.1515/jom-2024-0051

Dr. Ran Whitley 

Professor of Music 
College of Arts & Sciences

Book 

  • Whitley, R. (2024). Christmas Adoration: The Story in Song and Rhyme, Alpha Omega SongScapes, Tampa, FL.
  • Whitley, R. (2025). 25 New Tunes in Various Meters: A Companion for the Psalter and Congregational Psalm Singing, Alpha Omega SongScapes, Tampa, FL.
  • Whitley, R. (2025). Be a Recorder Star: Ukulele Fun. Macie Publishing Company, Rockaway, NJ.

Music Composition/Arrangement 

  • Whitley, R. (submitted 2025). Five More Scandinavian Folk Songs for Brass Quintet, (Volume 2). Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Whitley, R. (2025). Five Scandinavian Folk Songs for Brass Quintet, (Volume 1). Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Whitley, R. (2025). Brass Quartets for Young Players, Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Dr. Ran Whitley Professor of Music College of Arts & Sciences Publications Music Whitley, R. (2024). Five Sousa Marches for Brass Quintet, Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Whitley, R. (2024). Twelve More Preludes and Offertories for Brass in Worship, (Volume II), Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Whitley, R. (2024). Bordogni Duets, Nos. 91-120. Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Commentary/Editorial 

  • Whitley, R. (2024). Trombone Quartets for Young Players, Cherry Classics, Vancouver, BC, Canada.