Innovation (Research & Economic Development), the university's research magazine, recently received a Bronze Award of Excellence from District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE Awards of Excellence showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public/government relations, advancement…

Jenifer Utz (Life Sciences) has been awarded $649,407 from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education for a project titled "Developing the Skill and Will to Succeed in STEM." Katie Rafferty, Christy Strong, Donald Price (all Life Sciences), and Matt Bernacki (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) are Co-PIs.…

William R. Speer (Education, Teaching & Learning) was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The award is presented for achievement in leadership, teaching, and service.Speer will be recognized during the 2018 NCTM Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., in…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) was a member of the History of Title IX panel luncheon that took place at Belmont University in December in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Title IX . Other members of the invited panel included Beth DeBauche, Ohio Valley Conference commissioner; Betty Wiseman,  former Belmont…

Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) attended the Literacy Research Association (LRA) conference and presented at two paper sessions focusing on vocabulary instruction and sociodramatic play.  The vocabulary-focused content analysis titled "English Learners' Opportunities for Developing Vocabulary Knowledge in a CCSS Core…

James Hines, Brittany Jackson, and Nancy Lough (all Educational Psychology and Higher Education) presented a poster titled "Are Power Assymetries Perpetuated through Higher Education Media on Intercollegiate Athletics?" at the Association for the Study of Higher Education conference, which was held this month in Houston. Lough also led a panel…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) recently was honored with the David K. Stotlar Award at the 2017 Sport Marketing Association (SMA) Conference in Boston. The purpose of the Stotlar Award is to honor and recognize a sport marketing educator who reflects the mission of the SMA through the promotion and advancement of…

Alain Bengochea (Educational & Clinical Studies) co-authored "An Emergent Bilingual Child’s Multimodal Choices in Sociodramatic Play," which explored how a preschool-age bilingual child engages with multimodal resources to participate in sociodramatic play discourses. The article appeared in Journal of Early Childhood Literacy this month..

Jared Lau and Ching-Chen Chen (both Educational and Clinical Studies), along with George Richardson (University of Cincinnati) gave a presentation, "Introduction to Instrument Development and Item Response Theory for Counseling Professionals" at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2017 national conference in Chicago…

Steven T. Bickmore (Teaching and Learning) is a leading scholar and advocate for the teaching of young adult literature. He writes a weekly blog post on the subject. On Oct. 4 he addressed the Las Vegas shooting and the role of teachers. The National Council of Teacher of English quoted from the blog and posted a link in…

Chris Wood (Educational and Clinical Studies) gave a presentation, "A Superordinate Group Identity in Forging the Future: Approaches to Caring for New Faculty," at the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision 2017 national conference in Chicago in October.

Oscar Espinoza-Parra  (Education) was published in Queer Voices from the Locker Room (Information Age Publishing, 2017), part of the Research in Queer Studies series. He contributed "Chronicles Inside and Outside of the Softball Dugout."