Aaron Bunker, assistant professor of biology at Morningside College, co-authored a chapter recently published in the book “Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis, Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications” edited by Dr. Mark Zimering. Bunker co-authored the chapter “Effects of Type 2 Diabetes on Arterial Endothelium” with Arturo A. Arce-Esquivel and M. Harold Laughlin, faculty members at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Bunker joined the faculty at Morningside College in the fall of 2010. He has a doctorate in biomedical sciences with a minor in college teaching from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Kurt Spearing, assistant professor of biology at Morningside, recently presented his dissertation research at the Geological Society of America’s annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minn. Spearing’s presentation covered his research on the evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats. Spearing has compared the skeletons of extinct saber-toothed cats and used their characteristics to determine their family tree.
Spearing joined the faculty at Morningside College in the fall of 2010. He has over 10 years of teaching experience at various schools. Spearing is a doctoral candidate in biological sciences at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
James M. Hopkins, CPA, professor of accounting at Morningside, has had three articles published in accounting journals.
Hopkins wrote “Head of Household Issues” that appeared in October issue of The CPA Journal, the membership publication of the New York Society of CPAs. The article “Scholarships and Support” appeared in the May issue of the Journal of Accountancy. He also wrote "Family Matters - A Closer Look at Qualifying Child, Qualifying Relative Matters," which appeared in the summer issue of TAXPRO Journal.
Hopkins received his accounting bachelor’s degree from Ferris State College (currently Ferris State University) in Big Rapids, Mich., and his master’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Hopkins has been teaching at Morningside College since 1986. He is a board member of the Taxpayers Research Council in Sioux City and a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Iowa Society of CPAs, and the Siouxland Estate Planning Council, Inc.
Marty Knepper, a faculty member and the chapter advisor for the National Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society at Morningside, has been named the Outstanding Advisor of Alpha Lambda Delta for 2010-2011. This award is given annually to the outstanding advisor in the nation.
The National Council of Alpha Lambda Delta selected Knepper, professor and chair of English, to receive the award. Knepper has served as chapter advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta since 1991, and she served on the society’s National Council as a member-at-large from 2006 until 2009. Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence among first-year college and university students.
Knepper has been a member of Morningside’s faculty since 1984. She has a bachelor’s degree from Morningside, a master’s degree in English from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and a doctorate in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Stephen Coyne, professor of English at Morningside, had his short story “How Love Feels” published in the Spring 2011 North American Review.
In Coyne’s story, a father, separated from his daughter by divorce, tries to get back into her good graces by taking her on a fishing trip. Things go wrong from the very start of the trip, and both of them learn something about how it feels to love and be loved.
Coyne joined the faculty at Morningside in 1988. He teaches American literature and creative writing and serves as faculty advisor to Kiosk, the college’s literary magazine. Coyne has had many poems and short stories published throughout his career, appearing in journals such as The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, The New England Review, and Prairie Schooner. He has received awards for his writing from a number of publications.
Heather L. Reid, professor and chair of philosophy at Morningside College, coauthored the book “Aretism: An Ancient Sports Philosophy for the Modern Sports World” that was recently published by Lexington Books. Reid also was a supervising professor at the International Olympic Academy in Greece for the 18th International Seminar on Olympic Studies for Postgraduate Students that took place in September.
The book, which Reid wrote with M. Andrew Holowchak, applies ancient Greek ethics to the widely-acknowledged problems faced by modern sports. The International Olympic Academy is an academic center for the study of the Olympic Movement and its trends that is located in Ancient Olympia. It is operated by the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee as part of their educational mission.
Reid joined the Morningside faculty in 1996. She has a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received international recognition for her expertise on the philosophical foundations of the Olympic Games, and she has served as president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport.
