Dr. Karim Youssef

Dr. Karim Youssef, assistant professor of architecture: Tracing Democratic Space of a Public Square: The Case of Square Victoria in Montreal. The Plan Journal (Volume 9, No. 2).

Christine Smith

Christine Smith, lecturer of photography: Monk in the World Guest Post: Christine Lee Smith. Abbey of the Arts (Jan. 22).

Dr. Joshua S. Fullman

Dr. Joshua S. Fullman, professor of English: poem Simile in Teleious (Winter 2025).

David Isaacs

David Isaacs, instructor of English: poem Cat’s Death. Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal. Poem Another Wise Man. The Dazed Starling: Advent (Volume 18, 2024).

Dr. Robert Pate

Dr. Robert Pate, professor of psychology: AI and the NCSPP Model: Updates from the Summer Workgroup and Uses of AI in Training Model Advancement. He also chaired the Education and Pedagogy Committee meeting. National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology conference in New Orleans on Jan. 19-23.

National Stuttering Association

Johanna Pulliam, instructor of communication sciences and disorders, co-leads the National Stuttering Association Riverside Family Chapter, which meets on the Health Science campus. She helped organize a screening of This is Stuttering, a documentary about Morgan Lott, who stutters and made the film when he was a film major at Biola University. Lott attended the screening on Jan. 26 and answered questions. Attendees included seven families, undergraduate and graduate students and a volunteer from the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association.

Dr. John Marselus

Dr. John Marselus, professor of aviation science, led discussions on Vision, Mission, and Values for the Jungle Aviation and Relay Service (JAARS) Board Retreat at First Southern Church in Oklahoma City on Jan. 23-25. Board members include U.S. Rep. Steve Russell and Grace Townsend, daughter of Cam Townsend who was the founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators, Summer Institute of Linguistics, and JAARS.

Hannah Okamoto, Nicolas Caesar Colon, Stephen Childs, Amanda Barrier, Christine Lee Smith, Teresa K. Morrison and Chloe Daniels

Christine Smith, lecturer of photography, curated Now is Always, an exhibition at Biola University's Bardwell Project Space. The artists include CBU photography seniors Amanda Barrier and Hannah Okamoto, alumna Chloe Daniels and Smith. The exhibition is through March 28.

Elijah Hickman, Casey Maldonado, Trina Lizama, Madison Sardana, Mia Pollock, Sonya Singh and Cathi Singh

Students and alumni from the Communication Arts Department, Lancer Media Group and CAVAD held a Help Portrait event on Jan. 22 at Teen Challenge, a Christian nonprofit that offers residential treatment for substance abuse. The team of volunteers, led by Sonya Singh, instructor of journalism, made free headshots for nearly 50 men. They send the photos home to family or use them as they apply for jobs after graduating from the program.

Photo by Chloe Christine Heustis

Photography senior Chloe Christine Heustis presented her senior thesis project, Invisible, to the Red Bull North America creative team and 50 industry professionals on Jan. 28.

Derik Marcello Rodriguez

Dr. Brittany Lytle-Rodriguez, assistant professor of social work, and her husband, Erik, welcomed a son on Jan. 10. Derik Marcello Rodriguez weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20.5 inches. He joins brothers Elijah, 10, and Sebastian, 1.

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