Conferences: 

• Scott Swanson, Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, traveled with six Providence BTS Majors to San Diego on November 16-19 for the annual meetings for the Society of Biblical Literature and the American Academy of Religion.
   
• Ryan McIlhenny, Assistant Professor of History, delivered a paper entitled "Their Own Appropriate Sphere: Women, Slavery, and the Theology of Marriage in the Antislavery Writings of George Bourne" at the Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference at the University of Colorado, Boulder on September 7-8, 2007.
   
• Darlene Lemmo, Adjunct Instructor of Psychology, presented a paper entitled
  “A Reformed Approach to a Christian Psychology: Through the Lens of Scripture” which was given at the Society for Christian Psychology Conference in Nashville, TN on September 11, 2007.
   
• Scott A. Swanson, Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, spoke on “Making Sense of Suffering with Job,” at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno for the class, “The Eye of the Storm.” His lecture examined how the book of Job helps us with theological and psychological resources for our response to terrorism and disaster.
   
• Visiting Professor John Hamilton made a presentation entitled, “The Pensioner's Dilemma: Vittorio De Sica's Umberto D and Italian Postwar Economic Conditions” at the Austrian Scholars Conference.  This conference was held on March 15-17, 2007 at Auburn University.
   
• Professor Sam Gray and the Providence Microbiology students attended the Biodefense and Emerging Diseases conference in Washington D.C. from February 27- March 2, 2007.  The purpose of this meeting was to bring together individuals who are carrying out research to defend against the growing threat of bioterrorism and decision makers shaping the future biodefense research agenda, recognizing that emerging infectious diseases serve as a paradigm for handling the public threat of bioterrorism.

• Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy, Kenneth Samples, presented at the Cosmic Fingerprints conferences in Fort Myers, FL and Houston, TX on January 26-28, 2007 and February 23-25, 2007, respectively.  At each of these conferences, sponsored by Reasons to Believe, he gave three talks regarding faith and science issues.

• Steve Kortenhoeven, Dean of Student Life and Education professor, gave a presentation, “Sink or Swim: Floatation Devices for New Teachers,” at the Association of Christian Schools International conference November 20-21, 2006 in Anaheim, CA.  Education students Kendra Owsley and Ruby Snieder also attended the conference.

• Professor Scott Swanson attended the Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting and Institute for Biblical Research Annual Meeting November 17-21 in Washington, D.C.

• Adjunct Instructor of Psychology, Darlene Lemmo, attended the Faith in Psychology and Counseling conference in Chattanooga, TN October 26, 2006.  This was a clinical and theoretical research symposium sponsoered by the Society for Christian Psychology. She was able to network with others who are participating in the Christian Psychology Project.  Next year, Lemmo plans to present a paper at the conference.

• Professor Russ Reeves attended the Conference on Faith and History at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, OK in September.  He presented the paper, “Holy Church and Historical Church: John Williamson Nevin and Phillip Schaff as Church Historians.”

• Professor Theodore Sabir, along with the Providence organic chemistry students, attended the American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco September 10-14, 2006 where Sabir presented his research entitled, “Anticancer and Antiviral Activities of Oragnotin Polyether Amines Derived from the Antiviral Acyclovir.”  This conference attracts scientists from around the United States as well as some foreign delegates.  Click here for the news article.

Publications:

• Lynn Hoekstra, Adjunct Instructor of Education, had an article published in the November 2007 issue of Christian Teacher magazine, a Christian Schools International Publication. The article, “Now What?” was written as a reflection piece after attending the August 2007 course for teachers held at Providence.
   
• Ryan McIlhenny, Assistant Professor of History, reviewed Mary Hoffschwelle's The Rosenwald Schools of the American South which was recently published in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. 111, October 2007.
   
• Ryan McIlhenny, Assistant Professor of History, reviewed Ann Little’s Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial New England for CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. Additionally, the editors of The Journal of the Early Republic accepted his review essay on "Back to Africa: Benjamin Coates and the Colonization Movement in America, 1848-1880," which appeared in the winter edition (27.2).
   
• Ted Sabir, Instructor of Chemistry, was the second author of a chapter entitled “Fundamentals of Fragmentation Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry” published in the book, Inorganic and Organic Molecules: Design and Application (Springer, 2007). 
   
• Professor Ashley Hales published a paper, “’Was it proper to watch him at a distance?’: spectatorship, sympathy and Atlantic migration in Edgar Huntly,” in the October issue of the journal, Symbiosis. A Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations.  A copy of the journal can be found in the Providence Christian College library.
   
• Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy, Kenneth Samples, has recently published a book entitled, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE: PUTTING CHRISTIAN TRUTH-CLAIMS TO THE WORLDVIEW TEST (Baker, 2007).
   
• Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy, Kenneth Samples has published the following articles in recent months: 
  • “What Makes the Christian God Unique?,” Connections, quarter 3, 2006, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 6-7.
  • “Faith and Reason,” Connections, quarter 4, 2006, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 6-7.
  • “What in the World is a Worldview?,” Connections, quarter 1, 2007, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 6-7.