Linfield University recognized its outstanding faculty members for their scholarly and creative achievement, international scholarship and impact on the university Friday, May 20.
This year, five faculty members received these distinguished awards, including Sharon Bailey Glasco, Andrea Reinkemeyer and Joe Wilkins from the College of Arts and Sciences as well as Kim Kintz and Sandra Davis from the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing.
“The award winners represent the best of what Linfield offers to students, colleagues and the world,” said Susan Agre-Kippenhan, provost and vice president for academic affairs.
Moving beyond borders
Bailey Glasco, an associate professor of Latin American and world history, earned the Samuel H. Graf Faculty Achievement Award. Established in 1992, this award recognizes faculty members who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the institution beyond their regular duties.
She stepped into leadership roles in the College of Arts and Sciences and as chair of the Department of History.
“Sharon has served with calm, grace, and thoughtfulness,” Agre-Kippenhan said. “She has continued to try to move the institution forward while still listening constructively to the concerns of her colleagues. She gave each role the attention it needed.”
Bailey Glasco joined Linfield in 2003. In addition to her teaching and scholarly work, she has served as a voice on many collegewide and institutional committees, including chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee and the College of Arts and Sciences Executive Committee. Her areas of expertise include Mexico (colonial and modern periods as well as urban history of Mexico City), histories of women and gender in Latin America and histories of the U.S./Mexico borderlands region.
A record of success in student achievement
Reinkemeyer, an associate professor of music, earned the Edith Green Distinguished Professor Award. Established in 1980, the award honors a faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching and is committed to their students’ success. Reinkemeyer has taught at Linfield since 2014.
“Andrea has a proven track record for guiding her students to success, whether it is in advising senior capstones, teaching composition students, teaching in the classroom or advising first-year students,” Agre-Kippenhan said. “She has helped numerous young composers and singer-songwriters in finding their voice in creating new music, often for the first time.”
Her recent projects at the university include the Lacroute Composer Readings and Chamber Music Program in which student composers on campus, as well as youth from the surrounding region, work closely with professional mentor musicians during a residency program. In June, she will be honored as the Oregon Music Teachers Association Composer of the Year and will be a composer-in-residence at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in July and August.
Parsing the future of nursing educators
Davis, an assistant professor of nursing, earned the Allen and Pat Kelley Faculty Scholar Award. Established in 2007, this award recognizes a tenure-track or tenured faculty member for their outstanding scholarly achievement in the preceding academic year.
Davis published a research study in “Nurse Educator” that addresses the nursing faculty shortage and the challenges to understanding retention. Her findings suggest nursing educators perceive collegiality as an important component of job satisfaction and intent to remain. In addition to her research, Davis hosts the podcast “Dr. D’s Pathopharmacology and Muddy Concepts,” which strives to explain complex ideas in easily accessible ways.
“Sandra also includes students in her podcasts as star features and dialogues with them to explain the relevant muddy concept, allowing listeners to learn from other nursing students,” said Agre-Kippenhan.
Author, poet recognized for recent collection
Wilkins, an professor of English, received the Julie Olds and Thomas Hellie Creative Achievement Award. Created in 2014, this award honors a faculty member whose outstanding creative activity has been recognized by peers. Wilkins received the award for his latest collection of poetry, “Thieve.”
“Through our pain, Wilkins shows us that we might find compassion and love, and that’s precisely what ‘Thieve’ provides—a map exploring the parts of our world that no one else wants, the communities we may have forgotten and we are all the richer for it,” said Agre-Kippenhan.
Wilkins published his first novel, “Fall Back Down When I Die” in 2019. He is also author of a memoir, “The Mountain and the Fathers,” and four collections of poetry, including “When We Were Birds,” winner of the Oregon Book Award.
International nurses by design
Kintz ’87, an associate professor of nursing, received the Marvin and Laurie Henberg International Scholarship Award. Established in 2013, this award recognizes a faculty member whose scholarly activity on an international topic or theme has passed peer review and has been, or is slated for, publication.
“Kim took her sabbatical at Universidad Católica de Santa Maria in Peru and taught pharmacology with a focus on nursing management and application of pharmacological concepts specifically directed at nursing practice,” Agre-Kippenhan said.
Kintz’s time in Peru yielded three invited presentations, two peer reviewed journal publications, one peer reviewed symposium, two peer reviewed podiums and two book chapters.
Kintz has taught at Linfield since 2011 and was honored with a Daisy Award at the Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing earlier this month. Kintz spearheaded development of international study abroad experiences for students in nursing programs.
More information on the faculty awards can be found at https://inside.linfield.edu/academic-affairs/faculty-awards.html.
