Valarie Burke, Katelyn DiBenedetto, Kate Korgan, Emily Lin, and Kara Wada (all Graduate College) attended the Western Association of Graduate Schools 61st annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, last month. They conducted three presentations:
Lin and Korgan presented "Exploring the Use of Students…
Mellanye Lackey (Libraries) is the co-author of an article published by the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. The article, "State of the Science: A Scoping Review and Gap Analysis of Diabetes Online Communities," examines the benefits and consequences of the diabetes online community…
Tirth Bhatta (Sociology) and Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) co-authored an article with others titled “Racial Differences in Future Care Planning in Late Life." Their article was published in the journal Ethnicity & Health.
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) was selected as a 2019-20 Rising Star by the Medical Library Association. The Rising Star program is a year-long development initiative that matches participants with a mentor and gives them the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, and personal…
Xue Xing (Teaching and Learning) published the article "Using the Log-Linear Cognitive Diagnosis Model to Classify Individuals in Career and Educational Assessment" in International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance. This study provides a tutorial for conducting analyses…
Charlotta Sanders (Mechanical Engineering) along with co-authors Mark Callis Sanders and Marshall Tuten (Slippery Rock University) have published an opinion commentary in the journal Trends in Technical and Scientific Research titled “Over Fossil Fueled: The Fundamentals for a Low-Carbon Diet."…
Su Kim Chung (Libraries) has been selected to attend the Rare Book School course "The Printed Book in the West to 1800," this June in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school is an independent institute supporting the study of the history of books and printing.
Shawna Pennock (Music) gave a lecture recital ("Riparian" by Kathryn Koopman: Duet for alto saxophone and violin pedagogically created to help young saxophonists learn to play the altissimo register) at two music conferences this month: the Southern College Music Society Conference at the…
Christopher Cain and Sarah Tanford (both Hospitality), along with Lisa Cain, '15 PhD Hospitality Administration, received the Best Paper Award at the Southeast, Central & South American Federation 2019 Conference in early March. Their paper, "Man Versus Machine: Optimal Teaching Techniques,"…
Tiffiany Howard (Political Science) has been awarded the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations-International Affairs Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year. Her fellowship year will be spent at the United Nations organization UNESCO, based in Paris, where she will continue her research…
Katrina Harris and Wendy Hoskins (both Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) presented at the Nevada School Counselor Association Conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. The presentation centered on developing self-advocacy strategies for students from…
Tammi Kim (Libraries) recently was accepted into the Archives Leadership Institute program for 2019. She was selected for this highly competitive opportunity based on her responses to questions relating to leadership and vision, ability to influence change in the archives profession,…