Content Posted in 2026
Accessibility, Outreach, and Community Engagement for Large Ensemble Concerts, Jonah Morlock
A Christmas Story - The Immigrant and the Reporter: A Story of Vision and Hope, Emilio F. Iodice
A Course of Confirmation Instruction Based on the Common Service, Armin C. Draegert
Address at the Opening of the First Liturgical Institute, Otto Paul Kretzmann
An Asexual Autist’s Feminist Musings on The Lord of the Rings, Robin A. Reid
“A Natural Human Activity”: the Split Attraction Model as a tool for reading Tolkien’s Legendarium, Sarah Courtis
And the Sign Says, Victor McConnell
An Old Couple, Daisy Tsui
Aria and Recitative Markers in Stephan Schwartz’s “Defying Gravity” from the Musical Wicked, Ellie Laub
Art Battle: Perceptions of Criminality in Rap vs. Stand-Up Comedy, Abiodun A. Akinseye, Fabiana Alceste, and Ashley N. Peters
“As Bachelors Very Exceptional”: An Asexual Reading of Frodo Baggins, Danna Petersen-Deeprose
Assessing the Performance of a 3D Printed Pennsylvania-Style Black Light Moth Trap, Christopher B. Brown, Eva S. Conley, and Peter White
A Systematic Review of Occupational Therapy’s Role in Pediatric Oncology, Logan Sivak, Ashton Frost, and Aimee Habas
BCON-1 PocketQube Satellite Prototype, Alexander K. Garling, Kristian Willis, Zhengxiong Liu, and Derek Wietelmann
BCON-2 Mission Operations and Testing, Kenny Blanton
Beyond the Stars: Voyaging into the Void in Tolkien’s Early Cosmologies, Kristine Larsen
Biology, phenology, and host range of a seed-feeding weevil, Ceutorhynchus constrictus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biological control agent for garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata, in North America, Ghislaine Cortat, Hariet L. Hinz, Esther Gerber, Elizabeth J. Katovich, Mary E. Marek-Spartz, Roger L. Becker, Robert S. Bourchier, and Danielle Fife
Book Review: Debating Bad Leadership: Reasons and Remedies, Michael Chikeleze
Book Review: LEADERSICK: Becoming a Healthy Leader, Rick Keaster
Book Review: Lessons from History: The Courage to Lead: The Leadership Legacy of Theodore Roosevelt and Why it Matters Today, Elizabeth Gingerich
Book Review: Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, Cam Caldwell
Breastfeeding Promotion for Infants With Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), Olivia Czerwonka
Business and Baseball Go Hand-in-Glove, Ritch Eich
‘But I’ll Get Back on My Feet Some Day’: Hopeful Losers in Grateful Dead Lyrics, David L. Emerson and Janet Brennan Croft
Call for Papers: 97th Annual Conference of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences
Candidate Genes for Loci Affecting Tolerance of Precipitation Extremes in Arabidopsis Thaliana, Ashlee Swierc, Duru Cukurtepe, and Jane Kenney-Hunt Dr.
Change Management with Ethical Leadership, Sophia Rudisill Holmes
Chaste Bachelors and Abstaining Husbands: Celibacy and Asexuality in the Line of Finwë, Kristine Larsen
Controlling Liposome Size and Charge to Promote Lymphatic Drug Delivery, Audrey Parker, Maddy Petruzzi, Makayla Mann, and Lauren Sestito
Cover Art for TGLE Vol. 58 Nos. 3 & 4
Cover pages for TGLE Vol. 58 Nos. 3 & 4
Curiosity, Courage, and Complexity: Leadership Lessons from my Dad, Elizabeth A. Luckman
Dawn to dusk division of Monarda fistulosa foraging time by bumble bee species (Bombus spp.) and likelihood to return the next day, Elise Bernstein, Clara Costello, Mary Yang, Rosa Weinand, Noah Sullivan, Maya Cintorino, Charlie Vang, Miller Johnson, Ahmed Hussein, Gaochong Vang, Rashad Bowen, Kristen Gresl, and Elaine Evans
"Deep Down Here by the Dark Water Lived Old Gollum": The 1927 Public Opening of the Wookey Hole Show Caves and 'The Hobbit', Kristine Larsen
Design and Analysis of Solar Furnace Support Systems, Samuel Starkenburg, Zhengxiong LIU, Jesse Rayburn, Grant Engelbert, Cody Teske, and Austin Luna
Design and Synthesis of Potential Antimicrobial Drugs, Stephen P. Jenny and Damon Virgo
Designing a Novel Inhibitor for Cobalamin-Independent Methionine Synthase, Damon Virgo
Determining the Temperature that Maggots Experience During Myiasis, Eris Nantz, Abby Burton, Bri Mcferson, Jayde Harris, Jodie Brasseur, and Madisyn Beretellotti
Discovering antimicrobial compounds in Valparaiso University’s medicinal garden, Gracie Holt, Megan Wolf, and Hannah Gabriel
DNA of Leadership to Guide Our Existential Purposes Toward Kindness, Hakan Kapucu
Does good always win?: Prevalence of emotional language in children’s literature, Kaitlyn Moore, Ashley Tracy, Natalie Ensor, Nayeli Cuevas, Anika Palm, Daisy Boardman, Alex Rodriguez, Ashley Trippeer, and Nicole Shinkle
Editor-in-Chief's Note, Surekha Rao
Effect of Estrogen on Candida albicans filament growth in the presence and absence of an epithelial layer, MacKenzie Sorrell, Matthew Gaetano, George Gundelach, and Patrice Bouyer
Effect of simulated microgravity on Candida albicans resistance to caspofungin and fluconazole, Kendall Carter, James Livengood, Gracie Holt, Liwia Zachara, and Patrice G. Bouyer
Electrochemical Potential of Metal Oxide Inorganic Material for Energy Storage and Ion Transfer, Christopher L. Fleschut
Endurance Athlete Nutritional Tracking Mobile Application, Ethan M. Plank and Austin D. Oh
Engagement Within the Classroom, Jasmine T. Poindexter
Engaging “Service” in the Region: Environmental Justice and Conservation, Hailey Morse, Jack M. Hull, Megan Goff, Elanor Sun, and Ethan Mason
Enhancing Family-Centered Practice in GoBabyGo, Peyton Throw
Enhancing Patient Education and Advocacy in Prosthetic and Orthotic Care: The Role of Occupational Therapy, Maria I. Camacho
Entiscum yrfe Ealdniflunga: Meter and Poetic Style in Tolkien’s Old English Attila, Galen Miller-Atkins
Esai Hernandez' Calling and Purpose in Society, Esai Hernandez
Evaluating Impact-Based Warning Guidelines for Tornado Emergency Issuance, Elijah M. Conklin, Evan T. Gustafson, Leanne Blind-Doskocil, Edward C. Wolff, James S. Goodnight, and Joseph E. Trujillo-Falcón
Evaluating the Impact of a Standardized Intimate Partner Violence Screening Tool in a Clinical Setting, Dylan Bogucki
Expression and Functional Characterization of Nell2 in Neural Development, Autumn M. Underwood, Jelena Kolundzija, Jessica Lumakovska, Chizu M. Nakamoto M.D. PhD., and Masaru Nakamoto M.D. PhD.
Falling Star Program: A Visual Cue Intervention to Reduce Falls in Long-Term Care, Maggie Shanahan
Find Your Calling Valpo Video Game, Mason Tulacz
Foreword to Liturgy and Renewal, Hans Boehringer
Form and Tradition in Worship: A Theological Interpretation, Jaroslav J. Pelikan
From Concept to Gameplay: Board Game Design as Interdisciplinary Creative Practice, Laura E. Krepp, Bryn Anderson, Rylie Jevert, Elizabeth Lieb, Chi Onyekachi, Kate Sheridan, and Hannah Wright
From Prototype to Production: The MESS Project, Samuel D. Thyen
Full issue for TGLE Vol. 58 Nos. 3 & 4
Gamification of Physical Therapy to Promote Adherence, Katie Bennett
General Purpose High Performance Computing for Valparaiso University, Ben Gaddini and Noah James
Geography of Periodical Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Portions of Northeast Illinois and Northwest Indiana, Carl A. Strang
George C. Roberts Award Recipients
Getting to the Heart of the Problem: Blood Pressure Management Through Medication Adherence, Mallory G. Livengood
Golf as a Metaphor for Leadership – Insights for Self-Mastery, Cam Caldwell and Shea Balch
Gross Domestic Product, David Obuchowski
Guitar Research, Thane T. Martin, Ruth Cook, Pete Johnson, Andy Richter, and Rob Swanson
Holy Communion: Goal or Means for Church Unity, John H. Tietjen
Hoosier Horse Sense: An Examination of the Effects of Material Culture on Political Power Through Earl F. Landgrebe, Jack M. Hull
Hope and the Handiwork of Varda: Celestial Signposts of the Music’s Mending, Kristine Larsen
How to Organize and Maintain a Liturgical Choir, Carl Bergen
Hurdles to Retirement Security: Exploring Race, Religion, and Savings Behavior, Mamoud A. Jalloh and Sedefka Beck
Implementation of a University Digital Token over a Peer-to-Peer Network, Zach Faga
Improving Blood Pressure Through a Multimodal Intervention, Kalynn Solomey
Improving Emergency Department Throughput: Implementation of a Nurse-Driven Protocol in Pediatric Fast-Track Patients Presenting with Fever, Kerrigan A. Teeple
Indiana Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial: Legal Experts’ Opinions on Recent Legislative Changes, Bryanna Bass and Holly Cross Ph.D.
Indoor Airborne Microplastics: Tracing Indoor Sources of Microplastic Pollution in Living and Working Space., Julie Peller, Christopher L. Fleschut, Sasha Trajkovski, Samantha Schmidt, Haley Tomlisnon, Madi Rogers, Marlene Merino-Rodriguez, Ranger Scott, Dominic Gonzalez, Vincent Grisolano, and Jacob Cruz
Initial Changes in Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Species Assemblages Near Seasonal Ponds Surrounded by Forests Under Different Harvesting Practices, Robert A. Haack, Toby Petrice, Robert E. Acciavatti, Robert L. Davidson, and Brian J. Palik
Integrating Sustainability in a K-12 STEM Outreach Module on Examining and Testing a Model RC Car, Ingrid P. Harvey, Allayna M. Ramirez, and Logan Rehnquist
Introduction: Asexuality and Aromanticism in Tolkien's Works, Clare Moore and Rory Queripel
Is it Still Gendered? Political Discourse Among Adolescent Legislators, Kevin G. Lorentz II, Stephanie Zarb, Connor J.S. Sutton, and Mary Herring
Liturgy and Renewal, Massey H. Shepherd Jr.
Liturgy and Social Action, Richard John Neuhaus
Liturgy, Unity, and the Christian Heritage, A. R. Kretzmann
Liturgy, Unity, and the Common Life, Theodore Matson
Liturgy, Unity, and the Common Task, Millard Stiles
Liturgy, Unity, and the Eucharist, Carlton Mall
Living Ethically: An Inner Capacity Struggling To Become a Moral Reality, Joseph P. Hester
Magnetonanozymes for Enhanced Remineralization and Dentin Tubular Occlusion in vitro., Alexis I. Maxey, Richard L. Gregory, and Hadeel Ayoub
Mahler’s Reorchestration of Beethoven’s 9th and the Aesthetic of the Colossal, Olivia M. Sobel
Materials for Aqueous Zinc Batteries: Silver Tungstate Cathode, Yanni Flaherty
Michigan Tech’s Insect Collection: An important historical resource in the Upper Peninsula, Thomas E. Panella and Tara L. Bal
Microbial Growth in the Presence of Nanoplastics, Peter Cammarano, Sara Dick, and Jon Henderson
Mindfulness as Intervention in a Technology-Distracted Classroom, Jillian Downs
Modernizing HPC Lab Networking with Concurrent Dual-Stack IPv4/IPv6 and dnsmasq, Samuel D. Thyen
“Motions of Love and Friendship”: Elven (A)sexuality, Clare Moore
MQTT-Based IoT Irrigation System with Network Performance Analysis, Victor Kibet and Noah Christian James
Music of the Liturgy, M. Alfred Bichsel
“Mythology is Language and Language is Mythology”: Allegory, Applicability, and/or Asexuality in Tolkien’s Legendarium, Rory M. Queripel
Natural Solutions for Dental Health: Exploring Plant-Based Therapeutics, Daileen Serrano, TJ Kirk, Isabella Montemayor, Jeffrey Pruet, and Danielle Orozco-Nunnelly
“Neither Living Nor Dead”: From Nazgûl to the Sídhe in Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring (1954), Noelia Ramos
New Records of the American Bumble Bee, Bombus pensylvanicus, in Michigan, Sharron Z. Miller, Logan M. Rowe, Lillyanna Widdicombe, Robert P. Jean, and Rufus Isaacs
Nothing to Cry About, Ryan Pollard
Numenor, The Mighty and Frail: Proceedings of The Tolkien Society Seminar 2023 (2025), ed. by Will Sherwood, Douglas Charles Kane
Occupational Therapy Interventions to Improve Mental Health in Incarcerated Adults: A Systematic Review, Ashley Roof, Lisa Ham, and Rachel Sutor
Organ Music for the Liturgical Service, Walter E. Buszin
Oxidation of Weathered Plastics in Sandy and Aquatic Conditions, Jaden Gibson, Aimee Plachta, Colin Hartnett, and Julie Peller
Perceptions of Northwest Indiana’s Community Supports and Resources for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities, Veronica Lin and Julianna Colon
Perceptions of Student Views on Anatomical Education in Occupational Therapy Program across Indiana: A Mixed Methods Study, Rachel Kujawa and Ash Flores
Perspectives of Occupational Therapy Practitioners on the Purpose and Usage of a White Coat, Ally Thaxton and Liz Reyes
Pictures that teach: How realistic are the pictures in children’s books?, Emma R. Sherling and Ana Bozinovski
Possum, James A. Jordan
Post-Protocol Vivistim: Assessing the Efficacy of a Follow-Up Accountability Check-In, Sidney Swanson and Erica Habas
Preface, Otto Paul Kretzmann
Preface to Liturgy and Renewal, Herbert Lindemann
Pure Leadership Model: A Framework for Leaders Desiring to Lead with an Upright Heart, Matome Liphy Ramalepe
PurpleAir sensors compared against the Federal Reference and Equivalent Methods (FRM and FEM) in Northwest Indiana, Emma G. Bollech, Connor McMahon, Abe Orozco Munoz, and Christopher Iceman
Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth (2025), edited by Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro, and Stephen Yandell, Taylor Driggers
Reading Minds: Theory of Mind Language in Children’s Books, Natalie Ensor, Anika Palm, Nayeli Cuevas, Kaitlyn Moore, Ashlee Tracy, Daisy Boardman, Alex Rodriguez, Ashley Trippeer, and Nicole Shinkle
Resolving the Leadership Blind Spot, Cam Caldwell
Reward Systems in Elementary Classrooms, Natalie Divine
Rising Numbers, Rising Risks: Population, Growth, and Natural Disasters, Sophia Becker-Toro and Yu Ouyang
SDN-based Traffic Engineering, Gregory J. Freeman and Shaun Hicks
Serenity, James Hartman
Silicone wristband based passive sampling methods development and evaluation for use in community exposure studies, Emily Broniewicz, Sophie Novak, Kenneth Brown, and Julie Peller
Smooth S.T.R.O.L.L.ing, Nathanael W. Haines and Max A. Kotelnikov
Social Emotional Learning In Action, Harmandeep Kaur
“Some Rise, Some Fall, Some Climb”: Three Ways of Looking at Robert Hunter’s The Giant’s Harp, Janet Brennan Croft and David L. Emerson
State-Level Political Polarization and the Electorate, Jose Ponce
Statement from the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences and Board of Directors
Supporting Multilingual Learners Through Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Language Instruction, Jacqueline M. Ruiz and Ilyas Buarish
Supporting Success: How College Students with Autism Define Meaningful Accommodations, Lily Budny and Sofía Gómez
The Attaingnant Organ Books, M. Alfred Bichsel
The Barriers for Special Education Teachers during COVID-19: Beyond Instructional Changes, Eunjoo Kim, Jeongae Kang, and Eunyoung Jung
The Children's Christmas Program, John S. Damm
The Church's Liturgy and Theological Renewal, Philip Hefner
The Core Triplet Theory on Leadership, Sajid Hameed
The Courts Closest to the People: The Battle between Populism and Democracy in the U.S. District Courts, Shruti Rana
The Cresset Occasional Paper II, Valparaiso University and Theodore R. Jungkuntz
The Effect of Servant Leadership and Psychological Safety on Employee Commitment and Workplace Engagement, Pierce J. Ippolito, Joshua S. Kay, and Kevin J. Hurt
The Enduring Courage and Vision of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emilio F. Iodice
The Impact of Myoelectric Orthoses on Upper Extremity Function and Independence in Neurological Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review, Hala Haddad, Ariana Steele, and Brianna Wilson
The library of Michael H.R. Tolkien (1920-1984): dispersal, reconstruction and partial bibliography, Bradford Lee Eden
The Liturgical Mission, Paul H. D. Lang
The Liturgical Sermon, Paul H. D. Lang
The Liturgy of the Eucharist, Adolph Wismar
The Machine for Its Own Sake: Tolkien's Critique of Instrumental Reason and the Modern Ecological Ethos, Ahmad J. El-Youssef
The Movement for Church Renewal: Retrospect and Prospect, Herbert Lindemann
The Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapy Assistant Relationship, Gianna Reyes and Sydney Kmetz
The Office of the Churching of Women, Carlton H. Mall
The Pastor's Part of the Liturgy, Carl Bergen
The Power of Choice: Transformative Moments in the Lives of Biblical Heroes, Hershey H. Friedman and Linda Weiser Friedman
The Question of Dinner, Colleen Olle
The Receptive and Resilient Leader: Thriving in an Era of AI and Digital Disruption, Hershey H. Friedman, Nakato Hirakubo, and Barbara Jo Lewis
The Second Prophecy of Mandos: Eschatology, Mythic Sources, and Editorial Choices in Tolkien’s legendarium, Paolo Pizzimento Dr.
The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Creation (2025) by Michael D.C. Drout, Nicholas Birns
The Traditional Liturgical Vestments, Richard Jesse
The Unsovereign Citizen: The Reconfiguration of Rights and Belonging in Fascist Italy, Roberta Pergher
The Way Out is Through, Meg Yardley
Through Peaks and Troughs: Visualising the Rhythmic Sentiment of The Lord of the Rings, Dimitra Vogatza
Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation (2025), by Giuseppe Pezzini, Mitchell Kooh
Tolkien's Joyful Sorrow, the "Gift of Tears" of Medieval Mysticism, and John Donne's Sermon "Jesus Wept", Giovanni Carmine Costabile
Tolkien's Oriental Sources? Renunciation of Immortality and Fairy Nature, Giovanni Carmine Costabile
Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Global Leadership: Relevance of Diverse Voices, International Collaboration, and New Perspectives, Joseph M. Cervantes, Viet A. Ho, Vui T. Nguyen, Tram N. Le, and Minh N.P. Vo
Training for Worship in Our Schools, Robert V. Schnabel
Unresolved Questions in Autism and Gender Diversity Research: A Targeted Review of AFAB Experiences, Ellen L. Linder
"Uruk ... We Prefer 'Uruk'": The Representation of the Orc in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Robert T. Tally Jr.
VOLUME 28, ISSUE 2 FULL CONTENTS
Wanted: More Feminist Queer Medievalists in Tolkien Scholarship, Robin A. Reid
Welsh on Wagons: Tolkien’s introduction to the Welsh language, Clive Shergold
What is Unwritten May Yet Resonate: In Search of Female A-spec Resonances in Tolkien, Jackie Sheppard
Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Inklings: Tolkien and Lewis’s Relative Dimensions in Space-Time, Kristine Larsen
Worship and Stewardship, O. T. McRee
