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News_______________________________ Department of Psychology 2. Susan Buckelew received a Faculty Scholar Award for Spring, 2007. 3. Psychology Department Members (along with alumni and friends) instituted the Gary Brown Scholarship to be awarded to students interested in Applied Behavioral Analysis. 4. Psychology student Scott Crittendon received first place for student poster at the Mid-South Psychology Conference in Memphis , TN , February, 2007. He also presented a poster at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention in Washington , DC , in May, 2007. 5. Poster presentations were made by the following faculty:
6. Through donations of Psychology Club members and Psychology faculty, Psychology Club was able to purchase Christmas presents for a local Head Start class (coloring books, pencils, markers, crayons, and a craft that makes a window decoration). 7. Kerry Zeiss, Psychology alum, spoke to Psychology Club about job opportunities at Youth Villages. 8. Psychology Club members took a field trip to Western State Mental Institute in Bolivar. 9. Under the direction of Michelle Merwin, the Psychology Department in partnership with the Dana Corporation provided the sixth annual Brain Awareness Activities for Martin Middle School students in March, 2007. Both Psychology students and faculty participated in this event. 10. Nine students were initiated into Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, in April, 2007.
Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice has had a very productive year. Our students and faculty have been traveling, researching, and serving the community. We are very proud that the department recently completed much hard work lead by Dr. Judy Maynard and Dr. Donna Anderson culminating in a successful self-study review.
The department has hosted several functions on campus this year. In the spring, the Social Work Alumni Banquet welcomed back our graduates with 110 guests attending, Criminal Justice Day was held with numerous attendees and a record number of criminal justice agencies participating. Also, in May, we hosted the 2nd Annual Regional Foster Parent Conference.
We are very proud of our students' scholarship. Dr. Sultan mentored students who presented at two conferences last fall. 1. Jayme D. Crawford, KeAuri K. Loftin and Misty L. Schrems presented papers at the Mid-South Sociological Association in Lafayette , LA. 2. Last November, Caroline Tippens, Natasha Nichols Bell, Amber Williams, and Randy Huff presented papers at the Tennessee Undergraduate Social Science Symposium at MTSU. 3. Faculty continue to present research at regional and national conferences.
Our department offered two travel study opportunities in the last year. Last summer Dr. Dawood Sultan took 8 students on a 15 day travel study to Tanzania and other areas of Africa . In the spring semester, criminal justice faculty traveled with fourteen students to Washington D. C. on a Criminal Justice travel study opportunity. In April, fifty social work students and faculty traveled to Nashville for two days to present research at the National Association of Social Workers Legislative Conference.
The Student Social Work Association, Alpha Delta Mu, ALLIES, and the Criminal Justice Society continue to provide leadership and educational opportunities to our students as they each contribute to the university and community. Participation in Homecoming projects and providing community services to nursing homes, child abuse prevention agencies, child protection agencies, schools, and Special Olympics were only a few of the projects that students were involved in last year.
The department will be contacting alumni in the next year to hear your feedback on how we may better serve our students and alumni. Please give us your input!
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Department of Health and Human Performance 2. Mr. Mark Walton completed his Ed.S. degree from MTSU. 3. Ms. Janet Wilbert finished her doctorate ( Memphis State ) and was promoted to Assistant Professor and tenured. She was also appointed to the State Board of Athletic Trainers by the Governor. 4. Dr. Deborah Gibson and Dr. Karen M. Greenockle have received an $85,000 Tri-County Wellness Program Grant. Dr. Deborah Gibson also received the COEBS "Distinguished Researcher Award" along with Dr. Laura Brown who received the "Faculty Scholar Award". 5.Drs. Wilbert and Gibson attended the Faculty ITC Summer Workshop. Dr. Karen Greenockle presented a workshop entitled, "Your Job-Your EQ-Your Health" at the national conference for Academic Chairperson's. 6. Ms. Cile Grasfeder will be going into post-retirement for the 2007-08 academic year while a new faculty member, Mr. John Coons (ABD) will be joining the department in the area of Exercise Science. 7. The current Skyhawk Field house renovations include an Exercise Science Laboratory that will be equipped with state-of-the-art health and fitness assessment equipment to be used in our upper division classes, with faculty/staff, and community outreach. One such piece of equipment is the "BOD POD" for assessing body composition (percent fat and lean mass, basal metabolic rate). The department has also targeted the health and fitness of faculty and staff by offering a Personal Training class. 8. The weight room facility was completely renovated with additional state-of-the-art fitness equipment. The physical activity program was expanded with the introduction of Geocaching (use of GPS) and Backpacking, Intermediate Golf, Cardio Fitness, Women's Strength and Conditioning, and Pilates. Through the approval of the Elam Center Users Committee, an artificial golf green was also installed behind the building for use by classes and the UTM Golf Team.
2. Dr. Crystal Whitlow presented at three national conferences last year to include: "Let me Talk! Ten Things Preschool Teachers Can Do to Promote Oral Language" - International Reading Association Conference (May 2007). "Use Your Words: A Foundation for Social Competency," with Dr. Cherry Watts, Hawaii International Conference on Education (January 2007). "Video Self-Modeling: An Intervention for Increasing Grammatical Morphemes and Mean Length of Utterances in Preschoolers," International American Speech, Language, Hearing Association Conference ASHA (October 2006). 3. Dr. Suzanne Maniss succeeded in having two articles published: Burns, S.M., Young, L.R.L. & Maniss, S. (in press). Demographic, health-related, and psychological predictors of employment and disability among Latinos living with HIV/AIDS: An emerging context for rehabilitation research. Journal of Rehabilitation. Burns, S.M. Young, L.R.L. & Maniss, S. (2006). Predictors of employment and disability among people living with HIV/AIDS. Rehabilitation Psychology, 51(2), 127-134. She presented at three conferences, one of them an international conference. "Using Dreams in Counseling" Tennessee Counseling Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga , TN (November 2006). "The DSM: Past, Present and Future" Tennessee Counseling Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga , TN (November 2006). "Using Dreams in Counseling" European Branch - American Counseling Association Annual Conference, Bad Herrenalb , Germany (November 2006). Dr. Maniss is also a founding member of the Tennessee Licensed Professional Counselors Association. 4. Dr. Cherry Watts presented at the 2007 International Conference on Education with Dr. Crystal Whitlow. The presentation was entitled "Let Me Talk! Language and Social Competency in Young Children," (January 2007). 5. Dr. Beverly Hearn had a very successful year with a number of publications and presentations. She published "Teaching English Language Texts Effectively," ANUPI Proceedings (2007) as well as "Strategies that bridge the comprehension gap for ELL readers," Mississippi Reading Journal 28, 17-24 (2006). She has a chapter in the book "Content Area Reading Strategies," in Seidel, R.S. & Kett, A.L. (Eds.) From Principles of Learning to Strategies for Instruction - Workbook Companion: A needs based strategies focus on high school adolescents. NY: Springer, 2006 (in press). Dr. Hearn presented at the following conferences: "Strategies that Bridge the Comprehension Gap for ELL Readers," Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu , HI (2007). "Cubing: Reading/Writing Strategy Outside a Box," Poster Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu , HI (2007). "Technology Enhanced Curriculum for Hispanic Students," Southeast Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Little Rock , AR (2006). "Teaching English Language Texts Effectively," Fourth International Congress, Asociaciòn Nacional Universitaria de Profesores de Inglès, Acapulco , Mexico (2006). She serves as a reviewer for: Allyn & Bacon, Literature for Today's Young Adults. Sage Publications, Celebrating Literacy. Pearson, Literacy for Life. 6. Dr. Hearn also spent time in Pueblo Ingles, LaAlberca , Spain serving as an English teacher to Spanish & Portuguese nationals. 7. Dr. Patricia Hewitt wrote and submitted a $1.5 million National Science Foundation Informal Education grant and was accepted to make a presentation at the National Science Teachers Association National Conference in St. Louis, MO (March 2007). She spent time with Dresden Elementary Science Club teaching a lesson on owls using owl pellets. 8. Dr. Becky J. Cox presented at the Tennessee Science Teachers Association "Water Pollution, Cause and Effect," Nashville , TN (November, 2006). Dr. Cox provided service to local elementary and high school students by serving as a judge of Advanced Interviewing Skills & Entrepreneur Contest. Tennessee Business Professionals West Tennessee Regional, Jackson , TN (January 2007) and a judge for the Placemat Contest, 3rd - 5th graders. Tennessee Energy Education Network (January 2007). 9. Dr. Betty Cox presented at the Lifelines Workshop for New Teachers at Jackson State Community College, "School Law and the New Teacher," Jackson, TN (January 2007) and also served as a judge of the Business Professionals of America Northwest Tennessee Regional Contest, Jackson, TN (January, 2007). 10. Dr. Ann Duncan presented a paper at the National Association for Multicultural Education titled "Assessing the Effectiveness of a Multicultural Education Pre-Service Course," Phoenix , AZ (November 2006).
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