Category: Research and Publications

Dr. Christopher Leonard, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, published the book, “Leadership is Love: A Practical Guide for a Radical Idea” in March 2026.

Dr. Justin Keeler, director of the Business Analytics Graduate Program and clinical associate professor in the Department of Finance, Real Estate and Decision Sciences, published “Chatbots and human-human relationships: the need for research on potential downstream harms from generative AI” in Community, Work & Family on Feb. 2, 2026.

B.J. Lehecka, professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, published:

• “Clarifying Scientific Priority and Existing Normative Values for Single-Leg Bridge Endurance” in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy on March 1, 2026.
• “The Single-Leg Wall Squat Test: An Assessment of Functional Lower Extremity Endurance in University Students” in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy on Aug. 1, 2025.

Dr. Hannah Wing, assistant professor in the Elliott School of Communication, published “Harvesting easter eggs: An exploratory study of enjoying transnarrative media” in PLOS One on Feb. 2, 2026.

Dr. Chase Billingham, graduate coordinator and associate professor in the Department of Sociology, published the book “All-American City: Bluster, Boom, and Bust in Wichita” through the University Press of Kansas in 2026.

Dr. Aubrey Neihaus, assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, cowrote the chapter “Humanizing Collaborations Between Mathematicians and mathematics Educators – Desert Islands Not Required” in “Mathematics Teacher Educators’ Intimate Scholarship: Being, Knowing, and Ethics,” published September 2025.

Dr. Jeff Noble, associate professor in the Department of Sport and Leadership Studies, published “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Automated Qualifier Determination in NCAA Division II Diving: A Technical Case Study” in the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Sport on Dec. 12, 2025.

Dr. Wonyoung Kim, professor and executive director of the SMART Lab, and Dr. Mark Vermillion, professor and chair, in the Department of Sport and Leadership Studies, published “Segmenting Major League Baseball Teams by Attendance: A Multilevel Analysis of Determinants Across Clusters” in the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Sport on Dec. 12, 2025.

Dr. Yang Fu, assistant professor in the School of Teaching and Learning, published “Factors influencing special education teacher educators’ focus on emergent multilingual learners in preservice literacy coursework” in Teaching and Teacher Education in November 2025.

Dr. Jason Li, associate professor, and Dr. Philip Mullins, associate professor and chair, in the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology, published “Revisiting factors influencing career development of international students” in the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance on Oct. 10, 2025.