Representative examples of scholarly endeavors include:

• The Nursing Department actively encourages its faculty to participate in research.  Pamela Bjorklund, MS, RN, has two articles in press (2006) on understanding the morality in practice for advanced practice nurses, and issues of assessment and diagnosis for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse.
  
• Sister Edith Bogue, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, was solicited to write a chapter in Violence, Nonviolence and Consistency with an anticipated publication date in 2007.
  
• Robert Craig, Ph.D., Department of History, is often asked to present his research at international conferences, such as the Sixth International Conference on Social Value at Oxford, England in 2004.  There he spoke about the role of the university vis-à-vis terrorism, dissent, and civil liberties.  This presentation was followed up in 2005 by his writing a chapter in The Fate of Empires:  Education in a Consilient World.
  
• Rae Anne Dodds, Ph.D., Department of Management, presented her scholarly works in economics at five discipline-specific conferences between 2004-2006, including the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and the Southwestern Economics Association Annual Conference.
  
• Poster sessions are becoming a more common vehicle for CSS faculty to present their research.  For example, Sally Fauchald, Ph.D., RN, presented her research on rural women’s voices and choices in relationships and health care at the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists Annual Conference in 2005.
  
• 35  books have been authored by CSS faculty, including Marie Kelsey, Ph.D., Department of Education, whose annotated bibliography on Ulysses S. Grant was published in 2005.
  
• 45 chapters in books have been authored by CSS faculty including the very interesting work on complementary and alternative therapies rooted in ancient healing systems written by Sister Kathleen Niska, Ph.D., Department of Nursing.
  
• Valerie Tanner, M.Ed., Department of Education, continues her professional research interest in effective teaching practices for Native American students as well as models for multicultural education.  In 2004-2005, she presented scholarly work at 13 venues. 
  
• The Department of Chemistry has active researchers as exemplified by the work of Bret Johnson, Ph.D., whose research interest in polymers have netted him four articles/presentations in the last two years.  And Jennifer Maki, Ph.D., published her research on ribosome assembly in 2005.
  
• The evolving culture of research at CSS is enhanced by the twenty seven faculty members or academic departments that have received research equipment or research-related grant proposals. One recent example is a research grant funded by the Miller Dwan Foundation  awarded to Andrine Lemieux, Ph.D., Department of Psychology.  Her research on the genetic and biological response to stress is very timely and cutting-edge.