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 2023
Preparing preservice teachers to teach probability and statistics to early learners: A systematic review, David W. Denton
Artificial Intelligence and Human Hope, Michael Paulus
Introduction: Imagined and Real AI, Michael Paulus
Revisiting the Meaning of the City and the Library, Michael Paulus
Submissions from 2022
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Carlos R. Arias
Epilogue: A Litany for Faithful Engagement with Artificial Intelligence, Bruce D. Baker
Sin and Grace, Bruce D. Baker
Reinforcement in the Information Revolution, Phillip M. Baker
A Country Strange and Far: The Methodist Church in the Pacific Northwest, 1834–1918, Benjamin L. Hartley
Missions, Benjamin L. Hartley
The 1921 Founding of the International Missionary Council in the Life of John R. Mott, Benjamin L. Hartley
Managing Your Management Information Literacy: A Focus on Interdisciplinary Research, Janet Hauck
ETM Workshop Series: Open Access Week 2022, Kristen Hoffman, R. John Robertson, Carrie Fry, and Janet Hauck
Asian American Faculty's Racialized Experiences in Christian Higher Education, June Hyun, Paul Youngbin Kim, Hee-Sun Cheon, and David Leong
A mediator or moderator? Self-compassion’s role in the association between emotional self-control and help-seeking attitudes among Asian American college students., Paul Youngbin Kim, Joel J. Jin, and Katharine Elizabeth Bau
White college students’ ethnocultural empathy toward Asians and Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Youngbin Kim and Brittany Tausen
Artificial Intelligence and Theological Personhood, Michael D. Langford
A Theological Framework for Reflection on Artificial Intelligence, Michael D. Langford
Exploring AI, Faith, and the Future through a Faculty Research Group, Michael Paulus, Carlos Arias, Mike Langford, and Phillip Baker
August Wilson’s Twentieth Century Slave Narrative: “Dark was the Night and Cold was the Ground”, William M. Purcell
What’s So Artificial and Intelligent about Artificial Intelligence? A Conceptual Framework for AI, Rebekah L. H. Rice
Sustaining Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiatives in Higher Education: Practices, Successes, and Challenges, Grace Zhou Seo
Submissions from 2021
Understanding why math and science teachers quit: Evidence for cognitive errors, David Denton, Nalline S. Baliram, and Laura Cole
Internalized model minority myth, God representations, and mental health among Christian Asian Americans, Paul Youngbin Kim
Strategies for Teaching White Students About Racism During a Study Abroad Course, Paul Youngbin Kim
“I have been a sojourner in a foreign land”: A qualitative inquiry on the psychological experiences of international students enrolled in a Christian university., Sarah-Ann Moh, Paul Youngbin Kim, Dalton Geil, and Sung Hun Ryu
Fear and Loathing in the Technological City, Michael Paulus
Hope and Longing in Las Vegas, Michael Paulus
Imagining the Posdigital Church, Michael Paulus
Integrating Personal (Faith) Values and Professional (Tech) Ethics, Michael Paulus
Macro Trends and the Future of Work, Michael Paulus
Postdigital Librarianship, Michael Paulus
The Augmented Library: Exploring the History and Future of Library Automation, Michael Paulus
Submissions from 2020
For the DNP Graduating Class of 2020, Deborah Bacharach
Learning when time is an option, Randy Beavers and Richard Dadzie
Technology and Non-Interpersonal Relationships, Randy Beavers, Denise Daniels, Al Erisman, and Don Lee
COVID-19 in missiological and historical perspective, Benjamin L. Hartley, Robert A. Danielson, and James R. Krabill
Teaching Korean Cultural Constructs to American Students: Examples from a South Korea Study Abroad Course, Paul Youngbin Kim
Acceptability of racial microaggressions among Asian American college students: Internalized model minority myth, individualism, and social conscience as correlates, Josephine Law, Paul Youngbin Kim, Jamie Lee, and Katharine Elizabeth Bau
Church Digital Transformation Template, Michael Paulus
Submissions from 2019
A New Catechism for the Digital Age, Bruce D. Baker
Is AI intelligent, really?, Bruce D. Baker
CEO Compensation in IPOs, Randy Beavers
Rev. of A Voice to Be Heard: Christian Entrepreneurs Living Out Their Faith, Randy Beavers
Director Overconfidence, Randy Beavers and Shawn Mobbs
Epistemological Aspects of Hope, Matthew A. Benton
Review of Hud Hudson, A Grotesque in the Garden, Matthew A. Benton
Hedged Assertion, Matthew A. Benton and Peter van Elsywk
MPLP Ten Years Later: the Adventure of Being among the First, Janet Hauck, Rose Sliger Krause, and Kyna Herzinger
Stigma, Loss of Face, and Help-Seeking Attitudes Among South Korean College Students, Paul Youngbin Kim and KyuJin Yon
A Framework For Digital Wisdom in Higher Education, Michael Paulus
Artificial Intelligence and the Apocalyptic Imagination: The Ends of Divine, Natural, and Artificial Agency, Michael Paulus
Data and Identity: Notes Toward a Theology of the Digitally Enhanced Self, Michael Paulus
From the City to the Cloud: Charles Williams’s Image of the City as an Affirmation of Artificial Intelligence, Michael Paulus
Lessons from the Demaray Tower on the Transformative Power of Technology, Michael Paulus
The Age of the Library, Michael Paulus
Your Data Primer, Michael Paulus
De-Imperializing Gender: Religious Revivals, Shifting Beliefs, and the Unexpected Trajectory of Laila Lalami's Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Kimberly Segall
Holy Listening in Reference Work: A Sacred Aspect of the Christian Librarian’s Calling, Cynthia Strong
Submissions from 2018
CEO Inside Debt and Firm Debt, Randy Beavers
What Matters Most in CEO Compensation?, Randy Beavers
Communication Technologies and Interpersonal Relationships: Some Considerations from Theology, Randy Beavers, Denise Daniels, Al Erisman, and Don Lee
God and Interpersonal Knowledge, Matthew A. Benton
Knowledge, Hope, and Fallibilism, Matthew A. Benton
Lying, Accuracy, and Credence, Matthew A. Benton
Of Primary Importance: Applying the New Literacy Guidelines, Janet Hauck and Marc Robinson
Disseminating Open Scientific Communication in Psychology: An Overview of Platforms and Policies, Kristen Hoffman
The Internet of Babel, Michael Paulus
A Hateful Cawing of the Crows: W. E. Aytoun's Satirical Misfire, Mischa Willett
Submissions from 2017
CEO Long-Term Incentive Pay in Mergers and Acquisitions, Randy Beavers
Epistemology Personalized, Matthew A. Benton
Imperfectly Known or Socially Constructed? What is Truth Again?, Scott C. Campanario and Paul R. Yost
From Service to Synergy: Embedding Librarians in a Digital Humanities Project, Janet Hauck
Exploring Motivation: Integrating the ARCS Model with Instruction, Janet Hauck, Krista Reynolds, and Lindsay Roberts
How useful is GSV as an environmental observation tool? An analysis of the evidence so far., Katherine Nesse and Leah Airt
Canto XXXIII, Michael Paulus
From Digital Literacy to Digital Wisdom, Michael Paulus
Digital Reformation.pdf, Michael Paulus and Bruce Baker
The Necessity of Moral Reasoning, Leland F. Saunders
Phases, Mischa Willett
Spellbinding: a review of Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Malcolm Guite, Mischa Willett
Submissions from 2016
Gleaning as a Transformational Business Model for Solidarity with the Poor and Marginalized, Bruce D. Baker
Expert Opinion and Second-Hand Knowledge, Matthew A. Benton
Evil and Evidence, Matthew A. Benton, John Hawthorne, and Yoaav Isaacs
Mental health disparities impacting Christian Korean Americans: A qualitative examination of pastors’ perspectives, Hee-Sun Cheon, Elizabeth Chang, Paul Kim, and Jung Hyun
Valuing Native American tribal elders and stories for sustainability study, Kristine Gritter, Richard Scheuerman, Cynthia Strong, Carrie Schuster, and Tracy Williams
Incorporating ETDs in the IR, One Department at a Time, Kristen Hoffman
Redeeming Innovation: Engaging Emerging Technologies by Rediscovering our Roots, Ryan Ingersoll
Psychological experiences of Korean missionary “kids” (MKs): A qualitative inquiry, Paul Kim, Hee-Sun Cheon, Jung Hyun, Elizabeth Chang, and Hee Chong David Yoo
Religious Support Mediates the Racial Microaggressions-Mental Health Relation Among Christian Ethnic Minority Students, Paul Youngbin Kim
Emotional Self-Control, Interpersonal Shame, and Racism as Predictors of Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian Americans: An Application of the Intrapersonal-Interpersonal-Sociocultural Framework, Paul Youngbin Kim, Dana L. Kendall, and Elizabeth S. Chang
Racial Microaggressions, Cultural Mistrust, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Asian American College Students, Paul Youngbin Kim, Dana L. Kendall, and Hee-Sun Cheon
Acculturative family distancing, religious support, and psychological well-being among young adult Eastern European immigrants in Western Washington., Tatyana V. Lats, Paul Youngbin Kim, and David Diekema
Regulation of Recreational Marijuana in Small Cities and Counties in Colorado, Katherine Nesse and Colin Victory
The Image of the Library in the Life and Work of Charles Williams, Michael Paulus
Reason and Emotion, Not Reason or Emotion in Moral Judgment, Leland F. Saunders
Submissions from 2015
Entrepreneurship as a Sign of Common Grace, Bruce D. Baker
Defeatism Defeated, Max Baker-Hytch and Matthew A. Benton