SPU Works is a collection of scholarly papers and related works by faculty, staff, and students of Seattle Pacific University.
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Submissions from 2015
Preserving the social studies as core curricula in an era of common core reform, David Denton
Upstream, Margaret Diddams
Crossroads of Mind and Heart: Incorporating Intellectual Tenacity into an Information Literacy Program, Janet Hauck
Step Away From the Podium: A Year of “Untethered” Teaching, Ryan Ingersoll and Robbin Riedy
Are Asian Americans really healthier?, Paul Kim
Etiology Beliefs Moderate the Influence of Emotional Self-Control on Willingness to See a Counselor through Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian American Students, Paul Youngbin Kim and Dana L. Kendall
Religious coping moderates the relation between racism and psychological well-being among Christian Asian American college students., Paul Youngbin Kim, Dana L. Kendall, and Marcia Webb
The brief & expansive history (and future) of the MOOC: Why two divergent models share the same name, Rolin Moe
Data used for manuscript - The Effect of Active Learning Spaces and Teaching Philosophy on Professors' Instructional Practices, Nyaradzo Mvududu, Kim Sawers, and David A. Wicks
The Wisdom of The Circle, Michael Paulus
Libraries and the Apocalyptic Imagination, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Our Technological Past and Future: From Predigital to Postdigital Apocalypses, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
The Beginning of Digital Wisdom, Michael J. Paulus Jr. and Ryan Ingersoll
The Digital Public Library of America and Academic Libraries: How the DPLA Advances Teaching, Learning, and Research, Michael J. Paulus Jr., Jonas Lamb, Kristen Yarmey, Kathryn Shaughnessy, and Emily Gore
What Is Moral Reasoning?, Leland F. Saunders
Shelley's Spasmodic Afterlife, Mischa Willett
Submissions from 2014
Best Biblical Career Advice from Joseph, Bruce D. Baker
Capital in the Twenty-First Century: A Tale Without Morality, Bruce D. Baker
Believing on Authority, Matthew A. Benton
Iffy Predictions and Proper Expectations, Matthew A. Benton and John Turri
The Impact of Impression Management Over Time, Mark Bolino, Anthony Klotz, and Denise Daniels
Internalized Model Minority Myth, Asian Values, and Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian American Students, Paul Youngbin Kim and Donghun Lee
The Masques of Amen House and a Theology of Publishing, Michael Paulus
Charles Williams’s Theology of Publishing, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Technology and Power, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
The Library Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Culture, Collection, and Community, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Unique Collections: Local, Consortial, and Beyond, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Digital Wisdom for a Digital Age: Spirituality and Technology in the 21st Century, Michael J. Paulus Jr. and Ryan Ingersoll
Importance of School Library Programs, Cynthia Strong
Submissions from 2013
Free Markets with Caritas: A Transformational Concept of Efficiency, Bruce D. Baker
Implementing electronic portfolios through social media platforms: Steps and student perceptions., David Denton
Responding to edTPA Transforming Practice or Applying Shortcuts, David Denton
Social Media in Unconventional Warfare, Leah Hannaford
Transitioning from the Out Date: Information Seeking Behavior of Junior Enlisted Army Veterans of Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, Leah Hannaford
You're starting a what?: Talking to faculty, staff, and students about Digital Commons @ SPU, Kristen Hoffman
Presenting and Preserving Your Scholarship with Digital Commons @ SPU, Kristen Hoffman and Michael Paulus Jr.
Making Room: A Place for Children’s Spirituality in the Christian Church, Heather Ingersoll
Active Learning in the Library: Stewarding Funds and Cutting Cables, Ryan Ingersoll
The Apocalypse of Our Collections, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
The Hand of Myron Eells in the History of the Pacific Northwest, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Submissions from 2012
Only Human: Exploring the nature of weakness in authentic leadereship, Margaret Diddams and Glenna Chang
iOS Management = Confused, Ryan Ingersoll
The role of self‐construals in the link between anger regulation and externalizing problems in Korean American adolescents: Testing a moderated mediation model, Irene Park and Paul Kim
The End of the Book, Michael Paulus
Archives in Institutional Context, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Becoming a People of the Library: Reconceptualizing the Church’s Technology for Texts, Transmission, and Transformation, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Special Collections and the Future of the Academic Library, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
The Library as Place—Really Early in the Morning, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
What is Primary: Teaching Archival Epistemology and the Sources Continuum, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
James’s Theological Grammar, Robert Wall
The Quietest Painting in the Room, Mischa Willett
Violence and Absence: Wordsworth Struck Dumb by the Simplicity of Innocence, Mischa Willett
Submissions from 2011
Two More for the Knowledge Account of Assertion, Matthew A. Benton
Scripture and the Church: A Precis for an Alternative Analogy, Daniel Castelo
Grappling with Scholarship and Biblical Truth, Margaret Diddams
A Magnetic Pull on the Internal Compass: The Moderating Effect of Response to Culture on the Relationship Between Moral Identity and Ethical Sensitivity, Margaret Diddams, Denise Daniels, and Jeff B. Van Duzer
Does Sacrificial Leadership Have to Hurt? The Realities of Putting Others First, Rob McKenna and Terran Brown
Archibald Alexander and the Use of Books: Theological Education and Print Culture in the Early Republic, Michael Paulus
Defending My Library, Michael Paulus
E Pluribus Unum?: SAA and the Regionals, Michael Paulus
New Directions in Engaging Students with Archives and Special Collections: Archival Epistemology and the Sources Continuum, Michael Paulus
Reconceptualizing Academic Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age, Michael Paulus
(R)evolution in Source Literacy at Whitman College, Michael Paulus
The Apocalypse of the Book, Michael Paulus
The Converging Histories and Futures of Libraries, Archives, and Museums as Seen through the Case of the Curious Collector Myron Eells, Michael Paulus
Submissions from 2010
Lessons From a Prodigal Father, Margaret Diddams
Creating in the Name of God Who Creates: A Whole-life Model of Spirituality within Work, Margaret Diddams, J. Whittington, and Teresa Davigo
The Role of Culture, Family Processes, and Anger Regulation in Korean American Adolescents’ Adjustment Problems, Irene J. K. Park, Paul Youngbin Kim, Rebecca Cheung, and May Kim
From Cabinets of Curiosities to Curious Collections, Michael Paulus
The Archive in the 21st Century: The Future of Libraries, Archives, and Scholarly Communication, Michael Paulus
Submissions from 2009
Developing Graduate Curriculum Faithful to Professional Training and a Christian Worldview, Claudia Grauf-Grounds, Scott Edwards, Don MacDonald, Karen Mui-Teng Quek, and Tina Schermer Sellers
Testing a Multiple Mediation Model of Asian American College Students’ Willingness to See a Counselor, Paul Youngbin Kim and Irene J. K. Park
Extending the Conversation: The Liberal Arts Scholarly Repository, Michael Paulus
Special Collections' Golden Age, Michael Paulus
From a Publisher’s Point of View: Charles Williams’s Role in Publishing Kierkegaard in English, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Submissions from 2008
Good Work with Toil: A Paradigm for Redeemed Work, Margaret Diddams and Denise Daniels
Cultural Record Keepers: The Myron Eells Northwest History Collection, Michael Paulus
Documentation in the Digital Age and the Whitman College Institutional Repository, Michael Paulus
Time and Distance: A History of the Whitman College Library and Archives, Michael Paulus
Submissions from 2007
Affect Regulation as a Mediator of Attachment and Deliberate Self-Harm, Margaret Diddams and Joan Kimball
Archives in the Digital Age, Michael Paulus
Beyond ‘Pabulum for the Undergraduates’: The Development of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library in the Nineteenth Century, Michael Paulus
Contributions to HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History, Michael Paulus
Old Archives, New Management: Processing an Inherited Collection, Michael Paulus
Collaboration: Advocacy for School Change, Cynthia Strong
The Bible as Canon, Robert Wall
Submissions from 2006
The Modal Gap: the Objective Problem of Lessing's Ditch(es) and Kierkegaard's Subjective Reply, Matthew A. Benton
Mammon Worship in America: Challenging College Students' Perceptions About Consumerism and Affluence, Margaret Diddams and Lisa Surdyk
Blogging for the Record: A Study of Blogging from an Archival Point of View, Michael Paulus
Pedagogical Uses of Special Collections Materials, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Spiritual Culture and the Theological Library: The Role of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library in the Religious Life of Theological Students in the Nineteenth Century, Michael J. Paulus Jr.
Samuel Miller (1769–1850) and Professional Education for the Ministry, Robert John Robertson
Submissions from 2005
A Historical Tour of Princeton Theological Seminary, Michael Paulus
[Edited with an Introduction] The Use and Abuse of Books, Michael J. Paulus Jr. and Archibald Alexander
Submissions from 2004
Rediscovering Models of Sabbath Keeping: Implications for Psychological Well-Being, Margaret Diddams, Lisa Klein Surdyk, and Denise Daniels
Advancing the Research Culture at Seattle Pacific University: Training Local Clinical Scientists, Margaret Diddams, Don MacDonald, and Jay Skidmore
Implications of Biblical Principles of Rhythm and Rest for Individual and Organizational Practices, Margaret Diddams, Lisa Surdyk, Denise Daniels, and Jeff B. Van Duzer
Teaching 1 Peter as Scripture, Robert Wall
Submissions from 2003
Revisiting the Meaning of Meaningful Work, Margaret Diddams and J. Whittington