Appointments, honors and activities

• Faculty and staff honors:

- Azza H. Ahmed, an associate professor of nursing, has been awarded the Best of JOGNN honor by The Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing (JOGNN), the research journal of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). Ahmed was honored for her article entitled, “The Effect of Interactive Web-Based Monitoring on Breastfeeding Exclusivity, Intensity, and Duration in Healthy, Term Infants After Hospital Discharge.” Nominees are judged on originality of the work; the clarity and scholarliness of the writing; the potential for the article to significantly affect the care of women, infants, and/or childbearing families; and the interdisciplinary importance of the work. More information about the award is available online.

-Purdue University’s Office of Engagement has announced that Dr. Kenitra Hammac, clinical assistant professor of veterinary diagnostic microbiology in the Department of Comparative Pathobiology and the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, has been selected to participate in the 2017-2018 Scholarship of Engagement Fellows Program.  As a fellow, Hammac will receive a stipend to be used for activities related to the scholarship of engagement. The purpose of the program is to foster the development of the scholarship of engagement for faculty throughout the Purdue system. Fellows will be responsible for identifying and completing a project with societal benefit and scholarly output; work with the Office of Engagement’s team of mentors to develop short and long-term project goals; and demonstrate understanding of the scholarship of engagement through completion of a scholarly work. Fellows also will be expected to participate in Purdue’s annual Scholarship of Engagement and Service-Learning Workshop, held each spring. 

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• Notables:

- Ellen Ernst Kossek, a faculty member in Purdue University's Krannert School of Management, will present two major lectures in Europe in the coming weeks related to her expertise in work-family issues. On June 29, Kossek will give the annual Alec Rodger Memorial Lecture at Birkbeck, a part of the University of London. Rodger was a renowned and field-shaping professor of occupational psychology at that university. Kossek's lecture is titled "New Frontiers in Work-family Research: A Vision for the Future in a Global World." On July 5, Kossek will be a featured speaker at the International Conference of Women and Leadership at IESE Business School in the University of Navarra in Barcelona, Spain. The Financial Times ranks IESE as a top ten business school in the European Union. Kossek's address, "Opting Out or Pushed Out: Advancing Women's Career Equality," will be based on a paper just published in the Journal of Management with Lusi Wu, a Krannert doctoral student, and Rong Su, formerly an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Purdue focused on industrial-organizational psychology. Kossek is the Basil S. Turner Professor of Management at Purdue and research director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence.