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NCU COMMUNITY
A Selection of 2020 Conference Presentations
and Publications from NCU Faculty
STUDENT CENTRIC. REGIONALLY ACCREDITED. NONPROFIT.
Inaugural CAVO Micro-Conference
NCU's Center for the Advancement of Virtual Organizations hosted its first micro-
conference on June 18. About 150 people attended the three-hour event exploring
virtual work during the pandemic. Watch a recording here. (passcode: 7o+63+0M).
American Psychological Association Conference
Drs. Ackerman, Blackwell, and Shapira of the Department of Psychology, presented
a study on online dissertations at this year's conference, held virtually in August. They
presented at Division 2, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, as well as the
competitive Science in the Morning poster competition.
Countering Cyber Threats to Financial Institutions
Dave Lowery, DPA, professor of homeland security and public administration, recently
co-authored a book with a collaborator at Polytechnique Montréal. Their book
explores the cybersecurity challenges faced by the public and private sectors of the
financial industry. They share the results from a series of interviews with cybersecurity
professionals based in Canada to better understand the potential risks and threats that
financial institutions face.
International Journal of Health Sciences
David Ison, PhD, published a paper, "Statistical procedures for evaluating trends in
coronavirus disease-19 in the United States," in the Sept.-Oct. 2020 issue.
