Category: Faculty

Dr. Ryan Parrey, Director of the Disability Studies program in the School of Social Work, was interviewed for the Disability, Education, and Society Podcast. Co-hosts Dr. Alexis Padilla and Dr. Paolo Tan were in conversation with Dr. Parrey for Part II of their episode titled, “Moments in Which the Meaning of Disability is an Open…

EWU Celebrates Future Teachers

Congratulations to the 2023 winners of the annually awarded faculty Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching awards in the Schools of Business and Professional Accounting. Dr. Rajeev Dwivedi, Visiting Associate Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, in the School of Business, received the Excellence in Research Award Jessica Kong, MPAcc, CPA, Lecturer in…

by Mya Brossoit The College of Professional Programs is excited to highlight Dr. Kevin Criswell for his impressive involvement in the passing of Senate Bill 5189. Dr. Kevin Criswell, a Bellevue-based Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology, recently worked alongside Dr. Kayleen Islam-Zwart in providing testimony on Capitol Hill in Olympia in support…

Dr. Bill Shaw (Accounting) and Dr. Brian Davenport (Organizational Leadership), along with community partner Ms. Ana Fortson (Spokane County Superior Court), received the award for Excellence in Community-Based Teaching and Learning for their presentation “Test Driving Career Through Community Engagement: A Guardianship Auditing Project”.  The Award for Excellence in Community-Based Teaching and Learning is a…

The International Business Bachelor’s degree program in the EWU School of Business has been ranked as #44 in the nation on the BestAccredited Colleges 2023 list. Dr. Abrahim Soleimani states, “Our International Business major is truly interdisciplinary [sic] by dedicated Finance (International Finance), Marketing (Global Marketing), Management (International Business, International Management), and Economics (electives) faculty!…

Emily Collins, Psychology major at EWU-Bellevue, recently attended the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in Atlanta, Georgia with Dr. Julie Swets. At this conference, they co-presented a poster entitled “Relationship Nostalgia and Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence.” To support her travel expenses to Atlanta, Wmily applied for and received…

Growing Our Own: Diversifying the Teacher Workforce in North Central Washington

Dr. Philip Watkins, Professor of Psychology, has been interviewed recently by both Time Magazine AND The Washington Post for articles in which he talks about fostering joy. Dr. Watkins researches joy, gratitude, and happiness at EWU. Time Magazine article, “How to Find Small Moments of Joy in Dark Times” (Nov. 17, 2022) The Washington Post…

The 22nd annual E. Clair Daniels Symposium, featuring keynote speaker Bill A. Simer, will be held virtually on November 5, 2020. EWU College of Business and the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants (WSCPA) are proud to present the 22nd annual E. Clair Daniels Symposium. This year’s keynote speaker Bill A. Simer, ’78 BAB professional…